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8 Per Cent Guaranteed!
Dividends paid semi-annnally. Stock Mcarsd
by deeds to improved real estate in more
than double the amount deposited with
Union Havings Bank and Trust Co.
GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man.
Equitable Building and Loan nociation,
Macon, Ga., 4fll Third flJeet.
ESTABLISHED 1884.
JAPAN IS READY
TO GO TO WAR
First News from That Country
Since the Chinese Crisis
Commenced.
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FRANCE SENDS WARSHIPS
To the Eastern Waters and the Sit-
uation Begins to Look Consider
bly Strained.
Ixmdon, Jan. 21. -The St. James Gazette
Giis afternoon, commenting on a dispatch
from Yokohama saying that a fleet of nine
Japanese war ships will leave Japan In the
course of a week for Chinese waters, says:
“Japan Is prepared for war. That In a
nutshell Is the news from Yokohama today
and is really the first news from Japan
from Japan since the beginning of the
Chinese crisis.
It Is obvious that the Papnnese govern
ment had stopped telegraphic communica
tion, khieh It never does except mobilizing
an army or navy. That Is precisely what ft
has been doing.
it is almost certain that the destina
tion of the fleet Is Wei-Hal-Wei, and no
doubt the movement means that the status
quo in China, so far as Manchuria and
Corea are concerned, shall not be altered
by Russia or any combination of Rssla’s
allies, in defiance of Gr.it Britain and
Japan So long as the defenders’ policy is
eqality of opportunity in China they arc in
a position to enforce their claims.
FRANCE SENDS SHIPS.
Two Big War Vessels Sail Next Monday for
China.
London, Jan. 21. A special dispatch from
I’arls. published this afternoon, says that
others have been received at Cherbourg
prepare the battleship Bruix and the bat
tleship Vauban to reinforce the French
squadron In the far east.
The Bruix Is a steel vessel of 4.751 tons
power. She has an armored belt of about
four Inches thick and carries two 7.5 inch
guns, six 5.5 inch quick firing guns, four
2.5 inch guns, four 1.8 inch guns ami six
1.4 inch rapid fire guns.
The Vauban is a steel vessel of 6.206
Jons and 4.560 indicated horse power. She
has an armored belt of ten inches in
thickness, carries four 9.4 inch gams, one
7.4 Inch gun. six 5.5 inch guns and twelve
rapid firing guns.
CONFIRMED.
I’aris. Jan. 21.—-The news that the French
warships Bruix and Vauban have been
ordered to sail Immediately for China has
been canfirmed. The two ships will sail
January 24, Monday next.
Admiral Deßeaumont has been ap
pointed commander in chief of the French
squadron in the far east. He will hoist
his flag on board the Vauban.
SHE IS INSANE.
Frau Enielie Kempin Who Once Taught in
America.
Berlin. Jan. 21. —Frau Emilio Kempiu
has bi come insane. She passed the exam
ination for doctor of law at Zurich in 1887
and afterwards taught privately in Amer
ica. Later she returned to Reacher’s auJ
became a private tutor and proprietor of
the Anglo-American law office.
DISTRICT PREACHERS MEET
Details of Their Meeting Being Held at Ten
nille.
Tennille, Ga., Jan. 19. —The pastor's of
the North Macon District of the Methodist
church are holding a very interesting and
important conference of the Methodist
here.
Plans for the year’s work are being dis
cussed. and many wise conclusions are
arrived at. Sermons have been delivered
by Rev. J. M. Outlet, of Jeffersonville, and
Rev. W. W. Pinson, of Macon. and Rev.
Bascom Anthony is announced to preach
this morning. This service will close the
meeting. The district stewards held their
meeting on Monday, and Monday night
Colonel N. E. Harris and Mr. iR. F. Bur
den. both of Macon, delivered address at
the church to a large and delighted au
dience.
CHARTERED A BAND.
Then Conrad Fisher’s Friends Walked Him
Off to an Insane Asylum.
Hazleton, Pa.. Jan. 2L—Conrad Fisher,
formerly a well to do business man here,
has been failing mentally lately. Yester
day he went to the Markle Kink, where
he had an account, and drew several hun
dred dollars.
On coming out of the building he met
.1 little German band .that was tooting
away for dear life. He gave the astonish
ed leader S2O and ordered h'iin to play some
tunes for his private amusement.
After this Fisher went to a cigar store
and bought several hundred boxes of ci
garettes, which he distributed among the
street loungers. Then he was captured by
■his friends and removed to an asylum.
UNCERTAIN
The Balloting for a Senator in
Maryland is Still Without
Any Result.
Annapolis. Jan. 21. —The fourth day of
■ballotting for United States senator from
Maryland, fouml the situation practically
unchanged. No one looks for an election
before Monday, and the feeling is growing
that the only way to settle the matter is
by the withdrawal of both Shaw and Mc-
Comas in favor of a compromise candi
date.
The friends of ex-Congressman John Van
Lear confidently assert that in such an
event the mantle will fall upon his shoul
der®.
General Shryock’s adherents are no less
confident, asserting that no other would
prove so acceptable as seconds choice to a
majority of the delegates.
FAVORABLE REPORT.
Washington, Jan. 21—The House com
mittee on foreign affairs today agreed to
make a favorable report on the resolution
of Representative Williams, of Mississippi,
asking the state department for informa
tion on the Ruts case.
INVESTIGATING.
The Comm’ttee From Columbus on Bribery
Charges Goes to Cincinnati.
Columbus, 0., Jan. 21. —A senate com
mittee will go to Cincinnati at 2 o’clock
<p. m. to continue the examination of the
alleged senatorial bribery cases. The
hotel people. Thomas Campbell, an attor
ney, and others are on the list.
JUSTICE SCOTT,
Late of the Supreme Bet.<h of Illinois, Died
Tod t v.
Bloomington,l, 11. Jan. 21.—John M.
Scott, ex-justice of the supreme court, di.-1
from the effects of a carbuncle. ID
was 75 years old.
He was elected justice ot the state su
preme court in 1872, and hci-I tire po-itlaa
continually for twenty-five yeats. ;le i
an intimate friend of Abraham Lined >
and David Davis. He was prominent in
connection with the Scotch-Irish Associa
tion.
KNIGHT HANNGED.
The Murderer of Frank Dansler Pays the
Last Penalty.
Mobile, Ala., Jan. 21.—Jefferson, alias
Jack Knight, of F’ensacola, Fla., was
hanged for the murder of Frank Dantzler
today.
This was one of the series of killings
that caused great excitement in Mobile at
the close of last July, and Knight was
placed in jail with great difficulty after
being captured some miles from the city.
Special Officer Humphries was execu
t ... >. 1 . !R's neck was broken and he
! ■ ; t ’) h ... iS.cs. The condemned man
i. .. j i_J ci>..f<.sdon on the scaffold.
T.VUER DECLINED
Fo Aik I a Reception Given in Honor of
President Dole.
Springfield, Jan. 21.—Governor Tanner
received a message from President McKin
ley ’today inviting him to attend a recep
tion to be given in honr of President Dole
next Monday at Chicago. Governor Tan
ner replied that owing to an attack of
rheumatism In his wrists he had made ar
rangements to go to Hot Springs, Ark.,
next Saturday.
HARSHJVORDS
Gallinger, of New Hampshire,
Takes the Living Hide of
Secretary of Interior.
COWARD AND POLTROON.
The Case of Mrs. M. E. Roberts, of
the Pension Department, Brings
on the Fuss.
Washington, Jan. 21—In the Senate to
day the resolution of Mr. Allen, of Ne
braska, asking the secretary of the inte
rior for papers concerning the dismissal
from the pension office of Mrs. M. E.
Roberts, was borught up.
Gallinger moved to refer it 'to the com
mittee on civil service and retrenchment.
Pending a vote on that motion Allen
said he desired to speak briefly upon the
matter. Mrs. Roberts, he had learned,
was a friend of former Secretary Car
lisle, from Covington, Ky. She for years
was a member of the family of James B.
Beck, once a senator from Kentucky and
her appointment was made through Sen
ator Beck’s influence.
“I want to say,” said Allen, ‘‘that no
self-respecting gentleman would treat a
woman as this woman has been treated
by the secretary of the interior and the
commissioner of pensions.
“If this administration is willing to in
jure itself in this way I am willing. If it
desires to hurry Itself out of power I am
desirious of hastening its exit, but I do
hold, Mr. President, that it is not the in
herent right in the secretary of the inte
rior or* commissioner of pensions to be
brutal in their treatment of the clerks.
“If the commissioner desired to displace
Mrs. Roberts for some hanger on, why
did lie aim a personal dart at her. He
must be a poltroon and a coward Indeed,
who will make a covert charge against a
woman and refuse then to state the
charges.’
Allen referred to the position taken by
Mr. Gallinger very sharply and was
sharply challenged by Gallinger, Said the
New Hampshire senator:
“If the senator from Nebraska means
to seriously to impute to me such mo
tives as his language indicates he is using
unparliamentary and unwarrantable lan
guage."
.Mien contended there was a hint of
something vitally wrong in the moral
character of Mrs. Roberts. He reviewed
the case and discussed its application to
the present agitation of the civil service
question.
Assurances were given by Pritchard, of
North Carolina, chairman of the commit
tee on civil service and retrenchment,
that the commltee would carefully inves
tigate a case should it be referred to his
committee and allowed such reference.
The resolution was so referred.
TOO MANY’ SHIRTS.
$1.50 Manhattans must go at sl. Philips.
COLLISION.
On the Atlantic Coast Line
With a Florida Bound
Train.
Charleston, S. C.. Jan. 21.—Train No. 37,
of the Atlantic Coast Line from New York
tor Florida. and No. 52. local from Charles
ton to Columbia, collided about eight tniles
west of this place at 7:17 this morning.
Two men were killed. Robert James, a
fireman of No. 37. and Wesley Bishop, the
fireman of No. 52. The injured are En
gineer Neely, of No. 37, mashed and scal
ded; E. R. Liles, baggage master, leg
crushed; Engineer E. F. Hall, No. 52, leg
broken; Mail Clerk J. H. Bigham, bruised
about the head; J. A. Powell, expjress
mesenger, leg broken; A. J. Gerdine. of
Charleston and J. W. Hood, of Knoxville,
both bruised about the head. The collision
was caused -by a confusion of orders.
COTTON FUTURES.
New York, Jan. 21—Cotton futures open
ed steady. Sales 5.600 bales. January 568,
February 567, March 571, April 573, May
577, June 579, July 582, August and Sep
tember 585, October 587, November 580.
GENUINE SHIRT BARGAIN.
SLSO Manhattans sl, to close out. Phillips
THE MACON NEWS.
WILL NOT MOVE
CENTRAL SHOPS
Supt. Kline Gives a Most
Emphatic Denial io the
Report.
MR, S, R, JAQUES TALKS.
He Confirms What Mr. Kline Has
to Say—Shops in Macon Will Be
Improved and Not Moved.
General Superintendent T. D. Kline, of
the Central Railway, is in the city today
looking after the building of the Central’s
new shops which are being pushed to
completion as rapidly as possible.
Mr. Kline was seen by a News reporter
and asked if he had heard anything of the
removal of the shops from Macon. He
laughed at the idea, and said he had not
heard anything of Lt, and that the rumors
were without foundation.
“It is not probable that a road would
be spending the money that the Central
Is now putting into the Macon shops if
they intended to move them.”
This same report that the shops would
be moved to Atlanta when they were burn
ed in Macjjn several months ago, was
afloat, and originated like the last one
did, in the office of an Atlanta newspaper.
Mr. Kline stated that Macon was the
centre of the 'Central system, and it was
the utmost folly to think of moving the
shops to Atlanta, which is merely a ter
minus.
The work on the shops in Macon is be
ing pushed as rapidly as possible, and Mr.
Kline says he thinks they will be ready
in the course of six weeks.
An evidence that the Central authorities
do nog intend that the shops shall be re
moved from Macon is that 'they are being
rebuilt on a much more extensive plan
than formerly. Many improvements are
being made, which will make the shops
among the most complete in the South.
Mr. Kline says that if it. was the inten
tion of the officials to move the shops to
Atlanta, 'that he would be immediately
notified to suspend the work.
Superintendent Epperson is out of the
city.
Mr. S. R. Jaques, who is a director of
the Central railroad, was seen this morn
ing by a News reporter. He said that he
was confident that the report that the
shops of the Central railroad would be
moved from Macon was a mistake.
“There is no reason why the shops
should be moved,” he said. “They are
rebuilding the old shops which were burn
ed down and have ordered the new ma
chinery to be put in. In fact the inten
tion of the company is to improve the
Macon shops.
“You may say that I am confident ‘that
there is absolutely no truth in the report.
Macon is the natural place for the loca
tion of the shops and not Atlanta, which
a terminal point while Macon is central
and with shops at Columbus and Savan
nah the company has all the shops they
want.
“I have no reason to suppose that the
Central has any idea of even putting in
a repair shop near or in Atlanta.”
CARTER’S TRIAL
Dragged Out Its Slow Length in Savannah
This Morning.
Savannah, Jan. 21—The courtmartial of
Captain O. B. Carter dragged along slowly
today.
Mr. A. S. Cooper, assistant engineer
under the accused, was on the stand all
day. This is his second day on the stand.
His most interesting testimony was that
the Atlantic Contracting Company boosted
Captain Carter in the court of St. James
and on the Nicaraguan commission. He
reiterated the statement that the work
in the harbor was not up to the specifica
tions and he called Captain Carter’s at
tention to this without effect.
QUIET REIGNED
In the House This Morning
After the Storm,
Washington, Jan. 21—The stormy
scenes of the last few’ days in the House
were followed by a comparative quiet to
day.
At the opening of the session a bill
passed to grant the commissioners of
Dale county, Alabama, the right to con
struct two bridges across the Choetaw
hatchie river.
Under the rules this was private bill
day, but Mr. Cannon, chairman of the
committee on appropriations, antagonized
it with a motion for the consideration
Senate amendments to the urgent defi
ciency appropriation bill. His motion was
carried.
SHE SHOT HIM.
A St Louis Girl Kills Her
Sweetheart, Policeman,
and Herself.
St. Louis, Jan. 21—Richard J. Halloran,
a police officer on the local force, was
fatally shot with his own pistol an hour
after midnight this morning by Miss Nel
lie Mangan, who then turned the pistol
on herself and put a bullet in her brain.
The attempted murder and suicide was
the result of disappointed love. The shoot
ing followed a quarrel during which Miss
Mangan begged Halloran to marry her.
He refused and she in desperation began
the shooting.
For several months It has been under
stood in the neighborhood of the girl’s
home that he and Miss Mangan were en
gaged.
The patrolman walked the beat on which
the girl lived and recently it became
noised about that there had been a quar
rel and that Halloran had broken of the
engagement.
- Neither Halloran nor the young woman
can live. Halloran’s right lung is piereed.
Miss Mangan's wound is in the right
temple, '
MR. WALTHALL’S FUNERAL.
His Remains Will he Interred at Cedar
Ridge This Afternoon.
The funeral of Mr. Jack Walthall, who
died at 4 o’clock Wednesday morning at
his home in South Macon will occur this
afternoon at 3 o’clock at Cedar Ridge cem
etery.
Mr. Walthall was, up to a short time
ago a fireman on the Central Railway. A
hoet ot friends will attend the funeral.
MACON NEWS FRIDAY JANUARY 21 1898.
DANNENBERG'S
SUBSCRIPTION.
He Gives $500.00 Towards
Paying of the Mortgage
On the Hospital.
WHAT ABOUT THE ANNEX?
Is What the People Want to Know
—Mr. Gresham’s Handsome
Offer Still Holds Good.
The building of the annex of the hos
pital or the acceptance of the offer made
by M. T. B. Gresham, of Baltimore, to
build the annex as a memorial to his
father, still hangs fire.lt is a surprise to a
great many people that nothing has been
done before now, and as a matter of fact,
it is somewhat of a reflection upon Macon
that nothing is done.
Mr. Gresham’s proposition is to build an
annex to the hospital to cost anywhere
from $7,500 to SIO,OOO. In fact, he does not
place a limit on the amount to be spent.
He wants to erect a suitable memorial to
his father, who was one of Macon’s most
honored citizens. The only condition at
tached to the offer is that the people of
Macon subscribe enough to pay off the
mortgage of $3, 500 that is now hanging
over the main hospital building, which
was purchased several years ago by popu
lar subscription and mainly with the
money raised by the various circles of the
King’s Daughters in the city.
The subscription list for this amount of
$3,500 has been started by a subscription
of SSOO made by Mr. J. Dannenberg, who
has already as much, if not more, than any
one else for the hospital This subscrintion
of SSOO is a very handsome one coming
from a single individual and it does iwa
as if the balance should be forthcoming
at very short notice from those who are
interested in the hospital and who are as
well able to subscribe an amount equal to
his subscription. The annex to the hospital
is badly needed and the good work done
at the hospital since its establishment
should be sufficient to arouse enthusiasm
and enlist the sympathy of every one.
REVIVAL
At Grace Church is Still Going on With
Great Vigor.
Rev. .1. L. Morrell, the interesting
speaker, the eloquent preacher and the
great revivalist, the useful man, preached
last night to the largest audience since
the protracted services began at Grace
church. His text was from 1 Peter 4th
chapter, 17-th 'and 18th verses, “For the
time is come that the judgment must be
gin at the house of God: and If it first be
gin at us, what shall the end be of them
that obey not the gospel of God? If the
righteous shall scarcely Ibe saved, where
shall the ungodly and sinner appear?”
“There is going to be a judgment day.
There may not be a tomorrow. It is said
that tomorrow never comes. But there
will be a judgment day, for God’s word so
declares, and this judgment will begin at
the house of God. It is necessary that
judgment begin at the house of God to
show that God is just. Judgment will be
gin with the preachers; God wilj have it
out with them. The preachers have re
sponsibilities enough and they must meet
these responsibilities. A young preacher
complained to an older one that he 'had
such small crowds to hear him preach,
when the old preacher said, you will find
at the judgment day that your crowd will
be as large as you will care te be respon
sible for. The more .people that come out
t hear a preacher the greater is his re
sponsibility. Don’t you bother .your head
about the preachers. God will have it out
with them.
I don’t like to run down church people,
for they are .the best people we have, but
they might be better. The church is the
place for a man that wants to do better,
that wants t go to heaven. You ought to
join the church and you ought to be con
verted. There are a .great many people
in the church who were converted, and
who have fallen away. The Baptists and
the Presbyterians call it backsliding and
slipping up, the Methodists call it falling
from grace. I reckon it is all about the
same thing. God says, because ye are
neither hot nor cold, I will spew the out of
my mouth. God compares the backslider
to the hog that returns to his wallow, and
the dog that returns to his vomit. These
folks are in the 'house of the Lord today,
and will be until the judgment day. There
are a great many in the church who are
mad with each other, and cross with each
other. There are extortioners and swind
lers in the church, but .the church rep
resents Christ on the earth, and as imper
fect as it is, it is the best we have. We
are pjresuming too much. This old world
is going to hell on presumption. We are
presuming on God’s love and mercy, but
God is a God of justice also; he is a God
of equal pjarts. The judgment is going to
come to you when death comes. Are you
ready for the judgment. Death will settle
the judgment for you and for me. If the
judgment trumpet were to sound tonight
would you and I be? If we were driven
away from the presence of God, we would
look up through the smoke of heli and say,
that God was just. God’s mercy can't go
beyond his justice.
Besides being a God of justice and mer
cy, he is also a God of justice and wrath.
God says come unto me all ye that labor
and are heavy laden, and you won’t come!
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you
shall be saved, and you won’t do it. Seek
first the kingdom of God and his right
eousness. and you won’t obey him! God
says to the backslider, return unto me and
I will return unto you, and you won’t
come back. God specifies rhe time for all
this, and says, now is the time. Seek me
while I may be found. Call upon me while
I am near, implying that there is a time
when he may not be found. Unrepentant
sinners are hair-hung and breeze-shaken
right over hell -now, and liable to drop at
any time. If the righteous scarcely be
saved, where shall the sinner and the un
godly appear? In the great judgment day
the sinners will appaer on the left hand of
God. and what shall they hear? Depart
from me ye curbed into everlasting fire,
prepared for the devil and his angels. God
pity you, and God have mercy on you.”
A large part of the congregation remain
ed to the after service, and the altar was
thrice filled with penitents. A noticeable
feature of the revival is the large number
of men that attend the services, who are
not in the habit of going to church, and
among these have been the brightest con
versions.
Preaching every morning at 9:30 and
every night at 7:30 by Mr. Morrell.
TELLERS RESOLUTION.
Washington. Jan. 21 —The Senate has
agreed to vote on the Teller resolution
next Thursday before adjournment.
DANGER PAST.
Louisville, Jan. 21—All danger of a flood
here is now believed to be over, as the
river is at a stand with twenty-five feet
six inches in the canal and fifty-one feet
two inches at the foot of the locks.
$1.50 SHIRTS FOR sl.
Forced sale. Too many shirts. Phillips.
A
MARRIED LAST NIGHT.
Mrs. Halstead and Doctor J. M. Head Part
ners for Life.
At the residence of Rev. H. C. Combs,
pastor of the Christian church. Dr. J. M.
Head and Mrs. Anie Worwthington Hal
stead were quietly married last night.
The announcement that the marriage
was to come off was made in The News
yesterday afternoon.
Dr. and Mrs. Head are today receiving
the congratulations of their many Friends.
QUIETLY MARRIED.
Miss Allene Wood and Mr. George Birdsong
Are Man and Wife.
Miss Alice Wood and Mr. George Bird
song were quietly married on Wednesday
night at the residence of Mr. Lee Gooding
in South 'Macon.
The bride ic the charming daughter of
Sergeant Charlie Wood of the police force,
and Mr. Birdsong is a prosperous farmer
at Tobesofkee.
The marriage of -the young people was
a surprise to their friends and they are
now receiving congratulations on all sides.
APPLY FOR CHARTER.
The Macon Carnival Association to Be Le
gally Organized.
The application for a charter for the
Macon Carnival Asoclatlon appears in The
News today.
As seton as the charter is granted the as
sociation will commence the work of se
curing subscriptions to the stock of the
company.
Everyone in -Macon will be asked to
subscribe and it I’s expected that the inter
est in the next carnival wifi induce every
one to take stock,
CANDY PULLING.
Given Last Night at the Residence of Miss
Bella Richter.
A delightful party and candy pulling
was given last night at the residence of
Miss Bella Richter, which was largely at
tended by her many friends.
The evening was r.io-.t thoroughly en
joyed. Games w< r? play d up to 10 o’clock
and then the candy pulling was com
menced.
IMr. Zogalsberger was the Hon of the
evening and was especially useful at the
candy pulling,
burney“Ts~dead.
Well Known Newspaper Man
Died This Morning at
Forsyth.
1 SOUGHT HIS OLD HOME
foDieandbs Buried—Among His
Friends, but With No Relative
Near He Passed Away.
Forsyth, Ga., Jan. 21. —Tom Burney, one
of the best known newspaper men in the
state, died at the Hook’s house here this
morning at 6 o’clock.
Mr. Burney was 65 years of age. He
was a member of a noted Georgia family
and was a native of Monroe county, where
'he spent 'his boyhood days.
He came here on Tuesday last -and an
nounced to his friends that he had come
home to die and be burled at the home of
his boyhood and among the friends of his
youth,
■A physician was summoned and he in
formed .Mr Burney and his friends that he
was in imminent danger and could not live
long.
The announcement did not seem to sur
prise of discompose the man who ha.l just
heard his doom. He maintained -hh nerve
and consciousness to the last.
It was pathetic to see the map whom
everyone knew and loved so well with no
relatives beside his bed, in the town where
he had lived in affluence and happiness.
But he had friends who remained by his
bedside and ministered to his every com
fort until the eid came this mormug.
Mr. Burney ’has been identified as a
newspaper iran with ithe leading newspa
pers of t’he state. For some time he has
been a traveling representative of the At
lanta Journal. He was a man universally
loved and had as many friends as any man
in the state.
His father, Dr. S. W. -Burney, was a cit
izen of Munroe and a man of great influ
ence in his day.
A representative of the Atlanta Jour
nal will reach here this afternoon and
take charge of the body.
The funeral will take place tomorrow in
the cemetery here.
SAFE ROBBED.
Western Produce Co. Had
Some Money Stolen.
A few nights ago some one entered the
side door of the store occupied by the Wes
tern Produce Company on Fourth street
and robbed the safe of S3B in silver.
The entrance into the store was evident
ly effected by some one familiar with the
premises, and who, also, knew the com
bination of the safe, as no force was used
to break it open.
The police were notified of the theft
and an investigation was commenced at
once.
Suspicion pointed to the negro porter,
and the police were soon coivinced that he
was the guilty party, but his employers
did not think so, and did not have him ar
rested. Sufficient proof may be found to
cause his arrest later.
groverTgame.
The Ex-President Buys a Pre
serve and is Stocking
It Well.
Trenton, N. J., Jan. 21 —Grover Cleve
land has purchased a tract of land near
Princeton, N. J., to be used as -a game
preserve.
The tract consists of elghty-five acres
for which S9OO was paid. It is full of rab
bits and quail, but Mr. Cleveland intends
to stock it with good game and put a
pretty little lodge house upon It.
Mr. Cleveland will have the reserve
ready by next fall and Is already prepar
ing to purchase quail, pheasant, part
ridges, snipe, woodcock, rabbits, foxes,
spulrrels and English bares.
I, C, DE LEON
ON THEJRNIVL
The Well Known Author and
Carnival Builder Tells
What He Found
ON A VISIT TO MACON. '
He Says the Carnival is Going to Be
a Big Thing and He is Right
Macon Streets.
The following taken from the Atlanta
Journal of yesterday shows what an inter
est outsiders are taking in the carnival:
“Macon has already announced her dia
mond jubilee carnival, to mark the 75th
year of her city-hood; but no details could
be obtained, as its projectors refused to
talk, even to their own newspapers, fur
ther than to say that it would be the big
gest .x:..i most elaborate carnival ever seen
in Georgia.
“Mr. T. C. DeLeon returned this morn
ing from a short trip to Macou. A report
er of the Journal -found him and asked if
he had heard anything about the carnival.
He promptly replied:
"I heard very little about anything else.
The great, and perhaps unexpected, suc
cess of her first atempt last year and its
direct business result to her business of all
kinds, has set bhe town wild with carnival
fever. But she has no suspicious symp
toms, and no quarantine about it. In the
hotels, offices -and business houses the car
nival bobs up in every conversation on
any topic whatsoever. 'Hackmen, bankers
and bootblacks talk or “der carnival,” as
these last call it, as though it were next
mouth, instead of being a half year off.
They are discounting the great profit and
the greater usufruct in 'advertising the'ir
city; and all Macon is in a blaze of en
thusiasm, and, so far as I could learn, in
steady, practical and clear headed prepar
ation. But the managers have set 'the seal
of the Sphinx upon their intents and their
lips are as little vocal as those of what is
so far settled and certain.
“The Diamond Jubilee Carnival will
cover four days of the third October week.
The first will be a grand civic, military
and society parade, with special attrac
tions for bhe night. The second day will
see the finest trades display pageant ever
put upon the Southern streets, with band
concerts 'and fire works at night. The
third even will be floral carnival day, and
will be devoted to amplification and im
provement of her recent great success in
that line. That night there will be a mag
nificent ball, but I could not learn whether
it would be Queen Flora’s coronation, or
something similar. That it will be a great
social function, and will reach out for its
assistants all over the state, I gathered,
but cannot affirm. Then w'ill come the
fourth and last day. For this are reserved
the most elaborate and brilliant features
of the whole four days’ carnival; but of
their nature and detail no -man is'permi tted
a hint (and I need not add, no woman.)
The executive committee seems as wise
and secret as a Masonic lodge; but it
seems to have its ramifications as far
reaching and as effr'iniYe. Its president is
Mr. E. A. Waxelbaum; vice presidents,
Frank Benson and Wallace E. MaGaw;
secretary, -M. P. Calloway; treasurer, Mal
lory Taylor. This committee has subdivi
ded itself into sub-oommittees on every
possible, branch of the work under these
chairman: Publicity and promotion, Geo.
A. Macdonald; finance, Ellis M. Talbott;
military, C. M. Wiley; trades parade, N.
M. Block; floral carnival, Azel Freeman;
carnival ball, Charles 11. Hall, Jr.; amuse
ments, Henry -Horne; railroads, T. J. Car
ling; invitations, Roland Ellis; Macon
day, Gustavus C. Mat-thews.
“I met soem of these gentlemen, but
while they talked freely of their great com
ing fes'ival, not one of them admitted that
he knew any more of its details than did
the Brown House porter, whose first quer
ry to me at the depot was whether I was
coming back to the ‘carnival.’ But if en
thusiasm be any index of finance, there is
no limit to the money the tidy little city
will raise for this greatest event of her
civic life of three quarters of a century.
And all seem to have but one idea—suc
cess and aid to its making. I may -add
right here that had there been the same
Unity es action, direct energy and liber
ality of contribution in Atlanta, Mr. Hen
ry Grady’s committee of years gone, or
Mr. Tom Felder’s of more recent date,
would have shown in the Gate City the
most magnificent carnival the world has
ever seen,
“Yes, Macon Is in a blaze of enthusiasm
and a hubbub of -preparation for her Octo
ber show, which cannot but make It a
great and paying success all along the
line. The c'ity is steadily improving, es
pecially in the matter of paving. The
congreate squares she is laying along her
principal streets is lengthening dally. Be
tween the blocks (laid on barred concrete)
ehipped granite is pounded; the whole is
rolled and fine gravel forced into the fis
sures under a thin coat of earth. This
makes an eternal paving, as smooth as a
billiard table and absolutely noiseless. My
visit was brief and very busy, but every
where I saw evidences of solid, conserva
tive progress. The number of tidy small
dwellings going up on the suburbs struck
me as specially noteworthy. The four
bookstores seem busy, and are well stocked;
and the public library, under the direction
of its cultured and energetic librarian,
-Mrs. N. L. Barbrey, should be the pride it
is to the city.
LITERARY CIRCLE
Os Mulberry Street Epworth
League Will Meet Tonight.
An interesting meeting o-f the literary
circle, composed of the junior members of
the Mulberry Street Methodist church Ep
worth League, will be held in -the annex
of the church tonight from 8 to 10 o’clock.
The subject of -the evening’s program
will be Lanier and Harris, and the lot
lowrng program has been arranged:
Chariot Race, Orchestra.
Praise Him, Chorus by Lt ague.
Our League, Julia Paterson.
“Huzza,” Quartette, by boys.
Essay o« Joel Candler Harris, Will
Jones,
Story of the War, John Peete.
Suwanee River, Orchestra.
Uncle Remus and the Convert, Jessie
Hatfield.
Boulanger, Orchestra.
Essay on Lanier, Clay Murphy.
My Springs, Howell Erm Inger.
There may be eyes as brightly beaming,
Gladys Parker.
How Love Looked for Hell, Madge Pat
terson.
Come, Oh come with Me. Chorus.
The Revenge of Hannsli, John Bonnell.
Joyfully Sing, Chorus.
Closing remarks, Louis Sheppard.
“Italian Berlin,” Orchestra.
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business al the old stand yet. We have
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In Work
for which we are thankful, is
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still strive to give the same eminent sat
isfaction that we always have in turning
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