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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS.
-LUME 1. NUMBER iO3.
com SAYS
RAILROADS ARE
CORRUPT
SENSATIONAL CHARGES MADE IN
REPORT OF INTERSTATE BODY
FILED IN WASHINGTON.
DECLARATION THAT HIGH OFFI
CIALS DELIBERATELY VIOLATE
THE LAW.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—The 15th
annual report of the interstate com
merce commission was transmitted to
congress today. Referring to the re
cent investigations into the movement
of packing house products and the
movement of grain, the commission
says:
“The leading traffic officials of many
of the principal railway lines, men oc
cupying high positions and charge.*
with important duties, should deliber
ately violate the law of the land, and
in some cases agree with each other to
do so; that it Bhoud be thought by
them necessary to destroy' vouchers
and to so manipulate bookkeeping as
to ohiterate evidence of transactions;
that hundreds of thousands of dollars
should be paid in unlawful rebates to
a few great packing houses; that the
business of railroad transportation, the
most important but one in the country
today, paying the highest salaries ana
holding out to young men the greatest
inducements, should to sucn an extent'
bo conducted in open disregard of the
must be surprising and’ offen
sive to all right-minded persons
Equally startling is the fact that the
owners of these packing houses, men
whose names are known throughout
the commercial world, should seeming
ly be eager to augment their gainß
with the enormous amount of these
rebates, which they receive In plaiil
defiance of the actual statute.”
In regard to the relative rates on the
export of wheat and flour the com
mission says:
"At the present time grain and grain
products move from the points of ori
gin to the seaboard generaly upon se
cret rates. The effect of these secret
rates is to discriminate in favor of the
foreigner, to give preferences to par
ticuar shippers, and exclude from busi
ness the small operator. These rate
discriminations militate against a
great American industry.”
A SIO,OOO REWARD
FOR ADMIRAL SCHLEY.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—1n the sen
ate Mr. mason of Illinois offered a
joint resolution, tendering the thanks
of congress to Admiral Schley for
“brave and able conduct while in com
mand of the fleet at Santiago,” and
that a sword be presented to him cost
ing SIO,OOO. After a sharp cntroversy
between Mr. Mason and Mr. Hale,
chairman of the committe on naval af
fairs, it went over.
Postoffice Robbed.
DUE v. _,ST, S. C.. Jan. 23.—Be
tween SSOO and S6OO in money and
stamps were stolen from the postoffice
here this morning. The store at Don
ald's, a few miles away, was burglar
ized of v- -, the robbers escaping in
a stolen buggy.
Too Late to Bave Scheepers.
NEW YOrtK, Jan. 23.—Through a
cable error an Associated Press dis
patch announced that tne death sen
tence upon Commandant Ssheepers
of the Boer army, had been confirmed
by General Kitchener and that he
would be executed next Saturday. The
fact is that he was executed on last
Saturday, Jan. 18. It was in his be
half that Senator Teller introduced a
resolution of protest yesterday.
Wanted—A smart white boy at Nuss
baum’s grocery tora.
WHO WILL
BE DEPUTY
ASSISTANT POST MASTERSHIP IS
NOW BEING DISCUSSED. SMITHS
APPOINTMENT WILL HOLD.
it is the general impession among
Brunswickians now that the appoint
ment of A. IL. Smith as postmaster
will stand, and his appointment will
probably he confirmed by the senate
today.
The average citizen now is wonder
ing who will be named as deputy. No
uoubt Belcher and the machine have
someone slated for the place, but
they are keeping it as much a secret
as did they in Mr. Smith’s appoint
ment. A News reporter heard yester
day that there were three or four ap
plicants for the place, among them
being a '.veil known negro,
A special from Washington to the
Savannah -News yesterday says:
Postmaster Brown of Brunswick,
who came up to look over the situation
to see if he could prevent the confir
mation of A. M. Smith, who has was
appointed to the office, has got very
little satisfaction. Some of the news
paper jnibllcations indicate that the
people of Brunswick have not entirely
understood the situation, but supposed
that the nomination had not been
made. As was announced in the press
A. M. Smith was nominated about ten
lays ago. Smith is an active young
nisiness man of Brunswick and had
very strong endorsements. Repre
sentative Brantley was among those
who gave an endorsement as to .his
Ugh character. But when Mr. Brant
oy heard that Mr. Brown and his
riends considered that the present
postmaster had been treated unfairly
he had Senator Clay, who is on the
postofflee committee, hold up the con
firmation until Brown could get here.
There has been a strong sentiment in
favor of Brown because he has made
Brunswick a good postmaster, and es
pecially because at the time -of the
yellow fever epidemic he remained
at his post and kept the postoffice open
although his assistants left. He him
self had the yellow’ fever, hut as soon
as he recovered went back to his post.
He claims tat his trouble with the post
iffice department is due to his being
n Louisville attending the Mystic
Shriner gathering at the time when
n inspector went through his office.
He says that there were some miaun
ierstandings, but that they were im
mediatey straightened out and he
heard nothing more from them until
he reeived notice that his head had
had been given to another man. He
had been iven to another man. He
Haims that the animus behind this
opposition comes from the republicans,
because he had refused to appoint a
negro assistant. There must, however,
.be two sides to the tory, for Assist
ant Postmaster Genera) Bristol de
clares that not only cannot Brown be
considered, but bis assistant, who was
a candidate for the place, also has no
show. The probability is, therefore,
that Smith will be promptly con
firmed.
LADY STANLEY PROTESTS
AGAINST “ART CATASTROPHE.”
Lady Stanley,
wife or Sir Henry M. Stanley, asserts
that she has hih authority for saying
that the Italian legal difficulties have
been evercome and negotiations are
well advanced for thte transfer of the
jntire Borghese gallery to the United
world to join in averting such a ca
tastrophe. The Borghese gallerry is
regarded as being the flnest private
-ollections of paintings in the world.
Among the best known works in it are
Correggio's “Danae,, and Raphael's,
“Entombment. The statuary is not
regarded as of much importance, but
the modern sculpture includes several
masterpieces, suca as Canova' s"Venus
Victrix.”
BRUNSWICK, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24, 1902.
PICE BUYS
MANY PRESENTS,
PURCHASES DIAMONDS TO GIVE
TO PEOPLE WHILE IN THE
UNITED STATES.
AN INTERCHANGEABLE SHOT
GUN AND RIFLE TO BE PRE
SENTED TO ROCSEVTLT.
. .BERLIN, Jan. 23.—Prince Henry se
lected at the court jeweler’s this
moqiing about 50 presents for Ameri
cans with whom he will come specially
in contact with during his visit to the
United States.
The pesents included several gold
and silver boxes set with diamonds;
they have the emperor’s monogram
encircled with diamonds enamelled on
the lids; beautiful silver cups with
“Hohenzollern" enamelled on them;
gold and silver cigarette cases, on
which his majesty’s outograph is
traced in small diamonds, and small
compesses, encased in gold and silver
boxes with “Hohenzollern” enamelled
on them, besides larger and more valu
able giftts.
There are a number of cuff links,
brooches, and scarf pins with the ini
tial “H” in diamonds included among
the presents. The latter are intended
for less important persons.
Official secrecy is maintained os to
what the emperor and Prince Henry
will present to the president., Rear Ad
miral Evans and Miss Alicp Roosevelt,
though it is wel known V ‘S majesty
will send Miss Roosevelt a jeweled
bracelet, and Prince Henry will proba
bly offer, the president a fine hunting
gun interchangeable shot and rifle
barrels and its accompanying equip
ment.
A RECEIVER WANTED.
Bank of Commerce, Atlanta, Not Be
ing Satisfactorily Managed.
ATLANTA, Jan. 23/—A bill asking
for a receiver for the Atlanta Bank
of Commerce was fiio.l in the superior
court today by Robert J. Lowry, presi
dent of the Lowry National Bank.
Ttie Bank of Commerce has not been
actively engaged in business for six
months and a bill was filed to compel
an accounting by those having its af
fairs In charge. Colonel Lowry allee
ges in his hilt, among other things,
that a shortage of 512.000 was discov
ered in the accounts of the bookkeeper
and no steps were taken to protect the
stockholders against loss. Judge
Lumpkin issued a restraining order
and set the case for Jan. 2ft.
The Tampa Tribune publishes the
following:
The Tribnne has been informed by
two business men of tins city of the
presence in Tampa of a representative
of an out of town printing concern,
who has been soliciting business from
the merchants of this city with consid
erable success. The Tribune finds no
fault with the out of town printing es
tablishment or its representative for
endeavoring to get business out of
Tampa, but it does think that it is
poor policy on the part of the mer
chants of Tampa to send their job
printing out of the city, when there
are half a dozen or more like estab
lishments in Tampa who employ a
large number of men and are allwork
ing to build up the city.
In some instances, the traveling rep
resentatives make lower prices on cer
tain grades of printing than the home
offices, but when the express charges
are paid, and the class of work and the
stock compared, the local establish
ments generally outbid their competi
tors.
WANTED—Good second hand me
dium size safe at reasonable price.
Warren A. Fuller Lumber Cos., Opera
Uouae block.
COUNCIL METi
THAT m ALL,
DISCUSSED I.IE LICENSE UNTIL
AFTER TWELVE O'CLOCK AND
THEN ADJOURNED.
LIQUOR LICENSE WILL REMAIN
AT S2OO.—DEPARTMENT STORE
BUSINESS CUT OUT.
City council met in regular session
last night and it proved to oe one of
the longest sessions ever held by the
body, it being after 2 o'clock when
they adjourned.
All the time was taken up in dis
cussing the license ordinance, and it
has not yet been finally adopted.
It was decided, however, lto et the
liquor license remain as it is—s2oo.
The recommendation of the license
committee being defeated.
Another change was made regarding
the committee’s report in reference to
department stores. In the report It
was recommended to license depart
ment stores in ratio to stock carried,
the license will remain as heretofore.
The following is what the commit-
The body will meet again tonogiit
Department stores carrying
over $500.00 and not more
than sl,oot/.00 stock 10.00
Deparment stores carrying
over $1,000.00 and not. more
than $2,000.00 stock 15.00
Department stores carrying
over $2,000 and not more than
$3,000 s6ek 20.00
Department stores carrying
over $3,000 and not more than
$5,000 stock 30.00
Department stores carrying
over $5,000 and not more than
$7,600 stock 40.00
Department stores carrying
over $7,500 and not more tuan
$ iO,OOO stock 50.00
DpayiaU,nt stores carrying
over SIO,OOO and not more
than $15,u00 stock, 60.00
Department store's carrying
over $15,000 and not more
than $25,000 stock 75.00
Department stores carrying
over $25,000 and not more
than $50,0u0 stock, 100.00
Department stores carrying
over $50,000 and not more
than SIOO,OOO stock 150.00
Department stores are hereby con
strued to mean ..nose which carry
three or more lines of goods subject
to license, under the provisions of this
ordinance, but merchandise brokers,
agents, undertakers, liquor-dealers
and dealers in guns, pistols, bowie
knives, or other deadly weapons can
not take out Department Store li
cense.
The body will meet again tonight,
at which time it is expected the icense
ordinance will lie finally adopted. A
number of other cnanges, it is under
stood, will also be made.
THO--AND CARS OF CORN
INKANSNS CITY YARDS.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 23.—A corn
blockade, with grain commanding high
prices, and the great southwestern
country buying from the north and
east, instead of having corn for sale
an anomalous condition that exists in
Kansas City. Grain men say there are
1,000 cars of corn on the track here
and the railroad yard3 are so full it
takes many days to get corn started
out of the city after it has been order
ed shipped. Most of the corn is com
ing in from lowa and .orthoastern Ne
braska.
PLANT SYSTEM CHECKS.
They Were Distributed in This City
Yesterday.
The Plant System pays checks, after
a week’s delay, were received in this
city Wednesday and distributed among
the many employes yesterday. This
is the first month that Plant System
employes, all over the line, have been
paid off by checks. In the past,
two pay trains went over the line each
month, but the road thinks the check
system will prove to be more satisfac
tory to both the railroad and the em
ploy©#.
NEWS FROM
ATLANTA.
STATE POPITICS ARE NOW GET
TING RED HOT—WHAT IS
GOING ON.
ATLANTA, Jan, 23. —It is learned to
day that Hon. T. W. Hardwick of
Washington is preparing a salty reply
to the announcement of Congressman
Fleming, which appeared Monday af
ternoon. Mr. Hardwick will answer
Mr. Fleming’s statement regarding the
Fourteenth Amendment of the consti
tution of the United States. It is un
derstood that the announcement will
appear tomorrow in the Tennille News.
What About Pope Brown?
There is considerable talk here to
day regarding Pope Brown. The ques
tion is being asked on all sides, Will
Pope Brown run? Since Mr. Terrell's
announcement the politicians have
begun their talk and now they are anx
ious to find out what Mr. Brown will
no.
Joe Terrell is Silent.
Attorney General Terrell returned
today from Greenville. He declines
to talk regarding the statements of
Messrs. Guerry and Estill about his an
nouncement.
Governor Goes to Augustta.
Governor Candler left tonight for
Augusta to attend the Good Roads con
vention, which is now in session. It is
expected that he will make a speech
at the convention. He will be absent
from his office for one day.
Will Go to charleston.
Governor Candler and staff have de
cided to attend the floral parade In
Charleston on February 9. A large
number of Georgians will probably ac
company ths governor.
Pay For The Teachers.
All the school warrants have been
signed and tomorrow checks for $600,-
000 will be sent out to pay tne school
teachers of Georgia. It will be the
first time In years that the teachers
have been paid in full in January for
the work done the previous year.
Fighting Atkinson.
The city council committee - this
morning filed a protest with the sec
retary of state against the granting of
a charter for the consolidation of the
street car companies in Atlanta, asked
for by H. M. Atkinson et. al. The
protest was filed before the application
for the charter was made.
Secretary Cook declines to talk until
Atkinson's application comes in.
Candler Favors April 30.
Governor Candler has accepted the
invitation to be a member of the com
mittete to change the date of presiden
tial inaugurations. The affair is in
charge of the board of commissioners
of the District of Columbia and every
governor in the United States has been
asked to serve. Governor Candler’s
preference is for April 30.
M’KINLEYS’ BROTHER ABNER
WANTS A FEE OF $6,000.
TOLEDO, 0., Jan. 23.—Abner Mc-
Kinley, brother of the late President
McKinley, has asked the United States
circuit court for a fee of $6,000 for ser
vices claimed to nave been rendered in
connection with the case of Josephus
Harmon against the Detroit and Lima
Northern railway. Lawyer McKinley
makes affidavit that he was appointed
associate counsel for the receiver of
the road, and, with Judge Doyle, was
given orders to act until further in
structions. For his work, he says, he
received no pay.
Bicycle Thief Caught
Officer Tharin yesterday arrested
and placed in jail Henry Williams. Mr.
A. C. Wood lost his bicycle Wednesday
and Mr. Tharin was put on the case.
He arrested the negro in the city, who
had the wheel hidden out near the
cemetery.
Wood and Coal. Coney Jk Parker.
PRICE FIVE CENTB.
A FOUL MURDER IS
REPORTED IN
ST.JJUIS,
WEALTHY MAN BRAINED WITH AN
..AXE WHILE TAKING A TURKIBH
BATH.
BLOODSTAINED HAMMER WAS
FOUND IN CELLAR AND A $15,000
DIAMOND RECOVERED.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 23.—A. Dean Coop
er, treasurer of the Graham Paper
company, died this morning as a re
sult of injuries sustained in a mys
terious manner while in a Turkish bath
establishment last night.
William A. Strother, a negro in
charge of the hath house, who tells
conflicting stories, is under arrest and
a diamond ring worth $1,500 and a val
uable pin belonging to Mr. Cooper have
been recovered from a hieing place
the cellar of th e bath . house. Mr
Cooper’s injuries consisted of a frac
tured skull. A sledge hammar cover
ed with blood was also found in the
cellar and taken poseasion of by the
police.
Mr. Cooper was owner of the bath
house where the assault was com
mitted, but it is not managed in his
name. It is located In a fashionable
section pf the city. Mr. Cooper was
interested In various lines of business
and considered one of the wealthiest
men in St. Louis.
AMOS CUMMINGS AS A HERO.
No Politics W .ere American Soldiers
are Concerned.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—Amos
cummins of New York was the centre
of a dramatic scene today and yester
day. It was commenced on the floor
in the afternoon and continued this
morning. The debate was on the ap
propriation of $500,000 for a military
post in the Philippines. Mr. Cum
mings was the only democrat who vo
ted for it.
Turning upon his fellow democrats
and shaking his fist in their faces, he
shouted;
“When I refuse to vote to protect
the life of an American soldier I hope
I may be paralyzed.”
Today Mr. Cummings explained his
action. He closed by saying that his
party had started right on the subject
hut had ended miserably. He said he
voted as he did as a democrat —as a
Tammany Hall democrat —anjd was
proud of it, and added:
"There is no politics in the question
where the lives of American soldiers
are at stake.”
Mr. Kahn, of California, who visited
the Philippines last summer, said if
the minority knew the suffering of
the soldiers in the Philippines, be
cause of lack of quarters there, there
would not have been a vote against
the Cannon amendment of yestetday.
Mr. Pierce, of Texas, said if such
was the case the president ana officers
of the army were responsible, as they
had absolute authority In the Philip
pines.
PLUCKED OUT HER EYE,
AS THE BCRIPTUREB SAID.
Mrs. Abbey, of Sparta, Tenn., Dead as
Result of Religofus Fanaticism.
NASHVILLE, Jan. 23.—Mrs. Beula
Abbey, wife ot a young merchant near
Sparta, Tenn., is dead as a result of
pulling out one of her eyes in a fanat
ical and literal interpretation of the
scriptual lnjunctio".
“If thine eye offend, pluck It out and
cast it from thee, for it Is better to go
Into heaven having only one eye than
to suffer torments of hell Are.”
She became much excited over re
ligion last autumn and since that time
it is said, she has been noted for
strands vagaries.