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THE BRUNSWICK TIMES-CALL.
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VOLUME XI.
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SB7eral Plant Systn flf
flclals Are Here.
I; HER! DEIS II
Guaranty Representative and the
Traveling >A ttditor Checking
the Accounts.
k For a number of days, in fact for sev
eral weeks, rumor has boeu afloat In
commercial circles to the effect that Mr.
Mark Yerdery, local cashier of the
Plant"' System, In this city, had uCJ, ‘
checked short several mousand dollars,
by the of the system.
in common with
Other citizens, has Beard of this talk, but
indulging the hope that it was idle’go#-
sip, has refrained from any publication
toncM#iMe. V ,
HevK,'cr, the rumor became so por
yesterday that a Times Call
ted out to investigate the facts
in the case. kMtbe situation is as fol
lows:
For two weeks Messrs. Harralson and
*McCaig, traveling auditors of the Plant
System, havo been In Brunswick check
ing Mr. Verdery's accounts, and while
neither of these gentlemen would give
■out any information, developments have
made it apparent that shortages do ex
ist in the cashier's accounts.
First, Messrs. Harralson and McCaig
spent ten days in Brunswick, returned
to Savannah and returned together with
Mr. H. C. Prince, comptroller of the
system, and Mr. J. S. Itussell, a repre
sentative of the Guaranty Company of
North America, in which Mr. Ver
•dery is bonded. These gentlemen spent
a number of days researching the ac
counts, but from alljindications failed to
change the original check made by the
system’s inspectors.
A Timss-Cali. representative visited
Mr. Harralson. chief Inspector, yester
day, bat that gentleman refused to go
into the subject, neither denying not ad
mitting that there was any shortage in
Mr, Verdery’s accounts, but the check
bad not been completed, and it was
■ quite impossible to say wbat the final
.tesnlt would be.
Mr, G. W. Coates, commercial agent
•of the system, expressed a similar senti
ment, hence the public must draw its
own conclusions as to the facts In the
matter. However, the TimsS-Cali. has
it that the amount claimed to be short is
$0,10).
Mr. Vsrdery, who has been quite
ill for several days, was next visited
at hie home on Wright square and in
answer to tbe'.questiop, bfsaid:
‘‘Yes, I rumors ere
afloat to the effect that my accounts
• local cashier of the Plant System,
are short several thousand dollars,and’
NUMBER M.
I can say I know nothing or it.”
Continuing, Mr. Verdery said: “1
have lived in Brunswick seventeen
years and in all that time I have en
deavored to live an honest upright
life, I have been economical in my
home life, have never speculated lo
the slightest degree, and atn oonvino
ed that if I were able to be at my of
fice I could explain many things that
now appear mysterious. However, if
lam short, I wilt endeavor to pay
every cent of it.”
Mr. Verdery is quite an ill uian and
in all probability, will not be in con
dition to visit his office in ten days.
During bis illness, and pending the
obeok, whioh is still in progress, Mr.
P. M, trisoh, formerly ohief clerk in
the office will be in charge of the
oasbier's office and has been officially
checked into that position.
Mr. Verdery has lived in Brunt
wiok many years, and enjoys to the
fullest extent the perfect confjdefloe
of the oomutunity.
The sy,u|mthee
*' Uh Ml '’ •* r W?y -V bis present
trouble and hopes that la-- f,
ro#B£s stay brings unafri u&inujt.
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BRYAN IN CHICAGO.
Says He May Answer Mark Hanna,
the Grfkt Republican leader.
:'f. tip;S3 ftfiffa
here this morning. When interyiaw
od soon after h.s arrival, be stated
that he bad not fully decided but that
be might make a formal reply to
Mark Hanna’s abuse.
Strong demands upon Mr. llryan to
go East brought him here. No changes
in his plans are announced.
TRAIN COLLISION.
Harrisburg, Sept. 24; The fast
Atlantic express this morning ran
into the end of a freight train,
three miles east of Lewistowo.
The oaboose and one oar cf the freight
train was wreoked, and the locomotive
of the express was considerably dam
aged. The engineer and flreman of
the express train were slightly injured.
The passengers bad a lively shake-up,
but no one was badly hurt.
HANNA IN NEW YORK,
New York, Bapt. 24 .—Mark Hanna
reached this oity today. In an inter
view today, be said be had no more
campaign speeches. Mr. Hanna said
the report to the effect that be stated
from the stump if Bryan was elected
R'chard Croaker would get a cabinet
position was false. He further stat
ed that everything looked bright for
McKinley in the west.
Fears of Violence.
Wllke-barre, B.pt. 24.—The fear of
violence in the event of any attempts
being made to
eriesin this district induced
eratore this morning to make no effort
to get themen to work.
MARSHAL CAMPOS DEAD.
Madrid, Sept. 24.—Marshal Arsenio
Martinez de Campos died today at Za
rauz, near Sau Sebastian.
Mr. Gordon Bruce, of Atlanta, is
pending a few days in the city.
BRUNSWICK. GA.,'TUESDAY MOBNINI'C SEPTEMBER 25. 1900.
1811 ■
II 111 PEI
Czar las Orflerefl His
Troops to Tlea Tsia.
•.
The Missionaries Are Roundly Pr6<
testing Against This Deeis
. ■ , >4 “! '•
ion of the Allies.
St, Petersburg, Sept. 24.—An olfloial
messenger says orders for the trana
• t
ference of fsm Pekin to
Tien Taiuj dated August 25th and 20th,
e no^eWived by M. Da-Giersethe
Russian minister at Pekin until Ssp
’flpher 6tb, and by Gen. Linevitch, the
*:ns'tn* ! gainfander, v uotil September
fch'AfKinaaquenoe of the irregularity
and mail communt
wfcywati Taku hud Pekin. Some
membersAh Russian legation and
the first Potion of the expeditionary
#sAf.Tien immediate
uu jfocfihmaiifciiin
of others trom T’eki b gfr/tdua i,
but be eampletelyiefleoted as soon as
tha local conditions wilt permit.
Other Nations to Follow Suit.
Chicago, Sept. 24, —The Reoord has
the following from Pekin, under date
of Septembsr 16tb, fia Taka, Septem
ber 22, and Shanghai, September 2Scl:
pbanges in the of the allied
oommandera indicate the evacuation of
Pekin before the winter sets in. The
British leaders hive countermanded
the order for jxUpgfve supplies, and
the Americatfivjfe also making pre
parations for departure. At the same
time, ail foreign residents have been
warned to prepare to.leave Pekin.
Tht German legation wiil soon
move elsewhere, Rushans are
always withdrawing* to Tien Tein and
different stations in Manchuria.
It is also extremely likely that the
Japanese will make the town Na
gaski their winter base, instead of
tome Chinese town, as wan originally
their intention.
The missionaries are protesting
against this “desertion.”
May Make.the Task Harder.
Berlin, Sspt. 24.—D.sousslng the an
ewer of the United States government
to Germany’s proposal regarding the
Chinese settlement, the Vos*'
Zfitung says today :
“America's
cert, of the Pa (##'■'": }
mtWßt
task harder, inatiiu#W<!jgj|
increase Chinese presumptionanOTß|
solsnce as .the knowledge that har
mony in the ranks of their opponents
has been disturbed.
“The aotion of the United States is
equivalent to an abandonment -of the
oommon interests of Ooooldental civ
ilization, and probably, will llsad to a
prolongation of bloodshed.”
IIIR
Mate a Haply' ts the Hats
Geriiy.
fet She Deems It Best to Enter
Into Peace Negotiations
at Once.
Parish Sept. it.-The reply of the
Frenob government to Germany’s
note, the basic points being the arrest
and sWIIc punishment of the instiga
tors of (he .late Chinese troubles as a
preliminary step to peace negotia
tions, is that it is not entirely aooept
abie. %
The French governipnt’s proposi
tion and argument is that while it is
iu perfeot accord with the powers that
the guilty should be punished, yet it
deems it best to en*er at once into
Peace negotiations, under certßin oau
■ilAUullje. without t|rßj ipllb’.ting ie;ni sb -
mentflfi ts* gulltyvßfioerH.’ 1 , 1 —“
.. ASIATIC SQUADRON.
Vessels Receive Immediate Orders ip
(Jo on Dry Djok Foil rs.
Washington, Sept. 2d.—The navy de
partment is doing all In its power to ex
pedite and haßtcn the sending of ten
ships selected for service in Asiatic wa
ters. Asa preliminary step all the
vessels assigned to foreign service have
received immediate orders to go into
dry docks foe whatever repairs deemed
most urgent. Admiral Remey, in com
mand of the Asiatic squadron, will make
his hea ; vrters in Manilla.
NOT CONFIRMED.
Washington, Sept. 24.—The renoijAspl
yellow fever in Havana iacksrSW? 2
ation here, and fear of ar Jfo is
not entertained.
MARKETS BY^pLBGRAPGH
New York, Sepf ie leading futures
ranged -as folio/ Produce
I'- h. in ‘
Wh'-atyß -kl/tftt' Tllgb. Low. Close
8S S3 I 2 82 8-4
1 ... 86 1-4 85 1-4 81 1-4 84 2-4
48 1 2 48 1-4; 48 1-2
,■*. 41 7-s
NEW YOBK COTTON.
New York, Sept. 24.—The following table
kurs the range In prices of cotton for the dlf
■ s Opn. High. Low. Clow j
*BO 10 10 20 10 02 10 f i
December. 1.! 980 863 878
January u 112 o 77
April... o
July 0 <0
Augn-t U
Mr. W. B. Isaas will arrive Wednes
day from a trip to New York and
Canada.
WON’T GO TO MACON,
New Uniforms will Cut Naval Reserves
Out of Their Trip.
Torpedo Division Naval Reserves
will not go to Macon on Thursday
morning to participate in the street
fair.
The Torpedo Division, at its meet
ing last Tuesday night, decided, by a
unanimous vote, to attend the fair on
that day. Some had*
been ordered, and tbgyNw'ere expected
to arrive in time for the trip “The
nniforms did arrive, however, but, In
stead of being the blue ones, they re
ceived, by mistake, the regular white
working nniforms. The company’s
old blue one’s are in snoh a condition
that it is impossible to wear them, and
the oompany has deoided not to go.
This is regretted by the oflioers and
men of Torpedo Division, as they
have already notified the Maoon peo
ple that they were coming, and pre
parations have been made by the hos
pitable people of the Central City to
give them a royal time.
BAOK FROM MATANZAB.
Sergeant MroczkOwski of the Socon
Cavalry In the City.
Sergeant Max; WrocakowSKi, of the
Second Cavalry, an old Brunswick hoy,
,1 .
in.*All:una. ~ - - ■
Siijce going to Matan/.as-eoinc eigtl or,
ten mouth* ago, Max has met 'v/.ui quite
a serioas aoeigj|.i vyYhlbr nWjng one
day some two months ago, MuV’e horso
fell over a cliff thirty feet
him, breaking one of the
legs and arms, and he n\nao : 4, :i r!| •
eral other sorious inJur,J%i|§Bp>r J
were dressed by
and he is nqW
v a a tttWFmtmwmaaßm
i >spitni iii a: if A
Sergeant
on Srptc/> 4 j,tl .j fUiiifiT
York v ls -
IculiyH
lkthorjm-..
PBPTGolliu, Fornandina; 0. E. McLean,
'Jr.-, New York; Gordon Bruce, Atlanta;
J. W. Blainden, New York; VV. P.
Ennis Atlantjs; L. T. Williams, Nash-
J. A. EdisoD, Wm.
Atlanta: 8. L. Levy and wife, Sa
vannah; Dr. Breed, New York; Eugene
Finpeman,Macon; R. M. Hull, Savan
nah; P. Wylly, Tifton; Rcy. J. M, Gaef,
Woodbine; Mr. Brown, Barnesyllie, S.
Waycross; Geo. W.
Hammond, lialumorejJGeo. W, Haines,
Waycross; George O. Boydon,.Nw
York.
'‘WITHDRAWING TROOPS.
Sept. 24.—The War de-
Usukd instructions, af
ter conferring wlttt the State depart
ment, to hurry withdrawal of
Mr, J®*
- R*-- ’’
Tiro UrDE FOR THE Pl^tt|tf.
London, Sept. 24.-~.The T>inoe of
engaged the Amerloan
’L Tod Moan, to ride
year. l *Maaa^ to .
franklin has returned
from a tW . len ,
PRICE FIVE CENTS,
1(1 IB
inn
JL_
Some Uernr/forldEg
Heafily Ariel
HI OFFICIALS SIRONGORDER
Tells His Men When They Shott
It Must Be to Kill-Other
Strike News.
Shenandoah Sept. 2f.-Tbe military
was called out this evening to prevent
riots. The CAinbridge miners are
working armed.
Manager MoGinms, an offioial of the
military companies, advised his men
in the following terms: “Don’t shoot
until I do, then shoot to kill,”
To Try Again.
Philadelphia, Sept. man
agers of the mines have determined to
try again tomorrow to resume the op
eration of their mines. Little fear
Will occur.
Hw’ciyueii Make Demands.
New York, SJpt. ■.—The mum ■
says the the Pennsylvania
coal mining district have resolved not
coal, and another
on Um■ cal <-ar
of the Switch - -
: tr-
IHpTielit.-
'L- . JT- fk lll. Ills Saul,
today 1 , ~.
J of the
r ai ,;v°- w^e9day
/way. „ r / '
‘it’s Little Karly.Bl.jcrs arc pro .7
‘rant, j;ow©ifuJ,
Nyack, N, a., r JTof
the strike in the anti, and
consequent scarcity of coal, many of the
Ilaycrstraw were shut down
todayy throwing hundreds of men out of
work.
Strikers Attack & Mrne.
Shenandoah, Sept. 24.—News has just
been received h ire to the effect that a
large force of strikers have attacked the
non-union men who were at work at the
Preston col.iery, at Girardville, near
here. The operators have sent a burry
call to Gen. Gobin to send troops at once
to the mine. The attacking strikers are
very violent, and bloodshed Is feared -
There is great excitement over the
news.
Some Coiliories Resume Work.
Shenandoah, P*., Sept. 24.—Work
was resumed at ttie Pennsylvania and
Reading collieries this morning under
military protection. Forty collieries
of the Pennsylvania and Reading Cos.,
opened, but hardly enough men re
ported to man over half of them.
Bands of strikers marohed out of
town at* 3 o’olock this morning to
intercept men going to work to all
mines,