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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS.
VOLUME 1, NUMBER 167.
BRUNSWICK DOCK DEAL
SENDS STOCK SKYWARD
SOUTHERN BUYS
WATER FRONTAGE
DEAL WAS MADE IN NEW YORK
AND AS A hESULT SOUTHERN
RAILWAY STOCK WENT WAY
UP. '
STATED THAT THE SYSTEM WILL
NOW MAKE BRUNSWICK ITS
SOUTHERN DEEP WATER TER
MINUS. |
—4
The New York special correspond
ent of the Atlanta Constitution yes
terday telegraphed his paper the fol
lowing:
The Louisville and Nashville and
iSHVn raiiway caused great excite
%!! the stock exchange hero this
Aft Louisville hail been strong
BpPPcont inning the leadership
li a week ago, hut about 1
WpPE-k Morgan brokers startled the
Jffoa by appearing with orders to buy
sffilFe of Southern railway stock
m This movement was the result of
™ue certified news that the Southern
railway Is acquiring the terminal
property of the Brunswick Dock lm
provement company, at Brunswick,
Ua., and will use It as au export port
foi the great lumber trade of the
south there by saving ‘Hundreds ol
miles of haul. The Brunswick com
pany has 6 miles of water front
where the water is from 26 to 30 feet
deep close to shore. The great prom
ise of the undertaking startled the
usually sedate personality of Wall
street. No sooner was the order re
ported than brokers came running
from all parts of the room and hurled
stock at the Morgan faction, 1,000
shares at a time. They took it aB
‘fast as it came in blocks of from 1.-
000 to 10,ou0. Nineteen thousand
shares changed bauds In a few min
utes.
Thousands of Shares Sold.
There was then a lull for a few
minutes, while brokers called up their
offices an.l told of the peculiar con-
instiaiytly orders came for
ward again. and in the next rush 30.-
Ouo shares were purchased. There
was another lull, while brokers noti
fied their clients that Southern rail
way was wanted. Sixty thousand
shares were unloaded on the Morgan
brokers during the next onslaught.
During the closing hours tney brought
the total stock purchased up to 140,
000 share in ninety minutes. The
price advanced * 1 point. Seventeen
thousand shares of Southern railway
preferred also changed hands.
During the last two weeks the First
national bank, a Morgan institution,
has been a heavy buyer of Louisville
and Nashville It is estimated that
Mr. Morgan used about *6,000,000 ir.
the brief trading. Louisville anu
Nashyille advanced 5 points during
the day. It is believed in Wall street
that a combination is about to be ef
fected between the Louisville and
Nashville and Southern railway
whereby the Louisville and Nash
ville will acquire either the Peoria
and Eastern or the Monon as an en
trance in Chicago, and the Louisville
and Nashville will then be used as an
entrance to Chicago for the entire
system of Southern roads.
The excitement over the Louisville
and Nashville and Southern railway
caused other Issues to be neglected,
but tfhe electric stocks were very
strong all day.
August Belmont says:
"I know nothing about the rutnon
of pending changed relations between
the Louisville and Nashville and
SoutUci. railway or the source from
which they originated. So far as 1
know, nothing of importance between
the two roads Is pending. Such rn
more have net. come from tvs ir peo
ple identified lfh the Louisville and
Nashville, and the activity ia the
stocks of the two roads can perhaps
best be explained by the specuatlve
interest*.’'
*TRIO OF WOMEN KILL THREE.
Occurred in Past Ten Days in Hinds
County, Miss.
Jackson, Miss., April 10.—It has
been, learned mat within the past ten
days three men have been killed in
Hind* county, in this state, and the
most unusual feature Is that each of
the tnree was put to death by a ne
gro woman.
Two of these killings were for at
tempted criminal assaults The third
was an accidental aWair.
The nrst of thlß trKi or events oc
curred dear Raymond. A negro man
named Crawford attempted to assault
a negress, Toxnmazine Campbell. He
paid for the deed with ms life.
The next death was that due to
accident. A 16-year-old negress, near
Raymond had a gun in her hands
when the weapon exploded without
intention on her part. A man named
Henry Bracy was killed.
The la*t of these tragedies is re
ported from the Van Winkle district.
Joe Jones attempted a criminal as
sault upon a negress, Mary race. She
resisted Jones vigorously and, secur
ing a double-barrel shot gun. fired at
aim, the. discharge literally blowing
che head from -be body.
TO CONSULT WITH AMERICANS.
Cecil Rhodes’ Executors to Ask Our
Cooperation.
New York. April 10.—One of the
first intentions of the Cecil Rhodes
executors is it. is reported, to invite
a limited number of'gentlemen, prob
ably about a dozen, to co-operate with
them in drawing up a seneme for the
settlement of the primary coudltons
which shall govern the distribution
of the Oxiord scholarships In pursu
ance ol the wishes of the testator,
cables the London correspondent of
ine Tribune. The executors will
leave no stone unturned in obtaining
the best advice, both irom uome and
colonial sources, which shall guide
them in administering the great fund
set apart for the scholarsuip scheme
of education. The ministers of the
British colonies which are to benefit
under the will may be consulted in
the matter.
GAVE POISOi. TO RICH WOMAN.
When Convulsions Followed Stole
Her Victim’s Diamonds and Ran.
Chicago, April 10. —A special to
The Record-Herald from Butte, Mon.,
says:
"Mrs. Minnie Grady, who U under
irrest, charged witn robbing Mrs.
fimma Proulx, a rich widow, has con
fessed that she invited the latter out
for a buggy ride, induced her to take
* drug in the belief that it was med
icine lor rheumatism, and that when
Mrs. Proulx had convulsions she took
her diamonds, left her in the buggy
n an out of the way place, expect
,ng her to die, and walked back to
the city.
“She told where the gems were hid
den and they were recovered. Tne
authorities have decided to exhume
the bodies of Mrs. Grady’s husband
and 15-year-old-son, whose lives were
insured for $5,000 This money was
to Mrs. Grady."
MISS STONE REACHES NEW YORK
With Santos-Dumont She Was a
Passenger on Steamship.
New York, April 10.—The steamer
Oeutschland, among whose passen
gers were Santos-Dumont, the aeron
aut, and Miss Ellen Stone, the mis
tionary, arrived this morning.
Newspaper Man Named.
Washington, Apisl 10.—Robert J.
Wynne, Washington correspondent of
the New York Press, has been offer
sd and has accepted the office of first
assistant postmaster general. The
nomination will probably be submit
ted td the senate Immediately after
:he president's return from Charles
ton.
waptaln of Galatea 4Kad.
London, April 10.—Captain Brad
ford, skipper of the famous cutter
Galatea, which the Mayflower defeat
ed for the America’s cup, in 1886,
fell dead on the deck of a vessel in
Dartmouth narbor yesterday.
Chinese Attack Catholic Missionaries.
London. April 10.—A dispatch from
Shanghai says allegations of cluelty
against. Catholic missionaries have
caused hn antl-iorelgn outbreak at
Ning Po, where a statement was cir
culated that some of the mission
aries gouged out a boy’s eye*.
BRUNSWICK, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 11, 1902.'
ROOSEVELT NOW
HOMEWARDBOUND
PRESIDENT AND PARTY HAD A
MOST ENJOYABLE TRIP TO
THE EXPOSITION.
Secretary Wilson Goes to Jackson
ville and Will Be In Brunswick v
Tonight.
Pine Forest Inn, Summerville, S.
C., April 10. —The president and
members of his party were given an
opportunity today to follow their own
inclinations with respect to the dis
position of their time. No formal
program was arranged beyond a visit
to the tea farm, a short distance from
the inn.
When he arose this morning Pres
ident Roosevelt expressed himself as
having had a most refrehing night's
sleep and, after breakfasting, he was
taken for a short ride.
Attorney General Knox decided to
put in the morning playing golf and
was early at the links, as were a
number of others of the party, wmle
not a few contented themselves with
strolling through the gardens or re
maining on the veranda of the tnn.
Secretary W’ilson will not return
to Washington with the president,
having decided to make a short visit
to southern Georgia, Florida and Ala
bama.
The president’s party left at 2:22
o’clock today over the Southern for
Washington, where their train is due
to arrive tomorrow morning.
SECRETARY WILSON WILL
REACH CITY TONIGHT,
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
will arrive in the city tonight, from
Jacksonville, where he went yester
day from the Charleston exposition.
He will speak there today. The sec
retary will be accompanied by Cap
tain 1). G. Purse, president of the
Savannah board of trade, who is ac
companying him on his tour. Both
the gentlemen will attend the conven
tion tomorrow, and will deliver ad
dresses.
BLOODY RIOTS IN BRUSSELS.
Police Shot Down and Beaten In the
Streets.
Brussels, April 10. —Repeated
charges by the police and mounted
gendarme® with sabres resulted in
the dispersal ot the rioting mobs here
ealy this morning.
During the rioting one policeman
wad shot through the body and face.
His comrades, having exnausted their
ammuniton, fled, amk the wounded
man was overwhelmed, kicked, and
stoned. Another* policeman sought
refuge in the attic of a cafe. There
upon the Socialists sacked the es
tablishment, exploded a lamp, which
set tire to the building, and com
pleted its ruin. The flames forced
the rioters to retire.
Another mob proceeded to the
Northern railroad station, where it
collided with the police. Revolver
shots were exchanged anu the riot
ers seized a poiTeeman, beat him un
til he was unconscious, and left han
bleeding on the ground Atter many
rioters were wounded the mobs dis
persed.
BOER LEADERS DISCUSS TERMS.
Decision of the Conference at Klerks
dorp Soon to Be Made Known.
Pretoria, April 10.—President
Steyn, Secretary of State Reitz, Act
ing President Schalk-Buijger, and
General Lucas' Meyer,
ln-chief of the Orange Free State
forces, passed through Krqonstadt
Sunday on. their way to Kierksdorp,
where General Botha arrived Apilr 7.
It Is expected Generals DeWet and
Dalarey will attend the conference
there.
It is understood the Boer leaders
are fully possessed of the British
peace terms and the conference as
sembling is to enable the leaders to
thoroughly discuss them, it is expect
ed the final decision of the burghers
will shortly be made known.
Italy and Switzerland.
Berne, April 10.—Diplomatic rela
tions between Switzerland and Italy
•have been, ruptured. This action
arises from the refusal of Switzer
land to give satisfaction regarding
an article published in Geneva, in
sulting the memory of the murdered
King Humbert.
MORE MONEY
-FOR BRUNSWICK
SENATOR CLAY AND CONGRESS
MAN BRANTLEY GET APPRO
PRIATION INCREASED.
They Succeed in Getting $15,000
Added, Which Make* a Total
of $85,000.
A special sent out from Washington
yesterday says:
The river and harbor appropriation
bill, which will probably be reported
to the senate tomorrow, will carry an
Increase for Georgia of $264,000, in
excess of the amount appropriated by
the house. The bill as a whole, shows
an increase of approximately $5,000,-
000 over the house bill, not one of
the appropriations made by the house
having been reduced.
Senator Clay, who is a member of
the commerce committee, has been
working for about ten davß with otn
er members of the committee upor
the details of the hill, and ue result
of his labors Is found in the increasr
mentioned.
Many increases for Georgia.
At the instance of Representative
Brantley, Senator Clay secured sev
eral amendments of interest to the
eleventh district. The appropriation
'Or the Oconee Is increased from $15,-
100 to $30,000, for outer bar and in
ner harbor at Brunswick, increase ol
125,000, making the total $105,000. foi
inside water route from Savannah to
/’ernandina, to be expended on Jekyi
ereek and divisions (new Item), $15,-
>OO. Provision is also made for a
survey and an estimate on the cost
of connecting Clubb and Plantation
:reeks so as to provide an inside
water route from the Altamaha river
into the port of Brunswick.
Senator Clay, with the aid of the
tletxrme senators, also secured a
very substantial increase in the ap
propriatlon for the Coosa. Judge
Maddox has actively co-operated with
Oenator Clay in working for this In
crease, which is $309,000, This makes
the total appropriation for the Coosa
$234,000. Of this amount SIIO,OOO 1*
cash and the rest is represented In
continuing the contract.
Clay Says Bill Will Pass.
The appropriation for Colonel
Goodyear, of Brunswick, in payment
’or work done under his former ar
rangement with the government Is
•etained in the bill. Including this
the total appropriations*—tHat
is, appropriations immediately avail
able for Georgia—foot up $555,000.
witih new continuing contracts au
thorized* amount|ing to $1,124,000.
Senator Clay expressed cofldence
:'nat the bill would pass the senate
as prepared by the comnutee and
mat It would become a law, despite
all the talk of opposition by the
friends of the ( ship subsidy bill.
WOMAN SLAIN IN THE STREET.
Mysterious Murder of Young Lady In
Detroit Last Night.
Detroit, Mich., April 10—Miss Car
rie M. Jennett, daughter of James
R. Jennett, a cabinet maker, was bru
tally murdered last night. Her mur
derer has not been arrested. Miss
Jennett attended a meeting of Re
bekah lodge in a hall not far from
where she was found.
The police believe that in Profess
or James Miller, music teacher, ar
rested this morning, they have Miss
Jennett’s murderer.
Blood was found on his clothing
and when an explanation was asked
Miler teinted. He was revived, but
fainted again while being taken to a
cell. Miss Jennett was a pupil of
Miller’.*
Another mysterious murder occur
red today, the victim being George
W. Haywood, bookkeeper and pay
master of the Malleable Iron Works.
His body was found lying on the
sidewalk on Junction avenue, a short
distance from his home, on Amherst
street. His head was badly pounded
and there was a large cut over the
left eye. A man who boarded In
Haywood's house is now in the hands
of the police.
Express Train Kills Three.
Boston, April 10. —An express train
on the Boston and Albany division
of the New York Central railroad
ran into* a section gang at Alston
today. Three men were killed and
on* injured.
BRUTALITY OF TROOPS
EXPLAINED BY GARDNER
TO HOLD IMPORTANT MEETING.
Library Association Will Elect Officers
This Afternoon.
The annual meeting of the Bruns
wick Library association will be held
at the Riflemen armory this afternoon
at 4 o’clock. Officers and directors
will be elected for the ensuing year
and other important business will be
transacted. The board of directors
is composed of twelve active mem
bers of the association, six ladies and
six gentlemen. Thi| directors are
elected to serve three years, but It
s so arranged that the terms of four
members of the board, two ladies
and two gentlemen, expire each year.
All active members of the associa
tion and everyone interested in the
work of the Library are earnestly re
quested to attend the meeting this af
ternoon.
CANDIDATES ARE HUSTLING.
Politics Is Getting Extremely Warm
Now.
As t)he time for tv democratic
primary gets nearer so do the can
didates move in a more lively man
ner. All of the contests are being
conducted on a high plane and per
sonalities play no part. All the pres
ent officers have announced except
Tax Collector Read, Clerk of the Su
perior Court dußlgnoh. Coroner Jen
nings, and the county commissioners,
and it iB not known whether or not.
the present incumbets of these offices
will he candidates for re-election or
not.
LECTURED TO THE KNIGHTS.
Both Lodges Heard Elder Skipper
Last Night.
Elder H. V. Bkipper, formerly oi
his city, now of Live Oak, Fla., de-
Ivered a lecture £* the Second Ad
vent church last night especially to
he Brunswick Knights of Pythias,
•iuite a number of the members of
Kith lodges were present.
Elder Skipper’s talk was a very ap
propriate one, and attracted the at
.ention of the Knights. He Is a
orcible talker and always serves to
jreatly please his hearers.
—
NEGRO GETS KNOCKOUT DOSE.
□ rinks Whiskey Containing Morphine
Given Him by Stranger.
Waycross, Ga., April 10. —Robert
Branch, a colored barber employed
in J. W. Newman’s shop, waß pois
oned today and will probably die.
An unknown man, stopping at the
Southern hotel gave Branch a 'had'
pint of whiskey in a bottle, nearly all
>f which he drank. Shortly after he
lapsed into unconsciousness, from
which he has not rallied.
Dr. R. P. Izelar analyzed the re
mainder of the bottle’s contents and
ounil it contained morphine.
"" Aided by Houston.
Houston, Tex.. April 10.—At the
session of the State Lumbermen’s as
sociation a fund of $1,200 for drought
sufferers in Zapata county was col
lG'’ted.
Cuts Down Expenses.
San Francisco, 'April 10.—Orders
have been received from Washington
oy Superintendent Devol to place the
army transport service on a vep-y
economical basis. Asa consequence
all unnecessary employes will be dis
charged. On all transports an order
has been issued discharging the fifth
and sixth mates. The orders that
the ships must be operated with
regulation crews and fewer men will
be shardd in the steward and deck
departments. Tne chief paint inspec
tor and his assistants have been
stricken from the payroll.
Texas Prairie Fire.
Big Springs, Tex., April 10.—A
prairie fire swept over Terry county
Wednesday and Wednesday night, de
stroying many thousand dollars’ worth
of property. The ..re-swept area is
from 40 t.o 50 miles long and prob
ably half as wide. The grass is to
tally destroyed, and many cattle were
either smothered and burned to death
or seriously injured. Every sprig of
grass was destroyed on one pasture of
20,000 acres.
From April 19. to 26th, inclusive,
(he Southern railway will sell round
trip tickets to San Francisco and
Los Angeles, Cal., at $64.25 for the
round trip. Ticsets good returning
until June 25. This will be a rare
opportunity to visit the Pacific coast.
PRIOB FIT* OBNTS
MAJOR TALKS
OF TREATMENT
SAYS SOLDIERS OF THE PHILIP
PINES ARE NOW SOWING
THE scED OF PERPETUAL
REVOLUTION.
FILIPINOS ARE CALLED “NIG
GERS” AND HAVE LEARNED
WHAT THE WORD MEANS.
MILES’ LETTER.
Washington, April lu. —When the
senate committee on the Philippines
met today Senator Lodge, chairman,
laid before the committee the report
of Major Cornelius Gardener, .civil
governor of the Philippine province of
Tayabas, to which reference was made
by General Miles in bis correspond
ence with Secretary Hoot. In the
course of the report Major Gardener
says:
“Almost without exception the sol
diers. and also many officers, refer
to the natives as niggers.’ and the
natives are beginning to understand
what the word nigger means. The
course now being pursued in this
place and the provinces of Batangas,
Laguna, and Samar is, in my opinion,
sowing the seeds for a perpetual rev
olution against us hereafter whenever
4 good opportunity 'offers. Under
the present conditions the political
situation in this province is siowiy
retrograding and American sentiment
is decreasing, and we are making per
manent enemies, la the course above
referred to the troops make no dis
tinction between the property of those
natives who are insurgent, or insurg
ent sympathizers, and those who nave
ueretofore risked their lives by being
loyal to the United States. Often
every house in the village ip burned.”
In another recommenuation he
says:
as civil governor I feel it my duty
to say that it is my nrm convic
tion that the United States troops
should at the earliest opportunity be
concentrated in one or two garrisons,
if it is thought desirable that good
sentiment and loyalty that formerly
existed towards the United States
among the people of this province
should become conserved and encour
aged.
“Being in close touch with the peo
ple, having visited all pueblos one
or more times; having lived with
them in their homes, I know such
sentiments once existed. Of late, by
reason of the conduct of the troops,
such as . ..e extensive burning of
homes in trying to lay waste the
country so the insurgents cannot oc
cupy It, torturing of natives by so
called water cure, and other meth
ods, fii order to obtain information;
harsh treatment of natives generally,
and the failure of inexperienced and
latejy appointed lieutenants com
manding posts to distinguish between
hose who are friendly and those who
ire unfriendly, this unfavorable sen
timent is being engendered.”
“The attitude of the army, thereby
meaning most of the officers and sol
diers, is however, decidedly hostile to
provincial and municipal government
of this province and to the civil gov
ernment of these islands in partic
ular. In Manila, especially, it is in
tensey so, even among the soldiers.
The work of the committee In the
establishment of a provincial govern
ment is slow, even in the presence
of the natives. It is openly stated
Chat the army should remain in
charge for the next 20 years. Out
rages rommitteu by officers and sol
lieis against natives in an organized
municipality and province, when re- 1
ported by the governor to tne mili
tary authorities, are often not pun
ished.
As an officer of the army, I re
gret that my auty as civil governor of
this province impels me to state how
the attitude of a majority of my fel
low officers toward the civil govern
ment has its effect on the people. ,
reel that the interest of the govern-
is involved and the future of
these people is of such vast impor.
ance that 1 ought to report things as
1 see and know them, that my civil
| superiors may be able to intelligent
'ly order what the situation needs.”