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VOLUME 2, NUMBER 60. MERCHANTS FAVOR FREE EXCURSION —♦ — ONE WILL BE RUN TO THIS CITY OVER THE B. & B. NEXT WEEK. MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING Starting From Nicholls a Stop Will Be Made at Every Station Along the Line—Date to Be Decided Upon Later. .The idea suggested a few days ago tiv the News that a free excursion he run to this city over the R. & B. railroad sometime during the month seems to have struck a popular chord with our merchants and people gener ally and plans for the excursion are now well underway. It is the idea of those at. the head of the movement to run the excursion some time during the latter part of neyt week, in toiler that the people along the lien can purchease their C'hiistmas goods in duo time. Tlie train will start from Nicholls and will make a stop at every station. -By cry body wilt be brought to the city free and tills wot. indeed, lie. a good inducement to get out of town buyers. A committee is now at work on the plan and to a News reporter yesterday they stated that they had been Quite successful in the work so far. WHEN WE WERE TWENTY-ONE. This Attraction Will Be at the Grand Tuesday Night. Brunswick theater goers are having rather a dull time Just at present, as very few companies have been here in the past vusek or so. The managers had a company booked to play here turoe nights this week. but. for sbme reason, tne date was cancelled. The next attraction will lie "When We Were Tw’onty-One," which will be here next Tuesday night. Tills play was presented here last season and was one of the best that was seen. It will be played I his year by the same company and a very good treat is in store for us. CHRIS I MAS SCENES. Brunswick Streets Were Crowded With Shoppers Yesterday. There were more people on the streets yesterday than have been no ticed since the busy days of last Christmas, and all of the merchants reported a good day’s business. From early morn until late in the afternoon the stores were crow led with customers. It "reminded one somewhat of Christmas eve. The small boy was out looking at Santa Claus, the litle girl w4s selecting her doll baby, while the older folk were select ing presents for their friends. The hoidays in Brunswick this sea son (fftimlse to be unusually lively and from now until Christmas .ne streets will present a very busy appearance. Only five cases. Mayor Kmanuel had only five offend ers before him at police court yester day morning. They were all convict ed and a small fine imposed upon each of them. Superintendent Wright Here. W. .1. Wright, the newly -a'l*::a.l su perintendent. of the A. C. 1... tor th’s division, spent yesterday in the city on railroad business. He r t nod lat night. Notice. All member* of the Young Men’s C’rovatt Chill are urgently requested to meet at the office of Aiiorney Max Isaac, over Wright’s insurance office this morning at 8 o’clock. A full at tendance is requested. StAX ISAAC, L. J. DEAVY, JR., President. Secretary. Distribution of Prizes. Stockholm, December B.—The fol lowing Nobel prizes will be distributed on Wednesday next, the Dut :en pro fessors. Lorenz and Zenan. will divide the physics prize. Professor Emil Fish er, of Berlin, will receive the cheemis iry priz<o, Professor Mommsen the lit eary prize, -Major Ross the medical prize, while the Russian professor de Martens will be awarded the peace .... .... THE BRUNSWICK NEWS. LAST WEEK WILL BE A BUST ONE —♦— * STATE LEGISLATURE STILL HAS SOME IMPORTANT WORK TO DO. FOREIGN CORPOR A I ION IAX A Strong Fight Ahead on the Question A Number of General Bills Have But Little Chance During the Present Session. Atlanta, December 8. There will lie something doing every minute during litis, the lasi week of the legislative session of 1902. Wltemer the general assembly will adjourn on Friday or Saturday lias not yet been determined. Tlie last day-of tho session is Friday, hut if yesterday (Sunday) should bode clareri a dies non. as a resolution, now before the house proposed adjourn ment sine die will not lie Had until Saturday ntga.. Despite the fact that but five or six more days remain, mine of Ino most important work of the session is com pleted, an<l It now develops that those who were proposing to get the'appro priations bill and tne general tax in.t to the governor a week or ten days before the close of the session were pursuing a sort of ignis taunts. A great deal of work remains to be done on tnese measures, and they wijl probably be tue very lasi matters final ly acted on both by the house and sen ate. From 11 resent indications and the at tion of senate committees with ref erence to the appropriations bill, and the prospective action of the senate finance committee on Hie franchise fax bill,.it looks as if there will nave to lie mutual on the part ot house and w-nJrte conference commit tees before these’measures ate finally acte,, on. It is likely the same will he true with reference to the general tax hill. There is no doubt that the greater part of the week will be taken up in the final consideration of these meas ures, and the numerous general bills that have been introduced in both bodies stand little chancce ol' receiving consideration at this session. Warm Time Ahead. Tnere is still a hard fight ahead for the general tax bill. Opponents of the tax on foreign corporations doing bus iness in Georgia, which was putMn the bill by the house, are going to fighl that feature of the measure to the last ditch. While it is not. thought they will car ry out the threat of voting against, the general tax bill in sufficient, numbers to prevent its passage, since that would necessitate an extra session, It is certain filthy will leave no stone tin turned to nave the section stricken, or at least greatly modified. Tlie bill comes up for final action in the house this morning, and Him a motion will be made .or a reconsid eration of the disputed section, if that fails, the fight will he carried before the senate committee on finance, ano then before tlie senate. Committees are already organizing to go before the senate finance committee to oppose the sectionj and it is likely several cit ies of the state will in- represented in this protest. |An amendment was proposed in the house which met with tne favor ot tunny who voted against, the section as It stands. This- amendment, by Mr. Calvin, of Richmond, proposed to ex empt from tax all of such eorppraiions *s pay a tax on real and pe.-.t mat prop erty equal to or greater than amount required to he pal 1 tnuior He section. It Is believed tnat the art.ir tton of some such amendment would do away with much of the opposition. Dismasted Schooner. Wilmington. N. C., December B. Captain Miller, of the schooner Eva A. Dananhower, which arrived here to day reports naving passed off Frying Pan Shoals about, noon today the dis ' masted schooner, name unknown, in tow of one of the Savannah line steamers. The British steamer Rose wood McGregor, which arrived today from Villa Reyt, reports an extremely rough voyaged and the loss pf a man i washed overboard, WITH BALLOTS AS THEIR WEAPONS POLITICAL FACTIONS WILL EIGHT FOR SUPREMACY AT POLES TODAY Oncol the Warmest Municipal Campaigns Known In Brunswick Came to a Close Last Night With a Big Rally at the Opera House By the People’s Ticket*-"Both Sides are Claiming Victory. Tne armies are al charge bayonets. Both lines of battle under able com manders are on the field and when the word charge is given sabres will fly high in the air, and the people of Brunswick will witness a political con test as serious as was Bunker Hill in ■'evolutionaly days and Gettysburg in the sixties. Rickets front both sides are On dut ', sltirdv sentinels with solemn tread are gnat ding tne lines auSjlvery precau tion is made that nut 1 burst into the ranks of either one or the oili er ot tlie contending forces. Rtobalily the strongest fought tntmi eipal campaign in liunswiek's history will occur today, when tlie Gooil Gov ernment club ticket and the People's ticket will wage a bitter war for su pioinaoy. For tue past three weeks Brunswick has been (lie hot-bed y l a contest unique for earnestness Unit lias been inspired and for the really hones! en deavor tlial the forces of (he contest ing sides have made. For nights past meetings have been hem and the ad herents of the two politieaei causes have taken occasion to enter a liberal dt uission of the issues .it < 1 align. 15 n i lots las rn. as well as numbers, lias attended the meetings of nota parties and from all indications both sides enter the, tight with an unusual degree of confidence. What IMe result will no is with uio sijettl ballot and no man, with any degree of certainty, can fore tell the result. it oan only be said that tne friends of both parties will go to the polls to day with a good nattiled determination to land I heir favorites in the city hall. The Good Government peoplq will make a consistent fight, to remain the controlling influence in Brunswick’s local political situation. Those Vito favor the candidacy ot Judge Crovatt will fignt. to dethrone this organization anil this is rally the issue to be fought out today. The polls will open at 6:25 o’clock, standard time, with Messrs. J. T. Lam bright. W. J. Vvay, and W. K. Con as managers, lacy will close at the corresponding hour mis afternoon. Yesterday was given entirely over to the politicians. Both sides were actively at work atpl incidentally both sides scored some very good points. Duting tin; afternoon the Crovatt ag gregation attracted some attention with a bass band in a dottoio carry-all advertising last night's meeting. A milliner of bets were recorded WHY HOMAN RESIGNED. Emanuel Said "You Will Have to Raise Taxes.” Mr. Editor: Mr. IS. T. Homan resigned from the hoard of assessors because Mr. Email j'.ioi said, "You will have to raise as cssomc uts. Tlie people will have to pay more taxes." A vote for Emanuel means a vote for higher taxes and taxes are as high now as the people tan stand. TAXPAYER. Steahier burned at Sea. Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Decem ber 8. —The Prince tine steamer Tar tar Prince, Capt. McFarlane, New York. Noven/bor tO, and St. Vincent, November 22, for Port. Natal, was burned on November 25. The crew and passengers were saved by the steamer Argyll. The Tartar Prince was a steel screw steamship ot 2.272 Lons gross. Site was owned by the Prince line of Newcastle, England, and was built in 18'J5. ♦ Railroad Raises Wages. Scranton. Pa.. December 8. —a ue Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company prposes a subslun itial increase in rates of pay to cm [ployes in the various departments. .no officials arc now at work on a general plan of readjustment and equalization to become effective at an early (late, particularly from December 1. a.* branches of the service and practically all the employes will be affected by the company’# voluntary action. BRUNSWICK, GA., TUESDAY MORNING .DECEMBER 9. during the day without any varying regularity as to favoritism. The Meeting Last Night. The two lasi meetings of the respec tive organizations weto held last nignt. Tite Good Government, club gathering was given out as only being a meeting of workt,and occurred at e.ty hall, lint it wit also understood that all sympathizes of the Emanuel ticket wore invited to attend. The News has i( that the attendance was not large. Tito Crovatt dans mot at the Grand opera house and in this connection jt, can ho truly sai l Hint the meeting was one of I lie largest, as well as one ot the most enthusiastic ever held in the political circles of litis city. The galli ot Big was called for 7:30, and at tnat hour the entire dress circle, the par quet, and a considerable portion of the gallery was well filled The boxes were eltoek i-liloek and for half an hour a continual stream of Crovatt's friends fearly pouted into the doors, am} when Chairman Krattss called the mooting toget tier lie was confronted with a veritable sea of faces. From the gal loty smiled the dusikv faces, wlme front tihr to tier in tne orchestra "acne boa tiling* countenances of Brunswick voters. The scene was inspiring. In either side of the gallery was stationed a brak- hand and ever ami fl'tion some lively rag time or a more selected number served to enliven the thor oughly engaging scene. Chairman Krauss, in calling tne meeting together made a few appro priate remarks and introduced Attor ney Max Isaac, who, by tne way, is president of the Young Men’s Crovatt, Club. Mr. Isaac responded happily, lie was itt a cheerful mood and very Inc (■ally went, into a deep research of the impending issues of t'he campaign. He was at all times courteous to the op position, but at the same time, took occasion to eloquently extol tne many virtues of the People's ticket. On t'he whole Mr. Isaac acquitted himself gracefully, and n't the conclusion of his remarks he was roundly applauded by the audience, I Judge Courtland Symmes next greeted the audience, and probably it is address was the. bright particular star of tne evening. The judge was ill he. usual caustic vein ami incidentally threw some real ‘ hot stuff” at some of the gentlemen prominently identified with l Ti'o Good Government move ment. He was particularly severe with reference to the interpretation of the duties of the judieeaiiy, and pass ed eonsidoralilo strictures on eeitain acts of Judge J. IJ. Sparks, wluj, it ZERO WEATHER NORTHWEST. Cold Weather in Michigan and Wis consin Last Night. Milwaukee, Whs., December B.—Wis consin anil upper Michigan are ill tlie embrace of a cold wave tonignt, the coldest of the season, in many places tne temperature is near zero. A high wind prevails in this section and lig.ii snow lias fallen throughout tlie state. There is little or no delay to railway traffic. To Attend Court, Judge J. W. Bonnet, Col. VV. E. Kay and (!. B. Conyers left yesterday for Wayorosß. where mey go lo attend the city court. The Brunswick attorneys have a number of cases to be heard iljiring the week. Severe Weather in Austria. Vienna. December 8. The weather is increasing in severity throughout Austria-Hungary. The supply of milk and vegetables to Vienna is curtailed owing to the roads being impassable from snow. Many accidents have oc curred. it is reported from Bucharest that tne Danube is frozen over for a con siderable distance. At Ibraila and Ga iatzon the Danube about eight grain laden vessels ate icebound. The in tense cold is causing much suffering among tsie poor. seems, recently made a politieaei ad dress in litis city. Judge Synitties re searched Hie entire history of the Good Government club and made it up parent that theii theme of good gov ernment could at nil times be explod ed when eli icers were in tlie balance. Judge A. .1. Crovatt, the nominee for mayor of the People's ticket, was next called for and responded promptly. He was given an ovation as he appear ed at the footlights and it was several minutes before quiet could he lestored. | The judge made a remarkably strong address, quoted his I- Her of accept ance, and took occasion to intersperse Ills remarks wilh soup* .very soumt and cohimon sense propositions. The judge was given the very closest atten tion on the part of ids auditors and when concluding his address, almost Hm entire seven hundred people pres ent rose in their seats and enthusias tically cheered him. Following Judge Crown, the chair man presented Hon. E. 11. Mason, Mr, Mason is a good speak >r, h,r be was at his best last night and he devoted his address largely to (he financial situation as the kdhorents of the Good Goversnment club made it appear, with telling force. He showed the fal lacy as apostle.-, of Good Government had shown them and it is simple jus tice to Mr. Mason to say that the en tire audioncee was In perfect concord with hint and applauded every sen tence Hint he uttered. Mr. Mason was followed by Hon. Ed win Brobston, who always attracts the closest attention of his auditors. Mr. Bmhslon spoke mostly on educational lines and the need of the people of New Town. He urged the support of the Crovatt ticket and his address was one of the strongest of the evening. Following Mr. Brobston, the chair man introduced Rev. E. E. Makieli, col ored, pastor of Paine’s chapel. The colored orator spoke for quite a white, urging the support of the People’s ticket. He told the many colored vot ers present to go to the polls and east tlirlr ballot and not sell their votes. Above all, he said, let’s have purity at (he polls. His speech was loudly applauded by the colored people pres ent, and he made a good Impression. *ie meeting then adjourned amid the greatest enthusiasm, and as the large crowd made their way out of the opera house cheer after cheer sounded •though the air for Crovatt, and his supporters were satisfied that they would lie victorious in the election to day. ENGLISH COLONEL’S SUICIDE. He Was Returning From Internationa! Competition in Canada. I .ondon, December S. —While the Ca nard line stqpmer Victoria was ascend ing the Mersey Saturday morning Col onel Lamb, a member of the English rifle (cam, returning ftotn the itnerna •tional competition in Canada, commit-. 1 ted suicide, ending his life with a rifle bullet. May Yohe and Husband. New York. December 8. —Among the passengers who arrived today on the steamer Umbria from Liverpool and Queenstown were Mr, and Mrs. Put earn Brad less Strong. Sttong refused to Say anything about bis past or fu ture movements. National Plumbers. Knoxville, Tenn., December B.—The National Plumbers’ Manufacturing As sociation will meet in second annual session in Ibis city tomorrow, pres ident W. E. Higsbee of Proctor. Vt., and Sectetary Joint It. Hugg, of Balti more, were among tlie arrivals today. Other prominent membets who are hero are Peter Gray and John F. Ja coby, of Philadelphia. William Buess, of New Yotk, and M. 1). Flavin of Cal eago. The sessions may continue a week. OEMS OF THE NICHOLLS BIOT WHITE MAN. CRIBB, WAS A DAN GEROUS PERSON AND HAS CAUSED TROUBLE. HE SHOT Al EVERYBODY The Man Was Under the Influence of Whiskey and Attempted to Shoot Every Man Who Appeared On the Scene. The following story of the riot at Nicholls, Oa., Saturday, an account, of which appeared In these columns Sun day was sent from Nicholls yesterday: Further details of the tragedy that, was enacted hero yesterday when Lee W. Cribb, white, about 29 years old. killed the town marshal and a boy and was himself shot down have been sp cured. Cribb’ seems to have been a kind of bully, and was a dangerous matt when drinking. Last Wednesday he abused his wife and she came home an . swore out a warrant for hint, having him put under a $250 bond lor his ap pearance in the city court. Friday he got on an extended spree, and yester day swore he would full his Itahw in its mother's arms. He went to ~,e home of her father to carry out tus theats, but she saw him, and made her escape. He, however, secured his tit tle girl about 5 years old and took her [uptown with hint. He left her stand ing in the street to hold his coat, while he wont on bis mission of death. Encounter With Marshal. He first went to the store of Mr. W. B. Feston, where his wife's father had a jewelry stand, lie threw his pistol in his father-in-law's ft nee > and said: "i give you one minute ~o live." Just at; this moment Mr. Thos. Holton, the town marsh"!, —aiked up and Ct'otb, seeing him, turuea on him and asked “have yott got any author ity?" at the same time presenting his pistol and firing, the ball taking effect in Holton’s breast and passflig through his lungs, Mr. Holton clapped his hand on the who tired another shot which took ef wound and turned his side to Criblt, feete in Mr. Holton’s left arm. Mr. Holton drew his pistol anil tried to cock it-, but fell headlong across a chair, where ho died almost instantly. He never spoke. Cribb fired another shot as Mr. Hol ton fell, but missed his mark. He then turned on Mr. Teston. proprietor of the store, and ordered him to give up all the pistol balls he had. When Mr. Teston told hint he nad none, he fired at. him, barely missing his 'toad. Mr. Teston then fell behind Lie coun ter, crawled around, got to the back door anu got out unhurt. Shot an Unoffending Boy. Criltit then went out, on the street whore he met Emmett White on a wagon loaded with wood. Cribb order ed him to stop, and when White stop ped Cribb tired at him. Tlie bail hit White In the back ot the neck, Jie fell over in the wagon, and C’riDD fired again, hitting him in the left arm. White was a hoy about 17 years old. lie died not long after ne was shot. A few minutes after this Tom Wil cox, with a Winchester rifle, went out to arrest Criltit, but when he got up near Crihli he was ordered to lay dowu his rifle and “get”, which he very quietly did. Cribb then got the rifle and was lints reinforced, for it was found that his pistol was empty. Tried it on Railroad Men. About, this time an engine on the Brunswick and Birmingham rolled up and Cribb went up anil-ordered all the men down out of (he engine. They complied. A few minutes later, when the train pulled by him, Crihli fired into the cars, but hit no one, as all the passengers had barred the doors and stowed themselves away under the seats. Cribb then turned his attention to the Atlantic and Birmingham depot, where there was a crowd, which gave nim the ground. The age. 1 g?d some others were in the telegraph office, and Cribb went 'up to the hay window and punched out all the glass. But the office held nothing for him to shoot,' as they had tun into'the wu erootn out of danger. Mr. Hart, of Douglas, was in the waiting room apd cams out to try and PRICE FIVE CENTS, HI CONGRESS HAS BEFORE IT HOUSE TO DISPOSE OF LONDON DOCK BILL DURING THE PRESENT WEEK. j SENATE ON STATEHOOD BILL Other Matters That Will Come Up Be fore the National Soions Before the Adournment—Little Work Has Been Done So Far. Washington, December 8.- -TKt nouse this wsel: has no mapped out programme beyond the disposition of the London dock .charges Dill tomor row ami the report, of. the elections committee on (he contested (♦cl ion case of Wagner vs. Butler, from the twelfth Missouri district, on Wednes day. The London dock Dill litis been pressed by exporting interests, espe cially the milling districts of the northwest, and is opposed by the At lantic shipping interests. t The passage of the mil is considered doubtful. The VVagner-Butler ease is somewhat of an anomaly. Mr. Butler was unseated at the lust session and his seat was de clared vacant. He was re elect ml in November to lilt the vacancy, having' about six thousand majority on tne lace of the returns. His opponents now contests, but in order to secure action before March 4 tlie rules, Di lating' to the preliminaries of a contest, which may be strung out for months, must be shortened. If the appropriation “bill Is completed in tune it probably will be taken up the latter Part of the week. If not, the remain der of file time may be occupied ity minor bills reported by committees.' In accordance witli the unanimous agreement ef last session the senate will take up the statehood Dill ne*t Wednesday, and it. is expected to re- main the unfinished business fot some time thereafter. The bill will un doubtedly provoke considerable debate and it is generally believed that it will continue to receive attention until tae adjournment for the Christmas holi days at least. Senator Beveridge and other member a ot the committee who agree with him will givd careful atten tion to the testimony taken by tae subcommittee which recently visited the territories. The committee’s writen report has not yet been suomitted to the senate, Imt u is generally understood that a strong position will lie taken in opposi tion to*the claims of New Mexico and, Arizona, considerable stress being laid on tli fact that a large percentage of the people ol those territories do not use the English language and that in terpreters ate necessary in the conduct of the business if many of tue courts. it is expected that the innuigra .on (till will continue to receive desultory attention on Monday and Tuesday, hut the proceeding with reference to this hill will consist largely iu t ue reading of the bill and the consideration ol amendments. •? There will Ire more or less of exec utive business during Che week, and in all probability another adjournment from Thursday until the following Monday. The Kid Glove Crowd. Mr. lVditor: A prominent Emanuel supporter ana one ot th'e “kid glove set’’ sanf: i hope the Orovau crowd don't win, te ceause the Society people would have nothing to say about the government of the city. Society well, wed.' A COMMON l-'OI-K. get out of the way, but Cribb saw him and made for him, but just at this time someone tired a load of shot into Ihe back of Crib’s neck. f<T| 'there were dozens of men armed, but no one wanted to hill him. There seemed no way to get him, so some one, not known, took it. for his duty and diihthe work. There is no tolling how many Criltit would have ...tied if his pistol had not run short Of halls, for he spared none while thqy lasted. Mr. John Hail, a d®|pMJi’s'uerin', was here and took Cribltto have medical treatment and placed him in jail. -. e. - ac jIH Mr. Holton leaves a wife, and thrlia children. Cribb leaves a wife add, two ckciitlreu.