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THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS.
VOLUME 3, NUMBER 75.
HUNDREDS OF FUNERALS
IN CHICAGO YESTERDAY
FIRE VICTIMS
.... LI TO REST
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All Church Bells in City
Tolled for Five
Minutes
WAS A DAY OF MOURNING
Dead Bodies are Still Being Recover
ed From the Debris— More Sad
and Terrible Stories Sent Out
About Great Disaster.
Chicago, January 2.—The funeral
of those" unfortunatess who lost their
lives in the awful Iroquois disaster
Wednesday occurred today from the
different churches of Chicago.
In response to a request from May
or Harrison church bells of the city
tolled foil- five minutes beginning at
12 o’clock.
Up to G o'colck this afternoon 582
bodies have been recovered from the
ruins of the fire and the firemen and
others are still removing the debris
but it is thought that only a few more
bodies will be recovered.
Such a Day of Mourning.
“Such a day of mourning Chicago
never witnessed as that which usher
ed in the new year. In eyefy portion
,of the city almost it seemed,as though.
wag
were moving through the snow cov
ered streets to various cemeteries.
. the throng about the various morgues
ami undertaking establishments seem
ed almost as large as ever. Many men
upper red at the door of Rolston’s and
Jordan’s morgues this afternoon who
had been on their feet for forty-eight
hows constantly searching for those
they had lost. The greater number
of dead are in these two places and
jnen .. in.' had viewed the ghastly rows
of corpses before and bad gone on una
vailing scorches to every other mor
gue and tit >-failing room in the city
to which :-d from the theater
had beer on, came back once more
tct Rolston’s and Jordan’s almost in
despair, but hoping against hope that
they might have overlooked their dead
in the great number that had crowd
ed the tables and floors on Thursday
morning. In some cases they were
successful: in many others they were
not. Practically all of the bodies
which admit of careful identification,
have been carried away, and of those
which remain the majority are in such
condition that only the most minute
and careful inspection will be able to
reveal their identity to those who
knew them best.
One of the saddest cases was that
of Herbert and Agnes Lang, of 1632
Bary avenue. Both children had at
tended the performance and after
many hours of tireless searching the
brohen-heajrted farther finally found
the daughter, Agnes, in an undertaking
establishment. Mr. Lang, almost ex
hausted by his continuous trips from
mogrue to mogue, from hospital to hos
pital, from police station to the cor
oner’s office, and then hack through
the wearysome round again and again,
came this afternoon in utter despair
to the office of Chief of Police O’Neill
and begged for two detectives to as
sist him. He also pleaded with news-
paper men and his voice choked and
failed as he referred tot his wife, who
lay utterly prostrated at their home.
Mr. Lang said these were his only-chil
,ulren and the detectives and newspa
per men promised him every assist
ance! though they themselves were al
most worn out by long hours of work.
Finally the body of the girl was found
and the broken-hearted father gathered
up the little form and took it to his
carriage.
"I have one of them at last,” he
said, 'and this will be a great com
fort to her mother.”
The absolute failure of Mr. Lang
to identify any one of the bodies as
that of his son aroused some hope
that the boy may be still alitre and
•cared for ir. some hospital.
Sorrow Turned to Joy.
Mr. Liang's sorrow was turned to joy
when he reached his home tonight.
As he drove up to the door with the
tody which he had b,*-light from the
aaogue as that of his daughter, tewaj
greeted by his. wife, who told him that
' their two children haji returned homo
this evening in safety. They had be
come dazed apparently and had been
wandering around the city without
knowing where they were. Mr. l.ang
at once returned to Ihe mogue with
the- body of the little girl, which he
thought to be his own child.
“.There was so little by which I
could recognize the body," he said,
“that I was confident that I never
would bie able to satisfy my own
mind absolutely that it was my daugh
ter, but at the same time there were
some strong points of resemblance and
I concluded that it must be she."
OFFICERS ARE AFTER THORNTON
Negro Charged With Assaulting White
Lay in Webster County.
Americus, Ga., January 2.—Officers
■are seaching Americus tonight for
Tobe Thornton, a negro, charged with
having beaten into insensibility and
criminally assaulted Miss Dismukes,
an estimable young lady residing at
Western, a village in Webster county.
Thornton concealed himself himself in
Miss Dismuke's residence during her
absence from home, patiently waiting
her return.
When the young lady entered and
closed the door behind her the ne
gro sprang like atiger upon his vic
tim and assaulted her. The negro
then ransacked the house and quietly
departed with his plunder,
When Miss Dismukes was restored
to consciousness, she called for as
sistance and parties of man-hunters
went after Thornton, whom the lady
recognized as. her assailant. He is
hiding near Americus where he has rel
atlves. The crime is one of the most
diabolical ever committed. in ; scjifh-
Georgia. jMj
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Have Been Booked Re
cently for Brunswick’s
Playhouse
The library is now established in
its new quarters in the city hall. The
room is at the north west corner
on the second floor and is a very pleas
ant, well-lighted place. The conven
ient location and altogether more de
sirable situation of the library is a mat
ter of great satisfaction to the di
rectors and to the association gen
erally.
Everything possible will be done
to make the reading room attractive
and the saving of rent wiil enable the
association to buy all the new books
and otherwise improve the library.
A great deal of interest has been
awakened in this popular institution
of- late and a number of new sub-
scribers have joined. As in other cit
ies, people seem to be beginning to
realize that it is “the thing” to belong
to and support, and also to. recognize
the fact that a lack of interest in it
reflects gravely upon us. The small
sum of 25 cents per month is all that
is required for subscription and it
would seem that everybody could
afford this.
With its removal toi now and more
suitable quarters, the library will take
on new life end every one should join
now to benefit by these improvements
The outlook for the new year is bright
indeed, and new and great popularity
and prosperity are drawing for the li
brary, which bids fair to become an
institution of which Brunswick may
well be very proud.
TOY PISTOL CAUSES DEATH.
Second Weapon of the Deadly Toy at
Augusta.
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 2.—Following
the sad death of little Clifford Fischer
yesterday from lockjaw as the re
sult of a slight wound on Christmas
with a toy pistol, a second case oc
curred today, almost identical in its
details. Frederick Hookey, aged 13,
was wounded on his left hand with
a toy pistol Christmas evening. It
was a trifling Injury which was not
seriously considered at the time, but
resulted in his death from lockjaw
this evening at the home of his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. George A. Hookey.
He was an only son,
Weyler Wanted fb Invade Us.
London, January 2.—General Weyler
will shortly publish a book entitled
“Military and Political Campaign in
Cuba,” according to a special dis
patch from Madrid. Two interesting
chapters will be headed “My Protest
for landing In United States Terri
tory” and “Reasons Why I Was Gblig
a| tof-Ahandou the Project*'
INCA BROUGHT
IS TONS OF Sill
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Which was Saved From
‘
the Wrecked Schooner
Thos. Parker
OVER 100 TONS IN THE CARGO
The Schooner Went Ashore off Wolff
Island Several Days Ago and Will
Probably be a Total Loss—Sav
ing Crew now at Work.
Tlie tug Inoa arrived in port Friday
night about 10 o’clock with a large
lighter in tow, loaded to its full capac
ity with so It in bags and barrels.
This salt, in all between 100 and
150 tons, was taken from the wrecked
schooner Thos. G. Parker, which went
on the shoals off Wolff island several
days ago and was wrecked.
The Inca, with the large lighter
and a force of men, has been at the
scene of the wreck for a day or two,
and returned to port Friday night with
tiiis cargo: of salt.
A large gang of laborers were at
work at the Mallory wharf yesterday
unloading the salt, transferiug it from
the lighter to box cars.
The schooner, it is understood, is
in rather .a bad condition but eff;rts
are new being made to sve her and
they my prove successful. She was
bound from Philadelphia to Savannah.
The salt which was saved by the In
ca, will \reliably be sold by the in
surance company in bulk, but tne own
ers of ihe Inca will receive a neat
surafor paying it. There was probably
cargo lo make Savan
.water porl. .Thu..salt
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probably fifty lor a hundred barrels.
Just how much was in the cargo
is not known, but it is estimated that
there is over 100 tons.
Comfortably Quartered.
Tbe firm of L. J. Leavy & Son is
now comfortably quartered in the
southern offices of the James S
Wright building, whore they will be
pleased to see their friends. The firm
wil) live up to their motto “we sell
everything.” If you have anything
to sell see them; if you want to buy
something they have it.
A BRUNSWICK BORN
ACTRESS IS COn INO
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MISS FAY TEMPLETON,
The Famous Actress Who was Born in Brunswick, and Who Will be Seen
Here Next Month in “The Runaways.”
Brunswick theater- goers will be de
lighted to learn that Fleming & Wafl
managers of the Grand, have bocke
for later in the season, Miss Fay Tem
pleton, the famous actress, and sh(
will be seen here in "The Runaways.’
Miss Templeton, who is one of the ac
knowledged leading actresses of th
country, has won new laurels in thi
■play. , i
BRUNSWICK, GA., SUNDAY M ORNING, JANUARY 3. 1904.
NATIONAL BANK'S
GOOD STATEMENT
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Institution an Ex
cellent for
Past lonths
IS THE BEST IN IIS HISTORY
Yearly Statement of the Bank Shows
That it Is in a Most Flourisning
Condition—Some of the Ex
cellent Fig res.
With the closing of the year 1903
the National Bonk of Brunswick has
come forward with one of the most
magnificent statements ever made by
any banking concerns in the city of
Brunswick. The statement in ques
tion shows that this well known In
stitution is in a thoroughly flourishing
condition and is a very distinctive ev
idence of the fact that its officers are
capable, energetic and progressive bus
iness-men.
According to this statement, which
is dated December 31, 1903, it is shown
that the National Bank of Brunswick
has a liability of $475,477,08 deposits
subject to check; in other words it
only lacks less than $25,000 of having
deposits aggregating a half million.
Another strong feature on the side
of the resources of the statement, is
a fact that there is reported as cash
in exchange $196,153.82 an unusually
strong showing. The loans and dis
counts is also a record breaker, foot
ing up $430,525.90, a fev- thousand dot
lars less than the totte! deposits.
That the bank is taking oare of its
own self in thcT-*“ : , surplus and
over the last statement, * "Autn.r
ags.
The News congratulates the officers
and directors of the National Bank
on this magnificent showing; it con
gratulates the people of Brunswick
that there is within the eonfiines of
the city a financial institution which
to all intents and purposes is a raa
moth success and enjoys in the full
est measure the confidence of the peo
pie. ,
The Weather.
I Forecast for today in Georgia:Cold
er and probably showers.
j Fay Templeton is a Brunswick girl, j
She was born in this city, and is re
membered b£ a number of older resi
j dents of the city. Sinse she has been
on the stage she has gained lame and
.is now among the leaders of the pro
fession. No doubt she will receive a
- warm welcome in her native city.
I Miss Templeton will be here on Feb
ruary, 2.
NEW COUNCIL IS
TO BE SWORN IK
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Clerk du Bignon will Ad
minister Oath of Of
fice Tomorrow
10 FOUR NEW ALDERMEN
Messrs. Downing, Aiken, Weed and
Tupper Will Sm ojecl Messrs.
Kaiser, Cook, Smith and Tay'or
New Council ta Organize.
The four member of Brunswicok's
new city council will be sworn in at
j the city hall tomoriow at 12 o'clock.
:The oath of office will he administered
•by H F. dußignon, clerk of the super
ior court.
I The new memberrs are C. Downing,
Jf. D. Aiken, J. W Wood and W M Tup
;Per, and the retiring aldermen are M.
!Kaiser, W. S. Taylor, A. M Smith and
jW ( B Cook.
| The old council will hold their last
I meeting at 11:50 and transact such
.business as may come up for action,
J will then adjourn, and. immediately
jal ter being sworn in the new council
j will hold rlieir first meeting, and after
organizing will probably adjourn.
| The first meeting of interest to be
held by the new council will be. on
Thursday night, when all city offices
ad other important matters will be
next disposed of. The''■‘/retings for
tfie next month will all be interesting
and ether important matters will be
j decided. .
SPECIAL SERVICES THISj.WEEK.
Rev. Hollingsworth Wttt bf'\ .ssisted*
by Va+dosta MhHcfc.
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:i ellcal Alliance and observ
ed generally over the country, will
|he observed this week at the Presby
terian church. The services will be
gin today and will continue each even
ing during thhe week. The pastor,
I Rev. W. F. Hollingsworth, will be as
sisted by Rev. C. C. Carson of Valdos-
;ta and several of the local pastors. It
|is hoped to make these services a
iunion service, of all the churches and
Christian people in the city. Strang
ers and visitors will be cordially wel
comed. The subject for today is “Thy
Kingdom Come.” The program ap-
Pf nted for the week night services
will be somewhat modified. Rev. Mr.
.Carson has many niends in this city
and wil be heard with pleasure at
the evening services during thhe week.
Acade ny of Design's Exhibition.
New York, Jan. 2.—The seventy
n nth atnual exhibition of the Nation
i Academy of Design was opened to
the public today in the gallries of the
\mericaa Fine Arts Society and will
"ontinue until the end of the present
month. The c hibitton is fully up to
he high standard of previous shows
of the academy. It comprises the
K>st Works in oil, pastel and sculp
ture of many of the most, eminent
Ji: living artists.
I" WO DEATHS II ONE FAMILY.
Dr. McAfee, of Da on, Loses Mother
and Son S me Day.
Dalton, Ga., Janu y 2.—Two deaths
occurred in the hor. a of Dr. J. R. Mc-
Afee, a prominent physician of this
city, yesterday. Hi son, Mr. Tarver
McAfee, died at 11 o’clock yeste day
and his death was followed by that
if his mother, which occurred at 11
o’clock last night.
Both funerals occurred at the res
idence at 2 o'clock this afternoon. A
large circle of (friends attended the
funeral. Mrs. McAfee was born in
Richmond county and was among Un
first and most prominent rettiers iu
Whitfiield county.
Mr. Traver McAfee was lieutenant
in the Spanish-American war in a
North Carolina regiment and later
was city Beset agent for the Southern
railway at Pomct
WILL ASK FOR MORE PAY
Two or Three City .Officials Want a
Raise in Salary.
The salary committee of the new
oounieii, which will lie inaugurated
tomorrow, will probably have applica
tion from several of the present of
ficials, a., it is understood that two or
I more of them will ask for an increase.
| It is a well known fact that some
J of the city officials do not. receive a suf
fleient salary for the services render
ed. The strongest complaint seems to
he from the chief and assistant chief
of police. It will he remembered that
the salary of these, two officials was
reduced considerably a few years ago,
and now the chief receives thq
TWO NEW BO4TS FOR
BRUNSWICK’S FLEET
amount formerly paid to the assistant
chief, while that official receives only
a small amount more titan the police
men.
It is understood that the salary
of the city treasurer wjll pribabiy
be increased. This office at present
only pays a salary of S3O per month
and it is hard to get a man tea take the
place unless he has some other bus
iness which he can operate in connec
tion with the city office, and this, it
seems, does not meet with the approve
al of the people, and it seems that
council will have to increase the sal
ary to get a capable man to fit; the
place.
KILLED DURING A SCUFFLE.
Two Men Struggling With a Gun Re
suits Fatally.
Madison, Ga„ Jan. 2. -At Cowan,
in this county, twelve miles north of
this place. George Uttark was acci
dentally killed this afternoon by the
discharge of a gun, during a struggle
for its possession, between his son
Pack Ruark, and a neighboring far
mer, E. P. Cowan.
The Ruarks were on the farm of
Cotwau at the time of the accident.
They had gone there for tlie purpose
of moving one of Cowan's tenants, hav
ing .permission to do so. They car
ried tlieir shotguns on the floor of the
wiagon. On arriving at the tenant’s
house, E. P. Cowan was there and
on seeing the guns in the wagon asked
the Ruarks why they had brought
them.
Cowan came to Madison and offered
to surrender, but was not taken into
custody when the killing was explain
ed.
Both Cowan and Rouarke are prom
inent farmers and the killing of the
•letter is deplored.
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Library Now Open in a
Room at the City
Hall
After being dark for two or three
weeks, the doors at the Grand will
be open again this week, Saturday
night, and the attraction will be one
of the best of the season —“A Texas
Steer" —which was seen here last sea
son and which scored such a hit with
our theater-goerß.
Chas. If. Hoyt has ever wielded a
keen but kindly pen in satirizing the
fads of every day life, but in none o!
them has he been happier than in
the satire on poJitice, "A Texas Steer ”
it’s a simple story and abounds with
eccentric humor, clean witticisms and
side-splitting incidents that never fail
to receive a most hilarious welcome
from its audiences.
On the following week, beginning
January 11, the Glick Repertoire
Company will be here tor thhe entire
week. This will be the first appear
ance of this repertoire company in
Brunswick, and it comes highly recom
mended as a popular priced attraction.
Later on comes King Dodo, Jeffer
son d’Angelis, Romeo nd Juliet, the
‘Stalks, the Chaperones, In the Palace
'of the King, Fay Templeton, Lonna
| Doone and a number of other high
' class attractions, and while we have
had some first class shows here al
[ready this season, it seems that the
best ones are yet to come.
Oldest Living Flag Offcer.
Baltimore, Md., Jan. 2. —Rear Admi
ral George B. Raich, U. S. N., retired,
who enjoys the distinction of being
the oldest living flag officer of Uncle
Sam’s navy, will be 82 years old to
morrow and will qua'• v observe (ho
day at his home in this oily. Ad
miral Balch saw nearly a half century
of active service, but notwithstanding
this and the additional fact that he
has added 2ft years to his since
his retirement, he is active and rug
ged and takes a keen interest in every
thing pertaining to the growth of the.
United States navy.
Troops Sail for Manila.
San Francisco, January 2. —Tile Uni
ted States army transport Thomas
sailed today l'or Manila with two
troops of the Second cavalry, under
command of Captain J- H. Gardner,
eighteen hospitlal men, four signal
corps men and a large number, of
cabiu passengers, including several
officers ,of Uie wniy and navy.
PRICE-FIVE CENTS,
A STEAMER FOR
SI. SIMON LINE
Capt. Devereaux Gone to
Boston to Inspect Pas
senger Boat
FUG FOR ICVVBOAI COMPANY
A Duplicate of the Handsome and
Swift Tug Dauntless is now Be
ing Built for the South Atlan- {
tic Tugboht Company.
Passengers to and from St. Simon
next year have the pleasure of malt,
the pretty trip on a Itoodsome nefw
passenger steamer, which is expe'’"*’
to arrive in port within the
month or two.
Capt. Dan Devereaux left a few days
ago tor Boston, Mass., where lie goes
to- inspect a handsome steamer in that
port, and, if his report is a lavora-'j
.hie one, the steamer will be purchased
by Messrs. W, M .Tapper & Cos., and
.1. B. Wright. ’But whether this steam
er is purchased oi not there will be a
new boat on the Brunsugick-St. Sinr ;
run next summer. ‘
C.ipt. W. M. Tupper, of Tupper &
Cos., was seen by a representative oV
lThe News last night and when qc/
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; hi ctenueeiion witn Tne s. g-
Boston, Capt. Tupper said that he a-io
not know just at this time whkt woul,
be done with her in case she watt*’
bought.
"She may he brought to this port,"
said Capt. Tupper, "antk we may pur
chase her for other purposes, but there
will lie anew passenger steamer on
the Brunswlek-St. Simon run next
year, but whether or not it will be the
one that Mr. Devereaux has gone to
inspect I cannot say just at this time.”
Tlie steamer in Boston is a very
handsome one. She Ip a side-wheeler,
100 feet long, and was built for a
yacht, therefore is unusually swift.
Captain Tupper is of tlie opinion that
she will he purchased and it is ex
pected that Mir. Devereaux will ren
der a report as soon as possible.
1 At any r.-i a r.ew passenger steam
er is assured lor the St. Simon run
next summer, and she will be in this
port within a few mouths.
HANDSOME NEW TUG IS
NOW BEING BUILT.
It has been rumored for some time
that i lie South Atlantic Towboat Go.,
contemplated buying or having built
an additional mg lor the pert. In
quiry developed yesterday that at a
meeting held so.ne .days ago contract
was e.litcied into tea purchase anew
tug now being constructed by Dialogue
a perfect duplicate or the tenuous tug.
Dauntless, being constructed upon the
same mould, the only difference be
ing a greater boiler pressure and a
balance rudder, which will add to the
power of the boat and hotter for har
bor work.
The commerce of the port is now
clone by vessels of much more tonnage
than formerly and The News is glad
to know that this company (as they
always have been) has decided ,by
this now venture, to keep pace witli
the demands of our port.
Any one who is at all familiar with
the tug Dauntless, her power and
speed, v. ill have cause to congratulate
our shipping interest upon this new
acquisition.
The boat is expected l<> le complet
ed and turned over to her owners in
about three months.
RENDERING THEIR REPORTS.
City Offic'als are all Busy Just at
Present.
The different city officials, as well
as fite special committees of council
have ail been busy during the past few
days preparing their reports which
will be rendered at the meeting of
council tomorrow morning.
Many of the reports are quite
lengthy ones and it will take some
time for the clerk to read them all
before council. They will he a part of
the miautes of ot upd will be
.published-in the-official proMedings*