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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-12-04
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE WAS
READ BEFORE CONGRESS-
YESTERDAY MORNING.
WAS A LENGTHY DOCUMENT
He Discussed Many Matters of Great
Interest to the PeopIe-Had
Something to Say About the
Many Railro d Wrecks.

Washington, Dee. president
Roosevelt sent his message to con
gresg today and it was read at joint
session. The message was am un-
usully long one and touched upoa
many matters He discussed the in
heritance tax. interstate commerce.
and other affairs Of interest.
He dwelt at some length on the
railroad que tion and the many ac-
oident5 which have occurred lately.
On this matter he said:
The loss of life and limb from
railroad accidents in this country has
become appalling, it is subject oc
which the national government
should take supervision. Il might
be well to begin providing for
Federal inspection OF interstate rail-
roads somewhat along the lines OF
Federal inspection Of steamboats, all
though not going so far; perhaps at
first all that it would be necessary
to have would be some officer whose
duty would be to investigate all ac
c dents on int :st5te railroads and
report in detail the causes thereof
Such an officer should make it his
business to get into close touch with
railroad operating men so as to be
come thoroughly familiar with every
side of the question. the idea being
to work along the lines OF the pres
ent steamboat inspection law
The national government should
be model employer. 1t should de
mand the highest quality Of service
from each Of its employees and it
should care for all Of them properly
in return. Congress should adopt
legislation providing limited bul
definite compensation for accidents to
all workmen within the scope Of the
Federal power, including employees
Of navy yards and arsenals. In other
words. a model employers liability
act. far reaching and thorough going,
should be enacted which should ap.
ply tS all positions, public and pri.
yate dVere which the national eby
efnment has jurisdiction. The num-
Der of accidents to wage workers, in
Guiding those that are preventable
and those that are not. has become
appalling in the mechanical. manu-
faJ-uring and transportation opera
tions of the day, 1t works grim hard.
ship to fhe ordinary wage worker
and hiS family to have the eHect Of
such A. accident fall solely upon
him; ;Hd, on the other hand there
are whole classes of attorneys whs
exist only by melting men who may
Or may not have been wronged 10
undertake suits for negligence. AS
matter OF fact suit for neglig ncs
is generally an inadequate remedy
for the person injured while it oftea
causes altogether disproportionate an
noyance to the employer. The
law should be made such that
the payment for accidents by the
employer would be automatic instead
of being a matter of lawsuits
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-12-04
CHRISTMAS MAILS MUST
MEET THE REGULATIONS

All persons contemplating sending
Christmas presents through the mail
had best be careful not to put any
written matter in the packages, or
Uncle Sam may be after them with
sharp stick. as there are penalties
attached to violations of the postal
regulation Of this character.
The order preventing the sending
Of celIuloid articles through the mails
has been recinded, this being en-
braced in ths following order receiy-
cd by the pos knaster here:
Order No. 653e
Order No. SAG Of July IS, 1907
amending section 1876 of the postal
laws and regulations, edition Of 1902
SO az to require articles made Who'll
ly or in part celuloid to be inclosed
il metal box. with a tight fitting
lid. before being admitted to The do
nestle mails. is hereby rescinded.
The Canadian postal regulations
require articles made wholly or in
part cf celluloid 10 be inclosed in
closely fitting hermetically seaed
met box
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-12-04
ANOTHER LETTERs+s ADDRESS.
ED TO RAlLRes IDS BY coMMlS-
s!oN%{ M'LENpoN.s
ASNE91EN 70 Obey RULES


The law requiring he posting ot
bulletins at all railroad stations
showing when trains are delayed and
how much delayed. win be strictly
enforced by the Georgia railroad
commission The purpose Of the
commission in this matter Is made
apparent in letter which Chairman
McLepdon, of the commission, is pre-
pairing to send 10 the heads Of the
various railroads doing business in
Georgia.
The letter in its entirety is most
courteous, but no one who reads it
can mistake the purpose Of the rail
road commit sion to abate an abuse
OF the law which daily works ineon,
venience and hardships to hundreds
OF railroad passengers. Chairmon Nc
Lendons letter follows in fun
Dear Sir; The Georgia railroad
commission calls the attention Of the
railroad companies of Georgia to the
laws requiring the pos ting at all sta
tions ahead Of the same OF all delay
ed passenger trains, the extent TO
which the same are delayed and to
the penalties named in the law for
failure to 90 so. Win large part
al the traYelIne 0tbio tfpa r. mou
ey. the next most important thing
after having scheduled trains -m
according to schedule is 10 give the
public when trains are DELAYED cor
rect information on this subject.
This correct Information will often
relieve the psrons Of the roads.
oftentimes ladies' md children Of
long periods Of nervous suspense and
personal discomfort and MANY times
will enable travelling statesmen and
other business men to save q whole
days time a few days since mum
Der Of persons went to the station in
one Of 1Sr large cities to take a
train TheS@4sletin boSrdsannounced
that the train was 80 minutes late.
"Of course no one could afford to
leave the station a the train was an
nounced to leave within that short
time. Just after the expiration of the
thirty minutes the bulletin was made
to read that the trajn was one hour
late. A number Of times sucessiyely
the bulletin board was changed and
finally at the expiration Of four
hours weary, outraged lot Of passen
gers were permitted to start on Their
journey. As a matter Of fact that
train had been running four hours
late for ten hours or more, and the
various announcements on the bulle-
tin board were false and inexcusabIe
The train dispatcher who put them
there could and Should have known
when the first announcement was put
I'D that this train was four hours
late.
Such disregard Of the convenience
and business interests OF the public
is indefeusible Travelling salesme9,
and other business men who count
hours as dollar would be greatly
accommodated, If, in cases Of una
yoidable delay, they could be correct
" informed about the movement Of
trains.
Railroad officials are urged 10 see
to it that The public IS no longer
trined wish in this careless, indiffer
ent way of observing a Just ana rea
sonable law 1t is earnestly hoped
that the commission will not have to
take this matter into more serious
consideration.
"By order Of the DO I'd.
rs. c. MoLendon,
"Chai-mau"
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-12-04
RAILROAD RATE LITIGATION.
Conference Held Yesterday to De.
termine Next Step.


birmingham, Ala Dec. S.--Goyer-
nor b. b. Conner Attorney General
Galber and counsel. held long con
ference here today to determine the
aext step TO be taken by the state
in the railroad rate litigation which
is now tied up by the Injunction Of
Judge Thomas G. Jones. While no
statement was given out it is under
stood that two plans are under con
temptation One is to seek a writ
OF prohibition from the United States
supreme court holding up Judge
Jones orders until his jurisdiction
in the matter can be determined
The other is to allow test case to
be made. and on writ of habeas
corpus, take The question to the SUI
preme court as speedily as possible.
Governor Conner returned to Mont
gomery tonight
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-12-04
SPECIAL GRAND JURY.

Norfolk. Va, Dec. 3.--In the case Of
Alex and Peter Agelastow, cotton
brokers. charged with Illegally Sc
curing money on false cotton ware
house receipts, Commonwealth Attor-
ney Tilton asked for a special grand
jury to Investigate the case. This
was granted and the investigations
set for next Monday II is said that
The mltter involves ove- $l5O,00O.
but the amount has been covered To
the satisfaction Of those concerned.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-12-04
YESTERDAY nv sUPERIoR COURT
Criminal Docket Will Likely Be TAX
en- Up Today.

Work on the civil docket was re.
sumed in the superior court yeste1-
day morning and number of cases
We're disposed OF during the day, a
majority Of them being divorce suits
The court recessed shortly before 4
O'clock in the afternoon until $50
this morning The civil docket was
IN unusually small one and has al.
most been disposed Of
1t is likely that the court will
reach the criminal branch of the
docket today and will continue work
on it until Friday or Saturday, when
Judge Parker will adjourn until Jan
uary.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-12-04
SUMMONED To JAeAN.

Washington Dec. 3-Ambassado~
Aoh has been summoned to Japan
by his government to explain persona
ally and in detail the precise situ4s
ton in this country in regard to the
Japanese immigration problem. There
is no intimation that he is not to re.
turn TO Washington
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-12-04
KILLED BY Town MARSHAL.

birmingham, Ala. Dec. Town
Marshal A. W. Baker Of oakman,
Ala. west Of Birmingham, shot ana
Instantly killed James Kirkwood. a
well known young man there today.
It is said that Kirkwood was drink
ing and had fired upon two men and
threatened TO shoot the officer when
Baker killed him. Baker went tc
JASPER and surrendered.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-12-04
BIG GATHERING
IN Washington
MANY DISTINGUISHED MEN ARE
ATTENDING RIVER AND HAIR
BORIS MEETING.

Washington, Dec 3.-One OF the
most notable gathering ever held
in this city will occur tomorrow
morning, when The National Rivers
and Harbors congress viii be for
mally opened by Secretary Of State
Root.
Col. G p. Goodyear Of brunswick, is
present representing his city and the
chambera Of commerce Of many 9th,
er southern cities.
Many notable persons will take
part in they deliberations Andrew
Carnegie will come at the head Of a
delegation from the pittsburg cham
Der Of commerce. Far-off Washing
ton, Oregon and California viii send
representative men, and Secretay
Ellison yesterday received a telegram
dated at Houston, Tex, from former
Governor George c. pardae, of
California, declaring the special car
containing the delegation from Low
er California was headed this way.
One Of the interesting characters
who will attend is Captain Alexander
McDodgall who for 40 years has been
captain on the Great Lak.s, and
has amassed fortune in the crying
trade. He is the inventor of thar
queer type Of craft known as the
whaleback. Captain McDougal has
lived to see the traffic borne on the
inland seas grow from practically
nothing to the enormous total of H.
S26, 003 net tons, as reported in the
government figures for October of
this year
A most significant feature of the
convention will be the presence of
three heads Of big railroad systems.
w w. Finley, OF the Southern; James
j. Hill, Of the Great Northern and
N. L. ingalls,, of the Cleveland,
Cincinnati, Chic go and St Louis.
Mr. Finley has announced the sub
ject of his address as The Econo.
mic Relationship Between Water
ways and Railways The topic on
which Mr.. Hill will speak has not yet
been made public. Mr.. Ingas has
not yet signified his intention of TAX
ing an active part in the programme,
although he is registered as dele
gate from Cincinnati
Tho presence Of these railroad
magnates is interpreted as a public
denial that the railroads are in any
way opposed to a broad and liberal
national policy Of waterways improve
ments This opposition undoubtedly
existed in the pasg, when the roads
We're physically able to care for the
traffic, but now the steam lines are
regarded as realizing The necessity
for an auxiliary system Of transporta
tioa.
Mr. Hill has been especially out
spoken in his Endorsement Of the
work Of the National Rivers andl
Harbors Congress. 4 few days ago,
in an address in Kansas City, he
pointed out that while business was
from 10 to IS per cent an
nually, railroad mileage was being
added to only at the rate Of 2 ~ per
cent. Mr.. Hill foresees within a de.
cade stagnation OF business, with all
its attendant ills, unless some added
means Of transportation be develop
ed to market the immense increase
in the products Of field, factory, and
mine.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-12-04
TRADING IN ALL BONDS.

New Orleans Dec S-For the first
time since octobe~ % trading in all
bonds was today permitted ON the
New Orleans, Birmingham. Nashville.
Little Rock. and Beaumont. Texas.
street railway bonds we've quoted
from ! 10 3 points higher than the
closing bids October 25.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-12-04
The LADIES INTERESTED.

Yesterday was another successful
day at The public outcry sale of the
keany stock By Leayy & Co., aud the
ladies were there in large numbers.
Tofey the sale viii begin at 10 am,
n the best Of the goods have not
ba Akid all should be there.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-12-04
Steamer Defender Reported Lost.

Occur. Dalene City. Idaho, Dec. g..
It is reported that the steamer De
fender was wrecked on the reef a
mile and a half from Mic bay, in
Lake Coscn- Dalene, last night, and
that fifteen passengers and tae crew
were Iost.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-12-04
okLAHoMA LEalsLATuRg.

Gutherie, Okla, Dec. 3-The mes,
sage Of Governor Haskell to the first
Legislature WIS submitted last night
in JOINT session. There was a great
demonstration Of approval when the
governor read his recommendation OF
separation cf the races on railroad
trains
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-12-04
His Leo Broken.

Sam Coins the well known livery
man who was badly injured last
week, is rapidly recovering and is
QUE again. Mr. Coins had his leg
broken in an accident.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-12-04
l's hEN DROWN
WHILE CROSSING
; ALTAMAHA RIVER.
a ENDING YESTERDAY MORN.
&c OF a JOLLY FISHING
PARTY.
MEMBER ROCKED BOAT
rs 3,caused Graft to capsize With
Twe -, 7qnts-Two of Party
came e Their Rescue and
n Were Also Drowned.
MEMBER ROCKED BOAT


a. 81 q ending came to party OF
VsTeY.a.tsnen yesterday morning on the
hhanaha river. q short distance from
Everett city. when four out of the
- sarty of six members were drowned,
sse two survivors Witnessing the
lEownins ol their friends. The
crowned are:
George Mooney q Atlanta, an en-.
eineer On the souEfs-&aazsSsslAGSy.
4. J. Elliott. OF Atlanta. efSaneer
on the Southern.
John Horne, of S vannah, section
foreman on the Seaboard.
w Fred Hunt of Savannah, sec.
Asn foreman on the same road.
The news of the accident was re-
eciyed in Brunswick yesterday morn.
ng when Southern train No IA ar
rived IN the city Several people
Eom Evereo. who hid learned of the
accident, came down. 1t was report,
ed to Coroner Jennings, who left llt-
or in the day foz the scene of the ac.
cident
From details obtainable. 1t seems
that the fc men lost their lives
while cross ms M Altamaha in small
no. h. AltQSsther there were six
nembers oafl party and taay oc-
eupied three small boats. Messrs.
Mooney and l1lliott we're the first
10 leave Che banks Of the river in a
Saa batteau When almost in the
ysdIe Of the stream, NJ Mooney
Aan to rock the boat slightly to
ten his friend. haying no idW
il would capsize As the bolt
Vi, MIR Elliott moved to one
and the boat went over the zoe
mis- going into the river
be two men quickly g7aspeR 81 the
Of the beat and were swinging
IT, Messrs. Hunt and Horne, who
q occupied the second boat, quickly
padded to the assistance of their
friends AS their boat arrived in
reaching distance, the two frightened
ngineers. in such haste to get in,
goth caught on to the side OF the
boat The craft was small and cranky
and. with the weight Of the two men
on the same side, foK5wed the act
OF the first boat and capsized.
Hird boat then started to the
Of the four men who were all
ing ih the water, but it ar
2o late Some of the men
ry good swimmers and start
Nor the shore, which was only
short dist4nce away, but they
ySsiled to reach it. One by one the
sther two melpbe9s Of the party saw
their friends disappear until the last
sad sunk to the bottom of the river.
The news was quickly sent out and
searching party at once went to the
scene and began dragging for the
-. bodies, but up TO last night none OF
them had been recovered.
The. party arrived at Everett yes
- morning and intended spend
~, days on the river hunting
The Atlanta members
Qe down on train No
6saghe two mem
~ were not
unah
Aand Elliott
Ehern rail
hwell as
Try popu
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-12-04
lie SALE AT DUBLIN.

-s Leayy & Co. will begin
he Of the general merchandise
Of .. 3. Sanford at Dublin on
lber II and continue until Dec.
lswick merchants should at
big sale. The stock d
s1S.0oo.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-10-31

Rev. J. w. Hadden is moving from
Keystone back to Bruce.
The sewer extension will be COM
pleted to the Gerard Hotel this week.
The Y. P. S. c. f. gave Halo
we'en social at the Congregational
church to night.
Supt. w. N. Mackin viii conduct
teachers examina ton at his Office
Friday and Saturday.
WANTED-A cook at Bucks camp
during the hunting season. Apply
at county clerks Office. 3d.
The second quarter of the Teachers
Training school will begin Nov. Is,
when the school will be reorganized.
Many young people are waiting to
enter.
Mrs. f.. w. Hill and Mrs. Henry
Hoffman returned last Thursday
from n visit to Apollonia. They were
accompanied by Mrs. G. w. Heaverin,
who visited here few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. G. Martindale and
Frank Young of the town OF Grant
departed Tuesday for II d a,
where they will visit old friends and
look up home farther south.
J. l.. Ryall and Nate Hand attended
the sale OF Sam BiIler's livery stable
at Glen Flora Friday. The former
bought a sleigh and the latter q
horse offered by H. W. True. The
barn was bid in at $500 and also all
but three horses.
Miss elena Sabin celebrated her
18th birthday anniversary Tuesday
after school. Twenty of her little
friends were present. They played
games on the lawn and all seemed
to have a good time. A light lunch
con was served, afterWard. 7 h e
little hostess received some very nice
gifts.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-10-31
TRACK LAYING
SUSPENDED
Steel Gang OF Contra! Hung Up at
Weiraoir 5ridge-Gang OF
~Niqqers Cominu

The steel gang on the Wisconsin Cen
trail have only laid about two miles of
track this week, being handicapped by
a shortage of men and having to stop
Wednesday at the Weirgoir river, three
miles north Of the Chippewa, on account
of the bridge not being finished. Tues
day forenoon they lacked but 300 feet
of laying a mile of track.
A gang of negroes from ST. Louis
has begun to arrive and will be en-
ployed in loading material onto the cars
so that next week track-laying can be
continued without interruption.
General Superintendent E. F. Potter,
accompanied by c. N. Kalk, chief en-
gineer, and r. w. Cottermole, engineer
of maintenance, inspected the road in
the superintendent private car Tues
day morning and left over the 500 for
Minneapolis.
The Central's headquarters are being
moved from Milwaukee to Chicago.
Manning, Clark & Haviland COM
pleted the last of their grading contract
this week and Dan Sabin IS tearing
down the camps and moving material
to the track for shipment. Mr. Clark
has gone to Beebe to supervise the last
job of grading on the line, where big
steam shovel is at work, which will be
finished before the track-layers reach
there
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-10-31
STEEL BRIDGE BEING PUT IN
One Span OF Esew 500 Bridge Placed
gundav-anothe Next Saturday

Replacing a wooden railroad bridge
with steel one and not interrupting
the traffic of dozen or more trains a
day proves a slow process. The west
span of the 500 Lines steel bridge
across the Flambeau was put in place
Sunday afternoon. The contractors
have been busy since preparing to put
in the other four spans.
The bridge will be opened again Sat
urday morning from 6 to IL O'Clock,
the way-freight being run through
ahead of time, when a second span will
be put in, and another one Sunday.
The balance will be put in as rapidly as
possible. Bridge Inspector J. +. Cole
of Minneapolis is overseeing the work.
The story that the grade would be
raised six feet at this time appears to
have originated in the fertile magma
tion of an enterprising newspaper re-
porter. Six inches will be about the
extent of the raise If this grade was
the heaviest along the 500, it would be
quite practical, but there are many much
heavier
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-10-31
Circuit Court Grindings

Judge Parish adjourned court last
Friday night, having disposed OF the
more important cases on the calen-
dar. Those disposed OF Friday were:
Day VS. Egertsen, judgement for
plaintiff, specific performance OF
land contract decreed.
Boyer VS. Austin, continued.
Kelly VS. Griffiths, briefs filed, judg-
ment not rendered.
Frydrychowitz VS. MattOcks, de
fault, referees report confirmed,
former owners barred.
Shaver VS. Pinkham, referees report
confirmed, former owners barred.
Kiefert VS. Kiefert, Judgment com
mitting defendant for not paying ali
IN Ony.
A. Kaiser, as Vice Pres. of the Bank
of Foston, VS.. J. l.. Yeoman, supple
mentary proceedings, defendent com
mitted to Jail for contempt of court un-
til judgment is paid.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-10-31
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

First year Algebra class had q test
Wednesday.
Report cards were given out Mon
day afternoon.
Drucilla Stevens was absent three
days of last week.
Vesta Harpster and May Alcorn
visited the school Friday afternoon
Prof. r. H. Burns, superintendent
of the Teachers Training school,
visited the High school last week.
A new rule is now in force: During
the morning and noon period pupils
on entering the High school room
are requested to take their seats and
keep the same order as if school were
called. This is for the benefit OF
those who wish to study and is
working very well.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-10-31

Roller skating at the opera house
started last Thursday night. There
is skating every evening except Sun
day, Saturday until II O'Clock. VIM.
Dempewolf is the manager of the
rink and has 80 pairs of skates.
At the regular meeting of the Fire
Department Monday night the spec
ial committee handed in q report
showing that they ran behind $l7 80
on the stand during the carnival.
The committee was discharged.
Dean & Winn have completed the
block of cement sidewalk on the
south side of Miner avenue and are
now shipping cement blocks to Port
Arthur to build a heating plant for
the Menasha Paper Co.'S pulp mill.
The Christian church had social
at the home of T. l.. Dean Friday
night, Oct. 25, the occasion being
the end of the ''self-denial MONTH =
The attendance was good and all
had agood time. Over $95 was con
tributed.