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■GRAIN IRE
THEME IN ICON
THIS MORNING
Grates la Viiit Ilia Cen
tral City From ill Over
the South
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MllOlltl 10 i U t\l LAI\
It Is Believed That the Session Will
be the Most Important Ever Held
In Dixie—Mayor Symons
Is to be Present.
The Immigration conference, which
has 'been given wide publicity all
will be convened In
m
gathering >,f
C ■ tiie south
'riii' News
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Pi'-'ihotn-.g imin.gi-a-
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program tor a..-
■' i.ig^^rthe day has been announ
ced:
Morning Session.
Invocation, RablU Hai-y W . i
Address of welcome. Mints- Wim
berly.
Address in behalf of the huslne
interest of Macon, Emmett Small,
president of the Macon Chamber < .
11 mmerce.
Response in behalf orn the G cigin
immigration Association, by Presi
dent Ilarvie Jordan.
Address by Governor Terrell.
Appointment of committees.
Address ’ey ex-Governor H-iw id.
•>f South Carolina.
Address ty Commissi im-r V G.
Hudson, oi tin r la
Afternoon Session.
Address by Hon Hoke Smith, gov
ejnor elect
Address y f.'ommi sii i. r < ra'
E. P. Sargent, rcpri suiting 3cm 1 La:
Oscar ‘Strauss, of th<- dc-par :u i.t of
commerce and lab >r.
Address by Immigration Commi
■doner M. V. Richards, of the Souih
irn railway.
Report3 of committees..
Address by R. B. Glenn, governor of
■forth Carolina.
Evening Session.
The evening session will consist o'
a smoker given by the Macon Che tr
ier of Commer e at the Chord, <
club.
This promises to bo the social cv n'
of the convention. Many Informa’
talks will be made by tbs • presen'
in will he in the nature of heart to
heart talks.
FRENCH CABINET
AGREES 10 AGREE
:
rte Mooted Question of Church Lease
Contracts Was Amicably
Adjusted
.Paris, Feb. 18.—The French minis- 1
ry met today and arrived at a most
, erfoct understanding as to the points
In dispute with reference to the con
tracts for churh leases. Tula pratl
cally means that there will bo no dis
ruption of tho Clemenceau cabinet as
tne leaso question negotiated by Min
ister of Education Brland, with f. ra
agreoaifcSo modifications, was agreed
upon.
The Temps, the landing newspaper,
la a long editorial says all the dif
ferences among the mininsters lias dis
appeared; The contracts for the
jVtfrfb teases are model oner and the
miotten -Aerator *U
UN* to * to** %m* <**•
■r Brunswick ne\Vs.
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'CI66ESSTWS
iWMITEIIS
TO OISPEKOF
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Sg Voted Oil tomorrow
Aileriuicn
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uiiiLii nr.rcniAHi oUCdibit
It Is Believed That Before the Week
is Over Both Houses Will be
Holding Sessions Far
Into the Night.
Washington, Fib. 18.—Appropriation
bills will, during tbo present week,
continue to demand the greater part
of the time of the house and seuat ,
but they will not be allowed to crow i
everything else to ‘lie wall in either
chamber. The house will pass sever
al bills under susp-mion of the rules
and if the present plan prevails the
last two and lys of she week will be
devoted to the ship subsidy ibilh In
the senate tho resolution providing
for the expulsion of Senator Smoot will
be voted upon at 4 p. rn. Wednesday
and there will ho 3. usluorable debate
Senator Smoot will make ra address
offering his attitude as between the
Mormon church and tho national gov
ernment and he will be supported in
speeches by Senators Dillingham and
Boveiage, ,aa<l Foster. The final oppo
sition nSjfmcnt will be made by Sen
ator Burrows. It is generally admit
ted that Senator Smoot will be sus
tained by a large majority,
. At the earliest pops!,' lo moment, th,-
senate will resume- consideration of
the agricultural appropriation bill, and
it is hoped that if may be disposed
of Tuesday. The lim-i- will close gen-
oral debate on t'e. p vdoiTlce appro
priation bill Tu nduy. I. is not sup
posed that the bill will pass before
I late Thursday,
| Tho nporopvi-ition Idlla are about
a week behind the average time on
those meacitres. Of the fourteen
large Ii idgota elevi-n have air ady pars
and the house and two, the' sundry
civil and general rlefi enev, have so
failed to receive an a .i-niicn what
ever. Only six oi ■ - , ‘.ilia Imve
received the sa -i ; ef the senate
and none }u\ approved
' y the pro ud at
Both hou.es reru'd night sessions
among Urn stron ■■ prohafdlitic < f.i
the latter part of the wo el
LORAL LODGES
SEND DELEGATES
*
District Convention of Knights of Py
thlas Today Promises to be a
Largely Attended Affair
The district convent%n tor the
Knights of Pythias for this district
S wlllbe held in Waycross this morn
ii %and from all Indications will b_>
• w at. r : d'd In a num
ber of yea::,. These meetings aro
| acid in some city in the district each
I rear arid trey are productive of gr.at
j good to the order. Pythianlsm is dis
[cursed f. am every standpoint and a
■ pit: did organization is kept intact.
Judge Max Isaac, of this city, Is
! president of the convention and will
| preside at the Waycross meeting this
morning.
The two local iodges sent the fol
lowing representatives to tht conven
tion: T. B. Ferguson. Bruce Carroll.
H. H. Harp-r, from Ogl thorpe lodge
andA. O. Anderson. J. P. Sheiley and
J H. Tankers ley from Fa hb.n? lodge.
The delegates from Brunswick left
for Waycross last night and will re
turn. probably this evening
Deputy Sheriff Killed.
Birmingham, Ala. Feb. 18. —Arthur
Johnson, a deputy shsriff, was shot
and killed on Fifth avenue at an early
hour this morning. Jim Sams is held
charged with the shooting. It is said
that the men had a quarrel at Sam’s
house and as Johnson was Tearing
M was shot Just as fe* ledt the gat*.
GA„ TUESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 19, 1907.
JUDGE EMORY SPEER
FINES TURPENTINE
TRUST $5,000 Ea£H
Six Members Recently Indicted Plead
Tii eir Fines Aggre=
Thirty Thousand Dollars
Savannah, Feb. IS—(Special.)Fines
aggregating $30,000 were Assessed in
tne United States district court by
Jit ’ge Speer this afternoon, probably
the largest, ever made in the history
ot that court.
The lines were made against the
violators of the federal trust laws,
commonly known as the "tuspontine
trust.” The grand jury in the Uni
tel States court returned indictments
against five members of tho socalied
trust at its session ladPto-esk. Those
against whom the indictment were
returned were: J F. Cooper Myers,
Patterson, 1) wniug & Cos., American
Naval Stun s Company, the S. P. Shot
ter Company and the Lnited States
Rosin and Naval Stores Company.
When the casts against the “trust”
was called this afternoon the moving
attorneys for the Samuel
B Adams and WjMi-r G. Charlton en
oral pleas of jmuiy in all of th
cases and of their client:
made a pica for leniency. It
IMP GOES
10 KEY WESI
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The Famous Gunboat Will Sail Today
and the Friends#! the Crew Re-
Regret Their Leaving.
Tin U. S. gunboat Wasp, which has
been in port for several days secur
ing recruits for tlce navy, will sail
fat Key West today.
Sunday was open day with the of
ficers and men or the. trim lighting
machine of Uncle Sam and from 9 a.,
m until f> p. m. there was a con
stant stream of visitors. Those in
charge are an unusually clever lot
loin Commander Creghan right on
down the line and all visitors were
given a cordial welcome and were
alo liov.n all of the essential details
a! card ship.
The officers are rather pleased with
the number of men examined while
it. Brunswick and- ith those who will
probs:' !y appear today tip' total will
: lob-,ably run up as high as 23.
Both the officers and men of the
Wasp have made friends in Bruns
wick who will really hate to see
them leave.
DEATH OF MRS. A. H. FITZGERALD
Passed Away at Lumber City Sunday
Afternoon.
'Mrs. A. H. Fitzgrald died at, Lurn
•,cr f'lty Sunday Afternoon at thin
t home of her daughter, Mrs. James
j Hands, after an Illness of live weeks.
! The remains were brought to Bruns-
I wick yesterday and the funeral oc
! curred at J o'clock from the Presby
lierlan e! urch of which the deceased
i v. a a 1: hmg member.
’1 he news of hhr death brought sad
ness to many old friends here who
:knew and loved her du;ing her l.mg
I residence In Brunswick for her kindly
I charitable nature, her sincere wotn
■ anly character and her devout Chrls
! ttan life
i Tho decease 1 leaves three daught
er:;, two of whom were with her in
h'.r la-tt hours. Because of Illness In
heir Immediate families neither was
able to attend the funeral
The funerlal was largely attended,
Rev, P, D. Thomas officiating. The
choir sang Lead Kindly Light and
Asleep in Jesus. The pallbearers
were Messrs. Mc-
Crary, J J F.
L. Stacy and J. B. Talt |
FIRST IN THIRTY-SEVEN YEARS
Two Prisoners Making Es
cape From Headquarters.
Now York, Feb. 18.—For
time In thirty-seven years two
prisoners made good their escape from'
from the ipolice headquarters here •
today. They succeeded In overpower-!
leg the guasd or doorman and after
a hard struggle reached the street.
They were Loth white men and
were ie hwe irraig*w* t triviu
was pointed out by the attorneys that
tiie gentlemen tints indicted were all
i among the most prominent of the
! section and that there was no inten
, tion to violate the law and no evi
deuces of fraud.
In passing 1 sentence Judge Speer
read the defendants a dissertation on
the forming of trusts generally and
quot and them the jff%.J r i * .
a Ini J . ' .', PJte
i.' e i lie oflfß | jii. .ML
0
strict mandate from the court
further form ;in> character of aJl*|
tine or trust in tho conduct
respective aitaiis with an intimaH
that a second Indictment
term in the federal prison along
a much heavier fine. All of the iff
fondants are men of wealth and the
linos will be promptly paid and it If
safe to say that the turpentine trust
in Georgia is a thing of the past.
STEAMER TAURUS
COLLIDES IN rOG
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Struck Schooner And Considerable
Damage Was Done to the Sail
ing Vessel
Norfolk, Fob. IS.—The Norwegian
J steamer Taurus, Capt. Edvardson,
I from • for Norfolk and
South America and the sch
j ooner iiessie Whiting, lumber laden
i'n m Charleston to Boston, collided
off Cape Charles in a heavy fog last
uiglit The Taurus sustained a slight
damage to her sup ustructure and the
schooner lost her bowsprit, jibboom
mul headgear.
The Taurus towed the schooner
past, the capes and then proceeded
to Norfolk leaving the Whiting in the
Reads, This afternoon the Whiting
was towed into the inner harbor by
a wrecking tug.
The Whiting’s bow Is damaged above
• lie wtiler line, hut she is not leaking.
She will repair here before completing
her voyage. No one was injured.
IS AFTER M'CLELLAN AGAIN
Supreme (gurt of New York Sustains
# Hearst.
Albany, N. Y„ Feb. 18.—Supreme
Court handed down
a petition sustaining tho position of
Attorney General William S. Jack
son in the matter of the proceedings
In the interest of William It. Hearst
to oust George li. McCMlan from the
office of mayor of New York city.
Justice Fitts declares that the at-
torney general had authority to hear
the application of Mr. Hearst lor
leave to begin quo warranto proceed
ings against Mr. McClellan, which
w;h denied hy Mr. Jackson's predeces
sor, Attorney General Mayer.
Justice Fitts also denies the motion
of McClellan's attoneys to have the
attorney cgneifU ndjludgod Vn con
tempt on the ground that in bringing
tho action on his own initiative to oust
McClellan, ho violated the spirit, if
not the letter, of a temporary Injunct
ion of Justice Fitts foi-hiddl nF Ttmirl. I
ing 4 hearing, the reopening of the
matter of Hearst':! quo warranto ap
plication,
Beveridge Growing Strong
Washington, Feb. 18.—Senator Bev
eridge is dall growing stronger as a
presidential possibility and is push
ing Faina an ks for first honor in the
men most mentioned as prohabio suc
cessors to Roosovclt
Southern Depot Burned.
Elbertcn, Gs., Feb. 18.—Fire early
today destroyed the Southern railway
depot, 400 bales of cotton, eight cars
and contents and a i assenger train.
The loss is a' out SO/00. Sparks from
> passing train aro said to have Ig
nited the cotton.
Founder Booth Coming.
Atlanta, Feb. 18. —In a letter re
ceived tn this city today, William
Booth, of England, founder cl the Sal
vation Army, says ho Intends to
visit this country next year, when he
some* to look over th work dose
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II THAW WILL
FINALLY 601 INTO
TIL EVIDENCE
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Kesierday a Cay tl Cry to
per!
Drawn Cut Case
ll AUEUSTS Oil SUE
They Swear That Thaw Thought it
an j*/t of Providence to Kill
W WlWc —Delmas Stiil Leading
Lawyeifaw , Defense.
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f J "p.-:u l a.- pt-r s ii<
din.ion oi tl>
ll iv in
the re;.oils about t..
Dibcord of Attorneys for the tit
-ease w re truk it was all patched u
.vi.cn conn, cuWveued tins munuti.
and all of in their usua
. tacos, Lawyer
oie rumored expressed Mrs
i haw, continuing in the roll jk usa-..
ug attorney. ™
J'h, attorneys for the det'eusi
gained a notable vicioiy in the so
■ion today by me : urn admictanu.
jL Ul(j lli aW Ui 111 to -e-lAUijuy. 'iili.
..itUrly fang at inc distiic.
ittoraey and ss-.-.r a legal sfjua.-bn
vvnn mtr. Delmas. Justice Fitzgeraio
admitted It.
the will ia introduetd for the pui
pose of showing the stale of Thaw’s
mind a shoit time before the fatal
night on the Madison Square roiu
garden. j
Experts Drs E- atis and Wagner,
were both on tiie stand during the day
and were examined to show that
Thaw was insane when he fired the
fatal shot.
The two alienists swore that from
conversations they had had wit;
i’linw they really thought that Thaw
believed that the killing ol White wa;
an act, of Providence. The entire day
was consumed with Uio testimony oi
the two witnesses.
Juror Bolton, whoso wife died last
week, was in the box us usual this
morning hut the severe strain of the
trial and the awful ordeal of losing
liis wife has told on him severly anu
he looks it.
There were no sensational feature:
in the progroess of tiie case today
Hie greater portion of the time being
devoted to dry and uninteresting ex
pert testimony.
THIS CONCERN
DEPOSITS HERE
$
Attractive Feature of the Columbian
Life Insurance Company With
Reference to Policy Money.
Attention is directed to the announ
cement of Hoyt W. G.ile, district man
a.;er of the Columbian National I .If
Insurance Company, of Boston, which
appears elsewhere in this Issue.
This - splendid company ha ; niadi
a brand new departure in the lift in
surance held and agrees to deposl
In Brunswick 1 anks every dollar oi
money collected for policies In Ih■
Brunswick territory which Includes a
number of counties in this section
of the stale
The agent is to be congratulated
on the appointment as district man
ager of the company with such broad
policies as this one.
A NEW FIRM IS FORMED
Bohne and Millen Make Deal and ire
In Position for Business.
Attention Is directed to (lie adver
tisement of Bohne & Millen. which
appears elsewhere in this ic-tte.
These gentlemen have recently formed
a eoportnership for general plumb'ng
. steam and gas fitting, stove and
range business and invite the public
to give them a trial. They are expert
workmen and are In position to serve
their patrons with the greatest <te
{Me *t prwpknso- J
FIVE CENTS.
IIMESS PUSSES
MIGE SCI
OF EiLIiSIOS
lifer to Admit Jap iMtn
to Schools en ilia! San
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dilion Acctpicd
um hat m Etet
Unless Reports of the Attitude Are in
Error—The Bill Prohibits Jap
Coolies From Entering the
United States.
Washin; ton, Ft b. 1 i lise to
tiy P •di he I c.u An am
u linen:. \
This amend t 8 > :; sted a3
i confiiroiui: e one y the citiz ns
>f San Fraud -o and p.ovi.ic.i tor tiie
•penina <-.f t..e p-.-uli • .ojls of that
ity to the Jap children i.aovidsd
■on;, yeas jJ vstri<,:i t ; J .•..mai.su limrni
;ration as to coolie labor, etc.
The 1 ill di ! not cause any unusual
lebate and it is undn\;to.,d is sati3-
• actory to the people of Califo-nla.
It is understcod shut Tokio Is not
ileased with the solution of the prob
lem.
GOOD FOR THE RAILROADERS
Gongress to Pass Bill Restricting
Consecutive Hours.
Washington, F b. is.—The house
committee on intoratit an j foreign
commerce lias dcoid and to make a fav-
T'lbie repoit. i.u tic E. Ii bill, which
.irovid”3 that railroads shall require
inploycc-s c mu u il wish Uio move
ment of trains ::ot to work more than
sixteen consecutive l.oib-s
The 1 ill provides that aider an em
ployee has wo !■.. and s'xt e.i hours he
shall have at fi a t t. n consecutive
hours oif duly.
As it will be reported by the com
mittee the bill will also provide that
operators and di.-.. atchors are not to
work mot u u:i nine co:i- ccuiivo hours
in st.uions which a-c op.rated both
day ad night, . nd are not to work
more than iliirtecu hours in t wors
o stations operated only in the day
time.
AT THE GRAND LAST NiCHT
Harris-Parkinson Company Opened for
a Week's Stand.
The llarri F.:r .i. n Company open
and at the Grai.il last night for a
week’s engagfemcnt and was greeted
■>y one of the largest houses of the
eaon. Wh'l ■ i':© attraction is -a
popular priced on. it i ; one of ths
est. of the kin I ever seen in the
ity and gave entire satisfaction to
die audience last, night in the pro
iiiction of “A Grcit Wrong ltgated.
or Slaves of tlie Orient.”
The company has a gcoil supply
>f pretty scenery, t):e perfonnanccs
ire punctuated vvi h 11 me v> ry attract
ive speciallic: i.u lading a couple of
■roily clover sen;; npcekiUL's. sketch
artists, etc.
As stated above the company will
be hero for a week and if last night’s
attract n is a fair illustration then
he people of Brunswick will sea same
good performances during the week.
ID CHANGE GELD
COill OF REALM
President Roosevelt Does Not Think
the Present Design Is Artistic
Enought and Wants New one.
Wa hington, Fch. 18.—The gtod old
xold coin of the r • -dm, which has
been clrculatln: over the country for
a century or so, quern of American
money, is going to have to put-on
a biand new face.
I’., si-lent Ro: suvelt docs not think
that tii'- coin is quite artistic enough
il the familiar fa'o of li all
gold Is about to he lost for some
thing mort artistic. The president to
day directed aw; II known firm of
New York artists to prepare a design
Mdol the gold to be coined iP