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THE BRUNSWICK TIMES.
VOLUME 8, NO. 177.
Will a Few Disgruntled Ruralites Be Allowed to Cheat Glynn County Out of a New Court House?
BRITAN SEIZES
HAWAIIAN ISLAND.
Sensational Move in the Annexa
tion Situation Now Made
Known.
OFFICIAL INFORMATION RECEIVED.
Great Britan Claims the Island Has Been Her
Property Since 1888—Very
Significant.
New York, July 2S.—A special to
tbe Herald from Washington says:
“Official information of the action of
__Lhe Jlritish government is taking pos
session of the island of Palmyra in the
Pacific ocean has been received at the
slate department in a dispatch from
San Francisco, wired from that point
by a dispatch agent of the department
stationed there, who had received it
from MinisterSewall at Honolulu.
“The message merely contained the
hare facts of the seizure.
“The action of Great Britain in tak
ing possession of the island at this
time, following, as it does, the submis
sion of the annexation treaty to the
senate by the presidant, is considered
very significant by the authorities
here. Whether it is intended to com
plicate matters so as to stave off an
nexation or whether Great Britain
proposes to establish a naval station
upon the island, her action is regarded
of the highest importance.”
CI.AIM IT’S BRITISH.
London, July 2S—With reference to
the reported seizure by Great Britain
of Palmyra island it is officially stated
that the island has been British since
ISBS. The report is supposed to have
arisen from the fact the H. M. S. Wild
Swan called there last May on her
periodical visit.
GEORGIAN SUICIDES
Claimed to lie a Wealthy Turpentine Man
of Ware County.
Starke, Fla , July 2S.—H. Crosby,
purporting to be a wealthy turpentine
manufacturer of Waresboro, Ware
county, Ga., committed suicide here
at 11 o’clock this morning. Crosby
came here unknown, with no creden
tials, and claimed he was a Baptist
preacher. He also claimed relation
ship with Senator A. Crosby. This,
however, is denied.
The suicide was married some weeks
ago to the eldest daughter of Richard
Reeves, of Ward City. Since that
time he has been regularly with
Starke real estate dealers, signing
contracts to be consummated at 2
o’clock today. The suicide seems to
have been premeditated.
LYONS WILL LAND.
Postmaster General Withdraws Opposition to
Appointment.
Atlanta, July 2S. —A Washington
special to the Journal says Judson
Lyons, the negro republican about
whose application for postmaster at
Augusta, Ga., such a row has been
raised, will be appointed during the
president’s vacation.
Postmnster General Gary has with
drawn his opposition and Lyons is
sure of the place.
Premier Reid Arrives.
New York, July 28.—Right Hon.
George H. Reid, premier of New
South Wales, reached this city today
on board the steamer Majestic from
Liverpool.
Into the River.
Albany, Ga., July 28.—John Jen
kins, 10 years old, fell from a scaffold
into the Flint river today, and was
drowned.
Goes to His Post.
Washington, July 28.—Minister
Woodford sailed for Madrid today.
MANY ARE NAMED.
Tho President Sends in a Big List of Nom
inees.
Washington, July 28. —The presi
dent lias made the following appoint
ments : Daniel Swiney of Ohio, consul
at Cork, Ireland; Thomas Fichie of
Mew York, commissioner of immi
gration port of New Y r ork; War
ren Sherwood and George W.
VVanuamaker of New Y T ork, as
sistant appraisers of merchandise at
New Y’ork; Frank J. Naramore,
collector of customs at Fairfile,
Conn.; Charles H. Maris, collector
of customs at Brazos, de Santi
ago, Texas; Andrew F. Francisco,
collector of customs at Los Angeles,
Cal. ; Charles E. Sapp, collector of in
ternal revenue for the Fifth district of
Kentucky; Samuel J. Roberts, collect
or of revenue for the Seventh district
of Kentucky; Gilbert B. Pray of lowa,
surveyor general, of the district of
Alaska; John W. Dudley of Washing
ton, register of the land office at Sitka,
Alaska; Roswell Shelly of Oregon, re
ceiver of public moneys at Sitka,
Alaska; Chas. J. Johnson of Alaska,
United States district judge for the
district of Alaska; G. W. Millerof
Utah, marshal for the districtof Utah.
RULE FOR REMOVALS.
The President Will Make None Except for
Cause.
Washington, July 28. — President
McKinley has promulgated the fol
lowing important amendment to the
civil service rules:
“No removal shall be made from any
position subject to competitive exam
ination except for just cause and
upon written charges, filed with the
head of the department or other ap
pointing officer, and of which accused
shall have full notice and opportunity
to make defense.” He has also amend
ed rule 3, so as to include within the
classified service employes of all cus
tom house offices without regard to
number of employes. Hitherto classi
fication was raised by customs officers
where the number of employes was
five or more. This order brings into
classified service sixty-five hitherto
unclassified customs offices.
CANADA’S CLAIMS.
Every Alternate Claim at Klondike to Be the
Government’s.
Ottawa, Out., July 28. — At the close
of the second sitting of the cabinet
this evening it was announced that
tbe government has decided to impose
a royalty on all placer digging on the
Yukon in addition to the sls registra
tion fee and ICO annual sasgessment.
The royalty will be 10 per cent, of
each claim with an output of SSOO or
less monthly, and 28 per cent, on
every claim yielding above that
amount yearly.
Besides this royalty, it has been de
cided in regard to all future claims
staked out on other streams that every
alternate claim should be the property
of the government, and should be re
served for public purposes and sold or
worked by the government for the
benefit of the revenue of the dominion,
A Big Shortage.
Chicago, July 28.—According to a
bill filed in the civil court, the Me
chanics and Traders Saving and
Loans Building association had a
shortage of $338,000. Ttie bill charges
that the officers of the association
aided the secretary to use the building
society as a feeder for the latter’s
business.
Phew! Queen Lease.
Tokeka, July 28.—Mrs. Mary E.
Lease, tbe populist orator, has been
selected as queen of the fall festivities
of the harvest demonstrations. Mrs.
Lease is in lowa on a lecturing tour.
The committee having the matter in
charge have asked her by telegraph to
accept the honor. She will reign as
queen for a week and will wear a $2,-
000 crown.
Stop at the Acme and listen to the
pbonogiaph.
BRUNSWICK, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, JULY tfg) 1897.
WOMEN TAKE PART
IN THE BIG STRIKE.
Armed with Stones and Sticks,
They Keep Men from
Work.
THE CONFERENCE IS TEDIOUS.
The Missouri Meeting Proves a Failure.
Kansas and Illionis Delegates Did
Not Come.
Fairmcunt, W. Y'a., July 28—Poiish
women armed with stones and sticks
kept several men from going to work
at Monongab today. Others haye
been warned not to enter. Col. A. J.
Beckinger said today that if the men
at his mines were not at work by Fri
day, new men would be brought in.
MOVING SLOWLY.
Pittsburg, July 28. The second
daj s session of the uniformity con
vention, scheduled for 10 o’clock this
morning, was an hour late in opening
owing to the slowness of the operators
in getting together. Eighty-five rail
road and river mines and four exclu
sively river mines were represented.
The progress made yesterday and to
day was so slow that indications are
that it will be several weeks before an
agreement satisfactory to 95 per cent
of the operators of the district neces
sary before “true uniformity” can be
come established cau be secured. The
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articles of agreement were taken up,
and the first five were adopted with a
few slight changes. They provide for
cash payments, 2.000 pounds to the
ton, check on the weighman, abolish
ment of company stores, credit to
mines for full quantity of coal in cars,
and semi-monthly pay without deduc
tion for merchandise, etc.
WAS A FAILURE.
Sedalia, Mo., July 28.—The coa!
miners’ conference, postponed from
yesterday uutil today, proved to be a
flash in the pan. The Kansas and Il
linois delegations, expected to arrive
last night, failed to materialize, as
did. the delegates fromßioh Hill, Rem
ington, and Higginsville, Mo., and to
day the conference was declared off.
GAVE THE RAISE.
Middleboro, Ky., July2S.—The oper
ators of the Middleboro district have
given tbe raise of 10 cents per ton to
the miners who have resolved not to
join the strike,
CELL SURE' FOR COOPER.
Governor Refuses to Interfere in the ex-May
or’s Case,
Atlanta, July 28. —Governor Atkin
son today refused to interfere in the
case of John Tyler Cooper, former
mayor of Atlanta and later clerk of the
county commissioners, convicted of
embezzling funds of the county, and
Cooper will have to serve three
months’ imprisonment, to which he
was sentenced by the court.
Cooper was arrested yesterday at
Duluth and is now in tbe Fulton
county jail.
Lutherans Meet.
Baltimore, July 28.—The fifth bi
ennial session of the English Luther
an synod of Missouri convened here
this morping and will continue one
weeK. The Synod includes the states
of Missouri,Maryland, Virginia, West
Virginia, North Carolina. Mississippi,
Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, Illinois,
Mienesota, Wisconsin, Indiana, Penn
sylvania, New York and the District
of Columbia.
Wasted Energy.
New Y r ork, July 28. —The schooner
Energy was burned this morning in
the Erie basin. The tire was caused
by the igniting of lime. The sailors
fought the flames desperately, and
finally the Brooklyn fire department
was summoned. The loss is SB,OOO.
SILVER NOT THE
ONLY QUESTION.
Tom Watson Announces His Belief
That There Are
Others.
ALLUDES TO THE MINE OWNERS.
Says Free Silver is Naturally Very Popular
with Thom—His Position
Misunderstood.
Atlanta. Ga., July 28.—Tom Watson
has a signed editorial in this week’s
issue of the People’s Party Paper say
ing-thßt“tris~rercent article on silver
was misinterpreted. He says he is
still and always will be a believer in
the free coinage of silver at the ratio
of 16 to 1, but adds that there are
other issues than silver before the
country. He says:
“We are now, have ever been, and
always expect to be an earnest advo
cate of the free and unlimited coinage
of silver at 16 to 1, but we have not
dwarfed our mind to the belief that
the silver question is the only ques
tion on earth. We contend it is no
disloyalty to the financial question to
point out to the people the evils
which exist in the system of federal
taxation and also ip the system which
allews a few corporations to control
our highways and our markets.”
In tiie same article he speaks of the
bonus on silver dollars with more can
dor than most free silver advocates
are wont to use. He says:
“A law which would take 47 cents’
worth of silver apd make it worth 100
cents is naturally very popular with
the millionaires who control the sil
ver mines, just as the same law is pop
ular with the people, because it would
materially increase the volume of
money, raise prices, make debts easier
to pay and enlarge the market of
labor.”
THE MARKETS.
Quotations By Telegraph for The Times’
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Commercial Readers.
Paine, Murphy & Co.’s Grain Letter.
Savaunab, July 28. The uncer
tainty regarding the action of the
foreign markets over night has a ten
dency to cause traders to even up
their contracts as much as possible
during the session.
Corn has Jieen some lower, but on a
whole the market has been steady.
There was a large trade between local
parties.
Provisions have been easier, the fea
ture being the sale of a loDg line of
ribs, possibly 1,500,000 pounds.
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Taino, Murphy & Co.’s Cotton Letter.
Savannah, July 28. —The market
this morning has been moderately
active, but slightly lower range of
values. Liverpool advices were
rather disappointing, and besides pri
vate dispatches reported good rains in
Taylor and Brenham, Texas, as well
as at Austin, with light showers at
Sherman and Temple, the effect of
which was to cause an opening de
cline of 5 to 7 points.
Paine, Murphy & Co.’s Stock Letter.
Savannah, July 28.—The stock mar
ket broadened out and presented more
variety in the transactions today
than in some time. There was a full
recovery of confidence in most direc
tions, and the reactions were only
natural fluctuations.
Chicago Quotations.
Paine Murphy & Co.’a Quotations.
Wheat-- Open. High. Close.
September..., 72 7-8 78 1-2 72 8-8
December 74 75 78 8-4
Corn—
September...* 27 27 1-4 27
December 28 1-4 28 8-4 28 1-8
Outs—
September . . 17 1-2 17 5-8 17 1-2
May 20 8-8 20 8-8 20 3-8
Pork—
September.... 7 72 7.72 7.70
(January .... ....
Lard—
September.... 417 417 4.75
October 4 22 . 22 4 22
Sides—
September ... 4 fiO 4 HO 4 HO
December 4.62 4 62 4.62
HARD TO GET A JURY.
The Three Negroes Now on Trial at De
catur, Ala.
Decatur, Ala., July 28.—A special
venire of 150 names has been found
necessary to secure a jury for the trial
of Rose Buford, Lewis, Thompson and
Walter Neville, the three negroes ar
raigned here for criminal assault on
10 year-old Nellie LawtOD, and depu
ties are now scattered all over the
county serving subpoenas.
It is expected that the remainder of
the week will be consumed in impan
eling a jury, as it will be difficult to
find men whose minds are not made
up. The case will be warmly con
tested, ae tbe negroes of the town
have employed able counsel to defend
the boys. The court had to appoint
counsel for tbe woman, who ie be
lieved to have instigated the crime.
THE PRESIDENT OFF.
He Leaves for Hie Summer Vacation on Lake
Champlain.
Washington, July 28. —President
McKinley left Washington today for
a vacation of six weeks. He was ac
companied by Mrs. McKinley, Secre
tary and Mrs. Alger, Mr. Porter, As
sistant Private Secretary Pruden and
Executive Clerk Uortelyon. The
whitebouse steward and maidservant
also were along. Mrs. Porter, with
her children, will join the party at
Jersey City.
At 11:40 the president took his de
parture from the whitebouse, occupy
ing a private carriage with Mrs. Mc-
Kinley and maid. As he left the
house he bowed to persons who stood
on the porch to bid him goodbye.
They go from here direct to Lake
Champlain.
Silver Cause Lives.
Baltimore, July 28.—The Demo
cratic state convention is being held
here today. Any hope that was en
tertained some months ago that the
free silver issue would die out has
been crushed by the recent action of
several big counties, which, in their
conventions, declared for tbe re-aflir
matioD of the Chicago platform.
Last Steamer Sails.
San Francisco, July 28 —The last
steamer from here to Klondike this
season sailed today. The company
had received fifteen hundred applica
tions for passage, though the boat
could carry but two hundred.
Troops Dispatched.
Simla, July 28. —The British govern
ment has taken all necessary steps to
relieve the garrison cut off in Chitral.
Three squardrons of lancers, and one
of infantry have been dispatched to
the scene. ___
Despondent, Took Morphine.
Americus, July 28.—Cooper Dorman,
a young white man, swallowed twen
ty-two grains of morphine today.
Cause, despondency. Emetics and a
stomach pump saved him.
Japan Friendly.
Washington,July2B.—The Japanese
officials here pronounce as absurd all
the talk of the belligerency on the
part of Japan towards the United
States in regard to the Hawaii islands
question.
They Have Names.
Atlanta, July 28.—Governor Atkin
son will have a hearing of the Ryder
lynching tomorrow. The Ryder
brothers have secured evidence and
will name some of the members of the
mob. j
Professor Slays Preacher.
Montgomery, Ala., July 28—Rev.
Mace Coleman was killed by Prof.
Patterson today at the Baptist con
gress session there. No reason for
killing is stated.
Will Hear the Motion.
Macon, July 28.—Judge Speer has
decided to hear tlie petition for a re
ceiver for the Southern railroad on
August 16.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
THREE CITIES NOW
LINKED BY WIRE.
Brunswick, Savannah and Jackson
ville Talk with Each
Other.
THEY HEARD A HOMED MILES.
Everybody Can Talk to the Two Cities
Without Charge Until
Monday.
Savannah and Jacksonville enter
tained Brunswiok over the long-dis
tance telephone line yesterday.
Brunswick had been entertaining
these two oities for the past two days,
and yesterday it was Brunswick’s
opening and Brunswick’s turn.
District Inspector Bawsel, of the
Bell company, was here to superintend
things and Manager Haley had thirty
six telephones arranged in the Rifle
men’s armory for the entertainment
of the invited guests. There was no
scaroity of people who wanted to hear
the concerts provided for Brunswick
by the telephone men of the other
cities, and the thirty-six phones were
rapidly put in use. Indeed, it was
necessary to have three or four differ
ent sittings, those who had heard sev
eral selections giving way for those
who came later.
Savannah was heard from first, and
Manager Polk, of the Savannah ex
change, announced that be had a man
dolin and guitar duet as the first num
ber on his program. The duet was
plainly heard and much enjoyed. Sa
vannah also treated to some excellent
instrumental music from Mr. a’Becket
and a pretty song by Miss Colding.
The latter wab especially well received
and encored.
Jacksonville had an entertaining
program, including vocal selections
by the Western Union messenger boy
quartette, piano duets and an enjoy
able rendition of “All Coons Look
Alike to Me,” bv a well known vocal
ist of that city.
All the selections were very distinct
and the perfect work of the line was a
matter of congratulation to all con
cerned.
A number of conversations were
held over the line duiing the inter
missions in the musical program. Mr,
Julius Levy had a conversation with
his father, Mr. B. 11. Levy, the latter
telling his son to “let him hear from
him three times a day, but to pay the
tolls at the Brunswickend of the line.”
Hon. J. J. McDonough, speaking to
Mr. Harry Barkuloo, wanted to know
if anybody in Brunswick used Pears’
soap, and Mr. W, B. Stillwell said that
if he could be guaranteed freedom
from misquitoes he would move to
Brunswick.
The line is now formally opened for
business, and conversation can now
be carried on between Brunswick and
Jacksonville, Savannah, Fernandina
and St. Augustine. The advantage of
this connection in facilitating busi
ness ameng these cities is a great one,
and the line will no doubt be liberally
patronized.
In a few days it will be possible for
subscribers to get the long distance
connection from their private phones.
Manager Haley will be glad to fur
nish connections on the long-distance
line free of charge to the citizens gen
erally until next Monday. After that
date, the charges will be required.
This line, just completed, is but the
beginning of tbe extension of the Bell
lines in this state. In a short while
the Georgia lines will have connec
tion with the American lines, which
will include all the important cities
in the United States.
Negro Suioidesf
Albany, Ga., July 28.—Henry White,
a negro, committed suicide this after
noon by taking morphine. 111 health
W&B tbe cause.