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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS. VOLUME 1, NO. 247. AMBASSADOR CLAYTON RUDE TO RRIJNSWICKIAN HON, TANARUS, £. WATSON HIES OF IT (IRS. H. W. REED, FORMERLY OF THIS CITY. SUFFERED AT THE HANDS OF OUR MINISTER TO MEXICO. COL. WATSON WRITES AN INTER ESTING STORY DEALING WITH SOME OF THE HARDSHIPS OF A FORMER BRUNSWICK WOMAN. Hon. 1 nomas E. Watson, tlio well known Georgia author and statesman, contribute,l the following story to the Sunday Constitution, which will he of general interest in this city: Most Georgians will remember It. W. Reed, who may be said to have founded the city of Wayoross, who was road master for the plant system, and who was president of the First na tional bank of Brunswick. Several years ago his business en terprise carried him to Mexico, where lie invested heavily in si,vie mines. Alter he had taken possession of Id's property there he was put to great trouble and expense in getting the ti tles quieted, otner speculators being eager to oust him. At length, how ever, he bore down all opposition and was left in peace to develop the min eral resources. To tills work he gave his personal attention, throwing all the energy of his nature Into the work. His wife and son were with him all this time held forth to the world as wile and son, and received by every body as his wife and child. Some thing in the mountain climate or in the excited life Mr. Heed was living brought about heart trouble for him. His ores were rich—getting richer all the time—a fortune, was in his grasp, but all of a sudden he fell at his task and died in the mountains where his mines lay. Think of the situation of the widow, Mrs. Reed. A thousand miles from lo r old home in Georgia, among peo ple who were almost entire strangers to iier, and whose language, laws and business customs are to her a. sealed book. First of all it was necessary that she should become the legal represeuta live of her husband, to save the mines from being thrown into the courts, where they mtgnt be devoured in the manner so well known the world over. In doing even so simple a thing as qualifying as administrator of her husband and securing the inheritance to herself and son, Mrs. Reed was met by all sorts of obstructions, ob jections, delays and expenses. Mexi co is what is called a "Latin country,” and a different code from ours pre vails, and marriages, births a|pl deaths are required to be officially register ed wirh a formality utterly unknown to the laws of Georgia and most of the states of the union. Mexican courts became exceedingly exacting in demanding proofs that Mrs. Reed was really Mrs. Heed, and that her son was a legitimate child-. Mexican courts demand such proofs as no Geor gian on eartn can give. They demand ed certified copies of registers which nobody keeps, official returns which nobody makes. In other words, Mex ican authorities demanded of Mrs. Reed that She should do the impossi ble. Who is it that cannot imagine her distress, her surprise, her indignation? What was this American lady to do? Greedy speculators, hungry for her mines, were hovering about, eager to seize the prey. The Appeal to Clayton. It occurred to me that the embassa dor of the United States migli lend a helping hand o this southern lady in her troubles —Ambassador Clayton, of the south. Not wishing to burden the ambas sador with a mere personal report of my own, I wrote to Senators Bacon and Clay, briefly stating the case and asking that they furnish me with let ters to our ambassador in Mexico, re questing him to favor Mrs. Reed to tile extent of ills power. Each of the senators responded promptly and gave me letters iV which the ambassador's good will and otllco were invoked in behall of the widow, whose weeds Had been so re cently thrown about her. These letters I forwarded to Mexi co. accompanied by as good a state ment as I knew 'now to frame, and 1 had not the slightest doubt that I had done my friend Reed's wife and hoy a good turn—had not the slignt est doubt that Ambassador Clayton, a southern gentleman, would be over joyed at the opportunity of this serv ing a southern lady commended to him by the senators of Georgia, as well as the common instinct of seif respecting manhood One day the stricken widow appears before tile ambassador and seeks aid. What, does she want? Merely that the ambassador of the United States will give her a certificate that in the state of Georgia, where she was born, the law does not require that the birth of a child shall lie officially reg istered. Is Mr. Clayton willing to cer tify to that? By no means. Qnerru lously objecting that he is not ac quainted with tin: laws of one of the states of the union whicn lie is sup posed to represent and refusing to take the trouble to inform himself as to Georgia law. 'the ambassador flatly refuses to sign the paper. Again, Mrs. Reed asks: "Will you not. then, sign a certificate that in some of the states of the union the birth of a child is nut required to be officially registered?" No. Ambassador Clayton will not sign that statement either. Why not? Cod only! knows. If he lias flic slight est acquaintance with the laws of the states which compose the government lie represents, he is certainly aware that the certificate spoke nothing but the truth. If he does not know that much about the laws of his country he is an ignoramus who has no busi ness to represent, it abroad If, on the otaer hand, lie is familiar with the laws, he must have known that the certificate was the truth, and his re fusal to can only lie explained on the supposition that lie was utterly unwilling to do his country woman a service, or upon the theory that he was interested in obstructing her in her efforts to establish the legal rights of herself and her boy to these Mexican mines. Either explanation leaves the am hassador in a disgraceful plight. The certificate which Mrs. Reed requested of Mr. Clayton would have been of the utmost service to her because it. would have convinced the Mexican au thorities that the original evidence did their Jaw required did not exist, and thus Mrs. Reed would have been al lowed to use secondary evidence, ot widen she had an abundance. To prove to the Mexican, courts that no suen records as they demanded certified copies from were in existence was the purpose of Mrs. Reed's ap plication to our ambassador. Mr. Clayton had written to me as suring me that he would cheerfully aid tile lady, if i am not mistaken, he had also written to the two sena tins that, lie would do so Why did he change front so sud denly? Why was it that upon Mrs. Reed s first visit to trie embassy Mr. Clayton gave her such a cool recep tion and contemptuously inquired, "Who is this Clay?" when he had read tlie senator's letter and dropped it upon bis desk. Ido not know. But this frosty first interview was the proper pro bide to ail (he others, and from first to last, amid all her struggles and troubles, this American lady secured no aid from the American ambassa dor. All the help she got came from others. The certificate wnich he could have signed, and should have signed, would have saved her immense worry and work, much much money. She succeeded at last, and secured full control of the mines, but owed no thanks to the representative of her own government. Was it asking too much of Mr. Clayton to request him to aid a fel low citizen in her business entangle ments with Mexican authorities? Senator Bacon and Senator ( .’la/ did not think so, for they urgently asked nim to no it. I do not think so—having heard of things of that kind being done in sundry parts of the globe—and I urgently asked him to do it And Ambassador Powell Clayton did not think so, for he wrote me a letter in which he unqualifiedly promised to do it. And he broke his word! Why? Was he in collusion with tne rival BRUNSWICK. GA., TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 15, 1902. KNIGHTS ABANDON FRISCO JOURNEY 1 AT A MEETING HELj LAST NIGHT THE COMPANY DECIDED NOT TO MAKE THE TRIP. The Action was a Source of Deep Re gret, But Was Forced by De pletion of Ranks. At a meeting of the uniform rank. Knight# nT Pythias, hold last night, it was decided to abandon the pro posed trip to San Francisco to partic ipate in the great K. of P. drill, which is to occur in that, city early in Au gust. The Brunswick division has been making a hard effort to attend this event, and at one time it was drought they would not no able to do so, but if seems that a number of members from time to time, and for various causes, were compelled to withdraw, and the ranks were so depleted that the trip seemed well nigh hopeless. Still, the members who had sei dudr hearts on the trip were loath to give it up. and ma.de a noble effort to get a sufficient number of men to in sure it. hut in this I hey were doomed to disappointment, and at a meeting held last, night it was reluctantly agreed to abandon the same. in thts connection it may be said that Captain Newman nas stood by his boys until die last, and of all tilt men who regret that the trip cannot be made, none of them have a deeper regret than the popular commander of the division. Two Detroit Boys Drown. Detroit, Mich., July 11.—Two hoys, Anthony Rukamp, aged IG. and Adolph Budelier, aged IX, residents of this city were drowned today in Cass lake while rowing. Lightning Bolt Kills Two. Carthago, Tex., July li. -News came here today dial lightning struck the store of K. Graves, about, ten miles south of here, and killed two men named Fields and Ponder, and seriously! hurt Mr. Graves. MARKSMEN ARE HACK FROM Ml MACON SHOOT HAD A GREAT TIME AND DID SOME EXCELLENT SHOOT. ING. # The teams from the Naval Reserves and Riflemen returned from Ma con, the scene of the state shoot and lliey report tlmt all had an excellent time. The Reserves’ team was com posed of the following: J. c. Stiles, W Bailey, T. O'Connor, L. Bur roughs, John Ralston, Hunter Hop kins and lnsley West. Seaman O’Con nor made the best, record of the team. In the Riflemen were Mitchell Brown, Charlie Bunkley,, I). Farmer, W. Newman, B. I’ecrson. Private Brown led the team at the shoot. companies which were trying to gob ble up Mrs. Reed’s mines? (\ do not know. Was he holding back until someone in be naif of Wlrs. Reed should ap proach him in a more commercial manner? I do not know. But this I do know. He was applied to in a formal, civil, courteous manner by myself, by the senators of Georgia, an.l bv Mrs. Reed in person, was asked to sign a certifi cate which he knew was nothing but the truth, he knew this paper, costing him nothing, would be of the utmost value to Mrs. Reed, ami he refused to help her, after having promised to do so. All this occurred last year! I only kn#w the facts in full upon Mrs. Reed’s return to Georgia: and know ing tnese facts, I can belhVe without hesitation- the statement that, the bet ter class of Americans at Mexico City look with contempt upon Powell Clay ton, that they expect no patriotic ser vice at his hands, and that they ap ply to him only when it is absolutely necessary However much 1 may dif fer from President Roosevelt in many things, yet I believe him to tie brave, manly, honest, devoted to his concep tion of duty, and I believe that were he to know just what manner or man this Clayton is, our ambassador to Mexico would be incontinently bounc ed from this position which he de grades. SEAMAN DIES OK IKE m\ DEEP ♦ SAD DEATH OF FIRST MATE FRED JANSEN. OF SCHOON ER W. C. WICKHAM. While Enroute to Hqme and Loved Ones He Passes Into the Great Beyond and is Buried Here. The American schooner William C. Wi< khain, bound from, Fernandina to Now York, put into tills port Sunday night on a very sad mission, it seems that wm'ii die vessel left Fernandina for nor distillation, that the first mate 1 111,1 Jllnson * ww suffering with a slight malady that had not been con sidered serious. However, as soon as the Vessel had gotten well out, the illness became worse and worse, and toe captain, noticing the situation. !"K into this port, but before reaching here die unfortunate man died, and die funeral, attended by a large num h'T of the sailors of die port, occurred .vosterday. The story is an unusually sad one. as tile dead man was only 28 ye: rs of age, and has a wife and baby in Brooklyn, to whom he was return ing. The young man was highly regarded by all die members of the clew of the '.essi I, which will sail for New York tonight with a very sad complement aboard. A Popular Resort. The dry/ goods emporium of Mrs. M. Isaac, on Newcastle street, was one of the most popular resorts for ladies in the city yesterday and from early in die morning until late at night the store was thronged with vis itors, nil anxious to take advantage of some of the splendid bargains which idle i; (goring this week Mrs. Isaac desires it to be understood that die values to lie offered today will in c(v ery Way surpass tnoso of the rest o.r die week, and Invites the ladies who did not got what they wanted yester day to call today and receive the best of attention. COAST I !ME HOMOS QUOIN) VIRY HIGHLY FINANCIAL AUTHORITIES SAY’ SECURITIES OF NEW COM PANY GOOD. The following from the New York Journal of Commerce, will fio of in terest in Brunswick. Brown Bros. & Cos., of New York, Philadelphia and Boston; llallgarton * Cos., of New York, and Vermiiyo & Cos., ol New York, Boston and Chicago, have purchased $13,750,000 par value of the Atlantic Const Line railroad fitst consolidated mortgage 50 year 1 per cent, gold bonds maturing July l, 1 95 J. These bankers invite riuhscriji dons for $10,000,000, the unsold por • ion of the above amount, at. 100 1-2 and accrued interest, payable July 24, 1902, at which time the bonds will be ready lor delivery. They recommend these bonds as a desirable investment. Half yearly interest coupons, begin ning March 1, 1903, will be payable March 1 and September 1, in this city. The first coupon, due March 1, 1903, will lie for eight months’ inter est'. Tiie last coupon, due July 1, 1952 will he for four months’ interest. The United Trust company, of New York, is the trustee under the mort gage. "The total amount of the mortgage is for $80,000,000. Of this amount $31,031,000 has been issued, $35,1.02, 000 has been reserved to take up un derlying liens and $13,804,000 has been reserved for acquisition, extensions, improvements and equipments. The bonds are limited to $20,000 per mile of railway (including underlying div iona] liens) and are secured by a mortgage cohering all the property of the railroad company. They are a first. lien upon about 570 miles of railroad It is estimated that the net earn ings of the mortgaged property for tne year ending June 30, 1902, will exceed $5,800,000, approximately double the interest charge of the consolidated SUPERIOR COURT HAS A VERY BUSY SESSION company for the year ending June :b>, 19(13, which, including interest on $31,1134,000 first consolidated mortgage bonds outstanding, will amount to $2,- 976,307. i be bonds cannot be redeemed pri or to maturity. Subscriptions will be opened at the offices of the bankers on July 17, at 10 a. m„ and close at 3 p. m. Application will be made to iist. these bonds on the New York Stock exchange. NEW SAW MILL. Brunswick Is to Have One at Her Gates Very Soon. Brunswick will soon have within her midst, or very near thereto, anew and at die same time one of (he hand somest saw mills in this section of die country. The new mill will bo located within a few miles of the city and ill he built by die Oemulgee Navigation Cos., who have recently purchased large real estate holdings in and near Brunswick and who are among the strongest concerns, financially, in the state. According to the rumor the mill will be thoroughly /abreast of the times and will have an unusually large capacity. Two Horses Burned to Death. Clarkesville, Oa., July 14.—A pair of fine horses, a mule and other stock were burned to death in the barn of die Slimmer home at this place of Mr. Minis, of Savannah, last night. The carriages, buggies, etc., in the barn were also destroyed. The loss i3 esti mated at from $3,00(1 to $5,000. Death of a Newspaper Man. Washington, July 14.—E. Cuthbert, for eight years the Washington cor respondent of the Richmond Dispatch, died here tonight, aged 61 years. He served throughout the civil war on the confederate Wide. For a long time he was the southern news manager of the New York Herald, with head quarters tn Richmond. Negro Girl Foully Handled. Eufaula, Ala., July 14.—1.e01a Washington, a young negro girl of 12, was found dead in the woods Friday afternoon. The marks on her body showed she had been foully dealt with. John Dismukcs, a well-known colored man of the neighborhood, was arrest ed on suspicion and locked up. The negroes are very much excited and there is some talk of a lynching. MAY BE A CHANGE. New Stenographer is Expected for Brunswick Judicial Circuit. It is unlikely that there will he a new official stenographer of the Bruns wick circuit during the incumbency, of Judge Willis Dart, as judge of the Brunswick circuit. For a number of years A. D. Gale, of this city, has held the position, ap parently to the perfect satisfaction of all at interest, but it has b(en stated on good authority that Judge Dai t. has signified his intention of appoint ing William C. Crawley, of Waycross, to the position. Mr. Gale has a number of friends in this city who will join the News in the hope that the rumor which lias gained circulation is not true, and that lie will receive the appointment, but at the same time, it now seems that such will not he the case. M. 1.., . Did Not Preach. Those who braved the inclement weather Sunday night to hear Rev. Geo. Stuart at the auditorium Sunday night were disappointed when they reached there to hear the announce ment that Mr. Stuart was on St. Si mon and had not returned. It has de veloped that he was' a little nervous about the threatening weather and de cided not to come over. The Record is Good. Although July is supposed to be one of the dullest months in ail the year, this far the shipping record has been way above the average, and if the present ratio is maintained it will be one of the banner months of the year, tn all lines of the shipping interest there lias been no decrease and thus far the record lias been anything but a failure. \ A] PRICE FIVE CENTS. MANY CASES PASSED UPON - ♦ THE HARVEY LITIGATION TAKEN UP AND ATTORNEYS FOR CITY SCORE A VICTORY AFTER HARD LEGAL BATTLE. PUTNAM CASES, WHICH IS AN IN TERESTING ONE/’ IS NOW ON TRIAL-OTHER CASES TRIED GRAND JURY IN SESSION. rue adjourned session of the Glynn superior court was convened by Judge K- J. Reagan, of the Flint circuit, at. nine o’clock this morning and during the day| some very important litiga tion was disposed of, none of die eases being tried needing the atten tion of a jury, as they were all mat ters argued, either on motions, demur rers or amendments thereto. ihe first, ease taken up was that, of Synimes & Bennett vs. Dunham, Hotchkiss & Cq?, a case which lias been upon the records of Glynn county for at least ten years and involves the old Crispen mills, of die com pany. The ease yesterday was in the na ture of a suit for attorney fees amounting to $1,500. Judge Synimes appeared for die old firm of SyiuiiiqX & Bennett and Judge Spencer R. At kinson, of Atlanta, represented the defendants and filed a demurrer to the suit on some technical point of law, which the court sustained after a lengthy argument on the part of the hJtornjjq.:: i-j the.ease. The Harvey matter was then taken ifi) on a motion filed by Atkinson &. Dunwody and W G. Brandy, at torney!; lor H. H. Harvey asking the court to dissolve the receivership and dismiss the easei To this City Attor ney F. E. Twittv and W. E. Kay filed an amendment and a demurrer, which was sustained by die court die prac tical effect of which, leaves the liti gation where it was. The court, at the request of the par ties interested, announced that an auditor would be apppointed to take evidence in the matter and report back to the court. Date in the afternoon the ease of E. A. Putnam and others vs. Mrs. Vio la Johnson, was called and considera ble time was devoted to it. in the ar gument of a number of unimportant demurrers. This case is one of con siderable importance and involves tne title to some valuable property of die estate of the late A. T. Putnam. The <YWL recessed at a late hour until 8:30 o’clock this morning, when the Putnam ease wil! tic resumed. The grand jury was also in session (luring the day and returned a number of true hills and after the afternoon session, recessed until this morning. The jury serving for the term is as follows: J. W. Stevens, M, E. Dart. J. It. Dillard. W. S. Smith, TV W. Flanders, E. J. Wilcox, J. M. Conoley, T. E. Smith, F. f> Scarlett, R. 1!. Harrison, J. M. Madden. Sr.. H. 1,. Dart, li. F. Howard, Jos. Benj Davis, Jcrre Wilch er, A. T. Drawdy, R. R. Durant, A. M. Calder, J. It. Dane, N. It. Barnhill. Oscar Johannesen, John Murray. J. W. Brooks, A. O. Anderson. T. W. f.aniti, F. E. Phillips, J. F. Owens, W. S Forrester, C. A. McCardle, M. W. Mock, Henry Bradham, Moses Daniel. Kennon Mott. Wm. Holibs, J. E. Dart, J. T. Lambright. Business Men as Mediators. Houston, Tex., The striking shop men of the Southern Pacific today ac cepted the offer of prominent business men to act as a mediator, and a meet ing is to be held tomorrow, at which the matter will be discussed between the business men and strikers. Brunswick Wins Again. Telegrams from Macon last night announced that the colored base ball club of tnis city bad defeated a sim ilar aggregation of the Central city Ito the score of 0 to 6. The Bruns- Iwick team is hard to beat.