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ESTABLISHED 1884.
PREPARING
JR WAR,
There is Unusual Activity
Around Army of the East
Headquarters.
SOUTHETN FOBTIfimiS
Will be Looked After By Gen. Mer
ritt New Artillery Companies
to be Enlisted.
New York, Feb. 23.—Major General Mer
ritt, commander of the d« parrmeai of the
east, It avi a today for the imrpect;on of de
fense* on the Atlantic coast souin of New
York. His route, it is understood, is to
Include Atlanta, New Orhans, Mobile,
Pensacola and Savanah, those cities being
visited in the order named. Through one
<>f hts aides the general announced that his
trip was his regular annual inspection.
New York, Feb. 23. -The World stays:
Major General Merritt, In comma,nd of the
eastern department of the United States
army, Will start on a tour of inspection of,
Houthere fortifications before the end of
the week. It was his original indention to
leave Governor’s Island today for New Or
leans, but at midnight it was generally
understood that he would not Ibe able to
.start for a day or two. This sudden move
ment on the part of General Merritt, fol
lowing so closely upon the recent order of
General Miles relative to Che absolute ne
cessity of completing the new works ot
defense at the fortifications throughout the
country, has created quite a sensation in
army circles. Ostensibly he is simply go
ing on his annual tour of in spec Lou, but
at the island, Fort. Wadsworth and Fort
'Hamilton, it Is understood that 'his mis
sion is of far greater importance than a
•regulation visit to the stations under his
command.
it is believed that work on the ordtance
for southern fortifications has not been
gain gon with sufficient lapidity to satis
fy either General Miles of General Mer
ritt. At the new works at Ft. Hamilton,
of the four new guns, only three are now
In position. Fort Wadsworth has fared
more fortunately.
Another di velopment which has direct
bearing on General Merritt's departure is
th, artillery bill which yesterday passed
the senate. This bill provides for main
taining two more artillery regiments. It is
the intention of General Merritt to have
one of these quartered at Sandy Hook. The
other will, In all probability be distribu
ted among the various posts along the
Atlantic coast.
When General Miles sent word to Gen
eral Merritt relative to the necessity of
gettingall available ordnance ready for im
mediate use, he especially referred to the
work under way at Forts Hamilton and
Wadsworth. General Merritt’s intention
was to first visit New Orleans and inspect
Fort Phillips and Fort Jackson. Other
forts that General Merritt will visit are at
Mobile. Charleston. Galveston. Savannah,
Pensacola and Key West.
Said an officer at Governor's Island last
n night:
“The passing of the artillery hill will
change the entire state of affairs at Sandy
Hook. Just now the only thing we can use
men down there for is to keep sand from
dogging the machinery of the guns. With
now regiments, however,- all will be as It
should be. One of the regime ti ts will he
stationed at the Hook. That is already
practically settled. I am quite convinced
that the work on the quarters of officers
and men will he pused forward with all
possible speed. Just now we have far too
many offices for our men. but under the
new appropriation this evil will be rem
edied,”
FRESH COMPLICATIONS
May be found Before the Investigation is
Finished.
•New York. Feb. 23.—A dispatch to the
Tribune from Havana says: The outlook
in Cuba does not grow more promising.
The exact statement is that government
officials were never so much disturbed as
today. Local developments justify a se
rious view. General Blanco and iris asso
ciates are said to talk ot the probability
of fresh complications.
The statement that divers have penetra
ted the forward part of the Maine and
found nothing in .the magazines there to
indicate an explosion, seems to be verified.
'Attention is also given to the testimony
regarding the vibration under water before
the Maipe went to pieces. The evidence
as to this fact is emphatic. How far it
justifies <he belief that the explosion came
from underneath the ship, experts may be
left to determine. The point Iras not been
reached when a deffinite opinion can be
formed regarding submarine mines. Out
side evidence has been brought 'forward re
garding the construction of such a system,
but it has ont been sifted. Spain officials
are surprised at the firmness with which
the Washington administration declined to
admit them to share iu the investigation.
SITUATION MORE GRAVE.
Gen. Lee Warns Americans to Leaver Havana
at Once.
New York. Feb. 23.—A dispatch to the
World from Havana says: The situation
in Havana is more grave than a week ago.
Although the officers of the naval board of
Inquiry preserve an impenetrable reserve,
it is learned that some of the best naval
experts now believe that the explosion was
the result of treachery. They do not be
lieve that the Spanish officials were part
of the conspiracy. From the evidence now
in their possession they believe the Span
ish government. General Blanco and ail
his military subordinates, are guiltless
alike of knowledge or participation in the
crime. It is believed to have been set off
by a fanatic. General Lee informally ad
vised Americans not necessarily detained
here to leave for home at once. Many
families will sail by the Olivett tomor
row. This is an Indication that those on
the ground realize the possibility of trouble
arising suddenly a»d their inability to
protect the women ad children if an out
break occurs.
WILL NOT SELL.
The Suggestion Will Not be Considered by
Spain.
New York. Feb. 23. —-A dispatch to the
Herald from Madrid says: As the question
of the purchase of Cuba is again being
pushed in Washington, it may be o' use to
state, on the highest authority, that Spain
■will never, no matter wnat government is
an power, consider any such suggestion or
comprimise in Cuba beyond the broad
measure of autonomy drafted by the Lib
eral Government. This is the absolute ir
revocable decision. People who suggest
anything else are only wasting time and
grousing unfounded hopes.
WANT RECRUITS.
Much Activity Displayed by the Regular
Troops.
Cincinnati, 0., Feb. 23. —There has been
much activity at Fort Thomas in Ken
tucky for some days. While all the troops
were under special discipline with extra
drilling, Col. Cochran, commandant, and
other officers refused to be interviewed.
Today troops were supplied with 150 I
rounds of each. Battery B, of the Ohio '
National Guard, under Capt. Herman, to- I
day advertised for recruits.
W \R VESSELS ON THE MOVE
WAR VESSELS MOVE.
The Texas and Nashville Left New Orleans
Today.
Galveston, Tex., Feb. 23. —The battleship
Texas and the gunboat Nashville sailed
from Galveston this afternoon. The Texas
goes to rejoin Admiral Sicard’s fleet and
the Nashville to Key West for orders. I
It is reported that theNashviUe wold be
sent to Havana to replace the Maine, but
if Capt. Maynard has any such orders he
has given no hint of it here. The big ten
inch gun, the first of the ordnance for Gal
veston fortifications, is coming through
the state today and will reach Galveston
tonight.
GOING TO HAVANA.
Wrecking Tugs to Assist in Raising the Bat
tleship Maine.
Now York, Feb. 23. —There is unusual
activity about the Merritt-Chapman
wrecking station at Stapleton today. Stores
are being taken aboard of the big wreck
ing tug I. J. Merritt and the barge Hag
gerty. Both are going to (Savannah to aid
in raising the Maine. The Merritt is the
biggest wrecking tug in this country. It
is expected that the vessel will get under
way late this afternoon. The Staten Island
wreckers will be in charge of Captain
Frederick Sharp, an expert diver, and it is
likely that Captain Winfield Stokes will
also go along. Captain Chittenden, expert
diver, and the man who has charge of
blowing up all wrecks that cannot be
saved, may possibly go to Havana.
“HOUSE KITES.”
Inventor in New York Uses Them to Take
Temperature.
New York, Feb. 23.—Several small
houses are frequently seen floating in the
sky above Bayonne, N. J. William A. Ed
dy, an inventor of all kinds of structures
for navigating the air, is trying his new
house ktintes on such occasions.
These kites are to be used to carry ther
mometers for testing the tempertures.
The lower story is devoted to thermcme- ’
ters and the upper story to photographing
purposes.
Mr. Eddy has been guided largely by his
study of western cyclones. To assure that
his houses would be blown sky high, he
left holes in the first floor to give the air
free passage.
The kites consist of a frame work of
light spruce sticks covered wiith paper,
and are about three feet square. The most
successful (form had a side yard. The
house reached a height of eight hundred
set t and remained aloft for an hour with
great steadiness. Air rushed through it
from the cellar and escaped from beneath
the eaves. The air .accumulates in the
apex of the roof until a condensed air
chamber is formed. In one case the roof
was joined at the apex with rubber bands,
which permitted the air to escape when
the pressure was too great.
INCREASED EXCITEMENT
Was Manifested at the Zola Trial in Paris
Today.
Paris, Feb. 23. —'There is increased ex
citement today in the precincts of the
Palace, .where M. Zola and M. Perreux
have been on trial since February 7th. M.
Laborie, counsel for M. Zola, resumed his
argument for the defense. He will proba-
I'ally finish by 4 o’clock p. tn., when M.
Clemenceau, counsel for M. Perreux, will
fellow. The case will then be submitted
to the jury.
ZOLA GUILTY.
Verdict of the Jury Convicts Him on Every
Count.
Paris, Feb. 23. —Zola has been found
guilty on all counts.
MARBLEHEAD SAILS.
She Will Join the North Atlantic Squadron
at Dry Tortugas.
New Orleans, Feb. 23.—The United
States cruiser Marblehead weighed anchor
at 10:15 today ar?d sailed for Key West,
where she will join the .North Atlantic
squadron at Dry Tortugas. The Marble
head took aboard here a small quantity o-f
coal.
MORGAN RESOLUTION.
Washington. Feb. 23.—Mr. Allen offered
the Morgan Cuban belligerency resolution
as an amendment to the diplomatic and
consular appropriation bill. Hale gave no
tice of a point of order abainst the amend
ment. Mr. Morgan, of Alabama,
opposing the Allen amendment said we
had no right to make a declaration of this
sort in this way. If this resolution is
made part of the bill Spain would have a
right to consider it a declaration of war.
He contended that theconditions now
were much different than when the senate
passed the resolution last May. The tem
per of the people of both nations was then
much different than now. Mr. Morgan
said that, the declarations heretofore were
for peace. Referring to the Maine disaster
and the investigations now going on he
said it would uot be right to force the
question now. If the senator from Ne
braska wanted to vote for a declaration of
war let him bring it in and ■State the
grounds. He (Morgan) would vote for
such resolution. Morgan said he would
not vote for a declaration of war against
Spain in disguise. He wanted the chal
lenge made and picked up in an honorable
way.
GORDON WELL.
The Report of His Serious Illness Proves to
be Untrue.
The announcement of the serious ilness
of General John B. Gordon, which was
contained in the morning papers, caused
universal comment and regret in this city
this morning.
It seems, however, rhat the Associated
Press correspondent who sent out the dis
patch does not know the general, and
•probably mistook some other sick man for
him.
The following telegram was received this
I morning from Mr. Harry B. Burns:
Detroit, Mich., Feb. 23.—General Gordon
| left here last night for Chicago. He is all
I right. This was dispatched to me from
the agent at Port Huron, Mich.
H. Burns.
MAY LEAVE TODAY.
New York, Feb. 23.—The coaling of the
Spanish cruiser Viscaya was resumed
early this morning, and if this work can be
finished in time she may sail for Havana
this evening. The cruiser’s flag is at half
mast today again, in honor of the memory
of the Maine's dead.
THE MACON NEWS.
ACCIDENT THEORY
DIMING.
As the Investigation Pro
gresses Certainty of De
sign is More Evident.
SILENT IN WASHINGTON.
The Officials There Are Not Inclined
To Discuss the Matter—Are
Awaiting Official Reports.
Washington, Feb. 23. —There is a total
Lack of official news respecting the Maine
disaster in both state and navy depart
ments up to noon today, no telegrams hav
ing come in over night and none dis
patched. A reminder of the distaster,
however, reached the navy department in
the shape of a water soaked and brine fla
vored package enclosing the medical jour
nal of the Maine. While there remains an
expectancy among the naval officers when
ever tnere is tne least expectation of news
from Havana, the department apears to
have settled pretty well down in its old.
routine. There is no longer much disposi
tion of theorizing as to the cause of the
disaster. Probably this is from a lack of
evidence to base a theory upon, or because
the ingenuity of experts in devising an
hypothesis has been exhausted. No order
has yet gone out to the big double tur
retted monitor, Terror, so the situation
remains as yesterday, when Secretary
Long said she was being held for orders
at 'Norfolk. In regard to the statement
coming from Key West, that the naval
officers had been warned by Admiral
•Sicard, at the instance of the navy depart
ment, not to discuss the Maine disaster
in public and with newspaper men, it is
said by naval officers that this is only the
usual course for regulations especially
prohibiting such discussions as are calcu
lated to affect improperly the conclusion of
the court of inquiry and also, perhaps, to
cause interposition of obstacles to the in
vestigation.
Consul General Lee, in course of a
friendly talk in Havana with Americans,
may have expressed a view that there are
at present places more desirable, as re
sorts for persons who have no particular
business there, than Havana, but the state
department authorizes the announcement
that it has not yet been advised that he
has either officially or sem’i-offieially de
livered himself of any expression on the
subject. It .is also said at the 'department
that no message has been conveyed to the
owners of American vessels at New Or
leans or elsewhere that it would not be
safe for them to visit Cuba.
The battleship Texas and the gunboat
Nashville will leave Galveston, today for
Key West, where they will join the other
vessels of Admiral Sicard’s squadron at
that point. No order for this movement
was sent by the navy department, as it is
stated that it is in accordance with orders
given several weeks ago by which the two
ships were directed to remain at Galveston
from 'the 17th to the 23rd instant to par
ticipate in the Mardi Gras celebration
there, and return to Key West on the lat
ter date. This was before the Maine dis
aster, so the present movement is said to
have no possible significance of the re
cent occurrence. The two ships will now
resume their part in the squadron evolu
tions according to the original program,
unless detached. The Nashville had been
thought of in the determination to send
another ship to Havana when the pres
ent excitement has calmed, choice lying
between the Nashville and the Montgom
ery. No determination, however, has as
yet been reached on that point.
ACCIDENT THEORY
Is Gradually Disappearing as the Investiga
tion Progresses.
Washington, Feb. 23. —The Evening Star
has received the following from its staff
correspondent in Cuba:
Havana, Feb. 23, via Key West. —The
inquiry into the Maine disaster is progres
sing along definite lines. The result so
far may be summed up in the statement
that the probabilities that it was an acci
dent seem to decrease with the progress
of the investigation. The Most intense
anxiety is shown by the Spanish officials
here who are in constant communication
with Madrid. They realize that the rela
mueh in danger of a rupture as now, This
is the general feeling. The commercial
classes here are hopeful of American in
tervention on peaceful lines but what they
base their hopes on is unknown.
(Signed) PEPPER.
MICHAEL’S MANAGER TALKS.
Did Not Want Him to Leave the Wheel
for the Horse.
St. Louis, Feb. 23.—George McLeish,
manager of Jimmy Michael, the ‘‘Welsh
Rarebit,” who is said to have quit tlhe
wheel to take a position with Phil Dwyer,
the famous turfman, as jockey, is here
with James C. Kennedy, who had charge
of the six day bicycle race in New York.
In an interview Mr. Leish says:
“I was afraid Michael was going to make
such a break as he has made, and I advis
ed him not to do so. I showed him last
week where his earnings on the cinder
path would fott up 320,000 sure, but even
that did not seem to satisfy him. He ap
peared daft on the subject of being a jock
ey. Well, i think he has made a great
mistake. Perhaps he has not, but time
will tell.”
Mr. Kennedy said:
“I expected him to do just tvhat he has
done. I spent two or three hours arguing
that point with him in a hotel in Chicago
last week. During a visit to New York
city Michael met Phil Dwyer, the famous
turfman. Dwyer dwelt upon the success
scored by Tod Sloane in England and pic
tured Michael just as successful if he
would only quit the cinder path for the
race track. He was in jest I think, but
Michael believes he was in earnest. Dwyer
offered Michael a salary of SIO,OOO a year
and picking, and figured where the little
fellow could clear nearly $50,000 on his
season’s work. That proposition, bona fide
or not, turned Michael’s head, and ever
since his arrival in Chicago two week’s ago
he has been talking of going east and ac
cepting Dwyer’s offer.”
LYING IN STATE.
The Remains of Miss Francis E. Willard Have
Arrived in Chicago.
Chicago. Feb. 22. —The remains of Miss
Francis E. Willard, president of the
World’s Women's Christian Temperance
Union, arrived at Chicago from New York
today, and were conveyed to Willard Hall,
the W. C. T. U. Temple, where they lay
in state.
Thousands of people passed through the
beautiful hall to take a last look at the
great temperance leader.
The body wil be conveyed to Evanston,
Miss Willard's former home, this evening,
and interment will take place at Rose Hill
cemetery tomorrow,
MACON NEWS WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 23 1898.
ALWAYS READY
COL. WILEY SMS
The Macon Military Are In
Splendid Condition
at This Time.
THREE HONORED SOLDIERS
Are Ready to Answer the Bugle Call
to Fall in For Active Service
at Any lime.
‘‘The Second regiment of the Georgia
Volunteers is always ready for war,” was
the way Col. C. M. Wiley, in command of
that regiment, answered the question this
morning as to what condition his command
is in, in the event of the United States de
claring war against Spain.
‘‘The Macon military was never in bet
ter condition,” he said.
"We have now about 300 rank and file.
“No, there have been no enlistments on
account of the probability of war, but we
are adding good men all the time, and you
may say that in the event of our services
being in demand we will be ready at a mo
ment’s notice.”
There has been no unusual excitement,
nor have the Macon military done any un
necessary talking, but they are ready, and
the four companies are well disciplined and
in magnificent condition. The officers of
all the companies say they could depend
upon their companies to a man, and all of
them say with Col. Wiley, “We are ready
all the time. That is what we are here
for.”
It may be safely stated that at no time
in the military history of the city have the
volunteer forces been in better condition.
Their equipments are good, and the mili
tary spirit and discipline is splendid.
Os course if there was a very strong
probability of war a number of additons
would be made to the present forces, but
at present the officers do not anticipate
war. Consequently no special effort is
being made to get nten to join the dif
ferent companies. Only the best men are
wanted, and only men who go in with a
determination to do all the work demand
ed of them will be admitted as enlisted
men.
MORE PAVING.
Cherry Street Merchants Want it Extended
to Seventh Street.
An effort, is to be made by a number of
the merchants doing business on lower
Cherry street to have the pavement of that
street extended from Fourth to Seventh
street. ♦
This will call for three blocks more of
the pavement. A petition to this effect
was offered to council last night, aud was
referred to the committee on streets, but
what report will be made upon it by the
committee cannot be foretold.
It is probable, however, that it will be
granted, as a great deal of business is
done by wholesalers in that part of town.
A SUPPER
Given by the Firm of Burden, Smith & Co.,
to Their Employes.
Messrs, Burden, Smith & Co., of the
'Empire Store gave their employees a sup
last night at the Volunteer Case which was
■a most thoroughly enjoyable affair and
signified the great good will that exists
between employers and employed in that
store.
The supper was the result of a promise
made to the employers that if the gross
salese for the month amounted to a certain
amount they would give them a supper.
The menu consisted of oyesters and
birds, with chocolate as a beverage and
was thoroughly enjoyed by about thirty of
the employes of the store.
A FIREBRAND.
Will Be the Report of the Condition of the
Reconcentrados.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 22. —The ex
pectation that the 'Cuban correspondence
will be sent to congress shortly has caused
some anxiety and suppressed excitement
today, that would not otherwise exist.
If the full correspondence is sent in
giving the real condition of the starving
reconcentrados, and making public the
confidential communications of Gen. Lee
and other consular officers in Cuba, the
action may be a firebrand that will set
congress aflame.
Several senators and representatives are
prepared to follow the reading of the cor
respondence with resolutions for recogni
tion ‘of belligerency. Some declare out
right for war.
STONE TALKS.
Denies That He Seeks Presidential Honors—
A Few Shots at McKinley.
San Antonio, Tex., Feb. 22.—William J.
Stone, of Missouri, arrived here yesterday
en route to Mexico. When asked about
the recently published statement that he
would be a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for president, he denied it most
emphatically. He said he was opposed to
Bryan’s plan of amalgamating all the sil
ver sprees into a virtually new party. He
favors maintaining the integrity of the
Democratic party.
Os the possibility of war, he said:
“If Spain should land troops at New
York and begin shooting the dome off the
capitol, maybe McKinley would offer some
armed resistance, but until then he will
do nothing contrary to the wishes of Mar
cus Aurelius Hanna and J. Pierpont Mor
gan.
GOLD IN MISSOURI.
Taking Out Quantities of Ore Said to be
Gold-Bearing.
Jefferson City, Mo., Feb. 22.—G01d has
been discovered in Cole county jn paying
quantities, it is said. The possessors of the
mine are four brothers, John, Paul, George
and Frank Kaiser. It is located on their
farm, which is about nine miles from this
city.
Yesterday John Kaiser, the oldest of the
boys, said that a shaft had been sunk, and
that they had struck a gold vein. A St.
Louis essayist says the substance is un
doubtedly gold. He said: “We intend to
do all the work ourselves, and will have
first-class machinery at work crushing and
smelting our ore in a very short time." “
New York, COTTON FUTURES
New York, Feb. 23.—Cotten futures
opened firm, sales 14,500 bales, March 602,
April 608. May 612, June 615, July 619,
August 62£, September 618, October and
November 617, December 619,
HIS ASSAILANTS.
Officers Arrest the Men Who Held Up John
Grace Sunday Night.
One of the negroes who assaulted Mr.
John Grace a few nights ago and robbed
him of $53, was arrested last night by
Officers Plunket and Dumas. The evidence
against him is almost complete.
His name is William Whitney. He was
arrested a: Hamp Hall's place, and on his
neck are the marks of Mr. Grace’s fingers,
where he grappled -with him in the des
perate struggle on Sunday night.
It will be difficult to identify the negro
positively, but a sufficient amount of cir
cumstantial evidence will be forthcoming
to convict him.
It is probable that another negro arrest
ed at the same time by the officer was the
other assailant of Mr. Grace. His name is
James Arner, and he is known to have
been concerned in a hold up during the
epidemic of highway robberies about six
or eight weeks ago. Arner held up a man
in South Macon, and robbed him.
Whitney is an Atlanta negro, and claims
that he was not in the city at the time
the robbery of Grace was committed. He
says that he can prove an alibi.
A pistol was found on him when he was
arrested, and it is known that the man who
was foremost in the hold up of Grace was
armed with a pistol, and another negro is
ready to swear that Whitney offered to
trade this pistol with him on the day the
robbery was committed. This would, of
course, knock the alibi into a cocked hat.
It is probable that in the arrest of these
two negroes the officers have got hold of
two of the worst of the hold-up fiends.
DROPPED DEAD.
Sudden End of a Well Known Railroad Em
ploye Last Night.
Aleck Owens, a man about 55 years of
age, who has been in the employ of the
railroad here for the last twenty years,
and who was crippled in that service many
years ago, dropped dead in the street yes
terday evening.
For a long time he has-been in charge
of the Central railroad crossing at the foot
of Cherry street, and had just left his post
when he fell.
Ten minutes before Owens was found
dead he turned a switch for a passing
train and when another engine came by
he was not at his ipost. The engineer call
ed for him, and one of the men standing
by iwent to his shack to look for him and
found him lying on his face on the floor.
He .was then dead.
The coroner was at the place within an
hour after the body was found and sum
moned a jury. The verdict was that the
deceased came to his death from causes
unknown to the jury.
-Mr. Owens had two sisters living. One
loves In East Macon. She is the mother
of Sanitary Inspector Charley Jordan. The
other, Mrs. B. Brown, lives in South Ma
con.
'Owens lived at the Reeves house on
Fourth street.
The -funeral will take place this after
noon at 3:30 o’clock from Jones Chapel in
South Macon.
BIG MELON CROP.
Indications Are That Georgia Will Double
the Yield.
Indications point to a very big melon
crop in Georgia this year.
The entire crop of Georgia and Florida
in 1897 was about 3,000 car loads. The
largest produced was that of 1890, when
9,000 cars were loaded and shipped, causing
a loss to every grower in the melon belt.
It may be safely predicted that not less
than from 6,000 to 7,000 cars will be grown
this year. A careful estimate of the crop
in the country leads to the belief that at
least 1,200 cars will be shipped from four
or five counties in South Georgia, that in
1897 produced but 600.
Parties in Albany who sell seed to grow
ers here experienced an almost unprece
dented demand for their stock since Jan
uary Ist, and your correspondent has seen
letters from fertilizer dealers in this state
and in Florida asserting that the demand
for melon fertilizer this year was more
than three times as great as it was in
1897.
Several Dougherty county growers, who
have been among the largest in the state,
have cut their acreage down below a
fourth of what it has heretofore been, be
lieving that the markets will be glutted
early in the season.
THOMAS W. LOYLESS, JR.
Infant Son of Mr. and Mrs. Loyless Died
Last Night.
Thomas W. Loyless, the 18-months-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Loyless. died
last night .shortly before midnight at the
home of his parents at 'Breezy Hill, about
four miles from the city.
The child had not been ill long, and
death was hardly expected, even by the
physician, but least of all by the parents,
on whom the bereavement falls with ter
rible suddenness, and is a shock that is
only appreciated by those who have seen
the sunbeam of a home pass
away, when it seemed the brightest, leav
ing behind the terrible shadow of sorrow
that even long years, stretching even into
a lifetime, cannot dispel.
Formal expressions of sympathy seem
out of place on such occasions. The hack
neyed phrases sound unreal, but among the
friends of the parents of the child who
passed away last night the measure of
sympathy is very great.
The funeral will take place tomorrow
morning at >ll o’clock from St. Joseph’s
Catholic church, and the last resting place
has been prepared in Rose Hill cemetery.
The following gentlemen will act as
pallbearers: R. L. McKenney, John T.
Boifeuillet, Gray Goodwyn and Marion
Harris.
BIG MELON COMBINE.
Cantaloupe Interests of Colorado Under One
Management.
Rocky Ford, Col., Feb. 22. —A meeting
of the Rocky Ford, Col., Melon Growers’
Association was held here this week in
conjunction with the Dent County, the
Colorado Cantaloupe Growers’ Association
of Ordway county, and Olney County
Growers' Association to combine the en
tire interests of the state under one man
agement, to be known as the Arkansas
Valley Melon Growers’ Association of Col
orado.
The Rocky Ford Association controls
520 growers, and others 270 growers,
making a total of 790. They have under
cultivation 8,000 acres, and a combined
capital of $200,000. Ex-Senator George W.
Sivink is president.
The output of the new association will
be about 16,000 car loads, or upwards of
6,000,000 crates, The season for market
ing the eanietoupes will open about Au
gust 15, and last about forty-five days.
Nat Wetzel, president of the Western
Game and Poultry Company, St. Louis,
brought about the organization, and will
control the sale of its output, establishing
agencies in Chicago, Cincinnati, Boston,
Toledo, Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, Pitts
burg, New York, Baltimore, Indianapolis,
New Orleans, Omaha, Minneapolis, St.
Paul, Washington and a number of other
cities.
You can talk to 10,000 every day through
the columni of The Neva.
WILL AGAIN
ENJOIN THEM.
Mr. T. D. Tinsley Has Notified
the County Commission
ers to That Effect.
MORE CASES REPORTED
Out in the Negro Settlement Near
Riverside—There Are Two
and Several Suspects.
The smallpox situation looks a little
more serious today. Two new cases were
reported to the Board of Health this morn
ing, and there are several suspicious eases
in the same district.
One of the new cases is a negro named
Warren Card, on Green street, and the
other is a negro on Jones street. On Jones
street there are a number of cases that
will in all probability develop into small
pox before he day is out.
All cf the cases that are reported as
smallpox will be moved to the pest house
or house of detention, as it might more
properly be called. By this evening some
eight or ten of the negroes will be at the
park.
The Board of Health seems to be fully
aroused as to the gnavity*of the situation,
and the physicians of the city seem to
■think that it calls for the most prompt and
vigorous action if an epidemic is to be
avoided. They say almost to a man that
the public, for safety's sake, should be
kept fully informed, and that the policy
followed by the News from the outstart
has been the best for the city.
The county authorities have at last se
lected a place for their pest house, and to
day are engaged in doing what they might
have done two or three days ago. The
house will be. built as fast as a force of
men can do the work. The county has now
two cases to take care of, another case be
reported to them yesterday evening, that
of Sol Turner, a negro living in Pleasant
Hill, on the river side. He will be moved
to the pest house as soon as it is com
pleted. Turner was formerly employed by
Dr. McHatton as a butler.
The county pest house is located out be
tween the Dillon farm, east of the Belle
vue road, and it is considered a most ex
cellent location. It is well removed from
any dwelling, and is easily accessible.
Shortly after noon the chairman of the
beard cf county commissioners, Mr. G. M.
Davis, was notified that, an injunction
would be placed on the building of the jest
house on the site selected. Mr. T. I). Tins
ley, who owns a quantity of land in that
vicinity, will secure an injunction of the
commissioners persist in building the
house near his property.
Mr. Davis, when seen by a News re
porter, said: “What can we do? We have
selected a place that is a quarter of a mile
away from any dwelling, and which is as
much isolated as any place we could se
lect in Bibb county, and even now we are
enjoined. The public should see that it is
net our fault, and that we are doing the
best we possibly can. but if the citizens of
the county interfere with us by injunction
after injunction, we are helpless.
“Mr. Tinsley’s property, it is true, • is
close to the place we have selected, but it
is wild land, and he has no house on the
property. I cannot see "how he will be in
jured in any way. We -will go ahead, and
will build until the injunction is actually
put upon us. We hauled the lumber there
today, and would have commenced work
with the carpenters tomorrow morning,
and we will do so if we are not enjoined
before that time.”
Speaking of the smallpox today, a prom
inent physician said that he thought that
all the doctors in the city could materially
assist in the stamping out of the disease
if they would vaccinate free. If each doc
tor in the city would vaccinate free, say
200 people, every one in the city would be
quickly inoculated, and he pointed out
that the only way to prevent the spread
and to stamp out the disease was by in
oculation and isolation.
SONS OF VETERANS,
Mr. W. D. Davies Has Been Appointed
Commander in Georgia.
Mr. W. W. Davies, commander of the
John B. Gordon camp Sons of Confederate
veterans, has been appointed major gener
al in command of the division of Georgia
by Robert A. Smith, commander in chief.
The order was received in Atlanta yes
terday and the members of the camp here
feci highly honored to have their Com
mander placed at the head of the state.
Mr. Davies was an organizer of the John
B. Gordon camp, and has been the main
spring of it since that time.
Recently he has been very active in or
ganizing the camps of Sons of Veterans in
all parts of the state preparatory to the
coming reunion of veterans, .when it is ex
pected the sons will make the best appear
ance of any other previous reunion. Mr.
Davies is fitted for the position he has
been placed iin charge of, and having been
the son of a prominent veteran, the honor
is said to be well bestowed.
The order making the appointment is as
follows:
“Headquarters United Sons of Confeder
ate Veterans, Charleston, S. C., February
16, 1898—Special Order No. 12 —Upon re
commendation of Lieutenant General T.
Leigh Thompson, commanding the army
of Tennessee department, and in accord
ance with section 7, article 4, of the Con
stitution, Mr. W. W. Davies, of Atlanta,
Ga., is hereby appointed major general in
command of the division of Georgia, United
Sons Confederate Veterans. He will im
mediately proceed with the appointment
of his staff and the organization of his
division, and use every effort to form new
camps throughout the same. This order
supercedes and renders null and void spe
cial order No. 1, July 21, 1897, on account
of the resignation of tffe comrade tbe” n ap
pointed. By order of
"Rcbei-t a. Smyth,
* ‘•Commander-in-chief.
“Official: Daniel Ravenel, Adjutant Gen
eral.”
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
A Negro Brute Was Infatuated With a White
Girl.
Oakland, Cal., Feb. 23.—Henry Williams,
a negro, aged 25 years, has shot and killed
Miss Ethel Gray, a white girl at her resi
dence, 662 East Sixteenth street, and killed
himself. The girl was 22 years of age.
She was the daughter of Mrs. George Gray
and was employed as a clerk. The negro
was a desperate character and had served
a term in the county jail for theft. He
is said to have been infatuated with the
girl.
Through Pullman Buffet
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and New York via Georgia
railroad and Atlantic Coast
Line.
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