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8 Per Cent Guaranteed I
Dividend* paid Mtnl-annnally. Stock secured
by deeds to improved real estate In more
than double the amount deposited with
Union Savings Rank and Trust Co.
GEO. A. SMITH, Gen Man
Equitable Building and Loan Association,
Macon, <ia„ 401 Third Street.
ESTABLISHED 1884.
EVACUATE
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Ringing Action Taken in the
Halls of ConGress by the
American People,
CUBA'S CAUSE
IN THE SENATE
Resolutions Denouncing the
Course of Spain Intro
duced by Mason.
HORRORS OF THE WAR.
It Must End if the Resolution Pass
es--The United States to Take
a Hand and Declare Peace.
W, -hlngton. Feb. B—Senator8 —Senator Mason, of
Illinois, has presented the following res
olution :
"Resolved, That the president of the
United States be and he is hereby request
ed to notify Spain and the Insurgents of
Cuba that the war (so-called) must at
once c« i <■ and be discontinued and that
the United Stales of America hereby de
flate and will maintain peace on the Is
land of Cuba."
The resolution of Mason was preceded
by the following preamble:
"When as the war between Spain and
the insurgents of Cuba, has continued un
til all christendom is shocked by its bar
barities. Pretended autonomy has been of
fered by Spain and refused by the Cubans
in arms. The Spaniards as a war mr«B
- burned their homes and drove their
women and children (since known is con
cent radons | into the fortified towns where
some have been starved, others murdered
and women and children debauched and
trialed beyond the power of language to
d< tcribe.
"The daughters of insurgent soldiers
have been sold into houses of infamy and
boys of tender years have been shot as
spies under the form of civilized war.
"American citizens hove been driven
Into the towns and refused the opportunity
to work, and left to starve as a part of
the Spanish war measure, until we were
compelled to take from the people of the
United States large sums of money to
feed and clothe our citizens and to return
them to our country.
"And now has the Spanish war measur.
against tibe eonerntnadocs continued so
far that the eoneentradoes are unfed and
starving, naked and filthy In so much that
disease and death is among them and has
spread into our country.
"Hundreds of thousands have perished
in tiiis way and by this means the unholy
work extermination goes on.
The slaughter of the innocents and non
combatants goes on. The flag of truce bos
been abandoned, and the extermination
or the Independence of the insurgents must
be the final outcome.
Under the present charity seeking of the
administration charitably disposed citizens
of the United States cannot contribute
money, medicine and food or clothing to
■the insurgent in the field or the hospital
and should any attempt be made to do so
it would bo captured and prevented by
order of the government of the United
States.
CANNON TOO.
He Seis the Date When Spain Must Evacu
ate the Island.
Washington. Feb. B—Senator Gannon
today offered the following resolution for
the recognition of Cuban independence:
Whereas the people of the republic of
Cuba are and of right ought to be free and
independent and
When as the continuance of barbarous
warfare of Spain in her attempt to subju
gate the patriots of that republic is in
violation of the law humanity, is menace
to the freedom and progress of the peo
ple's of the Western Hemisphere, and is
full justification for a demand by the gov
ernment of the United States, that Spain
shall withdraw her land and naval’forces
from Cuba and Cuban waters and shall
have the republic and her people to their
enjoyment of life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness, therefore be it
Resolved by the senate, that the presi
dent of the United States be urged -to
notify the kingdom of Spain that if Spain
shall fail to recognize the independence
the republic of Cuba on or before the 4th
day of March. 1888. the government of the
United States will on that date recognize
the belligerency of the Cuban patriots and
will within ninety days thereafter assert
the independence of the republic of Cuba.
BELLIGERENCY,
Os Cuba is Made an Amendment to the Ap
propriation Bill.
Washington, Feb. B—Senator8 —Senator Alien, of
Nebraska, today offered as an amendment
to the diplomatic and consular appropria
tion bill, the Morgan resolution for the
recognition of the belligerency of Cuba.
He said he hoped it would be speedily
acted upon by the committee on foreign
relations, it would not be defeated the
senate except by point of order.
Hale said that It would be subject to
such a point and Allen gave notice that
he would appeal from any decision adverse
to the amendment and -test the sense of
the senate on the subject.
Hear Marion Crawford tonight.
DEVEAUX.
The Negro Gets the Appoint
ment of Collector at
Savannah.
Washington. Feb. B.—The president to
day sent the following nominations to the
senate:
Treasury—John H. Deveaux, collector of
customs for the district of Savannah.
WILL FIGHT ’EM.
Big Fund to be Secured in
New York Against the
Railroads.
New York. Feb. 8. —The advisory com
mittee of the merchants association has
decided to undertake the collection of a
fund sufficient to enable the board of di
rectors to conduct a vigorous campaign
against the railroads which discriminate
against this city.
PROGRAM ARRANGED.
A Meeting of the State Bankers Association
Executive Committee,
A meeting of the executive committee of
the State Bankers’ Acssociatiou was held
at the Chamber of Commerce this morn
ing. Six out of the nine members were
present. President John A. Davis, of Al
bany, presided.
A partial program of the convention to
be held at Tybee Island in June was ar
ranged. The session was a short one, and
it was decided to hold another meeting in
Macon at an early date to complete the
program.
HAYES IS DEAD.
State Senator of South Carolina Passed
Away in Boston.
Boston, Feb. B.—State Senator Jas. E.
Hayes, of Charleston, who was taken to
the city hospital last Thursday night suf
fering from abnormal trouble caused by
a wrench in falling over a piece of ice,
di-'d at the hospital this morning. He was
thirty-two years of age.
LECTURETOIIGHK
Marion Crawford, the Great
Novelist, at the Academy
of Music.
INTRODUCED BY EDWARDS.
It Will Certainly be Calculated to
Draw a Very Large Audience—
The Best Attraction.
Marion Crawford will lecture at the
Academy of 'Music 'tonight on the subject
of "I’ope Leo XIII and the Vatican.”
This engagement has been the talk of
literary Macon for some 'time and is sure
to attrack a big house. The sale of tickets
has been very large and Mr. Crawford
will speak to one of 'the most refined and
appreciative audiences that has ever gath
ered a.t the Academy of .Music.
Mr. Crawford’s lecture on this subject
has been pronounced by the press all over
the country to be a polished piece of pub
lic oratory. It is a subject of vital inter
est and cannot fail to bring out the very
best class of people.
Mr. Crawford arrived this morning at 11
o’clock, and is at .the Hotel Lanier. He
will be introduced tonight by Mr. Harry
Stillwell Edwards, Who as an author and
newspaper man has friends and admirers
all over the state. The introduction itself
is sure to attract a fair portion of the
audience.
During his stay in Macon Mr. Crowford
will receive much social attention. He will
be entertained after the lecture tonight by
Dr. and Mrs. McHatton.
EXCITEMENT SALE.
Fine neckties 35c. Phillips.
FROM SAVANNAH.
Norwegian Bark Sailed and
Was Lost at Sea.
New York, Feb. 8. —The Fabre line
steamer ißur.gundla, arrived today from
Mediterranean ports and brought safely to
port sixteen seamen who were rescued in
mid-ocean from their sinking craft. They
were Captain Larsen and fifteen of the
crew of the Norwegian bark B. D. eMtcalf,
from Savannah for Hamburg.
Captain Larsen says that he sailed from
Savannah December 10th with a cargo of
naval stores.
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CHRIS VON PER AHE.
Is a Prisoner and Will Reach Pittsburg with
His Captor Today.
Pittsburg. Feb. B—Detective Nicholas
Bendel, who kidnapped Chris Von der Ahe
tlve baseball magnate in St. Louis last
evening, is expected to reach Pittsburg
with his prisoner late this evening.
The arrest was made at the instigation
of W. A. Nimick. the former president of
the Pittsburg baseball club, who went on
Von der Abe's bond when the latter was
arrested in this city on the charge pre
ferred by Pitcher Mark Baldwin.
The litigation btween Baldwin and Von
der Ahe commenced in 1891, and grew out
of a dispute between the National League
and the American Association.
Baldwin was connected with the Pitts
burg club and Von der Ahe was president
of the St. Louis Association Club. The
former went to St. Louis to secure Pitcher
King and was arrested on a charge of
conspiracy preferred by Von der Ahe.
When the case was tried Baldwin was
discharged. He then brought suit against
Von der Ahe for malicious prosecution
and asked for SIO,OOO damages. Von der
Ahe was arrested in Pittsburg and Nimick
became his surety.
The case was tried twice and verdicts
given both times for $2,500. Von der Ahe
appealed to the supreme court but the
lower court was sustained.
As nothing was secured on the execu
tion issued against Von der Ahe, the sheriff
made return that the defendant could
not be found in the county his bondsmen
decided to have him brought to this city
to forestall proceedings for receovery on
the bond if he is surrendered by his
I bondsmen in Pittsburg and fails to pay
the amount of the verdict against him
with interst and costs he ean be placed in
jail. He would have to stay there sixty
days before he could apply to the court
for his release. The insolvent law would
; then rest with the court whether or not
; he would be released.
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The best time to advertise is all the
time.
The half a cent’a word column of The
News is the cheapest advertising medium
In Georgia.
Hear Marion Crawford tonight.
THE MACON NEWS.
PARLIAMENT HAS
OPENED AGAIN.
The Queen’s Speech Outlines
the Policy of the British
Government.
MORE PROSPEROUS TIMES,
She Seems to Think are Coming for
the Whole Empire-What Has
Been Done in the Past.
London, Feb. B—The8 —The fourth session of
the fourteenth parliament of Queen Vic
toria and the twenty-sixth of the United
Kingdom was opened by commission at 2
o'clock this afternoon with the customary
ceremonies. The Queen’s speech is as
follows:
"My Lords and Gentlemen: My relations
with other powers continue friendly. Ne
gotiations between the sultan of Turkey
and the king of Greece have been brought
to a conclusion by the signing of a treaty
■of peace under which territorial relations
between the two powers are practically
unchanged.
The question of autonomous government
an the Island of Crete has occupied the at
tention of the powers. The difficulty of
arriving at a unanimous agreement on
some points unduly protracted the delib
erations but I hope these obstacles will
before long be surmounted.
"Intelligence, which is apparently trust
worthy, has been received of the intention
of the Khalifa to advance against the
Egyptian army in the Soudan, and I have
therefore given directions that a contin
gent of British troops should be dispatch
ed to Berber to the assistance of his high
ness, the Khedive.
"I have concluded a treaty of friendship
and commerce with his majesty, the Em
peror of Abyssinia.
"The report of the commission I ap
pointed in December, 1896, to inquire into
the condition of certain of my West Indian
colonies has conclusively established the
existence of severe depression in those
colonies caused by the heavy fall in the
price of sugar which is mainly attributa
ble to the reduction in the cost of produc
tion and the great increase in its extent
of recent years. But the fall has been arti
ficially stimulated by the system of boun
ties to producers and manufacturers of
beet root sugar maintained in many Eu
ropean countries.
"On the northwestern borders of my
Indian empire an organized outbreak of
fanaticism which spread in the summer
along the frontier, induced many of the
tribes to break their engagement with my
government, to attack the military posts
in their vicinity and even to invade the
settled districts of my territory. I was
compelled to send expeditions against the
offending tribes for the punishment of the
outrages and to insure peace in future. A
portion of the Afridie tribes have not yet
accepted the terms offered them, but else
where the operations have been brought
to a very successful close. The courage
and endurance exhibited by ray troops,
British and native, have overcome the
most insuperable difficulties in the country
in which they were operating, but I have
to deplore the loss of many valuable lives,
both amongst my own troops and those
whose services were voluntarily and loy
ally placed at my disposal by the native
princes of my Indian empire.’
Her majesty then rejoices at the fact
that there is reason to anticipate a pros
perous year both for 'agriculture and
commerce throughout India.
“Gentlemen of the House of Commons:
“The estimates which will be laid before,
you have been framed with the utmost
desire for economy, but in view of the
enormous armaments now maintained by
other nations, the duty of providing for
the defense of the empire involves an ex
penditure beyond former precedent.”
Hear Marion Crawford tonight.
rolanFTllis
Will Probably Enter the Leg
islative Race in Bibb.
The rumor is going the rounds and
seems to be built upon pretty good au
thority, that Mr. Roland Ellis will enter
the legislative race.
The rumor has it that he has been gird
ing up his loins for some time past and
that his trainers think that he is now in
pretty good condition.
It is going to be a lively race anyway,
but Mr. Ellis is full or grit and if he once
does make a start he will keep the boys
hustling right along.
Few of the younger members of the Ma
con bar have more friends than Mr. Ro
land Ellis. He is a young man of bril
liant attainments and would make an ac
tive and aggressive representative if he
decides to get into the running.
Mr. Ellis was seen this morning by a
News reporter, but he did not seem in
clined to discuss the matter. He said that
it was too soon to discuss legislature. His
friends say, however, that when the prop
er time comes he will announce.
ALMOST GIVING AWAY
Neckwear —fine ties 35c. Phillips.
IN ATLANTA.
The Lumbermen Being Royally Entertained
by the Railroads.
Atlanta, Feb. B—The United Lumber
men’s Association of Ohio, Pennsylvania
and Indiana, arrived in Atlanta today on
a special train. A brilliant reception is
being given them by the Southern office of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and other
railroads in this city, at the Piedmont
Driving Club. The party leave tomorrow
morning for Chattanooga.
THREATENED.
The Judge in the Martin Case
Receives a Cowardly
Letter.
Wilkesbarre. Feb. 8. —Before the trial of
Sheriff Martin and deputies was resumed
today Judge Woodward stated that he had
received an anonymous letter stating that
if he <Hd not. do certin things something
would happen, and a threat was made.
The judge said:
"The man who wrote this will probably
hear what I have to say, and I want to tell
him that he is a scound-red and coward,
and that no such dishonorable means will
in any way effect my judgment.”
YOU NEVER
Such neckwear at 35e, Phillips,
MACON NEWS TUESDAY FEBRUARY 8 1898.
PHYSICIAN
SAVEOHUICIDE
A Tragic Occurrence Narrow
ly Averted in Macon
Last Week.
SWALLOWED THE POISON,
And Was Determined to Die, but
the Quick Wit of the Physician
Sayed His Life
The quick wit of a physician saved a
suicide in Macon last night.
The affair would have created a sensa
tion had it been allowed to run its full
length according to the wishes and in
tentions of the would-be suicide.
The principals in the case were a young
man and a physician, both well known in
Macon. The young man is well connected
and at one time the brightest prospects
were before him. But of late years he has
fallen lower and lower until he has reach
ed the lowest level possible. The physi
cian is one of the most highly respected
in the state. He has probably known all
the young man’s relatives and may have
been present at his birth.
Not long ago the young man’s mother
died—of a broken heart, they said.
One day last week the wreck of magni
ficent specimen of manhood walked into
the doctor’s office. He was broken and
miserable, sick in body and mind jiticl re
morse was gnawing at his very heart
strings.
More people, perhaps, than the other
half wot of have known just what this
feeling of remorse is.
He told the old doctor that he was sick
and in his self-degredatioii said, “I’m bet
ter dead and think I’ll kill myself.”
'But the kindly old doctor pointed out
the folly of it and said that a physical cure
was possible if he had moral man enough
left to build up a new life for himself.
“I’ll take your ease of sickness and cure
that he said—then you can go to work
and give yourself another chance.”
He went into his laboratory to mix the
medicines. There were two bottles. One
of them for external application and poi
son, the other to be taken internally.
The doctor explained the danger of the
first bottle and which he had marked
"poison and “caution.” 'He told the young
man to use it. He turned away for a few
minutes and when he looked again he saw
to his horror that the desperate man had
swallowed the poison.
“Good God, man,” he cried, “Do you
know what you have done? You will be
dead in two hours.”
“That’s all right, Doc,” was the cool
response. I know what I’m doing. I’d
sooner die.”
The doctor expostulated, but what could
he do. He was alone with a desperate,
powerful man whose misery had male hte.
■a inandman.
“Give me a drink of whisky, Doc, and
I’ll go away and die somewhere else,”
said the suicide whose curse has been
whisky.
The inspiration come to the doctor like
a flash. He promised whisky on condition
that the young fellow would drink four
glasses of water and in his eagerness to
get the liquor he promised without think
ing of the strangeness of the condition.
The water was quickly produced, and
the four glasses were swallowed. Then the
whisky, a hig stiff drink.
Laying down the glass the young man
said with a hard laugh:
“Doc, that’s the best drink I ever had
in my life if it was the last,” and he
looked longingly at the glass.
“It tasted good, did it, eh?” asked the
old doctor dryly.
“You bet it did,” said the other as he
moved off.
“Well, you'll have a chance to taste it
again in a minute,” remarked the doctor,
and the prediction was verified before the
words were well out of his mouth.
He had mixed tartar emetic and Ipecac
with the water and acting promptly it
saved the young man’s life.
The story is absolutely true, but was
given out under a pledge of secrecy as to
the names. It is not likely that after his
experience with the tartar emetic and
Ipecac the young man will try suicide
again for a few days at least.
SPECIAL SHIRT SALE.
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CRUSHEH TO DEATH
Negro Man Met With a Hor
rible Death Last Night.
Last night at 8:30 o’clock Annanias
Thompson was crushed to death beneath
caving dirt in a trench at Riverside ceme
tery.
Thompson with a large number of work
men employed by the Macon Gas Light
and Water Company, were engaged in re
pairing a bursted water main. The work
was being done at night so that shutting
off the water from one of the mains would
not cause a scarcity of water supply.
Thompson was at one of the bells where
the mains connect, right where the leak
was. The water had been flowing since
Friday night and the men were working
knee deep in mud. The earth had been
completely saturated but no danger was
suspected by any one.
The trench in which the men were work
ing was a deep one, and when it com
menced caving all escaped except Thomp
son. He was crushed beneath the falling
dirt, and when he was taken out was dead.
Effort was made to resusitate the negro,
but life had been crushed out of him. Both
legs were broken, and so were several
ribs.
Aleck Wilson and Lumpkin Irvine were
slightly injured.
The dead man was brought to Keating’s
undertaking establishment this morning,
where Coroner Hollis held an inquest,
finding a verdict that the deceased had
came to his death from accidental causes,
for which no one was laible.
The dead man had a wife and two chil
dren and lived on Telfair street near the
railroad. He was an industrious negro.
What It Means.
When we advertise that we will guaran
tee Dr. King’s New Discovery, Electric
Bitters, Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, or Dr.
King’s New Life Pills, it means that we
are authorized by the proprietors to sell
these remedies on a positive guarantee;
that if the purchaser is not satisfied with
results, we will refund the purchase price.
These medicines have been sold on this
guarantee for many years and there could
be no more conclusive evidence of their
great merit. Ask about them and give
them a trial. Sold at H. J. Lamar & Sons’
drug store.
YOU NEVER SAW
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EX ESS DEMAND.
Southt Cotton Mills Cannot
Supply . the Demands
Made on Them.
Southern cotton mills are in a more
prosperous condition than they have been
in some time, and the Macon mills are
among the most prosperous.
At present the mills here are considera
bly behind with their orders, and all of
them are running on full time with full
force of hands and without a cent reduc
tion in wages, which is in marked con
trast to the mills of the North.
The condition of affairs in the New Eng
land states, and the shutting down of the
mills there is responsible for the prosper
ous condition of the Southern mills. Large
orders are being received from the North,
and the Southern mills cannot fill the de
mands made upon them.
Early in the season the mills of Maeon
commenced buying cotton heavily until
their storage rooms were filled to over
flowing, and this stock is being rapidly
consumed, and what was considered a full
stock for the season will have to be re
plenished.
During Christmas, 1897, the operatives
of the mills were given a week’s holiday,
while this year they were only given one
day, and an hour was added to each day’s
labor until the lost time was made up.
This condition of affairs was brought
about by the great demand made upon the
mills.
■While the price of cotton stands firm the
price of cotton goods have increased con
siderably.
'All the cotton mills are now running full
time and have their hands full, while the
thousands of spindles in the north stand
still.
WEREINTERTAINED
Visiting Lumbermen Treated
in Royal Style While in
the Central City.
BANQUET AT BROWN HOUSE.
The Partv Left for Atlanta This
Morning Expressing Delight at
Their Treatment Here.
The 'Northwestern Lumbermen’s Asso
ciation fiom Pennsylvania and Ohio reach
ed 'Macon yesterday afternoon at 7 o’clock
and were promptly taken charge of by the
Macon Chamber of Commerce and escorted
to the Chamber of Commerce rooms on
Cherry street.
The crowd was a lai 35 s one, and 'they
traveled in Pullman sleepers. ilt was made
up of the representative lumbermen of the
great northwest.
Many of the party 'had their wives with
them.
At the handsome new quarters of the
■Chamber of Commerce seats had been ar
ranged for the party, and soon they were
seated and rested after their long jour
ney from the land of flowers.
The party was welcomed in a speech by
President Rogers of the IChamoer of Com
merce in a characteristic speech. Presi
dent Rogers welcomed the body in the
name of the 'Macon Chamber of Commerce.
He said that it was quite a surprise to
see that the lumbermen had their wives
and daughters with them,. ana for that
reason they were made doubly welcome.
■President Rogers introduced Secretary
George Ketchum, of the Chamber of Com
merce. Mr. Ketchum said mat the latch
string of every door in Maeon hung on the
outside for the visiting lumbermen. He
was applauded frequently, and especially
when he referred to the pleasant relations
now existing between the North and the
South.
Mr. Ketchum introduced City Attorney
Minter .Wimberly who welcomed the visi
tors in behalf of the ciy of Macon. Mr.
Wimberly’s humor was as irresistible as
ever, and he at once won the hearts and
attention of the visitors. He said it was
■the wish of Georgians to make Georgia cit
izens out of the lumbermen of Ohio and
Pennsylvania. With the gallantry that al
ways chacaterizes Mr. Wimberly when ad
dressing an assembly where women are
present, 'he paid delicate but unmistaka
ble compliments to the ladies' present.
Mr. Isaac Roach, one of the leading lum
bermen of the Northwest, replied to the
address of welcome in behalf of the lum
bermen. He said that everywhere the par
ty had been in the South so far, the ut
most hospitality had been extended them.
He referred most pleasantly to Savannah.
Immediately after the formal greetings
had been exchanged a light lunch of sand
wiches, pickles, salads, coffee and Acme
beer was served, and the party adjourned
to the theater to see “Hogan’s Alley” pre
sented. After the performance at the
Academy of ’Music the party repaired to
the Brown House where an elegant lun
cheon had been prepared.
The appetites of the party were in good
repair, and for a short while time was
given up to the delightful repast. There
was no pretense of a showy spread. But
the menu was one calculated to satisfy the
appetite.
The party was detained until a late
hour listening to the speeches made by
citizens of Macon and replied to by mem
bers of the party.
It was after 10 o’clock when the part
ing came. The lumbermen expressed them
selves as delighted with the city, and were
only sorry that they could not stay and
see it by daylight. They left at 3:35 on
a special train for Atlanta, where they are
being entertained today.
The Discovery of she Day.
Aug. J. Bogel, the leading druggist of
Shreveport, La., says; “Dr. King’s New
Discovery Is the only thing that cures my
cough, and it is the best seller I have.”
J. F. Campbell, merchant of Safford, Ariz.,
writes: "Dr. King’s New Discovery is all
that Is claimed for it; it never fails, and is
a sure cure for consumption, coughs and
colds. I cannot say enough for Its merits.”
Dr. King’s New Discovery for consump
tion, coughs and colds is not an experi
ment. It has been tried for a quarter of
a century, and today stands at the head.
It never disappoints. Free trial bottles at
H. J. Lamar & Sons’ drug store.
ALMOST GIVING AWAY
Neckties. Fine ties 35c. Phillips.
IS VERY WEAK.
Mrs. Lane is However Resting Easier This
Morning.
Washington. Feb. B.—Mrs. Lane, ex-
Senator Blackburn’s daughter is reported
today as resting easily though very weak
from the effects of lack of nourishment.
Dr. Neet, the family physician, arrived to
day from Versailles. Ky.
SPECIAL SHIRT SALE.
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SENSATIONAL
AMENDMENT
It is Alleged That the South
ern Also Owns the Macon
and Birmingham.
SECRET HAS LEAKED OUT.
Charged That it is a Conspiracy to
Lessen and Defeat Competition
in Macon.
A new feature has developed in the case
of the Dunlap Hardware Company
and other merchants and citizens of Ma
con against the Southern Railway Com
pany. I -
Last night an amendment to the origi
nal bill was filed by Messrs. Dessau, Bart
lett and Ellis and Bacon, Miller & Brun
son, in which they ask that the Macon and
Birmingham railroad be made a party to
the original bill.
The amendment alleges that the Macon
e-m .01 ■ Railroad, running from
Macon to LaGrange, is owned and oper
ated through agents and confederates by
the Southern Railway, which has acquired
the control of the railroad for the pur
pose of lessening and destroying competi
tion.
The town named being affected by the
conspiracy are Colloden, Yatesville,
Thomaston and Woodbury, all on the line
of this railroad.
A number of interrogeratories were con
tained in the amendment to be answered
by the defendants.
These questions are as to the owner
ship and control of the Macon and Birm
ingham Railroad.
The petitions ask for relief against this
illegal ownership on the part of the South
ern.
Judge Speer has set March 7th as the
date for a hearing as to whether the
amendment is to be allowed or not.
HAS RESIGNED.
Superintendent Clark, of the Union Printers
Home.
Colorado Springs, Col., Feb. B.—Super
intendent Charles E. Clark, of the Union
Printers’ Home, this city, has mailed his
resignation to President William B. Pres
cott, of the International Typographical
Union, to take effect Jatiary 1. The reason
assigned for Clark’s retirement is the ill
health of his wife.
DIAMONDS GONE.
Mrs. West Lost Seven Thou
sand Dollars’ Worth While
at Dinner,
St. Louis, Feb. 8. —The police report that
Mrs. James O. West, of New York, visit
ing here at the home of Frank L. Norton,
has suffered the lotes of §7,009 worth of
diamonds and jewelry, taken by sneak
thieves while the family and their guest
were at dinner lasi night. Mrs. West is
an aunt of Mr. Norton, who with her hus
band, a wealthy capitalist, lives at Wal
dorf-Astoria Hotel and is. a well known
figure in New York Society.
HUNTS - BUGLE,
Once More He Awakens the
Echoes in Hill and Dale
Around Vineville.
Long before the red glare of the win
ter’s sun had begun to tinge the eastern sky,
today, and while on tree and thistle frost
Lay like a shroud, the echoes around his
toric hill and dale in Vineville were awak
ened by the clarion blast of a bugle.
Sleepy heads were raised from downy pil
lows in the ancient manor houses in the
beautiful suburb, and all knew that at last
Emanual Hunt’s bugle had been found.
It was on Christmas night while Eman
uel slept the sleep of the just that his
idolized bugle was carried away. A large
fat ’possum, captured in one of the shad
owy dales beyond Vineville by Emanuel’s
own trusty hounds, had been baked to
a turn by his faithful wife, and after he
and his better half had feasted until there
was nothing left but a few bonese to throw
to the dogs, the little jug, which contained
the fluid for which Emanuel had saved the
spare nickels during the many long months
to purchase, was brought forward. This
all accounted for the deep slumber that
attended the pair that night while the
thief crept in and stole the old bugle
which for years had been heard every
morning just before day, rain or shine, by
the residents of Vineville. The mellow
notes of Emanuel’s old bugle were known
to every child within hearing, and for the
past few months they have listened in
vain for the the cheering notees., It seemed
that something had gone wrong in 'the
neighborhood, and around Emanuel’s
cabin on a high bleak hill there was an
air of desolation. The jolly old soul went
about his duties with a sorrowing heart
and a despondent mien. Out of pity the
friends of Emanuel purchased him another
bugle, but when it was heard in the morn
ing its notes were not the joyous blasts
that they Lad been wont to listen to.
There was a melancholy sound, and every
one noticed the difference.
Yesterday afternoon Emanuel found his
idolized bugle. At a glance he knew its
symetrical outlines, its long tapering to
wards the mouth piece until it was as
small as a pipe stem. He knew every
scratch on the old instrument, and as soon
as he saw it he picked it up and blew a
long exultant blast like that of the victo
rious game cock.
The oil ii stiument was found at a
blacksmith shop where Emanuel had car
ried his old dray, which he depended on
for aliving, to have it m.-ndel. The in
strument bad been sold to the shopkeeper
for a song, and he was 'perfectly willing to
part -with it. The old man’s heart was
overflowing at dark when his day’s work
was ended he drove by the shop and got
the bugle. He drove slowly down the
street, and could not resist tne temptation
every few minutes to raise his dear old
horn to his lips and sound a blast to as
sure himself that he really had it. Many
people wondered at the sound.
I saw him as he was going up Cotton
avenue, and asked him if he really had
found his bugle.
“Yes, suit;” he said, “I show’s got her
now, en when I gits her home I’ll keep my
eyes on her. I knowd her by dis cross
mark. I knowed her by the thin tin and
de easy way she blow’. Oh, I’se so glad.
Let me go boss, I wants to git out on de
hill and try her.”
The good old soul drove on, chuckling
to himself. In a few minutes the wintry
gusts that swept over the city brought the
clear blasts of Emanuel's bugle to the ears
of the city populace. He was “trying
her.”
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