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by dMds to Improved real HUf» in more
than d'Mible the amount, deposited with
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Equitable Building and Loan Association,
Huron, Un., 4GI Third Street.
ESTABLISHED 1884.
EVERY BONE
IN HIS BODY
Shattered by an Awful Fall
from the Top of a
Building.
SUICIDE'S DESPERATE DEED,
Plunged Down Eighteen Stories and
Smashed an Iron Railing and
a Marble Slap.
Chicago. Jan. 15. —J. W. Stonehouse,
whom! sign painting cstablishim-iit re
cently failed, committed suicide today in
tne rotunda of .Masonic Temple by Jump
ing from a railing on the sixteenth floor
of the building. His body struck a railing
on the stairway of the second floor, smash
ing the iron and crashed through a two
inch marble landing.
Every bone in Stonehouse’s body was
shattered.
WANT A CHNGE.
How Republican Members Stand on the
Civil Service Law.
Washington, Jan. 15 —A canvass of the
Republican members of the House of
Representatives on the question of chang
ing the civil service law, which has been
conducted by the Republican steering
committee is almut completed. Os the 202
Republican members of the House the
canvass is said to show that a majority,
varying from IS to 40, is favorable to a
change in the law, according to the de
gree of of change proposed. This last fac
tor leads to some difference of opinion as
to tiie present canvass. Representative
Pearson, of North Carolina, member of the
committee, places the number of Republi
cans wfco can be depended on at 115.
Evans, of Kentucky, another member of
the committee, places the number at 135.
Those who have made the canvass say
that in a number of the cases the entire
state delegations are shown by the can
vass to favor a change in the law, notably
North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky,
West Virginia and New Hampshire. The
Minnesota count shows ail but one for the
change. Michigan all but two, Pennsyl
vania twenty-two out of twenty-seven.
Republican members counted in the can
vacs for a change in law.
REVERSED.
The Cases of the Union Associated Press
Against Newspapers.
New York, Jan. 15 Judge Lacombe, in
tiie United States uirciiit sourt for the
Eastern district of New York, has handed
down a decision granting motions made
before him on January 7 Io set aside tlhe
services in tiie eases of William S. Wil
liams agaiinsl Brewer ami tiie Union As
sociated Press, of Detroit, Mich. Com
mercial Tribune Company of Cincinnati
ami Interocean Publishing Company, of
Chicago.
Theae actions were originally begun in
the New York supreme court in Queens
county, but were removed by the defend
ants into tiie United States circuit court
for the Eastern district of New York, and
motions to dismiss were policed before
Judge Tenney. On account of his death
tiie motions were transferred into the
Southern district and argued before Judge
Lacombe.
This decision practically reverses the
decision made in tiie case of Contain
against tiie Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph
and tiie decisions made by Judge Tenney
in the <<ases of Brewer and the Union As
sociated Press against George Knapp ami
Company.
In 18.82 fethei’o . i t'hekhofor
This decision will force the plaintiffs to
appeal to settle the jurisdiction of the
question.
REMOVED.
Captain Carter’s Trial Will be
Taken to Augusta.
Savannah, Jan. 15.—The court-martial
before which Capt. Oberlin M. Carter, of
the corps of engineers of the United States
army, is now being tried, will sit in Au
gusta next Tuesday.
The secretary of war has been tele
graphed to for permission to have the place
of holding the court changed. It will be'
granted.
Paul E. Twiggs, an inspector of work in
the Savannah river harbar and Cumber
land Sound, is ill in Augusta and cannot
come here.
Capt. Carter’s attorneys would not per
mit his deposition to be taken and Judge
Advocate Barr was compelled to ask the
court to go to Augusta.
Capt. C. E. Gillette appeared before the
court again today. He was cross-examined
by Capt. Carter’s attorneys.
' WHOLESALE.
The Police are Pulling in the
Vagrants in Bunches.
The police have been kept busy pulling
in the drag net of justice at every cast,
and they bring in a nice batch of tramps,
vagrants and nomads.
Attracted no doubt by the reports of the
reign of terror that has existed in Macon
for some weeks, the birds of passage seem
to have been gathering in squads from the
North, the East and the West. They are
of all ages and all nationalities except
Chinese.
This morning the black maria was kept
on the hump, and Sergeant Chapman, who
sits at the door behind which the guests
of the city rest, has the description and
property of a wonderful collection of in
dividuals who have no home and no visi
ble nutans of support.
Abowt- a dozen were gathered in this
morning. Some of them were painfully
sober and some of them were hideously
drunk. If the police keep up the record
of the last twenty-four hours Recorder
Freeman will have a heavy docket to dis
pose of on Monday and the work on the
county roads will p- ceed with greater
rapidity for the next thirty days than has
been the case for some ti»ie past.
EVERYTHING QUIET.
Theaters and Places of Amusement Have
Been Reopened.
Washington. Jan. 15 —Up to noon today
the state department had received no ad
vices under today’s date from Consul
General Lee at Havana. Late last night
Lee sent a dispatch saying that every
thing was quiet and that the theaters and
places of amusement had opened.
The best time to advertise is all the
Uaie.
HANGED HIMSELF.
The Man Who Searched For Peari Bryan’s
Head.
Eaton. 0., Jan. 15. —Wheeler Frum. a
retired farmer, committed suicide loday by
hanging himself with two halters. He was
discovered by his brother-in-law, Amos
M.tikliy. who went to the barn. Frum
had been daft on spiritualism for some
time, ami recently returned from the asy
lum at Hayton. He was on the streets this
morning but seemed very nervous and ex
cited. Frum is the man who several
months ago claimed he knew where Pearl
Bryan's bend was located, and went to
Cincinnati to find it. but was taken in
charge by relatives and returned home.
THE LOUD BILL.
Assistant Heath Thinks it Should be Mod
fied.
Washington. Jan. 15. —A letter has been
address; <1 by First Assistant Postmaster-
General Heath to Representative Loud,
author of the Loud bill restricting the
amount of second class matter to be ad
mitted to the mails. Heath says that his
own experience as a publisher leads hint to
believe that the bill will work less hard
ship upon legitimate publishing firms if
Mr. Loud will modify it by simply reduc
ing tin' number of sample copies of papers
to be admitted, instead of cutting them off
altogether. The present law allows 50 per
cent, of a paper’s circulation to be mailed
as sample copies, ami to cut off this privi
lege altogether, Mr. Heath says, would
work particular hardship upon small coun
try publications,
GREAT POWER PLANT.
Water From a Vast Area to be Concentrated
Near Los Angeles, Cal.
Los Angeles, Cal.. Jan. 15r—Plans for an
electric power plant more extensive than
any yet projected in this country have just
been made public here. The enterprise
involves the bringing of power to Los
Angeles from the Kern river, the largest
stn am in the southern end of the San
Joaquin Valley, Its flow exceeds the com
bined flow of all rivers between it and the
Colorado, and it drains an area of 2,300
square miles. The project includes the
construction of a dam, by which nearly
15,000.000,000 gallons of water will be im
pounded.
It is claimed that power can be supplied
in such vast amount and so cheap that it
will be used generally.
officersTlected
Union Meeting of the Epworth
League Held Last Night
at Gerken ary.
ALL THE COMMITTEES
To Serve for the Coming Year Were
Appointed to Take Charge of
Business of the League.
The meeting of the Union Epworth
League at Centenary church last night
was a most interesting one, and much im
portant business was transacted, among
which was tiie election of officers for the
coming year.
Committees were also appointed to take
charge of the business of the Union League
during the year. The committees and
officers elected were as follows:
President —L. W. Branch, Mulberry.
First. Vice President—J. J. Cobb, Cen
tenary.
Second Vice President—‘Mrs. G. W. Mat
thews, First Street.
Third Vice President—Mrs. Wash Des
sau, Vineville.
Fourth Vice President —George A. Smith
Grace.
Secretar—L. W. Martin, Mulberry.
Treasurer —Miss Esther Nease, South
Macon.
Press and Printing—W. W. Pinson,
chairman; Eugene Anderson, R. L. Mc-
Kenney.
Finance —R. F. Burden, chairman; W.
G. Solomon. T. C. Benson, G. W. Gantt,
J. J. Cobb, George A. Smith. J. W. Stro
zler.
Entertainment—W. B. King, chairman;
Mrs. G. W. Matthews, Mrs. Washington
Dessau. Mrs. S. M. Hilliard, Miss Lizzie
Riley, Miss Leila Kingman. Mrs. W. F.
Carter.
Music—R. L. McKenney, chairman; Miss
Julia Goodall, Miss Maude Wilder. Miss
Mattle Jones. Holmes Johnson, G. W.
Gantt. Miss Esther Nease, Mrs. Berry
Neal.
After the above officers were duly elect
ed. the following committees were an
nounced. anti they will have in charge the
management of the big conference:
Transportation—W. G. Solomon, chair
man; N. E. Harris, J. A. Strayer.
Place of Meeting—G. W. Matthews,
chairman; W. B. Hill. P. E. Dennis, Isaac
Hardeman, C. W. Snow. M. H. Cutter.
The next meeting of the Union League
will be held in East Macon.
BENEFITS.
Roland Reed Will Give a Portion of His
Matinee to Macon.
In consideration of the good treatment
and the universal courtesy extended to
him while here during the hearing of his
suit against the Southern Railway. Mr.
Roland Reed has offered to give a portion
of the receipts of his matinee performance
next week to the hospital and to the kin
dergarten.
EIGHT DEAD
And Several Wounded in a
Free Fight.
Mlddleboro. Ky., Jan. 15 —A special from
•Hayden says that the fight on Bandy
Fork, 1 eslie county. continued all day yes
terday.
Eight men are reported killed, as fol
lows: John Williams, Tom Wilson. Bob
Colewell, Tom Shelton, Peter Dorough.
Mack Paine, Elias Howard and Abel
Coombs, all colored.
Sim Paine, Larry McComas, Sid Martin
and Lew Gossorn, seriously wounded.
Intense excitement prevails and further
fighting is expected.
The fight occurred over cards and a
blind tiger.
PROF. JOHN H. HALDERMAN.
Lancaster, Pa., Jan. 15.—Professor John
H. Haldeman, who from 1869 to 1887 was
principal of the department of observa
tion in the state normal school at West
field, Mass., died at Marietta, Pa., today,
aged 65 years.
You can talk to 10.000 every day through
the columns of The News.
THE MACON NEWS.
A FORECAST
IN_PDLITICS
Something About the Next
Delegations from Bibb to
the Legislature.
BARTLETT IS SAFE.
A Swarm of Would-be Legislators
Are Spoken of, But None Are
Yet in the Field.
It is much too soon to talk politics, of
course, but the boys are talking just the
same. From all accounts the legislative
race from Bibb promises to be lively, and
candidates announced by their friends and
non-committal themselves, are as plenti
ful as blackberries in a good blackberry
year. Os the names mentioned a few may
be mentioned as certain candidates. Hon.
John T. Boifeirillet will, of course, run for
the legislature if he does not, before that
time, announce for the clerkship of the
house, which is, by the w'ay, both a possi
bility and a probability, though Mr. Boi
feuillet himself has given no intimation
of bis intentions as yet. If he enters the
race for the legislature he will be elected,
and he will probably be a candidate for the
speakership again, and will make it warm
for those who may run against him.
Mr. S. A. Reid twill also be a candidate
for re-election, and his record for the last
term makes it highly probable that he
w-iil be endorsed.
Then there is Mr. D. D. Craig, who was
the hardworking representative of the la
bor element. It is doubtful if .Mr. Craig
will stand for re-election, but If he does,
he may give the other fellows some
trouble. So much for the delegation that
represented Bibb in the last legislature—
but there are others.
Colonel Joe Hall is a probability and
will represent an anti-railroad sentiment,
naturally, for his defeat last time was due
to the opposition of the corporation work
ers. Mr. John R. L. Smith, Claude ’Estes,
John R. Cooper, iMarion (Harris, and A.
Proudfit are possibilities, and all of them
have a following that may increase or de
crease, largely depending on the issues
that will be drawm into the campaign. ‘So
fas as the state senate is concerned, every
thing is very much in the dark at present,
but as it is Pike’s turn to send a represen
tative, 4t is almost certain that one of the
prominent lawyers of Barnesville will be
the ‘nominee. In the congressional race
the present representative of the Sixth
district is almost certain of re-election.
Mr. Berner, however, may decide to give
him a race for the prize, and bis friends
say that he will though Mr Bern r will
neither deny or affirm the ‘report. He says
that he is not now a candidate for any
thing.
MAY PASS.
Hawaiian Annexation Appears More Proba.
ble.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 15.--The Hawa
iian treaty is in a better position than it
has been since it was submitted to the
senate. The frineds of the treaty have
been very active recently in cementing the
Republican line, and as a result it is
stated that every Republican excepting
'Morrill will vote for ratification.
The friends of the treaty now claim 61
votes, but a more conservative estimate
gives them 58 beyond the shadow of a
doubt, or two less than the required num
ber. When the vote will be taken is a
mater - of doubt.
MILLim
Eulogized in Congress This
Morning—Another Judge
Is Wanted.
Washington, Jan. 15.—The session of the
house today after 2 o’clock was devoted to
eulogies on the life and public service of
the late Representative Seth W. Millikin.
Immediately after the reading of the
journal. Representative Starr, Populist, of
Nebraska, rose to a question of privilege
to deny the publication in a local paper
stating that he had acted as attorney in
the pension case of Jackson W. Cheney.
As a representative he said he had in
terested himself in the case, but he had
never acted as attorney in his life.
On motion of Mr. Lanham, Democrat,
of Texas, a bill was passed authorizing the
president to appoint an additional dis
trict judge for the Northern District of
Texas.
It was explained that Judge Rector, now
judge of that district, was utterly incapac
itated for performing the duties of his of
fice.
The house then went into a committee
of the whole and took up the army appro
priation bill.
LEE’S BIRTHDAY.
Program as Arranged at the
Meeting Held This
Morning.
At the meeting of the Daughters of the
Confederacy at the Public Library this
morning the program for the celebration
of General Lee’s birthday was arranged.
It is as follows:
Prayer. Dr. W. W. Pinson.
Music. High School Orchestra.
Recitation, John Wilcox.
Duet, Mrs. Stallings and Mrs. Findlay.
Recitation, Richard Willingham.
Tribute to Sam Davis.
Song, Mrs. Williams, “Her Bright Smile
Haunts me Still.”
Oration, Colonel Claude Estes.
Dixie, Orchestra.
The exercises will take place in the an
nex of Mulberry Street Methodist church
next Monday afternoon.
REVIVAL AT GRACE CHURCH.
There will be preaching tomorrow morn
ing by Rev. J. L. Morrell, and tomorrow
afternoon at 3:30 o’clock he will preach
a sermon to men only, and again at night
Mr. Morrell will preach to a mixed con
gregation. The Sunday school exercises
will be held as usual at 3 o’clock. Last
night Grace church was packed with in
terested listeners to one of the best ser
mons that Mr. Morrell has yet preached,
on the subject of repentance. After the
sermon was concluded over two hundred
people remained to the after service and
the altar was twice filled with penitents.
The revival services will probably be con
tinued by Mr. Morrell during next week.
MACON NEWS SATURDAY JANUARY 15 1898.
SIX MONTHS
FORJSSAULT
Was the Sentence Imposed
Upon Miss Tubberville’s
Assailant.
HE GOT OFF LIGHT
But the Young Lady Will in This
Way Be Saved Much Em
barrassment.
The man who attempted to drag Miss
Alma Tubberville into an alley on Second
street night before last was arrested yes
terday afternoon about dark on the corner
of Mulberry and Fourth streets by Lieu
tenant Murphy and Detective Patterson.
The officers were almost positive that
they had their man spotted yesterday at
noon, but they would not give the facts
out for fear that they would frighten him
away. Miss Tubberville gave them as
detailed description as near as possible
of the man who had assaulted her, and all
day iong the officers worked faithfully on
tiie case. Every detail was sifted before
new facts were looked for, and at last they
secured enough evidence to warrant the
arrest of a man who gave his name as C.
W. Orea. He is 38 years of age and
claims Alexandria, Va., as his home,
though he came to 'Macon from New Or
leans.
As soon as the arrest was made Orea
was carried to the barracks find locked
up. and Chief Boifeuillet sent for Miss
Tubberville. She went to the police sta
tion ‘accompanied by her mother. Mrs.
Tubberville and heir daughter were con
ducted in the chief’s office and Orea was
brought in. As soon as she saw him Miss
Tubberville sprang back, and at once
recognized him as the man who had as
saulted her. When Orca spoke and put
on his hat Miss Tubberville was convinced
beyond a doubt that the man before her
was the same man that had attempted to
drag her into the alley on Second street
night before last. He had not changed his
appearance in the least, and his clothing
was the same as that which had been de
scribed to the police by Miss Tubberville.
He was a large, clean shaven man and
wore a black shirt.
The ’case against Orea was called In the
recorder’s court at 12:30 o’clock this af
ternoon.
Before the case was called Recorder
Freeman In consideration of Miss Tubber
ville. ordered the court clear of all spec
tators except officers of the court and po
lice.
Miss Tubberville and her mother were
present and Mr. Wilbur Lawrence and
Mr. Ben Epperson were also witnesses in
the case.
Miss Tubberville Stated that she was on
her way home shortly after 6 o’clock when
she noticed a man and passed him. He
followed her some distance and then went
ahead of her and turned into the alley.
She thought that he had gone up the al
ley, but. as she passed he grabbed her by
the arm and asked her to go into the alley.
She struggled with him and screamed
and he ran away.
Judge Freeman ordered Orea to stand
un and when he did so Miss Tubberville
identified him as the mam who had as
saulted her. She further 'identified him
when be turned his back on her and put
on his hat.
When asked what he had to say about
the charge Orea said that he knew noth
ing at all about the transaction, but that
he had been drinking on the afternoon of
the assault and was unable to account for
what he did from 4 o’clock until late in
the evening.
Judge Freeman said that drunkenness
was no excuse and that he was confident
that the prisoner was the man who had
committed the assault.
It was proved by other witnesses that
Orea was in that neighborhood at the time
the assault was committed.
Judge Freeman imposed a sentence of
six months on the chaingang or a fine of
SIOO and in doing so he said that he only
regretted that the jurisdiction of his court
did not permit him to impose a heavier
sentence.
Judge Freeman stated to The News af
ter the hearing, tfhat as no actual assault
had been committed he had imposed a
penalty within the jurisdiction of the
court, which ho thought would be not suf
ficient punishment but a severe lesson.
He further thought that the course he had
taken woul I save Miss Tubberville from
much embarrassment.
Miss Tubberville was unable
her apartments yesterday. She was in
hysterics nearly all the day. and begged
those near her not to let him get near to
her. She was very nervous when carried
to the police station yesterday afternoon.
COMMITrfD.
Robert Grooms, the Man Who
Stole the Big Bell,
Robert Crooms, who is charged with
stealing the old bell of the volunteer fire
department, was committed to jail this
morning by Recorder Freeman in default
of a bond for S3OO.
Crooms made no denial of the charge
except to give a sort of wandering and
disjointed statement of how he came to
get it.
It was clearly shown, however, that he
did get the bell from the park on a forged
order, whether he forged it or not, and
that he sold it to Mr. Jake Hirsch for $27.
Mr. Hirsch stated that he had no rea
son to suppose that the bell had been
stolen. It was, he said brought to him
in the day time and he had left it in the
doorway of his place of business for sev
eral days.
Recorder Freeman told Mr. Hirsch that,
in his opinion, he ought to have known
that the bell was stolen or that there was
something very radically wrong.
He bound Crooms over on the charge of
larceny, and added to the commitment pa
per that Crooms might be guilty of forg
ery.
RAILROAD RACE.
Two Corporations Desirous of Getting the
First Road.
Tocoma. Washington. Jan. 15. The rail
road building race, involving the expendi
ture of $16,000,000 has been eomm:r.ceJ by
two wealthy corporations, each of which
desire to own the first railroad into the
Yukon country. Each road will b? about
400 miles long, running from Pyramid,
near Headlynn canal, to points on the
Lewis river below Five Finger ’’apids.
A VALUABLE REMEDY.
It gives me pleasure to recommend to
the public such a valuable remedy as
Cheney's Expectorant. I have used it in
my family for Coughs. Croup and Colds,
and would not / e without it.
Atlanta, Ga John A. Barry,
DAVIS WAS RELEASED.
So Far the State Has Not Made Out a Good
Case Against Any of the Negros.
So far the for the state inthe
murder case of Zeke Winn, the Fourth
street barber, have been unable to make
out a strong case against any of those
who have been accused. Yesterday after
noon in Justice Gerdine’s court, Dan Da
vis, one of the accused negroes, was given
a preliminary hearing, but all the evi
dence introduced was circumstantial and of
a very weak nature. The negro was re
leased after a short speech by Hon. J. R.
Cooper.
Blanche, the other negro accused of hav
ing a hand in the murder, will be tried
Monday.
FOR A NEW TRIAL.
A Petition Was Filed in the Superior Court
Asking for One Today.
Messrs. Marion Harris and John R.
Cooper filed a petition in tihe clerk’s office
of the superior court this morning for a
new trial in the case of Charley Waller,
who has been thrice convicted of the
murder of Tom Smith about a year ago.
It is alleged in the petition that the de
fendant has new evidence, and that for
many reasons he should have another
hearing.
A BAD TALE.
Told on the Wallace Shows by Some of
Its Employes.
Some of the white men who have been
arrested in Macon in the past few days
tell a bad story on the Wallace show,
which disbanded for the winter a few days
ago in Florida.
Three of these men said that they were
going from Gainesville, Fla., to Chicago,
to the winter quarters of the show to get
$25 that was due them for services.
They said that each one of them was
called into the pay car separately and
given 20 per cent of what was due them
and they were forced to jump from the
train while it was moving.
BIG ATTRACTIONS.
Are Booked at the Academy
of Music for Next
Week*
BOSTONIANS AND REED.
Are Among the Good Things that
Are Offered to the Lovers of
Theatrical Good Things.
“The Dazzler,” made famous by Joe Ott
and always funny, is at the Academy to
night.
“The (Dazzler” is said to be this year a
finer production than ever. And it has
been so pronounced by some of the theater
managers visited in the South by that or
ganization.
It is sure to command good houses at
both performances.
Next week will 'be a most notable one at
the Academy of Music. Manager Horne
offers “The Serenade,” by the Bostonians
on next Monday and on the following day
Roland Reed and Miss Isadora Rush in “A
Man of Ideas.”
Mr. Henry Horne, .as manager of the
Academy of Music, is to be congratulated
upon securing so good a play as the Bosto
nian's for next week in Macon.
But in order to do so he has been oblig
ed to put up a big guarantee.
'Macon has had some magnificent and
some very good attractions this season,
but nothing that has been seem will sur
pass or even equal the performance to be
given by the Bostonians.
The ißostonians, than which there is no
better light opera company in America,
will be at the Academy of Music Thursday
with the new comic opera "File 'Serenade,”
as the bill.
This opera is already well known to
music .lovers by its great success when it
was first produced in New York. Since its
original presentation it has been heard in
other cities, and the New York verdict has
received this further endorsement.
The cast of the opera, which is by Vic
tor Herbert and Harry B. Smith, will in
clude the full singing and acting strength
of this organization, among whom are
Henry Clay Barnabee, William iH. Mac-
Donald, Jessie Bartlett Davis, Eugene
Cowles, Alice Nielsen, George Frothing
ham, William E. Philp, Brown, Jo
sephine 'Bartlett, Nellie- Guisti, 'Helena
Fredericks. Jennie Hawley, W. H. Fitz
gerald, Charles P. Hawley, S. L. Studley
and others.
From all accounts “The Serenade” is
said to be a most highly diverting and
■humorous entertainment, brimful of flu
ent and melodious music in Victor Her
bert’s best vein. The story deals with the
adventures of a jealous old Spanish grande
at the beginning of the 18th century, who
is greatly incensed at an unknown sere
nader who has paid his addresses to his
ward and fiance.
The attempts of the Duke to place his
betrothed beyond the reach of his rival,
and the adventures *vhich beset him on
the road, give a back ground rich In color
and movement.
In the first there are seen glimpses of
brigands and men at arms. In the second
act the merry life of some jolly friars is
disclosed and in the last act the movement
of the opera brings about a domestic de
noument that it at once novel and satis
factory.
Roland Reed will present his new com
edy, “A Man of Ideas,” a dramatic com
position by Sydney Rosenfeld, in which
the comedian appears as a prompter. The
play tells an interesting story and there
are several novel scenes and incidents.
Miss Isadora Rush has a splendid role—
that of a dashing widow of business pro
clivities. The engagement is for next
Friday, matinee and night.
HEARING RESUMED.
The Anti Scalpers Bill Being Considered by
Committee.
Washington, Jan. 15. —The senate com
mittee on interstate commerce this morn
ing at 10:45 resumed hearing on the anti
ticket scalping bill. Pending the resump
tion of the testimony of George M. Mc-
Kenzie, of Chicago, a statement was sub
mitted to the committee by Bert W. Lyon,
editor of the Commercial Traveler, of St.
Louis.
STILL DENOUNCE ZOLA.
Paris, Jan. 15.—M. Antole, Franeem M.
Zola, M. Declaux, head of the Pasteur In
stitute, M. Trarieux and M. Marcell Proust,
with numuerous prominent doctors, law
yers and writers, have signed a petition in
favor of the division of the Dreyfous trial
on account of “violation of judicial forms
and mysteries surrounding it.” On the
other hand, students and the public still
denounce M. Zola. ,
MACON CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE.
Good Move Made Yesterday
Evening by the Board
of Directors.
KETCHUM IS SECIM.
into New Quarters on Feruary I—A
Novelty Publication Devoted to
Macon’s Commercial Interest.
The directors of the Chamber of Com
merce held a most important, meeting yes
terday evening.
The first tmng before the board was the
report of the coymuttee appointed to in
vestigate the proposition to move the quar
ters trom their present location to the
ground floor.
The committee reported favorably on the
subject, and after some discussion the
board of directors determined to move the
qu.u x.u..; tne present location over the
cc i.iistey store to the ground floor
building ou Cherry street formerly occu
pied by the Exchange Bank.
These quarters will be comfortably fitted
up and will be made as attractive as pos
sible for the members.
Tiie next matter before the board was
the election of a secretary.
Mr. D. B. Hill, the former secretary,
binding it impossible to devote tiie neces
sary time to the work of the chamber as
it is proposed to be conducted, deelined
renomination and Mr. George Ketchum
was elected secretary.
Mr. Ketchum will devote a considerable
portion of his time to tne work of the
Chamber of Commerce. He has been very
much interested in the subject of the de
velopment of the state and is one of the
best equipped speakers on the subject of
industrial development in the South. Mr.
Ketchum is also a good writer on subjects
affecting tiie building up of cities and has
informed himself well upon the methods
employed by other cities pursuing tiie same
line of work as that proposed by the Ma
con Chamber of Commerce.
The board of directors also decided to
indorse as the official organ of the board
a publication to be issued monthly affect
ing the business interests of Macon and
the section of country tributary to this
city. The publication will be distributed
in large numbers all over the country and
will be in the hands of the real estate men,
the secretary of tiie Chamber of Commerce
and the business men generally for distri
bution. It will contain a record of the
work of the Chamber of Commerce each
month and will contain all information
necessary to the guidance of investors and
prospectors. Beginning on a small scale,
this publication will, it is believed, in
crease its scope and weight until it be
comes representative of the industrial de
velopment of the whole state, and its wide
circulation will insure a valuable adver
tisement for Macon and her Chamber of
Commerce.
The new quarters of the Chamber of
Commerce will be ready for occupancy by
February 1. Among other things, the
rooms will contain exhibits of the different
products around Macon, and everything
will be done that will benefit tiie individual
members of the board and the Macon in
terests.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
Goes Into Effect on the Southern on Jan
uary 16.
On and after Sunday, January 16th train
No. 13 will leave Macon at 3:05 a. m., ar
riving in Atlanta at 5:20 a. m. Other
northbound trains will remain as hereto
fore. .Southbound train which has been
arriving at 8:10 a. m. will be stopped at
Macon instead of going through as for
merly at 8:30 a. m. Local train No. 16
will leave for the south at 10:50 a. m., ar
riving 'Brunswick 7:50 p. m. Train No. -0
will arrive from Atlanta at 7:10 p. m. in
stead of 7.00 p. m. Other trains remain
unchanged. RANDALL CLIFTON,
Trav. Pass. Agent.
WON’T CARRY BICYCLES FREE.
Florida Lines Find that it Does Not Pay to
Carry WFee's as Baggage.
On the first of January the railroads of
Florida adopted the rule or carrying bicy
cles as baggage, and now they are sorry
of it. The roads claim that they are losing
money .at this and that the wheelmen are
baking advantage of them.
They cannot rescind the matter now un
til the first of June, as all of their an
nouncements have been made to that date.
INDICTMENT
Will Be Sought Against Cer
tain Bailiffs.
At the next meeting of the Bibb county
grand jury several of the bailiffs of .he
bailiffs of the justice courts in Macon will
be presemted for malpractice.
A case that is like many that have come
to light in Macon in the past few months
will be presented to the grand jury. Two
prominent bailiffs and detectives figure in
this case, and the police say they have a
dead case against them.
The particular case in question is the
one in which two negro girls were arrest
ed the night of December 23d. They were
placed in jail. No evidence was ever in
troduced against them, nor were they ever
carried to trial, but the next morning they
were both released upon the payment of
an assessment from the officers. The as
sessment was made to fit the amount of
money each of the negro girls had. One
paid them $5 and the other one only $2.50,
so they accepted that.
All of the facts in the case have been
secured and the case against these two of
ficers will be made as strong as possible.
It is a well known fact that this practice
is indulged in every day by some of the
bailiffs.
HARRY EDWARDS.
Will Introduce Mr. Marion Crawford When
He Lectures Here.
Mr. Harry Stillwell Edwards will intro
duce Mr. Marion Crawford on the occa
sion of the latter’s appearance In Macon
to lecture for the benefit of the Public
Library.
The combination this effected by Ma
con’s popular author and newspaper man
who is himself a novelist of natural re
nown and Marion Crawford, whose books
have won him friends all over the world,
will be one of the most attractive to lite
rary and social Macon that has ever been
offered.
Mr. Crawford lectures in Macon on Feb
ruary 8 and is sure to draw a big house.
His lecture will be made one of the
social events of the season.
Advertise in The News and reach the
people. , ...
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 Tests in Schools.
From School Journal.
In Philadelphia it has been found that of about 1,500 pupils of the two highest
gramincr grades whose eyes have been tested, nearly haif of those examined have
defective vision. In several eases 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 you#- 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 children’s eyes free if ac companied by their parents. Offico 314
Second street, Macon, Ga.
Beautiful Weather
This is for planting. We will sell you Seed
and
Plant Your Garden
At a nominal price. English Peas, Beaiis,
and Other Stock arrived yesterday. Now
is the time to plant.
STREYER SEZEZD CO
466 Poplar Street.
Phone 617.
S. G. BOLUS CO.
Practical Plumbers.
Sanitary Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Steam, Hot
Water and Hot Air Heating.
Special Attention to Repair Work.
617 Poplar Street, Macon, Ga.
I*l Hang on to Your Dollar <■>
Until you see the full dollar’s ><►
worth we give you for it. These are times ><►
< when every cent saved makes life easier. S <►
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sacrificing quality. You’ll be satisfied here J<►
<► or your money back. A large, long assort- <C.
> meut of Suits in checks, plaids, solids, I<►
> stripes, worsted, melton, or any kind you <
| want, SB.OO, $lO 00, sl2 00, $15.00,
$ S $20.00. No better for the money any- 5 <
I£ where. <► d
| BENSON & HOUSER, it
> The Up-to-Date Clothiers. :•:>
> All suits bought of us kept pressed and re-
> paired free of charge. <► «►
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PASSING
OFTHE
HOLI DAYS
Has tended to lessen the volume of busi
ness at our store, but we are doing some
business at the old stand yet. We have
a few pieces left of the DELFT and Im
perial Bonn China at your own price.
BEELAND, the Jeweler Triangular Block.
CLOTHING
z——— For Men,
— For Boys,
r~~— For Children.
You may buy it here and now for about what the
bare material would cost at retail. And yet every
garment was made by high class and well paid
men tailors. Where do wages, trimmings and
linings figure? \\ here does the expense of store
keepirg come in? That’s not your lookout. If
you have time, try to equal our offerings elsewhere.
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CHEAP MONEY.
par eent. and 7 per cent, money now
ready for loam on Macon raaldence and
buslneaa property. 8 per eent. money for
farm loans. Over 15,000,000 auccessfu.ly
negotiated In Georgia alone. Loam made
can be paid off at any time. We are head
quarters. O. A. Coleman, Gen. Man.,
35S Second street, Macon, Gal
PRICE TWO CENTS