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VOLUME 2; NUMBER 179. COUNCIL TRIES LAMB, HE WAS CONVICTED THE BROWN CSS m PEBIHEt TOOK THE SOLON 3 UNTIL 1'.;30 TO DISPOSE OF THE ONE CASE. BROWN CASE .15 IHE LAST Another Meeting Wii! Be Held Mon day Night, Which Will F;;. ..ably See the End of A!) the Cases. The . .. ' ■ 1 - ami rather urecome uevi.. .. n.s> night tor ute i*...e .■ ec< r c;Um again.-. t'uiireicaii ! ... ;• no aud City Jailer Clinton Oitiv::.. 'This nitstit .• is .Matter to • I" ",K of this city and dots not any lengthy iiiii'r.-. , ! .oil .. tc. i officers Lao foiiie troTtbie on Alr.rcn 2!> wititdt resulted in Drowu drawing a gun on Lamb i.n a.. • tog to kill him. tic til of ..... -i’ ** pended oy me mayor, t.a tun .to. ..... referred to ii.e euy council <■ .uaiiuiitf? on police, and l.uu comm;.lee, after ail to. e.-u lfchl. :i .. to l, „ .ic . o. lie cases, reouh.mein; , i,:. luit.ia! charges he liieit against the two icon. 'i Lis was done iinu one oi the . ate- . the one agalinn Lamb was tat.'. Ui tried anti disposed of la.-.t tit ,u . .v.rornoys T. ii. liar. ;, aau Wood ford Mabry appeared for U. detet .an. and City Attorney r. i. i'v, 1.1.- ap pcared lor the t . A nuuiL .; u. wit uoa*sy including Ur. i> 1). A l piaoa, Clinton Brotvn, Court land Lamb, Dix on Brown, J. D. Brown unit the and .end ant, were examined ami file evidence was ail of a rather corroborative na ture. After the evident e tile mein > rs oi council retired to consider me cast and in a very short lium rt turned and announced the foiiov. ing rertlict': "We find the defendant., T. l.amb, guilty ot tin., ciiarg-s u..d d.sn.is.-. iiin irotu the puli'. . i .it; of lilt., city.” The verdict was not a surprise to those present, for the tvi . i;< c wet. very cteuiiy I'iiat t/Sif t r Um dio violate certain unitripo.: . t rule.- gov • •ruing the police force of the • ity. At lialf -pa. t eleven o’clock coun cil -adjourned to meet again Monday night, when the case against the city jailor will To taken up and di-ipoi and of. These investigations have all been long drawn out and the public, as Weil as the men."hers of the council, will .tt very happy when the l ist case has been disposed of. As Has been the tm . with the oth er investigations a large crowd was on hand to near the cm o last night. ' FIGHT THE WESTERN UNION. The News is Asked to Keep Up the War Against Tc.egraph People. The News has been the recipient of many congratulatory comment- on the fact that it has called !.<•• aue:: on of the people of Brunsw.ok to :ie rotten service they are r . . iving by the Western Union Telegraph office, ami yesterday The News r.i .. a number of letters from < i'izens ask ing it to keep up the flgh .. Of course there is no one in Bruns wick who lay any blame on the local officers, indeed, not. Manager Davi son, Clerk Herzog and Opera; or Nel son are only sympathized with in the amount of work they are to do. ; Since the board of trade Has b< come interested in rh.e matmr, and have passed resolutions condemning the company for the poor serve it is probable that their complaint will be recognized by the company, and we may succeed in getting a better rv ice. Prisoner Taken Back. Charged with larceny after trust P. E. Ryan, the white man c. costed by Patrolman Padgett af the Union Sta tion. was taken to Brunswick last night by an officer arns.ed with a war •rant. Although Ryan resisted arrest when •located - by Patrolman Padgett !tc accompanied the firatr?Sr officer without any trouble. Thf- man is al leged, to have been btnpfoyed to rell goods on the instalment plan, end to have pocketed the fHOneylthat h col lected. —Savananh News. 1 * MV- THE BUT JN S WICK NEWS. HI COUNCIL 010 LUST NIGHT —♦— 3E3IDES TRYING POLICE CASE, SOME ROUTINE MATTERS WERE DISPOSED OF. ACCEPIED AN NVIIATION To Occupy Seats on Stage During Me . .morial Day Services Monday a Few Other Matters Were Handled. Adjourned Regular Meeting. Brunswick, (fa., April 24, 1903. ITeseiii: Hon. A. J. Crovuti, may or; Aldermen du Biguuu, Cook, Smith eul Dart. Absent: Aide; nun Newman, Km- Taylor and Robinson. iMinules of previous meetings read itaT confirmed. On mo; Urn, :bo regular order of busi ness was suspended. Bills ami ae i'. i.ys properly approved ami audited, w t rc read and ordered placed in course of settlement. The charges' against inliconeiu T 1.. izinil), for violation of the nil".- aud regulations of lhe police department preferred in ac-. c . lance with the report of the po lice, tire mid building permit commit* :u ih. meeting of ;t e mayor and euiicU. oti April 1-1, 19P3, were next i • n up. < mm! "i for Accused,'filed and ar gued a demurrer which was overnjied. Also a plea in abatement, which was .ui;rt.h ••• Ti -ulmony was heard from • kinron. Dixon and T. L. Lamb. Coun sel for accused, after an argument of 22 ininuh s asked for half hour’s ad ditional time A motion prevailed, that five minutes further time be gran ted. which counsel declined to accept and discontinued his argument, giving mice of an appeal. Recess. After a r of five minnoN. a verdict .at rendered l, wit; We find -;e n< ■ a si 1 yadlly and dh-ect that he ike disne 1 from the police force of said city, ail concurring. Petition. From Cm p.-dcraio Veterans associa : < ion Ui iiiya \V. It. Burroughs, for ;wo lo s a cemetery to be known •*s the Coiifedoralc Veternns lot.-;; also o have :o r, < sprinkled from Ogle -11 orpe lipiel to cemetery on Memorial day On motion the chairman of the ••onuniuen on public works, was re •pirsited lo have ibo -frects sprinkled ;requesic; 1 , and the- matter of de voting the tots in the cemetery was referred in ii.e committe on public works. Communications Froi'u i.adi'-s ,\b tnor, I association, •iviting imaypr and council to •articiy; is Tcnerial exercises on .'T’h. and pi o'C'ipy .-cal; on the stage. f"ie in’ifi'ion v.a.s accepted with ’hard:.-: and t> e clerk of council rli to "o' •’ ' Lade-sas ociation d.v eou'.'il would attend i'; a body. The mayor announced that in re to o quest of the marshal of and uay he had directed the chief of : oil e io have Die police force inart h in v c pnoij- ti a body. On mo tion the avion of the mayor was sus tained. The clerk was directed by the mayor to proputirav his proclamation, di recting l! c chising of the city offices from 1 p. io.' Ti <’• u. m. on Monday, >f)rll 29. and rcqneiing business men to dose tie p) ices of business dur ing the memorial services. Adjourned until Monday. April 29. IW3. at % o'clock. N. I). RUSSELL, Clerk of Council. Ladies Asked to Help. The ladies of Brunswick are re •r.-xi't -i to aid in ’he matter of ar ne ne an entertainment incident to ••he L ying of the corncrrtone of the -•pel >.-kfnt next Thursday. The News is requested ip ask for contributions ir the .way of flowers aud cake, and those who will , a-sist in the matte-' will confer a f-Vor by leaving their names at, the Gglethorpe. Headquarters for Groceries. Attention in called to the ad. of A. Zetnwnovitz. the well known gro cer, which appears elsewhere in this issue. Zelrecoviiz can save you OFFICE BUILDING IS NOW GOING IIP j CARFENTERS PUT TO WORK ON THE STRUCTURE YESTER DAY MORNING. . FINISH IT BY THURSDAY Scenes Around the Steel Plant Site Are Now Lively, and a Number of Workmen Are Hard at Work. A News representative visited the site of the Mohawk Valley Steel and Wire company yesterday and was deeply impressed with the scene of general activity that Tie witnessed. A large force of hands are at work clearing away trees and yesterday af ternoon a force Of Uuipelliers put to work erecting an office building for the company. The building in question will be located on the right hand side of the boulevard going out and the structure as contemplated will be twenty by fifty feet, divided into offices, will he used by the resident engineer and his corps of office clerks ami assistants, which will necessarily be quite a number. Those in charge of lhe work o ti e office announce that they will have building ready for occupancy by Thurs day 'next, when the ceremonies of laying the cornerstone will be had. The B. & B. is constructing a sys tem of side trucks to the site which will greatly facilitate in the work of promptly handling the various charac ter <>t machinery and other material te lx- use-1 in the building of the plant. TO CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY. Brunswick Odd Fellows Have Ar ranged App'opriate Program. Tomorrow is the eighty-fourth an niversary of the order of Odd Fel lows, anil the occasion will be appro priately celebrated by the local lodges. At. t.lie first Baptist church tomor row morning. Rev. W. E. Porter, a prominent Odd Fellow, will officiate al the services and lhe two lodges will attend. Tie official anniversary exercises will take place at 8 o’clock Monday night, in the lodge room, anil R. T. Daniels, of Oriflin, one o fthe most prominent Odd Fellows in the state, will he the principal speaker. MRS HEIDT GETS A VERDICT FOR $5,000. Interesting Case Came to a Close in Waycross Yesterday. Mrs. R. E. Hefdt, formerly of this city, was given a verdict in the Ware mperior court at Waycross yesterday, for $5,000 damages against the Way erons Electric Light, company. The case has been on trial there during the entire week and lias attracted con siderable attention. Mrs. (ieidt was siting for the death of iter husband, who was killed in (hat. city by an electric wire some time ago. She has a number of friends in this city who will be glad to learn that she won the case. Tt is understood that the electric tipie company wiii carry the case to the supreme court. A Good Game Promised. Considerable interest, is being taken in the bail game to be played Mon day afternoon between the Brunswick :cond nine, and the B. & B. shop team. Both the clubs have been prac ticing hard for the contest and it is expected to be a very (nt.erestlng one. I. O. O. F. Notice. Ail members of Brunswick Bodge No. 48 and Seaport No. 68, and al! visiting brothers, will meet at the hall, Sunday, April 26. at 9:45 a. m. prompt, to attend divine services at the First Baptist church at 10:45. It is hoped by the anniversary committee, thpt every Odd Fellow in the city will lie present. T. B. FERGUSON, N. G.. No. 68. B. CARROLL. N. O, No. 48. To the Consumer. I will give the 1 , retailers’ profit. I .have 'just rereived 10,000 Maitre T.a Bori cigars a real good 5c cigar which I will sell direct to the consumer at $1.25 per box o' 50. I am sole agent for this brand. This cigar Is worth $2.00 per box, one box will make you get. more at Sig Levison, 310 Bay ■street. ~ *T_ I 2 M Iff BRUNSWICK, GA.. SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 25, 1902. UN AGED LAO! PASSES AWAY ! MRS. PATRICK MINEHAN. AGED 93, DIED AT HER HOME LAST NIGHT. O\F OF Oi MSI RESJMNTS i She Was Born in Ireland in the Year 1810, and Has Been Living in Brunswick Since 1857. Mrs. Patrick Minchan. aged 93 years, and one of Brunswick’s oldest citizens, died at. her home corner of Wolf and L streets at 7 o'clock last night. Mrs. Minchan was born in the year 1810 in Dumon county. Ireland; came to this country in 1850, and since 1857 lias been a resident of this rily. She leaves one daughter, Mrs. Kate Fuiidy to mourn her loss. The funeral will occur from St. Xavier's Catholic church at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Tilts estimable old lady had a large circle of friends and was probably the oldest white person in the city. The News tenders it sympathy to tiie members of the family. DEATH OF W. M. TURNER. Aged Citizen Passed Away at Home of His Daughter Last Night. W, M. Turner, aged 60, died lasi night at 11 o'clock at (ho home of his daughter, Mrs. Emniett Calnan, af ter a long illness. Mr. Turner was suffering fiom a cancer and came from his home in Luke City, Fla., tc Brunswick to be t r eated. He was improving for awhile, but during the last ft w days Las grown worse, and the end was no siirpiise to those best acquainted with his condition. The f, tv cosed leaves a wife, who is in Lake City, and ihree children. Win. Brown, of Clearwater. Fla., Mrs. it. E. Turner, of Statesboro, f!a., and ''.its. Emmett Calnan, of this city. The out. of town members of the family 1 ave been wired the sad news ant will !rnve in the city today. The funeral will lake place tomorrow, '< hut lhe time ha? not yet been named, j Mr. Turner w;fk originally from | Sotilli Carolina, and was a Confeder ate Veteran. The relatives of the de ceased have the sympathy of a large circle, of friends. A JOYFUL REUNION. Congregation of St. Mark’s Will Observe Today. This is St. Mark’s day. It will be observed by the congre gation of St. Mark’s church as one , of the greatest days of the year. There will be service in the church at 10 o’clock, in the evening there will lie a reunion at. the Parish house. This will not he an entertainment for the public, nor will it be for t inf purpose of making money. Tt will he a family reunion designed to bring together all the members of the church and give them an opportunity of becoming better acquainted and of hearing what lhe church is doing. It will be a particularly enjoyable occasion. Supper will be served by the ladies on the lawn from 6 to 8, and social intercourse enjoyed. At 8 o’clock all will go into the Parish house, where they will listen to an interesting program. The musical part of this will be as follows: Song. He Leadeth Me—-Mr. Sher man. The Song I Heard one Sunday Morn —Miss Nellie Colesberry. Violin Solo. Handel’s Largo—Miss Olga Mitchell. Duet, One Sweetly Solemn Thought —The Misses Symons. Full and interesting reports of the work which St. Mark’s is doing in ail departments will he made, some in teresting addresses will be heard, and important announcements will !>• made, which no member of St. Mark’s would he willing to miss. This promises to be one of the most delightful events in the history of the parish. The Weather. • Forecast for today in Georgia: Fair and warmer, & j 1; * ENGINEER IS HERE READY EOR WORK REPRESENTATIVE OF GARRETT CROMWELL COMPANY AR RIVED YESTERDAY. jHE \S NOW IN CHARGt J At Once Went to the Site and is Very i ! Much Pleased With it —Thinks Brunswick An Excellent Port. The -people of Brunswick were hap py yesterday morning over the arriv -lal of Chas. P. Turner, resident engi • neer. and one of the right hand bow lers of the Garrett-Cromwell Engineer ling Cos.. Cleveland. Ohio, who have ! been awarded the contract of the ten million dollar steel plant of the Mo hawk Valley Steel and Wire company. Promptly on arriving in the city. Mr. Turner presented his credentials to Cos. E. C. Machen. fourth vice-presi dent of the company, and received nec essary directions, lie then visited the site and took active charge of all preliminary plans. He was seen by a News representative shortly after his visit to the site and was thorough ly pleased and very deeply impressed 'with the selection. He says it is splendidly adapted for a steel plant and thinks the site, nil in all, is an ideal one. It is very likely that he will relnain in Brunswick during the period rtf construction and will he the general representative of the contrac tors. Mr. Turner lias been with the Gar rett Cromwell people fbr thany years and is thoroughly familiar with every detail of [lie important work incident to constructing these mammoth plants. As staled above the people were very much pd ased with this develop ment, for it serves to convince litem nvore titan ever that the promoters ot this enterprise do not propose to lose any unnecessary time in getting to vork. Mr. Turner expresses hlm seif as being well pleased with Bruns wick, was particularly charmed with the saluhriousness and at once fell i in ,nve witli the many natural advan tages tiiat must appeal to any stran ger who is the least Id! observant. HER 84th ANNIVERSARY. Mrs. Mary Ann Franklin Celebrated It Yesterday. Yesterday at the ro-idence of her daughter, Mrs. Rosa Franklin, on Rich mond street; Mrs. Ann Franklin cele brated her eighty-fourth birthday en tertaining a number of friends ai din ner. The table and dining room were tastefully decorated in cut flowers, some of them being of this charming old lady’s raising and a table of hand some birthday presents attested to nor great popularity among a wide cir cle of friends. After the blessing was asked by Iter pastor, Mrs. Franklin was the re cipient of the congratulations anti best wishes of her relative- and friends. The guests were: Mrs. Ellen Dart, Mrs. Elizabeth Peters. Mrs. Kate Dari. Mrs. Maria Bean. Mrs. .Leiho Ander son. Mrs. A. P. Wells. Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Maione, MJss .Toe Nathans. OFF FOR NEW YORK. WILL RETURN WEDNESDAY Col. Machen Left Last Night to Ac company Party on Return. Col. E. C. Machen. after spending a few days In the city, and scattering all kinds of good news about the steel plant, left last night over the 9:05 Southern for New York. The colonel, however,-wiii return to the city Wednesday or Thursday, and will be accompanied tjy President Umstod, ex-Senator MeLanrin and others interested in the steel plant who are to be here at the laying of the cornerstone, which promises to be an event long to be remembered by every Brnnswickian. Attention Smokers. I handle a fine line of gentiim- Merschaum Pipes, they are beauties. Cali and look at them. Sig Levison 310 Bay street. “One Dcse Convinces.” Mosleys Lemon Elixer acts gently n the bowels without any unpleasant fleet. It. is a perfect liquid laxative. GO cents per bottle at all drug stores. The greatest thing in the world — 'Clark's mtu'ic hair tonic—city refer ence - 3 >, mm NEGRO MURDERER IS U CAUGHT IN SAVANNA® PREPARING FOR MEMORIAL DA! PARADE WILL BE PARTICIPATED IN BY ALL MILITARY COMPANIES. FIRSI ORDERS ARt ISSUED Commander Stiles Has Assumed Charge of the Parade —It Will Form at Oglethorpe at 2:30 in Afternoon. The program for the Memorial tlay exercises have been about completed, and they will be very imposing, and will lie participated in by all of the military companies of the city, the mayor and council, Confederate Vete rans, Sons of Veterans, Ladles Me morial association and others. Last night the Naval Reserves and Riflemen both held meetings in their respective armories for tile purpose of arranging for the parade, and all de tails were completed. Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, will also partici pate, as well as the police force. At the meeting of the city council last, night an invitation was accepted from the ladies in charge of the ex ercises, and .the mayor and alder men will occupy seals on the stage at the opera house. In connection with the parade the following, orders No. I, were issued lasi night. The battalion will assemble In front of the Oglethorpe hotel at 2:30 p. m.. Monday, April 27, as follows: Right of line, BrunsvJlck Riflemen; Knights of Pythias, Naval Militia. Sergeant, major to be furnished by the Riflemen, will report to Lieuten ant Elliot at above point.at 2:15 it. m. promptly.' As senior officer Georgia state troops present, I hereby as.sump command of all Georgia state troops present. By order of Commander STILES. C. L. ELLIOTT, Lieut, and Aide, N. 8., G. S. T. AT THE SCHOOLS YESTERDAY. New Fountain Placed With Appro priate Exercises. Yesterday at. the school house quite a large crowd of visitors gathered to witness the exercises for the de dication of the fountain. The program was short hut very in teresting and was as follows: Song of welcome by choir. Introduction —Julius Elkan. Dedicatory speech—DUmas Malone. Song—Scatter the Gems of the Beau tiful, choir. Address —Col. D. W. Krauss. The fountain was then set in mo tion by Miss Hatidie McCullough. The peeches were extremely appropriate and inspired every one with a feel ing of deep appreciation for the work done by the Civic League in general and Mr A. V. Wood in particular. After the exercises in the grounds the school and its visitors adjourned* to the. auditorium where the Excel sior Literary society held its regu lar meeting. A primary contest in declamation was held by fifteen boys for speaker's places in the contest for a prize of fered ity Hon. W. G. Brantley to be awarded at the close of school. The following boys were chosen by t lie judges. Messrs. D. W. Krauss, R. E. Dart, O. G. Bradley, J. D. Sparks: Julius Elkan, Kemp Malone. Henry Bunkley, Elliot Butts, Dumas Malone. Frank Atkinson, Newton Walker. All ‘he boys did exceedingly well and Rev. Mr. Bradley in announcing the decis ion of the judges, remarked that it had been an unusually hard matter to decide on the best among so many good speakers. Music by Misses Gertrude Lott. Ja nie Dart, Ixitta Baumgartner and Lily Gornto, pleasantly filled the intervals between the speeches. Notice. The City Bakery takes this method of announcing to my friends and the public- generally that I am now pre pared to furnish them with anything in my line of business. Ring up phone 142-4. Corner Monk and New castle streets. 4-30 F. JOS. DOERFLINGER. PRICE FIVE CENTS. lABE SEVENS NOW j BEHIND SABjj SHERIFF BERRIE NOTIFIED YE® TERDAY MORNING THAT NeII GRO HAD BEEN CAPTUREqJB WILL BE BROUGHT BaJ Crime For Which He is Wanted wk| Cost Negro His Life—Sheriff'JM Goes For Him , Today. J Ed. Mormon, alias Able Sevens, til negro who, early last Sunday mor ing, shot and killed Lavenia Owdfl is thought to be in the county j&| of Chatham county, and Sheriff X’Mj rio will go over io Savannah this tutu’ll mg lo identify the prisoner and bvjS im back if he is the right man, Early yesterday morning the ?b|a iff received a telegram from Chiefl| Police Garfunkle, stating that he hdj Sevens in jail and to send an for the man. ' Tills morning the sheriff will gfj? over and will lake along some onjl who knows Sevens to identify )ih9S tt is generally thought tnat the Sa* vannah officials have (he prist ner as he answers exactly \ha A scription of Sevens. \ f The crime for which this wanted is one of the most /cov •vor committed in the coujkty, y rom all accounts of the k Aug,., t tallows awaits did negro. B A PHOENIX. jjfl Head of a Colorado School System 'at A strong, healthy, hungry fartttefl boy will cat pretty anything he caM ,et his teeth into. He is very apt his way to lay thefoundktiun for i’ul ’ ll re ill health,particularly if he taki® up a sedentary occupation in later JifSa V prominent young man of a >t[.y <tt ’olorado who was born on a farm iiy astern Illinois,says:-—"AH my youth I had an abnormally mod appetite which I was,,.’ J||g gratify freely. During 1 unuulis especially 1 conJSsp ptanuiics of sorghum nuV’ of il^H' ih,. a teacher I had become af comMI suffering dyspeptic. Consl'ant by® fives were necessary amL only tKm very simplest foods wonlg’gfgrf*lß all. For several years J carriefK oilier dinner to school but. oat meali and crackers. ’ “Life dragged wearily along in thiJ manner. Six years ago i marriedjan™ went to college and two years werfl •pent there, but all the time my men|j lal work was seriously hindered bj| headaches and drowsiness causedfrom! my indigestion Leaving college i taught school a year, in the midst offj which I suffered an attack of braij lever. Three years ago I carafe |o| Colorado ami took charge of the graral mar department of (lie schools hefij until Feburary, 1901, when my poorly r.otrished body could no longer slat: if the strain, upon it and I collapsed in both body and mind. F: rj two weeks I lay at the point of deal’i| unconscious most of the time. Then? Grape-Nuts was fed to me as a steady! diet and the change began. It seemodj a miracle. “To cut the tale short I am nows principal of our school system her" tiSl 29 years of age and am doing dQitlyn the amount of brain work I ever ! b before and am in better health thru al any time since I ran remember. 1 and digest all kinds of food, ntf Ign ative are used and headaches art atJ most unknown and Giape-Nnts b made this change for me. Yott caH understand why I most heai.'tjlw recommend GrapeNnts which it. .nijj a regular dish at morning and in my family.” Name furnishediM Postum Cos., Battle Creek, Mic®! Is Closing Out. Attention is directed to thjl Mrs. E. Earle, Ihe .milliner, cfl , m Mtis issue Having rente- lc Ibe Morgan Di m. Stm Jflj effect May |. Mrs. Earle nut everything ill her Hi ft 1 low prices, and ' lies. n ngS linery of any kind shouinK