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The Jones County News
VOL XI. 1
SWAIN: CHARGES
t --T 7
As Drafted'by Select Com¬
mittee on Impeachment.
MANY CRIMES ARE LAID
It Styled as Unjust Judge, Accused
of Obtaining Money Under False
Pretenses and Passing
Malicious Sentences.
A Washington .special says: The se¬
lect committee’.of the house appoint¬
ed to draft articles of impeachment
against Federal Judge Swayne com¬
pleted its work Tuesday by the prep-
aratiou of twelve articles of impeach¬
ment.
They embrace obtaining s money by '
false pretenses; using the property of
a bankrupt corporation in the hands
of a receiver appointed by himself and
without making compensation to the
company; for disobeying the law re-
quiring him to live-in his district;, tor
unlawfully aha maliciously’ fining
and imprisoning E. T. Davis and Sim-
eon Beldsn, attorneys V law; .for al-
eged contempt of,tug, diycuit court of
>he Lnlted States; for “unlawfully
eommltiing to prison.4 \V\ G- O’Neal,
on the charge that l\fe.f}ad. committed
contempt of the district; court.of the
I n,ted-States.
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The first artiefe, as formulated by
the majority, declares that Judge
Swayne, on Aitril ,20-, .191)2, klti.SVaco,
Texas, presented a false claim against
the government for $230, Jcnow^ing. it
to be false. The copy of the cbrTificaJe
made by Swayne is given in which he
says trial. for sixty-threo days "my
roasonabie expenses were $230.’’ On
this account he is charged with a high
crime and misdemeanor.
Article 2 relates to charges of $10
a day while at Tyler, Texas, when his
expenses were less, and alleges that
h 0 obtained money from the govern-
ment by false prethnso.
Artiple 3 contains similar charges,
but cites another occasion.
Article 4 charges Judge Swayne
with appropriating to h's own use,
without compensation to the owner, a
ear belonging to the Jacksonville,Tam-
pa and Key West Railroad Company
♦ o transport himself.family and friends
from Guyencourt, Dela., to Jackson-
ville, Fla., the railroad at that time
being in the hands of a receiver, ap
pointed by Swayne and that as judge
he allowed the credit claimed by th«
receiver on account or necessary ex-
pense in operating the road. Judge
Swayne is also charged with an abuse
of official power and high jpisdemean
or - s ’. *
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Article . 5 charges that he aplffppriat-
to his own use the same „C8r.for a
trip to California and a like allega
tion to article 4 against him Is made
Article 6 charges that Judge Swayne
dy not acquire a residence in the
northern district of Florida, as provid-
ed by the statutes, saying. A ‘he totally
disregarded his duty,” and wilfully
and knowingly violated the law and
is guilty of a high misdemeanor.
Article 7 alleges nmi-residence and
carries the’period-,, of non-residence
from July 23, 1894,;to.’January. 1, 1903,
a period of about nine years, and al-
leges a violation OF; law and. unis da-
meauor. ’'
Article 8 charges -that “on the 12th
day of November ,1901, at the efty
of Pensacola, in thp county.«fcE«cani-
bia, in the state ef .'Florida; -he
maliciously and uniaV.fuIIy' adjudge
guilty of contempt of court .ar.\ im-
pose a fine of $100 upon ahd commit
to prison for a period of ten days EJ.
T. Davis, an attorney and counsellor
at law, for an alleged contempt of the
circuit court of the United S/ate.y.ajjfl
in said matter "is gvffty of an'aWse
of judicial power and of a high misde¬
meanor in office."
The last articles aHdge an abuse of
judicial power in that he committed
W. C. O'Neal to priso if for sikty days
for an alleged contempt of the district
court at Pensacola, December 9, LTi2,
which tho committee holds to- consti¬
tute a high misdemeanor tn ^office. *
COMPANy DID BIG BUSINESSS.
Georgia Railway and Electric People
Took in $1,600,000 Curing 1904.
The gross receipts of,the Georgia
Railway and Ele<£'ic Company at .At¬
lanta for the year 1904, on which the
company amounted pays the city a t fit of 1 per
cent to the siap of $1600-
000. # • ’ ’
This amount covers '.the 1 l^eefpts
from t,he street railway, gas light,
-
steam-heating companies — ] n f&y al j
the properties owned a«d
under the name of Georgia Railway
and Electrlc’fcompany.
WRECKED ON FFR8T TRIP.
Spreading Rails Cause Accident to
Special Tourist Train to Florida.
.*'x rills
Spreadirg Tuesday ’ morning
caused the wreck of three cars of
the N©w York and Florida special of
the Atlantic Coast' Line,* thirty-four
miles north of Savanna^, on it3 first
trip south, A number • of persons
were injured, and one, Flagman J.
W. Mosely of Salters, 3. C-, may die.
spencer opposes bill.
President of Southern Railway Make*
Vigorous Speech Before Commit'
tee Against Rate Measure.
Samuel Spencer, president of the
Southern railway, and authorized to
voice the sentiment of the New York
Central, Chicago, Milwaukee and St
Paul and Northern Pacific, Illinois
Central, Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western and other railway compa¬
nies, made a vigorous speech before
the house committee on interstate and
foreign commerce against the Coop-
er-Qtiarles bill or any proposition to
authorize the interstate commerce
commissioa to fix the railway rates.
Mr. Spencer is the first direct anc
official representative of the railways
to be heard by the committee, and his
testimony Is regarded as the keynote
of The opposition to the rate fixing
2 over bment.
Mr. Spencer stated at tha outset
that it was hot - h i s purpose to dis-
cuss the subject in its entirety. There
were, hdweve.r, a number dt import-
an * PohHs Which he wished to em-
ph “f.’ ze '
There is no difference of opinion,
e0 nflmied Mr-. Spencer, “betwfeeii this
railroads of the country, congress atid
th 0 president on the subject that re-
are wrong. We agree with the
of the president,, that the
highways of transportation must be
kept .open to al! upon equal terms
On that basis, the railway companies
are ready and anxious to aid and co-
-p;ierate.’ But I do not think any ad-
ditional legislation is necessary in
order to proceed against that par-1
ficular cl us of abuses. If such leg-
islation does appear to congress to
be necessary, the railways of the
country,. will certainly stand, and I j
have no hesitation in saying so, in co-
Operation and aid to that end.
“The particular phasd of regulation■,
has already been pronounced by the
commission as fully covered by exist
ihg statutes. It simply becomes a
question ©f enforcement of the law.
“The bill before you is not of that
character—it is that of the power to i
name p rate upon the part of .the com
mittee after complaint and hearing. I
It has been claimed this will be a
means of stopping rebates. This
claim I have no hesitation in disput-
ing and will give them Attention
,
Asked the question as to the ne
cessity for the proposed legislation,
Mr. Spencer. answered it by review-
ing the situation as developed during
the last eightteen years. About 90 per
cent of ail the claims or questions
of various kinds which have been
presented to the interstate commerce
commission during that time have
been adjusted without formal hearing
an ] decisions on the part of the com-
mittee. .
“T/iat,” he said, “does not indicate
cither a right or non-co-operation on
th 0 part of the railroads.”
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AS PART OF DUTY.
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General Sto e ssel Explains Why He
Gave His Parole to Japs.
A St. Petersburg dispatch says: Tne
war office explains that the reason
for General Stoessel giving parole and
returning to Russia instead of remain-
.ing at. the head of the heroic troops
who formed the garrison of Port Ar-
thur and sharing their fate as a pris-
oner of war in Japan, is that it is in-
cumbent on him to bring a detailed
report of the defense of the fortress
to the emperor.
.The ' arrangements for General
.Stoessej’s route home are not comp let-
ed. There is a suggestion that he
may return by way of Marseilles, |
where he will receive a gold sword,
which will be conferred on him by,
the French and thence to Berlin, I
where he will receive the Order of |
Hour ie JJerite bestowed on him by
Emperpr William. This, however, is
not believed at the war office, where,
it Is- said, the genera] will undoubt-
edij ,, straight , _ , ,
go to St. Petersburg,
his first duty being to report to the
emperor.
As soon as his route through Rus-
sja is determined upon, preparations
will be made to give h*Ja fitting re-
ception.
SORE TROUBLES OF DUKE.
Old Man’s Family Insists on Keeping
Him in insane Asylum.
The-effort to gain the freedom of
Brodie L. Duke by means of habeas
corpus proceedings was defeated tern-
porarily' at New York Friday by the
legal representatives of the Duke's
fancy, and struggling in the hands
of half a dozen attendants and mak-
ing vpin efforts to call for his conn-
sel, Mr. Cuke was dragged out of the
court at the conclusion of the pro-
ceedingg, and hurried away, in a car-
riage. to a private insane asylum in
Amityville, L. I.
FAITH IN KUROPATKIN WANES.
Report That Russian Situation Around
Mukden is a Serious One.
Information which has reached cer¬
tain reliable quarters in Tokio state
that the Russian generals in Manohu-
ra are losing confidence in General
KurOpatkin, and that the Russian stt-
nation around Mukden is a serious
one. i
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GRAY. JONES 00.. GA.. THURSDAY. JANUARY ]<), 1905.
REFUSED A
And,Was Promptly Fired By
Colorado Legislature.
A SENATOR’S HARD LUCK
Ex-Governor Peabody Files Notice of
Contest Against Adams and Spe6-
ifies Charges to Sustain His
Contention. I
The Colorado senate Thursday, by a
parly vote, seated James B. Dick in
pIS.ce of Senator Robert M. Born. Dick
"a* unseated by the democratic nift-
jority during the contest over elec¬
tion of United States senator two
years ago.
Senator Bofin refused to give up
his seat and was forcibly ejected by
the sergeant at arms,
Senator Daniel Healy, who whs
seated two years ago in place of Jesse
F. McDonald, now lieutenant gover-
“<»*i wa* also expelled by a vote of
18 to 15, the same ns Born's case,
Senator Horace T. De Long, repuoll-
can, protested against the action as
unconstitutional. The democrats al-
lege that a two-thirds vote is neces-
sary to expel members, and may ap-
ply to the supreme court for redress,
In a statement on the floor of the
senate Healy declared that an at-
tempt had been made to bribe him.
He safu that on Saturday during the
session he was called into a
private room TStlu was told that if hd
would vote for tne confirmation of
Goddard lie need have no fear
being unseated,
The senate membership Is now twen-
ty republicans and thirteen demo-
with three vacancies,
Contest rfied by Peabody.
Notice of former Governor Pea-
body's contest against Governor Alva
for the office of governor was
filed before the legislature during the
The complaint sets forth the al-
legation that the ballots for Adams
the face of the returns as finally
eanr'issetf was obtained by means of
conspiracy in Denver and several
counties,
The legislature is petitioned to open
the ballot boxes from a number of
precincts, rt is sieged the frauds in
some precincts were so extensive and
varied it that would be Impossible to
segregate the true from the false bal-
lots.
It is charged that 10,000 names
were used in Denver on elections, and
that the registration books contained
at least 15,000 false, fraudulent' and
mythical names. It Is further set
forth that 10,000 votes were cast by
repeaters in the ballot" city,
Charges of box stuffing, sub¬
stitution of prepared ballots for those
east by voters and miscounting by
election judges are also included In
the specifications of fraud. Another
charge is that, In order to defeat Cov¬
ernor Peabody, ballots already mark-
ed with a cross for Adams were hand-
ed by the election officers to voters
who were kvown to be republicans
Peabody asks to have ninety-five Den-
ver precincts thrown out and claims
that the vote of the county should
show 6,300 plurality for him instead
of 4,903 for Adams as canvassed
Pueblo The accusation Is made that" In
1,200 aliens were voted for
Adams in nine precincts, and that 300
republican voters were prevented
from casting their ballots through the
acts of watchers appointed by the dis
trict judges.
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WHIPPING POST RECOMMENDED.
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Chief Executive of Oregon Makes the
Recommendation in /fessage
The Oregon legislature, in' session
at Salem, Thursday, listened lo the
reading of Governor Chamberlain’s
message. The message carried a
recommendation that a law be passed
establishing whipping-posts for wife-
beaters. A great demonstration Toi-
lowed the reading of this clause In
th e message, the applause lastlne 'or
several minutes.
RATE QUESTION PARAMOUNT,
President Determined to G:v e Mors
Power to Commerce Commission.
President Roosevelt continued Wed-
nes( iay his conference with members
congress on the subject of tariff
revIs I°n and legislation providing for
an inc re a ^e of the powers of the in¬
terstato commerce commission, One
statement, given out, is that unless
congress, at the present session,
should enact legislation looking to a
regulation of railroad freight rates, an
extraordinary session of the fifty-ninth
congress will be called by the presi¬
dent to deal with that problem.
RACE PR °BLeM In TRANSVAAL.
Cemmittee Agrees That Colored Vote
in South Africa Be Restricted.
A dispatch from Johannesburg
says: A forecast of the report of the
native affairs committee is published
by The Transvaal Leader,
It shows thqt the committee is fully
agreed that a limitation roust be
placed on the colored vote, which, it
will show, by startling evidence, i» im-
coming a serious menace.
POKER FOR GENTILES.
Defense In Smoot Investigation Put
Up versatile Witness, Who Talk*
of Morsld of Mormon*.
Testimony intended to prove that
the Mormon morale is of the highest
type and to refute the word of wit¬
nesses who have declared the con¬
trary to ba true, was offered by coun¬
sel for Senator Reed Smoot at Wash¬
ington Wednesday. W, J. McCon¬
nell, formerly A United States senator
from Idaho, and twice governor of
his state, and Representative B. L.
French, a member of the present con-
gress, and re-elected for ano’.her tern),
were the day’s witnesses.
It was the opening sassslon of the
defense in the Smoot inves'igation.
Senator Ktiox. a new member of the
committee, attended for the first time.
The committee room was crowded.
•There is a Sentiment In thb commit¬
tee lit favor ol pressing the investlga
tion to a ronciiiHion, arid With that
end in view it was adnonticed that
beginnihg Thursday longer sessions of
the committee will be held.
Both witnesses examined denied
many statements 'directed against the
Mormon church and its alleged inter¬
ferences in political affairs.
Mr. McConnel described his occu¬
pation as former merchant, politician
and lawyer for his friends. He was a
senator of the fifty-first congress and
was governor of Idaho (rom 1893 to
1896 inclusive, serving two succes¬
sive terms. He Is a member of the
Presbyterian church.
The witness was asked to describe
ihg political conditions and took up
early days when he said he had lob¬
bied before the legislature vheri the
first effort was made to disfranchise
the Mormons. He declared, that he
wa s prejudiced against Mormons, lAt
that lie found that most of the gen¬
tiles were practicing “the science,
which in our country is called poker."'
He said he had never known Mormons
to gamble and drink. He.followed
this testimony with a review of his
acquaintance with Mormons during
tho agitation against the religion in
Idaho. He assisted In bringing about
the repeal of the test oath of citi¬
zenship and afterward? wefit among
the Mormons on a lecture tour. He
had observed, the “eople, he said, add
their morals was -of a,.high, praise¬
character.
Senator Knox asked counsel to in¬
form him as to what part of the case
the examination of Mr. McConnell
was relevant. Mr. Worthington said
he was unable to answer that conun¬
drum, hut, that a great mass of ir¬
relevant testimony was admitted for
-the protestants to. which objection
had been made and overruled. He
said the testimony of. Mr. McConnell
was in reply 1o this and practically
to that of Charles H. Jackson, chalr-
mian of the Idaho democratic -com¬
mittee, who testified that no candidate
for office, democratic or republican,
could stand against the Mormon
church. ,
TEXAN8 WILL BURN COTTON.
Agreement Reached to Destroy Sur¬
plus of One Bale Weekly.
An agreement to burn their share
of surplus cotton was ref/ hed at a
mass meeting of the farmers of Tie
Brazos, Texas, region. A committee
of three took a bale of cotton and ap¬
plied a match, and as the flames raged
the follov/ing resolution was passed:
“Resolved, That we burn a bale of
cotton every Saturday until we burn
at least fifteen bales of cotton, our
part of the two million bales request¬
ed to be burned by the people in the
cotton belt of the United States.”
MISSOURI SENATOR ON RACK.
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Niedringhaus Must Explain a* to
Whether H e Bought H)s Seat.
In the Missouri house of represen¬
tatives Wednesday a resolution was
unanimously adopted providing for /he
appointment of a committee to inves¬
tigate the charge that, contributions
had been made to the campaign fiyid
for the purpose of securing the elec¬
tion of Thomas K. Niedringhaus of St.
Louis, as United States senator to
succeed Senator Cockrell.
DAVIS CALLS ON ROOSEVELT,
President and Erstwhile Candidate for
Vice Prvsldent Have a Chat.
Hon. Henry G. Davis of West Vir¬
ginia, recently the democratic candi¬
date for vice president, called on
President Roosevelt Wednesday to
pay TTs respects. The president greet¬
ed Mr. Davis cordially,-saying;
“I am glad to see you, Mr. Davis.
Walk right into my office. You are
entitled to precedence over all o'th-
ers.”
The president and Mr. Davis had a
pleasant chat about matters of mutual
personal interest..
RAILROAD TO GOLD FIELDS.
Seattle Business Men Will Undertake
Construction 0 f Line to Yukon.
Seattle business men and capitalists
are to undertake the construction of
a railroad from Valdez, Wash.,
through . the Cojper River
valleys to
a point on the Amer.c-an Yukon.
Within a few days articles of in
corporation will be filed al Olympia.
The company will have a capi)?,’,Na¬
tion of $5,000,000.
AFFAIRS OF CANAL
The Subject of a Message to
Congress by President.
ASKS FOR MORE LATITUDE
Would Reduce Commission to Three
Members—Asks Direct Control
ft f All Matter* Relating to
th* Great Waterway.
President Roosevelt; in a brief mes¬
sage transmitted to congress Friday
the first annual report of the Panama
canal commission, together with a let-
ter from Secretary Taft relating to
Panama affairs, recommends that he
be given greater discretion, as' he
is charged with the responsibility of
construction of the canal.
The board of canal commissioners,
he sayB, should be reduced to five or
preferably three members, whose du
ties; powers and salaries should be
assigned by the president.
The president’s messas n i in full,
ts as- follows:
”1 transmit herewith the report of
the isthmian canal commission, ac¬
companied by n letter of the secretary
of war, udder rthOPd supervision I
have by executive ordef placed Work
of the commission.
“I concur with the secretary, of
war in the view that the present pro¬
vision of law, by which the work of
building the canal has to be done
only through a body of seven mem-
bers, is inelastic and elumHy, and I
earnestly recommend a change so that
the president, who is charged' with
the responsibility of building the ca¬
nal, may exercise greater discretion
in the organization Of tile personnel,
through whom he is to discharge this
duty.
“Actual experience has convinced
me that it will be impossible to oh-
tain the best an.] most effective ser-
vice under the limitations prescribed
by law. The general plans for the
work must, be agreed upon with the
aid of the best engineers of the coun¬
try, who should act as ait advisory or
consulting body. The consulting ert‘
gineers should not be put-on the eOnl-
mission, wiiicii should be used only
as an executive instrument for the
executive and administrative work.
“The artuai Work of exec.*yg the
general plans agreed- upon by the com¬
mission after reaching the conclusions
of the advising engineers, miist be
done by an engineer In charge, and
we now have an excellent engineer, it
is. In my Judgment, inadvisable, there-
fore, to restrict the executive’s choice
of commissioners to representatives
of the engineer corps of the army
or the navy. The commission should
'consist, of five, or preferably of three
members, whose respective duties,
powers and salaries should be assign¬
ed to tnem by the president and whp
should be placed under the member
of the cabinet whom the presient de¬
sires. Of these men the one appoint¬
ed as administrator of'the'canal sfrlp
should also serve as minister t'6 Pan¬
ama. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.” •
In his letter Secretary Taft says
the commission lias done a great deal
of work organization ■
the of and prep- ,
aration lo build the ranal. Derided I
progress has been made in the veri¬
fication of the data obtained by the
French engineers, and In procuring
new data necessary to enable the i
engineers of the commission to de j
termine the proper plan for fhe ca¬
nal.
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POSSIBLE ROW WITH HAITI.
Unde Sam Demands Release of Con-
vlctfed American Citizen.
£222
iidity of the sentence to ^fteen years
at hard labor pronounced by the Hai-
tlen court against one Jaeger Huber,
an American citizen for alleged ’com¬
plicity’ in bond frauds.
The United States demands the an-
nulment of the sehlence, under pain
of energetic intervention.
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WIDOW MARCUM WINS SUIT.
Jury Awards Her $8,000 for the As¬
sassination of Her Husband.
At Winchester, Ky., the jury in fhe
case of Mrs. Amelia Marcum, who
si;ed Judge James Hargis, ex-state
senator Alex Hargis, Sheriff Ed Cal
lahan; of Breathitt county, and Attor-
ney Fulton French, for $100,000, for
alleged conspiracy with Curtis Jett and
Thomas White to slay her husband,
James B. Marcum, returned a verdict
for $8,000 against James Hargis and
Sheriff Callahan and found for the de-
f<> ndants in the case of French and
Alex Hargis.
BIG GLASS WORKS BURNED.
Lo, s >« Estimated at $250,000—500
Men Are Now Idle.
The immense plant of the St. Louis
Plate Glass Company at Valley Park,
twenty miles wpst of St. Louis, was
part , alIy ()e «, roy( . (1 Uy flre Wearies-
day ; entailing a loss estimated at
$260,000. Between 300 and 500 em-
ployees will be out of employment
until the plant c^n be rebuilt.
NO. 10.
C. B. WILLINGHAM.
Cotton Factor J
MACON, GEORGIA.
By a liberal policy and honorable methods I
have built up the largest Cotton Commission
business in Macon, Ga.
Ship Me Your Cotton and Get Best
Returns.
G. B. WILLINGHAM.
W. F. HOLMES. F. S. HARDEMAN
Cotton Factors J
Macon, S3 Georgia.
AGENTS FOR
Deering Harvesting Machines i
CLARK HARROWS,
Elmwood Fencing, Red Ripper Hay
Presses.
420 Fourth St., Macon, Ga.
S. JONES & CO •9
3io Third Street, Macon, Ga.
Bagging and Ties 1
Texas Rust Proof Oats and Seed
Potatoes.
Lowest Market Prices at all Times.
MERRITT & C0„
(Successors to T. E. MERRITT.) •.
DEALERS IN
Staple r GrOCCreiS and TobaCCO.
for Bagging and Ties. -
■ «l, 456 THIRD STREET, MACON, GA.
*53 and
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Cotton Factors,
MACON, Mi GEORGIA.
» n 11 1 1 h mm him h m ♦
. Best Cotton Sellers in the City. ?
They Keef> a Full Supply of Bagging and Ties.
Farm Wagons and Buggies
ARE SPECIALTIES.
Tlw) Also Handlo the Highest Brads Fertilizers on tha Market.
COTTON FACTORS,