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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS.
VOLUME 1, NO. 272.
WIFE'S FAMILY
CLAIMS ESTATE
■iRS, FAIR'S RELATIVES PREPAR
■ ING TO GO TO SAN FRANCISCO
™ TO TAKE POSSESSION.
A GREAT LOSS TO THE WEST.
Charles Fair Had Made Arrangements
to Put $5,000,000 in Improve
ments on His San Fran
cisco Property.
New York, August .16. —Charles
Fair's millions are now claimed hy
h s wife's mother.
Edward l.efler, a nephew of Mrs.
Fair, will represent the heirs in con
test for the estate. Tne family of the
Mis. Fair are preparing to go to San
Francisco to at once take possession
ci tlie property.
The sudden death of Charles Fair
and his wife by collapse of their an
te mobile in France means a great loss
to han Francisco.
Just before his departure for Europe
Charles Fair had practically completed
plans for $5,000,000 worth of improve
ments on the Fair property in that city
and it was his intention on his return
from Europe to sign contracts for the
work.
The matter of the disposition of the
estate and of file dead millionaire and
his wife has given rise to some little
•speculation as to what will become
of Charles Fairs portion of his de
< cased father’s immense holdings.
It is known that a snort time ago
both Mr. and Mrs. Fair made wills,
disposing 01 their separate holdings
and the community property, but just
what the documents provide for, the
attorneys of Charles Fair do not feel
at liberty to make public at ibis time.
Mrs. Fair was possessed of property
t<> the value of SIIOO,OOO and it is
thought sue will bequeath her holdings
to relatives in New Jersey, but in the
event of evidence being produced that
Charles Fair succumbed to his injuries
first.. Mrs. Charles Fair’s interest in
the community property w.. t naturally
revert to liar heirs, and it is im this
point on which the disposition of the
millionaire's estate largely depends.
At a late hour last night tne public
administrator applied for letters of ad
ministration in the estate of Charles
Fair and wife Judge Carroll Cook
ims not as yet granted the application,
jii i forrihg to delay matters until proof
oi death has been received in this city,
'the matter will come up for hearing
in Judge Cook's court Monday. There
being some division ot opinion among
ihe friends and relatives of Charles
Fair as to whether the will of Fair
now. in the hands of Knight and --.ig
gerly, his attorneys, was the .ast made
by him, Judge Carroll Cook issued an
order gram.tig the attorneys permis
sion to search the several safe depos
it boxes used Uy fair, so tnat if tiler
i a will of more recent date ii %ill be
brought to light.. Hermann Oelrichs,
brother in-law oi tne deceased million
aire. is emphatic in his assertion that
Charles Fair made a will shortly be
iore leaving for Europe.
CITIZEN HAS A KICK.
Thinks Garbage boxes Should be Kept
in Bask Yards.
i Ftitor News:
The attention of the unorganized
civic league should be called to the
neglect of toe ordinance passes last
year relative to keeping garbage boxes
and barrels inside yards instead of
making the streets unsightly with the
presence of these useful but anything
Put ornamental receptacles.
The sight o, ,jese boxes filled hign
with the Saturday refuse, or the more
unsigotly trash piles that repose out
side back gates, are very objectionable
10 church goers on Sundays, it is are
11 .lion on the city and on the house
keeper where such taings are. Let the
garbage box be kept inside the back
yard as tne ordinace requires. Weeds
and tall grass are disfiguring enough
to the streets and lawns, without this
added nuisance. CITIZEN.
Murray Improving.
It. B. Murray, yardmaster of tne U
& 8., who was injured Wednesday,
was reported better yesterday, and
has now passed tno critical point, al
though he is still quite ill.
COAL MAY GO HIGHER.
Depends on the Outcome in the Ten
nessee District.
Coal dealers are looking anxiously
to the present meeting of tne opera
tors in Knoxville. Term., in the hope
that all existing questions of difference
between tne mine owners and miners
will be satisfactorily settled, and that
there will be no closing down of the
mines. If an agreement is not reached
and the men go out, it rais
ing of the present price of soft coal.
The trouble is just this: The pres
ent scale of wages and the agreement
made to that effect by me men expires
the Ist of next month. Tne miners
have asked the opei ators, who are now
in session at Knoxville, to grant a fix
ed scale of prices at 55 cents and GO
cents per ton in place ot the present
rate of 40 cents. A dispatch received
last night says tne operators have con
ceded 50 cents a ton. There are also
several other grievances set- forth in
the petition of the men and whether
enough of these will be conceded to
satisfy the men and prevent a shutting
down of the mines, is a question that
is troubling the minds of the coal
dealers.
One feature that adds to the anxiety
is the fact that the men are members
of the United Mine Workers’ Associa
tion of which John Mitchell, now in
Wilkesbarre, Pa., is president, and to
which belong some 140,000 miners
who are now out on strike in the an
thracite regions of the Keystone state.
It is known that President Mitchell
has emmuirles at work among the
soft coal miners, and everything pos
sible ir, oeing done to increase the
present scarcity of the coal suppply in
the north and cast, by a closing down
of the mines in Tennessee and Ken
tm ky.
BRAVE BOY I IRES
10 SAVE HIS MOTHER
CHARLOTTE, N. C., MAN GETS A
BULLET IN HIS SCALP WHILE
BEATING A WOMAN.
Wilmington, N. (V, August Hi.— f!.
W. Hun,lay. while unmercifully ,/eating
Mrs. li. A. Spires, his boarding house
keeper, in Inis city, early this morn
ing was shot by 'her ten year-old son.
The woum. is nut. serious, w ie ball hav
ing passed aroune the skull instead of
fracturing it. Hunday was drinking
and assaulted the woman with a haten
et. badly wounding her auout the head
and “doublers. It was while he da ,
nei on the floor boating her the la.
ran into the room and shot him.
Hunday was sent to jad and after
wards bound over to the superior
court.
Mrs. Spires was sent to the hospital
where it was found that Tier injuries
were very serious.
The brave boy woo saved his moth
er's life by firing the pistol, was com
mended for his gallantry by the court.
MR. DALLAS TALKS.
In An Interview at Macon Says Condi
tions Are Bad.
In the Macon Telegraph of yester
day, Fish Commissioner Dallas, who
was recently in this city, is quoted as
follows: At Savannah, Brunswick and
Darien 1 have found the best poop e
desirous of rendering all the assist
ance they can. f found at Brunswick.
Savannah and Darien a bad condition
of affairs. All kinds of nets from a
sein to a gill net were used to snare
fisn and prevent them from going up
the rivers. Poachers were taking tar
rapin and oysters out of season and
playing havoc in general. In the case
of tarraplns, I found that dealers were
buying tarrapin caught by poachers
out of season They buy them
time of year for a few cents apiece,
put them in a pen or pound until cod
weather, and tnen sell them in the
northern markets for S3O to $35 a
dozen.”
NEWS OF THE SHIPS.
Small Marine Items of the Doings of
a Day.
The following is the movement of
the vessels at the port of Brunswick
yesterday:
Arrived —Schooner B. Bowers, Prov
idence; schooner Howard B. Peck,
Dodd, Philadelphia.
Sailed. —Barkentine Steven C. Hart,
Raye, Boston ~ schooner John R. Pen
rose, Philadplpma; Spanish barken
tine Marie Theresa. Barcelona.
BRUNSWICK, GA., SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 17, 1002.
BRUNSWICK BOYS
EASY WINNERS
——
DEFEATED WAYCROSS N ESTER
DA 7 ON THEIR DIAMOND BY
SCORE OF 8 TO 2.
CAME YEAR BEING A SHUT-OUT
Not a Score Was .hade Off Brunswick
Team Until the Ninth inning.
Walker Pitched a Fine
Game.
Brunswick's ball team defeated
Waycross in the latter city yesterday
by a score of S to 2. in a very pretty
and interesting game, in which tne
Brunswick hoys put up a superior
game in every way, and outplayed the
Waycross team in every inning of tile
game.
Walker was in the box for Bruns
wick and pitched m his usual good
form, holding his opponents down to a
few scattering hits, and having many
strikeouts to his credit. Arnheiter
also played an excellent game behind
the l>at, and leu in batting, get
ting a two-bagger ana two or three
singles off of Barrett, of Savannah,
who pitched for Waycross.
it was the same old story in the
ninth inning with Brunswick. Not
a man had crossed tne home plate un
til that inning, when a couple of hits
and a few stolen bases gave tne Way
cross team two runs, and saved them
from a shut-out. It seems to be im
possible for Brunswick to win a shut
out, game, although they have 'held
several teams down to nothing until
tno last inning. However, they care
little about that if they win the game.
Nearly everybody in Waycross turn
ed out to see tne game, but the root
ers hud little opportunity to do any
rooting, while the few who aecompa
nieu the homo team on the crip yelled
themselves hoarse.
The line up of the two teams was
as follows:
Brunswick. Position Waycross
Nightengale .. third base ....Wiggins
Crovatt shortstop .. . ...Lopey
Hopkins .... right field ....McClellan
Walker Pitch Barrett
Abbott .... second base .... Brewer
McCullough .. first base .... Ballard
Hoyt Center neld . . . .-Wooten
Mallard .. ..Left, field .. .. Anandez
Arnheitcr .. .. Catch .. .. Mcßride
Score by innings:
Brunswick . . ..1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 2—B
Waycross .. ..0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 —2
The Brunswick boys returned to t
city last night and were jus..ant over
their victory.
FITZGERALD NEXT.
Three Games to be Played in Bruns
wick This Week.
The Fitzgerald aggregation of ball
players will be 'here for three games
this week —Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, and local fans are taking
much interest in the games.
Tne Fitzgerahl club has been play
ing great ball this year, and have won
a large majority of the games play
ou. They are coming here to win, but
they will strike a strong proposition,
as our boys are playing better ball
than they ever have, and are in good
practice at present, having played sev
eral games within the past tew weeks.
The present club is probably the
best all-home club Brunswick has ever
had, and our people should give them
good support by turning out in full
force to-the games this wees.
Jacksonville will tollow the Fitz
gerald team, that dub having dates
for Mom. ay, Tuesday and Wednesday
of next week.
Will Build Railroad.
Columbus, Ga., August 16.—1 tis un
derstood that, a reorganization of the
Columbus, Eufaula and Gulf railroad
company is to occur, and that the
road will be built through to or. An
drew's Bay, Fla., at once. Differences
arose among the stockholders as to
certain matters, but it is understood
that they have been adjusted and that
the road will be built at once. New
York capitalists are furnishing the
money.
Sold His Body for $5.
Groesbeck, Tex v August 16. —John
Warren, a negro„ 4 wSs hanged were to
day lor the murder of a storekeeper
named Doc Stevens. Warren sold his
body for $5.
SERIOUS URGE
USE OLD Mi
MORRIS SOUTHEIMER, WHO IS 65
YEARS OLD. ARRESTED j
FOR ASSAULT. j
CLAIMS IHAI HE IS INNOCENT
Mother of 8-Year Old Girl Swears Out
Warrant in Albany and Justice
Orders Incarceration of the {
Defendant.
-1
Albany, On., .-uig 10.-—Morris Son
theimer, a respectable salesman 05
years of age, was arrested this morn
ing on a charge of assaulting a little
8-year old girl.
The crime is al.egeil to have been
committed more than a month ago. but
the chilli’s mother only learned off it
this morning. She immediately swore
out u warrant before Jrniggo deGraff
enried.
Sheriff Edwards and Deputy Sheriff
Goodwin being out of the city the war
rant was placed in the hands of Of
ficer it. T. Haley, who arrested Son
theimer when he returned from dinner
to his place of business.
Sontheimer was taken into the court
room where the mother and child
were waiting. He protested bis inno
cence and endeavored to have tin* wo
man withdraw the warrant against
him, hut she declined to discuss the
matter with him and he was taken to
jail, wnore he Is now confined, await
ing his commitment trial, me time for
which has not been set.
Sontheimer is a Gorman by birth.
He lias lived in Albany for a number
of years, is about 05 years of age and
unmarried. He wax; employed as a
clerk in a mercantile establishment
Tne charge upon which he has been
arrested is a serious one. He asserts
that he is innocent and will prove his
innocence despite the story of the lit
tle girl who is the alleged victim.
The r ase is one of the most sensa
tional in the history of the city, arid
is of such a nature that its future de
velopment will be watched with inter
est, made the keener by the old age of
Sontheimer and the extreme youth
of th alleged victim.
GIVEN WATER CURE.
Hose Turned on Harvey Logan in
Knox bounty Jail.
Knoxville, Tenn., August 10.—Har
vey Logan, the alleged Montana train
robber, who lias tie on in tne Knox
county jail since last December, has
been given a “water cure, lie became
unruly, and challenged me rules of the
jail and the power of the sheriff and
jailer to control him Upon examina
tion the sheriff found the prisoner aud
removed plumbing fixtures in li is cell
and by means of an iron pipe had
pounded a hole in the stone floor of his
cell to the depth of about three inches.
All of the equipment of tne cell was
rmoved save his uammocit and suffi
cient clothing to hide his nakedness.
Even his razor went, as Logan protess
ed to have a horror of his beard grow
ing, but now he has a full crop of whis
kers.
When be became unmanageable the
jail officials administered the water
cure, turning the hose on him for
about half an hour. Since that time
Logan has been less troublesome to
the sheriff and jailer.
BOOKING MORE ATTRACTIONS.
Messrs. Fleming & Waff Getting More
Shows for the Season.
Messrs. Fleming & Waff, managers
of the opera ’house, are stili hooking
attractions for the season, and since
the list of attractions published in
L.ese columns last Sunday, the follow
ing companies have been hooked:
November 28.—Kate Claxton.
December 19. —A Jolly American
Tramp
February 4.—Sam T. Jack’s Gay
Burlesquers.
Gunboat ooyaca Captured.
San Jose de Costa Rica, August 16.
News has reached here from the camp
~f the Colombian revolutionists in the
Agua Duice district tnat after a naval
engagement the Colombia government
gunboat Bayaca was captureu by the
Colombian revolutionists. Throe hun
dred government soldiers and Geene
ral Ortix and Henao and supplies of
munitions of war and provisions were
captured with the Boyaca.
MAY MEAN DEATH.
Prisoner in Recorder’s Court at Char
lotte Confesses Burglary.
Cralotte, N. C., August 16. —James
Cathey pleaded guilty this morning
in the recorder's court to a charge
which, if proven, will land hint upon
the gafhiws.
Burglary, a capital offense in North
( Carolina, was the charge against tne
prisoner. When his name was called
he simply arose and said “guilty,” and
sat down. The recorder apprised the
man of the grgavlfy of the charge, but
he refused to change his plea, and ap
peared to be .wholly unconcerned.
Harris Johnson, who swore out the
' warrant, fives four miles from Char
lotte. Johnson found a windtnv and
door to. ais house open when be awoke
and an investigation disclosed the fact
that 7'} cents in money was muxfii.g
from Ms son’s trousers arid several
jugs of ,wine f r om his closet
Cathey at first denied the charge,
but the juss were found at his hom>.
aid inter tie a l .lnfilled entering the
home of Johnson.
.Cathey will receive immediate trial
as the superior court is row in session.
Prominent Farmer Killed.
Anniston, Ala., August 16—A south
bound freight (rain near Merrilton. 20
miles north of Anniston, yesterday
struck a llrtggy containing W. M. Da
vis, a prominent farmer, and an un
known man. The buggy was torn to
atoms and Davis instantly killed. The
other occupant escaped with serious
injuries.
Boy Shoots Himself.
Perry. Ga., August. 16. -Harry 1 lutz
claw, thei 12-year old son of Major
Hntzclaw, accidentally shot himself
this morning while hunting. He was
alone at the time.
MACH!N HAS RENTED
OS UCE m ATLANTA
i
HE WILL Hi’AVE HANDSOME QUAR.
TERS IN THE EMPIRE
; BUILDING.
The Atlanta Constitution of yester
day says:
Colone E. C. Mach ere president ot
the Brunswick and Birmingham Con
struction company, ami J. mcDufil;
general manager of the Brunswick and
Birmingham railroad, were in Atlanta
yesterday to place orders for equip
ment for their new road, incidentally,
while Colone] Machen was here he
leased knottier room in the Enipiri
building adjoining the one now occu
pied by Lee McLendon, general agent
of the railway company. This new of
fice will lie occupied by Colonel Ma
chen when he visits Atlanta, which he
will do more frequent y in future.
These offices, it is said, will be lilted
up in a style becoming anew and
growing railroad.
The Brunswick and Birmingham
railroad has within a few months pur
chased from railway supply houses in
Atlanta equipment of various kinds
amounting to $250,000. The equip
ment recent y purenased by this new
road, if delivered at one time, would
cover nearly four miles of track.
Colonel Machen and Mr. McDuffie
left last night for Savannah.
TOWN SWEPT BY A WAVE.
Thirty Lives Were Lost in Mexican
City.
Culiacan, Mex., August 16.—The
lower portion of the city of Attalta, on
the Pacific coast just west of Culacan
has been completely destroyed by a
tidal wave and not less than thirty
people are known to have been drown
ed. The loss of life may he several
times that number. The property loss
is heavy, it is reported that several
smaller coast towns situated above At
talta were completely destroyed by the
same tidal wave and that the loss of
life in these smaller places is very
heavy. Relief for the suffering at
Attalia will be sent from Culiacan, and
it is expected that tno state govern
ments will take prompt action for the
rqiiet of any destitution ami suffering
that may exist Uy reason of the catas
trophe.
BATTLE With THREE NEGROES.
George Anderson and Assailant Are
Woundeu.
Columbia, S. C., August 16.—Six
miles from Laurens this afternoon
George Anderson (white) overseer of
a gang of negroes working the roads,
was shot and probably fatally wounded
hy three negroes. All ot the negroes
were in turn wounded Uy Anderson.
Their injuries, however, are not se
rious. They were arrested.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
COMPANY AFTER
W FRANCHISE
BRUNSWICK MAN SAYS ANOTHER
PARTY WANTS TO BUILD
ELECTRIC CAR LINE.
WfLLr G TO PIT IP A BONUS
To Insure the City That They Mean
Business.—Will Probably
Petition Council
Soon.
City Council has refund to grant
the petition of Hobart 0 l ash, (i. M
Vescelius and L. B. l reahvell for ar
entei.sion of four months time in
which to begin constn< -turn on tne
read, and a j ar in wiucn to finish
four miles of road.
Tne above gentlemen were granted
a franchise hy council on April to,
but piovisieu was made .that work
on the iiite should begin in four
months. This was not done by tne
gentlemen, and Ute franchise is now
void.
A News representative learned yos
lerday that another company were af
• ter securing a franchise, and won,,, pe
tition council within the next month or
two. it was further learned that the
company was willing to put up a bonus
of a sufficient sum to insure' council
that they wauled the franchise in
good faith, and would begin work m
me Uni.- specified uy count...
The gentleman who told tlie report
er of tuis new company who want the
franchise is one ot our most promi
nent citizens, and out who is always
working for Brunswick. He would
not teti the reporter the name of the
men, but said they had uppproachod
ftim on the subject, in met, lie said
thai they have nad an eye on Bruns
wick tin seme .into, and were prepared
to petition council for the franchise
when it was granted in April
At any rite. The News feels that
Brum. Kick v.ill have an electric car
fine. Our city is dirge enough to sup
poit Sin n an entm-pris”, and n. would
he a paying investment to almost any
one.
WHIIES AND BLACKS AT WAR.
ir. Race Riot Near Houston Several
Men Are Wounded.
Houston, Texas, August 16.—Eleven
wn..e men are in jail as tlie result of
a battle between whites and negroes
this afternoon at the Southern Pacific
creosote works, tlnee miles from this
city. The casualities are:
Ncusou Randall, colored, killed; Bill
Anderson, colored, dangerously wound
ed; Y\ ililarn Hamilton, white, seriously
and perhaps fatally wounded; un
known negro, shot in the leg.
'The negroes were employed at tne
creosote works and the white men
were engaged in erecting tanks for
tlie Southern Pacific. The whites slept
in a boarding car close hy, and wore
annoyed by the negroes singing. They
were asucu on several occasions to
stop, hut refused to do so. Today Nel
son Randall marched up to the works
with a winchester in his nands ar.d
the wnite men attempted to take it
away trout nim. The Hattie followed.
THEY MAKE WAYCROSS DEAL.
Brobston, Fendig & Cos., Sell Opera
House in That City.
Tiie following is from the Waycross
Journal, of-yesterday:
"Mr. J. S. Bailey bought the opera
house Tuesday from the Atlantic Na
tional Building and Loan association.
The trade has been pending for
neural months, hut tne delay in clos
ing was caused by the titles being
tangled up.
•It was pulled off by Brobston, Fen
dig <& Cos., a real estate firm of Bruns
wick. The property I- said to iuivt
cosi about $15,000 and was sold to
Mr. liaiiey for $3,5u0.
"it is not known who will assume
the management of the opera house
next season.'’
Sunday “Blue Laws.”
Columbia, S, C., August 16. —Sunday
“blue laws” are to be enforced here.
The police commission has decreed
that hereafter no cigars, cigarettes,
soft drinks, etc., are to be sold on Sun
day It will he observed that “soft
drinks’ are under tne prohibitory ban
of the commission.