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THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS. VOLUME 2; NUMBER 177. WILD FLAMES CHECKED BY HEROIC EFFORTS FI YESTERDAY DAMAGES STORES H. V 7. Adderley, McClure's and Levy Bros., Suffer By Flames TOT AL LOSS ABOUT $20,000 Took Hard Work by Firemen and Citizens Generally to Keep the Flames from Destroying Entire Bloc*. Ey hard and heroic work on the part of a number of citizens and the fire department, Brunswick would yes terday "nave had a serious fire, and one of business blocks in the city would have been destroyed, but as a result, only the store of H. V, Adderley and the McClue ten cent stores were damaged. The alarm was sounded from box 13 a few minutes before 10 o’clock. The department made a rather quick run. When the different fire wagons stopped in front of Levy’s people standing on the corners did not know where tlhie blaze was. One by one they observed smoke emerging from the top of the building occupied by Mr. Addler. Thie department then looked over the building for the blaze,, front and back, but it could not be located. The firemen soon made their way into the second story of the building, then they, could see nothing but smoke. f’jjiy.haJl, an hour after the ar it was burning in one of the rooms in the front part of the building, and the flames rapidly spread over the entire second story of the building. For awhile it looked as though the .flames had gone beyond control and the entire block seemed doomed to he destroyed. A nttznfter of citizens assisted the firermsi in their hard fight, and finally, after uvtiy three hours work, the flarm*.- were checked and were under conti* * mil it was by desperate ef fort® on the part of all (he firemen auw citizens who were rendering as sistance. Good Water Pressure. From the time the alarm was sounded until the signal that the fire was under control the water pressure was ample, and many favorable com ments were heard by citizens for the Mutual Light and Water Company. It was fortunate that plenty of water was on hand, as it was every hit needed. At one time during the fire, live streams were playing on the building, and so strong was the streams oi water that one of the fire men was knocked off his feet. H the blaze could have been located immediately upon the arrival of the department, the blaze counl have been extnguished with but little difficulty and no damage. Flames Spread Rapidly. The flames spread rapidly and in a Jew minutes they were bursting through the building, while the root was a mass of tire. Then it was that Citizens predicted that the entire block! would be destroyed and ooci* pants began Che removal o£ their et lects, However, with several streams of water playing on the blaze, it was soon noticed that the firemen were getting the conilagation in control ana by 12:3U o’clock the lire was entirely out. It was feared that the walls of the balding would give way as the fire hau been burning for two hours or more, but the Bremen and citizens who were assistin 1 did not fear this, and went right in and fought like demons until the biaze was out. The stores of Aad lerley ami AicCiure s were completely gutted and lee stock of both places was badly damaged by water. A portion of the store of B. H. Levy lives. & Cos., was also slighly damaged by water. The Less, It is ostiiuated that the total loss wnTbo between 518000,00 and *3o,* ■ 000.00, of which H. V AdUerley is the • heaviest lose. Mr Adderley stated f~ that his stock was valued at $20,000.00. pearly his out ire stock wag damaged more or less by water. He only car ried $5,000.00 insurance and will prob ably receive that amount. McClure’s store was also badly damaged by fire and the stock will be nearly a total loss. It is not known whether or not the stock was insured. The building was the property of the estate of Capl. Henry Clay, of New Bedford, Mass., and was represented by Brobston, Fendig & Cos. of this city. The dam age to the building is almost entirely covered by insurance. WILSON WAS VERY KIND TO OUR FIRE FIGHTERS J. W. Wilson, the well known res taurant man, yesterday treated our fire men to dinner, after they had fought fire for several hours. Mr. Wilson in vited Chief Green and the entire de partment to come in and dine with him, and the dinner was much appre ciated by tlhtem. Mr. Wilson says whenever the firemen have a blaze to fight he will keep coffee prepared and will always serve it free. This is quite kind of Mr. Wilson and the firemen fully appreciate iL NEW HOOK AND LADDER USED FOR FIRST TIME The new hook and ladder recently purchased by the city for the fire de partment was used in the fire yester day for the first time, and it rendered valuable service to the firemen. While the ladders could n‘ot be used very much on the buildings, it was demon strated that the new fighter is just the kind of fire apparatus needed by the department. STEAMER THORDIS WILL TAKE ON A BIG CARGO Is One of The Largest Steamers in Port in Some Time. The steamier Thordis arrived in port yesterday morning from New fork and is taking on a cargo of rosin and spirits for the Downing Company. The Thordis is one of the largest ships that has been in port in some time. She is 354 teet in length and 4k feet beam and has a net tonnage ol 3,477, and draws 33. ti teet loaded. s *The Thordis will take on a cargo ajyibout barrels ol rosin and Hf- -fw-IMw- PILOTS TO LEAVE FOR M’RAE TONIGHT WILL CROSS BATS WITH CRACK TEAM OF THAT PLACE IN THREE GAMES. The Brunswick Pilots, after a few Jays rest in the city from their Sa annab trip, will leave at 3:05 tonight over the Southern railway for Mcßae, where they go for three games with uie crack team of that little city, the first to be played tomorrow afternoon. The Pilots were out for practice yesterday atternocm aud snowed up in their usual good form, they realize that they are going up against a strong aggregation in the Mcßae team and the boys are going determined to cap otre at least two out of the three games. The Mcßae team is not composed entirely of local players, but has a number of paid men, anti two of the pitchers are the best in this section of tin® country. The Mcßae people have advertised the games throughout the surround ing country near, the city and the games will be well attended. When ever a baseball game is on up that way it is the same as a circus and country people for miles around come in to witness it. Several excursions nave been arranged from Eastman, Surrency, Helena, and other places and an unusually large crowd is ex pected. The Pilots will carry the strongest team possible. Walker and Grimes will do the twirling, one of them probably pitching t.wo of the three games, Notice. All members of Rathborne Lodge No 45, are hereby requested to attend the regular convocation tonight at is p. ,m. The rank of Esquire will be conferred upon two Pages. Visiting brethren are cordially invited. By order of W. F. SYMONS, C. C. Attest: L. Ludwig, K. of R. and S. Yesterday’s Shipping. Arrived; Steamer Rio Grande, John son, New York; steamer Thordis, Pet tersen, New York; schooner loua Tunnell, Hal!, Salem. Sailed; Steamer San Marcos, Avery, New York, - In Geod Shape. The News Job office has resumed business and is ready to do all kinds of work on short notice. Let. us bid Mi your pr>*t job. STEAMER MALOY ON FIRST TRIP Has a Cargo of Freight jj g for Points on the Gcmulgee TO COME TWiCL MONIHLY Merchants of Macon are Enthusiastic Over the Outlook of a River Line on the Ocmulgee Again. The following is taken from the Sun day Macon Telegraph-: The steamboat Maloy cleared for Brunswick yesterday with a cargo for down-river points. She reached Haw kinsville last night. She will have a. good river to travel, as the general rains have swelled it much above the I usual summer stage The Maloy will leave Brunswick for Macon, Tuesday, August 25th, with a large cargo of freight ordered tor ship ment via tih-e river line by Macon firms The business men of Macon, alive to the importance oi establishing rail ana water lines rates for Macon, have prac tically subsidized the Maloy lor a pe riod of six months. In 18I>7 a committee of the chant! > t of commerce undertook, in the iace .u daunt, and in some case ; absolute • cot ding of the idea oi! the river uc.ag u.iv igahle, to raise money to build a si. in. boat. In spite of every obstacle,, money war, raised and the steamer City oi Ma con was launched and successfully demonstrated that the Ocmulgee wa practically navigable lor light drat; river boats. In 1898, after the City of Macon had verified every hope, a meeting v* as held at the Chamber of Commerce, and half the amount required to build a second boat was subscribed. By at, .unforeseen contingency, a short U after the City ot Macon capsized be tween Brumswica and t’he moutu ot tiu Altanvaba river. The unlooked for ac cident cast a damper for a time on t river navigation movement. The steam er, howeer, was righted, lowed to Brunswick and put in condition for operation. A litigation which followed, growing out of claims for repairing the boat, resulted ini its being sold and Ma con lost all she had gained. Notwithstanding this backset,a com mittee of the Chamber of Commerce headed by Mr. George A Smith, went to Washington, and through the per sistent efforts of Cngressmau Bartlett and Senator Bacon, secured an appro priation of $150,01)0 for the improve ment of the Ocmulgee river. Since that time the government engineers, with a sorce ot men. have been steadily at work improving the chan nel. The project of establishing a river transportation line has beeii held to by capt. I. B. English, A. E, Chapped and others as the key to the commer cial situation in Macoll. Wifa unlad ing faith, in tiie face of all doubt, tiiey nave consistently and quietly worked r. O place Macon on a parity with An gust a. by the establishment of a line of boats between Macon and tidewater. They have maintained that it would he a benefit io the railroads. They argue that lower freight rates for Ma con will increase the volume of busi ness, make Macon a more important distributing point; and what the rail roads concede in reduced rates will be more than off-set by the increase m traffic which will result from a larger distribution into Macon s trade terri tory BIG PARADE YESTERDAY. G. A. R. Holding a Great Meeting in San Francisco. San Francisco. Aug. 18.- The first day of the G. A. R. encampment week was made brilliant by a monster mili tary pageant with ail branches of the regular and militia service as partici pants and tiie Grand army veterans and their friends as the spectators. Tiie parade formed at Union square and marched through tiie principal streets of the city. In line were de tachments of tiie United States troops stationed at the presidio, marines, sailors of t lie United States navy, ap prentices from the Mate island navy yard, the National Gauard of Cali* forma, Native Sons oi* tiie Golden West and number of other military and patriotic organizations. The reg ular army parade, aud probably the last big affair of the kind to be held b.y the organization, will take place tomorrow, ■Numerous feature# of entertain* mentis ware carried out Hi,tat in >" get he veterans- The crowds in the BRUNSWICK. GA., TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 18, 1903. LABORERS I WORKING No Strike will be De clared by the La bor LJnion HDD MELTING LAST NIGHT Number of Non-Union Men Joined the Oiganizaton, But a Strike Was Not Even D," / 3)JWd by -r-i ~ ‘ in<s The Mef'.^ers. The colored branch of the American Federation of Labor called a mooting at their hall over Newman’s last night and tallied of the labor .situation in the city. It was a public meeting, and t'he laborers’ throughout the city were in vited to attend. A latge number oi non-union men were present and they were invited to become members, and about fifty joined. The mooting was not held for the purpose of calling a strike, but to talk to the non-union men and get as many into It as possible. Yesterday all of the inside men and a large number of the outside laborers went to work as usual and only prob ably one stevehore was inconveni enced. It now appears that the inside work ers are satisfied with their pay, but tiie outside men want 15 cents instead of 12 1-2. Four of t.h.e stevedores have signed the increased pay. Storm Has Gone Ely. Those of our citizens who have been frightened to death every afternoon when the weather would look stormy, and who declared that the predicted storm was certainly coming, can now rest assured that there is m danger as the storm has passed us, and in fuel, has almost entirely died out. IMPORTANT BILLS NOW MADE LAWS GOV. TERRELL IS NOW HARD AT WORK READING AND SIGNING THEM. Atlanta. Aug. 17. —Governor Terrell put in several hours of hard work reading over ami signing measures passed at. the last session of the legis lature. Among the lulls of more t tap ordinary interest that received ltis sig nature and approval were the convict hill, the vagrancy lull and the resolu tion appropriating s;)t>,mm for an ex hibit, of the resources of Georgia at the St. Louis exposition. The convict bill, which is now a law, is the one which caused so much discussion in the legislature, and which finally resulted in a victory for those wno contended that the convicts should ho worked 01, tlie public roads. Counties are already making applies lions for the convicts as provided by tile act, and tn ■ prison commission will on Monday advertise lor bids lot the nire of the convicts after .March "1. and will notify the counties of in state that there are 7is live year eciti vtels to lie apportioned among the counties according to population. i he board ol ht tilth bill ; rvides for a board to look alter all yonlagiotts diseases and matters of fpiuruntine. ihe board will be announced In a few days by the Governor. r i he vagrancy hill simplifies t.:.e pres out vagrancy laws to a great extent and allows the officials more scope in deling with this class of people. The Dunbar resolution allows an ex penditure of $30,000 for an exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase exposition to be held next year in St Louis. The exhibit, according to the terms of the resolution, is to be prepared under the supervision of the governor, the state geologist and t.ue commissioner ot ag riculture, Ail the bills and resolution passed during the session have been sent to tile governor for his approval, and the force of enrolling clerks f the senate and house will return home tomor row. The house and senate journals will be issued earlier tins year than usual and it is believed lhut their ptiUP.t tion will lie out in two weeks. city were augmented during the day by the arrival of many belated delega tions. Tonight, in Mechanics’ Pavil ion. a monstrous welcoming demon stration takes place, The veterans and the members of affiliated organic /.ations will be formally greeted by Governor Pardee, '-layer S--h:t and General Shunter, IS GEEK CUSTOM FOR MANY YEARS Alderman du Bignont Has Card Concerning Lease of Lots IAX PAYERS CAN LEASE He Says City Has Already Received 75 Per Cent, of the Actual Value of the Property Which He Has Re-Leased. Brunswick, Ga., Aug. IT, 1903. To the Editor: The articles in The News of Saturday and Sunday relative to the renewal of the lease of the foot of Goorge steet are calculated to leave i a very wrong impression upon the mind of the public, and in order that the people of Brunswick may thor oughly understand the situation, I would be glad if you would give this communication space in your columns. In the first place, it has been the custotm for over thirty-live years for the city to lease the western foot of streets to tax payers owning the ad jacent water lots, charging for those leases an annual rental which would amount to about 2 per cant, of the value ot the adjoining property. The improvements placed on the leased property is subject to title same rate of taxation as all other similar prop erty in the city, and the revenue real ized from this source iias placed many thousands of dollars in the city treas ury. The city lias already received for leases alone over 75 per cent ot the actual value of this property, which would otherwise be nonproductive, besides having built up at no expanse to the treasury a regular wltiarf line, and shutting out from view unsightly mwil flats at the termination of each block. There are about twenty foot of streets that are now under lease, and in 1890 quite a number expired, but in every instance they wore promptly renewed by the city, and in one instance to holder who was then an alderman of the city of Bruns wick, But there was not a word said in opposition to the renewal. Only a few months ago the holder of the lease to tile foot of one of these streets petitioned council lo cancel his lease that had been renewed in I too for twenty years, having still about thirteen years to run, and grant hint a new lease for thirty years. His re quest was acted on favorably by coun cil. No opposition from any source to this lease. The wants of the city, so far as free dock laciliUes are concern ed seem to be adequate for the pres ent demand. The foot of AlheiniarJe tf it, which, has never been leased, can at any time be, put in condition tor the additional wants of the public, but so far. although there is a resolu tion of force since December, )593, an ■ horlziug the committee on public works lo expend one thousand dollars :or the erection of a landing place thereat, the dock of landing place has never been erected; evidently the committee lias not deemed It nec essary Suppose Cine leases to the foot of all the streets should expire now. Would it he best to renew them, thereby placing several thousand dollars in the treasury of the city, or refuse to renew the leases, pay for the improve merits, which amounts to thousands of dollars, and in addition to this, keep up the improvements which would amount each year to many thousand dollars more, or let the whole thing go into Ihe drink, i think the answer is simple enough; Lease Uie foot of your streets, reserving enough to meet this requirements of the public, and put money into, instead of taking It unnecessarily out of, the treasury of the city. Unfortunately the latter course has been so long and itcrsis tantly indulged in, that row that a fehange has taken place, they how! against those who are trying to pro serve the former course. All of the streets', that have been leased have been leased to the owners of adjoin ing property, and not to speculators, who seem anxious to have a chance to hid on this kind of property The lute and cry of a few people, who never raised the slightest objection to arty renewal of leases in all the thirty i even years that leases have been granted, is not enough to make the city council do what has never been done before in the history of Bruns wick. "put up to the highest bidder a piece of property of Itself too small tn be of any u*e to any one except the owner of the adjacent wafer lots, who h:;. >;pe:'l thmiiHtirts of dollars ! during the term of Ulw lease tmproi WHITE MAN ARRESTED ON A SERIOUS CHARGE Tg thin property, and allow spree atnrs who have never spent a della: •m it. or who cannot make it avail ..liln without the UKO or the udjaeec property, but who would bid possibly 'or the purpose of spite, and force He "rtuer holder to pay an amount far itt excess of the lease now being paid by the leaseholders of other streets it dons seem strange that, all thi. should only lie when the lease to the I'oot of George street, expires- a street remote from tine business r-oti ler of the city, too far to be of real convenience to country boats landing heir produce. VHiat is it’.’ Who are the half dozen people m a king this howl? Is it pos sib!.- that tlie leaseholders of tile fool of <: urge streel for years, cannot! haw extension granted to him simpiy because ' happens to he an alderman when his lease expin - ? The ro olti tion authorizing tin* renewal of this lease takes it out of the hands of the city council as to the rental ami places it in the hands of arbitrators, who will he guided entirely i;y the balance of t-'ie leases on the foot of the remainin': streets that are now of force, in other words, the price will hi 1 made to correspond with the price aid hi,lien of the lin lance of the foot of streets under lease. Is an alderman barred from leasing town commons from the city provided lie pays the ruling price? Is he debarred from purchasing property at marshal’s sales? An alderman could, in 18911. have his lease renewed: an alderman can now make a contract with the city to furnish supplies of all kinds; an alderman can. it seems, contract to do at! kinds of repair work and fur nish material of every description, which is being done every day, and yet you do not bear one word from: any sourew. It. seems that it is not what h does, but who he is. that lias caused all this "’mue'D ado about nothing.” It might he well to remember that the road to justice is never through an injustice. Very respectfully yours, ,T. E. duBIGNON. A CHANCE OFFERED OUR BALI, PLAYERS TO ARRANGE AN INTERESTING CAME WITH CLUB COMPOSED OF SIOUX INDIANS. There is an opportunity offered the local ball players to arrange an inter anting game. A club composed of Sioux Indians front the Indian reset vaton is touring filtte country, and in manager wants to arrange a dale fm a gaittte iu this city. The club is equipped to play ball day or night. It carries a portable electric light plant, capable of gener ating 50,0(1(1 candle power, supplying a current of fifty arch lights. The club travels in Us own private ear, cane, a portable grand stand and 'portable fence to enclose any open ground, anil transforms it into a hall park The following letter lias been received: “En Route, at New York, Aug. 13. 1003. —Sporting Editor News, Bruns wick, Ga.—Dear Sir: The Sioux In dians are now en route to the- Pacific coast after a successful tour of the New England states. Any teams tit Georgia that wish to book us can ad dress me for one week, general de livery, Washington, I). C. Yours, *’M. T. CLARKE.’’ NO OIL GUSHERS FOR GEORGIA. Expert Vaughan of the Geological Sur vey Makes Report. Washington, August 17.—T. W Vaughan, of Uie United States geolog leal survey, has returned front a trip which he made to Georgia for the pur pose of looking into the probabllltiesof the occurrence of petroleum in that slate One of the local Res visited by him was the vicinity of Albany Dougherty county During tin- I'ret-ediiig y, ar Mr. Vang hart spent a nontli in making a geo logical rccoitnatssa■ trout the f dgt of the crystalline rocks near Macon as far soul 1, as Albany. The object ol his work w:t to a■> ertiiin whether the geological conditions guv any indicti 1 tn,-, nt the occurrence of petroleum ■pi ,u geology is , Un-mely simple, and there was no IndicaHN'c, ol the v - |o-i<- I ruct tire u Holly a uiriyt >,I with oil pool:-. There wn. an entire Mb settee of any of the surface manifesta tions in the way of gas, oil, sulphur, etc., which an ordinary accompani ments of oil In other regions. Mr Vaughan is of the opinion, therefore that' no oil will be found In western Georgia In tti* strip of country ex tending from Macon through Monte ■/limit. Anu-rieus and Albany, that is. from mbit county through Crawford. Ij,,u :.,n Macon. T)on|v Sumter !mt and Uougiteriy ooWitiett PRICE— FIVE CENTS. IHELO BY OFFICER FOR KIDNAPING Arrested Here Vesterday By United States De puty Marshal WAS TAKEN 10 SAVANNAH Where He is Charged With Kidnap ing Three Boys and Placing Them Aboard a. Ship—He Denies His Guilt. FVliitit- McDonald, a young white man who is w auled in Savannah on the serious charge of kidnaping, was ar icslt-d in this city yesterday morning by Deputy United States Marshal Mc < lellan, ot Waycross, and was carried over to Savannah on the afternoon train to answer to that charge. The man was taken before United Stales Commissioner Dunwody, hut waived hearing, saying that he was not Mth'ifie McDonald, and giving his name as Kniite Walla, and said he did not want, a hearing here ns lie could go to Savannah and prove Dial lie is not the man wanted. However, Marshal Me. Fh’llan is quite sure that lie has the right man. McDonald is charged with kidnap ing three boys in Savannah and ship ping tin‘.mi cm the steamer Cambria to Santos, Brazil. When told yesterday by the officer of the crime for which he was charged, he stoutly denied knowing anything about it, and says he does not even know the man Wliitie McDonald However, film officer carried him over to Savannah and he will probably bo iven a preliminary bearing to lay. HE WILL NOT ABDICATE. Severity-third Birthday of Emeperor Frances Joseph Celebrated. Vienna. Ang. 17. —The seventy-third birthday of Emperor Francis Joseph was celebrated in the capital today with a review of troops, decorations „t 'lie city anil the granting of amnesty to manyprisoiiei-sserviiig sentence 10,- minor offenses. It has been persis tently rumored of latL that the venalile Emperor would signalize the day uy abdicting the throne ol the dual mon archy, hut those acquainted will, tiie indomitable though gentle character of Git- aged monarch never for one in stain, credited thiss report. I'ruc, the Emperor It-as experienced enough .rouble during the hall i-emury he has occupied title throne to crush tha spirit ot most men Bereft of thuse tie loved dearest, his only soil and heir Uie victim of a heinous crime, his au gust consort Idled by the stiletto ot .in assassin, and line heir apparent to Hie throne, Franz Ferdinand, Wedded to a woman of inferior rank, Ft .t.ucs Joseph certainly has had more than tiis lull share of domestic sorrow, m affairs ot state he has been equally unfortunate, though personally lie i recognized as one of the wisest aud most astute rulers of Europe. With tin spirit of revolt still active in Croatia., t'iu- obstructionists turning the meetings of the Hungarian Diet into a series of daily riots and the Austrian parliatnou! struggling to keep in order a baud <>t umiily mem bers who have been encouraged it, their ohstsiuctive tactics by the iiiti,- :arlu:i example, tit,* dual monarchy could not he described as a happy and hilt motiiotis whole, bin. then, it. sel dom has boon, and fire aged Emperor must smile at tiie noise of Uie pessi mists who loudly foretell Uie dismem berment of bis empire and nis own addiction when he thinks how many more serious slot-ins jo* and his coun try have weathered together in the iong years of his reign. Knitting Mill in Montezuma. Montezuma, Aug. .17. Tiie Monte zuma oil mill having bought out. the light system and lighting the town by means of its own machinery, also running a ginnery in the same connec tiofi is now iliinking of putting in a knitting mill to be run by the same machinery, which no doubt will be iu operation before many months. The Weather Liubuoiy showers along tin coast.