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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS. VOLUME 1, NO. 277. HE DROPS MILLIONS \ * ■ —f —• WALL STREET LAUGHS GLEEFUL LY AT BIG OPERATORS DISCOMFORTURE, Now York, August 23. —John >v. Gales was the subject ot many a laugh on \\ all street today, men on the street figuring his losses in Colo rado Fuel variously from $4,000,000 down to $1,000,000. A reliable esti mate on the street places nis total loss at $3,000,000. While there is nothing vindictive about the tone of the feeling for Gates in Wall street, the men who 'have trucked against him and fought non on more than ouo occasion are enjoy ing u satisfaction that is being man ifested in self-graiulalion. T-hey know Gates was torn with a strong desire to control Colorado Fuel and they set out earnestly, quietly and deliberately to block every stroke li.at he might make in the game. -in Wall street the fignt against him first began on August 14, the day when the inauguration of the injunc tion proceedings were begun, Colora do Fuel began to slump point by point. Down the financial toboggan it slid, every day showing in the ac counting a loss of several hundreds of thousands of dollars for Gates. From the time of its highest reach after Gates began buying stock in the Colorado Fuel to the present day the holdings of the Gau'S coterie shows a shrinkage in value of just $3,400,000. But it is almost impossi ble to figure tneir exact losJos, as Cates bought in the stock at varying prices. LIPTON NARROWLY ESCAPES* Famous Englishman is. Thrown From His Automobile. London, August 23.—Sir Thomas Upton was in an automobile accident while coming (o town today from IBs country home. ills twelve-horse power car which he him self, skidded pn too street car track at Wood green and crashed violently into On' iron railing bordering the road. The car was wrecked and the railing was smashed. Sir Thomas escaped with a shock and few se vere bruises. KIDNAPED BY CRA/Y MAN With Drawn Pictc! He Fo r ccs Young Girl to Go With Him. I % Maooiv oa., August 23. —With a drawn - pistol in his hand, James 1. Tindall, said to be an escaped lunatic, from til' sanitarium at, Milledgeville, entered the home of 1.. A. Branch, in Wilkinson county, yesterday after noon and carried off Agnes Roach, a 15-year old girl. The kidnaping was accomplished while Roach was absent frdm home. The only person in the house at the, time was the younger brother of Agnes. . Holding his pistol in the young girl s face, Tindall her to don a clean dress and come with him. The distracted father of ,Agnes Itoach came to Macon today to notify the police and secure the aia of de tectives. Timlal is described as a young man of 19 years of age, low of statute, stout and fair of complexion and at file time last seen wore a wmte hat. He was sent to the asylum some time ago and recently escaped. Roach, in telling the story, says ho was absffit. from homo yesterday af ternoon, and no one was there lint his daughter Alice and two his younger children. Suddenly Tindall appeared on u.e scene with a drawn pistol in his hand, so the younger children tell him, and hy threats of Killing her, made her put on a clean dross and leave with him. The couple walked about two miles when Tindall stopped at the house of a negro man whom he knew and hired a mule and buggy from him, saying be would take a little drive, and when he returned he would way him for toe use of the vehicle. . At last accounts Tindall had not re turned. drove off with tue girl, going in the direction of Macon. V> aen Itoach arrived at his home last evening about dusk his children Informed him of what had happened. WILD OVER ROOSEVELT LADIES AND CHILDREN INJURED YESTERDAY IN GREAT RUSH TO SEE HIM. V Providence, R. I . August 23. President Roosevelt arrived here to day and was greeted at. the station by at last a hundred thousand people. So wild were the people to see him that in the terrific crush many women and children were injured, some of them seriously, by being trampled upon by, the crowd. A committee of ’ local republicans met the president and immediately escorted him to a hotel, where luncli oau was served. Later he addressed one of the larg est crowds ever assembled in Provi dence. In his speech lie urged that the constitution suould at once be so amended that the nation could rule the trusts, which he claimed were damaging to the country. He also said that the combinations were made necessary by the growing pros perity, and that • t<TR administration had demonstrated its purposes to cor rect all evils. The president also received rousing receptions today at. WUlamantie and Pawtucket, where he made short ad dresses to large audiences. COMING TO BRUNSWICK. Estimable Jewish Rabbi and Family Will Remove to This City. The following is from the Tampa Times ol Friday: “Rev. Friedman, who has served the Congregation Sehaaral Zedek as pastor for a year past has accepteu a call from the Brunswick, Ga., con gregation, and toil, for flint place this week, accompanied by Mrs. Friedman. They have many friends in the city who sincerely regret tneir depart lire." Rabbi Friedmann is one of the ablest Jewish divines of the south, and fnc Brunswick congregation is fortunate in securing him for the work Rabbi Friedmann’s charming wife and his beautiful daughter, idiss Lillian, will make a welcome addition to Brunswick soci ety. Miss Friedmann is now visiting friends in Cnieago, but. will return to her parents in the tail. A GOOD MOVE Court House Square is to Be Beau tified. The county officials are at last about to .lo something toward im proving court house square, the small park next to the entrance on Newcastle street. This is a much needed step, and witli Cnairman J. .1. JyOtt. of the county commissioners, interested in the movement, there is every prospect that this spot will soon bo transformed into an attract ive place instead of the unsightly waste it now is. In connection with this matter it is pertinent to inquire concerning the free fountain the Brunswick Light and Water company agreed to place in this square several years ago as the condition whereby they were permittee to bore a well on F street. This condition ..as not been complied with, but toe obliga tion srill remains, and the officials who are interested in this movement should enforce the fulfilling of it. 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: Sailed—Steamer Colorado, Risk, New York; schooner Edith T. Allen, Giikey, N. Y,; schooner^Viola Rep pard, Williams, Boston. Cleared—Spanish bark Habana, Gel pi, Barcelona. Roach, with a number of seached on the highways and in the woods for Tine.ail and the girl last, night, but without success. This morn ing a telegram was sent to tne Macon police to he on the lookout for the couple, and Roach also came here today seeking them, but no trace of the parties could he found in the city. Roach says that inasmuch as Tin dall is a lunatic and had a pistol, he is apprehensive tnat he has murdered the girl. Agnes Roach is 15, fair, slender and tall. BRUNSWICK, GA., SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 24. TO PERISH THE TRESIS ^ — COMMERCIAL CONGRESS AT ST. PAUL ADOPTS RINGING RESOLu i IONS. St. Paul, August 23.—Although yes terday’s discussion of tlie trust ques tion and the later action of theTeso luUoms committee ion ignoring too question had been regarded as tne end of that problem by the Trans- Mississippi Commercial Congress, such proved not to be the case. When the congress was called to order to day for the closing session, J. A. Card ner, of St. Louis, secured the floor and moved the adoption of resolutions. They slightly differed from tne Wet more resolutions earlier in me ses sion and precipitated another lively debate. The point of discussion was more whether the proposition should generally be looked upon as partisan action by the congress than on the merits of the case. By a vote of twen ty to nineteen the resolutions were adopted as follows: Whereas, The trust system lias been and Is a menace to our republi can institutions, and Whereas, If allowed to continue to form t'ombiina’tioins jin restralint of competition, the wealth of the entire country will he concentrated in the hands of n few, and Whereas, The said combinations are calculated to destroy the hope and ambition of the youth of (no country, it being well understood that the ambition and hopes of the young men of the nation have ma,.e it. great., therefore, be it Rtesolveu by this congress, ’that tlm president of the United States be respectfully urged to use all the pow er vested in bis office to tne end that the growing power and influence of the trusts be destroyed, and be it fur ther Resolved, That If, In the wisdom of the national congress, tne <aws now on the statute books arc insuffi cient to suppress this growing evil, (bat other and more stringent and ef ficient laws ho speedily enacted. FIERCE RIOT \\ IAMQHA Pennsylvania Town the Scene of Fighting.—Soldiers Ordered There. Tamqna, Pa., August 38.--A fierce riot is reported at .Smith Myers washcry a few miles from here. General Corbin has been wired of the affair and has ordered a battalion of the Tenth regiment to report to the scene as quick as possible. It is not known what caused the trou ble or if any lives have been lost as re ports are very meager. ATTORNEY GENERAL RETURNS. Knox \A.il Sail for Paris on Next Wednesday. Washington, August 23. — Attorney General Knox returned today from his annual vacation. He will sail next Wednesday for Paris, where he is going for the pur pose of helping to settle the Panama canal title. Caution! This is not a genue word—but when you think now liable you arc not to purchase for 75c the only remedy tin.- versany known, and a remedy that, lias had the largest sale of any medicine in the world since 18ti8 tor’ the cure and treatment of Consumption ant Tnroat. and Lung Troubles all tnesc years without losing its popularity all these years, you will be thankful we called your attention to Boschees Ger man Syrup. There are many ordinary ccugh remedies made hy druggists and others that are cheap and good for light colds perhaps, but for severe Colds, Bronchitis, Croup—and especi ally for Consumption, where tfltere is dufficult expectoration and coughing during the nights and mornings, there Is nothing like German Syrup. Sold by all uruggists in the civilizeu worm. G. C. GREEN, Woodbury, N. J. Henry, Goldberg, The expert cutter, representing the Globe Tailoaing Cos., of Cincinnati, is in the city in the in terest of his company, and can be found at Levy’s until eomorrow night. He is displaying the prettiest line of sam ples ever seen in the city. He guaran tees a perfect fit. A CATTLE COMPANY ONE HAS BEEN ORGANIGED IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA WITH HEADQUARTERS HERE. The cattle men of southwest Geor gia are now organizing a company to go extensively into the cattle bus iness, and the headquarters of the new company will be. in Brunswick, from where all the cattle will be shipped to all quarters of the world. It. is a well known fact, that the cat tle business in Georgia is growing at a rapid rate, and a great deal of at tention is being paid to it by Ine cattle men generally. Southern meat can now lie found on the market, ail over the world, and this section is fast taking the place of the west in this industry. Lately the business lias grown won derftjllly, southwest Georgia and Florida, and the meat used in Cuba and oilier places lias been shipped from this section. This now company proposes to go into the cattle business on a large scale, and it will mean consxuerable for this section of the state, and Brunswick and Glynn county, especi ally. It is understood that two or three Brunswick men are interested in the company. Cattle raising in tiiis section of the state is fast becoming one of the leading enterprises. Cattle can he raised fifty per cent cheaper than in any other section, cavassa and velvet, beans being the best food for fatten ing stock. These two products are now being planted by our farmers all over south Georgia and * lorida. This new Company, it, is understood, will be composed -of the cattle raisers of southwest Georgia, Who will have Brunswick as their headquarters. Further announcement of the compa ny will iio made during tne present week, when a meeting will probably be held and an organization perfected. A Card of Thanks. I wish to thank the good people of Krunpwiok for their kindness aim sympathy to me during my late be reavement. Sincerely, MRS. W. T. WALTON. Ill) Union street. TO RESUME WORK MONDAY Material Which Caused Work to Be 1 Suspended on Public uuilding Arrived Yesterday. Work will lie resumed on the pub lic building tomorrow morning, the material which caused the suspension of work having arrived yesterday. For about, two weeks Contractor Bowen lias been at. a standstill with work on the building, owing to the iwm pi rival of some eye-beams, as nothing could he done without them. They, arrived yesterday. However, and tomorrow morning the large force will again begin work on the handsome structure, and will be push ed as rapidly as possible. In this connection it might he stat ed that Contractor Bowen has done rapid work on tne, building, and he will have it completed on schedule time. TO TAKE PRISONER HOME. Sheriff Arrives From Newport For Colored Criminal. Sheriff Willis, of Newport, arrived in tne city yesterday arid will leave to day with a negro prisoner from his county who is wanted on a serious charge. This negro was arrested a few days since by Ben Low, a local colored con stablet who knew the negr'o was wanted in Newport. The sheriff was wired of the arrest,* and arrived last night to take the prisoner back. QUITE A NUMBER THERE. Hotel Cumberland Can Still Accom modate the Public. Although Manager Jacobi and a ma jority of the help have left the Hotel Cumberland for the season, the pop ular house has not closed down, hut, on the other hand, is still entertain ing quite a number of guests. L. A. Miller is “mine host” now, and he is re&dy to care for those who desire to spend some time at Cumber land. TO SETLLE THE CASE j — * — X SOUTHERN AND A. C. L. MUST OBEY ORDERS OF RAILWAY COMMISSION. * An interesting situation in railroad circles that affects Brunswick mer chants considerably is to be decided this week. The general public is fa miliar with the fact mat during the existence of the old Plant System and the present Southern Ra,.wav, there was a refusal by the two roads to transfer freight cars for the Bruns wick and Birmingham railroad. An appeal was made by the u. & 11. to ■ the railroad commission and the case was decided in favor ot the B. & lb. but the other two roads have never paid any attention to the order of the commission. Subsequent to appeal the Plant System was absorbed by the Atlantic Coast Line and there is abundant ev idence of late that file A. C. L. wants to act "clean white” in the matter. In fact it is known mat the A. C. L. has offered to transfer tne 11. & B. cars,. and it is more than probable that the Southern will follow the a. C. L. example and fall in line by of fering to transfer. In the meantime Colonel Machen, or the B. & 8.. is “standing pat” and all Brunswick is behind him with best wishes tnat the B, K- B. will win the tight for justice and rates. Brunswiekians are also congratulating the Atlantic Coast Line officials for their nueral and just handling of the matter. Judge Sam C. Atkinson, o, the B. & lb, is now in Atlanta, and i..,s week a meeting of representatives of all lines will probably he held in At lanta at which Colonel Machen and Mr. Atkinsbu,“of the B. it lb. will be present, and an amicable agree ment will probably be reached. Death oi an Infant. Charley, the one-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Kendrick passed away (yesterday imoming shortly lauer 4 o’clock. The little fellow bail been ill for some time. The funeral will oc cur this morning at !l o'clock from the family residence. 204 E street. Rev. W. M. Gilmore, of the First, Baptist church officiating. ________________ % BASEBALL TOMORROW. Brunswick and Jacksonville to Meet On the Diamond. Jhe Jacksonville baseball c 1 uI• will arrive in the city tonight, and to morrow, Tuesday and Wednesday tticy will cross bats with the locals at the fair grounds. Considerable interest has been ta ken in these games byi Brunswick fans generally, and a large crowd is expected to witness, the throe games. Jacksonville is going to bring a strong aggregation, and the locals will liaVo to play ball to keep up their winning streak. The Brunswick boys, however, say they expect to win at least two of the games. Walker will pitch tomorrow's game. Manager Miller uiayi secure a pitcher from Savannah to twirl for the locals Tuesday. RECORD TRIP FOR THE ELBA. Morgan Liner Makes Quick Run From Galveston to New rork. New York, August 23. —The ..xorgan line steamship Elba, in command of Captain Quick, eomimovljore- of thef fleet, arrived in port this afternoon from Galviston, making the trip in the record time of four days, twenty hours and thirty-eight, minutes. The Elba left Galveston •bar on August 17 at 6:25 p. m., and passed tne the Scotland light vessel off the mouth of New York harbor at 4:13 this afternoon. This is said to be the fastest passage ever made between Galveston and iew York. The Elba is the latest, addition to the Morgan line fleet and until recently has been running between this city and New Orleans. BATTLESHIP MAINE IS SWIFT. Had a Four-Hour Speed Trial Yester day Afternoon. Rockport, Mass., August 23. —The new battleship Maine nnished a four hour speed trial trip this aiternoon, and finished thirty seconds ahead of the schedule require . Tile trial was in every way very successful, aud she showed an over age speed of 18;03 knots an hour. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SHERIFF IN CHARGE —— BRUNSWICK SASH, DOOR AND BLIND FACTORY TO GO INTO BANKRUPTCY. A petition in bankruptcy was filed in the United States court yesterday by John .Gosh, of MmnswicK, mana ger of the Brunswick Sasli, Blind and door factory. Gosh puls his liabilities at $27,850.17, a large part of the liabil ities are in the form of wages due workmen. Tne Brunswick banks hold secured claims to the amount of $7,- BUO. but all the other claims are un secured. The principal creditor is Miss Johanna lXisclier of .lersy City, who holds claims to the amount of $18,240.27. The assets consist mainly of ma chinery, stock in trade, the buildings in which the business is carried on, etc. The first meeting of the creditors will Tie field within ten days. The petition will he forwarded to Referee Crovatt of (his city, and It will proba bly reach here tod**, and Mr. Crovatt wii! at once call a meeting of the creditors, and a trustee will be elect ed. Gosh is represented by Attorney F. E. Twitty and the creditors by Cro vatt & Whitfield. Tite Brunswick Sash. Door and Blind factory, of which Mr. Gosh is manager, began business here about six months ago. The failure of the concern is due to tne fact that it be gan business with a small capital, and has "been unable to meet the debts. In connection with tne application for bankruptcy, however, it may be stated, that there is already a move ment,on foot to bring the matter to a quick s, it,emend " and a number of gentlemen are ready to put the fac tory in operation as soon as possible. It is understood that the company has a number of largo orders on hand, one of them for 30,000 blinds, and efforts will be made to settle tne mat ter as earl, as possible aud get tne factory started again. In tn meantime Sheriff Berne is in charge of the factory, which lias been close down lor two or throe days. LEG SEVERED FROM BODY Intoxicated Man Met With Painful Accident on B. & B. Last Night. Clcmson Wallace, a well known ne gro, was found on the H. <y B. track about 12 o’clock last nlgat with -is left leg nearly severed from Ills body. Just how Wallace met with (lie ac cident is not knowii, as there is no one who saw him get, hurt, but it is thought that the B. B. passenger train, whicn arrived about 11:30 ran over him. Wallace was found near a lumber pile in front of Lang & Wood’s plan ing mill, and which was only a few feet from the track. Tne negro was evidently under the influence of whis key* ami it is thought that he fell asleep on the lumber pile, stretening his leg across the rail. The engineer, nor none of the train crew saw the man when the train passed, and did not know tne accident had occurred until the man was found. lie was taken to his home aud Dr. Blanton was sent for and dressed the man’s wound. liis left leg was cut almost off. just below the ktiee, and the leg will have to he amputated. Np btuer injfnjies were received about tho body. Ho was unable to tell how the acci dent occurred. A Cutting Scrape. , Annie Smith and Mamie Marrell, two colored damsels of Bay street, ea gagi and in a difficulty last night with somewhat serious results. Annie seemed to he somewhat ine better lighter of the couple, and Mamie re sorted to the colored person’s “stand by,” atul pulled a razor from some where abopt her clothes and inflicted a deep gash across Annie’s face. Chief Burney and Officer Gill soon ar rived on the scene and placed the two women in jail.