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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS.
VOLUME 1. NUMBER 98.
MEXICAN TOWN VISITED
BY SEVERE EARTHQUAKE
SIX HUNDRED
LIVES LOST,
CITY OF MEXICO WAS ALSO
SHAKEN, BUT NO LOSS OF LIFE
HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM
THAT PLACE.
CHILPAUCINGO IN GUERRERO IS
THE SCENE OF MUCH DESTRUC
TION AS A RESULT OF THE
WORST EARTHQUAKE IN YEARS
Laredo, Tex., Jan. 17. —A telegram
from the City of Mexico says a dis
patch has reached there announcing
that the city' of Chilpaneingo, in the
state of Guerrero, suffered severely
from yesterday's earthquake shock
and that 600 persons were killed.
No details are given. Four severe
shocks of earthquake were felt here
yesterday afternoon, which rocked
massive buildings and created great
excitement.
The shock of the earthquake was
felt in many cities and towns of the
republic. In the City of Mexico the
earthquake was felt at 5.17 p. m. The
first movement was very sharp, fol
lowed by a gentler oscillatory move
ment north northeast to south south
west, the duration being 55 seconds.
INFERNAL MACHINE
FOUND IN POSTOFFICE
Explodes and Wounds a Clerk in
Knoxville, Tennessee.
Knoxville, Tenn., Jan. 17.—J. W.
Martin, a postoffice clerk, was Injured
this morning by the explosion t>f a
package of powder, aitro-glyeerine, or
an Infernal machine. He was stamp
ing letters and package and a package
addressed to a hardware house here
exploded when struck with the stamp.
Examination revealed on it the name
of a New *ork smokeless powder
concern. The interior of the parcel
showed a tin box containing an explo
sive, which had been carefully packed.
The local hardware firm disclaims
having ordered ouch a package or
having been notified of its shipment.
It has not been receiving samples o
explosives by mail, which fact sug
gests the infernal machine theory.
TheTiuthorites have begun an investi
gation and say the shipping of such
packages by mail Is a violation of the
postal laws.
PRESIDENT WILL NOT
VISIT SAVANNAH
Washington, Jan. 17. —D. G. Purse,
president of the Boam of Trade of
Savannah, Ga,, today invited Presi
dent Roosevelt to visit Savannah on
his southern trip if it was his inten
tion to go to Georgia. The Savannah
people, he said, were anxious to be
the first to welcome the president to
the native state of his mother. The
president thanke'd Mr. Purse for the
invitation, but said it was his inten
tion to go to Charleston and return
to Washington direct.
During the cabinet meeting today
the president talked of his visit
next month to the Charleston exposi
tion. Five members of the cabinet
will accompany him as follows: Sec
retary Root, Attorney General Knox,
Secretary Hitchcock, Secretary Wil
son, and Postmaster General Payne.
Body Picked Up at Sea.
San Francisco, Jan. 17. —The body
of one of the cabin passengers of the
lost steamer Wa>i Walla was recov
ered from the sea Wednesday by the
steamer Newberg. It was found sup
ported by a life preserver off the
mouth of Klemath river, 55 miles from
where the Walla Walla was wrecked.
It has been brought to this city and
identified as that of James Gallagher
of St. Louis.
CAPTAIN ROBERTS IN ALBANY.
The Herald, of That City, Thinks He
Is Surveying the Line.
The following is taken from Thurs
day’s Albany Herald: •
Captain L. XV. Robert, chief engi
neer of the Brunswick and Birming
ham railroad, spent last night in the
city and was seen by a representative
of the Herald.
Captain Robert, like most railroad
men, was rather uncommunicative
when asked about what he was doing
here. He said that he had merely
“run down to spend the night.” It
developed In the conversation that
followed that he had been spending
two or three days In the region be
tween this city and Americas and
Cordele.
Captain Robert is evidently mak
ing a cursory survey of the country
through which the Brunswick anu
Birmingham IS expected to pass, and
is riding through a good deal of the
country in a buggy and on.horseback.
He had nothing of a definite nature
to communicate to the representative
of the Herald, but when asked as to
the probability of the road being put
through, he didn’t mind saying that
the enterprise was assured.
On a direct line from Brunswick to
Birmingham the road ought to pass
somewhere between Albany an<f®Vmer
icus, but the exact route has evidently
not yet been determined.
COUNCIL MEETING.
Only Business Was Reading of the
License Ordinance.
Adjourned Regular Meeting.
January 17, 1901.
Present: Hon. N. Emanuel, mayor;
Aldermen du Bignon, Newman, Mc-
Garvey, and Franklin.
Absent: Aldermen Oa!.<otin, Kai
ser, Cook and Taylor.
Report of committee on license or
dinance was received, as follows:
Brunswick, Ga., Jan. 17, 1902.
To the Mayor and Council of the
City of Brunswick:
Gentlemen—Your special committee
on license ordinance begs to submit
herewith for your consideration an
ordinance to raise revenue for the
city of Brunswick for the year 1902.
Respectfully, (Signed)
J. E. du Bignon,
Chairman.
J. C. Calhoun,
N. Emanuel.
The ordinance was then placed on
its first reading.
Adjourned.
N. D. RUSSELL,
Clerk of Council.
LECTURE ON THE PASSION PLAY
c ourtH Number of the Lyceum Course
Next Thursday Night.
The next Lyceum attraction will
be next Thursday night, January 23.
This date coming so soon after the
other is due in part to Mrs. Gillow's
date in December being cancelled.
Also to the fact that the management
had the opportunity to secure at this
time Dr. Eugene May, the noted lect
urer and orator, in 'his special lecture
on “The Passion Play.” Being desir
ous of having this lecture given here,
the date was accepted for next week.
DIVORCED WEDDED
Two Happenings Come Almost In the
Same Breath.
Tuscaloosa, Ala., Jan. 17. —Avery
interesting marriage occurred yester
day at the probate office. The par
ties were George Snider and Mrs.
Wiillie Leophefia Minor Jane Knight
Donoho, of Whore's Bridge. Just be
fore the marriage took place, the
bride secured divorce papers from her
former husband, after which a mar
riage license was immediately pro
cured.
BRUNSWICK, GA„ SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1902.
LUXE STEAMER
IK A BAD BALE,
PERE MARQUETTE STEAMER IS
BEACHED WHILE HEAVY
GALE WAS BLOWING.
Hard Fight to Save the Nine Passen
gers—The Boat Was Heavily
Loaded —The Wreck.
Ludington, Mich., Jan. 17.—The
Pere Marquette steamer No. 3 was
beached here today while a 75-mile
an hour gale was blowing.
Nine passengers and the crew of
thirty were taken off the wrecked
craft by the life saving crew with
their breeches buoy apparatus. The
accident occurred before daylight.
The passengers and crew were rudely
awakened by a succession of shocks
as the steamer pounded on the bar.
Signals of distress were blown and
the life-saving crew quickly responded.
Running their mortor out on the
pier the life-savers sent a line to thei
wreck. When day broke there was
fi line 200 feet long stretched from
the pier No. 3 and the breeches buoy
apparatus was ready for use. Over
this line nine passengers, four of
whom were women, and a crew of 30
were safely taken in the breechers
buoy in two hours.
As the people were drawn along
the rope great waves broke over them
and all were drenched. The boat was
loaded with 25,000 bushels of barley
and 200 tons of merchan ts \
Pere Marquette officials have hope of
saving No, 3 and her cargo, but
there is great danger that the boat
will go to pieces. She is in nine feet
of water.
NOVELTY IN WEDLOCK.
A Farmer Leads Step : Dauhgter to th k
Altar.
Suffolk, Va., Jan. 17. —Miss Maggie
Stephenson and her step-grandfather,
James M. Turner, a well to do farmer
of Isle of Wight county, Virginia,
were married at Gainesville,- 'N. C.,
Wednesday. The nuptials were sol
emnised after the couple had been re
fused license in Virginia, owing to
the Old Dominion law against such
unions. It is claimed Turner says he
will immediately sell all his property
and leave the state. He gives his
age as 46 years, but looks older. The
bride’s age is given as 19 years.
Turner is quoted as saying his sec
ond wife before she died made the re
quest that he marry her granddaugh
ter. In addition he claims that Cu
pid’s darts found a target in his heart
with his present young wife’s as the
image graven thereupon.
Just befoer the performance of the
marital ceremonial a lady friend of
the girl is said to have tried to per
suade her to withdraw from the cere
mony. Her effort was futile.
It is claimed that the father of the
bride offered no objections to the
match.
Left Shackles on a Grave.
Gadsden, Ala., Jan. 17.- —Frank Lew
is, Eugene Gallimere and Henry
Clews, three white city prisoners,
burned out of the city stockade at
this place and escaped, burning a
hole through the door large enough
to escape. They had on iron shack
les, which they broke ou, when pass
ing through the cemetery and left
them lying on a tombstone.
Catholics Lead.
New York, Jan. In. —Statistics on
the growth of churches of the United
States in 1901 and the order of denom
inational rank have been completed
by Rev. Dr. H. K. Carroll, who is in
charge of the religious statistics of
the United States census of 1890. At
the close of 1901 there were 28,890,567
members of all denominations in the
United States. The Catholics lead
wth a membership of 9,158,741.
TWO KILLED,
MAN! HURT.
LEVER CAR CRASHED INTO SOME
EMPTY BOX CARS WITH
FATAL RESULTS.
Accident Occurred Near Chattanooga
Early Yesterday Morning.
Killed and Injured.
Chattanooga, Tenn, Jan. 17. —Word
was received this morning By an
agent of tho Cumberland Coal and
Coke Company, of a serious accident
vrnjch occur ml at the company's
miq.es at Millstone, Tenn., last even
iijjt. Two negro miners were killed
and .several others injured. It ap
pears that after their day’s work the
men stole a lever car belonging to the
company and started down the rail
road for a ride. They were going
down grade at a high rate of speed
when they crashed, with terrific force,
into a train of empty cars, which was
beifeg pushed by a ocomotive to the
mines. Lon Newell, of Andersonville,
S. : .C., was instantly killed, while a
negro from Bluefield, Mont., had his
skull fractured and died in a short
tint*.. Walter Davis, from Coulters
villfe, Tenn:, also had his skull frac
tured and is in a precarious condition.
So von other negroes were also in
jured, but none fatally.
Old Clothes
Cleaned, dyed and repaired at Jiin
Carter’s. Phone 253-2. Place, 504
MoSk street.
May be An Organized Gang.
Greenville, S. C., Jan. 17.—-Numer
ous burglaries have been committed
In I.aureus county within the past
tw.o weeks, a considerable amount of
nifrffey being secured fn several in
stances. Last night the store ot Mar
shall A. Leaman, of cross Hill, was
entered, his safe blown open, and re
lieved of S7O and a quantity of jew
els. The postoffice, which is located
in ilia store, was also robbed of SBO.
No clew to the robbers lias been
obtained so far. it is thought an
organized gang is at work in the
county.
BOY SINGER’S DOWNFALL.
He Sang for West Point Cadets, Who
Paid Him in Cigarettes.
Newburgh, Jan. 17. —Eugene Gaff
ney, 12 years old, who had a sweet
voice, learned a lot of popular songs,
sung them in public places and made
money, became a favorite with the
West Point Cftfleta, for whom he fre
quently sang. The cadets are charged
with having paid him in cigarettes for
entertaining them, and turough this
ho became addicted to them, smoking
half a dozen packages a day. Ttie
result is that his voice failed him and
the cadets threw him down. The boy
went from ban to worse and has lately
been singing in barrooms. Today he
was before the recorder on complaint
of his mother, who feared he would
sink lower and lower. The judge
lectured him, and, instead of sending
him to a reform institution, let him go
with his mother on promise of doing
better.
Strictly First-Class
Work is being., done at Jim Carter’s.
Only experienced workmen are em
ployed by him.
HERMANN THE GREAT TODAY.
Will Give Matinee and Night Perform
at the Grand.
Herrmann the Great will be the at
traction at the Grand today, both at
the matinee anJ night. This cele
brated slight qf hand man has visited
Bunswick for the past few years and
has always greatly pleased his audi
ence. He is undoubtedly the best of
his kind traveling. The matinee
prices will be only 25 and 50 cents.
Shingles, laths and everything for
the builder at L. A. Miller’s.
PRINCE HENRY WILL
VISIT MANY CITIES.
YOUNG WHITE BABY
FOUND IN A YARD
Mysterious Discovery Made Yester
day Morning.
A pretty little golden-haired, blue
eyed girl baby, neatly dressed, and
well wrapped, was found in the yard
of St. Mark's rectory yesterday morn
ing about 11 o'clock.
The discovery was made by a col
ored boy who was doing some work
in the yard. He was attracted by
the cries of the nttle one, and, looking
behind a trash box, saw the child in
a small basket.
It was taken into the rectory and
the police were notified. The baby
was taken to the police headquarters
and later turned over to Christina
Town, a colored nurse who said she
would care for it until it could be
disposed of.
The appearance of the child is a
mystery to the officials. In the bas
ket was a small slip of paper on which
was the following:
"Ruby Evangelne Coie, aged one
month. Please give to the Anson
Memorial Home at St. Simon island.’’
The handwriting was greatly dis
guised, the words being printed. Al
though the police worked on the case
all day, not the least clue was ob
tained. Close examination of the
tracks proved them to be those of a
woman’s shoes, and it is thought the
heartless mother laid the little one
there with her own hands.
The child had only been there a
short time before discovered, as a
bottle of milk was in the basket and
was. warm when-found-.
Long Experience
And good work have placed Jitn Car
ter in the lead, in the clothes clean
ing business.
Call on L. A. Miller for kiln dried
lumber.
Bank Failure at Albany.
Albany, Ga., Jan. 17. —An applica
tion for temporary receiver has been
filed by the directors of the Commer
cial Bank of Albany. The bank did
not open for business this morning
and posted a notice stating that the
bank had suspended payment, pending
action of the state authorities. The
liabilifies are estimated at $123,000,
with assets of $191,000 in bills receiv
able and real estate.
Full line of building material at L.
A. Miller’s.
NOTICE. *
Bids will be received at the city
hall until Thursday, January 23, for
repairs to the city hall building. The
repairs include putting in order the
rolling partition between the council
chamber and police court room, re
covering the floor in the bell tower
and restoring the flag staff to its orig
inal position on the main slate roof;
replacing broken slates on roof, re
fitting glass in dorme,r window, the
necessary repairs to several of the
windows, such as re-puttying, replac
ing, etc.; and the supplying of some
suitable protection in the openings
around the bell in the clock tower.
Prospective bidders are invited to
call and inspect the building and sub
mit estimates at once, as these repairs
kre : wanted at the earliest possible
moment.
Also bids will be received for fur
nishing pauper coffins to the city for
the year 1902. State in bids, price
per coffin, for adults and for children.
Council reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
*' Ry resolution of the mayor and
council, January 16, 1902.
N. D. RUSSELL,
Clerk of Council.
A Good Place
To have your clothes cleaned is at
Jim Carter s. Ring phone 253-2.
Get a Look *
At the latest samples for clothing at
Jim Carter’s. Only first-class work
don*.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
WILL INVITE
THE YACHTMEH
NEW YORK SPORTS TO PARTICI
PATE IN THE KIEL REGATTAS
AND PUT IN PLEA FOR MEDI
TERRANEAN SQUADRON.
PRINCE WILL ARRIVE ON FEBRU
ARY 22 AND BE OUR GUEST
UNTIL MARCH B—PRESENT FOR
MISS ROOSEVELT.
Berlin, Jan. 17. —The secretary of
the imperial admiralty, Admiral von
Tirpitz, and chief of Emperor Wil
liam’s personal military staff, General
von Pressen, are to accompany Prince
Henry of Prussia on the latter’s visit
to the United States. The other mem
bers of the prince’s suite, besides Vice
Admiral Baron von Seckendorff and
Adjutants von Schwind and von Egi
dy, will be Captain von Trotha, the
emperor’s general aide de camp: Cap
tain von Mueller , and Commander
von Grumme, who is also aide de
camp of the emperor. Admiral von
Seckendorff said:
“The emperor personally is making
all the arrangements that can be
made on this side. The details as to
how Prince Henry shall spend his
time in the United States is left to
Secretary Hay. Our general idea of
dates is that we will arrive on Febru
ary 22 at New York. Prince Henry
will go on board the Hoheqzoliem
till tho .auncliing of the emperor's new
yacht, which we'think will probably
be February 24. We will go to Wash
ington to see President Roosevelt and
perhaps stay there several days. We
will then make most of the next few
days in seeing other cities, returning
to New York for two more days be
fore we sail for home on the Deutch*
land, March 8.”
Regret was expressed at the fact
that the emperor could not visit the
United otates.
“He would like to,’ said Admiral
von Seekenuorff, ‘ out cannot make
so long a journey now.”
The admiral was asked if it was
possible that the emperor might visit
the United States at some future
time.
“It would please, him greatly,” an
swered Admiral von Seckendorff. “It
Ts not an impossibility."
The Local Anzieger today prints
the following:
“Emperor William has commission,
ed Prince Henry to meet prominent
New York yachtsmen and invite them
to participate in tne Kiel regattas, be
ginning June 26. Prince Henry will
also ask the president to permit the
United States Mediterranean squadron
to be present at Kiel during the re
gatta week, so that the American
seamen may participate in the barge
races. Prince Henry bears a valua
ble present for Miss Roosevelt from
Emperor William.”
To Launch Yacht.
Washington, Jan. 17.—William Wal
lace Downey, a member of the firm
building Emperor William’s yacht,
called at the white house today and
discussed with President Roosevelt
the details of the approaching launch
ing and talked over the details of the
program with Assistant Secretary
Hill, Admiral Evans, and Admiral
Crowninshield. The launching will
occur on February 25. Rear Admiral
Evans has been designated as special
attendant upon the prince, besides
being in charge of the naval demon
stration.
Repairing a Specialty.
The repairing done at Jim Carter’s
i* In charge of a first-class tailor.