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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS.
VOLUME 1, NUMBER 151.
MASONS TO
HAVE A BIG
MEETING
CONVENTNON TO BE HELD IN
ROME IN EARLY PART OF MAY
WILL BE A BIG GATHERING OF
MASONS.
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS OF HALF
A DOZEN STATES WILL BE PRES
ENT—BRILLIANT PROGRAM BE
ING ARR,..,GED.
Home, <• a.. March 22. —The seventh
district convention of Georgia Masons
will assemble In the city of Rome on
May 7. Every lodge in the district
will be represented, and this conven
tion will, without doubt, be the most
'largely attended and the most import
ant in its results that has ever as
sembled in Georgia.
The mgnt of May 7 will be ladies'
night Hundreds of the fairest ladies
of Georgia and Alabama w ill crowd the
beautiful hall of Cherokee lodge on
that night. There will be music, ad
dresses, a stereopticon display and a
banquet.
On the night of May 8 there will
assemble in Rome the largest Masonic
gathering ever known in Georgia un
der tile auspices of Cherokee lodge,
No. lib. More than a thousand Ma
sons will be present, including the
grand officers of Georgia and Alabama
and probably those of Tennessee,
Florida, Mississippi and South Caro
lina, together with other distinguished
Masons. There will be work in the
third degree by Grand Master Max
Meyerhardt and the officers of Cher
okee lodge, addresses, a special music
al program and a banquet. That the
affair will be the most brilliant and
notable Masonic event of many years
is already assured.
All the railroads in Georgia and
Alabama will give rates of one and
one-third fare for this occasion.
Grand Commander E. A. Cutts, of
the grand commandery Knights Tern
plain of Georgia, will make his annual
inspection of Rome commandery to
morrow night.
The Order of the Temple will be
coni erred in the evening and an ele
gant banquet will follow.
Mr. Cutts, besides receiving a royal
welcome from the Knights Templars,
will be a guest of additional honor by
i eason of the fact tnat he is an old
Homan and was formerly engaged in
business for years.
PRINCE HENRY IS GRATEFUL.
For the Hospitality Shown Him
While in United States.
Berlin. March 22—Admiral Prince
Henry of Prussia, has sent a telegram
to Secretary John H. Jacobson as
charge de affairs here in the absence
OI Andrew 1). Whit -, the American
ambassador in whicli the prince says:
' I pray you to accept for yourself
and tne members of the American cm
bassy my very best thanks for niv we|.
come on my return from the United
States.
I shall never forget the cordial and
splendid hospitality 1 met with in
your country or the kindness shown
me by tile American people.”
SPEER DISMISSED~Th7E~PLEA.
Judge's Decision Considered Blow at
Savannah Officials.
Savannah, Ga., March 22.—Judge
Emory Speer, oi the United Slates
district court, closed the term of his
court here by giving the Mayor and al
tiermen of ..avannah a blow. They
had entered a plea of Jurisdiction to
rile injune. ,on suit, brought by Gas
ton street property owners, against
Hie paving of that street with vitrified
brick. The judge dismissed the plea,
holding tnat his court has jurisdiction.
The case will be tried on its merits
next Mil. but Savannah lawyers de
clare that Judge Speer has practically
deemed it against the city already, as
his decision upon the plea has clearly
shown.
Mayor Myers was asked today what
he tuought ot Judge Speer's decision,
and nis reply was that he thought that
there were very few cases over which
Judge opeer would not claim jurisdfc
tion.
Special sale of silks, worth 50c. per
yard, at 39c. on Monday, and Tuesday
at Hellers.
SHOULD RAISE OUR OWN STOCK.
Colonel Wade Addresses Students of
the University.
Athens, Ga,. March 22. —Colonel E.
I. Wade, of Atlanta, industrial agent
of the Southern railway, addressed
the agricultural and senior classes
yesterday morning, on the subject of
stock raising. He called attention to
the need of this industry in the state
of Georgia, quoting statistics showing
that the state pays out each year $25,-
000,000 to other parts of the union for
stock. He explained how easy it is
for the farmers to take up this work
and to make a success of it. helping
botlh the state and themselves, urging
them to look into tins and when they
have (leaded to lake it up to go to
work at it in a scientific, practical
way, not treading in the footsteps of
the past.
ln ending he said that though lie did
r not disapprove of the course of the
university in sending out bright, bril
liant men. intellectual leaders of the
people, into the world, still, he would
like to see, side by side with them,
men equally interested in the indus
trial and agricultural work of tile
state.
Refused Registration.
Decatur, Ala., March 22.—Some'™
the prominent and well-to-do negroes
who were refused registration under
the new constitution by th registrars
of the county, have employed counsel
to contest it in the United States
courts. Among the ones having done
so is Dr. W. R. Sterrs, who is a grad
uate of (lie University of Michigan
and highly regarded by his white
friends. Many prominent and conserv
ative democrats have protested with
the registrars against their action,
hut up to date tne protests avo had
no effect The leading negroes are
much wrought tip over their turn
down. H. V. Cashin, receiver of pub
lic moneys, appointed by President
McKinley, was also refused registra
tion.
PASSED THE HOUSE
BILL GIVING COL. GOODYEAR $45,
000 WENT THROUGH WITH
OUT OPPOSITION.
A sppecial from Washington yester
day says:
The river and harbor bill contains
an item of $45,000 for Col C. P. Good
year of Brunswick, in payment lor
valuable results obtained by his op
erations on the outer bar. There was
some tear that when this item got De
fore the house it would be objected
to, as some enemies of Col. Goodyear
outside of congress have been doing
their utmost to enlist the assistance
of different representatives in oitfio
sition to the appropriation. These ef
forts nave ail failed, however, and the
appropriation went through without
opposition. As the senate adopted the
item when the last river and harbor
bill was under consideration, it is eer
tain that the action of the house this
year will he approved by that body.
This Is a conspicuous act of justice to
Col. Goodyear and one that will be
approved by everybody familiar with
tae work none at Brunswick.
FULL MOON TONIGHT.
This is the Period so Much Dreaded by
Fruit Men and Farmers.
Tne full moon period, to which the
fruit growers and agriculturists look
with so much dread and apprehension
each year at or near Easter, begins
tonight.
The scientists and the weather Im
aeau liave 'lone their part to destroy
the oid superstition that u.e moon
has no thing to Jo with front or cold
weather, hut the old-timers say lb y
can sleep better after the full moon
period around ..aster is past.
Condition of Cecil K odes.
Capetown, March 22,-Tlie weather
lieie is cooler and It is raining. Last
night Cecil Rhodes was lueathing bet
ter and took nourishment, but his
heart, was weaker. /vccoimngA to the
latest report, issued at midnig/it last
night, the patient was restless and de
cidedly weaker.
Michigan Men to Fight Cuba.
Washington, March 22.—The repub
lican members of the Michigan dele
gation held another conference today
on the Cuban reciprocity proposition.
1 he two Michigan senators, McMillan
and Burrows, also being in attendance
Asa result of t day's meeting it was
stated that the Michigan men would
oppose the bill in the house and cast
their votes against its passage.
BRUNSWICK, GA., SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 23, 1902.
FOUND DEAD
NEAR EVERETT
DISCOVERY OF BODY OF PROMIN NT CITIZEN OF NEW BRUNSWICK.
N. J., INA SMALL POND YESTERDAY IS A MYSTERY—BOY ALSO
THOUGHT TO BE DROWNED ALTHOUGH HIS BODY HAS
NOT BEEN FOUND—BODY BROUGHT TO THIS CITY.
Tlie body of Richard Albrecht, pro
prietor of the Windsor hotel, New
Brunswick, N. J„ was found in a small
pond of water on the Seaboard Air
l.ine, between Everett City and Thal
niann yesterday afternoon by Engineer
Wilson and Conductor Dodson, of
freight train No. It. The body was
found at the end of trestle 79, and
from all appearances the man had
been dead for about between one and
two days.
The oody was fished out and carried
to Everett City and brought to Bruns
wick last night and turned over to Un
dertaker Moore, who embalmed and
prepared it for shipment.
A telegram was sent to the Windsor
hotel in New Brunswick by Agent
Rooney, at Everett, as follows:
"Body of Richard Albrecht found
about hau mile from my station lying
in water. Supposed he was drowned.
What shall i do with remains?”
'the following reply was received,
signed by Airs. Albrecht:
"Please hold body of Richard Al
breent and please locate son.
Agent Rooney then telephoned Cor
oner Jennings, who went to Everett,
summoned a jury and began investi
gation oi the case. Although some
facts were brought out the finding of
(lie mans body is still very much a.
mystery and there is something very
peculiar about the case.
It was learned that Albrecht bought
a ticket from Savannah to Brunswick
on or about March 14. When ho reach
ed i’halmann and found that he was
coming to this city, lie refused to get
on tlie train, saying that he thought
he ha t purenased a ticket to New
BrunswicK, N. J.
i he man was accompanied by a boy
about ij or 13 years of age, and what
lias him is not known. The
agent at Thalmann asked the man and
l'y to come inside Up. office as it was
cold and raining, but lie refused, say
ing lie had not been treated right. He
said he cared nothing about himself,
l"t did not like to have the boy treat
<‘d in any such manner. The agent
-said the man seemed worried and was
very nervous. He stood around the
station tor a lew minutes and then
took me boy and walked off in the at
rectlon of Everett. He was not seen
any more until his dead body was
louiul yesterday, „ n ]y once hy a sec
tion hand, who saw him and the boy
walking on the railroad the same af
ternoon that he left Thalmann It is
a mystery where they were from that
"ne, as all appearances indicate that
1,8,1 not ‘> p en dead over a day or
two.
In ...a pants pocket was found
In the other pockets of his
eoat and overcoat was found a hill of
. t 0 U) “ al,ovp named hotel, a bank
whirl, was balanced on Febru
a,y 20 an<l showed his account over-
many distinguihed visitors.
Win Attend the Sugarcane and v.aE
sava Convention.
■Many prominent people will be in
" I ' , : ,WW,, - K at th * ”ing sugarcane
, ‘ ‘■ a “ Kava convention, which will
*' held on April 12. Among them will
><• Secretary Wilson, of the national
1 partment of agriculture; Dr Wiley
< !"cf chemist of the department of ag’
ID D line. Prof. Wilson l>. Moore, chief
lie weather bureau; Prof. W C
Stubbs, director of the Louisiana' ex
perinicnt station, Capt. D. G. Purse
president of the Savannah board of
-ado; Col. ~ C. Wade, of the Indus
wav T ° f th<> S °t>ern rail
way. and a number of others.
' 01. (.. p. Goodyear, president of
“T ( f m an “ Cas ava association, is
alieady hard at work to get a large
(ndarice and the convention prom
f*es to h< ‘ a y ery successful one.
After the Religious Orders.
Madrid, March 22,-The minister of
the interior. Senor Moret, has request-
Die minister of justice, Senor Mon
tclia, to ascertain immediately what,
religious orders have not yet complied
with the registration decree of Sep
tember IB ft),,,. This request was
made with a view of enforcing the
’lm ree closing the house* of tne or-
drawn ten cents. Since that date he
had made several deposits, in all
amounting to between S4OO and SSOO.
In his overcoat pockets was found
a pair of ladies gloves, a pair of gen
tleman's gloves, one boy’s waist, new,
another waisi which nail been worn
and a pair of hoy's pants, while a pair
of boy's stockings covered the money
in his pants pocket.
What has become of the boy is mys
tifying. It. may be that he was also
drowned, and his body drifted some
distance away. No one has seen him
pass either at Everett or Thalmann
since he was seen walking on tne
track on March 14. It is thought that
the boy probable fell off the trestle
and the man endeavored to rescue
him and they were both drowned.
Several telegrams were received in
the city from New Brunswick last
night, and they all asked particularly
about the boy. One received from
the Home-News, a newspaper of that
city, said:
“Have you any clue to tne boy sup
posed to be with Richard Albrecht
found dead today? Did Albrecht com
mit suicide or how did he die?"
In the telegram front the wife of
Albrecht she asked that efforts he
made to locate the boy.
The fact that the man had a num
ber of legal papers in his pockets
would indicate that he left home on
account of family indifferences. Where
lie was before leaving Savannah is not
known, or neither is it known when
he left New Brunswick.
| Coroner Jennings and the jury will
go up to Everett tomorrow morning
and do everything possible to obtain
| some more facts about the case.
’ Agent Rooney said to a News report
er last Alight that ne had n man who
would search the river today for the
body of toe boy, and if he was drown
ed the body will doubtless be found,
as the water is shallow and the body
could not have drifted very far away
as a wire fence crosses the water a
few yards from the bridge.
When the body of Albrecht was
found he was laying on his right side,
with his hands clasped to a bush.
The body was seen at Undertaker’s
Moore’s by the reporter last night.
The man was of rather heavy build,
with a small mustache; he was neat
ly dressed and in no way disfigured.
It is not thought that he was mur
dered by anyone, as no marks were
found on nis body, and had he been
murdered for that purpose the money
would have benn gone.
Tlie body has been prepared for
shipment and Undertaker Moore is
awaiting further information from
New Brunswick, as the telegram from
his wife said to hold the body and she
may he on tlie way to this city.
The body was identified by a neat
card of the Windsor hotel and the
name on the bank book.
SPECIAL REVIVAL SERVICES.
Afternoon and Night Services at the
Presbyterian Church.
Itev. W. F. Hollingsworth, pastor of
ttie Presbyterian church will begin
special revival services today to con
tinue ail oi this week. He will lie as
sisted uy Rev. Dr. Smith, recently of
Kentucky, wlio will arrive tomorrow,
and will preach tomorrow night.
Beginning Tuesday, an afternoon
service will be held each day at 3:30.
Night services will begin at. 7:30, and
a special song service will be a feature
each night . All Christian people of
other churches are asked to co-op
erate, and are cordially invited to all
the services. A special invitation is
extended to a., men. Dr. Smith is n
great singer himself, and the music
will be especially attractive.
Millions Threatened by Flood.
Bangor, Me., March 22.—F100d news
of an alarming nature comes tonight
from the Aroostoek, Machias and
Union rivers. On the Aroostook it is
reported that the new mill of the
Ashland Manufacturing company at
Ashland and 30,000,000 feet of logs are
in danger of being carried out. Should
this occur the loss will lie from $300,-
000 to $400,000.
NOT SO HEAVY AS THOUGHT.
Losses by Athens Fire Will Be About
SIOO 000.
Athens, Ga., March 22. —The losses
in the Rucker compress fire will not
reach $156,000, as at first stated, but
will be about SIOO,OOO. It has been
found that Holst & Cos., lost only 110
bales, when it was first reported as
450. Billups Phinizy's loss is 100 less
than first reported. The compress
machinery as not ruined and can be
in a large measure saved.
An'expert salvage man now on the
grounds thinks the salvage in the
burnt cotton will amount to about 25
per cent. All of tliis goes to show
how magnificent a fight was made hy
Chief M( Dorman and his fire laddies,
aided hy the citizens.
All night long the fire department
played water on the burning cotton
and all day today it has been drench
ed. There are still some evidences of
fire in the debris.
Just as soon as the losses are ad
justed steps will be taken to rebuild
the compress.
GRIGGS TO BE CHAIRMAN
Looks as If He Will Be Choice of
Democrats at Next meeting.
Washington. March 22.—The discus
sion of the chairmanship of the demo
cratic congressional campaign com
mittee continues, with Judge Griggs,
ot Georgia, the most prominent fig
ure. There has been a well defined ef
fort to secure the election of former
Congressman Ben Cable of Illinois,
but it is announced today that while
Cable will be associated with the com
mittee in its work, Judge Griggs will
be elected chairman at the commit
tee's next meeting.
Senator Clay, will, when the bill
gets beiore tlie commerce committee,
of wh.ch lie is a member, endeavor
to secure some substantial increases
in tne Georgia appropriations.
ONTO BIRMINGHAM
WORK OF LAYING RAILS OVER
THE B. A B. WAS RESUMED
YESTERDAY.
A large loree of hands were put to
work yesterday near Thalmann on the
..Brunswick and Birmingham railroad
and work will he pushed as rapidly as
possible.
There is enough rail on hand ai
present to complete the road so that
it will connect with the Offerman A
Western, which was recently pur
chased by die Brunswick and Birming
ham. Vv nen til connection is com
piled trains will 1 at once be run to
Nichols, in Coffee county, and the Inis
mess oi the mail will he greatly in
creased.
Work will not stop there, however,
not even for a day. and lie old cry oi
“On to Birmingham" will be tlie slogan
ol the promoters until trains are in op.
oration between the great Alabama
metrono.i?! and this best seaport on
the South Atlantic.
A DEATH AT BLADEN.
Mr. Thomas D. Howe Passed Away
Several Days Ago.
Mr. Thomas I). Howe, a well knowTi
( citisen of Glynn county, passed away
several days ago at his some near
Mr. Howe was 83 years of
,age ano was the son of Robert Howe,
one of the early sei.lers in this section
f the country, who came here from
England.
j Mr. Howe died of throat affection.
Ilis remains were interred at Morlngo
cemetery, in this county.
| Removing Indecent Signs.
i Eliaitanooga, Tenn., March 22
Mayor Chambliss today declared war
on indecent signs on billboards about
the city He will order the chief of
police to have them removed at once
and will prosecute those responsible
lor their posting if the offense is re
peated.
j o| y"iP'a Going to West Indies.
I Newport News. Va., March 22.—The
cruiser Olympia, formerly Admiral
Dewey’s flagship, will sail Wednesday
lor the West indies, where sue will
join the North Atlantic squadron. .She
will coal at Newport News tomorrow
and Monday, filling all of her reserve
hunkers.
•Special sale of mattings, on Monday
and Tuesday at ,1. H. Heller & Bio’s.
See circular.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SHE MASKED
EMIL HER
DEATH
WOMAN MASQUERADED AS A
HUSBAND UNTIL DEATH RE
VEALED HER LONG KEPT SE
SCRET.
TRUTH WAS NOT DISCOVERED
UNTIL THE CORPS WERE BEING
PREPARED FOR BURIAL—TRUE
WIFE SAID NOTHING.
Richmond, Va.. March 22: —After
living for thirty-five years as a hus
band aim head of a family, the death
of George Green, at Bittrieks, Chester
field county, this morning revealed
the fact that the supposed man was
a woman. Had not strangers prepared
the body for the grave, the strange
secret would never have been known.
Green was 12 years of age, having
come lo this country from England
when a child. He or she resided first
in Canada, then in New York, and next
in Warlord, Pa., where, thirty-odd
years ago, he married Mrs. John Bid
dles. Green accumulated some mon
ey and a number of years ago went
to live near Raleigh, N. C., where lie
purchased a large cotton plantation.
Only a few months ago the family
came to Chesterfield, the man-woman
being then dying ot dropsy.
When in health Green weighed more
than two hundred pounds, and present
ed the appearance of a robust, hearty
man, except for an almost total ab
sence of beard, and a slight shrillness
ot voice For thirty-five years the wife
faiiiifully kept the secret, blit after the
death of her consort, said she did not
care who knew it.
It is said that Green assumed the
attire of a man soon alter becoming
of age, thinking that thereby it would
be more easy to achieve ;siccess in
America.
CARD FROM COL. DART.
Something About the Possibilities of
This City for the Iron Business.
Editor News:
Col. Machen in his interview ro
gaiding the ac< essability of Bruns
wick to Cuba, and its iron production,
yet in its infancy, could have included
others of the Windward and Leeward
islands almost at our door, it may
appear strange to the average reader,
yet it is a fact, that upon one of these
islands, washed on tne west by the
Camblin sea, on the east by the At
lantic for miles upon its eastern shore
the linest iron ore in particles is
washed up by every incoming tide. It
often reaches to theheight oi 1 1-2 feet
(the normal rise and fall of the tide)
and has, by expert analysis, shown a
percentage of 88 per cent, of pure iron.
Where it comes from is a debatable
question, i sp al; from experience,
and have watched every incoming wave
land its rich treasure upon the sands
of the shore, have seen 5(1 tons taken
from a small place, anil in twenty
four hours its loss could not lie per
ceived, as more was brought up to
till the space. Of course, special fur
naces would have to be used on ac
count of its being in small particles,
not larger than coarse beach sand, f
think there are one or two such fur
naces 'now in the United States, am
not positive as to their location, per
haps ( 01. Machen and his associates
nail this class of iron in view when
they applied for a charter. Be that
as it may I am satisfied Col. Machen
lias very nearly carried out former
promises made to our people, and it
would scarcely lie expected he would
iaii in thus. With tne Danish West in
dies now the property of the United
States, with the magifleent harbor at
St. Thomas, which for years was the
coal port for mostly all vessels seeking
charters, or securing orders, what un
der the grinding hands ot such far
seeing men as Col. Machen ami his
colaborers raigln be the coming possi
bilities of Brunswick. Let us eaeh
and every one hold up their hands,
put our shoulders to the wheel, and
with a hearty push and a strong push,
help them climb the hill, for the pros
perity of our loved city.
Jacob E. Dart,
Ex-Consul to Guadalope, F. W. I.
15 per cent, off on all clothing and
nlioes on Monday and Tuesday at llel
lei's,