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THE BRUNSWICK TIMES.
VOLUME 8, NO. 124.
Don’t Forget That The Times’ Midsummer Edition Will Go Everywhere. The Time is Short. Will You Be Represented ?
THE JUDGE’S JOKE
01 THE SENATE.
Justice Bradley, in Havemeyer
Case, Talks of Its
Sancity.
GOVERNMENT RESTED ITS CASE.
The Millionaire’s Lawyers Making a Hard
Fight to Keep Him Out
of Jail.
Washington. May 20.—The trial of
Henry O. Havetneyer. president of the
sugar trust, for refusing to answer
questions propounded by the senate
sugar investigation was resumed this
morning. The attendance was almost
as large as yesterday. Mr. Davis re
otferedin evidence the journal of the
senate showing the recreancy of
Havemeyer, to which the defense ob
jected unless the other journals show
ing the whole action of the senate on
the case be admitted.
Judge Bradley agreed to admit all
relevant extracts from the senate jour
nals and thereupon Johnson withdrew
the objection. Accordingly extracts
showing reports of the committee to
the senate and detailing the act of
Ilavemeyer.’s contumacy were ad
mitted .
The defense offered to present the
whole printed record, but objected to
the extract relating to Havemeyer’s
testimony. The court said if the con
tention of the government was correct
then the whole record was evidence
and much time of the court had been
wasted.
lie convulsed the courtroom by his
sarcastic reference to the sanctity 4
“with which the district attorney
clothed the proceedings of the senate.
In apostolic days,” he said, “the
clothes taken from the bodies of apos
tles were su| posed to have healing
virtues and even the rags that subse
quently came in contact with them.
Those days,” said the judge,while Sen
ator Gray laughed outright, “are
passed. The court sustains the ob
jection.”
The government rested its case at
f
1:25 o’clock.
SAVANNAH FIREMAN KILLED.
He Fell From a Tower a Distance of Forty
Feet.
Savannah, May 20.—William E.
Harrell, a member of the savannah
tire department, stationed at No. 5 en
gine house, on Henry street, died this
morning at 5 o’clock from injuries re
ceived Monday while at work in the
hosetower at headquarters. His death
was caused by three broken ribs and
other internal injuries.
On Monday Fireman Harrell was
sent down-town to get some dry hose
out of the tower in the rear of head
quarters, on Oglethorpe avenue.
While working at the top of the
tower he lost his footing and fell upon
a shed. The distance was consider
able and when found he was uncon
scious. He fell out of the manhole and
slid down a ladder of about 20 feet, and
when he struck the landing he bound
ed off and fell through the air fully 20
feet to the shed below.
The Log Delivered.
Boston, May 20.—The Mayilower
log was delivered to the Governor of
Massachusetts today. The ceremo
nies took place in the presence of the
Senate and House, sitting in joint con
vention in the House of Represent
atives.
Fire Swept a Town.
Knoxville, May 20,—A serious fire,
wiping out a large part of the town of
Coal Creek, Anderson county, oc
curred this morning. Eight business
houses and several residences are
burned. Loss, $7,000, slight insurance.
DAY IN THE SENATE.
| Public Interest in the Tariff Bill Crowds the
Galleries.
Washington, May 20.—The senate
I chamber was the center of interest to
j day as it was expected that the tariff
! debate would advance from the stage
of set speeches to actual consideration
of the bill. Public interest promised
to exceed that on the Cuban resolu
tions and the galleries were crowded.
The parliamentary status of the bill
was that of “unfinished business,”
which gave it the right of way at 2
o’clock.
The final conference report on the
Indian appropriation bill was pre
sented but not acted upon. It pro
vides for the opening of the TJncom
pahgre Indian reservation in Utah,
reserving to the United States the as
phalt and gilsonite lands.
Mr. Allison (Rep., Ta.), secured the
passage of a joint resolution appro
priating $225,000 for the deflciences at
the government printing ollice.
After two hours’ debate the first test
vote on the tariff bill was taken. The
democratic members of tbe finance
committee moved that the rate on bo
raic acid be made 3 instead of 5 cents
per pound. This presented a direct
issue between the committee and tiie
opponents of the bill.
The amendment was defeated, ayes
20, nays 34.
Six other items were disposed of,
the committee rates being sustained
in all, thus showing that the changes
will be carried through without a balk.
Miles Got There.
Constantinople, May 23.—General
Miles left yesterday for Athens with
his suite. He has abandoned his pro
posed visit to Thessaly.
THE MARKETS.
Quotations By Telegraph For The Times'
Commercial Readers.
Paine, Murphy & Co.'s Grain Letter.
Savannah, May 20. —Wheat opened
slightly above w’here it left off last
night on a continuation of damage re
port of the French crop and ruled
firm for about the first hour. After
that, however, lack of outside trade
and continued depression in the for
eign and southwestern markets, our
market broke sharply and closed
weak about the lowest of the day. All
the foreign markets opened lower.
Liverpool lost another farthing before
the close, making % loss for the day.
and Berlin also lost, but Paris closed
firmer at slight recovery. Corn and
oats have ruled weak in sympathy
with wheat and free offerings from the
west. Provisions have ruled weak in
sympathy with other markets and
heavy receipts. Packers have done
little or nothing and trades without
feature. Estimated hogs tom' row
38,000.
Paine, Murphy X Co.’s Cotton Letter.
Savannah, May 26.—Despite the
lower quotations from Liverpool this
morning our market opened un
changed to two points higher than
yesterday, with theexception of June,
which showed a decline of 3 points.
The strength at the opening, in face of
the rather disappointing Liverpool
market was due to reports of cool
weather in the south. There was no
special feature to the early trading,
but prices slightly improved during
the first hours of business under fair
buying demand, both from shorts and
for new account. Speculation contin
ues narrow and until it shall he pos
sible to form some reliable opinion as
to the probable outturn this season we
are likely to experience very little in
crease in speculative activity.—Paine,
Murpy & Cos., Savannah.
Chicago Quotations.
Last night’s
Wheat-- close. Open. Close.
•July TO 1-2 Til 5-S (in 7-8
September (15 7-8 65 -78 (15 1-4
Corn—
■ July 24 1-4 24 1-4 24 4
September 25 3-x 25 3-8 25 1-4
Oats—
• July 17 5-8 17 5-8 17 1-2
Septemlier 17:1-4 J 7 :i-l 17 5-s
Pork—
July 8.12 8 07 8 02
Septemlier 8 17 5.12 s u 7
Lard—
• July 3.70 8.07 11.60
September.... 377 377 3711
Sides—
• July 4.45 4 4o 4 37
Septemlier 4 47 4 45 4 4(i
BRUNSWICK, GA„ THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 27, 1897.
THE ODD FELLOWS
IN CONVENTION.
They Elect Their Staff of Officers
for the Ensuing
Y"ear.
ATHENS TREATS THEM CLEVERLY.
Savannah the Place for the Next Meeting.
Charles Brand Made Grand
Master.
Athens, May 20.—The grand lodge of
Odd Fellows of Georgia met in annual
session in this city this morning.
There are about 200 delegates in at
tendance. Headed by a band and the
three local lodges, the body marched
from the Victoria hotel through some
of tiie principal streets to the opera
house.
Past Grand Master Charles R.Russell
presided and introduced the speakers.
Mayor McMahan welcomed the Odd
Fellows on behalf of the city. T. S.
Mell responded for the local lodges and
Grand Master A. L. Kontz replied for
the Grand lodge.
Everything in the city is wide open
and thp visitors are enthusiastic over
their w'eieome. This afternoon they
were given a barbecue in the park.
The Grand lodge met in secret ses
sion immediately after the meeting at
the opera house and proceeded to the
election of ofiieers. The following
were elected :
Grand Master—C. 11. Brand, Law
renceville.
Deputy Grand Master, T. L. Gru
zard, Columbus.
Grand Warden—Alexander Dittler,
Atlanta.
Grand Secretary—J.G. Deitz, Macon.
Grand Treasurer—J. S. Tyson, Sa
vannah .
Grand Representatives—R. T. Dan
iel, Griffin; J. B. Goodwin, Atlanta.
Savannah beat Rome as the place of
meeting in ISOS.
SAVANNAHIANS RICH.
Two Citizens Bought Cheap Mining Stock,
Which Suddenly Went Up.
Savannah. May 20.—Two Savannah
ians have struck a fortune. They are
Superintendent M. V. Raley, of the
Florida Central and Peninsular rail
road, and Mr. Laurence C. Gagei,
storekeeper of the Central of Georgia
railroad.
They have hit a bonanza through
their ownership of large blocks of
stock in the Good Title gold mine in
California. Mr. Raley owns 2,000
shares, which cost him only 17 cents a
share about two years ago, ami Mr.
Gugel has 200 shares, which he has
held only a few months. The stock
has all of a sudden reached a big boom
and offers of $25 a share are being re
fused.
The Wesleyan Girls.
Macon, May 20 —Thirty-threeyonng
ladies graduated from Wesleyan Fe
male college tfiis morning. The ex
ercises were entertaining and were
attended by a large crowd.
For Cuba?
New York, May 20.—The battleship
Massa'chuselts and cruiser New York
passed quarantine this mornuig bound
out to sea.
A Monster Excursion..
The biggest excursion that ever
came to tiie Georgia seacoaet will ar
rive in Brunswick on June 10 at 0 a.
m. It is expected that it will be 1,200
strong and will he the annual outing
of the Atlanta grocers. The grocers
intended going to Nashville, but were
charmed by thoughts of the surf and
will visit Cumberland instead. The
.Southern railroad lias offered tbe un
precedented low rate of $3.50 from At- (
lanta to Cumberland and return.
RED HOT PROTEST
ON POOR SERVICE.
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How Slipshod Railroad Schedules
Damage Brunswick’s In
terests.
RIDING TO TOWN ON A FREIGHT.
Vice-President McClave Talks About the
Passenger Service Into This
City.
Mr. E. W. McCiave, of New York,
vice-president of the Yellow Pine
Cos., which does an immense lumber
shippingbusiness through Brunswick,
makes an important complaint about
this city’s passenger facilities in a re
cent interview with a Timfs’ re
porter. Mr. McClave said :
“While I am a resident oUNew York
city, I have large interests in Bruns
wick and have been here many times
in the past few years, and I love the
town, and feel -as much concern for
Brunswick’s welfare as any citizen of
tiie ‘City by the Sea.’
“I wish to say that Brunswick has
done more for the railroads entering
the city than most citizens would do,
having given the free use of the entire
length of the Bay street. Brunswick
already has a very large export trade
and the business, is rapidly increas
ing. These railroads give first-class
freight accommodations, in fact, there
is a veritable scramble for freight, but
the passenger accommodations for
Brunswick are far behind those fur
nished to cities of no more impor
tance. Savannah and Jacksonville
are provided with very good passen
ger service, but Brunswick is forgot
ten as though it was entirely out of
the world, aDd if the people of Bruns
wick do not demand their rights,
Brunswick will be avoided for this
reason by travelers, even more than it
nowis.
“There are many business men who
will not attempt to>-Jome to Brunswick
t
if they can avoid it.
“I arrived in Brnnswick Monday
night about 11 o’clock. When I left
New York, I took the latest time table
of the Plant System to be had, and
found that a train left Waycross on
the arrival of the New York and Flor
ida tram at 11 a. m. and arrived here
at 12:50. p. m. When I gat to Way
cross at 11 o’clock 1 was forced, on ac
count.of no passenger connection with
the S, F. <fc W. train, to wait there un
til a freight started that night and
was four or live hours in gettiog from
Waycross to Brunswick and bad to
travel on a miserably slow freight
train. This was on account of a sud
den change of schedule.
“Another wrong is that any one
wishing to secure sleeping car berths
or drawing room to New York is
obliged to go to the ticket agent here
hours beforehand and have him tele
graph to Jacksonville and have them
secured there. About a year ago I
was here with my wife and a very ill
child. Wishing to take them home at
once, I went to the agent the night
before and had him telegraph for a
section and drawing room. In the
morning he said he had beard nothing
but it was likely I had secured them.
When we reached Everett the Pull
man .conductor informed me that he
had no instructions about the reserved
section and; drawing room and we
would ha.ve to wait until we reached
Savannah and take our chances of
getting them there.
“It seems to me that with tha Jekyl
Island club here, Brunswick might
have a service as good as Jacksonville
or Savannah. lam no enemy of rail
roads, but there are certain obliga
tions which the railroads are under to
Brunswick and they should give some
return.
“1 know the power of the press and
trust that Tub Times will secure for
the citizens of Brunswick what is theij
.due from the railroads.”
BRIESENICK CASE CLOSED.
With Judge Sweat Now Rests The Disposi
tion of The Long Litigation.
Words, words, words—words of
pleading, claim and counter-claim, of
the stated precepts and of the Latin
phrases of the law—flew thick and
fast in the superior court room yester
day. It was the final day of the great
Briesenick receivership case, which
has attracted the attention of the
state, and the learned lawyers whose
brains have puzzled so long over its
many features, made their last appeals
and left the vexed battle to the arbit
rament of Judge Sweat.
The case was closed at 7 o’clock last
night. Judge Sweat announced that
he would take the case under advise
ment and announce the decision later.
The questions wdiich Judge Sweat
must decide, under the law and the
evidence are these: whether the prop
erty involved is that of R. E. Briese
nick individually or of the estate of
E. Briesenick ora partnership of the
two; if that of R. E. Briesenick,
whether the transfer to him from E.
Briesenick was fraudulent, with a
purpose to avoid tiie payment of aii
mony to Mrs. Briesenick, or whether
it was legally made, and before the
separation of E. Briesenick and Elsa
Briesenick as man and wife; and in
case it was a fraudulent transfer,
whether Elsa Briesenick can proceed
against it as administratrix of the es
tate of her husband.
Upon these questions, Judge Sweat
will decide whether the receivership
shall be dissolved or whether it shall
be perpetuated by the appointment of
a permanent receiver.
Four speeches were made yesterday.
Judge Sam Atkinson opened for the
plaintiff, with an exhaustive s'ate
ment of the law governing the case.
Col. Owens Johnson made an able
[ presentation of the defendant’s claims.
Judge Syrnmes in one of his best ar
guments, held the attention of the
court for over an hour, in behalf of
the defendant. Col. H. F. Dunwody
closed for the plaintiff, comprehen
sively summing up all the contentions.
Tbe following cases were disposed
of at the morning session of the court:
B. B. Gray vs Morgan & Schuyler.
Suit on account. Consert verdict.
McClure vs McClure. Divorce. Ver
dict.
Wm. O. Ailison vs J. S. Wright, ad
ministrator. Estate J. M. Tison. Com
plaint. Dismissed.
Symmes & Bennett vs Tison and
Whaley. Appeal. Consent. Verdict.
The criminal docket will probably
be taken up today.
ALONG THE BAY.
Items of Harbor News and General Shipping
Interest.
The Swedish bark Nanna, G 97 tons,
Captain Paahlsson, lias arrived from
Hamburg for a cargo from the Down
ing company.
The Norwegian bark Sultana, 733
tons, Captain Lydersen, has arrived
from Buenos Ayres to load from Clark
Bros.
The barks Figaro and Harriet S.
Jackson and schooners Addle ft). An
derson, Arthur McArdle, Jesse C.
Woodhull and Robert McFarland have
sailed.
The Spanish steamship Ramon de
Larrinago is at the Plant system
wharves to load from A. F. Churchill.
A Big Job-
A gigantic breakwater is being built
near the mouth of Cumberland inlet,
extending from the Little. Cumbe
rland [shore. The breakwater is to
prevent the shoaling of the inlet in
front of the hotel. Air. Smith, a son
of ' Bill Arp,” has the contract for the
work.
They Didn't Challenge.
The F*irst Division, Naval Militia,
Held an enthusiastic meeting and
street drill last night. No action was
taken on the baseball subject, on ac
count of the Riflemen’s proposed chal
lenge for a match game on St. Simon,
June 1, not putting in an appearance.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
QUICK RESPONSE
OF OOR CITIZENS.
They Subscribe Promptly Toward
the Uniform Rank Encamp
ment.
THE NAMES OF FIRST-DAY GIVERS.
Three Hundred and Forty-six Dollras Se
cured by the Committee on
Soliciting.
The committee to solicit subscrip
tions from the citizens for securing
the encampment of the Uniform
Rank, Knights of Pythias, began their
work yesterday. They met with nat
tering success, securing subscriptions
of $340 in the first day’s canvass.
The names of those who subscribe
will be published in Tub Times from
day to day. The following is the list
of subscriptions secured yesterday :
IlnrxswiCK Times $25 00
Oglethorpe Hotel 25 00
T Newman 25 00
lirk * Kin Still Cos, Topper X Cos 25 00
R V Douglass 25 00
A V Wood 10 00
A Kaiser SC Bro 10 00
W .1 Butts 1000
II S McCrary 10 00
Brantley & Bennett 10 00
KM Mason 5 00
C Halverson 5 OO
.1 W Wallace 5 Oo
.1 M Adams 5 00
M 11 Harvey 5 oo
Miller & Son 5 00
.) U I’olhill 5 00
Cline Hall 5 00
M Klkitt 5 00
C Arnlieiter 5 00
s Levison 5 00
M Dart 5 00
I* Kogowin. 5 IK)
WHBorrie 5 00
H Gaskins 5 00
J A Smith 5 00
C Baumgartner 5 on
.1 K Minehan... 5 00
Brunswick Cycle Cos 5 00
LHHaym 5 00
K Brohston 5 00
.) May 5 00
.1 .J Lott 5 OO
Kenny & Bailey 5 00
.1 s W right 5 00
Harrison Bros 5 00
A Kendig 5 00
Cash 5 00
K Mott 5 00
1 Mayer 5 00
l* O Kessler 3 00
S Marks 3 OO
W B Colcsberry 2 IK)
.1 S M Symons. 2 00
.1 K Morgan 2 00
A C Jeffers 2 oo
C A Taylor 2(0
AM Smith 2 00
K I) l.ambright 2 00
A H Kemp 1 00
1. Ludwig I Oo
OF.Jeffers 1 Oo
Total $34(1 00
SUMMER IN EUROPE,
Rev. A. G. P. Dodge and Family Left Last
Night For The Other Side.
Rev. A. G. P. Dodge, Jr., of St. Si
mon, accompanied by his wife and
mother, left last night for New York,
whence be will sail for Europe. Rey.
Dodge will spend the entire summer
in England and on the continent, and
will be under special medical treat
ment during his absence. The many
friends of the popular rector will hope
that his trip will result in great bene
fit to his health, which has suffered
from the close application he has
given to his pastoral duties,
During Rev. Dodge’s absence, Rev.
D. Watson Winn, who is associate rec
tor of the St. Simon parish, will have
charge of the work on the island, and
will be assisted by other ministers
from varions portions of the diocese.
Henry Morgan Dead.
A telegram announces that Ilenry
Morgan, the well known colored
Brutiswickian, was found dead in his
berth on President Plant’s private car
at Memphis, Tenn., yesterday. Mor
gan had been in the employ of the
Plant System for a number of years,
and had recently been in the personal
service of President Plant, as porter
in his private car. He was respected by
both white and colored, and owned
the neat residence 214 North Cochran
avenue, this city. Morgan leaves a
wife, but no children.
Glynn County Palmettos.
Mr. S. C. Littlefield yesterday ship
ped two beautiful growing palmetto
plants to Nashville, where they will
be placed in a Glynn county exhibit
at the exposition. The palmettos will
attract much attentton, and Mr. Lit
tlefield deserves credit for his per
sonal exertion toward having this sec
tion represented at the big show.