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Latest Advices Are to the Ef
fect That the Maine
Disaster Was
NOT MALICIOUS.
Two Hundred ano Fifty Men and
Two Officers Are Still
Missing,
DISPATCHES FROM HAVANA
General Leee Says That No Decision Can be
Reached Until After an Investigation —
What They Say in Washington.
Washington, Feb. 16 —The greatest in
terest prevailed thia morning among the
senator* and representative* as to the ex
tent of the Maine disaster and many of
them hnrrlt >1 to the navy and state de
partments <to learn any further details.
The Immense gravity of the situation in
case later advices should show that the
disaster was not purely accidental was ad
mitted by all public men.
Conservative public men in face of the
appalling catastrophe the meagre infor
mation at hand and Its possible conse
quences therefor decline to express any
opinion at 'this time .
Chairman Hitt. of the foreign affairs
<•001011(100, Chairman Dingley, of the ways
and means committee and the members
of the naval committee of the House, all
said .they preferred to await information
before expressing themselves. Hitt said
it would be well for the public to follow
th® ail vice given by Captain Sigsbee and
suspend Judgment until the cause of the
disaster was ascertained.
Secretary Day received the following
dispatch from General Dee:
"The Maine blew up at 8:04. The ex
plosion occurred In the well forward under
the men’s quarters, consequently many
were lost.
"It is believed that all the officers were
saved, but Jenkins and Merritt are not ac
counted for.
"The cause of the explosion is yet to be
Investigated.
‘The captain general and-the army and
navy officers rendered every assistance.
"Sigbee and most of his officers are on
board the steamer City of Washington.
Others are on the Spanish gunboat and In
■the city.
"Am with Sigbee, who has tv).graphed
■the navy department. (Signed) Lee.”
At 11:20 o’clock Secretary Long received
the following telegram from Havana:
“Only two officers are unaccounted for.
The explosion was forward. To all indi
cations the magazine exploded, but we
cannot tell until an investigation is had.
"The sentry on the poop deck reports
that there were no boats in the vicinity
when the explosion occurred,”
Another telegram to Secretary Long
from George Bronson Rea, said to be a
newspaper correspondent, said:
"There is no excitement. All is quiet.
The only feelings are sympathy and sor
row for the accident.”
■Another telegram received at the navy
department stated that the missing would
probably number 270.
"Secretary Long, for the president, has
sent this telegram to Captain Sigsbee:
"'Sigsbee. United States Maine. Havana:
The president desires me to express for
himself and the people of the United States
his profound sympathy with the other of
ficers and crew of the Maine, and desires
that no expenses be spared in providing
for the survivors and care of the dead.
“(Signed.) John D. Long, Secretary.”
The president has recalled invitations
for receptions this evening and tomorrow
night owing to the disaster which has be
fallen the Xmerioan navy.
While Secretary Long was with the pres
ident the following detailed dispatch from
Captain Sigsbee, commander of the Maine,
■was brought to him:
"1 advise sending a wrecking vessel at
once. The Maine Is submerged except the
debris. It Is mostly work for divers now.
Jenkins and Merritt are still missing.
There is little hope for their safety. Those
known to be saved are: Officers 24, unin
jured crew IS. The wounded now on board
the Ward line steamer, 'in the city hospital
ami at the hotels are fifty-nine so far as
known. All the others went down on
board or near the Maine. The total lost
er missing is 253.
"With several exceptions no officer or
man has more than a 'part of a suit of
clothing and that is wet with harbor wa
ter.
The Ward line steamer leaves for Mex
ico at 2 o’clock this afternoon.
"The officers saved are uninjured. The
damage was in the compartments of the
crew.
“I am preparing a telegraph list of the
•wounded and saved.
“The Olivette leaves for Key West at 1
o'clock p. m. Will send by her to Key
West the officers saved, except myself and
Wainwright.
“Holman. Henneberger. Ray and Holden
■will turn over the three uninjured boats
to the captain of the port with a request
for safe keeping. I will send all the
wounded men to the hospital at Havana.
"(Signed.) Sigsbee.”
At this moment the naval officers can
not agree upon any theory to account for
the destruction of the Maine. Perhaps a
majority are inclined to believe that the
explosion was purely accidental. Another
considerable number feel that a torpedo
exploded under the vessel, and a third
theory Is that some infernal machine was
smuggled aboard the ship and sot off.
There was no smokeless powder on the
ship, and the ammunition was made up of
browp pr.intnatic powders.
Not only is this powder most carefully
packed in hermetically sealed copper cases
but its heat resisting qualities are so great
that it can be ignited by the flame of a
match six hundred degrees farenbet being
the amount of heat that must be applied
for some time to set off the powder. On
the other hand this readily Ignited, as in
case of a charge in a gun, ‘by the explosion
The officers of the Maine, besides
Commander Sigsbee, are:
Lieutenant Commander Richard Wain
wright.
Lieutenant Gtorge F. W. Holman.
Lieutenant John Hood.
Lieutenant Carl W. Ungcn.
Lieutenants junior grade below, John T.
Blandin, Friend W. Jenkins.
Naval cadets, Jonas H. Holden, Watt T.
Ciuverious, Amon Bronson, David F. Boyd,
Jr.
Surgeon Lucien G. Herberger.
Paymaster Charles W. Littlefield.
Chief engineer, Charlts P. Howell.
Passed Assistant Engineer Frederick C.
Bowers.
Naval cadets, (engineer division,) Pope
Washington, Arthur Crenshaw.
Assistant Engineer, John R. Morris and
Darwin R. Merritt.
Chaplain, John P. Chidwick.
First Lieutenant or marines, Albertus
W. Catlin.
Boatswain, Francis E. Larkin.
Gunner, Jos. Hill.
Carpenter, George Helmes.
VIEWS OF COMMITTEE.
What Some of the Members Have to Say on
Subject-
Washington. Feb. 16 —The Maine inci
dent formed 'the principal topic of consid
eration by a senate committee on foreign
relation at. the meeting today.
The affair was not officially before the
committee but nevertheless was allowed
to displace almost all other business.
The opinion generally expressed by
members of the committee in this informal
conference were to the effect that the oc
currence is one of very serious import
that may result in grave complications
unless Spain can make It plain that a
Spaniard was not in any way responsible
for it.
A prominent member of the committee
said after the close of the meeting that
Spain would be expected to make an ex
planation that would entirely clear up the
mystery, and if she did not this country
would have the* right to demand such an
expla nation.
Most of the members of the committee
refused after the conference to express any
opinion concerning the occurrence.
"It is too serious to talk about at pres
ent.” said Senator L<odge, while Senator
Cullom said: “I can’t see how- the explo
sion could have been the result of the ac
cident and I think the time Is rapidly ap-'
•preaching when this country must, do
some thing."
Senator Clark would only say: “It is
singular that such accidents happen at
such opportune times.’
Among the matters discussed by the
president and members of the cabinet was
the question of the expediency of imme
diately sending one or more warships to
Havana to take the place of the Maine and
a conclusion, it is understood to have been
reached, is that at the present such a
course is not desirable.
At 1 o'clock it was authoritatively
stated at the White House that information
so far received indicated the loss of the
Maine was the result of an accident.
Un to 2 o’clock no news have been re
ceived from 'Havana since the dispatch of
Captain Sigsbee.
BLANCO’S MESSAGE.
He Sends in an Official Report to the Lega
tion at Washington.
Washington, Feb. 16.—The news of the
Maine’s disaster was learned at the Span
ish legation with horror, and was the oc
casion for many expressions of the most
profound regret and condolence.
Early in the day Senor Dußose, Spanish
charge d’affairs, received a message trem
Captain General Blanco, which had been
filed at Havana at 2 o’clocx this morning.
It reads as follows:
"With profound regret I have to inform
you that the American ship Maine, In this
harbor, bkw up by undoubtedly chance
accident, believed to result of an explosion
of the boiler of the dynamo.
"Immediately following the accident all
disposable elements to the capital has
tened to the spot to afford every aid possi
ble. These included a force of the marine
fire brigade and all the generals in Hava
na. among them my chief or staff.
“I have sent an aid de camp to offer
every assistance to the North American
consul that he may wish for. Will for
ward further details as they become avail
able. (Signed.) Blanco.”
Senor Dußose expressed the most pro
found regret at the occurrence to an As
sociated Press reporter, to whom he gave
a copy of the foreign cable from General
Blanco.
He said: “Os course I look upon rhe hor
ror as due in every respect and solely and
simply to accident. That is the clear and
unequivocal statement to the authorities
at Havana and all evidences thus far ob
tainable goes to sustain it.”
SIGSBEE SAFE.
He Was Not Wounr’ed—Two Hurdred Ate
Missing.
Havana. Feb. 16 —The report that Cap
tain Sigsbee is wounded is inaccurate.
Captain Sigsbee with other officers went
in a small boat to the Ward line steamer
City of Washington.
Two officers and more'than 200 of the
crew are missing. Some of the crew who
were able to support themselves by swim
ming, were saved by boats.
Six of the wounded crew and one of the
officers were taken to the military hos
pital by General Blanco’s orders.
De LOME TALKS.
He Says That He Loves America and so do
the Spanish.
New York. Feb. 16—Senor DeLcme
heard the news of the disaster to the
Maine at the hotel St. Mare this morning.
DeLome refused to credit the news, but
when the truth dawned upon him. said:
“It is terrible and I pray to God that
the news has been exaggerated, you may
be sure of one thing, however, no Span
iard did this."
Like myself all Spaniards of importance
retain a friendly feeling towards this
country. There will be no war. there can
be no war between America and Spain.
“This appalling disaster forces me to
the declaration that I love America as I
do no other country than my own.’ r
THE MACON NEWS.
CLAY’S VIEWS.
He Advises Against Any Hasty Judgment on
ths Matter.
Washington, Feb. 16. —Senator Clay, of
Georgia, said: “The presumption is chat
the navy department will give careful and
thorough attention to the matter and will
make sueh report as it may deem neces
sary for congress to acclaim and there
will be no hesitation in dealing with the
matter.
There is no proof that the Spanish are
in any way responsible for this serious ca
lamity, and we should be slow to make
charges without proof to substantiate them
I therefore content myself with saying that
an investigation is all that is needed for
the present and this investigation should
be rigid, letting the blame rest where it
may.”
PUBLIC FEELING
In Spain is Very Bitter Against This Coun
try.
New York, Feb. 16—A disjxatch to the
Herald from Madrid says:
“Public feeling here against the United
States is very highly strung. In .the public
mind there is a firm conviction that the
United States means to force a war upon
Spain and that the latter must absolutely
stand her ground and that in Cuba the
autonomists would side with Spain, fight
ing against >the United States troops and
that if the Spaniards would encourage the
landing of American troops in the island
now that the unhealthy season is coming
it would kill them off like flies.
“At the same time the ships of war
could bombard the coast towns, which with
exception of New York are considered un
protected, the United States not having
sufficient w-arships to protect them.
“At the same time, also, great are the
calculations made in the widespread ruin
which would follow upon the markets in
the United States whereas the course
here would scarcely change, as the case
with the United States. It would merely
be the first step toward the solution of the
question which is slowly bleeding the re
sources of the country to death.
“Such is the representative idea of the
public Spanish feeling today”
ENGLISH PAPERS
Comment Upon the Accident and Express
Grave Suspicion.
London, Feb. 16 —The Globe this after
noon commenting on the disaster to the
United States battleship Maine, says:
“It is impossible to refrain from a sus
picion that the explosion may have been
caused by foul means, although anchored,
the Maine would have had to steam up In
one of her boilers for the dynamos and the
auxiliary machinery. If the infernal ma
chine had been hidden in the coal and
•thrown into the furnaces, obviously there
would have been an explosion of the boiler
and as a result, of the magazine, that this
terrible event should have occurred in the
harbor of Havana renders the solution of
the mystery of international importance.”
CABLE TO THE WORLD
Gives Additional Details of the Scene of the
Wreck.
New York, Feb. 16 —A special copy
right cable to the Evening World from
Havana says that an officer of the Maine
stated that the explosion was in the cen
tral magazine and that, the Maine raised
out of the water and then went partly to
pieces. The dispatch continues:
“All but the surgeon were in the ward
room at the time of the explosion. There
came a stupendous shock.
“All the officers 'below rushed on deck
but coud get no further forward than the
middle of the sub structure on deck.
“Only the very pitiable few of thir
ty-five Jackies ever got from below. The
water rushed over them and many were
stunned and rowned but not mangled.
“It is not likely that more than forty
sailors were saved. The officers on deck
narrowly escaped. In the junior officers’
mess all had to climb out through water
and wreckage waste deep.
“All agree that the double explosion oc
curred from the natural result of 'the un
der water explosion of the magazines.”
COMMODORE MONTGOMERY
IsErrpiatic in His Belief That the Cause
Was Treachery.
Chicago, Feb. 16 —Commodore J. E.
Montgomery, once of the United States
navy and commanding officer of the Con
federate fleet during the civil war and the
man who raised the frigate afterwards the
ram Merrimac was very emphatic today
in declaring the einking of the battleship
Maine, the result of treachery and an act
without parallel in the world’s history.
Commodore Montgomery is familiar with
Havana harbor. It would be comparative
ly easy, he says. with small boats or other
wise to set a torpedo to destroy American
vessels.
DOCTORS LEAVE
Key West to Go to the Assistance of the
Wounded.
Key West, Feb. 16—The light tender
Mangrove sailed for Havana at 3 o’clock
this morning having on board several
doctors.
The steamer Fernado sailed for Havana
and the torpedo boat Erricson left at mid
night with dispatches for the fleet.
No details have been received here re
garding the disaster to the Maine and a
list of killed and injured is unobtainable.
SECURITIES FALL.
London. Feb. 16.—American securities
opened firm on the stock exchange today,
owing to the belief that the Cuban diffi
culty had ended. But later they fell rap
idly, owing to the news of the disaster to
the United States battleship Maine in the
harbor of Havana.
AGAINST_COERCION.
Sovereign’s New Labor Or
ganization is Formed.
Omaha. Neb., Feb. 16—Private infor
mation frem Kansas City is to the effect
that J. R. Sovereign has completed ar
rangements for a labor organization to be
an adjunct of the free silver cause. The
organization, which is to prevent the co
ercion and intimidation of the working
man at elections, is to have ratifications
in every state in the union.
The name of the organization will be
announced shortly, he says, and headquar
ters will be established in Kansas City,
St. Louis or Omaha.
TUG BOAT SINKS.
The Frankie Goes Down With Five Men
Aboard.
New York, Feb. 16. —A tugboat said to
be the Frankie today capsized and sank
in the lower bay. It is said that at least
five men were lost. Th ferry boat Castle
ton cf the Staten Island line was on her
way to New York and heard the tugboat
whistling for help. The ferry boat went
to its Aid but the tug sank quickly. Two
men were saved,
MACON NEWS WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 16 1898.
ENUMERATORS
W CHOSEN
Those Who Will Take the
School Census in Bibb
County.
A BIG INCREASE
In the Number of School Children—
Will Increase the Appropria
tions for Bibb.
The special committee appointed by the
Board of Education last Monday to select
census enumerators for Bibb county mat
yest. rday afternoon for the purpose of
electing the enumerators.
The county was divided into ten dis
tricts, and the following persons selected
to act as enumerators:
Howard District, J. L. Guerry.
Hazzard District, Will Heath.
Warrior District, Lee Long.
Godfrey District, Robert A. Ware.
Rutland District, R. A. Johnston.
Vineville District, A. J. Davis.
East Macon and first ward of the city,
B. D. Lumsden.
Second ward, A. F. Parrott.
Third ward, Miss Mary Patterson.
Fourth ward, R. iR. Greer.
It is presumed that all of the parties
will act as they applied for the places and
the enumerators were selected from a large
number of applicants.
The committee instructed Superintend
ent Abbott to perfect all of the arrange
ments, and the manner in which the cen
sus will be taken.
So far .no blanks or instructions have
been received from the office of the state
school commissioner, and it is not known
yet when the work will be commenced.
Superintendent Abbott says that he con
fidently expects the number of eligible
school children in the county now to be
one-third more than it was When the last
census was taken five years ago. Even
if there is but a fourth it means much
for the county, as the 'appropriation will
be increased that much, and at this time
it is badly needed.
All of the schools are as full as they
car. be, and there is pressing need of more
school buildings, though at present no
serious inconvenience has been suffered,
but the board is fearful all the time less
more demands will be made on them for
school accommodations more than they
have. The funds with which the schools
have been endowed have been handled by
the board most judiciously, and it is by
the closest figuring and financiering that
they have been able to meet all of the de
mands made upon them.
DEAD MAN’S VOTE.
Receipt for His Coffin Offered as Evidence in
a Contest.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 16—Representa
tive Aldrich, of Alabama, who was given
the seat of Mr. Plowman, is a New Yorker
by birth, and went to Alabama in 1874,
where he built up the town that now bears
his name. Representative Taylor, of
Ohio, in his speech in favor of Mr. Aid
rich, cited a case in one of the Fourth
Alabama district precincts where the
Democratic politicians had the name of
Nathan Lewis on their poll books as
voting.
“Now it is uncommon,” said Mr. Taylor
to discover that some dead man has voted;
but in the case of Nathan Lewis we not
only know that he is dead, but we have a
receipt for his coffin.”
DR. A. B, HINKLE.
An Innovation Introduced in Macon by a
Prominent Physician.
Attention of the public is called to Dr.
A. B. Hinkle’s professional card which
appears elsewhere in this issue. Dr. Hin
kle has recently moved to Macon and oc
cupies elegant quarters on Second street
up stairs next to Mallory Taylor’s Drug
store. His equipment is up to date in
every respect, and a glance around his
rooms and at the diplomas he nolds from
the best institutions of learning in this
country will satisfy any one that he can
cope with the best physicians of the day.
He has set a procendent in Macon in
charges which are very reasonable, and
he deserves a large patronage from the
public. His free vaccination and treat
ment for the poor are to be commended.
He says he makes no fight on the “Med
ical Society,” or the good doctors of Ma
con, but places his prices in accordance
with the times.
ACCUSEDOFTHEFT
And Therefore She Files Suit
Against the Central R. R.
An interesting suit was filed in the city
court yesterday afternoon by Mrs. Jennie
Tolerson against the Central railroad.
The suit is for $5,000 damages and is
filed by Blalock & Cobb and Guerry &
Hall, as her attorneys.
Mrs. Tolerson charges that she was
humiliated and cruelly and unjustly ac
cused of theft while a passenger on the
Central between Atlanta and Macon. She
claims that the conductor and the repre
sentatives of the road who were on the
train did not interfere to protect her and
i that for this reason they are liable for
I the damage that she sustained at that
time.
On the 17th cf December, 1897, Mrs.
■ Tolerson was a passenger from Atlanta to
her home in Americus, while cn the train
in the ladles car between Atlanta and
Macon a man and a woman who were pas
sengers on the same train accused her
publicly and cruelly of stealing a purse
belonging to them. They repeated the un
just accusation notwithstanding her per
sistent denials of guilt. A negro porter
on the train who tad beard the accusa
tion assisted the parties in searching her
children whom accompanied her and she
herself allowed herself to be searched by
the woman. The accusation <sf the fact
i was made before the other passengers and
the conductor, who stood by, saw her ery-
; ing cn account of the humiliation put
i upon her but did not interfere in her be-.
, half.
Afterwards the purse was found in an
j other part of the ear, but notwithstanding
this fact the people did not apologize and
in fact when Macon was reached a police
man who had been called, appeared on the
scene ani the man whose name she says
that she toes not know told her that ti
was lucky that the purse had been found
or she wouxt have spent the night in jail.
The ease viH be heard at the next term
. of the court.
You can talxto 10,000 every day through
the columns of ”he New*.
VACCINATION
And Its Effects Discussed by the Medical As
sociation.
E-ditor News: At a meeting of the Ma
con 'Medical Society, held last night, Feb
ruary 15th, 1898, at Dr. M. M. Stapler’s
office, the following questions were asked:
Has any member of this society present
seen any of the following effects from vac
cination: Ist. Lose; of life: 2nd. loss of arm
or leg; 3rd, any case where they at any
time had any fear for the patient’s life?
There were twenty-one members pres
ent, and the unanimous answer to these
questions was “No!"
O. H. Weaver. M. D.,
Sec’y Macon Medical Society.
THAT FAMOUS LETTER
That Never Came Was Found Yesterday in
Macon.
The letter that never came and con
cerning which poets have sung and for
which people all over the world have
sought has been found.
In 1892, Mr. G. G. Harris, of Macon,
wrote to Mr. J. T. Voss, of Athens, and
mailed his letter, he thought. But he
mailed it at a fire alarm box and yester
day when taking down the box to give
place to one of the new ones the letter
was found.
It was in a somewhat dilapidated condi
tion and will be forwarded to Mr. Voss.
A GOOD MULE GONE.
Pulled a Dray in Macon for More Than
Thirty Years.
Yesterday afternoon old Rhody, the
large yellow mule who has done service
in Macon for over thirty years, died.
Every child, even, remembers the old mule
which 'has been used for the past fifteen
years by Georg? Sutton for .‘.raying pur
poses.
At the time of her death the old mule
was forty years of age and had never been
sick day in her life, or if she did her own
er never knew it.
PESTHOUSE
Location Decided Upon Today
—One More Case
Reported.
The committee from the city council
composed of Messrs. Morgan, Damour and
Taylor met with the committee from the
city council this morning and decided upon
the erection of a pest house.
A site has been selected at a point about
three miles from the city hall some dis
tance from Daly’s store in South Macon.
The order to build the pest house at
once was given and work will commence
this afternoon.
The building with furniture will cost
between SBOO and SI,OOO.
After it has been completed all eases of
smallpox in families that are unable to
pay the expense of the guards at the house
w ill be removed to the pest bouse. The
legal opinion given to the city council is
to the effect that they have not the power
to receive cases when the family is in a
position to pay for the guards at the
house.
One case of smallpox was reported to the
next few days as a large force of hands
will be put to work on the building.
Oen case of smallpox was reported to the
Board of Health. It is that of a negro
man living on New street behind the Cor
bett house. The usual precautions have
been taken.
A meeting of the Board of Health will
be held at 4 o’clock this afternoon when
the •situation will be discussed in all its
phases.
The Board of Health will redouble its
efforts to keep down the smallpox devel
opment. It is a fact, however, that the
greatest apprehension is felt and the
Board of Health urges everyone in the city
•to be vaccinated at once.
Every precaution should be taken by
families employing negro servants to find
out where the servants live and whether
they have been vaccinated themselves.
The safety of the white people largely
depends upon them if indeed these cases
are smallpox.
In view of the difference of opinion
among the doctors it has been suggested
that a well known expert be brought to
th •city. One who has had ample occa
sij to see the diseases in all its phases
would forever set the matter at rest and
the expense would be ia good investment
for the city, es-peeiall if it turned out that
these are not cases of smallpox.
BIG BAPTISTS
Os the Colored Church Are in
Session Here Today.
A meeting of all the prom'n»n’ colored
Baptists of the state is being held at the
First Baptist church, colored, today. In
attendance upon the meeting are some of
the most prominent colored preachers in
the South, and there are also some whites
who are interested in the education of the
negro.
The meeting is for the purpose of form
ing an educational society for the further
development of the negro schools in the
state. The organization is to be the ave
nue through which funds will be raised for
the maintenance of the colleges.
The following white men are in attend
ance upon the meeting:
Thomas J. Morgan, corresponding secre
tary of the Baptist Home Mission Society,
of New York; Dr. Henry L. Morehouse,
field secretary, and Dr. Malcolm McVicar,
superintendent of education for the same
institution..
There are in attendance upon the meet
ing about two hundred of the representa
tive colored Baptists of the state, and the
majority of them heartily favor the plan
proposed for the advancement of education
among their race in the state. Professor
George Sales, president of the Clark Uni
versity, of Atlanta, is among the guests
here, as is also Professor Wm. E. Holmes
of the same institution.
Several speeches were made this morn
ing and all of them were in favor of the
■plan to form a society, and when Rev. E.
K. Love, of Savannah, announced that he
was opposed to the plan there was consid
erable excitement. He did not approve of
the plan of leaving the education of the
colored children of the state in the hands
cf the Educational Society, but said that
it was the duty of the church and every
citizen to assist in the work and that the
Educational Society should not be endowed
with full capacity to act in the matter, as
it would it would be unsatisfactory -to very
many Baptists of the state.
THANKS TO MR. CARD.
Young Ladies' Free Kindergarten Assoc!?-
tion Deeply Grateful to Him.
The Young Ladies' Free Kindergarten
Association is deeply grateful to Prof.
Card and each individual member of his
splendid orchestra for their services so
generously tendered the young ladles at
their Valentine ball Monday.
The delightful music for the ball did not
cost the young ladies a cent and Prof.
Card’s generosity did not exceed their ap
preciation.
RECEIVER DAVIS
HAS THE BOOKS
He Got in Ahead of the Re
ceiver For the State
Court Yesterday.
WHAT COUNSEL SAYS.
The Bill Cannot Stand in the United
States Court and at Any Rate it
Has no Foundation in Fact.
Receiver G. M. Davis, of the United
Stales court, got ahead of Receiver Menard
of the state court court and yesterday
morning took charge of the books of the
North Macon Land Company
No date has been set by Judge Speer for
a hearing on the petition for an injunction,
but on his .return from Augusta he will
probably set a date.
If a special date for the injunction is
not set the ease will not 'be heard before
rule day which is the first Monday in
April.
A fight will be made by counsel for Mr.
C. C. Sime, who filed the petition in the
state court to set aside the United States
court receiver.
Just what policy counsel will adopt in
this fight is not given out of course, but
it will probably take the shape of a de
murrer to the bill.
“At any rate,” said Mr. Anderson, of
Anderson, Anderson & Grace this morning
When talking of the bill, “we do not think
that it can hold in the United States court
and we hope 'to be able to take it out when
it comes up for hearing.
“The charges made in the bill,” said
Mr. Anderson, “are without foundation in
fact.
“The bill in the United States court is
modelled after the Progress Loan case,
but there is there is positively no similar
ity between the two cases.
“Mr. Sims was not an officer or stock
holder of the North Macon Land Company
■at the time he bought and sold his land to
them. He is simply in the position of a
man who bought land and sold it again at
a profit.
“There is nothing in the world in the
bill filed in the United States court that
reflects upon the standing of our client.
This we will be able to demonstrate and
at any rate we do not think that the bill
can possibly stand in the United States
court.”
WATERPIPE
Will be Cheaper as a Result of This Deci
sion.
Will the Macon Gas Light and Water
Company profit by it?
The recent decision of the United States
court at Cincinnati declaring illegal the
pipe trust is cf considerable interest to
the officials of the Atlanta waterworks
department.
If the trust is finally broken up it will
make it possible for the company to buy
its water pipe cheaper than it has been
able to do, and for that reason they are
closely watching the effect of the decision.
Under the trust scale a short time aga
Macon was forced 'to pay as high as
per ton for water pipe, where the. same
pipe can now be bought for sl6 and sl7 pcr
ton, since the court broke up the trust and
forced it to disband, leaving the several
pipe concern's in the field of open compe
tition. The courts at Chattanooga first
dealt the trust a blow and now rhe higher
courts have sustained the decision of the
lower count, effectually knocking out the
trust.
AREANXKTUS.
School Children Petition the
Board to Let Them Go
to School.
A fact that speaks higher than anything
else for the popularity of the schools and
teachers of the Bibb county system is the
reluctance with which the children stay
out of school on acocunt of the health
regulations.
At present no children residing in the
districts where small pox or scarlet fever
has been reported are allowed to attend the
schools and all of them are reluctant to
stay away. At the meting of the Board of
Education Monday night a petition signed
by a large number of them was presented
asking that they might be allowed to re
turn to school. A petition was also pre
sented to the Board of Health signed by
the same cnildren asking that they might
be allowed to return to school.
This indication of the close relationship
between teachers and pupils is highly
gratifying to the teachers and to the su
perintendent. A large number of children
were at the superintendent’s office this
morning begging to be permitted to re
turn to the schools, but Superintendent
Abbott had to refuse them, telling them
that he would be summoned before the
recorder and fined SSO if he were to per
mit them to re-enter school. They ail ob
jected to this subjecting him to this nun
ishment and went away satisfied. It is" not
a usual thing for children to be anxious to
attend public schools regularly and this
is another indication of the efficiency of
the Bibb county system.
NEGRO SCHOOLS
A Northern Couple Looking Through Them
Here Today.
Superintendent Abbott in engaged today
Montpelier, Vermont, through the colored
schools of the city.
Mr. Cross and his wife have never been
South before and have never seen a colored
school, and they are anxious to see how
they are conducted, and made the request
of Superintendent Abbott to show them
through. Their opinion will be interest
ing.
The Coming Woman.
Who goes to the club while her husband
tends the baby, as well as the good old
fashioned woman who looks after her
home, will at times get run down in
health. They will be troubled with loss of
appetite, headaches, sleeplessness, fainting
or dizzy speßa. The most wonderful rem
edy for these women is Electric Bitters.
Thcffsands of sufferers from lame back and •
weak kidneys rise up and call it blessed. I
It is the medicine for women. Female i
complaints and nervous troubles of all ;
kinds are soon relieved by the use of Elec- 1
trie Bitters. Delicate women should keep j
this remedy on hand to build up the sys- I
tern. Orly 50c. per bottle. For sale by H. 1
J. Lamar & Son.
Carp nters Wanted.
Wanted, twenty carpenters
to meet me at city hall to
morrow morning at 7 o’clock.
P. W. Jones.
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