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VOLUME 2. NUMBER 09. VENEZUELAN TROUBLE TO BE REFERRED TO ARBITRATION BOARD BUSINESS IN CALL ON CASTRO —" ■■ FEARED THAI* BLOCKADE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY COERCIVE MEASURE. They Assert That It Is Useless for Venezuela to Make Resistance. Italian IVi.nister Has Left Venezuela. Caracas, Decenthet IS. —It lias been iU.Ti.ied that the Venezuelan difficulty .-.lituli tie arbitrated, and the discussion oi lernis of settlement is now going on. United States .Minister Bowen nudijuineitiy wili be our- ut The i*“; t tutors. Vue government fears tiiai coercive measties will follow the esiaolisumeni ot me blockade. Caracas, December 18. —Indications here are that Venezuela will yh'ia to ttie alms demands. 1 lie loading lncr chants and agrli nimrahsis tn Caracas addressed a joint note to i'reaiden. Castro at Id o’clock this afternoon asking him to give full powers to United states Minister Bowen to effect a terimnaliuu oj tile present difficulty. Tin note reitects thoroughly the con sensus of current opinion among the business clement ot this city, Tue men who signed the note will meet again tonight to discuss 'pays anu means oi obtaining money wilii which Venezuela eau meet her obligation. os well as the guarantees winch it will tie possible to offer to her cieuuorsi The noie is as follows: “Caracas, December 18, 1902. —To the president ol the United States ol v i uezuela: “Sir: Thu undersigned having met with the purpose of offering their an. to me government of Venezuela in the present conflicting situation which ’has been created by the aggressive atti tude ot tier many and Ureal Britain and upon your request to give our opinions in writing, we address you in uie following terms: “In view of the acts of violence al ready committed and of the absolute impotence of Venezuela to meet force with force in response to the allied action of Germany and Great Britain, in view of the fact that Venezuela has exhausted all idle means required by civilization and diplomacy to put an end t<> cue present situation, and uie government and the people of Vene zieda having complied honorably and worthily to the demand ot national honor, we consider, with all due re speci. that lie moment lei yield to force lias arrived. “We therefore, respectfully recom mend that tail powers be given to tne minister ol the United Stales of Nortl. America, authorizing him to carry out proper measures to terminate the present conflict in the manner lea prejudicial to the interests of Vene zuela. •■We subscribe ourselves your obedi ent servants. "J. E. Una res, II 1.. Boulton, Car ius Santana, Nicomedes Zttloaga, P. De Sai. s, Peres Montabin. M. Glia# pelin, Juan Herrera, Juan A. A. Traveleso, Ydjo Paul." in addition to the names given the note is signed by about 200 other prominent citizens of Caracas. The Italian minister left Caracas this morning. At 8 o'clock Minister flkrwen went to the Italian legation in IWstate carriage accompanied by Sec- and took the Italian de ltiva, and the Signor fi:i//tirei:i. and rood ,-ta | gigl J feafefc Jr,n .' ‘I | "JCld' • Wm, n tf 1 * ' Ac.'; ' 9 jRt of the Italian *r presented an ultimatum to government y ester THE BRUNSWICK NEWS. day afternoon, and therefore there were crowds at the railroad station and no hostile demonstatlon. The city is cpiict today. The awakening of the Venezuelan people to the present situation of their country is accompanied by feelings ot bitterness and sorrow. BOILER BURSTS: FIREMAN DIES. One Man Killed and Two Injured in Explosion Near Worth, Albany. Ga.. December 18,—News reached here this morning of the ex plosion of one of the boilers at the gin of Hall & Wallace, in Hast Doug erty, near Worth, about o clock Ibis morning. The explosion hurled the other boil er 25 feet away and completely de molished the gin, killing Charlie Sea more, fireman; fatally injuring Will Barber. Allen Anderson was slightly huri. The boilers had been steamed for about, three-quarters of an hour when the explosion occurred, and it is oe ,r<. tuivc been one to the careless ness of me tireuian in letting too heavy a steam pressure form in the boner. iSeamore and Barber were .- .aimtug near the ou.ior at the time ot the explosion. Anderson was in the gin house. Alt the injured wore ne groes. G. A. Wallace, one of the owners ot the gin, was in the press room, the only part of the gin mat was hi, siamung. He escaped uninjured. Tho gin was bunt last summer and was north aoom 82,. dm. it is practically a complete los*. f : FIVE CHILDREN IN ONE YEAR. Louisiana Mother Coes the Limit — All Are Living. Jackson. Mis*.. Decemoer 18.—W. E Drew, a limner expert,, who has re turned Hun. •■■■■■ oi cohb eiua. re pons ib * discovery m a rem.-i cable woman m Tangipahoa pals'ti, near the Mississippi line. She is Mrs. Stevens, daughter of a prominent lumberman oi that sec.ion, uini within the past twelve month* lias (given birth to live children. The full ham* is composed of a set of triplets and a pair ot twin.!, all line and healthy children. During ape riod of twelve years Mrs. .Stevens lias given birth to nr'leen children. MARRIED LAST NIGHT. Mr. H. A. Pcrsnick and Miss Nona Ames Wedded. At 8 o'clock last night, at tne resi dence of Mrs. Manor, corner of G arid li streets, r. It. A. t'ennick amt Miss Nona Aims were married, ltev. M. C. Austin, of tiie McKendree Meth odist church, on mint ing. Both of the contracting parties are well known in Brunswick. Mr. Pennick Is an engineer on the Atlantic Coa-u Line. Miss Ames has only resided here for a short, peiod, but during that time lias made a large number of friends. BURGLARS LOOT POSTOFFICE. Safe Cracked—sooo in Cash and Stamps Taken by Looters. Aiken, S. C., December 18.—Burglars last night entered the postoffice anu general store of j. T. Eh u lor, at Mo: moienei, S. a lew miles from this city, blew open the sate and secured sßoli In cash beside* stamps and valua ble papers. The robbers cut the tele graph and telephone wire* on either side of the village. So far there is no clew to the identity of the thieves. Liquors Seized. San Juan. December 18. —Collecloi Oilmen today seized several hundred cases of liquors which hart b n brought from St. Thomas on board >e United States light house tender Lau rel. It is reported that certain arm: and navy officers as w li as m.e prominent citizens of San Juan, me Implicated in the matter. Mercantile Turst Elects Officers. New York. December 18. —The fol lowing today were elected directors ot the Mercantile Trust Company, of New York, Gage E. Tafbell. second vice president of the Equtable Life Assurance Society; Leslie D. Ward, vice president of the Prudential Insur ance Company, and Edwin Gould. IMPRDVEMENTSBV WESTERN UNION COMPANY WILL ESTABLISH A BURGLAR ALARM SYSTEM IN RRUNSWICK. OTHER SERVICES IN VIEW v __— ♦ Fire Alarm System and Messenger Service Also to Be Established For Benefit of Their Custom ers Here. Manager Davison, of the local tele graph office, announces that n number of improvements will shortly lie made by tiie company in this city and that a fire alarm, burglar alarm, and mes senger service will be established, and the work on the new systems will shortly begin. The burglar alarm will no doubt be welcomed in Brunswick, as a system of this kind is badly needed. The tel egraph office will place an alarm in stich residences and business houses SJJ IS?.V 'J*‘ i ro nt nnutinql t \ man will he kept on at the office all during the night, and the estmins.. mem ol this service in Brunswick will probably reduce the number oi rob beries in our city. The system will tie worked in tins way. The alarm will uc so aiiangcu that dm minute a burglar alteinpu io ui itra house, tiie number will regmierat the Western Union office anu Uie register at the telegraph office and the man In charge there will at one. nuuly the puttee barracks. In this way .an officer can get to the house in a it-w minute* and the burglar will never know mat me alarm tins been soumi eu. 'the office will no doubt have a number oi subscribers to me system iiere. Tne installation ot a tire alarm sys tem will also prove to he a groin, -as *islance to the people of the city, as, umter the system one can give the alarm of lire without leaving their home. At, present a lire may break out scvoal blocks from one of me city s rcguiitr lire alarm boxes, and heroic same can be reached the Haines can gain considerable headway. The tele graph company will only charge a small monthly rental tor these alarms and ii 1* to lie hoped that they will lie successful in their effort to give the people of Bunswlck an up io-date service. Another convenient service to be established Is that of putting on mes senger boys, who will deliver pack ages, notes, etc., to any reasonable distance in the city for tho small sum of ten cent*. Call boxes will he plac ed in the homes or husnesa houses ot those who desire the service free of charge and a messenger can be call ed, at any time by simply ringing for one. These additions to the service of the telegraph company are made owing to the simple fact that it Is tho inten tion of the company to give Bruns wick the service which Is enjoyed by all of the large cities, and it is to be hoped that our people will liberally patronize the new serivcos, as they will all he offered at a very small cost, HAS AN IMPORTANT BEARING. Court Decision Favors the Democrats of Colorado. Denver, December 17. The court of appeals today dismissed the writ of mandamus granted by District Judge Palmer requiring the state ford of can vassers to certify the election of ('. A.' Cooper, republican, instead of J. T. White I aw, democrat, as representa tive from San Juan county, holding that the courts have no right to inter fere thus with executive officers in the performance of their duties. Thi decision has Important bearing on the election of United States senator, for it leaves the stale hoard of canvassers ai liberty to seat two democrats whose seats had been contested. It election certificates are given to both democrats the house will consist of 21! republicans and 32 democrats, and the democrats are hopeful that, with ans jority of 1 the republicans will i.,c thwarted in their attempt to unseat the democratic members from Arapa hoe county, and thus secure a majori ty on joint ballot. BRUNSWICK, GA,, FRIDAY MOR NING, DECEMBER 19. WAR BLOCKADE 10 BE SECURED 1 POWERS TO PREVENT ALL SHIPS FROM ENTERING VENE ZUELAN PORTS. WAR ACTUALLY EXISTS So Declares Balfour in the Commons. and Says There is No Such i hing as a Specific Blockade. London. December !8. —In the course of a long statement in rue house of commons today, Premier Balfour said there was no such thing as a pa eiftc blockade." A suite of war actual l.v existed with Venezuela, and an in tinmtion of Hie blockade would short l.v he given to the powers. The pro niier also said the operations were re j luetant l> undertaken, not to recovei j debts, hut, after a long, and patient, .de lay, to recover compensation ior as saults on British subjects and iho seiz lire of Hr,l inn vessels. Mr. Hculv.lrish luilionalisl asked and the United States assented a blockade winch would exclude the United Suite , vessels. Mr. Balfour replied: “Neutrals mo not consulted when, you are in a state or" war wi„, a tin party?" "Is war declared? asked Mr. uea-iy. Tiie premier repiteu: "Does tho honorable member sup pose: t'lrtit without a state or war you cun lake vessels anu have a biocKum After reiterating Loin Lansi oun,- briel siaiemeni ir, tne bouse u, limi yoßiCrduy, the premier continued: "Tho blockade witi be carried out by Great Britain and Germany along mr feteut. portions or rue coast, anu though the two htvts v have tin same objects they van not a,-t us on< force. V\ t never ' any aiteuuon o, iTiKips * i-'t *. 2UviY' ov -ivi cutwmg territory oven toaijioraruy. We do not li in k it. desirable on cituei military or oilier grounds. All the con .unions governing such a blockaik ' have boon careltuiy considered and wn be published in duo time tor the trifor uiatum ot neutrals. Tho govenimen, is most anxious that those operation* the necessity for which wo deeply re gret, should boas little inconvenient to neutrals a* they can possibly in made. No difference' will tie made tie tween the vessels of the various nen Tral powers, i lliink it is quite likely that the United States will think vlrai there cannot be such a tiring as a “pa cific blockade,” and personally take the same view. Evidently a lilockadt involves a stale of war." Mr. Balfour concluded Iris statement with saving lie could make no an rtounceine.ni as to whether tho offer oi aridl ration from Venezuela would be accepted by Greni Britain. Germany Oppose* Arbitration. Berlin, December .18, Germany con siders that President Castro's proposal to arbitrate is iuudeqinue, unaccompa nied as it is with guarantees to pay li the arnitrators decide againai liinri, and a reply in that sense has been, or will be, sent through Minister Bowen. Great Britain will make a similar an swer. These statements are not made officially, but. are derived from an ex cellent source. A formal notice of the uloeltade ol tho Venezuelan const by the war vest pads of the allied powers is likely to be issued tomorrow. It Is tmdershtbd thru ships of the United Stares will be <e precisely the same basis as those of other nations. The foreign office here denies ex plicitly that (he German squadron in Venezuelan waters has orders to seize Margarita island, adding that no occu pation of the territory of Venezuela will occur. The foreign office officials allege that a systematic < ffort is apparently being made to represent Germany ns the propelling power in the coercion of Venezuela, and as being responsl bio for all Lie harsh measures. Pot instance, they say. the bombardment of the forts at Puerto Uabelto is ns erilied to German initiative, whereas tiie foreign offici officials ay without rear tv lion that the bombardment was at, the British commander’s suegestion Hi.. Topaz,e being a British ship. Tin German commander participated in tho firing a* a loyal ally. :EKCURS!ON WAS a BIG SUCCETS ABOUT 350 VISITORS CAME DOWN FROM POINTS ON THE B. & B. MERCHANTS WELL PLEASED The Excusicnists Are All Having an Enjoyable Time atfflNlmniik in the Highest Terms of Our City. The free oxi ui son to this city yes terday given by the merchants of Brunswick over the Brunswick and Birmingham railroad, from all stations along that line, was a success in >veiv sense of the word. The train arrived about 1-1 o’clock and eveiy car was packed. It is esti mated (hat about throe hundred and fifty took advantage of the tree excur sion. Among (ho visitors were (tonic of tho most prominent people of Tof fee county and they came to Brmis- V, i > i, ~, „<i ui nr, acquaints nee: v, it,!; our people, with whom they will he close ly identified in the future. The excursionists ail seemed io greatly enjoy themselves during the day. They thronged the wharves of tiie city -and took great, pleasure in viewing our beautiful hgif -„ and loko iag over the vessels injjA.ff.-Many e. hem had never been to 'BVnnsfvi* •' fore, but from what the’", stiff'.* > will certainly not he their irSi ili-realter they are coming old - t 'id stay longer. All of our merchants were well satis fied with the success of the e:o ursion and it is not at all improbable that these free trips will be given reguiar-y hereafter. Many of tiie stores were crowded during the day, as a majority of the excursionists came prepared to -loffheii * jtiiatmas hhoj'ihtia.i . Th • I'xcursion y esterday - [iTacticaify opened up anew business territory to Brunswick, which is one of the richest soclinns of the state. While these peo ple are close to Brunswick they have heretofore been doing business with other cities, owing to. the fact that there were no direct, railroad connec tions to Brunswick, but now they, can come at their pleasure .and th£y ali conn'd to he jubilant over llial fact. They like Urunswielv, and our people and ay that Ihey will do most of their trading with our merchants hereafter. The people! who came here yester day weie a quiet, orderly sot; only me nr two of them raising any-.ns pr!i,nu o, and the police found it re •v ssary to make onlv two arrests am. the mayor will no doubt dh diarg > them this m.rjimg A number of the excnrsionisls return 'd last night, but a majority oi them are still In the city and will ’(-main for a day or t wo. The News, like all Urn swick. w< 1 ornes those new acqualiifniieei of ours and hopes to sec tin ,n in oar c*ty d'loner in future. The B. ft 1!. people are to I .■ wn, mended for the excellent treatui 'ni Uial they accorded the i! i'i - Tin iffiedals did every iMing j-'is> ,h!e fo tie a:lommodation and couve: i.'ina if the passengers, who fully appre 'date their efforts. Popular Hen l ord had < barge oi •tie excursion and lie handle 1 tin "owrt like he does everyth’n.g else in good shape. Engineer W. FJ. Pian.derM.nia.io an <'>:eejlem. run from N'icholls and arriv ed here on time. i ■ ■ ——- THE SHOW TODAY. ■‘A Jolly American Tramp” Will Br On at the Giand, Matinee and Night. The auractlon offered al the Grand today is “A Jolly American frump.’ which will give I wo pet formanecs, mat inee and- night. Popular prices wilt prevail and the comp' ay will dotjljtlent tie greeted by two large linitne*. Walter Gale, w o e-saps the role ot the Weary Willie in Manager Newell’s sensation, is the In st delineator of tiie genus holm on the stage. His, make up is said to be perfeeet and so ex act that were lie to leave the stage and a pear on the streets in his tatters amt rags our police would surely send him to the workhouse, purely on his looks. In this play he says some very tunny things, and does some very grotesque specialties. His singing is said to be nirniiabie. POLICE OFFICERS TO MAKE A FIGHT AT THE TRIAL MONDAY NIGHT .MRS. JANE A. SYMONS DEAD. Passed Away Yesterday Afternoon at Home of W. F. Symons. Airs. Jane A. Symons died yester day afternoon at the residence of her nephew, Captain W. F. Symons. Mrs. Symons had been ill for only a short time and her death was a sad blow to her relatives. She leaves a daughter. Miss Ella Symons, her only immediate relative, to mourn her death. Mrs. Symons was horn in New York hut has lived south (lie greater part of her life. She would have been sev enty years old on G-i isimas ere, amt her long life was thor oughly good and useful one. was a consistent Christian and noted for her charitable and lovable character. During m r rcsidem ee here she won many friends who deeply regret her death. i ue remains will he taken to Savan nah this morning, and the funeral will occur in that city uus afternoon u 2 o’clock, him* Symons, the daughter of the" deceased, and the oilier relatives have tiie sympathy ot their liiends in their aad bereavement. MONEY FOB TEACnEf.S. j ''.stood That They Will tie Paid Before Christmas. um.erstood that lae public , teacheis of Glynn county wiii ■Vo tlie ii- monthly saiary on or lie .ore December 24, in order dial they wdl nave too money for Cnristma*. 'i mir salary is not due untif Jauuarj urst, Imt from information learned by a News reporter yesterday they will receive tiie money imore Giirnt mas. A special sent out foin Atlanta, con cerning the teachers pay,,says;. The school teacher* all over the to j.:eui.ve.,.G.h.r^t.m: ; ; iuofixu in a veiy lew days, Blare wcffilo. iiimitMiune;’ Gieua has mae-e alt ar ..uigementa to disburse about- y.;. o.oi r oy the last ot this' \frcek. it-wilf tak" ihut uiiivh lougoa to complete tie drawing tip of tlib warrants to i>e sign ed.;by the governor. v Tiiis money will go, most ol it. to pay ;salaries for last. March am, .uay. Dr. Glenn lias made every plfmt to dis tribute'this money in plenty ol time for Cutistinas slioiiping. BANKS DECLARE Di VI DEN Do. Both the Local Banks to Pay Stock holders o Per Cent. The directors of both the Nation al bank of Brunswick and tin* liriure wick Bank and trust < nmp. ny he, meetings yesterday and both of them declared a semi-aumiai dividend of 3 per cent. The dividend of the ini. t company is payable after December 23 and of the National Bank after Jan uary 2. 1903. These are iwo banking institution:: of which tiie people ot Hrunswiei, should justly feel proud. They arc both in a flourishing condition at pres ent. TAX BOOKS CLOSE TODAY. Collector Read Will Probably Have a Busy Time. This is the last day in which tlif people have to pay their state: and county laxes, as the books close this afternoon, and alter then li fas will be issued against, delinquents. During tlie past few days .ax Col lector Head lias been almost overrun with visitors who have come to make their payments. Especially is this true of the coloi'cH population. Many of the taxpayers always wifi, until the last day Or two to settle their taxes and then there is always u mg rush ind Mr. Bead will no doubl be kej i busy, today. INCREASE O. THE PLAGUE. Sixteen Deaths from °lague at San Francisco Since September. Victoria. It. C., December IS.—Dr. Fagan secretary of Hie British Colom bian heal til board, lias sent, the fol lowing letter to all officials of the provincial hoard of health. "I enclose regulations regarding plague in San Francisco. From March 1900 to November 5. 1902, there have been eighty nine deaths irom plague in San Francisco. Sixteen of these have occurred since September 9, of this year.” , PRICE FIVE CENTB. ATTORKEVS it 10 BE EMPLOYEB * : -MK : UNDERSTOOD SOME OF THE OFFICERS WILL HAVE LAW YERS IN CASE. T. L. Laamb Writes Card About the Matter and Says He is Ready and Willing for a Hearing Before Council. ;o|| Chief of Police Burney yester.hiyv served Officers T. J,. Lamb. J • h-* Lamb, It. L. Brady and Lewis with the charges preferred against, them arid wliu are to he tried by eoutre-; oil at their mealing Mommy night. 'I he” | chief also served a number of gtt’m3 ! mans to citizens to njipoar. at the a* witnesses in tiie c .:ke, and mb trials promise to he very mierestuig aft sved a* sem.al lonui. it is understood that, the officers’will make a strong defense and The News understands Uiut. some of them have eiiiplfiyeti lawyers to take charge oi their eases. In connection with the ease against him. Officer 'J'. L. [anno i isi night gave the News the follow ing card for publication: “l was not surprised when I return ed to the city today to find that chargee had he. u preferred against me; in fact, i knew it was coming and, although llreie is no dishonor at tached to the charge, l expect to go before council on Monday night,and am ronll,* grid, that lae matter wilt 'Oli'ii • mire io r+afn oiD-' ecus have been endeavoring for sev eral months to find .-.ouiothing against me as an oifici r and now the only charge they have is that. “I talked pol ities. and that is just what is "pester ing" these officials. How is it. that Mayor Emanuel asked me to talk poli ties in ..is behalf? "Why is if that Policeman A. ,f. Burney has no charges preferred against him when it is a well known fact that he was reported to the chief of police by the assistant chief. A..L- Owens, on a charge move serious than "talking politics”. I expect in due time to show the people of Brunswick that lie clu urges against me are noth ing but political persecution. in lhe charges against Policeman Brady ii is staled that he talked poli tic:- mi May IS. Why is it. if he dis obeyed lire police ~ gulntion last May. that the charges were not made be fore? Why is ii tiia' they waited until after he voted for Orcvntt?’ — • ue is th. charge against me; ' "Vi a are charged with violating the lasi clause oi rule 21 ol the rules gov erning i,ie police force of Bunswlck. said i lae. re hi;; as follows; ‘No officer, or member, of the po.ie<*foree, will he allow'd to lake an active part: in advocating the Haims of any per- son ior any office, whether city, coun ty, state or national gov< l ament,' in that you obtained leave of absence a$ a polieeinan on November 29th, 1902.' for two weeks,’anti that subsequently.' and up to and including th • 9th day of December. 1902. yyn devoted much of your time to actively advocating tne clairas of some of the , candidates for the offices of mayor and aldermen, who were to be voted lor at the muni cipal election held in said city on De cember 9 th, 1902. You are also charged with a breach of the discipline governing the police force, in that in a public speech deliv ered by you at the city hail on or about December 3rd, 1902, you crit ciz.cd your superior officers, using sub stantially the following language, that ii (he poirce ojeuar Gneot haiL a, Tiie mayor and aid safiprity have directed that, them* -"targe's against you lie heard ).y tHe inaybFtrmd council at i he city hall in said city oii December 22nd, 1902, at 7.30 p. nt., at which lime and place yon may appear and answer such charges." I know council is composed of tibn* orable gentlemen and I leave it to them and the public. T. L LAMB, '