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THE BRUNSWICK TIMES-CALL.
YOLUME XI. NUMBER 59.
NEW YORK BANK TELLER
STEALS A COOL MILW
rpllwT' • ~ . - *
Tne First National Bank is the Loser of
the Great Amount.
WALL STREET IS
PAp SIRICKEN
pleiMt lie After
| Baaltiii Eours
-1 RUN ONI BANK HI
The Bank is Said to Have Recov'
ered Something in the Neigh
borhood of Two Hundred
Thousand.
New York, Oot. 24 —C. L. Alvord,
for twenty years teller in the First
National Bank of New York, Is an
absconder to the amount of one mil
lion doltara.
The announcement was made at the
bank and on Wall street after bank
Ing hoars and a run was averted, but
tbs "Street” was panic stricken and
for a few hours the big financier!
seemed like crazy men.
The officers of the bank are arrang
ing to meet tbs run which will surely
eome tomorrow, sod there is no doubt
but that they will be able to honor all
ohecks.
Toe announcement of great steal
was made after moat of the businesa
tn?n of Wall atreet bad left tbcir of
fices, but the news spread like Am,
and most of them returned to get
facts.
The whereabouts of Alvard are un
known, but detectives have been put
to work and they will hunt him to the
four quarters of the globe.
It is said tonight that the bank re
covered something in the neighbor
hood of two hundred thousand dollars
of the stolen morey.
fill AFFRAY WITH
II KNIFE AT MIN
1, Minder, a tailor, stably to death
Andy Mahoney, also a tailor, in a shop
on Cotton avenue. He was stabbed
without warning. A flve-lnoh blade
entered the body seven times. Minder
and Mahoney were bitter enemies.
Minder was arrested. Goth men are
about 45 years of age.
KUSBIAN BATTLEBAH*.
Philadelphia, Oct. 23.—The Russian
battleship, JRetrizam, was launobcd
at Cramp's ship yar# this afiernooo.
The new battleship is the largest ever
built io this country.
TO ATTEND FUNERAL.
President will Gq the ilar'.al of ilio
Min Ho Helped.to l}ur,v
Canton, 0.-, October 23r?The. n.-e.j
dunt and Airs, MekialeYj arrived hitv
lihis.manning.*They .vvtn Remain here
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'until election day, except thatjjthe
president, according to tide present
plans, will go to Mansluld to attend
the funeral of formei Secretary of
Stale Sherman,
WILL PROVE FATAL.
Prominent Planter Shot by2a Negro
on His Plantation. X
Valdosta, Oot. . F. Ridding, a
prominent pUntet Midiaos county,
Florida, was shot and fatally woAttded
on bis plantation last night by a ne
gro, who uied a Wine bos t(|,
it is understood, accused the
stealing cotton. Tbs negro esthinpedf,'
is pursuing
LEE RETURNS TO CUBA,
Biohmond, Va., Oat. 23.—General
Fitzbugb Lee, who has been visiting
his family for a couple of months at
Winchester, left there today to return
to Cuba. Gen. Lee’s fathily was to
b&ve acoompsnied him, but the preva
enoe of yellow fever in Havana, will
prevent them from spending the win
ter in that city, as was intended, They
will spend the winter in Biohmond,
MsJ. Cartwright, Qeo. Lee’s messmate
and one of his staff, has died of yellow
fever, in Gen. Lee’s Havana residence,
during the General’s visit at his Vir
ginia home.
CLIFTON WILL BE DEFEATED.
Atlanta, Ga , Oot. 23.—Democratic
caucus is tomorrow morning at nine
o’clock. Murrls of Cobb, will defeat
Mitchell of Thomas, for speaker pro
tern. Charlie Northern will defeat W
M. Clifton for seoretary of senat .
No Other contests of importance.
CAMDEN COUNTY FAIR.
The annual agricultural fair of the
Camden County Agricultural A-socia
tion, will be held at Woodbyne to
morrow and quite a large number of
Brunswiokiana will take it in. Tne
s'eamer Falcon will leave the Mallory
wharf in the moraing, returning the
same night. These fairs of our sister
oounty are always very interesting
and are usually well attended .
MATINEE TODAY.
The Peruobi-Beldeni Cos., will give
a matinee today at 2:30 p. rn. The
play will be that stirring melodrama
“A Man of Honor.” Specialties will
be introduced by Cbelso Perucbi, Baby
Blanche and tbePickert family, l’rioea
are only 10 and 20c
WILL BE MRS. COBB.
Atlanta, Oct. S3.— There are 23 ap
plicant# for postmistress. Mra. T. R.
R. Cobb la likely to get the place.
BRUNSWICK, GA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 24, 1900.
GOVEBIH CANDLER'S EESSAGE;
IS SAID TO BE All ABLE DOCDHEMT
* . jbLLgjr and. csvimsa.’
By G.-\V. Denying.
Atlanta, Ga.. Oct. 23,—1 had
day concerning his message, proof tail at* '|j| which will be sent out tonight, fat
He says the Atlanta depot L handled in a special mesafcgejp
accompany the Cbmmlesionhn ttffipt'Teci&hftknding that the State build If and
accept sit per cent from the r&llr6*d*Sfoliuiil interest fat nineteen years.
The schooUquestton wlll b? detail. It will favqr
a law compelling each county to besws|toJlre ol the school expense, and not al
a ojtunty to drayr mocefjfrbtii the than it pays into that fund.
!lfeLlike and in consequent!' of Increase in
'V— ■*]
per thousand inr : taxes is recorathendedV
not be touched upon as predicted, as
1 o*tißie4’s, Information frojntfcW McTKlWian of Tennessee,
Land McSweiky of South Carolina, Is toP® off dot that the worklngrJsf that sys
'tetnA|t states is buidetpaff^Kmtjjnjuat to the people. ' v - x
’■'C-r 'iit. v, t ii ,tjr ''Xy•Nmk*i^tion.'
‘ the State E l l Uca tl?> u tioiS orcVhow ntobe in extremely prosper
qus co|i%fftsh, £ l p* - *< '
IN-CLUEBT LNCREASINq,. *
loterest the nvivhl, servihss at
thg Firi.t Methodist church is increas
ing an Abe outlook favors a large;
meeting. ’ The pubiio io general is
anxiously waiting for the coming of
Rev M. C. Austin, who will arrive in
a few days. No man ever made a com
plete obange in life than did Mr. Aus
tin, and be is now looked upon as a
man of great preaohiog power. Ser
vices every day 7:30
' NEARING COMPLETION.
The handsome new tug “Raymond,”]
Messrs. W. M. Topper A Cos. owners, j
is nearing completion, and withio a
short time now will be towing on the
river. Builder llutler is one of the
best at his trade In the country, as the
lines of this pretty boat will show.
The "Raymond” promises to exceed
all expectations.
SULTAN ALARMED.
Constantinople, Oot. 23 —The Sultan
is alarmed over the intention of the
piwers to proclaim independence in
Crete, and will send a Beet there to
resist such action.
THE UNITED STATES MONITOR MONTERY
HAD A NARROW ESCAPE LAST SONDAY
VIE UOKfIMT'
Hook Kong, Oct. 23—The United
State* monitor Monterey had a very
narrow escape from total destruction
T!iß Ailaaif. Dept Question
niuiiM. ~J
-X St* if
fwsififilil
’*T, * * s \. I
. $ \ ' '.;V. *’ ! v
,N<* County Must Draw More
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From the State, Than
It Pays In.
MIUS WILKIN’S NEW NOVEL.
Mary E. Wilkins has jiril finished a
new novel, whioh has been secured by
.The Ladies’ TJbm e Journal, The so
yktal life of a small town is her theme.
Sha reveals its romances, its humors,
andita tragedies with that charming
characterizes the writ
ings of tfifs popular novel Lt.
COIUMBU& STREET FAIR.
Th* R.flemen are preparing for a
great time at tba Columbus street fair,
wtioh begins next Monday. In a
write-up of this great event, the Cd
lumbus Enqiiirag-juu prlqts an excel
lent picture of Capf. Frink Duhn,
ibis city.
WOULD NOT ACCEPT
Berlin, Oot. 23, —Prince Bismarck
declined to aooept the seoretary of
state for foreign affairs. Von Bueiow’s
former place.
AMERICA GOT IT.
Conitantlnople, Oot, 23 Contraot
for the looomotivea for the New Ara
bian liillway has been awarded to an
American firm.
by fire Sunday, and only the heroic
work of the crew eared the vessel.
The fire started in a grate room un
der a magazine and it looked for a
time as if the monitor would be de
stroyed, notwithstanding the work ot
the men on board .
Five men were overcome by the in
tense beat, but no deaths resulted.
GROVER CONDESCENDS
TO MAKE A STATEMENT
(The Ex-President Says He Is Not for
ggvJgcKinley and Republicanism.
BKIffAN AT THE CAPI' OL
Said the Presidency Was Not His
Highest Ambition.
Washington, Oct. 23.—Hon. Wns. J.
Bryan spent an hour and a quarter at
the national cspitol today. His train
arrived over tha Chesapeake and Ohio
railway from Weßt Virginia at 8 o’clock
this morning, an hour late. About
1,000 people were waiting for him at
the depot. As the train pulled in amid
the cheers of the waiting crowd ex-
Judge Wm. M. Springer, former chair
man of the house oommittee on ways
and means, met Mr, Bryau. The two
then passed down through the depot,
followed by a large and enthusiastic
crowd, and gradually woraed their
-gpp
way tp the entrance. Here an auto
,mobile was waiting and they were
taken to the residence of Judge Sprin-
ger for Colonel,isaao Hilj.
democratic "whip” of the bouse of
wa -Gi. op
gUest.yl few' ihain fore 9 o’oilM
Mr; Bryan was driven to tbs ll|4|
more and Ohio depot, where he mad®
a brief' speeoh from the automobile.
Be spoke on ititperialism aud civil
service. A large assemblage of peo
ple was massed about the depot., Mr.
Bryan said:
"Occasional! 1 heir it suggested that
persons engaged in civil service Who
Xk,
oppose Imperialism will vo o the re
publican ticket for fear of losing their
potions wTO* Cer
tainly there are not many who would
prefer Government aiqjloytnenl under
an dmolrc to whatever Hifit - might at
v ■ yr
tend their employment under a re
•P> ■ *
public. " -
"t As not much admire that clviJ serv
vice which is suspended when the
prealffont is inaugurated until he can
fi'l the offices with his friends and Yfc
extended by the president who Is
about to retire in order that he may
prbo *
“1 believe a system ot civil, service
might be devied wherein the appoint
ments would ba made npon .merit and
wherein the appointees would hold
for a fixed term and not be depend
ent upon th will of an appointing offi
cer.
Mr. Bryau closed with the statement
that It was not his highest ambition to
be president, “But to make this gov
ernment so good that to be a private
cit xen in this republic will be a
greater honor than to be king in any
.Other nation,”
IN THE CATSKILLS.
Kingston, X, Y., Oof. 23.—Despite
the s'rain of the speeches made yester
day Oovernor lloosevelt found bis I
throat lu excellent condition this
morning, 'it was 9 o’oiook when the
drain pulled out aod started up the
Catskili mountains. Fifteen speeches
were rnadeby the candidate today.
PRICE FEYE CENTS.
GOLD WING HAY
ALL COME OYER
Clmlai Does Hot Say He
lYill Yolo for Bryan
Ht IS LONG BEEN SIEENI
For ihe Past Four Years the Ex-
President Has Taken No
Hand in Politics of
Any Kind.
New York, Oot. 24,-In a statement
this afternoon, former president of
States, Grover Cleveland,
would not support William
! but he did
vote for Bryan.
New~\'ork e uted at
the statement, and believe that it will
he the oause of carrying a number of
doubtful States.
For the past four years Mr. Cleve
land has boen silent on political ques
tions unCil a few days ago, when he
stated that he felt as he did in ’96. As
it is a well known faot that the ex
president was at that time opposed to
the Unsocial views of Mr. Bryan, it
was taken for granted that he would
favorable to the cause of
demcoraoy.*
The eijtire sound money wing of the
democratic party are former Cleve
land advocates, and it is true that a
number have signitlad their intention
of supporting Bryan and Stevenson.
The majority would have voted the re
publican ticket had not Mr. Cleveland
made the statement today.
HE El Of I SHE
IS SOI NEAR AT HAND
Hazleton, P*., Oct. 23.—Around the
national headquarters of the United
Mine Workers today tbe belief is
unanimous that the end of tbe strike
will oome in a very short tim*. Pres
ident Mitchell has set no date, how
ever, for calling off tbe strike.
Thomas Nioholle, district president
of tbe United Mine Workers at Scran
ton*today admitted that tbe end of the
strike it near. A meeting of all dis
trict and national officers has been
called for tomorrow, he said, when
positive action will probably be taken.
TO INVEST HERE,
Paris, Oct. 23—King Leopold will
invest money in Colarado mines.
