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ESTABLISHED 1884.
SIX FIREMEN
BURNEDTO DEATH
The District Chief Met His
Fate With His Men in a
Boston Fire.
ROOF FELL 111 Oil THEM
While They Were Working in the
Fourth Story of the Build
ing.
'Box’on. Feb. 5 -The bodies of six fire
in< n, among them District Chief Egan,
have just been taken from the ruins of
the ll> nt building, which took fire al 4
o’clock this morning.
The are: John F. Egan,
J.»mcs Victory, captain of engines 38
and 39.
George J. Gotwald, lieutenant of engine
38.
Patrick H. Disken, hoseman.
John J. Mulheron, fireman.
W. J. Walsh, host man.
Four other firemen were hurled in the
ruins, but they escaped with more or less
serious Injurious injuries. They are Jos.
M. Garrity, captain of engine No. 7,
Thomas E. Conway, hoscnian; T. J. Do
herty, and Edward Shea.
The building burned was a five-story
structure on Merrimac street occupied by
G. W. Bent & Co, manufacturers of beds,
bedding, etc.
The tire is supposed to have started in
the rear of 4lie fourth story. The firemen
hail entered a window ami were at work
on the fourth floor when the roof collapsed,
tearing away the top floor and >the one on
which the firemen were engaged, burying
them beneath it.
ROSY VIEW
Is Taken by Visitng President Dole Who
Thinks Annexation Will Win.
Washington. Feb. & —President Dole, of
the Hawaiian Republic is enjoying his
•nay in Washington, and is hftpeful lA
achievement of the purposes of his mis
sion.
A state dinner was given Wednesday
evening at the White House and a public
reception tin* evening following. Last
Thutsday evening Mr. Hatch, the Ha
waiian minister to Washington, gave a
dinner. That is as far as the public pro
gram has been made out thus far.
As to the advancement of the important
objects of his mission. President Dole says
that he was pleased with the progress al
ready made.
He said that by his presence here he
had been cnabb d to gain a clear .tud cer
\ tain knowledge of the general situation in
and throughout -the United
■State.- —such a knowledge as he could not
Wave gained by correspondence however,
full and accurate.
But he said that his interview with
President McKinley is yet to take place,
and to that Interview he, of course. looks
for .he accomplishment of the chief ob
jects of his mission.
The i?.terview necessarily will be con
fide n. ..I. V: the state dinner tomorrow
evening ;U.r. will be toasts responded to
by the tu;> presidents. Their uterances
will be sea tiud by the public with close
att< ti. inn for some hint as to what has
been agreed upon by the two presidents in
their preceding interview.
If not then and thus, there is likely to
be no divulgation whatever of the agree
ments reached in the interview, nor even
of the topics discussed.
President Dole said that the date of his
leaving Washington on his return will be
nex: Monday. that the route likely will
l>e v the Southern Pacific and that the
return is expected to be without stoppage
or interruption.
President and Mrs. Dole and the mem
bers of their party are well.
was noTibel.
Sensational Suit Against the
Minneapolis Times.
Minneapolis, Feb. s.—The greatest libel
suit ever tried in Minneapolis has come
to an end with a verdict of not guilty.
The action was brought by the Minneap
olis Trust Do. against the Minneapolis
Times. W. E. Haskell, its manager, and
criminal pre. cution by indictment The
ease has been on trial for two months
and the jury after being out 24 hours
brought in a verdict of not guiltv as to
the defendant Haskell, which will settle
all the cases. The indictment grew out
of an editorial comment by the Times
on the conduct of the Minneapolis Trust
Co. as trustee of certain West Pullman
bonds set apart as the assets of a defunct
guarantee loan company.
POOLROOM BILL.
Frankfort. Ky.. Feb. s.—The Bronston
poolroom bill passed the senate today and
was sent to the house. The bill not only
makes pool selling a felony except on the
race courses, but excludes foreign books
even there.
GREATEST LIVING AMERICAN AU
THOR.
On Leo XIII. in the Vatican Tuesday
night.
THE MACON NEWS.
DIRECTOR SMITH
Os the Bureau of American
Republics Dies at Miami.
i Washington, Feb. s—Mr. Joseph P.
I Smith, director of the Bureau of American
i Republics, died this morning at Miami,
Fla., of heart failure.
He had been well) known in Ohio poli
tics for many years before coming to
Washington on the inauguration of Presi
dent McKinley.
For many years he published a Republi
can newspaper in several Ohio towns, and
espoused McKinley and the protective
tariff.
After McKinley’s defeat as a member
of congress from the Panton, 0., district,
by reason a gerrymander, he immediately
put the president’s name at the heads of
the columns of his papers for the Repub
' Mean nomination for governor.
When .McKinley was elected, Mr. Smith
■ was chosen state librarian. He and Presi
( dent McKinley were intimate friends po
litically. and when McKinley was inaug
urated he tendered Mr. Smith the office
he held at the time of his death.
The best time to advertise Is all the
time.
KILLED - THEM - BOTH
A Coal Miner Shot His Wife
and Her Paramour.
Charleston, W. Va., Feb. s—Georges—George P.
Tucker, a coal miner at Crescent, Fayette
county, went home at noon yesterday and
found his wife with William McAllister.
'He fired four shots, killing both his wife
and McAllister instantly.
He then walked two miles to Montgom
ery and gave himself up to the officers.
Mrs. Tucker was the mother of three
grown children, who lived at home. She
was 41 years of age. McAllister was 22.
KEEP THEM AWAY,
Would Be Act of Charity to
Stop the Rush.
Washington, Feb. 4.—The most discour
aging news to intending gold-seekers in
Alaska comes to the war department in
the official reports of Captain P. H. Ray,
brought out by E. Hazard Wells, Alaska
> ' corespondent for the Scripps-Meßae
! League.
Adjutant General Breck has received the
i following dispatch from Major Robinson,
( guartermaster at Seattle:
■j ’’Complying with telegram of today,
' 'five lebtefs and packages from Cap
tain P. H. Ray, addressed to you in bands
i of Special Courier E. H. Wells, intercep
ted by me. Substance as follows:
j “The latest, which bear dates of No
vember 2 and 3, refer to action and at-
’ tepted robbery of caches and recommends
: that the United States government take
| steps to effectually check immigration to
j the interior of Alaska of all persons not
fully supplied to last two years.
i | “He gives as reasons that there is no
way to earn a living and that no placer
I laws have been made within the last eight
1 months, either in Alaska or the Northwest
Territory. There is no employment for
i any large number of people in any capac
ity. All values are speculative. There is
1 no fixed standard for labor.
| “There is not now. or likely to be with
i in twelve months, adequate or sufficient
means of supplying the people now in
j Alaska of Northwest Territory.
“Captain. Ray is of the opinion that only
about seven per cent of all the people
who have entered during the past winter
have earned their living, and hundreds are
now scattered along the river destitute of
i food, clothing and money.
• “People coming in have not had the
faintest conception of what to do to earn
a living, and. after spending the money
they bring, become dazed and helpless.
1 “He states that the rush will be so great
the next year that any step that will pre
vent people from coming in their igno
rance, will be an act of charity.
“In view of recent developments and
knowledge that the lawless are banding to
gether along the river for the purpose of
robbery. Captain Ray renews his sugges
tion that the government place on the
river small, light draft steamers, with
high power, armed and used to patrol the
river, and also the placing of detachments
of troops as the movement of people may
demand.
, “He recommends a preliminary survey
from Cook’s Inlet to the interior for all
! American roads.”
I
LITERARY TREAT OF THE SEASON
Marion Crawford Tuesday night.
IN TRAINING.
i Lynwood Bright Is Preparing to Meet Ton
Bosworth at Americus.
Lynwood Bright, who has accepted the
[ challenge of Tom Bosworth, of Americus,
j to ride a mile, is now preparing for the
race which wjjl take place the latter part
of the month.
' Considerable interest is being evinced
in this race, and a large party of Maeon-
< ites will go down to see the contest. Bright
will go down several days before hand to
; try the Americus track so that he will be
used to the turns and grades.
He is now riding at the Central City
' park track, and says that he is in good
shape, and hopes to be in perfect condi
tion by the time the race comes off.
“LEO XIII. IN THE VATICAN.”
Every man and woman who appreciates
knowledge of the historical should hear
Crawford Tuesday night.
VICAR GENERAL DEAD.
Baltimore. Feb. s.—Mgr. Ebward Mc
j Colgan, vicar general of the diocese of
I Baltimore, died this morning.
MACON NEWS SATURDAY FEBRUARY 5 1898.
QUEEN'S SPEECH
IS IMPORTANT.
Will Deal Direct and Friendly
With the Questions in
the East.
pmiMimiiiEiisEM
The Government Will Have to An
swer Many Questions Put bv
the Opposition.
London, Feb. s—At5 —At a council held at
' Osborne, Isle of Wight, on Thursday, the
i Queen’s speech to be read a-L the reassem
i bling of parliament next week was ap
i proved.
It will be the most important pronun
| clamento for years past.
Her Majesty is following events in the
far east closely and has the keenest ap
preciation of the difficulties. She has been :
most busy recently over dispatches on the
subject.
I It will be idle to deny that parliament
j r&assem'oles with the air charged with un-
I easiness and with the prospeot of a session
that will be the most important as regards
I home and foreign policies.
And first in interest is the Chinese
i question. It is known authoritatively that
j the Marquis of Salisbury has disapproved
i strongly of the declaration made by Sir
| Michael Hicks Beach, chancellor of the
; exchequer, at Bristol, as embarrassing bis
I negotiations with the other cabinet min
isters. The Premier has also resented the
virulence of the press attacks growing out
of the so-called backdown of the govern
ment on the subject of opening the port
I of Ta Lien Wan and the revival of Count
i Cortiqs' description of his lordship as
j Lath painted it to imitate iron has em
phasized his irritation.
I The opposition, however; has decided
! net to unduly prolong the debate on ad
' dress in reply to the speech from the
[ throne and to challenge on the Indian
I troubles later, but the opposition will try
- to get the government to unfold its ses
: sion program at the earliest possible mo
| ment.
The Irish members will be much in evi
j dence during the coming session. The gov
j ernment’s and Catholic university bills
i affording them great battle ground. In re
' gard to the latter measure the Dillonites,
I Kedmonitec and Healyites have united for
■ Common action and, with the exception of
• Messrs. Caron, Lecky and T. W. Russell,
= all the Irish unionists will oppose it.
I The first mentioned bill probably will
| precede the army bill, which will be the
i feature of the session and which will
I serve to introduce the Dreyfus quest! n
1 into the House of Commons for a radi i’
member will ask the government if it k. =
ever received secrets from the notorious
prisoner.
FOR COMING GENERATIONS
Scientist Are Studying In Gloomy Recesses
Beneath Paris’ Streets.
Paris, Feb. s—For many years there has
been kept under this city a laboratory,
part of which contains hundreds of cells,
totally dark. All sqrts of animals are
kept in the cells, and scientists are study
ing the evolutions of nature, which take
place in the form and habits of the crea
tures, depriv'd of th: natural environ -
i meats.
These animals are doomed never to see
j daylight, for the laboratory is a perma-
■ n-en-t rns-ticution.
To this end a collection of insects,
| crustaceans, fishes aW*®Emmiferes has
' been made, and several of them have
i brought forth their young under the new
• and abnormal conditions under which they
: hereafter will live.
The physical changes which these con-
- ditions bring about wil be carefully noted,
I and, although it may be a hundred or
i more years beore marked changes are
| -affected, yet every step of the changes
i will be found minutely detailed in the
• records of the laboratory.
It is a work from which the coming
j generations will derive more benefit than
i will the people who are alive today; but
science is even longer than art, and a
‘ century or so occupied in the establish-
■ ment of a fact of nature is but a detail.
Above all things, the true scientific in
vestigator must resign himself to bound
less patience and total sinking of seif in
the attainment of great ends.
This curious laboratory is in the old ex
, eavations under the Jardin des Plantes,
; excavations from which building stone was
quarried a thousand or more years, ago, •
| and which under other parts of Paris have
j been turned into catacombs.
You can talk 10,000 every day through
the columns of The News.
MRS. LANE IS WORSE
Daughter of Ex-Senator
Blackburn Cannot Recover
Washington. Feb. s—Mrs.5 —Mrs. Lane, daugh
, ter of ex-Senator Blackburn, of Kentucky,
: who about three weeks ago was accident
-1 ally shot, is much worse today.
Yesterday afternoon she suffered a set
back from which she barely rallied. She
j takes practically no nourishment and it
I is feared she never will recover.
You can talk to 10,000 every day through
1 the columns of The News.
REMINDER DE
LUTHER I, HALL
He Had a Connection With
the Case Tried at Jeffer
sonville.
THOSE COLORED DEEDS
Figured In the Evidence—Matters
of Interest Along the Line of .
the Macon &. Dublin R, R.
A News correspondent paid a flying visit
to Dublin Thursday last, noting points of
interest on the Macon and Dublin railroad.
Superior court was in session at Dublin.
Judge J. C. Hart, of Union Point was pre
siding. H. G. Lewis, of Greensboro, was
solicitor general. The visiting attorneys
in attendance were Judge ©. M. Roberts,
Eastman; A. F. Daley and V. B. Robinson,
i Wrightsville; J. A. Thomas, Macon; Hon,
! L. D. Shannon, Jeffersonville. Local bar,
■ Colonels Stubbs, Howard, Saunders, T. V.
j and J. B. Chappel, Tyson, Hicks, Green,
j Clower, Akerman, Corpin, Adams and
' ’Wade. Over one hundred cases were dis
posed of during the session of two weeks.
The most interesting criminal case was
that of Elisha Evans and J. L. Battle, of
Dexter, charged with holding and occupy
ing four lots of land cla.iming same under
a Chain of forged deeds* The lands be
longed to -the Hon. Dudley M. Hughes,
formerly belonging ot his grandfather. One
of the deeds ponported to be signed by the
old man Hug'hes in 1835.
(Colonel L. D. Shannon, of Jeffersonville,
was leading attorney for the .prosecution.
The following facts were brought out in
the -trial, which we note briefly:
In 1894 Elisha Evans, -a former associate
of Luther A. Hall, came.from Dodge coun
|ty and settled at 'Dexter, in Lawrence
county. Soon afterwards Evans associated
j himself with J. L. Battle, a lawyer in
-Dexter, formerly from Warren county.
Evans and Battle procede to erect a
1 small house over -the exact spot where the
four lots of land cornered, thereby occupy
ing a. portion of all of the lots of land,
which belonged to Colonel D. M. Hughes.
Soon afterwards a chain of forged deeds
were sent through the mail to the clerk of
Lawrence superior court for record. The
' clerk at once discovered that the deeds had
1 .been submitted by a coloring process and
1 were ah palpable forgeries, and forthwith
! notified D. M. Hughes.
A writ of mandamus was sued out
I against -the clerk and the deeds recovered,
I whieh were laid before the grand jury and
a true bill was found against the part’es.
The case, which has been dragging
through the courts at Dublin for the past
four years, was decided Wednesday, re
sulting in a verdict for convictian of both
defendants, recommending, however, that
the prisoners have sentence parsed upon
them for misdemeanor, which was done,
they receiving a sentence of $750.00 fine or
twelve montns in the chaingang.
The general Impression was that the
; prisoners would receive a sentence of ten
i years, as the case a; atnst them wp ;•
i strong one and clearly made out by the
■ able solicitor and Colonel Shannon.
j Dublin may and truly be called the gem
;of the Oconee. Dublin has a population of
' three thousand two hundred inhabitants.
' Tlu re are three hotels and several boar-1-
: iug houses. TLiee railroads enter the lit
tle city, viz: Macon and Dublin, lea ling
i Lam Mucoa. V. rights? Hie asd T.nui’ie,
which “onoectr with the Central it IT:i
--| nille, the Empire ro; d, which runs from
i Dublin ta Ha whine ; Hie, connecting with
the. Sosasueru uulway at Empire.
Dublin also has steamboat line which
; ply it . ri::ce at- ; / Rarnaha rive s :■> tbe
sea. and thence to Savannah and Bruns
wick.
There are two newspapers conducted
: here with success. The Dublin Dispatch a
: Democratic paper, and the Dublin Courier,
■ a Populist paper.
The sheriff and ordinary being Popu
lists, they give the legal prinitng to the
1 Dublin Courier.
Dublin has splendid waterworks and an
; electric light plant, as well as sufficient
; apparatus for fire protection.
A large and well arranged court house
I built of brick and elegantly finished with
’ the modern improvements.
Dublin has quite a number of enterpris
i ing merchants and business men, and is
filled to repletion with upright and honor
able citizens, both male and female, of
whom we will notice la- ter, time and space
precluding further mention at this time.
J Dublin has splendid schools, largely at
, tended, all in charge of efficient teachers.
Also two or three churches with large
• memberships and able pastors.
At Dudley, on the Macon and Dublin
' railroad, a colony, of which Colonel D. M.
Hughes is president, will put out 70.000
peach rtees this season- At Montros'' Col
onel J. M. Stubbs has an orchard contain
ing fifteen thousand trees, all of which
bore fruit last year. This is the largest
and most beauitful orchard on the Macon
i and Dublin road, larger even than the
orchards of the Hon. Dudley M. Hughes of
■ Danville.
Os the fruit interests on the Line of said
road we will refer again soon. We will
also notice improvements, etc., at each
place mentioned above.
REVOLUTION IN COSTA RICA.
Washington, Feb. 5.—A telegram receiv
ed at the state department from San Jose,
-Costa Riea, announces that a revolution
was inaugurated there yesterday.
MR. HARRY EDWARDS.
Famous as author of “Sons and Fathers”
will introduce F. Marion Crawford Tues
i day night.
SOUTHERN TOUR
Os the Baseball Team of Har
vard Begins In April.
■Cambridge, Mass., Feb. s—The5 —The revised
schedule of games for the Harvard base
ball team is completed, and the Southern
tour arranged beginning with a game
with the University of North Carolina.
The team will have a game with some
college nine every week that it is away
from home.
Yale dates are undecided. Among the
dates are April 16, University of North
Carolina, at Greensboro, N. C.; April 18,
M ashington and Lee University at Lynch
burg, Va.; April 19, University of Virgi
nia, at Charlottesville, Va.
JULIUS JUMPED.
From the Train and V/as Severely Cut
About the Head.
This morning Julius Birdsong, a son of
Mr. Nat Birdsong, was brought in on the
Macon and Dublin train suffering from se
vere injuries v< hich, he claims, were re
ceived as he jumped from -the train as it
was passing the station where he wanted
to get off.
Young Birdsong purchased a ticket for !
some point down the road yesterday as- 1
ternoon, but he says that the conductor I
failed to take up his ticket, and that the ,
train did not stop at the station where he i
wanted io get off so he decided to jump
off, which he did, and was severely hurt.
Several gashes were cut in his head. He
1 was brought to Macon and now being at
■ tended by physicians.
DUE’S MOVEMENTS.
Washington, Feb. s—President5 —President Dole, of
Hawaii, left Washington early this morn
ing, taking the 7 o’clock train for Phila
delphia. Hd was accompanied by Major
Hiestand, of the army.
Mr. Dole has some personal business to
transact in Philadelphia and will return
to Washington late this evening.
IT’S A PRIVILEGE
To hear Crawford. Macon will give him
a glorious welcome.
' PAPERS ARRIVED
| And the Nobles Case Will Go
Before the Pardon Com
mission Next Week.
Official information has been received
( in Atlanta that the remitti-teur from the
United States supreme court in Mrs. No
bles’ -case 'had been sent to Attorney Gen
eral Terrell.
The document will be forwarded at once
■to Judge -G. C. -Smith, whose duty it will
then be to resente-nce the wretched old wo
man who has languished in the Bibb coun
ty jail for nearly three years.
Already petitions praying for executive
clemency in her behalf are beginning to
reach Governor Atkinson and he is turning
them all over to the prison -commission.
; The negro, Gus Fambles, who was Mrs.
Nobles’ partner in 'the crime of murdering
her husband, has been repeatedly respit
ed and the commissioners will fix a day
on Which both cases can be heard.
Attorney General Terrell and Solicitor
General Bob Hodges will speak for the
state, and Attorneys Marion Ha’rris and J.
I R. Cooper, and .Mr. W. C. Glenn, of At
i lanta, will do the pleading for the de
, sense.
This application will, undoubtedly, take
up more of the time of the commission and
I excite more general interest than any ota
| er which is now pending. It not only in
| valves the execution of a woman, who has
i already attracted the sympathy of a very
I large portion of the female population of
Georgia, but it brings in a fine question of
equity because of the fact that the negro
Fambles must be disposed of at the same
time.
The papers in the case will prot»a&ly be
sent to the commissioners the latter part
of next wek.
F. MARION CRAWFORD.
Great author on -a great subject, Tues
i day night. Prices 50c. and sl. Reserve
sale begins Monday.
Men’s and Boys’ Suits,
Overcoats, Underwear
At Cost.
Not a Thing
The matter with them. They haven’t
been in the store but half a season. We
can’t tell why they linger. No one
can. We don’t try to. We just
Mark ’em down to Cost,
And that clears ’em out.
PRICE TWO CtMS
INCH STRIKES
OOHKKKE
Latest Reports Sap That. Big
Finds have Been Made by
New Comers.
FULLY TEN MILLION
Will Represent the Amount of the
Winter’s Clean Up—Great Re
joicing Up There.
Juneau, Alaska, (By Steamer City of Se
: attle, B. C.,) Feb. 5, Stamped from Daw-
■ son.—News brought out by a party of
■ about a dozen men who reached Skaguay
‘ on January 28th, several of whom reached
i there by a smal steamer.
'Among -them were Gecrge McKenna, of
Douglas Island, who has been tn Yukon
for two years. He also states that a num
ber of very rich strikes nave been made.
This is the very latest from -the Klon
; dike as four men in the party left Daw-
■ son as late as December 26th.
Van Couver, B. C., Feb. s.—The steam
ship Ccquilan, which struck a rock near
Mary Island, off the iSou-thwesr coast of
Alaska, while bound north, has arrived
here direct from Skaguay, brings -direct in
formation of affairs in the northern 'terri
tory.
The -news that many strikes were made
on the Big 'Salmon is confirmed by a party
who came out for supplies.
Pay dirt yielding 30 cents to the pan was
dis-covered in the gravel above the bedrock,
which at the last report 'had not been
reached, on Henderson creek five miles be
low Stewart, good strikes were made. It
is likely that the stream will prove rich
in gold. The latest reports from the inte
rior of Alaska are especially encourag
; ing. The Minnok river and its tributaries
promise to surprise the world, says the
I return prospector, in -the next year, and
! all the United States will rejoice.
It is now conceded -that the winter’s
clean up will not be more than $10,000,000.
COMMITTED TO JAIL
Young Boys Held on the Charge of
Larceny.
The News yesterday mentioned the ar
-1 rest of Charles Gagliardi, Tom Tubberville
! and Grover Tucker on the charge as steal
. ing knives from the Fair Store -and also
; from Dr. Migra-th.
The boys, ia order, as Mr. Smih thinks,
I to keep down prosecution, claimed that the
I knives were given them by Mr. Smith’s
i young son, Powell Smith. This statement,
1 instead of having the desired effect, only
I caused Mr. Smith to push the case more
; vigorously, and yesterday afternoon be-
I fore Judge Balkcom sufficient evidence
I was brought out not only to warrant the
• commitment of the boys in default of SIOO
- bond, but to completely exonerate Mr,
I Smith’s son, who, as was clearly shown*
had no connection with the matter what
ever.
The boys claimed that young Smith
gave them the knives on Thursday, but it
was clearly shown that the knives were
in their -possession as early as Tuesday.
Os course, no one attached, for a mo
: ment, any importance to the bays’ story
1 that Young Smith had given them the
1 knives.
1 Ths commitment of these young boys
| has suggested to -many the urgent need for
a house of correction or reform school in
I Georgia.
YOU CANNOT AFFORD
To miss the Crawford lecture Tuesday
1 night.
Advertise in The News and reach the
1 ponnle