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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS.
VOLUME 1, NUMBEF 13*
FLOODS NOW
AT DANGER
POINT
RIVER AT AUGUSTA YESTERDAY
WAS THREE FEET BELOW
THE HIGH WATER MARK OF
1888.
♦ -
BOATS WERE IN USE TO MOVE
PEOPLE FLOOD IS DOING
GREAT DAMAGE TO THE FARM
ERS.
Augusta. Ga., March 1. —The river
is ou a rampage ami at noon was only
three feet below the high water mark
of 1888 and was rising steadily.
Above Cuming street, between Broao
and the river, is a vast lake amt resi
dents are being moved from their
houses in boats, and down John
street the water is rushing like a
torrent.
Tne upper part of Broad street
under water, though ears are still
ltinning, the ear tracks having beei
raised two feet recently. On Broad
sti i t at Koilerk the w, ter is half
way across the asphalt and pedes
ti.ans tar, on., walk in th. middle of
the stun, where the yirde Is high
t r.
Itej.ert* up the river indicate that
tne wt r*t tas not tome yet. The
water is rising fast at 2 o'clock and
it is raining.
Sidewalks about the 1 lanlers ho
tel are covered with the hood and
machines in No. 3 engine house, on
Upper Broad street, are standing bub
deep in water. It is doubtful if any
of the afternoon trains will attempt
to leave the city. No accident* or
loss of life, are reported.
Upper Jones, Keynolds, and Bay
streets ' are under water anil the
houses are flooded six or eight inch
es.
Floods at Many Points.
Atlanta, March I.—The floods in
the rivers of Georgia caused by the
unprecedented rains of last Thurs
day were somewhat abated and train
service to the east and ROUlhwt-wf iu
improving slowly. The mails and
passenger trains have been delayed
many hours in all directions.
The Seaboard Air Line has a wash
out at Tucker. Ua, ami part of Its
bridge over the Savannah river was
carried away.
The Macon line of the. Southern is
under water near Dame's Kerry and
the road is using the central's tracks
from Macon to Atlanta.
Traffic to Columbus, Ga., has been
suspended two days.
The Atlanta and West Point is send
iug trains to Montgomery over the
Southern to Birmingham and over
the i.ouisvflle and Nashville to Mont
gomery .
Ai Macon the Ocmulgee is higher
than was ever known ami six houses
have t een washed away, but reports
this morning say the river is falling.
The Chattahoochee at Columbus,
Oa., is falling six inches an hour. The
situation at Athens, Ga., is improving.
At Augusta lowlands along the Ba
var.ah river are flooded and a serious
result is feared for crops in that sec
tion .
BANKS MAKE FINE 6HOWING.
More Money on Deposit Tha 1 Was
Ever Known Before.
Chicago, March 1. —The national
banks in Chicago hold larger amounts
on deposit at the present time than
they ever showed before in their pub
iished statements. The 12 principal
national institutions in Uia city mak
ing reports yesterday in response to
a call of the comtroller of the cur
rency for statements of the condition
at the close of business Feb. 25 showed
total deposits of $284,214,534, an in
crease of $23,000,000 over the amount
held oy the same banks Dec. 10. The
loans showed an increase of $11,434,-
255 to a total of $177,124,938. and casn'
resources increased $9,000,000 to a to
tal of $124,120,589.
MORGAN GIVES TWO MILLION.
Princely Donation to the University
of the oouth.
Nashville, March I.—lt is under
stood here that J. Lierpont Morgan
has given $2,000,000 to the Univer
sity of the South at Sewannee, Tena.
MR. MASON DECLINES.
He Will Not Offer For the Legis
lature.
The following card is self explana
tory:
Brunswick, Ga., March 1, 1902.
Editor News: Having noticed in
recent issues of your paper the men
tion of my name in connection with
the office of representative to the next
Georgia legislature, and having been
approaohd by a large number of our
representative citizens and business
men who have urged.me to make the
race for the nomination, 1 ueem it m.v
duty to tuem and to the public gener
ally to make known my position in
the matter in order that there may be
no misunderstanding.
While I feel very grateful to my
friends and to those who have so
kindly volunteered their support in
case I should allow the use of my
name, yet 1 am forced to decline tne
honor, and for several reasons. First,
I am out of politics, and have no po
litical ambitions to gratify. Second,
it my time has any value at. all, it is
probably worth more to the business
institutions wall which I am connect
ed, than it would be to the people of
our county.
1 lic'teve tnat our people can agree
upon some good man for tne office
who will be mutually satisfactory to
all, and for the good of our city and
county 1 sincerely trust that they will
do so, and avoid a heated political
-ampaign. Very respectfully,
E. H. Mason.
SERVANT GIRL
STEALS A BABY,
ANOTHER CASE LIKE THAT OF
CHARLIE ROSS REPORTED
IN MONTREAL.
Montreal, March i.—Much excite
ment prevails lieu- over a mysterious
kidnaping. Edgar Wayland, the 2-
year-oid son of E. J. Wayland, niana
gvfr of a large boot and shoe firm, is
believed to nave been carried off by a
servant girl who called Herself And ley
uarle, but whose real name is b
iieved to Im Ethel Voting.
Mrs. Vvayand left the child and ai
elder boy in the nurses’s care at. 2
o’clock t- riday afternoon a week ago
and when she returned at ,i o’clo.
she learned that the girl had packed
a valistn with many valuable belong
.ug to tne house. Carrying this and
leading the child. She had told the
other servants she was going to deliv
er thij valise to a girl to whom it be
longed. That was the last seen o
her or of Edgar.
The case was put into the hands of
tne detectives but no trace of the
pair has been found. One theory is
that the abductor has been urged to
the deed by men who hope to obtain
a reward for the chid’s return.
Another is tnat tne girl had been in
spired by the reading of dime novels.
She is only 18 years old and has SB,-
u„v, which is in trust lor her in To
ronto.
Cleveland Banks Unite.
Cleveland, 0., march L—-A con
solidation has been effected be
tween the Amrican Exchange Nation
al Bank and the Metropolitan Na
tional Bank of this city. The con
solidated bank will be known as the
American Exchange National Bank,
with a capital of $500,000, a paid up
surplus of SIOO,OOO and deposits of
$1,500,000. Richard Parmely will be
president of tne bank. The action
was decided upon at a joint meeting
of the directors of both hanks.
TEXAS EDUCATOR
KILLED BY AN ENGINE.
Lufkin, Tex., March I.—Professor
J. V. Curlin, sup< is: 'zndemt of the
public school, wa*. n.n down by a
switch engine and instantaneously
killed yesterday. He was on his way
from town to his home in the north
ern portion of the town and was
walking along the railroad track
when a switching engine was backed
upon him.
Perfume Manufacturer.
New york, March I.—L. T. Lazeil,
one of the loading manufacturers of
America, is detail at his residence in
Brooklyn. He was born in 1825.
See our line of Easter hats at Mrs.
M. Isaac’s
BRUNSWICK, GA .SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 2. 1902.
ROOSEVELT-TILLMAN
TROUBLE IS GROWING.
MAJOR JENKINS
REFUSES SWORD
TELEGRAPHS LIEUTENANT GOV
ERNOR THAT HE DOES NOT
NOW WANT SWORD.
Takes This Step, He Says on Ac
count of the Message Sent Pres
ident Roosevelt.
Warrenton, Va„ March 1. —Major
Jenkins has declined to accept the
sword which it was proposed to pre
sent him at Charleston, S. C., when
the president shall visit that place.
Major Jenkins, who is a member of
the faculty of Bethlehem Academy
here, has sent the following telegram
to Lieutenant Governor Tillman of
South Carolina:
“Lieutenant Governor James H.
Tillman, Columbia, S. C.: You are
represented in the press as having
telegraphed President Roosevelt, at
the request, of subscribers to the
sword recently offered me through
von. requesting him to withdraw the
aeeptance to present same. If this
is so 1 must decline under these cir
cumstfinces to accept the sword.
Thanking you for your personal kind
ness in the matter, 1 am truly yours,
M. J. Jenkins.”
Invitation is Renewed.
Charleston, March 1. —Supplement-
ary to the Exposition Company's res
olution last night., renewing the in
vitation to the president to visit
Charleston and disclaiming responsi
bility and sympathy for Lieutenant
Governor Tillman’s action, the city
council today, at a special meeting
called for the purpose, passed resolu
tions repeating the invitation already
extended by the city to the president
to visit iiere and appointed a special
committee to present the resolutions
to the president and to express to bin*
the earnest desire of the people of
Charleston that he attend tne exposi
tion.
SPECULATION jUIL
TO STAGNATION (VINT.
Attack on Northern Securities Com
pany Depresses Wall Street.
New York, March I.—Generally
speaking, the stork market has been
dull to the point of stagnation during
the w.iek. Activity in a large num
ber of obscure specialties under the
influence of operatons by speculative
pools has been the only redeeming
feature.
The cloud upon the legitimacy of
the Northern Securites Company con
tinued a dominant influence in repress
ing speculation. The approach of the
period of vicissitudes for the winter
wheat crop began to manifest itself in
the stock market.
The export of a large sum of gold
aroused some apprehension over the
future of the money market. There
was some undhsiness also lest labor
troubles may develop this spring, es
pecially among the coal miners.
Presbyterian Church.
The usual service will be conducted
at the Presbyterian church today by
the pastor. In view of the fact that
today marks the beginning of the pas
tor's fifth year of service, the subject
for the morning will be "Retrospect
and Prospect." All the members are
specially urged to lie present. Strang
ers and visitors are cordially wel
comed to all services. Sunday school
meets at 3:30.
American Engineer Murdered.
Cumberland, Wis., March I.—-A
message from Congressman Jenkins
confirms the report, that John R. Hegg
of this city was murdered by Filipinos
on Bond Island Jan. 21. The body
has not yet been found. Hegg was a
graduate of the Cumberland schools
and state university and was superin
tendent of construction of government,
roads in the Philippines.
Earl of Perth Dead.
London, March I■The1■The death is
announced of Gaorgr Drummond, the
Earl of Perth. He was born in 1807.
TRE TELEGRAM
IS DISCUSSED
CHARLESTON EXPOSITION DIREC
TORS MEET AND DISCLAIM
RESPONSIBILITY.
Presenting the Sword, They Say Had
Nothing Whatever to Do With
the Exposition.
Charleston, March 1. —The action of
Lieutenant Governor Tillman in with
drawing tne invitation to President
Roosevelt to present the sword to
Major Jenkins is still much talked of,
and at the meeting of the exposition
directors, held yesterday, the lieu
tenant governor’s course was repudi
ated so far as the exposition is con
cerned .
Colonel Tillman has never pretend
ed that the sword presentation was
in any way concerned with the ox
position, but as the presentation was
to have been made at the exposition
during the visit, of the president it
has been nard to separate the two in
the minds of those not familiar with
the facts. Resolutions were adopted
by the directors informing the presi
dent. that the exposition Is in no way
responsible for Colonel Tillman's ac
tion.
It is understood that the president
has not fully decided whether lie will
abandon all idea of visiting cnarles
ton. The . illmaii-McLaurin incident
and the sword matter combine to
make it very doubtful, but Roosevelt
is a man with notions of his own, and
it is impossibly to predict what he
will do.
There is some curiosity to know
just, what part of Roosevelt's praise of
Major Jenkins has been placed upoif
the sworef; Etched on one side ol
the solfbnard are the words:
“Presented to Major Micaii Jenkins,
First. United ..States Volunteer Caval
ry; war with' Spain, 1898.”
On tne other side or the scabbard
from a letter from the then Colonel
Roossevelt to Colonel l illman, is the
following excerpt:
“The bravest man in my regiment.
Danger seemed to act upon him liter
ally as wine.”
MORE LUMBER COMPANIES.
Two or Three Want to Come if They
Can Secure Frontage.
It is understood that there are two
or three lumber concerns anxious to
establish brandies in Brunswick, but
are kept away on account of not be
ing able to secure wharf room.
The Plant System is now repairing
their wharf, near the ice factory,
which will I),, useu by the Bradley-
Watson Lumber Company, which
have recently opened offices in this
city.
It is also understood timt. the Plant
System will fix up some wharves nortri
of the ice factory to he rented to
some of the conipanes that are wait
ing to come here.
CHANGE IN SCHEDULE.
B. & B. Make Some improvements
Over Their Line.
Commencing today at 12 o’clock
the Brunswick and Birmingham rail
loud inaugurates a scheuulc that sur
passes anything that has ever existed
for travel in and out of Brunswick.
We have three trains per day for’
Jacksonville, and three trains per .lay
for Savannah.
Leave Brunswick fi a. m„ arrive in
Jacksonville 9:15 a. m.
Leave Brunswick 1:10 p. m., ar
rive Jacksonville 2:55 p. m.
Leave Brunswick 5:30 p. nr. ar
rive in Jacksonville 8:30 p. m.
Leave Brunswick 8:50 a. m., ar
rive in Savannah 11:50 a. m.
Leave Brunswick 11:00 a. m„ ar
rive in Savannah 1:45 p. m.
Leave Brunswick at 8:40 p. m „ ar
rive at Savannah 11:35 p. m.
H. J. FORD,
City Passenger Agent.
Embroidery at your own price at
Mm. M. Isaac’s.
DIAMOND FIRMS FAIL.
Trade in Amsterdam Faces Crisis;
Says a Correspondent.
London, March 1. —The Amsterdam
correspondent of The Daily Mail says
that the two important diamond firms
of Heyman and Graanboom are re
ported to have failed. Heyman is
said to have failed tor £85,000 and
has bee,n arrested. It is believed that
Graanboom has fled to the United
States.
The correspondent says the dia
mond trade at Amsterdam is facing a
crisis owing to the defalcations ex
tending over several years, and that
the strike of the cleavers at Antwerp
has had a similar effect on the trade
there.
HEAVY RAINFALL.
Registered 1.50 Inches in Brunswick
Yesterday.
Brunswick had the heaviest rain
fall of the season yesterday, it reg
istering 1.50 inches up to U o’clock
in the afternoon. The rain foil at
intervals all during tne day, and con
tinued through the night.
The rainfall reported in other Geor
gia cities was Atlanta, 3.02 inches;
Augusta, LOti inches; Macon, 1.50 inch
es. The Ocmulgee river at Macon
was 19.9 feet at 7 o’clock yesterday
morning and still rising.
Atlantian Dead.
New York, Nareh I.— E. L. liaise
of Atlanta, who was burned in the
Park Avenue hotel, died today in
Bellevue l i:q‘tai. He was 40 years
old. His death makes the total number
of lives lost, by fire 21.
TWO MURDERED!
BODIES BURNED,
OUTRAGEOUS STORY COMES
FROM SMALL PLACE NEAR
SAVANNAH.
Savannah, March I.—News readied
the city this morning of the burning
and probable murder of Mr. Michael
*ffeli Wiuk and a clerk in his employ
named Jacob Carter at the, 16-mile
post on the Ogeechee road in the
western part of the county, near the
ogeechee river.
From the best information that can
lie obtained it is probable that botli
men were murdered, the safe opened
and ransacked, and the building fired,
after which the murderers made their
escape.
Mr. Thomas Bom-quin, who lives
near the place, came in this after
noon and l'uiiy corroborated the story
of Schwink and Carter's death.
“The sight i saw was a most hor
riole one,” said Mr. Bourquin, who
spoke feelingly of the tragedy.
“Near the money drawer in the mid
dle of the floor, near where the stove
stood, lay the remains of Mr. Schwink
burned into an unrecognizable mass,
and a few feet away from him lay the
charred remains of his clerk, Jacob
Carter, a young man who was reared
in tile neighborhood.
“1 learned that two other attempts
were made recently to break into the
store. The first time nettling was
taken, as the parties were frightened
away by Mr. Schwink, who fi ted at
uiern several times. I.a ter the place
was entered and some few things were
laden, though tne uurglars were
frightened away before they did any
appreciable damage.'
It is learned that. Mrs. Henry Wil
liams, who lives near where the store'
stood, heard a report/last night of a
gun at about 9:30 o’clock and at about
If) or 111:3o, saw the store on fire in a
full blaze. There was not a man
near, as everybody in the neighbor
hood was engaged in fishing on the
Ogeeehee, lrom one to three miles
away, Inough at the time the blaze
was discovered no human agency
could nave saved the building. The
neighbors who reached the place at
:> o’clock tins morning were appre
hensive at once that Schwink had
been killed robbed, and burned, on
account of the recent attacks that had
been inane on his store and as soon
as the flames died down sufficiently
tor them to investigate the remains
we: - found *s described. Near the
remans the iroil ’sa.o stood open and
from its appearance it had been bown
open and robbed of its contents.
None but the best barkers at Clark’s.
Shave at his shop.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
GUERRY AND
TERRELL
MEET
BOTH THE GUBERNATORIAL CA>“
DICTATES SPOKE IN WAYCROSS
YESTERDAY ON LIVE ISSUES OF
THE CAMPAIGN.
MACON CANDIDATE ESCORTED TO
THE STAND BY THE ATKINSON,
WAYNE COUNTY GUERRY CLUB.
WHAT THEY SAID.
Wayeross, March L —Joseph M.
Terrel and DuPont Guerry, candidates
for governor, met here today. Mr.
Terrell spoke at noon. Mr. Guerry
spoke at 3 o’clock.
Some momenta before Mr. Terrell
came into the court room Mr. Guer
ry arrived with a number of his
friends. He was accompanied from
the Phoenix hotel by the Guerry Club
of Atkinson, Ga., which came here to
hear him speak. There was no de
monstration as he entered.
Mr. Guerry says that he does not
intend to follow Mr. Terrell about the
state, and that lie came back to Way
crass today upon the invitation of
his friends.
There is some criticism of his coin
,’ng back here after having spoken
once in this place. The Guerry-Ter
rell feeling is very acute in Way
cross. A Guerry club was organized
several days ago amt last night a
Terrell club was formed.
Mr. Guerry said this morning that
he hoped to have Mr. Terrell answer
'■“O questions of liis platform some
time and in som manner.
“The man seems to have no plat
form,” he said, “and seems to pur
liosely avoid discussing any public
aiiuirs.”
Mr. Terrell declines to discuss Mr.
Gnerry’s 16 questions printed in the
Wayeross Journal, a Guerry organ.
Mr. Terrell Speaks.
Mr. Terrell was introduced by Hon.
Lemuel Johnson in a short speecu.
There were probably 250 present when
he began ins address, of which 15 or
20 were ladies.
Mr. l’errell began by saying he did
not propose to pitcli his campaign
upon the low plane of personalities.
Ho declared in favor of the present
school and pension systems, saying
that he would never consent for eith-
er to be abolished. The fact that
Georgia securities can be placed as
advantageously as those of the gen
eral government he said, shows that
the people oi uie state have a gov
ernment in which the people, not only
or Gorgia, but of other states, have
lull commence.
In explaining the increases tax rate
the speaker quoted figures showing
in great increase in the school and
pension tunds, showing that $920,u0i)
more than formerly was spent on
these mnds, and that $75,000 went,
for the lunatic asylum at Milledge
ville. The Georgia legislature saw
its duty and performed it. Had these
three items hot been increased the
rate wouid have been less than ten
years ago.
Every year the Georgia legislature
is cutting down expenses, and the
cause of the increase was placed on
tin; state by tile people themselves
if they want decreased taxation at the
expense of the school turn! and the
pensions they have but to so Instruct
their legislators.
BATTLE ABBEY TREASURES
ARE TO BE SCATTERED.
London, March L—The historic
Hattie Abbey i to be despoiled of
many of its art treasures. A private
view is to be held at Christie's rooms,
in St. James Square, on Saturday.
Ihe pictures and furnitures are to
lie sold next week. Ail the tapestries,
trophies, arms, amt armor have been
bought by Sir Augustus Webster, pur
chaser of tlie abbey.
Prominent Man Dead.
Philadelphia, March I.—James
Bailey, president of The Record Pub
lishing Company, died this morning.
Bailey was identified with William
M. Singerly in that enterprise from
the, establisument of The Record, first
as foreman of the composing room.