The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-18
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS or THE TWO STATES TOLD
PARAGRAPHS.

ROme's RegiStration-NOrth Capt.
taIists Figuring on Erecting an
Iron Furnace at Rome-AMan Jail
ed on a Charge of Stealing "A Check
Prom the MaiIs-A sudden Death In
Floyd County.
GEORGIA.
Capt. John y Perkins Of Rome died
Saturday night.
A number Of investors Of Atlanta met
on Tuesday. the 18th inst. and organized
an investors association
The formal organization Of the West
Point state Bank was perfected last week.
Its officers are J. C. Day-on. president
W. g. Hale. vice president NJ. ~ bdile4'
cashier. Its capital stocks is 5000
T. A. Foster was lodged in the county
Jail at Atlanta. SATURDAY. charged with
larceny. He is accused Of robbing blind
man with whom he boarded The county
police worked the case and fastened the
crime on Foster
Friday night Arthur Early, living In the
lower part Of Floyd county. was suddenly
stricken with a violent pain i'm the head:
Physicians We're summoned, but they could
give no relief. He asked the lamlly 70
sing for him. and remarked TO MS moth-
or. Il am going home mother. and IN
half an hour he was a corpse His death
was ascribed to the bursting OF a blood
vessel in the brain.
Mr.. Hammack, Of Hammack, Lucas &
Co Of Atlanta, and ISIS Lukenbirr, ste
nographer have received subpoenas 10
appear before United States Commission
er Wilson, at Birmingham. yesterday, 10
be witnesses in United States case
against b. r. Finney of Atlanta, who was
arrested in Birmingham thursday on
xror MT evrp hT- pOEfnffiFo NnEnerf0r
Jones. charging him with stealing a check
for Sl00 from the mails.
The registration for the municipal cleo
ton at Rome closed Saturday night and
at a late hour the count was still going
on, and was very nearly l,5oO about 4o0 OF
whom are negroes and little over l,Vv
whites. 1t lis the largest registration ever
made in Rome, and shows an increase
over 1891, when the last mayors election
occurred. Of nearly . per cent The last
registration numbered 500 whites ana 4A
colored, a total of 1,2l3 votes all told
Northern capitalists are negotiating with
number of the leading business men Of
Rome for the erection Of a $2o9.OD IRON
furnace there. The furnace is to be adapt
ed TO the reduction of ro-manganese
ores. which exist in unlimited quantities
in the mineral mines in that section: The
pay roll will amount to something in the
neighborhood OF $500 day. The iron men
are in correspondence with the promoters
of the enterprise and are hopeful OF secur-
ing the furnace.
Saturday morning shortly before
o'clock the dry goods store Of John Nor
ris, at De Soto. was burned. The store
was a large building, comparatively new,
and was purchased recently by >. Morris
of Americas, for the use of his brother
John. The stock of goods, according 10
the statement of 5; Morris, was worth
perhaps $1,000, while the insurance
amounted TO 1900 The idea prevails that
the store was robbed and then fired from
the inside, as the back door of the build
ing was open when the flames were hrst
discovered.
Following close upon the heels Of the
Quarles defaloation at Rome is another
case-that of VIII Brown. who il charged
with forgery Brown was in the employ
of James Darcy and day or two ago,
il is alleged, he forged "A check on him
for a considerable amount, He took the
check to W. T. Lane of the Singer Sew
ing Machine Company, and got IL cashed.
Frank j. Evans, the insurance man,
claims that Brown also hypothecated his
overcoat. Brown has LETT the city, ana
the police are in search of him. He was
little waif taken charge of when To-
months-old infant, twenty?three years
ago, by Capt. and Mrs. G. Brown, who
reared him.
Brunswick Correspondence Morning
News: The military mass at the Catholic
church Sunday, conducted by Father Cal
sse, and participated in by the Brunswick
Riflemen, was one of the largest attended
and most interesting services ever held in
brunswick. The naval reserves also at
tended by invitation of the Rihemen. The
church was deliberately decorated. over
the altar was draped the national flags and
Country" 1t was the first time
military mass has ever been
celebrated in this city, and the church
was crowded to standing room. One es-
r,anfql fna the choir music
posed of the best talent in the city, as
sisted by residents of St. SimOn's Island.
Those who composed the choir were:
Mesdames Fabian. Walter, Dudley, J. b.
Wright, Misses Annie O'Connor, Helen
OConnor, Nellie Colesberry, Bessie Fox.
A1essrs. Doeriiinger, Dudley, Montgomery,
Branham, Mccullough, and duBignon.
the chorus, Inhamatus, was rendered
by Miss Winter, Messrs. Baumgartner and
Whitmire.
Benjamine ]. Wilson, one of the pio-
neer citizens of Atlanta, died Saturday at
II O'Clock in Colorado Springs, Col, from
the effects of a stroke of appoplexy re-
ceived last Monday. Mr.. Wilson was
born in Belfast, Ireland, April ID, 1923. He
came to America in the year 1852 at the
age of Is He located in Massachusetts
and remained there for two or three years.
Leaving there he came to Georgia, taking
up his residence i'm Hancock county, where
he established a wooden mill. From Han
cocks county he moved to Alabama, where
he established a cotton factory. He ran
this factory until it was destroyed during
the war. After he war Mr.. Wilson went TO
Savannah, where he became engaged in
the cotton business, understhe firm name
of b J. Wilson & Co. He was very sue
cessful in this business. In 1871 he left
Savannah to go to Atlanta, selling out his
cotton business at Savannah He received
for his good viii $25,O00. Since living in
Atlanta Mr.. Wilson has not been actively
engaged in any business. but he has been
connected with several large financial en-
terpriseS and several banks of that city.
Washington Correspondence Morning
News: The Lyceum series of entertain