The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-21
BANKS FIGHT FOR DEPOSITS.
WILL RESULT IN RESIGNATION OF
ATLANTA'S TREASURER.


Doctors Wife an Actress-Artist
Rembrandt Finally Marries His
Lover-The Strike quiet.
Atlanta, Jan. 2O.-After spending a large
amount of money TO secure his election
to office. carrying on a campaign that
lasted months, City Treasurer Thomas j.
Peoples found himself to-day shorn of
fruits of his victory. This situation was
brought about by the action of City Coun-
Gil. approved by the Mayor, this after-
noon.
The City treasurer's salary is merely
nominal. the profits of the position ac-
cruing from the the use of the city's de-
posts. which amount to in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000 on daily balance the year
round. The treasurer has always been an
officer of some bank. his bank being after
the deposit
For ten years J. T. Orme, cashier of
the Lowry Banking Company. was city
treasurer. Then Thomas ]. Peoples, cash
Ter of the Maddox Rucker Bank, entered
the lists, and. after a campaign that equal
ed the mayoralty race in interest. defeat
ed the old treasurer He expected to start
out the new year by dumping the cty's
big pile of cash into his bank.
Mr.. Peoples had made the 100000 bond
required, and was calmly waiting for the
time to take the cash in hand, when some
one, nobody seems to know just exactly
who, dug up an old ordinance which made
1t incumbent upon the city 10 deposit its
funds with such banks as would pay the
best interest upon it. Under this. bids
were asked Treasurer Peoples bank, for
some reason. did not consider il neces-
sary to offer interest. Hence, when Coun-
ell opened the bids two rival banks got
the funds
A great protest was made by the Mad
dox-Rucker Bank and Treasurer Peoples,
and strong efforts were made to get Mayor
Woodward TO veto the action of Council.
He, however, refused to, because he saw
5000 ahead for the city from the interest
offered by the competing banks Treas
urer Peoples now occupies the position Of
being treasurer without the right to say
with whom the money shall be deposited,
and he will at once resign his office, be
says.
Nothing has occurred in local affairs
since the advent of the new administration
to cause as much rag chewing" among
the factions.
Armand Out on Bond.
S. L. Armand, the Conyers young man
who was brought to Fulton county Jail ten
days ago, charged with having swindled
various concerns out of large sums of
money, afterwards skipping out to the
Pacific slope was released to-day upon
a 5000 bond made by his father. I'M
mediately after being released from jail
under the Fulton county indictment, he
was placed under arrest upon a warrant
taken out in Rockdale county charging
defalcation there, and taken in custody
by the sheriff of that county, to Conyers.
II is understood that bond will be made
for him there also
Almand's family, which was highly in
fuential in Rockdale county realize that
he is in a pretty tight place and finally
il appears, have determined TO do all they
can to get him out One of the indict-
meuts against him in Fulton county, was
called up in court yesterday and quashed
on account of a technical error.
Durham Given n Divorce.
DR.. w. NJ. Durham, a well known ply
sician, was granted a total divorce from
his wife in the Superior Court to-day. The
case has a dramatic flavor about ii which
has caused il to attract more than ordin-
airy attention.
Mrs. Durham for several Years was
quite well known in the city, being ex-
ceedingly handsome and of possessing
manners. The doctor is many years her
senior. When his wife developed dis
position for the dramatic, she induced him
TO supply her with funds with which TO
go east and cultivate these aspirations. 1t
ended by public announcement of her de-
termination to make the stage a regular
profession. This caused the climax.
DIR. Durham, in his testimony before the
divorce court, said one day when his
actress wife came TO his office and de-
manded money, he refused, having already
spent $4,000 to cure her of the stage. She
then picked up a glass and hurled il at his
head, he said. This missil struck his silk
hat and shattered it. But for the hat he
thought he might have been seriously in
jured. The court thought the doctor had
suffered enough. and SO released him from
matrimonial ties. The fair defendants
stage name is Arta Bowen.
She Marries the Artist.
Another local case of some interest to
the romancer came before the court to-
day This also involved a divorce though
the sundering of the matrimonial tie was
not the only feature. One of the parties
involved was a man. VINO signs the name
of Jules Rembrandt, and claims 10 be an
artist, probably a descendant of the Old
master of the same name.
Some months ago Rembrandt and a wo-
man, who passed as his wife, made their
appearance in Atlanta, putting up at a
highly respectable boarding house on
Houston street They We're apparently
mice people," and made a good many
friends. One day there was CONSERVATION
when man giving his name as Conley
came in from Texas, and claimed the wo-
man as his wife The police took hand.
and Rembrandts pistol was also in evil
dence
The net result was the arrest of the
artist and the woman for living together
in violation of the laws. She declared her
love for the artist, and refused to go back
10 the Lone Star state with her husband.
though he offered TO take her for the sake
or their little boy.
Rembrandt Fined 800.
Conley was a man of some means. and
his wife had become infatuated with the
artist while taking painting lessons from
him, their elopement 10 Atlanta being the
consequence. Conley went back to his
Texas home and got a divorce As soor
as the news of this reached Atlanta tbare