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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 —f— “ 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. * 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. V 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 **' ” 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.