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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS. VOLUME 1, NO. 274. U.S, SENATOR IN A GREAT FRAUD —*. — LIQUID AIR COMPANY SELLS POOL STOCKS INSTEAD OF TREASURY STOCK. JONES OF NEVaDA CONN EC 1 ED Former Secretary Dorsey Was Also an Owner in the Company.— Complainants Say Tripler Deceived Them. New York, August 19.—Charges that almost $1,000,000 were gotten by fraud from the Tripler Liquid Air company by use of pool stocks instead of treas ury stock, which the purchasers had the idea tney were buying, wore made li .. Ih niiHin at a secret hearing be ■ore Justice Mayer in the court of sessions. ■ The company was largely owno. ■ml controlled by Senator Jones, ol BFievada, and ex-Senator Dorsey, of Ar kansas. Only two persons were present on subpoenas. These were John H. Hocn tlie original promotor oi ae company, aiut N. 'i. Miller, of the produce ex change. Assistant District Attorney Rand was in charge ot the investiga tion. i-.strict Attorney Jerome, who is conducting toe inquiry, stated that lie felt forced- to take an active part in the matter because of the magni tude of the alleged irauu. Chari cs E. Triplet, the inventor, is ill at his home today. It is alleged by the complainant that he did not have the patents claimed to nave. Also that the company did not own teem, even if they existed, and that it cost. 7a cents a gallon to produce liq uid air instead oi 5 cents as claimed. United States Senator .olm .. Jones of Nevada; former Senator Stephen Dorsey, of Arkansas, ot star route fame, and others are interested in the charge that tl -e was a conspiracy; to commit granu larceny ot tne prop erty of the company. i'riund;; of Senator Jones and former Senator Dorsey are satisfied that, net Iber tit them ha anything to do with the deal. COLORED TEAMS TO PLAY BALL. Brunswick and St. Augustine to Meet This Afternoon. The colored baseball teams of Brunswick and St. . ugustino will meet on tne diamond this afternoon. The game will be called at iibii on account of the game between the white clubs of Brunswick and Fitzger ald at 4 o’clock. A largo excursion reached the city from St. Augustine yesterday, and tne crowd is accompanied by c-e Ancient City band, wh.ch will give a parade lets moruing. The ball game is ex pected to lie a very good one, as bom are excellent teams. Seats havobeen reserved for the white people who at tend* me game will be over by 3 o’clock. THE LIBRARY EXCURSION. It Will Be Given to St. Simon Tomor row Night. The proposed Library Association excursion will occur Tnursday night, weather permitting, and a pleasant evening is promised those who go. The Hessie No. 2 will carry the crowd over, and the Mandolin club will fur nish music for the dancing. The surf win be right at 9 o’clock that evening for surf bathing. The ladies in charge deserve tne encour agement of the public, and tne library being a very popular institution, it will probably be a success. WOUNDED WOMAN RUN OVER. „,ier Being Stabbed She Was Placed on Track at Pensacola. fvnsacoia, Fla., August 19. —Nancy Mit. hell, a negro woman, was staoued here last n.ght and her bouy placed on tue Bayou and Texas railroad tres tle, where it was struck and mangled by an incoming -ra,n. The woman liven long enough to givet the name of tlie man who was witu her and whom the authorities claim ,s respon -B,ole for the deed. Notice to Master*. Tlie News will publish ship notices at |1.50. It is the only legal medium through which these notices, can be published. ...a iaLf-tiAi WOULD IMPEACH THE JUDGE. County .-.ttomey Asks for Special Ses sion of Legislature. Richmond, Va., August I;..—Com monwealth Attorney Evans, of Am herst county, lias petitioned Governor Montague to call a special session of the legislature to review the trial of Judge C. J. Campbell for the cownid ing of Rev. Mr. Crawford iu the yard of the court house, and for which of tense he was acquitted. The grounds of the petition are that Judge Campbell packed the jury and selected the trial juuge who sat in .no case; that the court was partial in its rui.ugs, that it erred iu no. graining a change of venue. Governor Montague nas reached no decision on the matter and will not for some days, at least, NEWPORT TO BOSTON IN AUTO. Miss Alice Roosevelt Makes Trip in Six Hours. Boston, August .—A.e Roosevelt came to Boston from Newport witn Miss Elen Drestel Paul, of Philadel phia in an automobile today, making the d> in about six hours. Both to night were the guests o* Miss Roose velt’s grandparents, Mr. and Mrs, G. C. Lee, of Brooklyn, i here were no incidents on the trip. A RECREATION CLUB. One Has Been Formed Among the Members 01 the Navtel Reserves. A recreai.on club has recently been organized among the members of the Naval Reserves, and Lie organization promises to be a great addition to the pressure of the Reserves. The follow ing officers have ueon elected: President—S S. liickett. -'Secretary and Treasurer.—J. VV. Bai ley. Board of Directors—W. I). Bailey, J. Bailey, VV. ware, F. A. Wrench, S. A. Rickett, Leighton Burroughs, o R West. Tiie object of the club is to arrange for different amusements for the com pany, to have ping pong parties, in door basebai,, etc. NAVAL RESERVES’ CUTTER ARRIVED YESTERDAY IS A HANDSOME LITTLE CRAI-T AND WELL PLEASED THE , COMPANY. *..e 30-foot, cutter given the Georgia naval militia arrived yesterday on uie Mallory steamer Colorado, and will be. unloaded this morning. The cutter well comes up to the ex pectation of the Reserves, and a ma jority of the members of tne company visited the boat yesterday, and they seemed inueu pleased with tier. The boat is equipped with every thing pertaining to a cutter; has two masts, two topmasts, two jius and in tne bow a piace is reserved for a rapid fire gun, whicu will be here about September first. The boat will uo hoisted from the ship tnis morning, and the Reserves will take charge; A boat house wiR e* erected immediately sernewhero along th bay for the cutter. COUNTIES NEARLY ALL IN. Fulton, Chatham and Troop Yet to be Heard From. Yesterday's Atlanta Constitution says: . , / Tv/o more tax digests were receiv er yesterday by u mptrollcr General Wright—those of Lee and Union coun ties. Lee county shows an increase in taxable value of $5,932, while Union county has a decrease of $8,014. In 1901 Lee county’s taxable property was given at $1,170,342. The digest for 1902 shows $1,175,990. the taxable property of Union county was estimated at $548,101, while this year it is only $540,097. Four more counties ere still to be heard, from—Fulton, Chatnf.m, Troup and Dekalo. It wifi be impossible to fix tie’ tax rate before next week some time,, as the board of arbitration, which has the Southern railway matter under consideration, will not meet agatui until next Friday, and may bo in ses sion for several days. Blacksmiths Order Strike. New York, August 19.—A stride was ordered yesterday by me International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths and Help ers in all shops wnere an advance" of 10 per cent in wages is not granted, me strike affects ship yards principal ly, and 1000 men employed in different yards quit work toay as a result of the strike order. _ , j A BRUNSWICK, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, 1902. BRUNSWICK /i FITZGERALD 0 — t —. VISITORS WERE WHITE WASHED BY" THE LOCALS IN BALL GAME YESTERDAY. BOTH TEAMS PLAYED WELL After the First Inning Only Two Runs Were Scored.—Will nay Again This Af te moon. The Fitzgerald baseball cluo wen! down before the locals yesterday by a score of 7 to 0. The game- after the first inning, when Brunswick scored five inns, was n very pretty one, bora sides putting up an excellent game, and only two inns were made during tin: balance of 17io game. In the fp'st inning Brunswick went at the Fitzgerald pitahu in great shape. Nightengale was the first man up and singled; Crovatt went out at first; Lopez singled, and Nightengale went to second. Hopkins followed will: a single, scoring Nigmengale. Ab bott came up and went to first. With three men on bases Walker went to the bat and landed to left, bringing iu all three men on bases, lie also scored on a long fly to rigiu by Hoyt. The next man up went out at urst, re tiring the side. This ended the run making until the fifth inning, when another was made by the locals, who also scored again in the seventh. The visitors played a very good game, but Walker proved somewhat of a puzzler, and they could not get nos when they were most, neeuea. In the second inning it. looked like Fitzgerald would score. Two men were on bases, one on third ana one on second. w..j nobody out, but Walker settled down and struck out the next three men up. The game was a very fast one, being played in an hour and twenty minutes. Both the pitchers receive.* excellent support, only fo"r errors being made in the game. Turner, the Fitzgerald catcher, met with an accident in the first Inning an.l was compelleu to retire from Iho game. In catching the .all at the home plate one of his fingers were broken, and he will be una.ie to play during the series. Drs. Blanton ami ~iain were present and dressed uie wound. The feature of tlio game was me pretty catch ny Crovatt in the sixth, and tne all-round good playing of Walker. The score. Brunswick üb, r. bh. po. a. e. Nightengale, 3o ....5 2 1 2 0 1 Crovatt, ss r> 0 0 1 ■< 11 Lope 74 c 4 2 1 o 2 0 Hopkins, rl’ 4 1 0 0 1 1 Abbott, 2b 4 1 0 3 6 1 p 1 1 1 2 0 0 i.oyt, cf 4 0 0 1 0 0 Mallard 4 0 0 I 0 0 /rnheiter, lb 1 0 1 14 0 0 38 7 4 27 17 3 Fitzgerald ab. r. bh. po. a. e. A. Caapel, If 4 0 a 3 0 11 Wilkinson, lb 4 0 (1 8 <1 0 •Turner, c 4 0 0 7 3 0 E. Chapel, p 4 0 1 0 5 0 A. Deyo, ss. 4 0 1 1 3 1 Boubaker, 2b 4 0 1 33 <1 Kay, 3b 4 0 0 2 1 0 Pug Chapel, cf 3 0 I 1 1 Martin, rf 3 0 12 1 0 34 0 4 27 17 2 Score by innings: Brunswick .. ..5000 1 010 o—70 —7 Fitzgerald • • ..0 0000 00 0 (I—o Summary—Earned runs, Brunswick, 4. Struck out, by W alker, 5; by Chap el, 4; stolen bases, *Munswick, 5; two base hits,Walker, Boubaker; bases on balls, off Chapel, 1. Time of game, 1 hour, 20 minutes; McCul lough; scorer, Weiss. The two teams wui meet again this afternoon and tne game will no doubt be witnessed by a large crowd. Petition for Bankruptcy. J. M. Hoodenpyle, of this city, filed yesterday in the office of tne clerk of the United States court at Savannah, his petition for voluntary bankruptcy. Schedules show liabilities amounting to $3,282.40, with assets of $540.22, consisting entirely of accounts due iiio bankrupt. The petition has been referred to Raierce Crovau. Attor ney Max Isaac represents the bank rupt. __ , „ . TROUBLE BEGINS IS m CABINET 1 TERRY HANDS IN HIS RESIGNA TION AS SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE. f PAPERS DISCUSS SITUATION Weak Administration is Held Respon sible in Some Quarters for 4 the Resignation of | ■| erry. $ ft Havana. August 19.—At the meeting of the counsel of secretaries today Emilio Terry, secretary iu agrlcuul lure, piescnted his resignation. It was not accepted. Senor Terry will have four days in which to reconsider his step. It is understood tnat Senor i erry will ins.,.* on nlsAesignation. The resignation of Senor Terry is commented upon variously today iu the local press. El Mumlo says Senor Terry resigned because he neeanie dis gusted with I, he weak policy of tne government and because President Palma lms not followed the plan out lined by mm." Honor Terry himself says lie resign er for family reasons and because he desires tp go to Paris, The Diarlo do la Marina says: "The resignation of Senor Terry is a tri umph for t lie radicals.” ’The Lucna says: “Senor „erry back ed Senor Diaz, secretary of public work in tile castenado concession, which is a scandal, and the rest of the court would not concur, consequently the secretary of agriculture resigned. Honor Diaz lias also rosigneu. La Discussion says: “The resigna tion of Senor Terry is due to the fact, that vu*j iiuui. o or i r resell Ia t i ves de layed its approval of Ills plans to as sist Cuban agriculture and of the $4,000,000 loan to be devoted to Ibis end.” WANT BLANKET INJUNCTION. Telephone Company Says Its Linemen Cause Trouble. New Orleans, August 19. -In its pe tition for a blanket injunction against the striking linemen, which was only made public today, . the Cumberland Telephone company charges that a conspiracy has been formed against them to prevent them from operating their service iu this city, in addi tion to alleging that, the union men are picketing tne railroad depots, per suading new men from taking service with the company, and stoning those already at work, it charges that, the strikers are crossing the telephone wires throughout the city with the hlgn tension wires of another company and thus imrning up the lines of the company and putting them out of bus iness. The company claims that all its plans for extension of its lines in New Orleans promises to lie brought fc a standstill by the action of the strikers. 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 Stephen O Hart, Pearson, .bath, and sailed for Satilla; schooner Melissa A. Willey, Hart, New York; steamer Carib, Ingram, Jack sonville; Colorado, Risk, New York. The Malylory steamer Alamo, and the Clyde steamer Carib will sail today. The Alamo wil sail at 5:30 a m. i „ , TO OLD POINT COMFORT. About Twenty-Fve Brunswickians Will Take the Trip. About twenty-five Brunswickians win leave over the ek & B. tonight on tae excursion to Old Point Comfort. The train will leave here at 8:25 and will make close connection with the S. A. L., which read will take the excursion. Agent Ford has secured sleepers for the accommodation of t,.ose going from this city, and he will also accompany Uie excursion and look after the comfort of s!l It is probable that the train wm >,e r;u in two scc'ions alter leaving Sa vannah, as a large crowd w... go Dim the e The tickets are limited to ’•eturn up lo Re id amber first. TEN DEATHS JN TWO DAYS. This Numoer Reported >f om *' ie Vicin ity of Columbus. Columbus, Ga.. August 19* —There were ten ueaths m and about Co* u,n ‘ bus yesterday and today. Among u.Cb.’ was Mrs. sarah C. Dobuins, age.. 32 years, who died at the city hospital from file effects of an operation. Mr. ’and Mrs. Russell Leonard lost their little 5-months-old son, George Theo. ltooseve.v. ~e .Rant son 01 -,*r. and Mrs. J. \V. Griggs died of typnoid le ver, Mrs. L. A. Ward, an aged lady, passed away Sunday night, auer an illness of malarial fever. Miss Stella Koou, a young lady about, eighteen years of age u-ea of typho.u .ever, a It. i.rurtin, aged 70 years, died auer a short illness ounday. Hon. and .ars F. Garrard have been culled -u New Orleans to attend the funeral ol the former s sister,, Mrs. Isabella Roberts, who is also a sister of am * .arrant of Savannah; airs,-Humphreys -astle mau, or -ania, and arts, raeleu G. e.onn, of StfVannau. EVERY PRECINCT WENT DRY. No Whiskey Will Be Sold in ,newton County. Oxford, Ga., August 111. —in the election for or against the sale of whisky neld iu Newom county today every precinct jvent dry. Too county hah been dry for several years and this election was forced by the antis, who nojied to carry the county. Tne result, of me election shows the people of Newton to he ab solutely opposed to whissy, This county is strongly local option. Every precinct in the county went dry. Covington, the center of strength for ti,e antis, went dry uy over a hun dred"' votes. The election was very quiet, but considerable interest was manifested. The election was unusually interest ing because of the location 01 Emory college in this county. aho prooib-uonists claim i~af ,--v county will remain dry torj.u least ten years. COLORED LIBRARY HAS BEEN 5)50*N1/xD 1 PROMINENT LOCAL NEGROES ES IABLISH ONE FOR THEIR , PEOPLE. Tne intelligent and better class of colored people have established a pub lie library, and now have nead quar ters of or Bugg's drug store on clou cester street. -„is movement was started some time ago by a. number of coiored citi zens, and they have been qu,*e suc cussful in their undertaking,’ and now ~ave a lot of interesting noons at the library, and are daily adding to it. -riinong those at me head of the li brary are Ed. Johnson, Jim Carter, B. Gibbs, Jas. Tatnall and S. C. Buggs. and they are all working to make the library an interesting and instructive place. Those at the head of the movcinr asks The News to say that they will appreciate any books given cm by their white friendß. MUTINEEFIS WANTED BOOTY. Crew of the Hermanoes Plotted . o Steal $150,000. Manila, August 19.—The following deta.,B of the mutiny of ho 11a. .ve crew of tne inter-insular steamer Ails nermanoes, wnich occurred at Port Virac, is land of Cataniiuanes, last Thursday, has been received. The crime was plotted under the leadership of the native joa.swa.n cl the mis nermanoes. The mutineers purposed to steal sro,t,.ib which they supposed to . e on board. The oncers of the steamer were dining when tney were attacked. In a.1,..u0n to killing th Ci.ief engineer and wounding the captain, the mate, second engineer and a passenger, all of whom were Spaniards, , the crew killed the stew ard and carpenter of the ship. The last named was murt.ereu while de fending the officers Trie members of the native constab ulary; who went .0 the rescue of the officers of the Mis Hermanoes killed three and succeeded in capturing -iir ty-fonr of ,the mutineers, whom they conveyed to Albay, Luzon. “ Filthy Temples In India. Sacred cows often defile Indian tem pies, but worse yet is a body that’s pointed by constipation. Don't per mit it. Cleanse your system with Dr. King’s New Life Vills and avoid untold misery. They give lively liv ers, actve bowels, good digestion, fine PRICE FIVE CENTS. FUGITIVE HEIR 10 BIG FORTUNE "V —•— FIFIY THOU, SAND DOLLARS HAVE BEEN LEFT TO JUDGE J. C. RANDOLPH. MONEY HAS BEEN ATTACHED "Ni By State of Ala! ana For An Alleged Shortage of $25,000 by Ran dolph When He was Judge. Philadelph a, Pa.. August 19.—■ Through the death in Philadelphia last, spring of Commodore Thomas Corbin, of the United States navy, who left an estate valued at nearly a mil lion dollars, the life story 01 Francis C, Randolph, lawyer, judge, alleged ab sconder and murderer, and now an of ficer in flic army of Colombia, lias just become public. Part of Comtnodode Corbin’s estate was inherited by Randolph who is a nephew, under the interstate laws, but his share, estimated at $50,000, was to day attached by Attorney General Charles L. Brown, of Alabama, on be half of that state. The Alabama of ficial charges taut Randolph defrauded tae commonwealth of szo,ooo. Randolph was elected probate Juuge of Montgomery, Ala , in 1880, and re elected in 1892. Three years later he disappeared. Investigation showed that $25,000 in liquor licenses collected for the city of Montgomery went wim 4MJ‘- ffijU'dives finally found him in Co lombia, but could not rcia,*e him as fie had been sentenced to be hanged t'dr a nuiruer committed uiiring a brawl. Through the efforts of influen tial frimds in wniw.rotmtry, notably URUttt' a. ~f Alabama, the then secretary of the navy, tile, sen tence was commute* to 15 years im prisonment, Attorney General Brown has now learned that Ranuolph is at liberty and is captain of scouts at the Colombian army. The attorney gon ereal came here and through local law yers sc Lured a foreign attachment from the court of common pleas against Randolph, with hail fixed at $50,000. The estate is held by a local tram.. W. M. TODD GETS BALL IN ARM. Bullet Also Penirated Body, But the Wound is Slight. Augusta. Ga. August 19. —There was a sensational shooting on Broad street last night between two young white men. George McKinley was standing on Broad street, near Marbury, when tv. M. Touu drove up in a hack with a young woman named .uollie Chav ons. it seems that Todd had loaned the woman a ring and McKinley had gotten it from nor. I odd demanded tne ring from McKinley. Sharp words followed and McKinley drew a pistol and snot Todd, tile bullet passing through his arm arid enter.ng u.s body, it penetrated by a short distance and the wound is not considered dan gerous. ...c Kin icy eluded arrest, but Todd and the woman were arrested and car ried id uy t.*e poi.ee. The former was transferred to the hospital and when the woman’s statement of tne difficul ty has been reduced to writing she will be released. CAUGHT A CHICKtN THIEF. Whi-e an Also nad a Turkey “Cor nered." Officer Gill early this morning ar rested and placed in jail old “Captain Jack.” a white man wen known along the bay and on the different boats in tne harbor. Officer Gill was on his boat, along Oglemorpe street near the corner of Gloucester when he neard chickens cackling in the yard adjoining Ander son's store. Suspecting something from the noise of the CmCitens, r. Gill quietly Stepped in the yard. He saw a man near the chicken coop. The officer did not say anything for a few minutes, and watched the man “pull” four chickens and a nice goobior from the roost, ns ‘ captain Jack” at tempted to leave the yard the officer nabbed him. The oiu man had nothing to say. and dropped his turkey and chickens one by one, and he was then escorted to the city jail by the officer.