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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS.
VOLUME 1; NUMBER 289.
ANOTHER BUST
FROM MT. PELEE
TWO THOUSAND PERSONS KILLED
BY THE LAST ERUPTION
THERE.
UNIQUE SURELY DOOMED
Are Now Fleeing From the
Island in Terroi—Vessels Far
Out at Sea Covered By
Dust.
4. 8 p. m. —The royal mail
Bin' Yale arrived here this even
tlie island of Martinique.
the report that a tit
utred tln ie
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Hyjritptton !!•■• s
the island ot st V u
at
■ II was quite dark here at 5:30 this
fnuianiiß. At that hour the sun was
as it is during ail eclipse.
nr. —The British steamer Sa
van,'Captain Hunter, arrived here to
i from the Island ot Trinidad. She
I covered with dust and reports
•site ran into a dense cloud of
while 20 miles south of St. Vin
Explosions Heard.
iris, September s.—The Paris edi-
L of Tne New York Herald pult-
Ia dispatch from Point a-Pitre,
Id of Ouadalope, French West.
t>s, dated September 4, which says
that constant detonations heard toere
to i ‘atjrtrt indicate terrific volcanic
eruption* on the island of Martinique.
Thick, black clouds were seen to the
southward of Guadaloupe and the heat
at Point-a-Pitre was intense. The
population was aaid to be greatly
alarmed and apprehensive of a tidal
wave 'in the event of tne collapse of
Martinique.
Explosions Heard in Venezuela.
t ai ls. September s.—ln a dispatch
from Carupano, Venezuela, a corres
pondent of The Figaro says:
Violent detonations were heard here
from 10 o’clock in the evening of Sep
(ember 3 until 4 o’clock in the morn
ing of September 4. the sounds coming
from the north and being identical
with those heard the night of August
3(1, during (lie volcanic eruption on
Martinique of that date.
Tidal Wave .s Feared.
Parl's, September 4. —The minister
of tne colonies, M. Doumergue, to
day placed SIOO,OOO at the dispose
tiyn of the governor of Martinique, M.
J.e Malre. to relieve tho distress in
that island. M. Doumergue urged the
governor not to congregate refugees
at Fort do France, but to distribute
them in the south, where their neces
sities cart he most easily supplied.
Recognising the danger of a tidal
wave at Fort de France, the colonial
minUtt r adopt all the measures nee
< • ary to enable the inhabitants %
immediately evacuate tho place in
case of necessity and seek refuge on
ute lieignLs above tho town, where
jood depots- should lie established.
The minister has also recommended,
the establishment of observatory
posts where the least fresh outbreak
of Mont Pelee can be immediately re
ported to tho authorities.
Fearful Phenomena Seen.
London, September 4.—The corres
pondent of The Daily Mail at Castries,
St. Lucia, has cabled tne following
account of the phenomena witnessed
at the time, of the recent outbreak
of Mont Pelee, Martinique:
‘Between 8 and 9 o’clock in the
evening of August 30, a spectacle of
terrtiic grandeur was witnessed from
here. A pitch black cloud uung over
the island of Martinique, through
which ’ shot at intervals pillars ot
flame high in the sky, which broke in
fantastic forms of colored fire and
scattered as showers of fiery sparks.
jVbout nightfall clouds were darting
about like millions of monster fire
■V,s, and above all those large aureo-
L \hpi>eared in the sky.”
[Oate correspondent then proceeds to
Hp ■ -gi the details of the eruption as
and says:
'■PPftAueic tiemondous earth riiin
explosions. The ground
ACCIDENT TO THE BROOKLYN.
Reports Is Received from Rear Ad
miral Caghtan.
Washington, September s.—Acting
Secretary of the Navy uarling has re
ceived the following telegraphic re
port from Hear Admiral J. B. Cogh
lan, second in command ott the north
Atlantic station, regarding the acci
dent to the cruiser Brooklyn in Buz
zards bay yesterday: *
“While withdrawing from manuever
ing attack here today Brooklyn struck
and ran over an unchartered obstruc
tion. Examination of ship snows that
aoout six frames under A9B anu A99
are bent inward, inner bottom piates
bulged and compartment making some
water; also under No. I fire room,
port side, frames bent inward for C
inches at frame 35, to 0 at frame 59,
but only making little water at frame
oi; bearings taken and position accu
rately determined every few moments.
- o noT consider blame attaches to
any person concerned. Recommend
uiat smp go to navy yard for docking
and examination. Have ordered in
vestigation and informed commander
in chic,. Shall proceed to Blocs.
land and if be (Admiral Higginson;
cannot bo found, will go to Tompkins
ville for orders.”
CANDIDATES FOR SPEAKER.
Each One is Confident of Winning Out.
For the Place.
Macon, (la.. September s.—Hon.
Fondren Mitchell, of Thomasville,
candidate lor speaker of toe next
house of representatives, spent to
day in Macon. He has just finished a
turee weeks’ tour of the state in the
• intJVest Of his candidacy He ex
presses himself as highly pleased with
the outlook, it will be several days
before he returns to Thomasville, as
he has an important matter iu con
nection with his canmdacy toai he
desires to attend to before he goes
back home.
Hon. Walter Steed, of Butler, was
also in Macon today. Though he has
withdrawn from the race for speaker,
ho will occupy a very prominent place
in the next house, and will easily he
one of the leadds of that body.
Hon. Emerson George, of Madison,
and Hon. Newt Morris, of Marietta,
also candidati*Pfor speaker, frequent
ly flit through Macon on the.r trips
to different parts of the state in the
of their candidacy. These
gentlemen, like Mr. Mitchell, express
themselves as confident of winning
the speakership. It will take eighty
eight votes to elect.
NEW COURT STENOGRAPHER.
Judge Dari Has Appointed C. h. Read
ing, of Waycross.
Judge F. Willis Dart lias appointed
0. L. Heading, of Waycross, official
court stenographer of the Brunswick
circuit., and he is now holding that
position.
A. 1). Gale, of this city, was the
stenographer under Judge Bonnet, and
it is understood; that lie will he ap
pointed by Judge Parker, who will
go in as judge of the circuit on Janu
ary first. Judge Dart having been ap
pointed by the governor to serve the
unexpired term of Judge Ben net.
CHANGED THEIR PROGRAM.
President to Have No Formal Recep
tion.
Knoxville. Term., September s.—On
account of a request receiv|Mmim
Secretary Cortelyou, it de
cided to modiiy the plans for the
president’s visit here next Monday, so
that there will lie no formal reception
and formal luncheon, as at, first plan
ned. The time in this cuy will he
-evoted by the president and his party
to sightseeing with the exception of
the brief period required for the presi
dent's speech at the court house
square. Tire local committee will not
go to Chattanooga to meet the presi
dential party, as Secretary Cortelyo%
advises the accommodations on the
train will he limited. The party will
number twenty-five. Congressman
Gibson and Congressman Brownlow,
will Lively meet the party in Chatta- 1
nooga, and accompany them to Knox
v-.le. The stay here will he from 5
to 7 p. m.
rocked 'and nothing could stand on
tames or shelves. Boats for St.
Pierre Were unable to reach the town
owing to the fall of hot ashes, and a
tidal wave destroyed the whole of
the sea front of L Carbet.
“People returned home from Mar
tinique only last week to take back
their families to Fort de France.”
BRUNSW.CK, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1902.
TOM PLATT TO
FIGHT ROOSEVELT
—*. —
PRESIDENT’S ATTACK ON THE
TRUSTS HAS
THE SENATOR.
JOY AMONG DEMOCRAIS
They Now Think They Have a Good
Chance to Elect a Majority
of The Congressmen
Ties Fall.
Washington, September 5. —Senator
Tom Platt's emphatic declaration that
f the New York republican convention
will not Indorse President Roosevelt
for renomination is causing a great
deal of comment here.
It has carried joy into tne camp ot
the democratic congressional cam
paign committee, for it is equivalent to
a declaration that the leaders of the
republican party are not with presi
dent Roosevelt on the trust question,
and that uiey are ready to throw nirn
overboard rather than allow any harm
to come io the trusts. It gives an
other proof ot the contention of the
ue'Slooratic leaders that tne republi
can party as a whole is in league with
the trusts, and tnat its policies are
dictated and its leaders chosen by
Wall street.
Senator Platt s declaration, when
it is followed up and made good by
tne convention, which he will rule
with a rod oi iron, will go far to
ward still more clearly marking the
niie between the Roosevelt republi
cans and the anti-Roosevelt republi
cans. Hie fight over i iibaai .rgcipra*
c.ty brought about fite first *diir- di
vision In the party on thesh "fines,
and now the trust issue bk..i iair to
widen the preach past ail possibility ol
healing.
There Is no doubt that the premuent
has inn great mass of his party with
uim. He nas them with him on the
Cuban question and the trust ques
tion, but he is widely separated from
many of the leaders on both ques
tions. The men who control commit
tees and organize campaign funds
and realize the importance of no. of
fending .fie great moneyed interests
of the county are all dismayed at nis
plain taik about trusts. It is these
men woo are represented by Senator
Platt, anu whose will the New fork
republican convention wul execute
when it rebuses to indorse tne repub
lican president.
In this connection an interesting
story has reached Washington
through the channels of a Washington
financial house with Wall street con
nections. It is to the effect that the
u.g men of the street want to see me
republicans defeated this .all and a
democratic House of representatives
elected.
The argument which the trust mag
nates are making is tnat. it will be
comparatively easy to prevent any an
l.-trust legislation during me short
session of congress next, winter, and
that if ti*v present congress should tic
followed by. one in which the senate
is controlled by the republicans and
the house of representatives by tne
uemocrats they will he absolutely .sale
from They figure that
the republican senate would insist that
the only way to reach use trusts is by
means of a constitutional amendment,
and that the democratic house of rep
resentatives, controlled by slates
rights theories, would never consent
to the adoption of this method, and
tans they would go free and escape
adverse legislation whatever.
FOUND FLOATING IN RIVER.
Body Supposed to be That of W. L.
Murphy.
Mobile, Ala., September s.—Today
about noon the body of a white man,
about thirty years of age, was found
floating in the Pascagoula river, it
appears from papers found on the
body that the man is W. L. Murpny,
of West Point, Ga. There were no
signs of fou! play about the body. The
supposition is that Murphy enuer fell
in the river accidentally or committed
suicide. The body is being held pend
ing instructions from West Point,
PRESIDENT OFF
FOB TOE SOUTH
ROOSEVELT LEFT WASHINGTON
YESTERDAY ON HIS SOUTH
ERN TRIP.
WILL MAKE A \LYING VISIT
He is to Spend a Short Time in Chat
tanooga, Knoxville, Asheville
and Other Cities of the
South.
Washington .September 5. —Presi-
dent Roosevelt and party reached
Washington over the Pennsylvania
ra.iroad at tl:4i> o’clock this evening
and left for the brief southern tour
at 7:3u p. m„ over the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad. The party consisted of
the president. Secretary Cortelyou,
Assistant Secretary Barnes, Dr. G. A.
Lung, the president’s physician; Ste
nographers Lutta and Weaver, repre
sentatives of the throe press associa
tions. three illustrated weeklies, the
Washington newspapers and the Wes
tern Union and Postal Telegraph
Companies and two photographers.
The Baltimore and Ohio had placed
at the disposal of the president and
his party the private car Riva, draw
ing room and sleeping car Xenia and
Clarion, dining car Manhattan and a,
combined baggage car and smoker.
The president's private car, Riva, was
well designed for the trip. It is til
feet long, finished in mahogany, has
a parlor 17 feet in length, an observa
tion room 8 feet- long and tour pri
vate lifouis. The sofa sections In the
ptyfilqj, a hit ohservptipu i/uimis arc boo,
n rateiT fly eumtfijf irijni the lyiTiy of*
fliesjy. room's., f*' * ’ *
The party left here at 7; 30 p. m.,
and passing through Harper's Ferry,
Cumberland and Grafton, will reach
Wheeling, W. Va., at 8:u0 a. m. (east
ern time), September ti. Remaining
in Wneeling two hours, the party will
proceed, touching Cambridge, Zanes
ville, Newark, Columbus and Cincin
nati, where they will be transferred
from the Baltimore ancL Ohio to tne
Queen and Crescent road.
The train will arrive at Chattanooga
at 8:30 a m. September 7. The party
will remain there until 1 p. in. Septem
ber 8, when they will start tor Knox
ville over the Southern railroad, ar
riving there at 5 p. m. September 8.
After a two hours’ stop the party
w- -1 continue to Asheville, where they
will arrive at 8:30 a. m. September
9. Leaving Asheville at iz:00 p. in.
the same day, they will arrive in
Washington at 8:30 a. in. September
10.
CAME NEAR BEING SUFFOCATED.
Smoke From Corneilus Baxery Causes
a Stir.
Early yesterday morning the room
ers over Cornelius’ bakery on A street
awoke and found their rooms filled
with smoke. It was at first thought
that the place was on fire and every
body Hastened down stairs. It was
found that some wet wood had been
placed in the large oven to dry and
the bakers went away and forgot to
remove it. The entire building was
filled with smoke and Mr. Cornelius
come near being suffocated and is
now ill from the; effects of ihe smoke.
RIDDLED DOORS AND WINDOWS.
Unknown Parties Fire at a House in
Waycross.
, aycross, Ga.. September s.—Un
known parties fired a hundred or
more shots at a house in “Klondike,”
a disreputable part of the city, last
night. No one was injured, but the
bullets riddled the doors and windows
of the house. The shooting was sup
posedly done by two parties in a
buggy. Bloodhounds were put on the
trail, hut the track could not be fol
lowed. The house is occupied hf wo
men of a questionable character.
Political Rioting in Hayti.
New York, September s.—More
political rioting has taken place at
Aux Cayas, Hayti, says a San Juan, P.
R., dispatch to the Herald. There was
street fighting between the
Federate and Republicans. Tile police
quelled the rioting alter several per
sons were killed. . .
A MONTH EARLIER.
Terrell Will Be Inaugurated on Octo
ber 25th.
Hon. J. M. Terrell will be inaugu
rated as governor of Georgia a week
earlier than any other governor has
been inaugurated in many years. The
legislature will also convene earlier
this year than any year since the ses
sions of the general assembly have
begun during the month of October.
The day for tho general election will
also come earlier than in a long time.
Under the law the legislature con
venes on the fourth Wednesday in
October, ihe date therefore will be
Wednesday. October 22. it has been
Te custom for many years past for
tlie governor to be inaugurated on the
Saturday following the meeting of the
general assembly. That Saturday
comes this year on October 25.
The general election day is always
the first Wednesday in October, ’t his
year the first day of October comes
on Wednesday and the election will
therefore he held on that aate. Gov
rnor Terrell will have served one
week before the month of November
sets in, and the legislature win have
been in session some ten days before
the mon.j of November begins.
SHOULD ATTEND MEETINGS.
Board of Trade Seldom Has a Quorum.
These Days.
The board of trade idid not meet
in weekly session yesterday for the
lack of a quorum.
Of late the board has been doing
very little work on account of tho
s\all attendance at the meetings.
Secretary Ogg docs all in his power
to get tho members to attend, but they
simply neglect it.
A city without a board of trade is
like a boat without a captain and our
c.-.zens should attend the meetings
more regularly. Much good work for
Brunswick can be done through this
commercial body, and It is sincerely
hoped that t'ujj mentbers will attend
the meetings In ilucre'
CLAIM IT IS THE SERVANTS.
Police Think They are the Ones Do
ing the Stealing.
The police force says that all the
robberies that have been committed
in Brunswick during the past few
weeks was done by the servants at fine
different residences entered.
ihe police say nothing ans been
stolen from any house except provis
ions, and in most cases the burglar
seemed to be very familiar with the
premises which were entered.
Nearly every one that has reported
that meir house was entered says the
kitchen or pantry was entered, and
it does seem strange that tne burglar
is always after something to eat.
The police, however, are keeping
a sharp watch, and if the work is kept
up they wbl land somebody in jail.
BASEBALL ABOUT OVER.
Not Likely That Another Game Will
Be Arranged With Darien.
Baseball is probably over in Bruns
wick for the season, as no more games
are scheduled.
It was learned yesterday that, the
locals would not meet the Darlen-Sa
vannali club again, as was thought.
It seems that the Savannah players
can not get off again within ten nays
and of course the club would not come
without them. This news will be re
gretted by the local fans generally,
as much interest was being taken in
the game.
Brunswick was to play Waycross
three games before they disbanded for
the season, but the games will pro
bably be cancelled.
The local club has played good ball
this year, and nave won a large ma
jority of the games played.
HUNTER WAS SLAIN WITH ROCK.
Negro’s Dead Body Found in the Road
in Elbert County.
Elberton, Ga., September 5.—-This
morning Tom Hunter was found dead
in the road neffr Ruckersville, in this
county. Investigation developed that
last night he and Dun Banks were re
turning from church and got into a
difficulty over two negro women who
were with them. In the difficulty
Banks hit Hunter in the breast with
a rock, which caused his death. The
negro women promised Banks not to
tell of the difficulty until he had time
to get away, consequently the crime
was not discovered until tho dead body
was found this morning. Banks made
good his escape. All the parties were
negroes.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
IHE JURY SISTEM
TURNONTHELIGHT
THE JURY COMMISSIONERS AP
PEAR TO BE THE PERPETUAL
GRAND JURORS.
PROMINENT MEN DROPPED
Honesty, Intelligen. and Upright Busi
ness Men Dropped From the
List. Let the Light
Come.
The News notes that the jury com
missioners have mot and that they
followed the law, goes without saying.
The law says on the grand jury sub
ject: "The commissioners shall sel
ect from these, (the peut jury), a suf
ficient number, not exceeding two
fifths of the whole number, of the
most experienced, intelligent and up
r,feut men to serve as grand jurors.’’
The commissioners certainly carrie
out the law. They selected experien
ced men for grand jurors—some of
whom have been serving for the past
iwelve years, among the number being
most of the jury commissioners and,
by the way, the News notices that all
of tno commissioners are on the grand
Jury with the exception of Mark Ver
dery who is in Wayne cotimy.
Another tiling noticed is that some
of the best men in Glynn county have
been left off the iisi.
Why is it?
Turn on the light.
NEWS OF THE SHIPS.
Small Marine Items of the Doings of
. ‘ a Day.
Sailed.—-Steamer Colorado. Risk,
New York; steamer Carlb, Ingram,
Boston'; s brig foven Antonio, (Sp.).
i erran, Valencia; schooner E. H.
Weaver. New York.
The rumor that tho Neptune was
so . lias been confirmed, or rather that
she has been leased to the Atlantic
Coast Line, and will be usee as a wat
er-boat between Tampa and Havana.
The seven masted schooner, . nomas
W. Lawson is now being fitted up
with sails at the Fore River Ship
Company’s place in Quency, loass.
She will be ready for sea in the course
of a month.
Yesterday’s Savannah News says:
“The Propeller Towboat Company did
not lose any time in getting the tug
Dandy into service. Since she passed
to their control she has been active
ly engaged about the harbor shifting
steamers. The Dandy is one of tne
vessels an . helping in the docking ot
fine tugs turned out by John Dialogue
& Sons of Camden, N. J. She proba
bly ranks next to the Minis for speed,
though some claim that, the Win. F.
McCauley can give her much work in
a race.
.The project to combine the vari
ous towing lines of New York harbor
has been revived, and material pro
gress has been made towards bringing,
about a consolidation of the more im
portant concerns. A similar move
ment was undertaken last spring, and
options were secured on several lines,
but nothing definite came from that
attempt. The options expired on Aug.
15, and parties who had given them.
ii is understood, refused to grant a
renewal.
Recently, however, anew move
ment has been started and seems to he
meeting with success. The names of
the party or parties who are now en
gineering the deal can not be learn
ed, but it is understood that the in
terests back of the project, are not the
same as in the other undertaking.
New options, it is learned, have been
secured on some seven or eight of tho
loading towboat lines, and others are
now considering whether or not they
will join. Meetings have been held,
and another conference of those in
terestd is schduled for 1 the latter
pai. of this week.—Maritime News.
Little Eugene Miller Buried.
The funeral ot Eugene, the infant
son of Mr. and Mrs. Constance Miller,
occured yesterday from the residence
on B street. The remains were ten
derly laid to rest in Palmetto ceme
tery. Quite a number of friends of
tne family attended the funeral. Mr.
and Mrs. Miller have the sympathy
of a very large circle of friends iu
this city.