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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS.
VOL 1, NUMBER 116.
NEW PRESIDENT OF
THE B.&BJ
THE CITY,
ARRIVED LAST NIGHT WITH A
PARTY OF NEW YORK MILLION
AIRES AND WENT OVER TO
JEKYL ISLAND.
COL. MACHEN IS ALSO IN THE
DISTINGUISHED PARTY, ALL OF
WHOM ARE INTERESi ED IN THE
B. & B. ROAD.
Another party of millionaires turned
up unexpectedly in Brunswick last
night who are actively identifier!
with the building of the Brunswick &
Birmingham railroad. Some of them
registered as the Jekyl island boat
was waiting for them and took them
over to spend the night at the Jekyi
club house.
They w.ti return to Brunswick this
morning to take up matters pertain
ing to the construction of the rrjjid,
and from a source that is beyond
question, Tne News reporter learns
that the road has been financed from
end to end.
One of the gentlemen is president
of a large New York financial institu
tion, another is a hanker and the head
of a large New York banking house
and they came down in the company
with Mr. Hyde, the new president of
the B. & 8., and Col. Machen, pres
ident of the Brunswick Ac Birming
ham Construction company, who will
do the physical work.
The people of Brunswick feel high
ly elated over the arrival of these
gentlemen, as it means much for the
commercial development of this port..
TERRIBLE SUFFERING OF
A COASTWISE CREW.
Schooner Disabled by a Hurricane
They Nearly Freeze to Death.
NEW Y'ORK, Fell. 7.—The coastwise
schooner Charles Noble Simmons,from
Norfolk, February 2, for Fall River,
coal laden, was towed in to port today
by the steamer Indian. Capt Green
was disabled and all of the crew went
frostbitten. Almost .roni the start,the
schooner encountered bad weather,
the winds being nigh from the north
west and the cold intense. On Mon
day the gale assumed hurricane force
and carried away the main booms.
Falling over some wreckage. Captain
Green was injured atm remained un
conscious until noon today.
Tiie mate navigated the se.aooner
to a position off Fire island, where
she anchored to ride out the gale.
The mate and crew were all prostra
ted by the intense cold, and had
hands ami test frostbitten. The
steward was the only one on the boat
able for duty.
The steamer Indian went to the
Schooner’s assistance yesterday. Five
attempts were made to get a hawser
on board, but the schooner’s crew
were so disabled they could not help
themselves. In one attempt the In
dian got too close to the disabled ves
sel and struck her on the port bow,
doing some injury to the bulwarks.
Finally the steamer managed to get
three men on board the Simmons, who
made a line fast, and the steamer was
able to tow the scuooner to this
port. Her rigging, deck, rails and
sides were heavily coated with ice.
The disabled captain and the frost
bitten crew were sent to the United
States hospital atStapleton.
CHILDREN AT THE FAIR.
Little Ones Were There in Numbers
Yesterday Afternoon,
At the Jewish fair yesterday after
noon, the children took advantage of
the occasion and were there in large
numbers to enjoy the festivities.
They all spent a very enjoyable af
ternoon dancing and playing in the
armory and looking at the many pretty'
articles and toys.
It being the Jewish Sabbath, the fair
did not open last night., but will be on
in full blast as usual tonight.
Fleming Confirmed.
M ASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—The senate
in executive session today confirmed
the nomination of William Fleming to
be postmaster at Athens, Ga.
FAR APART.
l\jL FEELING IS FAST GROWING
BETWEEN TWO HOUSES OF
CONGRESS.
WASHING! ON, February 7.
The two houses of congress are getting
farther ami farther apart, and appar
ently the feeling between them is to
l*e growing. Many members of tint
house realize that the senate is taking
upon itself many functions which were
regarded formerly as belonging wholly
to the house. House revenue bills are
completely changed, nothing hut the
title 'oftentimes remaining. Appropri
ation hills are amended and often load
ed with legislation, and generally the
house has to accept the legislation of
the senate. Some recent events have
intensified the differences. A house
committee has reported a Joint resolu
tion providing i\,r the election of sen
ators by direct vote of the people and
in doing so took occasion to east re
llecti.ui oil senatorial elections and
logirti.it,,•* holdups us well as to inti
uia’.e that 'the upper branch of congress
w.-s too far removed front tl: > people.
Tltcu a s. :... c v ~ . inlin e hnv tpress
ed the opin'-a that ;.Though n venue
legislation mm I i:l'i:.,l::;;te in the liouse
the tn aiy I idwc;-. (lie president
and senate, ma.v make treaties with
foreign .•oa nr.ea viileii will supersede
turills re-.,thirty * , ..< J by congress.
Neiilier ef tiiesa .- u,mutters has been
indorsed by iia-ir i.s.cc.lve houses,
lull iite fit. ;'■ -. . 1 ",c taken/well
positions li.-e si'n . do. -M table cone
meat, of course i. aTi it* ..l will lire
veld criticism in ep< u debate, lit:! In
private talk there is ever} ‘.adieu: o.
of ill feeling.
Crowding Poor Lo.
Friends of the 1 dian say that flic
lens'ng of Indian reservation lands to
white men for gri hag purposes is sine
1 ' " mu'" !-i |he direction of
•r e„ ij■ mi loan and making him
'isoontriiiop The big reservations
have been diminished, which was
wise, the Indians retaining u lint was
necissary ftir them. New. to least*
large tri e .. of the remain!: g lands
shuts up the Indian (oo closely besides
interfering with his own sloe!: raising.
As one man express ] it: “Tito Indian
will go out of the stock raising busi
ness. | will lie found Ilia! then are
no calve:; for the Indians, while the
stockmen's com. will have twl is.
VVllat c'u u lira the Indian with the
average em 1 toy V" There is a feeling
existing that the Indians should not be
crowded nr. * ii more, hat that the lands
they hate should be left lo them.
"Lobsters” In the Hou&e.
'lie st.-ito of Maine usually gets whut
it Mi-a lifter, hu<! in tin* Inst congrosn
it secured an appropriation for n lob
ster station. Xow tla- members*want
more mom-y ami some scientific men.
Tills, toect tier with a deuuiii'l madi- by
Xoi.i I'arolina oilier il .y for an
addition to a ;isb staiiin started last
year, ro I tin- it:- of ( hairman t'.in
uon of (be appropriations committee.
He tool: up t!ie lobster qu r: ion and
when :■ ii -d Ids j*tu po. < need it in
the s'; 1 - • s.'<:p, making it plain that
in- llio.iglii the erop of ‘'lobsters'’ was
ain •.. .. .... i .0n, ...i.
"v. ii, in ueli ‘lobsters’ of si kind
now,” !"• !.• I. f<• i• i'->• rto Hie slangy
ten t. i-iti ~i ■ho e laughed, Imt vot
ed in ii' ... , ri. 'lot.-t J't :t the same.
Hawaiian Loyisiation.
Just i.ov. in. : tij can the Amer
ican mn-.-ress Icvislatu upon a hill In
troduced l y Deb-vat** Wilcox, which
grants ( > tin- Hawaiian Ditch compa
ny right of way over “lands In the dis
trict of noi'lii and south Kalin la, in the
island of Hawaii," is a problem. The
purpose is to maintain ditches, canals,
reservoirs, dams and the like for Irri
gation. These ditches begin on I’iiu
kept! and Mallwui and traverse Wan
pio valley, the Waimea watershed.
Kohala mountain, P lr.iu gulch and go
through llie di ... of Kohala and
Hamaktta. Now, liotv much knowl
edge can a committee of congress or •
the congress itself have upon this sub
ject V This matter of legislating for
islands of the sea presents just such
complications as this proposed ditch in
Hawaii.
But Wilcox has another bill of 188
pages, or about 50,00(1 words, which
provides for the estAtslunent and
maintenance of a free schools
In the islands, officers
and prescribing all lt is
a good guess that well as most
of the other this very
active delegate has not
get consideration during
Hanna !e a Humorist.
One reason for Hanna's success is tho
fact that he is brimful of humor. No
one likes a good (itue any better than
he does. He enjoys a joke, a good
story or anything else that is high class
wit and humor. lie never misses a
Gridiron dinner, and. while he some
times begs off making a speech, he al
ways enjoys tlie quips and warm shots
directed at himself. When he makes a
speech, it is one of the kind suitable
for a Gridiron dinner, never serious or
heavy, ne is bright, quick and flip
! pant. Interruptions, no matter how
| pointed, do not. disconcert him, and il
1 some of the points and turned against
him he Intwhs with the crowd-
BRUNSWICK, GA., SATURDDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8, 1902.
DECISION IN
HARVEY TRIAL.
GEORGIA SUPREME COURT SUS
TAINS JUDGE BISHOP IN HIS
..DECISION RENDERED IN THE
CITY COURT.
CASE OF i HE MAYOR AND COUN
CIL VS. HARVEY AND SECURITY
COMPANY SETTLED.
The supreme court has affirmed the
decision of the city court in the case
of the mayor and council of Bruns
wick vs H. H. Harvey and his bonds
men, tiie United States Fidelity and
Casuity Company.
This decision is a victory for Mr.
and bis attorneys, Messrs.
Crovatt & Whitfield, Atkinson & Hun
wody, W. G. Brantley and A. 1,.
Franklvn. Among these able attor
neys, Judge Bolling Whitfield has
reasson to feel particularly proud, as
lie was a main factor in onducting the
case.
The suit was brought against Mr.
Harvey and his ■.bondsmen jointly to
recover for the amount of his short
age as treasurer and it was argued
and fought upon purely legal points
before Judge Bishop in the city court.
The decision in full reads:
Mayor and council of Brunswick
v. Harvey, et al. Action on bond. Be
fore Judge Bishop, city court of
Brunswicp.
Symons, T. .I.—l Where a fidelity
and guarantee company enters into a
bond with the authorities of a muni
cipal corporation to guanantee the
city against the fraud and dishonesty
of the city treasurer, the obligation
thus given is not a statutory but a
voluntary bond. To it, for this reason
if for no other, section 252 of the
political code is not applicable.
2. Where in such bond the treas
urer joins merely to enter into an obli
gation to save the company harmless
and makes no promise or covenant to
the city the company and the treas
urer are not jointly liable on such
bond,
3. Where a suit is brought upon
such bond and tire allegations of the
petition clearly show that the action
is predictated upon the original bond
only an amendment seeking to re
cover upon two other bonds, given
subsesuently for a like amount and
purpose anil adopting by reference
the terms of the original bond, is
not allowable, although the petition
alleges that the bond sued on had been
renewed from time to time. The re
twwals being separate and distinctcon-
Wherein such bond it was
stipulated liabilities of the company
as should occur during the couunuanee
be “ discovered doing tin- continuance
within six months from the death tn
retirement” of the treasurer from the
service of the city, and that upon
the issuance by the company of any
fidelity under the original bond should
cease and determine, so that no two
bonds should be operative at the
same time, the company is not liable
under the original bond for any loss
not discovered until more than six
months after the expiration of such
bond, although such loss was discover
ed within six montns from the dismis
sal of t,.e employe and during the con
tinuance of one of the subsequent
bonds.
Judgment confirmed. All conur.
W. E. Kay and F. E Twitty for
plaintiffs. Crovatt & Whitfield, At-kin
son & Dunwody, W. G. Brantley and
A. L. Franklin, for defendants.
IN THE CITY COURT.
A Number of Cases Were Disposed of
At Yesterday's Session.
The following cases were disposed
of in the city court yesterday:
State vs. Sol. Gasway, keeping a dis
disorderly house; nolle pressed.
State vs. D. R. Ponder, keeping a
disorderly house; nolle pressed.
State vs Gilbert Williams, keeping
a disorderly house; nolle pressed.
State vs. Moses, Williams, assault
and batery; discharged.
State vs. Orton Pyles, carrying con
cealed weapons; verdict of guilty.
Fine of $lOO.
State vs. C. Arnhseiter, misde
meanor. Verdict of guilty. Fine of
$25.00
State vs Dan Webster, carrying con
cealed weapons; nolle pressed.
State vs. Ida Elk.in, carrying con
cealed weapons; nolle pressed.
ROOSEVELT'S SON
IS QUITE ILL
CABINET MEETING IN WASHING
TON YESTERDAY WAS CALLED
OFF ON THIS ACCOUNT.—NOT
SERIOUSLY ILL.
MRS. ROOSEVELT LEAVES A‘l
ONCE FOR HER SON’S BED
SIDE.—IS SUFFERING FROM A CASE
OF PNEUMONIA.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. When tile
cabinet was about to meet today the
president received a telegram from
Groton school, Groton, Mass., stating
that Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., who has
been ill some days, had grown worse
and the physicians pronounced Iti*
case pneumonia, and it was imme
diately decided to pass the meeting.
Young Rooosevelt's illness was
caused by going into a snow storm
without a hat. Mrs. Roosevelt left for
her sons bedside this aftersoon. She
rocalledt ail invitationst to White
House functions before leaving.
At a late hour tonigut, the president
received a telegram relative to his
son's condition and it said: "Slightly
Improved.” With tears in his eyes,
Mr. Roosevelt said: "Thank God."
WHAT THE PRESIDENT WANTS.
Said That He will Demand a Reduct
ion for Cuba’s Competition.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. It is now
definitely known what amount of tariff
reduction President Roosevelt wants
for Cuba.
He demands a reduction of twenty
seven per cent, declaring this to be
the amount figured out which is need
ed to allow Cuba to meet foreivn com
petition. ,
Speaker Henderson and his sup
porters on the ways and means com
mittee have planned to lane up the war
tax reduction bill on Monday next,
in connection with this the commit
tee on rules was to bring in a rule
which would prohibit amendments be
ing placed on the bill, which would
avert the, danger of a Cuban recip
rocity rider being tacked to the coat
tails of the bill.
The speaker and Ins friends now
fear that the reciprocity republicans
will join the democrats and reject the
proposed rule and add the reciprocity
clause bill anyhow. It would only
take the deflection of twenty republi
cans to accomplish this, and it is con
fidently asserted that the democrats
have been assured of ifTTrre tnan this.
if tne present poll of the nouse is
correct according to this statement,
it is probable that a caucus will lie call
ed and an attempt mads to take ai t
ion that will bind the republicans to
act as a unit and thus defeat the
plans of the few joining the democrats.
In the meanwhile the ttax repeal bill
is safe to present it and can be car
te ssafs to present it and can be car
ried without a rider being tacked on.
WANTS A HALF MILLION.
Senator Bacon is After Quite a
Large Sum.
MACON, Feb. 7.—The impression
now prevails that the new federal
building for which Macon and the
judicial district around Macon are
working, will be secured. It is
stated now that Senator Bacon will
introduce in the senate a hill calling
for $500,000 to be ussed in this way,
and the friends of the movement, ex
press the belief that when the confer
ence is held between house and sen
ate committees this measure will be
substituted for Congressman Bart
lett's bill, which calls for $300,000 to
improve or remodel the present
building.
A NEW LUMBER FIRM.
Petition for Incorporation is Published
in This issue.
Elsewhere in this issue is pub
lished a petition for incorporation
-from the Salamia Lumber company,
a firm composed of Messrs. B. Car
reras, I. L. Schuyler, and Fred
Pfeiffer,- who ask to be incorporated
to conduct a.general lumber business
in this city under the above name.
All three of these gentlemen have
had years of experience in the lum
ber business and the success of the
new firm is assured.
SLOW WORK
CONGRESS SEEMS TO BE IN NO
RUSH TO TRANSACT ITS BUSI
NESS.
WASHINGTON. February 7.
Congress is moving with great deliber
ation, more so than for several sessions
past, when the desire seemed to lie to
crowd bills long before this time. So
far but two appropriation bills have
passed the house, the pension and de
ficiency. Upon both of these bills there
was no limit of debate. Every man
who wanted to talk bud an opportune
ty. All the time t licit was desired I’m
general debate was granted, and any
topic could be introduced uuiP discuss
ed. There lias been no rush. More
than this, the house adjourns over a
day or two each week simply because
there Is nothing lo do. Yet there is
plenty of work ahead. The census bill
is yet to be considered, then there is
the Cuban reciprocity, the repeal of
the war taxes, the Philippine govern
ment bill, the oleomargarine bill, some
pure food bills and all the appropria
tion bills. If the same easy programme
Is followed with all these measures
that has been taken wish bills hereto
fore considered, the prospects are for a
long session. The only measures which
ha ve been rushed in the house were tile |
I'hillppine tariff bill and the Nicaragua
canal bill, but the speed has not availed
much in either ease. Tiie senate took
Us own time to consider the Philippine
bill in committee and is doing the same
with tin* canal bill. Both these meas
ures will be debated at great length in
the senate.
A Matter of Pressure.
One of the prominent United States
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 the
Republican members of the house and
especially the majority members of the
committee cm ways and means. As to
the senate, it is claimed that it is only
a question of bringing the matter to a
vote, when the concessions to Cuba will
be granted. While there is not the
least doubt about the desire of the
president and. secretary of war to se
cure the concessions, it is very doubt
ful whether President Roosevelt will
“bring pressure” to bear on members
of congress save siicli as lias been done
in ids message.
Stewart an Expansionist.
Senator Stewart of Nevada Is an ex
pansionist of the most pronounced
type. "Away back in the sixties,” said
the senator, "1 used to go and see Tom
Corwin, who in lbs old age came to
Washington to die. We used to talk
over a great many matters with which
Corwin was familiar. We made a
mistake every time we opposed the
acquisition of territory,' Corwin al
ways said when reverting to the party
with which lie was affiliated during the
early years.j>f ips political life. He
always said llial Clay and Webster
were defeated because llicv 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 tiie
sea.” The Nevada senator occasional
ly speaks on these lines, but lie makes
no more of 11 lore long speeches for
which he was once famous.
Morgan’s Investigation;:.
Senator Morgan likes to Investigate,
to make inquiries and get information,
lie is never quite so happy as when
using tiie large interrogation against
an unwilling witness and trying to ex
tract information from 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
auiinatioii of Coilis P. Huntington
when the Pacific railroad committee
was investigating the subject of the
Pacific roads. Huntington was a man
who pretty thoroughly understood ldm
seif, and la* fenced with Morgan for
several days. Now Morgan is investi
gating the canal question and going
over and over the subject with which
lie is so familiar. The men who want
to delay anything in connection with
the canal just raise the question of a
lack of inform.itio:' and suggest that
certain witnesses shall ne called. This
is enough to cause .Senator Morgan to
order witnesses before lbs committee
and ply them with questions.
The Information Stored.
There is one thing about Senator
Morgan’s investigations. however, amJ
that is that when lie has completed one
there is r.o question but v.liat he has
exhausted the subject and extracted all
the information obtainable. And, still
FOR SALE —Cheap, the balance of
Mrs, Hirsch’s furniture, consisting 01
an elegant Mathushek piano, hand
some book case and writing desk
combined, parlor and setting room
sets, bed room suit with spring,
chairs, tables, new hammock, refriga
tor. Apply to Mrs. Julius May, 510
Gloucester street.
..
Call on L. A. Millar for kiln dried
lumber.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
presidents™
TALKS WITH
EDWARD,
THE TWO MET IN LONDON YES
TERDAY AND HAD A VERY
FRIENDLY CHAT ABOUT DIF
FERENT MATTERS.
AMERICAN STEEL KING WAS IN
TRODUCED TO THE KING BY SIR
THOMAS UPTON—DINED WITH
THE LORD MAYOR.
LONDON, Fob. 7.—President Sch
wab, of the steel corporation, had a
half houraudience with King Edward
today at Marborough house, lid was
introduce., by Sir I'homas l.ipton,
who, by the way, has been showing the
American millionaire a great deal of
attention during his visit to this
country.
The chief subject discussed by King
Edward and Mr. Schwab was the
friendship of the American and En
gish workingmen and of the good feel
ing existing between all classes of the
two nations,
Mr. Schwab, after the meeting,
praised King Edward and spoke of
the great satisfaction of the meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. Schwab were enter
tained at luncheon by Lord Mayor and
Mrs. Dimsdalc.
The Steel king tins made -qufy an.
impression here. t
GLENN HAS ANNOUNCED.
• __j „ ■ •
State School Commissioner Wants to
. -4 . ■ *
Succeeu Himself.
State School •Cmmfssiofi’er G. R.
Glenn has announced himself as a can
didate for re-election. The announce
ment of Mr. Glenn is a very strong
document and* goes into the details
of the public school systetn in such a
way that many people who are not ac
quainted with the working of the
school system can gather much in
formation.
Mr. Glenn opposes a uniform text
book system and cites the action of
several legislatures as endorsing his
opposition to uniformity in text books.
He contends that, a state school com
missioner can make no laws .but must
enforce the laws which are passed by
the legislature. His platform,he says,
is his record, and he is perfectly will
ing on the record he has made during
his term of four years at the the
head of Georgia schools.
TOOMER HAS OPPOSITION.
Three Cornered Race for the Legisla
ture in Ware.
WAYCROSS, Feb. 7.—News is at
hand to the effect that a third candi
date for the legislature is in the
field.
A gentleman from Waresboro gives
it out as positive that Dr. John M.
Spence is a candidate. This will add
new interests to an already interest
ing campaign.. With Toomer, Wil
liams and Spence in the race wo may
expect a lively time.
THE BOARD OF TRADE MEETING.
Interesting Session Was Held Yester
day Morning.
The Board of Trade met yesterday
morning and quite a lot of business
was transacted.
A communication from a promt*
ment Chicago business man, who de
sires to establish a factory here, was
read, and the data, etc., asked for will
be furnished.
The board is going to ask the county
commissioners and city council for
an appropriation to help defray the
necessary expenses of the board.
Mortgage Foreclosed.
DOUGLAS, Ga., Feb. 7. —The entire
stock of general merchandise of
Strange & Henry, of Bigwheel, on the
Atlantic & Birmtngnam railroad, was
sold today by Sheriff VV. W. South
erland, under a mortgage foreclosure
in favor of Hon. F. VV. Dart.
Dispensary Fight Warm.
ROME, Ga., Feb. 7.—The contest
that is now being waged in Floyd
county, over the question of dispen
sary or open barrooms will go down
in the history of local'politics as the
warmest thing that has happened to
this section in many years.