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VOLUME 2, NUMBER 62. CASTRO LANDS RATHER HARD ON HIS ENEMIES KING'S SUBJECTS ARE ARRESTEO — — PRESIDENT CASTRO SAYS NO UL TIMATUM HAS BEEN RECEIVED. He Declares That He Will Preserve the Integrity of Venezuela at Any Cost—British and German Warships Gathering. London, December 10.—A dispatch Umu Caracas. Venezuela, dated" De cember 0, says: The combined British and German tl ( i today seized he Venezuelan tieet. composed of four warships, in the hap bur of |,a (Juayra. it is reported also that an ultimatum will ho delivered to morrow asking for an answer and a compliance with the demand of the Biitish and German ministers. Caracas. Venezuela. December 9. — All German and British subjects in Caracas were arrested today. President Castro received the corre spondent of the Associated Press at Mlraßores palace today. In reply to questions tiie president of Venezuela sqid: •*The Venezuelan government has, not received any ultimatum propeily speaking, but ralher simultaneous re quests from Great Britain and Ger many. The claims they ask mis gov ernment to settle are small and up to the present time wc have not been aware of them. Never having been presented, Venezuela has consequent ly never refused to settle them, Great Britain’s action, therefore, is without just ideation. “Tile Venezuelan government can not decide on foreign claims before the revolution has been entirely crush ed." What Castro Will Do. “What do you inter! to do in of the present altitude of the flow ers?" was asked. ~"Enforce our rights," replied Presi deni Castro, “ and explain to the woild that Venezuela has laws and prove that we have never denied our en gagements.” The president was asked what reply the Venezuelan government would tnake to the requests handed it by the German and British envoys. To this request he replied: -The Venezuelan government is as tonished that after the notes which wcki transmitted to it by tne diplo matic representative of Germany and Greal Britain these envoys should leave Caracas without awaiting the re ply of the Venezuelan government. Re garding what he intended to do should the powers declare a oloekade Hie pi evident declined to answer. No ultimatum had been delivered to the Venezuelan government tip to 2 o'clock this afternoon. Should Vene zuela refer or fail to reply to the notes of Great Britain aml Germany, it is believed air ultimatum will then be de livered. The British-German Side. There arc comparatively few white British subjects in Caracas, probably less than fifty. The Caracas and La Guayra railroad is a British concern and its general manager and other! high officials are Englishmen. There] are a large .number of natives of the British West Indies in Venezuela, es pecially in Caracas. They are negroes with ftAv exceptions. A census of 18: gives 6,154 British subjects in Vene zuela. This number includes a great many of the islanders, as well as the British population in the territory awarded to Great Britain. The Germans in Caracas are much more, numerous. They are found at the head of important commercial houses and banking institutions; The i allrofid from Caracas to Valencia is a Gentian concern. * The census of 1894 places the num ber of Germans in Venezuela at 962. A dispatch from Caracas dated De cember 8, said that the British minis ter to Venezuela, W. H. D. Haggard, and German chcarged'affaires. Herr yon pilgrim Blatazzi, left Caracas that THE BRUNSWICK NEWS. afternoon for La Guayra. The port of Caracas, where Mr. Haggard went on board the British ci nisei' Vinota. The German and British legations in Cara cas were closed, consequently the members of the legation staffs ot these count lies are probably not Included among the men arrested Tuesday. London, December 9. —One of the largest English creditors of Venezuela informs a representative of the Asso ciated Press today tiiat the ultimatums of Great Britain and Germany had a seventy-two-liour limit and will expire on Wednesday. The foreign office, while not deny ing Hie correctness of this statement, intimated tonight that the period is liable to extension. There are some indications of a pos sible settlement though apparently nothing definite has yet been decided. MINERS GAVE POISON. Stomach and Liver of A. B. Marston Will Be Examined by Experts. Pittsburg, Kans., December 10.— The stomach and liver of A. B. Mar- stofT'assistant general manager of (he Texas arid Pacific Company, who died tferc suddenly, have been sent to Kan sas Kiity for chemical analysis. Tho circumstances of ids dewtli and Hie condition of the stomach lead to Hie belief that death was caused by arseni cal poisoning. Marston came here to procure negro miners to be shipped to Thurber, Tex., and evidence was bought forth at Hie inquest to show that persons iri Tex as wore' bitterly V.pposod 1o the impor . tatlon of ilie negroes, out . Richard Hayden, a young negro who accompa nied Marston from Texas, swore that he did not know that his emptier had any enemies. It Is thought the poison may have been contained in a bottle of mineral Water purchased in South MeAlesler, lad. T. remaining in Hie bottle will bn analyzed. Marston had not been subject to sudden sickness and there Is no indication of suicide. A UNIQUE BET. .Partisans in the. Recent .Municipal Election Make Interesting Wager Among the interesting as well as the unique wagers mail** on -lie lesml of the recent municipal election tJ*<v nno between R. T. Bun'kley and S. An- 1 gustine took the lend* These gent.k men agreed that if Crovatt was elect ed Bunkley was to ascend the city clock tower on the tall ladder that leads mi to the city clock and ting the hell, and if Emanuel was elected Au gustine was to do so. As soon as .lie result of the election was made known and while the arcade of the city hall was filled with Crovatt enthusiasts Mr. Bunkley carried out his bet by climbing the ladder and tinging Ihe city hell which conveyed to the entire poulatlnn the news that the result of the election was known. Among those who enjoyed the performance the most was Mr. Augustine, who would have Iliad the same thing to do if Judge Cro vatl had been defeated. To Protect Foreign Patent. Washington, December 10. —A Dill was introduced in the senate today by . Senator Pritchard for the protection of fotoign patents in the United State:* in accordance with the general inter national agreement. Board of Trade Today. j The Board of Trade will hold its rog j ular meeting in Iheir rooms at. the I city hall at It! c'ooiek this morning. The hoard, at a recent meeting, oTrang j ed the time of meeting from Friday at 1 11 o’clock to Thnrstfa yt 10 o'clock. |A full attendance of the members ! requested today. The Weather. Forecast for today in Georgia: Fair and probably warmer. For Selling Whiskey. Officer Gill yesterday, at rest and a ne gro woman by the name of Allen An derson, who is wanted in Butts coun ty, charged with selling wbi ?<roy. ,Ylar- I shal Brown, of McDonough, near that ] county, came down yesterday looking jfor the woman. He put Officer GUI Jon the case and he soon had lie; be hind the bars. She was taken to f Butts comity last night. PILOTBOATS MAI HAVE BIG RACE —— SAID THAT THE GKACIE WAS DE FEATED BY PENSACOLA BOAT. A CHALLENGE IS ISSUED Owners of Swift Brunswick Craft Still Think Their Boat the Speediest and Will Back Belief With Money. Since the Brunswick piiotboat Gia cio went to Pensacola to engage in a piiotboat war there, it has been claim ed by Pensacola parties that our swift craft was defeated by one of Uleir boats, the Kwosind, and it is very puob aide that a race between the two boats, for quite a large purse, will be arrnhged. The following special from Pensacola appeared in Tuesday's At lanta Journal: A great deal of interest has been manifested in** Pensacola dining Ihe past few days over a controversy aris ing fcrom speed of the yachts "Gra cie," of* Brunswick, Ga., and the "Kwosind,” of Pensacola, both of which did rival pilot boat duty on the bar during the existence of the rival and contending factions of pilots. When the two boats were . oing pilot duty the Kwosind on three different occasions left the Graeie astern in a lace to reach incoming vessels first. The Kwosind's victories were duly chcronicled in local papers and finally reached the ears of the Grade's own er in Brunswick. Then his ire was aroused and he endeavored to arrange a race. . . About lids lime the difference be tween the pilots were settled and both boats were withdrawn from the bar. a friendly feeling existed and ail pilots went together on a Retain pilot boat. Then the Information of (lie Kwo sind's speed reached the Oracle’s own er. He had aler&dy dispatched a man here to lake his boat to Brunswick. Tire vessel, in charge of Captain Mor gan, sailed Saturday. Captain, Morgan, of the Oracle, when he read a Pensacola paper in forming him of the defeat of id's vessel wired here immediately to the local custodians to arrange a race witli his boat and the Kwosind on a course of sixty miles for a ptusc of SSOO, the race to lake place in the gulf of Mex ico and at once. Sanders & Cos., owners of the Kwo sind, were not apprised of the chal lenge until their boat had been return ed to the fishig business, a crew signed and provisions and ice taken on for a trip to the snapper banks. The challenge was never pressed to them and the first information they had of its receipt was its publication in local papers. (t would not have paid them to have withdrawn the Kwosind from the fish ing business and have entered the race for SSOO, so they held out an offer to the Georgia man of $2,000, over a race of 200 miles or more, this offer hav ing been authorised and available within one month, as unwieldy gear would have to he taken from the Pen sacola vessel and she put in trim equal to the equipment of the Gracie. This offer was tendered the Georgia yachts man, but he has not ben heard from and the probabilities here are that the matter will drop where it ts. The Kwosind iced yesterday and sailed for a stay of about three weeks. MANY LARGE BETS. Winners Were All Collecting Their Money Yesterday. More money piobaldy changed hands in Brunswick on Tuesday’s election than has ever before been the case. There were all kinds of bets made, on straight tickets being elected, that different candidates would go in as al dermen and also on majorities, but most of the wagers wei e on the mayor alty contest. 'The triends of the Good Government Club were the leaders in betting and up to the day of the election plenty of money could he found at odds —at one and a halt and two to one —that Eman uel would, be elected. Crovatt money was plentiful and it is safe to say that hundreds of dollars changed hands. Many hats, ties, etc., were also won gud lost on The election. BRUNSWICK. GA., THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 11. AFTERMATH OF • TUESDAY'S FIGHT —t— JUDGE CROVATT THE RECIPIENT OF CONRATULATIONS YESTERDAY. MADE AN EXCELLENT RACE Captain Tobias Newman Also Congrat ulated on the Race He Maae for Alderman, Leading All of the Candidates. The election of Judge Ciovuil to Hie , mnyorality and the defeat of his en | lire alderniatiie ticket was, of course, | the absorbing topic in local circles yesterday. it is conceded that the election was I the closest ever held In Glynn county land the goneial interest notable in the con.paign was still in evidence yester day. Marly in the day a report was cur rent Inat the friends of Mr. Emanuel intended to contest Hie election of Judge Oroyati, and on. this subject a News reproset alive interview Mr. Twilty, who 1s virtually at the head of lire Good Government organization. Mr. Twilty said that so far as he was concerned there would be no contest. He had, he said, perfect faith in the managers of tho election and if they had declared Judge Ctovatt elected then he saw no reason why tho opposi tion should file a protest to such de oree on the part of those in control of same. in tills connection, It may he of in terest to say dial all Hie election bets with very few exceptions have been controlled by Hie declaration of the managers amj those who wagered on Orovatt have received their stakes. The announcement of Judge (ho vatt's election to the highest office in the gift of tho people of Brunswick has-been splendidly received and the mayor-elect received an ovation yes terday and was the recipient of gen eral congratulations, not only on the part of those who voted for him but by a number of profound adherents of Iho Good Government regime. The complimentary vote given Cap tai Tobias Newman was no more than was expected. He has been a very ac tive member of council and he alone is responsible for all of the better mints in the Improvements of the city’s public works under Ihe present administration. Judge Crovatt as Well as those gen tlemen elected at Tuesday’s election will be sworn tn January ], and the News pi edicts that the administration will be a popular one as well as a progressive one. Notwithstanding the past political affiliations of the mayor elect aud the rest of the ticket the News feels that peifect harmony will exist in the administration of the city’s political affairs under the new regime. NOTES ABOUT TuWN. Little Locals Picked Up in Brunswick During the Day. Agent Ford, of the S. A. 1,., is dis tributing some pretty circulars issued by that road, advertising cheap holi day rates. City council will meet in regttlai semi-idonl hly session tonight,. No bus iness of unusual importance is expect ed to come up. Allie Elkan received a handsome motor-paced cycle on Tuesday’s Mal lory steamer, This is the first bicycle of the kind brought to Brunswick and il is attracting considerable attention. ♦ - v All of the merchants aie now deco rating their stores in Christinas attire. Some of the show windows already dressed are unusually pretty. The- next attraction at the opera house will be "When We Were Twen ty-One," which conies next Tuesday sight. Brunswick is now pretty well crowd ed with winter, tourists, and during the next two weeks it is expected that the hotels and boarding houses will have all that they can accommodate. A number of those interested in the oiganization of a tennis club held a meeting in the office of Brobstou, Fendig & Company yesterday, and the first steps were taken for the forma tion of such g club. PUT ROOSEVELT IN BLACK HOLE — f — PRESIDENT IS WORRIED ABOUT SOUTHERN REPUBLICAN FIGHT. WHO WILL HE APPOINT? President is Purzicd on a North Caro lina Appointment and a Strong Fight is on for the Job. By Two Sides. Washington, December 10.—Presi dent Roosevelt, who is chafing under the demands for liis settlement of Hie controversy between the white and black factions of southern republican ism. catjsed it to lie stated at Hie white house today Unit the administra tion. meaning himself, is disposed lo regard as "officious and premeditat ed," what lie (tills the “interference” of the North Carolina inenilieis in con gress in the case of the negro post master Vick, which is Hie most acute ease now under consideration. The president argues that the action of Senator Sinuuons and liis democrat ic associates in the house, in entering formal protest against, appointment rd a negro postmaster is rneyTy a po litical play to put him in a position where lie will he hurt with either tiie negro vote of the country or with the southern white republicans. That, ot course, was Ihe secondary if not the chief purpose of the North Carolina democrats in taking a hand in the tight and their shaft seems to have struck Hie bullseye. President Roosevelt fears tlfat should lie refiain from giving Vick another term as postmaster, it would be decla%d by the North Carolina democrats and by democrats through out. the country lhat lie bad turned Vick down because he was a negro. On tho other hand, should Vick he again given liis position, the president would he proclaimed as hostile to the sentiments of southern white men of both parties who desire to eliminate u.e negro. At tho same time the as sertion would be made that the presi dent was opposed to a decent republi can party In the south. He is in a hole and is wort led over his predica ment. Bitter Republican Fight. The light over the statehood bill which comes up In tho senate tomor row, promises lo create a great dea! of bitterness among republican sena tors. Hanna is of Hie strong oppo nents of the admission of New Mexico and Atizonn, and is lcanding his pow erful aid to the fight being led by Beveridge as chairman of the commit tee on territories. The pm pose of the republicans of that committee Hi la voring Oklahoma at the expense of Ik: other aspiring territories was to mud dy the water and defeat all three lead ers of the fight against admission, it is aeknowldged that the omnibus bill lias the support of a majority of the senate and that their only chance to defeat it is by preventing action at this short session. Quay, who is full of fight, says that if this is attempted no other legislation, not even the ap propriation bills, can lie passed at this short session. A. COMELL IS FOUND DEAD. Death of Birmingham Man Cauoed by Morphine. Birmingham, Ala., December 10.—A Cornell, a white tailor, was found dead in iiis bed in the Watts building today with a half emptied bottle of morphine on a chair' beside his bed. He nail been drinking for several days and it is not known wnether he look the drug as a medicine or wii suicidal intent. BULL FIGHT FOR STAKES. Two Registered Jerseys Matched at Rock Hill, S. C. * Charleston, B. C., December 10.— Sporting men from two states are ex peeled in Rock Hill Friday when two registered Jersey hulls, weighing 1,000 pounds each, wifi fight- for big stakes. The bulls are 4-year-olds. One is owned by R. F. Tliomassun, of Hock Hill, and the other is the property of M. M. Tillman. The. light will take place at Ttiomasson’s cock pit. Ah nuiyitheater with a seating ea FRANCHISE TAX BIU GAINS A BIG VICTORY paeity for 500 persons, has been erect ed. / There will be two cocking mains, with nine birds in each, and Thonias son has announced that a tight to the finish between two thoroughbred bull dogs will be an attraction. The bull fight lias been extensively advertised, but it was said here to nignt that the governor might stop it. This is the first time on record that such an event has been planned for South Carolina. The fights are scheduled to begin Friday at noon, to continue until ev ery bull, cock and dog is killed. DISTRICT APPOINTMENTS. Ministers Who Will Occupy Pulpits in the Waycross District. The following appointments for the Waycross district were made: Presiding elder J. W. Weston, Way cross, First church, J. B. John stone, Waycross, Trinity, J. M. Fos ter, Brunswick, First chucrh, J. W. Malone, Brunswick, McKendtee, M. C. Austin, Darien, S. W. Rogers, St. .Vlarys, T. B. Kemp, South Camden circuit, J. U. Tippens, White Oaks circuit, Moody Booth, Ml. Pleasant cir uit, J. W. l-illey. Folkston Circuit, vV. M. C. Conley, Ulackshear and ■ hike, R. A. Ratcuffe, Douglas circuit, I'. B. Stafford, Broxtou circuit, J. C. iriner. Hornetville circuit, L. E. .vlcMichael, Statesville circuit, J. W. Bridges, Jesup, J. W. Tinley, Pear son circuit, L. R. Kelly, Odum Mis sion, to be supplied by Arthur John son, Binkley circuit, to bo supplied by Walter Eiubiy. TRAMP HANGS HIMSELF. Arrested in North Carolina, He Com mits Suicide iri Cell. Wilmington, N. 0., December 10. — A special from -Tarboto, N. C., says that Charles Muehlethaler. a white cramp, sentenced to thirty days on the county chaingang in that city, commit ted suicide in the jail theic this after noon by hanging himself to the top of nis cell with a large rod bandana handkerchief. A leter addressed to his wife, at Al legheny, I J a., and one to the sheriff, askiDg that his temains he shipped to lor, wete found on the man's person. •'MR. DOOLY’ IS A BENEDICT. ,-inley Peter Dunne Leads Miss Ab bott to Altar. New York, December II). Finley Pe ,er Dunne, author of "Mi. Dooly’’,-aud hiss Margaret Abbott, daughter of .dts. Mary Aobott, formerly of Cana go, wrote mairied.in this’city today. Lurie & Patterson Bankrupt. Columbus, Ga., December Lu.in the United States court here today Lurie i Paterson, met chants al Dawson, Ga., and Geneva, Ala., filed an applica ,to in bankruptcy. ’J lie members oj me min are J. Lurie and rl. Patter son. Theii assets are about S3,bUU, .labilities $18,930.93. After the Married Women. Washington, December lu.—The postmaster general has issued an or dei amending the postal regulations ,ty requiring that "whoever any wo man employed in the postal service, either as a postmaster or unclassified c-lei k, marries, she must take Die oath of olnco anew.” Allen Parker, Chattanooga. Chattanooga, Teun., December LU, — Alien Barker, one ol the pioneers ol this section and for thirty years a member of the Hamilton eounty court, died suddenly today ot heart failute. He was eighty-four years old. He was one of the witnesses to the signing ot the treaty for tne removal ot lire In dians in 1835. We Appreciate It. The rneuibeis of the News force were invited to participate in a supper with Atiyiager Wilson, of Wilson's res* laurant, last night. To say that we enjoyed the supper would lie putting it mildly. Mr. Wilson undoubtedly nas one of the best oyster cooks in this section of the country, and the member of our force who enjoyed the neat last night wilt vouch far tli.s statement. . , . 1 PRICE FIVE CENTS. THE COMMITTEE FAVORS PASSAGE *- RENDER THEIR DECISION AND RECOMMEND THAT IT BE PASSED. Bill Was Not Materially Amended, and Was Passed By Vote of 9 to 6. Result Was Juite a Sur prise. _- .j Atlanta. December Pi—The fran eheise tax bill Victory yesterday when the ’senate finance committee, aflei'.a long discussion rpc ■ in >■' niled I'.tr'otaulv the Candler fran ehisr- hill as passed by tho house, by a vote of !i ti, Tiie Dill will lie reported to the sen ate tills morning with the recommen dation that it do pass. a This Is Hie conclusion of a long siege which the senate commlttpe has had with the measure, and ih view of inti mations that have come from the com mittee room. Hie result will l<c some what of a surprise. The finance committee held severar long sessios at which representatives of coiporute Interests were heard from at length against the measure. According to the discussion in the committee room it was thought mote probable that the ' committee would conclude, by recommending the Reid bill, which provided simply for an' amendment lo section 7C7 of the. code. . defining franchises as taxable proper-, t.v. , When the committee finished hear - ing f,gpp parties who opposed certain sections of the general tax bill yester day afternoon, it wont into executive session, excluding oven other senators who were not members of the commit lee. From l:3h to fi:3o the meSsuro was under discussion behind closed doors. ; and every amendment to the Candler bill was voted down with tlie excep tion of one or two by Senator Perry, designed merely to perfect the verbi age. No amendment changing the ef fect of the hill in any-- respect was’ adopted. Two or three senators left ihe committee, room before the final vote was taken, but it was passed'up by 0 to c< when the issue came. .. The General Tax Bill. The finance committee hold a public.... session In the senate chamber In the afternoon for the purpose of hearing fioin ail who might have anything to say in opposition to any special fea ture of the bill. Representatives of many interests were In ard. just as was the case be fore the house ways and means com mittee. and practically the same argu ments were presented. Strongest opposition was manifested to section 18, of the bill, whic.. pro vides tor a graduated tax on foreign corporations doing business in the state. Half a dozen prominent citi zens spoke against litis feature, and piotcsts were filed with the commit- , tec from the Atlanta chamber of com merce and the Savannah hoard of irado. Among those who spoke against the foreign emporation tax were President Howell of the senate, President P. S. Arkwrignt, of the Georgia Railway and Electric Com pany, Hon. Henry Goctehins, and sev eral others. Parties were also heard in opposi tion to Hie increased tax on bucket shops, on liquor dealers, on coca-cola, and against the removal of exemption from county and municipal taxation "of sewing machine companies. The committee then went into exec utive sessiofi. it will not Complete its work on the Dili before tonight or to ntorow morning. Gets Another Plum. Raleigh. N. C., December 10.- Philip H. Andrews, who, a few days ago, was dismissed as assistant, postmaster here because he voted the democratic tick et, was today appointed finance clerk in the postoffice. It is anew position and pays f1,2u0,