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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS.
VOLUME 1; NUMBER 220.
OPENING OF NEW ROAD
THROUGH TO NICHOLS
EXCURSION Oil
JULY FOURTH
— * —
BRUNSWICK & BIRMINGHAM TO
GIVE THEIR FRIENDS AN EN
JOYABLE OUTING ON THAT
DAY.
ROAD IS NOW ALMOST COMPLET
ED TO OFFERMAN—NEW EN
GINES AND PASSENGER CARS
ARRIVING DAILY.
Tne Brunswick &. Birmingham rail
road will open their line to Nichols
on July 4, and the occasion will be
marked with a grand free excursion
and barbecue, to which ail friends
of the road will be invited.
Work is now being rapidly pushed
to complete the road to Offerman,
where connections will be made with
ttlie Offerman & Western, which ex
tends from Offerman to Niehois, in
Coffee county. This work will be
completed within the next few days;
The B. & B. people have already
laid sixty pound track on the lino
of tne Offerman & Western, audj
everything will be ready for the open
ing on July 4.
Tne free excursion will tie in charge
of City Ticket Agent Ben Ford, who
promises to give everyone an enjoy
able outing and a first-class barbecue.
It. was the intention of those at the
lip,ul of the excursion to run it on
through to Macon by making connec
tions with the A. &■ If. and the
Central, but it would have been quite
a long trip and they thought it bes'i
to have the celebration at Nichols.
In connection with the progress of
the B. ti B. it might be mentioned
that the road has this week reetive.l,
roaches, and next week will receive
four new engines) and four new
four new accommodations cars and
25 flat cars. Besides these, many oti;
er cars, etc., have been or
dered and will arrive as soon as they;
can lie turned out of the factory.
The road is now progressing rapid
ly and is enjoying an excellent bus
inesg, and every indication points to
its success.
FORTUNE GOES BEGGING.
Man Leaves $142,000 Cash, but no Heir
to Claim It.
Bos Angeles. Cal., dune 11. —A for
tune of $142,000 in cash awaits the.
heirs of an old man who passed under
the name of Charles Hill and who died
at the Good Samaritan hospital two
weeks ago.
About three weeks ago the man,
who was between 75 and 80 years old,
applied at the hospital for accommo
dations. He war taker, in and he paid
for all the services rendered. Then
it was found that he could not recover,
and he was asked to tell the names of
his relatives in order that they might
be notified, lie replied that he had
not a relative on earth. He.died and
was duly buried. In his clothing was
found $2,000 in currency. Further in
vestigation by the public administra
tor disclosed a key to a private box at
the Union Bank of Savings. The box
has just been opened, and in it were
found several large packages of cur
rency aggregating $140,000.
The old man had lived here seven
years in a modest sort of way at lodg
ing houses and restaurants, but had no
Intimates, and no one can be found
who knows anything of his antece
dents.
AUTOS CAUSE DEATH.
Frightened Horse Ran Before Express
Train—Buy Killed.
Reading, Mass., June 11. —Fright-
ened by the rushing of four automo
biles and the blare of their horns a
horse ran away here, dashed through
the gates at the railway crossing and
an express train struck the team, kill
ing a boy and seriously injuring an
other boy and the owner of the team.
The automobiles crossed the tracks
safely and rushed on through the
town without a pause. The police at
once sent out an alarm to all nearby
places with the request that the per
sons driving the machines be arrest
ed.
REIGN OF TERROR IN FINLAND.
Russian Despotism Driving Great Num
bers to America.
Stockholm, June 11. —Advices receiv
ed from Abo, Finland, say that as a
result of the reign of terror instituted
by the Russian authorities and the
practice of illegally forcing the young
men of Finland into tho army a great
exodus for America by way of Norway
and Sweden has set in.
The Russian authorities in their at
tempt to destroy tin; Finnish nation
ality do not hesitate to pel pi Hate acts
of cruelty. Young nun au- forciby
seized and trauspouod to distuut parts
ol' Russia, v. here C. y aie impressed
into the czar's service. In Alio alone
during tile last few months over 800
mechanics, apprentices and other
young meu of the lnililiiry age have
been enrolled in a Russian regiment.
Russian peddler:; to the number of
5.000 have been sent into Finland to
aid in the Russianizing; process. Sev
eral business men of Abo who refused
to buy goods of these political agents
in disguise have been imprisoned airl
their goods confiscated.
But the Russian authorities are
keeping these details secret. A strict
censorship lisa Lon established, and
even ; rivau- mail thought to contain
“inflammatory matter'' i. opened and
the writer as well us the recipient of
the letter is severely punished. It hs
estimated that during the last few
months 5,000 Finns have emigrated,
despite the stern’order of the governor
general that no one will tie permitted
to leave without governmental sanc
tion.
BRUNSWICK GOLII ICS
GOING 10 SAVANNAH
WILL PLAY MATCH GAME WITH
TEAM OF THAT CITY ON
SATURDAY.
The Brunswick (loir club will leave
Friday ni •!:! nr Siilm-iav mornig for
SiWinnah. wlieie tin . an 10 play a
match ante with the club of that
city Saturday afternoon. Tne team
nan been practicing hard lately and
fool confident, that they will put. up a
good game against, the Savannah
ulu'ciK.
Speaking of the game, yesterday's
Savannah News said:
"The Brunswick Ginf team, consist
ing of cither live or ten players is
xpeeted to reach Savannah Satur
day for a match game with a team of
tne Savannah Golf Club. So soon as
the exact number of players compos
ing the team n known ('apt. N. A.
Hardee of the lacal ciub will pick the
team that will meet them.
"The Brunswick team will probably
bring with it a number of tne other
members of its club These as well
as tlie players will lie the guests' of
the Savannah ladies’ team at the club
house after the game.”
COAL ST HIKE UN CHANGE A
Not Much Significance Placed on
Mitchell s Visit to Now York.
Wflkeebarie, Pa., June 1i. —In the
absence of President Mitchell from
strike headquarters today there was
a dearth of news from the miners’
side.
Not much significance is placed on
bis visit to Commissioner Wright, it
being generally believed that he went
to the metropolis to give the labor
commissioner some inside information
for the benefit of President Roosevelt.
The mining superintendents in this
valley said today there was no change
In the conditions at their collieries.
Water is slowly accumulating in many
of the mines throughout the entire
region. Notwith gaan reports >c
the contrary, it is stated on authority
that the mines are not in as good con
dition as they were when the strike of
the engineers, firemen and pumpmen
began.
About 25 men who were engaged In
fighting fire at the Jersey mine of tho
Western company deserted their posts.
This is said to be a serious matter for
the company, which is short of men.
Successor to Dr. Broun.
Auburn. Aia., June 11. —The board
of trustees of the Alabama Polytech
nic institution nas unanimously elect
ed Professor Charles Coleman Thach
president of the college to succeed tha
late William I.eroy Broun. Professor
Thach is an alumnus of the college.
He has been connected with it as
teacher 21 years and lias been profes
sor of English since 1882. He is a
native Alabaman and is 42 years old.
BRUNSWICK, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 12, 1902.
ATLANTA GROCERS
CAME YESTERDAY
LARGE DELEGATIONS ARE HAV
ING AN OUTING AT CUM
BERLAND.
They Will Return to The City Fri
day—More Than Five Hundred
in the Party.
The grocers of Atlanta and their
families and friends, some five hun
dred strong, reached the city yester
day morning via the Southern Rail
way and left immediately on the
steamer Emmeline for Cumberland
Island, where they will remain until
Friday, when they will return to their
home.
For many years it has been the cus
tom of this well known organization
to visit the seashore during each sum
mer. and this year the majority of the
member desired to come to Cumber
land, this resort oaving always been
a very popular one with the people
of the capital city.
The party was accompanied by a
large delegation of Atlantiaus out
side of the association and they have
all come for the purpose of having a
jolly good time.
Manager Jacobi, of the Cunibese
land hotel, has been making elaborate
arrangements for the entertainment
of the visitors and it is sale to pre
dict that their stay on the island will
be a pleasaln one.
Death of a Child.
Rufus Gardner, the little son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. O. Franklin died last
night at 10:30. o’clock, Tain bright
eyed little fellow lias been ill with l
plioid fever for several weeks, and
has been strugggling between life
and death for the past several days,
and everything possible was done to
save him from the Reaper, but in vain.
To tlie heart st.rictken parents The
News joins their many friends in ex
tending deepest sympathy. Tne fun
eral will occur at 8:.‘50 o'clock this
afternoon from the McKendive Meta
odist church, tlie Interment will be
in Palmetto cemetery.
FALMA SIGNS AMNESTY ACT.
Estes G. Rathbone, C. F. Neely and
Others Will Soon Secure Pardons.
New York, June 11. —There are per.
haps a dozen persons who will benefit
by the amnesty act just signed by
President Palma, including two >r
three Cubans who are naturalize]
Americans, says a Havana dispatch tci
The Tribune.
Estes G. Rathbone and C. F. \V.
Neely,' who were convicted of post
office frauds amounting to many thou
sands of dollars, are best known ol
those who will secure pardon.
Neely has been in prison two years
of his sentence of eight years. Rath
bone Is out on SIOO,OOO ball, awaiting
a decision of the supreme court on
appeal. His sentence was for eight
years. News that he is to be a free
man in a day or two failed to arouse
Neely from the indifferent demeanor
be has maintained since he was ar
rested. He smiled, but showed no par
ticular Interest in the information.
NOMINATED BY THE PRESIDENT.
Several Army Promotions Are Sent to
the Senate.
Washington, June 11. —The presi
dent has sent, the following nomina
tions to the senate:
Army—Brigadier Generals John C,
Bates and George W. Davis, to be ma
jor generals.
Colonels to he brigadier generals--
Theodore F. Wint, Sixth cavalry;
Frank D. Baldwin, Twenty-seventh in
fantry; Jesse M. Lee, Thirtieth infan
try; William H. Carter, assistant ad
jutant general.
Major to he brigadier general—Tas
ker H. Bliss, commissary. Surgeon
general for a period of four years,
with rank of brigadier general, Colo
nel William H. Forwood, assistant sur
geon general.
St. Louis Will Have Royal Guests.
St. Louis, June 11. —The world's fair
management has received information
from Washington of the approaching
visit to St. Louis of two members .if
royal families —the Grand Duke of
Boris, of Russia, cousin of the czar,
and the crown prince of Siam. Spe
cial interest attaches to the coming
visit of the crown prince by reason
of the impression that he is to report
to the king of Siam ami that, upon
his report will determine whether he
will visit the world’s fair in 1904.
ARCHDUKE'S FATE
IS NOW PROVEN
WAS NEPHEW OF PRESENT EM
PERIOR OF AUSTRALIA AND
DISAPPEARED IN 1390.
Had Quarrel With Imperial Uncle Be
cause He Married Actress And
Lelft Native Land.
New York, June 11. —C. I*. Wychgel,
of Washington, superintendent of a
dredging company, with offices in tills
city, lias in ins possession, according
to The Herald, a letter which wouid
appear to prove almost beyond douot
that Archduke John, nephew of tno
Emperor of Austria, who mysteriously
disappeared in 18:iti while on a voyage
i South American waters, lost his life
at sea. For 12 years stories that the
archduke was still alive have come
from various parts of the world. In
1887 an irreconcillable quarrel occur
red between the emperor and his nepn
ew. who was imperial archduke of
Austria, royal prince ol Hungary an 1
grand ducal prince or Tuscany. The
duke was deprived of ail his offices.
Ilis rank ns a soldier was taken from
him. iiis name was stricken from Un
army list and he was forbidden to ap
pear at court.
Tills despite the fact that no one
more than his imperial •unde admired
bis talents and force of character. It
was about this time that in Vienna he
met a singer whose beauty was at
tracting attention throughout Europe.
Alter continued success abroad she
came to this country and had her
debut at the Thalia in the Bowery,
then the homo of comic opera. Sooq
afterwards she married the duke in
Loud m.
Efforts of friends to settle the quar
rel at court were futile, and the arch
duke. assn tiling the name of Johan
Orth, bought a vessel in England, as
Bunted command and with his wife
sailed for South America. The ship
was reported at Ensenada near Buenos
Ayres and never lias been heard from
since. Nevertheless recurrent reports
that. Johan Orth still lives here, it is
said, buoyed up tlie aged archduchess,
who never has believed her son to be
dead.
Superintendent Wychgel says that
while, in 1850, he was superintendent
of a dredging company at Ensenada
Archduke Johan sailed into port and
purchased from him a ballast for a
trip to Valparaiso, Chili. They had a
Slight dispute over the weight and the
arclTduke said the ballast was to come
out at Valparaiso, where it should be
weighed and a draft sent for the differ
ence in price, if there was one. He
gave Wychgel a letter of recommenda
tion which he still keeps. The ship
sailed a few days later and was never
sighted afterwards. Wychgel says the
archduke’s wife was not aboard the
ship, however, and that she returned
to Buenos Ayres after It sailed. No
word has over been received from
her, however, and she also lias been
generally believed to have lost hot
life at sea.
FIREMEN FIND ILLICIT STILL.
Makers of Moonshine Operate Plant
In City of New York.
New York, June 11.—For the sec
ond time within a week an illicit dis
tillery has been discovered near this
city. Both places were found by tire
men called to the scene through
alarms.
The second still was in a small
house in the Bronx. When the firemen
entered they found two young children
alone in the house. Little trouble was
experienced in quenching the fire. In
a corner were found two largo boilers,
in another 40 barrels of whisky and
mash. On a stove was a quantity of
stuff which might have boiled over
and caused the blaze.
The children told the police they
lived in the house with their mother,
who was employed there as housekeep
er. No information could be obtained
from them as to the proprietors of the
place and no arrests were made.
He Used Bat On Umpire.
Raleigh, June 11. —In a basebail
game at Wilmington between the Wil
mington and Raleigh league teams
Treager, of Raleigh, spat in the face
of Fisher, of Wilmington, whereupon
Treager struck him in the back with
a bat. Treager is in jail and Fisher in
the. hospital badly injured.
Cambridge College Honors Reid.
Cambridge, England, June 11. —The
degree of doctor of laws was conferred
this afternoon upon Whitelaw Reid,
the special ambassador of the United
States to the coronation of King Ed
ward, by Cambridge university.
KING OF OIL FIELDS
NOW IN BRUNSWICK
PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICANS.
Indications Point to Pcnnypacker's
Nomination for Governor.
Harrisburg. Pa„ June 11.—Indica
tions are that Judge Samuel W. Pen
ny packer, of Philadelphia, will be the
nominee for governor at tomorrow's
Republican state convention. Appar
ently there is no active opposition to
the nomination of former State Sena
tor William M, Brown, of Newcastle,
for lieutenant governor, and Major
Isaac B. Brown, of Erie, for secretary
of internal affairs.
Attorney General John P. Elkin, of
Indiana, is making a splendid fight
for governor and his adherents still
claim ho will be nominated on the first
ballot.
There will be 358 delegates in the
convention. The Pennypaclter man
agers. led by Senator Quay, claim their
candidate will have 225 votes. The
Elkin managers claim their favorite
will have 202. Friends of former Lieu
tenant Governor Louis A. Watres, of
Scranton, declare he will have 50.
Pennypaclter and Watres forces
have formed a combination on the
organization of the convention. This
probably will give them enough votes
to control the election of Senator
Boise Penrose, temporary chairman,
and Congressman Joe I). Sibley, per
manent chairman.
Liberty Bell Reaches~Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, June 11. —The Libertv
Bell, which has been on exhibition at
Charleston, was brought hack to this
city today and replaced in Us position
iu Independence hall.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES
WILL LECTURE HERE
DISTINGUISHED GEORGIA ORATOR
WILL APPEAR ON FRIDAY
NIGHT.
Every Brunswickian who has not
heard Mr. John Temple Graves lec
ture shold not miss the opportunity of
hearing him iu the best of bis themes.
“The Twentieth Century Woman.” on
Friday night, June 13th, at the Opera
house.
Tickets will only be fifty cents, and
they are now on sale with Fleming
41 Waff, where you can have your
seats reserved. It is advisable to
purchase tickets- early, as those who
go first will have the better seats.
This lecture is for the benefit of the
Episcopal Church on St Simons Island
and this ought to insure a packed
house. No worthier object could be
helped, and it is the first time that
the people of the island have asked
help, while upon many occasions they
have aided Brunswick.
A pleasing feature of the evenings
entertainment will be tne musical pro
gram. Miss Bessie Fox, than whom
there is no sweeter singer, will add to
this feature. Mrs* Baya will play,
Mrs. Worrell will sing; Messrs. Blan
ton, Waff, Fleming and Lamanee will
bo heard in quartette, and altogether
the evening will be one of rare en
joyment.
Excursions will be run from St. Si
mons, Darien, Ocean Pier, and those
who desire may return to the island
alter the lecture.
CREDIT MEN’S ASSOCIATION.
Seventh Annual Convention Meets In
Louisville, Ky.
Louisville, Ky., June 11.—The sev
enth annual convention of the Nation
al Credit Men’s association, represent
ing a membership of 4,000, from ail
parts of the country, met at 10 o’clock
this morning at Liederkrauz hall, in
this city. When President Elbert A.
Young, of St. Paul, called the meeting
to order there were about 300 dele
gates present, besides a number of tha
wives and daughters of the members.
Addresses of welcome were deliv
ered by former Governor W. R. Brad
ley for the state and Walter D. Walker
on behalf of the local Credit Men’s
association.
The response was made on behalf
of the visitors and George F. Deiterie,
of Cincinnati.
Mutiny In State Penitentiary.
Salem, Ore., June 11.—A mutiny oc
curred in the state penitentiary yes
terday and there was a wholesale at
tempt of convicts to escape. One
guard, Tiffany, was killed, and anoth
er, Frank Ferrell, was wounded. Citi
zens went to the assistance of the au
thorities and the outbreak was frus
trated.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
HERE 10 SECURE
OPTION ON LAND
A. F. LUCAS, WHO FIRST DISCOV
ERED OIL NEAR BEAUMONT,
TEXAS, IS IN THE CITY ON DEAL
FOR LAND.
ALREADY HAS OPTON ON 21,000
ACRES IN CAMDEN AND CHARL
TON COUNTIES—NOW BORING
FOR OIL.
A. F. Lucas, king of the oil fields of
Texas, who made himself famous by
discovering oil in that state some
months ago, arrived in Brunswick last
night and is stopping at the Ogle
thorpe.
A representative of The News learn
ed that Mr. Lucas was in the city and
endeavored to see him last night, but
lie had retired.
However, it is learned that there
is considerable in his visit to Bruns
wok and it may mean considerable
for Glynn county*.
Mr. Lucas lias recently purchased
the option on 21,000 acres of laud in
Charlton county, and now has on the;
way all modern machinery for the
purpose of digging for oil. An ao
eount of his purchasing this option
was chronicled in all of the papers a
few weeks ago. It it understood that
he also has an option on many acres
in Camden county.
It is now stated that he is in Bruns
wick for the purpose of purchasing the
option on some land in Glynn county,
where he believes oil can he found.
It isalso understood that there is a
large tract of land in Charlton county
which he a,so desires to secure and
it is in the hands of a Brunswick
real estate firm, and he isi here for
the purpose of getting an option on
it.
Mr. Lucas was the first man to dis
cover oil near Beaumont, Texas, and
it is said that he made thousands of
dollars out of the gushers in that
neighborhood.
A News representative heard sev
eral days ago that oil had alreaify
been struck in Camden and that Mr.
Lucas would be down in a few dayis
to investigate it. It is now learned
tthat he secured a sample of the oil,
carried it to Washignton, had it amir
lyzed and it was pronounced genuine
oil. We did not publish the news
at the time, as it was told to us by a
gentleman who said he would not al
low his name to be mentioned as the
author of ttne rumor, but now that Mr.
Lucas has arrived in the city, we
think there must be something iu
the story and publish it for what it
is worth.
SHIPBUILDING COMBINE.
Plans for Large Consolidation Have
Almost Been Completed.
New York. June 11. —All but the
merest formalities of the plan to com
bine several of the big shipbuilding
yards of the country under one man
agement have been completed, accord
ing to The Herald. A few papers re
main yet to be signed, and for this
purpose a meeting of those most in
terested will be held today, after which
a formal announcement will be made
and Hie securities of the new corpora,
tion will be placed on the market.
It is said that the plans contemplate
a company which will turn out any
kind of vessel from a tramp steamship
of small dimensions to a battleship,
weighted down with the heaviest of
armor. Iron and steel works are be
ing negotiated for, and it Is under
stood several extensive plants have
been purchased.
Michael, B. C., Is Flame Swept.
Michael, B. C., June 11. —A fire was
started yesterday in the residence sec
tion of this place and is not yet under
control. The wind blew a hurricane
when the fire began and in less than
four hours 24 houses were in ashes.
About 50 families are homeless and
many had narrow escapes from death.
Most of the inmates lost their furni
ture. Great excitement continues in
the town and half the women and
children are out in the rain.