The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-08
WITNESSES BY HUNDREDS.
Upwards of Hundred Cases for the
United States Grand Jury.

The grand Jury Of the United States
court was again in session yesterday, and
stil 1t has not finished the vast amount
OF business the district attorney has for
its consideration at this term.
There are some seventy-hve or more
criminal cases for the grand jury's con-
sideration, though it is not likely that in
dictments will be found in all of them.
Many of them are doubtless trivial cases.
such as Judge Speer referred to in his
charge' saying 1t was not the intention of
the United States to prosecute trivialitles,
out those cases in which it is necessary
10 uphold and maintain the dignity of
the laws, and protect the people of the
community.
Inc grand jury may complete its work
to-day Besides the large number of de-
PENDANTS in these cases, there are some
thing like 200 witnesses, perhaps mora
and there will be others when the court
begins the trial of criminal cases. Mar.
shall Harrell will certainly have a large
pay roll when the time comes for settling
up with the witnesses. After they give
their testimony before the grand jury they
VIII no doubt be discharged until they
are wanted to testify in court, as it has
been found cheaper to have the witnesses
so home in many cases and come back
again when wanted than to keep them
here until the case is disposed of.
Judge Speer disposed of a large num-
Der OF interVentions in the Central rail-
road litigation The intervention of the
Eatonton branch railroad for rental
a N n No.
Judge Pardee Jan. TO- The interVentions
or the pennsylvania Steel Company and
the ohio Falls Car Company were passed
Tor Immediate settlement as was also
that of the Westinghouse Air Brake Com
pany.
The interventions of the National Tube
Works, Hooper & Townsend, Scott &
Davis, James & Clifton, NJ l. Clifton, ].
D. Rimes & Co., William A. Graham and
Madison Sans were marked settled a set
tlement having been reached between the
parties at interest.
The report of the special master was
confirmed in the interVentions by the fol-
lowing parties: National Bank of Savan-
nah, j. w. Brazwell and others, r. B.
Hitchcock George T. Rogers, w. O. Wad-
ley, Clayton, Woods & Robson, and j. T
Mcintosh
The interventions of William Tuten,
James t. Stewart & Son and j. L. Saun-
trail of Georgia Railway Company, and
the Intervention of j. w. Weed w. D.
Harden, Charles N. West and L. H. Nc
Laws was referred to Judge Pardee. The
interventions of Edward H. Smith and H.
P. Smart q Bro. will come up for argu-
ment before Judge Speer to-day.
Messrs. Barrow & Osborne and w. K.
Miller, representing the Admission Ma
tional Bank, have filed a petition for the
resale of the Cuyler and WOODBURY. rail-
road, the final decree of sale having been
passed upon by the circuit court of APP
peals, in its dismissal of the appeal. This
matter will come before Judge Speer Mon
day, Jan. H.
An order was taken requiring all parties
interested to show cause why the report
of the master commissioner in the case of
the Knickerbocker Trust Company against
the Brunswick Company should not be
confirmed on Monday, Jan. II. The prop
erty was sold by Master Commissioner ].
N. Talley to the bondholders for $50, 900.