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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS. VOLUME 1, NUMBER 144. HURLED IN A SEWER THRILLING EXPERIENCE OF A MAN SWEPT INTO THE EAST RIVER. _ New York, March 14.— -Edward Boyle, a plum bar's helper, la the hero •of a trip through the sewers of New York which rivals in interest and danger the wandering# of Victor Hugo’s Jeaa Valjean through the labyrinth by which the streets ot Paris are drained. For three-quarters of a mile he was swept helpless through the dark by a rush of water running like a mill race. Overhead the rattle and roar of the busy street went on. At last he was thrown,* dazed and bewildered, from the mouth of the sewer, into the East river. Man on a aeow moored near by hauled him out and brought him to ia*d again. Hor a time he could not #paak, for the shock of his terrible experience had unstrung his nerves. Then, while the little crowd that nad gathered about him still were asking where he had come from, he found his tongue and asked ior a "smoke.” Halt an hour later he had refused the assistance of the ambulance sur geon and had started on his way home, seemingly none the worse for his strange adventure. Boyle is employed by a plumber wfco has the contract for loeeping in order the sewer which runs through East rifty-third street and empties into tne East river. There has been some trouble with drains at No. 252 and Boyle tvas sect, with two oth er men, to remove the obstructions. Immediately opposite the house is a manhole of the main sewer, and the men decided to start tMMr examiaa titdi there. A -lowered inf" the sewer and Boyle, with a guide rope dangling ready to his hand, went down first. He had almost reached the bottom when a rung broke and he lost his balance. He screamed as he grabbed at the rope and his com pan ions bent over in time to see him miss it and disappear with a splash. Boyle said the water was rushing through the sewer at a terifie speed. It was three or four feet d<p. He could feel the bottom, 'out could not keep on his feet. The Fifty-third street sewer runs into the main drain at Second avenue. There the roiujn* of water and tilth was greatly in creased and Hoyle’ narrowly escaped drowning. He was hurled about, but managed to keep his head above wa ter, and after a few moments more, w'hich he says soemd like hours, he saw tne light at the end of the drain. He was hurled headforemost into uie river and struck out for a scow which lay near by. Except for the severe shock Boyle appeared none the worse for h)B journey. Going to Cape Town. London, March 14.—Field Marshal Lord Wolseley will start for Cape Town tomorrow. Althogh the official* deny that the trip is anything but a private visit, gossip connects it with the military situation. It is pointed out that Lord Wolseley’s knowledge of South Africa, gained as a fighter and administrator, might be hl.ihtij useful to Lord Kitchener either a‘ Cape Town or Pretoria. College Building Destroyed. Missoula, Mon., March 14. —Science Hall, one of the State University buildings, was destroyed by fire touay. It was worth SIOO,OOO, although the equipment it contained brings me to tal value up to a much larger sum. Democrats Caucus. Washington, March 14.—Democrat ic members of congress have nu merously signed a petition that is being circulated today asking Repre sentative Hay, the caucus chairman, to call a caucus on the 19th to for mulate a policy in reference to the Boer war. LORD FRANCIS HOPE’S CREDITORS PETITION. London, March 14. —The failure is announced of Lord Francis Hope. The petitioning creditors claim ±.4,000. Wood and CoaL Coney * Parker. GAYNOR IS TO STAY HE .ELLS A REPORTER THAT M'KINLEY PROMISED CHANGE OF VENUE. Washington, March 14.—G. T. Smith, former managing editor of the Buffalo Inquirer, but now of Quebec, is in Washington today. He says be saw John F. Gaynor in Quebec and talked at leagth with the fugitive. Gaynor, he says, evinced no disposition to return to America for St. Patrick's day, as intimated in the press dispatches, but, on the other hand, declared he liad no intention of coming across the line at all. Quebec, March. 14. —Though Captain B. D. Greene is still keeping out of the way of reporters at the Chateau Fiontenac, Colonel John F. Gaynor is about, as bright and brisk as ever, renewing acquaintances made when visiting Quebec to attend the ice carnivals, or when on his way to nis fishing grounds at Lake St. John, where he often went. Colonel Gaynor’s friends here re gard him as a victim of circumstances They say that had President McKinley lived lie would have stood his trial and would have been acquitted, for the late president, according to cur rent talk had promised him a change of venue . 't he idea has been made to prevail here that neither Colonel Uaynor nor Captain Greene can obtain iustiee in the south from the Southern district of Georgia, President Roose velt, it is said, will not carry out the pomise attributed to President Me- Kinley. Mess. Gaynor and Greene talk as if they were likely to be here for sometime. They are in constant com munsfftUon with friends In Washing ton, SylvSfifse abd ow v Tork. Colonel Gaynor and Captain Greene uad another short interview this af ternoon with their counsel in the Par liament building. In the attorney gen eral's oiilce no news had been received either from Washington or Ottawa up to a late hour. IF ?ECIL RHODES DIES WILL BUY HIS STOCKS. Syndicate Formed to Take His Hold ings—He is Weaker. Jxrauon, Mareh 14.—The Pall Mall Gazette says it understands that, with a view to preventing the disloca tion of the markets, a syndicate of south African magnates lias been .ormed for the purpose of taking over 'he whole of Ce-il Rhodes’ she hold ings in the event of MY. Rhodes ieath. M. nnodes is weaker today. Other wise tli re is no change in his condi tion. VISIT RUINED THE CHEF. 3ouvenir Hunters Looted Fritz’s Place at Shooter's Island. New York, March 14.—Ruper Fritz, a chef who served the luncheon at ohooters island ior the 2,000 persons who witnessed the launching of Jiai peror William's ya ht, the Meteor, has assigned. Fritz saj r s he borrowed a large amount of silverware from friends for use at the luncheon. In the raid upon souvenirs nearly all the silverware disappeared before Fritz and his as sistants were aware of the raid. Finding it impossible to make good his losses i* ritz decided upon an as signment. MAKE THREE STATES BY OMNIBUS BILL. Washington, March 14. —The house committee on territories today de cided upon an ‘omnibus” territorial bill, which wid provide lor tne state hood of Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma, instead of sepur ate .tale hood bills for ea r -h territory. Princess Atice Btarts. The llaeue, Mareh 14—Princess Alice of Albany started for Potsdam today. Gossip connects her visit with leiioits of tlie coming betrothal of the princess to the crown prince of Ge; many, Frederick William. See the Photo Jewelry, Miniatures, etc., at Wilson's Studio, Gloucester street. BRUNSWICK, GA., SATURDAY MORNING. MARCH 15, 1902. TROUBLE IN BOSTON STRIKE SETTLED AND THEN RE NEWED BY THE LONG SHOREMEN. Boston, March 14.—The strike hav ing been settled yesterday by the good omces o. Governor Crane anu others, the business of the city pre sented a marked contrast this morn ing to that of the past four days, and there was an air of activity on all sides. Teams nurrying along, loaded with merchandise, were making their way across the city, and express wagons, and even cabs, vise loaded to their capacity in an effort to relieve the congestion of traffic resulting near ly a week's accumulation. At the railroad terminals there was consid erable confusion, but the .officials promised that everything would be running smoothly by night. At the dock* work wa* tfted with a rush and the longsnoremen and teamsters mad* rapid inroads on Hie freigtit whieh was p .eu to the roots of the sheds. Strike is Renewed. Boston, March 14.—The longshore men and freight handlers have renew ed the strike, refusing to work un less they are taken back In a body. Governor Crane called the railroad and steamship officials into consulta tion, while the strikers were urged to be patient. The trouble was pre cipitated at noon by the longshore men, who, accusing their loaders oi treachery in not arranging for them to be taken back in a body, declared they woukl renew the strike and they would again join foroes with the freight handlers, who were awaiting action by the officers of the respective roads. SWEPT BY FLAMES. Three Cities Visited by Disastrous Fire Yesterday. New York, March 14.—Fire that destroyed the postofflee building at Worth Pelham today caused the loss of two lives arid serious injury to a third person. The dead are sal war’d locum, a newsboy, and runs. Thomas Duane, wife of a motor-man. Mrs. Yocum, mother of the boy who was killed, jumped from a window and had her back badly wrench**. WHOLESALE MURDER BY BEAUMONT GANG. Woman's Confession Explains Series of Awful Mysteries. Beaumont, Tex., March 14. —Afher being kepj, in the sweat box by tire detectives for some time a negro worn an named Mattie fipnnett has con fessed to crimes which explain the murder mysteries which have recently startled this section. Five bodies of men have lately been recovered from the Neehes river and inquiries have been made in the last three months for not less than 60 missing persons. The woman says she and a gang of men and women accomplices have been operating for six months. The men would entice other met to her house, where the v'etims were given knockout drops and then beaten and robbed. The woman does not, confess to any murder, but says the men dis posed of the bodies. On her state ment John Welch, a white man, has been arrested at Houston. He was an iron moulder in a foundry where Benjamin Pearson, one of the murder ed men, worked. He denies any con nection with the crimes. A Georgian fiures in the list of missing, ine officers are on the look out. for a man named Smith, who is well known in this section and who disappeared several months ago. at Sabine and later came to this city Smith was formerly a saloonkeeper Wiien he came into an inheritance of about SIO,OOO. This was about two months ago. The last seen of him he had nearly SIO,OOO in cash os his per son, and for this reason it is feared something may- have happened to him. He had a wife and relatives n Georgia. He was about 55 or 80 years old. Negro Hanged. Anderson, S. C., March 14.—Oliver Greer, a negro, was executed here to day for assaulting a white woman. He confessed. BURIAL OF ALTGELD BODY TO REMAIN IN STATE AT PUBLIC LIBRARY UNTIL TO MORROW, Chicago, March 14.—Tne funeral services over the body on ex-Governor John It. Altgeld took place at 3225 Malden street. Sheridan park, at 2 o’clock this aftenoon, Rev. Frame Grail© of the People's church officiat ing. The judges of Cook county courts attended in a body, all courts adjourning at noon. Tomorrow morning Governor Yates’ staff, accomanied by the pallbearers, will escort the body to the public li brary building, where it will lie in state from 10 a. m. until 10 p. in., guarded by the honowry pallbearers. At 11 o’clock Sunday morning the body will be conveyed to its last rest ing place in Graceland cemetery, fol lowed by a procession of civic and so cial organizations. The democratic state central com mittee will attend the funeral in a body. The services at the residence this afternoon will lie simple consist ing only of short addresses by Dr. Crane and Clarence S. Darvow. Mr. Altgeld’s law partner; a prayer by Dr. Crane and two solos by Miss Helen Goodrich, Matthew Arnold’s "Strangi riu-3” and HenschelVs “Resurrection.” At the public library Sunday morn ing the German Singing societies will also sing at the grave where a simple service will be said. GENERAL KITCHENER WILL NOT BE RECALLED. London Officials Say Such a Thing Would Be Absurd. Loudon, March 14. —Rumor mon gers are profiting by the lack of de luded information respecting the mil itary situation in the Transvaal. They are repeatng silly inventions about the recall ef Kitchener, the return of Lord Roberts to South Africa, and the promotion of French as commander in South Africa. These reports are dismissed with contempt by officials and military men as even more preposterous than the assumption that Delarey will re-estab lish the siege ot Mafeking or make a dash for Johannesburg. Lord Salisbury has decisive information in determin ing the selection of the commander of the forces in South Africa, and Lord Kitchener has been his favorite gen eral from the outset. It was laird Salisbury who suggested the appoint ment of General Kitchener as Lord Roberts' chief of staff when General Bullers campaign went wrong after Colenso, and there is no evidence that the prime minister is dissatisfied with the results of recent operations. Information is required respecting the column which Lord Methuen ex pected to join when he set out from Vryburg, but otherwise tnere has been no apprehension on the part of the military authorities of serious results from the recent d*Teat, which was mainly due to a panic among the un seasoned yeomanry. It seems prob able, however, that the number of Boers under De Wet who succeeded in breaking througn the British block house lines was considerably larger than official reports indicated, and that a junction may have been effect ed with Delarey. The newspapers are puzzled to ac count for the release of General Meth uen, out they generally give credit to Delarey for acting with great mod eration, courtesy, and tact. The Daily Mail expects to see either General Cronje or Genreal Viloen returned to the Iloers in exchange for the British general. Gen. D. H. Reynolds Dead. Little Rock, March 14.—General D. H, Reynolds, a brigadier in the Confederate army, died tuis morning at Lake Village, Ark. Cocoa Butter Burns. Philadelphia, March ,4. —The re fining building of the India Refining Company, manufacturers of cocoa but ter, was destroyed by fire tills morn ing. ’me loss is $60,000. Try McDuffie’s “No 16” for La Grippe or Influenza. It is guaranteed to cure or your money will be refund ed. Price SI.OO. At W. Joerger’s. ANOTHER WASHOUT ALL TRAINS OVER THE SOUTH ERN ARE AGAIN ARRIVING MANY HOURS LATE. There is another washout on the Southern railway and all trains be tween Brunswick and Macon are again arriving late and it will probably be three or four days before the regu lar schedule will be resumed. The washout this time is about one mile from Everett City on the AttA maha river and is said to be a very bad one. No trains over the Soutner# have passed Everett since 12 o’clock yesterday. The passenger due h*re at 2: *5 yes terday afternoon did not arrive unt. about 9 las night, and was them com pelled to go from Jesup to Waycross over the Plant System track and come to Brunswick over the track of the Brunswick and Western. The 9:05 Southern last nigu„ left over the Plant System track, which will be used as far a# Albany. The train will then branch off on the Cen tral and go to Macon where lueir track will again be used. This makes the distance to Atlanta a great deal longer than by the reg ular route, and trains will therefore be very late in arriving Brunswick today and until the washout is re paired. It is understood that a large force of hands have been put to work and through trains will be run * oon a* possible over the line. The News telephoned to Everett at a late hour last night, and it was learned that the river was still on a rise, but the situation is not a seri ous one. WILL ARGUE TODAY. Representatives of Southern and Plant Going Before Committee. The. river and harbor and public works committee of council will meet at the city hall at 10 o’clock this morn ing to hear representatives from the Southern railway and Plant System on the application of the Brunswick and Birmingham railroad to lay tracks on certain streets within the city limits. The matter will probably be settled in council tonight, a* a meeting lias been called tor that pur pose. ward's minstrel today. Will Give Two Performances at The Grand. Once again Harry Ward has burg his banners on the omer walls an nouncing the early appearance of his magnificent minstrels. The company is a Targe and expensive one, consist ing of the highest salaneu artiste, who will unite in presenting an inno vation in minstrelsy at the Grand to day, matinee and night. This magnificent organization has always been the lofty ideal in min strelsy, and nothing has been left un done or overlooked in order to have it remain in that proud position. l* attending this entertainment the gen eral public is never in doubt as to the class ot same, as they know full well that it is an organization of reliabil ity whose every promise is kept to the letter. KAuAWHA STILL IN PORT. Handsome Yacht Did Not Sail Yester day on Account of Bad Weather. The handsome steam yacht Kana wha, owned by Mr. H. H. Rogers, the Standard oil magnate, is still moored at Downing's wharf, and will remain in port until the weather moderates. The yacht left yesterday for Key West, but went only as far as the quarantine station. The pretty craft was visted by many people yesterday, and they all say she is a beauty. The Kanawha is said to do the swiftest pleasure yacht in the world, having a speed of something over 23 knots, a 3,400 horse power, and carries a crew of 44 men. Captain Miller, the clever commander, takes great pleasure in telling of the boat's swiftness, and he is making many friends while in the city. U Whiskey, the best in Brunswick, ily whiskey. For sale only at Loew enstein’s. PRICE FIVE CENTS PROMINENT VISITORS ROBT. T. LINCOLN NOW AT JEKYL—VANDERBILT IS EX PECTED TODAY. Among the distinguished guests who arrived at Jekyl yesterday was Mr. Robert T. Lincoln, of New York, son of Abraham Lincoln and minister to England, under President Harri son’s r.dminlf.tiation. 0 Mr. Lincoln, while on the island, will be the guest of Mi. (uto Fields, of New Ycfk. a it *n lei of the Jekyl Island club. He will spend several days. Mr. John D. Rockefeller and a party are looked for at the island to day. Mr. Rockefeller is a regular visitor to Jekyl, and comes down ev ery winter to spend some time. His handsome yacht is also expect ed to arrive within the next few days. SPENT A PLEASANT DAY. Prof. Stockbridge of the Florida Ex perimental Station Here Yesterday. Prof. Stockbridge, of the Florida experimental station, was in Bruns wick yesterday and was welcomed by his many friends made when be at tended the sica’’ ar* a*d cassava, con vention last year, and explained fully now cassava should be grown and de monstrated the many usages ot the staple. lie was present at the board of trade meeting yesterday morning. In the afternoon Professor Stock brige visited the model farm of Mr. ”1. C. Clapp, a few miles from the city, .ind altogether he spent a very en joyable day. MR. HITCH ANNOUNCES. Is a Candidate for Judge of the Su perior Court. The following is self explanatory': Wayeross, Ga., March 12, 1902. To the voters of the Brunswick cir cuit: 1 presume most of you are informed of my candidacy for judge of the su perior court of the Brunswick circuit, hut 1 wouid like to impress it upon y*u that 1 would appreciate your sup port. Of course, I have no claim on the office, or on you, unless your best judgment should incline you to uve opinion, that I can bring to the discharge of the duties of judge, such capacity and experience as will war rant you in extending to me your vote and influence. My past life, (which is known to most of you) will give the assurance of a fearless and faithful enforcement of the law. Very truly yours, SIMON W. HITCH. Mr. Hitch is an able lawyer, honest ind conservative and, if elected, he will no doubt serve the circuit well. WILL TAX THE FIGHT. Police Commissioners to Demand $5,- 000 to Permit the Bout. San Franciseo, March 14. If any athletic club in this city secures the feffries-Fitzsimmons fight it will be required to contribute a substantial amount to some charitable institution or public improvement. The police commission and board of supervisors nas reported a resolu tion to the effect that the permit for the month of May be given to the club that gives the most money to a pub lic charity or to some public improve ment in a sum not less than $5,000 to be paid before the permit is grant ed. Supervisor Curtis said the exhibi tion would draw at least $45,000 in gate receipts and it was but just that t'ne club securing so valuable a priv ilege should contribute to the public good. MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES. Probable That a Very Interesting Program Will Be Arranged. April 26, Memorial day, will be ap propriately observed in Brunswick this year, and an interesting program is being arranged. Both of the military companies will turn out and attend the. dedication ex ercises of the Confederate monument in Hanover park. An orator for the occasion has not yet been selected.