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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.