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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS.
VOLUME 1. NUMBER 94.
RETIRED CHIEF NOW
TALKS OF HIS
HORSES,
t —-
STRUCTURE IN CHICAGO ONE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY FEET
HIGH WAS DESTROYED YESTER
DAY BY FIRE.
MANY PEOPLE NARROWLY ES
CAPED WITH THEIR LIVES—
THE LOSS ESTIMATED AT
THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND.
New York, Jan. 13.—Richard Cro
ker, who has retired from the lead
ership of Tammany Hall, and who has
been" succeeded by Lewis Nixon, in
an interview today, said, among oth
er things:
"I have not decided on my future
plans and do not know just when 1
will sail for England lam going to
try to win the derby. That has al
ways been one of the great ambitions
of my life. I have two entries in this
year’s Derby and five in next year’s.
The king always has entries and will
try for the Derby again this year. The
uncertainty of horse racing is what
gives charm to it. A man hopes to
have his children do as well as they
can in this world and watches them
with anxious pride as they grow up.
Every poor man who has a son hopes
to see him president some day. There
is something like this in the horse
man's heart as he watches the colts
he breeds develop and 1 am watching
with eagerness for the winner of i.,e
big race among mine."
Lewis Nixon, who takes the place
made vacant in Tammany by Mr. Cro
ker’s retirement, is about 40 years of
age and is a ship builder with yards
at Elizabeth port, N. J. He was born
at Leesburg, Va., and was graduated
at the head of his class from the Na
val Academy in 1878. He too]§ a
three years’ course at the English
Royal Naval College and again grad
uated at the head of class. He
was ordered to Waslunggton in 1890
to design battleships of the Indiana
type, and in 1894 was appointed as
sistant naval constructor.
He resigned trom the navy to take
charge of cramps’ ship yards as su
perintendent. He designed and helped
to’build the Oregon, fhdTaThi, Mil.' rti
chusetts, Holland torpedo boat, lowa,
New York, St. Paul, Columbia, St.
Louis, etc. He resigned from Cramps’
in 1895 to start ship yards of his own
at Elizabethport, N. J. He has built
since then 97 ships. He still remains
consulting naval architect for the
Cramps.
He was appointed by Mayor Van
Wyck president of the East river
bridge commission.
Recently he has been appointed the
chairman of the Tammany vice com
mittee of five.
TO MEET THE RESERVES.
New Town Indoor Baseball Club Pre
paring for a Match Game.
The New Town Association held an
interesting and well attended meeting
last night and transacted considerable
business.
The indoor baseball team, recently
organized by some of the members of
the association, is practicing at ev
ery opportunity, preparatory to a
match game with the club formed of
members of the Naval Militia. The
latter team is also practicing and a
very interesting game is looked for.
DUKE’S LOVE-MAKING
COST HIM $5,000
London, Jan. 13. —’The breach of
promise suit brought by Miss Portia
Knight, the American actress, against
the Duke of Manchester has, after all,
been settled out of court, the duke
paying Miss Knight 1,000 pounds and
paying the costs of the legal proceed
ings.
ONLY SLIGHTLY HURT.
Nordica, the Singer, Who Was in a
Wreck, Reaches Nashville.
Nashville, Jan. L>. —Madame Lillian
Nordica, the singer, and her accompa
nist, E. Romayne Simmons, who were
injured in a railway collision near
Rome, Ga., early Sunday morning,
arrived in this city today.
Madame Nordica arrived at noon,
and she appears to be suffering no in
convenience as a result of the shake
up. The diva is slightly bruised about
the shoulders, but the injury is appa
rently inconsequential.
Mme. Nordica was coming to Nash
ville in her private car, traveling via
the Southern. The singer’s car was
attached to a mixed passenger and
freight. This train had orders to meet
a freight at Reeves station, 20 miles
north of Rome. An extra freight was
on the siding, and, assunjing that
it was the one referred to in the or
ders, the engineer of Nordica’s train
went ahead and a mile north of the
station, rvhiie running at a high rate
of speed, met the freight which should
have been waited for at Reeves' Sta
tion. The crash of the engines was
terrific and Frank Tracey ol Atlanta,
engineer of the Nordica train, was
killed.
Madame Nordica was injured about
the throat and shoulder and Mr. Sim
mons had one of his hands injured.
Nordica’s car was not thrown from
the track, but was taken back to
Rome, and continued on its way to
Nashville via the Nashville, Chatta
nooga, and St. Louis road. Three, of
the trainmen were slightly injured.
ERWIN HASTENS THE
GREENE-GAYNOR CASE
In Washington to Get Decree of Su
preme Court.
Washington. Jan. 13.—Marion Erwin
of Macon, is in Washington to re
ceive the mandate of the supreme
court in the Greene and Gaynor case.
He will take the mandate to the cir
cuit court, of New York and have the
habeas corpus dismissed and see that
the defendants are given over .to a
marshal for the journey to Georgia,
where they will be tried for alleged
conspiracy with Captain Carter to de
fraud the government of $2,000,000 at
the Savannah harbor improvement.
Under the rule of the supreme court
the mandate issues 30 days after the
decision is rendered, but Attorney Er
win makes a special request in this
ease and believes the court will grant
it.
Next Wednesday he will appear be
fore the court for the mandate and it
is expected subsequent proceedings
against the New York contractors will
be rapid.
The defendants will reach Georgia
very shortly.
MANY WOULD BE
BRUNSWICK POLICE
Two additional police will be added
4j i v 1' i' '.i:..tiJ s 4Li_ajlld. (niinr.il will
elect them at the regular meeting on
Thursday night. There are, it is
stated, at least twenty-five applicants
for the two places, and council will
have rather a hard time choosing the
two. No one can even imagine who
will he elected.
MARCONI IN NEW YORK;
WILL SAIL WEDNESDAY
Will Get Ready at Once for Commer
cial Messages.
New York, Jan. 13.—Signor Mar
coni, the inventor of wireless telegra
phy, has arrived from Canada, where
he has been the guest of the Domnion
government. Tonight he will he the
guest of honor at the annual banquet
of the American Institute of Electrical
Engineers. On Wednesday he will
sail for Europe.
“As soon as I reach the other side,
he said, “I shall start to work to get
stations in readiness for the trans
mission of messages, commercial and
otherwise, across the Atlantic. There
will be two stations on each side,
those in located at Corn
wail and Belgium. Those on the
American side will he at Nova Scotia
and Cape Cod.
Stockholders’ Meeting.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Brunswick Bank and
Trust Company for the purpose of
electing a board of directors and
transacting such other business that
may come before them, will be held
at the banking rooms of said company
on Tuesday, January 14, 1902, between
the hours of 10 a. m. and 2 p. m.
HOYT W. GALE, Cashier.
Brunswick, Ga., Dec. 16, 1901.
BRUNSWICK, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 14, 1902.
DOVER HALL FARM SOLD
TO BIG TRICK FARMERS
OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
The Deal Was Closed Yes o rday
T hrough Brobston, Fendig & Cos,
THEY WILL PLANT MELONS
CAVE & COMPANY, THE LARGEST PLANTERS IN THE PALMETTO
STATE, TO ENGAGE EXTENSIVELY IN THE FARMING BUSI
NESS IN GLYNN COUNTY—TO BRING 50 FAMILIES.
Messrs. Cave & Company, the lar
gest planters in the state of South
Carolina, with headquarters at Barn
well, on yesterday closed a deal
through Brobston, Fendig & Cos., for
the lease of the Dover Hall property,
the famous old-time pantation now
owned by Mr. G. W. Wright, and will
at once ship here a car-load of mules
with large quantities of supplies and
about fifty families, to go extensively
into the watermelon and cantaloupe
raising business. They will have 300
acres under cultivation before the
present week ends, and add to that
as rapidly as their many hands can
get it in shape.
This news, coming on top of the
announcement from Brobston, Fendig
& Cos., some days ago, that the German
peasant colonists from the Russian
townships were beginning to arrive
and were building their homes and
laying off their lands for truck farms
cultivation, gives the farming indus
try of this section of the state, and
especially Glynn county, a tremendous
i impetus, allat once.
It is the biggest, opening for anew
year that Brunswick has ever had,
and taken also in connection with the
good news recently given out by Pres
ident Macheri in regard to the Bruns
wick and Birmingham railroad devel
opment, it is calculated to make ev
ery one happy over the bright pros
pects in store for this progressive sea
port.
Messrs. W. L. Cave and J. A. Cave,
I lie mammoth planters of Barnwell,
have been here for the past few days
the guest of thpir friend, Mr. Mike
i’.rcWn, the well known cross-tie man
and railroad builder, and Judge Al
fred J. Crovatt. They have been in
spoetiog'TT TTaflfls Ttml other attract
ive points about Brunswicck, for their
business, and last night, to a Daily
News reporter, said:
ADMIRAL SCHLEY BEING
ROYALLY ENTERTAINED
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 13. —This morn
ing Admiral Schley, accompanied by
General W. W. Gordon, visited the
floor of the Savannah Cotton Ex
change and for more than an hour
was informally entertained by the
members of that organization. He in
turn entertained them with his stories
and reminiscences. He was introduced
to all the members of the exchange
who were on the floor and appeared
to enjoy his visit. No other visitor in
years nas been so gladly welcomed
to the floor. The reception was enthu
siastic and sincere.
There was nothing stiff and formal
about it and the admiral and his new
found friends spent an hour or two
most p.easantly. The admiral kept
tnose in his immediate vicinity laugh
ing and chuckling over his sallies
and jokes. One of the gentlemen ask
ed him if he had ever killed a deer on
a hunting expedition. This question
came up in connection with the dis
cussion of the admiral’s visit to St.
Catherine’s island on Friday as a
guest of Mr. Jacocb Eauers. The, ad
miral said that he had shot ata only
one deer that he remembered and had
failed to hit him.
While down town this morning the
"We find this soil and climate ad
mirably suited for our prospective
business, and in a short time wilt be
at work developing. You have on
this coast country of Georiga a sandy
soil and clay sub-soil that is admira
bly adapted for raising watermelons
and cantaloupes in time to compete
with the Florida markets, while you
have in the Mallory line to New York,
and the Clyde line to Boston, the best
of steamship transportation to give
advantage in rates. We have met
with a hearty reception here and are
pleased to locate among your people.
One of the firm will lie here at all
times to look after the business end
and it, will .be our aim to produce as
miieh as the land proprly" worked is
capable of.”
Mr. Mike Brown, who, by virtue of
his long residence here, is cclaimed
as a Brunswick citizen, said:
“The Messrs. Cave are known as
the mammoth planters of South Caro
ina. They never make less than 1,000
(one thousand) bales of cotton in ad
dition-to their other large crops. They
have a name as developers of lands,
and we hope to see them lead for oth
ers to follow in this section of Geor
gia. I believe there is big money in
the business right, here, for we have
a great advantage in transportation
facilities. With steamship service to
two of the main northern ports and
rail service reaching in every direc
tion, there is no reason why the farm
ing lands around Brunswick should
not be developed and it pleases me to
know that some of my old fellow
townsmen are coming over to do the
work as a starter.”
The Messrs. Cave leave tonight, for
Barnwell and before the week is out
they will break ground on the com
mencement, of wliat will soon be the
biggest watermelon and cantaloupe
farm in South Georgia.
admiral sent three telegrams. One
was to Mr. Richard Michaelis, of the
Staats Zeitung, Chicago. It was as
follows:
“Savannah, Ga., Jan. 13.—Mr. Rich
ard Michaels, care Staats Zeitung,
Chicago: Accept with pleasure Ger
man societies’ kind invitation for Jan.
28 until 4 p. m. Must depart by early
evening train to fulfil engagement at
Louisville 29. W. S. SCHLEY.
The other was to the eminent com
mander of the Knights Templars at
Columbus, expressing his regret at
not being able to visit that eommand
ery. The telegram follows:
“Savannah, Ga., Jan. 13.—Mr. R. J.
Hunter, Eminent Commander, Colum
bus, Ga.: Regret engagement already
made prevent acceptance Hadierman
Commandery’s kind invitation.
"W. S. SCHLEY."
The most interesting message of
the morning, however, was that to
Mme. Nordica, who was slightly in
jured in railroad accident yesterday.
This message read:
“Savannah, Jan. 13.—Madame Nor
dica, Nashville, Tenn.: We are so
glad you escaped serious injury and
rejoice, as every admirer does, that
you are safe. W. S. SCHLEY.
A GENERAL MIX-UP.
Negro Constable, Negro Woman et al.,
Have a Lively Time.
Katherine Wright, colored, appear
ed before Justice T.ambright yesterday
and swore out two warrants against
Annie Russell, one being a dispossess
ory and the other charging her with
assault.
It seems that the two negro women
were sitting near each other at church
Sunday night, and Katherine claims
I that Annie took her breast-pin and
then assaulted her.
The warrants were given to Charlie
, Driver, the colored constable, and
lie started out to arrest the negro wo
man, but when he reached her house
: she resisted arrest. Her husband ar
! rived iu the meantime and a general
j mix-up followed. Driver then called
| a policeman to assist him. Tne officer
tound it necessary to arrest Driver,
the woman and her husband, and they
j will all lie tried in police court tomor
row morning.
The woman gave bond on the charge
of assault, and will be given a prelim
inary hearing before Judge Lambriglit
Friday.
BRUNSWICK TRADE.
American Lumberman Has Lengthy
Article From This City.
The ..merican Lumberman , the
great Chicago trade paper, in its last
issue had a lengthy article from
Brunswick, which, in part, says:
"The first week of the * new year
opened up with a strong foreign de
mand for lumber and ties. Brown &
Cos. are loading tiie steamer Ella with
25.000 cross ties for Cuba. Benito
Padrosa has shipped 900,000 feet of
lumber to Spain. At all the foreign
export docks vessels are loading.
Coastwise shipments are a little off
b.v rail, with rates slightly advanced,
now based on $5.25, Brunswick to New
York. Shipments by steam tonnage
to both New York and Boston have
been heavy, with large cargoes await
ing the next trips of steamers.
"The mills that closed down for
a few days during the holidays have
resumed. Demand from all points is
strong; prices are steady.
“Indications point, to heavy move
ments in both coastwise and toreign
shipments for the balance of January.
"The lumber shippers have filed
with the railroads having terminals
here the reasons they wish the
recent rulings of the railroads abro
gated.”
WILL FIGHT AGAIN.
Fitz Asks Millionaire to Back Him
Against Jeffries.
San Francisco, Jan. 13.*—That Boh
Fitzsimmons is willing and even anx
ious to face Jim Jeffries in another
championship battle was made known
here yesterday when Adolph Spreck
els announced that lie had received
a telegram from the ex-champion ask
ing for backing if a fight was arranged.
Fitzsimmons asked the millionaire
if he would hack him for $25,000
against tne present champion, the
winner to take of the fighters’ share
of the gate receipts.
It was not at all surprising that
Fitzsimmons should ask Spreckels
to back him against Jeffries, inasmuch
as the millionaire bet heavily on Fitz
when he defeated Corbett, and again
when he lost on Jeffries.
The California millionaire lias al
ways been an ardent admirer of Fitz
simmons, but whether he will put up
the $25,000 to hack him against Jef
fries is a matter of some doubt.
Mr. Spreckels is not as active in
sportingg circles as lie was a few
years ago, and to hack Fitzsimmons
for any such amount would give him
a prominence in the fistic world he
would not desire.
Then again, while he is a Fitzsim
mons partisan, he might have too
good an opinion of Jeffries to bet any
such amount of money against him.
STEAMER DAVID IS AGROUND.
Has a Cargo of Lumber from Satilla
River for New York.
A dispatch from New York, dated
Sunday, says: The steamer David,
which reached port this morning from
Satilla river, Ga., with a cargo of
lumber, went aground on the sand
far in the upper bar off Red Hook,
where she was about to cast anchor.
The vessel grounded at high water
and remains fast this evening.
A regular meeting of Glynn chap
ter, Order of the Eastern Star, will he
held at Masonic hall, this (Tuesday)
evening at 7:30.- All members are re
quested to he present, as business of
importance willl ho transacted.
MRS. S. M. GI.OGAUER,
Secretary.
PRICE FIVE CENTS,
LIKE JIT TORCH
AN ELEVATOR
ABLAZE,
RICHARD CROKER SAYS HIS ONE,
AMBITION IS TO SEE HIS RACE
HORSES WIN THE DERBY—AN
INTERVIEW WITH HIM.
HAS BEEN THE DESIRE OF HIS
LIFE TO OWN THE WINNER OF
THE ENGLISH RACE—HE OWNS
SOME FAST HORSES.
I Chicago, Jan, 13.--A loss estimated
|at nearly $300,000 was caused by a
fire that broke out at i:45 this morn
ing at the plant of the J. F. Weil
branch of the American Malting Com
pany. ihe, property is situated at
I Fifty-second street and the Panhandle
railroad tracks.
The fire started in the elevator, a
great structure 150 feet high, covering
an area 300 by 200 feet. The elevator
I was filled with barley almost to its
| capacity. The building was destroyed
and its contents are almost a complete
loss.
Just south of the malting company’s
plant are the Panhandle freight yards,
and at the outset of the fire there
was a serious menace to the vast
amount of rolling stock. The burning
elevator sent a great glare aloft, in
the light of which scores of men scur
ried back and forth in strenuous ef
forts to roil tire Panhandle freight
cars away from danger of ignition,
in this they were only partly success
ful, for several freight cars were de
stroyed.
Adjoining the elevator was a pickle
factory on the west, owned by ,T.
Weil. Great efforts were made to
protect this plant, but it was damaged.
When the flames broke through the
roof of the elevator large sheets of
iron plates fell from the building and
greatly added to the danger of the
firemen, mie sheet iron plates were
red hot, and were thrown clear of the
building, endangering the lives of the
men working near.
NO SERIOUS CLASH
WITH THE RUSSIANS.
Commander of the Vicksburg Cables
Secretary Long.
Washington, Jan. 13.—Secretary
l.ong received the following ~ cable
gram today from Commander Edward
D. Barry, of the gunboat Vicksburg,
in answer to the department's inquiry
regarding the recently reported clash
at Niu-Chwang between sailors of the
Vicksburg and Russian soldiers:
“Ying Kang, (no date), Secretary
Navy, Washington: Nothing serious;
crew orderly. BARRY.”
E. D. Smith Named as Postmaster.
Washington, Jan, 13. —Among the
postmasters appointed by the presi
dent today were David C. Baldwin of
New Orleans, Edward D. Smith of Au
gusta, and P. D. Parker, of Mobile.
Mr. Smith, the new Augusta post
master, was formerly a resident of Sa
vanah.
On January 28.
The advertising carnival which is
to he given by the King’s Daughters
will take place at the opera house on
evening of the 28th. All the young
ladies who are willing to take part will
please meet at the Riflemen's armory
this afternoon. ;
NOW IN ALABAMA.
Col. Machen and Party Inspecting In
That State.
President Machen, General Manager
McDuffie and two gentlemen from New*
York who accompanied Col. Machen
to Brunswick, are now on an inspec
tion tour of the proposed B. & B.
route in Alabama.
From every place that the gentle
men have visited good reports have
come, and they will no doubt have
some encouraging news when they re
turn to Brunswick.