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VOLUME 2. NUMBER 77. OFFICERS TO OF TRIED TONIGHT + THE FOUR POLICEMEN WILL BE GIVEN HEARING BEFORE COUNCIL. AN INTERESTING TRIAL Council Chamber Will Be Packed With Visitors—Attorneys For the Officers Will Make a Strong Fight. The city hall promises to be the center of attraction tonigrt an I for th< second time Messrs, j. 1.. Lamb, Lew is Gill, T. L. Lamb an i R L. Brae? all members of the lr.in-.\\ink police force, who are charged with taric's and sundry violations of the police r. gnlatlons of the city will he given a hearing this evening, th ■ member,, oi the city council acting at a court oi Inquiry in the matter. This is a case la miliar la the reading public rif ihe city. The officers, sonic of whom have 'kv:i snspe-. le l. are ac cused a number of violations cf tlio police rules. Their cases were ret for a hearing last M mday night wan, but at that ime attorneys for the a yens': < moved a postponement to which conn cil agreed. It was then supposed that the matter would ~: taken m> Ci.t ist mas night, but ct this meeting it • decided, to hear tnom tonight. Chief of Police Burney was busy yesterday summoning witnesses in u p case# and from present indi atlcnfi. i> the maters are tiled on their merits tonight, the first gray rtre i:is • i tv morrow's dawn will find the members of council still hearing evidence. .Attorneys C. Symons, Hodug WitP field. Max Isaac, It. E. Dart and Wo m fonl Mabry will appear to tne arcus ed officers, while City Vi t ru'.y ! ' tv ■J'witly will represent the >Hy in the premises. Considerable interest Ims been man itested in the trial of these cus-s t.ml it is very likely that the proceedings tonight will be witnessed by a large number of spectators. MAY HAVE A LEAGUE. Talk of Organizing a Smalt One in South Georgia. An article recently appeared in the Savannan News stating that, there was some talk in that city oi organizing a baseball leagtip among the larger oi ies of ,-oiith Georgi a. Since the ap pearance of the article there has been cot K.derable talk In loeal baseball cir cles ;,nd if such a league is organized Brunswick will, in all probability, be in it. The News favored the idea, but said that he league would have to be run on a small plan to make It a success. As viewed by local lovers of the sport, it Is their idea to get up -*>e league with six or eight south Geor gia and Florida cities. Say lor in stance. Savannah, Thom as wile, and WayeroKS, Ga., and -Jack sonville and Fcrnandina, Kla. AH ol these are good bull towns, but 01 course, each o' them could not support, an all professional club, so the best plan would be for eacn city to secure tour or five professional players and complete tlioir team with icoal play doing this the expense of (in m clubs woitiv. not be so large, league would no doubt be fatter is now being looked k>as*!>all enthusiasts in bavan shortly I \m org;v i J ! out; <)£#• l or flvmwro (W Bland. ®Along the , Decern be. is been rag y-six hours, mage along 3d. that the rabiy. The ian passed has not L because 01 THE BRUNSWICK NEWS. DERRICK GAVE WAY ACCIDENT AT PUBLIC BUILDING YESTERDAY BUT NO ONE HURT. A large piece ot marble, weighing about three and a half tons, fell from the top of the public building yesterday morning about 8 o'clock, but, fortu nately no one w'as injured and the damage will only amount to about $35 or S4O. It seems that the stiffiegs of the large derrick had a flaw in them and in raising the large niece of marble from the ground to the lop of the building it gave way. and the marble came from the top story of the build ing to the ground. The marble, which had already been cut and was ready to be placed in po sition was smashed, and this was ■ bout the only damage done. The workmen always keep clear ol the large derrick when it is in opera tion, and for this reason no one was hurt, but had there been anyone under the large marble it would have meant death to them. DEATH OF MISS ELLA BLANTON Lovable Young Lady Passed Away at an Early Hour This Morning. The many friends of Dr. and Mrs. G. \V. Blanton, and of their daughter. Miss Ella. Blanton, will be grieved to learn of the death of the latter, which occurred at the family residence on Norwich street at 12:30 o'clock this morning. Miss Blanton has been quite ill for several days, but yesterday her symp tions grew worse, and little hope was entertained for her recovery, and al though everything that loving hands could do and medical science could uggest y-’ done to save her it was o no avail. " This lovable young lady, just enter mg upon fin* threshold of womanhood having pissed her nineteenth anni versary only a few days since, was loved by a large circle of friends, not only in Brunswick, but in many other cities where she was known. In the death of Miss Blanton our city has lost one of its most admita hie and lovable young ladies; one whose bright, mind and attainments, beautiful character and sweetness oi manner and disposition made her he loved 'ey all who knew her. Iu social eludes her bright and winning person ality made her a favorite and she will, indeed, he sadly missed. To the heart-broken mother and father and. loving brother and sister The News joins their host of friends in extending condolence in this sat. hour of their life. No funeral arrangements have yet been piepared, but the funeral will oc <ur tomorrow, a notice of winch wi appear in these columns in the morn ing. CLUB mSKS FOR A CHARTER. White Cak, in Camden, County, Will Bea Gieat Resort. The White Oak- club has petitionee ;he superior couit of Camden county A a charter. The sale of the beautiful property a; u bite Oai- has been published ii these columns before. The property was recently sold through B rob# ton. r endig & Cos., of this city, to a mini her of gentlemen, who intend to make the plat e a handsome winter resort, a The petitioners are J. W. Schley End C. A. Snearson, of Savannah; John TC. Garnett, o£ South Carolina; E. Shearson, of New York, and Frank D. Aiken, of Brunswick. it is the pu* pose of the club to erect a handsome club house and a of cottages on the property and other wise improve it, and it is understood that it will be one of the most beau tiiul waiter resorts in this section ol the country, and will be excelled only by Je,yi. The work on the building, will probably begin within the next few months and will be completed by next winter. , aLfei- Arm Shot Off at Cochran. Cochran, Ga., December 29.--Vt out hunting yesterday afternoon Na thaniel Green had his arm accidental ly shot off. He is son of Garrett Green, a prominent farmer of this county, who lives a few' miles from Cocbraan. __._i A ROW MAY SOON COME REAR mDMIRAL HARMONY AD VISES FULL PREPARATION OF THE KAISER. Washington, December 29 —Highly significant of the feeling which domi nates army and navy circles that trouble with Germany is one of the things to be expected i.i the future is the opinion of Rear Admiral llan.any, retired, which has just appeared in *hc New York Herald. The Herald, which is one of the strongest advocates of the ujd ui!dmg of the navy, has recently published a series of interviews with men in pub lic life and with officers of the r.avy' in wnch the desirability of a stead) naval increase is set forth. Others have, however, merely hinted ~t in ture troubles; it remains for Admiral Harmony to “talk out in meeting," as the saying goes, and lie does it. Germany is Being W rtjhvJ. The appearance ot this interview co incident yvith the Venezuelan compli cations makes it doubly interesting. It is no secret that Germany’s move ments in South America are being constantly watched, and vatc icd close ly, by the diplomatic representatives of the Unued States on the ground. Germany’s declarations are necessarily taken at their full face value .vnen ii conies to official utterance mil official taction, but how much her motives are questioned was shown by Piesldeut Roosevelt's selection of the Caribbean as the scene for naval maneuvers which were timed to occur just as Ger many and Great Britain found It no cessary to send fleets in that direc tion to coerce Venezuela. That this disposition of the fleet which placed under Admiral Dewey the largest force which has even been gathered together on this side of the world, was mane atm wll < a. view to possible complications over the Monroe doctrine. I have on the highest possible authority. The mo tives of Great Britain have not been questioned. Great Britain has an in terest in the'Mont oe. doctrine as gieat as that of the United States itself. From being the trad tit onal enemy oi this country, England has become its best friend—not through any particu larly sentimental friendship, but be ause she needs our friendship In , ruin. With Germany the case is dit ,erent. Germany has long looked wit. hungry eyes at the great continent ol .youth America, which she believes ould be made to blossom and prosper far beyond its present condition il opened to colonization under the Ger man flag. The Monroe doctrine stand: in the way. German statesmen and ■he officers of the German army am. navy have looked forward to the lime that Monroe doctrine, and he it said 1 .iietr credit they have looked forward when they will bo called upon to test to it with eagerness. They are not maid 01 the test. MAYOR'S MONDAY N ATM ICE. Twelve Offenders Were Up Sefot'e Him Yesterday Morinng. Mayor Emanuel neld an interej ing session of the municipal court yester day morning and disposed of twelve cases. They were as follows: l/.air McCoy, fighting, $5 or 2 days. Mat Goodbread, fighting, case con tinued. Cus Burns, fighting; case continued. George Skipper, lighting; discharg ed. Eugene Bunting, fighting; discharg ed. , . , Nellie Bunting, fighting; discharged. Ed. Putnam, fighting; discharged. Ed. Thomas, lighting; discharged. Robert Christopher, dischaiging fire arms in the city limits; discharged. Jim Brooks, public indecency; Ii or five days. 4 Charlie Horne, fighting; sls or 60 days. Alexander Hardison, fighting; $! or five days. Rev, *l. M. Jones Shot. Columbia, S. C., December 29 —Rev. W. M. Jones, pastor of the Baptist church at Williston, while out hunting yesterday, was seriously wounded in the right arm by the accidental dis charge of his gun in removing it from the buggy in which he was riding. BRUNSWICK, GA., TUESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 30. TALK OF RAILROAD FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN ♦ BRUNSWICK TO BE DEEP WATER PORT IF THE LINE IS BUILT. A RAILROAD MAN TALKS Gives Macon Paper a Lengthy Inter view on the Subject and Says He Is Sure ’Frisco System Wants to Come Here. For the past three or four months, or in tact since the recent great changes in railroad circles, there has ueeii much said about the ’Fiisco Sys tern trying to get into Brunswick, anu also tiiat several big lines were figur ing on building several lines that would . oinplete u road from ocean to ocean. The latest concerning this road was printed in the Macon Telegraph yes terday, and is as follows: "Keep and eye on the south Georgia country, and the movements of the At lantic and Birmingham," said an ob servant railroad man, who as the rep resenlafive of one 01 the big Southern, ones, visits Macon at intervals. "The Atlantic and Birmingham is go ing to figure in one of tne big ruildoac piopusiuons of the clay iu the near !u .ure. It will be el importance tc ■eorgia ami will have u big bearing an the railroad situation beyond Gem gia. * The Frisco line is at Biiiningb.ru. and the Atlantic and Birmingham wi. jffer a logcal extension ot tne systo. to tfdewater, at itninswk-K, one of thj nest, it not tne best Sou in Auaiuit port. The men controlling the ’Fiisci nave demonstrated their anility to pa>, die their canoes without calling upon .ueir neighbors tor uelp. Now here, another pointer tor you, and it will re teal a gigantic poject, having us iL nujecuve me construction ot anew uans-cohtiuenial railway. "tne E-lid, Ban Diego and Facia .abroad, incorporated in Oklahoma, Ic mild a line from Enid, Ukta., to Bun uiego. Cal., with its principal office; at Enid, is a F'rsco pioject. The neat, man 01 me enterprise is John B. eui ■ten, president of the Denver, Enid am ju 11, the Frisco extension troiu L. to Guthrie. The capital stock is s3o, ouo.otw. "The line from Enid to Ban Diegc .viil oe a,ituo miles, and from Enid via Birmingham to Brunswick will bi about i,i>ul) miles, wi..u would mam .no proposed line shorter man any or ..iie piescnt trans-continental railways. ‘ Another pointer to bear in mine the Southern pacific is the only rea uans-contiuenul line in operation 1. be United States. The Union Pacific, and the Aten.son, Topeka auu Santa F'e are trans-continental lines ihrough connections east oi Chicago. The Frisco, by the extension east .rom Birmingham to Brunswick, am. west from Enid, Okia., to San Diego, will be tne only teal irans-contiuentai • allway extending from a deep watei harbor on the Pacific to a deep watei port on the Atlantic. ‘A glance at the map of the Unitea Stales reveals tins important condi tion. The proposed line will be the shortest line from ocean to ocean, anu will be, with the exception of the southern Pacific, the only one below .he snow line. , “The cost, of operation and mainte nance will, therefore, be much less than its gieat competitors to the north ward, it, will also be tiia only trans eontmetrial line tuat will directly tap the South, whose rapid development promises immense traffic in the future, in 1900, 700,000 hales of cotton were, shiped from the Soum Union Pacific,! Great Northern and other trans-conti nental lines to Yokohama, Kobe and Nagasaki, Japan, and Hong Kong, China. In 1901 about. 1,w0,00 baleb of cotton goods went trom the South over tnese fnes to the same destina tion. The ’Frisco, tapping the South eui territory directly, will be a formid able competitor for this business. It will bring the far east and the south in closer touch. The development of the south in manufactures and agricul ture will receive a tremendous ini* FIGHTING RESUMED VENEZUELAN REVOLUTIONISTS BEGIN ACTIVE HOSTILITIES AGAINST CASTRO. Willemstad, Island of Curacao, De cember 29. —The Venezuelan revolu ■ionists have resumed aetive hostilities against President Castro. There oc curred yesterday morning a lively en gagement between 1.200 revolutionists under General Riena and government forces at Cuavaroa, in the vicinity ol Coro. Details of the engagement are lacking, but it is known here that tin evolutionists had artillery. The gov ernmemt forces were commanded b\ General Referano Castillo. General Riera retained his position. The arm tstiee between the government and the revolutionists has just exploded. Willemstad, Island of Curocao, Sat urday, December 27. —News has reach *d here from an authoritative source m Caracas, tiiat Vicente Gomez, lira, vice president ol’ the republic, intends to carry out a bold strategic stroke tgainst President Castro. Willemstad, Island of Curacao, Sa, urdiay, December 27. —General Zollo Vldol and five other leading support ers of General Matos, who had sought refuge here, left the Island ot Curacao early this morning in a sailboat, which took them in the direction of Gumarebo, near Coro, on the Venezu elan coast. The departure of these men Is taken as proof that the revolt, against President Castro is again ac tive. ACCIDENTS OUT ON THE OCEAN. Vessel’s Compass Out of Order— Ship’s Officer Killed. Now York,.-December 29. —La Cham pagne, of the French steamship line, arrived tonight fiom Havre with ftfty ,.*£V£ff cabin and,.^£fl..Steerage passen gers. On December 20, La Champagne sighted n ship about 6 miles off flying listress signals. She proved to he the bark Nile of Glasgow, bound fiom Bar badoes for Boston. Her compass was out of order. La Champagne gave ,he required aid to the Nile, whin then proceeded. On December 25, dur .ng a strong westerly gale, which la ed about six hours. Pierre Bardelles the first officer of La Champagne was ! killed by a- high sea. Bardelles was standing on the bridge when a tre ; meudous sea struck the vessel on the tear board side, throwing him down with great force, l}e was picked up unconscious and died an hour later His body was buried at sea. COLD SPELL BROKEN. yVarm Weather Prevailed Every where Yesterday. Though the cold spell that re cently reached Hiunswick continued through Sunday the mercury fail ed to get as low as it did the day tmfore, an., the cold was so far mod erated in the aiicr'MiifTthat the maxi mum for the day was Tu degiees high er than that of tile filly bol'oie. The minimum, which occurred at 3 o’clock a. m.. was 20 degrees, and this maximum, registered at’ 2 ' j)'. 'in., was 48 degrees The mean, 38 decrees, was U. degrees below the normal, which re duces the accumulated excess of the month to 27 degrees and that of thc year to 242. The coldest weather in the TTnileu State? last night at 8 o’clock was art "Boston and North Platte, where, in each case, the mercury had fallen to 20 degrees. The warmest weather was at Corpus Chrfstl, 70 degrees, and at Galveston and at Jupiter, 61 in each case. At Brunswick 40 was The indications for today are for cold er weather. No reports of any damage to crops in this vicinity have been received The only truck crops now above ground are some winter cabbages, tur nips, beets and a few other such har dy plants, which, far Irom being hurt, could stand weather several degrees older than lias ye* been experience and that without any material damage. The greatest damage done by the cold snap has been to the many ex posed water pipes. petus from the demands of the vast eastern market, and the reciprocity relations of increasing trade will hen fit the southern sectoin beyond calcu lation. in this benefit, Georgia, Ma con and every other manufacturing centre of the state will come in for a abare. IT GOES TO THE HAGUE VENZEUELA RECEIVES THE NOTES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND GERMANY. Washington, December 29.—-The Venezuelan government is now' in pos session of the complete notes of Great Britain and Germany containing the various reservations made by those governments before the decision was reached tiiat the issues between Vene zuela and the European governments laving claims against her should be referred to The Hague tribunal for ar bitration. The United States having acted as an intermediary in the steps ’eading up to the acceptance of arbi tration, now turns over to Hie Vene zuelan government the formal work oi completing the basis for a full hearing before The Hague. The, notes were transmitted to the Venezuelan govern nent for a full hearing before The tlaague. The notes were transmitted to the Venezuelan government through United States Minister Bowen at Ca racas. There wore no new features to the situation here today. Officials are hopeful that he governments interested will work harmoniously and conseien tiously to reachc an early and final so lution of the trouble. The administra tion is anxious that there soon indy be in amelioration of the blockade. It is certain this government will use every effort to have the blockade called off while the case at issue before Tnje: Hague mbiinnl for the double reason that its continuance is always a men ace to peace and order, and because of the haimful effects on Americaan shipping to Venezuelan ports. Just what the allied governments have determined upon in mat regard it is difficult to say, as Secretary Hay' uniformly has mused to make publii their reservations and demands as a preliminary to arbitration feeling tha such infoi niation should come from the governments themselves. Blockade Will Be Kept Up. London, December 29.—A dispatch o the Central News from Rome sayi .t. has been semi officially announced that, under special agreements the blockade of the Venezuelan coast by Hie tallies will continue during the ar •dtrat.ion of the issues. Movements of Vessels. La Guayra, December 29. — The Bet D line steamer Maracaibo arrived hen this afternoon at 2 o’clock anil enterec Hie port. She landed her p.l.ssehgrr; and mails and received passengeif and mails Iront La Guayra. Aftei wards sne left for Willemstad. The British cruiser Cliarybdis pass ed this port ’yesterday going in a west .rly direction. She communicatem with the British cruiser Tiinline. The L'lnarybdiff returned from the west, tins Afternoon and continued in uie dnei non of Trinidad. SEVERE EARTHQUAKE SHOCK. It Occurred at Syracise, Sicily—No Lives host. Rome, December 29.—A severe earthquake shock was experienced at Syracuse, Sicily, this evening. It war preceded by snu-et cancan rumblings. - St. Petersburg, December 29. —At. earthquake shock, which lasted twenty three seconds was felt today at Bigsk. 111. tlie government of Tomstt. The governor genera) ol 'Turkestan, in a report to the czar on the Andijan district, says that he hopes that with in a month it will be possible to linu temporary accommodations for the 1.1 oops and ihe authorities at the dev (.stated city. MARCONI STILL SENDS THEM. Wireless Telegram Directed to the Empress Eugenie. Glace Bay, N. S., December 29. The Marconi station at Glace Bay con unues to maintain daily communica tion with Cornw;;li, with constantly in creasing efficiency and tacility. Mar coni is stilt here, out will leave short ly for Gape God station. In the meantime ho is sending two or three messages by wireless telegraphy to Europe dany. Some of these dis patches are lengthy. One of the dis dispatches was directed to former Em press Eugenie. * Bishop Westing Dead. I.ondon, December 2 j. — tne Rt Rev, John Wogan Westing, bishop ol St. Albans, is dead, PRICE FIVE CENTS. SUPT, WESTRtCH NAS RESIGNED +“> — SEVERS HIS CONNECTION WITH THE BRUNSWICK AND BIR MINGHAM RAILROAD. HIS SUCCLSSOR APPOINTED W. A. Slocum. Formerly With the Sea board Air Line, Has Been Named as Superintendent cf Trans portation of the Road. L. T NVestrieb. for the past eight months general superintendent of the Brunswick & Birminghmi italic ;atl. Company, yesterday tendered iiis res ignation to the geneia] offices of that company, and left last night for Si. Louis, where he has business interest demanding his Immediate attention. Mr. Westrich, since his residence in Brunswick, has made many warm friends, ail of whom will j' in the News in expressing deep regret Unit he has found it necessary to sever his con nection with the Brunswick ti. oirorlng ham. Mr. Vvestrich Is a tnororrglr rail road man and during his Incumbency of the physical operation of the line many notable Improvements have been made and the service has been materially bettered. The retiring superintendent will carry with him tne very best wishes of large circle of Brunswick friends, who will wish him much prosperity Or whatever fate way, call iafainhni lol .ib.litv - ■ In this connection Wife XS 1 nrim-rly with the 3.' A, jll. more recently a train of Wo’t) ■- Sea hoard Aii Line,, liar bebfi ■> ■■ 1 1 a'U -be -s u per nit 1 -iteT: 'Tf .nsiead of gem ral superintoSSsHß? Mr. Slocum s appointmnt ' fit etlf.e&J? live January 1. and he will be in fulfil Charge of transportation matter* of-ste the company. He is a competent traf-’Ts ,1c man and The News him web come to his new position. VIOLENT DEATHS IN NEW YORK. Three of Them by Suicide—Five of Them Due to Accidents. Nt'w York. December 2'.).- Eight per sons met violent deaths in Greater New York today. Three were clear cases of suicide and the others result ed from a variety of causes. Mrs. Mary ’Clai lie, aged 45, wife of • lie chief officer of-the steamer Bever ,y, dieci from the result of gas polson ng, self administeied. Geo. Simon, Hi, and Jacob Schwartz, 35 eyars olu, died after drinking car bolic acid. y.'jaHjj Mary Stack, aged* 24. of Whitons • villc,, Mass., was found dead, in a ho-. • el. escaping gas was given as flu’, came. An unidentified' man was found 1 "bn uncoil"" HJtfS, ,\iary Searies, aged.,sß, drank Wood •' >■'■■■ 1 and die 1 in a hospital. 1 was found on the .sidewalk wMh a traclSWtWiW^lfi uni ..ed luter,-' Two men arc (load as tho result of; falls, one in tho power house of a street railway company, and the other in a lodging house. if.' -tejjjjjj&BM An 18-year-old gill unsuccessfully at tempted suicide by swallowing carbolic acid and a- woman 2.2 years old, hang-' ed herself in a police station, but was cut down in time to save her life. BIG FIRE AT WETUMPKA, ALA. Entire Block Wiped Out —Loss Esti mated a* $60,000. Wetumpka, Ala., December 29. - Fire which broke out in a general mer chandise store this morning at 2 o’clock almost destroyed an entire block of two-story brick buildings and caused a loss of over $60,000, partly covered by Insurance. The block destroyed constitutes the business center ot the town. The local firemen were unable to cope with e.p flames, and an engine was sent from Montgomery. By ihn time it arrived, however, th# fire had almost burnt it self out, aud was practically under control of the small squad of men, who by toeir efforts liad prevented the flames from spreading to the resident section. Toe heaviest loss was sus tained by D. W. Walkley, which will reach *1.5,000. He carried *IO,OOO in surance,