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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS. VOLUME 1, NUMBER 159. HIGH WATER RECEDING THROIGH THE SOUTH CORPSE FOUND AS WATER FALLS ELEVEN r-ERSONS REPORTED DROWNED NEAR DECATUR, ALA., DURING THE PAST FEW DAYS OF THE FLOOD. * DECATUR NORTHERN TERMINAL OF LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE IS BADLY CRIPPLE—GOVERN MENT CANAL IS DAMAGED. Decatur, Ala.. April 1. —Since the storm t>£ Friday this has been the northern terminal of tne Louisville and Nashville. All trains arc now running as far north as Elkinont. No Nashville mail has been received hero since Friday. Touay the first mail n ached here from Chicago, Cin cinnati and other points north try way in New Decatur is without telegraph communication still and the Decatur office is crowded with messages from passengers stalled here. Among the prominent passengers are Noel \v. Carter, president oi the First national bank. Nasnville, and Mr Brown, cashier of the First na tional bank of Chicago. A man and wue with twelve children, from southern Mississippi and bound for Arizona, are among the sidetracked passengers. Many Lives Lost. The Louisville and Nashville did all in its power to accommodate the passengers. Twelve banana trains I'iom New Irleaus and billed for Chi cago. arc sidl'traekeu lure for two days, and it. is thought they will get out tonight via Corinth. Miss. Trains started running last mgiit to Nash ville by corinth. The gEEEEEEEEEETTT shidlowo The Tennessee river is on a ramp age and much damage is reported. Ben Junes, a white fisherman, with a wife and seven children, living in a house float near Riverton, are report ed all drowned. The wreckage of the boat has been found, but the oc cupants are undiscovered. A Wuiie man named Barber was drowned in Flint crock and his house swept away. Jaiob Coach, a negro, was found drowned in a sink hole. Si', bouses on the l.loyn plantation, north side of the river, were swept away. Two houses on the Hurd place were destroyed by iigntning. Many other houses were struck by light ning, but slightly damaged. Much live stock lias been drowned. All day stories of loss of file and destruction of property nave been coming in. An effort will be made to run passenger trains to Nashville tonight, but Superintendent Starks says it is hardly possible they will get through. Government Canal Injured. Steamei Decatur No. 1 brought news this afternoon that the govern ment canals, locks and darns at Mus sel shoals, in ihe Tennessee river, are rendered practically useless by the flood since last Friday’s storm. Steam boat transportation is severe ly handicapped, if not altogether sus- Vendod. Locks fi, 7, 8 and 9 are so damaged that it will be several ihe gates wrenched off. The 500-foot steel aqueduct, the only way boats months be,ore they will be in service. Lock 0 is the wmst damaged, parts of toe heavy stonework removed and can pass the shoals, is moved a con siderable distance off its abutments and is leaking' badly. The govern ment railroad at me shoals is ue stroyed. Uhy insure with other companies when you can save 10 per cent, to 20 per cent, a year on your premiums with the Penn Mutual, which pays dividends equal to any other company, aside from above guaranteed differ ence in rate? Consider this and act promptly as the insurance must be issued before May Ist. See Fleming A- Vaughn. ..gents without further de i-r ELECTRICAL. FRANCHISE. __ As It Will Be Passed by Council to C. J. w rarrell, Jr. AN ORDINANCE granting the right to Charles J. o’Farrell, Jr., his heirs and assigns, to construct and main tain poles and wires, lor the pur pose of conducting and distributing electric light anu power, on the streets of the city of Brunswick, and for other purposes. Section I Be it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Brunswick, in council assembled, and it is ordained by the authority afore said, that from and after the adoption of this ordinance, Charles J. O'Farrell, Jr., of said city, his heirs ami assigns, shall have the right and privilege, subject to the conditions, restrictions and limitations hereinafter setforth, to erect, construct and maintain, on the streets of said city, poles and me tallic wires attached thereto and such other equipment as is ordinal ily used in the transmission of electricity for purposes of motive power of illumina tion, and to use said poles and wires and other equipment for said purposes. Section 11. Be it further ordained by the authority aforesaid, that no thing herein contained shall be con strued as to give the right to the said O’Farrell, his heirs or assigns, to so lolate or construct his said electrical lines as to interfere with, molest, des troy, obstruct, injure or impair the usefulness of the lines already con structed and operated on the streets of said city, under lawful authority, hy other individuals, firms or corpora tions, for the purpose of transmitting ot conducting electricity, or pipes laid in said streets, under lawful authority for the purpose of transmitting of dis tributing gas or water, or the mains, pipes, conduits, connections or other parts of iin* sewerage system of said city or the lawuso and said streets for travel; and should lie or they so in terfere with, molest, destroy, obstruct injure or impair tne usefulness of any of the same, the right is reserved by (he aforesaid authority to declare this franchise void. Section Til. Be it further ordained by authority of the aforesaid, that the poles or other upright supports foi wires, erected in the exercise of the privileges hereby granted, shall be placed immediately adjacent to the lines of the sidewalks in said streets, without said sidewalks, and not other wise, and wnenever the said O'Farrell his heirs or assigns, shall desire to ex ercise the privileges hereby granted, he shall shall first submit to the city engineer of said city a statement in writing, accompanied by appropriate diagrams, showing, in detail, the lo cation of each pole and the height of the same winch he proposes to erect and also showing the height above the street level of the wires to be support ed thereby. It shall then he the duty of the said officer, within three days after the same have geen sub mitted to him. to ascertain whether or not said proposed location and con striction are in conformity with the provisions of this ordinance, and in the event the same are found by said offi cer to lie so in conformity with Inis oi,finance, said officer shal enter on raul written stfuemetc and diagram his approval thereof, and only after said officer's approval shall have been obtained, shall the said O’FatrciT. his heirs and assigns, proceed to elect said poles and wires; provided that, should said engineer refuse such ap proval unjustly or without good cause then said written statement, and dia gram may be submitted directly to the mayor and council aforesaid, who shall, at their next regular meeting, after the same have been submitted, oi as soon as practicable thereafter, either approve or disapprove of same, and then, in the event of the approval of the same by said authority it shall be the privilege of yic said O Farrell, hi* heirs or assigns, to proceed as if the same had been ap proved as aforesaid, by the city engi neer, or reserve to said mayor and council, the power, by refusing such approval, to minify or revoke the rights and privileges hereby granted, any part thereof, so long as said O frarrell, his heiis or assigns are ex orcising or attempting to exercise the same in conformity with the provis ions of this ordinance; and should the said O'Farrell, his heirs or as (Continued on Page- Four.) BRUNSWICK, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNu.G, APRIL 2, 1902. eiUEEIGO WILL BE HELD DR A. L. MARSHALL, OF PHILA DELPHIA, WILL CONDUCT THE MEETING BEGINNING MAY 14. A Large Tabernacle, With Seating Capacity of 4.000, Will Be Erected. Brunswick is soon to have one of the greatest religious revivals ever conducted in the south. It will be inaugurated stay 14 and will contin ue for three or four weeks. Dr. A. L. Marshall, of Philadelphia, will conduct the revival, he is one ot the most noted men of the age, and his work has been classeu with that oi the lamented Moouy. Dr. Marshall is a profound thinker, and a magnificent orator, and his coining to Brunswick will afford a great treat for the lovers of good or atory. Those who have the matter in hand propose to erect a large tabernacle, with a seating capacity of 4,000 peo ple and a choir of 150 trained voices will furnish the music for the meet ings. Prof. Meredith, of Philadelphia, who is a musician oi wonderful abil ity, will be in charge or the musical features which means that they will be a great feature of the occasion The committee in charge have not yet decided where the tabernacle will be erected, but will no so in the coin se of a few days. The coming of Dr. Marshall, has been encouraged by all the churches and it is safe to predict that his meetings will bo eminently success ful. DEPARTMENT HD THREE RUNS. Fire Department Was Kept Quite Busy Yesterday. The fire department responded to three alaims yesterday, but none oi them amounted to anything, and but little damage was <r >e. The first alarm was sounded from box 41, about 1 o’clock and the blaze was located in a small shanty, corner Howe street and Cochran avenue. The blaze was extinguished before any damage was none. The next alarm was sounded about :? o’clock in the afternoon. It was only a trash pile on fire, neai May's saloon on Bay street. The other alarm was sounded at 9 last night from box 42. The depart ment responded quickly, but. found that it was only an April fool for them. TRAGEDY IN DODGE COUNTY. W. J. Phillips Shoots His Wife to Death. Eastman, C!a., April One of the most dastardly mimes in the history of Dodge county was committed yes terday about nine miles trom here. W. J. Phillips, in cold blood, shot his wife an.l unborn babe to death. Phillips and his wife had been sep arated about two months, and her refusal to return and live with Viim is said to be the cause of the mur der. Phillips has not yet been captured. Phillips is of good family. GIRL BLOWS HER ntAR I OUT. Contracting Consumption, She Ends Her Life With Shotgun. Columbia, S. April 1. —Within a few months two sisters and a broth er of Miss Lizzie Madden, of Water loo. have died of consumption. She contracted the disease. Yesterday while her mother was out the young lady sat in a chair rested the stock of a shotgun on her bed, placed the muzzle to her breast and wfith a stick pressed the trigger, literally blowing out her heart. She was a member of one of the best families in that section, a young girl prominent in church work. DOING A GOOD BUSINESS. Fleming & Vaughn, Agents, Are Hustling for Penn Mutual In surance GO. Notice is directed to the local ads. in today’s paper, of the Penn Mutual Insurance company, which is repre sented in Brunswick by Messrs. Flem ing & Vaughn. These gentlemen are pushing the business for ail it. is worth, and are writing many policies. The Penn Mutual is one of the oldest established insurance companies in the United States, and is now one of the few old tine companies working on a 4 per cent, basis. BOLD BURGLAR BEHIND THE BARS ENTERED RESIDENCE OF MR. H GLOGAUER AND RECEIVED GASH IN HIS HEAD. Several Rings, Watch Chains and Other Valuables Found In His Pockets. Tne re was considerable excitement created in the neighborhood of Mr. 11. Crlogauei’s residence on Union street about !) o’clock last night by a burglar being chased by several white citizens. When Mr. Ulogauer returned to his home last night from his store he heaid someone in the house. Upon making an inspection he discovered a man, a pitch-battle was narrowly averted. Mr. Ulogaur, with a small knife, inflicted quite a deep gash across the mans head in the scramble. The ourglar then made his way out of the house, but was captured before he got any distance away and carried to the county jail. The gash in his head was quite a bad one, and Dr. .1. A. Butts was called in and made sev era! stitches in the man’s head. At the jail his pockets were searched and several valuable rings, watch chains and other jewelry were found, j. he man gave Ins name ns Lloyd Rogers, and said he only enter ed the house to sleep. He was a young white mail, about 27 or 28 years of age, and was either a tipicnl It amp or a professional burglar. No one has ever seen him in or around Brunswick oefore. He wore one or two coats, and was as dirty as a hu man being can very well get. Theie seems to boa gang of differ ent kinds of crooks in Brunswick at present and one by one they are be ing captured. EVANS MAY GO TO MADRID. His Name Mentioned in Connection With Spanish Mission. Washington, April I.— Homy White, at present secretary of the embassy at London, is the latest and the most formidable candidate for the vacancy in the Italian embassy to lie created by the retirement of Ambassador Mover. Bellamy Storer, now minister to Madrid, is to go to Berlin to succeed Ambassador An row when that officer retires, which probably will he next fail. Though if the Ohio senators joint ly oppose his promotion tney may de feat the proposed appointment. Mr. Sterol’s retirement from Mad rid will leave a vacancy there, which nttmor connects with the name of Henry Clay Evans, the retiring pen sion commissioner. DIED AT THE AGE OF NINETY. T. J. Suddeth Was One of the Pio neers ot Hall County. Gainesville, Ga., April 1. —T. J. Sud deth died at his home in Jefferson last night, at 12 o’clock, aged 90 years. He was born and raised in Hall county and moved to Jackson county fourteen years ago. He is survived hy his two daugh ters, Mrs. George W. Faulkner, oi Bellton, and Mrs. J. A. Suddeth, of Jefferson. His remains will he inter red at Dewberry church, No. 1, this county, tomorrow at 12 o’clock, the burial services to be conducted by Revs. Noah Martin and D. S. Grindie. Mr. Suddeth had the distinction of being the first man to suggest Gov ernor Allen D. Candler for any po litical office. This was prior to 1877, when he suggested Colonel Candler for representative in the ligeslature from Hall county, and the latter made the race and was elected. Mr. Sud deth was also the first man to sug gest Colonel Candler for governor of Georgia and urge him to enter the race for the nomination. He thought a great deal ol the present governor and rejoiced at h’s success in political life. Killed in Dispensary. Edwardsville, Ala.. April 1, \v. If. Owen, a wealthy and influential citi zen of this place, was shot and in stantly killed this afternoon in the dispensary here. (}. Grice the dispen ser has been arrested and is in jail, charged with the death. Nothing is known as to What was the cause of the billing COMMISSIONERS HELD INTERESTING MEETING LOCAL SILHOUETTES. interesting New Items Gathered Here and i here. The Riflemen will hold their reg ular weekly meeting in ineir armory tonight. The railroads will shortly put on the cheap rate $1 Tor the round trip between Savannah and Brunswick on Sundays. City council will hold a meeting tomorrow afternoon. Tne street, car franchise will he placed on its first leading at the meeting. The Brunswick Gun club is prepar ing for their regular summer shoots, and their grounds will shortly be put in a good condition. The Brunswick Light and Water company was experiencing some trou ble yesteiday with the water pipes and were compelled to cut down the pressure. Tne trouble has been rem edied, however, and uie usual power wiil be given today. The weather for the past few days has been unusually chilly for this sea son ol’ the year, but it was not cold enough to effect the vegetables and peach crop in Georgia. Tne season at Jekj i is now drawing near tile close. There are only a few guests remaining on the island. The stage hands of ‘he opera house arc preparing to give an entertain ment slantly for their benefit. The city council will shortly make some disposition of the old market eye sore. The brick contained in the building will he solu anu moved from the premises. The State Pharmaceutical Associ ation will hold theii annual conven tion in u,.s e.ly in June and it prom ises to be the most successful one ever held. The only political race attracting null'll attention in Brunswick at pres ent is the senatorial contest between .lodge A J. Crovatt and former Repre sentative \v. F. Symons. Both of these gehtlcnim are veiy popular and the race promises to lie an interesting one. HANGED HIMSELF TO A TREE. T. W. Dumas, of Liberty Hill, Ga.. Commits Suicide. Milner, Ga., Apiil 1. T. W. Du mas, a well known citizen of this county, committed suicide yesterday at his home, near Liberty Hill, about 5 miles east of here. Mr. Dumas left his home about 4 o’clock yesterday aiternoon. His wife tnoiight he was going to his son’s home, some 2 or 3 miles distant. When he failed to return at night she became uneasy, but supposing lie was al Ills son’s did not begin any search till this morning. The result of the search was that Mr. Dumas’ body was foil ml a few hundred yards from his house in a pine orchard hanging to a limb. His feet were on the ground. His action seemed to have been very deliberate, although he was doubtless temporarily insane, as it is known ho has been suffering with his head occasionally for some time. He was quite deaf, this affliction being brought about by his service in the confeuerate army. The community sympathizes with his tarniiy very deeply. His family is a most excellent one. He leaves a widow and several grown children. DRAWN TO TRY HIS SLAYER. Strange Coincidence in Selecting Jury for Uriah Porter. Columbus, Ga„ April I.—The case of Uriah Porter, the slayer of Joseph Pinchor, was called at Seale, Ala., ibis morning. The attorneys for the defense en tered a pica of insanity for their cli ent. Thursday was set for the trial of the ease. Judge Rvans drew a special venire ol fifty names from which to select the jury. Among the? names drawn was that of Joseph Fincher, the dead man. t was a singular coincidence and the first time such a peculiar in cident ever occurred in Russell coun ty, if not in Alabama. Yesterday's Shipping. The following is tne record of the movement of vessels at this port yes terday. Arrived, steamship Colorado, Captain Risk, from New York; sohoon er Alma K. A. Holmes, Captain ►■tinith, from Havana. Sailed, schoon er T. W. Dunn, Captain [frown, for New York: schooner l.uther TANARUS, Garri son, Captain , anders, for Boston. PRICE FIVE CENTS APPROPRIATION FOB INVESTORS COUNTY BOARD AUTHORIZES CHAIRMAN TO SPEND SI,OOO IN OFFERING JUDICIOUS INDUCE MENTS TO INVESTORS. SALARY OF THE COUNTY AT TORNEY INCREASED TO FIFTY DOLLARS PER MONTH—OTHER BUSINESS TRANSACTED. The county commissioners held tneir regular monthly meeting at the court house yesterday morning and disposed of considerable business. Present —J. J. Lott, Constant Mil ler, .1 R. Knibb, C. I). Ogg. W. R. Townsend. J. b. Wright and Davis Dubberly. Minutes last regular meeting con firmed. The following resolution was of fered and adopted: Be it. and it is hereby resolved, that the administration of the road law now of force in this county in so far as the same applies to the Twenty-fifth district ol said county, shal! be as follows; The authority of the superintendent of t pumiic roads of said county shall not extend to said district, The administration of said law in said district shall be delegated to three commissioners to be appointed by the members of this board, resi dent in said district, The said commissioners shall ren der a quarterly statement to this boaid showing the receipts and dis liu rsements. It shall not be required of said commissioners to pay into the county treasury any part of the funds col lected from persons liable to road duty, except such surplus as may re main at the end of each calendar year. It is understood that nothing here in shall be construed to relieve the residents of said district from the op eration of any of the provisions of said law as provided in sections 573. to 583 inclusive, of the Political code of this state. The following resolution was offer ed and adopted: Whereas, it appears that the tax able values in this county can be largely increased and the revenues of said county largely supplemented by the expenditure of a reasonable sum for offering judicious inducements to , investors, who may be seeking loc.a- I lions. Therefore it is resolved that the chairman of i.us board be author ized to expend out of the general funds of said county, the sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereof, as he may deem necessary, for the year 1902, for the purpose aforesaid, in his discretion. ! Statement from the superintendent jOf puolic roads approved and ordered spread on Minutes. Bills for the month of March ap :prove and ordered paid, j Upon motion the superintendent of I public roans was authorized to em ploy some competent person to assist at the convict camps during this . month, in the 'place of A. J. Riles, j Bid of the Downing company for furnishing supplies to the county con victs for the month o£ April accept ed, same being the lowest bid. Upon j motion it was ordered that the salaiy of the county attorney be increased ! to $5O per month for the present year, beginning from the first day of Jan uary. TO BUILD HANDSOME RESIDENCE Mr. F. H. Goodyear Greatly Admires Jekyl and Will Build Cottage. Mr. F. H. Goodyear, who has been spending several weeks on Jekyl is land. came up Monday and lefftyes terday for his home. Mr. Goodyear came down to spend only a few days, nut remained on the island several weeks, and has decided to erect a handsome cottage, and will come down every winter and spend some time. Mr. Goodyear thinks Jekyl the prettiest place on the earth, and said it waTTtdth much regret that ho was compelled to leave.