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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS.
VOL. 1, NUMBER 121.
CITY COUNCIf HELD
VERY INTERESTING
MEETING LAST NIGHT
MANY MATTERS
DISPOSED OF,
CHICAGO COMPANY WRITES CON
CERNING A TELEPHONE FRAN
CHISE ON OUR BREETS—WILL
HAVE FURTHER LETTERS.
ANOTHER CARNIVAL CONCERN
WANTS TO GIVE A STREET FAIR
—OTHER IMPORTANT BUSINESS
TRANSACTED.
Brunswick, Ga„ Feb. 13, 1902.
Present —Hon. T. Newman, chair
man of Council pro tem. Aldermen
Calhoun. McGarvey, Franklin and
Kaiser.
Absent—Mayor Emanuel. Aldermen
du Blgnon and Taylor.
Minutes of meetings Jan. 31 and
Feb. 1, 190 read and connrmed,
PETITIONS
To retail liquors were received froi
the following parties: Manoe Brock
ington, 618 Bay street; James Golden
401 Bay street; Ben McLendon, 230
Bay street.
From I). D. Atkinson, to repair
brick building, 618 and 620 Bay
street Feferred to committee on po
lice, Are and building permits.
From R. L. Nobles and other resi
dent* of New Town, for an electric
light in vicinity of E and N streets.
Referred to sanitation, light and wa
ter committee.
From 8. J. Gamble, to cancel execu
tion alleged to be Issued In error. Ee
ferred to taxes and revenue rommit
tee.
From A. Bhepperd and James Olsen,
or reduct Ton In license 'on Sailor
boarding house. Referred to specia,
committee having In charge similiar
communications.
From Collins and Glass, asking
council to reconsider Judgment of tin
Mayor in police court in the mattei
of (Ins for violating license ordi
nance. Petition denied and the olen
instructed to notify petitioners that
council had no jurisdiction in the
matter.
From J. A. Butts, for permission tt
•reel a wooden shed adjacent to store
building occupied by him at 123 New
cast)# street. Referred to police, fire
and building permits committee.
COMMUNICATION j
From the Board of Education, ask
ing for an appropriation of'two thou
sand dollars io aid in erection of nec
essary school buildings. Mr. J. I'. Col
son. representing the Board of Educa
tion, was extended the privilege of the
floor and addressed council at length
on the necessities of the board. On
motion of Alderman McGarvey, coun
cil went Into commute of the whole.
On rising, ths committee reported a
recommendation which was adopted,
that the petition Ift> referred to the
finance committee.
From the Board of Health, announc
ing ibe organization with Dr. Egles
ton as chairman, and A. V. Wood
secretary. Aiso a suggestion that an
Inspection of the sewer system b
made and bids be asked for for i
purpose, .ae clerk of council was
instructed to advertise lor the aeces
sary bids. A further communication
was received from the Board of Edu
cation relative to mortuary records,
and, on motion, referred to the clerk
of council.
From the Savannah Morning News,
stating that th* city of Brunswick was
indebted to them in th# sum of two
through Mr. C. W. Deming, was re
cived and th* clerk directed to re
ply thereto denying th* indebtedness.
From Chas. Halv*rson offering the
sum of onh hundred dollars for the
material fn th* old unfinished market
building, and to remove same within
SO day* if accepted. The clerk wa*
instructed to nouty petitioner the
bids would b* asked for by advertise
ment for the said material.
From Dr. Emil Dorn, of Chicago,
111., looking to the granting of a fran
chise by th# city to him for a tele
phone system. On *tioa. th* Mark
was directed to open correspondence
for further reformation.
BIDS
For repairing city hall was. received
from Collins & Glass, according to
specifications, for 8225, was received
and, on motion, accepted.
CADNIVAL.
Tacob Edwards, of the Cincinnati
Carnival Company, was extended the
privilege of the door, and addressed
council with a view of using the city
streets for a street fair or carnival. On
motion, the agent w-as referred to the
clerk for information on the fire and
license ordinance, governing such en
terprises.
REPORTS:
From committo on public works,
was received on the petition of labor
ers in the public work department’
for an inerfease in pay, recommending
that petition be not granted.
Adopted.
From taxes and revenues commit
tee, that petition of Brobstou, Fending
& Cos., for refund of tax paid for oth
ers by mistake, had been withdrawn,
aud .recommending, in the case o
petition from Mrs. J. E. Palmer that
amount paid by her in error. $5.25, be
refunded, and that she be allowed to
settle execution for $6.79 against hei
without payment of costs.
Adopted.
From Dr. J. A. Butts, city physician
and health officer, for month of ,ian
uay, was received and ordered tiled.
Report of Treas. G. H. Smith for
month of Januray, approved by finance
committee, was received and ordered
published and filed.
RESOLUTIONS.
By Alderman Frau kill).
Be it, and it is hereby resolved, by
the Mayer and aldermen of the city
of BYunswick in council assembled,
that ’he coin'mlttee on sanitation,
fight and water, be and they are here
by authorized to have made such re
pairs as may be necessary on the
i-reamatory and the buildings adja
cent thereto at an expense not to
exceed $125, either by letting a con
tract for such repairs to the lowest
gilder or by purchasing, through the
Jcncy of -the purchasing committee,
he necessary material and employ
ing the labor necessary for such re
pairs, as may seem best, to said com
mittee.
Adopted.
By Alderman Franklin.
Be it. aud it is hereby, resolved, by
ihe Mayor and aldermen of the city
of Brunswick, in council assembled,
that, in as much as the city is 1i
need of a conveyance suitable for
handing dead animals, stumps, etc.
the purchasing committee be author
zed to purchase such conveyance a’
once.
Adopted.
Bills and accounts properly ap
proved and audited, rean and ordered
placed in course of settlement.
Adjourned.
N. f>. Russell,
Clerk of Council.
FOR BETTER Si RfcETS.
Alderman McGarvey Making a
Stout Fight.
Alderman McGarvey is determined
to have better s.reets, and at every
meeting of council he endeavors to
get a resolution in this direction
through.
Last night Mr. McGarvey introduced
a resolution, which if passed, v,,
have greatly benefited New Town.
The resolution t-ailed for the pur
chase of 10,000 bushels of shell at,
1 cent per bushel, to be used for the
improvement of E street to Palmetto
cemetery. He also offered another
rsolution calling fcdSsame annual for
the purpose of knowing A and J
streets.
Both of these measure* wer*
feated by a vote of 3 to 2.
Mr. McGarvey is determined that
Brunswick shall have better streets,
and is not discouraged at a!! hy the
action of council la*t night.
Hegellan-Cavanaugh Leading.
New York, Feb. 13.—The score of
the six-days’ walking match at 8
o’clock this morning was: Hegellan-
Cavanaugh, 471, Sheiton-Guerrero 452
Fahey-Metkus 444, Goiden-Tracy 437'
Glick-Howarth 418, Davia-Carroll 400'
Fe*aer Fe*r Ml,
BRUNSWICK, GA., FRIDAY M ORNING, FEBRUARY 14, 1901.
MY HONORED
CMMBEMN,
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY WAS
PRESENTED WITH THE FREE
DOM OF LONDON IN A GOLDEN
CASKET.
HE SAYS EMPHATICALLY THAT
THE EXISTENCE OF THE EM
PIRE IS INVOLVED IN THE
SOUTH AFRICAN OUTCOME. „
London, Feb. 13.—The metropolis
bestowed the highest distinction on
Joseph Chamberlain, the colonial sec
retary, today when at Guild Hall it
conferred on him the freedom of the
city in a gold casket.
The address in connection with the
presentation congratulated Mr. Cham
berlan on the services he has rendered
the empire during the last 25 years,
dwelling especially upon the way in
which he has welded the colonies to
gether.
In replying Mr. Chamberlain dis
claimed any intention of making po
lltieal capital out of the occasion: but
he said he thought lv might in be
half of the government make an ap
peal for national sup l i< -t. The gov
ernment had tw< > ejects in view to
establish beyond q.i upon British au
thority in 3outU Africa and to main
tain tile unity of the empire. Both
objects were involved in the South
African war.
“The war would always be memor
able because it had called out great
er military effort tli in was over be
fore asked from Greet Britain an 1 lie
cause it had shown to friend and foe
the aim but inexhaustible resources of
the empire. He' has not thought it
necessary to stoop to meet the im
putations of nation il greed, Inn of
territory, or personal ambition, and
criminal motives sucgerc.'l by the in
! significant minority, inu-.o the war
had the approval of siste • nations
across the sea.
“In regard to the irnmodiit* musts
,of the war,;’ continued .Mr Chamber
lain, “it was not only impossible for
a great nation to all v i>ssbjacls
to be humiliated or oi/p'.’.’H-1, its e::
gagements broken, an I (he ulack
'•ares or.pre ced, but 11.* 'siv exist
once of tii* empire "os v- invok<.i
and the government vs pledged to
continue It until the danger from
which they had es 'aped was forever
ave 1 a- 1 . •
LACES TO
BE USED.
New York, Feb. 13. - Descriptions
of the cioouanin l:"’- of the king
and queen new being made in Eng
iand, says the Lonuon correspondent
of 'i.'hs Tribune, emphasize the fact
that tlie coming pageant will be the
richest and most, magnificent on rec
ord.
The model now exhibited at Nor
folk house for the benefit if me peer
esses has embroidered heraldic de
vices on the katle. License to in
troduce coats-of-arms and convert the
coronation mantel into an heraldic
garment impllps an enormous in
crease in expensiveness through the
lavish use of embroideries
The diplomatic set has been in
formed that invitation to the ceremony
will he restricted to the ambassador
and his wife, and that no other offi
cials resident in the embassies, much
less their wives or daughters, win be
admitted An exception undoubtedly
will b* made in the case of Henry
White on account of his friendship of
long standing with tne king.
Chicago Club in Atlanta.
Atlanta, Feb". IS.—Th* Cook county
Democrats who have been touring the
louth, arrived in Atlanta at 1:30 t.h's
afternoon. The visitors were met at
the union station by a reception com
mittee and a large crowd if citizens
and. escoried by a platoon of police,
(the local marching club, and drum
corps, paraded the principal down
town streets. A genuine Georgia
barbecue was giv#n th# visitors dur
ing the afternoon at Piedmont park,
and tonight ther* waa •peaking at
Mm **4t#l.
BROWN RETURNS
FipPITHL
POSTMASTER P!D NOT KNOW
THAT SMITH’S APPOINTMENT
■
HAD BEEN WITHDRAWN UNTIL
HE REACHED THE CITY.
: ' *
THINKS DEPARTMENT WILL IN
VESTIGATE HIS CASE AND DO
WSiAT IS RIGHT AND PROPER.
| 'THE SITUATION.
) I’cjstmaster Brown returned yester
day (morning from Washington, where
he has been for the past few weeks
in the interest of the post mastership,
and to personally lay his ease before
the president.
Mr, Brown was seen l>y a News re
porter, but was rather non-eomntunt
cative on the subject. He did not
know until he reached, the city a:
saw , t it in The News that, the appoint
ment of Air. smith had boon with
drawn from the senate and returned
io t tie committee on postoffices.
Mr. Briwn stated, however, that lie
thought the department would (to wnat
is right in the matter, and investigate
the case before they take any definite
! action. He thinks the alleged irreg
ularities will be looked into by the
department and is quite sure that he
will make the proper snowing.
As the matter stands at present,
there is no telling what will be done.
The investigation will pribably be
commenced at once. In the mean
time Mr. Brown will remain, as post
master and the matter will probably
remain quiet for awhile
Broke His Arm.
San Francisco, Fell. 13. —Iri box
ing with his sparring partner, Mike
Donovan,Kid l.avigne broke one of the
bones of his left lorearm. This
makes it impossible to carry out the
Jit' t. .between i.avifnie and Jack
O'Brien of New York.
Statutte of Schley.
Baltimore, Feb. 13. -A solid silver
statutte of Hear Admiral Schley, six
inches high, lias lit on received by
Isndore Hayner, counsel for the ad
rniral. Mr. Hayner has no idea who
sent him the statutte.
Broke the Record.
Indianapolis, Feb. Hi Claude V.
Crouse, a printer of tins city, has
broken the world's record on the lino
type machine, putting up in seven
hours and lorcy-five minutes 86,200.
SS URGED •
TO HURRY.
K el. Fch. 12.—Mayor L, -v -if \>w
York has cabled Prince J terry pay
ing Herr Wieagand, director general
of the North Germ-11 l.loy ! line,
thinks that unless the Ki-e \ ]b,pz
Wilhelm sails from Bremen earlier
than 3 o’clock Saturuny itimrr.onn he
"’•I id he able ti aniv- in New
Yi -V.. iw’ing to rough weather at this
Mil son of the year, until iate in the
after.-non () f Feb 22, too .ate for U.e
fCM . ny of welcome ml itrscnltt
tion to the prince of the freedom of
New York.
When asked if the steamer eon l l
leave Bremen at an earlier hour
Prince Henry replied that, he was un
able to change the sailing hour of the
ivi on Prinz, as it. was not chartered
by Prince Henry. He and his party
go simply as passengers.
The commanuer Oi me Kron Prinz
Wilhelm thinks the steamer can
reach New York by midday of Feb
22. ,
Prince Henry spent the morning
reading President Roosevelts Ameri
can Ideas and during the afternoon
coasted on the hill at the ack of the
castle, over a slope which has been
the scene of a hundred firce battles.
TEDDY ROOSEVELT IS
NOW OUT OF DANGED.
Groton, Feb. 13.—Young Theodore
Roosevelt passed a good night and
this morning hi* condition was such
that President. Roosevelt and his party
left for Washington this after
noon. The crisis ox the disease in
the right iung has been passed suc
cessfully, the left lung has cleared to
the satisfaction of the doctors and
Hi# hoy i* now con*id*r*d out of. dan-
IN A KENTUCKY TOWN
NINE WERE KILLED
IN A SALOON FIGHT
GREEN GAYNORS TRIAL.
It Was Resumed in Savannah Yester.
day Morning.
Savannah, Feb. 13. —The trial of
the: Greene and Gaynor conspiracy
case was resumed in the United
States court this morning at 10
o'clock. The first step in the case
this morning was the reading of the
pleas in abatement filed by the de
fendants on Tuesday. Judge Sped
expressed the wish to hear the pleas
read, as he had not heard them.
Felder presented them to the court.
He was followed by Mr. Marlon Er
win, district attorney, who read a
lengthy demurrer to the pleas in
abatement.
This demurrer admitted as tri:
many of the allegations made in t'r,
pleas in abatement, but it was con
tended that it had not been shown
that the defendants had been injured
in any way by the methods pursued
in selecting ‘the jury or that their
rights had in any way been assailed.
The demurrer to the pleas in abate
ment were about as long as the orig
inal pleas themselves. It was after 11
o'clock when the-district attorney con
cluded reading it. Judge. Speer at
once ordered the argument to proceed,
but the attorneys for the defendants
asked for a little time to prepare an
answer to the demurrer. A recess of
ten minutes was announced, but later
it was decided to give the attorneys
for the defendants until 12 o’clock to
answ’r the demurrer.
When 12 o’clock came all parties
were again in court and the attorneys
for the defendants had evidently de
cided upon a course of action. Mr.
Rountree was the first of them tt
heard from. With but little ado he
called Mr S. F. If. Gillespie, deputj
clerk of the court, to the witness
.'land
Mr, Gillespie was wanted to teJl
how the grand jury in the Greene-
Gaynor indictment was drawn. He
was not permitted to go upon the
stand. The 'district attorney inter
posed a most decided objection to him
testifying at that particular stage, and
Judge Speer decided that he need not
go upon the stand.
express Companies combine.
Rumored That All the Large Ones
Will Go Together.
San Francisco, Pel). 13. —The Call
states that me four big express com
panies of the country—-the Adams,
American, United States, and Wells-
Fargo—may merge into one corpora
tion. It says:
“Word comes by private message
from the east that E. H. Harriman,
president oi the soutnern Pacific, will
he elected to the presidency of the
Wells-Fargo Express Company at the
annual meeting of the, stockhold
ers.”
NO DRAMA OF “JAMES BOYS.
Court Decides That They Are Not
Same on Stage as an Trains.
Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 13.—Judge
Teasdale, in the Circuit court here
today, granted the application of
Frank James for an injunction to stop
the production of “The James Boys
in Missouri,” a drama depicting the
James boys as train robbers and bank
looters, which has been playing at a
local theater here.
. 'I he injunction proceedings were
brought by Frank James, his mother,
Mrs. Samuels, and his stepfather, Dr.
Samuels. The suit raised the ques
tion as to whether or not a private
citizen could be portrayed on the
stage without his consent, whetner to
his discredit or not.
Judge Teasdale instructed that
James furnish a bond of $4,000 fo
indemnity the theater people against
loss in case the decision is overturn
ed by a higher court, and until the
bond is given, the play will go in.
PURCHAING SPRING GOODS.
All Our Merchants Now Receiving
New Stock.
All the Brunswick merchants are
now receiving their spring goods,
while many of them are on the East
ern markets.
All the stores, when all the stock
is received, will have an unusually
good line, and there will be no use
of our purple sending away for any
toiag.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
OFFICERS AND
MOONSHINERS,
BARROOM WAS SET ON FIRE AND
MEN CREMATED—FIERCE BAT
TLE BETWEEN KENTUCKIANS
YESTERDAY.
PLACE WAS SURROUNDED BY
“STOCKADE” FENCE THIRTY
FEET HIGH WITH PORT HOLES,
THROUGH WHICH THEY SHOT.
Middleshoro, Ky„ Feb. 13. —Ac-
cording to the latest reports from the
scene of a fight at Lee Turner's quar
ter house, in Bull county, three and a
half miles from this city, between
officers and citizens of Mlddlesboro
and the mountaineer friends of Tur
ner nine men were killed.
Turner’s place has been the scene
of many murders. The saloon is
within a “stockade” 30 feet high, with
“Port holes” for riflemen. Officers
went to the place yesterday for tne
purpose of arresting Turner and wt.e
fired upon. During the battle which
ensued the officers set fire to \ko
place.
The deaths are Charles Cecil, depu
ty si. rii'i, and the following mountain
eers: Charles Dye. a negro; Marsh
Wilsin, Perry Watson, Frank John
son, Turner’s bartender, Mike Weis-
Tinner's chief lieutenant, l'ini Pra
doe, a man named Hopper, and Jobs
Doyle, it is also claimed an un
known moonshiner perished in ii
flames when Turner's saloon was
burned, and several other persons are
reported burned to death, although
there is no confirmation of tnis ru
mor.
Over 60 men were engaged in the
conflict. The officers’ posse, it is
claimed, numbered 40. They were op
pised by 22 mountaineers. Lee Tur
ner, who is now at the Mingo mines,
denies he took part in the fight. It
is stated that lie has called 50 of his
friends together to avenge the death
of his companions and to resist any
attempt which may be made by offi
cers to arrest iiim or any member of
the mountaineer’s party which took
part in the fight.
Although the scene of the fight is
only four miles from this city. It is
still impossible to ascertain the ex
act casualties on the Turner side. On
learning that the officers were com
ing io his “blind tigeir” Turner called
in his mountaineer followers, who
kept up a hot fire until the building
was burned.
It. 's not yet known definitely how
many wen in the In barracks when
the officers made the attack nor how
many were killed or wounded or per
ished in the flames. As those who
escaped into the Cumberland moun
tains are still defiant and as the vic
tims on Turner’s side were cremated
it Is doubtful whether iheir iossei
will ever be fully known. There are
reports of wounded Turner men be
ing cared lor in the mountains.
As many murders for years have
been reported in and about the noted
log house, surrounded by a barricade
30 feet high, there are many expres
sions of satisfaction over its destrtuc
tion, although all regret the loss
life.
ST. VALENTINE’S DAY.
Many Will R the Comiea|
Pictures.
'fills is St. Valentine’s Day and the
usual custom of sending your friends
and enemies alike - comic valentines
will be followed. Some people get
quite angry when they receive one of
the ugly pictures, while others take it
as a joke and think nothing of it.
An unusually large number of botn
pretty and comical ones have been
sold this season, and the postoffice
had quite a rush yesterday, every
hody buying one-cent stamps.
They Return to Work.
New York. Feb. 13.—A strike in
voiving 700 carpenters on large build
ings in this city haa been MttlM and
the men will raUf. to We£ todV.