The Brunswick times-call. (Brunswick, Ga.) 1900-1902, September 28, 1900, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE BRUNSWICK TIMES-CALL. VOLUME XI. NUMBER 37. ill Hi PI ill Jiirl of Former MarsM BenCtl M. HMUIMIHEIK An Ordinance Introduced to Tem porarily Consolidate the Of fices of Clerk and Treasurer, KSOt't.Ajt MKBTIKC. Present—Hon, De*n D. Atkinson, mayor, aod Aldermen Mason, Krauss, Dart and Thomas Absent —Aldermen Briesauick ami Abrauis." Minutes of previous mejtlDg wer e read and confirmed. rtTifioss. From Dr. J. A. Betts, president ul Southeastern Fair A*sjcii.t on, asking the cncoufagemaat and co-operation iite.uKv tar a street fair,. Granted. > iTonr-Sparks and Twltly, attorueys. r for Mrs. Minnie James, sating that sale of 3 S-lf) acres oi the iloore land for taxes, was irregular, .and tha they same set aside unless at- by the ety taking the texts doe ir>m 1805 to 1000, plus in erest. Taxes and Revenues. kiOm Mrß. M. C. Mlnehan, asking tliat amount paid on certain alleged improvements on her lot b refunded; •City Engineer. COMMLHICAXXOS. From H. H. ilarvey, res going as -city treasurer, Accepted. rbpobt, The following was adopted: To the Honorable Ma or acd Counoil: Gentlemen: —Vour cvmmlltte on fi nance to which was red the report of Lewis VV, Beach, marshal, b_g leave to make the following-report upon the same: Your committee has checked up the report of the marshal and have tak en the precaution to have said report checked and verified by Mr. E 1> Wal ter, a bookkeeper of pronounced abili ty, and herewith beg to submit his re port. Your committee recommends that the report of the marshal be received and ordered filed, an 1 that the clerk be etruc'.ed to issue a voucher In favor of Mr. Beach for amount due hfm. B H. Mason, Chm., 3. W. Thomas, Brunswick, Ga., Mr. E . H. Miron, Chairman, Finance Committee, City Council: Dear Sfr—At your rrque*t I have submitted the report of Mr. Lewis W, Beach, marshal, which beaas da'e of July 31st, and was submitted to the mayor and council + their meeting of August 9.b, to aahorougb verifica tion of the recorcAf Mr. L C. Bodet, City i lerk, -nd herewith I beg to mb-; mit my report on same : Having reference to the report a rendered by Mr., Beach, the city i, charged: Pago -I to cash, with reference to Treasurer's cash book 8 43,104 00 Page 5 To c-aßb, with reference to Treasurer's cash book 87,050 3t> l'sge (i To cash, with reference to Treasurer’s cash book t 24,19**9 Page 7, to cash, with reference to Treasurer's rush bonk , j~ Page 7 To eash, without reference to Treasurer's eash book 3.1V3 89 Page S Executions delivered to Bet, ert Levison, marshal 3,3,13 07 Page 8 Ksccutions cancelled,with ref erence to clerk's execution docket . 1,201) 22 rage 8 Executions settled with Bruns wick Cos., with reference to Treas urer's cash book |1,457 00 Total-„ $121,103 00 The references to the treasurer’s have been checked aid I find that the treasurer has charged himself with corresponding amounts. The oharg. 8 ‘*To Cash” have beeu verified by the exhibit of receipts signed by the treasurer, but which do ■** .2 PS? not appear lo have been entered, on the treasurer’s record of receipt)*, at fellows: " , One bl aring date Jan. loth, 1S18) | 23 one bearing date Jim. 22nd, law ja go One beating date June 27th,1809 37 Oil Eight bearing date Joly noth, 1000 .. .. 2 046 M One bearing date Aug. let, 1900 20* 40 Total * 8,118 89 The charges Executions delivered to Levison, marshal, have been veri fied by tha exhibit of receipts* signed by Mr. L visou. Tbe reference te Clerk's i xeCu ion duck itMMaHh okd and ver tied with the docket itself. The oily is credited: Page 9 By executions,-overplus and rests with ref. clerk's ox. docket 8 02,710 89 Page 10 with reference to clerk,s execution docket. 5,910 02 Page 10 overplus from Kfike unpound ed aniiuula.... . 802,1 Page 10 l’olieo cbtut Bnes , yjftg'j*’ Page If Police court Once, jj,474*70 total. :...,\.v..,.. nsofit/, tt The above item has been verified as cc.rrlct by clucking same against the Clerk’s execution docket and bills ren dered by tbe clerk, exoept ; ■< Pare ii Clcrka docket reference sl*3 113, Should le t.A.. 144 IS Difference % &o i'hio item is explained by the clerk an riot cbargable tu it be ing at error in payment of 50c. for advertising that should have gone to the city 00 account of 00.,t5. Clerk’s docket page 7, gives credit by cancelled executions *147.9 eg Should be,.... 1,491 94 Diffeiec $ 69 This item, a mistake on tbe part of the clerk, candy explains itself by re ference to the docket. * Page 12 of Marshal's report shows city in his debt s9i; ;* Which mayor may not ho rcducable by errors speciOed above 1 19 Or redact ttie amount to f9-j(l 69 I would call to your attention the fact that the clerk’s exeautlon;docket shows.executions egaiuet the Bruns wick .Street Railroad company (or 1891, 1892, 1893 and 1891, which lam given to understsndare notohargeable against the marshal. That execution* were issued against property, but are notcbargeable to the marshal, baviug been settled with the treasurer direot by authority of council. W* ' .#*■ ’’ % _ The mayor has called my attention to a duebill said to have been given the marshal bv the city treasurer in Novem ber, 1890, for about $4 Oty , On this sub ject I beg to report, that I have not seen the due bill; that nothing in the figures submitted by the marshal in his BRUNSWICK. GA„ FRIDAY.MORNING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1900. 1 111 iJJDI 1 He Will Reacli TMt diinese Ton May •A'-’ ; • 4, * , BIG 111 TO BE |1 The i)ld CElnese Viceroy Preferred Amerioan Officers to Act W -* His Escort to Pekin. Aj ; i t I’bwiTsto.Sept. 37-Field Marshal yob Wildersue, of ; Will arrive.**!*' troops f Hie and lt,ti* portal the Isißeia#s, after the mature of • tbe Luzai forts, began rUßblng iron ptr .north along the railroads for the pur pose of occupying Sltaq liai Kwan. % SEES LI, . Tien Tain, Sept. 27,—GcnldgalTee has arrived aud Uas. conferred with the ut&ft officers of the diffjrenWepartmcmsin ytow oi.es ablishipg a winter base In the VicinityTien'Tain. Tie js*n% to Tion (ii> apd.made a general inepeettop. Tho gefi.iial also veiled’ Lt-liuUg Cfaahg and iuforma' ly V(Eensi<l ths'ouUoek for a :et lenient. -.2 7 :>'i. - RUrTiisrG. work of WARsflii’S. New York, Sept. 21.—Wo'rk is being on the United States wjtrsliipa Atlanta and Kor.tucky at the Brooklyn navy yard jn of a meraaga, ffont Washington. * *Jlllj.'.-x4gl-l -O J—-1-.55L1.1.J..U. _l tgport give any clue to the exlsten 9 of snch an instrument; that if sficbTu in strument dtd exist, it would lie uljjuat a mailer of impossibility to trace use, from the fact that an examination of the % treaßurer’s cash book jlevolops that his entries of charges ago Hjwi’bimself are in,many instances on d<Ts widely at variance with dat,e of tho Items tiumse.vcs. However, it does' dpAchf that the treasurer Ibust have received Uuriug November, lß96j;sj;to* o( mon.trtg uitteli in excess of thee'wpdijunts enteric on his cash book for this month, because the balance as struck by him at tho cud of November allows that ho had dis bursed more money than ha 1 come into his hands. The above being respectfully sub mitted, I am Very truly yours, E. I). WAllan. naaoiuTioss. The following resolutions were offer ed and adopted: desolation by Alderman Krauss: Whereas, our friend, citizen and fel low-councilman, Dr. Harris M. Bran ham, having removed to Fort Valley, Ga., has resigned his seat in this coun cil ; therefore, bo it Unsolved, by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Brunswick, in council lawfully assembled, and it is hereby so resolved by authority of same, that it is (Continued on l'age a.) hi ns imu T!ii Op Door Policy to ne ' ... *>*t• * •'**&■*% ■ ■ .. . ' With fhis Coun-' . ' try's Might. Parts, Scijf. 2?,—The determinailoit . ,;t>d to withdraw its ekin, while On tbe other uch an unusMl Sfttvjfy its licet in Chi ijmgf waters, iii qdite disoonoerting to the Jiov/ers. The only interpretation which seems plausible inofficial circlss is that the United States government fully re solved to the open door policy to the lst extremity Jn conjupotlpj)- with Engltttd, or single -handed if tteoessary. The fleet under orders to report lo Admiral Itemey, when under his flag, "Will certainly make an imposing of tip io-date irou olads. 08ANG’S : ESCORT. London, Sept. 27.—A dispatoh dated yesterday from Shanghai says that Viceroy Li Ifu'fcg Chang left T<en Tain under an escort composed of two hun dred Russian and two hundred Ja> an *roop. for Fokin. rii AN EXTREMITY ’ORDER. ' Fari, Sept 27.—The French jeoutaHl at Shanghai cabled to the foreign Hc9 the* the Chinese general,'Tung- Fub-S ' , had bean appointed cimmand of tho western and oortTiern Chinese armies. Hii instructions arc to exterminate all foreigners. i -THE STEAMER SAFE. iJ'hje,New.lSfbrk Reached Southampton MEF. Yesterday Afternoon. “ ■ Sept. 27.—The Ameri can liner TWw York, which was due this morning ar.d about winch consid erable anxiety was felt, was sighted off St.. Catherine’s at 5.20 this after noon She was delayed by a fierce storm. — ■ 4 REPUBLICANS MEET. Thomklnsville, S. 1., Bept. 27.-The Richmond county republican conven tion met here today, Candidas fer sheriff and member of the assembly were nominated. A great effort is to be made this year to relieve Statga* Island from Tammany power. ’’ HARD AT WORK. V i ■Brooklyn, Sept. 27. M. Depew spoke at the Academy of “M --here this evening. The republicans gave him a great audience, and his speech did much good for both the state acd national tickets. GAYNOK CASE. It is Now On Again in the City of New Xork. New York, Sept. 27.—Tits hearing in the proceedings to seoure the remov al of John F„ W. T. and E. A. Gays nor and Benjamin D. Greene, accused of conspiracy to jdefraud the govern "■■ t '' ' ' ,’ . ’ meat in connection with Captain Oberlln M. ; Carter in the Savannah hajfbor improvements, was Resumed today. • ' . At the last heartag' presented its side and .testimony was abuodanl, many wt nesaes were ex amined and letters and papers belong ing to Cartor were reproduced. Dis trict Attorney Erwin worked up a Strong case. Todtiy the defense presented its side of the else. It is thought that much additional light will be thrown upon tiie celebiated disc. GROWS GOOD WHEAT. State Chemist McOandless Gives Result of Investigations. Atlanta, Sept. 27..—State Chemist Jno. M. MeCaridless, in his quarterly bulletin just issued, says that tho wheat crop of Georgia has largely increased this year. •Bis statement shows thal the farmers have raised a iarget crop than in any year since 18G5. He presentß an aualysis of tha Georgia wheat in which the pro duct is show n tobo very quality. He says: “I think It well to bring the matter to the attention of the readers of the bul tin, to show them that they can.grow as fine wheat in Georgia as ia grown any where in the world. some of our Georgia wheals are deficient in valuable properties;' others are well up to and above the staudard set by tho ave— " ‘ exhibited at the Yv'twapafe. in Chioago,” r < ] • CUBAN N< w orji^ If ■■ :t v l *1;! blS 4 * 4** ifv ir tt Jf.. foundatL V ' JKffork by tbs Dominic. 4fi nas , vaw ..iamSu .t asylum will be bt* jfa care for the colored or, xoee *condi- tion, in spite has been done, is pitiable in {he extreme. The wdrk was started at the invitation of Bishop Sbarrctti, of Havana. A second party of sisters will follow in a fortnight. IN MINNESOTA. Minneapolis, Bept. 27.—Senator Bev eridge, the eloquent Indianian , opened the state campaign here tonight with a rally at the exposition building. The campaign was to hayc been opened bes fore this, but it wai delayed for the In diana senator. m THE COTTON MARKET.;* New York, Sept. 27—l<i the eotton market today bids were as follows: September, 10 10; Ootqbpr, 10.07; No vember, 9.79; Deoemljet, 9.67; Janu ary; 9.60. FOR NEW YORK. j/Trhe following Brunswickiaus will sJil on the Mallory steamer for New York today: Mrs, Isaao Cohen, Mis* AimeeCebon, Mrs. Julias May, Mr*. Nightengale, PRICE FIVE CENTS. Cl 11 ADD 1 cm riDUUI uIIILIU J. PifirpoitKergai) Al Deal. I MINERS VICTORIOUS. The Republican Campaign Mana gers Probably Boought About the Set ' tlement. SNew York, Sept. 27 .—lt was an nounced late this afternoon at the of flos of J. Pierpont Morgan that the great anthracite coal strike had bean practically settled on terms that mean victory for the strikers. An offloiat •aid that a statement would be issued within the next twenty-four hours. There is no doubt but that the re publican campaign managers brought about tbe settlement, as labor trou bles at this time are of course very harmful to the administration , Wilkesbsrre, Sept. 27.—Men of tbe Markle colliery, one of the largest in these region*, returned to work this morning., Their grievances will now be settled by arbitration. This is con sidered a bad blow f o tho United Mine Workers’ organ’/* on. * QUIT. jftept. 27. —The miners at |s| colliery, near Mt. Car ’llion a itrike this morning is omp'Stely tied up. 1 Bjfrk ers of this property are tbs Philadelphia and ILading coal oom * paoy. The situation between Mahony City and Ashland is unchanged. BRIGHTER IN LEHIGH VALLEY. Hazelton, Sept, 27—Out of twelve collieries located on the north side, seven are reported by the operators to be running. None, however, are run ning full handed. Only one of the nine collieries on the south side is being worked. Four collieries on the west side and the same number on th* Lehigh Valley are reported turning out an increased output of coal. COL. WYMAN DEAD. Froyidence,R, I, Sept. 27—C01. Jdhn C. Wyman, of Valley Falls, a cotton manufacturer and war voteran,died this morning. He is said to hare once saved the life or Oca. V lyss;s S. Grant, and administered the temperance pledge to John B. Gough. Col. Wyman resem bled Henry Ward Beecher very much. FOR GALVESTON SUFFERERS. New York, S.ept. 27.—The big per formance in aid of the Galveston suf ferers by Messrs. Ilurtigaod Ssamou was given today. Speoial attractions were offered by both the New York and Chicago music balls for the occa sion.