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THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS. VOLUME 2, NUMBER 231. LEGISLATURE TO I'M loony Georgia Lawmakers Will Begin Summer Ses sion. many politicians thehe Session Will Begin Just Where the Solons Left Off When They Ad journed Last Year.—Will Be bin Work Immediately. Atlanta, .Tune 23.—The Kimball house is crowded with legislators to night. This hotel is political head quarters of Georgia, and the Georgia statesmen all leel as much at home there as they do in the capitol. A score of the most prominent members and ofluiiails have aliiteady engaged rooms at the hotel and will be there during the entire session, while oth ers will come in later and all will make the Kimball house the common meeting place. Following is a list of those who have engaged rooms at the Kimball for the session: Speaker N. A. Norris, Hon. \V. A. Knowles, Hon. William Harden, Hon. H. Wi Hopkins, Hon. J. F. Cana, Hon. W. E. Steed, Hon. W. S. McHenry, Hon. J. D. Taylor, Hon. J. D. Harris, Hon B. F. Holder, Hon. T. J. Shackleford, Hon. W. H. Ennis, Hon. T. J. Skelton, Hon. C. H. Jordan, Hofi. J. TANARUS, Boifeuillet, Hon. J. R. Phillips, Hon. J. Rice Smith, Hon. T. S. Felder, Hon Joe Hill Hall, and Hon. Mr. Sanders, of Corinth. The legislature will meet at 10 o'clock tomorrow and the business of the session will be resumed as thought only one night had inter vened. The solons take up where they left off. There is a big lot of work already cut out. The members of the senate will be Ijained to learn of the continued ser ious illness of the popular secretary of thtit body, Hon. Chas. S. Northern. Mr. Northern is still very feeble. He will live at Lithia Springs, during the session and will come down every day to look after the duties of the office. The bulk of the labor will be perform ed, of course, by the clerks, but Mr. Northern will keep supervision over them. Mr. Northern is in better health than he was a week ago, but he is by no means equal to arduous duties and it is dbubtful of ho will be for tome time. Besides the many legislators who are here, the lobby of the Kimball is also iilied with politicians, who are here to work for their respective can didatest who are applicants for dif ferent jobs over the state. Frol jly the two most interesting cent come from Chatham anti Gl: unties for the city court judge Shi jth of these contests are at •<b'\acii.!g considerable attention and the result will be watched with in erest. FUNERAL OF E. D. WOLFFE. His Remains Were Interred at Albany Sunday. Tk|e Albany Herald of Monday ba the following account of the funeral of E. D. Wolffe: The funeral of the late E. D. Wolffe, whose death occurred at his home in Norfolk, Va., last Friday morning, took place in this city yesterday after noon. The remains reached the city on the 3:30 o'clock Central train. They were met at the depot by the Albany lodge of Elks and by a large con eburse of sorrowing friends. The fun eral services were conducted from the depot by the Elks, Mr. Wolffe having been a member of the Norfolk lodge of that order. The funeral service of the Elks is very beautiful and it was unusually impressive as the Elks laid their departed brother to rest yes- teixiay afternoon. in addition to the pail hearers ap pointed by the Elks, Messrs. E. H. Jones, A, J. Lippitt, S. W. Simth and S. H. Tift acted asi honorary pall hearers. When the coffin reached this city it was covered with several beautiful floral offerings which were the contri bution of the Norfolk, Atlanta, and otkei Elk lodges on the route. The remains were accompanied by Mrs. Wolffe and Miss Sherrie Lewis from Norfolk, by Mrs. S. B. Lewis from Atlanta and by Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Dodsosu from Americus. The Weather. Forectst for today: Fair; light to fresh northerly winds CORDELE IS COMING Crack Baseball Team will Be Here for Three Games. FIRST GAME TOMORROW This Little Georgia City Has an Ex cellent Team and the Games Are Expected to All be Very In teresting Ones. We will have more baseball this week, which will probably prove more interesting than the ones seen last week. The crack Cordele team, which has been defeating every club that they have played, will be here Thursday, Friday and Saturday for three games with the locals. Cordele was in the Southeast ern but a few deys ago decided to pull out, therefore these dates were secured by Manager Cole man. The Cordele team i3 playing Tifton today and will ar rive in the city in the morning. The three games are expected to be very interesting ones. The local team has been practicing since the games last week and are in better trim, but they certainly have a hard proposition in the Cordele team. A Good Horse Race. One of the interesting events of the celebration of the Fourth on St. Si mon will be an interesting horse race in which will be some of the swiftest runners of this city as well as the island. This alone will be worth the amount it will take to see all the fun. iowaWcrats, Fight Over Kansas City Platform Looked at the Convention. i Des Moines, lowa, June 23.—The democratic state convention here to morrow will be amor,? the most inter esting contents in the political history of the commonwealth. Delegates are ail here today for the preliminary skirmish and the corrid ors of the Savory hotel echo with the hum of political discussion. While those in favor of the reaf firmation of the Kansas City platform and the element radically opposed to such action are pursuing a vigorous button-hole campaign to enlist recruits under respective banners some of the wheel horses of the party are at work in the interest of harmony. If their efforts prevail something in the shape of a compromise will be patched up, the money issue will be ignored and the battle will he fought out along the line of government ownership and the tariff question. From present indications, however, it looks very much like there will he a fight about the Kansas City platform in spite of the w'ork of the peace makers. One of the leading democrats of the state said this afternoon that he ex pected a hard fight and that the re affirmation of the Kansas City plat form would be defeated- The convention will consist of 853 delegates and will be called to order at noon. and. H. Quick, of Kansas City will be temporary chairman. ENTIRE TRAIN RUNS AMUCK. Three People in Spokane Killed and Others Hurt. Spokane, Wash., June 23.—A Great Northern train of GO cars loaded with coal became beyond control of the engineer and ran through the city at a frightful speed, finally jumping the track. Three persons were 1 killed, nine injured and one missing. Three buildings were wrecked. OFF FOR THE COUNTRY, Convicts to do Work on the Roads at Fancy Bluff. The Glynn county convicts left yes terday for Fancy Bluff, in the the 27th district to engage in road work and it will take them some time to get the public highways of this district in good shape. The gang went over on a flat and it was towed over by the tug Tupper. TEACHERS BEGIN THEIR MEETING Many Prominent Educa= tors are Now on Cumberland. MANY MORE I ARE EXPECTED Expected That at Least Three Hun dred Will be on the Island To day.—Convention Promises to Be Very Successful One. (By F. L. Lamar.) The 37th annual session of the Geor gia Educational association will con vene tonight at thie auditorium at 8:30 o’clock with President J. Henry Walker, of Griffin, Ga., preseiding. All of the officers 6f the associa tion are present. The hoard of di rectors met this afternoon at 3:00 o’clock and the board of trustees at 3:30 o’cloelt. The feature of the evening session will be a lecture by Marvin Will iams, of Oxford, Ga., entitled “The American Small Boy,” which i*s said to be complete with wit and eloquence. A pleasing innovation at the even ing session will be a physical culture drill by twenty bright pupils of the Hawkinsvllle public schools, under the direction of Superintendent N. E. Ware, Music for tfae convention will be furnished by an orchestra of twelve pieces. This orchestra is also com posed of pupils of the Hawkinsville public schools. Avery interesting feature of the convention is an exhibition of manuei work from the pupils from the Glynn county schools, consisting of clay inoa eling, free hand drawings and baskets woven from fibrous materials, all of which show a wonderful degree of skill when the ages of the children performing the work are considered. This interesting exhibit is in charge of Misses McKinnon and Butts, of the Brunswick public schools, and they are kept busy showing this exhibit to interested crowds. Owing to the absence of M. L. Brit tain, of Atlanta, tonight's program will necessarily, be changed, but who will be substituted in his place has not yet been announced. There are 150 teachers already in attendance from all parts ol the state, including some of Georgia's most dis tinguished educators and over 200 are expected tomorrow, and this bids fair to be the most successful convention ever held. Cumberland Island, Ga., June 23. — OLD BRUNSWiCKIAN DEAD. Major O. S. Benson Passed Away at Jacksonville Yesterday. The following from the Savannah Press of yesterday will be received with general regret in Brunswick: "Captain W. G. Lee left this morn ing for Jacksonville to bring back- to Savannah tae remains ol his brother in-law, Major Otis S. Benson. Major Benson died at 6 o’clock this morn ing at St. Luke’s hospital from per itonitis, which followed an operation. He was CO years old. “The remains of Major Benson will be brought to Savannah and buried at Bonaventure uesides those of Ins wife, Mrs. Lizzie Lee Benson, who died some years ago. "Major Benson was for the iast two years connected with the Florida and Savannah Transportation company, Known as the 'Sea Island Route.’ He was a Confederate veteran. He leaves three sons, Lee and Reaper Benson, connected with the Ocean Steamship company, and Otis Benson, who is in the west. He also leaves a daughter, Miss Lela Benson, of Grilfin.” Major O. S. Benson was the first general freight and passenger agent of the old B. & A. railway and was very popular with the people of Brunswick. He was of the old school of south ern gentlemen, countly and a Chester field in mannerisms. He was a poet of general worth, and many old Brunswickians will remem ber his splendid writings under the non de plum ot "Old Saint Bride.” tie had thousands ot Brunswick friends who will be distressed to hear ot ins deatn. Death cf an Infant. The 1-year old infant ot Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Herring, of Island View, died at the home ot A. L. Melts last night at 8 o’clock. The funeral will occur today at lu;30 o'clock from the Second Advent church, BRUNSWICK, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 24, 1903, SHOULD BE PUNISHED —* — Servian Ministry is Much Alarmed Over the Situation. RUSSIA’S NOTE |S TROUBLE Tht Very Thought of Punishment for the Murder of the King and Queen Alarms Courtiers 9 Holiday is Proclaimed. Bolgrfvte, Ji’Ve 23.-—The position of the ministry is becoming daily more unenviable in consequence of the Itus sian and Austrian demands for the punishment of the assassins of King Alexander and Queen Dragn. The terms of (he Russian note almost caused a panic among the minister-, wno are anxiously awaiting the arrival King Peter to extricate them from their dilemma. The war minister is the paramount power in the ministry, as he is backed by the entre army, and he threatens severe resentment in the ease of any hint by members of the cabinet ot punishment of the conspirators. The promotions of officers sent from Geneva is variously explained as eith er intended as an open defiance or as being the result of the alarm caused by the attitude of the army. Meanwhile the preparations for the reception of King Peter continue. A public holiday has been proclaimed and the provincial deputations art coming to Belgrade. Free vine ana ■beer will be provided by the gov ernment and the town is to be given up to rejoicing. INSPECTED SIGNAL STATION. Forecast Official Boyer, of Savannah, Has Been Here. The Savannah News of yesterday says: *' Mr. W. D. Boyer, local forecast offi cial in charge of the weather bureau and the various stations in this sec tion, lias just returned from an in specting tour of the signal stations and found them all in good order, and ready to give the warning when trop ical storms are predicted. Sigal stations are located at Port Royal, Darien, Brunswick, and the Yacht club at Tybee. Mr. Boyer left the city Monday and returned yester day, having been occupied the entire week visiting the points where the stations arc located. At Brunswick the storm signal tow ers being equipped with electric lights and this will be an improvement over the general plan of hoisting lanter:-. Ollier apparatus was inspected and appeared to he in good condition. Mr. Boyer said that lie had a pleas ant trip and enjoyed the little travel ing holiday from routine duties in :the postofficc building. A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. T. VV. Bolt, the Well Known Carpen ter, Was the Victim Yesterday T W. Bolt, the well known Bruns wick carpenter, met with a very pain ful accident at St. Simon yesterday morning. Mr. Bolt was at work on the cottage of Judge Horace Dart, and in some way foil from the roof to the ground, a distance of some thirty feet. He sustained a number of serious aminos and was injured internally. He was brought to the city at noon and medical aid was summoned. His con dition, while not critical is very pain ful. WILL SHOW LARGE INCREASE. Taking of School Census is Progress ing Rapidly. Profs. Griffith and Mann, of the Glynn public schools, who arc now engaged in taking a school census are progressing rapidly in their work. They commenced the work in Old Sown and tiiat section of the city is about completed. To a Nows reporter yesterday Mr. Mann stated that tite district thus far listed would show a large increase in our population. Many Will Go. Ala: ge number of Brunswickians will go to Cumberland tomorrow to bear Join: Temple Graves speak Mr. Graves is a favorite here and num bers bis friends by the hundreds in this city. South's Summer School. Knoxville, June 23.—The second it:: nual session of tin- sum me l chool of the south opened today at the univer sity and will continue to the end of stuapnfs uoo‘B JB °N 'uuiotn txou mostly teachers will be there- CANDIDATES ME HARD AT WTIIIA - Aspirants for City Court Judgeship are Now Active. FRIENDS ARE ALSO AT WORK Governor Has Announced, So It is Stated, That the Appointment Will Not be Made Before Middle of July. The city court judgeship race is growing lively: the three candidates and their respective friends and sup porters are hard at work; Governor Terrell is being besetged with peti tions, communications and letters of all kinds, but the question is who will be the successful candidate? You cannot meet any three men on the street who are of the same opin on; the lawyers seem to be about evenly divded on the three candidates, while it is father a hard matter to tell exactly which one of the candi dates is the most popular among the people generally. Governor Terrell, it is said, has an nounced (hat he would not make the appointment before July 15, and, therefore, the candidates still have three weeks to work, and from now until the appointment is made, there will be some lively campaigning in the quiet way. In the meantime, Judge Symmes, and Messrs. Gale and Meader are sitting steady in the boat, each of them sanguine that he will receive the appointment. It is understood that several dele gations of the respective candidates will visit within the next week or two in order to be on the scene awhile before the appointment is made. WATER SUPPLY WAS AMPLE. Chief Green Says Stream Tore Shingles From House. At the lire early yesterday morning;, in whic the store occupied by li. L. Sauls and owned by George W. Har per, it lias been slated that i ire water supply was inadequate, but this erron eous statement Chief Green puts at rest. The chief was seen by a repre r a.tive of the News last night, and when asked about the water supply, he said: “At first we connected with the fire ling near the Methodist church, which was some distance from the scene of file fire and, naturally, tile wa ter supply was not very strong, but later, when we connected with the plug near the fire, the pressure was all that could be desired, and was strong enough to tear the shingles from the roof of the house." President Feiulig, of the Mutual Light and Water company, was also - eon and he stated that BO pounds ot pressure was on one minute aftei the alarm was sounded and was kept up for exactly one hour, ’Tis Summer Now. The hoi weatuer seems to have at- rived and the past few days have been the hottest, of the year. Yester day the dial of the thermometer flirted with the high nineties, and the elec tric fans were (pressed into service all over the iity. His Hand Amputated. N. H. Boone, the young white man who was injured last week while coupling cars on the Atlantic Coast line, and whose hand was badly mash ed, is still suffering from his injuries. It was necessary to amputate his hand. Used Wife of Warden. Canton City, Colo., June 23. —One convict was shot and killed and an other fatally wounded by guards at the state penitentiary yesterday in an effiott to escape. On the way to the front gate the convicts overpowered Mrs. Cleghorn, wife of the warden, and placed her in front of them. They kept her with them until she fainted. British Minister Left Servia. Belgrade, June 23. —The British min ister to Servia left, here this morning lor Loudon, it is understood the first bill to be submitted to King Peter will be one prepared by the minister ,1 justce granting amnesty for all political offenses. Mourns for Dead King. London, June 23. —King Edward has ordered tire court to go in inirurnnrx for a fortnight for the late King Al exander ot Servia, TRIAL OF TILLMAN * - —*— Now Charged That Gon zales Paper Has Injured Him. CASE BEING HARD TOUGHT Clippings from the State Read in the Plea for a Change of Venue. Decision Will Probably he Ar rived at Today. Columbia, June 23.—The Tillman murder trial was continued on the ap peal for a change of venue and sev eral hundred affidavits were read to the effect that tlie defendant could not got a fair trial in Columbia. Clippings were read from the Columbia State, of which Mr. Gon zales was editor, showing that, as they claim, attempts had been made to excite prejudice again-t the de fendant. Many signed articles which appear ed in the State during the tragedy were produce:!. Every clipping was read as also was the articles and clippinngs for a Gonzales monument. Affidavits were also submitted stat ing that the newspaper had in its enmity for caunsel for the defense loft out their names on occasions when they took part in prominent events. Arguments did not commence until late tiii3 afternoon. None of the family of the defendant was present for any length of liim today. The court room was crowded and the defendant snt as cool ami composed as ever. TO ES mm LINE Boats to be Again Oper ated on the Alta malia Piver. A river transportation line is to bo again established between Brunswick and Macon on the Ocmulgee river, and the following from the Macon Tel egraph of yesterday will be of interest to our leaders. A definite movement lias been made under tlie auspices of the chamber of commerce to inaugurate a river trans portation line. A steamboat, of 250 tons burthen, loaded with scrap iron and shingles, Is on its way to Macon, ft loft Temperance landing, below Hawkinsvllle, Saturday night. While it is an experimental venture on tlie part of tlie owner, it will lead to important results. The shippers of Macon have been anxious for a long time to utilize the navigable advan tages of the Ocmulgee river to secure rail and water line freight rates. They believe that Macon’s commercial fu ture will be favorably determined, it such a result can lie attained. The government has expended thou sands of dollars In the past four years to improve tlie channel of the river, so as to enable boats to ply the river 'lie year round between Macon and the tlie Altamaha. The government engineers have given the assurance that three feet of water can lie maintained with the system of jetties which have been built at summer stage of the river. Gaptain I. B. English lias been a consitent advocate of river navigation. He says.: “It is the key to the sit uation that confronts Macon 1 .” Ho maintains that it will increase the volume of ftaffic to lie distributed form Macon, and more than compen sate the railroads for reducing rates. The inauguration of a river trans portation line Is not a now project. In 1837 men prominently identified with the chamber of commerce took up the project and through their exer tions the “City of Macon" was built and the feasibility of running steam boats on the river practically denton rated. it wa- through the energetic persist ence of tlie same men that an appro priation cf $158,000 was secured for the permanent improvement of the river channel thus laying the founda tion for a successful river transpor ■ at ion line. Broke a Leg. Charlie Johnson, a well known col ored mac. fell from a second story window of his home yesterday and broke a leg. It is said that the man was intoxicated, RHICB FfVg CHNTS. CHANGE IN B.&B, WAS * SURPRISE Few Brunswickians Hvon Knew Robinson was Interested. IS A GOOD RAILROAD MAN Now Thought That the Road is ■ Straight" Again and That No More Changes Will Occur in the Near Future. The announcement in the News yes terday of the reorganization of the Brunswick and Birmingham Railroad Company in New York, came as a complete surprise to the people of Brunswick. While many of our citizens expected news of some nature from New York low thought that Machen was going to get hack in control just at this time, and the impression seemed to prevail here that President Fairbairn was going lo remain at the head of nut few people who even knew that he had sold his interest surprised many of those in close touch with the affairs of the company. Probably the greatest surprise of the entire organization meeting was the election of Mr. Robinson to the presidency of the road. There were but few people who evn knew that be had been to the city and inspteted the line, and probably not a half dozen people knew that he was being consid ered in connection with the presidency. Mr. Robinson was here with Col. Ma chen on has last visit, hut was not given out that he was here for the purpose of inspecting the road, in fact there were hut few people who knew he was in the city at all. From what we can learn of the new president of the B. & B. he is a good railroad man, and those in position to know say getting him interested is the best thing that ever happened for the B. & B. However, these changes have been occurring so rapidly of late, that it is rather hard to predict what will occur next and the people of Btuns wick wili only have to wait and watch. It is understood, not officially, how ever, that Col. Machen and President Robinson and others will he in the city the latter part of next week. SHORT TELEGRAMS. Interesting News Items From All Sec tions of the cf the Country. Mechanical Engineers. Saratoga, June 23. —Many delegates have already arrived for the conven tion of the American Mechanical En gineers and it looks like this will bo a very successful meeting. A Great Horse Show. SI. Paul Minn.. The. great horse show started here today. It is the most successful yet held. Fraternity Meets. Atlanta, June 23.--The Kappa Alpha fraternity, one of the best known Greek letter societies ill the United Bta.t.eis, began Its annual meeting in this city today. Press Clubs in Convention. Atlantic City, N. J., June 23.—Rep resentatives of the press clubs in all the largo cities of the United States are here for the convention which be gins tomorrow. Southern Epworth League Blucfield, W. Va., Many delegates and visitors have reached hero for the Epworth league convention which is to begin tomorrow. EXCURSION TO CUMBERLAND. Rate of SI.OO for the Round Trip During Teachers' Meeting. In order to give everybody in tho city an opportunity to visit Cumber land during the Teachers’ convention the Cumberland route announces the exceedingly low rate of |l.no for the round trip during the meeting. Tickets are now on sale, and will be every day durng the week with a final limit until Sunday. The larg est crowd will go down from this city tomorrow to hear tho lecture of Editor John Temple Graves, on "The Twentieth Century Woman." The Emmeline will leave her wharf, foot of Mansfield street, daily at 8 a. m. , Pay Train Gone. The pay train of the B. & B. left at 4 o’clock this mornnng to mako glad the hearts of the various em ployeesof the line. Vice President. Mason, General Manager McDuffie and others left with the traiu,