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THE BRUNSWICK VOLUME 2, NUMBER 22. SUITS TALKS OF SEVERAL ISSUES REPRESENTATIVE HAS SOME* THING TO SAY OF LOCAi. LEGISLATION. THE Cl IY COURT DISCUSSED Friends of That Tribunal Must Make a Good Showing or it Will Be Abolisred.—Other Mat ters Discussed. As Is wall known there has been a publication of two local bills refer ring to the city court of Brunswick. Ono of these bills is to abolish the court entirely, wnlle the other is to amend an act creating the court, ant from those interested in its publication the News is advised that ue proposed amendments go to the extent of fixing the jurors per diem at two doiiars, and making the clerk of the superior court ex-officio clerk of the city court. There being much local interest in this legislation, and the two bills eon fiicting, a News representative sought an interview with Representative Butts in reference to the matter. Mr. Butts said: *•'l can ony repeat what 1 stated in an interview published in your paper when I first announced my candidacy for the nomination. Personally, 1 fav or the court it has been in my judgment, a good institution and I sec no reason why it should be abolished, but this Is a question effecting the peo ple of this county alone, in which each citizen oil this oommuntty has an equal interest and should have an equal voice. During my candidacy, with the best lights before me, I then accepted public sentiment as being against the court, and announced un less the contrary was made dear to me, I would introduce and favor the passage of an act abolishing the court. No such showing has yet been attemp ted, and unless It is made 1 will, dur ing the early part of the session, in troduce and do my utmost to have passed an act abolishing the court.’ On being asked what he would con sider a sufficient showing that public sentiment was In favor of the court, he said: "I am not prepared to lay down any particular requirement. I believe I am fairly acquainted with my con Ftltuency and am reasonably capaci tated to judge as to whether any showing as might be made represent ed the public sentiment. It is now up to those favoring the court to make this showing, and while 1 am not prepared to prescribe the meets and bounds or a snowing, I will be prepared to say whether or not 1 consider it sunicient. •■ln regard to the other bill in refer cure to the court, as yet no applica tion has been made to me to introduce any such legislation. 1 saw the pub lication in your paper of an act tc amend the city court act, but the only information I have as to the particulai m which it s pprpoposed to amem that act is what from Mr. Harry du Bignon, clerk of the superior court, hag stated to me, and as yet i have given these matters very nttle con sideration. I will say, however, that ! can see no reason, if the city court Is to be retained, why the clerk of file superior court should not aiso be the clerk of the city court, in fact it appears to me that public convenience demands that such be the case. 1 puts all of our court records in the keeping of one official and saves the maintenance of two offices. "In reference to the jurors per diem the same efficient service, the same long attendance and the same qualifi cations are required of a city court juror as are required of a juror in the superior court, and, while 1 would not favor the passage of an act fixing any fixed per diem for a city court juror, 1 do think that they should receive the same compensation as is received by superior court jurors, and I would favor an act embodying tne provision, if, at any time, in the judgment of the grand jury, it snould be necessary to reduce the per diem of jurors serv ing in the superior court, then I think in like manner the per diem of the jurors of the city court shou.d be re duced, and therefore I would insist that the bill provide that the per diem of the city court jurors be the same as that received by jurors in the su perior court*” . . MOONS ECLIPiSE TONIGHT, Lunal Will Completely Hide Her Face. If tonight is clear, the man who re mains awake untii 10,17 o'clock will be able to see the eclipse of the moon. Boon after that time the eclipse will be total. The astronomers have fig ured it out on this way, and it. is also declared uiat on the following night, ne moon will enter the shadows at 11,17 and —e total eclipse will begin at i’7,19. Everyone knows >,iat the eclipse of the moon is caused by her passage through the earth’s shadow, 'this shad ow extends from the earth in exactly the opposite direction to the sun, anit, since tae sun is larger than the earth, it appears o“ a point which is about four times as lar away as —e moon's orbit. For an observer situated any where within it, the earth hides the sun completely. if the moon’s orbit were in the inane of the elliptic we would have an eclipse at every full moon. But as it is actually considerably inclined, the moon usually passes north or south of the shadow, aud so escapes eclipse. The circumstances of the eclipse are as follows, the dates being given in Eastern standard time: Moon enters penumbra October l(i. 10.17 p. m. Moon enters shadow October It*, at 11.17 p. m. Total eclipse begins October 17, 12,19 a. m. Total eclipse ends October 17, 1,48 a. m. Moon leaves shadow October 17 2.50 a. m. Moon leaves penumbra October 17. 3.50 a. m. It is well visible throughout the United States though on the Atlantic ■oast the eclipse will not ne over i.i. iil quite late There is little to be seen until some time after uie moon enters the penum bra, out before she reaches the shad ow proper the darkening on tier east ern limbs begin to show. l*oe shadow 1 itself begins to show almost black ai first, but aiter a little the edge ot the eclipsed purt of the moon begins to .-mow. Its color Is grayish near tin end of tile STiadow, but further in i> is deep copprey red, The ilhmaiuation is due to suuligh: reflected into the shadow uy the earth’s atmosphere, which acts like lens. Since this light has traversed many miles of air it is colored in the same way as that of the setting sun. Most of the light near the edge ox tne shadow has passed through but little air and is therefore not much col ored, but near the center we get the fnll benefit of the sunset tints. the brightness of the eclipsed moot varies greatly iri (efferent years, de pending on the weather in the region where the light passes through atmos phere. When this is cloudy much o. the light may be cut off as in 1894 when the moon was quite visible to the naked eye. Though the edge oi the shadow seems sharp to the naked eye, it ap pears very hazy in the telescope. Tc efiect is also due to one atmosphere, and deprives lunar ot much of . their astrnomical value, an, if tne phases could he stiarpely observed, they could oe used to determine longitude. On October 3U there is a partial eclipse of the sun, invisible in tills country, but visible in eastern Eu rope and throughout most of Asia. MIDDLETON STOCK COMPANY They Gave Two Very Good Perform ances Yesterday.—Faust Tonight. The Middleton Stock Company was the attraction at the Grand yesterday with a matinee and night perform At the former the bill was “East Lynne,” and the audience of ladies and chilren was a large one and ap preciated the production, which was especially well rendered. Last night the company presented “Jack’s Wife” to a fairly good house. TTits evening they will play “%aust ’ in accordiance with a request, the com pany will give a matinee Friday after noon, presenting “My Uncle From Japan.” For a popular priced company the aggregation is a good one. Scepter Going to Back. London, October 16. —The sportman says this morning it hears that unless she is sold prevlouly, R. S. Slever in tends to auction his filly, Scepter, on the day of the Cambridgeshire stakes at New Market, October 29. If the filly is not sold Mr. Slever himself wfTT run her for the Cambridgeshire stakes, " . BRUNSWICK, GA., THURSDAY CORNING, OCTOBER 16, 1902 i NEW REASON ! IS NOW ASSIGNED SAVANNAH DISCOVERS WHY THE DOWNING COMPANY DID NOT GO IN MERGER. A MORNING NIWSSTOKY. j It IS Alleged That the Paterson-j Downing Company Refused to ! Render Export Rights in This City. The Savannah Morning News, of j yesortlay, discussing the recent naval; slores combine says: Tile unwillingness of tin; Paterson | Downing Company to suriciu.er any j share of its independanoe as an ex- j portor of navel stores is reported In; be responsible for the withdrawal of; the Downing Company ol Brunswick.; from joint action with the other con-; corns that entered into the composition! ol tlie Consolidated Naval >..ores Com ! puny. The Paterson Downing Company is a large holder of l lie stock of the Downing Company, and mere is good authority for the statement fnal Us! influence, cast on the other side o ! :he balance, determined the latter I company's action. The proffer ol a] community of interest or even close I connection with the Florida lv;pni\ Company (he exporting branch ot the Consol Id s( si N'aial Hi ores Company! which was made trie Putorson-l lowio I ing Company, was declined, and fol lowing this declination came that of tlie Downing Company. This action must have come as a considerable surprise to the officers ot the Consolidated Naval Stores Com pany, for in all the gatherings that preood-'d its recent. Informal organiza tfijh i'n Jacl.sbifvifie, .Mr. Downing, president, of the Downing Company, took a prominent part. At Dial time it was dollnitey announced taut Iho Downing Company would enter the comsolidatii'n, tnaugli it would mil as would (lie other companies affecle.: completely liquidate it: separate bus iness. It was noticable, however, that at the Jacksonville meeting ne Brock war i assigned to Mr. iiowuin;:'. nor was lie J olyisen on ('no board of du tom. inr I indicated indeelsi n and tlie failure of tne necnluiiions with the Palirson- Dmvnln;-; Company miqm sliomibiy set tled ilie Downlnga Company's deter mination to keep out of tlie combine. MINERS AL_ WANTING * FOR END OF STRIKE N"y York, October 15.- When the miners’ strike shall have been official ly declared .at an end the full force of 148,000 men will report tor duty wit'n fn 24 hours, says a World special from Wilki 11 Jirre, Pa. Seventy-live thousands tons of coal e'en be mined, it is believed, and be ready lor shipment in is hours, and tie amount inere •it. 0.1 to Pin, quo or 125.000 tons a day at the end of a wool.. II can lie moved to New York and oilier Atlantic cities in 36 hours from the irn- it is brought, from the mim s. A fact that acorns to indicate prepar ation on tlie part of the coal opera tors to transport coal in large quanti ties is the arrive! at coal shipping centres of an increased 'number of cars. .. .. | FEAST OF TABERNACLES. “Succoth’' Observed in the Temple Beth Tefiloh Last Night. “Succoth,” or the feast of Taber nacles, was observed with appropriate services at tlie temple Beth Tefiloh last night. Itablii Warsaw delivered an nniiK ually strong sermon and the congre gation was a large one. The musical features of the program were especially well rendered and were! enjoyed by those present. The News is requested to announce that services will be held at the syn-! agogue this morning. Mails Delayed by Strike St. I,ouis, Mo., October 15.- Owing to the strike of baggage and mail handlers at the union 'station, there are more Inan 500 leather pouches of letter mail and more than 2,Odd sacks I |of paper, which missed connection with outgoing trains !OFFICERS OF HEW CONCERN ELECTED —i — FIRST MEETING OF BRUNSWICK & BIRMINGHAM CONSTRUCT ION company. 4$ DIRECTORS ALSO SELECTED. j Something of tlie Objects, Aims and Purposes of This Great Brunswick Industrial Organization. ! I be Brunswick & Birmingham Ile jvclupineiit Company held Its first an | mml meeting at tlie office of Brob j sum, Fondlg ft Company yesterday j muring. I*. niacin n and J. S. Dry den, lor TCow York and F. TC. Twitty, Ed , win I irobston and Albert, Fondig, oi ! Brunswick, were elected as directors, ! ami E. <5 Maclien was elected pres , blent, hid win lirobston, vice presi-, ! dent, Albert Fentlig, secretary, and E. D. Walter, treasurer. This company was organized with a capital stock ot' SIOO,OOO for the purpose of forwarding the develop i nuyit of line territory along the line of jibe Brunswick ft Birmingham railroad land its branches. I , I 1 hey expect to lay off towns and develop cities already limit in every lig.timato way possible. They will engage extensively in ad jvertiiiing tne advantages 01 the ler ! l itory of the Brunswick ft Birming ham, and will encourage the bringing in settlers and other business that generally help lino country. Already lids company lias received large, donations oif land and town lots from enterprising land owners who are keenly alive to the good - hk'l.i tills company can do in I lie com munities in which they lake hold. Among other linings which tills com pany will do is In take some of the best towns on their route and give them ine widest advertising similiar to tlie work Doing done by Brobston, F mlig ft Company at Douglas. Ga. This company expects to make ils prulils out of increased values of land Ito be opened and developed by itself j’and the building of the B &. B. road. The !!. Aili. Construction Com-, pfthy is a large stockholder in the Development Company and wita Col- Maclien at its back there is no ques tion that, it will be a powerful influence in foe development of this section. BOER LEADERS BITTER. Significant Comment On England By General Botha’s Wife. Paris, October 15.-—The Boer gen <ials remained at their hotel most of the day. In the afternoon they drove around the city and in the evening they went to tlm town hall, where they were welcomed and received by the president and other officials of Ine municipality. The daughter of a proinient Amer ican official who lias become intimate with the wives of the Boer generals was entertained today in Mrs. Botha’s private drawing room, wnere tne gen eral’s wife showed the American girl three photographs—first, General Botha’s beautiful home in the Trans vaal, surrounded hy trees and stock, I second, a snapshot of the house in j Panics, third, the smouldering ruins I <if the general's home. Mrs. Botha said: . •‘The first picture shows ns before xvngiish civilization, the second de ! picts 11s during tlie process of ci vill i'zation, and the third represents ns | after English civilization had been ex- j I tended to us.” 1 | The incident indicates the real sen-j fiment, of the Boer leaders. Entertaining the Crown Prince. i Washington, October 15. — The crown prince of Siam was taken for a drive today to Fort Myer, where the troops gave him an exhibition of their 'skill in cavalry tactics. Later, accom panied hy Assistant Secretary of the State Pierce and his entire suite, he boarded the Sylph and then visited Mount Vernon. Tonight he was given 1 a dinner by professor J. H. Gore, of ' Columbia university * „ -wr- WEDDED LAST NIGHT. Nuptials cf Miss Daisy Goldsmith and, Mr. Ansley Harby. Miss Daisy Deane Goldsmith, of this city, and Mr. Ansley Davis tiarby, of Sumter. S. 0., were united in the holy bonds of wedlock at tne 'home of the bride’s parents, Air. and Mrs. L. Goldsmith, last night, Rev. Rede, of St. Mark’s Episcopal church, offi ciating. 1 111 reference to tlie wishes of the contracting parties, the wedding was a quiet home affair, and was only at tended hy the immediate members of the family. Miss Goldsmith is one of the most lovable of Brunswick's many charming girls, is imbued with many social graces and is loved by a large circle of friends in ths etty and in other sections where she has visited. Mr. Harby is among the most prom inent young business men in his home city and is held in the highest es teem. Mr. and Mrs. Harby had contemplat ed an extended bridal tour, but, ow ing to fhe very recent death in the family of the groom, same lias beein postponed until a later date, and they lelt lust night for Sumter. A number of very pretty wedding presents were received by these pop ular young people. The News extends congratulations. HIS FATHER HEARTBROKEN, Uriah Traphagen Carries Body of Sui cide to New York. Savannah, Ga., October 15.—Uriah Trepagen, of Newburgh, N. Y„ reach ed L.uaiinaii Ltis morning, being call ed here hy the news 01 the suicide of his son, Alfred Traphagen, alias Albert Taft, who shot himself through the heart at the Hotel DeSota last Saturday n.iglit The elder Traphagen was almost heartbroken over the death of his son a mere lad. Tlie boy was but eight pen, the father said, and for a month his parents had not known of his whereabouts. He had oeen employed by one of the big department stores of New York, from which he had dis appeared without leaving any intima tion of his purpose. It is said that he was a defaulter to the amount of sl,- 000, his own story having indicated such a shortage.. He unburdened him self to the local superntendent of tne Young Men's Christian Association, whom he apprised of his desire to re form. A woman of the half world, witli whom he had been infatuated, is said to have been tae lure that brought ill m sou Hi, The father left today for the north acconipaning the remains. ST. SIMON NEWS NOTES. Mill Theie is New Running on Full Time. St. Simon, October 15. — (Specitl Correspondence.)—The mills are run ning full time now and timber for saw ing is plentiful Three schooners are now loading lumber for northern ports The schools, both white and colored, are now down to routine work, with a full attendance. Rev. D. W. Winn, who is teaching the mill school, is proving an all round good teacher, and the children are very fond of him. Several of the cottages along th> beach nave recently been oroken into and furniture and other household goods carried off. The local author ities are making every effort to run the guilty ones to earth, with a fair chance of success, Tne Frederica school was agreebly entertained by a visit from Mrs. Dr. Lgieston yesterday. Kite gave the cuildren a very instructive talk on physiology. The ladies of fhe island have organ ized a society for the purpose of clean ing up and keeping in order the church yard at Frederica, under the name ot the Christ Church Memorial Association, with Mrs. J. H. Whitmire, president. Mis. John Stevens, treas urer, and Mrs, J. 1). Gould, secretary. After organzing they went to work with the vim ladies always display when they take hold cf anything ami each member formeu herself into Into a committee of one to solicit subscrip tons. Registration in Porto Rico. San Juan, P. 1., October 15.—Touay was the first registration day for the coming election in Porto Rico. Few serious conflicts have thus far been re ported. but thousands of protests have been lodged. In ad parts of the isl and members of the federal party re fused to register. SOUTHERN ELECTS NEW DIRECTORS MEETING WAS HELD IN HICH i MOND AND WAS LARGELY ATTENDED. VERY FEW CHANGES MADE The Work of the Road of the Present for the Current Year Was Rat fied and Business Handled. Richmond, Va.. October 15.—At the annua! stockholders meeting of the Southern Railway Company, held In the company's offices here today twelve directors were ejected, clas sifted as follows. Directors of tlie first, class, elected for term of one year, Alexander B. Andrews, Raleigh, N. C.; Joseph-Bryan Richmond, Samuel B. Inman, Atlanta, Robert M. Gallnway, New York. Directors of the second class, el ected for a term of two years, Ad rian Iselin, Jr., New York, Edmund D. Randolph, New York, Janies T. Woodward, New York. Directors of the third class, elec ted for term of three years, Harris C. Fahneterm. New York, William VV. Finley, Washington, Samtiei Spencer, New York, Charles Steele, New York. The lease of tne property of the Southern railway, Carolina division, to the Southern Railway Company, was ratified. Tile acts and proceedings of the board or directors since the last an nual meeting were ratified and ap proved. KILLED TWO MEN; WOUNDED ONE Perry Mitchell Uses Gun V ith Deadly Effect at Madison. Madison, Oa., October 15.—Ferry Mitchell, a young white man, living in the upper part of the county, snot and killed Walter Booth, of this city, and Aubry llamby, of Fair Play, both white, this afternoon Booth was shot through the heart, and died instantly. Hamby was shot, several times in the body and died from his wounds shortly afterwards. There were live shots fired by Mitch ell. A stray hall from Mitchell’s re volver struck a negro and inflicted a severe wound in his left arm. After the shooting Mitcbed was caught and lodged in jail. The cause of me trouble seems to have been a falling out between Mitchell and lfamhy over some whis key. Both were drinking and it is impossible to tell, at this time, who was in the wrong. The killing of Booth was accidental, as Hamby claims he had. nothing against Booth. All of the partly are prominent in the county. OVER SIOO,OOO FOUND IN A DESK IN NEW YORK. New York, October 16.—A fortune of over sloh,cioo was found today in the desk of Police Captain J. j". Donahue, at his desk in the station house, where he dropped dead la week. The sum of $25,000 in casn was found in a small iron box in a drawer and a diamond jewelry valued at SII,OOO in cfuuTTig a solitaire ring worth $1,500, was found in another drawer. iae rest of the property In eluded $15,000 in In WetropoMtan Railway stock, and five life insurance policies of s2,xuo gsm. The discovery of the treasury was a complete surprise, the captain having been thought, to he worth about $75,000 in other property. A BOWERY “BOUNCER” KILLED., “One-Eyed Ltd” Shot to Death in a rtestau rant. New York, October 15. —Charles Curran, a Bowery “bouncer” known as "One-Eyed Red,” was shot and killed early today in a restaurant on the Bowery. Andrew Campigiia, a waiter, is under arrest charged with the shoot ing. The motive is not known. Cur ran was 35 years old and came to this city from Philadelphia eight years ago. The Weather. Forecast for today in Georgia: Fail; and colder- 1 . u