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THE BRUNSWICK JNs2 VOLUME 1 NUMBER 55. BIG DAMAGE SUIT NAS BEEN FILED ♦ Mrs. Heidt, Formerly of This City, is the Plaintiff Mrs. R. E. Heidt, formerly of this city but now of Woycross has entered suit for the death of her husband as the following from the Waycross Jour nal will show: "Suit has been entered at the clerk’s office ot'the Ware sup erior court for the coming November term' against the Satilla Manufactur ing company and the Southern Tele phone and Telegraph company for damages sustained in the death of R. E. Heidt on the night of May 15 resul ting from contact with a telephone wire on Jane street. Toomer and Reynolds apper for Mrs. Heidt. widow of the deceased. It is avowed in the allegations that on the night of May 15, the said de ceased was walking along Jane street and without warning ran against a telephone wire that had fallen to the ground nd was hanging over an eiec tric wire charged with a deadly cur rent and that the shock knocked tne deceased down, he fell across the wire aml.asa result, death ensued. It is al.edged that the Satilla Com pany was negligent that it failed to establish and maintain a safe and proper guard wire and other appropri ate protecting devices between its wires and those of the Telephone Cos. Tout it failed to have its wires prop erly insulated. That the transformer should have been on the opposite side of the street where the "tap” wire be gan. to reduuee the current of the "tap” wire which was loosely strung across the street. That tnis elec tric wire was in dangerous and un. lawful proximity to the telephone and hat it had rubbed against a sycamore tree where it came in con tact with the telephone wire till the insulation had rotted anfl Worn off. The Telephone Cos. it also charged with negligence in not maintaining a guard wire, with having wire loosely arid carelessly drawn through tours of trees and with having poles 170 feet apart whereas they should have been 120 feet, and with having its wires from six inches to 2U. feet an unlawful distance, from the elec tric lignt wires. * It Is alk-dged that both companies knew of these conditions. The suit it for the value of R. E. Heidi's life. ' MINERS HOLD MEETINGS. Delegates Selected to Mine Workers' Convention. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Oct. 18.—All the locals throughout the anthracite coal fields are engaged today in electing delegates to the mine workers’ conven tion to be held In the Nesbitt theater here next Monday for the purpose of considering the acceptance of the plan of arbitration submitted by President Roosevelt. These meetings are being held In accordance with the call seat out yesterday by the three executive boards. There is nothing on the surface at this time to indicate that the arbitra tion scheme will not be accepted. Pres ident Mitchell knows the sentiment of the men and would not have agreed to the proposition had he any doubt that a delegate convention would not ratify his action. There will be ob jection raised on the floor of the con vention to certain features of the plan, but they will not lx- of a serious na ture. "It would be a remarkable body,” said one of the union "’! eight hundred men in convention were of the same mind on aii features of this struggle,” One of the many obstacles to be sur mounted by the union Is that of find ing work Immediately for ail the strik ers. Every man wants his old place back, but as the companies have de cided to take care of all men who have stood by them during the strike, there will be some disappointments. This matter will be fought out on the floor of the convention Officers of the un ion are confident that there will be s.n amicable adjustment of this matter. It is probable the delegates will de cide to care for all men who are not given work at once. * Will Follow Mitchell’* Advice. Mount Carmel. Pa., Oct 58.—Twen ty meetings of locals of the Unitea Mine Workers were held in sec tion today and delegates to the Wilkes harre convention were chosen. In nearly every instance the delegates ■were Instructed to follow the advice of President Mitchell and the district officers. Kruger Is lnfir#l New York, Oct. 18.—Cabling from Mentone, the correspondent of The Times says former President Kruget looks infirm and that the length of hi. etay in the Riviera will depend on hit health. OLD CASE SETTLED. Had Bean Pending In Court For Twen ty Years. ColunVbua, Ga., Oct. 18.—The Jury in the case of Mrs. J. O. Christian vs the Columbus and Rome Railroad company aft Hamilton, Ga., hat brought In a verdict for $20,000 dam ages for the plaintiff. Mrs. Christian's husband was killed at Ohipley, Ga., In 1883 by the agent of the Columbus and Rome road. The agent was tried for murder and was acquitted. Mrs. Christian sued the road for damages, it being alleged that Christian was transacting rail road business, having called to sec the agent regarding freight, when killed. The oas® hap been In the supreme court three times. Several years age Mrs. Christian was given a judgment for SIB,OOO. The Columbus and Rome road has no money in the treasury it is a toad 50 miles long and has been a part of the Central of Georgia sys tem a number of years. TRAIN CREW ARRESTED. Placed In Mexican Jail For Running Over Two Men. Bisbee, Ariz., Oct. 18. —Two Mexi cans were run over by a train at Agna Prieta, across the international line from Douglass, Ariz.. yesterday. One was killed and the other badly injur ed. The trainmen were immediately ariested and placed in the Mexican jail. They are Ed. Patterson, engin eer; Fred. McDonough, fireman; Geo. McCorse, yardmaster. and F, H. Kidd, switchman. Excitement is Intense at Douglass. Superintendent Morgan persuaded a party of railroad men not to cross the line and liberate the Americans. BULLETS FIRED INTO HOUSE. Inmates Escape by Taking Refuge Be hind Furniture. Waycross, Ga., Oct. 18. —More than a hundred bullet* were fined into a house in the Tenderloin by parties concealed in a thicket near by. The Inmates escaped by crawling behind trunks and beds. One ball passed through a SGOO pi ano, while others practically riddled the mirrors, furniture and clothing. Rewards of $135 have been offered for the arrest of the guilty parties, and an additional reward of SIOO for the ayest of parties who fire into tlwi house in the future. Gave Morphine by Mistake. Elberton, Ga., Oct. 18.—The infant of I)r. and Mrs. B. F. Smith is dead from the effects of morphine given by mistake for calomel. The child had not been well for a day or two, and Mrs Smith decided that a dose of cal omcl would bring it around all rigid, and the medicine was accordingly given. In a short time the effects of the poison began to show and it was then the mistake was discovered. Ev ery effort was made to gave the child hut without avail, death soon claiming the little one. VETERANS BUY DAVIS HOME. • Historic Beauvoir Is Sold For Sum oi SIO,OOO. Jackson, Miss., Oct. 18.—The last official act of the Sons of Veterans he fore final adjournment today was lße payment of SIO,OOO to Judge A. C. Me Kimbiough, the personal representa tive of Mrs. Jefferson Davis, for Beau voir. the historic home of the late president of the confederacy. A message was sent to IWrs. Davis, who is in New York, thanking her fo/ the generosity displayed in offering the property for SIO,OOO and extending blessings and best wishes. Some time since Mrs. Davis was of fered $90,000 for Beauvoir by a syn dicate of capitalists, who desired It for speculative purposes. ATE POISONED BERRIES. Dead Body of Man Found in Coen Crib Near Clayhatchee, Ala. Montgomery, Ala.,.Oct. 18.—A dead boa.'i was found In a corn crib neat Clayhatchle, in Dale county, whloh proved to be that of a man named busby. Investigation showed that he had been found unconscious in tßc road by some negroes, who put him in the crib and left him. It further ap peared -rom some poison berries that were found near the place, where he had vomited in his Illness, that he hAd eaten the berries and died from their effect. , Gilman, Son & Cos. Assign. New York, Oct. 18/—Theodore Oil man and Witithrop Gilman, composing the firm of Oilman, Son & Cos., bankers and brokers ot this city, ivhose failure was announced yesterday afternoon, today assigned for the benefit of cred itote to Balnbridge Colby. Upset Lamp While Praying. Chattanooga. Tenn., Oct. 18. —Hattie Johnson, 15 years old, a negro girl, while rising from saying h-.r prayer*, before retiring, upset a lamp which ex ploded, igniting her clothing. She died from BRUNSWICK, GA., SUNDAY MORNING OCTOBER 19 1902. THE COMMITTEE NINE EXPLAIN t They Cloim Their Work Does Not Mean Nominationi To the Citizens of Brunswick: A3 there seems to be some misun derstanding as to the action of those who arbitrated the question as between N. Emanuel and R. R. Hopkins as to which of them should become a candi date for mayor, we desire to fully ac quaint tne public with the facts. Mr. Emanuel and Mr. Hopkins were both being prominently mentioned as candidates for the office, and having been personal and political friends, did not, desire to oppose each other in a general contest. Exercising their rights as free American citizens, they desired to ask a number of their mu tual friends in whose judgement and discretion they had confidence, to say which one of them these friends thought ought to make the race as be tween the two. without any reference to any other candidate, or prospective candidate, and without any way seek ing to bind the people of Brunswick. To this end they addresed a request ’to the undersigned and to A. 1,. Frank" lia and J. T. Coison, the former now being ill at his home and Mr. Colson ing absent from the city, to consider and determine the questi n. It was expressly slated in this communication that the action of the committee should not be treated as an attempt at making a nomination. Any think ing man can -recognize that it was not an agreeable task for us to decide this matter, as all of us were political and personal friends of both of the gentlemen, and our sole object was to cooperate with the spirit shown by them, which was to avoid as between them and their friends, a heated politi cal campaign. No one ha<l the slightest purpose or desire, to interfere in any way in Brunswick tharolu fafwy w ww wwwb the ree choice by the citizens ol Brunswick of a Mayor. We simply complied with the request of these gentlemen, nothing more, nothing less.. Yours respectifully, J. E. du Blgnon. . Jtio. E. Dutlberly. * H. F. du Bignon, F. E. Twitty. C. D. Ogg. W. F. Symons. R. S. Pyles. Skyscraper for Savannan. Savannah, Ga., Oct. IS. The Na tlonal Bank of Savannah ami the Og lethorpe Savings and Trust company jointly have purchased the Johnson property, at the corner of Bull and Broughton streets. They will erect an eight, or ten-story hank building, ( The purchase was made by .1. S. Col lins, who transferred the property to the hanking concerns. The considera tion is not made public. The work on the building will start as soon as plans can be prepared. Planlg Mil! Destroyed. Blakely. Os., Oct. 18.--The planing mill and five dry houses and contents at the extensive mill plant of the Flowers Bros.’ Lumber eompany, in the suburbs of the town, were destroy ed by fire Wednesday night. It is sup posed that a spark fnom the engine at the planing mill originated the fire The loss In buildings, lumber and ma chinery will amount to $20,000 to $25,- 000, with Insurance of SIB,OOO. Millionaires Are Restricted. New York, Oct. 18. Millionaires who are members of the Atlantic club in Piccadilly, will .not he allowed ’o lose more than $5,000 a week at play, according to rules, says a London dis patch to The Tribune. The. club will be a common meeting place for well known men and capitalists on both sideg of the Atlantic. Capitulation of Gonaives. Port an Prince, Haiti, Oct. 18.—The foreign consuls at Oonalves, the head, quarters of the revolutionists, have brought about the capitulation of that town, and it was subsequently occu pied by the government troops without any disorder. Monument Completed. I.aOrange, Oa„ Oct. 18. —The work on the confederate monument, erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy has been finished, and will be unveiled two weeks from today, October .10, during the state convention of that or ganization, which will be in session in this city at that time. Explosion in Mines. Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 18. —O-arlsio Carlo, a white miner in the Sayreton mines near here, was biown up yester day by an unexpected explosion of powder in his room in the mines, and died last night from the awful inju ries be received. Riolini Gauddenzio, his partner, was also injured, but '/ill reoover. THE SWEETS TO I FORM COMBINE! ■ —*— Big Candy Houses of the Nation Go Into a Deal I St. Louis. Oct. 18.—Ti’ile • Rational 1 Candy company, composed of candy firms all over the country, has been organized by the election of officers. St. I ouis will be the headquarters of the combine. O. H. Peckham, of this city, was elected president; A. .1. Wai. ter. secretary, and F. D. Howard, treasurer. Four vice-presidents were elected, as follows: i Peter Ecliert. president; John F. Gray, Detroit: Frank Sibley, Buffalo; V. L. Price, Chicago. The executive committee elected consists of H. I, Price, chairman; F. A. Menne, Louisville; J. E. Farley,' Chicago; Alfred Paris, Minneapolis; F. D. Seward. St. Louis; A. J. Walter, St. Louis. The president also is ex officio. a member. The combination is now In eflieot. TROOPS SURROUNb GONAIVES. Hoped Rebels Will Surrender Place and Prevent Attack. Port au Prince, Haiti, Oct. 18.—The report that M, Firmin, the revolution ! ary leader had embarked on the Unit- States cruiser Cincinnati, is confirm ed. | The troops of the provisional gov ernment. surround Oonaives, tile head quarters of the revolutionists. The Cincinnati, the French cruiser d'Attsas and the German cruiser Fa ike are off Oonaives for the protection of foreign interests. ! It is hoped that the revolutionists will surrender Oonaives and thus save the town from the damage and loss o! life which must result if the govern ment troops are compelled to attack the place. THREE CHILDREN CREMATED. ./-fed- Ben_ Locked In the House by * Their Mother. Tucstila, Miss., Oct. 18. —News Ims Just reached here of a fire near Kru ger, a small town 10 miles north of here, in which three children were Ini mod to death. Tile father, George Moon-bead, left for bis work In the woods, leaving his wife and the three children at his borne. The mother went to a neigh hors to gather some vegetanles. Upon her return she was horrified to see her home in flames. The children had | been locked in the house | Rebebllion Began Three Years Ago. Now York, Qet. 18.—Three years ago on Thursday, the present civil strife in Colombia was begun by Gen eral Bribe Tlribe, in Bucaramaga, de partment of Sant Ander. which town was captured by General Willimizar, then governor of Sant Ander, cables Tlie Herald correspondent at Panama The rebellion soon after spread ovef the republic and still continues. Veteran of Three Wars Dead. San Barba, Tex., Oct. 18.—S. R. Bostick, aged 63, is dead here. He was a veteran of the Texas war of in dependence, and was one of the three scouts Who captured Santa Anna, the Mexican dictator, after the battle of San Jacinto. He afterward served in the Mexican was of 1815, and in the civil war. Kitchener Goes to India. Txmdon, Oct. 18.---Lord Kitchener started for India today to take com mand of the British forces there. Tie goes by way of Paris and will visit Khartoum. Absolute secrecy was maintained regarding all the arrange ments of his departure, so ho got away unnoticed. MEN BLOWN TO ATOMS. Charge of Dynamite Explodes Prema turely In Alabama. Montgomery, Ala , Oct. 18.—An ad vertiser.special from Talladega, Ala, says: Asa result of a premature explosion of a (dialgo of dynamite four were killed, fragments of their bodies being scattered to a distance of several hun dred feet. The dead: i John A. Berger, foreman. Joe Martin, Horn Valley. William Wilson, Goodwater. Sam Donald, colored. The scene of the accident is 1<! miles southeast of this place on the Eastern Railroad of Alabama. The explosion occurred as an at tempt was being made by a gang of bridge builders to put off a shot with dynamite, but the exact cause of the premature explosion is not known. The four men were the only ones in the camp and no one was left to tafl the tale. THE PIUS FUND. Mexican Paper Comments Sharply on Decision at The Hague. Olty of Mexico, Oct. 18.— -El Tiempc a leading clerical daily newspaper here comments sharply on the decision tU The Hague iu the matter of the Pius fund. In a leading article El Tiempo says the court might have condemned Max, ico to pay an amount which would have ruined her without hesitation and parodying a celebrated phrase would have said: “Let nations perish, but let principles survive,” as if the future of the country were to he sub ordinated to the prejudices of four old men buried iu their studies and who do not know how many years of self sacrifice Mexico has had to pass to accumulate the sum in question which it intended to use to give increased impetus to its progress, but which, by a stroke of the pen it is forced to de liver up to California Bishops who, as the arbitrators well know, will employ it in anything but improvement of the unfortunate Indians in whose behalf they have claimed it. El impareiale, a liberal morning pa per, comments at lengtluou the decis ion, “which,” it says, "|ift|ives that the arbitrators were, though highly re spectable, not superhuman, although they made a sufficiently meritorious effort to ho impartial in declaring the interest must be paid in silver." UNKIAR-SKELTEASI TREATY. Report That Russia Proposes Revival of Same Discredited. Vienna, Oct. 17. —The Austro-Hun garian foreign office entirely discredits the report telegraphed from Bucharest, Roumania, to the London Daily Mail, that Russia has proposed to Turkey a revival of the Unkair-Skelteasl treaty of 1833, which established a Russian alliance under the terms of which (he government of Turkey un dertook, al Russia’s request, to e< elude in time of war ail foreign war ships from the Black sea, while Rus sia undertook, at Turkey's request, to furnish her aid by land and sea, if necessary. It is pointed out at the foreign of fice here that all the European powers are concerned in the existing treaties governing the passage to the Darda nelles Iforeign warships, and that it is impossible for Russia to modify them without the consent of the co signatories. The Russian embassador at Constantinople has also assured the foreign office In this city that no political matters were discussed dur ing the recent visit to the sultan of the Giand Duke Nicholas of Russia, wiio is said to have made the proposition referred to. WORLD’S PRODUCTION OF COAL. United States, Great Britain and Ger many Lead. Washington, Oct. 18.—The United States geological survey estimates the world’s production of coal in 1901 as 866,105,540 short tons. The three great coal producing countries of the world arc the United States, Great Britain and Germany, whose output combined aggregate 81.61 per cent, of the world’s total. Austria-Hunfeary comes fourth, France fifth, Belgium sixth and Rus sia seventh. Prior to 1899 Great Britain lead among the world's coal producers, but during 1899, 1900 and 1901 the United ■States has made gueh remarkable in creases in coal production, due prin cipally to the unprecedented activity in the iron and steel and in other metal trades, that it now stands far in the lead of all competitors, with a production in 1901 exceeding that of Great Britain hy 47,965,938 short tons, or 19 per cent. National Live Stock Association. Pittsburg, Oct, 18. —The sixteenth annual convention of the National Live Stock association began here this morning with a meeting of the execu tive committee, hater the convention opened with addresses of welcome by Recorder Bowman and Francis Burke. The convention will close tomorrow night. Three hundred delegates are In attendance representing live stock exchanges in Chicago, Indianapolis, Pittsburg, Buffalo, Philadelphia. Mil waukee, Peoria, Louisville, Fort Worth, Omaha, Kansas City, St. Paul and St. Joseph. Woman Burned to Death. Oxford, Ga., Oct. 18.—An old negro woman was burned to death here Lithia Godfrey lived alone a cabin on the outskirts of the town. About 10 o’clock tier son. John Godfrey, went to her house and started a fire. About midnight flames were discovered is suing from the roof, and when assist ance arrived at the scene the entire building was enveloped and it was Im possible to rescue the old woman. Af ter the house had burned to the ground t'he charred body of the old woman was found near where the bed had stood. 808 BOY FLOUR 18 THE BEST. PRICE FIVE CENTS. THE BANKERS TO MEET SHORTLT ♦ Men Who Handle People’s Cash to Hold Session New York, Oct. 18.—Arrangements for the twenty eighth convention of the American Bankers’ Association at. New Orleans on Nov. 11, 12 and 13, have been completed. The program which has just been completed by the committee on arrangements indicates that the meeting will be one of the most interesting in the history of the organization. A number of amendments to the con stitution will be presented, among them being one for the establishment of a section of the association to no known as the Savings banks’ section, which shall meet annually in connec tion with the meeting of the associa tion and will embrace all matters re lating especially to savings banks, with a similar program as the trust companies section, and be under the supervision of the executive council. RUMORED RAILROAD DEAL. Ellen N Will Soon Acquire Atlanta and West Point Road, 9t. Louis, Oct. 18.—The Louisville and Nashville Railroad company lias acquired, or will soon acquire, control of the Atlanta and West Point railroad, from Atlanta to Montgomery, accord ing to a report in St. Louis, and will merge the new acquisition with tho Georgia railroad. It Is stated that the Atlanta and West Point and the Georgia railroad will be operated as one system, tho Louisville and NashviU® and the At lantic Coast Line and the recent ac quisitions as another. This will make three big railroad systems in the southeast, Including the Southern rail way, or Morgan system. The Sea board Air Line and Frisco’s Birming ham line are left independent. ■ It Is reported that the Southern railway will remove Its-awdiTing office from the Washington (D. C.) head quarters to Atlanta, to which point tho company's freight offices were recent ly removed. GU.DI STARTS FOR MANILA. Apostolic Delegate to the Philippine Islands. Rome, Oct. 18. —Archbishop Guidi, the apostolic delegate in the Philip pines, and his secretary. Father O’Con nor, started today for Marseilles from which port they will sail for Manila. They were bidden farewell at the rail road station by a large gathering oT distinguished Vatican officials, heads of religious bodies and representatives of the ministers accredited to the vatl can. The arch bishop has taken with bin* all his episcopal robes, as he intends to enter Manila in full state. Another Big Tobacco Scheme. New York, Oct. 18. —Another big tobacco scheme is mooted, cables the correspondent of The Tribune. G. Fraenkel, who lately resigned the place of president of the Wholesale Tobacco Traders’ association, is quot ed as saying hhat a scheme had been submitted to him which would have an Important bearing on the tobacco trade of the country. No particulars have been made public. Installed as Chancellor. Lawrence, Kan., Oct. 18. —Franß Strong, former president of the Ore gon State university was today in stalled as chancellor of the University of Kansas. The exercises were largo ly attended hy the alumni and several noted educators were present. Ar thur T. Hadley, president of Yale, wad tne leading speaker. Mysterious Woman Appears. Greensboro, N. C., Oct. 18.—A mys terious woman appeared on the scene here yesterday and took a hand In the proceedings against J. W. Woody for assault. She declined to say what her name was or where she was from, but said she would break her silence later and tell the people something that would surprise them. Asked if she had come to aid her husband, she evasively replied that she had come to aid Mr. Woody. Woody will be tried for his life next week. His Life in Peril. “I Just seemed to have gone all to pieces," writes Alfred Bee, of Welfare, Tex., "billiousness and a lame back nad mado V'e a burden. I couldn’t eat or sleep and felt almost too worn out to wo, ahen I began to use Elec tric Butters, but they worked wonders. Now 1 sleep like a top, can eat any thing, have gained in strength and en joy hard woi-h.” They gave vigorous health and new life to weak, sickly run-down people. Try them. Only 60a at all druggists.