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VOLUME 6. NUMBER 154
STRACHAIN
GIVEN TRQLLfcYAFRANCmSE
BY CITY COUNCTKLAST NIGHT
SOLONS HELD A
6-HOUR SESSION
♦
Alderman Cox Wanted the
Question to 8e Settled
fiy the People
111 VUE i QESBLUIION
ft'.yor Symons, However. Voted
Against it and Council Ttien
B Proceeded to Finally Set
tie the Matter
EaHLrtitrnch.in and ms associa
tne Brunswick trolley
Bines;
* F. D. M. Strachan and his associa
tes will turn over to the city as soon
as an arbitrated value can be arriv
ed at the water plant of the Mutual
Light and Water Company, the city
to pay for it in five years, with a
payment of not less than ten thous
and dollars to be made as soon as
the value is established.
The franchise is to cover a period
of forty yars, the contract only to
to last ten years.
Electricity is to be served to pa
lion* on a basis of 11 cents per kil
iowatt, with sliding scale.
for power purposes electricity is
to cost 7 1 2 cents per killowat.
Arc lights are to cost the city for
the first hundred lights $75 each per
year, graduated down to $65.
Gas is to be done away with in
ti.e street lamps and incandescent
lights are to be used to scale from
121 down to $lB per year according
to the number of lights used.
Tilt- aViovt is a resume of last
night's .ounc-il meeting. which lust
ed into the "wee sum hours, in
-, i ii was just 2 o’clock when th<
SWachan ordinance, providing for
..it count, union of a system of elee
tiic lines, was finally adopted, par
nymph by > aragarpii.
I lie me ting was a notable one
nr the rent on that II In si til for sev
• n and one-half hours and covered
roultiplLity of subjects.
All was as serene as a morning
, . May mull the head of ordinan
!* was reached. Xnen there was
lattlc of musketry and resolutions
the -full boat and (was present. All
if the meinbi rs looked as if they
e.iine coked and primed for a
i-fi'hfs seance The usual galaxy or
parties and attorneys were present.
Mr. Si radian and Capt. Ft I). Aiken
i.*-ro accompanied by their attorney,
i K. Twitty, while Messrs. Roman
;ed liTlesmi U, aside from being on
ihe scene personally, were represen
toy by .Attorney I T. Colson.
As soon as the clerk announe -d
,11r.t resolutions, orders and oidlnan
ith -were in ordor. Alderman Cox
organ a system of flllllbustering.that
made Senator Carmack s latest cf
lnrt’s on that line look like ten rents
n Honduran money.
He first introduced a ’.resolution
submitting the entire matter to the
1 eopie, the preamble set forth the
tact that the present administration
-as ilectcd on a platform committed
\> municipal ownership of public
utilities. Alderman Robnson mov
ed to second the resolution and
ihen followed a long discussion, in
which the aye and nay vote was
■ ailed for. The ballot resulted In a
He by (he following vote: For tne
resolution’ lo refer the the matter
t • the people, Aldermen Cox, .Mann
r oblneon and Tapper; against the
resolution, Aldermen Cook, Part,
'•right and Wood. This caused a
i’e vote and the occasion was rath*
er dramatic. Jt was up to Mayor
J>ntofls to cast the deciding vote
If; the matter and this he did in no
uncertain manner He said that he
”,as not prepared for the resolution
; nd since he was called upon to cast
the deciding vote he would do so
. withiut shrlking his duty. He said
that he understood that the present
• ounctl bad been elected on g (du<
yicdpal ownership platform, but be
The Brunswick News.
knew his duty in the pwmises mil
knowing it, proposed to lo it # beinl
accountable to the BvunJ
wick alone for his conduct. iWwi,
voted against :he resolution and was
: pplauded by panics present.
Alderman Cox was loaded, nowei
ci-, and before one lould catch his
breath, he handed the clerk a sec
ond 4-esoliUkm, juovidUig thbt bo
tore any trolley franetiise be grant
ed the contract incident thereto bo
published in the city organ lor
ttiee days. Here followed another
’engthy discussion; the aye and nay
vote was called for by Alderman
t.ox and on mat character of vote
ll.e resolution was lost by the t'ol
-1 wing ballot; For the resolution,
Alderman Cox and Robinson; against
tie resolution, Aidetm-n Cook, Dart,
.-;unn, Tapper, Wright and Wood.
Alderman Cox buckled Ills armor
Ob a little tighter and bobbed up to
The clerk’s desk with a third and
last resolution, this one was iden
tical almost with the one lie intro
duced several meetugs ago. provd
lug tiiat the Strachan people put up
a forfeit of $5,000 instead of $2,000
aa provided for, and that the full
details as to the present water plant
of the Mutual be furnished by him
iStra.ban) before the passage of
;ny of the trolley ordinances. On
tl is proposition Alderman Cox was
completely 'deserted and the only
tele recorded in favor of the res
elution was east Uj its autlior.
Alderman Mann lure offered a res
l ution to the effect that the Stru
t-bun contract, whhh was tube la
or introduced, be not passed until
i. had been published in the official
oigan three days This resolution
was agreed to.
Here came the inevitable execu
i-ve session, which, by the way, The
:m ws hoped had been relegated to
the past, as a custom unnecessary
end unfair to tliei plmlic. Hut It
mine and i was a dandy, lasting
about four hours. Messrs. Strachan,
..ikon ana Twitty occupied the entire
time of the touelave, Mr. Roman and
lis associates not emg invited into
ihe session. Alter a watt of foilr
■ ours council tiled inlo the room
rid botli oidiuances wi-.e placed oil
1 ieir r>- mid reading. This caused
some consternation to those not
i lasted. Why was it necessary to
I i.i the Roman iiain-i -*■ a iis se
ii and reading, if if was lo meet its
Waterloo? file U..,man contingent
tiought it a r. ■ien After both
i rdinanees In,: urn placed on sec
-n i rca ling the ra-1 of Air.
ii..dian, which is in the shape of
an o. dim-nee, was read. It is a long
■ .cm.: nt, and iu substance, i.rovhl
■ . that. Air. Strachan and hi., asso-
Kites ai* to turn the waier plant
nrr to the e.ty as soon as two ar
, iratois, named by both parties, and
,■ tilird, if m.ees.-ai; . shall na' r ar
ii\ cl at ;i fair value ol’ such plant,
ihe city is to pay siu,ouu easit and
me remainder in live years, making
s< mi-annual payments tliereon. This
ccmtihcl, however, under the Mann
:dimin'e, wen: over until the next
.1 eetlng. £
Another short eswiutive session
as held, during whirl" the members
Aiutidl i njoyed a hoi pot of eof
k-'W alter whi h tin- Sha r.an ordi
i anee was placed on Its third and
nal lending. Before its • passage
,-lderinau t.ox begged to ,;e excused
; i,d Sialect that lie desired his vote
io lie recorded as against Ixtili of
the Holley ordinances. He was ex
used.
The adopt*vt franchise was only
■ hanged in a few minor places and
wag Anally paused unanimously.
Here endem a chapter in the city
council, in which the members have
■ orked very fii’luully and very hard.
They time had many complex prob
lems to handle and are to be con-
V\ jt dated on finally disposing of
the matter.
Air. Roman has made many triend*
u Brunswick sicne his stay, and had
it any strong supporters in all see
liens of the city who believed his
Itoposition was the best one. He ac
cepted the situation in a graceful
,cd philosphical manner last night,
He made a good, strong fight for
i I* cause
During the evening Mr. Strachan
1 laced In the hands of the city a
check for $4,000 as a forfeit on boitt
tne contract and the franchise in
C/.sc he does not comply with the
terms of the respective documents.
BRUNSWICK. GA„ FRIDAY MORNING. MARCH 22, 1907,
ATEN GINEIO
BE OVERHAULED
—♦-
It Will be Sent Back to the Factory
and Made as Good as it was
When Given to the City.
Brunswick's ft re engine, which has
In en in service since she waft big
enough to have a tire engine, but.
which lots not been used very much
during the past eight or len years,
k- to lie returned to. llie factory and
thoroughly overhauled at a -ost of
v 1.1125.
This was decided ai the meeting of
city council last night, when a roso
lution was passed proivding for the
improvement on tile engine.
This die tighter, which is of the
very finest make, waA presented to
Hie city many years Algo by \\ r . ii
Kline, a former citizen of Brunswick,
ltd for yivirs ii did splendid work
lut ii has not been used very muc-b
since the city has been furnished
".titer pressure and Is only kept In
case of an emergency.
The engine, had it iieen in working
o'oei, could have been used to good
advantage at the lire at Aiken's dock
> lew we* o ago as il Could hale
pumped water from the nearby
( reek and extinguished the blaze
vi ry easily.
At any rati, the cily has decide);
M ill it is lie, , to ii#ve, the engine
.1 good working order, and it will
he returned to (he factory to be
thoroughly overhaul ed.
NEW AFTERNOON PAPER To
BE STARTED IN SAVANNAH
il is announced that K. h. Healey,
pr*;.Usher and propitotoi of the At
lanta Georgian, wriicli is one of the
best afternoon papers in the south,
will shortly establish an afternoon
paper in Savannah in opositiou to
file .Savannah Press.
Mr Sealcy was In Savannah a few
days an. and il was slated that
while he would not give out any
thing definite on ihe subject, that lie
hail decided to establish anew af
lenioon paper in the mar future.
PARTY SPENT A PLEASANT DAY.
Visited the Terminals and Took a
Look Over the City.
The parly of capitalists who nr
rived in tile- city Wednesday night,
headed by George Dole Ax ad ley, ol
the A., B. A A., and President ( all
''ay, of the LaGrange National Hank,
sjient a very pleasant day in the
city y* :t* iday and all of the m< m
ben: of (lie party were more than
pleased with lirunswtek.
During the day the party visited
tlie terminals at the south end and
also took a good look over the city.
The trip was completed in this
city and most of the members of ihe
party b ft. for their respective homes
last bight.
QUIETLY WEDDED LAST NIGHT
Mr. ’J. W. Abbott and Mrs. Nettie
Baker Married.
-Mi John W. Abbott and Mrs. Nel
lie Newman Baker were quietly wed
ded last night at H o'clock by llev.
Sammons, of the Baptist, church, at
his home on Reynolds street.
The wedding will .<■ somewhat or
a surprise to the friends of tne cou
ple. It was understood that they
were to he matrhd a few months
It-' nee, hut last night, decided to hare
the ceremony performed, and accom
panied by two friends went to the
residence of the minister and were
united in mati-imut
Mr. Abbott, is a wefts.... "J young’
lumberman, being connected with L.
X. Watson Mrs. Baker is the daugn
ter of Capt. T. Newman
RAILROADS TO CLOSE AT
NOON ON 9ATURl§frn^
We, the undersignpd agents of the
several railway linos at Brunswick,
agree to close out respective depots
Saturdays at noon, from April 1. to
(October 1, 1907.
T. J. Wrjght,
Agent Atlantic Coast Line Ry,
J. B. C. Blltch,
Agent A., B. & B. Ry.
E. H. Houssmsn,
General Agent Southern Ry,
DUNNE IS NOW
IN GLYNN Jt
—♦ —
fainter Who Gave Checks and Then
Drew the Money Held for
Cheating and Swindling.
J K. Dunne, the white man who
xvns arested in Savannah a few day 8$
ago, wanted in this . ity for cheating
and swindling was brought to Bruns
wick. yesterday afternoon and placed
in the Glynn county jail, where he
will await trial in the superior
court in May.
Dunne was employed as a palm
ci on Jekyl island some weeks ago.
lie came to the city alien and was
very well known around tome fir
came here one Saturday Wvcrai
Meeks ago and deposited some mon
ey in the National Bank He then
went to p. Keller and purchased a
diamond fing, giving * check for
the amount and showing the bank
book where- he had made Hip and
posit, lie also when to the Wood
Bailey 'Company and -Kaiser's and
purchased a lull of goods, giving
checks for them.
When the holders oi The chocks
went to tile bank with th in the fol
lowing Monday morning it was dis
covered that Dunne had visited the
bank Saturday a few minutes after
making the deposit and drew all or
the money After securing the dia
mond and the goods he left the- city
il* \Ooat. lo Savannah out. left that
'(■ iby (before 'he -could be arrested.
He returned to that city a few day's
ago, however, and was jailed, an i
a local officer went over tor him
yesterday.
SIOO,OOO CHANGES HANDS
IN CHICAGO POKER GAME
Chii ago, March 21. A poker
game in which $14)0,000 has already
changed hands, has been in contin
uous progress at the Magnet hotel,
228 North Clarke street, since Sat
unlay night, and unless it is inter
fe-red with, is good for a week lon
ger
In the game are some of the big
go,-it gamblers in Chicago, includ
ing John Dennis, Mont Tennis and
"Bud" White Tennis, dictator ot
the Chicago handbook combine, was
$20,1)00 to- i- at ti o’clock tills morn
ing.
The game started with four per
sons and two more were sent, for,
a wealthy business man and a poli
tician from iin* stock yards district,
so that It now is six-handed
The four original players have
hardly slept since they sat down
to the table. Nearly every pot is
worth at least SI,OOO.
ONLY A FEW MORE COMING
Theatric wing to a
in Brunswick.
Vl.mag T
more attmctionsir^iappear
at the Grand this season, and in a
few more weeks the popular play
louse will be closed for the sum
mor. The several attractions still
on Hie calendar will bo Here dur
ing the- remainder of this month and
early in April.
Otic or two ameteulr attractions
will probably lie given after the
close of tne professional season.
VACANCY ON BOARD
J K .Corneilcus Elected a City Equal
izer Last Night.
At the last meeting of city conn
ril. P. W. Fleming? the well known
insurance man. tendered his reslg
nation as a member ot the city
boaid of <t equal fetal ion. The reslg
ut floti was accepted and at the meet
ibglast night J. K Gorneilotts was
i in Siis place.
Mr Cornellous is engaged in tile
full (/date husiness, lias lived in
i runswick for many years and win
make o competent official.
MIDGETS ARE REAL CURIOSITIES
Many People Visit the Little Fili
pinos cn Newcastle Street.
The iwo little Cuban midgets, said
to be the two smallest people in the
world, who are on exhibition in the
I’adrosa building on Newcastle
street, are attracting much attention
®l* the city and many people have
gone taere to take u look at the
little folks, who were awarded the
prize at the world’s fair for being
the two smallest people in the world.
At Today.
A fine lot of fish at Wallace's flsn
market today. blue fish,
shad, fresh waer fish
roe, end salt and
crabs every day.
PUT KAlliii
IK PENITEKTIH
If Senator Cullom J|kL His Way
About Haitrolli Magnate
Would Have a H.ird^roe.
Washington, / March 21 -United
Senator i\|!m in a pW)*a
statement today, said that if be h:-
his way about it lie would send F.
H Harrinian to the penitentiary for
a term of years
The senator says that the Chicago
and Alton bond issue was criminal
and that Harrinian should he prose
cuted. H<* ar aligned the railroad
magnate in strong language and evi
dently meant what he said
WHOLE COUNTY IS WROUGHT UP
For Mites Around Fairmount Search
is Conducted for Negro.
Fuiniiount. Ga., 21. —For
miles around all work is
liraci.il all suspcjllcd and everybody
has jointed in lie chase for the ne
gro who attache* Mrs. James Tolbert
ami murdered hlr little baby.
A fund of ssil' has already been
subscribed by tIV citizens ol Fair
mount and vleiniV for the rapture
of the negro and move is
being constantly sufflfc-i' ed by de
termtned and outraged irtto-ns
Inn all parts of the no"
are seen posses who are huntinfor
the negro. He is deesribed hy Mrs.
Tolbert as follows: About llvg fee*
10 inches high, between 25 and 2t
years of age, with small side whis
kers. He wore a pair of blue over
alls and had on patent leather shoes
Tin- little baby, so foully murder
ed. was buried here today. Many
fame from miles around to attend
the funeral. Many strong-framed
men shook with emotion as tin
child’s form sank to its last resting
place.
Mrs. Tolbert Is in a serious condi
tion, and Is being given every atten
tion hy physicians.
TWO WERE KILLED
Sandusky, Ohio. March 21. Kd
ward Robert.,, oi Lake Linden. Mich
ci and Bdward Webster, of Fair port
Ghio, were instantly killed, and T
J lioumnn of Toledo, was fatally
injured late this afternoon when tin
1-2 ton girder upon which they
were working fell from the top ot
an 80-foot derrick at Pennsylvania
railroad docks, west of Sandusky,
-.'here ;ar dumpers are being erect
id. The men were employed by a
Cleveland contracting company.
HENRY CLEVELAND DEAD
Louisville March 21. —Rev. H-mrx
a itlt ue y Cleveland lied today, -gc-t
.1 Ke was a native of Georgia,
■•as private secrotai.v to Ale-xande;
(l Stephens; chaplain of the Fit’ ■
f< Kith Georgia during the war an I
gi vl in President Davis, seen*
service. Rev. Mr. Cleveland was a
dative of former President Cl v
1 *nd.
DUEL WITH SWORDS.
Paris, March 21.- —A duel with
swords that went to six bouts was
fought here today between Emman
uel Arctic, senator from Corsica, and
Adolphe Brissou, a journalist. Horn
contestants were wounded iu the
arm, ylvl. Brisson slightly, and Al
A rone severely. The encounter
■nose from an alleged Insulting let
er by M. Arene to .VI. Brisson
MRS. SAGE'S GIFT.
New York, March 2l.Anuo nice
event was made today that Mrs
Russell Sage had donated slso,hit
t*i the American Seamans Friend S
fifty to iff used by it in the erect.
11 n of a proposed sailors home an ;
stitiile. Mrs. Sage also made
f*'tt of $75,000 to the Syrian Protcs
t. nt college of Blot'll I, Syria
MINERS STRIKE.
Glace Bay, C. 8., March 21.—One
'nnisand minors at the Dominion
f * al Company's No. 1 colliery sl -’U
. oay and the mine is Idle. ’the
rid objected to the employment of
ton-union miners, 150 of whom
i.ri the payrolls.
STEAMER SUNK.
Lubec, Germany, March 21.—Ihe
i'-S ton Gergan steamer Horn
Iren sunk In the North sea. with
t-. e loss of twenty* no lives.
Will Start Saturday,
The merry-go-round of the Parker
< arnival Company will begin Its Sat
nnitty grinds beginning tomorrow.
Council last night granted the com
pany permit to operate the machine
cm the statement that the Brunswick
Riflemen were to receive 25 per cent
ot the >eipu.
CENTS.
eELIEi/EJ THAT
THAW WttfcvHAVE
| A LUNACY TRIAL
$
Judge Fitzgerald II len
"“■'iMs Oecision on
Monday
Mr AFFIDAVITS SldO
| Seven Alienists and a Newspaper
Man Declare Thaw Paranoiac.
Delmas Says Jerome Knows
He is Defeated. ¥
New York, March 21.-—Seven alii
Ms and 1. S. (Jo-.b, a well known
New York newspaper man, today
signed affidavits declaring that they;
believed .Harry Thaw to be insan -.
Jerome submitted all of the affida
vits In suppori of the petition ho
made yesterday asking inat. a com
mission be appointed to try Thaw
ifi lunacy.
Judge Fitzgarald stinginly rebutt
er the district, attorney today for
preventing Dr. Mahon from testify
ing in the *. ase, whose evidence, tne
Bilge thinks, would hive shown
whether or not Thaw is crazy.
ft was also announced this after
neon that Judge* Fitzgeiald wood
tender his decision on f'omlay con
cerning the appointment of the lot;-
rcy commission.
It is the general he'ief that the
vommission will he appointed and It
this happens, next week Ihe famous
murder trial will be converted .wo
i m* of lunacy.
Altoruey Detains will of. course,
strongly oppose tfte uppo imnen. t:
the commission. ■ He sa -i that thn
district atturmy i <r.. 1 : -..at he Ills
lost Hie -.an- and as a last, resi .t
lit is seeking Itf send 1 _aw lo ait
asylum, hut he thinks hat. .* u
should the commission s- appoi ucd
t’tid his client tried for umu.y Ul i l
will ho discovered that haw ut
sound mind
The new turn iu the case iia.-i
caused somewhat of a sensalion and,
Ins attracted new interest. The in
sult of Jerome's petition for a lunacy
commission is being anxiously await
ed Many people consider it a move
on the part of the district attorney
to keep YThaw from going absolu
tely free, as it Is believed that if
the (as*- ever goes to the jury ho
will he acquitted.
SOUGHT TO EXTERMINATE
THE ENTIRE FAMILY,
Nowherry. S. C., March 21.—The
negro Sanders, who murdered Car
rie Matthews and her daughter, on
the Anderson place, near this city,
Friday night, has not been appro
bended.
It now develops that It was San
ders’ Intention to kill Mattie Mat
thews, a second daughter of the dead
woman, and she accompanied him
to the pasture to see a place which
Ik said he had selected for a gar
den. Here he struck hqir iu the
head and choked her to death. San
ders returned to the house, and en
ticing the girl afway in the same
manner, kill; <1 her He then made
the third trip to the Matthew's wom
an's house, this time 'o complete
his foul work by murdering Mattie
Matthews, hut the woman was per
suaded to remain.
COMPANY ARRIVED HERE LATh
Was After Midnight When Show
Was Over Last Night.
It was announced that the curtain
at the Grand would go up last night
at 8 o'clock, on account of the long
time It takes to render "When
Knighthood was in Flower,” and
quite a large house was present at
that hour to witness the perform
ance, hut. the company was on a be
lated t.vain and it was after 9 o'clock
when lb* -curtain went up. The
play is an unusually long one ana
it was after midnight when the the
ater-goers left the opera house
The play, however, was a very
good one and was enojyed hy the
audience. Miss Anna Day, in the
leading role, made quite a hit. She
wx supported by a gjfkF-cast