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THE BRUNSWICK TIMES. VOLUME 8, NO. 76. THE TRUSTS AND THE TARIFF. Mr. Dockery’s Thrust At the Syndicates Proves Abortive. CORNERED BY COMBINATIONS. Raw MaterUls Will Not Be Put'On the Free List—Republicans and Pops Combine. Washington, March 3U.—There was not a quorum of the bouse today when the proceedings were begun on the tariff bill, and Mr. Richardson (Dem., Tenn.) called attention to the fact. Mr. Dockery (Dem., Mo.) asked unanimous consent that the free list might be considered, in order that be might offer his amendment putting those articles on the free list controlled by trusts in the United States, but Mr. Payne (Rep., N Y.) objeoted. The committee on ways and means took command of the situation again and presented a number of amend ments. MORE NOMINATIONS. I he president today sent to the sen ate the following nominations: Frauk Palmer of Illinois, to be public print er. Alexander M, Thackara of Penn sylvania, to be council of the United States at Havre. Fraue. Senator Foraker this morning intro duced in the senate a modified form of the Patterson pooling bill, which per mits railroads, under oertain restric tions, to pool in the matter of trans portalion of freights. A SENATE CAUCUS. The republicans of the senate held a caucus this morning. It is under stood that a combination was made with certain populists whereby they are to vote with the republicans on the question of organization. Senators J' lies, of Nevada, Stewart and Kyle will be given good chairmanships. It is understood that Senator Hoar will oppose ami will not agree to such a combination. BAD FOR BOSS BUCK. Mob s P. Handy Said to Have An Eye On Japan. Washington, March 30.—C01. Buck has struck a snag in his canvass to be minister to Japan, and there is con sternation in the Georgia contingent. It is hard to say what the outcome will be. The new applicant for the position among the almond-eyed Japs is no less a person than Col. Moses P. Handy, one of the slickest and most versatile promoters of the day, and one whose personal alignments are such as to make his canvass an exceed ingly dangerous one for Buck. As Moses P. Handy is the editor of the Chicago Times-Herald, whose pro prietor, Mr Kbhlsaat, is McKinley’s closest friend, it will be seen that, he has a strong pull, and one whioh is not to be despised. CROSBY’S CORPSE Will Be Shipped to New York if Re covered. Washington, March 30.—Senor Du puy de Lome, the Spanish minister at Washington, has cabled Acting Cap tain General Ahumada at Havana, re questing him to make every effort to recover the body of the dead Ameri can newspaper correspondent, O. E. Crosby, late of New York, who was killed while watching a recent en gagement between Cubau and Spanish forces, near Arroya, Bianco, and to forward it in a becoming manner to New York Riches Were Naught. Geneva. N. Y, March 30.—S. C. Houghton, owner of the Corning Glass Works, worth $(>00,000, com mitted suicide today. No particular cause is assigned. CONFERENCE CONTINUED. The Sixih Day of the Session at Staunton. Staunton, Va., March 30—. This is the sixth day’s session of the Balti more conference ot the M. E. church, South. Devotional services were con ducted by Dr. R. R. S. Hough. Bishop Galloway presided. The committee reports on the debt of the Wesleyan Female institute of this city, urged that a collection be taken, and that presiding elders see that subscriptions are made in their respective congregations under their charge. The subscription amounted to $1,300. The report of the Epworth League showed an increase of 67 local leagues; an increase in membership of 2,656 during the year, a total membership of 7,160. The report of the Sunday school showed 40,357 pupils and 5,699 teach ers. The Church Extension society ex pended $2,236, aiding 18 churches. CHARGED WITH COMPLICITY. Snsaional Arrest of a French Dep u y—Panama Scandal Revived. Paris, March 30. —M. Antide Boyer, a member of the chamber of deputies for one of the , district of Marseilles, was arrested this morning upon charges of complicity with Emile Arton, the Panama canal lobbyist, on frauds and bribery. The arrest was made as the result of Artori’s confes sion. The police searched Boyer’s bouse, where they seized a large num ber of incriminating papers. The bouse of M. Naquet, deputy for Van cluse, was also searched and a number of documents were seized. The Figaro asserts that many other arrests are imminent. ANOTHER LEVEE GONE. Town After Town in Mississippi is Floodi and. Greenville, Miss., March 30.—The levee broke at. Mound Landing, fifteen miles north of this place, this morn ing. Greenville and all towns west of Deer Creek will be flooded. The break at stead’s Landing, near Perthshire, this morning, is 1,500 feet wide. The entire lower half of the delta will be under water within three days. All able-bodied men have been called out to throw up protecting le vees around the city. SUSPICIOUS SPECIALTY. A SylvanA Specialist Charged With a Serious Crirn^. Sylvania, Ga., March 30. —Dr. Evans, the specialist, who has been here sev eral months, is in jail. He is charged with forging the name of Jake Wright of this place to a note which he traded to H. H. Chance. Chance discovered the for gery and had Evans arrested yester day. LOST THEIR LIVES In a Little Brooklyn Fire Yesterday Morning. New York, March 30.—Fire de stroyed a frame house in Carroll street, near Franklin avenue, Brooklyn, this morning, and with it two lives. Peter Keenan, aged 40, and Marie Stewart, 5 years old, were burned to death in their beds. Off to Nassau. Macon. March 30. —The Georgia ed itors left the city this morning on their trip to Nassau. They went on a special train. Several citizens of Ma con and Dr. and Mrs. A. W. Calhoun, of Atlanta, accompanied I hem. Mercy for Murderers. Atlanta, March 30.—The governor will respite Gus Families, who was to have been banged next Friday. He will also respite Tom D<*lks. The Weather. Atlanta, March 30. —Local showers and partly cloudy weather Wednes day. Slightly warmer in the interior. BRUNSWICK, GA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 31 1897. CARGOES OF COAL Excite the Suspicions of the Key West Custom House Authorities. _________ t SUSPICIOUS STEAMER SEIZED. A Revenue Cutter Captures the Monarch While Waiting for the Ccal that Never Came. Key West, Fla, March 30.—Last night the customs officials at this port detected the steamer Clyde andschoo ner Cora taking on coal, and an in spector was detailed to board the Cora with instructions to see what disposi tion would be made of the cargo. Captain Williams, of the Cora, re fused to take the vessel out with the officer, and the Clyde proceeded alone, and when about sixteen miles to the northward of this city she struck on Horse Shoals and came back damaged. The wrecking pumps were set going and kept her from sinking. This morniug the steam tug Mon arch was brought into this port by the cutter Winona. Yesterday morning the cutter, aoting under instructions from the collector, left port to cruise along the coast, and when off Bahia Honda, sighteu the Monarch, which was anchored there waiting for coal. An officer was sent on board with in structions to take her to Key West. Her arrival here caused considerable excitement. This is the second time wit hin ten days that an attempt has been made to supply the Monarch with coal from this port. Last week the George W. Childs is reported as having supplied her with coal. Capt. Lewis, formerly of the Three Friends, is on board the Monarch. SENSATIONAL SUICIDE. A Stranger Shuffl-s Off This Mortal Coil in New Orleans. New Orleans, March 30. -A man who registered as Wilson Williams, of Washington, D. C., killed himself in a cheap-rate hotel last night. He had erased his name from his spectacle case and destroyed all his letters and papers. His coat bore the mark of the Globe clothing bouse of Richmond, Va. He said while here that he had lost $75,000 and was desperate. Wil liams is evidently an assumed name. . Still Struggling. Frankfort, Ky.,March3o.—The sixth ballot today for United States senator resulted as follows : Hunter, 60; Black burn, 43: Davie, 13; Boyle, 7; Stone, 1. There were 124 votes cast, making 63 necessary to a choice, 6 (pairs being announced. The clerk was ordered to take another ballot. There was no change in the seventh ballot. The Big Battleship. Lewes, Del., March 30.—The battle ship lowa anchored just outside of the Delaware, and left her anchorage this morning and passed the capes at 6:05 o’clock. She is expected to reach the Brooklyn navyyard tomorrow. She will there go into the dock and have her bottom thoroughly scraped. Tore Up a Tunnel. Chicago, March 30.—1n an explosion at 8 o’clock this morning in the new Northwest Land tunnel, at the foot of Uak street, two men were killed and four others seriously injured. The names of the dead men are Owen O’Malley and Peter Gallagher. Redwine is Rattled. New York, March 30.—John E. Red wine, a Gainesville, Ga., merchant, was today admitted to the Pasteur In stitute. He was bitten by a mad dog last Saturday. All shoes, all toes, all prices in meos’ tine shoes at Palmer’s. GOTHAM’S GOLGOTHA. An Up-town Apartment House Burns With Fatal Effect. SEVERAL PERSONS SUFFOCATED By the Dense Smoke and Buried Beneath the Ruins—The Bodies Not Yet Recovered. New York, March 30. -Another apartment bouse horror has been added to the long list of fatal death trap fires here. An up-town French fiat house was discovered to be on fire late last night, and before the firemen could reach the panic stricken inmates of the build ing, several people were suffocated by the dense smoke and fell victims to the flames. Those who are known to be lying beneath the debris of the burned building are Mrs. Tollinger and her daughter, and Miss Leo Ryan. None of the bodies have vet been recovered, and it is feared that others may be found when the ruins are completely cleared away. RUDD’S RASH ACT. Jealous of His Wife, He Turns His Pistol on Himself. Chattanooga, March 30.—C. M. Rudd, of this city, who has been half crazed with jealousy of his wife, shot himself in the temple today, inflicting a wound that will probably prove fatal. Yesterday Rudd made an assault on his wife, after accusing her of undue intimacy with other men, and at the moment when he turned the pistol on himself he was struggling with the of ficers who had come to arrest him. Laid Low by Lightning. Americus, March 30.—During a se vere thunder storm today, the light ning struck a house near here, killing a colored man and a child. The house caught lire, and both bodies were bad ly burned before they could be extri cated from the ruins. Haul on a Hand Car. Galesburg, 111.. March 30.—The Oneido State Bank in this city was robbed last night. The robbers opened the big safe with nitro-glycerine and completely looted it. They escaped on a hand car with several thousand dollars. A Frightful Fall Chicago, March 30.—Nicholas Pyle fell over the railing of the front stair way of his residence here today, alighting upon the landing. His skull was crushed and death followed in half an hour. Old Man Killed. Atlanta, March 30.—W. G. Richards, aged 72, was struck by a Southern rail way engine several miles above At lanta this afternoon. His remains, horribly mangled, were brought here. A Popular Pastor. Richmond, Va., March 30.—The Rev. Dr. Fair has accepted a call from the Independent Presbyterian church of Savannah. Insist on your grocer furnishing you with Ferguson’s breakfast bacon and hams. He Had Revenge. Chicago, March 30.—L. E. Bailey to day caused the discharge of a woman from a hotel. The woman had horse whipped him very severely. • 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 JENNINGS’ FEAT. He Persists in His Determination to the Alarm of His Friends. Coroner Jennings refuses to be dis suaded. He is firmly fixed in his dar ing and somewhat dangerous purpose to cross Newcastle street on a slender rope. The coroner secured the rope yester day and also personally superintended the construction of a balancing pole. He has decided on another feature for his performance, which will but add to the solicitude of his friends as to his personal safety. “1 used to do a trapeze act in my younger days,” he said, “and, if I can get a;proper trapeze made, I will add a few aerial turns to my performance on the rope. I know,” said the coroner, “that some people around here are calling me a fool and crazy, and others are thinking that I am goiug daft, but I will show them that both their fears and theirdoubis are uufounded.” “When do you propose to give the performance?” asked the reporter. “I expect to get the rope stretched today,” he said. “But 1 may not suc ceed. If I don’t get all the arrange ments made, 1 will, of course, have to postpone the performance. Anyhow, I expect to give it either Thursday or Friday.” The coroner is much in earnest. It was reported yesterday that some of his friends would apply for an in junction, restraining him from mak ing his hazardous attempt. The oor oner had not heard of the intention when asked by a reporter. He said he would be surprised to know that his frieDds had no better sense. ALONG THE BAY. Items of Shipping and General Har bor News. The Werneth Hall’s cargo is almost completed. For the first time in several months there are now no steamships at the Southern wharves. The American schooner Maggie S. Hart, 488 tons, Capt. Carlisle, arrived yesterday from New York, The four-masted schooner J. Holmes Birdsall will carry a cargo of between 25,000 and 30,000 crossties. The American schooner J. W. Bal ano, 458 tons, Capt. Wilson, arrived yesterday from Boston to load lumber. THE NEW DIVISION. Its First Appearance Asa Complete Company. Tlie Fourth Division, Naval Re serves, was out for drill last night. The division made a very creditable show, with thirty-two men and five officers in line. This drill marked the first appear ance of the division as a fully equipped corps, the oflioers turning out for the first time since they received their commissions. The Race Track. Yesterday’s brush between the fly ers of two prominent citizens seems to have revived interest in the project of giving Brunswick a combination bi cycle track. Several of those who went out to see the spurt yesterday were talking on the way back of A. Kaiser’s liberal proposition to give a piece of land near the cypress mills for such a purpose. A syndicate to take hold of the proposition will preb ably be formed. All the latest ties in Oxford ties and strap slippers can be found at T’alm er’s. Will Give as Much. The county commissioners will meet next Tuesday ro pass on the board of education’s petition for an appropria tion for the city schools. The three commissioners are believed to be unanimously in favor of donating the same amount that the city council gave. Our new springstock was selected in person arid you will be pleased when you see them and hear the price, l’almer. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. A TRAMP TRAGEDY. An Ohio Woman Outraged and Slain a by Worth less Wretch. HUSBAND AWAY FROM HOME On. Business When the Crime Was Com mitted-Posse Organized to Search for the Criminal- Columbus, Ohio, March 30.—The nude body of Mrs. John Miller, the wife of a well-known citizen of Frar.klin county, was found dead Monday in an out-house upon her husband’s farm. Mrs. Miller was perfectly nude when found, her clothing, which had evi dently been torn from her, lying near by in a heap. She had been outraged and then murdered during the absence of her husband in town on business. A tramp who had been seen about the premises duriDg the day is sup posed to have committed the crime, and several posses of citizens are scouring the country for the mis creant. FOR ST. SIMON. Several Applicants for the Manage ment of the Resort. There is quite a lively scramble for the management of Hotl st. Simon, made vacant oy the withdrawal ot the many-initiale. jl. Among those who are reporic. jbe applicants for the place are B. W. Sperry, late of the Hotel Lanier, Ma con, a widely known host, whose pop ularity is only measured by the large number of those be has entertained. A prominent Tennessee hotel man and another of Birmingham, Ala., are also mentioned as applicants. Among the arrivals at the Ogle thorpe yesterday were G. W. McEvoy, of the Everett house, Jacksonville. Mr. McEvoy is one of the most prom inent hotel men in Florida, and is well liked everywhere. Mr. McEvoy’s visit is said to have a distinct connec tion with the vacant management. He It is reported to be a leading candidate for the place. SUBSIDING. Water Leaving the Tracks and the Trouble About Over. The trouble to the railroads, caused by the washout, is about over. The water is subsiding, and leaving the tracks clear. It is thought that regular schedules can be resumed on the Southern today or tomorrow. Beyond the inconvenience to the railroads, the flood has done no mate rial damage. The Southern ran a special out of the city at 10:55 yesterday to accom modate outgoing passengers. All are invited to take a look at our window. Nothing but colored shoes in it. Tahner’s. In Police Court. The captain of the British steamship Werneth Hall was arraigned in police court yesterday morning on a charge of violating the harbor ordinance by moving his vessel without the harbor master’s consent. Mayor Mason dis missed the case. Our stock of tan shoes for men and ladies is the largest and most complete of any ever shown in Brunswick. Pal mer’s. Maroa Found Four. The big steamship Maroa, Captain Adams, which was in port here last December, has distinguished herself by rescuing four of the orew of the sunken French steamship St. Nazalre. The Maroa passed Lizard, bound for Hamburg, on Saturday, and signalled that she bad four of the shipwreoked men on board.