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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS. VOLUME 1; NUMBER 221. CITY COUNCIL HELD INTERESTING SESSION SCLONS HUD MUCH BUSINESS T. E. FLANDERS APPOINTED AS ASSISTANT SANITARY INSPEC TOR AND WILL BEGIN WORK AT ONCE. MANY PETITIONS, RESOLUTIONS, REPORTS, ETC., CAME UP FOR ACTION OFFICIAL PROCEED INGS OF THE MEETING. Regular Meeting. Brunswick, Ga., June 12. Present lion. A. 1.. Franklin. Chairman of Council, Aldermen New man. MeCarvejf, Kaiser. Cook and Taylor. Absent Mayor Emanuel, Aldermen du Hignon and Calhoun. Minutes of meeting May 211 read and confirmed. Petitions. From J, J. I .issuer for permission lo ereet stable on lot opposite Nat ional Hank, on Grant street. Ma terial and roof to be fire proof, lie ferred to committee on police and building permits. From William Mahoney for per mission to erect two one-story frame houses on New Town lots 052 and 052. Granted. From C. 1,. Davenport for permis sion to erect a wooden shed at 300 Monk street, to lie in compliance with regulation of fire ordinance. He fere.l tto committee on piliee, fire end building permits. Frm G. W. Cline, to ereet frame shed room with tarred roof on Old Town lot. No. 1.11. Referred to com mittee on polee, fire and building per mils. From W. E. Kay, trustee, for re fund of excess tux paid by bin) by reason of failure to strike from hi: return certain lots that bad been hold, returned by others and taxes paid, towit: Windsor Park lots 2, lb, 24, 51, fil, 78 and 80, and Dixvilie lots 1,2, 3 and 1, west of Davis street, between London and Prince. Refer red to committee on taxes, and reve nues. From Brunswick Bank & Trust Company for correction of error in as sessment on I'no shares of the ba'” by af essors to the market value as provided by daw. Granted. Front E. A. Penniman for exchange of lots 5 and 7, section 12, Palmetto Cemetery, to lotts 5 and 7, sectin 13. Granted. Communications. From H. S. McCrary offering $300.00 for the material In the old market building, exclusive of the iron col umns. Ordered filed. From Judge Whitfield, in toe mat ter of the condition of the old Mine han slabksf alleging that ,t’ne same had been placed in proper sanitary condition, and demurring to the order by the mayor and council to tear down the walls remaining. On mo tion Judge Whitfield was heard on the demurrer and the wnole matter re ferred hack to the board of health. From Chris. Short, offering $65 for the material in the old Baptist church. Ordered filed. Reports. From commute on sanitation, light ami water on the communication of tne Board of Ueaith recommending the apointment at once of TANARUS, W. Flan ders as additional sanitary inspector at a salary of S3O per month, recom mending that same be adopted. Re port adopted. From same committee on petition of the Downing Cos., Ellis Young Cos., and estate Isaac for two fire hydrant* near their premises, lower part of city, recommending that same he granted, provided the city be not put to expense of laying any pipe for said purpose, and the chief of fire depart meat he instructed to determine loca iTbn and notify tne Brunswick Light and Water Cos. Adopted. From city attorney on the matter of city’s title to New Town lots 1241, 1245 and 1246, old Baptist church property, stating hits opinion that the mayor and council has a perfect title to the lots. Ordered filed. The following motion prevailed: That the clerk of eomici! he instruct ed to advertise for thirty days for sealed bids for said property: New Town lots) 1244, 1245 and 1246 and improvements thereon, reserving the right to' tine mayor and council to reject any and at bids Reports. . From marshal S. A Burney for input .. - i, >\ . us arrects, 22 w. 5; .barged, Si 7 eases docketed for vio lation of sanitary ordinance. Police fines $237.85. Executions collected 204.45. Costs SIO.OO. Impounding fees $47.00. Marks and brands, $12.45. 2,050 bushels of shells placed on streets. Ordered published and filed. From J. A. Butts, city physician, for month of May. accompanied by mor ttirary report. Ordered filed. Resolutions. By Alderman Cook—Whereas, it appears that there are certain “dead ends" in the water works system, preventing the proper circulation of the water, thus making an unsanitary condition. Therefore be it resolved by the mayor and aldermen of the city f Brunswick in council assembled: First. That It is the sense of this council that such defects should lie remedied byi the Brunswick I.ignt & Water Cos. and thai all such "dead ends" be connected' with a suitab.e main. Second. That the committee on light and water and sanitation are hereby authorised to confer with a proper representative of the said I fight & Water Cos. with a view of having said company fake the necessary steps to correct such defects. Adopted. P> Alderman Cook Be it resolved by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Brunswick in council assem hied thal the city engineer is hereby 'ii'truete.l to inspect all street cross- of the various railroads entering diis city, and to report their condition ,o ibis council ul its next, regular meeting. Adopted. Hy Alderman Franklin—Whereas, and is cure mly reported amongst the citizens and tax payers of this city, that a certain official of :j:iid citv. to wit. the Superintend cut of Sanitation, has lately deposed of certain property of said city, plated jp hi s custody, to wit. certain old Iron of the value of in..,,, thirty debars; anti failed to properly and just account for the pro ceeds thereof; And whereas, certain citizens and tax payers of (his city have brought 'his matter to t m attention of Indi- of this body, 1 horpforc. he ii, and it is hereby resolved, that a committee of three members' of this body be appointed by the mayor to investigate said matter ami that if be tix 1 duty of said •ommifteo to ascertain whether or not there is sufficient grounds to suspect lie guilt of raid official to authorize the preferment of charges against Mm for misconduct ir o<i| ee an ,| j„ the event raid commute shall find that there is sufficient, ground then it ;hall he their duty to prepare in writ ing a specific, statement of charges against him and have aim served with a ropy of same, at least five days before the next rfieefing of tails body, together- with a notice to appear at said next meeting and show cause why sue!) charges should tie sustain ed and lid he dismissed from office, and, inn any event, il tfho.ll lie the duty of said committee to report their find to the next meeting of this body. Adopt, and The chair appointed as committee Aldermen (look. Newman and Kaiser. Tlills and accounts properly ap proved and .indited, read and ordered placed in course of settlement. Ad journed. N. D. RUSSELL, Clerk of Council. No Indictment Against Geef Trust. New Orleans. June 12. —The Unit- States grand jury, who has been in vestigating the beef trust, was today dismissed, without day. no indictment having been returned. This is under stood to mean that the government has given up the task as hopeless. The local packing house managers had re fused to answer questions, and al though Judge Pariange. of lh<- United States district court decided that, they must answer, the witnesses had pre pared to further resist through their attorneys by taking our fialioas corpus proceedings. Wreck Record for Thtj^^onths. Washington, June 12.—During the three months ended Dec. 31 last there were 1,481 railroad collisions and 877 derailments in tin United States, in which 274 persons were killed and 2,089 injured. Accidents of ail other kinds increased the total to 813 killed and 10,235 injured. The damage to ears, engines and roadway by these ac cidents amounted to $2,070,091 Dragged to Doom by Train. • Calera, Ala., June 12.—John Pll green, one of the oldest citizens of Calera, was found dead and terribly mangled on the Louisville and Nash ville railroad about 5 o’clock yester day morning. Evidence of his having been dragged by the train for nearly a mile was very plain, portions of his body and clothing being found where the train first struck him. BRUNSWICK, GA„ FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 13, 1902. CONFERENCE IS NOW IN SESSION MINISTERS OF THE WAYCROSS DISTRICT HOLDING MEETING IN BRUNSWICK. First Methodist Church Was Crowded Yesterday With Ministerss and Citizens. The Wayeross District Conference, of tae Methodist church, convened at Id o’clock yesterday morning in the First Methodist church, this city. Rev. ,T, W. Weston, of Wayeross, pro viding elder, presided over the delib erations, and Rev. J. W. Tinley, of Jesup, acted as secretary. The session is otie of the largest attended in the history of the con ference, more than one hundred dele gates being in attendance. Toe fore noon meeting yesterday was devoted to routine matters and nothing of unusual interest occurred. The introductory sermon was de livered by Rev. W. A. Huekabee, president of the orphan's home at Mcßae, and as a strong and able discourse. The feature of the meet ing last night was an eloquent ser inon by Rev. A. M. Williams, of Way cross, which was heard by a large number of delegates and Brunswick citizens generally. The conference will meet at to o’clock this morning, when routine business matters will he resumed. At 7 o’clock tonight Rev. Bascom An thony, the gifted Savannah divine, will deliver a sermon, and the public is cordially invited to attend. Considerable interest is manifested in the appointment of the ministers in various parts of the district, which will occur tomorrow. GEORGIA BAR AfSOCITiON. Called to Meet in Warm Springs on July 2. The following call for a meeting of the Georgia Bar Association lias been Issued by Secretary Orville A. Park: The ninteenth annual session of the Georgia Bar Association will tie in-id at Warm Springs, Ga., on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, July, 2,3 and 4, 1902. The first session will begin at 10 a, m. July 2. Al! committees of the association are called to meet at S:3O p. in. on Tuesday, July 1, at Warm Springs. The annual address will be deliver ed by foe United States Circuit Judge Horace H. Lurton, of Tennessee. A strong.and attractive programme lias been aranged. The railroads have given rate of one fare for the round trip from all points in Georgia. By order of the executive com mittee. ORVILLE A. PARK, Secretary. Macon, Ga., June 9, 1902. TO USE AUGUSTA GRAVEL. Two Cars Arrived Yesterday for Brunswick Streets. Two car loads of Augusta gravel reached the city yesterday to lie used on the streets of Brunswick. This shipment of gravel will be n.s, and to fill in the many bad places, over the city, and it comes at an apportune time, as some of our streets arc in a very bad condition at present. Other shipments will prob ably be received later. The New,si is certainly glad to see that the attention of fne city council has been turned to our streets and we sincerely nope they will continue tin good work and give the people the streets they deserve. ATROCIOUS CRIME IN TENNESSEE Two Men Foully Assaulted In Hancock County—Arrests Made. Knoxville, June 12. —A special to The Sentinel from Sneedville says an atrocious assassination occurred in the mountain section of Hancock county Saturday night, when shots were heard, and the dead men were not found until Sunday, covered with mud and water, rain having fallen. Grant Seal and John Davis had been shot down on a public highway. Davis, it is said, was a kinsman of Clinton Legear, with whose killing Governor and Drury Lawson are charged. It is said Davis and Seal would have been important witnesses against the haw sons. The killing occurred near the home of the father of the Lawsons. Per/y Myers has been arrested and other arrests may follow. The coro ner is investigating. PROTEST FILED BE COL ESTILL *. CHARGES IRREGULARITIES IN MANY COUNTIES IN THE STATE. Addresses Communication to Chair man Brown Asking For a Recount. F°l I. H. Estill, of Savannah, has "‘"•I a Protest in the recent guberna “ •”'dairy. Following is „ ( . o py 1,1 '‘'Her addressed to Chairman down, oi the executive committee; Savannah, Ga.. June 11, i;O2. lien. E. T. Brown, Chairman State Democratic Executive Committee Allanta. Ga.—Dear Sir: From iufor ",a,lou received within the past few '".VS, I am satisfied that there were irregularities in the democratic pri mary election held June 5, J 902, and I horofore prottest against the ’claim tl,al Hol ’- M. Terrell has re e.'ivi'd 196 votes, or any number of votes by which it is claimed that he m the nominee of the democratic party ° r <hl ' 0,1100 ° r governor of the state <>f Georgia. I nis protest is based on the fol lowing grounds, 1o wit: “That in (he county of Cobb, J. N. Gram, chairman of the democratic executive committee of said county, did issue and circulate a circular sign' od by him in which he statod that 110 ''allots would be counted in the democratic primary in said county un less each ballot had his name aw chairman, thereon, and in that way and manner and by such means a l roe expression of Ihe opinion of the voters was prevented in said county. hurtner, thail in the county of Banks, tickets, claiming to be offi cial, were printed and circulated in Uh "‘ *-f tv, candidates lor tne nomination for governor, Du pont Guorry and J. It. Kstill, were printed with a blank or obliterating rule printed over said names, there by preventing voters in said county from expressing their choice of can didates at l ho (Kills at said promary elect ion. “And this said protestant, J. H. Es lill, further declares that he believes that sairi unfair and undemocratic methods used in (he county of Cobb and the county of Banks were also used in other counties to obtain votes for the said Hon. J. M. Terrell in vio lation of the rules promulgated by tne state democratic executive corn mitten. In the county /)f Laurens, whore there was only 1 a sfmall majority of votes) cast against the said J. H. Ea tiil, he is informed that one precinct was not counted, and he believes tiiat Hirid uncounted precinct would have given him the majority of the votes 111 said county. "In the county of Jefferson he is re lialily informed that one or more pro einefsi were closed before tlio hour of closing prescribed by law, and bad said voting precincts been kept open until the proper hour of closing same iiad arrived, he would nave received a majority of the votes in said coun ty, “Moreover, he has reason to believe, and in some instances has wnat he deem.} to be reliable information, that lie received a majority of votes in the following counties, which coun ties are reported to have given ma jorities (o Hon. J. M. Terrell or Hon- Dupont Guerry, namely: Emanuel, Towns, Union, White, Dawson, Wash ington. Murray, Dade, Lowndes, Gil mer, Forsyth, Worth, Miller, Fannin. Colquitt and others. “And, furthermore, he Is informed tnat in the county, of Tatnall, in one °f th c precincts, the manager refused to open the polls, because there wasj no one present to represent Mr. Guer ry as hit* managed, and, the othjer voters, who were thus disfranchised, were adherents of the protestant, J. 11. Estiil, were deprived of their right to vote. “He further avers from genera, re port that unfair means were resorted to in registering voters; that facili ties were afforded the adherents of Hon. J. M. Terrell and not those of J. H. Estill and Dupont Guerry to reg ister by means of divers device*. "And he further believes that there are other irregularities in other coun ties, and that if there is another count and the frregul&rities and iilegalites VENEZUELAN CRISIS EAST APPROACHING are corrected, the sad protestant, J. H. Estill. and Dupont Guerry will s,iiow that together they received a larger number of votes by counties' than the said Hon. J. M. Terrell. “He, the said J. H. Estill, there fore, in the best interests of the dem ocratic party of Georgia, requests that a recount and full investigation of the alleged irregularities be made under supervision provided by law, and that he be permitted through his friends or legai advisors to witness all pro ceedings connected therewith. “I am quite well aware of the fact that the convention will he foe ex clusive judge of the election returns and qualifications of its own members, and I ani not asking you or the com mittee to decide this, question. All I ask is that a recount he ordered in the counties I have named, so that t lie convention will have before it evidence upon which to act In case of a contest over the seats of any county delegation. Yours very truly, J. H. ESTIhL.” GIVEN ONE HUNDRED LASHE3. Whitecappers Administer Severe Pun ishment to Soutli Carolina Man. Spartanburg, S. June 12. —J. C. Perry, of this city, was taken from his home by a band of whitecappers, and although he made a frantic ef fort to escape was carried to a spot just outside the corporate limits and given a severe whipping. His back was hared and with a stout buggy trace in strong hands 100 lashes weie administered. After the whitecappers had complet ed the Chastisement they took Perry to the railway station, lie was forced to board the midnight westbound train and warned never to be seen in Spartanburg again. it Is declared that only for a few cooler heads in the mob Perry would have been lynched, as the anger of many of those who took part in ttie affair .was al white hoot It has been noticed recently that Perry would almost daily entice young school girls from 12 to 15 years of age into Ills ofliee. His actions aroused suspicion and an investigation follow, ed. It Is asserted that the suspicion of those who made the investigation was_ confirmed and it was then plan ned to mete out the punishment to Perry which he received. Perry is married and has two chil dren. He is of middle age and is said to be a man of considerable means. SAVES HIS FAMILY FROM FIRE. North Carolina Farmer Rescues Wife and Three Children. Charlotte, N. C., June 12.—J. N. Wil son, a farmer of this county, rescued by almost superhuman effoits his wife and three children from his burning home yesterday morning. The Wilson home was set on lire by an unknown fiend who did his work thoroughly. When Wilson awoke a sheet of flames almost enveloped the bed in which his wife and children were sleeping. He first carried his wife to safety and then went back after his three little ones. He lost everything, including some money he had in a trunk. NEW HOTEL FOR ALBANY, GA. Company Is Being Formed To Erect One Costing $50,000. Albany, Ga., June 12.—A stock com pany is being formed in Albany for the purpose- of erecting a modern ho tel building and application will soon he made to the superior court for a charter. It is proposed to erect a building costing $50,000. S. T. Philpot, present manager of the New Albany, is at the head of the movement, and he states that subscriptions for something more than $40,000 of the capital stock have already been received. The new build ing will he placed on a corner lot in the business center. Farmer Is Declared Insane. Charlotte, N. C„ June 12—Allan Cogsdell, the farmer of Rutherford county who issued invitations to his friends to witness him suicide, has been adjudged insane and will be taken to the state hospital at Morgan- j ton. Cogedell was at one time one of the most prominent farmers of his section. Young Goes Up For Life. Savannah, June 12.—Richard Young, a negro, was tried and found guilty in the superior court of the murder of Dower Fountain, a young white boy 16 years of age, oil the night of March 27 last. The verdict of the Jury recom mended life Imprisonment. PRICE FIVE CENTS. THEY REALIZE A REVOLUTION CASTRO AND HIS BEST TROOPS ARE NOW MEETING DAILY DE FEATS—SAYS REVOLUTION IS NO MYTH. GEN. MATHOS, WHO HAS TAKEN COMMAND OF THE REVOLU TION, MARCHES ON CARCAS WITH ARMY OF 5,000. Port of Spain, Island of Trinidad, Wednesday. June 4. —Correspondence of the Associated Press.—Events are marching with giant strides in the country of Bolivar. President Castn, of Venezuela, has been forced to rec ognize that the Matos revolution is no; a myth, for his host troops are beaten dally by the revolutionary forces, and at the present hour, from north to south, from east to west, the country is rising as one man against Castro. General Matos, who likewise enti tles himself president, has personally taken command of the revolution and was on June 1 at Urica, 20 leagues dis tant from Carupano, marching toward Caracas with an army which some per sons estimated at 5,200 men and oth ers at 7,500. Deadly Struggle Predicted. To believe, however, that he will reach the capital and take possession of the presidency without a deadly struggle would he an illusion. General Castro la preparing to offer resistance and hopes to bar the invasion either in the plains of Carabobo or in the valley of the Tuy. This is not the only direction in which the president’s political horizon is menaced. Coro, Valencia and Bar quismeto are all more or less in the power of the revolutionists. At Coro Generals Ptera and Solagni have af fected a junction and are absolute masters of the environs. Revolution ary troops enter the city of Valencia every night and as the town is no longer lighted give themselves up to all sorts of reprisals. Even LaGuira, the port of Caracas, is attacked night ly by armed bands, who, on the night of May 27, killed the military chief of Maiquetia before his own door. All this is hard fact, and will give a vague idea of the social condition of Vene zuela All these bands only await the approach of Matos’ army to their rtis tricts to hasten to join him. Castro’s Arbitrary Acts. President Castro's political conduct leads to (he belief that before bis de parture he will indulge in the commit tal of all sorts of extra arbitrary acts. He has lately suppressed the news papers El Tiempo and LaLlnterna, ar rested the manager of the Bank of Caracas, Mr. Castillo, imposed on tho widow of the late Guzman Blanco a forced war contribution of one million and has arrested the president of con gress, General Tosta Garcia, and the president of the Societe Francaise, Mr. DeVidale Rlgo. a highly respected man, on very slight suspicion. Such is the way in which he treats his supposed enemies. He has also caused Ills faith ful officer, General Davila, the van quisher of ElMoeho, to be arrested af ter a very violent scene at the palace of Miraflores, during which Davllo re preached him with his ingratitude. The relation of these facts will prove the nature of the atmosphere in which Venezuelans and foreigners resident in Venezuela are obliged to live. Ev erybody Is expecting the Imposition of a forced war contribution. Business is paralyzed and the banks are without specie. The Bank of Caracas, the cap ital of which is 6,000,000 bolivars (a bolivar is equivalent to about 20 cents) has only 125,000 bolivars in its coffers; that is to say about $25,000. Whatever may be the result of the revolution, General Castro said to one of his intimate friends a few days ago: "I shall show them that I am neither Anueza nor Andrade, whom they sent to LaGuira In a basket. If I leave my palace at Miraflores it will be feet foremost.’’ Salaries of Cuban Solons. Havana, June 12.—President Palma has signed the bill fixing the salaries of members of the Cuban senate and bouse of representatives at $3,600 a year.