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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS.
VOLUME 1, NUMBER 150.
WILL RETIRE
GENERAL
MILES
ROOSEVELT AND HIS CABINET
HELD A LENGTHY CONFERENCE
YESTERDAY AND DISCUSSED
THE MATTER.
THE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY
ROOT GREATLY DISPROVED
GENERAL MILES’ ALLEGED OF
FENSE.
Washington, March 21. — (Special )
President Roosevelt and his cabinet
held a long conference this afternoon,
and discussed at length the matter of
retiring General Miles.
The, president and Secretary Root
great.l'y disproved Miles’ alleged of
fense of criticising the army oiganiza
tion hid before the senate committee,
and it is sa..i the president seconded
Root's suggestion to retire General
Miles.
it is announced that President
Roosevelt will postpone action on the
matter until he goes carefully over
the official copy of the testimony
given by Miles before the senate com
mittee. If the president is then sat
isfied that Miles made the statements
which have been recited to him, ho
will retire the head ot the army under
the statute for age or under the law
providing that an army officer may he
retired alter forty-five years’ service.
What General Miles Said.
In his statement before the com
mittee General Miles said that if tho
hill introduced by Senator Hawley at
tne instance of the war department
tor the organization ot a general staff
for the army should become a law he
would decline to longer hold his com
mission.
Tile reason ho gave for the state
ment is that the hill is utterly sub
versive of the interests of the military
estaijffs'nmeat and he said that he
would not be a party to such a pro
ceeding to tho extent even of contin
uing to hold his place.
The portio of the hill to which he
directed his especial criticism is that
contained in section 7, reading as fol
lows:
That from uud after the passage of
this act the senior general officer ol
tile army shall be assigned to com
mand such portion of the army as
the president may direct or be de
tailed to duty in the general staff
corps. All duties prescribed by law
for the commanding general of tne
army shall be performed by the eiaei
of general stair or other general of
fii • r designated by the secretary of
war. Provided, That so long as the
present lieutenant general of the army
continues on the active list he shall
be the chief of the general staff am
upon c.e separation from active serv
ice of the said lieutenant general of
th army, said officer, except as here
in provided, shall cease and determine.
General Miles said that if this pro
vision should become a law it would
have tiie effect of destroying the unity
ot the army ana he read numerous au
thorities, Including Napoleon, Wash
ington, Cass and Grant to show the
necessity of having me head to the
.army and of controlling authority. His
own experience and observation had,
lie said, had the effect of confirming
l.icse views and he gave an illustra
tion of its beneficial effect in time of
emergency, instancing the beginning
of the war with Spain.
PICKED UP A PURSE.
And In It He Saw All Kinds of Green
backs.
Elsewhere in this issue appears an
advertisement of money found. The
aJ, was handed in by Mr. M. A. Baker,
Jr., the well known proprietor of the
t opper shops.
Mr. Baker would not tell the re
porter the amount contained in the
purpose, but from what he said"
there -vas no doubt a large amount in
it. He will return the money*to the
owner if properly described, other
wise, be will place it to his ; hank ac
count.
the law avenges murder.
George Gordin, Lolored, Died at ;a>
mond. Miss., Yesterday
Jackson, Miss.. March '2l—George
Gordin, a negro, was hanged at Kay
mond today for the murder of his
wife. *
I The trap was sprung by Sheriff Har
-1 ding, and about fifteen minutes later
) the negro was declared dead and the
; laxly cut down, 'me execution was
private, and witnessed only by a few
persons.
The murder for which Gordin paid
the death penalty was one of unusual
coldbloodedness and atreity. In the
presence of his four little children he
beat ills wife into insensibility with a
club, stamped her face into an unrec
ognizable mass, and then mutilated
the body in the most horrible man
ner.
When placed on trial lie attempted
no defense, and seemed to take an
especial pride in the fiendishness of
the crime.
CHILD BOILED BY FATHER.
Help.ess lefjnt Placed ir, Vessel nod
Cooked to Death.
Toivoka, (la., March 21.—There was
an occurrence near here of a strange
kind yesterday morning, and very
brutal. Jim Swinney, a big in gro, got
tired of supporting his family, and put
a large tin tub of water on a fire he
built out in the yard, an 1 when the
water was steaming he put the young
est ot his ten children into it.
He threw a big handful of red pep
per into the boiling water and stirred
it up until the child was dead.
Swinney had tied three of his little
children, but the others became scared
and, with his wife, ran away. After
the first child was dead Swinney took
if. out of the water and put another
child in.
Just at this time he was frightened
by neighbors who came running up,
being told by the children who had
run what their father was doing.
When Swinney saw the men coming,
he made for the woods, but he was
caught and, although some were in
favor of lynching, others said let him
be taken to jail to be tried by the law.
He was tueu delivered To Haliff Roper
and lodged in jail.
The other child was taken from the
boihiig water, out died in about an
hour in great pain.
TWO MEN SHOO I AT CHILDREN.
Chaige Made Against White Fellows
In Rome.
Rome, Oa., March 21. —1.. King and
George King, two white men claiming
Calhoun as their home, were arrested
here.this morning charged with shoot
ing at a crowd of school children while
the luLier were on their way to Jiiek
ork Grove school hoiiSe, near Rome.
It seems that some playful taunt
from one of the children enraged one
of the men, who pulled out nis pistol
and commenced shooting in the direc
tion of the children. No one was hurt,
but a handsome pointer dog belong
ing to one of the boys was Killed.
The two men were arrested and
brought to Rome. They have given
bond for future appearance in court to
answer the charges as stated.
WILL BE REAPPOINTED.
No Need for Haste in Matter of Geoi
gia Coilectorship.
A special from Washington says:
Georgians are in receipt of many in
quiries concerning the delay in an
nouncing appointment's in the Savan
nah and Brunswick eolleetorships and
the office of the survey of customs in
Atlanta. The terms of aii these offi
cials have expired, ‘t is stated at the
"■‘Be ho isc that ihe only reason for
the delay is that more pressing mat
ters are jccupvlng Hie attention of
the president. There is no doubt of the
reappointment oi Collector Dunn at
Brunswick, Collector Deveaux at Sa
vanna.i, and the probabilities point to
the re-app< ilUnient of the incumbent
in Hie .• Manta to: vt..'r>.-hip.
Speak, r of the house ].title, of Co
lumbus, passed through Washington
today on Vm: way to New York.
Solicitor Gtneral Osborne of Savan
nab, and President Egan, of (he Cen
tral of Georgia Railway, are here on
business relating to legislation, an
torizing the constiuctiora of a bridge
at Savannah.
WILL BE A BUSY WEEK.
Easter Comes on Next Sunday and
Merchants Look for Big Business.
Next, week will probably be a very
one, as Easter cornea on Sunday,
March 30, and everyboly will be busy
purchasing their Easter “outfit.”’ A
great many of the ladies, of course,
already 'nave their dresses bought and
made, wnile the men, as usual, will
wait until the last minute to purchase
.their suits.
i 4 The merchants ail have a very pret
ty stock of Easter goods to select from
(this season, and they all expect a big
I business next week.
BRUNSWICK. GA., SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 22, 1902.
IMPORTANT TO
THE VETERANS
CIRCULAR LETTER ISSUED RELA
TIVE TO THE GATHERING
IN DALLAS.
HOSPITABLE TEXAS CITY EX
TENDS A WARM WELCOME TO
ALL WHO ATTEND.
The committee in charge of the
Confederate reunion sends out the
following:
To U. C. V. Camps, tho Camps of
Sons and all whom it may concern:
The Texas Reunion Association, hav
ing in charge the arrangements for
the Confederate reunion, to be held
in the city of Dallas, Texas, April 22,
23, 24 and 25, sends you this greeting.
The railroad rates from all parts
outside of Texas are one cent a mile
for the distance traveled that is,
each way to and front Dallas. From
points in Texas the rates are one fare
up to 100 miles. All one cent mile
each way for distance above 100 miles
to $3, the 100 mile fare, and you have
ttie rate'. For instance, for 200 miles,
$3 for 100 miles and $2 for the next
100 miles, makes $5, and so on.
We will establish an encampment at
our lair grounds-—where the reunion
will be held—in the edge of the city,
where in tents and in buildings on the
grounds we will lodge, and also f<;ed.
free of cost, every Confederate sol
dier, whether rich or poor, who will
go there. They will he the honored
guests of the city of Dallas and the
state of Texas. Otir tables will be
landed with the best that Texas ut
lords and that money can buy. The
last day for dinner we will serve bar
hecued buffalo meat the only buffaloes
llvin 1 - -
menageries and public and private
parks. Idle reunion will open at 10
o’clock on t..e morning of April 22
and will close at 4 o'clock on the af
ternoon of April 25.
We will have various entertainments
for everybody, tin- old and the young,
Interesting and amusing, that will
make the hours pleasant by day and
by night—enjoyable diversions from
the routine of business, the ruin its
cent mats of 1 war times” and re
juvenescence of the memories of the I
olden, golden days of our youth. |
Among these will be a parade by the I
Kaliphs a famous order of this city
-most resplendent pageant, a scene
rivaling in brilliancy and beauty even
that, of The Field of the Cloth of
Gold,’ or the mighty gatherings in the
chivalric age of armored knights for
the tournament, where lances were
shivered and blows of sword and aee
fell heavily in the fray, and all for a
fair woman’s smile. This will be on
tile nigltt of the 23d. Trie next, night
the Kaliphs will give a magnificent
ball, clad in their wondrous costumes
glistening with the sheen of gold and
terns, and crown the Queen of the
Kaliphate. The Sons of Confederate
Veterans will also give a grand ball.
To all entertainments the Confederate
->0,..,er nas the entre.
Dallas ami Texas invite you all to
come—fathers ami mothers, sons and
laughters and grandchildren. Their
portals will lie unclosed. A eordial
greeting, a heartfelt welcome awaits
you. Evf ryoody in our great city and
within the broad limits of our state
expects you. Their hearts and their
homes are wide open and only cordial
ity and iovc and good fellowship
shall be yours. With every fiber of
our being thrilling with joyous antic
ipations, we bid you come!
We have established a bureau of 1
information, of w,„eh John W. Worley, I
373 Commerce street, is chairman] i
lb is arranging for accommodations ,
for every visitor who may desire .
them. We request that each confed- 1
erate camp and camp of Sons of Vet-1
erants correspond with Pirn as soon
as possible, and arrange ior lodging
or board and lodging, giving the num
ber of persons who may desire same
and the price they are willing to pay.
Prices range for lodging from 50
cents to $2. and for board and lodging
from $l5O to $5 per day. it being un
derstood that here, as at. all reunions,
two or more persons will lodge in a
room, this being necessary to accom
modate the throng.
Camps of veterans are requested to
notify the secretary, Charles C. Mar
tin. No. 247 Main street, as soon as
possible, how many delegates will be
sent and how many other members
will attend, and how many are willing
to go into the encampment.
Visitors to the reunion, who desire,
can have their tickets extended to
Wav 15, depositing R ame and paying
SO cents. Excursion rates over Texas
will not he exceeding one and ono
tlurd I are for the round trip to and
from Dallas.
r , C. C. SLAUGHTER,
Tres. Texas State Bunion Association.
f-. D. MARTIN, Secretary.
THE REVISED
8 U,(MICE
PROVISIONS UNDER WHICH COUN
CIL GIVES ROAD PERMISSION
TO LAY TRACK.
IS OF INTEREST TO EVERY CITI
ZEN—WHAT STREETS NEW
ROAD WILL CROSS.
Following is tho ordinance granting
the Brunswick and Birmingham per
mission to lay track in the northern
portion of the city:
An ordinance granting the Brunswick
apd Uirmingain Railroad Company
the right to lay tracks on certain
streets in the city of Brunswick,
and for other purposes.
Be it, and is hereby ordained by
the Mayor and aldermen of the city
of Brunswick lit council duly assem
bled, That the. Brunswick and Bir
mingham Railroad Company shall
have the right to lay and construct
a track from the southern end of F
street, at or near its intersection
with the western side of Oglethorpe
street, thence, in a northerly direc
tion, across F street and across the
extension of Oglethorpe street, and
thence along the east side of V street,
as near as practicable to the track of
the Brunswick and Western railroad
company to A street, and
thence along A street in a northerly
• I pns o ueaAvjoq puod ti oj 'uoipio.ttp
streets, and them e in a northeasterly
direction, on a curve, to Q street, and
thence along Q street to Wolf street,
and thence In a northeasterly direc
tion across Cot bra.ii avenue, and the
track of the Southern Railway Com-
I >;**ry to a point of conn* "tlon with
o.nnewick ami Bir
mingham raiload. as now constnu-u-u
along said Cochran avenue.
Section 2. —Be it further ordained
by Ine authority aforesaid, that
wherever said track is laid along any
of said public streets, the top of the
tails shall be laid flush with the grade
of said streets.
Sec, 3.—Be it further ordained by
tho authority aforesaid, That such
track be laid ns near as practicable to
the track of the Brunswick and West-
Jcrn Railroad Company along A
I street, and between the track of the
latter company and the cast side of
said street.
Sec. 4.—Be it further ordained by
tli authority aforesaid, That
should it become necessary to widen
said /i street on the east side between
I, and O streets to the extent of the
space occupied by the track of the
said Brunswick and Birmingham
Railroad Company as it sliao lie laid
on said street then the said Bruns
wick and Birmingham Railroad Com
pany snail pay tin* cost and expense
of so widening said street within
said limits; and should said railroad
company be unable to purchase from
the owners of the abutting property
sufficient of said lands so to widen
said street at and for a reasonable
price, and should it become necessary
for the Mayor and council to con
demn said lands for the purpose ot
so widening said street, then the said
| railroad company shall pay such con
jdemnation price and all expenditures
of every character incurred by said
| Mayor and council in and about the
making of any such condemnation and
■save the city harmless in
the matter of so widening
'said street. It is understood that it
will not be necessary so to widen sai 1
street if the track of said Brunswick
and Western Railroad Company with
in said limits is moved westward so
as to make the same straight along
said street, or at least moved west
ward to the extent of the space that
would nave to be occupied by the
track of the Brunswick and Birming
ham Railroad Company between I>
and O streets.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained by
the authority aforesaid, That said
Brunswick and Birmingham Railroad
Company shall make deliveries of
freights in carload lots, without ex
tra cuarge, to any persons who may
be permitted, at their expense, to
make side-track connection with such
line of iai!road on any of said streets,
within a distance of five hundred feet
from the main line, and if over five
hundred feet, then suen deliveries
must be made for a charge not to ex
ceed $2 per car or such switch charge
as may he at any time hereafter fixed
and established by the said Mayor and
council: provided such freights are
transporter or are to be
transported over the line of
said Brunswick and Birmingham
Railroad Company. And said Bruns
wick and Birmingham Railroad Com
pany shall switch and deliver to and
receive from such persons any cars
of freight transported or to be trans
ported over the tine of any other rail
road company entering said city or
which may hereafter be constructed
and operated in said city, at the switch
service hereinbefore stated.
See. 6.—Be it further ordained by
the authority aforesaid, That said
railroad company shall permit any
shipper doing business on the water
front of said city, or any other person
or dealer who has a place of business
located within five hundred feet of
such main line, to construct a side
track, oi the same guage as said main
line, from such place of business with
out. expense to said railroad company,
and to connect the same with the
main line of said company, as laid
on the streets of said city, provided
the Mayor and council first grant
such person permission to lay such
side-tracks, it to be laid in whole or
in part on any of the public streets
of said city, provided further that no
such side tracks as may be permitted
by the Mayor and council under this
ordinance to be laid and which side
track if laid to a connection with the
tracks of the said Brunswick and
Birmingham Railroad Company wouiu
cross the tracks of any other railroad
company shall he laid across the
tracks of such other railroad company
if the company whose tracks ‘
thus lie crossed liy said side !: .c :.s
will permit its track to be poum-et.xi
with such side-track and will receive
either thereon or therefrom such
freight as may be offered by the per
son, firm or corporations controlling
ilcViVer *Vile ! 'sanic"Vo Te tracks of uu
said Brunswick and Birminghan
Railroad Company, and do this prompt
ly and in good faith at charge there
for of not exceeding $2.0(1 per ear lot
each car so received, transferred and
delivered.
Sec. 7.>—Be it further ordained.
That the said Brunswick and Bir
mingham Railroad Company shall not
discriminate against any person do
ing business within the incorporate
limits of said city in favor of any
other person or persons, where the
circumstances and eonditons are sub
stantially similar.
Bee. S. —Be it further ordained
That, said railroad company, its suc
cessors and assigns, shall always be
subject to all lawful ordinances and
regulations in force or which may
hereafter be enacted by tho Mayor
and council, regulating and govern
ing the running and operation ol
trains within the limits of said city,
ind the use and occupation of the
streets, squares and alleys with rail
road tracks.
See. !. —Re it further ordained.
That said railroad company shall be
required to maintain safe and con
venient crossings over its tracks at
all street crossings.
Sec. 10.- —Be it further ordained.
That said railroad company Is hereby
authorized to lower the grade of the
extension of Oglethorpe street, be
tween the Oglethore hotel and the
union passenger rir pot, and also F
street, where its track crosses t'ne
latter street, sufficiently to give its
track leading from Y street to Ray
street a proper grade; provided, that,
said rilioad company shall lower said
street grade at its own expense, under
tin- supervision and direction of the
city engineer; and provided further,
that said railroad company shall be
required to bear the. expense ot
changing the grade on F street, be
tween Newcastle and Bay streets in
such manner as may be required by
the said city engineer, and shall also
bear the expense of putting shells or
other material on said F street, be
tween said points, so that the same
shall be in as good condition as now.
The said railroad company shall pro
vide and maintain such crossing and
passageway across the extension of
Oglethorpe street, between the union
depot and the Oglethorpe bote,, as
may be required by the Mayor arm
council. Provi led further that the
said railroad company shall erect and
Continued on page 3,
PRICE FIVE CENTS
CONVENTION
WILL BE
HELD
BOARD OF TRADE DECIDES TO
HAVE ANOTHER GATHERING
OF CANE AND CASSAVA GROW
ERS.
SECRETARY WILSON, DR. WILEY
AND OTHER PROMINENT SPEAK
ERS WILL BE HERE AND AD
DRESS THE CONVENTION.
At the meeting of the board of trade
yesterday morning, it was decided to
have another sugarcane and cassava
convention in Brunswick on Saturday,
April 12, at the city hall in this city.
On this lay Hog. James Wilson, sec
retary of the department of agricult
ure, and Dr. Wylie, chief chemist of
-he department of agriculture, will lie
n the city, and they and a number of
other prominent men will address the
convention.
The ooard of trade has gotm active
ly to work on the convention, an 1 it
will no doubt be a successful gather
ing.
This wi,, be the third cane and caa
-ava convention held in Brunswick
luring the past year, and they have
ill proved to greatly aid the cultiva
tion of the two staples in this section
of the state. They have caused the
arums attention to be attracted to
he many usages of cassava, and, as
i result, that staple is being planted
! ll over the section, while a year ago.
Here was not a field of it in southern
Georgia.
’I lie boa I'd of trade asks the co-oper
ctiou ol the muons to make this third
convention a success and m-.m. "strate
a> itJTG*WvgHwtfwi fcflqftr'TuiM'm'H'...
he cultivation of the two staples.
A number of social attain; will also
>e arranged for the entertainment' of
he visitors while they are in the
ity.
RAILROAD io HEIR TO A BABY.
Lusty Infant Left to Mercies of Illinois
Central.
Jackson, Miss., March 21—The Illi
nois Central railroad lias found itself
unexpectedly in the role of custodian
tn 1 guar,..an of a lutsy infant about
four days old.
Yesterday afternoon a prepossessing
young woman who had boarded the
loithbound limited train at New Or
leans left the day coach at Crystal
Springs, and also left bemnd a well
dressed infant apparently four or five
days old.
'I he child was brought to Jackson
and turned over to the loral agent of
the company, who returned It to
Crystal Springs on the southbound
train, hoping that . e mother emiM
be found, but thus far she lias not
been located.
WHITE MAN BURNED TO DEATH.
Victim of Epilepsy Dies Trying to
Reach Water.
Opelika. Ala., March 21.—Thomas
Washington, a white man, was burned
to death early yesterday morning
while employed as a watchman of the
Jenier Furnace Company at a washer
about one mifle roin Jenifer.
Washington was subject to epilepsy
and had a covulsion yesterday morn
ing and in some way fell upon his
■ante) n. From the way that he was
lying when toun.l it seems that lie
had found out that h; was on fire and
had made an effort to reach a pool of
water about two hundred yards -.is
tant.
When found he was wu..in 100
yards of the pool of water and from
indications had been dead about two
hours. He was burned almost beyond
recognition, and is supposed to have
cafjght from the exploding of the lan
tern wnen he fell upon it. He leaves
a widow and one child.
His remains were taken in charge
by the Jenifer Furnace Company anu
buried.
Returned From Camden.
Judge Rennet Stenographer Gale.
Attorneys S. C. Atkinson, H. F. Dun
wody, Bolling Whitfield, D. W. Krauss,
J. D. Sparks and sir. C. M. Tilton, all
of whom have been attending the
I Camden superior court at St. Mary's
have returned to the city.