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THE BRUNSWICK TIMES.
VOLUME 8, NO. 66.
STILL SEEM
SEARCHING
For the Bottom Facts in the
Steam Tug Dauntless
Case.
INTERESTING ISSUE INVOLVED,
The Attorney General Will Settle the Va
lidity of durances for Ficti
tious Ports.
Washington, March 18.—Attorney-
General McKenna has been in tele
grapbio communication with the
United States marshal at Jacksonville
concerning the application of the
steamer Dauntless for permission to
clear from Jacksonville with a cargo
of munitions of war. Marshal McKay
is now making an inquiry with a view
of obtaining siffch additional facts as
will enable the attorney-general to
render an opinion on the application.
The cabinet conference yesterday
did not dispose of the matter. Until
the opinion of the attorney-general is
rendered the Dauntless will not be al
lowed to clear. The question yet to be
settled definitely is whether the vessel
can take out papers for some alleged
Cuban pore known to be fictitious
Permission was given to the Three
Friends at one time to clear for “the
port of El Maceo,” which does not
exist, so far as this government is in
formed, but it is not likely that an
other application of this character will
be granted.
The House Adjourns.
Washington, March 18.--The house
re-assembied at noon. Mr. Henderson
stated that the committee on ways and
means would not be ready to report
until tomorrow, he therefore moved
that the house adjourn until Friday.
This was agreed to without a division,
and at 12:16 the house was declared
adjourned.
SENATORS AND THE PEOPLE.
In the senate the constitutional
amendment for the popular election of
United States senators was reintro
duced today by Turpie,who announced
his purpose to address the senate upon
it Monday. Senator clear, from the
committee on the Pacific railroads, re
ported the bill pending last session
for the adjustment of the government
debt through a commission. At 1 the
senate went into executive session.
THE TARIFF BILL.
The ways and means committee today
voted to report the tariff bill to the
houne tomorrow. The understanding
is that the debate on the bill will be
gin Monday and that it will be put on
its passage on the last day of this
month.
The Plums Fall.
Washington, March 18.—The presi
dent today sent to tne senate the fol
lowing nominations: Powell Clayton,
Arkansas, minister to Mexico; W. M.
Osborne, Massachusetts, consul gen
eral at London ; J. K. Gowdy, Indiana,
consul general at Paris; J. H. Brig
ham, Ohio, assistant secretary of ag
riculture; P. 8. Heath, Indiana, first
assistant postmaster general; Captain
Charles Sbaler to be major; H. L.
Marindin, member of the Mississippi
river commission.
PILOTS IN PERIL.
Two Jacksonville Bar Pilots Have
Their Boat Swamped.
Jacksonville, March 18.—Tnis morn
ing as the pilots attempted to board
tbe steamship Comanche off St. Johns
bar their small boat was swamped by
a high wave, and in order to save
their lives Pilot Spaulding and Cap
tain Gordoß had to leap for the ladder
hanging down tne side of tbe ship.
They had a narrow escape and were
for a time in a perilous position.
We are headquarters for Lenten
delicacies, ect. Neany & Bailey.
RECEIVER APPOINTED
For a Suspended Jacksonville Bank
By the Comptroller.
Jacksonville, Marcb 18. —Bank Ex
aminer E. T. Sbubrick, wbo has been
in charge of the Merchants’ National
bank here since its suspension, lias
been appointed temporary receiver of
tne bank by the following telegram :
“1 have appointed Shubrick tempo
rary receiver of the Merchants’ Na
tional bank of Jacksonville In order to
protect assets of the bank pending re
sumption.
••James 11. Eckels, Comptroller.”
A Scandalous Case.
Savannah, March 18—W. E, Ben
nett, an employe of the City and Sub
urban railroad, was found guilty in
the superior court today of a criminal
assault on his own niece. The jury
was out but a few minutes. They
qualified their verdict and recom
mended him to the mercy of the court.
Judge Falligant thereupon sentenced
Bennett to ten years in the peniten
tiary.
Bradley for Senator.
Louisville, Ky., March 18.—Dis
patches from Frankfort say that the
election of D. G. Hunter for United
■States senator is now oDly a remote
possibility, and that Governor Brad
ley can be elected, if he but says the
word, Anew caucus will soon be
called and if Governor Bradley does
not nomination, it will prob
ably go to ex-Chlef Justice W. H.
Holt.
That Professional Tax.
Savannah, March 18.—Comptroller
General W. A. Wright says some of
the tax collectors have got a wrong
impression about the professional tax.
These taxes, unlike other special taxes,
are not due until December 20. Con
sequently a lawyer or a doctor can
practice all the year without becom
ing amenable to the law.
Hay is Honored.
Washington, D. C., Marcb 18 —The
senate committee on foreign relations
has ordered a favorable report on the
nominations of John Hay, to be am
bassador to Great Britain; Horace
Porter, to be ambassador to France,
and Mr. White, present secretary at
London, to be secretary of tbeembassy
at London.
Hot Newspaper Stuff.
Richmond, Va., March 18.—The
Dispatch building caught iite in the
mailiug room about 12:30 this after
noon. The flames were soon got un
der control and the issue will not be
interfered with.
The Weather,
Atlanta, March 18. Local rains
Friday morning, iollowed by fair;
Friday slightly warmer.
THE WINNERS.
Those Who Were Fortunate in Dav
enport’s Prize Drawing.
The drawing for the prizes offered
by J. P. Davenport, the Modern Gro
cer, was held yesterday.
The fortunate ones were: Mrs. Wm.
Merchant, who won the line china set
on ticket No. 1575; Mrs. M. Isaac, the
elegant parlor lamp on ticket No.
2734, and Mrs. U. P. Goodyear, the
handsome onyx table on ticket No.
282.
Messrs. George Smith and N. Eman
uel conducted the drawing. Mr. Dav
enport will announce another prize
contest for the benefit of bis customers
shortly.
A Long Journey.
Messrs. Smith and Collins, the well
known carpenters, will leave in a few
days for New Zealand, where they
have decided to locate. They will go
via Sin Francisco, and expect to be a
month or two on the voyage.
Grand Opening
Of spring millinery and pattern hats
selected by the best artists of New
York. For beauty and cheapness they
cannot be excelled; will be found at
Mrs. Earle’s. Ladies are respectfully
invited to see for themselves.
BRUNSWICK, GA.. FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 19, 1897.
TERRIBLE
THE TORTURES
Of the Hapless Crew and Pas
sengers of a French
Steamer.
DRIFTING TO DEATH FOR DAYS.
The Crew of the Sinking Steamer Crowd
Into the Boats-Rescued by a
Savannah Schooner-
Savannah, March 18. —The schooner
Hilda, which rescued the four surviv
ors from the wreck of the French
steamer Ville de St. Naire, is owned
here, being the property of the Savan
nah Lighterage and Transit company,
The Hilda ib commanded by Capt.
G. A. Rines, who is well known here,
and from whom was received today a
telegram telling briefly the story of
the rescue.
an ocean tragedy.
The steamer sailed from New York
for the West Indies on the 6th, under
command of Captain Jacqueleau, and
foundered off Hatteras in a heavy gale
which destroyed four of the eight
boats. The 82 passengers and crew
were crowded into the remaining
boats with but one day’s food and
water. The boat picked up by the
Hilda, with its burden of suffering
humanity, drifted helplessly for an en
tire week. During that time all but
four of the 38 sufferers perished miser
ably, dying in delirium of thirst and
hunger.
THE SAVED AND LOST.
The saved are Berry, the inspector of
Compagnie Generale Transatiantique;
Marie, the ship’s doctor; Staute, the
third engineer, and Sagado of San Do
mingo. Among the lost are d’An
drews, first lieutenant; Herbert, sec
ond lieutenant; La Leune, purser; Ni
colay, second captain, and Masiavi,
chief engineer.. Mrs. Sagado and four
children starved to death. The sur
vivors are hardly yet able to give a
connected story of the last twelve
days.
AFTER MANY MONTHS
Of Suffering, Mr. G. R. Overby Passes
Away Yesterday.
Mr. G. R. Overby, formerly manager
of the Standard Oil company’s local
business, died yesterday at noon at the
residence of Mrs. W. E. Miller, where
he had been ill for some time.
Mr. Overby succumbed after many
months of suffering to consumption.
He recently left the city in the hope of
obtaining the benefit of a change but
without avail.
He was for a number of years in
charge of the Standard Oil company’s
business here, and was a thorough and
systematic businessman. His death
is generally deplored.
Mr. Overhy leaves a brother in
Cochran, who was telegraphed for
yesterday, and arrived last night.
Resolutions.
The following resolutions were
adopted at iast night’s meeting of the
Marine band:
Whereas we have heard with ex
treme sadness the sorrow that has be
fallen our fellow-member, Mr. W. D.
Miller, in the tragic dhath of his
mother; and
Whereas the organization feels keen
ly for its member; be it
Resolved, That tbe Marine band of
fers its deepest sympathy to the
broken hearted member; and be it
further
Resolved, That a copy of these reso
lutions be published in the city pa
pers and be spread upon tbe minutes
of tbe organization. I. H. Aiken,
.President.
The Acme Open.
Manager John A, Smith opened the
Acme hotel for guests last The
bouse has been renovated and re
pained, and will be well managed.-
AUSTRIANS
ATTACK
And Sink a Greek Schooner
and a Number of
Insurgents.
CHRISTIANS MUST CO-OPERATE
With the Moslems in the Restoration of
Order—Austria Enters a
Protest.
Canea, March 18.—The proclama
tion issued by the foreign admirals
announcing the condition under
which autonomy will be granted to
Crete concludes by saying:
“Anew era is opening for Crete.
Let all persons lay down their arms.
The powers count upon the co-opera
tion of Christians and Moslems to aid
the task which promises to insure or
der and prosperity.”
GREEK SCHOONER SUNK.
"Vienna, March 18. —The government
learns that the Austrian gunboat Se
benico has sunk a Greek schooner with
munitions of war and a number of
Cretan insurgents on board. The Se
benico, under orders of the British ad
miral commanding the British squad
ron in Cretan waters, was patrolling
off Cape Dia, Crete, when the schooner
bove in sight.
The Austrian government has made
a protest to the porte against the out
rages committed by the Moslems in
the villayet of Uscob in European
Turkey.
RUSSIA READY.
Constantinople, March 18. —A Rus
sian steamer conveying a battalion of
troops to Crete lias passed through the
Dardanelles.
MARSHAL’S REPORT.
A Detailed Statement Made to Coun
cil by Chief Beach Last Night.
City Marshal Lewis W. Beach pre
sented to the mayor and council, at
last night’s meeting, his report of the
operations ’of his office for the year
1896. It was a most complete and
thorough statement of all the details
of transactions passing through his
hands.
The report gave the following fig
ures during the year:
Delinquent tax sales—Taxes and
costs, $1,215.86; realized from ssles,
$1,377.98; overplus, $162.12.
Unreturned tax sales—Taxes and
costs, $2,170.59; 'realized from sales,
$4,588.32; overplus, $2,417.73.
Totals—Taxes and costs, $3,386.45;
realized from sales, $5,966 30; overplus,
$2,579 85. *
The report of police fines collected
showed a total for the year of $2,319,
the amounts for each month ranging
from $292 in March tosll4 in January
Called to Boston.
Manager Montgomery S. Gibson, of
the Ogletborpe, lias been called to Bos
ton, owing to the serious illness of his
daughter. Mr. Gibson will sail on the
Mallory steamer tomorrow for Boston,
via New York. He may be absent ten
days or more. Mr. I. H.. Aiken will
have charge of tbe Ogletborpe during
Manager Gibson’s absence.
Kalamazoo Got It.
The committee appointed to award
the Riflemen’s new uniforms met yes
terday at noon, and gave the contract
to tbe Henderson-Ames company, of
Kalamazoo, Mich., represented here by
Mr. W. V. Holly. Thirty-live suits
were ordered. The company expects
to turn out in the new uniforms in a
short while.
Notice.
A meeting of the stockholders of
the St. Simon Transit company is
hereby called for Wednesday, March
24, at 10:30 a. rn., at, the office of W. M.
Tupper & Cos. A full attendance is
desired. 11. H. Raymond,
W. F. Darker, President.
Secretary.
WAS AN INDIAN.
The Sad Fall-off of a Sensation,Which
Had Nothing In It.
For some time past another Bruns
wick paper has been printing occa
sional sensational items to the effect
that Judge Sam Atkinson and the
county officers had corraled a poor,
unoffending Spaniard, and had de
voted themselves to a persecution of
the innocent victim by sending him to
the county convict camps for a more
or less interminable period on a sen
tence for vagrancy.
Later came the declaration that the
high and mighty Spanish government
had risen in its might, with the de
termination to avenge the wrongs in
flicted upon the suffering subject, and
that no less a person than Senor de
Lome had taken steps to have the in
ternational insult investigated and
avenged.
Yesterday Chairman James S.
Wright, of the county commissioners,
at the request of Captain Rosendo
Torras, the Spanish vice-consul, took
the latter gentleman to Dover Hall
where the convicts are quartered, in
the launch Titania, in order that he
might proceed with the aforesaid in
vestigation.
The convict in question was inter
viewed by Captain Torras. He spoke
freely. “1 am not a Spanish subject, - ’
he said. “I am a Peruvian Indian.”
Asked as to the treatment he was re
ceiving, the convict replied that he
was very well treated, and had no com
plaint to make.
Captain Wright and Consul Torras
returned to the city last night, and
the latter stated that he had no juris
diction in the matter.
The Peruvian was sent to the gang
for six months on conviction of va
grancy. When arrested ha was loit
ering around back gates in a suspici
ous manner, and bad a big bar of iron
on bis person.
so the sensation has a sad fall
off, and Senor de Lome has another
reason for disliking American news
papers.
ALONG THE BAY.
Items of Shipping and General Har
bor News.
The Norwegian bark Olivia, 1,162
tons, Captain Gunussen, arrived yes
terday from Port Natal, to load lum
ber from the Hilton Dodge Lumber
company at St. Simon.
The Norwegian bark Pioneer arrived
yesterday frofm Calais, to load from
the Downing Cos.
The American schooner F. and T.
Lupton arrived yesterday from New
York, to load from Frank I). Aiken.
The American barkentine St. Lucie,
arrived yesterday from Port Natal.
The St. Lucie will load lumber from
George S. Baxter & Cos. for New York.
The British steamship Scow Fell
sailed yesterday for Hamburg, with a
cargo of 2,750 tons phosphate, valued
at $27,500, from the Brunswick Termi
nal company.
The Spanish bark Carlos F. Roses
sailed yesterday for St. Felix Guixoli,
with a cargo of 338,000 feet lumber,
valued at $4,168, from Kosendo Torras.
The Spanish bark Cabecces sailed
yesterday for Palma Mallorca, with a
cargo of 298,000 feet lumber, valued at
$3,012, from B. Padrosa.
The American schooner Alice J.
Crabtree sailed yesterday for Barba
dos, with 264,000 feet lumber, valued
at $3,693, from the Southern Pine com
pany.
The Italian bark Zehlimar cleared
yesterday for Trieste, with 3,009 bar
rels rosin, valued at $8,900, from tbe
Downing company.
The Russian bark Suomi cleared
yesterday for St. Petersburg with 2,250
barrels rosin, valued at $7,280, from
tbe Downing company.
The Spanish bark Gwendoline
cleared yesterday with 227,000 leet
lumber and 28,000 fept timber, valued
at $2,783, from Benito Padrosa.
Insist on your grocer furnishing
you with Ferguson’s breakfast bacon
and hams.
PRICE, FIVE CENTS,
COUNCIL GIYES
COWS A CHANCE.
Alderman Fendig Champions
the Change of the
Northern Limit.
THE TIMES THE OFFICIAL ORGAN
A Meeting in Which the Council Was
Unanimous On All Points and Got
Through in a Hurry.
There was a smiling sextette at last
night’s council meeting, composed of
Mayor Mason and Aldermen Fendig,
Krauss, Atkinson, Butts and Morris.
The fine spring weather probably had
a great deal to do with the good
humor of the city fathers. At any
rate, the meeting passed without a
hitch and the vote on all matters in
troduced was unanimous.
The minutes of the last meeting,
read by Clerk Bodet, were approved.
The petition from numerous citizens
of New Town, praying that the north
ern limit tor the running of cows at
large be changed from L street to H
street, thus giving more latitude for
the roaming of bovines, was again
read to council.
Alderman Fendig rose as the cham
pion of the cow-owners. He said be
thought the change a good one. The
object of the ordinance being princi
pally to keep the cows out of the busi
ness portion of the city, he saw no ma
terial difference between H and L
streets to the dim';:, r while
it did make a great „..ierei. .be
owners of cattle. He moved the grant
ing of the petition, and it was done.
The city attorney was instructed to
so amend the ordinance. The change
goes into effect at once, and the cow
impounder will begin today to observe
the new limit.
M. and A. Marks petitioned council
in regard to the shed in the rear of
their Bay street store, which was or
dered removed at the last meeting.
The matter was, on motion of Aider
man Atkinson, referred to the commit
tee on building permits.
Lewis W. Beach, city marshal and
chief of police, presented bis report of
the transactions of bis office for the
year 1896, covering tax sales, police
court fines, etc. It was referred to
the finance committee.
Interesting extracts from the re
port will be found in another place in
this issue.
Alderman Feridig introduced a res
olution changing the time of council
meeting to the second and fourth
Thursdays of each month. It was
adopted.
A resolution making The Bruns
wick Times the official organ of the
city, the change to take effect on the
first Wednesday in April, was intro
duced and passed without a dissent
ing vote.
On motion of Alderman Krauss,
council adjourned.
THE SAVANNAH BANQUET.
Some of Those Present at the St.
Patrick’s Day Dinner.
The annua! banquet of the Hiber
nian society, given in Savannah Wed
nesday evening, proved to be a monu
mental success. Mayor Meldrim pre
sided, and among tbe many distin
guished personages present were Gov.
Atkinson, Hon. F. G. dußignon, W.
G. Charlton, T. S. Morgan, jr., and
Judge A. J. Grovatt, of this city.
Gov. Atkinson responded to the
toast of “Georgia,” Mayor Meldrim
"Savannah,” and Mr. dußig
non dealt with his usual eloquence and
felicity with “The Press,” and while
he found much to praise, paid his re
spects in his happiest manner to that
“new journalism” which publishes
fake news and which stoops to the low
est grade of sensations.
Ferguson hams, shoulders and break
fast bacon at The Downing Company.