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ESTABLISHED 1884.
WAR SENTIMENT
SEIZES ENGLAND.
I Everywhere the Announce-
■ meet of Hicks Beach is
Endorsed.
Iwim TALKS STRAIGHT
I And the People are Aflame With
I the Sentiment that the Lion’s
Tail Can’t be Twisted.
Ix>n<! >n, Jan. 22.—There has been a
, qui k ami pt neral endorsement in all parts
of th country of the firm declaration that
,wa- modi' by the chancellor of the ex
chequer, Sir Michael Hleks-tßeach at
Swansea on Monday last, setting forth
that the British government was deter
mine.l even at the cost of war, that the
.. <! crs of Chinese commerce should not be
ehut to Great Britain.
A wave of patriotism that is now sweep
h: - over the land finds an echo In every
public ae.-< mblage where any allusion to
Gnat Britain's attitude is enthusiastically
applau-dcd, while patriotic songs at the
«nu»ic halls et the audiences wild with war
like fervor.
In the meanwhile the party leaders are
outdoing each other In following the lead
of Sir Michael Hicks-Beach.
From the tone which has characterized
the oratory for the last few days one would
imagine that Great Britain is about to
take up arms against the world.
Secretary of State for the Colonies, Jo- '
..'-• jit Chamberlain, followed the chancellor I
.' of the exchequer with the virtual an- !
nouncement that Great Britain had re- '
e.dved to act In the far east independent
I of the concert of powers.
F Mr. Herbert Henry Asqulsh, former
I home secretary, as spokesman of the op
position, made> it clear that the liberals
cordially endorsed the government's posi
tion and the speech of the commander-in
chief of the army, Lord Wolsely, at a '
banquet In London on Thursday, when he
a. crtel that If Great Britain declared
war tomorow s'ae could have two of t'he j
finest snd -vast fully equiped army corps
in readiness at any British port before the i
ships could be prepared to embark them,
h i . also had a reassuring effect, while
then is a decided improvement in th.
outlook in tlie Indian rebellion has been
a great relief to the government.
. PLANT DENIES
That H e Has Anything to Do
| With the Suggestion to
Enlarge the Lanier.
i Mr. Giorge Plant was seen by a News
r n , orti r today in regard to the statement
which appeared in the morning paper to
B" i'.-. effect that he was behind a movement
t.> exit ad the Hotel Lanier and make a
3’o room Tie.t. 1 out of it.
The stall m> nt was minute in detail,
and went o fa? ;« to map out the plans
it. luding flower gardens, conservatory,
etc.
Wl.i n approat hed on the subject. Mr.
Plant it.'.ihd and >aid it was a fairy tale
Mr. Plan: said he had a conversation
Mr. Newcomb, the present manager
cf the Hotel Lanier, who is given ®s au
thc; i'y icr the statement that Mr. Plant
was behind the movement, a few days
ago. but. the only reference he made to
mh a thing was merely to suggest that
ic the Lanier was well located, it would
b? n good idea to enlarge the building.
I have no Idea of building a hotel,”
said Mr. Plant, “and am sure that what
1 said to Mr. Newcomb could not be con
st: u.d into a. statement that I would take
p:.-t in such a scheme. I don’t think Mr.
Newcomb would make such a statement
from what I said to him: I have no idea,
and never have had. of going into a
s.d‘ me to build a large hotel myself."
The story printed this morning was a
good free advertisement—nothing more.
PEPPERY DAY
In the Carter Tria! and It Gets Darker for
Him.
Savannah, Jan. 22. —There was a very
pippery session of the Carter courtmartiai
tris morula. A. S. Cooper, the engineer
who was on the stand yesterday and oa
Thursday, was put back far a short time.
He was followed by Paul E. Twiggs, who
had been Inspector under Captain Carter.
Tills witness gave testimony similar to
that already heard. He said that the mat
tresses that were placed in the river to
deepen the harbor were not such as the
specifications required.
Twiggs sprung a sensation under cross
examination by counsel for the accused.
He said that he had testified that he would
not believe A. S. Cooper on oath because
hi had lied on him some months ago. and
got him discharged. He believed that
Cooper made a false report to Captain
Carter about him at the time.
Recently Cooper had sought him and
denied making a false report. Witness was
not prepared to state now whether Cooper
or Cap:ain Carter had deceived him. He
i was in doubt about this point. Captain
Carter claims to have read a report from
■ Cooper when he discharged Twiggs, but
R Cooper now denies he made any written
|R report.
L. M. Hall, inspector, followed Twiggs.
W His testimony was relative to the poor
condition of the mattresses built.
THE MACON MAVS.
MRS. CHL ACCEPTS.
W fe of the Ex-Ambassador to Germany Will
Be President.
Chicago, Jan. 22—Mrs. Edwin F. Uhl,
wife of the ex-embassador to Germany,
has -ignified by a cable her willingness
to accept the nomination for president of
the projected federation of amateur mu
sical clubs.
The decision was made known by Mrs.
Uhl’s resopnse to a direct Inquiry made
by members of the various Amateur Mu
sical Clubs.
Mrs. Uhl is now about to return to
America and her agreement to accept the
nomination should it be tendered her has
i met with marked approval.
MRS. BINGHAM DEAD.
She Was a Daughter of the Late Senator
H. B. Payne.
Cleveland, Jan. 22 —A telegram from
Palm Beach, Fla., announces the death
at that place of Mrs. Mary Paine Bingham
of this city. Mrs. Bingham was the daugh
ter of the late Senator Henry B. Payne.
Mrs. Bingham's husband and children
were with her when she died, as also her
only surviving brother, Col. Oliver Hazard
I’.yne, of New York, and her neice, Mrs.
Alnieric Hugh Paget, daughter -of the late
M; <. William C. Whitney, Mrs. Bingham’s
only sister.
ALLEN COMPLIMENTED.
The Ladies Give Him Roses for His Defense
of Woman’s Honor.
Washington, Jan. 22—On the desk of
Mr. /Allen, of Nebraska, at the opening of
today’s session was a stand of beautiful
American Beauty and Brides roses as “a
testimonial from the ladies of departments
for your noble and brave defense of wo
man's honor.”
Mr. Allen championed the cause of Mrs.
M. E. Roberts, who was summarily dis
missed from the pension office.
BRIBERY CHARGES
Are Still Being Investigate by
the Committee at Cin
cinnati.
Cincinnati, Jan. 22 —The legislative com
mittee that arrived from Columbus yes
terday continued the investigation today
of the Otis charges of bribery in the re
cent election for United States senator.
Representative Otis, who resides here
and who made the charges of bribery was
not present at the sessions of the commit
tie. The other members of the legislature
from this county were spectators at the
inv-. stigation.
Representatives Rutan, Spellmyer, and
K'l.nty, of the House investigating com
mittee were present with Senators Kurk,
Long, Robertson, Finck and Garfield.
During the examinations Representa
tives Boxwell and Rankin, of Fayette,
were again absent.
Horace D. Dunbar, president and man
ager of the Gibson house, who was ex
amined at length last night, was recalled.
He produced further records showing that
Henry H. Boyce, of Naw York, H. H.
Hollenbeck, of Charter Columbus, Jarred
P. Bliss, of Columbus, and others were
connected on both sides with the senatorial
cent's, at Columbus, were guests at the
Gibson house from January 7 to 10. •
Dunbar testified last night that J. H.
Boyce had a key to his private office up
stairs in the house and used the private
tel' phone while the clerks had the con
versations taken down from the telephone
in the general office down stairs.
Today Dunbar presented the unpaid
telephone bills of Boyce. By Boyce using
the private telephone in the Gibson house
i the telephone company had trouble in
m 'king out his bills. The telephone bills
i presented to Dunbar for payment were
■ produced.
These bills gave the records when
Boyce, Allen, Omyers, and others in Cin
cinnati called up Dick. Rathbone, Kurtz,
' Allen 0. Omyers, Sr., and others in Co
lumbus giving the time and charges.
Dunbar then testified further to the con
versations which he gave in evidence last
night as taking place between his hotel
. in Cincinnati and the senatorial managers
i in Columbus.
WON’T BE EDWARDS,
So a Prominent Macon Rep
resentative Emphatically
Declares.
“You may say,” said a prominent Ma
con Republican today, "that the report in
this morning’s paper relative to the Ma
con postmastership is utterly without
foundation. There is no danger that Mr.
Edwards will be appointed over Mr. Cor
bett.”
"You may say. in fact, that the presi
dent will not allow a few men to sneak
Mr. Edwards up to the Republican pie
counter through the kitchen window; he
will not appoint a .non-resident postmas
ter at Macon. Mr. EStwards claims to
have voted for McKinley in Hancock
county, where he now resides.”
"What about Major Hanson’s remark
about “trumped up charges,” was asked.
“I don't know. No charges have been
filed against Mr. Edwards. He will not
be defeated that way.
“But this I know, he will- not be ap
pointed postmaster at Macon. The presi
dent is not going to deceive his best
friends in Macon. And the president’s
best friends here expect Mr. Corbett's ap
pointment. and will continue to expect it.
"You may say further that Mr. Corbett
would not accept appointment as custom
house officer at Atlanta. I know this be
yond a question. He only wants and will
get the Macon postmastership.”
MACON NEWS SATURDAY JANUARY 22 1898.
DOLE DECLINES
AN INTERVIEW,
But He Talks a Little About
the Hawaiian Annex
ation Plan.
BACON'S AMEHDMEMT
Is Discussed—He Says that if the
Matter Goes to the People of
Hawaii it Will Be Adopted.
Chicago, Jan. 22 —A special to the Re
cord from Green River, Wyoming, says:
“As the east bound Union Pacific Limi
ted was crossing Utah, Wyoming, a
Boundary reporter had the opportunity of
meeting President Sanford B. Dole, of
the Hawaiian republic and for an hour
or so rode with him on his journey toward
•he capital, where the fate of the new
republic is being decided.
President Dole said: “I have studiously
refrained from according interviews to
the press on annexation or upon matters
bearing upon it since reaching the United
States. The question is now before the
senate of the United States and I do not
deem it politic to express my views at
this time.”
When asked what powers had been del
egated him for his present mission, Dole
said:
“No special powers have been granted
me. My visit to the United States is
deemed advisable by the council cf state
and is strongly urged by many of cur in
fiutntial citizens outside of the govern
ment.
“I doubt if any powers could be dele
gated to me unless by cur legislature,
which does not meet until February 16.
“If the treaty with Hawaii is ratified
by the United States senate without
amandment, no further legislative action
is necessary. If amended it would have
to be ratified by our senate and myself as
president.’
President Dole’s attention was called to
the Bacon amendment to relegate the
matter to a vote of Hawaiian citizens and
was asked whether or not annexation
would be endorsed at Hawaiian polls.
“That is a question I would not care to
answer, but I think the friends cf annex
ation in the island are certain it would
be adopted by a large .majority of citi
zens,” answered the president.
ODDS AND ENDS
Os Legislation Were Gleaned
up in the House Today—
Hitt’s Report,
Washington. Jan. 22. —In t'he house to
day some odds and ends of legislation were
cleaned up by unanimous consent. Hitt,
chairman of the foreign affairs committee,
submitted a privileged report from his
committee recommending the passage of a
resolution of inquiry requesting the state
department to transmit to the house all in
formation in its possession relative to the
military execution of Colonel Ruiz, a
Spanish envoy to the insurgent camp of
Aranguez. The resolution was adopted
without discussion.
Hitt also reported back, with unfavora
ble recommendation, Teller’s resolution
calling on the state deparrment for a draft
of the Hawaiian annexation treaty, and
for information as to what constitutional
authority the president had to contract for
the payment of the Hawaiian debt of $4,-
000,000 out of the public treasury.
Hitt explained that the resolution had
been offered at the last session, and as the
treaty had been made public, there was no
necessity for its passage.
The resolution of Teller, providing that
the bonds of the United States may be
paid in silver dollars, was laid before the
senate, and in accordance with the notice
given yesterday, Stewart, Populist, of Ne
vada, addressed the senate.
He said that the disregard of the reso
lution, which was already a law of the
United States, had brought many calam
ities upon the land and that the results of
such disregard had been disastrous and
lamentable. He attributed the panic of
IS?3 directly to the disregard of this law.
SYLVESTER ROCCO.
Leaves on Monday an a Visit to His Old
Home.
Sylvester Rccco. the well known Italian
fruit dealer, will leave for Sicily on Mon
day.
Sylvester has been a resident of Macon
for the last nine years, and has been in
Georgia for twelve.
•Rocco came to this country from the
neighborhood of Naples, where he has rel
atives now living. Since coming to Ma
con he has done well at the fruit stand
business and has acquired a very nice
amount of the world's goods.
He returns to his native country for
only a few months in order to settle up
some matters in which he is interested
and to see his kinfolks and then he will
return to America never to return to the
sunny shores of the Mediterranean.
CABINET MET.
London, Jan. 22—The cabinet met today
with a full attendance and discussed the
I far eastern question,
BOY AND PISTOL.
Young Sewell Dute Shot in the Head by
Another Small Boy.
Lake Sewell Dure, the 6-year-old son of
Mr. George Dure, was shot in the forehead
this morning by a bullet from the pistol of
another boy, wha ran up and pointing the
pistol at him, fired and ran.
The pistol was a crude affair evidently
and the bullet only entered a sort distance
below the skin. The ball was extracted
and this afternoon the boy is doing well.
No one seems to know the name of the
boy who fired the shot. He was apparent
ly about ten years of age and was not with
the boys who were playing with the Dure
boy.
After firing the shot he ran away.
POSTPONED AGAIN.
Report of the Epworth League Building
Committee Deferred.
A meeting of the local executive com
mittee of the (Epworth League of Macon
was held this morning in the office
of Messrs. Dasher, Park & Gerdine. The
object cf the meeting was to receive the
report of the committee appointed to ar
range a place for the holding of the meet
ings of the state convention which will
be in session here in 'April.
The committee again asked for more
time in which to make their report, as
■they had not decided definitely yet. They
have several plans on foot, but so far have
not decided which is the most (feasible.
Next Wednesday morning another meet
ing of the local executive committee will
■be held, at which time the report will be
made.
NO RESULT YET.
Annapolis, Jan. 22 —The eighth ballot
for United States senator today at noon
resulted McComas 46, Gorman 46, Shaw
16, Shrock 2, Findlay 3. Total 113.
IT’S A FACT.
$1.50 Manhattan shirts sl. Phillips.
OVER A CHICKEN,
An Angry Woman With a Pis-
• tol an Avenger of Its
Untimely Death.
An interesting case came up for trial
in Judge C. C. Balkeom’s court yesterday
afternoon in which Mrs. J. C. Singley was
charged with carrying concealed weapons
and pointing a pistol at another. The
charge was preferred by M. Benson Strip
ling, and behind the charge is a story of
absorbing interest.
Mrs. Singley is the pretty, as well as
the plucky, wife cf J. T. Singley, yard fore
man of the Southern railway.
The trouble all grew out of the death
of a chicken, which Mrs. Singley alleges
Stripling killed. AH of the parties live in
East Macon, and Mrs. Singley says she
has missed chickens for some time. She
thought she had proof that Stripling was
responsible for the death of the last high
ly prized pullet.
The evidence was that she concealed a
pistol in her bosom and proceeded to look
or Mr. Stripling.*She soon found him and
invited him to step out so that she could
get a bead on him and produced the pis
tol. Mr. Stripling had an aversion to look
ing down a pistol barrel with two black
eyes of an angry little woman glancing
along the sights, so he kept out cf the
way.
He came to the city and swore out a
warrant for Mrs. Singley for carrying con
cealed weapons and pointing a pistol at
him.
Judge Ba’kcom bound Mrs. Singley over
under a S2OO bond.
FOR MERCER.
Good Work is Being Done in
All the Churches of
Georgia.
The crusade for Mercer University is
now being pushed all over the state, and
especially at Macon.
During the month cf December, 1897,
collections at all the Baptist churches were
given to (Mercer University. The amount
was quite a nice sum.
The greatest rally that has yet been held
in Macon for the benefit of Mercer will be
that held at the First Baptist church 'to
morrow night.
At that meeting several of the most
prominent citizens of Macon, who have the
university’s welfare at heart, will make
Earnest speeches, soliciting the help cf the
Baptists of Macon. At present no one will
be called on for financial aid. It is the
purpose of those who have inaugurated the
crusade in favor of Mercer to stir up in
terest in the college and help keep up the
record the college has made in the past
year or two.
Every ■Sunday services are held in some
of the Baptist churches of Macon at which
time earnest talks are made for Mercer
and enthusiasm stirred up.
The rally at the First Baptist church
tomorrow night will be largely attended,
and it is hoped that it will result in much
good for Mercer.
DR. LOVE DEAD.
The Well Known Mason Died
in Atlanta this Morning.
Atlanta, Jan. 22. —Dr. William A. Love,
one of the foremost Masons in the United
, States and one of the oldest and best
known physicians in the south, died today
■ at his residence here, aged 74.
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business at the old stand yet. We have
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