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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS.
VOLUME 8, NUMBER 13.
CITIZENS MEET
A, C, L, OFFICIALS
MAYOR EMANUEL AND C. D. OGG
CONFERRED WITH THEM IN
SAVANNAH YESTERDAY.
SHOP RLMOVAL DISCIISSCD
General Superintendent Dennam Sug
gest* a Meeting of Brunswick
Citizens With Officials
6f the Road.
Mayor N. Emanuel on behalf of the
city and O. D. Ogg tor toe Hoard ot
Trade, went to Savanna'll yesterday
and had a very pleasant conference of
over au hour with Mr. W. B. Denham,
general superintendent of the A. G. 1,.,
about the rumored removal of me
shop* of that line from Brunswick.
They presented in aa strong terms as
possible the reason why the. shops
should remain uere, as well as Bruns
wick's claim upon uie Kindly consid
eration of the railroad people on ac
count of donation of land upon wnich
the shops stand, leases of a large mini
her of streets, right of way, etc. The
Coast Line officials have not yet de
cided just wlmt they wul do, but a. is
likely that Mr. Denham will arrange
lor a Brunswick delegation to meet
the general manager or the president,
wnen the matter will he finally de
cided.
Whatever the result Brunswick s in
terest will have full consideration ami
no changes will be made not aiisolul
ly essential to the economical opera
tion of the greater Atlantic t oast
Line.
Dr. W. B. Burroughs, preslocnt oi
the Oglethorpe Monument association
is now devoting much of his tin.
to soliciting subscriptions for the lieu
ument which is to he erected al 1- red
erlea. He Is now in Atlanta, aud yin
terday's Constitution says:
DIED OF HlB INJURIES.
Georg* F. Jon** Passed Away In Sa
vannah Yesterday.
Georg* P, June* the well known
-Brunswlckian. who happened lo a
serious accident In Savannah last Sat
tirday night, full account of watch lias
from time to time appeared In tnenn
columns, died at the hospital in sa
vannah at 1 o'clock yesterday.
Previous tidings from the Chamber
of the sick man were of cheerful ua
Hire and It was believed by his triends
in Brunswick tnat lie was on the
convalescent road. For this reason the
news of hla death will come in the
nature of a severe shock.
George Jones has lived In Bruns
wick for many years and was held in
•high esteem by those who knew him.
For a long period he was a member
of the Brunswick police force, and
during his service in this capacity
made an enviable reputation as a
brave and fearless officer. Later he
became asaociated with ex-Alderman
J. M. Bloodworth in the saw mill busi
ness, and at the time of his death
was a member of the firm ot Blood
worth A Jones
Mr. Bloodworth, his buslneea part
ner was with htm when the end
came, aa were the Immediate members
of th famiiy, and Mr. C. L. Parker,
aiao a kinsman, left for Savannah
last night.
The remains will reach the city at
7:65 via tne B * B. railroad this
morning, and while no definite infor
mation can be had at this time of tne
nour of the funeral. It will probably
occur from the residence of C. L.
Parker, 908 F street, sometime this
afternoon.
Mr. Jont* had a large circle of
friends in this city who will join the
New* in extending condolence.
SHOT DAUGHTER FOR BURGLAR.
Charlie Morria Kills His Child Near
Wrlghtsville.
Wrightsville, Ga., Oct 4.—News has
just reached town stating that Charlie
Morris, a negro, shot and killed his
daughter Saturday night, thinking she
was a burglar.
It seems that the girl was walking’
in her sleep, and had gone out into
the yard and was coming back into
the house through an open window.
OhaTlie hailed her twice, and aa she
did not answer, he shot her.
She lived only a few hours.
GREAT COAL STRIKE AND EUEI FAMINE
NOW ATTRACTING ATTENTION ©E THE WORLD
;EXTRA SESSION
| MAY BE CALLED
ROOSEVELT URGED TO CON
VENE CONGRESS TO SETTLE
THE BIG STRIKE.
Governor Stone Will Probably be Or
dered to Washington at Once,
to Confer With President
on tlie Situation.
Washington, OH., t It was an
non in ed hero today that Governor
Stone tuny be railed to Washington
immediately to confer with the presi
dent and others in referenee Iti the
coal strike.
President Roosevelt today received
many telegrams from nil sections of
the country requesting him to call a
special session of congress in order
to settle ('no strike, which is now
causing a feu I famine in all sections.
Roosevelt stilled that lie would con
skier tint matter ami would make his
decision early next week, lie seems
to favor a special session.
Prominent people of Washington
and els< wiiet'e are of the opinion that
this ia the only way a settlement, can
lie reached.
A meeting will probably be held
'ere Monday or Tuesday iu which
i'i i sklent Roosevelt., Governor Stone
and others will lie pressnt.
REV. PARKER WILL GO
TO SOUTH AFRICA.
He l Now In Brunswick Preparing for
the Trip.
Rev. 1!. J. Parker, of Nyaeli, N. Y.,
is spending a lew days in the city
tin guest id bis sister, Mrs. J. it.
Tmt.
it v. Parker is now engaged In mis
ionary work and will sliorfly leave
for Hie province of Lovdon, South
Africa on a mission. He is now pre
paring for Hie trip and yesterday pur
chased a large supply of drugs, etc.,
from Morgan's drug store.
Rev. Parker will remain in the city
for several days and will then go to
New York and from there will lake
a steamer and atari, on hut trip to
South Africa.
FOR AMERICA'S CUP.
Llpton intimate;, that He will Soon
Send Another Challenge.
New York, tut. i.— "Y v ou may ex
pect to hear something about the chal
lenge fen the Air. rh n ,s eup iu a week
or eight days."
This was a statement made by Sir
Thomas Dipton to a group of acquaint
a rices yesterday : ays a London dis
paiteh to The Hoi aid.
A. W Maconochie. member of par
liament, who is tlie. largest army eon
tractor In Great Britain, was with the
baronet at the time. fie i; sailing
for America on the Fuerst Bi dinar -it
on business, which lie said will affect
the interests both of America and
which he would not di dose.
Fhrtaml. hut the ,we t nature of
Mr Maconochii it will he rcim-m
tiered, gave a dinner to J P Morgan
at the house of commons. Prom to it
an nor resulted -so the friends of M
Maconochie assert —Ole arrangetne it
made by the shipping combination
with the English government.
That .Mr. Maconochie has another.,
raijil there is not i.be slightest dotifit.
That it has to do with Sir Thomas
Upton's challenge, the correspondent
declares he lias good reason to ><■*
lieve.
This reference Is gathered from the
following conversation: '
“When does your steamer reach
New York, Maconochie? ’ inquired the
baronet of the member for Aberdeen
shire.
"Next Friday, was the reply,
“Well, by that time," resumed Sir
Thomas, “you will hear something of
a challenge.”
Fatal Rear End Collision.
Washington, Oct. 4. —A rear end col.
Hsion between two freight trains on
the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Bal
timore railway and the other on the
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Poto
mac railway, occurred this morning
on the outskirts of the city resulting
in the death of Fireman Y. S. Keys and
Engineer J. S. Purdue.
BRUNSWICK, GA., SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 5, 1902.
TRUST MORGAN
HELPS IRE POOR
GREAT RAILROAD MAGNATE TO
DISTRIBUTE 50,000 TONS
OF COAL.
People of New York are Puzzled at
His Liberal Action—Coal is
Still Going Up in the
Metropolis
New York. Oot. -I -u, Pie,pout
Morgan, Hie great railroad magnate,
acting in the mime of tile ship trust,
today announced that lie will import
rai,lino lons of Welch coal, which will
he given to t'ho poor people and pub
lic and charitable iustitiilions of New
York.
The treasury department at Wash
ingtou has been advised that 100,mm
tons of anthracite coal is now at Mon
treat ready to lie shipped to this conn
try at a moment's notice.
Tne people are very much puzzled
at the action of Pierpimt. Morgans
gift ami do not. underslaud waul he
intends to gain by his liberality.
Goal took another slight rise here
today and ia now almost entirely out
of the people's reacli, ami I lie supply
is also limited. 'I hi' situation is, h,
deed, a serious one, and with Uie win
ter coining on with coal at. such a
high price, mucli suffering h< re is ex
peeled to bo the result.
WORKING FOR MONUMENT.
Dr. Burrough In Atlanta to Get Sub
scription For It.
111. YV. Berrien Burroughs, of Britu
wieii, president, of the Ogleluorpe
Monunn-nt Association, s in Atlanta
lor the purpose of soliciting Binds to
ereH: a monument In the memory of
General .lames Edward Oglethorpe,
founder of the colony of Georgia.
Since Ins arrival in the eily in. Bur
roughs lias mol will, great encourage
ment and lias received several sub
stantial subscriptions.
In view of tlie fact that t.uere Is no
filling stone or bronze to perpetuate
the memory of General Oglethorpe,
it is deemed proper that some nionu
mint be erected to one Who, by his
self sacrificing spirit., made the state
of Georgia possible.
St. Simon School.
Honor roll Frederica school. Miss
Ma.la McDonald, teacher. Maud Tay
lor, Do rot. n y Si evens, Potter Gould,
i'a I vert Slowarl, Froderlck Stewart,
Warn u t Hull, Daniel Vaile, Richard
Gould, Karl Wallace, Dairy Crider,
Martin Boyle, Claud Grider, Rufus
Thompson.
DREYFUS YIELDS TO
MADAM ZOLA’S PLEA
Paris, October 4. The funeral of
Emile Zola Sunday promises to bn of
Hie most imposing character. A m a- j
jority of tlie socialist and labor groups
and several student associations have ,
decided io send delegation-. T,‘*e per-'
feet of police is organizing extensive
measures to preserve order.
Contrary to previous announce
ments,Dreyfus wiii not. attend Zola's fu
neral. This decision was taken as
the result of au Interview with Mad-j
ame Zola, whom he visited today.!
Mrni*. Zola pleaded wilh Dreyfus n*>t. !
to participate in the ceremony, lie
cause nig preeenee might lead to dis
orders.
Drqyfus was anxious to attend the 1
funeral, considering it a duty which I
ho owed to the memory of Zola; hut i
tlie widow expressed to him her ap- J
prehensions that unseemly demonstra- j
ions might occur if ho attended, both '
during the ceremony at the cemetery
arid afterward. “The prefect of po
lice,” she said, "is also iu fear that
your presence may lead to distur
bances, aud for nothing in the world
would I have the funeraf of my la
TROOPS SEEDED
ays CEIL EOBIS
TWO CONFERENCES HELD IN
WIt.KESBARRE YESTERDAY
BY THE OPERATORS
Arrangements Made for Special Trains
to Convey Them to Places
Where They Are Needed
at Once.
Wilke:,harre, Pa. Oct. and. i'li.- coal
opt raters held two lengthy confer
ernes here today wilh General Goliin
relative to Hie '.strike situation.
At lie meeting if was arrange,| lor
a system of special I rains to nish the
troops wlicri' needed.
General Gojiin say lie e.ilire si,ale
•roups of Pennsylvania is needed at
pre-will and he has liomied every
commanding; iillicii ,o Hit ; . i-v i e <■ of
Isi slate In he. ready to an: w. i im
mediately to any call.
The :dlake is as far tioni a ■ Hie
menl today as il was we.-kc ago a id
tlie end rail lull he conshhacd m
sigul by any means.
ULAL CLOSED YESTERDAY.
Dempsey Schley Purchases the Old
Quaker Village.
Jam,.;, ||. T'enueßsey, who was at
•he head of the Quaker s colony, which
was Militated in Camden county, and
known as Union Village, was in the
cii.v y slerday and the deal for the
purchase ol Ihe property by Dempsey
Schley and others was closed Uuanign
Messrs. Brohstun, Fendig and Com
pany.
The news of thlH sale and Ihe pur
pose of the purchasers has been pre
viously published in uese columns.
Mr. Schley and ills associates intend
to make too place one ol Ihe luadl.iesl
winter resorts in this section ol the
state. The place is noted tor its line
Hshing and hunting and these gentle
men propose to erect handsome cot
tages on the land and make oilier num
erous improvements.
It. is stated fit at. many thousands ot
dollars will he expended on the place,,
and will he made a second JcKyl is
laud
ADDICKS DEFEATED IN
MARYLAND PRIMARY.
Wilmington, Del., Uctnher I Ga.
Addiek was defeated for the United
Stales Senate in the .Dels an primar
ies today. That is to say in the eon
test for places in the legisl.ilure of
the state. Sufficient unti-Addick. men
were, elected to insure the defeat of
the famous Delaware gas man.
mented husband marked by regret able
incidents."
Dreyfus, who displayed considera
bly emotion, responded:
“But they will say ! am hiding my
self That I am a coward. Yes, a
coward,” he repeated, "and you know
well I am not.’’
Mai'*. Zola again begged him, for
her sake, to abstain from attending
tne funeral, and finally Dreyfus gave
in and promised not to attend. Mme.
Zola weepingly thanked him for tue
sacrifice.
Tne general opinion here is th*l M
Dreyfus acted most wisely in accord
ing to Mme. Zole's prayer to absent
himself from Ihe funeral of her hus
band, which is to held Sunday. This
ceremony would, otherwise, undoubt
edly have been the occasion of un
seemly incidents and, perhaps, of ser
ious disorders.
Out of his groat fortune, Zola willed
• competency io a mysterious, with
two sons whom it is said he visited
*aeh day while aJive.
This clause of the case will be in
vestigated later.
HUNDREDS WILL
ED 081 MONDAY
STRIKE IN BIRMINGHAM MINES
IS NOW GROWING QUITE
SERIOUS.
Prc ideal Flynn Says That All Miners
Who Refuse to Pay the Assess
ment Will Be Ex
pelled,
Birmingham, Ala., October ■!.- Prea
■ lent Flynn of Ihe Unite.| Mine Work
'•>'*; of America for 1h mst riel. of Ala
bama, sl: 11.11 today that lie had issued
o- for all the miners ol the Ten
:i■ Goa:, Iron and Railway Cout
pauv at the Him Greek and Ttlooton
i" no; to .an,peml work on Monday
le'xi. ,\bout I,(lull men will he, invol-
Vl 'U. Whii a added lo those already out
in Ihe I'rail. mines division, will make
Hi" tidal number of strikers over
■l.udd. Tln strike grows out: of the
r's'i al m the company to wituhoid
a : i : aments made by the Miners' Un
ion I'm flu* aid hrneile strikers from
ihe wages ol those miners who oh
j< i I In paying it.
Presidi.ui I'l.* an , a .all millers who
i hi,. * lo pa.i the assessment will be
"■leile i. Officials id the Miners’ tin
ion in i.e, making a canvass among
Iho miners of , ~o Bloo* Sheffield Gum
pany.
MORE RAIL 3 COMING
FOR THE B. & B. RAILROAD
Schooner Edgar Ross is Expected in
Port Tomorrow.
The schooner Edgar Ross, loaded
wilh sleel rails and fastenings for the
Brunswick and Birmingham railroad
is expected iu port tomorrow.
| The st homier will lie moored at Ihe
Atlantic Giiasd Mint? wharves and the
rails will Iu: unloaded as rapidly as
P" Hip Tie e rails will lie used iu
creeling the line of uie If. & It. to
connect with the Atlantic & Bir
mingham. willi which luail track ar
rangements 'have recently been made.
.
LIGHT VOTE IS ONLY HOPE.
Republicans in Alabama Will Make
Hard Fight.
Birmingham, Ala , On. 4. While the
Ueiv whit, to ;.iihth all parly lias madu
nominal ice lot eungri.s In all of tho
nim Aluiiama (11-irirls, the consorvv
live lead' ,ii (lie parly are willing to
admit that a really serious tight will
he niade in only two of them —tho
lnuiTh and th. seventh When the
Democratic party was torn up a few
years :i ■ o hv Ihe seei sen of the Pop.
uh: is the ail,, and opponents of Hie or
ganlzed DeinociaG carried these two
di.friri: They were subsequently
led' enied. howev r and two good deru
' I'.R. Hon. Sydney J. Bowie, of Tal
ladega, and Hon. John Bn * nett, of
G and. Pi n are their represcuiatives in
congress ,
I'he UiTiuidieans in these districts
-are .any.ng their hopes on the small
vote iti l in the recent primary, as
compared to the registered vote In the
counties in these districts. In tho
fourth district the vote in the primary
last month was C.C2B, while the regis
tered vote was 15,1127, in the seventh
district Ihe riilTeicnee was even wid
er, the vote in August being 0.234 and
the registered vote tM.Ultf. Statistics
show that, in no election, is more than
Si) per cent of the vote ever polled,
and, with the other 20 per cent anl
those who failed to pay their |>oll tax
es snbtiacted, it will be seen that if
Mr. Bowie ieceives as many votes a.4
were <*a t In hi t month's Democratic
primary he will win easily.
Tlie stains in the seventh district
Is not so encouraging, hut the fact that
there is u Republican nominee and an
independent candidate to divide the
anti-Doinocratie vote, that Mr. Burnett
may ini /o no difficulty in succeeding
himself. He is exceedingly popular
with tlie men of all parties in his lls
triet. and thoughtful politicians Consid
er that his chance lg better than that
of either of Ins opponents.
A spirited campaign all along tho
line will be commenced in a few days,
the first big Repnbliiinii gun to he fired
at Russellville by Hon J. W. A. Smith,
Republican nominee for governor, on
October 6.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
B, & B, OFFICIALS
ARE IN IDE CUE
PRESIDENT' HYDE AND COL. MA
CHEN ARRIVED YESTERDAY
FROM NEW YORK.
rapid p.wGRLss or i he road
It Will Soon Have Its Line to Ocilla,
Irvinville and Other Places
With Many Connections in
the Wiregrass.
President G. L. Hyde of tne B. &
B. Railway company, and President
10 0. Machen of the B. & 13. Construc
tion Company, arrived in the city
yesterday and spent tlie day looking
over the property of the company iu
this city.
T'lio gentlemen were very busy ves
ta rd ay ami during the corning week,
will lake a trip over Cue line ot tne
road.
Our people are beginning to fully
realize tin* benefits of the Brunswick
<v BirmThgTiam railroad to our good
city. Without Hie usual tusa ami
bluster tnaf attends such matters the
B. it it. has gained contract rights by
which it uses thirty miles of the At
lantic and Birmingham road irom
Nichols to Wray, which puts the B. &.
LI. willtin eleven miles of Ociha. A
cargo of rails is due here now to
complete tats link and thus put the
B. ii. B. into Fitzgerald and lrwtuville,
especially ..s it is understood that
the B. &. li. have bought and really
now control tne (Ten la and lrwinviile
railroad.
The tact was published several
months ago that the It. & B. would
lake over the Tilton and northeas
tern when the former reached Ocilla.
By this connection anew line will be
opened to i mnnasville and southwest
Georgia. '
At the present time divisions of
rates and percentages are in force
between Brunswick and ail lire west
and northwest over the B. w B. and
its connections. This will he very
grai dying news to the entire city and
to Hie wiregrass region that is thus
opened up to Brunswick. Our mer
chants are canvassing al! of mat sec
tion and there can he no question but
that our wholesale and retail business
will greatly increase from now on.
Brunswick lias aa abiding faith ia
Inc B. & B.
MACEDONIAN INSURRECTION.
It Has Not Yet Spread to Any Serious
Extent.
Constantinople, Oct. 4. —The insiir*
rectionaiy movement of Macedonia
does not appear to have spread to any
serious extent, although it is feared
that in some quarters the Turkish
measures for Its suppression may ex
asperate the villagers and cause neu
trals to join the revolutionists.
The Macedonian committee’s effort
to support the plans of its president,
General Tzontiecheff, for a general re*
volt ate handicapped by the hostil
ity of the adherents of Barafoff, the
former president, who refused all as
sistance to the new leader.
According to the news from Bulga
rian sources upwards of 500 Bulgari
ans were recently imprisoned in ths
Mon astir district.
Numerous arrests of Albanians were
made at C .stantinople during tha
progress .e Grand Duke Nicholas
of Russia through the city.
Two Killed In Collision.
Greenfield Mass., Oct. 4. —A passen
ger train on the Fitchburg division oS
the Boston and Maine railroad crash
ed into a switch engine at East Beer*
fieid today. The engineer of the train
arid a fireman of the switch engine
were killed and two others seriously
injured. Tho dead are George P.
Carpenter, fireman, and Engineer,
Wedgewood.
Heating Company Advances Prices.
New York, Oct. 4. —The New YOII4
Steam company, which supplies steam.
heat to over 500 residences and build
ings, and power and heat besides to
over 600 oßlces and other buildings,
with elevators, lias advanced its price
for heating and power 15 per cent on
account of the high price of coal.
Hearst For Congress.
New York, Oct. 4.—William R
Hearst, the well known newspaper
owner, has been nominated for congres*
by Tammany- The nomination weal