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ESTABLISHED 1884 PHILIPPINES SEIZED Proclamation ofOur Posses-; sion Cabled to Manila. HOME RULE TOR FIIIPIWS. ■fair Judiciary, freedom of Speech ! and the Press—Military Pro tectorate, I : * - - - By As.wlaftes Press. New Ycrk, Dec. 31.*—A vpeelaJ to the •Herald from Washington President McKinley's- -proeiam aidon set ting forth the conditions under which tha United 'States takes possession of the Phil ippines hats been cabled to General Otis for promulgation. This was done several days ago and it i- assumed that General Otis has already published it and taken steps to give it the widest possible circulation 'hrcushout the islands. The proclamation is about two words in length and was cabled Manila at an expense of $1,900. It is ►deled on one issued by -General Shatter Santiago, when this government took Ksession of that -province, but has been uplifted. H<mie rule, under the supreme direction t the United States government is by the terms of the proclamation to be given to the Filipinos in the fullest sense. Lt pro mised that, they ehall be accorded a voice in local government and that the Filipinos shall be eligible to official positions. They will be given a fair judiciary, freedom Os Hpeeth and of the press. The proclamantion shows that the mil (*..iytry occupation of the islands i« not for pur? Lose of making war on the inhabitants nor lupon any party or faction among them bus * a) protect them in their homes, in the! ’employments and in their personal end 11 religious rights. The manner of the tre: ijtinent of property and the collection . ndU| administration ol the ite-Venues in ac cor(|if;nce with the open door policy set for'lii in the treaty are tuliy and plainly stalled. While the rule of conduct of the vml itan officers will be in the line just k - | »hOWS thg.f :it is the purpose of the government te adopt radical measures if. unfortunate ly. the courts of the people should render KiV.i measures inadequate to the mainten ance of law and order. The instructions accompanying the proclamation requires General Otis to take immediate steps to secure the disarmament of the insurgents in order that peace may be established and continued in the .islands, MRS BOTKIN’S LAWYERS They will Make a Strong Ef fort to Obtain a New Trial For Her. By Associated Prase*. Inui Francisco, Ltec. 31. —Mrs. Botkins' lawyers do not propose, to except , the final ) verdict of the jury finding her guilty of murder of Mrs. Dunning without making p a strong effort to obtain a new trial and , aos.-:bly a reversal of the judgment. G. Knight, a leading attorney for the de “ *.T e. says: “Our first step will be to move * kin |a new trial on the v\ay set for passing ' ut fit sentence or as soon thereafter as can lower s Vard. if a new trial is denied we will it moe i th*e supreme court and at that time smoott the question of jurisdiction. This closed! never had and can never get juris turned t n u> tr y Mrs. Botkins. After her ", tl in the Branch county jail Mrs. ‘ t ns broke down completely and for iike i* time gave vent to anguieh. sobbing ganr < joecas ion ally shrieking. It is stated please! t he first ballot stood ten for hanging wo for life imprisonment. The sec , ilat bt: ballot was eleven for hanging and iiacb ufc>r life imprisonment. But one stood u{ - .-;tggnd after much discussion the other ra v;.t our to him.” .1 POISON ING CASE UNSOLVED of ■ —— | P. ice Unable to Apprehend the Murderer f. ; P* of Mrs. Adams. By Associated Press. New York. Dec. 31. —The pel fee are stilt vigorously working to find out who sent the poison to Harry Corn 16h and which v .ustd the death of Mrs. Kate J. Adams Wednesday last. Although three days have elapsed since 'Mrs. Adame died, no arrests have been made and Chief of Detectives McCluskev said today that he had nothing to divulge. There is an impression that before the day is over the police will have secured either a solution cf the mystery or will have made an arrest that, will ebow : n what direct ion their suspicions lie. So far as the statements or actions of the po lice are concerned, no one.at has been connected with the crime nor has any motive been adduced ’hat would justify an attempt upon Cornish’s life. Regarding the statement of a morning pap-tv that a far mer member of -he Knickerbocker Club was under suspicion, and that he would be arrested today. McClusky said that Cor r.tsh implicated no member, past or pres ent. of the Knickerbocker Club. There is so develpoments in the c-asc the captain admitted, but he could uct kec-uss it at V present. In answer to a question if he had \ come to any conclusion whether a man or l a woman wrote the address on the wrap t per of the bottle, McClusky sakl very pos litivfly thst li6 thought it W£« a man. THE MACON NEWS. PEACE BASIS Navv to be Reduced on Ratifi cation of the Treaty. EIGHT TH00» DISCHARGES Congress May However Agree to I Adequately Man All the Ships Now in Service. i By Associated Press. New York. Dec. 31. —cA dispatch to tha Herald from Washington says: Orders have b&en issued by Secretary Dong <2i | reeling the discharge of a large number of .men- who enMeted for one year from the ships undergoing repair at various j navy yards. These orders are in line with the sec | ret ary’ s Intensions to reduce the navy to a I peaceful fooling as rapidly as possible, i There are now 19,009 enlisted men on the ; rolls, every one of whom is needed to man the ships which are in commission. It i 3 ■evident to the authoritu se, however, that the treaty of peace will be ratified and - then imediate redaction to a peace foot ing must be made. Besides the extraordi nary appropriations maSe by congress limited t'he use of the money until J-anu j ary, 1899, and the expanses must be cut j down to permit the navy to run on the old scale of expedixures. Under orders is sued by the department ft is said that at least 8,000 men will be discharged. The result will be to make a number of ves- I «sels shorthanded, lt is proposed to ac- i quaint congress with ttuis condition of the service -and it is believed that authority will be given in the forthcoming naval ap propriation bill for 20,<#00 men and 2,509 boys as recommended by Secretary Dong. Jt is proposed by the navy department |to give the auxiliary yacht Scorpion a much lighter battery than she now car ries. lt was found during the reeeuf storm she encountered off Tlattains and which compelled her to return to Port Royal, that the (battery was -too heavy for her. and upon 'he iecommendtatksn of her command ing officer it will be removed and lighter guns given her. SPANISH LEADERS, Sagasta is Convalescent—Generals Hold an Important Secret Conference. Py Associated Press. Madrid, Dec. 31—Senors Sagasta and I Castellar are convalescent. Fourteen steamers are now on the way I to Havana to repatiate the Spanish troops j remaining in Cuba. The report of the meeting of a dozen Spanish generals, for a purpose which has ' i not been divulged, has been confirmed by * I of the cabinet who does not deny \ the importance of the occurrence. [CHINA COLLAPSING. Such is the oDinion of a Japanese States man. By Associated Press. Port Townsend, Wash,, Dec. 31 —The steamship Yamaguchi Maru. from Yoko hama, has arrived. Front files of late Japanese papers the following is taken: “Marquis Ito has expressed grave fears of the future of the Chinese empire. He says there is no man in China who can rescue j her from impending collapse. “Much excitement has been created in ; the orient over the secret treaty alleged j to have been made between Russia and i China.” peaceTeigwT IN HAVANA Cuban Ardor Beginning to Cool Off—Salve For Soreness. By Associated Press. New York, Dec. 31 —A disnatc-h to the Tribune from Havana says: The city is quiet and the news from Washington that the administration ap j proved of General Ludlow's letter to the Junta Patriotica. and the text of the let j ter itself has had a tranquilizing effect. ' The promise of a celebration at some fu ture period in which the American au | thorities would take part helped to recon cile the Cubans to the decision and the ad dress of the Junta counseling the people to accept the situation and by their con duct to show their ability to influence the future of the island has had a marked in fluence. The committee did not agree upon this report until after an all night discussion, but the redieals finally yielded. At first in the insurgents camps outside of the city much hot talk was indulged in by the younger officers but they cooled off. The Cuban commanders now declare that there will be no trouble from insurgents j trying to enter Havana and they seem able to keep their promise. The feeling of disappointment among the Cubans is un deniable. but they are controlling them selves better than was expected. The sug i gestiou that the celebration should be held in February on the fourth anniversary of • f tc- beginning or :h< revolution, has 'been accepted salve for present soreness and . it will give an outlet for sentiments now ’ restrained. i~- - - MACON NEWT SATURDAY DECEMBER 31 1898. VANDERBILTS In Possession of Great Coal Roads in Pennsylvania. HARMONf AND PROFIT A Combination of Interests That Will Allow Dictation as to Prices. By Associated Press. New York, Dee. 31 —The Tribune cays: It is believed that the recent heavy buying of Reading securities foreshadows the per fecting of an arrangement for the harmon ious operation -of all the coal roads. It is generally Understood that the Vanderbilts have sectored u controlling interest in the Delaware, Ladko. wanna and Western which has Tong been a more or Sess disturbing element in 'rise anthraci&e business and that .a.t the asmual meeting of that road in February :a complete cange in its man agement an ii policy will be effected. The New Jersey Central interests have jail ak@ng been on-the best of terms with ! ibe Vandertijlts, both in the Da ck a wanna board and in the conduct of their own property and are believ-ed to be perfectly willing to join in an active movement for the Improvement of the anthracite situa tion. The Vanderbilt interests are report ed to ''ave been for some time the large buyers of Ontario and Western and other coal stocks as well as of Reading; and their large holdings ~ra these roads will give them a powerful influence in their endeavor to effect a working agreement which shall insure to the coal roads har mony of interest and a larger profit than has accrued to them under the old policy of opera tiun. H£ KILLED HIMSELF. After Trying to Murder His Wife and Daughter. By Associated fPveas, New York. Dec. 31 —Karl Kirdleberger, of Jersey City, tried to murder his wife, Christina, and stepdaughter, Mary Brodel, today. After he had shot them both and believed them fatally wounded, he put a bullet in his right temple and died almost instantly. His wife may recover. The stepdaughter was not seriously hurt, CUBAN ORPHANS STARVING Sad Condition of Affairs in The Red Cross Hospital at Corro. By Associated Press. New York, Dec. 31. —G. W. Hyatt, the Red Cross agent at. Havana, in response to a request from the Central Cuban Relief Committee for accurate information’as to the conditions of the people under his ob servation. recently wrote to the commit tee and his report has induced the commit tee to send all the supplies In its posses sion. valued at about SIO,OOO, one-fifth of which t\lr. Hyatt needs absolutely. Mr. Hyatt's letters have also been sent to Washington. In a letter dated December 24th, at Guanabacoa, Mr. Hyatt speaks of the hos pital in Corro. established by Miss Barton for orphan children.* He says he found a number cf children there literally starving. They ranged from 5 to 12 years of age. He asked for food and some playthings, such j as bats, balls, kites, etc., suggesting that ! it is inadvisable to gather children togeth ! er in any place and starve them «to death. IDLE SPANISH [OFFICERS. Eight Thoasand of Them Without Posts— Correa to Resign. | Bv Associated Press. Madrid. Dec. 31. —La Riforma publishes an interview with Lieutenant General Correa, minister of war, who says he is anxious to resign his portfolio as soon as possible. General -Correa comments upon the fact that 8,000 officers have returned from the colonies and are now- without posts. . . _, _ THIRTY TOWNS SUFFER. An Explosion of Gas Deprives Them of Light . and Fuel. By Associated Press. Red Key. Ind., Dec. 31.—An explosion of j gas. followed by fire at !tae Ohio and India ■ na Pipe Li-ne Company's compressing sta | tion caused a loss of SIOO,OOO. Engineer Robinson was badly burned. Thirty towns are deprived of natural gae. ALL IN GOOD SHAPE. Affairs of the Pestoffice Found to Be Bv the Inspector. - Assistant Superincendant of the Railway Mail Service Carr arrived in the city yes terday afternoon. He came on a tour of inspection and was busy all during the ( morning, looking into the affairs of the Macon clerks. He found everything in good shape and expressed himself as being ; well pleased with the condition of Things in Macon. Superintendent Carr makes J these trips about twice a year. He is the assistant of Mr. Terrel, of Atlanta, who is jsu tended for this district. CABLEJRIGHTS No One Company to Monopo- ! Lize Hawaiian Privileges mm Os CAPITALISTS The Hawaiians Want the Control of j the Lines to Remain With the United States. By Associated Press. New York, Dec, 31.—A special to lire Herald from Washington says: Secretary Hay has practically decided to disapprove the Scrysmer concession, granting exclusive cable rights to land t-abi-es in Hawaii for twenty years t<» the j Pacific Cable Company of New York. Secretary Hay stated lo his colleagues in the cabinet meeting that the Hawaiian j commissioners had sent him a fornsutl let ter -declaring that, in their opinion, con trol off the Hawaiian c<tble should remain in the hands of the United States, even if j not built by it, as the commission would recommend that no ccmpany should have a monopoly in the matter. Practically, the entire cabinet coincided in this view j and when the subject was dropped it was ! with the understanding that the secretary should disapprove of the concession, j The corporations are striving for per mission to construct a cable between San ; Francisco, Guam, Wake Island and the | Philippines. One is the Pacific Cable Co. I -of New York, the other the Pacific Cable Co. of 'New Jersey. The first owns the j Scrysmer concession. Its capital stock is ; #10,000,000 and its chief stockholders are ;J. Pierpont (Morgan, J. S. Bowdoin, J. Kennedy Tod, J. A. Scrysmer, H. Deroy and Charles D. Wetmore. The other is under control of Colonel S. S. S-paulding, who lives in Hawaii. Associated with him are Asa Hewitt, D. O. Mills, Gen. G. M. | 'Dodge, Gen. Fred D. Grant, Gen. Wager Swan, J. J. Hill., J. H. Brown and M. W. Miller. * Washington, Dec. 31. —Secretary of State Hay today formally disapproved of the concession made in July by the Hawaiian government to the Pacific Cable Company ; for the exclusive rights of laying a cable to Hawaii. It is understood the action is | taken in no spirit of hostility to the Pa i eific Cable Company, but the concession is disapproved, first, on account of the formal protest made by the Hawaiian commission \ and, secondly, because it seemed beet to leave to congress the free hand in the dis position of the whole subject. RAILROAD REORGAN'ZATION Preliminary Steps to Change the Status of the B. k 0 Railroad. By Associated Press. Cincinnati, Dec. 31. —Preliminary steps for the receivership of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad under the new plan of rfor ganization was taken in the st.xtz supreme J cenr: today. J. M. Warrington and other attorneys j fer the Mercantile Trust ‘Company of Now | fork filed suit against the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railroad fo’* SSO9JOI, ! due. on a loan made last October of $300,- ; OCO at < per cent interest. Through Judge ■Harman, as counsel for the railroad com- I pany, judgment was at once confzssel. Scon the necessary arrangements were made for another suit to be brought in the | United States court for a receiver to be i appointed by that court. Attorneys for i the trust company and railroad both at | 'tempted to get the case into the United ! States courts Immediately after the decree of judgment confessed was entered in the state court, but Judge Thompson of the j United States court could not give them 1 a hearing until late this afternoon, when it is expected the 'proceedings will be com pleted. ! A', BLOODY FIGHT ABOARD SHIP. Half a Dozen of the Crew of a Liner Shot and Stabbed. By Associated Press. Southampton, Dec. 31. —A shooting af fray occurred on board the American line steamer St. Paul, Captain Jamison, which | let New- York (December 23 for this port, and which arrived here yesterday. The or igin of the disturbance is not know-n, but five members of the crew- were shot and one was stabbed. They are now- in the hospital cn board the ship. The injuries are not serious. No arrests were made. BIGGEST COINAGE KNOWN. San Francisco Mint Turned Out Over Ten Million Dollars. By Associated Press. San Francisco, Dec. 31. —The coinage of the San Francisco mint for December was the lagest ever recorded for a single month, amounting to $10,062,000. BIG SMASH IN WOOLEN. One of Ihe Largest Concerns in the Country Goes to the Wall. By Associated Press. Boston, Dec. 31. —The Assabet Manufac turing Company of this city, with the woolen mill at Maynard made an assign ment today. The concern is one of the largest woolen manufacturing companies in the country. The liabilities are over $3,000,000. DISASTERS I Losses of Life and Property During 1898. LESS SUICIDE AND MURDER j Fire Destroyed $133,000,000 of j | Property —Less of Death From Famine and Pestilence. By Associated Press. Chicago, Dec. 31. —According to the sta tistics compiled by the Tribune the loss of life from various causes in this country between January 1 and the morning of. j December 31, 185*8, was 7,34*5. The casual ties occurred as follows: Fires 1,670, drcwnings 3,110, explosions 629, mines 580, i falling buildings .etc., 599, cyclones and ; storms 502, lightning 255. The loss of life by railroad accidents of various kinds was 3,590 in 1898 as com pared with 2,764 in 1897. Notwithstanding the war with Spain the ; loss of life upon the battlefield in 1898 ' has been smaller than for several years j past. The total, roughly estimated has j been but about 65,000 as compared with 103,451 in 1897. - The loss of life by epidemics and famine j shows a gratifying decrease. Famine in the province of Kansu, China, has swept ' away 10.000 victims. The plague in India j has destroyed over 11,000 and in China j about 2.000 persons. Exact statistics of this kind are hard to procure, but the total is probably less than 25,000 as compared with 222,902 in 1897. The list of mine disasters showo that 3,655 lives were lost upon the ocean and J } 75 on inland waters, a total of 3,730 as compared with 2,426 in 1897. The total number of persons who have | committed suicide in the United States j during 1898 as reported by mail and tele- j graph to the Tribune is 5,920 as compared with 6,600 in 1897. Os this number 4,586 j i were males and 1,634 females. Among ! professional men physicians head the list, ; 44 having taken their own lives as com pared with 41 in 1897. During the year j also 13 persons engaged in the banking I business, 8 clergymen. 7 journalists, 6 at ! torneys, two actors and two artists have j j committed suicide. The causes of suicide j were as follows: Despondency, 3,023; unknown, 1,500; in | sanity, 438; liquor, 168; ill health, 288; domestic infelicity, 197; disappointed love, i ' 996; business losses, 110. In these case of suicide 2, 126 persons ' took poison, 2,037 shot themselves, 787 hanged themselves. 452 cut their throats, 354 drowned themselves, 58 jumped from windows or house tops, 50 threw them selves in front of railroad trains, 26 burn ed themselves to death, 23 stabbed them i selves, four starved themselves and three blew- themselves up with dynamite. The total number of murders committed jin 1898 shows a gratifying decrease—a phenomenon of ten witnessed in a war year—being 7,840 as compared with 9.520 i in 1897, 10,652 in 1896, 10,500 in 1895. The | causes of these murders may be roughly classified as follows: Quarrels. 3,865; un known. 2,675; jealousy, 205; liquor, 207; by highwaymen, 222; infanticides, 248; re sisting arrest, 147; highwaymen killed, 82; i instantly, 89; self 'defense, 33; strikes, 22; outrages, 5; riots, 25. | The losses by fire in the United States i in 1898 aggregate $133,139,467 as compared with $129,001,737 in 1897, slll.in 1896 and $131,578,205 in 1895. Those where the loss ! in each case was SII,OOO and upward amount to $64,915,400 and the lessee by smaller firms to $68,224,067. NEW YEARS’ OBSERVANCE i Monday Will be Observed bv Banks and Public Insti tutions. Tomorrow will bring the New- Year, but as it comes on Sunday, Monday will be ob served. All of the banks and the public i institutions will be closed and the postof j fice will observe holiday hours. Every i thing will take on new life tomorrow and the merchants say that they feel sure that trade will liven up to some extent. The farmers from the country will begin to [ come in for their yearly supplies next week and things will assume a business like air, after the holidays are over. IT IS NOT TRUE , That the. Walls of the Burke Building are i | Unsafe. , 1 The statement was published that the 1 walls of the T. C. Burke building, on Third street, which was recently partially [ destroyed by fire, are unsafe, and that a part of the front wall fell yesterday. These statemens are w’holl.v untrue and ’ do Mr. Burke a gross injustice. As a I matter of fact, the city has had the walls I examined by experts and they have been I pronounced entirely safe and sound. This I can be readily believed when it is stated i that Mr. Burke, who is an expert himself, I | intends to rebuild, using the front walls j that are now standing. The lumber, iron ! and brick have already been ordered and I the new building will go up at once. The | former building was one of the handsom i est in Macon and the new building will j be almost an exact duplicate. SAVED BY A BRITISHER. ; By Associated Press. London, Dec. 31.—The British steamer Duchess of Y<*rk. Captain Storm, which . sailed from New Orleans December 13 and ’ from Hampton Roads December 21, for Marseilles, arrived at Gibraltar, having on board the crew of the American schooner i Fanny Arthur, abandoned December 14, in ‘ latitude 37, longitude 65. after springing i leak December 10:h. When she was aban , doned the water was within nine -inches of 5 the Arthur’s deck. The Fannay Arthur : left Turk's Island November IS for Phila delphia. __ PRICE FIV g CENTS GUILOTID J FIEND. Insanity Plea, Though Adroit ly Presented, Failed Him. A FRENCH "JACK THE RIPPER” Murdertd Many Bov?. Women and Girls—Attributed His Passion to a Mad Dog’s Bite. - —— [ • By Associated Prees. 4 Paris, Dec. 31. —Joseph Vacher, a French “Jack, the Ripper,” was guillotined at Bourgh-on-Bresse, capital of the depart ment of Ain, this morning. He protested hi 6 inocence and simulated insanity to the last. Vacher was 29 years as age and was condemned at the October assizes. 'Early in life he was known to have bru ! tally murdered four boys, six women and j girls and an old widow. Most of the vie tims were tending herds when Vacher | came -behind them and cut their throats. The crimes of Vacher surpassed in number and atrocity those of the Whitechapel murderer known as "Jack the Ripper.” His homicidal manifestations broke out in 1894. It was claimed that after his ar rest*that as every action has an object and ! as his motive -was neither for theft or ! vengeance, his irresponsibility was estab | lished. Physicians have regarded the case j as interesting. It was shown that Vacher was confined in an asylum and that while i while doing military duty a love affair caused him to attempt self-destruction by ! shooting. The victims of Vacher were shepherds and shepherdesses, and his rage was particularly directed against young, girls. He first cut the throats of his vic tims with a knife and afterward mutilated them with a razor. He was arrested last ! year after the police had searched for him a long time. In defense Vacher pointed cut that wheu I a youth he was bitten by a mad dog and : that the village herbalist gave him some medicine, after drinking whicl) he became irritable and brutal, whereas he had pre viously been quiet and inoffensive. It also appears that from that time he developed a passion for human blood. Referring tor his crimes, Vacher is quoted as saying: “My victims never suffered, for while I throttled them with one hand I simply took their lives with a sharp instrument in the other. I am an anarchist. I am opposed to society, no matter what form of government it may be.” GAS LEAK STOPPED. The News’ Article Caused Prompt Action to be Taken. The article in yesterday’s News in re ! gard to the escaping gas on Cherry street ! near Wing’s store seems to have had es ! feet. Yesterday afternoon a force of hands was sent to the place by the gas | company and the leak was fixed. It was a dangerous place and had it been allowed to go unnoticed much longer there I would probably have been an explosion, i The odor of the gas was very unpleasant i and was detrimental to the health of the ! people in the neighborhood. ANOTHER HUNTING ACCIDENT Waj. James A. Jones Loses an[A;m By the Discharge of His Gun. •Major James A. Jones, on old Confeder ate veteran, aged 64 years, accidentally j shot himself yesterday while hunting near ' Gray's Station, in Jones county. The load* j of both barrels entered his left arm near I the shoulder, shatering it so it will have to be amputated. NEW YEAR’S SERVICES. At the First Baptist —“A Rollt Call of the Dead.” The services at the First Baptist church | tomorrow morning and night will be ap propriate to the New Year. At the mom* j ing service Dr. White’s subject will be, "Hope—the Golden. Link Between 1898 and 1899.” At night: "Yesterday, 1898-1899, Tomorrow.” Also there will be a roll call of the dead, and the meeting will close with a consecration service. Special mus-ic will , be conducted by Mr. E. O. Sellers. The i public is cordially invited. MACON’S FINE THOROUGHFARES Inquiries as to Our Streets Coming From All Direc tions. City Engineer Wilcox reeeiveu a letter several days ago from Mr.- L. P.. Gray, of Providence, R. 1., inquiring fte to how the pavement of the streets of the. city was put down, and requested that the plans and specifications be sent to him. Mr. Gray will r be Temembered by the citizens of Macon i | as the man who put down the sewerage 1 | system here several years ago. ’ He wishes to use the same system as was i used here, in paving the streets of Provi ’ | R. I. i j baptain Wilcox also received another le:- l ter from City Engineer Barnett, of Athene, - €-a., asking about the same thing. Tb s f will go to snow that Macon’s paved streets r are attracting attention all over the coun try and that they are proving to be models for other cities to copy from.