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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS. VOLUME 1, NUMBER 298. TWENTY BURNED IN FOREST FIRES - ■ PROPERTY LOSS IN Tht NORTH WEST EXCEEDS A MILLION DOLLARS. 'MANY PEOPLE ARE MISSING Tire Total Number of Lives Lost May Never be Known—Fires Have ' Nearly Burned Out the Sur rounding Country. iialamn. Wash., September I*l.—He poyta from tue stricken district of L<*wlk river continue to grow worse. The ohm rod bodies of thirty-eigth pco ,(dp already have been found, and it b<dieted there will be more to fol low. .Many settlers and an unknown number of campers front outside points arc missing. Toe burned dis trict was settled by perhaps 500 peo ple’ .Portland, Ore., September 10.— Twenty lives liave lieen lost, and it is roughly estimated that |1,500,0i worth of property has been destroyed .fttrlng the past week by forest tires in OrSgon and Washington. Many more PV'tple are missing, but it will not be known now many are dead until re ports from remote districts come in. The estimate of the properiy loss fes not include standing timber, nut faivors saw mils, houses, barns, shops, cord wood and farm Implements. Thousands of acres of timber have been burned over but the destruction of great timber lias not been heavy. Relief is being hurried from Pals city, Tacoma, Seattle and Vancouver, to those who have lost their homes nn-1 crops. The districts where the great est destruction occurred are Lents, Springwater and Bridal Veil in Ore gon. and Fifty e-bain. Lewis River a.,it Lima, Wash. In all these places it !r estimated there are 500 people with out. 100. l and shelter. The fires liave nearly burned out. and this morning the smoke cleat eo awry so that file sun was visible most ot ihe afternoon. Took Water to Escape. Kalatna, Wash., Sen ember 16.--The •latest report from the Lewis river forest fires shows that the tire is practically exnatrs.ed and that relief parties are ens ued to cover the Je vastated territory and gather more de finite infortnatfon. Ft is positively known that sixteen persons have been tjurned to (leatn. A l.irga number of campers aTThe iake saved themed vis by taking to the water on logs ant rafts. ~ Sixteen Reported Dead. Vancouver, Wash., September !. The list of fatalities in Clark atm Cowlitz counties as a result of the terrific forest fires continea to in crease rapTdiy. Sixteen deaths are reported and people living in the vi cinity of th burned district say the list of dead will aggregate fifty. Ten Burned to Death. Seattle, Wash., September 16.—A special to The Times from Kalatna, where great loss of life from forest fires were reported Saturday and yes terday, says: "A party of ten persons with a team was known to be camping in the tim bers. .The charred remains of the team and wagon were found, but no trace of the people can be foJPfcl A great number of people were In the timber at and around Trout Lake fish ing and hunting, but no authentic re ports have been received from them, and it is feared that there nas been loss of liie.’! Heavy Rainfall. “Brunswick was visited by another heavy rain early this morning and for awhile it came down in torrents. It. was fairer later in the morning, however, and a pleasant day is looked for. Estate of the Fairs. San Francisco, September 16. Judge Cook issued letlers of admin ist.ration today in the estate ot the late Charles Fair and Caroline Fair to Herman Oelriehs. Joseph Harvey anil Charles Neal, Oelriehs acta for Mrs. Oelriehs and her sister, Mrs. Vander bilt, and tne other men act for Mrs. Hannah Nelson, mother ot Mrs. Fair. NEGRO ATTEMPTED RAPE. Tried to Assault Daughter of Police man J. D. Brown. Considerable excitement was creat ed Monday night in the neighborhood of D and L streets in New Town by the report that a negro had attempt ed to assault Miss Etnel Brown, the 14-year-old daughter of Policeman J. D. Brown. A News reporter heard of the affair yesterday and at once looked up Mr. Brown to see if there was any truth in the report, and from him the facts of the matter were learned. Mr. jjrown said that a negro had made such an attempt and told liow daring it was. It seems that the house occupied uy Mr. Brown, 400 D street, is also oc cupied by another family, who reside in the second story, in the early part of the night Mrs. Brown and her chil dren were out and returned about 8:30. Mr. Brown was also at home and he and his wife had gone to their room. Miss Ethel was in her room with two younger children who were asleep. She was sitting on the bed removing her stockings preparing to retire for the night when she was confronted with a burly negro. Tne negro jumped at Miss Brown and slio screamed for her father, but the ne gro stood near her for a minute and then made for the back door. Mr. Brown was soon in uis daughter’s room, but the negro had made his es cape and. although a thorough search was made, he was not found. Mr. Brown is under the impression that the negro concealed himself in the room during the absence of his family, and thinks bis purpose was to assault liis daughter, for if burglary had been his intention he had sufii ctent time to escape before the glr entered the room. Miss Brown was so frightened that she was unable to give a correct des cription of the brute, lint, said he was black, in his Shirt sleeves and wore a pair of light trousers. Mr. Brown uas no idea who it was, as he arrived too late to even get a glimpse of him. IN THEIR NEW HOME. the Georgia Veterans Were Remov ed Yesterday. Atlanta, September 36. —The confed erate veterans, who, since the burn ing of the Soldier's home about a year ago, have been temporarily housed on Marietta street, were removed this morning to the new building which is now complete and ready for occu pancy. While the Marietta street quarters have been Comfortable anil every at tention has been given the old sol diers, they have missed the woods and outdoor life which was not possible in town and they are uelighted at, the change. It was originally intended to move the veterans on September 1, but ow ing to the fact that the water supply wSs inadequate it was decided to de lay the change until this could be re medted. No formal dedication exercises will be held until Wednesday, September 24, at wHTCh lime General Gordon and other prominent men will deliver ad dresses. The dedication of the chapel will take place September 28, when Rev. A. R. Holderby will have charge of the exercises. VOTING TRUST OF SOUTHERN. Time for Presenting Shares to Mor gan & Cos. Expires. Ndw York, September 16.—The time for presenting the snares of the Southern railway with J. P. Morgan & Cos. in compliance with the plan to extend the voting trust of the road for an additonal five years, expired to day. No figures were given out as to the number deposited. In the origi nal statement it was declared that a shareholders who declined to give their assent to the extenaon would forfeit any right to participation in the resultant benefits. It was intimat ed, however, that non-assenting snare holders would be given further time without prejudic to their rights. Tragedy in Douglas County. Carrollton, Ga„ September 16. —Re- port reached here today that a man named Johnson had shot Jefferson Moore, brother of W. B. and J. H. Moore, of this place, in Douglas county, about 20 miles from here. Moore is said to have been shot through the body. Johnson is said to be mentally unbalanced. BRUNSWICK, GA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1902. NEW COMPANY NAMES OFFICERS —t —■ BRUNSWICK PAINT, OIL AND VR NISH COMPANY HELD MEET ING YESTERDAY. C. P. GOODYEAR IS PRESIDENT The Company Has Been at Work For Some Time and is Now Enjoy ing a Lood Business in Their Line. The News readers will remember the advertisement of application for charter of a company entitled “The Brunswick Paint Oil & Varnish Com pany” in May last, which chillier was granted in June by the Superior Court. The business proposed was the manufacture and sale of a paint, oil under patents granted to W. E. .Dem pster, C. P. Goodyear and C. P. Good year, Jr., and under a trade mark, which has been granted, being the word “Trimax.” The business has been conducted until the 15th of September by C. P. Goodyear, W. E. Dempster and C. P. Goodyear, Jr. Yesterday the company was organi zed and is now conducting business as a corporation on the warehouse property know as the Isaac property in the Southern portion of the city. The charter permits the manufacture and sale of varnish, paints anu -oi dred products, but the main business of Die company, indeed its entire busi ness for the present, will be the manufacture anil sale of paint on as a substitute for linseed oil in paints. These products have stood tbo tests of over six years and have demonstrat ed the lasting qualities of tae oil in paints and extensive, tests have been made within the last twelve months in New York, Boston and other cities. The organizers of this company are confident of great success in the sale of this oil, an, have six traveling men on the road,and have sold considerable oil already, although the business has been conducted commeri ia..y for a very short linie. Tne names of the officers of the company are as follows: C. P. Good year, president; C. P. Goodyear, Jr., business manager, VV. E. Dempster, superintendent and W. B. Isaac, treasurer. CARPENTERS IN SESSION. Big Meeting is Now Being Held in Atlanta. The twelfth biennial convention ol the United Brotherhood Carpenters and Joiners of America is now being held in Atlanta, and it is one of the largest gatherings of the kill'd evei held in the United States. Delegates are present from ail over tne coun try and about four hundred of them are present. Nearly every city in the United States and Canada is repre sented. The meeting Is held for the purpose of bridging the unions closer together and laying plans to govern the or ganization. The Br unswiek unions are repre sented at the convention by J. 1. Waite. iO INSPECT RIFLEMEN. Colonel Obear Will Be Here in a Few Weeks. Col. W. G. Obear, inspector of the Georgia State troops, will be in the city within tne next tew weens, and will inspect the Brunswick Riflemen. Col. Obear visits this city annua.iy to inspect the military. The Rifle men are now in a splendid condition and will no doubt make a very credi table showing. BOTH NECKS BROKEN BY FALL. Peculiar Accident to Two Fighting Negroes. Montgomery, Ala., September 16. Two negroes met their death in a pe culiar manner in this city last night. Robert Anderson and Jesse J.awson hail a quarrel over a woman anil to fighting they resorted. They clinched and in the scuffle for supremacy they fell into a ditch, both of their necks being broken by the fall. Anderson’s back was broken. When found Law son was on top of Anderson witn a knife clutched in his hand, which he had used on the neck of -vudersun. FIBER FACTORY READY FOR WORK MILL BUILDING HAS BEEN COM PLETED AND TURNED OVER TO OWNERS. WILL SOON BE RUNNING Several Car Loads of Green Hemp Have Already Been Purchased And Several Employees Have Arrived. Repairs to the mill building on] Orespen Islanu which is to be occupied by the Federal Fiber Company are completed and the building has been turned over to them. The work of erecting the machinery will lie pushed rapidly forward, as soon as (he interior of the building can he made ready. Last Saturday the location of the switch at six mile crossing was decid ed ujion ami it is the intention of tne company to begin the building of the siding to i„e island in a few weeks. When completed it will give them a opportunity to utilize the splendi dock frontage which they have availa ble at the island. Dr. Chittenden the manager of the company will leave the end of the week for New York to see to the completion of the new oakum machin ery which they are to install upon the island. The company has already purchased several carloads of green hemp fiber, in Kentucky which will be shipped here as soon as the buildings are ready to receive it, and will be work ed up during the winter, while wait ing for a crop to he grown here. The company has already made arrange ments for the planting of several hundred acres of hemp, as soon as the season opens. Some of the company’s old employ ees have arrived from New Jersey and are now living at, Crispen. More ex pert, fiber workers will follow as tne situation warrants and act as instruct ors for the local help which the com pany will employ. The mechanical expert of the com pany is engaged in designing some now machinery to handle some ol the fiber which have hitherto been con spired of no value, but wulch are now growing in large areas in tnls vincinity. ■ TAX PAYER TALKS. He is Heartily in Favor of the New Fire Headquarters. Editor Ne./s: I note mat there is a movement now on foot to turn tne old market building on Newcastle street, into new fire quarters for the Brunswick fire department. This is certainly a move in tne right direction and it is to be hoped that the city council will see the matter tn tne right light and have tae work done without delay. The present home of the depart ment is not what it should be and be sides I am told, by parties in position to know that tiie buildings are alt un safe. Again the oia market building is and has been for years a disgrace and a reminder of a movement tnat tailed. Lets do away with it and thus Im prove Lie appearance of our main street. If the present city council desire to do a piece of work of municipal de velopment that, will meet the appro val of the general public let them have tliis work done at once. TAX PAYER. MANY NORTHERN VISITORS. Brunswick Will be Crowded With Then This Winter. From all indications, Brunswick will be thronged with northern tour ists this winter. It will be remembered that last win ter every hotel and boarding house in the city was well filled with north ern guests and this year will seee tne largest number that have ever visited the city. Already tne tourists ard writing here to engage accommoda tions, many of them, for the entire winter, and Ihe season promises to be a veiy brilliant one. NO CORPSE IN THE GRAVE. Mystery at Decatur, Ala., and an In vestigation. Decatur, Ala.. September 16. —A sen sational find was made in the out skirts of the city yesterday, and for a time it created quite a hubbub on the street's. George Bryant, proprietor of the leading barber shop, was walking along the banks of Dry creek, and coming to a lonely spot, surrounded by a dense growth of bushes, he discovered what seemed to lie anew made grave. In the bushes nearby he noticed sev eral negroes. He immediately came to Die city and notified the police of liis find. A party in charge of an officer was sent to the place at once, and the grave was opened, but nothing was found. Several negroes were still no ticed lying in the bushes, and whether or not they removed a body from the grave before the searching party reached there is not known, but it is thought they might have done so, The whole affairs is shrouded in mystery, but the matter is being in vestigated by the police. Chief of Police Drew Young says no one was reported missing, but some think a murder has been committed. AMERICAN WIFE FOP BORIS. Alleged That the Russian Wants to Make Miss Goelet a Duchess. Newport, R. 1., September 16.—The Grand Duke Doris has been most, at tentive to Miss Goelet during ills New port visit, and it is openly stated that, the daughter of the American heiress was the attraction which kept tne Russian nobleman in Newport so long. He has received numerous invita tions to go elsewhere, but has declined them, and his visit to President Roose velt was only when a messenger had been sent from the president to con duct him to Oyster Bay, where 'his stay was very brief, returning to New port as quickly as his official courte sies wore at an end. The couple are very much in one an other’s company and daily are seen on the avenue and country roads, either in Miss Goelet’s automobile or on horse-back, and chaperones are dis pensed with. Another American duch ess appears to lie a probability. At least all Newport is speculating on the association as such. SHE JUMPED FROM THE TRAIN. Woman, With Baby in Her Arms, Leaps from Car Platform. Anniston, Ala., September 16.—Pas sengers arriving in the city this af ternoon tell a story of thrilling epi sode of an unknown woman and bauy near Jacksonville. They said that <- woman, with a baby in her arms was sitting quietly in a seat. Shortly after the train passed Jacksonville she was seen to rise and rush to the platform and spring from the steps. The train was stopped and she was picked up iu an unconscious state and revived. She assigned as her reason for tae jump that she had passed her ilestina tion. The baby was not injured, while the woman received several bruises. -.m was eu route to Jacksonville, will recover. Romantic Wedding at Opelika. Opelika, Ala., September 16. —G. C. Carroll and Miss Fannie Jones, of LaGraugc, arrived here on the 4:07 o’clock West Point train this after noon and were married at o p. m. by Judge F. M. Renfro. It was a runa way match and the newly wedded cou ple will return to LaGrange tonigln for the parental blessings. Held Interesting Meeting. The congregation of the Beth Tefiloh held an interesting meeting at the synagogue last nignt, which was at tended by a majority of the Jewish citizens. Matters pertaining to the selection of a permanent rabbi for the synagogue were discussed and tbe appointment will be announced in a few days. Fifty Fishermen Drown. London, September 16.—A telegram trace Calais, France, today announces that nine vessels of the French cod fish fleet foundered in the North sea during the recent gales and that fifty fishermen were drowned. Vanderbilt’s Horse Wins. Paris, September 16.—W. K. Van derbilt's Marigold won the Criterium stakes at the St. Cloud races today. PRICE FIVE CENTB. PEACE REIGNS IN COAL REGION 4. TROUBLE FEARED AT THE MINES BUT THE STRIKE LEADERS KEPT FOLLOWERS QUIET. MITCHELL IS NOW CONFIDENT He Says That He Can't Predict When The Strike Will be Ended, but He Believes Miners Will Win —Relief Conference. Wilkesbarre, Pa., September 16. — Sheriff Jacobs and a large number of deputies assembled at the court house at an early 'hour this morning in an ticipation of trouble ocurring at some of the mines. But, outside of an out break at Old Forge, in which an Ital ian was badly beaten by the strikers, the day was a very, quiet one in the strike region. National Board Mem ber John Fallon went to Nanticoke early in the morning to head off any trouble in that section, and other pro minent officials of the United Mine Workers went to other part's of the country to advise against any marches on' the colleries. But no marches were attempted, neither was there any effort made to resume work at any of the big mines, it is said that the attempt may be made when least ex pected, probably some day this week. An important conference w. be held at strike headquarters tomorrow. Among those wno will take part will be President Mitchell, District Presi dents Nichols, Duffy and Fahey and National Treasurer Wilson, of Indian apolis, and Samuel Gompers, presi dent of the American Federation of Labor. Bishop Fallows, of the Re formed Episcopal church of Chicago, may also be present. It is stated UlO chief topic that will be discussed will be the relief plan. Mr. Gompers, it is said, has some proposition to make which will insure steady relief for the striking miners all winter, should they decide to continue the battle. Mitchell Confident of Winning. Indianapolis, ind., September 15. — In an interview over the long-distance telephone with The News today, John Mitchel, at Wilkesbarre, said: “I can’t predict when tne anthracite strike will be settled, it anything is being done toward a settlement, by the other side, 1 don’t know of it. “Nothing toward a settlement was accomplished at the Harrisburg con ference between Governor Stone, of Pennsylvania, the presidents of the three anthracite districts, myself and others who have been trying to end the strike. W simply met and discus sed the causes and progress of the strike.' “Did Governor Stone represent J. Pierpont Morgan or any of the anthra cite presidents?" “1 did not understand that he was representing any one but himself. There is no foundation for the report that the men are to return to work on a promise that the operators will make concessions and arbitrate after wards. The miners would not return to work under; such an agreement. Mr. Mitchell declared that the men are confident of winning., and tnat there has been no desertions among the 'strikers. “I am certainly very hopeful now that the strike will be endeu in our favor,” he added. “Is any coal being taken out of me region?" "A little is going out, but no new coal is being mined. Most of the coal now being shipped was mined be fore the strike began. No mines are being started and no members of tne organization are returning to work. - ’ Widener and Morgan Confer. New York, September 15.—P. A. B. Widener, of Philadelphia, was in con ference this afternoon with J. P. Mor gan, it was assumed in reference to tne coal strike. Mr. Morgan was asked this afternoon whether there was anything new in the strike situation. “Nothing,'' he answered. “Does any significance attach to your conference with Mr. Widener?" he was asked. “None whatever,” he said. Mr. Widener said: “There has been no conference on the strike situation today between Mr. Morgan and myself, and 1 have no statement whatever to make."