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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS. VOLUME 1, NUMBER 296. NO SETTLEMENT OF GREAT COAL STRIKE THE CONFERENCE IS FRUITLESS ■ 1 COVERNOR STONE AND PRESI DENT MITCHELL COULD NOT AGREE. WANTED 10 IGNORE UNION For This Reason the Plan of Pennsyl vania’s Chief Executive Was Rejected by the Miners. Wilkcsbarre. ]>a., September 13. li was learned this afternoon that President Mitchell had rejected the plan submitted to him at a confer! '■nee held last night at which Governor Stone, President Mitchell and others participated. Ii is said that uie plan advanced • So, ( Stone was for President Mitenell all oi the 6tn,..ng uiir.erti to i sqii to work without at’*’battlement. The opera- Urfro won! • n> ‘j take up the grievances singly men ana settle mem, hut Mi tenj ported the plan for the simple ixf Jti that the plan was de signed to ignore the union. It v.*as intimated that confessions would lie partly granted. The ntlike tonight is as far from a Settlement as it was a week ago, and the cud .can not be considered In sight, although it is claimed by many that the miners cannot hold out much longer as they are now about out or provisions. This statement, however, Ik dented by the strikers, who claim that they can hotel out for many more whelm. Mass Meeting Held. New York, September 3.—A mam moth mass meeting was held at the Madison Square garden tonight in the miners can Re. Samuel Combers was tae principal speaker at the meeting, and he was given a great ovation ail through n.s, wpreeh in which he pleaded In the striker's behalf and said ti.at.the min er-* cause, is a cause of freedom and humanity and that their union should ;and must he recognized. Needle in Man’s Thigh. Tlfton, Ga., Sept. 13.- —Dr. Jefferson ■Wilcox, of Willacooehee, has perform ed an operation of rather an unusual na.tre Elijah Paulk, aged about G 5, ooroplaSned to him of severe rheumat ic pain* in his thigh. Dr. Wilcox made an examination and became sat isfied that there was some foreign sub stance near iuv hone. Ait iucieiOu was made nearly an inch deep, and an oid fas bio net! sewing needle, 1\ inches long, was extracted. . Mr. Pauik is IKisitive that the needle baa not been stuck in him Since he wa* a child and that he either swallowed it or It waa stuck in him when he was very young —at least 59 years ago. There are a few like caaes on the medical rec ord. but it is decidedly unusual for a man to carry a needle in his hotly 69 years. King's Health Excellent. i New York. Sept. 13. —There has been < a marked improvement In the king’s health since the coronation,' says a London dispatch to The Tribune. His diet is strictly regulated in quantity and character. Those who have e-n' and talked with him In Scotland assert that he is in better healtn than for many years, and that his vivacity and cheerfulness are noticeable. His June illness is now regarded by many as a blessing In disguise, which may help to prolong his life for many years. Holmes’ Second Attempt Fails. Dover, Eng., Sept. 13. —Frank Holmes, of Birmingham, started from Dover at 6:30 o'clock this morning in an attemtp to swim the English chan nel. Holme* abandoned his attempt after being in the water two hours. This is Holmes’ second t.riaf to swim the English channel, he having started from Dover in the morning of Aug. 28 last, when, after covering 6 miles, he was seized with cramps and was obliged to abandon the attempt. Arm Torn Off by Gin. Hampton, Ga., Sept. 13.—Will Cal laway, while working at the ginnery of J. W. Turnipseed & Sons, had his arm tom completely off while raking the mote® down from under the gin. THAT JURY REVfoiON. It is Still Being Talked of in All Quarters. The maDy publications in connection ■with the jury box scandal has caused general comment in all parts of the city and county and the tax payers generally are now beginning to think. Not less than one hundred have con gratulated the News on its stand in the matter and promised it their sup port. Men who have affiliated witu both political parties condemn the re cent jury revision and denounce it as a shameful and disgusting action. They say they were under the im pression that this sort of thing hau been stopped in Glynn county and now they will see that it does stop. It is a well known fact that the jury commissioners took an oath not to divulge the happenings of toe meet ing and for the reason of this oa.n some of the jury commissioners who are innocent of wrong doing, must bear their share of tne public condem nation unless they should do the pro per thiug and resign. But the jury scandal is the topic of conversation and even now the "hall has never been told.” INTO NEW QUARTERS. Attorney Max Isapc to Move His Office. * This Week. Max Isaac, the well known young attorney has rented the quarters over the drug store of W. J. Butts, which is now being repaired and put in shape into which ae will move tomorrow. In- this connection it may be of in terest to say that Mr. Isaac, is lapid ly forging to the front in the prac tice of the law and few, it any of the other younger members of the bar. have be.en quite as successful. His new quarters will bq, splendid ly furnished and will he among Lie handsomest, in the city. Mr, Isaac was recently appointed receiver In the matter of the Bruns wick Sash & Door Cos., widen was quite a compliment to him and was a mark of recognition from the United | States court. I He has recently Hied his Yfeport wl- Judge Emory Speer, which contains a full resume of his doings in the ca pacity of receiver: He has been signally successful since his admittance to the bar and has figured in some of the most im portant litigation in the city, espec ially in bankruptcy matters, and at all times has succeeded in making a splendid reputation for himself, Tne News is always pleased to note the progress of young men who have applied themselves and it can be truly said that Mr. Isaac is one of the few young practitioners who has succeed ed on hf& own merits. TAPE WORM CAUSED DEATH. Autopsy on Man Revealed One Sixty Feet In Length. New York, Sept. 13. —After perform ing an autopsy on the body of Rudolph Haller, laborer, a coroner’s physician has decided that insanity from which Haller suffered and died, was caused by a tape worm 60 feet long. Haller’s case puzzled the" insanity experts at. Bellevue, At times ha would fall in what appeared to bo an epileptic fit. At other times he would apparently be normal. The autop jyjr showed that the tape worm has dis . "bided the organs and caused such l fissure <b U>i_ .tuitions and liga t,/*e,eted with the spinal col umn and spinal cord the brain was affected. Colorado Republicans. Denver, Sept. 13. —-The Republicans met here today with not even the tem porary ehairm'an agreed upon. The leading candidates for the gubernator ial nomination are James H. Brown, of Denver, and James H. Beabody, of Canon City, with several “dark including Frank C. Gowdy, the candi date two years ago, and John W. Springer, president of tne National *..ve Stock asosciation, commanding a good following. Former Chief Justice Dead. Litchfield, Conn., Sept. 13.—Cnarles B. Andrews, former chief justice of the supreme court of Connecticut, died at his home here today of heart dis ease. Miss Gwendoline Astor Dies, London, Sept. 13.—Wlliiam Waldorf Astor’s daughter, Gwendoline, died of consumption this morning at Ollye don. Her body will be taken to New York for burial BRUNSWICK, GA., SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 1902. NEW COMPANY NAMES OFFICERS -—*— FIRST MEETING OF THE BRUNS WICK PLANING AND FOR WARDING COMPANY. BREAK GROUND IHIS WEEK All Machinery For the Commodious Saw Mill Has Been Ordered— To Begin Work in 40 Days. The stockholders of the Brunswick Planing and Forwarding company, which was granted a charter in the superior court this week, held tnelr first meeting yesterday and perfec ted organiattou, by electing direct tors and officers. The directors elec ted were as follows: J. J. Parks. E. C. Meehan. M. N. McCullough. E. .1. Allen, T. Q. Flem ing. Jr. Immediately after their election, the directors held a meeting and elected the following officers of the company: President, K. J. Allen; vice-presi dent, W. N. McCullough; seci'etary and treasurer, T. Q. Fleming, Jr. In connection with this new-com pany it may oe slated that they expect to have their planing mill in full opera tion within forty days. All the ma chinery for the plant has been order ed sometime since and will he shipped during the present week. By tne middle of the week, the officers expect to have grout! broken on the old brew ery site for the mill. This will be one of the most fully equipped plants of the kind in this section of the country; will be lighted by electricity In order that It may run night and day. It will have all the modern improvements in planing mill facilities and will add greatly to this class of business in Brunswick. The company will give special at tention to quick orders for both salt ing vessels and steamers. The tim ber planer to be used will be t.be Woods, 24 by 30 and will be tile larg est machine of the kind In use in Georgia or Florida. The new concern expects to do a large business in the manufacture of flooring and ceiling for shipment by water and rail, in fact they will do a general saw mill business and will em ploy a large force of hands. One of the most, experienced planing mill men in the state of Florida has been selected to formanize the mill. ST. LOUIS LIGHTING BCANDAL. Grand Jury Resumes Investigation, Many Witnesses Subpoenaed. St. Louis, Sept. 18.—The grand Jury met tiiuM/y u-iid resumed the investiga tion into the city lighting scandal. Eight KUbpoenacs were issued yester day afternoon for witnesses to appear before the grand Jury today. Edgar Mepham, former delegate, who was wanted ns a witness last spring, but who left the city and was located at Memphis, Tenn., was the only witness served with the subpoenae last night The inquiry will continue in the house of delegates in connection with ■ tho light bill. Because of the Statute reg. ulating bribery in Missouri, tho light ing bill wftF be outlawed in 33 days. Indictments must be found within that time if they aro to be effected. It is stated that indictment® may not bo returned against the men accused of bribery in ..Connection; with this deal, Circuit Attorney Folk filing informa tion against them instead. The law gives him this power and there are .several reasons why he might exercise it, so it is stated, rather than having indictments Issued. Kelley, Hartman. Eckert. Sheridan and Lehmann, Indicted delegates aro stul in hiding, hoping, it has been persist e*tly stated, that they can ar range for bondsmen before coming Into court. They do not know, how ever, that the circuit attorney Is con sidering th>- advisability of asking tho court to bonds larger when they do come In. Miss Kate Shelley, Heroine. ; LaCrosse. WTs., Sept. 13--Miss Kate Shelley, the heroine of many poems and. writings in prose, who. when a eblld saved strain load of people from death by creeping over a frozen bridge near Moingona, lowa, In a raging storm and warning. the engineer ef the danger, has ben engaged by the State Insane hospftal at Cherokee, lowa, as a nurse. Mis® Shelley is quite old. THE INSURGENTS ADVANCEON COLON ■ f UNITED STATES CONSUL MALM ROSS SO CABLES THE STrtTE DEPARTMENT. CINCINNATI 10 LAND MARINES It is Feared That it Will be Impos sible to Keep Traffic Open Across the Isthmus if Fight is Continued. •Washington. September 13.—United States Consul Malmross, at Colon, has cabled the state department this after noon that the insurgents bad advanc ed on that city In great force. He fears that the forces will not, he able to keep the traffic across the Is thmus open, - ft ” The United States crusicr Cincinnati will land a large force of marines to protect, t:lio American interests, FIRE EXTINGUISHED. Loss at Beaumont Estimated at Half a Million. Beaumont, Texas, Hep..ember 13. — tire in the oil field's was finaly ex tinguished this afternoon, after a des perate fight. The flames were smoth ered by hundreds of boilers o. steam. The conflagration almost devastated all of the oil fields. The spindle top plant was totally destroyed. The loss is now estimated, at a half million dollars. Two workmen were seriously injured while the flames were being extinguished. DIAMONDS FOUND IN GEORGIA. Pure Stone® Taken from River Bed In Berrien County. Tlfton, G-a... Sept. 13.-—Aro there dia monds In Berrien? W. J. Hender son is an expert mineralogist and has devoid a lifetime to the study of ruin rrs.ki f-nd to Lrchaeolagical research, ■li ‘will be romhmbered that he discov ered a kaolin mine on Colonel Mur row’s place, near Tlfton, a few weeks since. Yesterday ho was astonishing friends here by the exhibition of sev eral stones which he thinks Sire pure diamonds. These he says he discov ered in the bed of a river in Berrien county, but declines to say exactly where. He says the stones shine like "the morning star” in the river bed and that there aro quantitiss of them where these were taken from. The stones exhibited are of a trans parent, glittering substance and will cut glass. Part of one that he took from the river Bed has been sent to an expert, who pronounces It a genu ine diamond. This one was broken in half and afterwards Into small pieces. lie says the stone before it was broken was worth SSOO, The other stones exhibited are f:om 3 1-2 to 4 1-2 carats each. Mr. Henderson's discovery has excited a great deal afc interest here, and while it is hardly believed that diamonds can be found in this part of the south, yet thy stone3 he exhibited closely resemble the genuine. ENGLISH WHEAT DAMAGED. Most Disastrous Season Experienced • In Many Years. New York, Sept. 13.—According to reports from all parts ,of England the heavy rains of the last three days, coming on top of an exceptionally wet summer, have seriously damaged the crops, oables the London corre spondent of The Herald. Grain has suffered severely. Owing to the weather it is of such poor qual ity that early samples failed to get a hid on the market. With a contin uance of the prevailing weather it may be days and weeks before any consid erable quantity of wheat can be put on the market. One -of the largest agriculturalists in Loneolnshlre states that with wheat in its present damaged condition the season would prove one of the most disastrous that has been experienced during the last 20 years. OLD DEFENDERS’ DAY. Baltimore Observes Anniversary of Battle of North Point. Baltimore, Sept. 13. —Today | known here as Old Defenders’ Day, it, being the anniversary of the battle of North Point in defense of Baltimore against the British attack in 1814. By proc lamation of the governor and mayor it is a legal holiday in the state and city, all the banks, exchanges and other institutions being closed. Com mercial business was partially suspend ed ami various partriotfe celebratioua took place in the public parks. A DEAD MAN’S KNIFE CUTS DOWN MURDERER A BICYCLE ROAD. One Should be Built Down Middle of Union Street. The general concensus of opinion seems to be that the bicycle ordinance in regard to Union street should re main in force, but there is a reasona ble and general demand that a bicycle path be constructed on Union street, or that one or both of the driveways should bo shelled. Some provision should certainly be made for wheelmen and women on this popular thoroughfare, which, for ladies especially is so far preferable to Newcastle street for wneeling. It would add grea, y to the appearance of the street and it is high time Un ion street should be shelled. As it is now, with dusty, unsightly cinders forming the drive and weeds growing rank and noisome along the western sidewalk, il is tar from being the at tractive and well-kept place that the principal residence street of the city should Be. Lot the bicycle ordinance stand, but shell the road and settle the difficulty. Judge Atkinson Better. The Atlanta Journal says: Judge Spencer R. Atkinson, of the railroad commission, who has been ill for sev eral weeks past, is very much better and has gone to Tate Springs. Tenn., for a few days. He will return home some time next week. FINISHED THEIR WORK. Appraisers Say the Gosch- Factory is Worth About $20,000. W. M. Tupper, J. W. Conoley and •T. M. Madden, appraisers appointed for the Gosch Sash and Door factory, have completed tneir work and in their report they say it is worth in the neighborhood of $20,000. The News hears that the factory will bo in operation in a short time. SESSION ANGELICAN SYfjOD. Marriage and Divorce .Regulation* Cause lively Discussion. St John, N. F.. Sept. 13.—Marriage and divorce regulations caused a live ly discussion at the session of the gen al synod of the Angelitan church which is sitting at Montreal. Several delegates from this section proposed new legislation on the subject, but no decided changes were made. The synod voted to prohibit a man from marrying his deceased wife’s sister or deceased wife's sister's daughter. This action will be binding on all priests ol the Angollcan church in Canada in the solemnizing of marriage. The bishops sent the following mes sage to the house of deputies asking that it he adopted: "No Clergyman within the Jurisdic tion of the Church of England in Can ada shall solemnize a marriage be tween persons, either of whom shall have been divorced from one who Is living at the time of such solemniza tion. ’ The clergy In the synod supported the bishops 31 to 7, but the laymen de clared against it 15 to 9. To confirm the message an affirmative vote was necessary from both orders. BACK TO PRISON BARS. Tired of Pursuit Montana Convict Gives Himself Up. Butte, Mont., Sept. 13.—A special to The Miner from Deer Lodge says that “Tom” O’Brien, who escaped from tho state penitentiary about three weeks ago, presented himself at the prison doors early today and surren dered. O’Brien’s case is most unique. O’Brien’s object in ©scaping was that he might have the public on his side of the alleged crime for which he was sent to prison. Pursued by officers the fugitive furnished letter after let ter to the Butte Miner, iil which he set forth his case pleading for public sym pathy. O’Brien is a graduated veter inary surgeon and was a “trusty” at tne. penitentiary. Before he escaped, ho gave the prison hound opium and then mounted a well known race horse belonging to the warden on which he made a flying rush past the guards. “Black Christ” Trophy a Fraud. San Francisco, Sept. 13.—Rev. Jo seph McQuaW, pastor of. the Church of the Holy Redeemer, in a lecture on ,th* Philippine islands, delivered at St. Mary’s Catholic cathedral, pronounced the so-called “black Christ” brought to this country on the transport Bu ford, a fraud "The real black Christ of the Philippines," h said, "Is noth ing more than a beautiful block of dark wood fashioned by a sculptor to resemble tlie face of Christ. It is looked upon merely as such and i® not even specially venerated.” PRICE FiVE CENTS. TNE DMTER CRTS TIE ROPE 1 WITH DEAD FATHER’S KNIFE MRS. PARKER SEVERS STRING TO THE MAN’S NECK. NEGRO HANGED NEAR TIFTON Mrs. Parker Witnesses Execution of Man Who Killed Marshal Hyers And Takes Piece of Hemp as Souvenir. Tlfton, Ua., September 13. —Boisy Bryant was hanged in Nashville jail yesterday, Sheriff Swindle springing the trap at Ij.: a. m. His neck was broken and he was pronounced dead in thirteen minutes. Bryant joined the church and was baptised yesterday afternoon. He said he did not dread death, but was ready to die, and that he reirratted?, killing Hyers. Bryant ate a hearty breakfast, amt waited the preparations tor his execu tion with a smiling face. Just before ue was taken from his cell, all the prisoners joined in singing his favor ite song. In his dying statement Bry ant exonerated Berry Walls, whom he had said hired him to do the killing, and said he aione was to blame. Mrs. Etta Hall Banter watched the proceedings with approval, and stood by the trap when it was sprung. She cut Bryhnt's body jdown with her dead father's knife, and cut the first piece ot rope for nerself. Mrs. nail w married Sunday to K. C. Barker. Five hundred peopio woro-. pro*coi in Nashville, but only a few .vere al lowed to see the execution. Bryant's body was turned over to his friends, as he had no relatives. The crime for which Boisy Bryant was executed today In Berrien county jail was the murder of Alarshal W. A. Hyers, of Adel, on the night of May 22. Marshal Hyers approached Bry ant to arrest nlm on a warrant for a misdemeanor, when the negro, a lad of only about eighteen years of ago drew a pistol and snot the marshal through the abdomen. He lingered In great agony for four days before •he died. Bryant was pursued and cap tured near Bayboro by Bailiff Sharpe and landed In Berrien jail. There was talk of a lynching, as there was much public indignation all the wanton murder: but. on the prom ise of Judge Hansel) to convene a 'spe cial term of Berrien superior court,, the talk of lynching subsided. A spec ial term of court was held on Mon day, July 21, and consumed one day. The jury returned a verdict of guilty in the first degree aoout 10 o’clock that night. Judge Spence sentenced Bryant to hang Friday, September 13; tne hanging to,be private. This sen tence was carried out today. VAUGf.AN LOSES JOB. Alabama Official Removed from Of fice by Roosevelt. Washington, Sept. 13. —The presi. dent has removed William Vaughan. United States district attorney for the northern district of Alabama, for neglect of duty. The action in the case of Vaughan was directed from Oyster Bay. Charges had ben preferred against Mr. Vaughan some time ago and the president, after making inquiries on his southern, trip, determined to re move him. Mr. Vaughan was first appointed by President McKinley. He was reap pointed by Resident Roosevelt about eight months ago. He was a candi date for United States judge and the charges preferred in opposition to his appointment to the bench are under stood to have first'influenced the pres ident against him. One Hundred Years Old. Roanoke, Ala,, Sept. 13.—Several citizens of this town attended a very Interstlng family reunion a few miles from this place. The occasion was the celebration of the 100 th anniver sary of the birth o. Burrell Noil, the oldest citizen of this ~