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THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS. VOLUME 2; NUMBER 163. TWO RECORDS BROKEN BY SHIPPING REPORT FOR MONTH OF JULY OVER A MILLION FEET PER DAY —f — That is the Average for the Shipment of Lum ber, etc. MAY CROSSTIE RECORD WAS ALSO SMASHED During the Month Exactly 33,265,713 Feet were Shipped—Crosstie Shipmeent Amounted to 340,870 Pieces. Capt. Otto Johannesen, the popular official port statistician, yesterday completed the shipping record of the port of Brunswick for the month of July, and the record shows that two previous records were smashed into smitherings during the mouth —that of the shipment of crossties and of the shipment of wood. By wood is meant all the shipping of lumber, timiber, crossties, cedar, etc. Thiee great record for the ship ment of crossties made in May of this year was broken and anew and greater one established. During May there was shipped 328,091 pieces, measuring 13,644,121 superficial feet. For July shipped 340,870 pieces measuring 14,606,713 -super ficial feet and establishing the record lot the shipment of crossties. For the shipment of eeverythlng ms. ssplifcp The record established divided amon& the different products, is as follows: Foreign Exports. Feet of lumber - •• 1,457.000 Feet of timiber 1,871,000 Domestic Shipment. Feet of lumber • 15,126,000 Feet of timber 6,000 ShlntSes, 1, 042.250; equafl in feet to 200,000 Crossties, 340,870; equal in feet to 14,606,713 Total feet 33,265,713 This record is indeed a good one. The casual observer would hardly suppose that there is shipped from the port nearly one and a quarter mil lion feet of wood on every working day. The shipping record for the month, in every ling, was a very good one, but had other products been as good as usual the record of general ship ping would have been broken. The record in full is as follows: Foreign Exports. By nine vessels, 8,700 registered tons, crew of 318: 3,800 tons of phos phate, 14,800 barrels of rosin, 18,075 barrels of turpentine, 1,457,000 feet of lumber,l,B7l,000 feet of timber. Value of shipment, $181,341. Domestic Shipment. By forty-eight vessels, 51,413 regis tered tons, crew of 823: 72 bales of cotton, 25,026 bales of sheeting, 46-. bales of wool, 150 cases oysters, 15,- Sl9 barrels of rosin, 5,375 barrels of turpentine, 260 cases of cedar, 15,- 126,000 superficial feet of lumber, 5,000,000 feet of timber, 1,042,250 pieces shingles 340,870 pieces of cross lies equal to 14,606,713 superficial teet, 60 tons merchandise. Value of shipment, $859,869. Imiports from foreign and domestic, 100,0U2 tons, valued at $1,046,406. Arrivals for Month. Steamers 18 Barks . . . 6 Brigs. . 1 Schooners 38 Total 62 Hundred Cases of Smallpox. Jackson, Miss., July 31.—One hun dred cases of smallpox aie reported from u community in the southern part of Hinds county, just three miles from the Oakley prison hospital, where a majority of the state's siclt convicts are kept. The disease, however, is of a mild type, aud thus far thee Infection has not been pro ductive of any fatalities. Dr. J. P. Berry, the prison physician, has vaccinated all of the convicts at the hospital as a precautionary measure, and no persons from the infected area are allowed to approach (he prison übildicgs. WILL BE A GOOD MONTH. August Will be Lively at Both the Resorts. Notwithstanding the fact that here tofore August has practically ended the season at the resorts this year there will be a great change and the present month will not be a dull one in any sense of the word. ,At Cumberland nearly every room in the popular hotel has been engaged and at St. Simon there are indica tions that the month will ue a goo, one. SEVERAL Pf.OPLE AFTER THE POSTOFFiCE BUILDINt Two Merchants and a Bank Said to be After It. It is understood that two or thru, parties are after the building on No castel street, now occupied by the postoffice, which will be removed into the public building in the course of a few months. Among those said to be after the building are the Brunswick Bank and Trust Company, Kennon Mott, the jeweler, and Fleming & Waff. This building is one of the best lo cated stores in the city and will make an excellent stand for any kind of business. THE GOLF GAME. Was Postponed From Yesterday and Will be Played This Afternoon, The game which was to have been played by the Golf club yesterday was postponed until today. The reason of this was the fact that a large number of the members were out of the city and as they will be here today there is no doubt but that the game will be an Interesting one. It will start this-afternoon prompt- Jly r I f Isaac Trustee. " The first meeting of creditors In the case of W. T. Peek, bankrupt of Na huuta, Ga., was heard before Referee CfovatL Attprney Max Jsatte, of this city, was elected trustee of the estate. He left yesterday afternoon for Nahunta to take charge of the business of the bankrupt and to set aside the bankrupt's exemption, He returned to the city last night. NECK WAS BROKEN Prominent Augusta Lady Was Killed in a Runaway. Augusta, Ga., July 31.—The com munity was shocked this afternoon by the tragic death of Mrs. Charles H. Howard in a runaway accident. Mrs. Howard had spent the day with her daughter, Mrs. Frank M. Butt, and at 5 o'clock Mrs. Butt had driven to the ball game in her buggy and sent the driver back to take her mother for a drive. Mrs. Howard stopped by her own home to leave a message and the driver went to the front door and left Mrs. Howard in the buggy. The horse took fright at something and started off in a run. He turned into Greene street and ran as far as the court house, when aa bicyclist, seeing the runaway, jumped from his wheel and tried to stop the horse, but he dashed by. Up to this time Mrs, Howard had been clinging to the buggy and calling to the horse to stop, but whon the runaway dashed past the man who tried to stop him she seemed to lose her hold and jumped out. She fell under the wheels and pass ers-by ran to pick her up as the horse dashed on. She was unconscious and one arm was broken, Two doctors who were passing and witnessed the accident gave medical assistannee and sent a call for the hospital. Examination showed that Mrs. Howard’s neck had also been hroken and that death had been immediate. Mrs. Howard was a most estimable lady and one of the best known fam ilies in the city. She leaves her husband, CJiarles H. Horward, for years one of the most prominent cot ton factors of Augusta; three grown daughters Mrs. F. M. Butt, Misses Ruth and Louise, and one sou, George. The tragedy has cast a gloom ovar a large circle of friends, CARDINALS ARE NOW IN CONCLAVE Work of Naming a Suc cessor to Leo Begins in Rome MAY BE A LONG SYAY Newspaper .Men Flocking Around the Vatican in Effort to Ascer tain How the Cardinals Stand on a New Pope. Rome, 31. —Arrangements for the conclave were completed in the mi nutest detail today and when tlie three score of cardinals repaired to their cells this evening it was to re main in strictest seclusion until the successor of Leo XIII. in t tie chair of St. St. Peter has been chosen. Speculation now is confined to the subject of tlie probable duration of the conclave and opinion inclines lo a period of three or four days, thougli it is freely admitted that it is a guess pure and simple. Should a decision not be readied by the cardinals in side of three days it may be, taken for granted almost that those now re garded as leading candidates have been excluded from tlie race and ttiat a dark horse will be chosen. Tlie army of newspaper correspond ents here from al! parts of the world are busily engaged in devising means for obtaining early information, but it appears certain from tlie arrange ments that have been made by the Vatican authorities that nc authentic information will be forthcoming un til the official bulletin announcing the result is issued. EVERY WHEEL STOOD STILL, Marked Honor Shown to Memory of Late President Kimball, V,a.. -July 31. Every wheel on the Norfolk and Western railroad stood still for ten minutes this morning during the funeral hour at Philadelphia of F. J. Kimball, late president of the Norfolk and Western, All departments of the road ceased work and in Roanoke all the city offices and most of the business houses were closed from 10:30 to 11:30. Similar marks of respect were shown the deceased through this section of Virginia. Planning the Trip. It is understood that a number of Bunswickians are planning to make the trip to New Fork this month to witness tlie race between the Reliance and 61ie Shamrock, The unusually low rate offered by the Mallory Steam ship line will probably be taki P. ad vantage of generally by the people of this section, MEETING IS SCHEDULED TO OCCUR IN CITY TODAY Rate on Crossties to be Amaeibly Set tled Upon, A meeting between the represen tatives of the railroad commission, the crosstie merchants and the railroads is scheduled to occur in Brunswick today. It will be remembered that at a meeting held before the railroad commission in Atlanta several weeks ago, those present failed to reach an agreement, and it was decided to hold another meeting in Brunswick on August 1, V This case is familiar to the read ing public generally. The railroads on July 1, advanced the rate on cross ties considerably, So much so that the crosstjie merchants /entered a complaint with the railroad commis sion. At the meeting in Atlanta the advance was discontinued until the meeting could be held here amt an agreement reached, RURAL ROUTE GROWING, Third Month of Service Shows a Good Increase. Yesterday completed the third month of rural free delivery in Glynn county, and the report shows that the number of letters, packages, etc., both delivered and collected has greatly increased since the route was established. The people all along the route have now become accustomed to the ser vice and it is proving to be popular with the country people generally. To Minister Coming. Rev, S. J. French, rector of Grace Episcopal church at Waycross, will officiate at St. Marks in this city dur ing the absence of Rev, Wylly Rede, who is away on bit vacation. Rev. French will arrive in the city today. BRUNSWICK, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1, 1903. A STREET FAIR FOR THIS FALL Merchants of the City Favor Such an At traction IS NOW BLIND DISCUSSED It Has Been Suggested that A Fair of this Kind in Brunns wick Somt Yne During October. Brunswick will, in all probability, have a street fair this fall, at and it will be one that will attract people from all sections of tiro state. The mer chants are already interested and they will not, wait until it is too late to be gin work. At, the meeting of a number of merchants held yesterday afternoon for tlie purpose of making arrange ments to entertain tiie visitors that are,coming here this month on tlie B. & B. excursion, tlie matter of a st reet fair came up in an informal way, and those present expressed t hemselves as being in favor of giving a st reet fair, probably some time in October. That we can arrange a street fair that will be a success there is no doubt, and it is truly hoped that tiie merchants will not let tlie matter drop, but will begin work on the fair as soon as possible. Brunswick now has anew territory from which tlie visitors will come. The B. & B- railroad lias opened it and tlie people along this line as well as those on the A. & B. are always anx ious to come to Brunswick when there is some attraction. • A street fair lias never been given by our merchants, and it is generally believed that sucli an entertainment would pro v e a success. Let's begin the preliminary arrange* ments at once. BODY OF A SAILOR FOUND NEAR THE NEW DOCK Not Known. However, How the Man Lost His Life, The body of a sailor was found near the new docks Thursday night by James Christie, who brought it to the city early yesterday morning. Coroner Jennings was notified and an inquest was held and the body turned over to Undertaker Moore for burial, It is nor. known bow the man lost his life, as no vessel along the bay has reported the drowning of any member of their crew, It. is thought that the unfortunate sailor fell from some outgoing vessel and was drown ed i clove any of the crew missed him, CONFERRED WITH BRISTOW. Special Counsel to Assist Government in Prosecution, Washington, July 31, —Holmes Con rad mid Charles J Bonaparte, speoial counsel to assist, the governmeent in the prosecutions growing out of the postoifice investigation, were in con ference here today with Fourth Assis tant Postmaster General Bristow and Assistant Attorney G<Jieral Robb, familiarizing themselve®' with the sit uation. 4 The federal grand jKry, it is con fidently expected, will report tomor row on the postal cases, Five indict ments are expected DIXIE DRUG COMPANY READY FOR BUSINESS The Enterprise Begin* Work. To day. The Dixie Drug Company, which was recently organised, will begin work this morning in the Morrison building od Oglethorpe street and will be in charge of C. B, Gowan, At first the plant will only employ a few workmen and will manufacture soda water and a few drugs, but. later on, when the necessary supplies are received, the plant will employ quite a number of help and will manufac ture chemical goods of every descrip tion The News wishes the new company much success, WATERMELONS THIS SEASON HAVE BEEN RATHER SHORT The watermelon season around Brunswick has been very short this year, and as a result the prices have been rather high. The melons that have been shipped here from Florida havo also been higher than in the past years, It is said that the prep to nvw almost exhausted, GAU TIME EON OUR VISITORS Merchants Meet and Ar range Program for Excursionists ■ - t -.v, BIG CROWD COMING DOWN The B. & B. has Offered an Unusually Cheap Rate from All Points on its Line—Ball Team Is Coming, Too. Pursuant to a cal) a number of mer chants field a meeting in tiie board of trade rooms at tlie city ball yesterday afternoon for the purpose of arrang ing a program of amusement, for tlie visitors who will be here tlie middle of this month on the B. Jfc B. excur sion, which is to come from Oeilla, Trwinville, Douglas and all other points on tlie road, u* welt as from points on tiie A. & B. It was decided to have a merchants' carnival on August 12, 13 and 14. That is those dates will be selected if ev eryting can be arranged to bring the excursion here at that time, if not it will occur on August 19, 20 and 21. It is proposed to have a program for each day of the carnival and among the attractions scheduled so far is bi cycle races, batteau and naptha launch races around Marsh island, military prize drill and dress parade and baseball games. B. J. Ford, of the B. & 8., was present at the meeting, and stated that if the merchants of tlie city would arrange the amusements his line would attend to t lie rest, and as sured the merchants that hundreds of people would be brought to the city. Mr. Ford said that the Oeilla baseball club was anxious to come to Brunswick and agreed to bring them here free of charge on the above oc casion. Baseball fever is at its height in Oeilla and Mr. Ford says nearly the entire town will come down to witness the games. The rate to be offered by tile B. & B. will be an unusually low one, and Mr. Ford thinks that it will be taken advantage of generally by the people along the line. From Irwinville alone the ageut stated that at least a hundred people would come, and equally that many from Douglas, while Oeilla will furn ish the largest crowd of any of the points ou the line, A committee composed of Capt. T. Newman Messrs. L. H. Heyin, and Constance Miller was appointed to take charge of the affair, and the com mittee will at once arrange the at tractions for the visitors. Tiie B & B. will well advertise the excursion all over their territory and send special canvassers out, and It is expected that we will entertain the largest number of people that, have been in the city in some time, A subscription list will liecireulaled among tlie merchants for the purpose of raising funds to defray tlie ex, peases of entertainment, but as the cost will be very light tiie amount will lie easily raised, Catholie Sooietiee ta Meet. Atlantic City, IV, J., July 31.—Dis tinguished Catholic churchmen and laymenarejfilling the hotels here in anticipation of the opening tomorrow of the annual meet ing of the Ameri* can Federation of Catholic societies, Tlie federation movement, which was inaugurated but a few years ago by Bishop McFaul, of Trenton, lias made rapid strides recently and the result will be an extraordinarily large at,- tendance at the coming meeting. Nearly every Catholic society of prom inence in the entire country lias been taken into the fold and all will be well represented In addition to the reg ular delegates t hose present will in clude a number of eminent prelates who have accepted invitations to ad dress the meeting In Memory of Rriooson, NetvYork, July 31.—One hundred years ago today, in a little town in far-otl Sweden, there Was bom one who was destined to revolutionise the mentliods of naval construction and naval warfare aud incidentally to aid in no small measure in the preserva' tion of the United States of America —the land of hia adoption- John Ericsson was his uame aud the "Mon itor’ - his monument. The anniver sary of Ericsson’s birth tias for a num ber of years been a festiie day among the Swedish citizens of the United States, but this year, which is the centenary, is to be marked by celebra tions on a scale more than usually elaborate aud widespread, A BRIDGE COLLAPSED; FIFTY ARE DROWNED IN PORTLAND, OREGON ADMIRALITY LAW INVOKED. First Case of Kind in Federal Court at Colu/nbus. Columbus, Oa. July 31.—The first petition ever filed tn this division of the federal court, under the admiralty law has just been tiled here by the Georgia and Florida Navigation com pany, of this city. The steamer, Naiad, the property of this company, burned in Florida waters last year, and with Us freight was almost a complete loss. The company claims the burning was through no fault or negligence on its par'. Two parties who iiad freight on the steamer have sued for its val ue. The company now claims tlie benefit of the federal law, limiting tiie liabilities of ship owners, under which, it Is claimed, those who suffered loss by tiie wreck will receive only a pro portionate share of the proceeds de rived from ihe sale of the remnants of the. vessel. W. G. Love was appointed trustee to conduct tlie sale and N, a. Brown commissioner lo divide the proceeds. COMMITTEE ON STATE ROAL. Annaul Inspection of Western & At lantic will be Made this Week. Chattanooga., July 31.-a commit tee appointed by the Georgia legisla ture to Inspect the Western and At lantic railroad will arrive in this city tomorrow afternoon on board a special train. The special will leave Atlanta at noon. Accompanying (lie committee will be General Manager John W, Thomas, Jr., Superintendent J. L. McCullum and General Passenger Agent <). E. Harman. The committee will report on the advisability of extending the line to Brunswick for a coast outlet, for which purpose a bill Is mow pending In tlie legislature. A report will also be made on a proposition to sell tiie road in Hie event tiie extension is not built. Repairing the Hsstl*. The steamer Hessie No. 2, which met with quite a serious accident a few days ago, 1s now being repaired and will probably tie back on her reg ular rim early next, week. The Pass port is making the dally trips to Da tieft In her place. ARE CUMING HOME Nejjroe# Have Enough of Living With People of llllnoiit, Maron, (la,, .July 81,—Fleeing from the wrath of an Illinois mob and de claring that the north is no place for the negro, three men of that race arrived In Macon today on their wuy from Danville, 111., to Florida. The refugees are William Herbert, Samuel Evans and Jacob Anderson, and that they are now alive, t?ie,y as sert, can be considered more good fortuue than any wlilllngness of the Danville mob to spare their lives. Herbert the leader of the trio, la an InleUfgtant, tfrlghi colored mulatto, and is quite well educated, , Four years ago, he aavs, after Pa teulng to alluring pictures drawn by a Boston negro of social equality, easy tinjas and the great love north erners had for the down-trodden black man, he decided to quit the land of his birth and emigrate to this eJ dorado, What be heard the tjltw'k man from Boston say aud what ho found to be the tea! facts are entirely different, "For nearly four yean*,” he said, “I aave been constantly remindeit of the color of my skin and have bad all kind* of Insults aud abuse heaped upon me Inm * bricklayer by trad*) and althuugh I au> considered a good workman I was ostracised by the unions and was discharged on several occasions because white men would uot work with me And yet these are tho sunns people wfiu make Hin ts a howl when a negro Is lynched in the south, All this talk of eating at a white man's table and all ting in l tie same pew with him at church is hot air,” Negroes Pay Death Penalty. Montgomery, July 31. Will ,Si arks and Alexander Means, negroes, wete hanged in the county jail here today (Of the crime of murder, PRICE—FIVE CENTS. TERRIBLE TIME IN THE WATER * The Majority of Those Drowned were Women and Children WAILHING ARMUNLS MAN GIVI AN EXHIBITION Bridge Across the Williamantic River Gave Way While Hundreds of People were Watching Ex hibition From It. Portland. Ore., July 31.—in „ U e of the worst accidents ever known In this section of the country, fifty peo ple were drowned here today in the Williamantic river. The accident was caused by the collapse of the large bridge across the river, which occurred this after noon when over a thousand people were standing on It. Just what caused the collapse is not known, but It is thought that a certain portion of it was weak, and the large crowd that liappeued to be on the bridge was more than the weak place could etantl, and with a terrfllc crash it went down and the people could be seen fighting for their lives in tlie water. Probably u dozen were injured In the fall and were therefore unable to swiinl out, that u those of them who could swim. Most of those drowned were ladles and children and a large force of men havo been at work since the accident in searching for the dead bodies. As soon a<s the bridge collapsed, people from all over the city rushed at the scene and rendered assistance as best they could. Men, women and children were clinging to the bridge screaming for help, and the scene was Indeed a heartrending one. The large crowd on the bridge was there to watch the free exhibition or an armless man in the water, who was doing all kinds of stunts, His entertainment, was marvelous, and caused hundreds of people to stand on the bridge to watch the exhibi tion, The exact number of drowned is not yet known, but a careful estimate IfcdW.hnt fifty lost their lives BTEAMGR SUNK IN COOSA RIVER. Willis C. Wagnon Strikes a Log and Goes Down Romo, (Ik,, July 31. —The steamer Willie O Wagnon, of the Georgia aud Alabama Steu|nbbat Company, wa* sunk near, Centre, Ala , this morn ing, The boat was under a full head of steam when It ran into a big log. breaking in the bow of the boat. A large- hole was knocked in the bottom of the craft, causing the hull to fill quickly with water The U,t dunk within ten minutes after it struck (ho log, No one was drowned, but tho loss of the cargo will be heavy, The steamer was 1 n en route to Rome from Gadsden and Im the finest owned by tho Georgia and Alabama Steamship Company, it wl!i take a week to sai.u the olearner and put It into coma Msfeo iignin, ADRIFT IN DORY MANY HOURS Rasims of Mrs, Cjrter When She Wan Almost Dead, Rockland, Me., July 31.- -After be ing adrift in a dory for forty-eight hours, amt blown 75 miles out io sea during n gale last Monday, Mr.-: ear ter, of Mon rue island, was resc ed yesterday afternoon by a Gi,.us.„..er Uniting schooner. Sin? war almost dead from exposure anil llio cfiei.u of largo quantities of salt water Ui.on to quench her tiiirsi. Cheap to New York. Attention is directed to the au *or- Use limn l of \v. M. Tapper A sju., agents of the Mallory Line in this city an unusually good opportunity to see the great boat race between tho Reliance and Shamrock. This offers the people of till# issue. The rate for the single trip. Including meals aud berth, will be 116.00, aud tr u* round trip 13u.00