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About The Morgan monitor. (Morgan, Ga.) 1896-???? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1899)
THE MORGAN MONITOR VOL. I V. NO. • TOTES MD CROCKERY. If you nee' a Stove or Range it will pay you to come and ce us. Also Crockery and China. We make w se ^ s J us ^ as H ou wan ^ ^ em > P^ n white , embossed or decorated porcelain at very low figures. W. S. BELL, AIjBAI^TY, measure h^Iavoked ry a vote CE 68 TO 6. GOVERNMENT LIBERRL SUBSCRIBER Bill Provides For Issuance of One Mil¬ lion Shares at $100 Each to Construct Water Way. The senate Saturday passed the Nica¬ ragua canal bill, decided to make the anti-scalping bill the unfinished busi¬ ness and continued without the com¬ pletion the consideration of the In¬ dian appropriation bill. • A number of amendments were made to the Nicara¬ gua canal bill, and there were innu¬ merable short speeches during the day. There was, however, no opposi¬ tion to a vote when the time came, and a roll call on it developed only six vote's in opposition to final passage. The Nicaragua canal bill, as it pass¬ ed, continues tbejname of the Maritime Canal Company. It provides for the issuance of 1,000,- 000 shares of $100 each. The canal company is required to call in all the stock issued except that held by the Nicaragua and Costa Rican govern¬ ments. The company is also required to redeem and cancel all bonds and scrip heretofore issued by the coin¬ pany and to satisfy all cash liabilities. To enable the company to comply with this requirement, treasury war- rants to the amount of $5,000,000 authorized, with a proviso to the effect that only so much of the amount shall be paid as shall be required to pay the actual cash value of the rights, privi¬ leges, franchises and property at the time of t'he payment, the value to be determined by commissioners to be appointed by the president. This being done, the secretary of the treas¬ ury is authorized to subscribe for 95,- 000 shares of the company’s stock for the government of the United States. The present members of the board of directors are then to resign and a board of seven is to be appointed, in their stead, consisting of five on be¬ half of the United States, and one each on behalf of Nicaragua and Costa Rica. The directors on behalf of the United States are to be appointed by the president and confirmed by the senate. No two of them are to be residents of any one state, and no person who has heretofore been interested in the canal company is to be appointed to this office. They are also prohibited from being interested in contracts on the canal. Each of the directors, except the president, is to receive a salary of $5,- 000 per annum, and the president is to have $6,000. All traveling expenses are to be paid. Annual reports are required. There is a provision against declaring a dividend except upon the net earnings. The company is authorized to con- tract for the completion of the canal within six years. The payments are restricted canal is to to $20,000,000 be annually. The of the largest large enough “for the use sea-going vessels at a cost not to exceed the estimate of the engineers, and not Vj exceed $115,- 000,000.” This amouH is made a permanent appiopriatioi for the work to he used as occasion miy require. The bill givfs the government a lien upon the property to se-ure the re¬ payment of the moneys aq-anced, and the president of is the. empowerel to declare forfeiture States without propery to the United other the lecessity of judicial ’pherefliter or a full tiLe is ascr-tainment. to*eat of in the government president is the ai Unittl authorized States. The Any change in o to secure or mcHfi ca tion 0 [ the terms of the concessi,,^ either from Ik 0 concessionaires or f rom Nicaragua and Costa Rica. I case 0 f failure m such negotiations tie presi¬ dent is also empowered to ngotiate f„r another route across the ispmus 0e is further requested to o, e u ne¬ gotiations for the abrogation of the Clayton-Bnlwei found W treaty be in or any other treaty the existem, and standing neutrality m way of of conatrnc ion. The the canal i%rant- ed, hnjA* Hfforruptions to of protect business it beween gainst the Atlantic and Pacific States is coasts 6’ the United reserved, CUBAN BAXK DISTRUSTED. Governor General Brooke Will Recoin- mend a Change. Advices from Havana state that Ma¬ jor General Brooke, the governor gen- eral, has mVle recommendations to XVashington, it is understood, against the collection of taxes by Banco Espa- nolo in Cuba, and he has given atten- tion to the matter of taxes due since January 1st. This question of collec- tion of back taxes by the Spanish bank is daily gaining in importance on account of the opposition the proposal has caused The bank is distrusted and disliked by the Cubans because for genera- tions the institution was Spain’s in forcing the collection of taxes and because of its partin the juggling of Spanish credit during the war period. Taxes otherwise reason- able would be reluctantly paid to Spanish tax gatherers. The system would be too much of a reminder of former times, as the bank was dis- U^y . Span-, colonial The bank’s refusal Thursday to honor its promissory notes is consid¬ ered to amount to repudiation aud all this tends to increase the general dis¬ trust of the bank and dissatisfaction with the tax collection proposal. The military administration has re¬ ceived manyprotesting telegrams from the interior of the island and many protesting petitions against the meas¬ ure by the municipal council and oth¬ er civil authorities, as well as the pa¬ triotic league and clubs, which will be laid on Sunday before the governor general. Cubans generally are called upon to take wlmt dissuading action is possible that day by a demonstra¬ tion with flags and banners. The bank has taken no action to¬ ward making collections and will not proceed until the governing general is¬ sues a deci’ee to that effect. Major General John O. Bates, mili¬ tary commander of the department of Santa Clara, has arrived from Cienfue- gos to discuss with General Brooke the affairs of his department. He re¬ ports that there are 25,000 Spanish troops still at Cienfuegos, thou jh the transports are now leaving daily. General Bates will be heartily glad to see the last Spanish soldier leave there as the city is frightfully dirty. The Spaniards, however, are very well be¬ haved. Governor General Brooke purposes to confer with all the governors of departments so that all may act on the same lines of policy. RIVER AM) IIARROR RILL. The Measure Completed Over $12,000,000 Appropriated for Fiscal Year. A XVashington dispatch says: The river and harbor bill was completed Friday night. It carries appropria¬ tions for the ensuing fiscal year aggre¬ gating $12,500,138, and in addition to this continuing contracts are author¬ ized aggregating $16,791,533. Other conditional appropriations, contingent upon securing certain re¬ sults, amount to $770,000, but the payments on these would probably be postponed beyond the ensuing year. The appropriations above $50,000 for harbors in southern states are as fol¬ lows, the contract amount in each case being in addition to the amount allow¬ ed for the ensuing year: Georgia—Brunswick harbor, $320,- 000 conditional on depth; Savannah, $50,000; Duboy bar, $70,000; Chatta¬ hoochee river, $45,000; Ocmul^ee river, $20,000, and continuing con¬ tracts, $136,000; Savannah river be¬ tween Augusta and Savannah, $25,000, and continuing contract, $245,000. Alabama—Mobile harbor, $100,000, and continuing contract, $500,000; Alabama river, $50,000; Black War¬ rior river from Tuscaloosa to Daniels creek, $50,000, and continuing con¬ tract, $140,000; XVarrior and Tombig- bee river from mouth to Demopolis, $50,000. Tennessee—Cumberland river above Nashville, $500,000; below Nashville, $100,000; Tennessee river below Chat¬ tanooga, $135,000. WOOD RETURNS TO CUBA. General in Charge of Affair* at Santiago Leave* Washington. Major General Leonard XVood called at the war department Friday to say Farewell prior to his departure for Cuba. The General goes to Miami, Fla., by rail. He will go thence by boat to Havana, and will have full conference with General Brooke, in oharge o( the island of Cuba, before (roQttdi.n? tQ bin post *t Bantiago. MORGAN. GA„ THURSDAY, JANUARY 2(1, 1899. WRITE US FOR PRICES r a^ON W N alls. Bark WIr®, W. S. BELL, ALBANY, GA. WENT BEYOND IXSTRDCTIONS. Germany Will Not Uphold Action of Con¬ sul at Samoa. A XVashington special of Sunday ea J" s: T lt , can , be stated . , , authoritatively that if the published reports of the | events at Apia are true the acts of the , I German consul, Rose, and of the ., ? ent , of - tb ,, municipal • ■ , council, ■, i ™ Jf eal were not ° the results of mstruc- t,0 f fr ° m tbe &erman gownment, sofar as ^ose acts were violative of the treaty of Berlin, it is not be- |* tbe 0Ted ? wl11 at recelve tho . e ‘ a ‘? tbe department a PP r0Val of that the While ®? the ver situation . 1 ' rn ® 1 ? * is . regarded , - offi- „ cially as requiring delicate treatment, ° ne of tb e partias to the exchanges . taking place authority for are is ^ opinion that it will certainly yield !° f lm discussion and that a satis- factory understanding will be the out- C0, “ e - Thl ? la Vrfsnmwg that the either through their foreign offices or their ambassadors. The danger apprehended is the irre¬ sponsible action of some minor official away off in Somoa, beyond the imme¬ diate control of the authorities at Ber¬ lin, XVashington and London. So far as the last reports indicate, the issue between the German representatives and the American -and British repre¬ sentatives in Samoa had certainly not developed be beyond a point where it could readily adjusted upon a mere statement of the actual facts, for it is still believed that all the parties to the treaty are willing to live up to its pro¬ visions, which of course would involve a readiness to disavow any improper action on the part of their respective agents, and even go further and undo so much of the mischief already done by them ar it might be possiblo to reach. Assuming that tha trouble at Apia has passed its acute stage and that it will be adjusted satisfactorily by such measures remain as are required, there will for treatment in the immediate future the treaty relation of the three powers relative to Samoa. CHEMIST GIVES TESTIMONY Regarding tlie Presence of ltoraclc and Salicylic Acids In Moat. A XX T ashington dispatch says: Pro¬ fessor F. F. Clarke, chemist of the United States geological survey, re¬ ported to the war investigating com¬ mission Saturday that he had tested the powder furnished by Surgeon Daly as being the residinm from boiling down of a portion of the condemned beef of the Panama, and which dis¬ closed the presence of both boracic and salicylic acids. Frofessor Clarke took the witness stand‘and said he could say nothing of the origin of the materials tested nor could he state the probable amount of chemical agents used that would be extracted in making tea from the beef without more material and longer time. XVhen asked as to the effect on health of using beef injected with the boracic acid, witness said it would be rela¬ tively harmless, but that the use of salicylic acid would be different, and was prohibited by most European countries. MILLER EXPEDITION LANDS. Our Soldier* Disembark From Transport Within Three Mile* of Iloilo. A special to the New York World from XVashington says: General Miller’s expoditionhas land¬ ed on Guimaris Island, three miles from Iloilo, without opposition, so General Otis cables from Manila. The landing was necessary because of the crowded condition of the troops on the transports. Experience has proved that soldiers lose spirit and fighting qualities when confined long on board ship, so the war department asked General Otis to ascertain if it were possible for General Miller to laud his expedition near Iloilo. He cabled that it was and was instructed to order a landing. It was deemed inadvisable to have this expedition return to Manila with¬ out having landed because it was fear- 0(1 the natives on Luzon would think ‘f> 0 Filipinos at Iloilo had repulsed Americans. The president s pol- i c Y °* pacification will be continued and no attempt to land at Iloilo will be made at present, The island on which the men have landed ie healthy and has an abundance MYSTERY OF THE LOST “PAUL JONES” CLEARED UP. NO BODIES HIVE YET BEEN FOUND There Were Fight People On Boaril Con¬ sisting; of Five Passengers anil a Crew of Three. A special from Biloxi, Miss., says: The fate of the missing yacht Paul Jones, which left New Orleans on the 3d of January for Pensacola, has at last been solved, positive news of the yacht and her ill-fated crew being re¬ ceived Friday at Biloxi from two sources. The Paul Jones had the following pleasure seekers on board: Joseph Brinkman, Louisville. Miss Florence Taggart, daughter of Mayor Taggart, Indianapolis. Miss Margerie Woodland, daughter of George XVoodland, vice president Prairie State bank, Chicago. Colonel Harry C. Yocum, St. Louis. Miss 'Florence Yocum, St. Louis,bis daughter. The crew consisted of three men, whose names are unknown. The United States lighthouse ten¬ der Pansy, Captain Fields, which had been engaged for the past three days in the in" search of the missing par¬ ty, arrived Biloxi Friday afternoon at 5 o’clock and brought the intelli¬ gence that the wreckage of the yacht had been found during the morning on Breton island, eighteen miles from Pass a l’Outre The report brought by the mate and a sailor on tha Pansy leaves no doubt as to the fate of the yacht and of those on board. The mate says the wreck¬ age was scattered all over the island, and among other things picked up were the foremast of the vessel, a plank bearing the name “Paul Jones,” a mirror, a table, new tires of a bicy¬ cle, a yawl with bow crushed in, and several other minor articles. From the description of the wreck, it is clearly evident that the yatebwas destroyed by exploding, as otherwise the vessel would not have gone to pieces so completely. Had not an explosion* occurred, and it*is the vessel gone to pieces immediately, more than probable that some, if not all, of those on board would have made their way ashore safely. No Truce of Passenger*. No trace of any of the missing per¬ sons was discovered, although a dili¬ gent search was made. It is possible, however, though barely probable, that some may have made their way to the almost impenetrable marsh land. Tho Pansy was met oq her return tnp by the steamer tug Maud, which had on board Mayor Taggert, of Indianapolis, whose daughter was on board the yacht, and Mr. Jones, the owner of the vessel, to whom were related the story of the disaster. Information brought by the Pansy is confirmed by oyster fishermen, who have just arrived and who have known of it for more than a week. The launch exploded, they say, on or about Janu¬ ary 6th near Bird island, and every¬ thing goes to show that all on board were killed at once or drowned soon after. The boat was operated by a gasoline engine and it is now recalled that she met with several accidents from fire on her way down the river. It is re¬ garded as certain that the engine ex¬ ploded, but from what cause will probably never be known. The force was such that it not only blew off the pilot house, but split, the yacht in two. The launch, which was owned by Lawrence Jones, a Louisville distiller, was loaned to him by Mr. Yocum and left Louisville December 8th for a trip j to Florida. She left New Orleans for Pensacola January 3d. READY FOR CARTER CASE. Deputy Judge Advocate General Harr Re¬ ported to Department For Duty. Colonel Thomas F. Barr, deputy judge advocate general, has reported i to the war department for duty in con¬ nection with considering the long pending case of Captain Career, corps of engineers, courtmartialed for irregu¬ larities in the government was near Savannah, SHOT 6UNS a BIGYSLES. If you want a Bicycle or Shot Gun call on us. We can certainly interest you. We can sell you a first- class Shot Gun at a very low price. Don’t fail to call on us when you come to Albany and see our ex¬ tensive line of goods. w. S. BELL, ajl.: ¥ ■ MOTOR MYSTERY SOLVED. Keely'* Workshop Dismantled and Evi¬ dences of Trickery Found. The Fhilidelphia Press publishes an article covering, with illustrations, over a page in space, giving the de¬ tails of an investigation made by that paper of the dismantled workshop of the late John XV. lveely, which inves¬ tigation The Press contends clearly proves the mysterious Keely motor to have been a delusion and deceptive and that its alleged mysterious forces were In the result of trickery. the investigation, which has been in progress over a week, the flooring of the workshop was taken up and a brick partition wall was removed. The Press was assisted in the work by Prof. Hering, a consulting engineer of experience; Prof. Arthur XV. Good- speed, assistant proftssor of physics of the University of Pennsylvania; Prof. Lightner XVilmer, professor of psychology at the University of Penn¬ sylvania, and Hr. M. G. Miller, who has had special training in exploration and research in the way of mound dig¬ ging and accordingly superintended all the digging operations. Clarence B. Moore, son of Mrs. Bloomfield XIoore, was an interested spectator. The statements in the article, which are substantiated by signed statements of the above named scientists are to the effect that tubing was found con¬ cealed in the brickwork and under the floor of the laboratory. This, it is claimed, laid bare the possibilities of deception as the tubing is of a kind calculated to stand high pressure and could have been used in connection with the great steel sphere found last week in the laboratory, which the ex¬ perts intimate was used as a reservoir for compressed air or compressed gases and the tubing could thus form an agency for the forces that moved the motor in the eihibition room. The contention of Mr. Keely and his friends for many years has been that no tubing of any kind was needed to work his machines. The views of Professor Goodspeed are that the presence of the tubing and sphere indicates the use of nor¬ mal forces and possible deception on the part of Keely. In this view, Clar¬ ence Moore concurs and Professor XVilmer feels that the possibility of trickery confirms the diagnosis that most psychologists make as to a de¬ lusive character of the Keely mystery. COMMISSION’S WORK ENDED. President Congratulate* Officials IV lio Directed Evacuation of Cuba. A XVashington dispatch says: The Cuban evacuation commission was dis¬ solved Thursday, and its members submitted to the president, the secre¬ tary of state and the secretary of war, a report on their labors. The report makes no reference to the future government of the island i and embodies no political recommen- j da q 0Ils whatsoever, consisting practi- cal|y of R record of its proce edings j 1 pausing with the mainly voluminous between correspondence it, the Span- 1 ish commission, and the administra- j tion at XVashington. Secretary Alger and the president warmly congratulated the commission on its successful and expeditious work, GERMAN PRESS COMMENT Regarding the Trouble In Sartoa-Situa- tlon Considered lira re. Advices from Berlin,Germany, state that the news from Samoa has been received with foreboding. The Lokal Anzeiger says: “All thiH, doubtless, signifies an | appreciable quarrel, and with the unceremoniousness which,the Ameri- cans have affected lately toward us, it may easily take a serious turn. Tho Samoan co-dominion has always in¬ volved a lurking danger.” MRS. GEORGE INDICTED. Canton Woman Will lie Tried For Murder of George Saxon. The grand jury at Canton, Ohio, Thursday, returned a true bill against Mrs. Annie E. George for murdering George D. Saxton last October. The indictment is for the first degree and the penalty is death by electrocution. Saxon was a brother of Mrs. Wil¬ liam McKinley. The president and Mrs. McKinley were called to Canton for the funeral of Saxon. All the pro¬ ceedings of the grand jury were secret. SI PER YEAR. M’MILLIN’S MESS A BE. Now Governor of Tennesson Suggests Sev. * oral Reforms In Affairs of the State. A Nashvilledispatch Rays: Governed McMilliu sent his first message to the general assembly Friday, It is a strong paper and bold in its advocacy of reform. He urges that the greatest encouragement be given the cause of education, and urges (hat some remedy be applied to the extortionate charges for school books. Ho says the peni¬ tentiary system is working well and should be given a further trial before a change is ■made. He recommends that the peniten¬ tiary commissioners be required to investigate the merits of all applica¬ tions for pardons. He urges that illl- thority be given for the transfer of insane convicts to hospitals for the insane. He says it would be a calam¬ ity to the people to return to the old system of excessive payment of fees. He urges immediate investigation with a view to reducing the number of judges to the lowest possible limit. He recommends that the compensation of coal oil inspectors be limited to $1,500 per annum. Ho favors the continuance of the railroad commis¬ sion, the creation of a state board of equalization. He says that floating debts should Vie funded or the tax rate increased sufficiently to pay it off within two or three years, and urges the creation of a sinking fund. PROTEST AGAINST EXPANSION. Citizens of New York Hold a Mass Meet¬ ing In Acmlemy of Music. A New York dispatch says: A mass meeting of citizens was held in the Academy of Music Sunday night un¬ der the auspices of the Continental League for the purpose of protesting and against the policy of “imperialism entangling alliances with Euro¬ pean powers.” Communications were read from ex- Presideut Cleveland, Colonel XVUliam J. Bryan and Bishop Henry C. Pot¬ ter regretting their inability to be present. Mr. Cleveland, in his letter, Bays: “I am so opposed to the expan¬ sionist craze now afflicting our body politic that any organization formed in opposition to it has my hearty sym¬ pathy ami approval.” Mr. Bryan said that he was fully in sympathy with every effort put forth to save the nation from the dangers of imperialism. * Resolutions were adopted declaring in strongest terms against taking over the Philippines. GEORGIA TAX COMMISSION, Hcetl In Atlanta anil Perfect. 1’erlnft- nont Organization. The new tax commission for Geor¬ gia appointed under authority of the Roland Ellis resolution, met at Atlanta Monday morning in the senate clmm- her at the capitol aud effected perma- nent organization. Owing to the rather chaotic condi¬ tion of the present tax laws of the state it was thought advisable to have a digest or code of tho laws made. It was suggested that no meeting of tho commission should he held until all tho data necessary he secured by the secretary. This will require a vast amount of work, and tho commission adjourned until the fourth Monday in NO TRUTH IN REPORT, Purchaser of tho S. A. I. Says the .South¬ ern Will Not Get, It. Specials received at Richmond, X'A., Saturday night from Norfolk stated that it was persistently reported there that the syndicate headed by John Skelton Williams, which secently pur¬ chased control of the Seaboard Air- Line, would sell out to New York par- ties in tlie interest of the Southern railway. Mr. Williams when seen declared most emphatically that there was not a word of truth in the report. RUSSIA BUILDS BATTLESHIPS. ’/wo War.hip*, Two Cruiser, ami Manx Torpedo Boat* Under Way. The Russian governmenthas ordered a new cruiser of 6,250 tons to bo con¬ structed at the Vulcan ship building yards, Stettin, Prussia. It has also decided to build in Prussian yards three battleships of about 12,800 tons each and two cruisers of 6,000 and 3,000 tons re¬ spectively. Numerous torpedo boats are now in course of construction under govern¬ ment orders, SENATORS DISCUSS MERITS OF SCHLEY AND SAMPSON. MUCH WARM TALK INDULGED IN. Sampson's Friends Charge That Schley "Wanted to Keep Out of Cervcra’s Way at. Santiago. A Washington special says: The en¬ tire executive session of the senate Mondny was devoted wholly to the discussion of the promotion of Ad¬ mirals Sampson and Schley and other naval officers engaged in the Santiago campaign over the heads of officers who were their superiors in rank. The controversy was then postponed for twenty days after a vote had been taken to call for the, records of the navy department bearing upon the conduct of all affected by the advance¬ ment, The discussion arose over the reso¬ lution of which Senator Butler was the author, calling for these docu¬ ments. Ah originally offered it asked for the reasons for the advancement, but the resolution was modified so as to request the record only. The reso- > lution was then allowed to pass with¬ out further division. For three hours previous to this, however, the senate had been engaged in a very animated battle, which in¬ volved many intricacies and was par¬ ticipated in by a large number of sena¬ tors. The main contests were first over the general policy of promoting these officers over others who were charac- terized as quite ns deserving, though less fortunate in that they were de¬ prived of such active participation in the war, and, second, as to the rela¬ tive merits of Sampson and Schley. Senators Gorman and XVellington, of Maryland, one a republican and the oilier a democrat, united in a fierce at¬ tack upon the navy department for fa¬ voring Sampson over Schley. Senators Lindsey, Pettigrew, Per¬ kins and Money attacked the whole system of promotion as a “species of favoritism which was not warranted by the facts.” The method of the ad¬ ministration was defended by Messrs. Hale, Chandler and Lodge. Senator XVellington was especially zealous in his advocacy of the claims of Admiral Schley and his presenta¬ tion of reasons why Admiral Sampson should not be preferred over him. He made the statement that if the official papers were ordered they would demonstrate beyond a possible ques¬ tion the fact that Schley and not Sampson fought the battle of Santi¬ ago. Senator Lindsay found much in the promotion of both Schley and Samp¬ son over Commodore XVatson to con¬ demn. The charge was made that Schley had voluntarily left Santiago after reaching the vicinity of that port, and after Cervera had entered the harbor, aud also the charge that, when the Spanish fleet had sailed out through the narrow mouth of the channel Ad¬ miral (then Commodore) Sehley had made a reverse movement with tho Brooklyn ami gone in a direction op¬ posite to that taken by the Spanish squadro’n instead of boldly attacking tho enemy in the beginning. It was asserted tliat these facts were among those which the archives would reveal. Tho friends of Admiral Schley de¬ clared they had nothing to fear from having nil the facts known. Explain¬ ing his start to leave Santiago and his refusal to obey department orders be¬ fore Sampson’s arrival, they said it was because he bad been unable to coal at sea. XVlien they were asked liow it had happened that they had been able to coal tbirty-six hours af¬ terwards, they replied that this was due to the fact that a storm had given place to a calm. Senators Lindsay and Pettigrew, who wore not standing for either Samp¬ son or Schley, made the point that these developments had merely em- phasized 'the reasons why the senate should be put into possession of all the facts before the voting. “I am not tlie champion of either of these officers,’’ said Mr. Pettigrew, “and if Schley ran away from the enemy or showed a disposition to do ho, I want to know it, ”
