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8 Per Cent Guaranteed I .Dividend* paid M»mi-annna)ly. Rtock •eoured by deeds to improved real estate In more • than doable the amount, tleinmitod with j | Union Havings Bank ami Trust Co GEO. A. SMITH. Gen Man Equitable Bui'ding and Loan Association, Macon, Ort.,' 4(11 Third Street. ESTABLISHED 1884. W SCARE IS AT All ENO, I Excitement Over Cuba Has Entirely Subsided in Washington. THE MA RiOT Described by an Eye Witness Who Has Arrived at Tampa, Florida. Washington, Jan. 14. The Cuban scare han subsided entirely today and little in terest or .nxicty in manifested In it in of ficial circles. President McKinley is un usually free from callers, and even office ni'ker- ar. not on hand in their usual numbers. The first congrcssUmal caller w.- Si tiato Sewell, of New Jersey, who cain< a; t. K" o’clx !•;. Shortly* before 10:30 o'clock Repree* -ntutive Grosvenor, of Ohio, and Senator Plait, of Connecticut, put in appear,on but none of these visitors dis cus <d foreign affairs with McKinley. HAVNNA RiOT. Eescribed by an Eye Witnes Who Arrives at Tampa. New York, Jan. 14. —A dispatch to the World from Tampa, Fla., says: •’Among the .passengers from Havana was W. 1,. Fulton, cattle dealer. When the riot started In Havana he was near the first newspaper office attacked. He -ays that the mob w is led by the officers of the Spanish voluii <' rs. who had become en raged over tlie autonomist articles in the papi’ts. They attaeek the offices of La 1 tlsi uscion ■ and La I*ai>do de La Marina, totally wrecking them. News of the riot, reached Blanco, who sent officers from his personal skiff to quiet the the mob? There was a pl. Upon of regulars in charge of a fipanleh <■>►)< n<d and as soon as he spoke the mob reiogniz.d him and made a de monstration against him. Words ensued and some of the .volunteers slapped the officer’s face. He was then seized and his badge torn off .and trampled on the ground, the crowd all the time crying, “Viva K| iln." Tin coloiu I’s uniform vas torn off. The crowd then procetdo to the of fice of La Lmdia. seml-government organ, smash, d Its presses and threw the type into the street KI Re onci ntr.id'Os suffer ed the same fate a few moments later. This was oil done )>■ niise those papers favored autonomy. About thiao minutes before the Olivette. on which Fulton nail ed. a passenger was brought aboard who said that as he v. i baaing the pier lie heard that an Xmerbtn woman had been allot during the riot. ENGLAND’S DAY IS PAST. In So Ear as Her Iron and Steel Trade is Concerned. Pittsburg, I’a.. Jan. '4 The future of Southern iron, with Birminvimm. Ala., a", a center, appeals to Thomas Kiva Edison in a light unprecedented. The pre it in ventor says: “The future of the iron and steel trade belong.- to Ameriea. England has long held the pretnit rship in this regard, but her day is passing. “Iler cheap materials .ar.' alm.'st at an end. It (••sts more and more in Britain for mine! al. and much of her ore is al ready being imported. ' The Pittsburg iron m isters, bringing their ores from the head of Lake Superior and their fir I from the (’onncllsv lie dis trict, are today vastly better off than the English. ' “But nowhere in the world ire the con ditions as favorable as in Alahima. Ore. coal and limestone are al! together at Birmingham. “I look to see in my life time a deep water canal to the Mabama river, and that stream so improved with locks and dams as to give Birmingham water com munication with the Gulf of Mexico. When that is done then Birmingham w-11 he an unrivaled position to compete with the markets of the world." COLBETT TURNED DOWN. Will Not Get His Seat in the United States Senate. Washington. Jan. 14 -The senate com mittee on privileges and elections today decided to male an adverse report upon Hon. H. W. Corbett's claim to a seat in the senate from Oregon. The vote was 4 to 3 and was east on partizan lines. Sen ator Burrows. Republican, absent, was counted, upon his authority, in opposition to Corbett. GOLD NOTES FOR INDIA. Bill Providing for Their Issue Introduced in Council. Calcutta. Jan. 14.—Sir James Westland, finance minister of the council, introduced a bill today providing for the issue of cur rency notes in India against gold. Mr. \rthur. paid secretary of sent in London. In behalf of the banks and Chambers of Commerce, indorsed the measure. FIGHT FOR BREAD. New York Laundry men are Out on a Strike. New York. Jan. 14—Several hundred Inundr? nie-n are on a strike in this city. J.-. ob Batterman. proprietor of the Walk er street laundry, put twenty Chinese to work in his shops. The strikers sen a commi**ee to protest to Tom Lee. “the mayor of Chinatown,” and also sent a number of girl strikers to ask the "unfair” Chinese to stop work, but in vain. The strikers having obtained permission from the chief of police, bad a parade. More than 1.000 men, women and girls marched in the parade with a band of ten pieces. Among the banners carried by the strik ers was a red shirt six feet long and four feet wide bearing the words "We are fighting for Bread.” As the Chinese left Batterman’s shop last night, about fifty men. friends of the discharged ironers. lay in wait for them In a door near by. The Chinamen were taken unaware-- and received severe punishment, being club bed and knocked about promiscuously. Most of them were cut about the head and had their eye blackened. The police finally rescued the Chinese and arrested two of their assailants. A DISABLED WARSHIP. Parim, Jan. 14—The British steamer Dunera, from Southampton on December 29, for Bombay, reports having seen a German warship in a disabled condition. FELL ON THE SAW And His Body Was Almost Cut in Two Pieces. Cgrt r villc. Ga.. Jan. 14 —Hampton Milner, son of C. A. Milner, happened to a harrowing and perhaps fatal accident at his father’s saw mil), near this place yes terday. He was loading a large log on a carriage, when he lost his footing and fell over on n saw, which was ripping into bis I body wh<n his dotes obstructed the teeth :n l stopped it before in full motion. The I ii, ■!- . v h plight fend backed the car riage. but hie body was cut nearly in two. Thre. physicians Have been with his sew ing up his wounds, but there is Utile hope that he will survive. He is twenty-one years old. FEAR TROUBLE. Though Indians Say There Will be no Gen eral Uprising. Earlboro, Jan. 14 —Excitement is still intense here over the recent burning at the stake of two Seminole Indians and the subsequent fear of an Indian uprising. Here public sentiment favored the lynch ers. At Wewoka, capital of the Seminole nation, sympathy is all otheherr way, for it Is believed that the lynchers tortured and killed at least one innocent roan. United States Commissioner Walter Jones, holding court at Wewoka and the deputies of the court are busy issuing subponaes arid warrants in an endeavor to bring the lynchers to justicse. An eye witness of the hanging and burning of the Indians has volunteered his testimony. It is prob able that the leaders will be arrested by the United States authorities. They can only be tried on the charge of kidknapping and taking the murderers by force from the Seminole nation. The killing of the Indians comes under Oklahoma jurisdic tion. The Indians and certain white men who have lived with them for years, state that a general outbreak will not. occur, but there i- great danger that the Indians will avenge themselves by killing one by one the leaders of the mob. SURVETMADE For the New Race Track Which Will Be Built at Crumps Park. W BE BUILT AT ONCE And if it is Found to Pay, a Cement I rack Will be Built Later. A survey of the new race track that will be built at (’rump’s Park was made yesterday aftt t.noon, and the ground and course of the track marked off with slakes. The track will bo around the large pond where the boats from the chutes went in, and the grand stand will be erected on tlie hit h embankment on that side. The track wilt bo so constructed that there will be no danger of its washing. At first it. will be built of dirt, but if it is seen that, the track will pay it will be rebuilt of cement. Tlie outer edge will be several feet higher than the inner circumference, and the curves will be raised to an angle of about 25 degrees. This will make it im possible foil - slow races to be run on the track, and will greatly aid the riders in turning the curves. Major Winters, of the Consolidated Street Railway Company, has written to headquarters at Boston asking permission to build tlie track. He says he does not. think they will refuse permission to have the track built, and as soon as their an swer is received tlie work will be pushed to completion. VERY FOOLISH Was tlie Effort to Deny the Facts as to That Mys terious Package. Postmaster Hertz docs not deny that he received a mysterious package containing $3,700. addressed to the Southern Express Company in Atlanta. A foolish attempt was made by the Tel egraph this morning to throw doubt on the facts given exclusively in The Nows, but the facts as stated yesterday are facts and are not denied by the postmaster or the express company. The postmaster and tlie express company people are of course officially ignorant. Postmaster Hertz said this morning: “I am ignorant on all matters of this kind affecting the postoffice. I receive a gr.a: many packages containing all sorts of things, and I had no reason to suppose that that package contained money. It might have been saw dust or counterfeit money.” Mr. Hertz, of course, neither denies nor affirms the report. The actual fact is however, that Post- I master Hertz did receive a package ad dressed to him, and, under a second cover to the "Southern Express Company in At lanta. He was ignorant of the contents of the package and he ■ forwarded it as he does in the case of many other packages. When the package arrived in Atlanta it was found to contain $3,700 in money, and there was no indication as to where it came from. The express company detectives are at work on the case. In speaking of the matter this morning Postmaster Hertz said: It is very foolish for people to send packages to the postmaster under cover with the request that they be forwarded. . The postmark on the outside tells where ’ the letter or package came from.’’ “But that particular package was not i postmarked.” said The News man. "Oh yes it was." quickly replied the postmaster, and then seeing that he had admitted something, he went on—“all let ters have postmarks.” But on that particular package the post mark was not legible, it was blurred." | urged the reporter, pushing his advantage. “And then the postmaster repeated the assertion that al! packages are postmarked and retired, laughing, for he was very busy indeed just ar that time.” The fact is that the package was receiv | cd. was forwarded and did contain $3,700 i that no one knows where it came from, and :hc infomation contained in The News is absolutely correct. YALE’S REPLY RECEIVED. Ithaca. N. Y.. Jan. 14—Tale’s reply dis appointing of Cornell’s conditional ac ceptance of Yale's challenge to row at New London this year was received by Captain Colson today. TABRARINA DEAD. Rome, Jan. 14—Senor Tabbarina. presi dent of the counsel of the state, is dead. THE MACON NEWS. BUREAU IS ASSURED FACT Congressman Bartlett An nounces the Good News by Private Message. GOOD THING FOR IO And for All the Country Round About- Bartlett and Bacon Have Done Good Work. The following telegram received this morning by The News speaks for itself: Washington. D, C„ Jan. 14—The bill providing for establishing a weather bu reau station at M-acon passed the House and is now an assured fact. C. L. Bartlett. So Macon is 'to have a weather bureau at last. It has been needed for some time and the information as given by The News exclusively *mie weeks ago as to the Strang probability of the bill passing is confirmed by the telebram which states that the bureau is an assured fact. The establishment of a weather bureau here will have a most beneficial effect upon the interests of the agricultural commu nity within a radius of a hundred miles of Macon. The credit for the securing of the bu reau is due entirely to Congressman Bart lett and Senator Bacon, who have worked jointly for the 'bureau and the result is very gratifying to them and to their con stituents. FAILED Have All Efforts at Autonomous Government for Cuba. Washington, Jan. 14.—1 t is said that in timations have been received at the state department that the Sagasta government has been convinced that the only way to save Cuba is to accept the good offices of the United States. Canovas repeatedly replied to President Cleveland declining these good offices, and Sagasta did the same last November. Now prime minister has become completely dis heartened over the failure of autonomy. All efforts of Spain to bribe the subordi nate of Gomez to surrender on the basis of home rule have proved futile. ißlanca has completely failed in his efforts to open up communication with the patriots, and Pando has likewise been defeated in the field. Secret 'negotiations with the state de partment are now actually in progress. SURE SPOT. How a Texaj Cowboy Stood} Off Mexican Policemen. El Paso, Tex.. Jan. 14. —Seth Burrows, an American from Sic-rra Blanca, was the central figure in a blood fight across the river in Juarez early Sunday morning. Burrows, a big cowboy, was across the river taking in the sights. In company with Ignavio Chavez, Burrows visited Jack Hall’s saloon and dance hall. Burrows then killed Chavez, who had forced the door to a room occupied by Burrows and a woman. Chavez drew his pistol, when Burrows shot him through the heart. Burrows then started out through the saloon to come to the American side. The police opposed him and Burrows made a running fight. He fired eleven shots and ten took ef fect. Burrows killed the first policeman to oppose him, shot the horse from under the sergeant of police and shot that offi cer through the arm, through the shoulder and through the head. The cowboy also put several shots into Velare, a Mexican boy who was assisting the sergeant. After Burrows’ gun had been emptied the police closed on him and he fell, shot through the body and through the leg, dy ing in the police station yesterday morn ing. Before dying he stated that he was alone in his fight, and would have made the American side of the river had his am munition held out. The police sergeant will die. Several Americans caught in Juarez have been ar rested. THE CARTER TRIAL. Capt. Gillette Was the First Witness This Morning. Savannah, Ga., Jan. 14 —Captain Cyrus Gillette was the first witness in the Car ter courtmartial this morning, he was on the stand some time and testified as to the work under his supervision and rela tive to the method by which it was done by the Atlantic Contracting Company. He told of work on the Cumberland sound being taken out of his jurisdiction. He recited facts incident to his inspection «f material for Cumberland Island work and said it was not constructed tightly as It should have been. Before he could reply to a question from Judge Advocate Barr as to the probable cost of the material in spected. Carter's attorneys Interposed an objection to the question and its levevancy was argued for some time. The court re tired to consider the question and decided that it was revelant. The questioning of Captain Gillette then proceeded. CENSORSHIP Newspaper Cable Dispatches Must be Sub mitted to Spain First. Havana, Jan. 14.—A decree has been published prohibiting the publication in the daily papers of cable dispatches with out previous censorship and without a no tice of twelve hours of their receipt. In addition the postoffiee here will de tain national and foreign newspapers not having been previously censored. Violators of the law warned that they are under military jurisdiction. APPOINTMENTS Made by Mayor Price to the Atlanta Convention, Mayor Price this morning appointed Messrs. T. J. Carling. S. S. Dunlap and C. B. Willingham delegates to the convention to be held in Atlanta on February 11th. This delegation will represent the city of Macon, and will be accompanied to At lanta by Mayor Price himself as the chief represen ra ti ve. The object of the convention is to dis cuss the oportunities and the methods for bringing diversified industries and facto ries to Georgia and to discuss the ques tion of reduced taxes. As Macon already exempts manufac turing industries from taxation, this part of the discussion will not greatly affect her delegates, but that of manufacturing industries and more of them is of vital importance. MACON NEWS FRIDAY JANUARY 14 1898. MON JUMPS ON EXPOSITIONS He Says that Congress Has Gone Exposition Mad of Late. WOULD-BE COMMISSIONERS, He Says, Are Entirely Too Anxious to Have the Glory of This Coun try Represented. Washington, Jan. 14.—The senate took up the nomination of Attorney-General McKenna to be a justice of the supreme court immediately upon going into execu tive session today, but action was post poned to another date. Washington, Jan. 14.—The house man agers decided not to proceed with the con sideration of the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill today but will give a day for the consideration of private bills. This is doubtless done to avert the pos sibility of precipitating a sensational Cu ban debate during the consideration of the appropriation bill. Inflammatory speeches during the present critical state of affairs in Havana would, conservative leaders be lieve, be particularly unfortunate. When the house adjourned last night an amendment to the agricultural appropria tion bill providing for the publication of another edition of the “Horsebook” was pending. Today friends of the amendment compromised with the appropriations com mittee by agreeing to a reduction of the number to be printed from 150,000 to 75,- 000. The amendment was adopted and the bill passed. A resolution accepting the invitation of the government of Norway to participate in the International Fisheries Exposition at Bergen from May to September, 1898, was called up by Simpkins, Republican, of Massachusetts. Mr. Cannon, chairman of the appropria tions committee, said he thought that on the exposition question congress was run ning wild. We had domestic expositions at Philadelphia, Chicago, New Orleans, Cincinnati, Louisville Atlanta and Nash ville, and now about to have one at Omaha. Abroad we had participated in expositions at Vienna, Paris, Berlin and Brussels. The anxiety of would-be commissioners to have the honor and glory of our coun try represented at these foreign exposi tions was agonizing. Now here came this exposition at Bergen. Twenty thousand dollars to be appropriated now in this res olution passed, congress would be called upon to foot a bill for a deficiency of $20,- 000. Simpkins, Republican, of Massachusetts, in reply called atention to the fact that Norway was second in the world to no country in fisheries, had accepted our in vitations to participate at Philadelphia and Chicago. The resolution was adopted. IN IHE SENATE. Several Resolutions Intfoduced by Members Today. Washington, Jan. 14. —After the trans action of some routine business in the senate today, Hoar, of Massachusetts, pre sented the following resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution: “That the following be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as an amendment to the constitution of the United States: The term of office of pres ident and of the Fifty-sixth congress shall continue until the 30th day of April in the year 1899 noon. Senators whose existing terms would otherwise expire on the 4th day of March, 1899, or thereafter, shall continue in office until noon cf the 30th day of April succeeding such expiration; and the 30th day Os April, at noon, shall thereafter be substituted for the 4th of March as the commencement and termina tion of the official term of president, vice president, senators and representatives in congress.” The resolution was referred to the com mittee on privileges and elections. Quay, of Pennsylvania, offered the fol lowing resolution, which was referred to the committee on Indian affairs: “Resolved, That the secretary of the in terior shall be and hereby is instructed to investigate the facts attending the recent alleged atrocities of the burning to death of two Seminole Indians by a mob in Okla homa Territory, and make report thereon to congress; that $25,000, or so much there of as may be necessary, is hereby appro priated for investigation, apprehension and punishment of the guilty persons.” Lodge, of Massachusetts, offered a reso lution, which was agreed to, calling upon the secretary of agriculture to supply the senate with information as to the amount of sugar imported into the United States, the amount of beet sugar produced in the United States, with what sugar, imported or domestic, beet sugar comes into com petition, and what effect Hawaiian sugar has or can have upon the beet sugar pro duction in the United States.” Tillman, of South Carolina, announced that on account of the absence of his col league, McLaurin, he would ask that eulo gies upon the late Senator Joseph A. Earle, which were to have been presented today, be postponed until some later date. The request was granted. AT THE JAIL Friends are Allowed to See Charley Reid Today. For the first time since he arrived here Charlie Reid saw visitors at the jail to day. A large number of friends went down to see him and all remarked on his healthy appearance, which was in marked contrast with that which he looked wheu he left Macon. A News representative was given a kindly greeting by Reid, and he talked freely of his Life in the penitentiary at the Durham Coal Mine. This camp where he is confined is situated on Round Mountain. He describes the scenery there as most magnificent. He Jias recently been ap pointed keeper of the commissary, and his duties are not as heavy as they were when he first went there. He is allowed all the privileges of the camp, can go off in the woods and look for chestnuts, and is not put under as strict surveilliance as he was until the keepers learned that he could be trusted. Reid said that he had been treated as well as he could expect since he .has been at the camp, and has the highest regard for his keepers. He is not put in the stock ade with the other prisoners, nor does he have to wear chains. Last Wednesday was Reid’s birthday. He was thirty years of age. That was the day he left the coal mines to come to Ma con. By special permission of his keepers he was not forced to wear his stripes to Macon, and appears now in citizen’s clotheg. Mrs. Reid will spend tomorrow with her husband again. The little child which was born some months ago will be wjth her. DEATH AT BLAIRSVILLE. Blairsville, Ga.. Jan. 14 —'Mrs. C. M. Reid, an aged and highly respected lady of our town, died yesterday. She leaves a large family. Among her children is Judge H. M. Reid, Atlanta city court; Col. C. S, Reid, Palmetto, Ga. A NEW FEATURE. Streyer Seed Company Introduces a Novel Idea for Private Gardens. A matter of considerable interest to those who have private vegetable gardens will be the new feature introduced in the seed business by the Streyer Seed Com pany. This popular seed house proposes to plant, the gardens of its customers for a nominal sum, and to that end has em ployed a number of expert gardeners. All who buy a certain amount of garden seed from the Streyer Seed Company will have their gardens planted for little ex tra cost, and will have the satisfactiou of knowing that the work is done right. A new lot of seed of all kinds has just been received. Those who intend to have an early garden will see the Streyer Seed Company at once. A COMMITMENT TRIAL. Dan Davis Will be Given a Hearing Before Judge Gerdine. Ben Davis, one of the negroes charged with having had a part in the murder of Zeke Wiun, the Fourth street barber, will be given a preliminary hearing before Judge Gerdine this afternoon at 3 o’clock. The case will be a most interesting one, as all of the evidence is circumstantial and it will take some very fine work on the part of the detectives to prove the men guilty. Blanche will be given a hearing before Judge McMillan some time next week. JURY DRUNK Or. Stupid, and Therefore Unfit to Decide Anything. New York, Jan. 14 —An effort will be made to save the life of Martin Thorn, the eondeianed murderer of William Gul densuppe. Novel grounds will be urged. It is allged that the jury held high revels after court, spending, according to the official bills, $7lO for board, $239 for wine and $lB6 for cigars. Thorn’s lawyer will claim that the jury, after consuming so much wine, must have been drunk and unfit to hear testimony. greatrevTval Is Now Going on at Grace Church on Oak Street. GENUINE ENTHUSIASM Displayed on All Sides and the Church is Crowded at Every Service. Never before since the orgnization of Grace church on Oak street, a number of years ago, when half the people who could get into the church building were con verted and joined the church, has there been such a genuine revival of religion in this church. Last nig'ht Rev. J. L. Morrell preached a strong sermon from Prov. 29: 1, “He that being often reproved, hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that Without remedy.” After the sermon the .altar was twice filled with penitents and there were a number of conversions and accessions ‘to the church. There were a great many bright testi monies, and shouts of rejoicing. The great need of the meeting is Christian workers, as many souls are reaching out for Jesus, and Christians of all denomina tions are cordially invited to join in this great work of grace. Mr. Morrell will con duct a service this afternoon at 3 o’clock for the Sunday school scholars and teach ers, and will preach again at 7:30 o’clock tonight. Services every morning al 9:30 o’clock, and at 7:30 at night. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION. Will be Held in Macon Sometime in March. The United States civil service commis sion has ordered that an examination be held by its local board in this city in March for the grades of clerk, and carrier in the postoffice service. Only citizens of the United States can be examined. The age limitations for this examination are as follows: Clerks, not under 18 years; car riers, between 21 and 40 years. Applications should be filed promptly in order that time may remain for correction if necessary. The commission takes this opportunity of stating that the examinations are open to all reputable citizens of the United States who may desire to enter the ser vice, without regard to raee or to their po litical or religious affiliations. All such citizens are invited to apply. They shall be examined, graded and certified with en tire impartiality, and wholly without re gard to any consideration save their effi ciency, as shown by the grades they ob tain in the examination. For application blanks, full instructions and information relative to the duties and salaries of the different positions, apply to H. Rudisill, secretary board of examiners postoffice service. Postoffice address, Ma con, Ga. A PLEASANT PARTY Was Enjoyed at the Residence of Judge C. C. Balckom Last Night. One of the most pleasant affairs of the season in East Macon society was the party at the residence of Judge C. C. Balkcom’s last night. A large crowd of the young people were present and the evening was spent most pleasantly. Some of the older people were present and witnessed the fun. The judge himself was in his glory as he delivered himself unto the young America. DIRECTORS Os the Chamberof Commerce Met This Afternoon. The Chamber of Commerce directors will meet at 4 o'clock this afternoon ta re ceive the report of the special committee, composed of George A. Smith, F. L. Mal lary and J. C. Holmes, In regard to the new quarters for the chamber and the em ployment of a permanent secretary, who can give his time to the work of the cham ber, keeping the rooms ©pen at all hours of the day. It is understood that the committee will report in favor of a progressive movement on the part of the Chamber of Commerce on all lines, recommending that rooms be secured on (he ground floor, and as good a secretary as the income of the chamber be employed allows, and that the rooms be handsomely furnished and kept open, not only for the members of the chamber in the city, but for the non-resident mem bers that are contemplated under the new constitution and by-laws. The directors may also decide to give a grand banquet as a starter for the Cham ber of Commerce for the year. BELL THIEVES IN THE TOILS Who Stole the Bell is a Ques tion That Seems to Have Been Answered. TWO ARRESTS MABE This Morning and Others are Likely to Follow Within a Few Hours— What Crooms Has to Say. Robert Crooms, a well known young white man, a tinner by trade, and Cupid Sutten, a negro drayman, are in the bar racks charged with being concerned in the theft ot the big bell that formerly be longed to the volunteer tire department. Tile bell was taken away from the park on December 27, last, on a forged order which was presented to the park keeper by the negro drayman, Sutten. Crooms sold the bell to Mr. Jake Hirsch, the well known junk dealer, who paid him $27 io. It. Hrrscii tola a News reporter this morn ing that he had sold the bell at once to a foundry, but declined to give the name of the foundry to which the bell was sold. The bell originally cost between SSOO and S6OO, but probably its value had depre ciated to about $250. Crooms was arrested this morning by Detective Patterson, who also got hold of the drayman, Sutten. Crooms had given Hirsch his receipt for the $27 purchase money, and this receipt was secured by the detective and also- a description of the drayman who hauled the bell. When seen at the city hall this morning Crooms admitted all the facts as given above as to his connection with the affair. He states that he told Hirsch that he had brought the bell from the park, but this is denied by Hirsch, who says that Crooms told him that the bell was bought by him from another man. Hirsch says that he was an entirely in nocent party in the purchase. He had no reason, he says, to suppose that the bell was stolen and in its condition at the time it was brought to him he paid full value for it. Furthermore, he says that after the purchase of the bell from Crooms he placed it at the front door, where it remained for a week, and was seen every day by the po lice and by every one else. He says that the bell was useless except for old brass and that he was glad to get rid of it when he sold it. At any rate, the affair has now' got to the point where it is more than ever inter esting, anil the developments of the next few days will be watched with interest. WERE CIRCUS EMPLOYES. The Vagrants Who Were Arrested Yesterday and Today. Eight arrests have been made by the police in the past two days of characters for vagrancy. All of them were white men, and it turns out that they were em ployese of the Wallace shows which dis banded in (Florida some time ago and left over a hundred men out of employment. They all started to (their home in differ ent parts of the country, and some of ■them stranded in Macon. Four of them were sent to the gang yes terday, while four more, giving their names as Henry Mason, Frank .Murray, Mark Woods and T. S. Miller, were arrest ed this morning. They all had a pocket full of matches and a few dimes. NEEDS IMPROVING. Nisbet Street Has No Sidewalk and the Res idents There are Complaining. The residents on Nisbet street are com plaining of the condition of the thorough fare. It is fast becoming one of the most frequently used avenues in the city, and the street is in a very bad condition. The city authorities’ attention has been called to this state of affairs several times be fore. There are pretentions of a sidewalk, and those who have to pass that way are forced to take the middle of the road. The street is a continuation of Cherry, and is worthy of improvement. bailiffs And Justices of the Peace Giv en a Roast by Judge Freeman Today. Judge Freeman delivered himself on the subject of the malpractice of some of the justices and bailiffs of Macon this morning when a case was brought to his notice. Yesterday morning Laura Campbell, a white woman, was carried before his honor on the charge of disorderly conduct. She pleaded that she had no money, and she was given three hours to get out of town. She did not go, and was brought up again this morning. She had left the recorder’s court yesterday and had a warrant sworn out for Charley Van Haer for striking her. When Van Haer was called as a witness and asked what had become of the war rant, he said that it had been withdrawn by the woman. “Who paid the costs?” asked Judge Freeman. “I did,” said Van Haer; “the woman told me she had no money and I felt sorry for her.” Van Haer did not remember what justice he had paid the money to by name. “This is just a case where some more of the malpractice of the justices and bailiffs has been brought into play and be neath my notice,” said Judge Freeman. “If you want to you can let the matter drop, but I would advise you to go before the grand jury and have this man, whoever he was, indicted. He cannot receive fees when a warrant is not served, and you have been imposed on as many others have.” Laura Campbell was sentenced to thirty days in the gang, and when she car ried back into the barracks she began a wailing that has been kept up all the morning. Always First. NEW YORK LIFE INCURANCE CO. John A. McCall, President. Departments of Georgia, Florida and East Tennessee. R. H. Plant, Manager. H. M. Willet, Cashier. Macon, Ga., 13th January, 1898. Messrs. Cabaniss, Callaway & Cabaniss, Agents Travellers’ Insurance Company, Macon Ga. Gentlemen; I beg to acknowledge with great appre ciation your prompt settlement in full of the large claim I had against your com pany for the accident sustained Decem ber, sth. 1895. The promptness with which you have paid my claim, and the courtesy and kind consideration extended to me by yourselves and other officers of your com pany is gratifying in the extreme, and is worthy of and can but inspire the generous patronage on the part of the public. I certainly commend it to all needing acci dent insurance (and who doesn’t?) as prompt, liberal, reliable and responsible. A person insured in your company is cer tainly insured, which means everything. Very Respectfully. Wm. W. Brown. Local agents, Cabaniss, Callaway & Cab aniss, 461 Third street. ’Phone 360. Geo. E. Hatcher, solicitor. Points of Great Merit! CHAPTER 1. New and Stylish Suits and Over coats at 33 1-3 per cent cash dis count. CHAPTER 2. Underwear at 25 per cent cash discount. CHAPTER 3. Boys and Children’s Suits at nearly half price. Vision TestHFScliook From School Journal. In Philadelphia it has been found that of about 1,500 pupils of the two highest grammer grades whose eyes have been tested, nearly half of those examined have defective vision. In several cases children who were instructed to wear glasses have shown the benefit of using these in improved proficiency in their studies. In some instances pupils were retarded, unconsciously to themselves, by not being able to distinguish anything written upon the blackboard. One boy. whose hesi tancy in reading could not be accounted for, was found to be afflicted with a diffi culty that made one word appear as two. Have your children's eyes examined by E. FRIEDMAN, the Eyesight Specialist. He has all modern appliances for examining and testing the eyes. Examination and consultation of childrens eyes trie if accompanied by their parents. Office 314 Second street, Macon, Ga. * FREE. * Why is a Bed Post? 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