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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS. VOLUME 1, NUMBER 175. ALL GOING TO ALBANY —♦— RIFLEMEN, NAVAL RESERVES AND MARINE BAND WILL LEAVE TOMORROW. Tho Riflemen, the Naval Reserves and the Marine band will all leave by special train tomorrow night over the Plant Syßtem for Albany, where they go to participate In the military ex ercises at the Chautauqua. From all indications each of the or ganizations will carry a large number of members and a genuine good time is anticipated by all. The train will leave Brunswick at 8 o’clock, arriv ing in Albany early Tuesday morning. The boys will have the entire day there and will leave about midnight for hone. Besides the military companies and tlioshand a number of citizens will also visit the Chautauqua. A special rate o' tine Tor the round trip has been 'ored. and the achedule is a very Hnvenient one. fc;HE MONSOON HAS BEEN SOLD. • ncht Now Owned in BPIiSIMBPiBIPV '"dl! liy •in i ”i S;i - :,!ln;11■;:• m Jji i" Hi*' la.'t re pjpiw--' Savannah Yacht club. from Mr. Slranclian ?§M /V McArthur of (bis city. HMP|.vill l 1 ’** 111,1 "*'ly fa.-' ct . A n ‘l in every way art -liitccl for the purpose of tier who has bouglii her as a yacht. M does not mean, however, that #wili not On the eon- Mr. McArthur says that he ex fif®B to enter her in any and all local IPfcls to which she may ' he eligible. new owner will move to Isle Hlopc May 1 and spend the summer |9l be kept at or near that place the part of the time. —Savannah ■Bvs. ANOTHER WRECK ON SOUTHERN. All Passengers Were Late in Arriving Yesterday. There was another wreck on the Southern yesterday between Bruns wick and Macon, .vhich caused all pas senger trains to arrive late yesterday. The passenger due at 2:35 did not ar rive until 9 iast night. The wreck was caused by the col lision of two freight trains. Very lit tle could bo learned about it last night, but it is understood that no one was seriously hurt. COTTON OIL COMBINE FORMED. All the Big Owners Held Length'- Conference Yesterday. New York. April 19.—Represents fives of the American Cotton OH com pany, the American Cotton company, Virginia-Carolina Chemical company, and the Planters’ Cypress company; held a long conference *in this city to day, with a view of forming a com bine. The result of the meetlnc was not given out, but it is generally under stood that the representatives reached satisfactory terms, and the combine will be formed at once. LAWS FOR THE PHYSICIANS. Measure Against Refilling of Prescrip tions by Druggists. Three important bills will be offered at the first, session of the legislature and their passage will he urged by fno members of the Medical associa tion of Georgia, If they pass the Med ical committee on legislation. The enactment of the measures will prob ably be vigorously opposed. The passage of the-bills would mean much for the physicians, and when they were read at the session of the Medical association In Savannah Fri day morning they attracted no little attention. Those laymen who read the bills declared that tneir adoption would he class .egislaL.on, and It is probable that a fight wfll be directed on that line. The measure to regulate the filling of prescriptions would cfTect the mass of people more than tne other bills, ana lfs passage Is doubted by those who have read It. Tries’ underskirts, tueked and hemstitched, regular price sn, .... 25c at Mrs. M. Isaac’s MondV'lmJ Tuesday. ‘lj, -ujUMi TO UNVEIL MONUMENT MISS BARKALOO HAS BEEN AP POINTED BY LADIES MEMO RIAL ASSOCIATION. Avery Interesting program Is being arranged for Memorial day exercises in Brunswick, and the unveiling of the monument in Hanover park promises to be very interesting. ■ The Ladies’ Memorial association has selected Miss Barkaloo to unveil the monument and she will he assist ed by two little gills'. Catherine Blain and Elizabeth Hopkins, who aro grand-daughters of Confederate veter ans. Miss Barkaloo is selected owing to the fact that, her father, Col. Win. Barkaloo. was a prominent veteran anvil saw many years of service. Mr. Albert Cox. of Atlanta, has been selected to deliver the address, and the ladies have made excellent choice In tacuring such an able ora tor for the occasion. He will be in troduced by Mr. Edwin Brobston. Mr. G. W. Cline has been appoint ed marshal of the day. fHE MICHtLSON BLOCK SOLD. Purchased Yesterday by C. M. Ackland of Baltimore. A (teal was made yesterday through Messrs. Brobston-, Fendig & Cos. whereby one of the best business blocks in Brunswick changes hands. It was tho sale of t'nc Mlchelson block, Gloucester street, between Richmond and Reynolds, which was purchased by Mr. C. M. Ackland, a capitalist of Baltimore. Tliis is a voity valuable piece a| property. There are four brick stores in die building, occupied by E. Y. Roberta furniture, Miss Kate Slater, millinery, and C. J. HjerfJinger, Jewe’ry. ppp upf-talr ;is lilted up for offices and all the io~u;h are now oc cupied. 10 VISIT OLD FOUT COMMITTEE FROM GEORGIA SO CIETY OF COLONIAL SANIES TO VISI i FREDERICA. At a meeting of the Georgia society if Colonial Danies, held In Havannah Friday, the president of the society was authorized to appoint a commit tee to visit the oid fort at Frederica, investigate its condition and report back to the society. The Savannah News,' in discussing the matter yester day. says: Tiie president was authorized to ap point a committee to investigate t..e condition of the fort at Frederica, which Is being washed awav by the tide, and to decide what steps would be necessary to rescue 't, and now the historic sit-- migm ,e niarkeu. The committee will he selected by the president at, her leisure and will report upon, the matter at the next meeting, STILL CONFERRING ON L. & N. Large Lots of the Stock Said to Have Been Deposited With Morgan. New York, April 3 9.—John W. Gates and August Belmont were in conference with Morgan representa tives today. It was understood that several large lots of Louisville ami Nashville stock were deposited with Morgan & Cos., in accordance with the Belmout-Gates agreement. A report that the Gates faction had sold a large amount of Louisville and Nashville stock io Morgan & Cos., at 115. could not lie confirmed, and was generally discredited. Another report to the the Seaboard Air l,in" had 'bid” 1. , ciush ior thq Gates holdings in Louis viile and Nashville was also discred ited. A Marquis Gets a Divorce. London, April 39.—The Marquis or Downsnire was granted a divorce to day because of the misconduct of the Marchioness, who was a Miss Mar with Capt. Josepi, i,ay cock of the Yeomanry. The case a3 not defend ed, counsel for the co-respondent ad mitting the truth of the charges made. BRUNSWICK, GA„ SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, ISO 2. TWO BIG LAND DEALS WERE MADE YESTERDAY HOPETON AND ALTAMA PLANTA TIONS SOLD TO CINCINNATI CAPITALISTS. Dr. Frank Caldwell and Mr. IT. B. Dean, of Cincinnati, and Mr. J. \V. Crow, of Chicago, have bought trim the shakers the old Hopeton and Al tama plantations and it is their in tention to at once convert them into a great truck farm. T'ney are said to have already arranged with, Mr. Fred Baumgartner to superintend the worn. These famous plantations are once again to be made glorious by tlic touch of capital. There are some seven or eight thousand acres in the track, all under fence,* and the price paid for tiie. property is said to he about $38,- 0"(>. This estate was sold by the Corbin family, of Paris, some few years (o the shaker community, but they never used it, having located their vil lage in Camden county and now they .have sold to these Cincinnati and Chicago parties. All three of the gentlemen were in the city during the week, but left yesterday for their respective homes. They will return later, however, and make iinal arrangements for planting. It is understood that the gentlemen intend to plant cabbage, etc., in large quantities and will ship it from this l oi t to the northern markets. Brobston, Fendig and company act ed as brokers in making the deal. OFF ON A BIG PROPERTY DEAL. A. Fendig, of Brobston, Fendig & Cos.. Now in St. i_ouis. Mr. Albert Fendig, of Brobston, Fendig and company is now in St. Louis, where he went for the purpose of closing a big property deal. The property which he is to sell is owned by the National Bank of Bruns wick. and Mrs. Henry Clay, of New Bedford, Mass. The deal is said to be quite a big one, and about $75,000 Is involved. RATHBONE'S BOND ACCEPTED. Cuban Sentiment Favors Pardon of All Americans. Havana, April 19.- —Trie Audencla court today accepted the bond of SIOO,OOO offered by a fidelity company for the appearance Of Estes G. Rath bone. The court requires, however, that this bond be drawn before a no tary. Tills involves much time and expense, as notary’* feeß and a state tax must be paid. A number of Cuban senators and representatives-elect have sent a tel egram to President-elect Estrada Palma at Qibara, petitioning him to ask the United States to pardon all Americans now under arrest in Cuba. Rathbone s ease neeum to have stirred Cuban sentiment strongly in his favor, and t'ne movement to ask for a general pardon la prompted by this sentiment. WAYNESVILLE NEWS NOTES. Waynesville, Ga., April 19.—The ne groes here have been very much wrought up over tile school affaire. It ended by the teacher suing a promi nent, negro for SSOO for defamation of character. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Highsmith, of Eastman, are tne guests of Mr. Ifigh smith’s mother, Mrs. ,i. N. Highsmith. Mrs. Edward Cambell is visiting relatives in Waycross. Mr. Ben Bliteh has resigned his po sition with the Bladen Lumber com pany and has moved his family here. Our neighboring station, Bladen, is the proud possessor of a doctor and a neat little drug store is being erect ed near J. A. Ward’s store. A party of Waynesville people are spending a week’ on Crispen, fishing. Make Your City Tax Returns. The: time for deceiving city tax return* expires May Ist. AH persons transferring or acquiring eity property an- required to file notice thereof with the city clek. Something more than 150 notices of transfers ha*"' n* en received, hut a majority of the new owners have failed to make their re turns. All property not returned by May Ist., is obliged to go on the ex ecution docket, which means extra cost. Alake your returns. N. D. RUSSELL, Clerk of Council. THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF LAND SOLD TO PEOPLE WHO PUR CHASED OKEEFENOKEE. Another immense timber land deal took place in south Georgia yesterday, when Olias. S. Hebart & Sons, of Philadelphia, purchased 10,700 acres in Ware and Clinch counties, between Brunswick and Jacksonville. The deal was made through R. R. Hopkins. These are tho same gentlemen who recently purchased the lands of the Okeefenokee swamp and whose intei t ou it is to erect a large saw and gen eral planing mill. Work of surveying the land is now in progress. These gentlemen, it is understood, will erect the mill either in Bruns wick or Jacksonville. They have re cently visited both cities and have not yet. decided which they will se lect. It is also stated that they will build a railroad line from tne lands to the mill and it will be one of the largest concerns of the kind in this section of the country. The Okeefenokee lands contain many thousands of acres and is considered among the best tim ber lands in south Georgia. Efforts will be made to get the gen tlemen to establish the mill in tills city as it would mean much. The land is’middleway between the two cities and they will, of course, decide to erect the mill in the city which they think will he nest to their ad vantage. HEAD OF THE INVESTMENT CO. Mr. Erv.dn Will Rc.btlri Tii.it Place Af ter the Consolidation. President R. G. Erwin, of the Plant System, will remain nt the head of fee Plant Investment company, which will not be disrupted with the transfer of the Plant Syßtem to the Atlantic Coast Line, says yesterday’s Savan nah News. The Plant Investment company has many interests, and be fore the organization can go out of business there will lie many things to demand the attention of its executive officers and directors. On July 1 the formal transfer of the Plant. System will bo made. Presi dent. Erwin said yesterday that he will be In New York for a time, at all events, after the transfer, and will continue to devote bis attention to the affairs of the Plant. Investment company. Mr. Erwin was seen by a rom-esen. tative of the Morning Nows, to whom he talked of 1 ,ant System matters. Tiiis was just before bis departure for the south. He will spend several days out on the line of t’ne system before returning to Savannah. Speaking of the Plant System Hos pital and Relief department, Mr. Er win said that the employes and offi cials who are now insured in it, will have no reason for apprehension on the score of their contracts. Those contracts,*he said, will be honored by the Atlantic Coast Line, and it is safe to say that the holders will he given advantages, rather than suffer, by the transfer from one line to the other. It is probable, Mr. Erwin thinks, that there will he a consolidation of the two hospital and relief departments. NORTH CAROLINA DEBATORS. Defeated Vanderbilt on Question of Government Ownership. Nashville, Tenn., April 19. —The last of the series of three inter-collegiate debates between Vanderbilt Univer sity and University of North Carolina occurred here tonight, the visitors from North Carolina gaining the de cision. The question of which North Carolina took the negative, was “ReSlvcd, That the federal govern ment should own and operate the rail ways in the United States.” The speakers for North Carolina, were T. A. Adams and Hilaries Ross, and for Vanderbilt, crank Seay and W. . Board. Queen Is Much Weaker. The Hague, April 39.—The condi tion of the queen is regarded as very serious tonight, and grave fears are. entertained for her recovery. She ral lied this morning, but the physicians tonight regarded her much weaker. A uull Night. Things were unusually dull in j.~ lice circles last night and very few arrests were made. Saturday is usu ally the banner day with the ponce force. SOLD ICE FACTORY - HAS BEEN PURCHASED BY SA VANNAH PEOPLE—WILL TAKE CHARGE AT ONCE. The Brunswick Ice Manufacturing company has been sold to Savannah people, and it is understood that they will take charge at once. Information concerning the sale was rather hard to obtain last night, but sufficient was learned that the fac tory has been sold, ar-t that anew manager arrived in tne city yesterday to take charge. Tne sale was con firmed however, by those In position to know. The gentleman who arrived in the city yesterday also brought one or two men who will be connected with the factory, among them being Downs Mills, who formerly resided in this city and woo was, at out time em ployed by the factory. THEY CAUGHT DRUM GALORE. Party Returned From Cumberland Yesterday With Many Fish. Messrs. 1 , \Y. Peach, R. B. Wood, •Tr., P. M. Golden, J. H. Kenner and several others, who have been down to Cumberland during the week drum fishing, returned to the city on the Emmeline yesterday. The party reported a most delight ful trip and abundance of fish. They caught some forty or fifty drum weighing [between se.ventyj-flve and one hundred pounds. They brought many of Lie fish to tho cPy yester day and distributed them among their irlends. Dr. Currie Sails. New York, April 19. —Dr. J. Curry, who has been appointed as special representative of the coronation of the king of Spain, sailed fawn this city this afternoon for Madrid. ATTEMPT AT LOUBET 4. SUPPOSED SOCIALIST ENDEAV ORED TO START DEMONSTRA TION AGAINo! HIM. Paris. April 19.—While President Loubet was visiting the exposition to day, a man who is supposed to be a socialist, attempted to start a demon stration against him. The thousands of people who were on the grounds became greatly ex cited and a large crowd started for the man with tile intention of killing him. Police soon arrived on the scene and with considerable difficulty, succeeded in keeping off the threatening mob. The man was hurried off the grounds and placed In Jail. * FOURTEEN COACHES FOR DALLAS Atlanta Send* Big Delegation to VfU'ana' Hfun.cc. Atlanta, April 19.--Fourteen Pull man coacht r. crowded lull. left Hie city yesterday via the West Feint route for Dallas, Tex , where the vet erans hold their reiut on next week. There were about 60J people on the tral.i, of whom 2 ) were veterans. Most of them will stop in New Or leans Sunday, an.' will reach Delias Monday night. In the party was Gen. Clement A. Evans, commander of the Georgia division, accompanied by several members of bis staff. An other large party will leave Atlanta Sunday afternoon by the Western and Atlantic. No Services Today. There will be no morn Pig or night service at the Presbyterian church today on account of the pastor. Rev. W. F. Hoilingworth, being in attend ance upon presbytery at Waycross. The usual Sabbath school service, however, will be held at 4 o’clock. Lord Kelvin fn New York. New York, April 19.—Lord Kelvin, the eminent arrived here today. He comes to the United States for the purpose of studying photography. Finest quality of ladies’ goods worth 50c, at 26c at Mr*. M. Isaac’s. PRICE FIVE CENTS. DOINGS OF THE SENATE 4 —. ADULTERATION BILL PASSED YESTERDAY—RECIPROCITY BILL READ. Washington, April 19.—The senate today passed a bill preventing the adulteration, misbranding and imita tion of food, beverages, drugs, etc., In the District of Columbia, and all ter ritories and for regulating interstate traffic therein. The Cuban reciprocity bill, which was passed Friday, was read from the house and table this afternoon. A conference was ordered on the Chinese exclusion bill. Senator Clay, ot Georgia, was appointed one of tlie conferees. A resolution was - **-'vog by Senator Teller directing that a committee be appointed to investigate the reports to the effect that a sugar trust has bought nearly the entire sugar crop, and would bo beneficiary of any reduction duty, referred. The house devoted nearly the en tire day to minor business. SAW MILL MEN HELD MEETING. Georgia Sawmill Association Met Mill Men of Other States. Charleston, S. 0., April 19.—Twenty seven or more leading lumberman or tho two Carolinas. Georgia, Florida and Virginia meld an important meet ing here today. It was the regular monthly conference of the Georgia Sawmill association, with the other gentlemen here at the request of the Georgia organization. i”n Q prime object of the gathering was to bring the lumbermen oi tho south in closer touch with one another, thereby al lowing each the opportunity of becom ing better acquainted with the gen eral conditions o. the trade and to‘ln sure as far as possible harmonious co-operation by ail in the maintenance of the price lists of the respective associations. The, majority of the matters dis pose of were purely of a routine na ture. Every one present spoke In encouraging terms of the trade and or better times for the future. A resolution was adopted looking to the appointment ot a general con ference committee to consist of two representatives ot all the associations present, this will greatly facilitate the work of the lumbermen nn.> ,i 0 away with the expenditure or much time and money in holding regular monthly meetings, as two men on such occasions will tie able to transact the business of tne entire association. This conference committee will ho appointed by President Tift at an ear ly date. The meeting adjourned this afternoon. Tonight, tne lumbermen bd a ban quet at the Argyle hotel. They will remain here several days visiting the exposition. FOR MURDER OF THEIR UNCLE Three Young Brother* Convicted and Sentenced to Death. Hudson, N. Y„ April 19.—The .Jury in the case of Burton, Wiuis and Frederick ran Wormer, charged with the murder of their uncle, Peter A. H alien beck .today returned a verdict of murder in the first degree against ail three of the accused. The death sentence was pronounced a few minutes after the jury brought in it* verdict The crime was committed last Christmas eve. Early in tne evening of that day the three brothers and Harvey Bruce, their cousin, who is also under Indictment for participa tion In the murder, drove to the Hal lenbeck home. Tiie young men wore false faces and also wore their coats turned Inside out. Hallenbeck, who was a very old man, opened the door in response to their knocking and as ae did so they fired upon him, inflict ing wounds of which he died in a •hort time. Globe Lodgings. I have rented the old Central no te!, corner Monk and Newcastle streets, and will conduct a first-class lodging house, with table board if so desired. My lates will be reasonable and service complete. E. A. Silvern. The Pope’s Successor. Rome, April 19.—Cardinal* Sarto, Patriarch of Venice regarded as the pope’s successor. If You Don’t Know where to find Jim Carter ask anybody; they have all been except you.