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The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1905-01-28
MAN ARRESTERP1
\ ON CHARGE-OF -
Contractor Fort Now Say ~ .sss!
on Union Street were Burn -
by A. G. Strickland

Two in jail under warsauts chasg.
il g them with arson one witness be
ing held and cne or two others under
suspicion is the result of the fire early
Monday morning when two houses in
course Of construction on Union street
we're burned the fire no doubt having
teen the work Of an incendiary.
J. S. Fort, the contractor waq has
been on trial since vs. - hcforr
Justice Fahm yesterday mace
ncnt to iailer Lowe and ohcers Cos
and Sa5 which led to the arrest OF A
L. StrieklaSd well knoNn Young
white man of the city
Fort called Jailer Lowe to his cell
Thursday night and stated that he de
sired to tell ne truth about the whole
natter and accused Strickland of the
oftense. Yesterday morning he related
tie same story to Detective Sam Coins
and Constable s. D. Lamb
Fort says that the two houses were
5urncd by Strickland. His statement
SO the iaier and the officers .is about
as follows
The two houses were burned by
Strickland who formerly worked with
me know that to be a fact He car
ried hve galllas Of kerosene oil to the
houses late Saturday night and set the
houses on fire early Monday morning
fhere Is another man implicated also
cut / win never tell who he is
tfron this statement a warrant was
s~ ~orn ont against Strickland and he
os arrested and placed In jail by
officer lamb about noon yesterday
When seen by a News reporter at the
,ail about an hour later Strickland
1ade he following statement:
i was surprised when Lamb came
e. arrest me In fact when he display,
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'Ssss5ifE9, Season Promises
to>the Best in Trade,
in Years 60
IMPORTANT ChANGE>5COs, |
ssaz
Consultations of interest That viii
Maintain Prlces-Larse Land Pur.
ehases now Being Made are
Very Significant.

The lumber business, according to
the local members of the trade, contm,
lies to improve both as to derand ana
hices, and tha year so far gives prom
lSe OF fulfilling the cartier outlook OF
teing one Of the most prosperss
since the last high water
some five or six years ago.
MIR Wm B. Sdllwell. well
ofably known throughout Florida
Georgia and whose long connection
with the business makes his opinion
most valuable. believes that il is now
hut question Of few years when,
through the consolidation or merging
oi large mill interests. the business
viii be put on footing that will quar-
antee stability of prices and basis
level that wiz make impossible such
a depression in the trade as occurred
last spring and summer 1t has been
the history Of the trade says Mr.. still
well in The Savannah News that SO
soon as the business gets In good
shape new mills Of small capacity and
limited capital enter the field Increase
The output and curtail prices only to
be themselves wiped out when the nat
ural results follow and the prices sag
e level that makes 1t possible only
Tor the large concerns 10 .manufac-
Of
Timber IN Strong Hands
The trend q the business recently.
he says, has been IN the direction OF
large mill owners securing large areas
ef timbered lends and tl43s. has been
So general and conducted Oh so large a
scale. that sona there win be but iso-
iated tracts that the small mill. or the
rev lumber manufacturer can secure
when these have been exhausted the
business win he in The hands OF men
who backed hy large capital and know
ng the value of stumpage VIII be able
to control the market ard keep the
business On the footing that Will make
It profitable.
Another change that it Is expected
will come about in the trade in a
short time In fact one that the South
IN lumber men are now working for
- that Of making the inspection at the
southern portl prior to shipping final.
The Georgia Interstate Sawmill AS
sociation Is now working toward that
end. When the proper organization
for this chango has been completed in
srection mad1 at Savannah. Brans-
wick, FernapGina ana Jacksonville
Nill be final
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1905-01-28
GRANTED RESPITE.
TWO Weeks More Of Life for Con.
demred Murderer.

TWO Weeks More Of Life for Con.
demHed Murderer.
Newman. Ga, Jan. 27.-Greely Phil
lirs. who was sentenced to be hanged
hers today was yesterday given a
respite Of two weeks by Governor Ter.
rell A large crowd will te here to-
morrow to witness the hanging ana
Thile some apprehension is felt It is
believed that the crowd will be orderly
Phillips shot and killed May Lassetter
a young married woman. at a neigh
borhood barDtcue last year without an.
pIoyocation. He now claims that he
was drunk. On the trial of the case
o., OF the witnesses testified. thas ne
was not drunk.
His attorneys carried his case 10
the supreme court and the Judgement
OF the lowe" court was sustained.
hen an appeal was made to the prls-
cn commission for q commutatlon OF
sentence to life Imprisonment which
appeal was denied by the prison com.
mission.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1905-01-28

Raleigh, ~ G.. Jan. 27.-Two years
ago the North Carolina legislature
chartered seven towns the largest OF
which only had rs population these
being known as distlllery towns be-
cause at each there was a distillery
the population being made up Of the
owners and their employees. The
chartering Of these distillery towns
caused as much feeling as almost any
thing which had occurred in recent
years and now the attack upon then
ras begun in earnest. A bill has beer
Introduced to repeal the charter Of one
AT Myrtle on the coast place whict
has not over rs population. The ngh
against the distllleries grows stronger
every day.
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When asked whether or not Fort
Tad ever mentioned anything to him
about the bwang the houses he stat
ed that he hal not.
Strickland is a wen known young
white man Of the city and enjoys G
good reputation He has served as q
mcmber of the fire department ana
t,ntil recently was impounding Off
Ger Of the city His friends are now
making an effort to get him out Of
jail on bond ana none OF their believe
re is guilty OF the serious charge un-
der which he is being held
The preliminary hearing in lie Fort
case was postponed yesterday on ac-
count Of the absence Of Judge Gale
no is representing the state in the
case TIE triel win proceed this morn
Ing and Fort viii make his statement
or the stand
This case is now attracting eonsid.
cradle interest in the cny aEj it Is
believed By the officers that two or
three are intoxicated N the burhius o.
the two houses,
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DIAMOND
Biggest Stone ever Discovered Found
Near Pretoria Yesterday--Is Val
ued at $4,000, 900 Uncut.

Johannesburg, Jan. 27.--Tbe largest
diamond ever discovered vas found TO.
day near Pretoria. The valuable
stone weight S.OS2 carats and is
thought to be worth four million dol.
I1rs uncut.
The stone Is twenty four times heav.
ier than KhoiI oor. 1t is three inches
lE diameter.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1905-01-28

Mobile. Ala Jan. 27.-The schooner
"Traida' preS iously reported spoken
80 miles off Swan island, with a cargo
OF cocoanuts, dismasted, has proven
to be the schooner Atrato Captain
Watt which called from Colon, Dec.
I, Tor Sau Bias coast thence to New
York with a cargo Of cocoanuts. She
II reported here to have arrived at
Porto Barrios in distress.
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Essen, Prussia Jan. 27.-The coal
p inc owners took a decision today
that probably will result in a settle
ment Of the strike. They determined
To inform the government that they
would accept any judgment a parlia
nentary commission might render af
ter an inquiry into the grievance Of
the miners an that the owners would
Immediately remove the grievance.
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Trustee Sale Today.

]. J. Llssne trustee Of the estate Of
3. Levlson, bankrupt, will dispose Of
the saloon on Bay street today at Il
o'clock. All Goods in the saloon, fix
lures, ETC., will Be knocked down tC
the highest and best bidder. II Is un
derstood that there will he several bi,
ders on the stock.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1905-01-28
ON CHARGE
OF KILLING UNCLE.

Birmingham. Ala, Jan. N.-Wil-
lam Eastis. the young man charged
with the murder of his uncle, James
Ellard. was discharged after a prelim-
lrary examination before Justice Of the
Peace Bonners. the state falling to
y AXE out a case against him.
1t Is probable that the grand Jury
will indict him and that he will be
again apprehended and tried.
The case has been very closely wrap
ped in mystery by some unknown
means.
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seruicee stLI in Prcqres.

The revival services at the Second
Advent Christian church will continue
over next Sunday Elder T. Butler
will preach at II a. IN and 730 p. m.
Els morning theme will be The Sec
end Coming Of Christ" The theme
for the evening will be The Thief
on the Cross Elder Butler will be
eiad to greet lis many friends Of this
clty at the services on SUNDAY
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WOMAN BURNS TO DEATH
FALLING IN FIRE PLACE

Birmingham, Ala, Jan. 27.-The
wife Of Emmett Powell. colored, was
burned to death at their home near
Gessemer yesterday. She had been i'll
tor some time and it is supposed that
she fell into an open fireplace and was
too weak to extricate herself,
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1905-01-28
OFFICER LEVlEs ON
CoLORED DRUG STORE.
Papers Sworn Que by Mamie c. Buges
CoIored.

Papers were issued from Justice
aInbrights court yesterday against
John w. Euggs and C. W. Smith pro.
trietols Of the Peoples Dfrg store.
The papers were sworn ont in favor
Of Mamie c. Huggs. colored An Off.
Ger Of The court Is now in charge Of
the drug store.
It win be remembered that a few
weeks nso the proprietors Of this store
,losed TO business owing to the fact
that there was not a licensed pharma-
cist connected with the drug store.
The stock ami all was left intact and
the colored physicians ontinued to
rake their headquarters there The
stock will probably be sold later If
the case Is not settled.
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HANGS HusELF WITH SHEET.
yohn chenau't Commits Suicide In a
Iall Cell.

Knoxville Tenn, Jan. 27.-Joha
Chenault. Of Chattanooga, committed
suicide in his cell in the Knox county
Jail last night hy hanging himself with
sheet. chenault was arrested Mon
day night on the charge Of drunken
ness and he received work house sen
tence. 1t is believed that remorse
over this affoir caused him to take
his own life lie came here Sunday
70 attend the funeral Of Edward Hicks
v no was ldlle1 Saturday by Clarence
Llllard.
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Nashville Tom Jan. 27.-Nashville
{ chattanooga and st. Louis passenger
t. ain No. g. from Nashville to Chatta-
nooga was in collision with a freight
at Tullahoma Tenn, seventy miles
south Of here. The engineer IS miss
ing. Several passenger are reported
injured.
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Mukdgn Mutiny Denied.

ST. Petersburg. Jan. 27.--Thc war
cfice denies The report first circulated
by a Paris paper and reproduced today
iy the London Globe to the effeci that
. munity recently broke out cnong
the Russian troops at MulSdeD b h,ause
o. the priyations they had been tore
ed to endure.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1905-01-28
WILL OPEN BIDS TO-DAY.
Final Decision to be Reached Regard
ina Tabernacle.

indi Decislon 10 Do HedSheo HS9aIu
ina Tabernacle.
This is the day advertised for the
opening Of BIDS for the tabernacle
building. about which SO much has
.keen said and written during the past
ssociation has been advertis-
Dbids for the past several days
they will be opened this after
'fcon. While it is not known whether
Or not any bi Is have been made, 1t is
understood that one or two people
in the city are desirous of securing
she building not to remove it, however,
a. provided for by the advertisement
tor bids. but to keep it standing and
10 be used for different meetings, etc
It is epected that something definite
will be known after the bids are open
ed today.
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SCHOOL eUlLDINe DESTROYED.
hampton institute Was Burned Yea
teroay Morn.Nq

Hampton Jan 27-Abolt 8 o'clock
this morning the Hampton school
building caught FIRE and was totally de-
royed. The children all escaTGl with
1T injury. s'ything was saved ex-
cept the piano and about half dozen
desks. The loss will be about $4,000
with $4,000 Insurance. A neat build
irg will be put up at once.
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u. 3. Madid,
president srk sulture Leavgue Q
NEGRO WOMAN IN JAIL;
PUTS UP AWFUL YELL
Kept the Other Inmates Nervous Dur
nIq Day and Night.

MIG Day and Night.
Fannie Williams q negro woman
vas given a preliminary hearing be-
fore Justice Lambright yesterday
morning on the charge Of larceny She
was bound over to the city court her
bond being fixed at $50
The woman was unable to give the
required bond and was placed in jail.
She put up an awful cry during the
entire day and night The woman
seemed almost prostrated at the idea
OF being confined In Jail and yelled
10 everyone she could see passing the
,ail 10 come and assist her.
The woman was arrested for steal
ing dresses from another negro wo
nan.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1905-01-28
CITY CAN CONTROL
SPEAKING ON STREETS
has Right to Say who Shall be Its
Spcilbincers.

has a Right to Say who Shall be Its
SpciIbincers.
Atlanta Jan. 27.-Every city in the
state has the right to say who shall
and who shall not be allowed to speak
on its streets according to a decision
Of the supreme court today.
]. L. Fits socialist, spoke on the
streets Of Atlanta after having been
refused permit py the mayor and
vas fined. Fits carried the case to
tie superior court and, beaten there
to the supreme court The supreme
court holds that a city ordinance re-
quiriHg a pc Diit before Il person can
speak on the city streets is not in vio-
lation of constitutional rights of free
speech
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Only a Few Present.

Thar were rot more thb twenty.
i've ooFle present last night to see
Or Jely and Mr. Hyde" presented at
the Grand Tie few present however.
seemed to enjoy the production.
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COLD CAUSES SUSPENSION.
ouarrIes and Mills at Marble HnI are
Frozen Out.

Marble Hill. Ca. Jan. 27.-The cold.
est weather OF the season is now being
experienced. The thermometer took
tumble from so degrees last night TO
q this morning. All the qlar.ios aid
mills has SUSPENDED work on account
OF the cold but no damage has yet
been reported,
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Toronto Jan. 27.--Revised turns
received from yesterdays ccction
show that the conservatives electea
seventy one members Of the D. fincial
legislature and the liberals Frty-two.
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AnstrIan Steamer captured.

Toxic Jan. 27.-The Japanese seized
the Austrian steamer Berma of Hok-
kaixo island at 3 o'clock last night, she
having a cargo Of 1000 tons OF Car
diff coal on board and was bound for
Vladiyostok.
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That is the Amount Recon-
mended by River and
Harbor Committee
BRANILEY'S GOOD WORK
Congressman Succeeds in Getting GOV
ernment Is Spend the $4,000
which was Appropriated Some
Time Ago but not Used

The Georgia items in the rivers .anc
farbors bill have been reported from
the house committee and thi port re
go only the small amount Of SO.
ot0 but an appropriation of $3000C
made several years ago has been in
cluded.
The following special story concern
slg the Georgia items appeared in the
atlanta Constitution Yesterday
The Georgia items in rivers and har
iors arproriation bill as reported from
the house committee are as follows:
Savannah. $4,000 cash appropria
ton $21o000 expenditure authorized IN
der continuing contract
Brunswick harhor $4,000 snd also
division OF $50 000 nov on hand.
Cumberland sound. Georgia and Flor
lea. $4,000
Savannah ;ver. sl2.O00 Of when
$4,000 is for use about AID $40 600 be
low Augusta
Altamaha river. $4,000
Oconee. so coo.
Ocmulgee. 10000
Inside waterways between Savannah
ard FernandIna $4,000
SkidaNay Nsrrows. $4,000
Flint river .s2O,0O0
Chattahoochee river below Colum
nus $4,000.
Coosa river Georgia and Alabama
$4,000
The $4,000 referred to above is pro
tably the unused appropriation dis
covered by e. r.. Conant. IN charge u
Tie engineers off@a in this city
Il viii be remembered that several
months ago Mr Conant, H. l3olura
over the appropriation for this port
found that there remained to our cred.
Il portion of an appropriation
amounting to 10000 In some way
this Appropriation was lost tra2h 81
aud was neye used
Congressman Brantiey's attention
was called to the fact ana he brought
ii up before the rivers and harbors
committee. with the result that tho
committee has recommended that this
port be given he amount
The $4,000 appropriated is for the
continuing Of work on the inRer har
bor. Snm~
1t will be noted In the above budget
q appropriations that Cumberland
sound comes in for $4,000 while hte
Altamaha river gets $4,000.
Victory For Rrantley.
According 10 a special in the AT
lanta journal sent by Nilt Saul, that
rapers regular Washington correspon
Dent Congress. man Brantley scored 2
victory in securing the forty thousand
for this port. He also endeavored tc
get an appropriation for a survey ol
the channel and for opening the
inside water way from the Altamaha
rser The article in the Jaurnai
says:
Brunswick gets forty thousand DOL
lars for continuing the work Of dredg
ing the bar Representative Brantley
scored distinct victory in securing
this sum since the chief engineer OF
tie war department recommended on
y fifteen thousand
Brunswick also desired new sur
vey for deepening the channel but the
project IVES not allowed The appro
priation for opening an inside water
route between the Altamaha river and
Brunswick is not allowed though il
vas expected on account OF the survey
and favorable reports which have beer
made"
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1905-01-28

Montpelier Vt. Jan. 27-For the
itst time in twenty years a woman is
t. die on the gallows in the State OF
Vermont The eyes Of all New Eng
,Rnd are upon Mrs. Mary A. Rogers
ss..aJ but few. executions Of women have
eter taken place in the New England
states.
The fight ii life OF Mary Rog.
ers has beene 5n for n wear and a
ne chance tltssvsys.
kebzrua date set for the ex.
scene of the hanging
s he the old Vermont state prison
Windsor
enam9htai 10 q
hanging has recently cad over
the United states ana goy Bell of
Vermont has been receiyiug an aver
age of Atty letters a day asking him to
interfere and TO save the state the dis
grace Of hanging woman" But Gov
bell is firm in his refusal to Interfere
and just a few days ago he stated pos.
itiyely That there was nothing which
could come up to prevent the hanging.
But there is none or this sympathy
for Mrs. Rogers In the state of Yer.
mont, From one end to The other there
is a universal cry for vengeance, and
had the question Of her lite been sub.
mitted TO vote in the state 1t would
Lave been defeated by an overwhelm-
ing majority che women Of Vermont
practically banded together to insist
that no mercy be shown Mrs. Rogers
and when her case came before the
legislature 50 etrong was the power Of
the woman's influence that the mem
hers Of the legislature did not dare
10 commute her sentence.
Her Horrible Crime.
Mrs Rogers crime was the murder
OF her husband Marcus Rogers at Ben-
njn2ton, VI, August 81. 1909. This
was not the first attempt that hnd
been made on the husbands life. Mrs.
Rogers was lrarried at the age Of 16
and tired Of Ter husband some three
years after her marriage At the time
Of the murder she was living apart
from Rogers For some time her
name had been connected with that Of
L man in Bennington. 1t was said
that she wanted to marry him and
brooded over the fact that her hus-
Dand was bar to the marriags. She
also wanted 500 insurance which Rog
ers carried
On August 30. 1908 Mrs Rogers then
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WILL COST JUST $4,000
TO TRY JUDGE sWAYNE
impeachment Of a Member of the Ju-
diciar,, Comes Hiuh.


Washington, Jan. 27.-The house
today adopted joint resolution ap-
rropriating $4,000 to defray the ex-
enses Of the senate in conducting the
t. ial Of Judge Charles Swayne.
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SILK IN PLACE or COTTON.
st. Louis Maqid Suggests in Messaee
to Jordan at New Orleans.

st. Louis Maqid Suggests in Message
to Jordan at New orleans,
That farmeca should stop cultivating
cotton and 90 in for silk is the suges-
ton made by Louis b Magid Of Tai
lulah Falls Mr. Magid is president
OF the Silk Culture of America and is
himself Interested in the silk growing
Industry.
On yesterday he sent o telegram to
Chairman Harvfe Jordan Of the cotton
conference now In progress in New
Orleans asking him to call attention
Of the delegates to the suggestion he
makes. His telegram read as follows:
Hon. Harvie Jordan Pray let the
convention consider silk raising as a
diversifcation for southern farmers.
Climatic conditions in all southern
states are excellent for silk culture
The sum Of 800. 600 900 is what Amer
ca pays annually to foreign countries
for raw silk, This money should stay
at home
Al. 3. Madid,
president srk Sulture LeaUgue Of
America
Mr. Magid is enthusiastic over the
matter and firmly believes that silk
culture in the southern states is the
most practical as well as the most
profitable solution Of the question nov
confronting the cotton growers in this
territory. He hopes that the interest
OF the New Orleans delegates Will be
aroused.
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The Weather.

Forecast for today in Georgia: Fail
Pnd warmer,
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ed the warrant thought hy was mere
l. joking, as something had been said
70 me before about burning in a lo3-
ins manner. do not know anything
w-hntevers ahnI. the FIRE. think this