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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 *-'{1?! Y" rjap •le ! I.a mW ' :l ' nu i>< IK M ■-\ -I I ! 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.