The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-08
TO SELL OUT THE SOAP WORKS
JOHN WLAUGHLIN APPOINTED
SPECIAL MASTER.

Hammer Next Sales Day-TWO Bur-
glars Given Five Years Each-They
May Ask for "A New TriaI-JuIia
Black Asks $4,000 Damages From
the City and Suburban-The Ocean
Steamship Company Says Dredge
No. o Was Obstructing the Channel
When the Birmingham struck 1t.
The defendants having consented a YER
dict was taken and a decree signed yes
terday in the case Of J. H. Estill and b.
II. Levy, trustees, against the Savannah
Soap Works. foreclosure Of mortgage, and
the property will be sold next month.
Mr.. John Mclaughlin is appointed spec
ial commissioner to sell the property next
sales day. Tuesday. April Z. The property
is located at Pine and Lumber streets.
and consists of the buildings on one and
a half lots, the tools, machinery and
equipment, besides the land itself The
bidder whose bid is accepted by the COM
missioner, must deposit with him GER
titled check for 20 per cent. of the amount
bid, and the balance must be PAID Wlthln
twenty days after the confirmation OF
the sale by the court.
Anyone desiring TO bid on the property
must examine ii beforehand. On cOmpll-
ance with the terms of the decree, the
special master Will execute a deed TO the
/ purchaser. If the sale is not confirmed
liiCn all VI lIlc purchase AiOiNS VIII b1
refunded, unless the non-conhrmation is
due TO some fault on the part OF the bid
der.
The proceeds of the sale are to be dis
| tributed first for costs of court, expenses
of the execution of trust, fees of the petit
TONERS and their counsel, second for the
payment of taxes, and third to the hold
/ ers of the $1,000 of bonds and unpaid
coupons amounting to $3.50, besides inter-
est on the latter amount and interest on
| the 5000 from Feb. l to the time of sale.
/ The bonds and unpaid coupons will be re-
| ceived by the special master in part pay
ment for the property, but any question
/ as to the amount to be paid in cash and
| the amount to be paid IN bonds ana I'M
\ paid coupons will be determined by the
/ court. All questions of cost and expenses
/ are left to the court for decision, after
| the special master has filed his report
Judge Falligant turned out quite large
I number of citizens yesterday. There were
/ nine altogether, and two others were wait
| ing to take the oath, but had to leave
| before their turn came Those sworn in
| as new citizens of the United States are
| as follows Former subjects of Great
! Britain and ireland, Michael Shelley,
| Thomas Giles Cartwright, Peter Davis ana
| Patrick Flanagan; former subjects of
! Germany, Jacob Halkenbach, Henry
Broekman, Frederick Hermann Upper and
| of Russia, Meyer Horn. All of them are
| now ready to register and become fun
qualified voters. The registration is now
piling up every day. Sixty-three names
| went on the list yesterday, making a total
up to date of S,OSS.
The jury in the cases of Charlie Lucas
and JEFF Davis, charged with burglary
| after being out all night, returned a YER
| dict of guilty yesterday morning at $3.50
| o'clock. They burglarized the dwelling
| house of p. f. Dewberry on Feb IS. VIII
| liam Stokes, who was an equal partner
in the crime, turned states witness and
was not tried along with the rest of them
| His case will probably come up this week
Judge Falligant sentenced Lucas and
] oh IN
penitentiary. Lucas was represented by
w. E. Slater, ESQ, and Davis by George
! w. Beckett, Esq. 1t is likely that a new
trial will be asked for. 1t is understood
the jury, when it first went out, stood
eleven for conviction and one for ac-
quittal. The one remained steadfast all
night, but finally came over with the
mornings dawn, and a verdict was de-
Tom Farmer and Dan Wilson. who were
tried for car-brealxing, were acquitted as
there was no prima facie evidence on
! of the Savannah, Florida and Western
railroad in this city, and were caught at
Burroughs station. They stated yester-
day that they simply got in the car for
the purpose of stealing a ride to Way
| cross where they were going to see
friends. There were no stolen goods in
their possession.
Ann Murray was granted temporary al
lmony from her husband, John Murray.
be given Sc instanter. and Sc per month
on the first day of every month until the
TURNER t Ter order OF the court, and pending the
order also directed that she be paid sos
for attorneys fees. on March 8.
Absolute quiet reigned around the Unit
ed States court yesterday. Officials, wit
nesses, jurors, and everybody else ex-
cept the clerks had departed and the an
| pearance was decidedly a transformation
from that which was presented the day
before. The court will open tomorrow
l. nd hnnc franc rrrf1T
again with renewed energy AN of the
defendants in criminal cases, and appear
Tuesday morning and their cases will be
assigned for trial at that time. The wit
nesses will not return again until sum
moned.
The Ocean Steamship Company filed an
answer yesterday to the libel suit brought
| by P. Sanford Ross, owner of Dredge No.
g., against. the steamship Birmingham
claiming $1,000 damages for Injuries catis,
ed by its being struck by the steamship
| last November. The answer simply claims
that the dredge was in the center of the
| channel, where it formed an obstruction
to navigation, and that it had no bust
ness there, at night. and when not in
| operation. The suit will probably come lIp
for hearing at this term Of the court
In the court of ordinary yesterday LET
| ters of administration on the estate of
James Porter were granted to James r.
| Porter.
| ages against the City and Suburban rail-
way in the city court yesterday. She is
represented by Messrs. William Hayward
and A. L. Alexander. She states she was
a passenger on the West Broad street line
| in December, and when she asked to be
let off the car, the car was stopped, but
started suddenly with a jerk before She
had alighted, which caused her to be
thrown to the ground, the fall knocking
out two of her teeth, disIocating her shoui9
der, injuring her face and jaw, and other
wise badly bruising her up. She stated
she was unconscious for some time after
the accident, and had to employ the ser
vices of a physician. For ali of these in
ages in the sum named.
P. W. Rushing, who was indicted i'm the
| United States court on Friday requests
the Morning News to state that the in
dictment against him was for ''usine the
mails in furtherance of a scheme to de-
fraud and not for that of Selling boeIIs
| receipts for liquors" Rushing ordered
goods and failed to pay for them, and
! hence his trouble -@AAS