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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS.
VOLUME 1, NUMBER 214.
STRIKERS CAUSING
A GENERAL TIE-UP
MUCH TROUBLE
IN CHICAGO
——
EVERY POLICE OFFICER IN THE
CITY IS NOW ON EXTRA DUTY
MORE TROUBLE LOOKED
FOR.
STRIKERS HAVE REDOUBLED
THEIR PICKET FORCES TO
DISSUADE NON-UNION MEN
FROM CARRYING MEAT.
Chicago, June 4. —Chicago's entire
police force is on active or reserve
duty today as a result of the serious
aspect assumed by the stock yards
teamsters' strike yesterday. Every pa
trolman ou a furlough reported for
duty today and many of the police on
crossing duty in the downtown dis
trict was held In readiness for enter
gency calls. They were assembled ear
ly in the morning at headquarters and
were given definite orders to prevent
disturbances such as marked yester
day's deliveries of meat by the pack
era. The strikers have doubted their
picket forces to' dissuade non-union
men from carrying meat from the rail
road branch houses either to hotels
and restaurants or distributing points
on the "Big Eight” packing establish
ments. All the buildings of the pack
ers are under guard, the police assist
ing in many instances. The strikers
deprecate yesterday's lawlessness and
disclaim responsibility for it. They
say in all instances the work of the
mobs was that of sympathisers only.
Delivery drivers of the big depart
ment stores have beromo more dissat
isfied with their positions and threaten
to make the teamsters' strike still
more serious by tying up ail delivery.
Today the teamster employes of the
Boston store struck. The Fair team
sters are already out and other men,
who were pressed into service on the
wagons early today met with constant
blockades formed by sympathizing
tUfc-sters in other wagons along their
routes.
The drivers of A. M. Rothschild &
Cos. held a meeting in the basement
of the store and threatened to go out.
Police were called to all the stores
where men had struck or made demon
strations.
At 10 o'clock the teamsters of all the
Mg’ street department stores
struck. The number of men out at the
nine big stores is estimated at 530.
Everything is as yet quiet and order
ly. A train of 20 wagons loaded with
meat from the stock yards made its
way to the down town district early
under a heavy guard of police.
COAL STRIKE UNCHANGED.
Demonstrations Made by Strik
ers, but No Casualties.
WUkesbarre, Pa., .June 4. The situa
tion in the Wyoming region today as
far as it relates to the engineers, fire
men and pump runners and the mine
workers generally shows no change
from that of yesterday. Peace reigns
throughout this valley and all the col
lieries that had not voluntarily closed
down their punrps during the last ten
days continue to keep their mines free
from water. There were a few changes
against the men at starting this morn
ing which were generally in favor of
the strikers. Some of the companies,
however, have a reserve force in readi
ness to take the places of any men
who quit work. Sverai collieries are
said to be working short handed, and
if many more men leave their posts
these operators will be compelled to
shut down and the mines allowed to
become flooded.
Reports are constantly coming in
from the surrounding region of petty
violence perpetrated principally by
boys, but no one has as yet been se-
Tiouslv hurt. At Miners mills, a short
distance north of here, there was a
gathering of strikers, headed by a fife
and drum band, last night and this
morning, but the men did nothing, but
march around the town. They kept
away from the collieries, which are
protected by coal and iron police.
Acreage and Condition of Cotton.
Washington, June 4. —Cotton acre
age is 3-10 of 1 per cent less than the
acreage planted last jear. Condition
is 1*5.1. About 27,878,000 acres or 72.-
000 acres less than revised area for
last year. Acreage for years 1902-03
pf about 87,430,000,
ROBBED FATHER OF HIS GOLD.
Oon Is Charged With Taking Patent's
Hoarded Wsaith.
Atlanta. June 4. On the charge of
robbing his old father of? 800 in gold,
Charley Jones, an Arabian, was arrest
ed by City Detectives Walton and
Steint last night aid locked up at po
lice hart ui 17s. At the same time An
drew Walts, a friend of Jones', was
arrested and held until the case could
be further investigated
George Jones, an aged Arabian ped
dler, who lives at Mo. SO'/j Decatur
street, has been hoarding his money
for several years, tie bought S2O gold
pieces and hid tlu-iu-'away in a small
trunk in ltis room. He accumulated
$1,600 in this way and had all the gold
locked up. He did not open Ihe trunk
for several weeks until yesterday af
ternoon. when 1m mis ed exactly half
of his money, or fstui.
The old man sttspicionotl his son
and reported the matter to the police.
The son was arrested with Andrew
Watts uud they will be given a trial
today.
KILLED IN ROCK QUARRY.
Superintendent Corn Meets Death by
Explosion at Toccoa.
Toecoa. t'ia.. June 4. At the rock
quarry on the Southern railway, about
2 miles from Toccoa. Bud Corn, about
45 years old, the superintendent of the
quarry, was instantly killed.
Mr, Corn, with bis force of hands,
touched off three blasts and retired
some distance waiting for the explo
sion. One report followed immediate
ly. but Ihe other blasts seemed to be
failures. After waiting for several
minutes, Mr. Corn concluded that the
fuse had been extinguished by some
means, and with on* of his laborers
he returned to the location of the
blasts.
Just as he reached the spot those
standing off some distance saw the
body of Mr. Corn, rocks and dirt fly
upward. The negro laborer who ac
companied Mi. Com was thrown down
an ..embankment, a distance of fully
50 feel, but escaped uninjured.
THREE TO DIE ON GALLOWS.
Warrants for Their Execution Signed
By Governor Aycock.
Raleigh. June 1. Governor Aycock
has issued warrants for the execution
of three men at Salisbury Tuesday,
July 8.
Two of them are Dick Fleming and
Dick Blanton, negroes, who assaulted
Mrs. Belle Liverpool, a young white
widow, who was in ivc borne with her
little'daughter. They broke into her
house, knocked Iter down and com
mitted the crime.
The other man to be hanged is
Archie Conley for the murder of John
Todd. He picked a quarrel with Todd
about a cigarette, ami as Todd turned
to go away staldx-d- nun to death.
Two Men Die In Flames.
Elizabeth City, N. June, 4.- -The
Godfrey brick building was totally de
stroyed by fire yesterday and two men
perished. The dead are: W. K. Car
ter and Benjamin Ward. The lower
floor was the sleeping apartments of
Bergeron's son. Carter, and Ward.
Young Bergeron had a narrow escape.
His roommates were penned in the
blazing building and every avenue of
escape closed. Their charred remains
were removed from the ruins litis af
ternoon. Several of the adjoining
buildings were laso slightly damaged.
Raft Capsizes, Children Drowned.
Belle Vernon, Ba.. June 4. —By the
overturning of a raft in the Mononga
hela river above Fayette City last
night the 11-year-old son of Theodore
Booth was drowned. Several children
were ort the raft at the time, and as
three of them have riot, been account
ed for, it is thought they were also
drowned. The river is being dragged
in an effort to locate their bodies.
Suez Canal Company's EyLjgiptj.
Paris, June 4. - -The report of the di
rectors of the Suez canal company for
1901 shows that the receipts from
transit dues have exceeded 100,000,-
000 frants. A dividend of 133 francs
was declared. 'Shipping aggregating
10,823,860 tons traversed the canal in
1901. The cargoes t--hipped beyond
Suez consisted largely of petroleum
and railroad material.
To Build New Mexican Road.
Trenton. N. J„ June 4TfieJFerrtt
earril de Rio Soco company, capital
$600,000, has been incorporated here
to build a railroad between Paso de
Cardenas and Cblltopec, in Mexico.
The incorporators arc Benjamin Bar
rios, of Mexico City, Alexander Pot
ter and Julius M. Ferguson, both of
New York.
BRUNSWICK. GA., THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 5, 1902.
FLOOD SWEEPS
ILLINOIS TOWN
— > —.
SEVERAL LIVES REPORTED LOST
IN RAGING WATERS—DAM
AG/E OVER SIOO,OOO.
Houses Are Submerged, Business
Paralyzed and Railroads Blocked.
Mayor Has Called Meeting.
Jolfet, 111., June 4.- Joliet, is In the
grasp of the worst flood In its history.
All Ihe lower portion of the city is
under water and it is rumored that
several lives have been lost. The po
lice have names of Eddie McGovern,
Lizzie McGoau and a little girl named
Kennedy drowned.
Several families had narrow escapes
and the police rescued many in boats.
Several houses and other buildings
were swept away In the floods. Jeffer
son and... other principal streets are
under water ami business places eve
flooded, causing thousands of dollars
damage.
The street car lines arc all severely
damaged and no ears are running. All
trains are stalled, water being 2 feet
dee]t over the railroad tracks. Severe
washouts have occurred oq the electric
lines between here and Chicago.
Heavy rains which continued all
night caused Hickory and Spring
creeks lo burstatijoir banks, and ii is
rumored t hat Hrckory creek dam east
of this city lias partially collapsed,
sending the flood waters down in a
torrent. Scores of homes have from
one to three feet of water in the first
stories.
Mayor Barr lias called a special
meeting of the§ity council for this
aftcjjioou to take measures for the re
lief of the sufferers. Many of the peo
ple were driven from their homes by
the flood. The damage was more wide
spread than at first supposed. The es
timated property damage reaches $75,-
000 to SIOO,OOO. Factories .mil stores
all over the city are flooded. Many
streets are ruined, Ihe pavements be
ing all washed aw r ay and hundreds of
small buildings are wrecked. The ear
ly report that a portion of Hickory
creek dam was washed out lias been
confirmed. There lias been no serious
trouble as yet front the drainage chan
nel. Part of the penitentiary was flood
ed, but not seriously, and the con
victs are at work as usual. The water
did not reach the cell houses or shops.
The flood is slowly receding. The
railroads are in a helpless condition.
The Rock Island bridge over the drain
age canal has been moved IK incites
cut of iine by the flood and no trains
tan pass. The tracks of the Chicago
and Alton and of the Santa Fc are
under water and a Santa Fe bridge
south of the city was washed away.
Ten miles of Michigan Central transfer
track is ruined, and a bridge leading
to an elevator was carried away. The
Joliet stove works is Hooded with 4
feet of water and the, damage amounts
lo nearly $15,000. I’he Joliet Ware
house company is damaged to the ex
tent of SIO,OOO, and other losses in the
same ratio are reported from all parts
of the city.
Business Is paralyzed and schools
are closed. The streets that are not
submerged are thronged with sight
seers. The police am] firemen, assist
ed by volunteer squads of helpers are
at work all over the city relieving suf
fering anil trying to instore order.
The Mews Will Get
Ejection Returns
The News will receive* full elnetion returns at Lie office to
night and the* public generally is invited to pome around and
hear the news from every county in Georgia. Bulletins will be
received every few minutes, coming principally from Atlanta.
Other reports will no procured, however, flotn localities where
it is expected to bo especially exciting, or where unusual eondi.
lions prevail.
The service will he free to the public. The* News realizes
that there is intense local interest in the flection, and has ar
ranged to get the returns in order that Brunswick may know
the result as early as any city in thh. ft Hite.
Terrell’s election means Hon. W.
O. Brantley will not go to the Uni
ted Status Senate). Relegate Terrell
by voting for Estill and place Brant
ley a step forward for senator.
TERRELL FORCE
HELD MEEiNG
♦
A GREAT DEAL OF ENTHUSIASM
MANIFESTED LAST
NIGHT.
Hon. J. D. Kilpatrick Was the Main
Speaker And He Made An
Able Argument.
An t|!itbusiastic as well it -■ nlnrgehj
attended meeting of the friends of
J. M. Terrell gathered at the city
hall last night to do homage to their
choice for governor.
Mr. C. D. Ogg was made chairman
of t’m meeting and in a few well
chost n words lit' stated its object.
ami after a few brief remaks upon)
the several Issues of the campaign
introduced Air. Dixon, of Savannah,
who severely scored Col. Estill's re
ord in tin 1 labor question. Aftip."
Mr. Dixon Hon. .1, D. Kilpatrick,, of
Decatur, was presented and he went
into the subject maUefr of his dis
course at once.
Mr. Kilpatrick is an eloquent
speaker, and ho was to all intents
and purposes in lti.s happiest vein
last liigltl. lb> referred to the long
public service of Mr. To.rreill and
pointed out the fact that in all of
those long years of work given to
t.ltei state no man had dared to utter
one word detrimental to his person
al or public life.
Mr. Kilpatrick tlion entered into a
full and fre(r discussion of the va
rious tUsu.js of the campaign, ttn
oarthod Col. Lstill's political record,
regards his position on various sub
jects of general interest and made
an eloquent peroration in which
Brunswick and outli Georgia re
ceived many 'neat, compliments.
t-’ol lowin' 1 - Mr. Kilpatrick, the
chairman introduced Col. A. 1,.
Franklin, who in his usual style ad
vocated the candidacy of Mr. Ter
> • Jll. His remarks, while brief
were to the point, and were liberal
ly applauded.
Chairman F. K. Twitty of the
democratic executive committee,
spoke nVjx't, and bis address was
largely devoted to a commendation
of tlioi personal character of Col.
Terrell.
Mr. 13. TL Mason closed the speak
ing in a strong speech, setting forth
many reasons why Terrell should!
receive thel votes of Brunswiekians
instead of Estill. after which the
meeting adjourned. ,
Roseberry Zinc Plant Sold.
Knoxville, June 4.—G. E. Smith, rep
resenting Detroit, Mich., capitalists,
lias purchased the Roseberry zinc min
ing property just, east of this city. He,
is preparing to erect a 200 ton zinc
plant on the property and to begin its
development at once. It is stated $-10,-
000 was paid for the property.
Fine Residence Is Burned.
Waynesboro, Oa., June 4. —The mag
nificent country residence of Mrs. E.
W. Hammond at. Mcßlair was destroy- |
ed by fire yesterday. The loss was
over $5,000, with no insurance.
Brantley is for Estill- Estill was
for Hiantlcy—Vote for Estill and
Brantley will go to the United
Status Senate. Vote for Terrell
and Brantley will have to wait.
FIGHT FOR SUPREMACY
WITH BALLOTS TODAY
MAJOR LONG MAKES DEFENSE.
Answers Criticisms of Chamberlain,
tnspeotor General of Army.
Washington, June 4—Secretary Root
lias, sent to the house a supplemental
report by Major O. F. Long, the army
quartermaster, formerly in charge of
the transport service at -Sun Francis
co. answering the criticisms made by
Colonel Chamberlain. Inspector gen
eral of the army.
Major Long declares the transports
were purchased, chartered and main
tained in service as economically as
the conditions of war and emer
gency warranted; that millions were
saved to the government by the meth
ods pursued; that while in a few iso
lated cases high prices may have been
paid, yet this was due to urgent neces
sity and is offset by enormous savings
in other cases; that army regulations
and business methods were followed;
that the San Francisco business com
munity gave effective and patriotic
support to the government, and that
reflections on the community are un
warranted the facts; that as a
whole all Ilie transactions of the trans
port service during the urgency period
of the, Spanish war show infinitely
more gain than loss.
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Claimed That She Poisoned Husband
With Ground Glass and Arsenic.
Memphis, June 4.—For the past 10
days Mrs. George Emma Hooks lias
been on trial on the < barge of having
murdered her husband, Oerro Gordo
Hooks, to whom she had given $50,000
just prior to their marriage.
Upon his death rumors of poison be
came so rife that an autopsy was or
dered and arsenic and ground glass
were found in the stomach.
The rumors spread hack to Ihe death
of her former husband, \V. H. Atkin
son, and her son, Harry Atkinson. The
state proved that Harry died of acute
gastritis just as he was on the verge
ol heeoiaiue. of ag; anJ Willi Si $30,-
000 life Insurance policy payable to
liis mother.
Yesterday the prosecution played its
trump card by producing Dr. William
Krauss. thi* eminent chemist, who
swore he found ground glass and evi
dences of arsenic in Harry's stomach.
Harry's body was exhumed secretly
at night in January and reinterred, so
that no one knew of it until yester
day.
FOUR MURDERERS GARROTED.
Were Charged With Killing Antonio
Del Pino In Porto Rico,
Ponce, B. It., June I. —Barriabn Ace
vqdo, Jose Torres, Ramon Troche Ca
deno and Juan Torres, the four men
found guilty of murder, robbery and
outrage committed in October, 1898,
at Guayo, a suburb of Adjutas, were
garrotted here today. They were ail
put to death within 50 minutes.
All the condemned men confessed
their crimes. Two of them, aided the
executioner to adjust the garrote and
forgave him for putting them to death.
One of (he prisoners resisted the ad
justment of the eloi.li'over his face.
He said he wanted to die with his
face uncovered. Finally, after 15 min
utes' struggle, lie was subdued. There
were only 30 witnesses of the execu
tion.
The men were executed for tile mur
der of Antqnio Delgado del I’ino and
the outrage of the woman of his house
hold near Adjutas on September 30,
1898. „
Loubet Receives Cabinet's Resignation.
Palis, June a cabinet coun
cil hoht at the IClysee palace today,
and at. which President Loubet presid
ed, the premier, M. Waldeck Rous
seau, formally presented the resigna
tion of the cabinet and in so doing
expressed the sentiments of gratitude
which his colleagues and himself re
tained for (he constant kindness the
president had shown thorn. President
Loubet, in reply, said he regretted the
decision of the ministers and thanked
them for the co-operation they had
lent him in difficult times.
Paintings Bring $51,445.
New York. June 4. The sale of
Mine. Valtesz de la Bignes' modern
pictures produced $51,445, says a Her
ald dispatch from Bal'is. The pictures
by Detalle realized large prices, the
highest being $6,220 for his “Charge du
Premier Hussards En 1806.” Others
were “Bonaparte en Agypte,” $4,000;
“Halto do la Brigade Vincendon,” $2,-
500, and "L'Entendard du Chasseurs
d’Afrique,” $2,C00.
Chain Workers' Unfon ivreeia.
Pittsburg, June 4. —The annual con
vention of the Chain Workers’ union
of North America is in‘Session at Brad
dock, Pa., with delegates present from
all parts of the country.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
GOVERNOR IS
TO BE NAMED
1
OTHER INTERESTING CONTESTS
ARE ON AND THE FIGHT WILL
BE HOTLY CONTESTED IN
THE STATE.
CONSIDERABLE DEPENDS ON
GLYNN COUNTY AND SUPPORT
ER WILL TRY TO CARRY COUN
TY FOR THEIR FAVORITES.
Glynn ciuntyt will cut icons),Hera
bie figure in the primary today for
the selection of state house officers
anil a judge* of the superior court
of the Brunswick circuit.
While- there are 137 counties in
the state, it seiems that on the size
of Glynn would cut but little figure
with the genera] remillt. However,
such is not the* case and this is one
of the most important counties In
the state, viz.; The Terrell mana
gers havet already claimed the conn
ty and placed it in his column. It
is now also claimed by the friends
of Col. Estill, aflthrough they have
been more conservative an have
not placed the* county certain for
him.
In the judgeship race, Glynn is al
so an important county, and both
the gentlemen, Col. Hitch, of
Waycsosq, and Judge Parker, of
Baxley, are anxious to capture if.
There are a number of Gtierry
supporters here, but as he has not
-ue least chance of carrying the
county, it; its thought that a major
ity of them will vote for Estill, as
it is a well known fact that Col. Es.
till Is the second choicq of Gtierry,
supporters.
The polls will open here promptly
at 7 o’clock this morning and will
close this afternoon at 6. Th’ei man
agers are ,J. T. Lambright, J. E.
Dart and W. j. Way,
The fight here will be a very
frfttndjy and good, natured one, al
though -the supporters will makte
everyeffort possible to capture the
county for their respective favor
ites.
YAQUI INDIAN TROUBLES.
Latest Reports Show That Only Twelvs
Msn Were Killed In Fight.
Phenlx, Arlz., June 4. —In brief the
story of the latest Yaqul disturbances
as furnished from Nogales by a man
who talked with General Torres Friday
at Torres station Is as follows:
Juan Guamez, Mayor Dow and Juan
Martinez, timekeepers at El Carmen
ranch, had trouble Wednesday with
Yaqul employes and were killed. A
small number of Yaquis took up arm3
to prevent the arrest of their friends,
the murderers.
Governor Izabel and 100 soldiers
went to El Carmen ranch and found
that the Yaquis had retreated up the
river, where their friends were join
ing them with arms from various
ranches. Thursday afternoon Isabel’s
command found 100 fighting men and
300 women and children and engaged
them at Los Tanques on the Sonora
river. Eight Yaquis anil two Mexicans
were killed. The Yaquis retreated to
ward Mazatlan and General Torres is
in pursuit, hoping to cut off their re
treat to the river arid the Sierra Madre
mountains. Other military officers are
working with him and they have the
situation well in hand. Only twelve
men were killed.
DEATH OF COLONEL BACHE.
Retired General of United States Army
Dies at Washington.
Washington, June 4. —Colonel A. S.
Bache, surgeon general of the United
States army, retired, is dead at his
home in this city. He entered the
army as assistant surgeon in 1861.
After the civil war he was stationed
for a time in San Franciscotkand for
a number of years was the chief sur
geon of the department of the Platte,
with headquarters at Omaha. Later
he was transferred to Washington as
assistant surgeon general. He re
mained on duty there until his health
failed.
Colonel Bache was twice married,
his widow being the daughter of Ma
jor General James W. Forsythe, re
tired.