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THE BRUNSWICK TIMES.
VOLUME 8, NO. 103.
HUM STARTS
NASHVILLE’S SHOW.
Presses the Button That Releases
the Steam Giant of the
Exposition.
THE BIG FAIR BRILLIANTLY BEGINS.
The Electrio Current Ran Swiftly From the
White House to Tennessee's
Capital.
Washington, May I.—ln compliance
with the request of the executive com
mittee of the Nashville centennial the
president opened the exposition by
wire from the white house at 1:13
o’clock today.
The arrangements were very simple
in detail. The circuit was made up by
be Western Union officers under su
pervision of Mr. Montgomery, execu
tive clerk in charge of the telegraph,
and Manager Moaeau of the Western
Union. The wires went direct to
Nashville, by way of Richmond, Va,
and Asheville, N. C., repeaters being
used at the former place. The circuit
was a little over 2,700 miles in length.
Immediately upon the completion of
the circuit into the exposition grounds
the president was notified by Secre
tary Porter and at once walked across
the hall to the telegraph room, where,
under the guidance of Mr. Montgom
ery, he stepped up to the desk, placed
his finger on the Morse key and
slightly depressed it, which action in
stantly gave the signal to the Nash
ville end and put in motion the wheels
of the exposition.
The members of the Tennessee dele
gation in congress. Pension Commis
sioner H. Clay Evans, and several
other prominent Tennesseeans, wit
nessed the ceremony,
WITH POMP AND CEREMONY.
Nashville, May I.—The ceremonies
inauguration of the exposition were
imposing. Both houses of the assem
bly met at the capitol about 9 o’clock
this morning, and, accompanied by
Governor Taylor, went to the grounds
in a body. Fully three thousand peo
ple were in the civil parade. Bishop
Gaylor opened the exposition with
prayer. He was followed by the gov
ernor, who spoke of the importance of
the celebration and its meaning. Di
rector General Lewis then gave a short
review of the vast work accomplished
and the exercises then closed with a
delivery of the keys to President
Thomas, who immediately declared
the centennial open.
At the same time —noon—President
McKinley touched the button in
Washington, and the opening gun was
fired to announce ths event to the
world.
TWENTY-SIX TO DIE.
A Whole Company of Anarchists Condemned
to Death.
Barcelona, May 1. —Twenty-six an
archists, in addition to those already
sentenced, have been condemned to
death for complicity in the mob out
rage of June 7, 1890.
It was at the feast of Corpus Christi
when a dynamite bomb was
thrown into the midst of a pro
eession which was on its way to the
church of Santa Maria del Mar. It
killed a dozen persons outright and
wounded about 50 others, some of
whom have since died from injuries
received upon the occasion.
Close for Call.
Tallahassee, May I.—Call only
missed five votes of an eleotion in the
legislature today. The vote was: Call
32, Chipley 23, Raney 11, Hooker 5,
Burford 1.
. ... . Earlo Very 111.
for
S. C., May I.—Senator
o iieph Earle is seriously ill here with
kidney trouble, Physicians arc ap
prehensive of serious results.
MISSISSIPPI FALLING.
For the First Time in Fifteen Days Dry Land
is Visible.
Memphis, May 1, —For the first time
in a period of nearly fifteen days dry
land is visible to the naked eye look
ing west from the Chickasaw bluffs in
to the state of Arkansas,
This cheerful state of affairs has
been made possible by the rapid fall in
the Mississippi river in the past week.
A fall of 0.7 feet is recorded by the
guage at this point this morning.
This is the heaviest recorded since the
decline set in.
GREYHOUNDS RACE.
The St. Paul Heats the English Crack
Lucania. >
New York, May I.—Two of the finest
and fastest ocean flyers in the world,
■the St. Paul, of the American line, and
the Lucania, of the Cunard line, ar
rived here today after a race of 3,000
miles. The vessels arrived seventy
minutes apart, with the St. Paul first.
The St. Paul was from Southampton
and the Lucania from Liverpool.
Time, six days, fourteen hours and
thirty-five minutes.
JAKE DART SHAKEN UP.
The Consul From Brunswick Wires About a
Severe Earthquake.
Washington, May 1. —United States
Consul Jacob E. Dart, of Brunswick,
at Guadeloupe Island, West Indies,
has telegraphed the state department,
under date of April 29th, from Point
A’Pitre as follows:
“Severe earthquake; loss heavy;
many injured.
Consul Dart’s many friends here
hope that he escaped any injury.
TOM ALLEN TO HANG.
The Notorious Desperado Sentenced to Die
June 4.
Atlanta, May I—ln Macon Judge
John S. Candler today sentenced Tom
Alien, who murdered a barkeeper two
years ago, to hang June 4.
Allen broke jail and was captured
on an islard in the Ocmulgee river;
he had fortified himself and been con
cealed for a month. He was one of
the most notorious desperadoee in
Georgia.
LAW IN EFFECT.
All Sundays in New York Will in Future Be
Dry.
New York, May I.—The amended
Raines law goes intoeffect at 3 o’clock
this afternoon and the Raines law ho
tels, with their famous sandwiches,
will be no more. The city will really be
now dry on Sundays. Clubs which
have existed solely for the purpose of
providing members with drinks must
gO-
Struck Good Gas.
San Antonio, Tex , May I.—Natural
gas in immense quantities has been
discovered in an artesian well being
drilled on the premises of the W. F.
Collins Manufacturing company in
this city. The light produced is su
perior to coal gas. The supply of gas
is apparently inexhaustible and will
at once be utilized for fuel by the Col
lins Manufacturing company, __
Thirteen Bullet Holes.
Hardaway, Ga., May 1. —The negro
desperado who killed Bill Grass in
Putney’s store a few nights ago. re
turned last night with a pistol in
each hand and tried to hold up the
men in the store. The crowd opened
fire and the negro fell, pierced with
thirteen bullet holes. The negro only
had opportunity to fire two shots,
both without effect.
Weekly Bank Statement.
New York, May 1. —The weekly
bank etatemeut shows the
changes : Reserve decrease $340,?T0,
loans increase §984,500, specie increase
$260,700, legal tenders decrease $77,-
200, deposit increase $2,079,100, cir
culation decrease $370,100.
BRUNSWICK, GA., SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1897.
WANT WARSHIPS
FOR INDEMNITY.
The Turks Demand Tnat Greece
Make Them a Present of
Her Navy.
GREEKS ARE WINNING VICTORIES.
Ralli Calls Every Able-Bodied Man In the
Kingdom to Take Up
Arms.
Paris, May 1. —A dispatch from So
fia, Bulgaria, to The Gaulois alleges
that M. Ralli, the Greek premier, has
semi-officially intimated that Greece
will gratefully accept the mediation
of the powers and that Turkey has in
timated that she will be satisfied with
the payment of a war indemnity, guar
anteed by the temporary surrender of
the Greek fleet. The Gaulois adds :
“Tae sultan, now conscious of his
strength in consequence of the suc
cesses of the Turkish forces in Thes
saly, is resolved to claim sovereignty
over Egypt or obtain a more effective
recognition thereof.”
The powers, including Germany and
Austria, have agreed that the moment
is opportune to intervene between
Greece and Turkey. They are now
discussing the conditions of such in
tervention and appear about to reach
an understanding.
GREEK VICTORIES.
They Sink a Ship And Decimate The Turks
at Velestino.
Athens, May 1. —A dispatch from
Santa Moura announces that the gun
boat flotilla in the gulf of Arta has
bombarded the Turkish coast of Nico
polis and sank the Potras. The Turks
fled.
Dispatches just received from Phar
salo3, the headquarters of the Greek
army, in Thessaly, give further par
ticulars of the recent fighting between
the Turks and Greeks at Velestino.
The Turkish attacking force at Veles
tino consisted of 8,000 infantry, 000
cavalry, and 13 guus. The charges of
the Turkish cavalry were firmly with
stood by the Ezstons posted on Karan
tasi hill. The entire Turkish reg
iment was decimated.
M. Ralli, the new Greek premier,
has announced his intention of call
ing to arms every able-bodied man in
Greece.
ANARCHIST MOVEMENT.
A Big Gathering of These Dangerous Citi
zens In Chicago.
Chicago, May 1.--According to
alarmists in this city an extensive
movement of a revolutionary nature
has been set on foot by anarchists.
Systematic agitation is to be begun
here at once. Outdoor meetings are
to be held, whether or not police per
mission is obtainable, and just such
preparations and speeches as preceded
the Haymarket episode are being
made. Whether this is an idle rumor
remains to be seen.
Others To fie Caught.
Atlanta, Ga., May I.—lt is rumored
that sensational developments will
come out in the case of Cassin, the
defaulting bank cashier, and that sev
eral other indictments will follow.
Caught the Convicts.
Poilan, Ga., May I.—A posse of cit
izens today captured five escaped con
victs who have been prowling about
the country, robbing and holding up
people.
May Name Harris.
Atlanta, May I.—lt is reported that
the governor will appoint Judge Bam
.✓Harris railroad commissioner.
No More Cigarettes.
Nashville, May I.—The anti-cigar
ette law went into effect in this state
today.
GALLED BAIFORD
COWARDLY LIAR.
Exciting Incident In the Fort
McPherson Court
martial.
MORE PROSECUTIONS WILL FOLLOW
Three Officers Will Be Brought Before a
Court of Inquiry Asa Result
of the Revelations.
Atlanta, May I.—The most sensa
tional scene in the Romeyn courtmar
tial occurred tbis afternoon when Cap
tain Carter, commander of the com
pany in which Bamford is lieutenant)
testified that he had denounced Bam
ford for denying his engagement to
Miss Romeyn, and told Bamford he
was a deliberate and cowardly liar.
The testimony is all the talk at Fort
McPherson. Several personal diffi
.culties may result'from the courtmar
tial. It is believed several other offi
cers, including Lieutenants O’Brien
and Bamford, will be tried.
Three courtraartials may come, it is
thought, by orders of the department
for an indefinite sitting of the court.
Captain Romeyn may be retired for
calling Lieutenant O’Brien a “cuck
old” on the stand; Lieutenant O’Brien
for alleged misconduct in Japan, and
Lieutenant Bamford because of
charges against him brought out to
day in Captain Carter’s testimony.
Dunlap Gets a Short Reprieve.
Washington, May I.—The President
today ordered a suspension of a four
days sentence in the case of Joseph R.
Dunlap, editor of the Chicago Dis
patch, who is in jail for sending ob
scene matter through the mails.
A NEW BAND
Of the King’s Daughters Organized—They
Will Give an Entertainment.
Anew band of the King’s Daugh
ters has been organized in this city,
with the following officers : Mrs. L. C.
Bodet, president; Mrs. R. R. Hopkins,
vice-president; Mrs. S. C. Atkinson,
secretary; Mrs. G. W. Blanton, treas
urer. The name of tbis band will be
decided upon later.
This new organization has engaged,
for presentation in this city on May
10, the remarkable picture production,
“Review of Ben Hur,” an adaptation
of General Lew Wallace’s famous
work. The pictures are accompanied
by a descriptive lecture by Capt. J. A.
Rider, a favorite at all the lyceums.
The entertainment will be given at
the Riflemen’s armory. Additional
particulars will be given later.
THREE YEARS AS PASTOR.
Rev. R. C. Gilmore’s Third Anniversary in
Charge of the Presbyterian Church.
Today being the third anniversary
of the present pastorate of the Presby
terian church, the evening sermon
will be appropriate to the occasion,
and a report will be read of the work
done by the pastor, Rev. R. C. Gilmore,
during the three years of his service.
The subject of the evening sermon
will be “The irreparable past, an in
centive for making the most of the
available future.”
Brigade Encampment.
There will bea brigade encampment
of the Uniform Rank Knights of Pyth
ias at the Grand Lodge meeting in Sa
vannah. South Carolina, Georgia, Ala
bama and Florida will be represented.
Georgia companies only will be al
lowed to compete for the prizes.
Grand Lodge Delegates.
The Odd Fellows ot Brunswick will
be ably represented at the meeting of
the grand lodge, which convenes in
Athens on the third monday in May,
by Messrs. 11. B. Treadwell, F. McC .
Brown, C. 1.. Elliot and R. Ernest
Dart,
NAVAL NOTES.
Items of Interest to the Naval Militia and
the General Public.
The executive officer of the United
States monitor Passaic has received
from the hydrographic office a sheet,
beautifully illustrated in colors, show
ing the classification of clouds.
The navy department has 6ent to
each of the Naval Militia officers in
Brunswick a booklet entitled, “A Let
ter from the President of the War Col
lege on the Subject of the Naval Mi
litia of the United States.” It is a
complete review of the work and pos
sibilities of the Naval Militia, with
suggestions from the war college at
Newport.
Lieut, F. D. Aiken, as one of the
committee on “Naval Militia Special
ties” for the convention which meets
on the United States steamship New
Hampshire, at Boston in June, has re
ceived a letter from the chairman of
the committee, Commander Francis
Shenck Brown, commanding the First
Battalion of Philadelphia, asking him
for any specialties he may have.
Georgia will be very ably represented
by Lieutenant Aiken.
EVENING PAPER QUITS.
The Advertiser Announces a Suspension of
Its Daily Issue.
The trio of Brunswick’s daily news
papers is now a duet. In its issue of
yesterday afternoon, the Evening Ad
vertiser announced its retirement from
the field.
The Advertiser had been in exist
ence one year, and the announcement
states that “there is little in a small,
struggling daily, or the early promise
of daily newspaper business, to justify
such a sacrifice of brain and energy.”
The paper will be issued hereafter as
a weekly, every Saturday.
The continued] existence of three
daily papers in Brunswick has been a
matter of considerable wonderment,
and withdrawal on the part of one or
more of them was not unexpected.
AT ST. SIMON.
News of the Resort Which Is Now Being
Fixed for the Opening.
C. A. Hine, recently clerk of the
Brown house, Macon, will be chief
clerk at Hotel St. Simon this summer.
St Simon sound was so rough yes
terday morning that the Egmont could
not land at OceaD Pier.
W. A. Tostell will furnish Hotel St.
Simon with fresh fish and clams this
summer, using his schooner Ino in the
business.
The stock of groceries for E. O. El
liot’s Ocean Pier store Errived last
week on tbe Colorado and was taken
to St. Simon yesterday.
The Children’s Offering.
The MacDonell Juveniles, of „Mc-
Kendree church, will give an enter
tainment this evening at 7:30. It
promises to be of unusual interest.
The children will give in their annual
offering, and a beautiful hand painted
badge will be presented to the one
making the largest offering. The
money realized will be devoted to the
education of an orphan boy in Mac-
Donald Institute, Durango. Mexico.
St. Jude’s School.
St. Jude’s school bad their weekly
entertainment on Friday at the con
clusion of their regular work. At the
next meeting a debate will take place
between the students, the subject be
ing “Steam versus Electricity.” Prof.
Fry will have charge of the school
until vacation.
The Band Concert.
The Marine band is now practicing
every night in preparation for the
grand concert to be given Tuesday
May 11. Some new and unique fea
tures will be introduced and music
lovers are sure of a rare treat.
7 Come 11.
For spot cash, 7 New Town lots for
$27 each, one or all. Must be sold by
May 4, Call early. Great bargain.
BROBSTON, FENDIG & CO.
PRICE, FIVE CENTS.
BUSINESS ON BAY;
RECEIVER'S HANDS.
Judge Sweat Appoints John C.
Lehman to Take Charge of
the Concern.
RESULT OF THE OLD ALIMONY SUIT
The Hearing to Occur On May 17 —Will
Precipitate a Long and Hard
Legal Fight.
At Way cross yesterday Judge J. L.
Sweat appointed Judge John C. Leh
man temporary receiver for the busi
ness of Robert E, Briesenick, 210 Bay
street. The receivership includes not
only the stock of machinists’ supplies,
etc, but the two-story brick building
as well.
The receiver was appointed on mo
tion of Atkinson & Dunwid", r pre
sented by Judge Sam C. Atkinson. who
went to Waycross yesterday, returning
last night. Mr. Briesnick was una
ware of such action being contem
plated and was much surprised last
night when informed of what hadbeen
done.
Mesrss. Atkinson & Dunwody rep
resent Mrs. Elsa Briesenick, who, sev
eral years ago obtained in Glynn su
perior court, judgment for alimony
against her husband, Ernest Briese
nick, for $7,600. The defendant claimed
that he had no property, it being all in
the possession ot bis son, Mr. Robe.
Briesenick. A hard legal fight re
sulted, during which the principal ac
cumulated several thousand more in
interest and costs. Mr. BrieseDick,
sr., meanwhile, died, and Mrs. Briese
nick has now begun proceedings
against the son for her judgment
against the father.
The case will come up for hearing
before Judge Sweat on May 17. A
long and hard legal battle is sure to
result. Mr. Briesenick is represented
by Judge Uourtland Symmes, and will
naturally resist the taking of his
property to satisfy a claim against
another.
Receiver Lehman took charge of the
business last night.
NEGRO’S STRANGE STROKE.
At Church a Worshipper Fell In a Hypnotic
Trance and Could Not Be Moved.
A remarkable case of hypnotism oc
curred Thursday night in a small
house on L street, where a circle of
colored people meet occasionally for
worship. During the service one of
the men present, with an exclamation
that ha had “got religion,” fell back
on a bench and became suddenly un
conscious. Those who tried to move
the man were unable to lift him.
The negro remained on the bench in
a comatose condition from 10 o’clock
Thursday night until 1 o’clock Friday
afternoon, several of his friends sit
ting by and watching him. At the
latter hour the negro rose to his feet,
but was unable to walk, and it re
quired the assistance of two men to
get him to his home. He is said to be
siill in a serious condition.
The remarkable case has caused con
siderable excicement among the col
ored people.
Case in Court.
J. D. Sparks, as atterney for Mrs.
11. C. Day, will present in ordinary’s
court Monday a petition at-king that
Mr. H. W. Read be remov 4 Korn the
guardianship of the Day children on
the ground that he is now a resident
of Mexico. The petition also asks a
larger allowance for them.
To the Convention.
Rev. D. Watson Winn, of St. Jude’s
churoh; Rev. J. J. P. Perry, of St.
Athanasius and Messrs. Horace Gould
and Tom McCaskill, as delegates from
the Brotherhood of St. Andrew of St.
Jude’s, wilMeave Tuesday to attend
the convention of the diocese of Geor
gia in Macon.