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i>y deed* to improved reel estate in more
than d<>oble the am cm nt deposited with
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Equitable Building and Loan Association,
Macon, O*., 401 Third Street.
ESTABLISHED 1884.
EXCITEMENT
HASSUBSIDED
De Lome Incident is Thought
to be Practically Closed
In Washington,
ALL SORTS DE RUMORS
M ght Have Been Heard Yesterday,
but None of Them are Confirm
ed This Morning.
Washington, Feb. 11 -The following
statement was given out for publication
at the state department this morning:
“General Woodford has telegraphed that
the ministers resignation had been accept
<~l before he presented the telegram from
the department. He adds that the first
«< -retary -at Washington will be placed
in charge of the legation and now a new
minister will lie appointed at once—full
report* to follow.’’
It Is believed here that the Incident is
practically closed. All sorts of rumors were
In circulation last night including one that
a special cabinet meeting was held al mid
night. It can be stilted positively that no
cabinet m< < ting formal or informal was
held last night.
GOT SI,OOO.
The Man Who Sold the DeLome Letter to
the Junta.
Madrid, Feb. 11 —The Imparclal referring
<o the resignation of Senor Dupuy de Lome
“The government was wise to accept
Senor De ijonu 's resignation. His indis
< ret ion ha* only occasioned the govern-
Vexatlc i ”
The '’.‘‘ueral takes the same view of the
case and adds: "We do not wish to blame
the vile conduct of the persons capable of
such it theft. The reflections contained in
Hie official and private correspondenee of
Mr. Taylor were far graver.’*
Premier Senor Saga*.ta said to the cor
respondent of the Associated Press: “I
was surprised at Senor Do Lome's letter,
■for in all his communications, official and
private, addressed to the government he
spoke respectfully of President McKinley.
I regret Senor De Ixime’s indiscretion and
folly for he has rendered Spain signal ser
vices at Washington.**
On the question of Senor De Lome’s suc
cessor, Senor Sagasta was reticent. Ac
cording to a dispatch received here from
Havana the letter of Senor De Ixime to
Senor Canalejas was abstracted by the
person charged to forward it to the latter
and added that this person received SI,OOO
for It.
DR. CATTELL DEAD.
The Well Known President of
Lafayette and Distin
guished Divine.
Philadelphia. Feb. 11 Rev. William C.
Cat tell, D. D., LL.D., for twenty years
president, of Lafayette Colege, died this
morning at his home in this city.
Dr. Ca t tell was one of the most distin
guished Presbyterian divines in the coun
try. He was born at Salem. N. J., in 1827,
was graduated from Princeton College in
1844 ami from the Theological Seminary in
1852. In 1563 he was chosen president of
Lafayette College, which position he held
until 1883, when he resigned. He leaves
n widow and two sons.
COLLISION.
Between a British Passenger Steamer and a
V arsh k
' r h. v’"- -
Hull, Eng., Feb. 11—The passenger
steamer Marbella, bound from here for
Hamburg, was sunk by a collision with
the how of the British warship Galatea in
Hull roads last evening.
All the passengers and crew were saved.
The Galatea ran aground near the en
trance to Alexandria dock at this place
shortly after high water this morning.
The M irbella was a steel screw steamer.
She registered 933 tons. The Galatea is
built of steel and has displacement of
5,600 tons.
APPOINTMENTS.
Alabama and Tennessee Are
in for a Share of Presi
dent’s Attention.
Washington, Feb. 11. —The president to
day sent the following nominations to the
senate:
Treasury—Jos. W. Burke, collector of
customs for the district of Mobile. Ala.
Postmasters —William L. Trent, of
Knoxville; R. A. Patton, of South Pitts
burg.
State —Edwin S. Cunningham, of Ten
nessee, consul at Aden, Arabia.
CHANGE OF NAME.
From Carlisle to William Jennings Bryan
Couuty..
Frankfort, Ky., Feb. 11—One of the new
bills introduced in the House today was
by Mount, a Populist, proposing to change
the name of Carlisle county to William
Jennings Bryan county.
new Telephones.
A Company With $10,000,000
io be Organized in
Maine.
Portland, Me., Feb. 11 —A new’ tele
phone company has ben organized in this
city for the purpose of acquiring and oper
ating telephone lines and dealing in tele
phone and electrical supplies.
The papers of incorporation call for
$10,000,000 capital stock of which $300,000
is paid in.
The officers are, President Frederick H.
Gormon, of New York. Treasurer, George
A, Beaton, of Detroit,
EMIL ZOLAE
Says That He Is Content That
Posterity Shall be His
Judge.
Paris, Feb. 11—When the Zola trial
opened today General Pellieux testified
that G< neral Sausier, former military gov
ernor of Paris, desired a public trial for
Major Esterhazy, but General Billot, min
ister of war, ordered the trial to be
secret. Nevertheless the witness added
the court martial refused to make the en
tire proceedings secret therefore it w’as
impossible to contend that Major Eeter
hazy was acquitted by the order of the au
thorities.
On General Pelliex leaving the stand,
M. Zola rose and exclaimed: “There are
several ways of serving France. You, gen
eral, made your campaigns; but I will be
queath to posterity the name of Emil Zola
and posterity will be my judge.”
Colonel Picquart was then called and
narrated how he had acquired fragments
of a telegraphic card in 1896 and concluded
therefrom that Major Esterhazy w r as cor
responding with suspicious characters. He
procured some of Major Esterhazy’s
handwriting which, compared with cer
tain documents, led to the conclusion that
Esterhazy was improperly using official
papers.
INCREASED HFURES.
Washington, Feb. 11.—The senate com
mittee on appropriations today completed
the consideration of the fortification ap
propriation bill. The committee recom
mended increases which double the figures
of the bill as it passed the house.
Advertise In The News and reach the
PMUDAM.
Fresh Apalachicola select oysters on the
half shell received every day, o[>ened and
delivered at your house. Telephone 338.
J. Binswanger, Well Street Bar.
RED RIOTRUNS
Abroad In the Province Since
the Killing of Barrios.
ATTACK THE PALACE
In Order to Secure the Reins of
Government Many of the
Leaders Are Killed.
San Frnacisco, Feb. 11—A special from
San Jose De Guatamala says that civil
strife and bloodshed have followed the
killing of Barrios.
Before the body of the late ruler had
found a sepulchre the factions were flying
at each other’s throats and as a result
General Marroquin, chief supporter of
Prospero Morales, one of the aspirants to
the presidency is dead and his forces are
seeking safety in flight.
Last night General Marroquin attempt
ed to seize the reins of the government in
behalf of Morales. -He made an attack
in force on -the palace of Barricas. The
assault was vigorously resisted and in
fighting General Marroquin and a few
others were killed.
Seeing -their efforts would not prove suc
cessful the attacking forces, consisting of
2,000. headed by 'General Majere and Col.
Arrevalo, fled from the city.
Today General Toledo appointed Minis
ter of \\ ar Manuel Estrada Gabrera, pres
ident pro tem of the republic, ordered the
military in pursuit of the fleeing revolu
tionists.
The populace and soldiers are now de
manding that General Mendizabal be pro
claimed president and the situation is be
coming more complicated and the crisis
is accute.
BARON "sUiciDES.
No Cause Can be Assigned
for the Deed.
-Riverside, Cal., Feb. 11.—The news that
Baron Hickey had committed suicide at
El Paso reached this city by a private tel
egram addressed to the Baroness, w*ho is
residing at her heome in Brieton Square
in this city.
The baroness can give no reason that
could have caused her husband to commit
suicide. The couple had no quarrel and
were exceedingly happy when together.
Plans had been made for the Baron to
spend the remainder of the winter with his
wife in Riverside.
As soon as the news was received by
Mrs. Hickey, word was sent to the chief of
police at El Passo directing that the per
sonal effects of the baron be forwarded to
this city at once and that the body be em
balmed and forwarded to San Francisco,
where the interment will take place in the
family burying ground.
JEWISH SABBATH.'
Will Be the Subject of Rabbi M arcusson’s
Lecture at the Synagogue Tonight.
Rabbi Marcusson, of the Beth Israel
congregation will deliver a lecture tonight
at the Beth Israel synagogue on the live
topic *T?.a£ we Abolish the Sabbath?”
This subject is being discussed by the
Jews all over the country, and is one of
considerable interest. A large crowd will
hear Rabbi Marcusson.
TOMORROW
Sentence will Probably be
Passed on Mrs, Nobles
in Jeffersonville.
It is very probable that Mrs. Nobles will
be sentenced tomorow by Judge Smith in
Jeffersonville.
Judge Smith will open court at some
other point in his circuit next Monday and
as the papers have been received by the
clerk of the superior court of Twiggs
county, there is no reason why the sen
tence should not be passed at once.
Notice has been given to the attorneys
in the case that the sentence would proba
bly be passed tomorrow.
THE MACON NEWS.
DOCTORS WILL
cdtthe rate
Will be a Split in the Ranks
of the Profession.
WILL ADVERTISE TOO,
And in Other Ways Do Everything
That Is in Accordance With
Business Methods.
There has been considerable agitation
in the ranks of the medical profession in
Macon in the past few months, and as a
result some of the doctors have kicked
clear out of harness, and declare that they
will have nothing to do with the medical
Society.
It is a w'ell known fact that it is against
the rules of the profession to advertise,
and no doctor is permitted to be a -mem
ber of the union who advertises in the pa
pers further than a card announcing their
name and profession. The members of the
Union are required to charge certain prices
for their visits, and in many ways re
strictions are put on them.
A few days ago a physician of the city
offered to vaccinate all of the Mercer
students free. He says that the medical
union objected to this ana arranged to
have the crowd vaccinated for a certain,
price, and to have the work done by some
of the doctors who did not have as much
practice as they needed.
As a result of this some of the doctors
have decided to paddle their own canoes
out of the society. There are enough
of them to form a union of their own if
they want to, and they can consult
among themselves.
This means that the price of medical at
tention in Macon will be reduced one
half. The doctors who are breaking loose
say that the present -prices are too high
and that $1 a visit in the day time is the
greatest plenty. Night visits will be made
for $2 dollars. This is just half the price
that is charged now. Dr. A. B. Hinkle,
who recently came to Macon from Amer
icus, is one of the leaders in the move
ment, and he says that he has been asked
to take his advertisement out of the pa
per and to change his sign by the Medical
Society. Dr. Hinkle is a physician of un
questioned ability, and has diplomas from
seven different medical universities.
He says that the price charged by the
doctors today is too much. He came to
Macon and offered his services to the peo
ple of the city free from 8 o’clock in the
morning until 9. This was for the benefit
of the poorer classes. The medical union
at once put a stop to this.
When it was announced in the city that
there was smallpox here one or two phy
sicians went to the -Board of -Health and
asked if they might vaccinate free of
charge. They say that this was refused
them.
Several months ago Dr. M. M. Apfel
came to Macon from the hospitals of New
York City, and as representative of the
American Medical Mission Society, opene-d
a free medical -dispensary for the poor of
the city. Dr. Apfel is a graduate of sever
al German medical universities, and he
showed diplomas to the Medical Society,
but they refused to taku him until he
closed his medical dispensary. Much good
was done among the -poor people by this
dispensary. Those who did not have the
money to pay for -drugs and treatment re
ceived them free, and in no case were
those who appeared to able to pay for the
treatment receive them free.
There are several physicians who have
long resided in Macon who are not mem
bers of the union, and have splendid -prac
tices. They will go in with those who do
not like the restrictions placed upon them,
and consultation can be had with the very
ablest physicians in the city, free of the
■Medical Society.
IF YOU APPRECIATE MERIT
And love the beautiful see “Miss Jerry”
Saturday and matinee
Saturday night and matinee.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Held a Meeting at Noon Today in the
Mayor’s Office.
The Board of Health held a meeting at
12 o’clock in the mayor’s office.
The question of a location for the pest
house came up, and the board decided to
leave the matter to Mayor Price.
The exact location of the -pest house has
not yet been decided, bur it is not likely
that it will be pu‘t up at Central City
park as was proposed some time ago.
No new cases have been reported -to the
Board of Health today and all those now
■under treatment are doing well.
The Board of Health is using every pos
sible -precaution and the work of vaccina
tion is still going on. It is thought that
between eight and ten thousand people
have been vaccinated.
Those cases reported within the last few
days were all on persons who had been
vaccinated and are oly mild cases of vare
loid.
KILLED THE BILL.
To Permit South Carolina to
Control Original Pack
ages,
Washington, Feb. 11 —The House com
mittee on commerce today killed the Sen
ate bill to permit the state of South Caro
lina to control liquors brought into the
state in original packeages. The motion
to report it favorably was lost on a tie,
vote.
IT’S A LOVE STORY.
“Miss Jerry”—illustrated with 250 real
istic pictures. Saturday night and matinee.
You can talk to 10,000 every day through
the columns of Tbe News.
ATTACK OFFICERS.
Blue Ridge, Ga., Feb. 10. —Deputy Col
lectors Hopkins and Henderson report a
terrific encounter with moonshiners in the
Rock Creek district near here last night.
Together with Marshals Craigo and
Stanley they went on a raid and abruptly
rounding a bluff came upon six mooshin
ers squatted around a still which was in
full - blast.
A fierce fight ensued, but so excited were
all the parties that no one was hurt. In
the melee the moonshiners cuceeded in up
rooting their still and escaping with it
into the woods.
Pursuit was impossible and the officers
started back to town. Half way from the
scene of battle they were attacked by
moonshiners from ambush and Hopkins
was severely wounded in the foot while
Stanley’s horse and an animal from the
livery stable were killed.
The half a cent a word column of The
News is the cheapest advertising medium
in Georgia.
MACON NEWS FRIDAY FEBRUARY u 1898.
LIKE UNTO MOSES
A Colored Orator Likens the
Pension Nigger Who is at
Work Here.
A small group of colored men stood
talking in an apparently interested man
ner about some matter of grave impor
tance on a prominent corner this morn
ing.
They evidently differed in their views
about somebody or something and the dis
cussion was waxing warm when one of
them put in the clinching argument by
making a Scriptural quotation do duty
with an application.
With oratorical attitude and voice, ac
companied by appropriate gesture, he
orated for o-thers besides his immediate
audience to hear.
“As Moses wah lifted up in de wilder
ness so is dat pension nigger liftin’ money
out’n —you fool cullud folks.
“I clah ter gracious es er Houston coun
ty nigger wah to come up hyar wif sto’
does on his back an ile on bis tongue an’
was to hyear ole Mannel -Hunt’s hawn blow
at fo’ o’clock in de mawnin’, as it alluz
does, an’ would say, ‘bred’rin, dat’s
Gabril’s trumpet, get down on your knees,
why, lass one of you fool niggers would
bleeve it.
“Gw-awn an’ give him yer hard earned
ten centses and quartahs an’ sech like,
case he oughter have a good easy -time,
and den you come back an’ ’base de white
folks case de nigger don’t have no show’.”
All of the above was occasioned by a
smart darkey getting up -a roll of those
colored persons here who were born in
slavery, to forward it to Washington and
get, not “forty acres and a mule” -this
time, but a pension.
“This pension -agent has no -trouble in
getting use of colored churches in which
to make his speeches and take up his col
lections. His ‘labors’ in all parts of the
city are being 'blessed,’ it is said, very
graciously."
picturTplay.
Alexander Black in Miss Jerry
at the Academy of
Music.
MATINEE 10 NIGHT.
A Most Delightful Performance
That will Interest Every One,
Real People and Real Life.
Tomorrow afternoon -and night Alex
ander Black will -present his wonderful
picture play “Miss Jerry” at the Academy
of Music.
This entertainment which is given under
the auspices of the Lyceum, is one of the
very best things of the age and those who
miss it will miss a treat.
The story, the picture, the author, the
telling are all charming. It is safe to say
that not one person in a hundred has an
idea of what he or -she is to see -and not
one person in the large audiences ever
leaves without pronouncing it a most de
lightful entertainment.
The Augusta Herald speaking of the per
formance says:
“Everyone has experienced upon leav
ing the theatre, after a clever play, a
feeling of regret at parting from ’the more
interesting characters that is felt at the
parting of the ways of life-long friends.
This regret at parting we felt last even
ing to an extent positively marvelous when
one considers -that no living person held
the interest of the audience -but only in
tensely life-like pictures. The effect of
reality was largely augmented by Mr.
Black’s talent as an -elcutionist. It was not
one voice that told the story, but a dozen
voices, the voices of all the characters,
carried it on. The enormous audience, the
largest in Masonic Hall this season, was
unanimous in its declaration that it was
one of the most enjoyable numbers of the
Lyceum Course.”
Everywhere the press is unanimous. Mr.
Black’s production is pronounced a suc
cess.
The matinee performance will afford an
opportunity to the children to see this
wonderful exhibition of a play given by a
stereopticon and in which they can see
rael people as they -are in every-day life.
ACADEMY TONIGHT.
“A Contented Woman,” Hoyt's Greatest
Proauction, is on the Bills.
To “A Contented Woman” belongs the
distinction of playing to larger and more
enthusiastic audiences last season than
any of the other Hoyt attractions. Os all
the plays which Mr. Hoyt has contributed
to the stage in the past, none has proven
a greater drawing card or made a more
favorable impression than this master
piece which, so far as humor is concerned,
has never ben duplicated on the stage. It
offers the widest scope for the display of
versatility, and is replete with -bright
lines, clever people and up-to-date fea
tures. The songs are of the catchy order.
The dialogues keen and penetrating, while
the story is a kenetiscope picture of every
day scenes in some of the far w’estern
states, where the law’s allow women to
dabble in politics.
The cast this season, while much the
same as last seen here, has been mate
rially strengthened. Rose Snyder, the
original Aunt Jim. the new woman, and
for whom the character was written, will
be seen to even greater advantage. Belle
Archer, w’hose clever work as elading lady
w’ith E. H. Sothern. Nat Goodwin, and the
late Salvini, placed her in the front rank
of American artists, has been especially
engaged for the title role. “A Contented
Woman” comes tonight.
POPULAR PRICES.
Apreciating the fact that a universal de
mand exists for high class amusement at
popular prices and that the day of the dol
lar attraction is numbered, Mr. Edwin
Travers, who for the past sixteen years
has been identified with such organiza
tions as A. M. Palmer’s “Jim the Penman
Company” and William Gillette’s “The
Private Secretary*,” has concluded to meet
the demand, and on Monday night Mr.
Travers and his excellent company of
comedians will be gin a two night's en
gagement at the opera bouse at popular
prices, 50, 35 and 25 cents. The opening
attraction will be “The Private Secre
tary!” and the engagement will conclude
with “A Jolly Night,’ the latest and great
est New York musical comedy success.
With this organization and at these prices
the standing room only sign will doubtless
be display <£ bath perlomauces.
ND DAMAGE
HAS BEEN DONE
The Candler Letter and Its
Effect Upon the Macon
Voters.
HAS LOST HO VOTES,
Simply a Question of Putting the
Other Fellows Where They Be
long in the Campaign.
Locally the Candler letter has created a
political sensation and a, very big one at
that.
But it is doubtful if the effect has been
to weaken the gubernatorial candidate.
Os course it is the one subject of con
viction among all the politicians, the big
and the little fellows—the men who know
something and the men who think they do.
One of the best of the politicians in this
section, and one who is well known as an
Atkinson supporter in the governor’s first
race, said this morning that he did not
think the Candler letter would do Candler
any harm in the state.
It looks now as if Candler must win,”
he said. The other side—and by the other
side I mean Atkinson and his friends—
think so. too, but they have made up their
minds to put out a candidate, and Candler
knew that they would do so when he wrote
that letter.
“Candler is not made of the kind of
stuff thaht waits for the other fellow to
hit the first lick; he simply knew -that he
had a fight ahead of him and he got in the
first blow. Notwithstanding the very loud
cr.es of ‘blunder,” I fail to see where the
blunder comes in. Perhaps in the opinion
of some of us the letter were better left
unwritten; but when all this smoke and
dust clears away you will see that the
lines are no more distinctly drawn than
they were before the letter was written.
“The voters who were really for Cand
ler are still for Candler. The letter has
not shaken a single one of them. Mr. At
kinson has not surprised those who op
posed him before, and he has disgusted a
large number of his friends who will not
vote for him or for the man who
has the reputation of being his candidate
or the candidate of the ring.
Mr. Atkinson and Mr. Atkinson’s meth
ods, made the Democratic candidate for
governor run 20,000 votes behind his ticket
two years ago.
Mr. Atkinson and his methods made
thousands of good Democratic voters keep
away from the polls, and Mr. Atkinson’s
methods made the charge possible that the
Democratic candidate could not have been
elected without the negro vote.
“As an earnest Atkinson supporter in
his first -campaign, I am entitled to say
these things, and as the same methods
are to be adopted and the same men are to
be to the fore in opposition to Candler, I
fail to see why the letter has hurt aim or
why it is a ‘blunder.’
“Os course I don’t believe the man who
tells me taat he had intended to vote for
Candler, but that the letter turned him.
He is deceiving himself, perhaps, and
thinks that he would have voted for Mr.
Candler. He would have done it, of course,
if Candler was without opposition, but
with opposition and an Atkinson man in
the field, he would have voted against
Candler.
“As I tell you, the lines have been
drawn and Candler, knowing that opposi
tion was inevitable, got in the first lick.
‘The men who have been Atkinson sup
porters for cause, and who believe that
Atkinson’s methods are the best and that
Mr. Atkinson’s candidate will espouse their
views better than will Mr. Candler, have
simply -gone over to their side and the al
lignment has taken place.
“But mark my words; on -the Candler
side stand thousands and thousands of
honest white Democrats who want a
change in the political methods in this
state.
Mr. Candler got in the first biff and he
told the truth —that’s what hurts.
“Those whom Mr. Atkinson has be
friended he has befriended for political
reasons, not, as we all know, for pure
friendship’s sake. Consequently he has
created a new political debt and it must be
paid.
"Have you not marked the astute meth
ods of this good politician? He has not
rewarded his friends of the past, but has
tied new friends to him -for the future,
and while he holds the old supporters,
who think that their political futures are
tied up with that of Atkinson, he has won
or purchased allegiance .from some few of
those who were opposed to him last time.
“The man who says that the Candler
letter will keep him from voting for Cand
ler is mistaken. He would only have voted
for Candler where Candler was the only
Democratic candidate in the field, but with
another candidate having Atkinson's sup
port he would not have voted for Candler.
“Consequently, I fail to see where the
letter has hurt the Candler cause.”
THE LAST DAY.
Tomorrow will be the last day that Miss
Sexton, -the expert slitter, will be with us.
May we urge the ladies, therefore who
may be interested, and who have not -al
ready done so, to call sometime during the
day, and avail themselves of the oppor
tunity offered, for securing a perfect fit
ting corset. We ask that they call, and
meet Miss Sexton, whether they wish to
purchase now or not, as -the information
that she will be able to impart will aid
-them, when ready to purchase, in securing
corsets better adapted -to the figure.
There is- an art in lacing a corset that
but few ladies thoroughly understand.
One cannot be too particular, therefore,
in selecting one, perfectly adapted to the
figure. It conduces to comfort, improves
the figure, and assists the dressmaker in
securing a more satisfactory fit.
We are sole agents for the city for the
La Vide corset, which is handmade, and
guaranteed all whalebone. But, remem
ber, that It is .not “brands” that we wish
to sell this week, but rather that our trade
should secure perfect fitting corsets.
BURDEN, SMITH & CO.
SATURDAY MATINEE.
“Miss Jerry” love story and picture play.
Prices 15 and 25 cents for children; 50
cents for adults.
The Surprise of All.
Mr. James Jones, of the drug firm of
Jones & Son. Cowden, 111., in speaking of
Dr. King's New Discovery, says that last
winter his wife was attacked wit la grippe,
and her case grew so serious that physi
cians at Cowden and Pana could do noth
ing for her] It seemed to develop into
hasty consumption. Having Dr. King’s
New Discovery in store, and selling lots
of it, he took a bottle home, and to the
surprise of all she began to grow better
from the first dose, and half dozen dollar
bottles cured her sound and well. Dr.
King’s New Discovery for consumption,
coughs and colds is guaranteed to do this
good work. Try it. Free trial bottles at
H. J. Lamar & Sons’ drug store.
The best time to advertise is ail the
time.
MERELY ROUTINE
Was the Business Transacted
in the Senate This
Morning.
Washington. Feb. 11—In the Senate to
day the joint resolution providing for a
survey and to determine -the practicability
of opening a navigable channel through
the southwest pass of the Mississippi
river passed.
Allen, of Nebraska, introduced a reso
lution directing the committee on foreign
relations to inquire whether the yacht,
Buoan-eer, owned by William R. Hearst,
had been seized and is being held by the
Spanish government. The resolution was
agreed to and the Indian appropriation
bill was then taken up.
Allen, of Nebraska, withdrew his appeal
from the decision of the vice president
which was pending when the Senate ad
journed last evening.
Pettegrew, of South Dakota, offered as
an amendment a provision for the resto
ration of the free homestead law.
JUDGE REFUSES.
To Grant an Injunction Against Capital
Commission.
Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. 11. —Judge Simon
ton today handed down an opinion refus
ing the application of Attorney General
McCormick for an injunction against the
capital building commissioners on the
ground t' at be is unable to find any evi
dence that the commissioners have done
or intend to do any act that would war
rant the granting of the preliminary in
junction and thus delay the commission in
the prosecution of the work imposed upon
them by the act authorizing the -erection of
the capital. The case will be appealed to
the supreme court.
The attorney general’s action is based on
the allegation that the commission propo
ses to erect a -new capital in violation of
the act for the expenditure of $500,000.
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people.
IS INIONIEMPT
Barr Makes an Impassioned
Appeal in the Carter
Trial.
OBSTINATE PAULSEN
He Still Refuses to Testify on
the Stand in Carter
Case.
Savannah, Feb. 11.—The trial of Captain
O. M. Carter opened with a rush -this
morning.
Judge Advocate Barr made an impas
sioned and heated address to the court up
on the subject of the refusal of Captain
Jacob Paulsen yesterday to give out -pri
vate information relative to the affairs of
the propeller of the Tow Boat Company,
of which he -is president.
The judge advocate said that the press
of the country had doubtless published un
der startling headlines yesterday after
noon that the witness could not be made
to testify in this case. He ueclared that
this was a -court of justice and the wit
nesses should be compelled to testify. The
refusal on the part of witnesses to testify
would -thwart justice. He said the witness
had sworn in -the presence of his God to
tell the whole truth and should be com
pelled to do so, if an a-ppeal- to congress is
necessary.
(Paulsen was called to the stand again
and remained there for an hour. He per
sistently refused to answer the questions
of the judge advocate, and finally Briga
dier General Otis, president of the court,
was forced to remind the witness of his
oath again.
“-If witness does not answer the ques
tions,” he said, “he will be in contempt,
but, unfortunately, we have no authority
to punish for contempt.”
Paulen replied to many of the questions
with the answer, “I don’t remember.”
He has proven the court’s most inter
esting witness. He finally agreed to pro
duce the books of his company to show
-from whom -Captain Carter secured the
stock he owns in it, and court adjourned
to allow him to do so.
LOCAL OPTiON
For State Branches of the L.
A. W. Will be Defeated.
St. Louis, Feb. 11 —All that remains for
the’ ‘National Assembly of American
wheelmen -to do is the consideration of the
remainder of the thirty-three amendments
t<* the constitution and by-laws which were
not passed on yesterday.
Only one or perhaps two of these will
cause much debate. The others is thought
to be passed promptly.
The supporters of the local option
amendment over which it is expected
-there will be much discussion have been
feeling rather glum for the fate of the
professionals.
Yesterday presages the defeat of their
favorite measure. It is predicted that as
New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania
are solid against local option, it has no
occasion of adoption.
The assembly came together today an
hour and a half after the time set for
meeting.
AT FOUR O’CLOCK.
Meeting of the Macon Carnival Association
Committee.
A meeting of the Macon Carnival Asso
ciation will be held at the Chamber of
Commerce this afternoon at 4 o’clock and
important matters will come up.
It will be decided whether to hold the
Carnival next fall three or four days. The
members of the association have been dis
cussing which would be the better plan,
and it will be settled at the meeting this
afternoon.
It will also be decided whether or not
to send a committee to New Orleans next
week to view -the Mardi Gras there and
-take dots, by which to profit the display
that Macon will make. It will be the en
deavor of the Macon association to equal
the New Orleans exhibition in every way,
and it will be much grander than the one
which was seen here last year.
All of the members of the association
are earnestly requested to be present.
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