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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.