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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS. VOL. 1, NUMBER 113. DECISION OF SUPREME COURT. SUPREME. COURT RENDERS A SUPRISING DECISION WHICH IS OF CONSIDERABLE LOCAL INTEREST. THE NOTED BRUNSWICK OYSTER CASES HAVE BEEN DECIDED BY GEORGIA’S HIGHEST TRIB UNAL. The noted oytser eases have been •iec.lded *by the supreme court. Upon the result of this decision some ten or fifteen cases against various par ties have been continued from time to time. The court rules that the title of land owners bordering on tide-waters does not run to the low-water mark, hut that the high water mark is the boun dary line. The question came up on the right of a citizen to gather front an oyster bed between the high water mark and the low water mark, and the_ supreme court rules that the citizen has such right. The decision in full is as follows: Johnson v. state. Grice v. state, misdemeanor. Before Judge Ben net, Camden superior court. Lewis, J.—l. In the absence of special title by grant, lease, prescript ion or otherwise, the boundary of landowner abutting on the ocean, or on any estuary, bay. Inlet or arm thereof where the tide regularly ebbs and flows, extends only to ordinary high-water mark. Section 3059 and 3080 of tlie civil code are not applica ble to such waters. 2. An indictment under resection 588 of the penal code for removing oysters from a private oyster lied in not suii ported proof showing that the accused persons took oysters from a bed sit uated between high-water mark and low-water mark upon the shore of ai; inlet of the sea, title to the bed not being shown t.o exist in any private person.. Judgment reversed. An concur. A. L. Franklin and D. W. Krauss. for plaintiffs in error. John W. Bennett, solicitor general, and Atkinson & Dunwody. contra. Col. D. W. Krauss and Col. A. L Franklin have won a great victory and they are to be congratulated,. TWO FIRES YESTERDAY. Neither of Them, However, Did Very Much Damage. The department had two runs yes terday and did good work on both oc casion . The fli t alarm was sounded from box 23 shortly after 10 o'clock in the morning. The blaz.e was lo cated in a small negro shanty on Bar tow street and was quickly extin guished. The other alarm was sounded at 8 o’clock tn the afternoon from box 32. The house on South Albany street occupied by Wash Milien was on Are but only a small damage was sus tained. TO SPEAK IN BRUNSWICK. Col. Estill Has About Decided to This City. It is more than probable that Col. J. H. Estill will visit Brunswick with in toe next few weeks and address the people of Glynn county. A prominent Estill supporter asked Mayor Emanuel for permission to use the city hall for the occasion and the request will be granted. Col. Estill has many admirers here, all of whom are glad that he is com. ing. WORK OF THE CITY COURT. Quite a Number of Cases Were Dis posed of Yesterday. The folowing cases were disposed of in the city court yesterday: State vs. Arthur Wood, assault and battery; mistrial. State vs. Perry Keith, larceny from the hone, second count.; plea of guilty. Fine of seven months on the chaingang or a fine of SSO and costs. State vs. Willie Banks,larrencvfrom the house; nolle pressed. State vs. Charlie Collins, larcency from the house; nolle prossed. State vs. Dennis Terrell, larcency from the house; nolle prossed. State vs. Irena May, larcency from the house, second count; second de mand and discharged. State vs. C. P. Mclntyre, assault. The jury returned the following ver dict: "We, the jury, find th defend ant not guilty and find the prosecu tion malicious and unwarranted and recommend that the cost of court and jail fees b placed on the prose cutor, J. I). Rooney.” State \ys. Willie Harris, larcency; nolle prossed. State vs. Felton Ward, larcency; nolle prossed. State vs. Denniss Terrell, Chas. Collins, WiUie Banks, larcency from the house; nolle prossed. State vs, Orton Pyles, carrying con cealed weapons, on trial. PIONEER BANKER OF WEST DIES AFTER LONG CAREER. CHICAGO, Feb, 6.—Thomas I). Rob inson, a pioneer banker and lawyer of northern Illinois, i dead at Rockford, aged 84 years. He was a native of Ed inburg, Scotland, and in his young days was interested in the publication of the Mechanics' Magazine with an eldor brother. In 1838 he came to America and sot;led in Winnebago county. One >f his first cases as a lawyer was the prosecution of’ the ‘Banditti of the Prairie,” law breakers who for years >ver ran northern and western counties stealing aud murdering. It 1843 Mr. Robinson, with John A. Holland, open 'd the first banking house in Rockford, tn insfitv.tsou of which he was presi dent at the time of his death. He was •He of the founders of the Beloit col lege and Rockford College for women, lii i estate is valued tit >750.000. ****~' THE NEWS IS TO MOVE. Will Occupy the Kaiser Building on Gloucester Street. In order to accomodate the rapidly ncreaslng business, tho News has reen compelled to rent a larger hun ting as the present one is entirely too small—a case ofoutgrowing the bouse. After the present week wo will oc ■upy tho building on Gloucester street adjoining the plumbing establishment if A. H. Baker. The mu.re building will be used and is it is a large one there is no doubt about, handling the rapidly increasing business. "~ r '7 1 CANDIDATE FOR RE-ELECTION. 001. Henry T. Dunn Has Strong En dorsements for Collector. Col. Henry T. Dunn, collector of fstoms for the port of Brunswick, a candidate for re-appointment and s more than probable that ho will get the position again. Col. Dunn has been circulating a let ter of indorsement and the majority jf business men have signed it. THE LOWEST RATE. You Can 30 to Charleston and Back for a Very Small Sum. 'ir- i'l'.i'st ■■■ id!.le rut.- to Charleston ud r- turn, re count of Brunswick Day, r the sc.iti m. is * l,so. Tickets sold 1 Tuesday and Thursdays and good ■r seven days. Taking everything into c msideration this rate is not at all high. A Card of.Thanks. To ail that showed heartfelt sym pathy so generously with me and my children on account of the untimely death of my dear husband, I wish to extend my sincere thanks to all that comforted me during my sad hours of grief and trouble, and especially to the Knights of IB‘bias for the love and care they have shown mo on ac count of our departed husband and father. Sincerely, Mrs. H. B. Randolph and Children. Big Shipment of Logs. CHATTANOOGA Feb. 6.—Four mil li m fruit of Jogs are expected in this city during tlie latter parlpf the week. They lrnve been started ftlm the upper part of the river on th*- irlo. Oiio-lm f of this amouut is foEve company, one fourtb for the other one fourth is the wnsllfr companies, A Large Meeting. The Elks held a large meeting last night and among other things acepted an invitation from the ladies of the Jewdsh fair to attend in a body which was done. This organization is now' among the strongest in the city and is growing in popularity every day. Board of Trade Today. The Board of Trade will meet in reg ular weekly session at the city hall to day, 11 o’clock, and all members are urged to be present. BRUNSWICK, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 7, 1902. AFTER INDIAN' LANDS. Congress Proposes to Reduce Reservations Once More. BILI.S BILL l’.K HOTLY OPPOSED. Entertaining' Exchange* of Witty Repartee In (lie Senate— A Tilt Be tween Spooner and Tillman—>lr. Rumple and Him Mnanel Rill. Washington*. Feb. 4.—[Special,]— Although several million acres of Indi an lands have been ceded during the past dozen years, it appears that the end is not yet, aud efforts have been made by the government to secure ad ditional cessions. .Negotiations with the Indians have taken place and the treaties submitted to congress. Asa result, bills are pending for the ratifica tion of these treaties, and an attempt will be made to have them made a part of the Indian appropriation bill when that measure is considered. The reservations which it is proposed to diminish, with I lie number of acres and amounts to lie paid the Indians, are as follows: Rosebud (Sioux) reser vation, South Dakota, 416,000 acres, for $1,040,000: Lower Brule (Sioux) res ervation, South Dakota, 50,500 acres, for $70,700; Pipestone Quarry (Sioux), Minnesota, 040 acres, for $100,000; Crow reservation, Montana, about 1,000,000 acres, for $1,150,000; Devil’s Lake (Sioux) reservation, North Dako to, (44,000 acres, for $343,000; Kiaiuatli reservation, Oregon, 621,824 acres, for $537,007; Grande Ronde reservation, Oregon, 25,701 acres, for $28,500. Rills are also pending to pay the Turtle Mountain (North Dakota) Chippeways $1,000,000 for a relinquishment of the claim they have made for nearly one half of North Dakota. Not Easy to Adopt Treaties. The western senators and representa tives who are endeavoring to have these treaties adopted will not find it sueli an easy matter as heretofore. In all former agreements it was provided that the Indians should receive the money for the land arising from the salep to settlers. Some lands went as high ns $3.75 an acre under these agreements. Then came the enact ment of the free homes law, and the government assumed the obligation which would have come out of the settlers. On that account there will be objections to making any further payments for Indian lands. More Senatorial Quips. Senator Spooner and Senator Tillman always have controversies. Sometimes they are quite bitter and sometimes entirely good natured. Here is one of tlio latter: Senator Tillman 1 wish to aslt the senator a question if he will permit me. Senator Spooner if the senator will make a personal nr tier of it, I will yield. Senator Tillman I have no personal feeling toward the senator except one of admiration aud kindness and friend ship. He could nut tantalize me inlo any other sentiment because I know his heart is in the right place, but his head in full of tangles sometimes. [Laughter.] Senator Spooner Whenever t agree with the senator from South Carolina, which is quite often, for heTs nn able and practical legislator, my head is perfectly straight. Whenever I dis agree will) hint -and that is generally then it is awfully tangled. [Laughter. I Money and Beveridge. Senator Money was making a speech, arid Senator Beveridge interrupted him, causing the Mississippi senator some annoyance. Beveridge put a part !cu - larly long query, and Money made Idm repeat it. When about half through with the question, Beveridge was in terrupted by Money, who said: "Now, I understand that much. The senator had better stop before 1 forget It. If he goes on further, I will not recollect everything he lias stated." Senator Beveridge- I am not respon sible for tlie senator’s memory any more than I am for his logic. Senator Money—That is all right. I think I can suffer under that opinion without any loss of self respect. I am quite able to bear the criticism of the senator from Indiana. It is not often that I am reprimanded in that sort of way, although reprimand seems to be the style of the day. To Protect Mussels. Representative Rumple of lowa has a fondness for fresh water mussels and is afraid that the supply will give out unless the national government takes the matter in hand, so he has intro duced a bill for their protection. The particular mussels which Mr. Rumple wants protected arc the "niggerhead,” “butterfly,” “muekets,” "buck horn," “yellow sandsheli” and “black sand shell.” The mussels may lie taken aft er they become four inches in diame ter. but not before. Fines aud impris onments are provided for those who break the law should it be enacted. The best photographs, crayons, photo jewelry, etc., are to be bad at Wilson’s studio, 502 1-2 Gloucester street. Call and see samples and the prleea. MILITIA LEGISLATION. United States Can Do Little For State Troops. CONCERNING (THAN CONCESSIONS. Donl>Uul If tlie rrcNiilent Will Drliiß Pressure to Dear to Secure Them, Senator Mo rant a an liivcatlgn tor. Stewart Favor* ICximunloit. Washington, Feb. i.— [Special.] Some members of congress are going to try to do something with tlie mili tia this session, but the prospects are against accomplishing very much In that direction. At every session of congress bills have been introduced having for their object the improve meet if the militia of the country. Sometimes these hills receive a favor able report from committees, but. that is as far ns they ever get. In the reg ular military appropriation Dill there is carried tlie sum of $1.0<)0,(H)0 to lie divided pro rata among the different states, ’llils year it is proposed to double the appropriation, but I am in clined to think even that will fail. A convention of militia officers of the different states was held here for the purpose of promoting militia legisla tion. They prepared their bill, and Senator Hawley of Connecticut intro duced it in the senate and Representa tive Dick of Ohio in the house. It is a better bill than has heretofore been before congress, ns it is loss cumber some and does not try to nccouipitsh too much. The whole difficulty in the matter of national legislation for the militia is that the militia belongs to the several slates. It cannot he na tionalized without the states losing control, and that is the cornerstone of the militia organizations. Except in time of war I lie United States lias no use for tlie militia, while it quite fre quently happens that tlie states call oul troops to quell disturbances. Aside from appropriating money for the sup port of the militia, there is Utile that tlie United States can do for state troops. A Mr.tter of Pressure. One,of the prominent United Slates senators, speaking of the prospects of some sort of reciprocity with Cuba, said that it depended entirely upon the amount of pressure which the admin istration would bring to bear on tlie Hep -MVthi members of the house and especially’the majority members of tlie committee on ways and means. As to the senate, it is claimed (lint it is only a question of bringing the matter to a vote, when the concessions to (tuba will be granted. While tli re is not the least doubt ab-elt i! •* * de.-are of lilt' president anti t- vt.ar; -. v. rin sc cure the concessions, it is very doubt ful whether l're.-aienl Roosevelt will “bring pressure” | i !a . -i members of congress save sueli as h. s been done in Ids nies: age. Stewart an Expansion: b Senator Stewart of Nevada is an ex pansionist of Ur- most pronounced type. "Away tuck in tlie sixties," said tin; senator, "I used to go lind see Tom Corwin, who In his old age came to Washington to die. We used to talk on r a great many matters with which Corwin was familiar. 'We made a misb-ike every time we opposed the acquisition of territory,’ Corwin al ways said when reverting lo the party with which lie was affiliated during the early years of his political life. He always said that Clay and Webster were defeated because they opposed territorial acquisition. No country,” added Senator Stewart, “likes to give up territory, and the United States will not surrender any, whether it. is on the American continent or islands in the sea.” The Nevada senator occasional ly speaks on these lines, but he makes no more of those long speeches for which he was once famous. Morgan’s Investigation*. Senator Morgan likes to investigate, to make inquiries and get information. He is never quite so happy as when using the large interrogation against an unwilling witness and trying to ex tract information frotii those who do not want to give it. He would have been a good reporter had lie followed that line. Probably one of the great est. intellectual duels we have had in recent years was Morgan’s cross ex aniinatiiiu of Collis V. Huntington when the Pacific railroad committee was investigating tlie subject of tlie Pacific roads. I-luntington was a man who pretty thoroughly understood him self, and he fenced with Morgan for several days. Now Morgan is investi gating tlie canal question and going over and over the subject with which he is so familiar. The men who want to delay anything in connection with the canal just raise tlie question of a lack of information and suggest that certain witnesses shail be called. This is enough to cause Senator Morgan to order witnesses before his committee anil ply them with questions. The Information Stored. There is one thing about Senator Morgan's investigations, however, and that is that when he has completed one there is no question but what he has exhausted the subject and extracted all thy information obtainable. Aiyj, still another, he always has that informa tion on tap and ready for use whenever he wants to use it. Another feature of -his talk is the smooth, easy way in which he delivers his discourse. 1 have heard him make some of the most sensational statements in a mild and easy tone, and it was not until some reporter had gathered in the full Import of the remarks that any one would realiz.e that the Alabama sena tor's speech was more thau a dry re view of facts. *- -415--; Presidential Succession. Representative Jenkins of Wisconsin is not satisfied with the presidential succession law, which passes the presi dency from tlie vice president to the members of the cabinet, aud has intro duced a bill providing lhat the presi dent, pro tempore of the senate shat) bo next in line for president when the vice president succeeds to the presidency. When the present taw was enacted* a great many advocated the same view as conveyed In Mr. Jenkins’ bill, but the cabinet Idea was taken because it was agreed that it often happened that the president and vice president might be of different political faith from that of the senate and that the political will of the people would lie defeated by the succession from the senate. It was agreed that to change the political com plexion of an administration through the dentil of tlie president and vice president would lie most unsatisfactory and it would be better to depend upon the succession of cabinet ministers, whose policies would naturally be sim ilar to the man they succeeded. Takes It Too Seriously. Members of congress say that Henry C. Payne, the new postmaster general, takes the office altogether too seriously and that he is working himself thin in an effort to accomplish great results. It is altogether natural that anew cabinet officer desires to learn all there is in his department and to make a good showing, but an old stager in pub lic life thus advised Mr. Payne: "What is the use or worrying? You couldn’t upset things in the department if you wanted to. All these clerks and bu reau officers have got things running in such a groove that the department would run along even if there was no one at the head of it for months. There are enough old messengers about the department to show you where to sign your name on routine documents, and that is enough for the present..” Must Not “Hit the Pipe.” Senator Mason is a reformer, or at least there are many reform measures for which he stands sponsor. One of the latest Is a bill to prohibit (lie im portation of opium for smoking. He intends to cut off the “heathen Chi nee” from one of his pleasures and to prevent the white man from "hitting the pipe” occasionally. Some man who refuses to take Senator Mason’s bill seriously says that tile Illinois senator has been the victim of “pipe dreams,” as some newspaper stories without much foundation are called, and It is Ids intention to shut off the supply. A Territorial Experiment. Some of the territorial nominations have caused considerable discussion In the senate executive sessions. The charges and counter charges brought out, a story from Sena tor Clark of Wy oming. A judge who was a resident of New York was sent oul lo tlie territory and developed some rather peculiar notions. He went to one county to hold court, and, as usual in anew country, there ivri* plenty of lawsuits and criminal cases, but a scarcity of ministers. In fact, the judge could find no one to open court with prayer. He held everybody—attorneys, officers, clients, jurors, witnesses and prisoners —for four days until a minister could be obtained from a distant town to of fer the prayer, “We didn't object to the praying,” said Senator Clark, “but the delays were expensive, costing tin county about SSOO. We had no relief, because we could not get rid of the Judge, but at the next session of the legislature we rearranged the judicial districts, giving the New York judge one county where there was nothing hut a few sagebushes aud one jack rabbit. We paid his salary aud voted the other judges SSOO each for extra work; but it was a clear gain to the territory in tb“ matter of expense.” Apparently Not Uneasy. Usually tlie majority part, iu con gress is anxious to push legislation through rapidly in order that the mem bers may get home so as to go into their campaigns, mid us soon ns con gress meets someone will set up the claim that an adjournment ought to be had by the Ist of June, I have seen a congress hurry business und adjourn lu Juiy, but then there was no such amount of business ahead us at this session. If tlie actual necessary legis lation, such as the appropriation bills, were being pushed, I might guess that It was not the purpose to do much else and that there would be a lurking in tention of sidetracking the Philippine government bill, the canal bill and some other measures which cause so much contention, but the delay of the appropriation bills leads me to think that the managers do not cure so very much about a speedy adjournment and tlie campaigns will be short or made largely from Washington. CaJl on L. A. Millar for kiln dried lumbar. PRICE FIVE CENT3. MANY ATTEND JEWISH FAIR. ANOTHER LARGE CROWD WAS PRESENT LAST NIGHT AND THE BOOTHS WERE WELL PATRONIZED. WILL BE OPEN THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE LADIES AND CHIL DREN—PURIM BALL OCCURS TUESDAY NIGHT. Another large crowd attended th# Jewish fair last night, and the. weeks receipts were greatly swelled. Ail the booths were well patronized, especially the candy and cigar booths, which were busy all during the evening, and many boxes of Httylers and cigars were rafflled. This afternoon the ladies and chil dren will hold full sway at the fair. Quite a number of attractions have been arranged for the amusement of the little ones, and a very enjoyable afternoon is; anticipated. The fair will be closed tonight, it being the Jewish Sabbath, but will be open as usual tomorrow night, when most of the valuable articles will he raffled. Some Notes of the Fair. Avery handsomee pillow was raf fled from the fancy booth last night and was won by Mr. Gus Hoffman. Lunch was served yesterday from 11 to 2 and the ladies in charge of the supper room had about all they could do. Quite a neat sum was realized. The pretty lace handkerchief, raf fled from the fancy booth, was won by Miss Reta Kaiser. Much interest is being taken in the Purim ball, which will lie given on Tuesday night.. The fair, of course, will open for business on Monday night. Considering that the tair lias only been carried on three nights, the anuunt taken in is very satisfactory,. NUMBER OF CONTESTS. Scramble for County Offices Promises to be Lively. If appearances count for anything we bid fair to have some warm scram bles for county offices this summer and some of the present officers will have to make hot fights for their places again. All the contests wiil be between gen tlemen and this fact is encouraging to say the least of it. A SWELL WEDDING. Mr. Whitney and Miss Hay Joined in Matrimony. WASHINGTON. Feb. 6—At high noon today Helen Hay, daughter of Secretary of State Hay, became the wife or Harry Payne Whitney, son of the former secretary of the Navy. The wedding was one of the most brilliant social events of the sea son in Washington society. Every body who is anybody was there and immense crowds stood on the side walks in front of die church and the Hay Mansion. Five hundred invita tions for the church had been sent out and it looked like all of them were accepted. The service was a full choral one. The Rev. H. C. Haden, assisted by Rev. T. S. Hamlin,of Cleveland, Ohio and Mr. Hay’s family pastor perform ed ceremony. The bride’s gown was of ivory sat in, trimmed with Duchess lac®. Sh# wore a long veil and carried a boquet of orchids. President and Mrs. Roosevelt occu pied front seats in the church and all the cabinet members were present THERE IS NO TELLING. Glynn's Choice in the Gubernatorial Race not Known Yet. There is no telling who will b® th® choice of this county in the race for governor. All of the candidates are scheduled to speak here soon and have : friends who are doing good work and the result here is as much in doubt as the result in the entire state. CHAS. H. JEWETT, I Agent Yost typewriter; second-hand machines bought, sold and rented. All the u.fferent makes repaired and adjusted by an expert Satisfaction guaranteed. 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