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THE BRUNSWICK TIMES.
VOLUME 8, NO. 61.
SEEMS SLOWLV
SUBSIDING,
Does the War Fever in the
Little Kingdom of
Greece.
AUSTRIA AND GERMANY AGREE
ThtlJa Drastic Dose Will Alone Purge
Greece of Contempt—England and
Russia Inclined to Negotiate.
Athens, March 11. -The excitement
here, though still at fever heat, seems
slowly subsiding, and the war feeling,
though still sufficiently intense, is less
pronounced,
Resorves are still pouring in, and
the devotion of the people to the
throne shows no signs of abating; but
tha general feeling now is that the
worst is oyer, and that the manly
stand taken by King George has not
been without its effect.
The government has already in
formed France and England that
Greece is ready to place troops in
Crete under the direction of the pow
ers.
It is also proposed to abandon the
proposed Cretan plebiscite and leave
the Cretan chamber of deputies free
to decide either in favor of autonomy
or union with Greece.
BERLIN BELLICOSE.
Germany and Austria Still Advocate
Drastic Measures.
Berlin, March 11.—The National
Zeitung says today that in the event
that the measures of coercion pro
posed for Greece shall not be put into
effect, Germany will decline to be a
party to any further temporizing ne
gotiations looking to the presentation
of another note to the Greek govern
ment.
The Cologne Gazette, in an editorial
discussion of the same subject, de
clares that, if the powers have failed
to agree upon an effective means of
applying coercive measures to Greece,
Germany and Austria will agree to the
immediate employment of drastic
measures, but that the attitude of Eng
land and Russia is uncertain.
' It is known that the Russian gov
ernment has sent a series of instruc
tions to the admiral commanding the
Russian squadron at Crete and also to
the Russian minister at Athens.
THE CRETAN COAST.
Plans for the Proposed B ockade
Not Perfected.
London, March 11.—The proposed
plans for establishing a blockade on
the Cretan coast are said to still be
incomplete; and, at all evects, the
methods to be employed have not yet
been made known.
It may, however, be taken for grant
ed that Lord Salisbury will be silent
upon this point until no further hope
of successful negotiations with Greece
exists.
Italy has already fifteen warships
ready in the Levant and will shortly
send others.
Deputies to Debite.
Paris, March 11, —In the French
chamber of deputies today, Minister
Hanotaux’s motion to bring up the
discussion of the Cretan question next
Monday was agreed to after some de
bate.
Chatham’s Commissioners.
Savannah, March 11, —The county
commissioners, at their meeting this
afternoon, elected the following coun
ty officers : Attorney, J. R. Saussy ;
physician,!’. B. Chisholm; superin
tendent, W. F. Chaplin; assistant sup
erintendent, W. F. Brown; clerk, J*
VV. Mclntyre.
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. Ollier grades corres
poudingiy cheap.
THE PHILIPPINE PREDIC AMENT
Struggles to Improve Her
Standing There.
London, March 11.—A dispatch re
ceived here today from Madrid says
that a report is current there that
General Princo de Kiviera, now cap
tain-general of Madrid, will succeed
General Polavija as goverdor of the
Philippine Islands.
General Polavija’s failure to sup
press the rebellion in the Philippines
is given as the reason for his recall.
General Ramen Blanco, formerly
stationed in the Philippines, Is to
succeed de Riviera as captain-gereral
of Madrid.
More Men Prom Madrid.
Madrid, March ll.—The continued
reports of disaster in the Philippines
have led the government to decide to
send 15,000 additional troops to the
seat of the rebellion at once.
A CUBAN CONTRADICTION.
Lee Has Received No Message From
Sherman.
Havana, March 11.—La Luoha has
published a dispatch from New York
saying that Secretary Sherman has
cabled to General Fi'zhugh Lee re
questing him to continue at his post
as a personal favor to President Mc-
Kinley.
The correspondent of the Associ
ated Press has authority for saying
that General Lee has not received
such a message. The correspondent
further understands that the general
did not request to come here but was
sent here.
Finally, the correspondent under
stands that General Lee has not made
an application to remain, and that he
will not do so.
JACKSON SAFELY JUGGED.
A Witness in a Murder Case Re
ceives a W arning.
Springfield, Ohio, March 11.—George
Jackson, the negro cabman who has
become notorious as the man who
drove the hack in which Peail Bryan
rode to her death on the fatal night,
and who at the trial of Jackson and
Walling for the murder of the unfor
tunate g : rl, testified against them, has
received a notification signed by the
“Buckeye Regulators,” that a commo
dious coffin is awaiting him unless be
shall tell the truth before the two
prisoners suffer the extreme penalty
of the law.
Jackson is not now in a position to
feel any great apprehension at this
threat. Upon the conclusion of the
trial, he was arrested on a charge of
perjury, and is now safe in jail.
MODIFIED REPUBLICANS.
Nebraska Silver Men Issue a Call For
A State Convention.
Omaha, Neb., March 11—The free
silver republican conference recently
held here has resulted in a formal call
for a state convention of those in sym
pathy with the movement, to be held
at Lincoln on the 25th.
The chief object of the proposed
convention is to name a provisional
national committee which shall under
take the work of administration and
organization generally until such time
as a permanent committee shall be
formed.
TROUBLE IN T ANGIERS.
Falling Walls Crush Scons of La
borers.
Cadiz, March 11.--A telegram from
Tangiers, in Algeria, tells the story of
a terrible disaster in the old town of
Fey, near there, in which nearly 200
workmen were killed and fatally
wounded. Full details of the catas
trophe are lacking, but the accident is
said to have been ciused by the sudden
collapse of some massive masonry and
old wails which were rn process of
demolition.
Call From the Comptroller.
Washington, March 11—The comp
troller of tbe currency has called for
the reports of the condition of na
tional banks up to the 7th inst.
BRUNSWICK, GA„ FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 1 2 1897.
CRASHES INTO
THE CANAL.
A Big Buffalo Elevator Burns
to the Water’s
Edge.
FALLS ON A TRANSFER FLOATER,
Which Was Moored Beneath the Burring
Building—Some Narrow Escapes
and a Heavy Loss
Buffalo, N. Y., March 11. —The Ryan
elevator was totally destroyed by lire
this morning. During the lire the
walls suddenly collapsed, bringing
down with them a mass of smoulder
ing grain and debris, and narrowly
escaping some of the spectators and
firemen present.
The bulk of the falling mass went
over into the caual, falling with great
force upon the transfer floater used to
carry grain and cars and completely
crushing the big scow.
The elevator is a complete wreck,
having been burned to the water’s
edge. The loss on the building is giv
en as $50,000, and on the grain as SB,-
000. Ths amount of insurance is not
known.
Going for the Gamblers.
Savannah, March 11.—The preval
ence of gambling, and especially pol
icy playing, has aroused public opin
ion, and the grand jury at its session
this afternoon indicted nearly every
gambling bouse in the city. Seme of
the men behind these games are men
of means and can put up a strong
fight, if they choose to pay the piper.
Is Insane.
Savannah, March 11.—J. A. Stokes,
a white man, who was arrested here
about two weeks ago, charged with
forgery, was adjudged insane today
and ordered to the asylum. Stokes is
a stranger here and came from South
Carolina some time ago.
A Small Swindler.
Savannah, March 11. J.
Buttimer is on trial today in the su
perior court, charged with forgery.
The charge is based upon a forged
order for $5, bearing the signature of
Commissioner Willinks.
Enters the Race.
Washington, March 11.—Rear Ad
miral John G. Walker has announced
his intention of entering the race for
the position of assistant secretary of
the navy.
The Weather.
Atlanta, March 11.—Friday gener
ally fair; warmer in northern portion.
Boy Arrests Boy.
A. F. Pharr, the bicycle man,-swore
out a warrant before Justice Hitch
yesterday morning for the arrest of
John Story, a small white boy, who
had rented a bicycle and failed to re
turn it. As soon as Keet Crews, the
juvenile attache of Justice Hitch’s
office, beard that the warrant was out,
he put out at unusual speed, returning
in a short while with the young offen
der securely in custody, and sur
rounded by a good sized mob of other
small boys, glorying in the achieve
ment. Justice Hitch dismissed the
charge on account of the age of the de
fendant, and now Constable Bob Gas
kias is after Crews for beating him
out of bis arresting fee.
Keeping the Wires Hot.
It is reported that Joseph Pulitzer
has for the past three days been send
ing not less than 100 telegrams per
day from his Jeky) cottage. The mil
lionaire directs the policy of his big
paper from whatever place he rnay be
temporarily located, and keeps In very
close touch with everything in the big
Park Row building.
The ladies know that Liberty Bell
Baking Powder makes fine bread.
BRANTLEY
TALKS TARIFF.
Our New Congressman Inter
viewed On the Eve of
His Departure.
DESCRIBES HIS DEMOCRACY.
He is a Tariff Reformer, and Would
Equalize the Burdens Imposed
Upon the People-
The Hon. W. G. Brantley will this
morning leave for Washington on the
the 9 :45 train via the Southern rail
way. The democratic caucus has been
called for tomorrow, and the fast ser
vice over the Southern will give the
first congressman Brunswick has had
in fifty years ample time to reach the
capita! before the big talk begins.
When seen by a Times reporter yes
terday afternoon Mr. Brantley was
busily engaged at his office in closing
up bis business for an absence (hat is
likely to be indefinite.
“No,” said the new congressman, in
response to a question, “I don’t know
when I shall be back. My private
opinion is, however, that the extra
session is likely to be a long one.”
When asked upon what he based this
view, Mr. Brantley said :
“Well,, the entire revision of the tar
iff is no child’s play. The session has
been called for that purpose, and I see
no chance of a speedy adjournment.
No other business —no river and har
bor appropriations, or anything be
yond, of course, the various bills left
unsigned by Mr. Cleveland, can be
taken up. These matters are also
likely to coneume some time.”
The Egyptian cotton question was
then brought ui>. It is one upon
which Mr. Brantley has thoroughly
informed himselt, and he discussed the
question with much earnestness.
“I feel much encoureged at the out
look,” he said. “We may not be ac
corded the tariff of five cents a pound
on Egyptian cotton that we shall pro
pose, bnt from letters I have seen from
men prominent on the republican
side, I am inclined to hope for the
best.”
“Do you expect any great opposi
tion in this direction from your demo
cratic colleagues?” was asked.
“1 don’t see why I should. I don’t
know how Captain Davis, of Florida,
stands, but I know that Senator Pas
co advocates a tax of ten cents a
pound on Egyptian cotton. The meas
ure is a thoroughly democratic one,”
continued Mr. Brantley, “and in advo
cating it, I have relinquished not one
iota of my political belief. Here is
the question in a nutshell as it pre
sent* itself to my mind : Free trade is
a theory. I have nothing to say
against it, but lam no theorist. This
is a practical world—practical men
must work through parties. There is
no free trade party, but there is a tar
iff reform party, and I am a member
of it, and I realize the fact that my
people must obtain relief from that
party or look elsewhere for it. I dou’t
propose to force them to that extrem
ity.”
“You consider the proposed tariff
on Egyptian cotton then a step in the
direction of tariff reform?”
“1 do most emphatically. What is
such a reform hut the equalization of
the tariff? We shall certainly have a
protective tariff for four years—per
haps longer. Under that tariff our
people have in years past bought in a
dear market and sold in a cheap. We
have no manufactures—all we buy has
been taxed; nothing that we raise has
been made the subject of protection.
That i3 not democracy, nor am I that
kind of a democrat.
“The only serious opposition,” re
sumed Mr. Brantley, “that I antici
pate is from the eastern manufactur
ers, who have come to look upon the
south as a market and not as a section
of the couotry as much entitled to
protection as their own. But we shall
advocate no prohibitory duty, but sim
ply a tariff for revenue, and that is
certainly good democratic doctrfne.”
“How much Egyptian cotton is now
imported, Mr. Brantley?”
“More than our entire*yield of sea
island cotton. Last year the importa
tions rose to some 50,000 bales, aver
aging 800 pounds each. Our entire
crop was 90,000 bags, which, allowing
300 pounds to the bag, gives 27,000,000
pounds raised by our people against
40,000,000 pounds raised by the
cheapest labor on earth. I am
ready to admit,” concluded Mr'.
Brantley, “that those who con
tend that the proposed tariff will
prove useless, may be right; but I
think the experiment worth trying.
And, at any rate, as a tariff reform
democrat, I am constrained to support
a measure designed to equalize the
burdens under which our farmers
have steadily gone from bad to worse.’
ALL EYE 8 TO CARSON.
A Good “Size Up” of the Fistic Cham
pions Who Will Battle.
All ey'es are now turned to Carson
City, and any news from the ring
side is eagerly read.
W. W. Naugbton, the sporting
writer of the Journal, writes as fol
lows about the two men :
“What have Corbett and theiCornieli
man accomplished? Pompadour Jim
has run the gauntlet of men like
Choynski, Kilrain. Peter Jackson,
John L. Sullivan and Charley Mitch
ell. To my mind, bis showing with
Jackson was his star performance, for
with all due allowance for Peter’s
stiffened ankle, it was a marvellous
thing for an amateur to hold his own
with the colored wonder from the
antipodes.
“Fitzsimmons has been under fire
more than Corbett. He has not been
pitted against sucb high class men,
but he has borne the brunt of a greater
number of engagements. His middle
weight contests with Dempsey, Up
ban, McCarthy, et al., proved him to
be a wonderlul workman, and his later
showings with Jim Hall, Maher twice,
Creedon and ChoyDski made good his
boast that be would some day ‘take a
punch at the big fellows.’
“He has been in trouble more fre
quently than has Corbett. Time and
again he has been knocked dizzy by
the weight of his opponent’s first, and
many of those who will not acknowl
edge that he has qualified for the
championship class, strengthen their
arguments by reference to the number
of occasions on which be has been
within an ace of defeat.”
BETTER THAN EVER.
Gentry’s Wonderful Animals Are the
Talk of the Town.
To an audience that filled every inch
of available space in the big tent,
Gentry’s famous dogs and ponies gave
last night the best programme of tbe
kind ever seen here, not excepting tbe
previous visits of the same attraction.
Gentry’s show has grown better
with tbe years, and has about reached
the acme of absolute perfection. The
dogs and ponies are wonderfully well
trained, and perform with a skill al
most human in its excellence. The
clown pony and tlie leaping grey
hounds received the greater share of
the applause, although all the animals
were favorites.
Judging from the size and temper of
the crowd last night Brunswick is
dog-show mad. From the tune of the
pretty street parade in the afternoon
to tbe performance, crowds hung about
the tent. The ticket sellers and tak
ers and ushers had hard work provid
ing seats for the ladies who came a lit
tle late. There is certain to be an-
other outpouring of people to the mat
inee this afternoon and a larger one to
night. The matinee will begin at 3
o’clock.
Changed Places.
Cooper’s circus, which was to show
here yesterday, today and tomorrow,
swapped dates with Gentry’s dog
show, the former playing in Waycross
and the latter here.
PRICE, FIVE CENTS.
COUNCIL DOES
VARIOUS THINGS.
Matters of Importance Trans
acted at the Meeting
Held Last Night.
A NEW ARBITRATOR NAMED.
Buildings Ordered Demolished—Clerk and
Treasurer Submit Their Annual Re
ports-Church Wants City’s Stone.
The city council met in regular
weekly session last night and handled
various matters of importance.
The petition to reduce the cow lim
its, which was presented at the last
meeting of council, was brought up
again for action. Action was again
deferred until the next meeting.
A petition from Rev. J. J. P. Perry,
pastor of Bc. Athanasius’ church,which
was wrecked by the tornado and is
now being rebuilt, was read. The pe
tition asked the city to donate to the
church the stone which was pur
chased for use in the construction of
the market building, but which, ow
ing to the fact that the building was
unfinished, is lying, unused', in the
incomplete structure. The petition
was referred to the committee on
taxes and revenues.
Council instructed the city marshal
to have the dilapidated buildings on
new town lots 1230 and 1231 demol
ished at once. .
A communication from Hon. Harry
F.’ Dunwody, declining to serve as
city arbitrator, was read and accepted.
Mr. James M. Calnan, jr., was unan
imously elected to the position thus
made vacant.
The committee on taxes and reven
ues reported, cu the application of the
Western Union Telegraph company
for a reduction of license from SIOO to
SSO, that more time was desired for
getting at the merits of the question,
The extension of time asked for was
granted.
On recommendation of the commit
tee on purchasing, W. J. Butts was
given the contract for furnishing the
city physician with drugs,} at
per month, his bid being the best and
lowest submitted.
Alderman Atkinson reported to the
council that it had been found impos
sible to carry out the instructions of
council in regard to shelling L street
to the boulevard, there being consider
able difficulty about obtaining the nec
essary rights-of-'.vay.
City Treasurer Harvey submitted his
annual report of receipts anddisburse
ments for the year ending January 31,
1897. The report was a comprehensive
one, and showed that the balance in
tiie treasury at the end of tbe year was
$500.13.
City Clerk L. C. Bodetjread his an
nual report. It was compiled in book
form and was both exhaustive and
thorough, showing every detail of mu
nicipal transaction for the year.
Council voted its thanks to the clerk
and ordered the report published. Tbe
figures showed that the expense of
conducting the city government was
$326.73 less for 1896 than for 1895.
Alderman Atkinson introduced a
resolution instructing the marshal to
have the frame shed in the rear of the
saloon of M.andjA. Marks, torn down.
Permission was granted to build ashed
for the convenience of customers at a
previous meeting of oouncil. Aider
man Atkinson said tbe Messrs. Marks
had not complied with the terms of
their petition, but had made a regular
store out of the shed, renting it to a
barber shop. The resolution to have
it removed prevailed.
The various city accounts were ap
proved and ordered paid.
Council then adjourned until next
Thursday rnght.
Nabob Flour makes the best and
whitest bread.
10-pound sack of good buokwheat
for only 25c. Keany & Bailey.