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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS. (VOLUME 1, NUMBER 205 CHINESE MINISTER ON EXCLUSION BILL IS AGAINST A RIGID BILL Ihe Celestial Diplomat is Viry Cunninp in His Op position Washington, May 24.—Minister Wu is now taking a very active j Interest in the Chinese exclusion b’ill j noil has been lighting it at every point. ll© can talk to senators anil represent atives “unottieially” and does so when he happens to meet them. He cannot go before committees and make argu ments, but has taken the diplomatic method of writing to the state depart ment protesting against the proposed law. More than this, prominent attor neys who arc known to be employed by the Chinese minister have appeared before the committees of both senate and house and argued against the Mitchell Kahn bill. All of the brainy Chinaman’s efforts, however, will be unavailing. There will be a CUine-e exclusion bill law, and the prospects are that it will be much more drastic than the present Geary law. A Bill From Topeka. Representative Curtis of Kansas in troduced a certain bill, and I asked him what It meant. He said it was sent him by a man from Topeka, nml he unloaded a lot of literature upon me and said, “Search for yourself.” After diligently looking Into the mass of stuff I know less about it than be fore. The bill directs “that it shall he lawful throughout the United States of America to' employ and use in the computation of time the system of chronology devised and developed by James H. Crtixen and known as tlic •prophetic Biblical system of c-hNuiol ogy,’ or ‘Cruzen’s Christian chronol ogy,’ and no contract or pleading in any court shall ho deemed invalid or liable to objection because the dates expressed or referred to therein are the dates of ‘tlie prophetic Biblical sys tem of chronology.’ " There is a lot more to it, but the above is the sim plest portion, as the remainder relates to “charts,” “perpetual calendars," "ta llies,” etc. The accompanying charts nml papers are bewildering. “Smell of the Smoke.” Representative Swanson of Virginia tells this one on himself: With his family is one of the old time darkies of whom we read so much and see so little. This old man thought the repre sentative should spend more money, should indulge in such luxuries as he observed other men having and of which he was a trifle jealous. “Why don’t you buy an ottermobil uud have a span of spanking, high stepping bosses or a lot of things?” lie asked. “You know 1 have not the money to spend on all those things,” replied Mr. Swanson. “Oh. yes, you is,” argued the old man. “You is got money to burn, but the trouble with you is you don’t like the smell of the smoke.” Things Heard and Seen. When there is a big day of debate on in the senate, the members of the house come over in great numbers to listen. They fill the chairs and sofas around the hall and range themselves up nlong the walls and remain while the excitement lasts. In fact, there is nothing more interesting in official life here than a clash of the brightest in tellects of the senate. “Oli, yes,” said a millionaire senator, “some of the big moneyed men are an gry because tlie president directed tha attorney general to bring suit, against the merger. You see, the fellows who have organized these big companies will have to carry six or seven hundred millions of stock that they wanted tc unload on the public.” “Chandler would have been willing to serve without pay.” said a newspa per man, “if lie could have been at tho head of the committee on privileges and elections and handled this Tillman- MeT.aurin affair. And it would not have been settled without some ‘Chan fllerisms’ in the senate, either.” He was speaking of William E. Chandler, lormcrly senator from New Hampshire The Hessie line will make double daily trips to St. oimon pier Sunday leaving Brunswick at 3,00 a. m. and 2.H0 p. m. returning at 11 a. m. and t, p. ra.lt will be a rare opportunity for a day at the island and a large crowd Ship Notice. Neither the owner, master or con signee will be responsible for any debts contracted by the crew of the British steamship Cairnron. Potter. Master. FOREIGN COUNTRIES FAVOR OUR REPORTS WORK OF CONSULS IS COWMEN ED IN HIGH OPTIC AL CIRCLES Washing! ju. May 24 Wliil • the diplomatic and ..onsulav ap propriation hill was under considera tion in the la •use several members took occasion to criticise the consular serv ice and urge that some reform he made. It was claimed that good men could not he obtained at the salaries now paid, but tHo consuls were not without defenders, and the fact was brought out, which every one knows who has taken the trouble to investigate. Unit the eonsular service of the United States is tlrst class in every respect. As in every oilier body or men of like number, there are sure to be some who are not the best, hut as a whole they are a credit to the country and have accomplished great good for the com merce of the country. If the advice of our consuls as set forth in their reports was followed more closely, merchants and manufacturers would tind a still better Kroign market for their wares. When (•ailed upon for speiial informa tion, it is found that our consuls from every part of the globe respond in a manner to completely exhaust the sub ject. No publication has a greater cir culation among business men interest ed in foreign trade than the daily bul letin of th" slate depot-fluent contain ing the rejoins of consuls. Wlion it Mat propo s'd to send a trade commis sion t" the orient, the bill was defeated niton tiso showing that ail information that a i iunin imi could obtain was found lu the consular reports. Champion Champ Clark. i hat pi Clark of Missouri was one of the imn who (liainpioned tile cause of the n u;is. He is a Member of tin* committee on foreign ah - irs. whh li Inis been eonsi nog a consul;,i- reform hill, and said that the proposed merit sys tem would not Improve the s r\ice. Good i t: i'.'.i". ■■ men who were good pol iticians. lie < in .'.,'c. i. made and would continue to iim'-ia 'he bent men to rep resent the country a oread In a bush ness (,■: marks Ho gut off t. -Hi-- characteristic saying-'. I'.ir ii. lance: “.Now. some body that you get a lot of buck woods pi-litioillilK WOO have delivered dciegab to Homebody. Y\'e never have any delegates In tho district wliicit I have the honor to represent, for we have primaries. ‘Backwoods' districts tire not the only places where there is a job lot of politicians hanging around. | Laughter.) I have heard that politicians abound in great cities and deliver delegates sometimes. An other thing, the men who run tills house, an a rule, are backwoodsmen. They came from the country or the lit tie too as. * * 1 say that I can find men in ray congressional dis trict. and every man on (ids floor can find men who tire lit to fill these con sular places any . in re. This talk about backwoods sta-esmen and backwoods disin-as makes me very weary.” I I.atighter.] Graduated to the Senate. From the house and the governor's chair to the senate seems to lie the custom. Fifteen senators have been governors ami thirty-live members of the house I.m fore they on me to the sen ate. Three, Elkins, proctor and Teller, have is-,-it cabinet ministers, the two former in Pis aident Harrison's admin istration. Culloni and .Nelson have both been members of the it us:- and gov ernors of their states. Those senators Who have been governors are: I’erkins (f-'al.i. Pullout (III.i, MeEnery and Fos ter (laid, Nelson (Minn.i, Mel.aurin (Miss.), I-'oraker (Hi, Tillman (S. Bate (Tennj, Culberson (Tex.), Proc tor and Dillingham (Vt.), Warren (AVy.i, Berry (Ark.) and Welmore 'K. I.g Silent Conversation. Chairman ‘Grow of the education committee and a number of other rep. resent atives were much Interested the other day In n number of deaf and dumb ehildren who, aeeonjfMMi and by a teacher, allowed how they had learned to carry on a conversation with their lips. The teacher thought that such a development was worthy of encourage ment by congressional aid in the way of a national school. At the Expense of the Senate. “Of course it is unconstitutional to deprive a senator of his right to speak,” said Ifepresutative McClellan of New York. "To prevent a senator from talking is ‘cruel and unusual punish ment,’ clearly forbidden by that his torical and revered instrument which was framed by the fathers.” Said another representative, “The senate is the only body that would be j gin Washington's birthday bv reading ! the immortal George's farewell address I and end it with a list light.” BRUNSWICK, GA., SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 25, 1902. PETTY OFFICERS ARE NAMED —*.— RESULT OF RECENT EXAMINA TION IN THE RIFLEMEN IS GIVEN OUT. E. O. Douglas Wins the Position of First Sargeant—Others Who Were Successful. The result of the recent examination conducted in the ranks of the Brunswick Riflemen, for non-commissioned officers places, was announced by Capt. 1.. A. Robinson last night, and awarls for places were made as follows: First sergeant, E.O. Douglas. Sergeants A. C. Jeffers, E. M- Peerson, L. W. Ba ker, W. B. Fain. Corporals, H. E. Iver son. This does not include a full examina tion of those applying for the position ol corporal, and other appointments to this rank will be announced in a few days. The contest has been a good-natured one, and the announcement of the fma results have been received in the best ol spirits, oh the part of the members ot the organization. Presbyterian Church Today. The usual services will be held by th pastor this morning. There will be no iV.jening service in account of the meeting at the auditorium. The Sunday sell mil will nSect, at 5,15 p. m. Strangers and visitors are; cor dially invited to these services. The military and field exicrcisi ( on St. Simon Wednesday will bo worth seeing. Boats will leave regularly all day, the last, boat going over at 8 p. m. PRISON CEELS ARE NOI IOR RAIRHONE ,THE AMNESTY BILL PASSED IU ..CUBAN HOUSE-WILL PASS.. THE SENATE. Havana, Miy 24.—The bill before the house granting pardon to ail Amer icans for facts committed during the American intervention was amended to day to grant these prisoners a general am nesty instead ot pardon. In this form the bill passed without opposition. A similar bill has been introduced in the senate, final action on the matter will be taken Monday. The amnesty bill is inspired by the friendly sentiments of the Cubans towaid Estes G. Rathbone. If this bill is passed it will set at liberty Rathbone and all oth er Americans under sentence awaiting trial. Today the senate adopted a resolution of thanks to the president, the congress and tile people of the United States- Prof. Lowe to Speak. Prof. Lowe, who lias charge of the music at the auditorium will deliver an address to the young people at the First Baptist church this morn ing at 10,30 o'clock. AH are cordial ly invited, Mr. Gilmoree Has Returned. Rev. Walter M. Gilmore has return ed from North Carolina and will hold services at tyie First Baptist church II 11 a. m. today. There will he no soil vices tonight. A gentleman who went to Valdost 1 * with the Oglethorpe company told a News reporter yesterday that at least J 4.000 was wagered on the local company at Valdosta. It seems like the Oglethorpe was the popular company at the drill and had (it not been for the rain there is no doubt but that the Brunswiekians would have won. This Superior court will meet to morrow after a recess of a day or so and the grand jury will be in s* salon aiso. There is still quite a large amount of work on hand for the court Col. J. E. Dart spent yesterday at St. Simon. R. E. Owens is back from a trip to Valdosta. Capt. Frank D. Aiken and family are pleasantly domiciled in thejr cottage on St. Simon. For all kinds of lumber see L. A Miller. ODO FELLOWS 10 MEET TUESDJK + THE GRAND LODGE WiLL HOLD INTERESTING SESSION IN ATLANTA. Brunswick Various Lodges Will Be Fully Represented;—Delegation Leaves Tomorrow Night. The meeting of the grand encamp ment and grand lodge of Georgia Odd Fellows which will be held in Alanta next Wednesday promises to ha the best attended in the history of Odd Fellow ship in the state. And it will be the most important in the history of Odd Fellowship in the stafo. The meeting will take place in Atlanta next week, commeniug Tuesday and closing on Thursday. There has been a rapid increase in membership of the order since last May, The net increase by the time the grand lodge meets will he about 5,000 mem bers, making the total membership in Georgia about 12,000. This does not in clude the female members, which would raise the number nearly 1 000 more. During the years22,soo has been paid ont. by Georgia Odd Fellows for the re lief of I lie sick, burial of the dead and the education of orphans. Brunswick will do herself proud at this meeting,” said a prominent Odd Fellow yesterday. ■ There are many Odd Fellows in this city and they have been promised that this shall be made a memorable occasion. The parade Wed nesday will he the greatest over seen in the south of a fraternal character. There are (i,OOO or 7,000 Odd Fellows in and near Atlanta. The railroads have given a low rate of fare and the hotels have reduced tlieir rates. Every duo of the nearly 200 lodges in Georgia will send not only the usual representation, lint a number to swell the parade,” Brunswick will he represented as fol- I own : O. E. El liott, J. T. Lnnihright, Grand Encampment; W. E. Porter, J. H. Bohne, Seaport Dodge; W. II Orofton, Brunswick Lodge; E. ,1. McTiglte Mrs. VV. F. Porter, Mrs. E. ,1. McTiglie, Mrs. Lillie Ward, Essie Doit/, Re he kali Lodge The and ll gates wi ll leave for Atlanta tomorrow night anil wi ll be away for three days. OCEAN PIER LOCALS. .. j 1 l F. i). Aiken and family have moved down to their pretty cottage. VV. H. DeVoe and family will move' down on Monday. Oapt. 0. 11. Temple and family will move down on Monday. Mrs, Tilton, Mrs. Williams „aud Miss j Imogene Williams, spent Saturday at the Neptune. C. M. Tilton spent Saturday in tho ! city on important business. Tho first turtle crawled up near the Arnold house on Thursday night., Surf-bathing is in season and many going in. WILL BE LARGELY ATTENDED All Organizations to Attend Services, Monday. Probably the, largest crowd that hits yet visited the tabernacle will oe pres nt tomorrow nigiit. Following is the notices of the different organizations: Uniform Rank Attention. You are hereby commanded to ap pear at this armory promptly at 7;30 p. rn., Monday) in uniform witthout side arms to attend a meet ing of a military character to be eon ducted by Dr. Munhall at me auditor ium tomorrow ait H p. m. Attest: uy order of H. Tankers! y, 1 . Newman Recorder. Captain. Notice Knights of Pythias. All members of the Knights of Py thias are requesstd to meet at Castle hail at 7;B> o'clock on Monday! night for thd purpose of attending a* special Knights of Pythias meeting at tlie tabernacle, i- E. C. Butts, C. C. Oglethorpe I-edge. W. H. Wood, Jr., C C. Rathbone Lodge. New store at Ocean Pier just opened byN. Weinstein. Every thing new and first-class. Prices reasonable. Fine new bath house and brand new bathing snits. Itefresments and cold drinks. Store to the left of the main pavilion. NEW DEPARTMENT BILL THIS SESSION THE SCHOOLS. Col. C. P. Goodyear Writes of the Ex ercises Friday. The school exercises Friday and Friday night we l it- most creditably to the boat--; oi education, superinten dent, teachtetrs and pupils, and cause for pride to ©very patriotic Bruns wick man and woman. The marve is how so much is done so well with so little. A little? bird which never lies sings Hits song: 3,2, 3.3, 3. which means little until the connection is eetab’isii ed. Throe means the per cent of our • oldie revenues which goes to out public schools; twenty-three means the town outside of Brunswick in Georgia which attempts to maintain a public school system at all and con tributejs cash of thp revenues to that great public purposei contributes 23 p.er, against our 3 per cent. 33 per (tynt means that our neighbor. Savannah, contri mites 33 per cent of her entire, revenues to public educa t oi. It is true wc are poor; it's true that, del it. wejghs heavily upon the •eitj-y fathers. It s true that thu pub lic debt must b. reduced and go tlnji in hotter shape. But, oh, fathers and mothers and all of you who !o\:, Brunswick and, want to nee, her prosper and grow, see to it that as soon as possible we do hotter year by yep,r until we can boast we are doing as well by them as any city In the! state. C. P. Goodyear. IMUNHALL MEETINGS STILL VERY POPULAR INTERESTING PROGRAM FOR TO DAY AND LARGE CROWD WILL ATTEND. Perhaps (lie largest crowd that has yet been in the auditorium was present last night to witness the “Life of Chtist” in story and song, illustrated with beautiful and appropriate picture. To fsay that it was beautiful is to describe it but faintly. The public is indebted to Prof, and Mrs. I.owe for this interesting service. There will be no service this morning. At two o’clock Dr. Munliall will meet men ot all churches who are willing to do personal work. At three o’clock a service for youths and young men between the ages of four teen and thirty-two. The doors will open at 2:45 and close at 3:i5. No admission alter this time. Those not able to se cure tickets before can secure them at the and lor. The service tonight is for everybody l'iie song service will begin at 7:45. These meetings will continue this week each night, andi each afternoon ex cept Saturday, beginning with Tuesday. This is positively the last week of the meeting. Monday night is set apart as military and secret order night. The Ma ; rine band has been asked to assist in the service. i A New Divice. Chas A. Clark, the popular tonsor iaJist, ,has ju.slt. put anew divice in, his shop, which will be of great com .•ltyjitto Vi is patrons. It Is an instan taneous h.ot water bath, and is one the best inventions of the age. Under its operation both hot an (told wat r can lie had in a moment. Charlie; is progressive, and deserves to he pat ronized. New Store at Pier. When you go to Ocean Pier today don't fail to stop at the refreshment stand of N. Weinstein, just to the left of the main pavilion. Refreshments of all kinds, cold drinks, cigars, tobaccos, etc. New bathing suits for rent. Bath house. Everything at reasonal 1 • prices. Stop and Look at the beautiful portrait in Levy’s window. It is a sample of oth ers to be seen at Wilson’s gallery, both in crayon and water colors. It is worth ycur while. Come in and see them. The Hessie line will make double daily trips to St. Simon pier Sunday leaving Brunswick at 3,00 a. m, and 2,30 p. m. returning at 11 a. m. and 6 p. m.lt will be a rare opportunity for a day at the island and a large crowdi will go. • Prize drills, target shooting, sham battle and other features on St. Simon next. Wednesday will make a 1 day never to be forgotten. PRICE FIVE CENTS. CONGRESS IS 10 TAKE IT OP —f — The Idea of Establishing a Department of Commerce Still Grows. Washington, May 24. —It is now certain Ithat the hill for the crc-ption of anew department will conn up during this sepssion. It is moving slowly in the house. Since it passed the senate it has been reposing in the committee on interstate and foreign commerce, and us yet no movement has been made in the direction of re porting it. Of course the house has been quite busy with other matters, and there has been no reason why it should be crowded, yet the time is slip ping away. Chairman Hepburn has set March 25 for beginning hearings on the bill, and the committee will listen to those who are in favor of it. He says he wants men to appear who can say why they want the bill and show rea sons why various bureaus should bo transferred to such a department. Senator Nelson of Minnesota, the au thor of the bill, has already put tu print a number of reasons why such a department should bo created, and these views will he the basis of the arguments by those who favor it. The establishment of anew department may be opposed on economic grounds, because it will no doubt require anew government building in tlie near fu ture, and, as the house is the home of economy, the bill may meet with seri ous opposition even after It is reported from committee. Rights of Congressmen. For the next forty days there will be “moot” discussions as to whether the senate or the house can or cannot deprive members of the right to vote. All manner of supposititious cases are set up to prove various contentions, while there lias been a search for precedents which lias shaken the dust from old volumes of the library. Argu ments as to expulsion, suspension, ar rest. etc., have been made without limit, and those men who are supposed to know the history of parliamentary law have been called upon to contrib ute their share to the symposium. H. B McDonald, journal clerk of the sen ate, and Asher O. Hinds, the parlia mentary clerk who sits at the right hand of the speaker or whoever is presiding In the house and furnishes advice and precedents, have both been called upon to cull from their mem ories any facts bearing on the ques tion. Mr. Hinds has found that differ ent speakers have had different opin ions as to the voting light of members under arrest. Some held that they could not be deprived of that right, and others that arrested members pres ent in custody of the sergeant at arms could not vote. Mr. McDonald’s parlia mentary judgment was that senators present in the chamber could not ho prevented from voting. Anent the Daniels Appointment. Senators have had a good deal of quiet fun first and last at the expense of the president over the appointment of Ben Daniels to be marshal of Ari zona. It was at a dinner where jokes were being east around that Senator Hanna said, “Mr. President, Scott [West Virginia senator] has found your standard.” “How’s that?” asked the president. “Why,” responded Han na, “Scott says every time he went to see you about an appointment you told him you would appoint any one he would recommend, but the man must be up to your ‘standard.’ Now, he says he hns found it.” Everybody was all attention, and Hanna continued. "Scott says it’s Ben Daniels.” Everybody laughed and none more heartily than the president. Senator Scott never takes any one to the White House now tlmt the president does not tell the “standard” story. It is also told that Senator Hoar, who investigated the case of Daniels when his nomination was before the senate round that tho charge that Daniels had run a faro bank was not true, and shortly after Daniels appeared before the committee and acknowledged that ne had been n faro dealer. Members of the committee tell this on Mr. Hoar. Capitol Notes. Occasionally the absence of a sena tor is noted, and if it is for any length of time while there are matters of in terest going forward in the senate It may be guessed that “borne fences” are in need of repair. Launch For Hire. The swift launch “J. H. Polhill” is for rent by the hour, day or week. Fast, safe and roomy. Enquire at PoUxill’s drug store.