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THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS.
VOLUME 3, NUMBER 71.
INTEREST NOW IN
CITY ELECTIONS
Rumor that One or Two of
Present Incumbents May
Not Offer'Again
CITY ATTORNEY AND CHIEF
When Seen on the Subject by a Newi
Reporter Yesterday Neither Were
In a Position to Give Out Any
thing Definite.
As the election of the different city
officers approaches interest grows In
the contests, and there is now much
anxiety .as to who will be elected to
the different places.
Rumor has it that two or three of
the present incumbents will not offer
for re-election among them being City
Attorney F. E. Twitty and Chief of Po
lice S. A. Uurney. Both of these of
ficials were seen on the subject by a
News representative yesterday, but
when asked the plain question of
whether or not they would offer for re
election, they stated that they were
not prepared, just at this time to
give a deilnite answer
In connection with the city attor
neyship, it has been rumored In politi
cal circles that Mr. Twitty would not
stand for re-electioon and that one of
Brunswick’s leading and oldest mem
bers of the bar was slated for the
place and would probably be elected
to it without opposition.
While Chief Burney is not prepared
to make the announcement whether
or not he will offer again, still his
friends think that he will apply, and
wiil be elected without opposition.
No names have been mentioned in
opposition to Assistant Chief Owens.
For the city treasurership whieif po
sition G. H. Smith the present lhcum-
vaoate on January first, to ac
<rosh)fce cashiership of the .Irtmswick
Trust Company, two or
ftn?e names are being spoken of but
it is hardiy thought that there will
be but one candidate for the place.
City Clerki Russell holds over until
1305. . In
There has been, noi one spoken of In
opposition t o City Jfiler Clinton
Brown.
For the two or three vacant po
licemen’s place.; there will be a dozen
candidate;- end iki3 is expected to be
the most interesting contest that the
new council will have to decide.
TWO CHRISTMAS TREES
ENJOYED LAST NIGHT.
The Bethel Sunday school children
enjoyed a Christmas entertainment at
the little church last evening, the
center of attraction being a large
tree laden iwith gifts foir all the at
tendants. The church was decorated
effectively with holly and Christmas
terries and the lighted candles on the
tree made the scene quite brilliant.
Everyone was delighted with the en
tertainment, which passed off most
successfully.
The children of the Presbyterian
Sunday school held their regular
Christinas festival last night, when all
who have faithfully attended during
the year were rewarded with a gift
from a well-laden tree. Each child
was delighted with his gift and the
evening thoroughly enjoyed.
NEW CITY COURT JUDGE i
TO BE SWORN IN TODAY. 1
A. D. Gale, judge-elect of the city ,
court c£ Brunswick, will be sworn In
today by Ordinary Dart. Judge Dart
will hold his first session of court on
the first Monday in February, which
is tjie regular time for convening of
hfstribunal. ,
BUSY PLACING FURNITURE
IN NEW PUBLIC BUILDING.
I
Postmaster Brown, who is Custodian I
cf the public building, Is now busy I
placing the furniture for the poetof- 1
fice as well as the offices of the other.
government officials. It is not known
exactly when the poostofflce will be l
removed. j
To Organize Labor Forces.
Lawton, Okla., Deo. 28.—1n response
to the call recently issued a confer
ence was begun here today of rep
resentatives of the organized labor
bodies of Indian and Oklahoma ter
ritories. The purpose is to bring a
closer union of the labor foroes of the
two terrltoriee for mere aTWk,
SAYS I HAVE A
BRIGHT FUTURE
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“ Brunswick” Writes In
terestingly of what is
Being Done Here
WE HAVE THE BACK-COUNTRY
Talks of the Great Increase of Pop
ulation and Wealth in This Con
gressioal District, and Says
Outlook is Bright.
Brunswick, past, present, future.
A large subject, for Brunswick is
colonial town, dating back from 1763.
She has passed through many crises;
has been pronounced dead often; has
often been on the verge of death, but
has never died. Has always had a
population who believed in her future
and struggled to attain it. Has had
“the world, the flesh and the devil’’
combined against her, and through
infinite trouble and travial, loving her
enemies “doing good to those who
disputefully used her,” confident of
her futrue, sure that her great natural
advantages must in the long run win
her plade and prestige. Her people
have struggled ever with thir faces
toward the future; ever hopeful, ever
confident.
Of her present it shows a percentage
of igrowth in commercial lousiness
excelling that of any other port oin
the Atlantic, Gulf or Pacific coast
from 1893 to date. The statistics of
the United States government, yea,
demand this statement.
She is the seaport city of a congres
sional district, which has increased in
population and wealth from 'BO as has
no congressional district in. Georgia,
or in the entire vellow pine belt of
the iouth
The . rowth and prestige, of that
district Tjui ‘been greater in rt>por-‘
lioni sine 1 1% f Tan from 1890 to tjMO.
The cid cry 'that Savtanuaa ar.u
Brunswick had not back es.antry has
'ceased and with her fruit growing,
(stock raising and fattening her utili
zation of stomp and waste woods, her
jwonderful increase in area of sugar
cane, her syrup, which is unequaled
tn the world, this back country has
jmore money crop than any other
'section. Sea Island cotton, peaches
and other fruit, syrup, in addition to
the lumber and naval stores, crops
of ties, which will for the next thirty
years furnish, as it does now, a vast
business for Brunswick.
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Let no Brunwick man falter or be
'come faint-hearted; let each and a'.l
'pull forth new efforts for the future
which is hers, hers for the asking,
hers for the effort.
Brunswick.
FOR RESISTING OFFICERS.
To Many Cases of This Kind in the
Police Court.
! At the session of the police court
yesterday morning, two or three of
fenders were up charged with resisting
an officer. The evidence in the cases
or at least some of the witnesses
stated that it was as much the cause
of the officer as it was the defendant
that so many oases of this kind were
now coming up in the court. Some
of the evidence showed that police, in
making an arrest, handle negroes in
& way unbecoming an officer and were
as much responsible for these cases
as were the defendants. Mayor Cro
vatt stated that during the past few
[weeks more cases of this kind had
.been before him than during the en
tire time that he has been in office
and further stated that when the evi
dence warranted it, a heavy fine
would be ttnposed on the offenders,
but he, too, thought that this could
be avoided in many cases, and gave
the policemen present a little talk in
reference to using profanity in arrest
ing people. Two cases of this kind
were tried yesterday, cne of the of
fenders being acquitted while the other
[case was continued.
I It seems that the new members of
( the force are the ones that make the
charge of resisting an officer.
Southern Elocutionists.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 28. —The South
ern Association of Elocutionists met
in annual conference in the Univer
salists church today with prominent
elocutionists present from nearly all
of the southern states. Daily sessions
will be held until Thursday, at which
papers will be presented covering the
entire field of elocution, from kinder
garten work to advanced dramatic in
*ruetioa. . .... .
CITY COUNCIL HELD
A VERY BUSY MEETING
Committee Appointed to Investigate Con
tracting Aldermen Render an Interest
ing Report-Library Association
to Have Room in City Hall.
Adjourned Regular Meeting.
Brunswick, Ga. Dec. 28, 1903.
Present, Hon. A. J. Crcxvatt, mayor;
Aldermen Newman, du Bignon, Cook,
Smith, Robinson and Dart.
Absent, Aldermen Kaiser and Taylor
Minutes of previous meetings read
and confirmed.
Petitions.
From R. N. Watts, for refund of
$2.00 street tax paid twice in error.
Referred to committee on taxes and
revenues.
From E. J. Hamilton, for refund of
$2,00 street tax paid twice in error.
Referred to same committee.
From Gus Turner, for refund of
sll.ooi mpounding fees on eleven head
of small pigs. Referred to committee
on police, fire and building permits.
Communications.
Certificate of election.
State of Georgia,
County of Glynn,
City of Brunswick.
The undersigned, J. T. Lamhright,
J. P., W. J. Way, manager, and W. It.
Cox, manager, duly appointed super
intendent.) of an election held on the
Bth da-' <■£ December A. D. 1903, for
four aldermen ot' the city of Bruns
wick, Georgia, for the ensuing term,
do certify that the total number of bal
lots c i 3t said election is 9L>, ami
that T* '->• Aiken, a candidate for alder
re ai, received 031 votes, and that C.
JJu Vsiltg. a candidate for aldennafc,
■W V’-i- •veins,"iamb, that -
\Y, m!, a candlffate ’for aldeman/ re
ceiv'd €O6 votes, ■ and . that' 'W. M.
Tuppt-, a candidate for alderman, re
ceived 6 A votes, and that Duncan
Wright, :■ candidate for alderman, re
ceived 309 votes, and that George R.
Krauss, a candidate for alderman, re
ceived 3 (| B votes, and that John Basil
Davis, a candidate for alderman, re
ceived 310 votes, ar.d that C. L. Par
ker, a candidate for alderman, re
ceived 1 vote, and that Max Isaac, a
candidate £cr aldermn, received 1 vote,
and chat no ballote were thrown out
lor irregularities,And we, as superin
tendents of said election, hereby de
clare that F. D. Aiken, C. Downing, J.
W. Wood and W. M. Tupper are duly
elected aldermen of the city of Bruns
wick, Georgia, for the ensuing term,
ha\ mg received the highest number of
votes cast at said election, December
5, 1903.
J. T Lambrignt,
A freeholder of Brunswick, Ga.
W. J. Way,
A freeholder of Brunswick, Ga.
W. R. Cox,
A freeholder of Brunswick, Ga.
Superintendents of election.
Ordered spread on the minutes, pub
lished and filed.
From F. E. Twitty, city attorney,
recommending. the appointment of a
special committee to assist in formu
lating a report to council regarding
forfeiture of Town Commons for ar
rears in rental. On motion, the recom
mendation was adopted and the follow
ing committee appointed by the mayor
Aidermen du Bignon, Robinson and
Newman.
Reports.
From Special Committee:
Erunswick, Ga., Dec. 28, 1903.
To the Honorable Mayor and Council
of the City of Brunswick
Gentlemen: The undersigned, a com
mittee appointed to pass upoin the
question whether members of council
could legally sell goods or enter into
contracts of any character with the
mayor and council of the city of
Brunswick, beg leave to report that
in our opinion all such sales are ille
gal, under the charter of the city oif
Brunswick, whether made directly by
a member of council or indirectly by
a firm of which a member of council
is a member, or a corporation of
which a member of council is an exec
utive officer
We have examined the records of
the mayor and council for a consider
able number cf years, and find that
it has been the custom to purchase
from individuals who were members
of council, and from firms anjl corpora
tions of which members of council
were partners or executive officers
BRUNSWICK, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 29, 1903.
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practically during tb >iti, e history of
Brunswick during the period succeed
ing the war.
We find for the period running from
1900 to date such practice has contin
ued, but find that it is small In amount
and that it has frequently been to the
interest of the city that such pur
chases be made, and we do not find
) mything to indicate that the city
lias been injured at any time in recent
years by such purchases or contracts
with either members of council indi
vidually or firms of which they were
members, or corporations of which
they were executive officers.
We respectfully refer the mayor and
council for details as to what firms
and corporations in which members
of council were partners or were
executive officers, and what indivi
duals who were members .of cciuncil
have such transactions with the city
for the detailed information to the
city records.
Respectfully submitted,
L. A. Robinson,
C. P. Goodyear,
C. O. Ogg
W. B. Cook
Committee.
Ordered spread on the minutes, pub
lished and filed, the sense of coiufieii
being that in future no further con-.
tracts or purchases be made or en
tered, into tyith any alderman, firm or
corps ration of which a member of
■ ouricil is an qjxecutivc office MJ' - - •
.' Vort ~7
■
of G. YA.^SEjfIHPP^^KSqP
pen'saiion tme'ffevoted'to
collection of street and dog tax, that,
having b -en, empowered to act, at f-1
called meeting of the mayor and co> V
oil on December 18, 1902i<bfeg tc re
port as follows:
In recognition of the faithful ser
vice performed by the officer, evi-|
lenctd by the amount of collections,
•in this account, the highest on record,
your committee directed the clerk ta
issue a voucher in the sum of SSO to
Mr. Richardson as reward for such ser
vices. Ac opted.
’’Tom same committee:
B unswick, Ga., Dec. 24, 1903.
.lon. Mayor and Council,
Gentlemen Your standing com
mittee on finance, to which was refer
red the petition of F D. Aiken, pres
.dent board of trade, for appropriation
of SIOO towards liquidating obliga- J
dons incurred by the board, in having
Srunswick and Glynn county repre-
sented in the Greater Georgia move
ment, beg to report as follows: '
Your committee appreciates to the
fullest extent, the enterprise and pub
lic spirit of the gentlemen composing
the board of trade, but our desire to
assist them more substantially is re- j
strained by the condition of the city’s [
finances. This Greater Georgia move
ment in our judgement is a worthy ob
ject, and inasmuch as jJßynn county j
has appropriated the same amount as
is now asked from this body, and if
not so appropriated by council, iwili
have to be borne by the members ot i
the board of trade, and which ought
not to be, yorur committee recommends
the granting of the petition, suggest
ing to the board, by the way, of gentle
reminder, .that in future, they make
their petition tex council before in
volving the board in such obligations.
Respectfully submitted ,
J. E. du Bign°n, Chairman.’
M. Kaisar,
W. B. Cook
Adopted. Committee.
From same committee:
Hon. Mayor and Council,
Brunswick, Ga.
Gentlemen: Your standing com- J
mittee on finance, to whom was refer-1
red the communication from John D.
Rogers & Cos., of Galveston, Texas, its
subject being validity and collectibil
ity of certain bonds of the city of
Brunswick, Ga., signed J. TANARUS, Blain, as
mayor, and G. C. Norton, as clerk and
treasure.-, dated January 1, 1860, bog
leave to make the following report:
J At the request of your committee
the bonds were forwarded to Bruns
! wick through the National Bank and;
upon examination of the same, we find
four bonds of SIOO.OO each, dated und
signed as above stated, numbers 92,
93, 94 and 99, bearing interest at se.ven
per centum per annum, payable Jan
uary 1, 1880 to the Macon and Bruns
wick Railroad Company or bearer.
The bonds were authorized under the
general act of the legislature, Incor
porating the city of Brunswick, Feb
ruary 22, 1866, and by an ordinance of
council dated January 31, 1859, with
I this endorsement on. each bond: “The
Macon and Brunswick Railroad Corn
pay hereby guarantees the ultimate
payment of the within bonds,” signed
A. E. Cochran, president,” Coupons
have been clipped from bonds 92, 93
and 94 up to and including January
1, 1876; bond 99 has coupon due Jan
uary 1, 1876 attached. We can find no
record of the numbers of bonds in
cluded in the compromise of 1879, and
it is therefore, Impossible to state
whether or not these particular bonds
were ever taken, up in the 1879 com
promise. In tbe judgment of yoiur com’
mittee, payment of these bonds is bar
red by the statute of limitation and re
fer you particularly to the report of
tbe city attorney, attached hereto.
We recommend that the clerk of coun
cil be directed to communicate with
ithe holders, and send them a copy of
':his- report.
|\ - „ Respectfully,
J. E. du Bignon, Chairman.
r,- w. b.
ki i'i ptttCß.,, Gem mit teofi
[firom Committee Education:
Brunswick, G., Dec. 28, 1903.
t'ilon Mayor and Council,
i Gentlemen: Your standing com
• mittee on education, to which was re
jferred the petition, of the Brunswick
j Library Association, its subject being
request for the use of a room In the
[city hall building, beg to make the
'foilow’ing report upon same:
We beg to recommend that room
No. 9 bo allotter to petitioners for
taeir us.-, free of charge, with the
understanding that they be tenants
at will arc that the mayor and council
hrve the the privilege of using said
room whenever necessary.
Respectfully submitted,
W. B. Cook, Chairman,
J. E. du Bignon,
Committ6 on Education.
Adopted.
Ordinances,
| An ordinance to t sulate the posi
tion of telegraph, te phone and elec
tric light poles and unlliar poles, on
tlie public streets of iie city of Bruns
wick, and for oth< - purposes, was
lead the second an., third time, but
final pass.ge delaye until next m ;et
irg of council,
i . ...
Motion, by Aldernn du Blgnon:
That the mayor be authorized to ap
point an acting treasurer until one
is elected to fill the unexpired term.
The mayor statetd he would appoint
anyone council or the finance com
mittee might select, and on ascertain
ing that the finance committee de
sired to have W. F. Symons appointed,
| passed an order directing the clerk
Ito notify W. F. Symons of his ap
pointment as acting treasurer from
| January 1, 1904, until the office is
filled by election.
I Bills and accounts properly approv
ed and audited read and ordered
j placed in course of settlement,
j The mayor announced that upon in
| formation laid by the marshal he had
[suspended Impounding Officer A. C.
j Strickland for two weeks.
| The marshal stated to council that
‘the officer had been negligent and
| derelict in duty, explaining the clr
| eumstanees. The action of the mayor
was sustained.
Adjourned until 10,60 o'clock a. m.,
Januar'- 4, 1904.
N. D. Russell,
Clerk of Council.
Marietta Poultry Show.
Marietta, 0., Dec. 28. —The third an
naul exhibition of the Farkersburg-
Marietta Poultry and Pet Stock asso
ciation opened In this city today and
will continue until Friday. Both as
regards the number and high class
of the entries the show this year eur-
PUtM both of its predecessors.
STEAMER KIOWA
GOES TO BOTTOM
New Collided
with Fruit Steamer
and Went'Down
HAD ON A LARGE CARGO
Steamer Which Wii on Run Between
This Port and Boston Rammed by
a Fruiter—Crew Saved by
Hard Work of a Tug.
The Clyde line steamer Kiowa which
has been on the regular Boston-Char
leston-Brunswfck-Jacsotnville run for
several monftis, or since she was built,
she being a brand new ship, was sunk
Saturday in a. colilssicn near loston.
The following Associated Pre.;s ac
count of the accident was publish, and
Sunday, under date of Boston;
In a blinding storm which swept
Boston harbor this afternoon the
new Clyde line steamer Kiowa., Inward
bound from Jacksonville, Fla., and
Charleston, S. C., was rammed and
sunk by the steamer Admiral Dewey,
of the United Fruit coiuiwny outward
bound for Port Antcaiio, Jamaica and
Port Limon, Costa Rica.
Captain Chichester and (lie entire
crew, of the Kiowa, numbering thirty
men, were rescued by a tug! The Ad
miral Dewey sustained pi actio ally no
damage, and after laying-to for the
purpose of rendering possible assist
ance, she proceeded on her voyage.
With several passengers and a big
general corgo, the Admlrad Dewey
sailed from this city shortly after 12
o’clock. Owing to tbe driving snow
storm the Dewey was making her
way out at slaw speed. A few miles
beyond Boston, light the Kiowa ap-.
peared through the oloujs of mist and
enow directly ahead. Befqsce the
course could be shifted, t.h ; .y pwH’ - s
'£*<* Tb . -Admiral Jv**
the Kiowa a Powerful blow on rhJ
port side Just abaft tbe main rig
ging, the sbarp prorw of the fruiter
cutting in for a- considerable distance.
The damaged vessel immediately
began to fill. The city of Boston’s
tug Cormorant, wbiob was passing,
ran alongside the Kiowa and took off
the captain and her crew.
This was a most difficult task, owin;
tio the heavy sea. and in .attempting to
jump from their own vessel to the
tug some of the Kiowa’s men fell
into the water. They were rescued
by the Cormorant’s men. and all hands
were brought to this city.
The Kiowa sank shortly after the
accident. She had a big cargo of lum
her, cotton, naval stores, iron and gen
era] merchandise.
The Kiowa was the latest addition
to the Clyde fleet, having been built
In. Philadelphia early in the present
year. She was a steel, two-masted
three-decked vessel, 300 feet long, 22
feet depth of hold, net tonnage 2,254
tons, and gross tonnage 2,949.
Modern Language Association.
Ann Arbor, Mich., Dec. 28.—Nearly
500 distinguished educators were gnth
ered in Sarah Caswell Angell hall of
the Universnty of Michigan this after
noon at the opening meeting of the
Modern Language Association of
America. The initial session was de
voted to papers cm French subjects.
This evening Prof. George Hempl,
president of the association, delivers
an address on ’’The Attitude of the
Teachers ot English Toward His Sub
ject.,’’ Beginning tomorrow evening
the sessions of the association will he
transferred to Detroit in order not to
conflict with the meeting of the Mich
igan State Teachers’ association be
ginning here o Wednesday.
A Card of Thanks.
To Editor of Newi;—l wish to
place a card of thanks in your valua
ble paper. First to the honorable may
or and council and kind Chief of Po
lice S. A. Burney, for their kind treat
ment. to me.
Second to your policemen, R. W.
Durden, I especially thank, him for
the good order he has kept and the
manner in which he has kept it. Be
ing at all times true to his post, and
ne of tha beat officers in your city.
Third to the kind and noblp public
for your liberal patronage. Tongue
cannot express my thanks and trust
the Lord will help you for patrouiz
ing an indigent confederate veteran.
Am so favorably impressed, I will
reside here in the future. Again thank
ing one and all, and wishing all a hap
py new year. S. Quinn.
PRICE—FIVE CENT3.
PANAMA LINKED
TO MANCHURIA
f - - 4
Diplomats See a Bearing
On Situation in the
Far East
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A WAR IS NOT LOOKED FOR
Russian Ambassador Claims That
Cases are Parallel— Speculation
About General Reyfcs’ Note
to Secre’ary Hay.
Washington, Dec 28. —Will the stand
this government has taken in recogniz
ing and supporting the Panama repub
lic result in a loss of American pres
tige in the far east?
The question is being seriously ask
ed in official circles here, and as se
riously considered by the responsible
officials of this government. Secre
tary Hay, who takes/ a pardonable
pride in the apparent success of the
demand of this government for tho
"open! door" in Manchuria, does not.
believe that the two great questions
thus inturwined in the gossip of dip
lomatic circles can properly be thus
linked together, or that (here is any
danger to American prestige in that
part of the east which is just now
the scene of diplomatic conflict.; but
there are some very able republican
senators who in their private talks
over the outlook do not take quite so
optimistic a view.
Cassir.n Hints About Manchuria.
it. will be recalled that one of the
first of the European goversmenta to
follow tlie lead oit the United States
and extend recognition to the new
isthmian republic was Russia. It is
said in diplomatic circles that when
the astute and suave Count Cassini,
the prince of diplomats; conveyed to
the state department the news' of his
M lip iiccouipanied the
••riti LfUet, with a., -too vT Rw
sian realization c f the attitude of the
United States, 3aying it was evident
the United States was exerting the
same watchful care ovßr Panama that
Russia was watching over Manchuria
Russia, he pointed out. was making no
(attempt to exert sovereignty over
Manchuria, hut was there with her
armies only to protect, the rights of
Russia and Russian enterprises. In
the same way, the United States had
felt compelled to step in and safeguard
the great propertty rights that, would
be invovled iu the construction of an
isthmian canal, hut had no idea of ex
ercising sovereignty over Panama.
He may have stated it better, but
that was the trend of his talk. There
was a distinct parallel wrawn between
tiie two cap l a parallel not. particu
larly relished by Mr. I!ay. who lias
been given more or p... general assur
ances Hint il is Russia’s intention to
never yet been aide i, get Russia to
say when.
NELMS WANTED ID KENTUCKY.
North Carolina Man Accused c.’ Mur
der!: g W ; fe.
Raleigh, N f Dec 28 -Requisi
tion is made . • <; vnruor Ay cook by
the governor of he; i.ueky for Charles
Nelms, in jail at Ashvilp n the c;harg ((
of procuring the murder of his wife
Nelms is the man in jail at Ashville
suspected of being the principal ab
ductor of Millionaire W<-ntz.
It is asserted by some that lie had
his wiil’e murdered because, she knew
he was concerned in the Wentz af
fair.
Kentucky officers will arrive tomor
row.
New Mexico Pedagogues.
Santa Fe, N. J!., Dec. 28.—The
school teachers of New Mexico and
the several organizations associated
with the territorial teachers' associa
tion will Le much in evidence In
Santa Fe during the remainder of this
week. The New Mexico Academy of
Science held its opening session at
the capitot the afl> moon with the
Hon. Frank Spring! i of L; -■ Vogas pre
siding. The educai ional association
begins its annual meeting tomorrow
and the .. -si- u -. id continue for
three da>s. Tho kir.-e attendance and
the prominence of the participants
combine to giv," promise of the most
notable gathering of educators ever
field in New Mexico.
Jaws Locked by Toy Gun.
Raleigh, >.' C„ lie 28.—Benjamin
Taylor, aged 10, one of the several
boys here injured by toy pistols Christ-
day, died of lockjaw this ai'ter
noon, an hour alter admittance ta
[a hospital.