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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-22
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-30
FOR THE MANEUvERS.
North Atlantic Squadron Has
Reached the Drill Grounds.

North Atlantic Squadron Has
r Reached the Drill Grounds.
Newport News, Va, April 29.-Scor-
pion. dispatch boat for the North At
lantic squadron arrived at Old Point
before daybreak this morning from the
Southern drill ground, off the Virginia
capes. where the ships, under Rear Ad-
miral Higginson, arrived at O'Clock
last evening.
The Mayflower, with Admiral Dewey.
Rear Admiral Taylor, Capts. Swift and
Pillsbury. Commander Sargent ana
Tieut. Marble aboard, passed out the
capes bound for the drill ground at an
early hour. The battleships Massa-
chusetts and Texas were at the drill
grounds. and when the squadron ar
rived there was an exchange of salutes
in honor of Rear Admiral Higginson's
flag. In the squadron. as it is now
made up, are the battleships Kearsarge,
flagship; Illinois, Alabama, Iowa, In
diana. Massachusetts and Texas; the
cruiser Olympia, the Scorpion and the
beef ship Culgoa.
The Mayfiower flies the pennant of
Admiral Dewey, who is temporarily
in command of the squadron. 1t is
not unlikely that Court Won Orola,
commanding the German cruiser Gaz-
ellie. which is here for repairs, viii
visit the fleet, either as the guest of
Rear Admiral Harrington, command
ant of the Norfolk station, or on a
special boat placed at his disposal and
flying his flag.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-30
.BAER GOT WRATHY
TOLD SHEARN THAT HE WAS NO
GENTLEMAN.
READING ROADS PRESIDENT
TOLD HEARST'S ATTORNEY HE
WAS INSULTING.

Hearing Before the Interstate COM
mcrce Commission Upon the
Charge Made Against the Coal
carrying Roads COntinued-Baer
Talked FrankIy-Said He Intends
to Advance the Price of Coal So
There Will Be a Profit in 1t.
New York, April 29.-The Interstate
Commerce Commission resumed to-day
its investigation into the complaint of
William r. Hearst against the anthra-
cite coal-carrying railroads. Presi-
dent Baer of the Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad was again called to
the witness stand. He explained the
operations of the Temple Iron Com
pany, saying it was intended to get
rid of the commission men. He de-
clined to produce the contracts be-
tween" the Temple company and the
railroads.
rs there anything in those con-
tracts" Mr.. Shearn asked, that
would degrade and incriminate your"
Il decline to answer that question,
because it is insolent. There is Moth
ing in any contract 1 ever made that
makes me the criminal your client
published me as being, and he cannot
come into court and insult me. You
are not a gentleman, or you would not
insult me-"
Mr.. Baer said the directors in the
Temple company control the different
collieries in the Temple system. At
their meetings, he said, there was
never any discussion about the price
and output of coal.
Il do say most emphatically,' he
went on, there has been no pool and
no combination to regulate the price
or output of coal between the railroad
pl eSidents since I have been presi-
dent of the Reading system"
The price of coal sold by the Phil
adelphia and Reading Coal Company,
he said was fixed after a general con-
sultation with the general coal agents
and sales agents. The other compa-
MES pursued a like course. He added
Il thought we were the strongest peo-
pie, and 1 fixed the price and compelled
the other dealers to do the same. They
accused me of being arbitrary, and I
admit that perhaps / was arbitrary,
but 1 felt that it was necessary"
He said that the price of coal had
been raised so cents a ton because the
cost of production had increased.
you have fixed the rate at 81. so a
ton?''
Eyes, and on May 1 L am going to
advance the price 10 cents and try to
work it up to IS. That will be fair
price and give us profit. If l can't
get that price I'll have to come down.
If the market will take it at IS the
price will not be reduced"
Mr.. Baer said he believed he could
control the market. He said he has
not consulted any of the other coal
company men, but he does not fear if
he asked S. a ton that the other COM
panies will ask any less. That would
be foolish if they did, he said.
"And yet you say there is compe-
tition in the business?" Mr.. Shearn
asked.
"Of course there is; fair and square
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-30
WILL LAY CORNER STONE.
This Is to BE a Day of Moment for
Brunswick People.

bFunSW1ck PeOp1e.
Brunswick, Ca, April 29.-To-morrow
will be laid the corner stone of the steel
plant of the Mohawk Valley Steel and
Wire Company. Mayor Crovatt has
issued proclamation declaring the day
a holiday, and nearly every merchant
in the city will close his place during
the hours of the exercises.
The orator of the occasion will be
ex-United States Senator McLaurin of
South Carolina, first vice president
of the company. He will be introduced
by Mayor Crovatt. Among the other
speakers are Congressman Brantley.
President Umsted of the Mohawk COM
pany, Mayor Crovatt, Col. c. P. Good
year, Col E. C. Machen and others.
A very elaborate programme has been
arranged.
This morning the special car Bruins
wick" of the Birmingham and Bruins
wick Road arrived, bringing the fol-
lowing party: E. C. Machen, president
Brunswick and Birmingham Railroad;
Frank A. Umsted, president of the MO-
hawk Valley Steel and Wire Com
pany, and Mrs. Umsted; ex-United
States Senator McLaurin, first vice
president of the Mohawk Valley steel
and Wire Company, and Mrs. McLau-
rim; Lewis Britton, president Milford,
Mass, Pink Granite Company; G. l..
Craig. president of the Craig Ship
building Company, and F. L, Robin
son. president of the CARIBOU Steel
Works.
This afternoon the party visited the
site of the proposed plant and were
given a trip over the harbor.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-30

gether. In the second place, it is our
duty to educate them in the interest
of higher citizenship.
Mr.. Wall made a motion for divis-
ion OF the bill, so he could vote for
one part and against another. The
motion was lost, and as the measure
Was advanced to it's third reading 1t
was put upon it's final passage, anu
defeated. Mr.. Long gave notice of
motion to reconsider, and the matter
was brought up again to-day and the
resolution adopted.
Mr.. Rivers said the measure would
not only be disgrace to the state, il
enacted into a law, but would bring
down the censure and ridicue of every
other state in the Union. Aside from
this, it is a pernicious measure, and
he sincerely hoped it would be killed.
He deplored the idea that a civilized
state like Florida should even think of
taking such a step backwards.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-30

Augusta, April 29.-To-night near
midnight, ] w. Wheeler was shot in
the thigh by some one concealed in
Roulette alley. This alley leads from
the old Thomson Houston electric light
plant out to Broad street, above Hawks
Gulley bridge. Wheeler had been out
in Harrisburg and was returning down
town. AS he passed the mouth of the
alley he was shot. The bullet lodged
in his thigh, making a painful, but
probably not dangerous wound.
Wheeler collects for a money lending
concern that makes small loans at
large interest to negroes, and he
charges that a negro, Sam Roundtree
did the shooting, in an attempt to as
sassinate him. He says he and Round
tree had a dispute over loan this aft
ernoon, and the negro drew a pistol
then. After the shooting he saw man
running off down the alley, and says 1t
looked like Roundtree.
This evening two negroes employed
on Mayor Phinizy's farm were jailed
on suspicion of completely in the re-
cent burning of the barns on his coun-
try place. 5ts
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-30
AN OLD NEWSPAPER
AND WHAT 1T TELLS.

Mr.. ]. HI. Evans a few days ago left
at the Morning News Office, a copy of
the Savannah Republican, of Dec. 9.
1851. He found it in an old house that
he is repairing. 1t is in a good state
of preservation, and is full of news
for aepaper of that date. The Repub-
lican was merged into the Morning
News in 1873, but it's files before that
date were sold to the United States
government and are now in the Con-
gressional Library in Washington.
The paper contains advertisements
for Capt. Jacob Reed and Capt
D. L. Clinch's companies for re-
cruits and many others relating
to war matters. Among its news
items is an account of the cap
ture of schooner Adelaide, a block
ade runner bound to Savannah and
on board of which was Lieut.. Hardee,
and also the capture of the Confederate
privateer Beauregard by the United
States sloop of war Anderson.
There was news from Northern pa
pers, from Port Royal and Tybee
the latter island having just been oc-
A local item states that a cannon
shot from Fort Pulaski had scattered a
group of Yankees who were walking
along the beach.
An order by telegraph at the top
of the editorial page from Gen. Me-
Laws calls upon all men absent on
leave from his brigade to report to him
armed at once at Yorktown, Va.
Complaints are made of the buck
sterS in the city market about the
price of commodities, and it is stated
that Aldermen Wylly and Drummer
propose to put a stop to 1t.
Col Forrest, afterwards the famous
Gen. N. p. Forrest, is reported as hav-
ing started with 600 rangers on an ex-
petition towards the Ohio.
. The echoes of the recent victory of
the Confederates at Leesburg, Va,
was still resounding in the newspa-
pers.
1t is interesting reading for those who
remember forty-two years back.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-30

Defendant Is the Ensign Oscamp
Lumber Company.

Brunswick, Ca, April ga suit has
been filed in the Superior Court of
Erwin County, by Kay. Bennett &
Conyers of this city, against the En-
sign Oscamp Lumber Co., for s., 200.
Messrs. Brobston, Fendig & Co., of
this city are the plaintiffs. This suit
is brought on by the sale of the
Ocilla and IrwinvilIe Railroad to the
Brunswick and Birmingham, which
was contaminated some time ago.
1t seems that the sale was made
through the Brunswick real estate firm
At that time j. Lee Ensign was the
general manager of the lumber COM
pany which owned the Irwinville and
Ocilla, and through him Messrs. Brob-
ston, Fendig & Co. made all arrange
ments for the sale, and an agreement
was reached, whereby the Brunswick
firm was to receive the usual commits
sion. However, since that time, the
management has changed, and Mr.. En-
sign is no longer connected with the
lumber company, and now they have
refused to pay the Brunswick real es-
tate firm their commission for making
the sale. $3.50
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-30
HOUSE NOW WANTS
DIVISION FOR RACES.
Passed Resolution Touching School
Funds of Florida.

Passed Resolution TOuch1ng SchooA
Funds of Florida.
Tallahassee, Fla, April 29.-The
House to-day voted to reconsider Rep
resentative Longs resolution and pass
ed it by vote of as to 15-one more
than the necessary majority. The reso-
luton proposes an amendment to the
constitution which would divide the
school fund between the races in pro-
portion to the amount paid by each.
Indications point to the defeat of the
resolution in the Senate.
That there is a strong opposition to
negro education among the members
of the Legislature was brought out by
the discussion over the joint resolution.
The resolution which had been ad-
versely reported by the Judiciary
Committee. was taken UP yesterday on
its second reading. 1t provides that
the money collected by direct taxation
from the white people be spent exclu-
sively in educating white children, and
only the money collected from the ne
groes by direct taxation, for educa-
tional purposes, be spent on negro
education.
Mr.. Long of Bradford favored the
measure. He was of the opinion that
negro education is a failure. The ne
gro he said, is incapable of higher
education. He is not fit to receive it,
and when we attempt to educate one.
we are fostering an enemy to the
white race. No country ever existed
in which two races lived, where one
was not subservient to the other. The
white race is the superior and it is
folly to try to educate the negro up
to the standard of the white. He did
not think the education of the negro
would better his condition. On the
contrary, it will make him less USE
full.
Mr.. Johnson of Liberty, was of the
same opinion. He said 1t would only
increase the black mans chances for
being a greater rogue. Besides, he
did not think it right for the hard work
ing white man to be taxed in order to
educate a known enemy to the white
race. Statistics show, he said. that
crime among the negroes increases in
proportion as their educational advan-
tages increase.
Mr.. St. Clair-Abrams opposed the
measure, because he thought it would
be an outrage perpetrated on a weaker,
more ignorant race. We have the ne
gro with us. and in order to make him
a better citizen, we should educate him.
He wanted II distinctly understood that
he is not a negro lover. but believed
in justice. Mr.. Rivers also thought 1t
would be unjust to the negro to thus
handicap him, although his education
is burden and a hardship on the white
people.
Mr.. Wall, of Putnam, was another
member who came out and opposed
the measure. He did not like it be-
cause it carried two separate and dis
tinct propositions. In the first place,
It would amend that part of the con-
stitution which prescribes that whites
and negroes shall not be educated to-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-30
NEWS FROM MACON.
BirdsOnE Brothers Charged with
Receiving stolen Goods.

Receiving Stolen Goods.
Macon, April 29.-The Odd Fell
lows of Macon tonight celebrated
their anniversary in a most appro-
pirate and elaborate style. The ami
versary was on April g. but because
that day is observed as Memorial Day,
the celebration was postponed.
Large numbers of delegates appoint
ed TO attend the convention of sugar
cane growers here next week are writ
ing in advance to secure hotel accom-
modations. There will be more than a
thousand delegates II the letters being
received by the Chamber of Commerce
indicate anything.
Dave and Tom Birdsong, two broth
ers, who are connected with some Of
the best known people of the county,
were to-day bound over to the grand
Jury on the charge of acting as
fence" for negro car breakers The
bond for each man is fixed at 81 600
The brother Of the men was jailer at
Macon when Tom Allen made his IA
nous escape with eighteen other pris-
oners about nine years ago.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-30
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.

Mr.. E. b. Shelby. travelling passenger
agent of the Queen and crescent
Route. with headquarters in Meridian,
spent yesterday in Savannah. Mr..
SbaIbv saws his road will operate a
enecial train from Jackson, Miss, to
Savannah to bring 100 delegates to the
Southern Baptist Convention. The
traif1iayilI5be operated over the Queen
and Crescent tracks from jackson to
Meridian, thence via the Alabama
Great Southern to Birmingham and to
Savannah Via. the Southern Railway.
Mr. J. e. Rehlander, travelling pas
senger agent of the Iron Mountain
Route with headquarters in Chatta-
nooga, spent yesterday in Savannah.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-30

competition" Mr.. Baer replied. ut is
not necessary that competing mer-
chants should cut each others
throats."
DO the railroads actually compete
for business in the coal regions?"
In the sense of building lines to the
collieries, they do compete. In the
sense of underselling each other, they
do not"
Is there any agreement among the
railroads to keep out of each others
territory in the coal regions?''
Mr. Baer said he knew of no such
agreement
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-30
McREYNoLDs rs NAMED.

Tennessee Man Becomes Assistant
Attorney General
washington, April 29.-Attorney
General Knox has appointed ]. c. Nc
REYNOLDS of Tennessee assistant attor-
new general of the United States to
succeed James NJ. Beck, resigned.
Mr.. McReynolds is a Nashville law
yer. AZ years of age, and formerly
lived in Washington as the private
secretary to Senator jackson OF Ten
nessee who subsequently became an
associate Justice of the Supreme Court
of the limited States.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-30
VANHORNE WILL BUILD.

RaiIroad Magnatc to Erect Hotel
mt Santiago.
Santiago de Cuba, April 29.-sir Will
liam VanHorne to-day purchased the
we'll known Casa Grande Hotel and
certain adjoining properties. He will
at once remove the buildings and be-
Gin the construction of a very large no.
fell which will probably be completed
next winter. He will also inaugurate
a steamship service with Jamaica in
connection with the Havana Railroad,
thus giving Cuba connection with the
tourist routes in Florida, Nassau and
Jamaica.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-30
STATE Is REFRAINED.
3-Cent Rate Cannot Yet BE Enforced
the l.. & N.

on the l.. & N.
Pensacola, Fla, April 29.--Judge
Pardee of the United States Circuit
Court has granted a temporary in
junction, restraining the Florida Rail-
road Commission from enforcing a g.
cent rate for passenger fares on the
division of the Louisville and Nash
vile Railroad in this state. BY order
of the commission the Scent rate was
to have gone into effect May 1. Argu-
ment on the motion to make the in
junction permanent will be heard May
2e.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-30
Adopted n Child.

on application of ]. r. Bradshaw, an
order Of adoption was passed by Judge
Barrow in the Superior Court yester-
dav. allowing him to adopt Leroy
Joiner. and change the childs name 70
Leroy Bradshaw. The mother Of the
child consented The foster-father
was represented by w. +. Slater.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-30
BABY HUMOURS
Eczema. Milk Crust, Scaled Head, letter.
Rashes, Itchings and Chafings
Instantly Relieved and
SPEEDILY CURED BY CUTIcURA.

Instant relief and refreshing sleep
for skin-tortured babies and rest for
tired, fretted mothers in warm baths
with Cuticura Soap, and gentle anoint-
ings with Cuticura Ointment, the great
skin cure, and purest Of emollients, to
be followed in severe cases by mild
doses of Cuticura Resolvent. This is
the purest, sweetest, most speedy, per-
manent and economical treatment for
torturing, dishguring, itching, burn
ing, bleeding, scaly, crusted and pim-
ply skin and scalp humours, eczemas,
rashes and irritations with loss of hair,
of infants and children, as well as
adults, and is sure to succeed when all
other remedies and physicians fail.
Parents, think OF the future of such
afflicted children and act now. Cures
made in childhood are speedy and per-
manent.
CuticurA Remedies are sold throughout the {
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-30

The agonizing itching and burning
Of the skin, as in eczema; the frightful
scaling, as in psoriasis; the loss of hair
and crustlng of the scalp, as In scaled
head; the facial Disagreement, as in
pimples and ringworm; the awful suf-
fering of infants and the anxiety OF
worn-out parents, as In milk crust, tet-
ter and salt rheum all demand a rem
edy of almost superhuman virtues to
successfully cope with them. That Cuti-
cura Soap, Ointment and Resolvent are
such stands proven beyond all doubt.
NO statement is made regarding them
that is not justified by the strongest
evidence. The purity and sweetness.
the power to afford immediate relief,
the certainty Of speedy and permanent
cure, the absolute safety and great
economy, have made them the standard
skin cures Of the civilized world.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-30
DUFFYS PURE MALT WHISkEY


the tissues tones up the heart gives to the brain strength
all the vital makes digestion enables
old the
key
relieving the sick positively harmful Demand Duhys and be
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The genuine Whskey
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-30


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Arizona republican., 1903-01-05
A Filipino Tcussaint Louvrr.u e

It is not surprising to learn that Bos- ton anti-imperlalists are attempting to lecure the return of Apolinario Mabini rom Guam, where he Is spending his lays in more or less comfortable ex- .le. to Manila. the scene of his earlier intrigues and machinatiCns. In their yes the erstwhile chief of Aguinaldo's cabinet" is a much-a abused patriot. leld against all warrant of law In du- .'ance vile, and presenting to the world the spectacle of avictim of political persecution. The letter indeed. signed )y Chas. Francis Adams, Carl Schurz. Edwin Burritt Smith and Herbert Welsh and addressed to the president. compares the mental suffering of Ma jini in exile to that oi Toussaint L'Ouverture's whose life. they say, was cut off by his imprisonment in q
 rench fortress under the despotic rule
 f the First Napoleon"
 Without wishing to question the his oriacl accuracy of this statement Fhich we might do successfully, if so nclined-we shall rest content by pointing out the essential difference be- tween the cases of Toussaint and Ma bini. The former died in a French prison without ever having been given m opportunity to make his peace with the powers that imprisoned him; the latter is free to leave the island Of Gaum over which he roams without let or hindrance, if he so desires. to- morrow
 All that is required of him is an oath of allegiance to the United States. He prefers, it is said. to maintain a prin- ciple." What that "principle" is We have no means of knowing. We don't much care. either. If Mabini is anx- ious, in addition to getting his board md lodging at the expense of the gov ernment, to assume the part of martyr that is his business, not ours: and tt shouldn't be that of our anti-iDnperiaI istic friends. But they think different- ly, and, Heaven bless them. II ,t amuses them, who so cruel as to inter. fere while they coquet with the Tous- saints and Washingtons of the Philip pine islands?
 What, by the way, has become of Aguuinaldo? Have his Boston admir- ers retired him from circulation? Or Is he simply laid up temporarily, as 1t were, for repairs? An inglorious end to be sure, to the career of a Filipino Washington; one, moreover, that musr make the prospect of wearing the mar. tyr's crown appear anything but at tractive to a Filipino Toussaint.- Washington Times.
Arizona republican., 1903-01-05

grit in him) Is his own jailor. He can turn himself loose whenever he pleases to take the oath. The American au- thorities at Manila, civil and military, believe that if he took it he would Keep it-a confidence not felt in all casOi, They were very reluctant to send him to Gaum and would be glad to see him back again-in his right mind. Both General Otis and General McArthur tried their best to make him take a ra- tional, sensible view of things. The suggestion that his exile has been em- bittered by harsh treatment the Army and Navy Journal dismisses as mere BOstonese calumny. There is every reason to believe" says that valued military contemporary, speaking up for the much maligned gentlemen of the American army. that if he were placed on the witness stand he would unhes- itatingly declare that he has received nothing but unfailing kindness and re- spect at their hands. .'-IcrtforG Cour- ant.