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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS.
VOLUME 1. NUMBER 101.
THE APPDIITMEHT
Of SMITH ÜBE
HELDUP.
POSTMASTER BROWN IS NOW ON
THE SCENE IN WASHINGTON
AND HARD AT WORK.
PRIVATE TELEGRAM RECEIVED
IN THE CITY YESTERDAY SAID
THAT THE PRESIDENT WOULD
PROBABLY REOPEN MATTER.
The following is a special sent out
from Washington:
Former Postmaster Brown, of Bruns
wick, Ga., is here today trying to se
cure a re-opening of his case. He
called with Representative Brantley at
the Postoffice department this morning
Mr. Brown was removed on account
of alleged irregularities, and Mr. A. M.
Smith was appointed in his place. As
Mr. Smith’s appointment has not yet
been sent to the Senate, it is Mr.
Brown’s hope to get an immediate re
opening of his case, that he may apply
for re-appointment."
A telegram was received by one of
Mr. Brown’s friends in this city yes
terday from a prominent republican in
Washington, in which was stated that
it was very probable that the presi
dent would hold up Mr, Smith’s ap
pointment and the case would be in
vestigated before it went to the 1 sen
ate to be confirmed.
INTERESTING POLICE COURT.
A Number of Cases Tried Before the
Mayor.
Mayor police .court was
a very lively one and a number of in
teresting cases were disposed of.
Harry Waters, the Bay street sa
oonist, was up charged with violating
the city odinance which prohibits fe
males being in a saloon. He was
found guilty and the Mayor imposed
a fine of SIOO.
'me following women, half black
and half white, were tried and fined
$1 each for loitering around a saloon:
Retta Fleming, Fannie Thurston, Ber
tha Graves, Rosalae Baker, Elfie May
wood, Blonde Gasaway and Kate
Jenkins. The other cases disposed of
were:
Rosa Thomas, on the streets after
hours; $1 or five days.
Clifford Wllford, riding bicycle with
out a light; $1 or five days,
D. H. Graham, leaving horse untied;
$1 or five days.
Jefferson Union, loafing and begging
on iue streets; discharged.
tom Cumming, disorderly conduct;
fl or five days.
Jambs Alford, drunk and dsorderly;
$1 or five days.
Ed Clark and Moses Hames, riding
bicycle on the sidewalk; *j. or five
days.
Joe Prayer, fighting; $8 or thirty
dayß.
A VERY GOOD MINSTREL.
Colored Performers Play to a Large
Audience.
Richard and Pringle’s genuine Geor
gia Minstrels was the attraction at the
Grand last night, and the performance
was witnesed by one of the largest
audiences of the season. The entire
up-stairs was given to the colored peo
ple and there were but few vacant
seats, while the whites came very near
filling the down-stairs.
The show, all in aii, was a very
good one, with new jokes, catchy
songs and good clog dancing. Of
course, as is generally the case with
minstrel companies, there were some
tiresome acts, but the colored per
formers did very well.
FIRE IN VALDOSTA.
Part of Plant of Valdosta Guano Com
pany Consumed.
VALDOSTA, Ga., Jan. .1 —The im
mense building of the Valdosta Guano
Company was destroyed by fire last
night. The fire originate 1 in the acid
chamber and consumed the major por
tion of the works, one of the largest
of its kind in the state. Thr lo3s is es
timated at $50,000; insurance $30,000.
Part of the plant was saved.
QUIET IN
PANAMA.
EVERYTHING IS NOW SERENE AF
TER THE BIG BATTLE THERE
YESTERDAY.
NO MORE FIGHTING HAS BEEN RE
PORTED-NUMBER KILLED NOT
YET KNOWN.
PANAMA, Jan. 21.—A1l is quiet here
today after yesterdav s naval battl e.
General Herrera, the revolutionary
leader, informed Captain Mend of (ho
United States cruiser Philadelphia that
he came here, to preve.it the t.' ilum
bian government from ining the
sterner Bantam against the Liberals.
He had accomplished this anl Ihere
fore retired.
The revolutionists Lid 17 wounded
in yesterday’s engagement. The.num
ber killed cannot be precisely ascer
tained. Of the government forces five
men were killed and 1 lur wounded.
General Carlos Alban, governor of
Panama and military commander of
the district, was killed during the bat
tle yesterday.
TWO WERE HANGED
ON SAME SCAFFOLD.
Mississippi City Scene of a Double
Execution Yesterday.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 21—Two
murderers paid the penalty of their
crimes at Mississippi City, Miss., at
noon today. Both were negroes.
Lewis Johnson, tile assassin of City
Marshal Richardson, of Gulfport, and
Victor Johnson, who brutally mur
dered a little girl at Pass Christian,
were hanged from the same scaffold
in the presence ol a large crowd.
Lewis was seized will religious fervor
and shouted from the trap, while Vic
tor was too badly frightened to speak.
Wife-Murderer Hanged.
WILKrSBARRE, Pa., Jan. 21.—John
Lutz was hanged here today for the
murder of his wife. Lutz kept his
nerve until the noose was placed over
hi§ head, when he gave way and would
have collapsed had he not been sup
ported by the sheriff.
Hanging in Missouri.
JEFFERSON, CITY, Mo., Jan. 21. —
J. L. Craft, a convict in the state peni
tentiary, was hanged today for the
murder of Henry Speiker, a member
of the posse who tried to arrest him
after he escaped from the prison.
Still Another.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 21.—Albert
Garth, colored, who killed Minnie
Woods, a negress, was hanged this
morning.
SCHLEY IN WASHINGTON.
Returned From His Visit to Savan
nah—Will Leave Again Thursday.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—Rear Ad
miral and Mrs. Schley arrived in
Washington today after a ten da;
visit to Savannah. The date oi filling
the admiral’s appeal from the recent
decision of the court of inquiry, which
the president has consented to hear,
has not ben determined upon. Messrs.
Rayner and Teague, of counsel for
Admiral Schley, have completed the
draft of the appeal and are expected to
arrive from Baltimore today to sub
mit it to the admiral for approval.
Admiral Schley expects to leave for
Chicago Thursday.
BIG INSURANCE CHECK.
Peavy Estate Paid $1,000,000 By the
Mutual Life.
NEW YORK, *|ml2l.— I The follow
ing dispatch has here
and published in the nrorning papers.
‘‘St. Paul, Jan. 19. —A check amount
ing to $1,000,000 has been received
here for payment of the policy on the
life of Frank H. Peavy, the lace Min
neapolis millionaire. It is said to be
tb" largest check ever drawn in pay-
This check was sent to the Peavy
estate by the Mutual Life Insurance
Company of New York.
Ex-Supreme Recorder a Suicide.
! ST. LOUIS, Jan. 21—William H.
Hoffmeister, ex-supreme recorder of
the Legion of Honor, committed sui
cide at the Planters hotel today by
shooting himself with a revolver.
BRUNSWICK, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 22,1902.
FIGHTINGCUBAN
RECIPROCIIY,
AMERICAN TOBACCO GROWERS
HOLDING INTERESTING SESSION
IN WASHINGTON.
MAKING EARNEST PLEA AGAINST
ANY TOBACCO CONCESSIONS
TO CUBA.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—The ways
and means committee today resumed
hearings on Cuban reciprocity with
special reference to the proposed ■ re
duction on Cuban tobacco. The tobac
co interests in the United Slates lire
largely represented, officers of the
Large I.eaf Manufacturers am! Glow
ers’ Associations being present.
• John R. Young, president of the Na
tional Leaf Tobacco Associition, made
an earnest plea against any tobacco
concessions to Cuba. Th° purpose of
reciprocity, he said, was to have tli6
whole expense of Cuba’s relief fall on
t .vo American Industries -l banco and
sugar. There was now' a tobacco acre
age in Ohio of acres, Wisconsin
25,000, Pennsylvania 22,000, New York
72,000, Conneeticutt 11,000, uni several
thousand acres in oilier states, in all
i,( v i i'-h i loin- Lou woul l ha *■ r 1; sly
crippled. As to cigars, Mr Young de
dal ed the proposed ounce nit 1.1 would
"wipe out the American made iOc. ci
gai and W'ould secure for Cuba 'lie er.
Lie market for all goods above 5c.”
Representative Richardson of Ten
nsrsee asked if the price of cigars'
would be reduced to the cigar smoker.
Mi. Young said La price would no
reduced, but lie did not believe the
consumer wumt ask liris reduction at
the expense of an Amor can indiisli.v.
,). Wertheim of New York, head of
a cigar concern employing 0.000 pre
pie, presented the serious effect of the
cincessions on. the Amoric in cigar ni
ton rts.
SHOT TO DEATH BY
A MOB OF MEN.
Negro Scrtooi Teacher Paid Penalty
For Shooting a White Man
SENATOBIA, Miss., Jan. 21.—A. C.
Moon, a planter, near St.ayhorn, Miss.,
was shot Sunday afternoon by Sam
Bowie,a negro planter and school teach
or, Stayliom is about fifteen mlies
west of this point.
Bowie surrendered and W. B. Scrog
gin and It. Coe were ('specially depu
tized to bring him to this place.
When in the Arkadutla bottom, a
few miles from town, the prisoner. and
the officers were surrounded and or
dered to give up their guns. The two
special officers were taken a distance
of several hundred yards and ordered
fo decamp. The prisoner was shot
to deatht and the mob vanished. A
coroners jury did nt develop any evi
dence as to the identity of the mob.
Moon, who Is a planter, is in a crit
ical condition. Bowie was prominent
among the members of his race, ine
cause of the shooting has not been
developed.
STILL PENDING.
Looks Like a Decsicn Will Never Be
Reached in B. & B. Case.
The Georgia railroad commission is
certainly taking its time in rendering
a decision in the B. & B. case, which
was heard some two months ago.
At a meeting of the boaru some two
weeks ago the matter was referred to
the chairman, Judge Spencer Atkinson,
who was instructed to investigate fur
ther and render a decision, but he has
not as yet done so.
STORM SIGNALS UP.
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At An early Hour This Morning a High
Wind Was Prevailing.
All vessels in port were notified
yesterday not to sail on account of a
storm which is said to be making up
along the Atlantic coast. All storm
signals along the river front were dis
payed, as notified by the weather bu
reau.
At an early hour this morning, a
very strng wind ia biowing.
INCENDIARIES
DO DAD WORK,
THEY SET FIRE TO A CHURCH AT
SYLVANIA, GA., YESTERDAY
MORNING.
SERIOUS FIRE AT THAT LITTLE
PLACE LAID TO THE WORK OF
INCENDIARIES.
SYLVANIA, Jan. 21.—Incendiaries
got in their work in Sylvania, Screven
county, last night. The school house
was burned about 2 o cloclt and It is
almost certain it was set on fire, as
there had been no fire in the building
yesterday.
Professor Johnston, the principal,
will no doubt try to secure the Masonic
Hall for a temporary school room.
At three o’clock last night someone,
perhaps the same person, liteiially
smashed to pieces the elegant plate
window in front of L. H. Hilton’s
store. They were very large and costly
glasses, being six or seven feet square.
The purpose of breaking them was evi
dently pure malice, as nothing was
taken from the show windows.
At Thyre, in this county, the store of
W. J. Walker & Go., which carried a
good stock of goods, and in which the
postofflee was situated, was burned.
Walker carried about $1,500 insurance.
Mr. Hilton had his plate glass win
dows insured, but there was no insur
ance on the school building.
m STRONG ATTRACTION COMING.
•When the Laug.. worries In”—A Big
Musical Comedy.
Managers Fleming & Waff are
surely to be congratulated on securing
tho above attraction for Brunswick
theatre-goers for Saturday matinee
and night, January 25. “Where the
Laugh Comes In" is a big musical com
edy, interpolated witn varied high
class specialties, new songs, catchy
dances, etc., making in all one of the
best comedy hits of the season, as is
daily attested by press and critics ali
along theJine.
"Where the Laugh Comes In" is a
fun-producer and a sure cure for the
blues, and in the entire peri’ormancf
there is nothing to mar the pleasure of
even the most fastidious.
Jess. M. Frysinger, the advance and
press agent for this big comedy suc
cess, says managers everywhere want,
return dates, hut as “Where the Laugh
Comes In” is ..booked to the Pacific
coast via Te-xas, alter six stands in
Florida, it will be impossible to oblige
managers this season.
As an evidence of the appreciation
of our managers’ enterprising ability,
our theater-goers should give them and
“Where The Laugh Conies In” a
crowded house.
GOVERNOR TAFT ILL.
Says Wheaton Thinks War Will End
By Last of March.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 21.—W. B.
Taft, civil govenor of the Philippine
Islands, who arrived last night, is
quite jll, the Philippine climate and
arduous duties having told on his con
stitution.
After a few days rest 'he will be
strong enough to undergo the trip
east. He says the war is confined
; o the two provinces ot Batangas and
Samar, and that General Wheaton
is ruing splendid work. That office.’'
assured him shortly before he sailed
thiil the natives of Batangas and vicin
ity will be pacified before the close of
next March.
LIQUOR LICENSE WILL
REMAIN THE SAME.
Understood that Council Will Not
Raise it to S3OO.
The News understands from an au
thentic source hat council will, at the
reular meeting tomorrow night, fix
the liquor license at S2OO, tlje same as
it is at present, and the recommend
ation of the iccnse committee, to raise
it to S3OO will be turned down.
It is a well known fact that a num
ber of the aldermen have been op
posed to raising the license all along
and it is practically a settled fact that
it will remain at S2OO.
MAY VOTE
ON SALE.
PEOPLE OF DENMARK TO DECIDE
SALE OF DANISH WEST INDIES
BY BALLOT.
FRANZ VON JESSEN, SPECIAL
COMMISSIONER, SAILED YES
TERDAY FOR BREMEN.
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NEW \ ORK, Jan. 21. —Franz Von
Jessen, special commissioner of the
Danish West Indies, sailed for Bremen
today. He has been ascertaining the
sentiment in the West Indies in re
gard to The proposed sale of the is
lands to the United States, The com
missioner says' he w'ill suggest that
the question of selling the islands be
submitted to a vote of the people oi
Denmark. Ninetenths of the people of
the Danish West Indies, he claims, are
opposed to any change in rule.
STATE TEACHERS WILL
GEET $5600,000 THIS WEEK.
Checks Will Be Sent Out on Friday or
Monday’s Atlanta Journal says:
School teachers of Georgia will be
paid in full the money due them for
last year’s work on Friday or Saturday
This announcement was made this
morning by Governor Candler. It will
be the first time since the deficit in the
school fund that the teachers have
been paid in full in January and Gov
ernor Candler is natdrally pleased
with the result am. the teachers will
be more so when they learn the news.
The amount due them is $600,000,
and they will get it all at one payment.
The warrants are now being made out
by State School Commissioner G. R.
Glenn and will be ready for the gov
ernor’s signature by Wednesday.
The payment will be for the work
done during the last two school
months of the year. It is highly
probable that the first payment for this
year’s work can be made next month
and that another one can be made in
March.
Governor Candler and School Com
missoner Glenn have made every ef
fort to get ready to pay the teachers
all that was due them on last year’s
work. The treasury has considerable
money on hand at present, and the
disbursements will begin as soon as
the warrants are signed. The teach
ers will not have a claim against the
state when they receive the money
and will not have a claim until the
month of January is completed.
TALK OF TAX REDUCTION.
Revenue Taxes on Beer and fea to
Be Considered by Committee.
Washington, Jan. 21.—Tne republi
can members of the ways and means
committee today decided to begin
consideration of the bill reducing war
revenue taxes and after a conference
attented by all republican members
of the committee,. Chairman Payne
gave out a statement, ying:
“The republican uemoers of the
committee on Wc./s and means met
today and decided to have a hearng
before the full committee on Monday,
the 27, on the question respecting
the duty on tea and the war revenue
taxes upon beer. There will be no
further hearing.,,
The desire of the beer interests is
to take off 60 cents from the $1.60 per
barrell now levied on beer, thus bring
ing the rate to SI.OO, where it stood
prior to the Spanish war. The total
reduction in revenues on this item
would he $24,000,000. The reduction
on tea would aggregate about SB,OOO
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TO START SOON.
Sash, Door and Blind Factory is
Nearly Ready.
Manager Gosch, of the sash, door
and blind factory, tells The News that
his factory will soon be ready for busi
ness.
This company will make the best
grade of sash, doors, blinds, Mould
ings, etc., from Georgia pine and cy
press.
The News feels sure that the factory
will be successful.
Horses for South Africa.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 20. —The
steamer Drayton Grange cleared today
for Capa Town with 910 hor**.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
THE ENGAGEMENT
OF NARCONS
IS IFF,
INVENTOR OF WIRELESS TELE
GRAPHY RELEASED FROM HIS
PROMISE BY MISS HOLMAN,
OF NEW YORK.
THEREFORE THEY WILL NOT BE
JOINED IN THE HOLY BONDS OF
MATRIMONY
NEW YORK, Jan. 21.—Mss. H. B.
Holman of this city announced today
that her daughter, Josephine, had
asked William Marconi, the developer
of wireless telegraphy, to release her
from her engagement to marry him,
and that Mr. Marconi had complied
with the request.
The engagement of Marconi to Miss
Holman of Indiaua was announced
soon after the inventor’s feat of tele
graphing aerorss te ocean. It was
said they first met on a ship while
making an ocean voyage. Recently it
was announced that the wedding
would take place within the next
month or two. Then, however, tho
announcement was made that the mar
riage had been postponed because
Marconi was so busy with his inven
tion that he had not time to spare to
get married. Now the statement Is
made that the engagement is broken.
MURDERERS BREAK JAIL.
Three Notorious Criminals Saw Their
Way Clear to Liberty
BIRMINGHAM, ALA., Jan. 21.
Early today Frank Duncan, a notorious
safe blower, under sentence of death
for murder, and three other prisoners
made their escape from the Jefferson
county jail by sawing through numer
ous bars and cutting the lock off the
outer gate of the prison yard.
Duncan gas from Cincinnati, where
bis wife resides, and it is believed
that friends of that city furnished the
saws with which the escape was made.
The others who escaped are: George
Bullard, charged with murdering a
man in the railroad yards at Bessemer
and placing his body across a pair of
bumpers on a freight train; A. J. Dye
of Nashville, charged with grand lar
cency, and Jeff Van Horn, of En*
sley, charged with highway robbery.
ALBERT F. PATRICK NOW ON
TRIAL IN NEW YORK.
He is Charged With the Murder of
William Price.
NEW YORK, Jan. 21.—Albert T.
Patrick was called to trial today be
fore Recorder Goff on an indictment
charging him with the murder of Wil
liam Marsh Rice, who died in this city
September 3, 1900.
Rice was a millionaire recluse. He
lived in an apartment house with his
valet-secretary, Charles F. Jones. Af
ter his death,Patrick took chare of tho
funeral arangements and notified
Rice’s relatives in distant parts of the
country.
Before the funeral services checks
signed with Rice’s name were present
ed at the private bank of Swenson &
Son, and to the Fifth avenue bank for
certification. All were made payable
to Patrick's order.
It was discovered later that he was
forging and he is now .being tried for
the murder of Mr. Rice.
IN HANDS OF RECEIVER.
Two Large Corporations in Louisiana
Forced to the Wall.
. .NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 21.—The Caf
frey Central Sugar Refining Company
and the Franklin and Abbeville Rail
road Company went into the hands
of a receiver today. Suit was brought
in the federal court by Alfred Hennen
Morris, one of the bondholders. Some
$160,000 is involved in the sugar re
finery company and nearly as much
in the railroad company, which is en
gaged principally in hauling Cane.
A. O. Brie# was appointed receiver.