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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS- VOLUME 1 NUMBER 208. MONT PJELEE AG/MN IN ERUPTION AND MANY LIVES LOST ANOTHER TOWN IS DESTROVED f LATEST OUTBREAK SAiD TO BE THE WORSE SINCE THAT WHICH DESTROYED ST. PIERftE— SUF FERING IS INTENSE. FIFTY PEOPLE RUSH IN CHURCH FOR SAFETY AND ARE KILLED WITH THE PRIESTS—MARTIN QUE DESERTED. Fort de France, May 28. —Mont Pe !<•<> is again in eruption and hundreds of deaths have resulted. The town of Range, is entirely des t.roytcxl and the suffering there is un de#rrtbable. The latest outbreak is the worse since that which destroyed St. Pierre. The noise of the eruption was tremen ‘dioifs. It was a regular rain of fire (i stones and nmuj lat'a. The people who did succeed in escaping were pan ic stricken They ran in every direct ion, shri anding and screaming and the scene was, indeed, a most horrifying one;. Fifty people, seeking safety, rushed into a church with the priests. A few minutes later, the church was totally destroyed and and one within was killed. Immenco quantities of molten lava were thrown to the southwest. The town of New Crater, about half way up the mountain, is very active and there is grot it fear here for the, fate of the entire island. The north end of Martinque is now entirely deserted. Refugees arrived lirre today almost starved to death, and they tell a heartrending story of the affairs existing there. They re port that two men diosl on the way, here from hunger. Every volcano on the island is now active and the eruptions are worse Ilian ever. I Scientists who Are hererdeclare that the eruptions will not cease until the entire island is in ruins. The southern part of Martinque is now threatened and the inhabitants are fleeing in every direction. CiUlEi AT CRANBERRY MINES. Consignment of Rifles Sent to Some of the Collieries. Hazelton. Pa., May 28.—Everything is quiet this morning at the Cranber ry colliery of A. Pardee & Co>, where the engineers, firemen and pumpmen quit yesterday. Several clerks em ployed at the Silver Brook colliery who refused jo act as firemen and pump runners were discharged. This week most of the strikers in the Hazelton district will receive their wages for the first half of May. This will be the iast distribution of wages until the suspension is ended. It is stated that a consignment of rifles were sent to some of the collieries on the south side late last night, v Carriage Worker*’ Strike Ends. Washington, May 28. —The strike of the union carriage workers of this city, which has been in force for seven weeks, has come to an end, both em ployers and the union making conces sions. The agreement is to become operative August 4, work-in (W’ftean time to be under the old system of and wages. Weavers Go On Strike. Philadelphia. May 28 —Five hundred weavers Went on a strike here today for higher wages, closing a number of mills. Drowned In Little Warrior. Birmingham. Ala., May 28.—Fred Greenway, a carpenter, aged 20 years, was drowned in the Little Warrior river yesterday while in bathing. He was seized with champs and went down before his friends could rescue him. His remains were taken to Gainesville, Ga., for Interment. He was single. „ Alabama Baptist Convention. Decatur, Ala., May 28. —The state convention of the Baptist church will be held in New Decatur at the Central Baptist church cqmmencing June 24 and lasting throughout the week. Fully 400 delegates are expected to attend. CHASED TO 111 3 DEATH. Feeling Between Freshmen and Sopho mores Leads to Tragedy. Plattsburg, N. Y., May 28. —The feel ing which has existed between the freshmen And sophomore classes of the university of Vermont has culminated here in the drowning of Nelson Pease Bond, of 'Burlington, Va- treasurer of the freshman class. Tiie freshmen had arranged to have their annual banquet at the Cumber land house and Bond with four other of the freshmen came over to make the final arrangements. Five sopho mores sailed to Port Kent on the sloop Alert and took the train there for Plattsburg. arriving in the afternoon. The main body of freshmen, 40 in num. her, arrived on the' steamer Vermont at 7 o’clock in the evening, after a hard fight on the Burlington rock. Bond left his companions at 5 o'clock in the afternoon for a stroll, and it in alleged was set upon by two sopho mores, presumably for the purpose of kidnaping him and keeping him from the banquet. He fled before his pur suers until he reached Wilcox dock, an out-of-the-way place on the north lake front The pursuers claim he jumped into the lake In an effort t?> escape by swimming. They endeavored to rescue him by g boat, but could find no oars, and he sank before they could reach him. Coroner McMasters will hold an In quest and the matter will be probed to the bottom. Bond was 19 years of age. EXPIATES ATROCIOUS CRIME. William Lane Hanged at Philadelphia for Triple Murder. Philadelphia. May 28.- William Har. mon lane.' negro, was hanged at 10:08 o'clock this morning. Tiie crime for. which lame paid tha dentil" penalty was particularly atro cious. On the morning of April 1 he shoi arid killed Ella Jarden, by whom he was employed as a servant, and her two Laughters, Madeline, aged 12, e.pd Eloii-e, aged 7 years. Lane hail stolen Money from his employer and fearing the consequences of his thefts he de liberately shot the woman and the younger daughter In an upper room of tiie ii- home and then called the elder child from the street, where she had been playing, and shot and killed her. After the shooting he escaped to Cam den. N. J„ but was arrested a few hours later at the railroad station In that city. He confessed the crime and after a formal hearing was sentenced to death. Justice was not delayed in meting out punishment to th# negro, and in less than two months after the commission of the crime he was exe cuted. AGAIN ON FRENCH SAIL. President Loubet Extended Ovation Upon Return from Russia. Dunkirk, France, May 28.—The French squadron of warships which recently vi ted Cronstadt, Russia, as an escort to President Loubet, arrived hen today. M. Loubet landed at noon, tie was welcomed by the mayor and received an ovation from the populace The president proceeded to the cham ber of commerce and at a luncheon subsequently he expressed his delight at the extreme cordiality of the WeF come extended to him by both the Im perial family and the people of Rus sia. The strengthening of the bonds uniting Russia and France would, he believed, have beneficial gffect in caus ing Frenchmen to forget their own differences, which were more apparent than real, and to turn their united at tention to financial, economic and so cial probims urgently requiring settle ment. President Loubet concluded by drinking a toast to the reunion of all Frenchmen. Belgium Election Returns. Brussels, May 28 Tfflwin&l election returns show that the new chamber of representatives will be composed of 96 Catholics, 34 Liberals. 34 Socialists and two Christian Democrats. Tha government has a majority of 26 com pared to a majority of 20 before the elections. The new Belgian senate will contain 62 Conservatives, 41 Liberals end six Socialists, increasing the Con servatives’ majority by one. Town Submerged, Family Drowned. Fountain, Col., May 28. —The streets of this town were flooded to a depth of 2'feet in many places by the outbreak in Fountain creek. It is reported that the second house at Wigwam was stroyed and the family drowned. Over 300 head of cattle were drowned near Bvttes. _ . . BRUNSWICK, GA., THURSDAY MORNING. MAY 29. 1902. REPUBLICANS ARE DOWN TO WORK % —f — HANNA IS THE ATTRACTING FEA TURE AT THE BIG GATHERING IN CLEVELAND. Federal Office Holders are Notable Byil Tneir Absence from the Convention. % Hjieviyamq 0., May 28. —The Re publican convention is now hard at work and is one of the largest attend ed in tho state. it is evident that the leaders who had announced that they would take a hand iu the nominations for minoi state officers were compelled to take part today in the contest for food and dairy commissioner, and it is thought that they wii. oppose Deputy F. W. Herbst, who was considered in the lead to succeed Commissioner Joseph Blackburn. Since the reports have been circulated today about the fight against Herbst as a BlayWburn man there were great efforts to carry the alleged "slate breaking" further on, and the field is concentrating against Crew for supreme judge and against Klrtley for member of the board of public works. The platform, which was the sub ject of a long conference of party leaders last night, has been finally agreed upon, and It Is ready-for presen tation to the convention. There Is no change in the construc tive work of the platform makers. The resolutions that General Dick brought with him from Washington have been submitted to various con ferences during the past three days. As this is the first Republican conven tion In the martyred president’s state since the tragedy at Buffalo last Sep tember, there will be a tribute resolu tion, followed by an expression of con fidence In President Roosevelt, and an indorsement of the Republicans in con gress. The only changes likely to be made by the committee on resolutions lit the platform already dratted and con sidered in informal conferences will be in the planks on Cuban reciprocity, trusts and the tariff, and If the changes are made they will simply be in the forms of expressions. The distinguish ing feature continued to be the trial heats of candidates for the gubernato rial nomination and other places on the state ticket next year The work ers today wore especially interested in the contests for members of the state central committee that holds over un til after the next state convention and control the machinery at the time when Senator Hanna will stand for re election. The control of the organiza tion is also wanted by those who are in anticipation of the next Republican national convention. There is much talk In the open field for Hanna for president two years hence, as well as for re-election as sen ator by the legislature that is to be chosen next year. There is no opposition expressed to President Roosevelt. Those who are talking about the delegation to tho next national convention say they do not want an anti-Roosevelt delegation, but one that would not he anti-Hanna in the event of President Roosevelt not being nominated. There probably never was a state convention of the dominant party in Ohio at which federal office holders were as scarce as here. CRUELTY ON HIGH SEAS. Warrants Issued Fdr Arrest of Offi cers of Transport Buford. San Francisco, May 28.—United States Commissioner Peacock, issued warrants here for the arrest of Captain K. F. Martins and First Officer W. G. Harstedt, of the army transport Bu ford, on charges of cruelty to the sail ors on the high seas. The charges are made by B. Beck hoefer, third cook of the transport, who claims to have been tied up for an hour and a half. Captain Martins asserts that this punishment was only continued for 15 minutes. Other charges were that the vessel’s brig, where the men slept, was over-crowd ed and in an unsanitary condition. c Cholera Deaths In Manila, Manila. May 28—Captain Charles E. Russell, of the Eighth infantry. Is dead. He was the first officer to die of chol era. Up to the present in- Manila there have been 25 cases of cholera and 20 deaths amopg the Americans and 13 cases and 10 deaths among the European population. The cholera to tals to' date are as follows. Manila, 1.165 cases and 935 deaths; provinces, 6,0 W -cases and 2,878 deaths. SHOI THE GIRL IREN HIMSELF FAMILY OPPOSED THEIR MAR RIAGE AND A TREGEDY WAS THE RESULT. Young Man Was Only 19 Years of Age While His Victim Was Only 17. - . MUMW* Chicago, May 28. —Kmii Rossmau. aged 19. last night shot and killed his sweetheart. Sophia Ratal, and then shot himself. II is believed he will die. The girl was hut 17 years old. She anti, Rossman came to Chicago two months ago from Bohemia with an aunt of Rossman’s. They were sweet hearts in the old country and the girl was brought along because Rossman had threatened to-kill her and himself if any_attempt was made to separate them. The opposition to the union was due to the youth of the pair. Sunday night both of them were missed and yesterday the police were notified. It was not till early in the day that they were found dead, side by side, under a sidewalk in the west side. The girl was dead with a bullet in her brain. Rossman was also shot in the head, but he still breathed faintly. FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION. One Person Killed and Several Injured at Manchester, Va. Richmond, Va., May 28. One dead and five seriously, if not fatally, in jured is the result of a locomotive ex plosion In Manchester, Va., this morn ing. The accident occurred on the tracks of the Atlantic Coast line, the engine being attached to train No. 91, a local freight which left this city at 5:05 a. m. for Rocky Mount, N. C. The cause of the explosion is a mat ter of conjecture. A coroner’s jury has been summoned and will try to fix the responsibility. The dead; Robert Gwathmey, engineer, 27 years old, of Manchester. The injured: John Taylor, negro, fireman, Man chester, terribly scalded. James Wingate, Manchester, train hand, scalded about head and body. John Moody, conductor, slightly in jured. Stephen Vassal, negro. William Savage Manchester, train man, bajjly scalded about head and body. AMERICAN EXCHANGE WRECKED. Angry Mob In Paris Causes Exciting Demonstration. New York, May 28.—The American Exchange has been smashed by an angry mob, says a Paris dispatch to The American and Journal. The proprietor, Donald Downie, for merly of Now York, had an altercation with one of his French employes. The latter was slightly intoxicated and re fused to leave the premises, where upon Mr. Downie caned him severely. An angry mol) quickly gathered as 1b usual in Paris, and seeing blood flowing from a Frenchman the crowd began by smashing the windows and finally wrecked the place. During the excitement 1,000 people collected in the Rue Scribe. PLUM FOR McLAURIN. President Roosevelt May Put Him on the Court of Claims. Washington, May 28.—There is a re vival of the report that President Roosevelt will take care of Senator McLaurin, of South ( arolina, by put ting him on the court of claims. It. is known that some of McLaurin’s friends have bo n urging tlm president to furnish some sort, of a net to break his fall from public life, and today it is asserted,with great positiveness that he can have this position. While upon several occasions Sena tor McLaurin lias declared he would not accept office until after he finished his term in the senate, it is generally believed that if this plum starts his way he will grab it. epgorly. Castro Names New Cabinet. Caracas, Venezuela, May 28.—Pres ident Castro has named anew cab inet, which fa composed as follows: Minister of the interior. Dr. Rafael Lo pez Baralt; minister of foreign affairs, General Diego Baulista Ferror; min ister of finance aifrl public credit, Gen eral R. Tello Mendoza; minister of war and navy. General Joaquin Garide; minister of encouragement. Dr. Arnol do Moralez; minister of public works, General Rafael Maria Carabano; minis ter of public instruction, Dr. Rafael Montserrat*. RIFLEMEN’S FIELD DAY AT ST. SIMON A GREAT SUCCESS CAMPAIGN FOR GOVERNOR, Former Georgian in the Race in South Carolina. Columbia, S. C., May 28.—There are two very Interesting contests about to begin in South Carolina—for governor and United States senator. It is diffi cult to say which will command the greater share of public interest. Although Governor McSweeney has said nothing upon the subject, it is pretty well understood that he will not run for re-election. There gre five men announced for governor! D. C. Hey ward, of Colleton; James H. Tillman, of Edgefield, and former State Treas urer Timmerman. Many Georgians are interested in the candidacy of Captain D. Clinch Heyward, as his mother was a member Of the old Clinch family, of that state, where he lias many relatives. Mr. Hey ward is about 38 years old, a large .rice planter, and enters this race with many excellent qualifications for the office and I lie cleanest kind of record. He comes, too, "fresh from the peo pie," never having heen a candidate for any other office. All of his com petitors have ben in politics for many y< ars and all iiave held office. BRIDE FALLS IN DEATH TRAP. Tragic Fate of Mrs. Chambers, of At lanta, Ga. * Atlanta, May. ,28—Mrs. Mary Chambers, wife of Officer James M. Chambers, of the city police force, and a bride of only a few months, met a tragic death here last ovening. ohe was preparing supper and went fiG-.i tiie kitchen to the hack porch. Under this porch a well had been dug when the dwelling was first erected years ago. but it had long been in dis use and had been covered over. The flooring had become decayed, and when Mrs. Chambers stopped upon the | etch directly over the old well the planking gave way and she was hurled to the bottom, a distance of home 40 feet. Her screams brought tier hußband and neighbors to the spot, and after much difficulty the unfortunate worn an was brought to the surface. Physiciali.s were hurriedly sent for and did ail possible for the patient’s relief, but little hope for her recovery is entertained. ATTEMPT AT ASSAULT MADE. /.t Threats of Lynching Military Is Ordered Out. Columbia, S. C., May 28. At. Fort Mill there occurred an attempted as sault. upon the -ffl-year-old daughter ol the proprietor of a hotel at that place. The young lady was within 20 feet of the hotel and in full view of the street when a negro struck her from behind and choked her into insensibil ity. Becoming frightened, he ran, a negro woman seeing him leap a fence,. Her description of him tallies with a man seen in the town during the day. The girl saw nothing but a yellow hand with a Knife in it. Two negroes have been arrested Ail yellow negroes are being arrested to be identified. Every negro house and outhouse in the place has been search ed. There were threats of lynching and the governor ordered out the Fort Mil) light infantry to guard the jail. $30,000 Offered For License. Charlotte, w. C., May 28. —Colonel F. W. Kerchncr, a well known liquor deal er of Wilmington, offers the board of aldermen of that town $30,000 for tne exclusive saloon license in Wilming ton. The fifty odd saloon keepers in the city have employed counsel ta look in to the constitutionality of such a step, and the matter will likely be made an Issue in the race for the legislative positions in the primaries today. The municipality of Wilmington now re ceives $15,000 for liquor license. It is said that the matter will result In there being a lively dispensary fight in Wilmington. \ Twenty Damage Suits Filed. Knoxville, Tenn., May 28.—Twenty damage suits have been filed against the Coal Creek Coal company as a re sult of the mine horror, the total dam ages sought thus far being in excess of $200,000. Dr. Palmer In Death’s Shadow. New Orleans, May 28. —Inquiries at the residence of Dr. B. M. Palmer this morning at 11:30 o’clock elicited the information that the venerable di vine took a sudden change for the worse at 8 o dock and is gradually sinking. PRICE FIVE CENTS. LARGE CROWD WAS PRESENT ♦ A VERY INTERESTING PROGRAM OF SPORTS WAS SUCCESSFULLY CARRIED OUT BY THE COM PANY. RESULT OF THE TARGET SHOOT, PRIZE DRILL, FOOT RACE AND AGO9AH3A3 - RJ.N3A3 H3HLO HAD A GOOD TIME. The outing of the Burnswick Ri flemen at St. Simon yesterday was a success in every way possible and the. largest crowd that has visited the is land in some time went over to eDdoy the day. Nearly every boat leaving fine cityi was well crowded with people and late in the -afternoon Brunswick presented somewhat of a deserted appearance. The program arranged by the com pany was well caried out and the dif ferent contests much enjoyed by all present. To add to the pleasure an orchestra accompanied each boat to and from the island, and at night fur uished music for the dancing in fine the pavilion. One of the most interesting and at tractive features of the day was Die r’Jifim battle by the Riflemen and it was enjoyed to the fullest extent by large crowd. Another amusing feature was the foot race by the Veteans. and which was particiepated in by several of the old' worriors. J. D. Fog lot proM ij to he, the swiftest and was Uerrie was a close second, running as though hg, thought Mr. Fosleir was an escaped prisoner, and had the rare been for another twenty-five) yards lie would have no doubt come in ahead. In tho Riflemens prize drill Sergeant Walter Newman proved himself to ha the. best drilled man and was award ed the handsome gold meaa-1. In the Reserves prize) drill Seaman Green stood ui> the longest. The other contests resulted as fol lows Target shoot, highest score made by Seaman Brown, of the Naval Reserves, R. S. Pyles, of the l Riflemen, second.i Foot race, 100-yard dash. Won by Arthur Russell. Bicycle race, two-mile handicap, won by j-dliot Moore Quarter-mile dash. Won by John Lewis Ross, Anderson and Mallard second. During the day there were numer ous onier attactions, surf bathing was a most enjoyable oue. indulged in, and the day was, indeed, Troops Arrive From Cuba. Newport News, Va., May 28.—Troops ’ E and H, of the Seventh United States cavalry, Stxty discharged soldiers and ninety passengers, principally officers and their wives who left Santiago with the troops, have arrived here on the steamer Seguranca. General Whitside, who commanded the department of Santiago, was among the passengers. The cavalrymen left for Chickamauga Park. Tornado Not Exaggerated. Charleston, S, C., May 28. —Specials from Union show that the reports of the tornado which passed over that section of the state were not exag gerated. So far as known eight people were killed, three of them being ne groes, The towns of and Santuc suffered most, 50 houses and cabins being wrecked. Hail accom panied the storm. British Cabinet In Session. London. May 28.—The British cab inet was in session for two hours to day. discussing the communications re ceived from Pretoria since the meet ing of the ministers on Friday last. It is understood that the inner commit tee of the cabinet will telegraph the result of the deliberations to Pretoria this afternoon. The Boer deleg>?es at th Transvaal capital wi.. then probably return to Vereeninglng and report to the burghers who are still assembled there.