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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 .