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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-05-14
THE INvEN,

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there are few NNlV
strongly to the j III Mil
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reFhln' When a
which started tbe
dustries that now slNNs
lions Of dollars Of
livelihood to thousa oP0''
inventors who h
tunes for others, n
substantial reward ms T
he is still living ii M
near nearly, happy and
soon. will celebpa5 .,sc
birthday anniversa1 vn me
rate the occasion j fn0'Sc =,
an anu dyes, he / f'f = :
with his portrait in :
bust is to be ma
Chemical Society al
established, to be ind
research fund, for Nav 3
chemical research. ZrOted
famous scientific j .me,
have taken the matt9 ! )
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and wished his son j tn
but the lad wanted b Dn ye
istry, and, fortunate erati
him have his own VA hibit
years old he entered ging
of Chemistry, and N ion
head way there that itiol
he was appointed al at 5
fessor Hoffman, who as
the college. One dav II
suggested to him thai P\ss
deavor to produce am(
cial means. He failed Ire
ments led him to treat d
line, a product reguItD ii
tillation of coal tar er
ash bichromate, and M hi
the dye stuff called m,
For many years afsI Ior
mauve pervaded the Ri ID
lied womanhood, and uI
of lilac and heHotrOpe /,
nizable among the lated
the print works and md
still the favorite color i
andria. But its chief H
ton is that it was ID
long series Of coal tar
than a hundred in mum
ing the hues of the n
have utterly revolutions
trade. DR.. Perkin patel
cess, and with his fathe1
established works near n
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-05-14

Court holds former board of d.
rectors of Equitable Life Assurance
society must stand trial for alleged
extravagances.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-05-14

Washington, May 8.-The senate
devoted its entire session to an in
effectual consideration of the Elkins
amendment prohibiting common car
riers from engaging in mining coal or
in the production of other commod-
tiles in competition with shippers,
and adjourned in a state of confusion
as to the exact subject before it. The
disorder was due to the fact that a
number of substitutes for amend
ments to the original amendment
were offered. 1t refused by a vote of
% to 40 to lay the Elkins provision
on the table.
The house devoted the day to the
naval appropriation bill Several
topics incident to the measure were
discussed including the difficulty of
obtaining enlisted men In the navy.
the location of naval training
station on the great lakes, the cost
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-05-14
LIGHTNING STRIKES CHURCH.

SteepIe Burned as Result OF EIectri-
cal Storm.
Ann Arbor, Mich, May "a tor
nado accompanied by an electrical
storm did $4,000 damage here yester-
day. The Methodist church steeple
was struck by lightning and burned
nearly to the roof of the church.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-05-14

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The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-17
A., B. { 4. Contractors
Bound Over to j. 5.
Court
ON GRAVE PE0NAGE CHARGE
1t is Not Believed That This Emer.
gency VIII in Any Wise Effect
Construction Work Now in
Progress on the Road.

Columbus, Ga, Aug ia. X. Cam,
bell. A. l.. Bradshaw and w. G. Mat
thews were today bound over in the
sum of $1,000 each by United States
Commissioner Brown on the charge
Of peOnage. These men are superin
tendent, general foreman and commis-
sary of the anta-Birmingham Con
strutcion Company, contractors OF the
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
The charge was preferred by A. j. Hoyt
special agent of the government. j..
A. llason and f. ID. McElroy, who were
also Oh trial, were discharged.
Complaint was made by pumber
of laborers who We're brought from
New York and they allege that they
were unlawfully detained by threats
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-17
FARMERS MEET.
They Will Gather in Atlanta in Octo-
ber From All Section of the
United States.

Glynn county farmers will be inter
ested in the following dispatch sent
out from Atlanta yesterday:
The farmers union will have Il
national day at the state fair. Friday,
October 10.
President Duckworth. the national
president, was at fair headquarters
this week and arranged for a great
rally of the order.
There will be a state mass meeting
in Atlanta on Thursday and the fol-
lowing day rally will be held at
Piedmont park and every member III
the United States will be invited
THE organization has about 400.
600 members, most OF them in the
south and southwest. Georgia has
10000 members
Coionel W. r. Spann, of Dallas, Tex
as, has agreed to judge the jersey at
tie at the fair. Col. Spann was one
of the jersey judges at the st. Louis
exposition.
HE is noted breeder and an au-
thority on cattle"
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-17
IN SESSION
Grand Army Men Have Settled Down
to Business and Are Holding
interesting Session.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Aug. 1.-THE
national encampment of the grand ar
my Of the republic held it's first busi-
ness session in the auditorium ibis
forenoon. There was a full atten-
dance and mapderinChief IAN
ner delivered his annual address. The
session lasted through the afternoon
and will continue until tomorrow at
which time officers for the ensuing
year will be elected.
Three candidates are prominent in
the race IOr the office of commander
in-chief, Brown, of Ohio, Burton OF
Nevada and Corey Of Kansas, and it
is expected that it will be one OF
the warmest in the history of the
organization. The friends of the res
pective candidates are doing all in
their power for the election OF their
fayorites and tue race is warm one
III every sense of The word.
The woman's relief corps is also in
session here.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-17
EAGLES FLYING
Grand Aerie in Milwaukee Shows the
Order to be Among the
Very Strongest.

Milwaukee, Aug. 1G.--Grand Worthy
President IT. D. Davis, of the Frater.
nal Order of Eagles, reports to the
grand session of the order whicn is in
session here, another year of rand
growth In membership ana general
strength Of the fraternity, the in.
crease in membership being $4,000,
making total membership Of 250.-
600 at the end of the orders eighth
year. He calls particular attention
10 the work of the order in San Fran
cisco, saying; II am proud that we
were the first of the fraternal orders
10 offer aid to the impoverished and
homeless, and | am pron1 that we do
mated to the cause more money than
any similar body; yet | take more
satisfaction and find more pleasure
in the tact that the donation made
and the help extended came with 4
Willingness showed the big heart OF
the order. 1t was fitting that
Mother Aeric No. /, Seattle, Washing,
ton. should lead the list with The lar
gcst contribution-$3,55 $50, The total
San Francisco relief fund was 100000.
Among his recommendations are
the following:
I'VE have grown so large that there
is urgent need for the formation of
state aeries that il NAV not be 80
necessary for the grand officers to
keep in such close touch with the
smaller acries. With >ho rcorganiza.
ton 0f the field forces '.h,ng this
line, the grand president, by visits
TO the state aeIies can ascertain the
condition of the whole state, while
frequent reports Of the state officers
in command would afford the great
president minute details OF the need
of each locality In connection with
the recommendation for state aeries
it is not amiss 10 mention the fact
that there is urgent need for either a
corps Of grand physicians or state
physi fans
During the year the way has open.
ed up for the advance Of our work
into Canada, ana Within a short time
we should spread orr bencVcloncc
to the people Of three provinces. For
some years we have been baffled in
our efforts to enter the Dominion. be
cause Of their peculiar lws but the
gay has at last been ouened and th'
lfttU~e there seems bright"
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-17
NEW TRIAL
REFUSED
Jndge Parker rms
Deaf Ear i'm Hood
enpyIe Case
1t Has Been on the Docket for Many
Years and Now Goes to the
Supreme Court.

AT chambers session of the Glynn
superior court. held at st. Simon yes
terday. judge T. A. Parker overruled
the motion of the B. & B. railroad
for new trial in the case of J. NJ
HOddenpyle against the company, suit
tor damages, which was trtd at the
last session of the superior court ana
resulted in a verdict against the de
fendant company for $4,000 Alto
neys Symmes, Harris and Dart ap
peared for Mr. Hoddenpyle while f.
e. Twitty and }, d. Sparks, former
attorneys for the old b & B., repre-.
eented the company.
The cause of the action, it will be
remembered, is based upon the fact
that a few years ago r. & B train
at one of the crossings in the city, ran
into wagon which was being driven
by Mr.. HCcdenpyle inficting serious
injuries.
The case has been In the court for
a long time and it is now understood
will be appealed to the supreme courl
tor final ruling.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-17
SNAP SHOTS AT LOCAL EVENTS
Batch of Interesting Items Gathered
for News Readers.


Local fishermen are having all
kinds of sport right about now as
members of the finny tribe are biting
like dogs"
Nearly all the cottagers at St 81
mon will remove up during the neXt
two wekes but some few will remain
remain during the month of Septem.
ber.
There is quite a lot of activity in
local real estate circles at present and
number Of sales have been made
during the past few days.
One or two bets were made on the
gubernatorial campaign here yeste"-
day. 1t was, as il is politically, Hoke
Smith against the field, with money
even. Another bet was three to one
that Mr. Smith would carry this coml-
ty.
A new dry good store is opening
in the building next to the bakery on
the corner of Newcastle and Mnpll
streets.
A large number are looking for-
ward to the next excursion of the
vets to Fernandina, with a great deaI
of pleasure and it is safe to say that
it will be even more successful than
the one given some time ago.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-17
Local Uniform Rank Flour
ing on New Orleans
Encampment
DIVISION IS A GOOD ONE
The Command is Anxious to Make
the Trip and Will Consider
Same at the Next Meeting
to be Held.

Oglcthorpc company, No. 4, Uni
form rank. Knights of Pythias, is ser.
ious'y considering the advisabilty OF
attending the national encampment Oh
the order which is to be held in New
Orleans on October Is.
Tho command IS in pretty good
shape and was thoroughly reorganized
a few months ago and has among its
officers and members some of the
most representative citizens of Bruins.
wick
About 1900 members. of the uni
form rank accompany the supreme
lodge on its biennial trips. This year
the attendance Of the soldier branch
OF the order will not be up to { he us.
ual for the reason that the supreme
lodge, in louisville, two years ago
chose an extreme point. The supreme
lodge representatives and officers re.
ceive mileage ana per diem, and there.
fore are not personally affected by the
distance, except, perhaps, to profit
by the greater distance, while the UNI
form rank members have to so down
in their pockets and pay the freight.
This branch of the order, led by
the late General Carnahan, of Cali,
fornia, made hard fight at the last
convention for a more central point
for this years meeting, so that more
of the uniformed Knights might have
the privilege of attending but the ex.
travagant promises made by New Or
leans committee was too tempting
to resist
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-17
Bold Work of Crook Un-
der Name of 6. H.
Edwards
ALDERMAN NEWMAN CAUGHT
Gay Young Man Tenders a Check for
$40, Using Name of A. Rothsch-
lid, Which Proved to be
A Forgery.

Ii your name is G.. Fl. Edwards an1
you have been going the rounds gen
orally having IA good time and finally
forging a check, then they are after
YOU" A day or two ago a pretty wen
dressed chap sauntered into the bar 0I
Capt. T. Newman, on Bay street, pur-
chased two or three cold bottles ana
rendered a check in the sum of $11
signed by A. RCthschilds, the well
known Newcastle street jeweler
Captain Newman very good nature1
iy cashed the check giving TO Ed
wards the remainder of the change
lie thought nothing more of the mat
ter dntil he went to make his deposit
yesterday. He does business with tho
Brunswick Bank and Trust Company
and the check was included in his
deposit slip and was credited by that
bank The check was dawn on the
National however, and when it reach
ed that bank during the regular clear
ance for the day the argus eye of Tel
ler L. w, Baker saw that something
WAS wrong. In tie first place the
name was not corre1 tly spelled and
the handwriting, though pretty gool
imitation. was off considerably. Mr..
Baker therefore pronounced it u for
gerry and refused to pay it. Mr. Roth.
schilds says he has never heard ot
c. II. Edwards and of course says the
check was forged The officers were
notified and spert all day yesterday
trying to locate the man. Capt. New
man could not give very good des
cription of him and up to last night
he managed to dodge the officers.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-17
MACON IS
WORKING
Central City Folk i'm
Earnest About the
Boat Line
Local Capitalists Propose to oroanize
a Strong Company to Start
the Move.

With reference to the new line %
steamers now being organized in Ma.
con to play between that city and
Brunswick. the Telegraph of yester-
days said:
"A conference was held yesterday
afternoon among the promoters OF
the proposed line of steamers that will
be put on between Macon and Bruins
wick, and plans for the early inaug-
uration of the line was dis eussed.
The local men interested in the en-
terprise> state that the work will be
pushed to completion as rapidly as
possible.
"The Nan Elizabeth has served her
purpose, they state, and the line of
boats. that was the object OF the
contract with the owners of the Nan
Elizabeth. in proving that the Ocmul.
gee is navigahe will be put ON,
THE contract with the owners OF
the Macon boat will expire September
l and it is the wish of the promo
ters to put on the line and have the
boats in good working order by that
time"
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-17
THEPOL|T|C|ANS
EstiIl and Smith Men Are Workina
Hard.

During the next few days the poll
ticians of Glypn county will be busy
working for their respective candida.
tes in the gubernatorial fight and It
IS safe to assume that some good work
will be done.
AS is a well known fact, the fight
here Is between Hoke Smith and Es-
till. with chances in favor of the for.
mer by quite safe majority. Estil
money has been flourishing around for
the past few days, not however in an
unlawful way, but to pay for litera-
ture favorable to the Savannah can
didate. articles in the papers, extra
papers, etc Only few nights ago
several thousands papers containing
Brantley's speech were printed ana
OF course the Estill committee pai |
for 1t because hl3 name works mighty
well at the business end of a check
and check. it Is understood, has
been sent
There is no doubt of the fact that
Hoke Smith has been gaining since
the Estil rally at the opera house.
only few people knew that the
Savannah candidate had endorsed 4
negro for collector of customs against
Hon. Henry T. Dunn and the worst
of the matter is that the negro got
the appointment Col. Eslil after.
wards refused to endorse the same ne
gro for the same position in Savan-
nah-good enough for Brunswick but
not good enough for Savannah, ana
that's the way we would get it in
the neck should the man from Saw
annah (where he made all his mon
ey) get into the gubernatoria chair,
And then thai state road matter, 1t
should he extended to BOTH SAVAN-
NAH and BRUNSWICK Wen! Wny
not include Darien. st Marys, Fancy
Bluff. etc. in the statement Of what
he would do. Give all the ports a
chance--take the road to every place
liftL UdB II llNtI lllo argument 10 Just
as sensible as EstilPs statement that
should the state road be extended
he would favor both Savannah ana
Brunswick.
He loves south Georgia, dear oId
south GeOrgia-but he did not love IL
enough to support Judge Spencer X.
Atkinson. Brunswickian.
He says he ohered to support Brant-
ley for the governorshlp--mus have
known that Brantley ABSOLUTELY
would not enter the race.
1t anything to beat Smith. Car.
blame them they know their joD5 aie
in serlod5 daheer with real man
in the g'thcrEAtorial chair and that's
what Hoke Smith is
Still Another Voter
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-17
WAS CRAZY
Engineer Loses His Mind and Comes
Near Causing an Awful Trag-
edy at Sea.

Newport News Alas 16-,Elaving
been without coal for five days, the
British steamer Craigearn, Captain Ed
wards. bound from Daiqulra. Cuba, foI
Baltimore, with a cargo of iron ore
put in this port in distress yesterday
Just before the steamer left Cuba an
explosion occurred in the engine room
IN which the chief engineer received
injuries which unbalanced his nina
and instead of loading 280 tons of
bunker coal on his steamer as ordered
the engineer took only eight tons on
board.
Tho steamer was well on her Jour
ncy before Captain Edwards discoy
cred that his engineer ~as demented
and he then put the second engineer
in charge Of the engine room. Upon
assuming charge that Official dlscov.
cred that practically all of the Goa
in the ships bunkers had been con
Gumed.
When the Cralgearn arrived here al
OF the wood aboard her had been use
up for fuel. She is now loading coal
here and will continue to Baltimore
tomorrow.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-17
B. R.L.COMPANY
BACKS DOWN
The Transit Situation in
New York is Re-
Iieved
REBATES ARE To Be ISSUED
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit company
Decides to Issue Rebate Checks
Pending the Action of the
Matter in the Courts. r

New YORK, Aug, 16.-1'he Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company has finally
hsreed TO give rebate checks giving
tickets for one fare which it agrees
10 repay in the event the court of
appeals decides against the COMPANY
In the fight it is making for two fares
to Coney island. This will have the
erect OF relieving the situation which
mas become serious day by day
Driven by desperation and brutality
they mad witnessed on the part of
Brooklyn Rapid Transit EMPLOYEES.
and enraged when they were held up
up at Remington station because thew
mad refused to pay two fares on their
return to Brooklyn from Coney islant
$50 mon attacked General Superinten,
dent Dow M. Smith, with stones earlv
today. Rocks and all sorts of missiles
were hurled and rush was made for
his auto by the furious passengers.
Forty policemen went to the res,
cue of Superintendent Smith and. lin.
ing UP, around his auto, drove back
the crowd. But for this timely inter-
ference, Smith would have been terri.
bly, beaten and possibly killed
The attack on Smith came aften
another day marked by rIoting, bru-
tai assaults on passengers, fights and
uproar all along the lines of the Brook.
lyn Rapid Transit Cmpany as re,
suit of the violent methods of the
company to extort an extra fare.
Blind, cripples and boys wero
thrown bodily off the cars. Men were
beaten and kicked. Women were
hurled and dragged from their seats.
The action of the company in re.
lieving this very serious matter is
appreciated in all circles and things
are moving along smoothly tonight.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-17
ONLY TWO ARE TO HAVE FIGHTS
Georgia viii Return Almost Solid Del.
euation to Congress-.

egation to Congress.
Nine of the eleven members of the
Georgia delegation in congress have
their jobs cinched.
In the Third Congressman Elijah
b. Lewis is opposed by Hon Dudley
M. Hughes, and parties from that sec
ton say ii has developed into a pret-
ty lively fight.
Four aspirants are in the field for
the short term in the first district
made vacant by the tragic death of
Hon Rufus &c. Lester They are vii.
liam Clifton. of Mcintosh, j. w. Over
street, of Screven, Gordon Saussy. or
Chatham and Hartridge Smith, of Ef-
fingham.
Knowing ones say that the fight lies
between William Clifton and Judge
Oyerstreet
For the long term J. A. Brannen
of Bulloch, and Walter w. Sheperd.
OF Chatham are the aspirants. Both
are popular men and 1t is going to
" 90 iNVig ldIS. Inc Contests IOr
both the unexpired term and the reg
ular term will be decided on August
%.
W G. Adamson, Of the Fourth, Lon.
Livingston, of the Fifth, Gordon Lee,
OF the Seventh, William M. Howard,
OF the Eighth, Thomas M. Bell, OF the
Ninth, Thomas w. Hardwick, OF the
Tenth and William G. Brantley, of the
Eleventh, have all been nominated.
The chances are that none of them
will have republican opposition, ana
If the did it would amount to nothing.
Charles l.. Bartlett, OF the Sixth. is
to be nominated on August %, as he
has no opposition.
From the present outlook the dele.
cation will be unchanged, with the
exception of a new man from the
First.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-17
CHANGE IN OFFICIALS ON A. C. l.
D. s. Mcclellan. Trainmaster on the
q. g. w. Division Resiuned.


The Waycross Herald Of yesterday
has the following which will be of in
tefest In brunswick:
"Mr d. S. Mcclellan has resigne1
his position as trainmaster for the
Brunswick and Western division OF
the Atlantic Coast Line and Mr.. Sam
Calhoun, Of Savannah. has been ap.
pointed in his place.
1t is understood that Mr. Mcclellan
will be transferred to his old place
as train dispatcher in the railroad of.
fce here. Mr., Calhoun has arrived in
the CITY and has taken charge of his
new duties. IIo g. formerly chief
clerk in Mr.. J. N. Brands Office in
Savannah but more recently has been
connected With the dispatchcr's OF
flee here"
WaycrOss, Aug. 1G.--R. K Young
for two years master mechanic at the
Atlantic Coast Line shops here, has
resigned and 1t is understood thai
James Paul, who has been in ehargs
of the shops at High Springs, will b.
removed to Waycross. The ohicia
announcement of Mr.. Paul's appoinl
ment has not been made, however.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-17

The above telegram tells a story
which was in these columns yesterday
morning. 1t is not known to what OK.
tent, if any, this action of the United
States authorities will have in retard,
ing the construction work of the At
lanta, Birmingham and Atlantic rail
road. 1t will be recalled that the la
borers referred to were brought to the
south through Brunswick and were
at once put to work on the construct
lon of the line. The peonage charge
will be tried before Judge Newman
in October next. In the meantime
the contractors are now under bond
for their appearance.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-17
AN STREET HOUSE CHANGED
HANDS YESTERDAY MORNING

The pretty residence, corner f and
F streets, owned by Jake Rotholz, was
yesterday sold to Captain Jack White,
the popular A. G. l.. engineer. The
sale was made through the real es-
tate agency of Brobston, Fendig d
Company and the PURCHASE price was
in the neighborhood of $500. It is
a neat home and will occupied by
Captain White in a few days.