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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS. VOLUME 1, NUMBER 211. MU FOREIGNERS FLOCK TO THIS COUNTRY IMMIGRATION TO THE UNITED ..STATES AT HIGH WATER MAR* ARRIVAL FOR MONTH OF MAY WAS 88,500. BULK OF THESE IMMIGRANTS ARE FROM SOUTHERN AND SOUTH WESTERN EUROPE AND ARE OF INFERIOR CLASS. New York, May 31—Immigration is now at tUi.' highest point in the his tory of the country, and the average class of people coming here is re garded by some of the officials as the lowest. Counting the Immigrants on board steamships due to arrive today and to morrow, the immigration for the month will reach the record break ing total of 88,500. In May of 1883 the previous record breaking month, 73,000 people came into the country in the steerage of the Atlantic liners. The bulk of the immigrants are from southern and southeastern Eu rope. Immigration from Ireland, Ger many, Norway, Sweden and Denmark has fallen off greatly. In former yt ars immigrants from these countries pre dominated. Seventy per cent of the immigrants now coming in are from Russia, Austria. Hungary and Italy. Most of these are non producers. The immigration authorities say that the great rush of aliens Is due to the commercial prosperity of tills country and Industrial stagnation in nearly every European country. BURGLARS BLOW SAFE. Afterwards Have Lively Battle With Citizens of a Texas Town. Beaumont, Tex., May 31.—The safe of the treasurer of Hardin county at Kountze was blown by burglars last night, and all the county money stolen. The burglars and citizens had a battle at Silsbe, 10 miles east, at day light. One burglar was wounded, but all escaped into a big thicket. Kountze is 20 miles north of Beaumont. The sheriff of this county with bloodhounds left for the scene on an early morn ing train. Schwab Has Leased Leland's Yacht. New York. May 31.—According to private cablegrams from Naples, Col.. Francis L. l.eland. N. Y. Y. C., lias chartered his steam yacht Safa El Bahr to Charles M. Schwab, president of the United States Steel corpora tion. for the season. The yacht Is at Naples and for some weeks Colonel Leland has been cruising in the Med iterranean. Mr. Schwab will use the Safa El Bahr in American waters and she will leave for the trip across the Atlantic to this port at an early day. This yacht was built at Glasgow for the khedive of Egypt in 1894. Colonel Leland purchased It last year. Berlin Military Parade. Berlin, May 31 —The annual spring parade of the garrisons of the Berlin military district was held today on the Tempelhof field. The weather was superb. The shah of Persia was present in an open carriage, drawn by four horses and the crown prince of Siam. Chowfa Maha. Vajiravudh, at tended on horseback. Emperor Wil liam led the Second rpglment of the guards past tne shah, who acknowledg ed the compliment by standing up in his carriage. Lord Cadogan’s Retirement. New Y'ork, May 31. —Earl Cadogan's term of office as lord lieutenant and viceroy of Ireland is now near its close, according to a Herald dispatch from London. The announcement came, the dispatch states, from his excellency himself, when, at the lunch eon which followed his visit to the Cork exhibition on Tnursday, Lord Ca dogan announced his early resigna tion. The announcement was receiv ed with murmurs of regret by all pres ent, American Tuberculosis Congress. Atlanta, May 31. —The Georgia dele gation to the American tuberculosis congress to be held in New Y’ork next week left Atlanta today. Dr. George Brown, of Atlanta, vice president of the congress, will present to the con vention a proposition to hold an inter national tuberculosis convention in St. Louis In 1904. Dr. Brown’s idea has already been indorsed by many promi nent physicians In all parts of the country. EIG MERGER GF MILLS. I Plan for Consolidating Cotton Facto ries of Two Carolinas. | Charlotte, N. (’., May ,'l.—Yarn mill 1 men. representing 175,000 spindles in North and South Carolina, held a meet ing in Greensboro yesterday afternoon and had further conference with F. E. Underwood ami Leonard Paulson, o New York, relative to the plan to form a merger. The decision was unanimous in fa vor of accepting the plan proposed by Underwood, which is thmf',il per cent of stock he merged under one con ! trol, leaving 40 pt?r cent in the hands of the separate corporations as at present. A committee was named to visit mills not represented and explain the proposed plans. Mr. Underwood left for Atlanta last night, where a similar meeting of the spinners of that section was held to day. A. TV. Hay good, of Haw river, a promoter of the combine, was in Greensboro, but had nothing to do with the meeting, and it is said there is considerable friction between the two factions. Later the adherents to the Fries plan arrived ami held a se cret session, no news of which could be obtained. GIANT LUMBER DEAL. Saw Mill Properties Worth $2,000,000 Have Been Combined. Atlanta, May 31—H. M. Atkinson, of Atlanta, ha; just consummated one of the biggest lumber deals ever put through in the south in combining the Union Lumber company, of Moultrie, On., and the Pirn opens Sawmill com pany. of Colquitt county, the combined Interests of tie two companies being valued at approximately $2,000,000. The deal was put through Wcdnes day and Mr. Atkinson and T.-. 1. Cool edj?:\ of Poston, are *h* principal own ers of the new com) :ny. which is to lie financed by the Title Guarantee and Trust company of this city. By the transaction the combined company copies into possession of 100,000 acres of unrut timber. The Union Lumber company owns 00,000 acres of uncut timber and the Pineapo lis Sawmill company owns 40,000 acres. The combined value of the properties controlled by the two com panies is estimated at from $1,500,000 to $2,000,000. MEEIINGS'"WILL CLOSI l lItSDAY NIGH I LARGE CROWD ATTENDED SER VICES AT THE TABERNACLE LAST NIGHT. A great crowd witnessed thet last service conuucted by Prof, and Mrs. Lowe last night. These Saturday night services have 'been very popular and extremely beautiful. The meet ing will close Tuesday night, and so this is the last Sunday. All who can possibly, do so are urged to attend tli® services today. 'At thro- o’clock thei'M will be a service for men only of all ages above twelve or fourteen. This will be a chanc! to hear l)r. Munhall at his best. At the same hour a woman’s prayer meeting will be held at the First Methodist church. The service tonight will bet open to all, and a great crowd is expected. Monday afternoon Dr. Munhall will conduct a “quiz’’ meeting. AH who have questions to ask will please hand them in today and tomorrow after noon the service will be given up to the answering of these questions. Monday night Dr. Munhall will show what the Bible has to say on the subject oi cards, dancing, and theater-going. Tuesday afternoon he will speak on “The Law of Separa tion for Christians." , Thie meeting will close Tuesday night. IN MEMCRY~OF THE MAINE. Appropriate Ceremonies Held at Ha vana In Honor of Her Heroes. New York, May 3L— When the*|!W ple of Havana awoke this morning, says a dispatch from that city to The Tribune, they saw on the wreck of the Maine the evidence of thought fulness and appreciation on the part of President Palma, who ordered last evening that the wreck, which stands as a monument for more than 200 brave. Americans, he appropriately dec orated to commemorate the day. American and Cuban flags, garlands of roses and wreaths constituted the decorations and memorial services will be held in several of the Ameri can churches. Death to Train Robbers. Washington, May 31.—Senator Platt, of New York, has introduced a bill making train robbery a felony and providing the death penalty for the offense. BRUNSWICK, GA., SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 1, 1802, STATE POLITICS NOW BOOMING IN GLYNN ESTILL RALLY | TUESDAY NIGHT — ♦ — SAVANNAH CANDIDATE AND OTH ERS WILL SPEAK AT THE CITY HALL. Gathering Expected to Bea Large ar.d very Represen,a\ \e One Arrangements have been made for a mammoth Estill meeting to he hold in this city, at the city hall, on next Tuesday night and among the speak ers will be Col. Estill, Frank M. Oli ver and others of Savannah and Brunswick and the meeting is expect ed to do much good for the Savannah candidate in this county. Colonel Estill, although he claims to be no orator, always interest his hearers and The News bespeaks for him a large ..c.... Be. is making a vtfry strong race for governor and. during the past few weeks, has gained wonderfully., according to all reports Mr. Frank M. Oliver is one of Sa vannah’s best orators and always inter ests his audience. Besides these two gentlemen, the meeting will be ad dressed also by a number of Col. Es itirl's Brunswick supporters, among tlujm Col. C. P. Goodyear, Dr.. J. A. Butts and others. The meeting is expected to be large ly attended, as it will be well adver tised before Tuesday and Col. Estill lias a large following in Glynn coun ty. who will whoop up the meeting. His supporters in this city are now at work, and will make a strong light to carry Glynn county for him Thurs day. , The following was issued by Ids friends last night.: , The undersigneu citizens of Bruns wick and; Glynn county earnestly re quest the citizens of our city anil-conn ty to east their votes for lion. .). 11. Estill for governor, at the coming primary on June sth. next. Ist. Because he is a South Georgia candidate and the only South Georgia candidate in the field, and ‘because South Georgia has had no recognition in the election of a governor for the past eighty years. 2d. Because Col. Estill has built up a great newspaper, the Savanna,h Morning News, which has been the greater power in the newspaper Held in South Georgia, and has always wielded that power intelligently and earnestly and effectively, for this sec tion of the state. 3d. Because Col. Estill is not only a man of irreproachable character, but a successful business man from his youth up, and because there has never been, a time in the history of Georgia when business methods wen; more urgently demanded in the governor's office than now. „ W. R. Dart, Julius Metzer, Claud Dart, John B. Dart, B. P, Coleman, E. A. Penniman, J. A. Butts, Jake Smith, B. J. Butts, N. Emanuel, W. Merchant, J. M. Price, jr,, H. C. Courvoiser, C. A. Herfel, C. D. Par ker, Frank D. Aiken,, B. A. Fahm, C. P. Goodyear, C. Miller, W. 1. Way, C. W. Iteming. W. S. McLaughlin, G. A. H. Jennings, O. W. Cole, W. 11. Berrle, A. C. Banks, W. M. Baker, C. A. McCardel, R. E. Calnan, S. W. Baker. R. V. R. Scuyler, M. Jas. Col son, J. L. Richardson, Geo. A. New man, G. F. Gay, Moses Daniels, Alex Peters, A. E. Wenz, S. S. Picket, J. A. McLendon, O. E. West, R. D, Chari ton, G. S. Fader, L. A. Miller, H. L. Dart, W. B. Burroughs, jr., L. J. Leavy, jr., C. H. Jewett, C. A. Larsen, Low, U. Dart, C. M. Tilton, R. B. Mc- Cullough, Millard E. Reese, M. E. Dart, E. C. Bourne, W. D. Peters, Os ear W. Arfwedson, I. F. T. Williams, Jas. Mangham, F. M. Baker. McKendree Church. There will be services today at Me- Kqndree church. Preaching by the pastor, Rev. M. C. Austin. Sunday school at 3: on p. m. There will be no night services on account of the meeting at the audito rium. TO ORGANIZE TERRELL CLUB FRIENDS OF THE NORTH GEOR GIA CANDIDATE TO MEET TOMORROW NIGHT. Big Rally Will Be Held at the City Hall On Wednesday Night. The friends ol’ Hon. Joseph M. Ter rell, candidate for governor, will or ganize a Terrell club tomorrow night. The mee ting will be held in the su perior court room at 7; 30 o'clock. A number ol’ the most active sup port rs of Mr. Terrell met last night and eoneludtjd to organize a elu'b. It was also decided to hold a Tor re)! rally at the city on Wednesday uigllt at which!' time a number o prominent speakers will address Hie votes. , Mr. Terrell’s friends are confident that lie will carry the county by a safe majority.but feel that (hey should organize. They think, however, tnat his op fiononts have done him a gross in justice in several ways by many se rious misrepresentations, anil for this reason have determined to hold a pub lic meeting to lie addressed by able speakers. .The friends of Mr. Terrell are urged to attend thej meeting at the court house tomorrow night, promptly at 7;3(l o'clock, as it i(i <1 sired to perfect the organization as speedily as possi ble. IMPOSING FUNERAL CEREMONY. Remains of Late- General Henry Leav enwoith Reinterred. Fort Leavenworth, Kan., May 31. — The remains of the late General Henry Leavenworth, brought here from the east, were reinterred today at the Na tional cemetery at Fort Leavenworth with Imposing ceremonies. Several descendants of the dead general were present besides a num ber of distinguished men, and the pa rade that preceded the exercises at the cemetery was one of the largest military and civil functions ever wit nessed in this section. General John C. Bates, commanding the department of the Missouri, presided over the ex ercises at the cemetery and the princi pal oration was delivered by State Sen ator F. Dumont Smith, Governor Wil liam M. Dockery, of Missouri, also de livered an address. Volcanic Matter on the Sea. Charleston, S. C., May 31. —Incoming vessels and fishermen report much vol canic matter along the coast and about the sea islands. The matter resem bles coke in both color and form, with the exception that, there are streaks or layers of a grayish substance, sup posed to be lava, and a chocolate color substance, probably meteoric iron, through the carbon lumps. The streaks have the appearance of having been in a molten state. The substance is very brittle and floats on the 'surface of the water. Saved From the Garrot. San nan, P. R., May 31. —It became known today that Antonio Torres Acevedo, not Ramon Torche Gadeno (one of the five murderers condemned to be garrotted for crimes committed Oct. 1, 1888), is the man whose sen tence has oeen commuted by Governor Hunt to life imprisonment, owing to the fact that Acevedo was only 19 years old at the time of the occur rences which led to his condemnation to death. The other four men will be garrotted at Ponce early in the moi afng tomorrow or Monday. Suit Filed for $5,000. Atlanta, May 31 —Miss S. A. Sphinks yesterday instituted suit against the Atlanta Railway and Power company for $5,000 damages. The plaintiff is suing for personal injuries alleged to have been received on November 12, 1901. It is stated that she boarded a car at the corner of Marietta street and Bellwood avenue, hut before she could reach a seat the car was sud denly started and she was thrown to the floor. The petition alleges that Miss Sphinks was permanently in jured. Negligence is charged to the defendant. MONUMENT TO CONFEDERATES. Imposing Shaft Unveiled at Kansas City—lnteresting Ceremony. Kansas City, May 31.—The principal feature of the Decoration day exer cises here was the unveiling at Forest Hill cemetery of an imposing shaft erected by the Daughters of the Con federacy of this eity to the confederate soldiers who died at the battle of West Port, formerly a suburb ot Kansas City. It is the first confederate monument ever erected in Kansas City. Thirteen little Daughters of the Confederacy drew aside the veil and the oration was delivered by James B. Gantt, judge of the Missouri supreme court. At the various cemeteries Grand Army of the Republic veterans deco rated the graves of the union soldiers and a detail of the state militia did like service at the graves of those who died in the Spanish-American war. Fourteen Thousand Graves Decorated. Chattanooga, May 31.—The graves of 14,000 soldiers in the National cem etery here were decorated today, in cluding the graves ot about 200 vet erans of the Spanish-American war. The Grand Army of the Republic and the Spanish-American war veterans conducted the ceremonies and were as sisted by the Seventh cavalry regulars mounted. The addresses of the day were delivered by Colonel R, B. Cooke, of tiffs city, for the Spanish-Ameri can war veterans, and J. Richard Boye, of Philadelphia, Pa., for the Grand Army of the Republic. Bust of McKinley Unveiled. Philadelphia. May 31.—The feature of the Decoration day exercises in this city was the unveiling of the memo rial bronze bust and pedestal erected to the memory of President McKinley by the Philadelphia letter carriers and postofHce employes. Postmaster Clay ton MoMiohael received the gift from James O’Sullivan, chairman of the lo cal letter carriers. The bronze bust and pedestal cost over $20,000. Observed at Knoxville. Knoxville, Tenn., May 31 —Memorial services and decoration of graves were conducted at the National cemetery in this city this afternoon. About 3,800 federal soldiers’ graves were deco rated. OUTLINE OF IHE CHIU ARGENTINE TREATIES SAID THAT THE TWO PROTOCOLS HAVE BEEN SIGNED BY THE TWO REPUBLICS. wiv York, May 31. An outline oi the treaties between Chill and Argen tine which have just been signed is, according to a Herald dispatch from Valparaiso, as follows: ‘•First, a treaty of general arbitral*' tion to cover controversies of every nature arising between Chili and Ar gentlue, provided the said controver sies do not affect the constitutional rights of the republics or cannot be decided by direct negotiations. This ti ' li’y is to last, ten years and the ar bitrators shall be two foreign powers, of which Great Britain shall be one. “Second, a protocol providing for the neutrality of each republic in regard to the peni|lng questions with other countries. This protocol contains a clause Dial the Magellan straits are not to be fortified. “Third, a protocol to reduce the arm aments of each republic to an equal footing and to cancel the contracts for the warships under construction. As the carrying out of this protocol pre sents certain technical difficulties, the British admiralty will decide any ques tion, if the respective parties do not agree wilhin a certain period. The two protocols will be submitted to the cong!>esses of both republics. The settlement has produced great satisfaction throughout Chili. Several festivities are being arranged to cele brate It. His Honesty Is Rewarded. New York, May 31.—William Mal colm. city treasurer of Passaic, who turned over all his property, valued at SBO,OOO to SIOO,OOO. to make good a shortage of $03,000 in his accounts as secretary of the Mutual Loan and Building association ol that city, caus ed by an error in bookkeeping 20 years ago. has been re-elected secretary of the association at the annual meet ing. The stockholders expressed great regard for Secretary Malcolm, who sacrificed nearly his entire property to rectify the error. E! Paso's War on Gamblers. El Paso, Tex., May 31. —Fifty-two indictments against gamblers have been returned by the grand jury and it is stated that at least la-i more will he forthcoming before the present jbry completes its work. The mayor has issued a proclamation ordering all saioon keepers to suspend business and close all their doors from 12 o’clock each Saturday night until 12 o’clock Sunday night. PRICE FIVE CENTS. RULER’S BIRTHDAY OBSERVED B! KINGDOM * TOWNS THROUGHOUT ENGLAND GAILY DECORATED FOR THE OCCASION GREAT MILITARY DISPLAY IN LONDON. CHIEF CELEBRATION WAS CERE MONY OF THE “TROOPING OF THE COLORS’’ ON THE HORSE GUARD PARADE. I | London, May 31—The birthday ot King Edward, who was born Nov. 9, 1841, was officially celebrated today, it having been decided, as announced in tile Official Gazette April 15, that his majesty's natal day was to he celebrat ed in London and at the home stations May 30 as being the most suitable time for a military display. On the other hand, foreign stations will cele brate it Nov. 9, the actual anniversary of his majesty's birth. General interest in the celebration was, apparently, not seriously dimin ished by the expectations of the great series of events surrounding the coro nation. The towns throughout the kingdom were gayly decorated and the shipping at the. various pqrts made the gayest display of hunting. The day was observed at all the home military apd naval headquarters with parades and saluted The chief celebration was two ceremony of “trooping the, colors" on the horse guards parade here and the presenting of colors to the new Irish guards. Stands covered with crimson cloth were erected on three sides of the parade ground and were occupied by thousands of privileged spectators, in cluding the United States ambassador, Joseph H. Choate and Mrs. Choate, and the secretary of the United States em bassy, Henry White. Thousands of other persons were grouped closely around the lines of sentries. The troops taking part in the ceremonies were battalions of the Irish ijuards, Grenadier Guards, Scots Guards and detachments of the Life Guards. Tremendous cheering greeted the notables. His majesty, who rode be tween the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Connaught, wore the uniform of a colonel of the Irish guard. Lord Roberts, the commander-in-chief of the forces, who led the procession, also wore the uniform of colonel of Irish guards. Queen Alexandria and other mem bers of the royal family viewed the scene from the windows of the Horse Guards. The crowds present bared their heads while his majesty proceed ed to the saluting point. After an in spection of the line of troops and the presentation of the colors the ceremp nies ended with a review of all the troops on the ground. The king during the afternoon pre sented colors to the king’s company of the Grenadier Guards. The weather was wet and raw. YAQUI INDIANS ON WARPATH. Attack Hacienda Near Hermosillo and Kill Governor of Ranch. Tucson, Ariz., May 31.—El Correa Sonoro on the 26th says the Yaqui In dians are again on the warpath. On Tuesday a band of Yaqui Indians vis ited LaCarmen, a hacienda near Her mosillo. and killed the governor of the ranch and a servant, besides carrying off the provisions anjj taking away the best stock on the place. Another band visited the ranch of Don Juan Maytorena near Guayatuas and raided it, the occupants having es caped when they saw the Indians ap proaching. Several other haciendas v ere visited and robbed. The Guayamas paper says the situa tion is serious, but whether a gen eral outbreak has set in it is unable to state at this time. Atlanta Enjoined By Central. Atlanta. May 31.—The Central of Georgia Railway company yesterday afternoon filed a petition in the supe rior court seeking to enjoin the city of Atlanta from constructing steps from the Whitehall street viaduct down to a certain strip of land extend ing from the viaduct to Pryor street Judge J. H. Lumpkin granted a tem porary restraining order and set the case for a hearing on June 14. The railroad company claims to own the strip, while the city claims the right to construct steps on it. The Indica tions are that the bill will result in a pretty legal fight before the matter Is finally adjudicated.