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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.