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THE BRUNSWICK TIMES.
VOLUME 8, NO. 5/.
PENSACOLA
THE PLACE.
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Where Government Sleuths
Are Now Expending
Their Energies.
FILIBUSTERS ARE FOLLOWED
From Jacksonville to Escambia, ard the
West Coast Becomes the Scene of
Offensive Operations-
By telegraph to the Times.
Pensacola, Fla., March 6.—Accord
ing to recent developments here, to
gether with the construction gener
ally put upon them, the filibustering
excitement seems to have been trans
ferred from Jacksonville aud the east
coast of Florida to Pensacola and the
west coast.
The cruiser Montgomery left Mo
bile suddenly yesterday afternoon,
and this morning, as suddenly steamed
aoross the bar and entered tbis har
bor. It was learned that it left Mo
bile under sealed orders presumably
to intercept a filibustering expedition,
which it was reported was about to
sail from here, United States District
Attorney Emmett Wolfe having re
ceived a telegram from Washington
that it was reported that a cargo of
arms and ammunition had been
shipped, and a number of men were
ou their way to embark on a vessel
here.
The large ocean-going tug Monarch,
which was sold last week, cleared on
Monday for Sabine Pass in ballast, but
up to this morning it had remained in
the harbor doing towing. The vessel
was suspected, and by order of the
government authorities two customs
inspectors boarded it and made a thor
ough search. Nothing contraband was
found, however, and after the Mont
gomery entered the harbor this morn
ing the tug took a loaded vessel which
it had in tow and proceeded to sea.
The Montgomery is still at anchor in
the harbor.
A large quantity of arms and am
munition was reported to have been
shipped from Jacksonville Thursday
ntgbt, presumably to Pensecola, and a
number of Cubans also left here.
Others yesterday morning, their
objective point being a place on the
west coast, where the expedition is to
be embarked.
A great deal of excitement was ob
served among the Cubans in Jackson
ville yesterday and last evening, it
being very apparent that something
of more than usual importance was
about to take place,
Rothschilds Will Rule.
By telegraph to the Times.
Louisville, Ky., March 6.—The fate
of the big whiskey combine rests with
the committee of three, T. H. Sberley,
C. P. Moorman and J. B. Wathen, ap
pointed at the conference held in this
city yesterday. It develops that the
eastern syndicate is willing to put
18,000,000 into the enterprise, and it is
alleged that the Rothschilds have a
hand in the matter. The committee
will meet today to devise the plan. It
will be submitted within the next two
weeks.
Dispensaries Doubtful.
By telegraph to the Times.
Charleston, S. C., March 6—The
grand jury today turned its attention
to the liquor question and its utter
ances on the dispensaries were decid
edly salty. The jury declared that
the books were badly kept and that
the law was not duly observed,
Official Oaths.
By telegraph to the Times.
Washington, March 6 —The new
cabinet was sworn in today by the jus
tices of the supreme court at the White
House. The president has called an
extra session of congress for the 15th,
saying merely that the session is de
manded by an extraurdi nary occasion
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j Olives and bell pepper mangoes in
bulk. Keany & Bailey.
THE COTTON CROP.
Hester Figures Out a Large Excess
This Year.
By telegraph to the Times.
New Orleans, March 6.—Secretary
Hester’s Weekly Cotton Exchange
statement shows this year’s crop
brought into sight to date exceeds the
entire cotton crop of all last year by
441,000 bales and that of the years
1893-94 by 49,000. The weekly figures
are compared with eight days last sea
son, the extra day being due to leap
year. The movement exceeds the
eight days last year 7,500 bales, year
before last, 27,000, and ahead of the
same seven days in 1394 by 54,000. For
the five days of March there is an in
crease over last year of 28,000, a loss
from the year before last of 12,000, and
a gain over 1594 of 41,000.
For the season the aggregate is
ahead of last year 1,464,000 bales, be
hind year before last 1,085,000, and
ahead of 1894 by 938,000. Including
stocks left over at ports and interior
towns from the last crop and the
number of balances brought into sight
thus far for the new crop, the supply
to date is 7,936,580, against 6,442,819
for the same period last year.
LEWIS GOT IT.
Atlanta’s First Methodist Placed In
Charge of a Popular Minister.
By telegraph to the Times.
Atlanta, March 6.—Dr.Walker Lewis
has been appointed pastor of the First
Methodist church of this city.
Tile appointment gives general sat
isfaction. It was made by Bishop Al
pheus W. Wilson, of Baltimore, and
came by letter to Presiding Elder
Cook, of this district.
This was the appointment which, it
was rumored, would be given to Rev.
Warren A. Candler, president of Em
ory College. It was offered to Dr.
Candler, but be refused to accept it,
preferring to remain in his collegiate
position.
MORE BLESSED
Give than to Receive, Thinks Judge
• Lumpkin.
By telegraph to the Times.
Atlanta, March 6—Judge Lumpkin
this afternoon handed down in his de
cision the petition for a receiver for
the Atlanta aud West Point railroad.
The judge refused to appoint the
receiver for “good andisufficient” rea
son.
Decline in Cotton.
By telegraph to the Times.
New York, Mch. 6. —Dun’s Review
today says: “Cotton has declined an
eighth, and with good reason, for,, al
though receipts from plantations fall
off, the decrease is not greater than
the deorease in consumption owing to
stoppage of mills. As there is com
paratively little cotton available in
the country, the market is a very con
venient one for speculators to manipu
late. While many of the mills have
stopped production of cotton goods
for a time, the general outlook is on
the whole unchanged, and the demand
for goods does not improve, while
printcloths are a shade lower. The
mills accumulated stocks far in excess
ot the actual demand during most of
the dullness, and their enforced re
striction at this time is merely paying
a debt.
Five Are Free.
By te'egiaph to the Times.
Eatonton, Ga., March 6.—Five pris
oners have effected an escape from the
Fulton county jail. They are Doctor
Pope, Howard Hill, Jackson West,
Jim Scott and Bertha Haynes, all col
ored.
An Alabama Affray.
By telegraph to the Time 9.
Montgomery, Ala,, March 6. In an
affray today in Shelby County, Pink
Montgomery- killed John Gentry. The
tragedy has caused great local excite
ment. Montgomery is under arrest.
The Weather.
By telegraph to the Times.
Atlanta, March 6. —Sunday probably
fair; colder.
Harness made to ord?r. Repairing
a specialty. A. .T. Ingram, Monk St.
BRUNSWICK, GA„ SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 7 1897.
BLOXHAM’S
BOLD BREAK.
Florida’s Favorite Governor
Appoints an Ad In
terim Senator.
CURTAILS CHIPLEY’S CHANCES.
John A. Henderson, Vice-President of the
Florida Central and Peninsula Rail
road, the Lucky Man.
By telegraph to the Times.
Tallahassee, Fla., March 6.—Gov
ernor Bloxham has just appointed the
Hon. John A.. Henderson, vice-presi
dent of the Florida Central and Pen
insular railroad, to succeed Senator
Wilkinson Call until the Florida leg
islature shall meet and elect a senator.
Call’s term expired*Marcb 4, and the
Florida legislature convenes on tbe
first Tuesday in April, which falls on
the 6th. The democratic caucus will
be organized on the 20:h, so that Mr.
Henderson’s tenure of office will be
brief.
Tbis appointmeut will prove a seii
ous disappointment to the friends of
Col. W. D. Chipley, of Pensacola, who
is a prominent figure in the fight
against Wilk Call, and who was sup
posed to stand a good chance of filling
the statesman’s shoes. While Gov
ernor Bloxbams’s action does not
make Mr. Henderson’s election to the
United States senate next April a
foregone conclusion, it certainly gives
him considerable prestige.
Mr. Henderson bas long been the
power behind the throne in Florida
politics, and, if he has never held
office himself, be bag always held tbe
reins over those who have. It has
long been known to those on tbe in
side that he was likely to prove the
darkest of all dark horses in the sen
atorial race, and Governor Bloxham’s
course will proye no surprise to those
in touch with Florida politics.
Ferguson hams, shoulders and break
fast bacon at The Downing Company.
GLYNN COUNI Y MURDER
One Negro Kills Another Man Near
Waynesville.
Coroner G. A. H. Gennings yester
day afternoon received a telegram
from William M. Wiggios, at Waynes
ville, stating:
*‘Ons negro killed another at Owens’
woodrack this morning. Come at
once to hold inquest.”
Coroner Jenn’ngs left at 4:30 for
Waynesville to go to Owen’s wood
rack to investigate the killing.
The particulars of the murder could
not be learned last night, as the cor
oner did not return and there is no
wire connection with the woodracks.
When the weather is warm, seek
those things that are cool. Butts
soda fount can supply you.
Last Night’s Show.
The vitascope gave another good ex
hibition last night, but to a small au
dience. The attraction is one of the
best in its line that has ever visited
Brunswick. The beach scene was re
markably effective, and the skirt
dance, that closed the exhibition, not
lesgso. The May Irwin kiss, however
“famous” it may be, is anything but
an edifying spectacle and might prof
itably be replaced by something less
vulgar and much more amusing.
New Methods.
That the Brunswick Steam Laundry
does good work is an established fact.
That it should receive at the hands of
its many patrons good treatment
is equally clear. Money talks—talks
in a laundry as well as elsewhere, and
as the magnitude of our business re
quires a large payroll our expenses are
consequently heavy. We must, there
fore, earnestly request our patrons to
pay as they go and enable us to meet
our obligations. If not convenient to
call and settle, the amount due should
be left at residence for our collector,
who cannot scour the city for small
bills.
FURIOUS
THE FLOODS
That Are Now Sweeping
Through the Valley of
the Ohio.
CINCINNATI’S CONSTERNATION
At the Ravages of the Rising Waters in
Whose Wild Rush Bridges and Build
ings Are Swept Away.
By telegraph to the Times.
Cincinnati, March 6.—The Ohio
river is rapidly rising. There has
been a steady downpour of rain for
the last fifteen hours. Great damage
is reported from the valleys, and
many persons have been compelled to
fly for their Jives.
Bridges in this and adjoiring coun
ties have been swept away, and others
are threatened. Washouts are re
ported from all points, and railroad
travel is greatly impeded.
At Milford fifty families have been
compelled to move out on account of
the flood . The little Miami river at
that point is rising at the rate of a
foot and a half an hour.
The only railroads not affected by
tbe flood are those that enter Cincin
nati from tlie south. Tbe Cincinnati
division of the Big Four ran no trains
today, neither did tbe Cincinnati,
Hamilton or Dayton. The Baltimore
and Ohio Southwestern reported more
washouts than ever before in its his
tory.
The Pennsylvania tracks are under
water for some distance out. The In
dian Hill bridge was carried away by
the flood tbis afternoon. Tbe Cincin
nati, Portsmouth and Virginia trains
are blocked by high water at Batavia
Junction.
In the city scores of homes have been
ruined and n immense loss to prop
erty and untold suffering is the rec
ord for one day as a result of the sec
ond disastrous flood within the month.
All tbe creeks and side streamy near
the city have overflowed their banks
and tbe mad rusb of tbe waters bas
carried bouses, bridges and cars be
fore it.
Don’t forget to call for Carstair’s
Monogram Whisky at the Arcade.
THEY DIDN’T SAY SO.
Western Union Employes Did Not
Give Information.
The article in Saturday morning’s
Times, relative to the probable remov
al of the Western Union Telegraph
office from Brunswick, in case tbe li
cense is not reduced, has caused con
siderable comment. Tbe article has,
among other things, been miscon
strued as coming from tbe Western
Union office, in the nature of a threat
to the city. Such a construction is
entirely wrong. The information
contained in the article was not ob
tained from any attache of the Western
Union office. It was written as a ru
mor, and didn’t aspire to the impor
tance of an absolute fact.
The following card from Manager
Kemp is glady admitted to publica
tion :
“Brunswick, Ga., March 6,1897.
“Editor Times In your paper this
morning appeared an article headed
‘Will the Western Union Leave?’ the
author of which has evidently been
misled as to tbe facts.
“No statements have been made out
side of our petition to council and cer
taiuly none that would in any way in
timate that we have or had any inten
tion of closing our office here, or that
could be construed as a threat to do
so. The petition to council clearly
defined our position.
“Will you kindly correct the impres
sion made in your paper by giving
this the same publicity as the article
in question?' Yours truly,
“A. H, Kemp,
“Mg’r. Western Union TejiCo.”
10-pound sack of
Keany
THE LOST VESSEL.
How the Daughter of the Drowned
Mate Got Life Insurance.
Brunswickians remember the schoo
ner Cora H. Hanson, which, sailing
from Brunswick on October 1, 1896,
was lost in the great storm of that
month and never heard from since.
Mrs. Michael Daly,the daughter of
First Mate Valentine, who was one of
nine men who went down in the ves
sel, lives at Providence, R. 1., and,
soon after she had abandoned hope of
ever seeing her father again, she made
a claim on the insurance company in
which her husband held a policy. The
company refused to pay until evidence
was produced that Valentine was one
of those who left Brunswick on the
.lost seboouer. Mrs. Daly, in this ex
tremity, wrote to Shipping Commis
sioner J. C. Lehman, who secured ev
idence of the fact aud transmitted it.
Judge Lehman has received a letter
from Mrs. Daly, earnestly thanking
him for bis kind assistance, and stat
ing that, on receipt of the evidence be
transmitted, tbe insurance company
promptly paid tbe claim.
The Cora H. Hanson was one of the
six or seven vessels from tbis port
which went down in tbe storm of Oc
tober 29. She had on board, when she
left Brunswick, Capt. Hugh Sinnott,
Mate Smith Valentine; Second Mate
Charles Beldon ; Cook George S. Roby
and Seamen Joseph Liddy, Edward
Crockford, William Shawyer and
Emile Scbertzinger.
We are headquarters for Lenten
delicacies, ect. Keany & Bailey.
THE SHERIFF’S JOKE.
A Little Interview in Which Berrie
Got One Off on Symmes.
Sheriff Berrie and Judge Symmes
contemplatively regarded the demoli
tion of the old courthouse.
“Well, judge,” said Berrie, “many’s
the fine argument I’ve beard you make
in that old building. Logical and true;
and now the whole thing is going
down.”
“Yes, Bill,” said Symmes, “but
where are the fruits of those wonder
ful arguments which cost me so much
toil and trouble? I have not tound
them. Where are the fruits?”
The sheriff smiled, looking at the
wreck. “Ah. judge,” he said, “you
cannot see the fruits of your legal bat
tles. Look in the penitentiary, judge.
You will find them there.”
Judge Symmes stroked bis scant
whiskers, and retired. Jim Colson
remarks that be was sullen and mo
rose all that day.
Chow-chow, mixed sweat and Gher
kin pickles in bulk (fresh). Keany &
Bailey.
VETERANS AC JIVE.
Tha Local Camp Getting Ready For
the Nashville Reunion.
The old veteran spirit is high in
Brunswick just now, and the local or
ganization bas taken on new life, in
cident to the great reunion which
will be held at Nashville next June.
At t the last meeting of the local
camp, the following officers were
elected: Horace Dart, commander;
Floyd King, first lieutenant com
mander; J. L. Foster, second lieuten
ant commander; W. B. Burroughs, ad
jutant; C. E, Flanders,quartermaster;
Alfred Green, commissary ; Dr. A. A.
Rowland, Dr. J. A. Butts, surgeons;
Rev. H. E. Lucas, Rev. D, Watson
Winn, chaplains; W. B. Burroughs,
treasurer; B. B. Fabm, sergeant major;
U. Dart, officer of tbe day; W. Joer
ger, color sergeant.
The following are the delegates
elected to the Nashville reunion:
Floyd King, W. B. Burroughs, H.
Dart, J. L. Foster, Sam Brockington;
alternates, U. Dart, W. F. Penniman,
M. I’. King, Joseph Lasserrp, W. Joer
ger.
The local camp has 80 members, and
is in a flourishing condition.
10-pound sack ot good buckwheat
for only 25c. Keany & Bailey.
Carstair’s Monogram Whisky, the
best in Brunswick, at the Arcade.
PRICE, FIVE CENTS.
SOLD FAKE BUTTER;
IS IN TROUBLE.
The Unusual Cause of an Ar
rest in the City Last
Night.
MERCHANT MYERS THE MAN.
Officers Detected a Sale of Eighty Pounds
of Oleomargarine, By a Non-' jj
Licensed Business.
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Avery unusual news occurrence hap
pened in Brunswick last Dight. It
was the arrest of a merchant for the
violation of a United States statute
that seldom comes up for vindication
in a court of law.
Deputy United States Marshal Em
mett F. Taylor, at 8 o’clock last night,
went to the store of Adolph Myers,
dealer in German groceries, on New
castle street, and placed tbe proprie
tor under arrest. Myers was thunder
struck at his arrest and demanded the
reason. He was told that his offense
was the sale of oleomargarine without
the payment of the government li
cense required.
Mr. Myers was at once taken before
United States Commissioner John C.
Lehman, for the fixing of a bond.
Judge Lehman fixed the bond at
SI,OOO, which was given by Mr. Myers,
Messrs. Michaelis Kaiser and George
Ivrauss signing it.
The defendant will be given a pre
liminary hearing belore Justice\.e’
man on Monday morning at 9 o’clooa.
The offense for which Merchant
Myers is now under bond is one sel
dom brought to tbe attention of the
public, violations of the statute being
very infrequent. The history of the
case is very interesting.
The sale of oleomargarine, or sub
stitute butter, is regulated by tbe
United States government as strictly
as the sale of whiskey. For quan
tities not over 10 pounds, an annual
license of SB4 is charged, and for the
sale of over 10 pound lots, or whole
sale dealing, the license is S4BO per
year. The internal revenue collector
and all other government officers are
strictly enjoined to keep an especially
strict lookout lor violations of tbis
law.
Some days ago it came to the knowl
edge of Deputy Marshal Taylor and
Deputy Internal Revenue Collector C.
L. Sibley, ol this city, that the law was
being violated in Brunswick. They
instituted a lookout, with tbe result
that yesterday afternoon the two offi
cers embarked in a rowboat for St.
Simon sound, where the Norwegian
bark. Jotun lay at anchor, ready for
sea. They boarded the bark and
searched it. They found, in the ship’s
stores, a tub containing eighty pounds
of oleomargarine, which, the captain
said, was bought from Adolph Myers.
Mr. Myers bas no license for whole
sale dealing in the article.
The officers brought the oleomar
garine back to thG city, and Marshal
Taylor made tbe arrest, as above
chronicled.
The penalty for this offense is a fine
of from SSOO to $2,000, and the United
States judges are particularly severe
in punishing it.
CLEVELAND COMING.
The Ex-President and Friend Bene
dict Will Cruise in These Waters.
Ex-President Cleveland has left
Norfolk on the lighthouse tender Vio
let. He will spend a few days shoot
ing at Hatteras inlet, and will then
join E. C. Benedict on his yacht
Oneida for a cruise in Florida waters.
It is probable that, on the cruise,
Mr. Cleveland will spend a day at
Jekyl.
You Are Invited
To call at Polbill’s and inspect
those beautiful Crescent bicycles at
$45. This Is the $75 Crescent. Any
weight, any size. Other grades corres
poudingly cheap. y .
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