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THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS.
VOLUME 2, NUMBER 223.
HUNDREDS DROWNED
IN AN OREGON TOWN
Heppner Almost Swept
from the Karth By a
Terrible Gloud=
burst.
THREE HUNDRED
REPORTED Kill
Water Swept Upon Little
City Carrying Every
thing with It.
DETAILS OF THE AFFAfjR
ARE YET VERY MEAGER
Report Received Says Entire Families ]
Were Drowned, and Among the
Victims are Some of the Most
Prominent People of the
City.—All Wires are Re
ported Down
Spokane, Wash., June 15. —Special
news received here by telegraph and
telephonic advices state that the lit
tle town of Heppner, Oregon, was
destroyed by a great flood of water,
that rushed down Willow’s creek be
tween six and seven o’clock last
night.
Reports received from lone says
that between 350 and 500 people are
believed to have been drowned in
the flood.
At 5 o’clock this lporning, so it is
reported, 15.0 bodies had already been
~^l
-The k-ires are down and only
meager details of the terrible affair
can be ascertained.
Heppner is a town of about twelve
thousand inhabitants. Willow's
creek, from where the water came,
is, ordinarily, a very small stream.
From the reports received It is be
lieved thet the floor! was caused by
either one or two cloud bursts.
THREE HUNDRED DEAD,
SAYS ARLINGTON. REPORT.
Arlington, Oregon, June’ 15.—A
message received here direct from
Heppner says that at least three hun
dred were drowned there by a
cloudburst. The water ran for an
hour and a half. It came down in
mighty torrents, sweeping everything
in its path.
Among those drowned are many en
tire families, and man yof the vic
tims are among the most prominent
people of the town. Some relief has
been sent from this and other cities.
THE RIFLEMEN WERE OUT
WALKING GUARD DUTY
Green Members of the Com
pany Given a Touch of
Real Camp Life.
“Halt! Who goes there?”
This was the familiar military strand
heard in the vicinity of the square
next to McGarvey’s furniture store
last night.
Many citizens, and especially those
with a black face, did not know
what it all meant, and to say th -t
two o’ three negro boys were some
wha< 'ightened, would not be exag
ge’
was only the membits of tlie
ickJtiflemeu out practicing,
for the coming encampment, and thev
were put through a good night's
work.
Many of the present numbers of
the company are new ones, and have
never been to an en jamp-ceut, and
were receiving their first irntructii ns
pt camp life last night, under their
CLUB WILL MEET TONIGHT.
Will Hold Interesting Session at St.
Mark’s Parish,
The third meeting of the Men’s
club will be held tonight at St. Mark's
parish house at 8 o’clock. This or
ganization originated among the men
of St. Mark’s church under the leader
ship of their rector, Dr. Rede, but it
now become a general society, exist
ing for the benefit of the whole city.
Its membership is open to every
white male resident of Brunswick,
16 years of age or over, who is in
terested in the prosperity of the city
and the welfare of his fellowmen.
There are no regular dues and the
contribution of its members go to
wards its support and work will be
voluntary.
Its organization is simple and its
aims are such as ought to interest
every intelligent and loya! citizen . f
Brunswick. A cordial invitation has
been extended to all such to attend
its meetings and learn for themselves
what its principles and purposes are.
It is expected that at the meeting to
night its organization will be com
pleted and officers elected.
NORWAY HONORS COMPOSER.
The Entire Country Celebrated His
Birthday,
Christiania, yline, 15.—A1l Norway
united today in doing honor to Ed
ward Greig, the nation’s most honor
ed and most famous composer, on the
occasion of bis sixtieth birthday.
The leading men of the . country
gathered at Bergen and took pari in
the great celebration.
Letters and messages came from all
parts of the world.
Greig is a dwarf and a hunchback
but he has a remarkable face ami
a .pleasing manner to those whom ho
has to please. Ho lives quietly at Hop,
a little village on the railway from
Bergen to Voss. He lives a very re
tired life and is seldom seen in public
except notv and then When he leads
an ochest.ra
iSh-PsrdonJor. Baker,
f'renton, N. J. June 15.—Among the
many petitions to be considered at
the meeting of the court of pardons
which begins tomorrow, is that of
'Thomas G. Barker, of Arlington, whose
case has attracted great attention in
nil parts of the country. Parker is
nerving a five years sentence for the
shooting of Rev. John Keller, pastor
or Trinity church for an alleged in
cult to his wife. Halter has served
tiro years of his sentence.
Kentucky Elks in Session.
Louisville, June 15. —The Elks of
this state arc reaching here on every
I rain and will hold their convention
in this city tomorrow. The organi
zation has grown wonderfully lately
and is new in a flourishing condition.
Bicycle Thieves Again.
The police department is kept busy
these days hunting for stolon bicy
cles and hardly a day passes without
reports of bicycles lost. The owners
of wheels are most too careless and
teave them anywhere they chance to
ie at any time.
respective corporals. The boys walk
ed guard duty around ih- square for
some time, and the two or three
negro boys who happened to pass
thought something had gone wrong at
the jail, and that the troops were
keeping watch on some criminal One
little coon did not stop to see what
was the matter, hut entered a foor
race with himself, and at l ist accounts
he was hitting only in high places
out near the cemetery.
The company will he out as of ten as
possible preparing for the encamp
ment. and the “green” members will
he quite familiar with “calling the
corporal of the guard'' when he goes
into camp at Augusta next month.
The Riflemen are taking consider
able Interest In the encampment and
it is probable that a large number of
the members will go.
FAIR WEATHER SCHEDULED.
Summer Weather Comes Again After
a Chill Blast.
According to the for sv. .t sent out
from Washing last night the weather
, for this section of the country is likely
i to be fair with variable winds.
| The weather yesterday was a pleas
ant relief from the November chills
of the two days before, it was evi
dent that the coof wave .that was
forced down from the British posses
sions in the northwest of Canada
found an (inhospitable welcome in the
sunny south, and June struggled with
the elements to become herself again.
Of course, the high barometer from
the polar regions that forced the cool
weather this way could rot be dissi
pated in a single day, but the warm
sunshine of yesterday was a happy re
port of progress in this direction.
BANKERS MEET TOMORROW.
Excellent Program Has Been Arrang
ed for Them.
An excellent program has been ar
ranged for the annual meeting of the
Georgia Bankers’• association to be
held in Atlanta on June 17. and 18.
Among the features of the enter
tainment will be a trip to Lookout
mountain, a banquet and a luncheon. ;
Below is the list of officers of the '
association and the executive com- j
mittee.:
Offiecrs —Ft D. Bloodworth, presi
dent, Savannah; S. B. Brown, first
vice president, Albany; 51. S. Bell,
second vice president, Milledgeville;
C. C. Sanders, third vice president,
Gainesville; A. D. Brown, fourth vice
president, Talbotton; J. T. Cnlpeppcij
fifth vice president, Thomas viiley M.
H. Plat, treasurer, Macon; L. P. Hnl
yer, secretary, Macon.
Executive Committee —R. E. Mad
dox, Atlanta; J. A. G. Carson, Sovar
nah; E. D. Walter, Brunswick; Joseph
A. McCord, Atlanta; E. A. Perry,
Bainbridge; J. C. Rhea, Griffin, L. C.
Hayne, Augusta; G. Gumby Jordan,
Columbus; J. D. Walker, Sparta.
Honorary Roll Past Presents —M.
tG. Lane, .Savannah; R H. Plant. Ma
con;'T. B. Neal, Atlanta; G. Gumby
Jordan, Columbus; L. C. Lane, Augus
ta; John A. Davis, Albany; *W. C.
C-ann, Savannah; J. C. Rhea, Griffin;
E. T. Hardwick, Dalton; P. E. May,
Augusta.
‘“Deceased.
MUSICIANS ARE TO GATHER.
i
National Music Teachers Association ,
to Meet in Asheville.
The National Music Teachers’ asso- 1
ciation will meet in Asheville on the j
Sot'll, of this month and will remain i
in session for three days.
This will be the first meeting of
the association ever held in the south ,
and music lovers from all patts of |
the country will he present and it is ]
safe to predict that the gathering will ,
be a very interesting and enjoyable
one.
For this occasion iho Southern rail
way will sell tickets from this city
for the round trip for $13,85. The
tickets are limited to return by July
10 but by depositing them with the
agent at Asheville and paying a fee of
fifty cents an extension of the time
wirll he granted allowing passengers
to ret’i at any time before October
10, 1903. -
Agent Candler, of the Southern, will
give any further information desired.
VOODOO DOCTOR IS ON TRIAL.
He is a Negro and is Charged With
Murder.
Philadelphia, June 15.-—George F.
Hossey, the colored "voodoo” doctor,
who with Catherine Lanz murdered
her husband some time ago, was put
on trial here today and the case will
be an interesting one from start to
finish.
It is alleged that the negro furnish
ed the dead man's wife with a powdei
which she gave to her husband and
which killed him. The defense says
that the powders were given for the
purpose of curing the man of the whis
key habit and that, they did not cause
iiis death.
FOR THE BOAT RACES.
Public Anxious to See an Interesting
Race on the Fourth.
A great deal of interest is being
taken in the proposed boat race to
he held on the Fourth and it looks
like it will he a sueedss.
Gustave Anderson is at the head
of the movement for the race and he
will be glad to get the assistance
of the public in making a success of
BRUNSWICK, qfi., TUESDAY MIRSING, JUNE 16, 1903.
DR, J,I,BUM
KILLED ST SON
-t ♦ *•
Tregedy at Eastman Sun=
day Ends Life of a
Prominent Man
HE THREATENED WJIE’S LIFE
Son Entered the Room to Aid His
Mother—His Pistol Suddenly dis
charged, the Bullet Passing
Through Father’s Heart.
Eastman, Ga., June 15. —About six
I o'clock Sunday Dr. T. J Buchan, a
prominent citizen of lias I mar., was shot
through the heart and instantly killed
While in a scuffle with his wife and
1 son over a pistol lie bad in his bed
room.
j it is said the doctor was under the
influence of some intoxicant, an
, becoming angered with his wift
for a pistol that lay eon
venient, saying as he did so that
he would kill her, the children and
himself, but, the wife got Hot J oof the
pistol first, and a scuffle over il begin
i between them, when Ogletrtv, a ssu,
hearing his father say he intended
to kill the family, jumped out of bod,
'carrying a pistol from under his pil
-1 low with him, and joined in the con
tention over the other pistol, nymg to
keep his father from t ee ring it, when
one of the bullets went off, the ball
I passing (through the appejx of the
doctor’s heart and lodgi ig against ti e
skin about two in? be i to the right of
the backbone.
The hall, when extra dud, proved
to have come from the pistol the soil
held in his hand, which was a .Ideal-;
ibre weapon.
The pistol the doctor and his wife
were contending over was of 38-tali
bre and had no emptv bail chamber
after the killing.
Dr. J. D. Hii iau'i cut the ball nut.
and it was only slightly bruised.
It is not known at this writing if
an inquest will lie held.
L Mrs. Huchaji, liei > fair marriage,
was Miss Alice Ogletree, of Atlanta.
The deceased was a gj al physician,
and brother o Dr. B. M. Bueaan, pres
ent representative in the legislature
from Dodge coumy.
Dr. iwlio was killed, was
well this city, where he has
visited several times, and he has many
friends here, who will regret to learn
of his death.
PLAYED RATHER POOR GAME.
i
Brunswick Colored Team Defeated
Savannah 28 to 4.
Quite a large number of white as
well as colored people went out to the
fair grounds yesterday afternoon to
witness a game of baseball between
the colored teams of Brunswick and
Savannah.
The game started off as if it would
be a very good one, but in about the
third inning the local coons caught on
to the curves of the Savannah pitcher
and it was a regular race around the
bases. Another pitcher was placed in
the box, but to no effect, and the
Brunswick negroes, altogether, piled
up 28 scores.
Up to the seventh jnning they kept
the Savannah team down to nothing,
but in this inning they scored up four
runs and the game ended 28 to 4.
The local negroes played an excel
lent game and some very good plays
were made. The teams will meet
again this afternoon.
Only One Servian Here.
There) is only one Servian here
and he will not dismiss the killing of
King Alexander and his queen but
he says that they were "bad people.”
A friend of the Servian says that he
would not talk because he intends to
return there on a visit and is afraid
ho would have trouble. /
_ ■ t
In Fine Condition.
The statement of the National hank
appears in this issue and hv reading
the same it will lie readily seen that
this institution is in an excellent con
dition. The volume of business is lar
ger than that done by any banking
institution in Hie history of Biiins
wick and one lhat Hie officials and the
people generally should he proud of.
Will be Interesting.
Lovers of baseball are looking for
ward to the games to he held in this
city with a great deal of pleasure and
they expect to see some good bail
playing.
KARAGUORCEVITCH iS
SERVIA’S NEW KING
SHORT LOCAL NEWS NOTES.
Items of Interest Gathered By Hust
ling News Reporters.
The Riflemen's excursion lo St. Sim
on should be well patronized and the
News hopes it will be.
A negro stole W. E. Dempster's
bicycle Saturday night and so far ho
has not been captured but he succeed
ed in getting his wheel back.
The shell crusher is badly needed
on Gloucester street. The rough shell
just put there makes it almost inipos
sible to cross this popular street.
The new schedule to Nieholls is a
great convenience to the travelling
public.
In a bicycle collision on Newcastle
street yesterday afternon little Stan
ley Lytle came very near being sc
riously hurt and his bicycle was badly
demolished.
Prof. Mann, assisted by Miss Alice
Wrench, opened a summer school in
tlio old academy yesterday, and the
session begins with quite a numbei
at pupils.
A large colored excursion arrived in
the city yesterday from Savannah. Tii
excursionists will be in the city foi
three days.
THE LUMBER INDUSTRY.
Bad Weather of Past Week Has
Greatly Interferred With Business.
Following items, under a Brunswick
date line, are taken from the Amer
ican Lumberman:
Swollen steams, overflowing forests
and sawmill sections, and unusually
inclement weather during the past
eve fakw kaamtaointUhcr is a time'
week put the lumber In every place
completely out of business, Stocks
have been moving slowly. Reports
from interior mill points show com
plete shut-down, tut this of course
will not last long. Shipping and gen
eral forwarding have boon done be
tween showers, which curtailed the
week’s movement to a large extent.
A large fleet of lumber and tie vessels
now in port will clear during Ibis
week and will run up a large outward
volume. Three large orders for cross
ties have just been placed for ship
ment through this port, amounting
to 1,500,000 pieces, all standard 44-
j'oot base stock.
The barkentine Rescue, which was
driven ashore on Long island, near
here, and which was subsequently
brought here anti docked, has been
surveyed. The insurance company
lias decided to repair the injury. This
work will he done here. Her cargo
is now stored on the wharves of Ho
pSendo Terras.
A movement is on foot to reorgan
ize the Brunswick Sash, Door and
Blind company and put the plant in
operation. It was foreclosed sonic
time ago to satisfy outstanding debts,
and it is now thought that the receiver
will he interested in an attempt to
form anew corporation to take over
the plant. It was a paying invest
ment after locating here, but its bur
den of debts made previously over
turned it.
I
MISS KATHRYN OSTERMAN
Great Actress Will Be Seen Here Next
Season.
The tiews has received a copy of
Broadway Weekly, a publication de
voted mostly to theatrical news. In
the paper is a large picture of Miss
Kathryn Osterman, who is to star
in the dramatisation of “Miss Petti
coat" this year,
This great actress, In this new play,
will be seen in Brunswick November
27. This Is the smallest city that the
company will visit
Flag Day in Washington.
Washington, June 15. —The obser
vance of Hag day in the national capi
tal today was general Flags were
displayed from many of the husine.-r.
houses and residences and four of the
largest flags in the world floated from
the capilol. in several departments
of the government the -employe" v—ro
given a holiday.
Interest in the Games.
The ball games to bo played Hat
unlay between the local: and the Wiy
cross team, is attracting consider ill •
attention among the Brunswick fans.
We have not had a good gam* < f
hull this season, in fact we have no'
had any played by-the first club, am!
the games Friday and Saturday will
no doubt he largely attended.
Celebrated in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, June ts. Flag day
was generally celebrated here today
and the national colors could be seen
everywhere. \ ■
■EXCURSION THURSDAY NIGHT.
Brunswick Riflemen Will Give One to
St. Simon.
j Tlie Brunswick Riflemen have ar
ranged an excursion to St. Simon of
Thursday night of this week. The
:
proceeds arc to bo devoted towards
paying the expenses of the company
to go into camp the latter part of I
this month a: Augusta with their !
regiment.
The government pays a certain part 1
of tlie epenses of all regiments of
the slate that go into camp, hut still
the companies are required to pm up
quite an amount, amt the Kifiemont
will probably arrange other entertain
ments to help defray the expenses.
It is expected that a large crowd
wiil go on the excursion.
AN INTERESTING MEETING-
W. E. Dempster Treated New Town
Society Last Night.
The New Town society in regular
session lasi night admitted four new
menibets. 1 here is not a monthly
meeting lit;;; new nu mbers ;uv not el
ected.
j; ’..i to i.h 1 evening was an
- by W. IS. Demster on An
cient history of America. A discus
cus.si.n of whoie the üborigineos
came from. His talk was very inter
esting and was thoroughly enjoyed by
an present.
This seciet> is growing rapidly in
strength ard importance and is des
tined to do great work.
E Gcu£ to Boston.
i'h.ladeiplna, June \ > on a spec
ially built car ard highly decorated
with the national colors and under the
io. ■. •<:; ;<)• Ok • .1 l 1••.i. • i
Die oid Liberty beli 101 l I'lilabolplr.:
■\is morning bound fur Unit on when
■ t is no the center of attraction at liic
’.Mb. anniversary celebration of the
■ til! of ITi'ilsii 1 1 ill \V'.>tin?da)-.
HU!.: may be the ia. t trip of the old
'll from vhi: my of Philadelphia
Michigan Bankers’ Meeting
Ph ;lna\v, June 13.- The Michigan
milkers association is in session at
lies place and the til tendance ia lar
ger than at any previous meeting of
• association.
Many Boats Werer out.
Oglethorpe buy presented a very j
liveiv appeareuce Sunday afternoon !
i
as II was alive with pleasure
craft of every kind ami description. I
.Many weal as far as the island.
Tram Dispatchers Meeting.
Nashville, Teun., June 15. —The train
dispatches from all i arts of the Uni
ted States are gathering here to hold
their convention which begins tomor
row'.
Laying More Shells.
Many hundreds of bushels of oyster
shells are now being laid on Glouces
ter Mice 1 , b ’lw'een Newcastle aid Bay
by the city street force. Considerable
nirrieoiiic: iKivu been made on
many of the principal streets lately
MANY ARE COMING TO
TEACHERS’ CONVENTION
fleeting at Cumberland Next
Week Promises to Be
Well Attended.
.Manager Jacobi at and his entire force
of help at Cumberland are busy litis
wc k preparing for the Georgia teach
ers, wiio are to hold their an
imal convention there next week, and
be will be •, readiness when they
at rive
This ir(" mg promises to lie one of '
:i. lure i and nc-st interesting ever
■*ir by i;,r: illation, and from re
,i iccreed Horn ail sections ot
the site, the atiendancoe will lie tin
; lie i !;irei■ '1 in teachers have al
ways favored Cumborlanil as theft
..ii eting place, and, as the convention
bus mi! le■<-ii held there for .tilt? past
year or so, they aie ail anxious to get
on the island again.
The program for tiie convention,
which was published in these columns
several days ago, is a very interesting
one, and among the speakers are some
PRiCE FIVE CENTS.
Was Elected Yesterday at
a Joint Meeting of
the Skupshtina
and Senate.
the mm
IE CEKCUNCED
Nation Should Avenge the
Assassination, Says
New King.
SAYS HI HAS NO POM| R
10 PUNISH ASSASSfNS
The Constitution Adopted in 1888 is
Put into Effect—lt Provides That
All Taxpaying Citizens Should
Become Electors, Whose
Votes the Skupshtina
Is Elected
Belgrade, June 15.—1n accordance
with a conference of senators ami
deputies held here last night it was
unanimously resolved that the con
st i tut ion voted by the great national
assembly in 1888 should be put into
force, and Prince Peter Karageorge
ivitch was unanimously elected king
at today's joint meeting of the sirup
setina and the senate.
After the election a deputation of
the assembly was sent to wait upon
Prince Peter and communicate to him
ilie decision of the national assem
bly.
The Servian constitution in 1888 was
a more liberal one than any granted
previously and provided that all tax
paying citizens should become electors
by wlioses vots the skupsetina was
elected, ii continued in force until
May 1904, when the late King Alex
ander, by a coup d’etat, abolished it
and restored the liberal constitution
of 1869.
ASSASSINS DENOUNCED
BY THE NEW KING.
London, June 15.— I The Geneva cor
respondent of the Daily Express as
serts that Prince Peter Karageogeo
vitch in an interview declared em
phatically that lhe nation ought to
avenge the crime of the assassina
tion of the king ami queen of Ser
via.
“A king," he said, "who would re
ceive a crown from the hands of as
sassins would lie their accomplice.”
Asked fihe would punish the assas
sins, he replied: “I have no power,”
To a question, “But when you are
king?" Prince Peter gave answer;
"That may nevr be.”
ol tho most prominent anil best, known
educators in lho state. State School
Commissioner Merritt will attend the
convent! n and will address the teach
eis. 5
The large auditoriiini near the hotel
has been thoroughly renovated and
is now in a first class condition, and
everything is in readiness for the
teachrs..
Tho week will probably be the best
in tiie history of Cumberland. Not
only are the teachers coming in lium
bei s, but their relatives and friends
will also be there and Cumberland
will indeed lie lively.
Manager Jacobi, who is one of the
best hotel men to be found anywhere,
will well look after tne large crowd,
and no one need fear that hotel ac
uommodaions will be lacking.