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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS.
VOL. 1, NO. 126.
SCHLEY CONDEMNED
BY THE PRESIDENT
IN HIS DECISION.
IT IS GIVEN
OUT YESTERDAY,
SAYS ADMIRAL SAMPSON WAS IN
COMMAND OF SQUADRON DUR
ING SANTIAGO FIGHT.
Denounces the Real Hero For That
Famous Loop—What He
Says.
Washington, Feb. 19. —The special
Washington correspondent of the New
York Evening Telegram tonight gave
out President Roosevelt s decision in
the Schley case.
The president holds that Schley’s
blockade at Santiago was ineffective
and censures his course in the Hodg
son controversy. He denounces the
loop and says it was the means of
letting the Spaniards through.
The president even goes further
and says Admial Sampson and not Ad
miral Schley was in command during
the battle of Santiago.
The decision of Roosevelt accord
ing to the Telegram’s correspondent,
generally supports the verdict entered
by the majority of the court of in
quiry.
The main points covered in the pres
ident’s review are Admiral Schley's
treatment of Lieutenant Commander
Hodgson and the famous loop of the
Brooklyn. All other matters concern
ed are subordinated to these, even
the question of command, on which
Schley mode the principal object of
his appeal, being disposed of briefly.
Mr. Roosevelt's regards this question
as having been settled by President
McKinley nominating Adimral Sarnie
son to the senate for advancement
over Schley, and as to the contention
that Schley directed the movements
of the American ships in the battle
with Cervera’s fleet, he decides that no
order from that officer to the vessels
had any effect whatever on the fight.
Admiral Schley’s treatment of Lieu
tenant Commander Hodgson is regard
ed by the president as lackisg in honor
and fairness and what he says on that
subject is anything but pleasant
reading, to those who, though not fully
understanding this matter, have be
lieved that it was of no importance
and was merely brought forward to
increase the sum of the accusations
against Schley. Admiral Schley caus
ed to be published in a newspaper
a letter from Mr.Hodgson denying that
any such colloquy, as printed, indi
eating that Schley was timid about ap
proaching the enemy's ships and that,
in his haste to avoid them he was
reckless of the danger of collision with
the Texas.
It was subsequently shown that Ad
miral Schley had suppressed an ac
companying letter from Hodgson, ex
pianing that there was a colloquey
substantially as alleged, and that, his
denial intended to apply only to the
literal accuracy of Its published ver
sion. At the court of inquiry it was
deveoped that Admiral Schley ignored
Hodgson’s importunities to put him
straight with the navy and the coun
try by printing the accompanying let
ter. Mr. Roosevelt regards this treat
ment of Hodgson by Schley as any
thing except the conduct on an officer
and a getleman and scores Schley for
it.
In the loop the president finis
cause for condemnation of Admiral
Schley. He expresses the belief that
Schley acted courageously in the bat
tle up to the point that he gave the
order for the loop. Then Mr. Roose
velt holds. Schley lost nerve, faltered,
and turned away from the Spanish
ships, when he shoud have gone to
ward them or in the direction they
were taking.
Very little consideration is given hv
Mr. Roosevelt to the allegations
against the conduct of Admiral Schley
prior to the battle of July 3. He dis
poses of them by holding that. Admiral
Sampson and the navy department
condoned these offenses by not calling
Schley to account for them at the
time and in the recommendation that
Schley be advanced for his war ser
vices.
! ISLAND IS SINKING
INTO PACIFIC OCEAN.
1 Berkley, Cal., Feb. 19.— Professor
E. F. Riter of the University of Cal
ifornia, has made the discovery that
Santa Catalina, a famous pleasure re
sort, is slowly sinking into the Pacific
ocean. He estimates that the island
Is now 170 feet lower than formerly.
Storm at Apia.
San Francisco, Feb. 19.—Passengers
arriving from Pago-Pago, Samoa, on
the steamer Sonoma, report that a
great hurricane occurred at Apia on
Feb. 2. The Norwegian bark Telefon
is said to have been blown ashore,
along with two or three smaller ves
sels. There is no report of loss of
life.
NEGROES
TO CUBA.
TWENTY-FIVE WILL LEAVE HERE
TODAY TO WORK ON
CUBAN RAILROAD.
Twenty-five colored laborers will
leave via the Brunswick and Birming
ham railroad this morning for Tampa,
where they will take the Plant steam
ship for Cuba,
'lne men wore aired and are being
sent by Mr. Mike IlrAwn, of this city,
and they will do construction work on
a railroad.
It is said that more than fifty more
will-go within the next few weeks.
The railroad contractors will pay
tne men $1.50 per day and furnish
transportation.
MEMORIAL FUND GROWING.
Much Public Interest in the McKinley
Memorial Association.
Cleveland, Feb. 19.—That public in
terestAn the McKinley national me-
on the Increase is evidenced
by the ever growing volume of letters
and telegrams received at the head
quarters of the national association of
this city.
Richard C. Kerens says Missouri
will give $25,000 to the fund. In
Kansas City an effort is oeing made to
get a contribution from every resident.
Memphis has a hustling committee
calling from house to house. Duluth,
Minn., has subscribed $1,500. Cincin
nati .will not. erect a monument there,
as the fund is not large enough. The
funds raised for the local monument
will be given to the national memorial
lund. Governor John G. Brady is can
vassing Alaska, including the Klon
dike.
WANT MORE TIME.
B. & B. Railroad HdJEter Not Decided
at Meeting Yesterday.
Brunswick, Ga., Feb. 19, 1902.
Special Meeting.
Present —Hon. T. Newman. Chair
man of council pro tem., Aldermen
McGarvey, Fraklin, Kaiser, Cook and
Taylor.
Absent—Mayor Emanuel, Aldermen
du Bignon and Calnoun.
The committee on railroads and
harbor and public works, which were
to report on the petition of the Bruns
wick and Birmingham Railroad Com
pany for the rignt to construct a track
along certain streets across tne north
ern part of the city, requested further
time jn which to submit their re
port., and on motion, were granted
further time until the next regular
meeting of council, Feb. 27, 1902. Ad
journed. n. D. Resell,
Clerk of Council.
RUSH FOR TICKETS.
Lewis Morrison Will Have a Full
House,
The advance sale for “Faust" was
opened at the store of Fleming & Waff,
managers of tne opera bouse, yester
day morning and by dark a large num
| her of seats had been reserved.
j The theater-goers of this city will
not miss the opportunity of seeing
Lewis Morrison, and it is useless to
say the Grand will be packed Satur
iday aikt.
BRUNSWICK, CiA.. TIH'RbDAY MORNIXd. 1 HISRCARY 20. 1002.
VALET JONES
ON THE STAND,
INTERESTING MURDER CASE NOW
BEING TRIED IN NEW YORK
COURTS.
Two Men Implicated and They Both
Swear Against Each Other on
the Stand.
New York, Feb. 19.—1n the Patrick
trial today Valet Jones testified as fol
lows :
“Patrick said he would give me any
thing 1 wanted to help this thing
through. I objected to being a wit
ness to the will and to having to
swear to the signature, but I agreed
tt) help get the will probated. It was
decided I should not be a beneficiary
because the heirs might make a claim
on the ground of undue influence. One
of the forms of the will we discussed
made me the beneficiary instead of
Patrick. Wetherbee called on Rice
to get some money to take up a mort
gage on Texas property. He was not
successful and l thought it was a
good chance to get hold of him as a
witness while he was suffering from
disappointment.
“Patrick suggested that I call on
Wetherbee and sound him. I called
on Wetherbee and told him Rice woke
np 'dopy' Rt times and on such oc
casions 1 could get him to sign any
thing. 1 qpid if he would get a will
made naming himself as executor I
could get it signed.”
"What did Wetherbee say?" asked
District Attorney Osborne.
“He said it would bo like cutting off
his own hoad. Ho said ho would like
to ge executor of a big estate like Mr.
Rice’s, but bo would not go into such
a scheme as that.”
"Did you toll Patrick?"
“Yes, and ho toid me not to bother
with Wetherbee any more.”
fIOVERNOS TACT T.AI IXS
OF PHILIPPINE AFFAIRS.
Military Authorities Send “Irrecon
cilagles" to Guam.
Washington, Fob. 19. —Among other
questions pertaining to tho Philippine
discussed by Governor Taft today in
his testimony before the senate com
’mittee, was the attitude of the, differ
ent religious sects toward one anoth
er. *<
He said generally the relatioriship
was friendly and the evangelical
churches were seeking to secure a
foothold on the islands. He also re
ferred to the ecclesiastical courts, say
ing that under Spanish rule members
of religious orders could elect to have
civil cases in which they were con
cerned tried in' those courts rather
than in the regular tibunals.
He said from 25 to 50 persons had
been deported to Guam by the mili
tary authorities because they were
considered irraconiiabies whose pres
ence was considered injurious. He
said that so far as the Philippine ad
vocates of independence had expressed
themselves all desired independence
with a United States protectorate.
CONTROLLED BY TRUST.
Prices of Another Indispensable Ar
ticle to Be Regulated.
Denver, Col., Feb. 19.—Advices re
ceived-from outside sources and borne
out by information obtained in Den
ver indicate that the Guggenheim Ex
ploration Company has secured con
trol of the output of tho lead fluxing
ores of the country and is in a posi
tion to dictate prices for thiß indis
pensable element in the smelting or
precious metals.
One by one during the past few
months the Guggenheim Exploration
Company has secured control of the
leading lead fluxing mines in the San
Juan and Lake County districts of Col
orado; the mines of the Coeur d’Alene
district in Idaho and fn the Utah dis
trict, and has effected a combination
with the Ryan-Whitney interests to
control the South Missouri fields.
To do this several hundreds of thou
sands of dollars have been spent by
the Guggenheim Exploration Com
pany incidentally with the millions
•which have been invested in the en
deavor to cotrol the ordinary lead
product.
Wood and Coal. Coney h Parker.
MISS STONE AT
LAST RELEASED,
ANNOUNCED THAT SHE HAS BEEN
HANDED TO DRAGOMAN OF
AMERICAN LEGISLATION.
Mme. Tsilka’s Husband Has Been Ar
rested on the Charge of Kid
naping Miss Stone.
Constantinople, Feb. la. —It is an
nounced that Miss Ellen M. Stone has
(been released by the brigands and has
ijeen handed over in good health to
nio dragoman of the American lega
tion .
Mme. Tsilka’a husband, the “Rev.
'Tsilka.'’ has been arrested on the
iphage of complicity in the kidnaping
fit Miss Stone.
Miss Stone has been held in captiv
ity since Sept. 3 last, and it is re
markable tnat she has been turned
over to her friends in good health.
(She is one of the missionaries of the
American Board of Foreign Missions
Mid has been attached to tne Salonica
Mission since 1878. Her home is at
Chelsea. Mass,, where he mother re
sides. She nas four brothers in bus
iness in Boston.
Madame Tsilka is a Bulgarian wom
, and was educated at the Northfleld
seminary, having been converted to
the Christian religion in childhood.
D'vlgut. L. Moody took an interest in
her and helped her while she wqs in
this country. uadame Tsilka’s hus
liand is a Macedonian, who was edu
cated lor work as a medical mission
ary. When tlie couple were married
they went to Bulgaria, where they en
tered upon missionary work.
A RAILROAD SOLD.
Nashville and Knoxville Becomes Part
of Tennessee Central.
Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 19.—The sale
of the Nashville and Knoxville, rail
road to the Tennessee Lenin,l bus
neert consiinininfed, according to a
teegram just received from President
Shepley of the Union Trust Company
of St. Louis.
The message says the payment of
$500,000 was made ibis morning and
that all the Nashville and Knoxville
securities have passed into the hands
of the Tennessee Central trustees.
The Nashville and Knoxville runs
from Monterey to Lebanon, a distance
of-lfO miles, and is an essential link
in the proposed Tennessee Central.
THIS BANK THIEF
•. GOT ONLY $178,000.
Matteson “Touched the Roll” for
More Than Expected.
Helena, Mont., Feb. 19. —A special
to The Independent from Great Falls,
Mont., says that H. 11. Matteson, who,
on Jan. 5, confessed to embezzling
$75,000 from the First National Bank,
while acting as cashier, is now alleged
to have taken $178,000, his operations
extending over three years.
’file facts were made known at a
meeting of the bank directors yester
day and another complaint was sworn
out igaist Matteson, who was out on
$5,010 bail. He was taken before a
commissioner and his bail fixed at
$16,000, the new charge being that lie
embezzled $85,000 on Oct. 2d.
Matteson was not found until late
last niglu He could not fnrish the
nev. bond.and will probably be taken
to Helena and placed in jail.
Natioa Rank Examiner l.azear
state's that h .Matteson should secure
bail fin '.lie second charge he will be
at once rearrested on a charge of em
bezz.lin, slß,fifty. The bank officers
became convinced that Matteson was
preparing to leave, and that was the
principal reason for having him arrest
ed on a second charge and having the
bail increased. It now develops that
the embezzlements began in Decem
ber, 1898.
Many Candidates for Judgship.
Within tlie next lew weeks candi
date! for judge of the Brunswick Cir
cuit will be found in every neck of
the ■•• nods. The strongest nipn spoken
of .-o far are Judge Atkinson, of
(Brunswick. Judge Parker, of Baxley,
at>d Col. Hitch of Waycross.
I I hose who are In positions to know
5;... 'hat it will be Atkinson or Par
ker *
Hr inswickians will be glad to hear
lha >opular Dave Gale will he court
stenographer, no matter whicn of the
canddates win the race.
ROME’S DISPENSARY
FIGHT NOW FINDS ITS
WAY TO THE COURTS.
TILLMAN RESOLUTION
ADOPTED BY SENATE.
Calls on Civil Service Committee for
Information.
Washington, Feb. 19.—Soon after
the senate convened a resolution of
fered by Mr. Tillman of South Caro
lina, was adopted, directing the civil
service committee to transmit to the
senate a statement showing the ap
portionment of employes in the vari
ous departments of the government
from the several states and Distict
of Columbia, together with the per
centages of emvloyes in the depart
ments .
At the conclusion of routine busi
ness Mr. Burrows of Michigan, ad
dressed the senate upon the Philip
pine tariff bill.
GILLETTE
REPORTS.
SAYS CANAL CAN BE CUT IN
PLANTATION ND CLUBB
CREEKS FOR SBOO.
Washington, Feb. 19. —Captain Gil
lette has reported that a canal can be
cut in conjuntion with Clubb and Plan
tation creeks so as to give an inside
route from the Altaniamhn to Bruns
wick, at a cost of SB,OOO, and a very
hard fight is going to be made In the
senate to amend the house bill to in
clude the cut.
The above telegram came with
our regular dispatches last night, and
shows that Captain Gillette is in far
vor of cutting the proposed canal,
which will admit fresh water boats
to this port without going in St. Si
. tni warmer.
Congressman Brantley has been
hard at work on the piffn for some
time, and it now looks as though he
will he successful.
KEPT HER SISTER’S BODY
IN COFFIN TWO MONTHS.
Girl Died In England—Wanted to Be
Buried in America.
New York. Feb. 19. —The discovery
that a coffin containing the body of
New York girl had laid in a Glasgow
(Scotland) hotel tor two months has
just been made, says a Glasgow dis
patch to The Journal and Advertiser.
The sister of the dead girl had the
body embalmed to take to New York
for burial, hut was unable to sail in
January as she planned. Then she
bought a leaden coffin and had the
body placed in it. She contrived to
keep secret the met that she had
placed the coffin in a private room of
the hotel. In the meantime she tried
to sell her business, meaning to sail
every wee-, but did not succeed until
Tuesday.
Suspicious hotel employes then no
tified the health hoard and the au
thorities caused the coffin to be trans
ferred to the morgue.
The sister who guarded the body so
zealously absolutely refused to reveaJ
her name. She win sail Thursday for
New York with tne coffin.
The authorities and the hotel pro
prietors refuse to give the name of
the young woman who thus heroically
labored to secure for her siste a burial
In the land she loved—America.
MINISTER’S SON KILLED.
Man Who Murdered Him is Pursued
by a Mob.
Winona, Miss., Feb. 19. —A large
party of citizens is pursuing Tom
urown, colored, who this morning shot
and killed Mert D. Williams, son of a
Baptist minister. Williams was a
spectator at a colored dance and quar
reled with Brown, who left, got a re
volver, returned and shot, Williams.
Oliver Bibb, the negro who gave
Brown the pistol with which Williams
was killed, was called out of his house
later and riddled with bullets by nr.
sons unknown.
President Hyde Returns.
President 0. L. Hyde, of the Bruns
wick and Birmingham railroad who
has been spending some time on Jekyl
and in Brunswick, left last night for
New r York, ne was accompanied by
General Manager JJcDuffla.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SALOON MEN
' CUKTORY,
THINK THEY HAVE WON THE
FIGHT ON A TECHNICALITY
DISCOVERED.
Vote Waa Less Than Half the
Registration, and Ordinary
Must Decide.
Rome, Ga., Feb. 19—The official
court in yesterday’s election shows
the majority tor the dispensary to be
269.
At noon the anti-dispensary forces
filed a petition before the ordinary
asking that no election be declared on
the ground that a majority of the
voters must ratify the oct before it
becomes legal and only 1,469 votes
were cast for the dispensary, while the
registration exceeded 4,300.
The ordinary declined to declare
the election and will hear arguments
this afternoon.
POLITENESS PAID CONDUCTOR.
Millionaire Left Him a Thousand Dot
lars in His Wilt.
Chicago, Feb. 19.—Llewellyn Mason,
a conductor on the Chicago and Al
ton railroad, has Just received assur
ance that courtesy to the' traveling
public sometimes has its reward.
When the will of W. A. Tyler, a
Bloomington millionaire, was pro
baled yesterday it was found to con
tain the following clause;
“To LJewellyn Mason I bequeath
me sum of |I,OOO as a recognition of
the courteous treatment accorded me
whye traveling on the Alton road.”
Conductor Mason is over 60 years
of age and has been a conductor on
the Alton for nearly 30 years. He
now runs a suburban train between
Chicago and Joliet.
Millionaire Tyler was exceedingly
curious when traveling and was wont
to ask many questions. In 1868 he
happened to take a train upon which
young Mason was conductor and Ma
son spent all of uis spare time on the
run to Chicago in talking to him,
Three or four times each year f ’
son carried the rich man between
Jacksonville and Chicago and later be
tween Bloomington and Chicago, ar-i
he never once tired of the old man’s
questions,
"Mr. Tyler made his last trip with
me four years ago and had almost
iwussed from my mind,“said Mr. Mason
yesterday.
GOOD WORDB FOR
JUDGE A. J. CROVATT.
The Savannah Press of yesterday
said;
Hon. A. J. Crovatt of Brunswick
should be nominated and elected to
tae state senate. His name has been
frequently mentioned for this place
and nas been received with rare ex
pessions of approval in south Georgia.
Mr. Crovatt was at one time mayor of
Brunswick and was later appointed
judge of the county court. In every
position he has shown himself to be
a capable lawyer, a good officer, and
an honest man. He Is absolutely
fearless and clean in hiß public ana
private life. That district needs a
man like Crovatt. He may bo fought
by tho little bevy of politicians which
seeks to control things and carry
towns and counties in thetr vest pock
ets, but the people sbuld take control
of polities and give Crovatt such a
send-off that his election would be
sure.
Coming to Georgia.
New York, Feb. 19.—The pleasure
yaent Skibo, built for Mrs. Carnegie,
has been towed from Nixon's shipyard
to Brooklyn, where it will he furnish
ed asd taken to Georgia. There Mrs.
Carnegie will use the boat during the
spring.
The Weather.
Ratii; fresh oast winds, r .