The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-28
CAPITAL OF THE STATE.
THE NAVAL STORES MEN BEAT
THE RAILROADS.

the Decatur County Incendiaries-A
Mixed-Up Lawsuit Instituted by the
West Point Bank-Work Begun on
the Alliance Warehouse.
ATLANTA. GA, May 27.-Gov. Gordon
has offered a reward of S150 for the arrest,
with proof to convict, of the incendiaries
who, within six miles of cambridge, on
March 20. set fire to nine cabins and one
residence on farms in that neighborhood.
NAVAL STORES MEN WIN.
The railroad commissioners to-day de-
cided in favor of the petitioners in the naval
stores case, and forbade the railroad to
charge for unloading. Consideration of
the removal OF percentages allowed the
roads over and above the standard tariff
was postponed till July. The petition of
Venable Bros VS.. the Georgia railroad for
reduction OF freight on stone; will be
heard tomorrow, and Thursday that Of
the Macon board of trade against the same
line fer refusing to receive freight shipped
over the Macon and Covington road will be
heard.
THE ALLIANCE WAREHOUSE.
The building Of the alliance warehouse,
at the corner of Hunter and Forsyth streets,
was begun to-day. IL will front on both
streets, running along two sides Of the pres
ent alliance headquarters in the shape of
an "L."
MIxED-uP LAWSUIT.
Huguley g. Co., West Point bankers, Of
which firm w. r. Huguley is a member,
have filed two suits against the stockholders
Of the Southern Alliance Farmer, W. T..
Huguley and W. II. Burgess. Of the two
as partners S6,779 is sought to be recovered,
and of Mr.. Burgess individually 81 ,003.
Mr.. Burgess and W. T.. Huguley were
join, prooprietors of the old
with the Farmer and another paper of like
character. The Huguley Banking Com
pany had made some heavy advances to the
two partners and when the consolidation
took place Mr.. Burgess stock was held by
them as collateral w. T. Huguley as a
common partner is now suing himself and
Mr.. Burgess, with the object of getting
matters in such shape as TO render regular
the sale of the latter's stock. A good deal
OF litigation is apt to result
A PROMINENT CITIZEN DYING.
John r. Gramling of the firm of Gram
lidg, Spalding g. Co., for some years a
prominent factor in the municipal govern
ment here, having done good service as an
alderman, is reported dying by his physician
at late hour tonight. He became i'll in
Boston on a recent visit of ur@mic poison
ing Of the brain, resulting from an acute
dttdck Oh DrlRuU'S OlseaSe.
THE SLEEPING CAR TAX.
In the United States circuit court to-day
batch OF decisions were rendered in inter-
esting cases. Two were injunctions brought
by the Pullman Palace Car and Pullman
Southern Car companies against Controller
General Wright to restrain tho levy and
| collection Of taxes under an act of
1885, In 1887, when the bills. were first
| filed, temporary injunctions were granted.
| Soon after the federal supreme court
| promulgated decision which governed
the case, and virtually declared the Georgia
| law unconstitutional. Under the inter-
state commerce act the final DEGREES rem
dered to-day made.these injunctions perma-
nent. After the rendition of the supreme
court decision already alluded to, the Geor-
gia legislature at its last session passed
new taxation law for sleeping car
companies with the purpose Of avoiding the
constitutional defects urged against the old
one. BY order OF the controller general
the sheriff of this county several months
ago levied on property of the Pullman COM
pany to compel the payment of taxes
under the new law. The company prayed
for an injunction on Jan. 90 last, which
was temporarily granted. On motion Of
the attorney general a continuance for
three months has just been granted in this
case on account of the sickness of both the
controller and attorney general In the
meantime the temporary Injunction Is to
remain of force.
NEW TRIAL OBTAINED.
DIR. John s. Wilson, who some months
ago lost his suit against the Standard Life
and Accident Insurance company tor iIIju-
ries received at the Whitehall street crossing
in this city, has obtained new trial on the
ground that the judge should have allowed
the jury to determine whether the plaintiff
10 All. n
ing Of a verdict.
A DRUMMER LOSES HIS SUIT.
In the case of John W. Harrison vs. Henry
Fink, receiver of the East Tennessee, Vir-
ginia and Georgia railroad, motion for q
new trial was denied. In this case--which
was that of drummer suing for damages
for being put off a train after refusing to
pay fare-the district judge directed YER
dict for the defendant as In the other in
stance, but was sustained.
NEW RULE.
The following rule was promulgated:
'Whenever any cause has been hereto
fore or hereafter may be removed to this
conrt from anv state court on the ground of
prejudice or local influence, either party
may cause proper transcript Of the record
to be filed in this court before any return
day fixed in the order of removal, and upon
such fling the cause, IL not at issue, shall
be thereafter proceeded with as IL
regularly filed on the first Monday Of
the next succeeding month, and If at
issue and so advanced in the state court
before removal as to be ready for trial on
its merits, the cause shall at once be placed
on the call docket and may be regularly set
down for trial at any time other causes are
so set down, or IL too late in the term for such
calling either party may, on five days
notice in writing TO the opposing party or
his counsel Of record, move the oourttfor an
order setting down the cause for trial"
A BRANCH OF THE TYPoTHETE.
An Atlanta branch of the United Typo
thete of America was organized here to-
night. Quite number of job printers and
publishers were in attendance. James Da-
wilson of the National Publisher and Prin-
ter Of Nashville was present as organizer.
Z. 2. Byrd was elected president; b. f.
Bennett, vice president; s. w. Postell, Sec
retary, and Sylvester Lester, treasurer,
NEWNAN'S RAILROADS,