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'Me Brunswick Ne^us.
VOLUME 6. NUMBER 12j
WORK 10 BEGIr
HI ONCE M NEW
MACHINE SHOPS
Pdrksr-lbse'ii Peap'e la Re
place Burned Piani with
a Beiier une
lilt [ill 111 DM HEAVi
Company Only Carried SIB,OCO of In
surance on the Plant—Work of
Replacing the Shop is Al
ready Under Way.
Almost before tire ashes of th
lire which destroyed the plant w, rc
yesterday the Parkei'-Housell 1. i
' Company were nia v.n; l>. .u
:< lßPit^ u,ldius of 4,11 ui '*"• )'*• n •
li.e early >. . ir..
paßpnd before tne mil , t :
Bfee lire':.mi;.
I'iWoK ol tie.- we: 1. Ia 1 h . .
V
wires w e U
SBK||S||liy ordcrim new .
CUTiV<ras B. eedily a
we.o Ji.cj lei -
i In a iho.l
begin on various sa'uotu,
wnicbwere destroyed.
It is impossible to estimate the tot-.,
less at tee place, but it is thought tha
it will rcaen at least s6o,tioU, whin
tne company carried ojly $18,01.0 in
Surface, it was at first tmaug.u u.n
the loss would n„t l.e that ms a
tmt it was discovered yesiefday thin
the company had its plant omy pai
Hally insured.
Many valuable machines were con
pletely destroyed in the Art and tin
heaviest loss to the comp.my w *
p.ol ally a iiuiulmt of patterns a
me foundry.
It was also dscovi red y-stc and o' tha
the loss to the tug Irik, v.. ich ha
b en sold to a Cuban company, i
hii-ger than was at first est.nr.t eci
tad It will take at i usi fr-.t "tto ec - .
tae loss to the tug. The Lis w t
on the marine railway le.ug ov* rh u
• and before leaving lor Cuba the la i
]it of the w oit, an I work w r as jus
sauft ci.mil.ted on iter
The marine railway ami lie boile.
i-Kim were not at 11 ;nj-.ued and y. t
terday tb& entire i ne empli >\d a
tne plant were at work, sr uie on the
railway, others in t:.e boil room
while many were an.T ting In cloa.i:,-
away the debris. It is un e.stoot
taat lhe lull force will be- erapio. ed
.tad cot a man will lose a dry. A.
together about 10 men are employe ■
at the plant they will be kept stead
i.y at work.
General Manager Hensell was bus
yesterday preparing l'rr the Immedi itc
rebu.lding of the plant. He was se-ur
ing a list of the machines burned,
many of which he ordered by u i
graph during the day.
A majority of the people of i
wick, were surprised when they saw
an account of ti e Are in The Now
yesterday* morning. Not over a bun
dred people in the city were awaits
oi the fire until they saw the pa
The head the alarm of fire dur
■ng the night fcut 1! tie did they tho;
i.'ual one of tie largest t U.RS .n tin
city had been swept awry by ham-
Expressions of sympathy went eu
'0 the company from all sections ol
the city, but people were delighted
>vUh the announcement that work o.i
i new and better plant would be
started immediately.
ONLY A FEW PRISONERS IN JAIL
Casriff Berrl* Ha* Only 6lx or Seven
( Feed How.
There i a scarcity of prlsoaers in
lb* county jail at present, and Suer
iff Borrie ha* on y six or seven to
took out for, but it it expected that
the jail will be pretty well filled be
fore ' court convenes again in May
The session of the superior and city
routs this month pretty well vacated
the jail as most o fthosa who
were in there were tried and either
paid their fines or were Bent to the
•oavict camp. Two or three were not
triad and oae or two a;Tats have been
gmit since the court* adjourned,
ftfHif atevt seven prisoner* # tm
TWO CONCERNS NOW BIDDING
XOR/STREET CAR FRANCHISE,
BOTH SUBMIT PROPOSITIONS
HE ROMAN \m?sm
Term of franchise, 20 years with
privilege of 6t>, city to have option
to I'lirc base after 20 years.
Five thousand do.lit: sto be deposit
ed oil granting of franchise, for faith
tul pertormance.
No tax exemptions asked.
Ten thousand diiiar ideumity bond
offe red to s care city.
Agr. e.-s to construct five nines ut
tiiolley ;tlne •within twelve mouths
Five cent fares to be charged with
ra osiers.
Free passes to policemen and lire
uen in uaifcnin.
Demand for ratification by two
thirds veto of the , • i .e.
l'ixes o st ol ale H'-.Ciiy at li ttnU
tr thousand vails.
Fixes cost of electric power at 1
nts per - orse po ’• r
Does away with tlie present city
as lights and furnshes electric light,
.ns: end, at pi ices ranging from If 2.
to $18,50 up to four hundred lights.
Fix. , the cost of arc lights ranging
rom $02.50 to s7o, up to 300 lights.
Provides for free meters for ust
of consumers of electricity.
Provides lor extrusion of line to
itbcr places.
Guarantees to ask for charter with
in sixty days.
Provides tor commencing work with
in four months
Gives the city the right to string
its telephones poles, police signal am
nre alarm wires on poles of the com
pany.
ANNUALBUDGET F|
CIIY
LUST JGHT
All Departments of the City This Year
Can Spend $73.4C0 According to the
Budget—How the Money Has Been
Divided.
If 1... (by ol 1 -n< id
more than $79,400 di.rlug the year
tto7 It will hat to bo done by a
nodal ordinals * - n-oluuon for at
last night’s on u in lug the finance
committee. ,u the * nape of a reaolu
: ui, pr.-s' nb and its ■ ■ .ui budget for the
maintenance of th several depart
nents of the city for the year.. The
report was adopted and makes the
following provisions.
i'xeeift.ive department . . .7) 9 800
Public works.department 7 o>o
t'enieterii'.;, pat kg and lanes . 2 000
Shells for streets 5 000
Police depa. tment 14 0 0
New barracks 5 0
;-aiitary department 14 00ft
Fire.. 8,000
New horses, fire ... .... 500
New fire alarm 1 o.<o
Light and water 11 000
Hospital . ... 3 COO
Charity 1. 2 00ft
•Altai 179,400
J THAT GZAR
IS ASSASSINATED
♦
Associated Press, However, Falls to
Get the Report Confirmed at
Bt. Petersburg.
New York, Feb. 21.—A report was
being cLtuUited today In financial
circles of Wall street that the Cut
and Crarina of Russia had been assas
sinated,
The Associated Press announces
that it is unafcfe to secure anything
from St. Petersburg tending to confirm
the report.
Heard in Washington,
Washington, Feb. 21.—A report was
current here today that the czar o(
Russia had been assassinated. The
report could not be confirmed and the
Associated Press announced that
while it had received the report as
a rumor nothing to confirm it had
bees received.
BRUNSWICK, CA., FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 22. 1907.
MATTER IS AGAIN
Nip to goungil
fwo Ordinaiicßs were Ffaced
Heir h'rJSfea
... ..
i •nut be In
i.e • in fuel it wasJpqß night y
t.iu city council's *esa£9s calico"
to order promptly i
tut pouiptiy twenty minutes to twelvi
when council adjourned and pra.ablj
lot half an hour was devoted to an.
jther subject.
The bell c arted iMk immediate
af•' the mm
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1' capitalist, It
,'j. Urksenlck into executive session
Ibis • a used lorno comt. raalion to t,.n
.cw vlri.ors present, for it was no.
gc nerally known that any'other trol
ay Iranchbo poposltli n * was to lie
submitted. The lawyer and the rapt
talist. 1 .eld the attention of 1 lie conn
•il in the star ehanif er session for
mother sixty minutes and on reach
i.ig council chamber the Lunchlse pro
poscal by Capt. Strachan was offered
in the shape of an ordinance by Ai
derman Dart and was placed on its
lii st reading.
Immediately after this ordinance
v. as : laced < n its first read ng a sim 1
iur 0..0 in an ordinance proposed by
Alderman Mann, covering a franchise
proposed by Joseph M. Roman, and as
sociates, was read.
In connection with thero (wo ordi
nances it is not known who is back
of the Strachau proposition. The
Xnvn has hoard aii kinds of con
jecturcs on tho subject, but Mr. B.in
chan has maintained a constant
silence with reference to the same,
therefore it is impossible to say whu
ibis associates are. However the Ro
rnan proposition gave the entire ag
igrermticn connected with the mover
in ice premises, aud they are aa fol
lows:
i Joseph M. Roman, of Joseph M. Ro
! man and Company, engineers, Atlanta,
joneph H. Mueller, of the Atlas Un
glue Works, Indianapolis, Ind.; Martin
Roman, of the Siege; Cooper Company,
New York; Henry Sam.-.tag, of the
firm cf Smastag, Rllder Bros, whole
salers. New York; Henry S. Sohn, oi
t..e firm of Sofia, Oppenheimer & Cos.,
New Yoik; S. Biumenstom, of the
firm of 3. Bluemstrom & Cos., and
Hackett, Carhart & Cos., New York;
Sig Harzfeld, owner of the Parisian
Cloak City; Leopold
Wolf, of L<mNfiro-ber,
dealers ia stool rails aud el<\rrtcL.
equipment, Ciucinnati; It. 12 llTU'S
omen, capitalist and ban .ter, *ruD6-
wick, 0
As the nßgjrtiow stands it is a
cate of pay Jwurmolhr and take your!
choice." both franchise* stand on the j
same footing bo far as the
cii calendar is concerned' and last
uight a motion prevailed that a spec
ial committee consisting of the may
or and two aldermen Le appointed
to investigate more closely the two
tranchises and for the purpose o,
deavoring to purchase the present
water plant of the Mutual Light ana
Water 9np—y. TMfi o—eillUs sen
ii mm wraios
chiEt 50 years out
Pillars to be deposit
-1 franchise lor (?itu
No tax exemption asked
Tea tliou and ideumity bond otter
ed to secure city.
Agrees to construct four miles of
trolley lines within twelve months.
l ive cent fares to be charged, with
transfers.
Free passes to policemen in uniform
Demands no luliacaimn p.-o
fixes cost of at 70 cents
per thousand 2S(s &m-
Fixes cost iV ppßiic power at 7 1-2
cents ier horse power
Provides for present gas lights al
li-8,00 each.
Fixes the cost of arc lights at $75
oacli.
Fixes the cost of meters ut 1,25
ter meter per month.
Makes no provision of extension oi
I.no to other places.
No specified time for securing ol
charter.
Provides for commencing of work
within four tn.m.h.s.
THIRTY THOUSAND Si-IORT
IS THE VETERAN S FUNI
Atlanta. Feb. 21. —It v.as discovered
.aday that the state of U-orgia 1
.xactly $30,000 short in tne peu.-r
uoiniey <and (the peasi|iner3 iu the
j.ata who have not as yet been pam
-ui probably have to wait until sum.
.neans are provided to secure mono
it was not exp-cteu that the snort
.go would amount to tuat inuci.
, .tough the officciala knew that tnc
-und woula be exnausted belore an
jf the veterans were paid, it 1 pro ft
j le that the money w.ll be secured
in some way before tap legislature
meet in June.
MAJOR A. C. RICHARD IS DEAD
Chief of Police in Washington During
Lincoln Administration.
Washington, 'Feb, 21.—News was
received here today of the death oi
Major A. C. Richard, which occurred
m Florida, where he was spending
the winter for the benefit of hi,
health.
Major Richards was a well known
character, ell was chief of police
In Washington during the administra
lion of President Lincoln and was ser
ving in that capacity when the pres
ident was assassinated.
No Sale Yesterday.
On amount, of the fire yesterday
at the J'lant. of the Parker-lienscll En
gineering Company, the sale of the
savingafc-jjjjjijjpfaM' bark Medor was
not held as a large amount of this
stuff was stored on the docks of the
engineering company and could not
be easily reached by prospective pur
chasers. The date of the sale has
been changed to Monday.
THE HIE SiVITH
BOOM' LAUNCHED
—♦
At a Banquet Given in Washington
Last by Many Eminent Demo
crate.
• '
Washington, Feb. 21.—At a ban
quet given he'-e toa’ghi, ait ruY I by
seme of he most, promint t demo
uatic membe t of toe en tb) and
house, a Hoke Smith presidential boom
was launched, and It Is the purpose of
those who participated to urge the
nomination of the governor-elect of
Georgia at the neat democratic nat
ional convention
Several speeches were made durlaff
the banquet by p.eminent democrat*
and they alt considered Hoke Smith
the logical man as the oax* demo
cratic standard bearer.
Blahs of the mayor and Aldermen
VVright and Robinson.
The Roman people are acting abso
lutely independent of the the
Light and Water Comapny people or
the Strachan movement.
At any rat® It does really begin to
look Ilk* w* are to hare a trolley
um-
EVELYN CRIED ANDY'AINTED,
TEARS CAME TO HARRY’S EYES
BUT JEROME SMILED
New York, Feb. 21.—There vvas an.
imposing scene in the Thaw trial to
day at o#e time Mrs, Thaw, who
was s ill being cross-examined by the;
district attorney, her ku band Harry
J’haw, who. is | einc tried for his |
life, and seveal others in th- cm_
room w ere ahi u itV.- ai h f
I cm of \v^ t ' r
by the scene and (heir sympathy vW!|
out to the woman who was toeing for- 1
Cc'd to ■•■’ll iho ininulest iletsi's of bOi
early life with Stanford \Y. iie by IT
-I'iCt Attorney Jerome, lia.d-he ir. u !
he seemed today, not letting up for
a minute on the little woman who a;-,
neared completely exhausted as a r-■ ■ j
suit of the trial and the rigid i.r.-ss-'
examination she has been put ii.r-mg. i
during t v .e past few days.
When certain questions were ask <1
Iter regai d.ng her relations wilt Sian
,0.1 Whi e burst .it .
tt-ars ' buried iu
hands skil >" it aloud, which br.-ugT.
tears the eyes of her hu.dm.uu
Sue the stream of tear
continued Ilier story,
lot bi'inHfrUhtene-U by th.: disliict
ittoney
IllEUii
Blf CITYHP
LAST NISHT
a
All Those Who Have Not Paid Their
City License to be Mauled up in
the Municipal Court—Other Mat
ters Handled.
City council met in regular session
last night dur.iig which two and i.
naif hours of tire session was bobbin
dosed doors and It was very near tin
midnight hour before adjournment,
those present were Mayor Hynious
aud 'Aldermen Dart, Cox, Maim, Rob n
son, Cook and Wright. A boson t A1
denuon Tupper aud Food.
Undier the had of 'pitiUrmo ami
communications the only one received
was from Janies 11. Roman and assoc
iules, asking for a trolley franchise
mil account of which appears ~.1 ..
where. , ,
Council next passed to the head of
resolutions and the following were In
troduced and adopted:
By Alderman Cook, fixing the next
meeting of council for Wednesday,
tebruaiy 27, instead of Thursday, Feb
ruary 28.
Liy Alderman Wright instructing the
maisbal to make a close invent.gal it.n
oi various businesses being conducte 1
in the city that do not come under
the license ordinance.
By AL'erman Wright, providing that
Mayor Symons be reimbursed in the
amount of $lO,lO on account of the
personal expense incurred at the re
cent immigration convention In Jlu
non.
The ordinance fixing the iate of
gas, water and electricity, which r.aj
been pending in council for months,
was again placed on its first reaiing.
The reading public is familiar wi ll
the ordinance. It prov.ded for mat. r
ial reduction in the rates of gas, wau r
and electricity.
The office of director of public works
was finally established last night in
the shape of an ordinance introduced
bv Alderman Maun, 'ibis is tho posl-,
tion that council baa creati and for Capt, 1
O. S Wylly, former city engineer, i
, The ordinance provides that lie shall;
■have char e of all city surveying aud
all street improvements to be eligi
ble to the position one must be 25
years of age and a civil engineer by
profession. The salary is fixed at sl2j
per month
Mayor Symons announced that the
city engineer was now busily engag
e din resurveying the city and said
that this was the preliminary step
to some other improvements contem
plated by the administration.
V Jing the | meeting a resolution
wae adopted, being offered by iho
committee on taxes and revenues, pro
viding- that all persons doing business
m the city who have act paid the r
license should be given three day.: no
tice and that paities who still refuse
to pay will be hauled up in pbtice
court. Tuesday, February 2$ and
fined for violating the ordinance
Wanted.
A lady stenographer at once, good
ssdsey Appif t# A- Kaiser * Dre-
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
The district attorvv rr. ..ed ’••
condition of the wA i I he con
tained io Cities exa hi r in a msr
cilcra fish:: n. Al i o.'gh ruff ring a
ncrv'bus strain Mrs. T i:-w hell her
wi;s dur.iig 11:• > o-.aiuii.a on and iuc
c: ■ ding in tes. i::g the r.urJ ear.e I dis
trict alt racy all during the day.
Alter the men lccoss sim went cu
nd coil a: cl cell re' 'I and re
plied to what questi':Bs i-.iie wanted
to in a cle.tr tone of voice. Ques
tions tint a c i I aot. do . ire t> a.-
' 6 i dad and ... U tfi -.
laA trep.ly ‘T don’t r m mber,” or
'T don't know.”
alls. Thaw was rlitl on (ho r.tani
when court cio.ed today and Judge
Kilpatrick an oire.l an adjournment
until Monday. Di.rrii-t Attorney Jer
ome an 1 Ail ney D 1 lias e.igngid i;i
several tills during ( e day.
It is understood that during the
toon recess Mr.:. 'Quiw fai; /? but
soon recovered. Doling .he fine she
vvas crying in court, when te ws came
into ,u-i lius' aid s eyes nn.l nearly
ever., ody in Uio court roan. Vas r-i'-
l O' and. Disirict At.i.ru : j I. otjy
smiled.
posts BE
* DON’T EIPECI
nr WAD
V
He Returns Trcm ,Jopan and In an
Interview i.a New York Eays Thero
Is Very Little War Talk to bi
Heard Now.
New York, rh. 21 —Ambassador
Hrk’e nn-iogd t: ,iay from Japan.
In an intend w w-iffi : cv ,iul reporters
the ambassador siyu'ihat 'he can ton
see no war I o.ivci u , ; j t; , ■ ,
L'nitcd States. !1 . lhat there is
very li.tle war ialk to ba heiud in
Japan and the officials of that c..ua
iry do not. autici, ale any a- r.ous trou
ble.
ONLY THE INTEREST OF
THE PEABODY FUND
New York, Feb. pj.—-It v.as announ
ced today that the entire Peabody
fund would not be di iril.uted to the
institutions to which it had bien
given, but that only the interest is
to be distributed at present.
HONDURAS-NICARAGUA
fICHT IS RESUMED
Managua. Nic-a u.ua, Feb. 21. Tho
figli la/tun a ,Nicaragua and Hondur
as has I in i .aimed u.,d another
attack was made today. It lasted for
only a short time bui many soldiers
were killed.
SOCIAL DEMOCRATS WIN
RUSSIAN DOU.vIA ELECTION
Ft. Petr r. burg, j b. 21.—’Tho Rus
siand and /uma < ice ion has been comple
ted and me returns show taat the so
cial deiuot ra have be. n victorious
winning by a big majority.
EAILLY ADMITS THAT HE
WAS ADVISORY COUNSEL
Austin, Texas, Feb. 21.—1n the in
vestigation of Senator Bail :y bofora
the state senate commi tee today,
sna-nr Bulky nil inly admitted that
lie had I eon i; rving as an advisory
counsel for va.ious corporations whila
a United States senator.
Jurisdiction Extended.
Washington, Feb. 21. —The jurisdict
ion of Immi,.,rant Inspector Seraphic
has been extended so as to cover
all points in Florida at which immi
grants ate liable to laud.
Japanese Squadron at Honolulu.
Honolulu, Feb. 21.—The Japanese
visiting squadron, composed of sains
of the l ent fighters of the Mikado’s
navy, arrived at this port today. It
: is understood that the squadron will
tie here for only a shoit time.
Sack From Convention,
Max I . ac, T. B, Ferguson, A. M,
Zt liner and J. H, Tanked s'ey, repre
e nting the two lodgrs of K. cf F, hats
returned from Waycrcss, where they
attended the district convention On
Wednesday. Judge I cac, who Is
president of tho Convention, /presi
ded. All of the delegates report *
vary yleasaaft trip. _ 9 ,