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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS. VOLUME 1. NUMBER 111. SECRETARY GAUGE IS NOW OUT AND LESLIE M. SHAW TAKES OATH CLERKS CRIED WHEN MCE LEFT FORMER SECRETARY WILL GO TO NEW YORK AND THEN VISIT FLORIDA. MR. SHAW WAS WARMLY CON GRATULATED BY THE MANY WHO SAW HIM TAKE OATH. WASHINGTON, Feb. I.—Today, in Ole presence oi the chief officials of the treasury department, Senator Dol liver and nearly all of lowa's delega tion in the lower house of congress, and otner friends, former Governor Leslie M. Shaw of lowa took the oath of office as secretary' of the treasury. The oath was administered by Justice Shiras. As soon as the ceremony was con cluded Secretary Shaw was warmly congratulated by each person present upon his accession to the high office. Secretary Gage has the love and F respect of the officials and clerks of t£e department to a remarkable de gree, as was shown in their leave-tak ing. ' .\i any eyes were wet and voices treml&od as the chief they had known and loved so well grasped them by the hand, probably for the last time. Mr, Gage remained in conference With his successor an hour or more and then left the department. He will go to New York tomorrow or Monday and remain a few days, and in the course of two or three weeks will go to Florida for a rest of two months. New samples for fine tailor made clothing at Jim Carter’s. SCHLEY IS THE HERO. Nashville Showing the Distinguished Guest All Possible Attention. NASHVILLE, Feb. L—lnclement weather necessitated the abandon ment of the parade this morning in honor of Admiral Schley, but the ad miral and Mrs. Schley were escortet. to the capitol by a detachment of Con federate Veterans, state militia, and Knights Templar. The streets along the route were crowded with people and the greeting accorded Admiral Schley was enthusiastic. It is esti mated that 10,000 persons sought en trance to the house of representa tives when the formal welcoming to the city was extended. The exercises in the state house were begun shortly before noon. PRESIDENT PALMA THREATENS TO STRIKE. May Refuse to Serve if Concessions Are Not Granted Cuba. NEW YORK, Feb. I.—T. Estrada Palma, president-elect of Cuba, whose home is at Central Valley, N. Y., has • been in consultation with members of the Cuban commission, w'ho are in this country to urge a reduction of 50 per cent of the duty on sugar imported from Cuba. President Palma refused to discuss the report. He may de cline to accept the presidency of the republic unless the tariff concessions are made. WRIGHT SWORN IN AS ATTORNEY GENERAL. ATLANTA, Feb. I.—Hon. Boykin Wright took the oath of office today and is now the full-fledged attorney general of the state. J. M. Terrell, candidate for govern or, has removed his headquarters to the Kimball House. Special sale of Embroideries on Monday and Tuesday at J. H. Heller & Bro’s. THE OLD HOMESTEAD. Crowded House Saw the Great Play Last Night. The largest and probably the most representative house of the season greeted Denman Thompson's celebrat ed play, The Old Homestead, last night at the Grand, no better pleased au dience ever left the theatre than the crowd last night, all feeling better for having experienced “that little touch of nature which makes all the world akin.'’ This pretty pastoral play was in Brunswick some years ago, but tnis year’s production was more elab orate than ever before and Denman Thompson himself seems only to im prove with age. The vitality of The Old Homestead is indeed remarkable. It continues year after year with un abated prosperity. The story is typi cal of New England farm life and no play has yet managed to capture the hearts of city and country folks alike so effectually as this play. Perhaps it is in the name so remindful of some spot dear to everyone. It would be difficult to touch on the strongest points of this play as it has no plot—no high flown dialogues, no rolling periods, but is simply a char acter study with plenty of light and shade. Intrigue is wanting, but in its place is an exquisite representa tion of honest people and honest mo tives. Probably there are few actors living who more thoroughly live a character than does Denman Thomp son and his portrayal of Joshua Whit- V * comb was superb. The absence of wig and make up made tne character a real personage who is living an ac tual life though behind the footlights. The characters of Happy Jack, Cy Prime, Seth Perkins, Eb Gauzy, Aunt Matilda and Rickety Ann played by Fred Care, Clias. Carter, Chas H. Clark, Frank Knapp, Mrs. Louise Morse and Miss Annie Thompson re spectively, were all too good to allow of special mention. The cast also in cluded the famous double quartette of sturdy farmers whose Binging was delightful and every number was enthusiastically applaudeu. They were heard to advantage in the Grace church scene, with its grand choir of twenty picked voices. No grander scenic production than the striking Grace church scene has ever been staged in Brunswick. McDuffie’s orchestra rendered beau tiful selections between the acts, and each number elicited hearty applause. Every night of the fair you want to look your oest. Have Jim Carter press your suit. WILL PREACH TODAY. Bishop Nelson Will Occupy Pulpit of St. Mark's. BiSuup C. K. Nelson will preach at St. Mark’s Episcopal church this morn ing. An interesting and infrequent ser vice will also occur when the Rev. Clement G. Bradley, of St. Jude’s church, will be ordained to the priest hood. Mr. Bradley has been In Brunswick but a few months, but he has won a bfgt of friends in that short time earnest work, his manly bearing and his interest in all that mSSrfor tne best good of the city which is to he his home for many years. Besides the grand, dignified and solemn service of ordination, the popularity of Mr. Bradley will draw out a large congre gation, and although the new priest will continue in charge of St. Jude’s, the much larger building of St. Mark's will be used for the sacred ceremony in order that the people may be better accommodated. I Ring Phone 2532 for a fair press. BRUNSWICK, GA., SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2, 1902. JEWISH FAIR IS TO OPENJONIGHT WILL BE THE GRANDEST AFFAIR OF THE KIND EVER GIVEN IN BRUNSWICK. EVERYTHING IS IN READINESS FOR THE OPENING AND IT WILL BE SOMETHING GREAT. The concert which will open the fair will be one of the best features ot the program. Those who will take part are the following: Mrs. Baya and Miss Waff —duet. Mr. J. S. Raymond—song. Miss Aimee Cohen—cornet solo. Mr, R. E. Sherman—song. Mrs. Hugh Porter and Mrs. Will Taylor-—duet. Male quartette. Mrs Hugh Porter and Mrs. Baya— accompanists. Friday will be children afternoon All may expect a fine time. will be spirited owing to the contest ants being all so popular. The supper is to be one of the popu lar features of the fair. The Purim ball will end the fair on the night of Feb. 11. TWO CARGOES COMING. Steel Hails for the Brunswick & Bir mingham Railroad. Two cargoes of iron were shipped from New York for the Brunswick & S’ Birmingham Tuesday morning and the same are likely to arrive some time during the present week. As soon as the rails reach here the work of building the road will be rushed as rapidly as possible. Special salo of Mattings, on Mon day and Tuesday at J. 11. Holler & Bro’s. PEACE FOR THE BOERS PLANNED AT THE HAGUE THE HAGUE, Feb. I—There was unwonted activity in diplomatic cir cles here today. It is generally believ ed to have had some connection with th’O Dutch note to Great Britain re garding peace in South Africa. The German minister, Count Von Pour talis, had a long interview with the CLEVELAND “FLYER” THROWN FROM TRACK. PITTSBURG, Feb. I.—The Cleve land flyer on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie railroad was wrecked at Grove town this morning. One day-ear was thrown on its side and 30 or 40 occu pants tumbled about, but no one was seriously injured. The sleeper, which was on the rear, was not damaged. DYNAMITE SHIP BARELY PULLEL OFF. “Daggery” Was Ashore Near Cull Shoals, North Carolina. CAPE HENRY, Va„ Feb. I.—The Norwegian steamsn.p Daggery, loaded with dynamite and railroad iron, re ported ashore near Cull Shoals, N. C„ was pulled off last night and is now on her way to Norfolk. I A PRIZE DRILL BY THE RESERVES Will be the Drawing Card For Tuesday Night. The Naval Reserves have accepted an invitation to attend the Jewish fair in a body Tuesday and give a prize drill. It will be Naval Reserves’ night, and the popularity of the company in sures a large crowd. Judge Blandford Dead- COLUMBUS, Ga., Feb. I.—Judge Mark H. Blanford, a prominent law yer and tor years a judge on the su preme bench of Georgia, died at his home here yesterday at 12:30 o’clock. CASE OF RIDDLES THE SOLE TOPIC, EVERYBODY INTERESTED IN THE MATTER ..AND ..EXCITEMENT STILL PREVAILS. THERE PROMISES TO BE A LIVE LY TIME ABOUT THE LARGE REWARD. BUTLER, Pa., Feb 1.- —Intense ex citement exists over the shooting or the Biddles, the escaped murderers, and Mrs. Soffel, wife of the warden oi the jail in Pittsburg, by eight officers i who engaged them ,n a desperate bat tle in the snow near this place yester day afternoon at 5:45 o'clock. The officers in two sleighs overtook the Biddles and Mrs. Soffel and mor tally wounded the men. Mrs. Soffel either shot herself or was shot by one of the Biddles. Her only wound was made by a bullet which penetrated tne left breast within an inch of the nipple. It was from a 32-calibre re volver and coursed around the fifth rib on the left side, lodging under the shoulder blade. This morning Dr. Me- Adoo operated on her, removing the buliet. Mrs. Soffol tells two stories of the shooting, one to the effect that she shot herself during the fifelit and the other that she was shot by Edward Biddle. i.,e bullet did not go througn her outer garment, which indicates that the shot, was fired by herself or by Biddle by putting a hand up under the coat. About 10:30 Mrs. Soffel took a bad turn and her condition is more serious. She asked for her children and they will probably be sent for. Edward Biddle Is unconscious and breathing heavily. His death may oc cur at any moment. John Biddle lias British minister, Sir Henry Howard, first secretary of the British legation, lias unexpectedly started for London, and the Dutch foreign minister, Baron Von Linden, had a conference with Dr. Kuyper, premier of the Nether lands, and, subsequently, had an au dience with Queen Wilhelmina. recovered from the opiates and talk' in a boastful strain. Physicians now say that while he may live several days, his ultimate recovery is deemen impossible. The doctors have just secured evidence that his bladder was reached by the bullet, but his external condition seems to be good. There is great excitement in town and the streets are crowded, large numbers surrounding the hospital. A conflict between the Pittsburg and Butler authorities over the possession of the prisoners and right to the re ward is confidently expected. The Butler authorities assert that they will not give up the prisoners without a writ of habeas corpsis. BROKE WORLD’S RECORD SHOOTING CLAY PIGEONS. WACO, Tex., Feb. I.—ln the mid winter shoot of the Waco Cun Club, now in progress, Mr. Heikes of To ledo broke the world’s record for clay pigeon shooting. Shooting from the 19-yard mark, he broke as out of 100 and made a straight run of 89. HORSE GUARD WILL SHOOT AT SEAGIRT. ATLANTA, Feb. I—A team from the Governor's Horse Guard will be gin practicing shortly for tne rifle con test at Seagirt. The contests will con tinue two months and the 12 best, men will constitute the team. POPEBROWN ANNOUNCES THAT HE WILL NOT BE IN GOVERNORSHIP RACE. VALUABLE PRIZES. Offered By Citizens to Glynn High .. .. School Pupils. Through the generosity of several of Brunswick's liberal citizens a num ber of valuable prizes will be con tested for by the pupils of the High School, and awarded at the close of the term this year. No previous anouncement of this lias been made to the public through the newspapers, but the announce ment. was made to the pupils some time ago and the prizes have already proved a valuable incentive to a large number of pupils. While we do not believe in encour aging pupils to work for prizes, per se, if properly awarded they can be made a valuable incentive and serve a good purpose. Among those who have contributed in this way are: Hon. N. Emanuel, who heads the list with $50.00 to be known as the majors prizes; Hon. W. G. Brantley, who offers a prize in de clamation; Mr. O. Downing, Mr. Ed win Brobston, who is none the less loyal to the schools since severing his connection wi— the Board of Educa tion; Mess. B. 11. Levy & Cos., Mess. A. Kaiser & tiro., Mr. A. V. Wood. In the event the Hoard of Education does not continue to give the card prizes to the graduating class, as it did last year, the fifty dollars offered by Mr. Emanuel will be divided among the pupils of the class making the required average. Oilier prizes will be given for Im provement in declamation and elocu tion and eneral excellence in the gen eral school work. jf there are others who would like to contribute to the schools in this way the principal of the High School, Mr. J. W. Griffiths, will be glad to consult with them. Four Barbers Now. Henry Brightly, the old favorite, reached the city yesterday and is now with C. A Clark. Wood and Coal. Coney & Parker. EPWORTH LEAGUE SOCIAL. The social committee of the Ep worth League of the First Methodist church gave quite a delightful enter tainment to the members of the league ad their friends at the home of Mrs. J. J. Lott, on Union street Thursday, January 30tli. A musical program was rendered, after which games of various kinds were engaged in. The refreshments were served from a tastefully decora ted table heavily laden with cakes, fruits, etc. The occasion was quite a success and shows that the League is quite active in its several depart ments. A gas stove —a genuine pleasure. Call on L. A. Miller for kiln dried lumber. Full line of building material at L. A. Miller’s. DOLE’S SUCCESSOR HAS NOT BEEN CHOSEN. WASHINGTON, Jan. 29—The fol lowing statement is given out at the white house. “The statement that any man has been offered the governorship of Ha waii is without any foundation what ever. The president has long been considering the Hawaiian situation and is still considering it, but. he has reach ed no conclusion as to whether he will retain the present onicials or as to whom he will appoint if any change is made.” j ' A GOOD LUNCH. The Arcade is now serving the best lunch in the city, and this popular place should be liberally patronized by the public. PRICE FIVE CENTS. WITHDRAWAL IS NOW ANNOUNCED PRIVATE BUSINESS, MR. BROWN SAYS CAUSES HIM TO COME OUT OF THE SCRAMBLE. THANKS THOSE WHO WERE STICKING TO HIM—HE WILL NOT RESIGN NOW. ATLANTA, Feb. L—Hon. J. Pope Brown 'has spoken regarding his can didacy for governor and says he will not make the race. The announcement of Mr. Brown which was in a letter to C. R. Pendle ton, editor of The Telegraph, and which letter appeared in today’s issue of that paper, recalls his former an nouncement that he would probably bo in the race. For several months there have been reports that Mr. Brown would not run, but when these reports were circulated they were, strongly denied by the friends of the Pulaski county farmer and railroad commis sioner. Private business affairs, said Mr. Brown, caused him to reach the con clusion that it was best to leave the race alone. His letter of withdrawal is a very strong document, though it lacks the usual characteristic of de clining in favor of some other candi date as most withdrawals do. The fact that Mr. Brown is no lon ger a candidate for governor will be of much interest to hundreds of Geor gians who are his friends and who would have voted for him, and to hundreds of others who like Mr. Brown, but on account of the candida cy of others would not have voted for him. CALL MEETING. Council Held a Short Session Yester day. Call Meeting. Brunswick, Ga., Feb. 1, 1902. Present: Hon. N. Emanuel, Mayor, Aldermen du Bignon, Newman, Frank lin and Kaiser. Absent: Aldermen Calhoun, Mo Garvey, Cook and Taylor. The object of tho call was stated by the Mayor to be the consideration of the application of D. R. Ponder, manager, for a retail liquor license at 400 Bay street. This application be in accompanied by the requisite bond, was granted, and there being no fur ther business council adjourned, N. 0. RUSSELL, Clerk of Council. WILL SAVE BIG MONEY. Business Men Will Be Delighted When the War Tax Ends. If congress adopts the suggestion of the ways and means committee and takes off all war taxes next July it will mean a saving of at least $7,000.00 to the business men of Brunswick. It is estimated that they pay that much more now into the treasury through the revenue collector’s omer than tney did before the war with Spain caused any war tax to go on. It is now suggested that all war taxes be taken off. Brunswickians pay now ior war tax es in round numbers $30,000.00 a year. The normal sales before any war tax es were put on amounted to $7,000.00 a year in round numbers. They will drop back tothat figure again. The banks of Brunswick will be glad when the last war taxes are re moved. They have been spending at the rate of about $500.00 a year for documentary and other stamps since last July. Before that date they spent much more. - .