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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS.
■(.VOLUME 1; NUMBER 291.
WRECK ON THE B.&B;
NO ONE WAS INJURED
UAL TRESTLE
WAS TOO WEAK
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■jnday excursion train to
JACKSONVILLE MEETS WITH
MISHAP NEAR CITY.
CARS NEARLY WENT OVER
R,l ' ls Used by the Rond Kept
Train From Going Through
And Not a Person
Was
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across. The engine tender
left the rails us did also some of the
passenger coaches but none of them
h .t the track th; cars running on the
I-i-.ssties until the train was stopped
by a. reversal of tin- brakes. The
passengers then -got. out and looking
bite!: saw that one part of the last
coach was over the trestle where the
track lient out inat. the heavy rails and
extra heavy equipment used by the
It. &■ B, had proven superior to the
weight of the train and was holding
the last half of tne last coaou in the
r lance.
Officials of ill" it. & B. on hoard
took charge of all the passengers and
to loose who wanted to continue on
r journey transfers were given
at ::e six-mile crossing while at that
point other, who wished to come hark
to Brunswick wire taken on.
Traffic arrangements were imme
diately made with the Southern and
Atlantic Coast line and temporarily
all trains of the B. & B. will arrive
and depart from the union depot.
All the m ehanioal force of the B.
& B. were plated at Work at once on
the trestle and it will lie in good s.iapo
by tonight. The cause of the trestle
l iving wfiv was due to ttie extra
heavy ratio, prevailing in tnis section
during the past few weeks causing
such an extraordinary flow of water
through the canal 1-riday, Saturday
and Saturday night, that it was prac
liouliiy impossible to sustain a foun
dation under the heavy eribing and
trestle work. The accident was due
I*. one of those providential causes
that cannot be well guarded against
,n< ! the closest inspection of trackage
fails to reveal. The L. & li. had their
trucks well patrolled during
*-•!. and took evi ry for
rnr sanity of their pa irons and they
are now hard at. work to repair the
to si lo and get it in good shape by
to-nig-.t.
President Mac.,on and the road of
ficial* were actively engaged in the
Work and are doing all that .s pos
sible lo place the road service on its
regular footing again.
RAIN FELL IN TORRENTS.
Heaviest Seen in Brunswick ir a Num
ber of Years
Probably the heaviest iain ?wi here
in a number of years came down yes
terday afternoon and 11-te I for lolly
an hour.
in many parts of the city, >n low
places, the water was a foot deep
and passage as almost impo.;.,il>ie.
A.* over the city and on <r)• dorks
work was suspended for nearly the
entire day.
The heaviest fall was between fotir
and five o’clock in the afternoon.
im ports from the county district
Indicates that the continued heavy
rains of the past week have lone
ton, ids aule damage. Many bridges
hfli in- n washed away and a major
ity of the roads are in a bad condi
tion.
AFTER BICYCLE RIDERS.
Police are Enforcing Ordinance Pro- j
hibiting Riding on Union Street.
The bicycle riders who art- ignoring ■
l-e ordinance prohibiting the riding)
on the sidewalk of Union street are |
going to get into trouble if they eon- j
tinue to violate the law.
A policeman lias been ordered to
keep watch on this street and here
after everyone caught will lie given a
trial in the police court. The om
cors say the law is violated mostly by
the' ladtes and tuey have been noti
fied to stop riding on the sidewalk.
i anting to a News reporter yester
day. one of tne officers said tue only
way to stop the ladies from violating
the ordinance would be to arrest one
and give her a trial in police .court,
and this die city intended to do.
Union is probably the main resi
dence street of the city and before
the passage of the ordinance prohib
iting bicycle riding on the sidewalk
many accidents occurred, one or (wo
of them being quite serious and it
is lo lie hoped that, the cyclist will
hereafter keep off die sidewalk with
their wheels.
INVESTIGATING THE CASSAVA.
Professor Tracy Will Make Report on
Plant's Food Properties.
Jackson. Miss., September B. Pro
f| i soi s. M. Tracy, formerly director
of the Mississippi agricultural expert
ment station, has been commissioned
by the government department of ag
riculture lo make an invrstimation anil
extensive report on the food proper
ties of the cassava plant, which is now
attracting considerable attention
among lie farmers and stock raisers
ol’ the south.
The cassava is a starch and food
plant, indigenous to Cuba and the
West Indies, and n is believed fbat
its ru. ivatlon will nn-an much for the
future of the south in an agricultural
way. gradually supplanting corn ns a
food for live stock. Professor Tracy
will spend about three months with
the invest lotion it the com usion ol
which he will prepare a book to be
published by the department of agri
culture. The plant has been cultiva
ted in a small way and with considera
ble success in Mississippi, although it
apparently flourishes best in Florida
and along the southern seaeoasts.
SIX DOLLARS FOR LEFT EYE.
Compromise Said to Have Been Ef
fected With a Negro.
Columbus, Miss., oep.ember B.
Since the wreck at lterry, Ala., last
Monday, in which about twenty-five
colored inhabitants of this city were
bided and'three tunes that number
were seriously, if not fatally wounded,
the town has been sx arming with
special agents, claim agents, solicitors
and lawyers, settling up c aims against
and working up litigation
against the same. Any number of
Birmingham law firms have had agents
here, and the wounded negroes who
have not compromised with the rail
roa.., nave turned their claims life;
to them. Some amusing compromises
have been effected, one of which was
learned, being the paying oi a negro
the enormous sum of $0 for the loss
of his left eye.
CIRCUS.
Three Couples Married by the Mayor
of Goldsboro, N. C.
Raleigh, N. C., September B.—At
Goldsboro yesterday there was a tri
pie wedding. Mayor Peterson official
mg, at the city hall. The contracting
parties came in from the country to
see the circus. They decided to marry
first of all. The news flew and a
gn at crowd gathered to see
mony. Two of the grooms are pr<
thers and brides are sisters. All are
from tne same township.
Commands President's Yacht.
.Jackson, Miss.. September B.
l.ieutenajnt W. H, Buck, who is in
command of President Roosevelt’s
yacht, the Slyph, is a native Missts
sippian, having been born and reared
at. Port Gibson. Claiborne county. He
is the youngest man ever placed in
command of a vessel in the United
Stales navy and saw ac'ive serves
during the Spanish-American war.
BRUNSWICK, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1902.
MAT ESTABLISH j
MAIL SERVICE
-
SUPERINTENDENT OF RAILWAY
MAIL SERVICE HERE TO GO
OVER THE B. & B.
WILL MAKE INSPECTIONTODAY
Together With Postmaster Brown and
B. & B. Officials He Will Go Over
the Line to Nichols
Today..
U. M. Russell, superintenden of the
railway mail service, will lie in Bruns
wick today and will make an inspec
tion of the Brunswick and Birmingham
railroad, with a view of establishing
a mail service over tlie line.
Since the B. & B. lias been opera!
ing regular freight and passenger
trains over i,ts line, the Country
through which it traverses lias been
quite thickly set t ied, and application
has been made to the department to
establish post offices at certain sta
lions on the roau. 'I lie Brunswick
board of trade has taken a hand in
the matter, and has been using its
efforts to get the service established.
The B. H B. officials were notified
b.V the department that the mutter
would have prompt attention and said
that flic superintendent would be sent
to Brunswick to go over tne line and
sec if it: was 'sufficiently settled tc
warrant the establishment of jiostof
flees at the stations named by the B.
6: B. people.
Mr. Russell will arrive in the city
this morning and will at once, go
out on an inspection tour. He will be
accompanied by Postmaster Brown
iml one or two of the officers of the
B. & B. The party will go as far as
-<u.tolls. to where ike road has bv-Ai
completed and to which point regn
lar trains will shottly lie Inaugurated.
The B. & It. people feel sure that
there is a sufficient number of people
along the line to warrant the csinb
iishmont of offices and they think that
Mr. Terrell will rentier a report rec
ommending that the offices be estab
lished.
L.iTLE WILLIAM HARDY DEAD.
Passed Away Very Suddenly Sunday
Night.
William Thomas, tne little four
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. William
Hardy died at. an early hour yester
day morning of acute indigestion.
in- arose as well as usual Sunday
morning, but soon complained of fi cl
ing sick and shortly after went into
convulsions. All that was possible
was done to relieve the little one, but
medical skill was unavailing.
Little William was a bright little
feilow and his parents are piostrated
•vith grief over his sudden death.
• hey have the sympathy of a large
cifiTe ef friends in un.-ir bereave
ment.
Tne funeral occurred yesterday af-
Trnoori at 3 o'clock from tne resilience
m Ellis street and was attended by
tinny friends of the family.
NEWS OF THE SHIPS.
Sr-iail Marine Items of the Doings of
a Day.
Arrives.—Steamer Rio Grande,
Johnston, New York; bark Oerd
iNor.), Sehladt, Hast London, via
Barbados.
Sailed. — Schooner Edward T.
"tnioriicrry. Hurrah, New York
Tlie tug Vigilant is now at IJiTes
■nlek's marine railway, where she is
having her boilers cleaned. The Vigi
' ni has been doing some hard work
since she was purchased, about a year
ago, but now. since there is no oppo
ation, she will not be pr issed into
service so much.
Another steamboat has been added
o the fleet now Aitamaha
river. The Dublin Steamboat Com
pany has purchased the Relief anil
-vi 11 operate from Dublin to Brunswick
cither directly or by connection with
the lower river boats. It is reported
:hat the parties interested in develop
ing the river hardwoods will use this
line for shipments to the seaboard.
Consecrated Sept. 29.
Rome. September 8. —Monsignor
Guidi. who was recently appointed
apostolic delegate in the Philippine
Islands, will be consecrated Sept. 29,
Cardinal Rampolla officiating.
FOliR HUNDRED
WERE POISONED
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NATURAL ARSENiC SPRINGS
BREAKS-FORTH IMPREGNATING
CITY'S WATER SUPPLY.
THIRTY PERSONS ART DEAD
Mapimi Was Being Swept as by Pla
gue Until the Physician Dis
covered J oat the City Water
Had Beep Impregnated.
San Antonio, Tex., Sept. B.—Relia
ble Information has reached here of
trouble and destruction of life at Map
imi, Mexico, by the breaking forth
oi arsenic springs in the mountains
near the cny. The waters of me
springs have united with those of the
spr.ngs which supply "tue city with
ui'inking water, and the distributing
reservoir s thorougnly impregnate,
with arsenic.
Asa result, thirty are dead and
over four hundred are seriously ill.
Those nearest ihe reservoir seemed
to get the full benefit of rhe deadly
poison and lived only a short -me.
This is tlie first information ouu.aily
received of the matter and il was
some time before the correct source of
the poison was ascertained, uy that,
time, hundreds were ill all over the
city, as if the place was stricken by a
piague, and physicians were wired for
Cram ail the surrounding mining
camps and towns.
Even when the cource of poisoning
was discovered, some time was re
quired ai ascertain the exact cause,
such a thing as natural spring ar
senic was never dreamed of before.
Tiie citizens are now suffering for
want of water.
A LARGE SAWMILL BURNED.
Was Situated in Irwin County Near
Tifton.
Tifton. Ga., Septemuer 8. The saw
mill Oi. Phillips & Hollingsworth in
Irwin county, five miles from Tilton,
on the Georgia, Southern road, caught
lire and burned up tnis morning about
J o’clock with all the mill fixtures
and about SB9O or ,n. 0 worth of
sawed lumber on the ground. It is not
known exactly how me ..re originated,
but: tne mill either caught from a
spar., from the northbound Georgia
Southern train or from the lurnace of
the mill. The mill was .insure... for
$2,0(10. ino total loss to Hie owners
was about $3,000. Insurance inspec
tors will arrive tomorrow or next day
and as soon as their claim is adjusted
tne owners of the mill will begin to
rebuild a, once. the mill pro
pel ty and one or two small houses,
there was no further damage .aim the
fire.
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KNOX HAS REACHED PARIS.
He Will See a Clear Title to the
Panama Canal.
Paris, September 7. P. C. Knox, at
torney general of the Unit -i Stales,
arrived here today for the purpose of
obtaining a’clear title to the propel ty
bought by the United States from the
Panama Canal Company and to inves
tigate the treaty between that com
pany and the Columbian government
which is to be transferred to the
United states.
Mr. Russell, of the department of
justice has been engaged for tne lasi
six weeks in Paris in investigating
the matters which took in -r. Knox
abroad.
For Approaching the Shah.
Paris, Sept. B—As the Shah oi. Per
sia was returning, to bis hot 31 t.h ! s
afternoon a man, who claims to be an
Armesian, was arrested for trying to
approach his majesty’s carriage. The
prisoner said his only intention was
to ask for charity.
Strike Has Been Settled.
Denison. Tex., September 8. —The
strike of helpers in tne machine
shops of the Missouri, Kansas anil
Texas at ibis point, involving about
I 2i>o. lias been settled, and the men will
j return to work Monday. A portion of
i their do .minds was complied with.
COAI STRIKE MAY BE
ENDED DURING WEEK
MORE THIEVES AT WORK.
Several Cases Occurred Saturday
Night in the City.
Two attempts at burglary occur
red here within tne last few days,
proving that the burglars are still with
us. (Jn Saturday night, someone
tried to enter ttie residence of Rev.
J. J. Perry at an early hour in the
ovening, bill. ws*,s Irigliiicued away
before lie secured anything. Sunday
night at eleven o’, lock tie residence
of Mrs. Thomas O'Connor was visited
but in tnis case also he was heard by
Ibe family and left when he discovered
that he had aroused them. In the iat-
I ipr ease he climbed upon the roof of
I the back piazza and tried a
winuow-blind.
Tlie idea that (IPs expert and sys
tematic thieving is the work of ser
vants employed on the premises is
hardly plausible as in many of the
houses entered, no servants are em
ployed. The police should certainly
lie on tlie aleit lo capture the thief
or thieves and put an end to nis bold
raids.
STRUGGLE WITH A BURGLAR.
Guy Tabbott Met Man as he Entered
his HOnre This Morning.
Another burglary Was reported at an
early this morning. This tinio
at ihc resilience oi Mr. ... W. Tabbott
at iho corner of Union stueot and hirst
avenue.
Young Guy Tabbott was returning
lioine. Going to the fiont door he
found it locked, and he starte., around
to his mother’s room to call her. Un
der the front, window, on the piazza,
he saw a man, and asked who n was
rei Led no reply. The man men made
a datiii and a fierce light followed. |
Guy said to a News repo; tor that he
struck the man several blows with
his umbrella, but lie overpoweted him
and made bis escape into tlie woods.
. lie police were at once untied and
mounted officers Burney and Herrin
at, once went to the scene and scour
ed the nearby woods, out saw nothing
of the man.
Guy says lie van so frightened and j
timeii so suddenly that he does not
know whether the man was white or
black.
ARMS TO THE REBELS.
Steamer Sails From Baltimore for
Columbia.
Baltimore, September 8.- With
every member of her crew armed with
a rifle and wearing a belt, loaded with
catridges, the little steamer, Aland
oi Patuea left Baltimore yesterday.
The agi ids of Lie steamer announced
that she was to be used in building a
jetty at the mouth of the River Pa
tina in Honduras, but it is understood
Voug the water front that the steamer
is a genuine filibuster and that sue
is carrying ammunition to the insur
gents in Columbia. In her hold are
cases of dynamite and boxes of rifles,
with a large quantity of ammunition
an similar warlike stores.
In charge of the out lit is John Toole
who was engineer on the famous
ihree Friends, which carried arms to
ihe Cubans.
'the Maid of Patueais owned in
Cleveland. Preparations for her voy
ige were made under the direction ef
i man giving njs name as W. M.
Diihoefcr Mysterious boxes Mr.Du!
Uoi for at the Carrollton.”
STREET CAR CONDUCTOR SHOT.
'Had Qearrel With a Negro Near
Charlotte.
Charlotte, N. C., September B.
ait i les Pennington, a street car cm
lucter. was shot and mortally wound
ed early this morning in an ineiddenf
race riot. Pennington with a number
of companions was off duty and went
to a merry go-round in the suburbs to
have some fun. He soon precipitated
a quarrel with a negro. When Me
latter attempted to defend himself,
Pennington and his companions pulled
pistols and the firing became general.
When the smoke of battle lifted, it
was found that. Pennington had ab.;
let hole in his neck. The leaden mis
sile lodged benind the back-bone. The
shot was fired riy another street rail
way employee and friend of Penning
ton whose name tlie wounded man re
fused to reveal.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
OPERATORS HELD
LARGE MEEITNG
AUTHENTICALLY STATED THEY
ARE PLANNING TO RETURN
TO WORK.
BEEN OUI EIGHIEEN WEEKS
Mine Owners Say a Large Number of
the Strikers Have Offered to
Settle the Strike at
Once.
Philadelphia. September 8.-—it. is an
nounced tonight thnl Hie great coal
strike, which lias been on for eighteen
weeks, will probably lie settled t.us
week.
It is known that tire operators held
meeting today, and tonight a large
number of them gathered and it is
authentically stated that they are now
planning to bring the strike to an end
as soon as possible. Just what steps
they will take or what will be done
is not known but it is generally be
lli ved here tonight that within two
weeks all of the strikers will he back
at work in the coal mines.
The coal companies say they have
long lists of men who are ready *.e in
turn to work, but are unwilling to
take the chance, because tie.- tear
violence. With the coming of cooler
weather the companies look for a
break, believing that the relief now
coming to mine workers will not hold
out and tney will be compelled to re
turn and prepare for the winter, which
is usually a rigorous one in the moun
tain regions.
Company officials do not look for
a rapid decline in the price of coal
after the strike is over, because tue
demand will l.e greater than the sup
ply. It. is estimated that not more
than 7 per cent, of the mines will be
in condition ior immediate operation
when the strike is ended.
Organizers Are at Work. . .
Keystone, W. Va., September 8. —
Several organizers from the New
River and the Kanawha river coal
fields were here in tire Norfolk and
Western districts today addressing
crowds of miners, pleading w.th them
mi. to return to work through sym
pathy or otherwise. They met with
practically little encouragement and
it is claimed that all operations will he
fully resumed along the Norfolk and
Western railway.
Money for Linkers.
Huntington, W. Va., September B.
Secretary-Treasurer Wilson, of the
United Mine Workers, secured sev
eral hundred dollars in contributions
from labor unions here today for the
striking miners. He denies the re
port;; that the strike is settled in the
mines along the Chesapeake and Ohio
railway.
FIELD LABORERS ARE SCARCE.
Mississippi Farmers are Offering Good
Prices for Pickers.
Jackson. Miss., September 8. —Good
progress is being made with the pick
ing of the cotton crop in Mississippi,
and the fields and gins have been tuo
scenes of tne greatest activity during
the past week. Complaints are still
doing made of the scarcity of labor,
mil good pickers are commanding
fancy wages in many sections wher-j
he dearth of labor amounts almost
to a famine.
i .ic crop observers and forecaster'
ire all agreed that the crop will no'
De up to the expectations of foe'
weeks ago, but the yield will be
mal and is expected to be in tb'
;ie.„.iborhood of 1,300,000 bales, b"
•ommunitieg where the. crop is unu"
tally short it is made up for in other
motions where conditions are report
ed excellent, and a general averau-r
wli. be maintained.
Farmers are complaining somewne*
bitterly over the low price of cottoi
seed. In some neighborhoods tne o*-
mills are paying only $lO tier ton, am
planters declare that they will n<".
sell ior this price, preferring to use
fne seed as fertilizer