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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS. VOLUME 1, NO. 265. KING WILL BE CROWNED TODAY 'r * ALL LONDON IS CROWDED WITH . • , PEOPLE ANXIOUS TO SEE k THE EXERCISES. AIANY REGIMENTS ON DUTY Throngs of People Begin to Crowd the Streets Early This Morning. King Edward is Now in Readiness. London, Saturday. August 9.—Thou sands of ponce, soldiers and guards began their journey for the outlying districts early this morning. *he streets at this early 'hour are thronged with people, while tramping regimenis are trying to make their way through the streets. Immense crowds are already lining the route of the procession and may people have already taken their seals to see the procession pass. The weather s very foggy, and electric lights will be used at Westminster Abbey. King Edward is scheduled to leave the palace at 10:30. He. was reported as being very well last night and is Really able to go through the i 'AjjPF.' )l >U*>wing message lrom King A- "J/Qrd was maue public last night: my people: On the eve of my coninai ion, an event which I look upon as one of the most solemn and im portant of my life, I am anxious -to im press to my people at home and In the colonies and in India, my heart felt appreciation of the deep sympa thy they have manifested toward me during a time in my Lie of such immi nent danger. The postponement of the coronation ceremony, owing to my illness, nas caused, 1 fear, much incon venience and trouble to ad who in tended to celebrate it. but their dis appointment has been borne by them witn admirable patience and i.cm per. "The prayers of my people lor my recovery were heard and I now offer up my flee pest gratitude to Divine Providence lor having preserved my life and given me strength to fill (ill the important duties which devolve upon i ■ a-. roveic?gn of inis great empire. “EDWARD It. AND i. "Buckingham Palace. August 8.” King Edward’s proclamation Is a personal anil spontaneous expression of his majority’s .©clings. It was con ceived and written by himself in an au tograph letter to the home secretary. C. T. ItiefTTe. In ai.dressing mi- cum munication to uic home secretary lie is following the traditions observed by the late Queen v.etoria when she addressed personal messages to the nut ion. King Edward did not drive out yes terday. A large crowd had garnered outdble the Buckingham palace in ex peetat.ion of their majesty’s takjng a urive, and the king, wiio was lunching in one of the front rooms of Vie build ing ’came to a window in full view of the people, who cheered him enthusi astically, Tim king bowed ills ac know lodgments. FUNERAL Or MRS. TAYLOR. Remains Were Laid to Rest Yesterday Afternoon in Palmetto Cemetery. The funeral of Mrs. Henry E. Tay lor. t'lio passed away Thursday night at Kastman, were laid to rest in Pal metto cemetery yesterday afternoon. The funeral services were conducted from the residence on south Lee sf reet. Mrs. Taylor had been ill for some time, and for a number of months had been in a hospital in where she received-the best treatment, and she greatly improved in dealt n. At the time of her deatu s.,e was visiting relatives in Eastman and died rather suddenly. Mr. Tay.or ,tas tne sympa thy of a large circule of friends. Money Being Received. Indinapolis, Ind., August B.—Secre tary Wilson, of the Mine workers, said today that the assessments are coming in from the locals. Tne donations, he said, have been ample to carry the strikers through until the present time. He-said it had been decided not to give out further figures on re ceipts from these sources. SMALL INCREASE SHOWN. Tax Returns Still Show Up Disappoint ing to the State. The Atlanta Journal of Thursday * says: “One hundred and twelve counties have sent in their digests, showing tin tax returns for to Comptroll er General Wright, and out of that number a net gain m $1,929,471! has been shown over the returns of lasi year. Seventy-one counties have shown an increase of $(!.497.34n and forty-one counties have shown a de crease of sl.s(>7.S(', I. Twenty-five counties remain to he heard from from. These counties art Bar-ow, Chatham. Chattahoochee, Clayton. Cobb, Coffee, Colquitt. Deca tun, DeKalb. Dooly, Ploydy. Pulton, Irwin, 1.-ee, Lincoln. Morgan. Putnam. Richmond, Sumter. Spalding. Troup, Union. Ware, Whitfield and Worth. The returns this year-are very dis appointing as an increase of fully $20,000,000 had been expected by Comptroller Crheral Vvngut. The to tal increase from the counties togeth er with the increase from the railroads will show a total increase of about $12,000,000. This small increase will not enable the tax rate to be lowered as had been expected. MANY HORSES BURNED. Thirty-Five Perish in a Fire at Lex ington, N. C. Lexington, N. 0.. August 8.- At 11:35 p. m„ fire broke out in Dorset* & Brandle's leveiy stables on Second South street, and spread . rum there to First Methodist church, which was soon in flames. Fir© extended from there to Sheriff Dorsett's barn and ex-Attorney General walser's barn, W. W. Finch's barn, and three tenement houses belonging to W. L. ilarkey, It damaged, the stoi cs of J. L. Mieuael, T. L. Moore, Earle Holmes, Dr. liily's dentistry offee, all of Which were part ly insured. I.oss will reach $35,000 to property; insurance, $3,000. 'mere were thirty five horses burned alive in the sta bles. The heaviest losses are: Methodist church, .8,000; no insurance; Dorsctt & Brindle, $7,000, insurance $3,000; Sheriff Dmjj}ctt, S6OO no insurance; W. L. Ilarkey, SSOO, no insurance. * TRACY'S BODY AT SALEM. A New Story of Wonderful Daring Comes to Light.- Davenport, Wash., August, 8. —Out- law Tta'-y's body is on its way to Sa lem, Ore. it was taken to Moscow, a station on the Great Northern, ten mill from here this afternoon, to be conveyed over that road to Seattle. Anew story of racy’s wonderful daring has come to light. Mi‘. Mc- Gregor, I lie keeper of a livery stable at Wilbur, on viewing Tracy's body, positively identified him as a man who came to nis stable last. Friday night,. He says Tracy had two horses which be put up for the night. He also left his rifle and a bundle, asking Ihe un suspecting liveryman to take care of them until morning. Where he s pent the night is not known . BRYAN STILL TALKING. in an Interview He Says He is Not After Nomination. Muscatine, lowa, -august William Jennings liryan was in Ihi city today and when approached for an interview by a newspaper man. he said; i pos itively will not run for fine presidency agdin. and am in no way alter the democratic nomination.” TO THE SUPREME COURT. Striking Miners Say They Vv.,l Carry Cases to That tribunal. Wheeling, W. Va., August B.—The striking miners here today declare they will carry their eases to the United Stales supreme court There is no sign of a settlement and the strikers and mine owners are now far from a settlement. A Clear Million. cmlcago, August B—The profits of the Gates party in the corn corner is announced tonight as being a clear million dollars. * ■ Famous A.laerman Dead. Brooklyn, N. Y., August B.—o. H. Bridges, a famous alderman,- died at his home in this city today. He had been ill for time. Lakewood Wins at Pole. Saratoga, N. Y., August o.—Lake wood won the national pole champi onship here today by deiealing Bryn Mawr, 5 1-3 to 3 3-4. .. BRUNSWICK. GA., SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 9, 1902. MORGAN SAILS ON WEDNESDAY ON HIS ARRIVAL AN OFFICIAL L ANNOUNCEMENT WILL k BE MADE. HE OWNS GEORGIA CENIRYL And Controls All Southern i_ines Ex x cept the Illinois Central, and is Now After That Road. Now York. August S. It was ■ n nounoed today that .1, Piorpont M . gan would sail for home next Wedn day. Qn his arrival, it. is stated, he will make au official announcement of the combine of all southern ruilroa-c . which has been uie talk of the linn i eiai world for the past several we. I , . at Mr. Morgan's office to is after noon, a very important conference wan held, and the sulijeet u: raiiroao ■ was fi'celjt discussed. It was also announced today on Wall street that all plans for the con solidation had been perfected. Mor gan, it, was stated, owns the Gio/fc.i Central railroad personally, and con trols all the other southern lines ex cept iue Illinois Central. Tile Southern Securities company, waich 'nas just, recently been charter ed, will have the direction of all of the roads, if the Illinois Central caai not; b*; merged into the consolidation, it wild be bought in on the community of interest plan. It has been figured that when the new combine is organized it will con trol (about 30,000 miles ot railroad lines. Tne return of Mr. Morgan Is watch ed-for with interest., and some new and surprising announcements concerning railroad deals will be ma.ie. GAVE WEALTH TO THE RICH. Heirs of Margaret Bergen Fighting the Caldwell bisters. New York, August S.- Margaret A Bergen, who. for mere than, half a cen tury. was a maid and nurse of the wealthy and prominent family if the late ...llliaw Shakes pears Caldwell of I New York, and Richmond, Ya., and i who died in Paris recently, Hcrjn■ . l iii- j ed $14,000 (if tdio sls,nob she had raved to the Baroness von ~edwltz and the Marquis dcs Monstirs M orinvi Me, daughter of Mi*. Caldwell, wi.o ye .aid to he worth several millions. Notice lias just been died in t'.ii;; city objecting to the probate of the will hv forty-two nephews, nieces and other relatives of the lostators. If is understood that they believed the <l" ceased 10 lie worth many limes the amount stated in tile petition to pto hate and that she should have left, if to them, who are poor, rather than leave it to the rich. WOMAN HANGS HERSELF. Made Noose of Handker chie. Which She Tied to Trunk: Strap. Raleigh, N ('. August 'B. .Mir ; Al in- ) foldcrfield, aged r. I committed suicide today 4 mil' s froir here by twin,:.': a handkerchief around ner neck and fastening a trunk strap to it. arrd hanking herself to a tall lied post. She was temporarily insane from the incessant strain 'of nursing her blind mother, aged !)2 years. Miss Holder Reid recently made two at tempts. at suicide. POF'E ON ROYAL MARRIAGES. He Will Grant No More Dispensations for Relatives. London, August 8. —A dispatch to Dalzcdl's news agency front Home, says the pope has notified tne reigning houses ot Europe that no more dispen sations! will he- granted for con sari, guinous marriages, it is the wish of the pope, says the dispatch, that royal, personages should contract marriages outside of tne royal families: in order to stop degeneration. Official Speed Trial. Newport News. Va., August B,—The ar rived at the Barren island trial T.J nited Slates monitor Arkansas has course in Chesapeake bay, where she ’will he given an official trial .today This completed, -she will go to sea and bo put through a series ot tests to ■ demand her seaworthiness. L REGULAR TRAINS 10 DOLLS B. & B. IS NOW ABOUT READY TO INAUGURATE A REGULAR SCHEDULE. 1 WORK NOW BEING PUSHFD Additional Daily Trains Will Soon Be Announced. —Means Double - Amount of Business for x the Road. . , ' A The Brunswick & Birmingham rail iroad is now hard at work on its line between Brunswick and Nieholls in Coffee county, and regular passenger and Ludglil trains will soon be put on that lino. The road has Inert completed tc Nii noils for some time, and was form ally opened a few weeks ago. hill at Miat time the road was not in readi ness lor regular t rains, and ■ large force of hands have been hard at work preparing tor regular schedules lo ,ie inaugurated. When these schedules are p\it into, effect ;t will mean just double the bus-, tilers tin it. &}! , is doing at present, ami a number of extra freight, and passenger trains will he pul: on, which will necessarily call tor mom svork men. Tne road lias received a number of new freight and passenger cars of late and also two or three new engines, anil is prepared for the opening business to Nieholls. —.— & GETS A BIG CONTRACT. Brunswick Concern to Lio Marble’ Work on New Miami Building. lined I)' ! .a.Manee. manucm of t’io Brunswick Marble and Granite Works has just, secured another big :utract for n s company. , | The First National bank, of Miami, Fla , is to erect, a handsome stone building, and the Brunswick company has lien awarded the contract for furnishing all of ...<• marble to he used. When completed it. is said, it will the the finest bank building in the south. J\ | This Is oue of the biggest contracts j awarded in Florida in many years, and [that a Brunswick concern is to do the mat hie work speaks well for Mr. La- Mance. He had to bid against a num ber of other companies in Georgia, Florida and Alabama, and succeeded in getting tne contract by the small n>:>! gin or 525. Mr. LaManee is now in Florida looking after other Idg con traeLi that have recently been awarl c ! to 'him. The building will be 70 feet am* I'J inches long and Hi feet wide, with a ttight of steps leading to an arched portico, supported by two marble pil lars. The banking room will be 30x30 feet: .surmounted by a dome 38 feet, high.' Back of this is the president’s room and a room for the cashier. The vaults will lie between these two pri vate rooms. The interior fittings will be in keeping with the rest of tire building, as good as money can*buy. The back part or the building will be two stories high, the upper floor being reached by a handsome staircase. On the second floor the private offices of the directors, trustees and the commit tee rooms are located. The building will he set back six feet from the side walk, and a grass plat will be planted between the wall and the building, "here will be 420 tons of marble and !£5,000 brick used in its construction. OYSTERS PACKERS FORM TRUST. Combine Inclucles Louisiana, Missis sippi and Alabama. Mobile, Ala., August 8. —me various oyster packing and canning companies in Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama will, it is said, combine vo the number of one hundred, with a capital of $2.- 000,000, financed by the Hibernia In vestment company of New Orleans, combine will control the fish and can ning business of the throe states. Popular There. The Thomasvllle Times-Bnterprise says; "WiHl Brantley, congressman from the Eleventh district, is in Thom asnlle. Congressman Brantley’s popu larity is not confined to his district, and the lirainy young Georgian has many I'rifads in this section of the state." t V. j , TWO MEN KILLED IN FIGHT. Jim Highpoo and Brooks Carter Are Shot to Death. Nashville. Tenn., Augnsl 8. —Jim Highpoo, and Brooks Carter were kill ed, John Carter is supposed to have been seriously wounded and a man by thg name of Rlehmon was throiig’ii the. wrist today in a tight in Jackson county, resulting from an old feud between the Carter and J.ynch families of that section. The fight occurred in the store of Brooks Carter, where his brother, John, Jim High pooh, Boyd and Leslie Lynch and several others gather ed. The talk drifted to the election and a dispute arose between the Car ter and Lynch factions. One of Hie men was seen to reach for ms pistol and a general fight ensued in which gnus and pistols were brought into action. Broo„s Carter and Highpoo were instantly killed and Richmond | was shot through the wrist. John ! Carter, who is supposed to have been seriously wounded, ran off alter the shooting, threatening vengeance. The Lynch brothers are under ar rest. Further trouble is anticipated. DEMOCRATS CARRY TENNESSEE. Both Their Judicial Tickets Elected by Large Majorities. Nashville, Tenn., August 8.- Be llinis received from over the state show the election by large majorities of tlie democratic tickets for supreme court and for the court of chancery appeals. Tne former is made up of W. K. McAlister M. M. Neil, John F. Shields and M. i). Board,' while the latter is composed of li. AI. Barton. John W. Taylor and S. to Wilson. Democrntitv congressional nominations, according to information received by tlie state committee are as follows: Fourth district Morgan Fitzpatrick over C. E. Snodgrass. Sixth district —John W. Gaines over M. H. Meek. } Seventh district- UP. Padgett over j \V. J. Witliorne. Plight It district—T. „W. Sims, over John li. Trice and J. M. Trout. Ninth district—Kice *A, Pearce, over Dorsey A. Thomas. With the exception o" Fitzpatrick they were aJI renominations. BERMUDA’S BIG DRY DOCK. Largest in World Arrives at British* Naval Station Oft St. Thomas. Hamilton. Aug. B.—The new floating dock for Hit British gov ernment’s naval station .at Ireland Station Bermuda, nrriv and off L't- Thorn as at a late hour tips afternooi'- The dock referred to is tlie iarp,.’- Rt floating dry doci; in the world. It was built by Atessrs. C. S. Swan and Hun ter at Wallsend-on-Tyiie, and --ucc-ess fully docked the. battleship Sans t’areil as part of its nthota! test. The* dock was towed from the River Thames by two powerful tugs, and was attended on the trip across by a third vessel. Tne dock is 545 l’eer, long, and its side wails are 53 feet and 2 inches high. It is capable of lifting ave se! weighing 17,500 tons and drawing 32 feet of water. WILL ALL STRIKE TODAY. Engineers and Firemen on New York Elevated to go Out. New York. August !). Ail the engin eers, firemen and telegraphers on the New York Elevated railroad decided today to go on strike tomorrow if their demands are not granted. It is probable that if all tne men strike, the traffic of the road will be stopped for a while, at least. - The Penrose Courtmartial. Erie, Pa., August 8. —The courtmar tial caller L-to try Charles W. Penrose assistant paymaster U. S. N., and at tached to the United States steamer Michigan at this port, convened today, but adjourned until j morrow to await the arrival of the senior counsel for the accused, Major Waller, woo is at Warm Springs, Va. Miners Are Arrested. Wilkesbarre, Pa., August g.—The Pennsylvania Coal Company, at Pitts ton, today caused tne arrest of a num ber of miners who mined coal for their own use in abandoned wordings and outcroppings. An official of th.s com pany says since the strike began hun dreds of tons of coal have been stolen. The men wi re bound over. Funston Very 111. Denver, Colo., August 8. —General Funston was taken suddenly ill today and is now considered a very sick man. He will undergo another opera tion to save his life. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BRYAN TALKS OE ROOSEVELT — * — SAYS MORALS OF THE PRESIDENT ARE MARKED BY DE FORMITY. SAYS AE IS BLOODTHIRSTY Refers to Speech Made By Him When He Said Soldiers Should Not Only Be Willing, But Anxious to Fight. Lincoln. Neb., Aug. B.—W. J. Bryan accuses President Roosevelt of going beyond the limn of nis advocacy of tne strenuous ~.t\ Mr Bryan says: "President Roosevelt, in his recent extemporaneous speech at West. , olnt gave expression t.o a sentiment which suggests an inherent: oarbarism that, win have to be taken into account in weighing the purposes and predict ing his future course. H4s address on the strenuous life, delivered some tnree years ago showed that he placed physical courage above mental great ness and moral worth. But when in his West Point speech lie laid aside all restraint and in a fit of animal en thusiasm said, ‘A soldier must not only be willing to fight, he must be anxious to fight; 1 do not want to have any thing to do with him if he is not,' lie turned a light upon his inner self and revealed a moral deform .y which must shock such of his frien>.~ as are not wholly carried away with tap bloody and brutal gospel oi imperial ism. It is unfortunate for the country ...ml the president should have held before its embryo soldiers the lower rather than the higher ideas of mili tary life. There have been many great soldiers during the last nineteen hun dred 'years, great Christian soldiers, who have loved peace, and yet who have in iui hour of peril won glory for their country and themselves. These .-lioi'id be eulogized and emtt evil, and only evil can come from idealizing "the blood-thirsty sol diers.’ s YESTERDAY’S FIRE. Small Residence on Bay Street De stroyed. A.i alarm of tire was sounded Bum box 52 shortly alter noon yesterday. Tito department located- the blaze ip (•,’ e small tenement on Bay street op posK ( ’ Cook’s mill. The llames had gained Kood headway before the ar- rival u; the ■lenartment, and the mousc wag .completely destroyed I>- fnse tlie lin-iijen could chock the blaze. The house waff owned by Mrs. T. Miic ban, ajnl was insured for SSOO. — EUGENIA BLAIR IS DIVORCED. Robert Downing Cnarges That She De serted Him. San Francisco, August B.—Robert Downing, tne actor, today obtained a divorce from his wife, who is known on the stage as Eugenia Blair, the petitioner swore that lus wife had de serted him in November, 1898,'and the divorce was granted on the testimony of the actor and -his daughter. * Forced to Flee by Strikers. Tanmqna, Pa., August B.—Today about 300 strikers, mostly foreigners, pai turned tlu streets oi Summit Hill and made an effort to force all work men to return to their homes. For a time the town Was in a riotous state. Nonunion men were compel ed to flee for safety while those who were capt ured were handled rougnly. Sheriff Humbert, of Carbon county, says he is unable to prevent these frequent outbreaks. Coal Shipments Mre Small Philadelphia, August 8. —The Penn sylvania railroad for the week ending August 2, carried only 920 tons or an ihrieite coal. This-4s the smallest ton nage of hard coal tlie company has moveu for many years. For the same week in 1901 the tonnage oi anturi cue coal anfounte... to 98,439 tons. The shipments of bituminous coal continue to show a steady increase. Boer General Dead. Brussels, August B.—Lucas Myers, a famous Boer general, died very sud denly in this city tonight of heart disease.