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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.