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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS. VOL. 1. NO. 129, RIOTS CONTINUE WITH SERIOUS RESULTS. REPUBLICANS IN SPAIN URGE THE TROOPS NOT TO USE ARMS IN DEFENSE OF "PLUTOCRATS.” IN BARCELONA FOUR WERE KILLED—MANY ANARCHISTS PLACED IN JAIL. Madrid. Feb. 21.—According to the morning advices from Barcelona, where conflits between troops and the j mobs took place yesterday, the situa tion there is improving, though still threatening. An effort will be made today to resume ordinary vocations. Most stringent efforts are prepared to protect traffic and business. The strikers have few rifles, but are well supplied with revolvers and dar ge rs. The search ol suspected houses continues, resulting in the arrest of large numbers of anarchists and rev olution st3 ot all kinds. The cosmo politan character of Barcelna makes it a resort for representative* of all the revolutionary elements in Europe and the ranks of the malcontent work men are swelled by French and other foreign political agitators. The Republicans are busy among the troops urging them not to use arms against their own class in de fene of the plutocrats. The working people of Madrid favor the strikers. Martial law has been declared in Tar ragona. The strike is spreading in Llobregat and Cardona valleys. There is a general cessation of work at Cas tellon de la Plana and Carve, and much excitement prevails at Batea. Forces of gendarmes have been dis patched to those places. Forty Killed at Barcelona. Barcelona. Feb. 21.—Forty persons have been killed since the disturb ances broke out here. The strikers today attacked the jail in an attempt to rescue their imprisoned comrades, but were repulsed by the troops after a number of rioters were killed or wounded. The ordinary necessaries of life are failing and distress is be coming accentuated. The strikers, it is said, are receiving large sums of money from London. lrr the neighbor ing towns disturbances are Spreading and increasing In gravity. They Fly in Terror. "Hendaye, France, Feb. 21.—People who arrived here from Saragossa bring alarming reports of the situa tion there. They say the working people have thrown their lot with their Catalonian comrades and the threat ening attitude of the strikers has caused the flight of the richer fami lies. The civil administration of the whole province of Saragossa has been taken over by the military authori ties. Jesuit College Attacked. Saraogssa, Spain, Feb. 21.—A num ber of rioters attacked the Jesuit Col lege here lasi night. The fathers fired on the mob, believing the assailants to be thieves. Conflict at Valencia. Valencia, Spain, Feb. 21.—1n the conflict yesterday between the rioters and the police three persons were wounded. There were 14 arrests. Socialists Do Not Take Part. Bilboa. Spain, Feb. 21.—A -number os anarchists having arrived here w ith the object of inciting a strike, the socialists have refused to co-operate in the movement. Anarchists at Seville. Seville, Spain. Feb. 21.—A number of Italian anarchists have arrived here. The authorities have taken precau tions to prevent an outbreak. FOR COUNTY TREASURER. Mr. F. M Scarlett Announces in This Issue. On another page will he found U e announcement of Mr. Frank M. Scar lett for the office of county treasurer. Mr. Scarlett told a News reporter yes terday that he won fd make an aggres sive fight for the position. So far present Treasurer H. S. Lae and Mr. Scarlett are the only candi date*. TALKS OF TORTURE. GENERAL FUNSTON DESCRIBES THE "WATER CURE” AS IN FLICTED IN ARMY. Kansas City, Feb. 21.—General Fred erick Fustou, in discussing the "wa ter cure,” a form of torture eharegd against the soldiers In the Philippines, said that he had never seen the "wa ter cure” applied, but he had heard it described. "The victim is hound and a canteen forced into his mouth,” said the gen eral. “His head is thrown unward and back and bis nose grasped by the fingers of the torturer. Strangulation I follows as a matter of course. When khe victim is about suffocated the ap plication is released and he is given a chance to talk on recovery or take another dose of it. The operation is brutal beyond a doubt, but hardly fatal. "The charge which I have just re futed at the, request of the war de partment was most vague. It was made by ‘a soldier, and to the effect that he hau 'helped to administer the water cure to ICO natives.’ That is the kind of rot a soldier is apt to write home when business is dull and he has uiree or four beers under his jacket to help his imagination. Noth ing of the kind ever occurred with the knowledge of that officer or ever oc curred at all, for that matter.” AoPHALT TRUST NOW. All the Separate Concerns to Be Gradually Merged. New York, Feb. 21. —It is becoming quite apparent that the receivers of the collapsed asphalt companies are maturing a oomprenensive plan for the reorganization of the constituent companies of the trust, according to The Journal of Commerce. Concentra tion of the business seems to be the great impelling motive of the receiv ers, as thereby expenses of manuge inent will be reduced, thus enabling cheaper work to De performed. It is stated that concentration is to be ac complished by establishing three cen tral companies, one on the Pacific on the Atlantic coast, and We third in the middle west. This plan will involve the abandon ment of the 69 underlying and operat- ing companies. It is possible, however, that the plan of three central companies, noted above, may finally give way to a mer ger of all the separate concerns into one company—the reorganized Na tional Asphalt Company, if it is de cided to pursue this course the con solidation may tie gradual. I p to date there have been depos ited with the protective committee about $18,200,000 of Asphalt of Amer ica 5 per cent, bonds. It is expect ed that the auditing committee will receive the complete figures up to Dec 01, 1901, from the different sub sidiary asphalt companies within a few days. The auditors will then re -011 ire from two to three weeks to re vise those figures for presentation in their report. This report will be taken up uy the receivers and the commit tee, but will not lie made public fi' some time. ROBBED AND BEATEN; THROWN INTO CREEK. Macon, Ga„ Feb. 21.—Mr. Newton, an aged citizen of East Macon, has just come in from the swamp vit Stevens’ pottery, In an almost dying condition. He reports that he was robbed and beaten by several men and thrown into a creek. He lay in the water all night, he had one hundred dollars in his pockets, but having on two pair of trousers the robbers found only five dollars. % LEWIS MORRISON TONIGHT. Will Appear at the Grand Theater in “Faust. ’ The attraction offered Brunswick theater-goers at the Grand tonight is Faust, 1 with Lewis Morrison as vfephisto. Every seat in the opera house will probably be occupied, as the advance sale has been unusually large and there are but few seats now left. Lewis Morrison always draw's large rouses wherever he goes, and always pleases the large audiences. This year he is surrounded by excellent sup port, his daughter taking a leading part. * BRUNSWICK, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 22, 1903. CASE WILL END IN THE COURTS, SOUTHERN AND PLANT SYSTEM STILL REFUSE TO HANDLE B. & B. FREIGHT. They Ignore the Order of the Geor gia Railroad Commission Recently Issued. The Southern railway ami Plant Sys tem are not abiding by the decision o£ the Georgia railroad commission and still refuse to handle freight turned over to them by the Brunswick anu Birmingham. The order, requiring the two roads to handle the, freight, was issued by the commission some three or four weeks ago. Since then, the Bruns wick and Birmingham has, on differ ent occasions, turned cars over to them, but they simply refused to han dle them, ignoring the order of the commission. Asa result, the case, will now go into the courts. The commission will, it is thought, within a short while, file suit against the two roads in the Glynn supreme court, and it will prob ably come up at the next session. It is understood that the Southern and Plant intend to fight the case to the end, and if the superior court do cides against them, it is stated they will carry the ease to the supreme court. At any rate, it will be several months and probably longer before the ease will he finally settled. GEORGIA DELEGATE HURT. Mrs. Evart Jones Breaks Her Wrist in Washington. Washington, Feb. 21. —Mrs. William Evart Jones, delegate from Georgia to the D. A. R. conentiou, slipped on the tee at the entrance to the theater where the convention is in progress today and broke nor wrist. She was hastily carried to the Emergency hos pital, where she received medical nt tention. The announcement was made of th results of the elections tor vice presi dents general as follows: Mesdames b. P. L. Moragn of Georgia, Hnrri< Simpson of Massachusetts, D. D. Col ton of California, Arthur R. Bedloe of New Jersey, J. Herron Crossman o New York, and Elizabeth C. Williams of Maryland. Mrs. Stratton of Minnesota, offered the following resolution, which was unanimusly adopted: “Resolved, That we recommend to congress that the Sunday followin' the liiru. lay ol' our late beloved Pr ident McKinley be set apart as a day ot prayer in memory of our martyr president." JUDGE STOPS ATTACK ON A. T. STEWART’S WILL. Refuses to Order Speculative Liti ation of Claimant. New York, Feb. 21. —Another at tempt to throw the estate of A. T. Stewart into litigation has been stop ped by Justice Scott of the supreme court, rt was in the form of an action brought against the estate, which vir tually, was an action in ejectment, af fecting all of the property left by Mr. Stewart. Counsel for John Stewart, the plain tiff, made a motion for the appoint ment of a commission to take the tes timony of a great many persons at present living in Ireland as to the alleged relationship of the plantiff to the dead millionaire merchant. The court said that ordinarily such a motion would be granted, but that, in the present case he was satisfied that the case appeared to be a spec ulative action, and had not been shown to differ from similar actions which had been dismissed. "There should come a time,” said the court, “when merely vexations and harassing litigation will not In ordered oy the court. It would seem, therefore, that as to the estate of A. T. Stewart, that time has come.” To Teach Filipino*. New York, Feb. 21.—The transport McClellan, which sails for Manila on Saturday will carry 120 men and 80 women teachers, who go out to estab lish schools in the Philippines. EACH SHOE TOOK EFFECT, KENTUCKY JUDGE PROVES HIM SELF TO BE QUITE A SHARPSHOOTER. Prominent Citizens Engage in a Fight With Very Serious Re sults. Lawrenceburg, Ky., Feb. 21.—As the result of a pistol tight, Alt Wither spoon, president of the First National Bank of this city, lies seriously wounded at his home, and Judge Por ter Walker is under official surveil lance, awaiting a change in the wounded man's condition. The trouble was begun last fall, when Witherspoon came under the iianus of the law by recklessly firing his revolver and shooting through some windows. He was arrested and Walker, as judge of the police court, lined inm S2OO. .mice that time, it. is said, bad feeling has existed be tween the men. Walker had occasion to go to Haw kins’ dry goods store and lOUin With ers poo.i there. With' rspoon cursed Walker but the latter, making no re sponse, retired. Aver ho had eaten ids luifeheon Walker returned to the store, and, finding Witherspoon stii there asked him to , retract his lan guage. Witherspoon, realizing that trouble was coming, retreated to the door, where he turned and attempted to draw his revolver. The Weapon uad caught in his pock et and he was compelled to turn side wise while using both hands to release it. Meantime Walker, seeing Wither spoon reach for his gun, drew his own and fired point blank at Witherspoon The latter ducked and the bullet clip ped his ear. Walker then tired again and this time grazed the shoulder of his n.'iiagonist. Before Witherspoon could bring his revolver into play, the judge had fired a third shot, which struck Witherspoon in the back be low and slightly to the left of tin right shoulder. Witherspoon fell to the floor and was removed to his home, where his life is despaired of. Y/alkor gave himself up to the authorities and was released upon his own recognizance. Witherspoon comes of a wealthy family anu is a Lading business man. His brother, Horace, after killing two men, was himself killed by a man named Portwood. ST. LOUIS’ GIFT. Will Present Prince With Handsome Casket. St. I oh is, Fob. 21. —The solid Bold and silver casket which will be pro sen ted as a souvenir to Prince IJonry by Mayor Wells, wilt he finished in a day or two. It will bo 18 inches long, 4 1-2 inches high, and 4 1-2 inches from front to back. The material is solid silver and gold, with decorations in full reli.d'. -v , cut ny hand in solid metal and ere el. The most ornate embellishment will be the device on the cover. ThP consists of the common seal of St. Louis, on either side of which the American and Roman eagle, and th< key to the city profilin'"- -t til-. tot and bottom, about the lower part be ing a spray ot forget-me-nots. Inside the souvenir will he lint with navy blue water silk. The casket itself will be placed in a black seal leather box, which will be lined with royal purple velvet. The casket will hold an address of welcome, handsomely engrossed on parchment. Not Coming South. New York, Feb. 21.—Notices have been mailed to all the players under contract to the Now York baseball club—2l in an up to the present—to report for their preliminary sprint practice on March 24. The men will train at the Polo grounds, the club having deciued ueflnitely to abolish tne southern spring trips. Located in Norfolk. Mr. Jake Rothoiy, for many years head clerk in Kaiser’s gent s furnish ing department, and wno resigned some time ago, has purchased a third interest in one of the largest dry goods stores in Norfolk, Va. He is now in Brunswick visiting, but will return to Norfolk within the next few days. RUMOR OF BIGSALE. STATED THAT BRUNSWICK PEO PLE HAVE PURCHASED GRAY LUMBER COMPANY. The following is a special from Waycross to the Savannah News: It is reported here today that the large saw mills of the Gray Lumber Company, at Pine Bloom and Leilaton have been sold to parties in Bruns wick. A gentleman who has just re turned from there states uiat the rep resentatives of the Brunswick syndi cate have been inspecting the saw mill property at Leilaton and Pine Bloom, and it is thought have closed a deal for the property, as it is known that , they held an option on it which ex pired today. The Gray Lumber Com pany is one of the largest saw mill concerns in South Georgia, and is do ing an immense business. They op erate tiam roads out in various direc tions for the purpose of hauling tim ber to their mills. TO INSPECT SEWERAGE SYSTEM. Bide Wili Be Received by Board of Health. Bids will be received until noon Wednesday, Feb. 26, 1902, for the in spection of the sewerage system of the city of Brunswick, upon the fol lowing conditions: the inspections are to be made under the supervision ot the Board of Health, and are to com prise the passing through all of the main sewers and laterals, of such ap pliances as will determine that said sewers and laterals are clear of all sand, diit, trash, or anything likely to impede the proper How of sewage in such sewers. A report shall be made to the Board of Health by the party inspecting, on the condition which each sewer or lateral shall have shown and in case of obstructions the reason of such shall be determined as near as possible, to enable a proper estimate lor its clearance, and a re port be madras above. Should any ■ontrivance or appliance used for such inspection become lodged in the sow er. the amount stated in bid shall in clude ds rimoal and the replacing of me sewer in its original condition, bald inspection must include an in spection and report of the condition of the flush tanks. The plan of the .soweraeg system on file in the City Engineer’s office, shall be the basis of the inspection. A bond of five hun dred dollars, ($500), will be required, indemnifying the city against any damage to the sewerage system. Nol more than thirty days shall be con sumed for the inspection and report, dated from acceptance of bkl. Council reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Alfred V. Wood, Secretary Board of Health. AN ELECTRIC SUPPLY HOUSE. Brunswickians Will Now Be Able to Run Electrci Fans. C. J. O’Farrell, Jr., who has been in the city several days with a view of establishing an electric supply house, has completed arrangements and has decided to open here. Mr. O’Farrell has rented the Kaiser building, formerly occupied by The News, and will open for business on or about April first. Besides carrying everything in the electrical supply line, he will put in power to furnish electricity for fans. This will be good news for Brunswick ians as there is at present no day elec trical current furnisiied by the Bruns wick Light and Water Company. Mr. O’Farrell corn's well recom mended as an electrical man of much experience and will no doubt build up a large business in this city. BANK OF ENGLAND NOTES ARE FORGED. New York, Feb. 21.—The official heads of the medical profession of Great Britain are determined to unite for a systematic investigation into the causes, the prevention, and the treat ment of cancer, according to the Lon don correspondent of The Herald. The king has given countenance to the movement and it is likely interest ing developments will follow shortly. The councils of the Royal College of Surgeons the and Royal College of Physicians have adopted a joint, reso lution empowering delegates to draw up a detailed scheme of work. | Sir Vvilliam Church, Sir William Brogdbcnt, and others equally well known are on the committee. PRICE FIVE CENTS, PIERPONT MORGAN TO 01 THE PRINCE, AN ELABORATE ENTERTAINMENT BEING PREPARED BY THE RAIL ROAD MAGNATE. WILL TAKE PLACE AT SHERRY'S AND WILL COST MANY DOL LARS. New Y'ork, Feb. 21. —Of all the en tertainments organized in honor of Prince Henry, there will tie none more elaborate than the luncheon to tie giv en for him at Sherry’s on Wednesday next by the representatives of Amer ican finance, trade, and industry. The moving spirit in the affair is J. Pierpont Morgan, in the way of giv ing the royal visitor an idea of the pos sibilities of American gastronomy, it it projected to surpass anything of the kind that has ever taken place here before. The cost of the luncheon will be great, and among the Items of expense will be the highly ornate liveries now being made for the en tire staff of waiters employed in con nection with the entertainment. The prince and his entertainers will be surrounded by servitors, who will loo!: as if they had stepped out of a canvas painted in the days of the Georges of England. Each of these set vitors, smooth-shaven end of impas sive countenance, will wear instead o r th " conventional swallow-tail, a black cloth coat, with seven cloth-covered black buttons on either side, beginning at the neck and extending to the waist. A fine piece of black brain runs from the button to the edge of the coat, which is without lapels, and has a clerical collar. A white stock en circles the ncek and at the front of the throat is a white satin how. Under the coat is a white, buttonlenu waistcoat, the bottom coming well down over the waistband of the black plush breeches of full cut, gathered in at the knee with a band which tops a pair of white stockings. Patent leather pumps with buckles, complete the cos tume. The whole outfit is a com plete reproduction of the livery used in England a century ago, but of much finer texture. DENIES THAT BULLER TAMPERED WITH TRUTH. New York, Feb. 21. —Henry Nor man has succeeded in inducing Mr. Tlallour to throw some fresh light on the famous Spion Kop dispatches, says a London dispatch to The Tribune. It now seems that Sir Redverse Duller contented himself with forwarding Sir Charles Warren’s account of the bat tle, with two opinions of General War ren’s conduct. In both of these Gen eral Iluller adversely criticised his second in command, but the one in which he really spoke his mind was marke . "Not necessary for publica tion." General Buller refused to write a connected story of the whole af fair. Mr. Balfour indignantly repudiates the suggestion that General Buller was asked to tamper with the truth in order to please the war office. TALK OF A NEW TELEPHONE COMPANY. Another Likely to Be Started in Brunswick. There is much talk going the rounds in Brunswick at present rel ative to anew telephone system, and, from what a New reporter cab learn, it seems that there is much truth in the rumor. At. a recent council meeting a com munication was received from a Chi cago company asking for a franchise. The matter was taken up by council and the city clerk instructed to have further correspondence with the com pany. ' It is now understood that a gen tleman from Cmcago, who is interest ed in the company, will shortly visit Brunswick and personally appear be fore council. Brunswick is ample able to support another telephone company, provided of course, they give us the service we deserve, and it is hoped the new con cern will complete their arrange ments and locate here. Call on L. A. Miller Tor kiln dried lumber.