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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS. VOLUME 1, NUMBER 9. NAVAL STORES FIRMS FORMED THE COMBINE 1 ll Sger 1 JACKSONVILLE WILL BE THE OF THE BIG MONOPOLY. DOWNING COMPANY REMAIN While the Brunswick Concern Will Have Stock in the Consolidated Company it Will Not Leave the City. Tint imtnence amalgamation ol naval feti res interests, of winch the News Inis previous!}' referred to, is about to lane place, and as has been re|M if J_.Au tnose columns, the Down tu-, Company, of this city, will not lose its identity in the matter, but at the same time, will be among these which is in he known as the Consoli dated Naval Stores Company. In tin., connection it will lie a source of pleasure to Ihc people of this city to know that the Downing Company will not remove its business from Brunswick, but will continue lu the future, as in the past., to conduct its business from this port. In reporting the <a. o in its issue of yesterday, the Savannah News bays: The Consolidated Naval Stores Com pany, with a capital stock of probably s2,Mm.i)oo, will be informally organ ised In Jacksonville tomorrow. Ap plication jor charter for tao new com pany, which will take over the bust ness of seven of the largest naval stores lacpini: o concerns lyi the coun try, will be made at once to the secre tary of the slat of Florida, and on November 1. it. i expected, the com pany will be in a position to begin opera .oils. The consolidation of the naval stores inti o is announced in the Morning News three weeks ago has in tne in tervening period approached rapi consummation, and yesterday Mr. W. C. Dowell, president of the Southern NavafvStorcs Company, and the gen erA#y accepted head of the new enter prise, gave to the Morning News a rtetinite and authoritative stat yieut of i lie plans and purposes of the'‘con solidation, more complete, extended and spccino than as.y that has been published. The general feature of the organi zation have become known through ar tides published from time to time in the daily and trade papers. Trust general features included the names of the constituent companies, the ap proximate amount of capitalization and tjie location of the headquarters, other offices and shipping points of the new company, but much of its more intimate plans has hitherto re mained locked in the breasts of tne bold and skiHful business men who have engineered We deal. Companies in the Deal. There are two Savannah companies to be merged in the combine, the Southern Naval Stores Company and tne liilis-Youug Company. The other constituent companies are the Down ing Company, of Brunswick, the Mu tual Naval Stores Company, of Jack sonville, the Florida Naval Stores and Commission Company, of Jackson ville. the Gulf Naval Stores Company, of Tampa and the Pensacola, the West Coast Naval Stores Company, of Pensacola. These companies rep resent a present total capitalization of about $1,250,000. ~ Five of the companies have already catered into formal agreement to cany out the combination and the two remaining concerns, the Ellis-Young Company, of Savannah, and the West Coast Naval Stores company,’ of Pensacola, are less intimately con cerned in the deal in the matter of formalities only. The consi nt of their controlling spirits to the com bination has already been secured, and Iheir agreement to enter it made. Tne consolidation will mark the re tirement from business of.all the con stituent companies save one. Six oi the companies will go into voluntary liquidation, their affairs will be wound 1 up and they will go out of business, transferring their assets and good w ill at an agreed valuation, to the now concern and taking stock in it in pro-j potion to the value of their present j holdings. This stock, however, will i not be held by the old companies, which will be dead in law and fact, but by their present shareholders. Downing Cos. Not to Die. The exception t:o the general rule of liquidation will bo afforded by th< Downing Company, of Brunswick, which will not go entirely out of busi ness. This company will take stock in the new enterprise in propotion to, the amount of Florida business it can contribute, while it continues it own. 11s entrance into- the Consolidated Naval Stores Company will mean a reduction of about S3 per cent, of tin business of the Downing Company. The, headquarters ot the company will be in Jacksonville and cilices will be maintained Hi addition in Savan nah, Pensacola, and Furnandina. "The Consolidated Naval Stores Company." said Mr. Powell, will probably have a capital stock of $2,- SUU,UUO. The capital was hxed origi nally at s2,uuu,buo, and thus it stands at present, but sbbo,ooo will, in ail likelihood, be added to care tor the business offered by- the Ellis-Young Company and the West Coast Naval Stores Company, which nave become prospective menibci’M cl tile eoiieolida lion since tne original agretintit was i cached.'',. Railroads are Responsible. “Unquestionably,” tie said. “The lirst year the company does business it will divert from Savannah ldO.Obu casks of turpentine and 350,01 >0 bar rels of rosin." "T'nat seems rather a pity,' it was suggested. "Why, yes," said Mr. Powell, “but the conditions which made the tins ter of head era to Jacksonville imperative vn • rot of our creation. .Nobody in < . oil stor s business hero wanted to move, nor would we nave dim. so it not boon lor the actions of the railroads. When we showed them the conditions taut ex listed and asked tor better rates, so as to lie aide to compete with otliei ports, they made the charges for vari mis services of transportation and storage still more onerous; when wt askeit tor bread, they gave us a stone. At their door the responsibility loi the removal of business from a long stretch of their lines, us w 1J as from this port, must lie. \ “In Florida an opposite policy has been adopted. The present differen tial against Savannah, and in favor of Jacksonville and Fe.rnaud.ua lrom points in Florida, is ten cent., a bar ivl on rosin and twenty cents a cask on turpentine. 1 have been informed that when the new railroad commi.i sion goes Into office in January the (lit ferentlal will be increased to twenty cents a barrel on rosin and forty cents on turpentine, i have this from the chairman of the commission himself. "The commission ..as declared that Florida products so far as practicable, must b marketed in Florida port . and it is taking uu 'effective method of carrying tais policy out; ( ..cap rates make the markets, and it wo would do the basin' iTf- ■ > mn.it in w here it is being liandb d.” Major Downing, of the D; w.clue Company, was not in the city yes terday, he being in attendance a.t Un meeting in Jacksonville, and therc- could bt- bbtam'-d lrom him m; the . >iu j - - : . previously stated in tin :-<• columns. Mr. Downing has admitted that ht> company w.,1 be in the combine. When seen by a News reporter some time ago on this subject, Mr. Down ing stated that while the Brunswick the combine, it would not lose ii id'Ti tity in Brunswick and would continue to do business here, it is not known whether or not the business here wilt be decreased as stated in the. above article;. Glger Given Leadership. Detroit, Mich, September 30. Gen eral R. A. Alger, former secretary of war, today formally accepted Gover nor Rllk.s' tender of the adiriferitn ap pointment as United States senator, and Governor Bliss tonight signed General Alger's commission as seua itor. BRUNSWICK. GAp WEDNESDAY, MORNING, OCTOBER 1, 1902. FUEL FAMINE II MEW YORK PEOPLE OF THAT CITY TRY TO PURCHASE COAL FROM BRUNS WICK DEALERS. NOTHING DOING, HOWEVER While the People in the East Are! Paying §2O Per Ton for Coal We Get it At The Same Price as Last Year. j The New York Journal says: Hard coal at S2O a ton, soft coal at. sl2 a ton. That is the situation faced by the people, v" Ii fail here and winter com ing on. The coal truth tins a monopoly, and. like every other trust that has a mo nopoly, it shows no regard whatever for tile public's right. Bather than grant a small advance In wages to its underpaid workmen, it inflicts a fuel famine upon the country. Every home in the community suf fers from this famine, the well-to-do, is laying in their winter s supply of coal, and the price quadrupled, and this article scarce at that. 'The poor cauuut buy in quantity at all at present rates. Coal at a cent a pound is a luxury which povety must deny itself, except by the infrequent pailtull when absolute necessity force ihc purchase. Because oi' the famiuo prices at which coal is solo, house rent lias gime up. Bo lias loom ii.nl.. So has board. Bo have ail things to which the advantage can be shilled. The consumers pay. Schools and hospitals arc short ot fuel. Factories arc embarrassed and -ashy may nave to clone, throwing men workmen out. oi employment. The- whole business world is disturbed. Capital is being pirn-in and, and when capital is injured laonr is sure to ieci Uio effect npcedly. 11<>1 <- 1b are curtail ing their cape: and waiters find t.icinsctvcH out of worn. Washwomen piled tears as they re-1 use to take clothes to launder at the accustomed price, the cost of fuci leaving them no profit, from their hard toll. Htgn and low, everybody complains of the astounding and sustained robbery, l.et a spoil of coin weather conic, as it nmy any day now, and there will be torrent, despair and rage In count ies:, humble homes. There is a difference in Bruuswic., a great difference. One to one only coal n fm, Coney & Barker. Tin y are selling coal to the peo ple of Brunswick al the same price as last year; hard coal $7,60 pertou, soft cod $6 per ton. But the prices are good only to the people ot this city. Coney & Barker were offered by a New York party over double these prit ca yesterday, but They refused to roll, preferring to serve the peo ple of tills community. MR. JONES IS IMPROVING. Bruriswickiau Who Fell From Window In Savannah Out of Danger. George F. .lone::, the well known mill man of Us city, who met with such a serious accident, in Savannah Satur day by falling from the second story window of a hotel, was reported m lieu better yesterday and is now thought to be out of danger. J. M. lilood worth, the business partner of Mr. Jones, returned from Savannah yesterday, where he has been some Sunday, and says that Mr. Jones is getting on nicely and will recover. Mr. Blood worth says that the Brunswickian receiver, severe in juries, his nobu was broken, bis head crusncd in several places and was otherwise hurt. Me is now in a hos pital in Savannah and everything pos sible is being done for him. Mrs. Jones is at the bedside of her husband. Court Pianist Dead. El Paso, Tex., September 30.—Gil laume Sauvlet, who played before no bility on the European continent and was at one lime court pianist to the mikado of .Japan, is dead in El Paso, where he came for his health. He toured the United States with Eduoard Remenyl. LINEMEN JOIN IN TOE STRIKE + TIE UP OF STREET CARS AT NEW ORLEANS IS NOW ABOUT COMPLEE. ONLY MAIL CARS NOW RUN Citizens Compelled to Ride in Vel hides, Which Are in Great De mand City May be Placed in Darkness. New Orleans, September 30. — The strike of street car men, which took place at daylight Sunday morning, con tinues without a break. Three mail cars ivere tlie only cars moved by the railway company today. In the absence of cars vehicles of all shapes, sizes and styles were brought into play and have done a thriving busi ness. The linemen of tne New Orleans and Carrollton Light and Bower Com pany, and also the linemen employ ed by the New Orleans railway com panies, all members of the Interna tional Brotherhood of Electrical Work ers, were ordered ouut on strike this at ternoon. The linemen have gone out in sym pathy with t'ne street car men's un ion. About seventy-live or eighty men are affected by the now strike. The New Orleans Hallways Company has iiolliied the mayor that the strike of their linemen will seriously Interfere with the lighting of the city after tonight. It. may be stated that no breaks that ruaj occur in any of the overhead elec tric lighting wires or in any of the trolley wires can be lixed. The trim mer; ol the electric light, department ran still Continue at their work, hut these cannot mend the wires accord ing to the laws ot their respective un ions. BEGAN TO LOVE IN GEORGIA. Miss Ruth Hanna and Mr. McCormick Plighted Troth at Thomasville. Chicago, September 30.—Miss ltuth Hanna, daughter of Senator Mark Manna, hello of two Washington sea zoms, despair of diplomats, foreign envoys and titled notilemen and her oine of half a dozen rumored engage ments, is engaged to Joseph Medill McCormick, of Chicago, son of Rob ert S. McCormick, former ambassador to the court of St. Petersburg, and grand,-ibn of the late Joseph Medill, founder of The Chicago Tribune. The announcement was made to the friends and acquaintances ol the young pi ople today. The uate for I the wedding was not made public. The engagement of Mr. McCormick and Miss Hanna is the outgrowth of a charming romance extending over sev en years. It bagen wben tbe young couple met in Thomasville, Ga. Miss Manna was a mere slip of a miss of 1.4 and Mr. McCormick was there with his grandfather, Mr. Mo bil), and Miss Hanna with her father while he was engaged in making his first, round-up of the southern republi can delegates just before Mr. McKin leys first presidential campaign. Among the poetic and romantic sur roundings of the piney woods of Geor gia their friendship ripened. When the summer in the piney woods came to an end Mr. McCormick went to Yale and Miss Hanna to Dobbs Ferry, but the memory of the rides through the murmuring trees did not fade from their fancies. ALPHONSO iS ANGRY. Discovered That His Mother Has Been Secretly Married. Madrid, September oo.—All Madrid is astir today over the sensational scandal which is reported to the ef fect that the king has made the dis covery of his mother’s marriage to her master of horse, Count Esousura, which is reported to have occurreu some time ago, when the queen visi ted Austria. It is a well known fact that years ago the queen plighted troth to the count, but was compelled to marry Alphonse’s father for state reasons. Alphonso is wild over the matter, and has had some very severe words with his mother. He has ordered her to go abroad with her husband, which she Indignantly refused to do. TARIEF AND TRUSTS TO BE THE ISSUES SPECIAL JEWISH SERVICES. New Year and Yom Kippur to be Celebrated Here. Tbe Jewish holiday begin today, and many of the stores will be closed tomorrow, their New Year, will be observed generally by all of the Jews. Services during the holidays will be held In the synagogue on Monk street. Tonight at 8 o’coek the Roslt Hash anah service will occur, Rabbi War saw officiating. He will take as his subject “Permancy of the Jew." Another service will be held Thurs day morning, which is the Jewish New Year day. These services are very interesting and our Jewish citi zens extend an invitation to all to attend. HAD A HEAVY GALE. Everybody Really Thought a Storm Was Coming. “There's a storm a-coming up.” That was the general expression of Brunswick people generally yesterday about 1 o’clock when a heavy wind came up, and for several minutes it blew at a terrific velocity. The wind did not last long enough to do any damage in tne city, as it only lasted for a tew minutes. The large sign over the freight office of the Sou.-.era railway was blown down, several fences were damaged and a few trees blown down, otherwise there was no damage. The people were looking for a storm as the weatner tor the past few weeks has been very tbreatmng. Just be fore the gale It was unusually 'not for this season of uie year and everybody expected something from tlie weather man. A REGULAR HOLIDAY. All Saloons and Jewish Stores of the City Will be Closed. This will be somewhat of a general holiday in Brunswick and a majority of the business 'houses will be closed. On account of the election for state and county officers all the saloons will be closed for the day and this being the beginning of the Jewish holidays, all stores owned by the Jew ish citizens will be closed, and the city will have rather a quiet appear ance. BLOODY RIOT IN NEW YORK. Factions From the Ghetto and Chb nese Quarter Clash. New York, September . —A stand ing feud between two rival factions, one living in the Ghetto and the other near the Chinese quarters in this city, came to an open battle tonight. Nearly 200 people were engaged in a riot, which became so fierce tnat the police reserves wore ealld out. Clubs, revolvers, kniyes, bricks and stones were used by the rioters, and many of the fighters were hurt. Thirteen arrests were made. During the fight the residents of many blocks were in a state of terror and it was mree hour* before quiet was restored. The immediate cause of the fight -was the beating of Mike Dove, be longing to one of the factions. He was so badly hurt Sunday night last that he diyd, and his associates to night determined to avenge his death. The locality will be patrolled until daylight t prevent a recurrence of the outbreak. MAKES THE GROWERS UNEASY. Tobacco Combine May Cause Them to Lose Money. Raleigh, N. C., September 30.—The combination, trusty If one may so term it, formed by the mills of the American and Imperial tobacco com panies Is giving me ware houses and the tobacco growers in North Carolina no little concern. They tear that the. | cutting off of competition will result in a noatbly large decline in prices, even though this decline may not be -1 gin at once. The only hope is that the great scarcity of the old crop of tobacco may keep prices up. Then | too, the trust will have to pay enough j for leaf to make it an object to the .farmers to grow it. A few years ago prices were forced to so .uw a point that, hundreds of farmers abandoned tobacco. This year there was a large increase in acreage, and prices have been extremely remunerative. Expected Today. 1 The Mallory steamer, due Monday, is expected to arrive today. The steamer Is late on account of the had weather, and did not leave New York on Lme. _ PRICE FIVE CENTS. DEMOCRATS IlfiE HARDITWORK ON THESE TWO LEADING ISSUES THEY EXPECT TO WIN IN COMING ELECTION, OTHERS ARE RELEGATED It is Believed That all Elements of the Party Can Get Together on Platform and That it Will Win. Washington, September 30. —In the opinion o£ the managers o£ the demo cratic congressional campaign there is now but one Issue, and that is rather a double-joined affair, taking in both the trusts and the tariff. The managers are giving all their attention to the development of this issue, and have abandoned tne other questions which a month or so ago were deemed of sufficient importance as to occupy prominent places in the democratic textbook. The attacks of Senators Carmack and Patterson on the administration's colonial policy, delivered during tue debate on the Pniiipplne government bill at the last congress, the bitter talk about imperialism and the pam phlets against ship subsidies and the so-called scandals of the present ad ministration, nave all been tossed aside at me committee headquarters from which there is now being issued only anti-trust and tariff revision do cuments. Even the old dyed-in-the wool silver democrats are warming up to tiie new situation, and seem in clined to forget their idol of 1890 and 1900 in the prospect of anew and victorious issue, a. democrat who was prominently identified with the Bryan free silver movement said today that he saw no reason way ail the members of tae party should not unite on the common platform of anti-trusts and tariff revision. Chairman Griggs is following up the advantage gaineu in the Speaker Henderson episode and is losing no opportunity to press it. The democrats are pounding i.he pre sent high tariff rates all along the line, but especially where uiey give excessive protection to trust-made ar ticles. The duty on steel and iron and products of these materials and on plate glass are conspicuous ob jects of attack, probably jjfeause of the fact that powerful trusts control the great bulk of these articles. Since tne talk of President Roosevelt favor ing the appointment of a tariff com mission to consider revision of the schedules, there is no longer any doubt that it is only a matter of time before the Dingley law will be amend ed. tt is likely that the United States Steel corporation will be directly ef fected as muuch as any other com pany by the tariff pruning. Recent statements from the officers of this powerful trust show that they appre ciate the situation, and may offer no objection to reductions in tne duties. Atlanta Is In It. Official announcement has been made by the Southern Railway of the removal of its General Freight Depart ment from Washington to Atlanta, Ga. on October Ist, 1903. The general freignt agent, Mr. E. A. Nlel, and Assistant general freight agent, Mr. E. Green, and their forces, left Wash ington on September 27th and these officials announce that communications intended for them should hereafter be addressed care of the Equitable bldg., Atlanta, Ga. New Millinery Store. Attention is directed to the ad. of the Kenner Millinery Company else where in this issye. This new firm will open for business today at 310 Newcastle street, with a full line o£ everything in the millinery line. The store is filled with all the latest styles of hats and is in charge of people who have had many years experience in the business.