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THE BRUNSWICK TIMES.
VOLUME 8, NO. 80.
PRESIDENT’S
PLEASURE PARTY.
The Man From Canton Is Al
ready A-Weary of
Work.
HOUSE ALSO CALLS A HALT.
An Adjournment Until Wednesday Is An
ne u iced—The Senate Transmits
the Indian Relief Law.
Washington, April 3,—Rather more
than the usual number of represent
atives were in their seats to-day when
the house re-assembled after three
days recess. Mr. 1 lingley moved, and
it was agreed to, that when the bouse
adjourn it should be uutil Wednesday
next. A message was received from
the senate transmitting a joint res
olution, authorizing the secretary of
the navy to transport in snitable
American vessels which he shall char
ter, the contributions of the people of
the United States for the famine
stricken people of India. At the re
quest of Mr, Grout, it was taken from
the speakers table for immediate con
sideration. At 1:15 the house ad
journed.
THE PRESIDENT’S PLEASURE PARTY.
The details of the president’s little
jaunt next week have not all been ar
ranged, but it appears to be definitely
settled that be will go on the govern
ment despatch boat Dolphin and that
he will be absent between the cabinet
meetings of Tuesday and Friday. He
will probably start Tuesday afternoon.
No destination has been agreed on,
but the choice lies between Norfolk,
Virginia Beach and Annapolis. In
oase the last named place is selected,
the party will probably return to
Washington by rail. The president
and Mrs. McKinley, Mrs. Saxton. Mr,
and Mrs. John Addison, Porter and a
physician will compose the party
The president expects to be present
at the cabinet meeting Friday.
All the latest ties in Oxford ties and
• strap slippers can be found at Palm
er’s.
SOME SPANISH STORIES.
Routing the Rebels in the Philip
pines—Court Gossip.
Madrid, April 3.—Public enthnsiasm
bere is running very bigb over the
news from Manilla of Spanish victor
ies in the Philippines, resulting in
driving the insurgents out of Cavite,
and the complete capture of the prov
ince by the government troops. It is
believed here that these Spanish suc
cesses have practically ended the war
in the Philippines.
General Polavieja, the governor
general of the islands, who is await
ing the arrival of his successor, Cap
tain-General Primo De Rivera, is to
receive the laurel cross of the general
la chambre and is to be advanced in
rank.
Colonel Cirujeda, who commanded
the Spanish torces in the engagement
in the Pinar del Rio *province of
Cuba, in which the insurgent leader,
Antonio Maceo, was killed, has been
appointed adjutant of the military
household of the queen regent.
HUNTER STILL HUNTING.
The Deadlock Still Continues in the
Kentucky Legislature.
Frankfort, Ky.. Agril 3.—By agree
ment only one vote was cast for each
senatorial candidate at today’s joint
session, other members sitting still
and failing to answer to their names.
Only one ballot was taken. There
were about one hundred members
present, others having gone home to
spend Sunday. Dr. Hunter is at
tempting to make the democrats be
lieve that he is going to withdraw and
the Hunter managers have started a
little boom for ex-Secretary Carlisle,
in order to conceal their plane.
MISSISSIPPI’S MENACE.
Gieat Anxiety Still Felt in St. Louie.
River Rising.
•St. Louis, April 3.—This morning
local Hood situation was so serious as
to cause great anxiety to parties doing
businees alongrbe levees on both sides
of the river. The gauge on the St.
Louis side of the Mississippi now reg
isters twenty-eight feet, and the cel
lars of stres and mercantile bouees
on the levee are filled with water to
the depth of from three to four leet It
is expected that the river will con
tinue to rise for several days yet, and
that tee thirty-two feet mark of ’92
will be passed before the crest of the
flood is reached.
Another rise of two feet will result
in the stopping of traffic on the rail
ways operating switching tracks along
the levee. The residents on the east
ern branch of the river are becoming
alarmed over the situation, and a large
force of men are at work strengthen
ing tlie levees .A high wind prevails
this morning and causes heavy waves
to wash againts railway embankments,
but it is believed they will be able to
withstand the attack cf the water and
driftwood. These embankments form
the sole protection from flood of sev
eral little villages adjoining St. Louis.
A TREACHEROUS TRESTLE.
An Accident on the Central Railroad
Which May Prove Fatal.
Columbus, Ga , April 3,—A trestle
on the Central railroad near Childers
burg gave way today, and an engine
and several cars were precipitated to
the stream beneath.
Engineer Thompson and Fireman
Chapman were badly injured and the
train was a total wreck.
Claims Self Defense.
San Fraucisco, April 3.—Frank But
ler, who will sail for Australia today
where he will be tried for a dozen
murders, has confessed killing Arthur
Preston, but claims he did it in self
defense.
Mrs Nobles Resentenced.
Atlanta, April 3. -Mrs. Nobles was
resentenced by Judge Smith at Jeffer
sonville, Twiggs county, to hang on
April 23. Fambles was respited to
hang April 30.
Insist on your grocer furnishing
you with Ferguson’s breakfast bacon
and hams.
THE MARKETS.
Quotations By Telegraph for 'Times’
Commercial Readers.
(Paine, Murphy a Co’s cotton letter).
New York, April 3.—The trading in
cotton today was fairly active for Sat
urday. The sentiment was bullish and
prices advanced. Liverpool was high
er, New Orleans advanced, the Chron
icle’s weekly weather report was bull
ish and the flood in the Mississippi
Valley shows no signs of abating.
There was some outside buying and
also some buying for short account.
Prices advanced to 10 points, closing
steady with sales of 99,800. Spots ad
vanced 1-16, with sales of 1,817 bales
for spinning, mid. uplands 7% vs. 7%
last year. Liverpool was unchanged
on spot, with sales of 8,000. Futures
there advanced 1 '/ 2 to 2 points. New
Orleans advanced 10 points. Augusta
received today 413 vs. 280 last week
and Memphis 197 vs. 694 ar.d 295; St.
Louis 7 vs. none and 79; Houston 629
vs. 1,424 and 2,338.
Total port receipts 6,311,114
Total exported 5.141,287
Total visible supply 3,308,120
Total American 2,940.820
Total net ove land 768,437
Southern consumption 620 000
Total crop marketed 7,699,551
Interior stocks 138,416
Come into sight 65.134
T. taltn sight 7,838,007
Northern spinners takings 1,420,643
Cotton futures opened steady.
May 7.04
June 7.09
July 7.12
August 7.18
September 0.89
October 6.76
Chicago Market.
Chicago, April 3.—The leading quo
tations closed as follows:
Wheat. April, 69%; corn, April, 23%
@24; pork, April, 8.27% ; lard, April,
4.15; ribs, April, 4.55.
BRUNSWICK, GA.. SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 4 1897.
STAMM
TEE SCENES
Witnessed by the Citizens of
Chattanooga at a Fire
in That City.
FORCED BY FLAMES TO FALL
One Man Dashed From the Sixth Story
Another Burned in
His Bed-
Chattanooga, Tenn., April 3.—The
Richardson building, one of the larg
est in the city, was totally destroyed
by fire at 3:30 this morning. The fire
caught from a furnace in the base
ment and ran up the elevator shaft.
The watchman was slow in turning
in the alarm.
Boyd Ewing, one of the wealthiest
citizens, in attempting to escape,
dropped from the sixth story and was
killed. S. M. Patton, a wealthy and
prominent architect, was burned to
death in his bed. Several other per
sons sleeping in the building, had nar
row escapes. Richardson the owner
of the building had hold of Ewing and
was forced to drop him. The building
contained four stories and about 100
offices. The building next door was
destroyed and others were damaged
The loss is about $600,000, with about
two-thirds insurance.!
Oxford Wins.
London, April 3.—The annual eight
oar race between the crews of the uni
versities of .Oxford and Cambridge
was rowed today over the Thames,
championship course of four and a
quarter miles from Putney to Mort
lake. and was won by oxford by three
lengths.
Dragged to Death.
Harrisburg, Pa., April 3.—Amos
Sheape fell from his horse in the
street today and was dragged along
until both fell over a high embank
ment. Sheape was crushed to death
by the weight of the horse, which fell
on him.
Fatal Fight.
Warren, Ohio, April 3. Sherley
Hear and Jesse Reaser had a tight
here last night, in the course of which
the former was struck beneath the
heart in a manner that is expected to
cause his death.
Wet Wool.
Newton, Ga., April 3.—A negro,
while drinking, attempted to swim a
creek near here and was drowned.
The negro had his clot lies tied to his
head, which caused him to lose his
strength.
Railroad Conference-
New York, April 3.—President C.
M. Depew of the board of control of
the joint traffic association has call
ed a special conference of railroad
presidents for next Thursday.
The Last Chord.
Vienna, April 3—Johann Brahms,
one of the leading exponents in Eu
rope of classical music, and a composer
of wide repute, died here this morn
ing, aged 64.
Bad For The Brothers.
Savannah, April 3.—George and Leo
Edenfleld, were arrested this morning
charged with stealing valuable tools
from John Rourke & Son’s foundry.
The Weather.
Atlanta, April 3.—Clearing and
partly cloudy weather and slightly
warmer in interior Sunday.
The Military Fuss.
Capt. Ernest Dart, of the Riflemen,
speaking to a reporter yesterday in
reference to the trouble between the
company and Sergt. George Newman,
said: “The question being one strict
ly of military discipline, I will not
make any expression on the subject.”
THREE TIES
HE TRIED.
A Macon Man Whose Deter
mination to Die was
Obvious.
FRUSTRATED BY FRIENDS.
His Pistol Taken From Him, He Tries the
Rope Route, and Then Seeks a
Railroad Track-
Macon, April 3.—Matthew Grace, a
well-known grocer here, made a des
perate attempt today to commit sui
cide, but was prevented by friends,
who rushed into the room and look the
pistol from his hand.
Later in the day, Grace procured a
rope and did his best to make bis exit
by the noose route. Ilis friends were
again in evidence, and once more the
crazy grocer was saved from himself.
This would have been enough for the
average citizen, but Grace was so far
above the average that he soon wan
dered out to the Central railroad,
where he placed his head on the
tracks, just in time to be pulled out of
danger by the police.
No cause has yet been assigned for
Grace’s suicidal mama, but be will
hereafter be closely watched by his
friends.
RELIC OF BRITISH RULE.
How an Old Map of Jekyl Was Found
in a London Bookstore.
The Jekyl Island club has just come
jgto possession of a priceless relic,
through the generosity of Mr. Ayres,
of Chicago, one of the present sojourn
ers at the club house.
The relic is a map of Jekyl and St
Simon Island, bearing date of 1740,
made by an engineer of the British
government, and showing the location
of elaborate fortifications projected by
Great Britain in that year. The for
tifications, as shown,were to be erected
on the present site of the lighthouse
on St. Simon, and on the point of
Jekyl overlooking the sea channel.
The map is liberally inscribed with
descriptions of the island, and is beau
tifully done in colors.
Mr. Ayres found the map in an old
bookstore in London, and purchased
it at once. He has presented it to the
Jekyl Island club, and it now hangs
in a large frame in the interior of the
clubhouse.
Called to Meet.
I am directed by General Floyd
King, Marshal, to request the Confed
erate Sisters, also the young Confed
erate Mothers and the Confederate
Daughters, elected to represent differ
ent Confederate periods on Memorial
day, to meet at the residence of the
undersigned on Tuesday next, the 6th,
instant, at 4 o’clock p. m. sun time, for
the purpose of transacting business of
importance relating to Memorial cele
ebration on the 26th, of the present
luuuHi. Lac!; and all, so designated
are hereby respectfully urge! to be
present, Mrs. J. M. Madden, pres
ident Ladies Memorial Association.
Our stork of tan shoes for men and
ladies is the largest and most complete
of any ever shown in Brunswick. Pal
mer's.
Orientals Gone.
A gentleman who arrived from Sa
vannah last night informed Thk
Times that the Oriental opera com
pany, which has been announced to
appear here at an early date, went to
pieces in that city yesterday and
failed to give its advertised perform
ances. The company was the old
Robinson opera company, under an
alias, and played at Brunswick early
in this season.
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
PAINT FOR PASSAIC.
The Old Monitor Being Brightly
Decked For the Summer Season.
For several weeks the beautifying
touches of the painters’ brushes have
been steadily changing the appearance
of the U. S. S. Passaic.
Three men are at work, one on the
engine room and on the machinery in
different parts of the ship, one on the
berth deck, and one on the main and
hurricane decks.
The work has necessarily been pro
gressing slowly as there are so few at
work, and there is a great deal of sur
face to be covered, and as the work is
being so thoroughly done.
The engine-room, fireroom, and aux
iliary engines and pumps in other
parts of the ship are painted pure
white, so that the walls, roof, and ma
chinery show plainly with less light
than formerly, and the brass work is
polished so brightly that it shows
plainly in the dark.
The walls and ceiling in the berth
deck, wardroom and captain’s cabin
are painted the same gleaming white,
with floors painted straw color.
The turrets, and superstructure are
being painted white with ventilator
and smokestack straw color.
The work is ail finished with the ex
ception of a superstructure. As soon
as this is done the sides will be paint
ed as low as the water line.
With new awnings, a complete
dressing of fresh white paiDt, and
freshly painted boat3, the Passaic will
soon be in a very attractive condition.
AFTER MANY YEARS.
Brothers Meet in This City After a
Long Separation.
The Norwegian bark Birgitte, Cap
tain Gregertsen’s vessel, so familiar
to Brunswick shippers, arrived yes
terday from Garston Dock, a few days
overdue. The Birgitte was eagerly
welcomed by the many friends of the
genial captain.
Captain Gregertsen is accompanied
on this voyage by his son, Lieutenant
Gerhard Gregertsen, of the Norwegian
navy. Lieutenant Gregertsen is off
on a leave of absence for the purpose
of visiting his younger brothers,
Messrs. Nils and Arthur Gregertsen,
of this city. The brothers had not
met in many years until yesterday.
The Birgitte will load lumber from
Hunter Benn & Cos. She brought a
cargo of salt, which will be discharged
at the Southern wharves.
USED HER TEETH.
Morelia Green, Insane Woman, Bites
Those who Come Near Her.
Morelia Green’s teeth were the weap
ons with which she inflicted injuries
upon those who tried to restrain her
violence, Morelia has been wildly in
sane for some time, and the colored
women who were called in to sit with
her, found little difficulty in keeping
her quiet.
Yesterday, however, the woman be
came violent, and attacked the two
women who were attending her with
the violence of a wild beast. She in
serted her teeth into the faces and arms
of iiie women, ami ii required extra
ordinary exertion to bold her until an
officer could be sent for.
Deputy Sheriff Taylor went to the
house, which is at the corner of I) and
II streets, and took the crazy woman
to jail. She will have a hearing for
lunacy this week.
Buys the Old Boy.
Capt. Charles Alexander has bought
the old bulk of the steamer Cracker
Boy and has had it towed up near the
gas bouse. He will have it made into
a large lighter, to be used in bringing
'crossties from the Satilla river. Cap
tain Alexander contemplates equipp
ing her with steam as propelling
power and for a hoisting derrick.
The New Club.
The Phoenix club held a meeting
yesterday and effected a temporary
organization. The club will meet
next Wednesday, at which time the
permanent officers will be chosen.
PRICE, FIVE CENTS.
SPENCE SHOOTS
STEP-DADGITER.
A Scene of Horror on a New
York State
Faim.
A FARMER’S FATAL FREAK.
Pulls a Gun On His Stepdaughter and a
Visitor—Burns His Barn and
Cuts His Throat.
I
Jamestown, N. Y., April 3 —Miller
Spence, a prosperous farmer living
near this city, was the chief actor in a
riot of crime today.
Spence, from some unknown cause,
armed himself with a revolver, and,
m
going into the parlor of his residence,
where his step-daughter was enter
taining a visitmg young lady friend,
shot both of them.
The madman then went to the barn
and set it on fire.
While the flames lit up the sky
Spence drew a razor and cut his
throat from ear to ear.
All the injured ones will die.
A WOMAN ARMED.
Lizzie Hood Tries to Kill a Peddler
Wiih a Shotgun.
Joseph My love, a well known ped
dler, owes his life partly to his ability
as a dodger and partly to the proxim
ity of his wagon at an interesting
moment on Friday night.
Mylove, who sells drygoods, notions,
etc., to the negroes who live in the
country adjacent to Brunswick, went
to the house of Lizzie Hood, colored,
at the three-mile crossing, on Friday
night to secure a settlement of an ac
count. A dispute ensued between
Mylove and the woman.
As the peddler left the bouse, ntart
ing toward his wagon, the woman
fired at him with a double-barreled
shotgun. The load missed Mylove,
who dodged behind his wagon just as
the woman discharged the other bar
rel. The load lodged in the wagon.
Mylove came to town yesterday sud
swore out a warrant for the e eat of
his attempted murderess. She was *■-
.s
restedby Deputy Ts. ■■■•■!
Constable Gaskins looked .n jail.
She will be given i preliminary
hearing on Monday before Justice
Hitch. *
ALONG THE BAY.
Items of Shipping Interest and Other
Harbor News.
Yesterday was a big day for pilots
and tugboats. There were seven ar
rivals in port.
For daily, up-to-date, accurate in
formation concerning the shipping
business of Brunswick, see The Times’
tabulated report. It gives in concise
form all the details of each day’s trans
action in maritime matters.
The survey steamer Bache came up
to the city yesterday. Her work in
this harbor is about completed.
The American bark St. Lucie cleared
yesterday for New York, from Geo.
S. Baxter & Cos.
The American schooner Agnes Man
ning cleared yesterday for New York,
from N. Emanuel, with a cargo of 19,-
000 crossties, valued at $9,000.
The Norwegian bark Cato completed
hei cargo of naval stores from the
Downing Cos. for Garston, yesterday.
Professes Religion.
The remittitur from the supreme
court, in the Lowry case, has not yet
been received at the clerk’s office. As
soon as it comes, Judge Sweat will re
sentence Lowry to be hanged. In the
meantime, it is said, the old man has
professed religion, and applied for ad
mission into the Baptist church.
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