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THE TERTTN SWICK U^i>Y^NEWS>
VOLUME 4, NUMBER 146.
GRAND DUKE SERGIUSr
IS BLOWN TO-PIEC&S
mmiEi
NEAR MOSCOW
w
Two Unknown Men Threw
Bomb Under the Duke’s
Carriage
HIS TOOT AM) HEAD
THA I WAS till
I 1 cws of This Kind Has Been Expect
ed for Past Few Days—Czar not
Told of the Death of His
Uncle.
|
St. Petersbuig, Feb. 17 —Grand Duke
Sergius, an uncle of the czar, was as
.-asalnated ai Moscow ibis afternoon.
The grand dike drove out to Krem
1 i. by Nikolski Gate, after luncheon.
Wjlien the crrriagi contattiinr; the
nuke was within anout filly yards ot
tin: gate two unknown men dune rap
idly alongside in a sleigh and threw
two bombs ai the carriage. The ex
t osion following in a few seconds
and the carnage was completely de
molished.
The duke was blown to pieces, on!}
ore foot, and bis bead remaining.
The assassination created great ex
i tenn-nt and a few minutes later i wo
to rests were trade but it <s not known
>et whether or not the men arrested
are the guilty ones.
The news rapidly spread of tin 1 as
tasstnatioif and if caused a great sen
ration. There is only one possible de
. s, ription wnicb effects pubilc opinion
feeling one complete sal i.-luruoi
Herywhero outside of bureaucratic e!r
es.
News of this kind hut, been awaited
a dagre - m expectancy nlmdSi
anmunting to confidence for the past
li w days.
II Is iiß-lera* km’, that ttn re was oven
belling as l.i whether Duke \ ladiiular
or Duke Serslun woultl tie Urn dr.w
xictiin of the f-ssusslns.
Up to six o'clock thl . afternoon in
(Mir had not been informed of Hu
assassination ot bis trade, But it •>
i vpected that be will hear It fron
mint source before many more hours
The news as It spread verhStta
through tlie capital; is receiving Hi.
.1 eenest excitement among the polite
( ns.
in revolutionary quart >rs tin* comb
lions are silent, and expectancy prt
veils.
It Is said that tpeople crowded the
spot where th- grand duke wa”s itilien
picked up pieces of his clothing aim
carried them eft as mementoes.
The grand Duchess Sergius was in
feinted of the tragedy a short while
idler it occurred and she rushed to
the scene ot the tragedy without hei
i at or cloak.
GAGNON POLLOCK COMPANY.
Will Open Week’s Engagement at the
Grand Monday Night.
Speaking of (he Gasnon-Pnllook Cos,
whinh opens a week's engagement at
the Grand Monday night the Key West
inter-Oeean sa; s:
"The Gagno’i-Pollock Stock Compa
t y in the great comedy drama "Tin
Smugglers” w re greeted I>y a good
to use The specialties were the best
i ver given In the city by a repertoire
company, Po look, 'Gagnon and Pol
hek in their several scenes, kept the
l ouse in a continuous roar of laughter
hert Gagnon * work as Heindrlck
Geismeyer, a< the hit of the even
lug. J. W Howard as A1 Layton, Geo.
Hanna, as Tom Sykes, Miss Violet
ftarsden as Edna Layton and Harold
Mordant as Harry Thorne were all
good in their respective parts.
"Miss Warfldd In her specialty was
txcellent. and the audience showed
i’.eir appreciation of her work.
"The little lady ha* gained many,
(’•lends among the theater goers who
nail in pleasant anticipations of hot
appearance.” - j < 'US*
should take census of city
No One KnOw e What Brunswick'* Pop
ulation is at Present.
”1 think the city should take a den
mis of Brunswick something in the
i.tar future," said a well known Bruns
aickian to a hew* reporter yesterday.
“It has been several years since a
emeus of Brunswick was taken, and
then it was done by the government
and we did not get what was coming
t<> us. 1 believe that Brunswick has at
least fifteen thousand people now.”
Tble ia the drat beard pf * census
o{ the city .hut It rii*" raftujt in pne he.
dig Ukan.
REVOLUTIONARY PARTY
CAUSED ASSASSINATION
Berlin, Feb. 17. —Members bf the It was further asserted and is r’oin
f.iissian revolutionary party here as- non talk among travelers arriving
anal this afternoon that Grand Duke that three
rgius ot Hmu?!*,had been have been
t’i.d by tlieir governing ffed and condemned and'
mi. and his execution va „ meet tne ;ame rate . Thcse tlireo
trod. It was f That ilV^f
assassination at JJBKr today was " Czar Trepoff
mi icily in with the decree' ;, "‘l Minister. the Interior Bouli
rf the
RESEMBLED A BIG FAIR.
large Crowd Gathered Around Fisk
Shows Last Night.
The show grounds of the Fisk Carni
val Company ut the corner ol Glouces
ter and Oglethorpe streets really re
' rembled a big carnival or street lair
I last night, and brought Bnmswickians
'back to the memories of the fairs held
t ere a few years age.
It was the first pleasant day the
carnival people have neon treated to
since they opened Tuesday and the
1 topic of the oily generally took ad
uullage of ii. During (lie afternoon a
~.rge number of ladies and children
\ sit'd the attiactions and last night
he grounds were crowded A number
ol young men engaged in confetti bat
i ,e aud they s> -ined to be enjoying tho
;.tuusummit immenceiy.
ii lias not vet been decided wnetber
the fair will c.ose after today or eon
r line through i art of next week.
COMING OF "SARGEANT KITTY.”
"Hiere is a Pleasing Novelty About the
Musical Comedy.
There is a pleasing novelty almti'
lie comic opera "Sargeant Kitty’'
which will be seen at the rand next
Cnee Ltj high'*.. There is nothfiu; in
the music which is excellent that in
ar.y way sn-gonts other comic operas
•in I there is a deft treatment or the
dot that makes it totally unlike any
other comic plots. There Is a swing
ml a dash to the songs anil the cho
rus work of il.o scores of pretty girls
ho make up that feature of tlie pro
duction that is more than pleasing.
Helen Byron, the leading woman
■ iio plays the title role of Kilty, is tin
lie comic opera queens. She is not
nit; Junoesuuely statuesque woman,
uf is a girl, winsome
M 1 ( Ql • j lie U(l 111 I
audience not only be
nt her manner and voice but as
-.ill because ot her ability as an ao
-11 ess.
Charles Wayne the chief comedian
as a way that it quite different from
Die average comic opeia comedian
and ene never hears in Die audience
D.e remark "He reminds me of so and
n" because 'Vayne reminds you of
oi,oily but Wayne.
MYSTERY Or WRECK
SOLVED BV ARREST *
Cordele, Ga , Feb. 17. —The mystery |
■if the attempted wreck of an Atlantic
T,d Birmingham train near Byronviile
last Thursday, has been solved by
Dm arrest of lack Byron, a 17 year old!
train boy, win* Is now in Vienna jail.|
The negro wa. arrested by Detective*]
Bryan of Fitzgerald.
The principal witness against the
pi gro will be Kev. J. D .Norris, of Vi
r.na. who was walking up the track
i bursday on his way to Lilly when;
!e saw a negro boy unscrewing the:
belts near the trestle at the camp
ground. The negro was attempting
fr remove a rail. On looking up ,hej
saw Mr. Norris and ran into the woods 1
The railroad authorities were noti
fied and the dtective was sent to the
ground, resulting in the arrest of the
negro. Prelim nary examination was
waived by attorneys for the boy ann
'iiuid was given for his apearance at
he next term of superior court.
In Third Plae*
All *f the bowling teams have not
jot been hear 1 from, giving the result
uf the mulch t ame played Wednesday
night but from the cities which have
t-o far retorted it Is more than
likely that Brunswick will stand In
Itr former position, third place, with
( imrleston a ciose fourth
Funeral Today.
The funeral r.f Joseph Lucreo, whose
il alii occurred Thursday nlglil, will
lake place this morning at in o’clock
from Si, Xavier’s Catholic church
Father I’. T. Lttckle officiating. The
li ferment will !>,< in Palmetto ceme
tery,
Only One Recruit.
It is understood that the recruiting
station which has been here during
the past several days has succeeded
in securing only one recruit, John Law
, :i,\>, mlnred, rfco hi* sarved Jn tin
ravy before,
SATURDAY k ORNII#G,rfF BRUARY 18, 1905.
NEGRO'S LEG WA!^3R£^p!
Esaw Cash Mel With Painful Accident
Yesterday.
Esaw Cash, a colored laborer em
ployed at lie- wharves of Coney Eck
stein & Cos., n cl with quite a painful
accident yesterday afternoon while at.
“ork loading lumber on a vessel.
It seems thn a large piece of timber
fill on the negro, knocking hint to the
' bitrf and then falling across his leg
hi caking i! just below tho knee. The
i egro was removed to his home where
the broken hone was Sit. by a physi
cian. The negro suffered considerable
tain.
ANDREW CATNEGiE NOW
VISITING ON CUMBERLAND
He Will Spend a Month with Mrs.
Lucy Carnegie at Dungenness.
Andrew Carnegie is now spending
solin' time on Cumberland island and
at Dungenness. the guest of .Mrs. Lucy
Carnegie. special sent out from
I'm uandina yeiterda/ about his arri
val says-,
• Andrew Carnegie arrived here to
day from New York, on route to Dun
s' liness, the heme of Mrs. Lucy Canm
pie, on Cum In viand Island, where lie
Hi remain unlit the ml Idle of m.u-c-,
a guosi of Mrs. Carnegie. She has
a large estate on Cumberland.”
SPECIAL SERVICES TOMORROW.
Visiting Minster at the Presbyterian
Church for Both Services.
There will lie two Hpecion services
I "Id til Die I resbyterinn church to
morrow at th 1 regular hours of Ila.
i.i aml 7;.'iO j. in.
Rev. W F. Hollingsworth, tho pa si
lit. will give way to Rev. Edgar Tufts
of the Presbyterian Institute at Black
shear, who will occupy the pulpit
Rev. Tufts is :m eloquent, speaker and
lie has a tome that Is .lleresling to
everyone, that of l.he great educational
work that is being do n> by the inali
t"te near Blackshear. II is under
flood Dial while (lie needs of Die
school as well as what it has accom
plished, will be put forth there will lie
t', special collection taken up at eith
er service, so no one need he afraid
lo attend on account or having to go
down in tneir pockets for extra mom .
It is simply a great, work that is not
filly understood and Rev. Tufts will
ft lighten many on it.
There -will Re good music at each
S' rvioe by the choir under the direc-
I-Oil of Mr. Geo. If. Cook, organist
everyone is cordially invited ui attend
tm se service.*.
WE GOT A PERFECT DAY.
No Complaint Mati e on Yesterday's
Handout.
The weathe- doctor gave Brunswick
i joyoiih dose yesterday a perfect day
and the first one in nearly two weeks
(it was cold, murk and gloom of Hie
pi eceding day a had gone and the air
|v as bright with sunshine and crisp
i with all the <■ 1 iapness of a line frosty
| morning. To bo strictly accurate, the
| horning was more than frosty, how*
t vei. Icicles " ere observed at the ar
tesian welj longer and bigger than a
man's arm. The man who did not cut
eff his water the night before was in
terviewing the plumber. While the
cay was cold, yet the bright sunshine
tif da it in delightful contract with
the Intensity disagreeable weather ot
lie preceding day.
MISSING JEWELER AT UNION
MAY HAVE BEEN DROWNED
Union, S. G, Fell. 17. -The njystcry
surrounding the disappearance of F
G Trefscr, tii- Jeweler, wiio left I In
i' 11 Tuesday, the 7fh Instant, and lias
tot been see*: since, is slill unsolved
Mrs. Trt-fz offered a reward of
ifo and the Heavers s'l .7 for any infor
mation leading lo his recovery or
v hereabouts.
Late yesterday afternoon flic search
ing iparly which h*e ainln scoured
many miles o country, returned and
I* is their belief that Mr. Trefser ha*
been drowned In the Forest, a large
stream six miles from here, which is
row out of Ife hank* on sccptinf of l
.us *nuW melting.
a aamm,
jpe 3K cm
Work olpilling i{ in was
Completed
Yesterday
NEW lOVVN PEOPLE KICkTO
The Ditch has Been a Great Inconven
ience to Them for Many Years and
I Council has Been Petitioned
Many* Times, to Cover it
TTio <*ity stuet force yesterday com
piled the vvoiof covering up the old
t* * tell running from A to Albany along
H si roe!. and which Was dangerous to
tiio people residing in*the neighbor
hood.
As is well known the residents in
n>e northern part q 1 the city have
complained about I his ditch for years
1 ut not until a few months ago did
council finally decide to fill in the
ditch.
The work has been going on for
(he -l ast tew weeka tinder the super
vision of the committee on strees, ot
which (’apt. T. Newman Is chairman,
end he has personally given the work
considerable al t ention.
Not only the people of New Town
ut everyone in the city will he glad
io learn that this piece or elve work
has been completed at last. The ditch
was very dangerous to pedestrians
end a number of accidents have oc
eurrcil in recent years, none, however,
\ iTy serious.
The ditch extended through an tm
• • lant portion of the city and oflen
years ago, when there was a spring
I ice, lhe wut'T would rim over the
banks of the ditch and cause the peo-
I de in ilial section considerable incon
venience:
fills piece . t work is In line with a
number of other civic improvements
oi h - made by t.fc city during the pres
(•ut. year.
Pi:ACM okowrks;
TO Minir IN MACON
An imiiorlam meeting of the Oeor
l ia I’eacli Growers Association w'll be
i eld in Macon on next Wednesday
l’(h. 22. Secretary F. W. I iazleliurst
i sending out invitations to all the
; towers, both large ami small in the
ate and lhe numiher rdtiohes above
1.700. Thh means Dial a very large
meeting of the pencil growers is to
occur next week.
Arrangements have been made for
Ridding the s -ssions at the Hotel Ln
t ier and it .is ] osslble that the growers
\ ill be in Macon for more than a day's
fission, A number of important btis
iio-sss matters relating to Die fruit
mowing industry in Georgia will be
It-tidied.
This is the annual meeting of the
liuit growers and when the members
:m- called lo order Hon. Dudley AT.
Hughes, who Is n resident of the organ
isation will he in the chair. The elec
tion of officers will occur at the meet
ing for the coming year, and commit
lees for Die same period will he ap
pointed. The reports of Die standing
"./mmitleeis *n all departments for the
past year will he submitted and it is
expected that these will Re unusually
important ami interesting lo all fruit
growers of the state. •
There will he, a large delegation of
I < acii growers from North Georgia in
a'tendance. Alabama, South Carolina
end Tennessee are lo send large tloie
ialions to the sessions which are to
Re held. The invitations are also go
ng out to ail growers of pears ,plums
at.d other producers. Many who have
not been members of the organiza
tion have been invited to attend these
meetings and > very i) erson Interested
11 the peach rml fruit Industry in the
rtute will be urged to attend.
The state board of entomology will
also meet jointly with Hie fruit grow
ers JA the sessions. Tim hoard has
undo arrangements for lire sessions
itr. i>, j, Breskmati, one of the largest
end most successful fruit growers In
the state, is president of the state
board of entomology. Hon. C). B. KH-i
(ns, commissioner of agriculture or
Georgia and Hon. Dudley M. Hughe"
president of the slate agricultural so
e 1 ly are the other member?, besides
StaLo Entomologist Smith. Their work
work Ig also to lie of interest to tin*
Unit growers and the attendance ot
tb'sw men will mean a great deal at
fiu* sessions to he held.
The business of the fruit growers or
the state may require a two days’ ses
sion and whether short or long a
| great deal of business ot Interest and
Mresorfanc* tn peach growers will
[US transacted.
fWIfM-N
iSntOME
ProMbitionisP Talks to a
Neks Reporter Concern.
/ ing the Move
A MEETING NEXT TUESDAY
More Than Likely That Preachers
and Others will Decide to Have an
Election as Soon a? Possible.
Antis Keeping Quiet.
"A prohibition fight is jusWffs mm?
jin come In Brunswick as you are liv
ing,” said a .irominent advocate of the
movement yesterday to a News report
er, " and it will lie one of the hottest
meel lons yo uhave ever wii m
this seaport.” /
Continuing be said: ' 1 have J from
1 ;■ v< ry authentic; soui'ce that tjv nun
1 isters and oters of the city have al-
Si ost ueinilely decided on that, and at
their nrceling to be held Lire latter
part of this month, an announcement
of the election will be made. ’I his will
iol he a meeting of the ministers
s one, but all those sympathizing with
bit ami-saloon movement will ba pres
ort.
”l can also authentically state that
the ministers pro contemplating a vis
ii from Rev. Sam Jones and
G. Broughton and other -proiuinApt
i'Tinisters will probably be brought to
in< city.”
"When do you think tills election
-.■ill occur?” was asked by the reporlet
".lust as soon as possible. I believe
tile ministers will get right down to
'work and wllfiin a mouth from this
date Brunswick will be involved in
cue ot lbe grefitest political battles in
I'er history."
'i he in,-.-ting referred to above will
Ia belli on next. Tuesday. This meet
ing was arranged at a gathering of the
Tuesday morning al. the
residence of Rev. A J. Mdncrb-f and it
■-.as decided to invite the praline
lion element to attend. Ways amt
so mis fo rtha beginning of Du h
will he discus; mi, and just vvhnt. will
he done in the matte, will bn decided.
Vhe 'anti-prohibition element is keep
ing quiet at present but Is anxiously
j awaiting Die decision of the meeting
next Tuesday. Most of them seem to
I e of the opinion Dial Die matter will
ho dropped and state that it is hardly
I tollable hat u *| rohibition election
will occur in Brunswick in many years
lo come.
ARRESTED WHjLE PRAYING.
Said Received Divine Commission to
Give His Wfe a Whipping.
] Indianapolis Fell. 17. —The Rev. E.
o. Ciller, an vungolist, war arrested
' while praying .not withstanding the
fact that he declared Hint, he had re
i
reived a divine oommtsson to give
Ills wife a wh | pitta. '/'Oibie in the
t tmily led ließhbors to call the police
rml when they arrived Mr. Oali-r was
i tigaged in prayer. It appears that lie
did not relish his noon meal on tie
(ount of Die way it was cooked. Words
,id to a row, end Mr. Caler undertook
ir chastise hi s wife with a skillet, It,
did not exactly appear where his moth
e- in law cairn in, but Die charge was
Dial he had included her in the list
<;i those whom he was divinely com
i Bssioned to whip, and he kicked a
chair from under her, causing her to
come in contact-with the iloor sudden
ly and undignified manner. .Mr. Caler
told the police in the blandest possi
ble manner that the Lord told him to
whip his wife The officers Intimated
that they had doubts of the validity
of such a commission.
fIURGLARS MAKE ATTEMPT
TO BURN DOWN LAUNDRY.
Montgomery, Ain.. Keb. 17. —A das
mrdiy stump 1 was made Tuesday
n g'ht by bu'gtrrs to burn Hie plant 01
the Montgomery Steam Laundry. They
lorced an entrance through the rear
boor of the establishment, put out all
the lighis. forced the dial off the Iron
s.sf<* wiih an immense wrench, lobtea
the cash drawer and then, fullng to
get into the Data they heaped a lot 01
lcuDdry in 11 largo pile mid uni lire
to it. The lire was for tun; i.eiy dls
covered by a panel by who turned In
tbe tire alarm time enough lo avoid a
I’.isasirouK ciihflagrulton. No dues
v.ci'o left by Ihu burglars ami lucen
diaries but the police ui making a
rigid In vein iga Hon.
Mr. McClure Here.
11. ('. Mod I lire proprietor of the Me
(' urn ten cent stores in Brunswick.
Annina, Griffin and Allans is lu the
t'ly for a few days, looking after hi*
siore, Mr. MrClur* will remain here
st vsrsl day* and will then proceed to
'*( w Voi-I; to I uy tipring rtpek for fils
MVoisl stern*,
ra imjm
Tfa PIIME
10
—4 —
Littlefield Bill Has Made
Some Progress in
Congress
MAY PASS AT NT XT SESSIdf
System Declared to be a
striction on Coastwise Shipping, f
Masses of Testimony Concern
ing the Ports Taken.
long drawn out. controversy before
congress over the compulsory pilot
rge laws of a few southern states
so m.. now, says The Washington Post
m aving an end. Recently after a fight
i hat he lias conducted ever since
entering congress, Representative Bu
lb held secured a favorable iraport
from the house committee on mer
chant marine and fisheries on a bill
i emoving discriminations against Amer
"can sailing \essels,” Over twenty
vears ago congress exempted steam
'■ssels in (ii, coastwise trade from
Hie compulsory employment of state
pilots wiled commanded by a pilot duly
I'censed by lhe United States inspec-
ioi's of steam vessels. Sailing vessels
cave been struggling against the ad
vi ntage alleged to be most unfair,
'' or since. Many of them come from
Mr. Littlefield's own stale, aud their
owners have Cried out with great, em
i luisis against what is culled the ex
actions'of a lew southern slates. Tnat
is the reason for Mr. Littlefield's aetiv
by for the hi i. Hut there are also
• mny owners of sailing vessels from
ii her Atlantic coast states that are in
icrested in tho proposed legislation.
Although the contention has been
and stieli small magnitude, comparative-
!y. n- lo attract little attention here,
idii sides have hung to it tenaciously,
•lie southern slate pilots, numbering
about lift), shrewdly formed an orgaui
v::llou a few years ago and became al
mi! vviih iln American Federation o;
i.ubor. They sent, a capable and alert
M piv. "illative, Cupl. ,1. Ed O'Brim.
hi Washington to look out tor their in
i rests. Congressmen these days are
spy about violating against any
i ranch of a labor organization. Uapt.
C Brien has been at the capital ses
sion in and cession out for years anu
began to iotdt as though Mr. Litlie
tiold would have to surrender.
lie kept pegging away and gain
li,g data ami information about the
shipping of southern ports, wtiten end
ect in his victory before the house
merchant marine committee a tew
cays ago. It is not expected, at this
session of congress but it lias now
kern advance I to such a stage that it
pi nimbly can he pressed to a passage
in the next congress. Ail the deino
riais of the committee, exceipt Mr.
McDermott, of New Jersey, have sign
id a minority report. Mr. Birdsall, ot
lowa, a republican, lias also jo’.neu
with these, democrats.
Hundreds n: pages of testimony
I ave been' taken pro and con before
tue committee. Some of this Mr. Llt
tufieid utilize, in his repo’.t. He says
that the safety or life and property
will he greatly enhanced by tho pro
toned legislation and cites how sah
*Mg vessels south of the Virginia capes
wi en in stress or in (laager or leaking
seek to remain al sea and face the
ui.nger of dest'notion of life and pro
liriy rather than seek shelter in soutii
tin ipoi'is, wane the pilotage fees "oi
an extortionate character for entirely
I'iineccossary services'' would con
sume tha entire gross eurr.ir.gs of the
voyage utiil lend to bankrupt the own-
Ml .
Mr. Llttlefle’.d cites several cases to
mow ire work.ng of the state pilotage
l”ws. A sailing vessel ehtering Ches
epoake bay via the capes bound to a
Virginia port must smpljy a state pi
lot or purchase a license, a sailing
vessel proceeding by the side ot the
one bound for a Virginia port, and go
ing over exacliy the same course, bin.
eound for a Maryland port is exempt
Vesshls bound for the District of Go
i mlila are exempt from the employ
deilt of local pilots of any kind.
"The Ulilted Suites government,
ays Mr. Littlefield, "has not found
tent navigation i* so dangerous or so
difficult us to cotnipel vessels in the
crust wise trade to employ pilots foi
the waters ol the Potomac river, u:iu
such vessels bound for polls on the
Poiomae lu the District of Columbia
ere exempt, boih ou the Potomac and
;*t I lie Gapes 01 Virginia, whereas ves
seis hound 10 Alexandria, lying across
the Potomac from the uictrlct of Oo
lanibia urn Compelled by the laws 01
Virginia to either enipmy a ffflot Or
purchase a jloense. ’
The report claims that Jn harbor*
of Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia I
*rd o'har son them rbi*, fli|t n|r
hi* Vftan snippy tug* t a puli them in
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ftW.FRMCB j
IS NOW ON Ml f
♦ - .
Man Who Managed Gref
St. Lauis Exposition
Here Vesterday f
Then 'jßijinj
recent St. Loni ——
moriy governor ',-rfaj' aT
1)1 unswiek lor ,i yesterday
•en. route to 4ffkyl where ha
gees-.-to spend a as tha
guest of members of thßluo.
kianjws a it: Vi and i: - city ovcp
the A. 5b B. ard was a special
boat which came over from Jekyl for
him. He was in Brunswick for only
a few minute?
Mr. Frano*. ’is one of ihe best
known pnldic men In ;he state of Mis
souri. He served the state as govern
or tor two teims, and lias been me,,
tinned several times in connection
with tho United States senate. At
lie head of the great world’s fair,
vhich closed a few: months ago, ha
made quite a success as president of
the organization.
lie joined Unitor Knapp, of the St.
Louis Star, on the island, who arrived
there Thursday, and it is understood
that one or two other prominent Mis
souri men will arrive to join the party
on Jekyl. After spending several days
there they will iproceed to Florida
on a short visit.
NEW MONEY ORDER
REQUIRED BY GOVERNMENT
Department Will Try t 0 Devise One
That Cannot be Forged.
Waahin 17.—Owing to tii
ingenuity forgers tha
postofltce department has been comlpefl
,-d to change the present form of do
mestic money orders. Postmaster
General Wynne has issued an. order di
recting W. K Cochran, purchasing
agent , K. F. Kimball, superintendent
of the money order system and W. J.
'■'.'cliery. tho rhief Inspector to devise
anew money order blank to enable
t.ie department to guard against the at
teiatiou or raising of money orders.
Vhe blanks now* in use are printed on
specially prepared paper and are in
the form Ur a check. They took tha
Race of what was known as the zig
zag form In which the sum payable
was also repiesonted in clippug mar
yin. The change, however, has prov
ed anything but satisfactory and fraud
is more general now than at any time
in the history of the postal service.
The precautions taken by the gov
ernment are ,n the inteiests of tha
1 uliiic as Uncle Sam cannot lose in
transactions oi the kind in question.
a postal clerk who pays money on a
fraudulent order is held responsible
ami must reimburse the government
Fersons who accept raised orders in
exchange are the losers and not the
government. Every effort will be
•'.fade by the committee of experts ap
pointed by the postmaster general to
devise a blank form of money order
that will be frond proof.
“HREE MEN MEET DEATH
IN EXPLOSION AT MINES
Ecdiea of 111 Fated Men. are Blown In
to Bit s in Alabama Mines.
Birmingham Ala.. Feb. II. —Three
r..<n mot death in Alabama mines yes
terday. Robert W. Wright aud David
M. Wright, white brothers, were in
stantly killed in Reeder's ore mines ot
the Tennessee Coal and Railroad Com
pany by an exploeiou of dynamite, the
cause of which will never be known as
the men were biown to atoms aimoat.
Their bodies wore sent to their former
hi mo in Perry coumy.
James Odum another, miner waa
I'llghtfully Injured and may die. Jerry,
Roll, n negro ore miner was crushed
lo deuth by a muss of ore falling on
i iin in Stoss a> mines, near Bessemer
jggH.
To Make 8om e Improvement!.
A number cf improveents will be
made at the wharf of the St. Simon
Transit Company at the island before
the opening o' the summer season. A
rHedriver will shortly go down to
('iivu new piles and other improve*-
1 *ent will be mado. It is not known
when the now passenger steamer re
cently purt'hascjiAiby the company will
a 1 rive.
r.ml out. when,,#ii tiViVaie pilots have
o do Is lo deck aud humor
-1 u*ly command tl't* vessels to “follow
Ihe tug” that is pulling them. The
lugs rdf resenting large outlays of cap
it*!, charge tew-, than hU aa nuft
fnr th* xerv'er* s* dy (*!■ state pilot*
that walk the decks, |§#’ .. J