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MAKES THE
FIRSTMBVE
Spain's Flotilla of Torpedo Boats
Has Left the Canaries
Under Orders,
ITISWTEIiG.
Naval Authorities Say That
This Country Should Not
Permit the Move.
REPORT TO ARRIVE TONIGHT
When It Will Bt Handed Over For
mally to the President - Latest
News From the Front.
Washington, March 24 -The news reach
ed the navy department today that the
torpedo boat flotilla has left the Canary
Islands for Porto Rico.
This fact, has been communicated to the
president. No question has been asked of
Spain as yet concerning the movement, nor
has it been decided what action, if any,
under the circumstances, will be taken.
This move has been watched by the
navy department with intense Interest and
is regarded to »Ome extent as a demonstra
tion against this country.
The fleet consists of six torpedo boats
and seven torpedo boat destroyers, thir
teen in all, constituting one of the most
formidable torpedo squadrons afloat.
As soon as the telegram making the an
nouncement was received it was taken to
the Whitehouse and laid before the presi
dent.
A long conference between the president
and Secretary Ixmg and Secretary Roose
velt, as to the course to adopt.
'So far as 1. ar nisi no demand has been
made upon Spain as to the purpose of dis
patching the flotilla at this juncture, nor
is it known what action, if any, will he
taken. There Is a decided current of sen
timent among the naval officers, including
some of the highest. In favor of decision
and imrdtate action. They say from a
naval view view it would be most unfort
unate nt this time to have a great torpe
do flotilla brought within easy reach of
our squadron at Key West. This, it can
be stated, is not a mere naval speculation,
and has been given official cognizance and
urged upon the president. It is due to the
bi gi m port a nee of the movement that in
structions were issued some days ago to
keep tile navy department immediately ad
vised on the departure of the fleet from
the Canaries.
PERMISSION REFUSED.
Blanco Will Not Allow the United States to
Blow Up the Maine Wreck.
Madrid, March 24. The following semi
official note has just been issued: “At a
cabinet meeting yesterday Sagasta, the
premier read a telegram from Captain
General Blanco, saying that the captain of
the Maine had requested permission to
blow up the wrek with dynamite and that
permission had been refused.”
The cabinet empowered the minister of
foreign affairs (Gallon.l to watch the sit
uation with a view of seeing justice and
defending the rights of Spain.
‘■'Minister of finance. (Huigcerver,) de
clared that the resources are sufficient for
all war expenses until the new chamber
meets.
The note is received in regard to the
Spanish commission's report on the loss of
the Maine.
“FIGHTING BOB”
Evans Has Taken Command of the lowa
Sicard is 111.
-Washington. (March 24. —Captain Robley
D. Evans, better known as “Fighting Bob
Evans.” reached here this morning, and
was imediately ordered to take command
pf the lowa.
Captain Sampson, of the lowa and also
of the -Maine court of inquiry, has been
ordered to command the North Atlantic
fleet, relieving Rear Admiral Sicard. who
is ill.
Commodore Schley in all probability will
be placed in command of the squadron at
Hampton Roads.
Captain Evans arrived at Washington
this morning from Key West and had a
half hour conference with Secretary Long.
He had been temporarily on duty in the
light house service, but told the secretary
that if there was to be a fight he wanted
to be in it. Long approved the suggestion
and immediately issued orders placing
Captain Evans in command of the battle
ship lowa.
It is stated at the White House and the
war and navy departments that the report
of the court of inquiry will arrive late
tonight.
Secretary Long was with the president
tor some time this morning and it is in
ferred that the plans for its reception have
been arranged.
It is hardly probable that more than a
formal delivery of the document will be
carried out tonight.
tiIVEN A DIVORCE.
Lancaster, Pa., March 24.—Sarah Goss
ler Pague. wife of Lieut. Pague, of the
United States army, was granted a divorce
today.
Pague several years ago accused his su
perior officer. Col. Crofton, of Ft. Sheri
dan. 111., of intimacy with Mrs. Pague, and
attempted to kill him.
GRAHAM AT CHARLESTON.
Charleston, March 24. —Brigadier Gener
al Graham and two members of the staff
are inspecting the fortifications on Sulli
van’s Island and Fort Sumter today. He
will probably complete his work and leave
for Savannah this evening.
REPORT ON THE WAY.
Charlotte, N. C., 'March 24.—The report
of the court of inquiry passed through
here this morning, carefully guarded in
the drawing room of a pullman sleeper.
DESTROYERS SAIL.
'Dublin, March 24.—Two Spanish torpedo
boat destroyers sailed from Kingstown for
fallniouth, England, this morning.
KNIFED
Will be the Americans in Havana When War
is Declared.
Havana, March 24. —No riots, no insults,
no demonstrations of any kind have oc
curred since Saturday. An ominous silence,
caused by suppressed, intense excitement,
prevails. Americans are living over a vol
cano. A Spanish colonel said, in reply to
a question whether he expected war:
“No,” he replied, “because the Yankees
are afraid to fight. But I want to tell you,
though, that if their government in Wash
ington ever does declare war, on the first
night the news reaches Havana we will
rise, and, beginning with General Lee.
we will do every American and every re
conoentratrado this” —and he drew his
thumb across his throat. "You Americans
do not realize how a Spalard can handle a
knife. When the storm breaks your heals
come off.”
DEATH AND DESOLATION.
Clara Barton Says She Saw Worse in Cuba
Than in Armenia.
Matanzes, March 24 —The relief expedi
tion of the Fern, which arrived in this
port Saturday, will be the means of sav
ing, for the time, at least, several thous
and human lives. Nowhere in island
of Cuba is the suffering of the reconcen
trados so great as in this district.
The sight here is indeed a pitiable one.
Consul Brice has done all within his power
to alleviate the suffering, but the 35 tons
of provisions brought by the Fern is the
first assistance he has received from tbe
outside.
Miss Clara Barton was here twelve days
ago, and, seeing the condition of the re
concent ra-dos in the hospitals, returned to
Havana, and at once sent provisions for
temporary relief. These provisions arrived
in due time, but Brice was not notified of
their arrival until Miss Barton returned
to Matanzas to meet the Fern.
The result was that more than 300 peo
ple died of starvation, while food lay stor
ed in the depot for them. As soon as Miss
Barton arrived she asked what had be
come of the supplies, and was horrified to
learn what had happened to them. This
was Saturday morning, and, despite all
efforts, the provisions were still in the de
pot Sunday at noon.
The Fern expedition was unloaded too
late for distribution Saturday, and so peo
ple continued to starve to death with food
actually in sight.
The death rate in Matanzas will average
twenty-five a day. This is no guess nor
sensational estimate, but is taken from
the bishop’s register for the month ending
March 1. In the city are now about 8,000
to 10,000 r econcentrados left. Between
55,000 to 75,000 have died during the past
twelve months.
Brice informed me that suffering is
much greater in the interior towns of his
district, a, nd that for that reason he sent
a good part of the supplies inland. He had
estimated that the supplies brought by the
Fern would last about ten or eleven days.
This estimate was based upon a most eco
nomic distribution.
Miss Clara Barton will assist in the dis
tribution of supplies, and will provide for
those in the three reconcentrado hospitals
from her depot in Havana. She is being
assisted by Dr. Hubei.
The charitable organizations of the city
are doing all in their power, but up until
the appointment of the new autouomits
governor they have been discouraged in
their work by the fololwers of General
Weyler.
The new governor, Don Aspedea De An
nas. told me that on the day he moved
into the palace he saw fifteen people die
in the Plaza de Annas. The governor
seems anxious to help the sufferers, and,
besides encouraging the local charity and
the assistance from the United States, is
giving all he can from his own purse. He
is also planning some reforms that will
prove of great benefit to the sufferers if
he can get the financial support necessary
to carry them out.
He has given all who have -applied passes
to go outside to look for food, and now
those who are able to go out and get a
few sweet potatoes and other vegetables.
Farming has been suspended for so long,
and the farms have been so devastated by
both armies that there remains but little
food to be had eveu outside.
The governor proposes to use the land
nearest town for a sort of public farm,
and if he can get food enough to keep his
people until a crop can be raised, he
thinks all will be well.
In speaking to me Miss Barton said that
the suffering here far surpassed anything
she had seen in Armenia.
She seems anxious to do all in her pow
er, but says that, in spite of all she can
do. and in spite of all help that can come,
that at least half of the reconcen trades
will die. She hopes to be able to carry
the other half over this rainy season, but
says that, unless the donations of chari
table Americans continue, she will be
forced to leave them to fate, as the as
sistance received here is mostly moral.
There is everything to be done here, and
it seems that Miss Barton is handicapped
in every possible way. Spaniards are un
friendly to her, her interpreters are not
wonderful for their veracity, and there are
many imposters. The supplies are insuf
ficient and ihe country is in a state of
war.
The people are not able to help them
selves. even after Miss Barton has restor
ed them to health, as there is no work for
them to do. and they have neither imple
ments nor stock for tilling the soil. Now
that the people of the United States have
begun this charitable work, the Spaniards
stand by and look on. They say that if
the Yankees want to feed all the Cubans,
let them go ahead. If a reconcentrado
begs from a Spaniard, he tells him to go
to the American consulate.
PESTHOUSE
Burned by Unknown Parties at Richmond
Kentucky.
Richmond. Ky., March 23.—The small
pox at this place has not abated, but in
creased. This morning one new case was
reported, making seven in all. The sub
jects are al colored. Dr. Smpck, of the
State Board of Health, says tne cases are
mild and all will recover if properly
treated. A pest house was located near the
city Saturday, but last night unknown
parties turned it. Bloodhounds
brought out o trace .he uueuders, but no
trail was effectively located- Nope of the
subjects had been removed from their
houses up to this time.
An order has 'been made for a general
vaccination throughout the city. At a spe
cial meeting of the city council today an
order ws issued to vaccinate residents of
Berea. Silver Creek and Paint Lick, neigh
boring villages, at the city’s expense. Phy
sicians of the town and county are con
stantly on the aleyt. The subjects are iso
lated and guards kept on constant watch.
Dr. McCormack, of the State Board of
Health, will arrive from Middlesboro to
day and join Dr. Smock. All cities in the
surrounding country have quarantines
against Richmond.
COTTON FUTURES.
New York, March 24.—Cotton futures
opened steady. Sales 4.100. March SSO,
April 552. May 580, June 588, July Strt,
■August 594, September 591, October 590,
November 592, December 593, January 596.
You can talk to 10,000 every day through
the coluhuu of Tbe Neva.
THE MACON NEWS.
DENUNCIATION
' BY THURSTON
He Paints a Graphic Word
Picture of the Horrors He
Found in Cuba.
Will PUNISHMENT
Must Gome if the Report Shows That
the Maine Was Blown Up—But
Should Take Action Anyhow.
Washington, March 24 —The senate gal
leries were crowded this morning with
people anxious to hear the promised dis
cussion of the Cuban question.
A bill was passed amending the statues
relating to barges, providing for life sav
ing appliances and hull inspection of all
vessels in tow and the carrying of pas
sengers.
Mr. Thursto-n when he arose stood in an
audience that was perfectly silent.
“Mr. President,” said he, “I hereby
command silent lips to speak once for all
on the Cuban agitation. God forbid that
the bitterness of personal loss should in
duce me to color the statement I feel it
my duty to make.”
Thurston said “that an overstatement
of the situation is impossible. He was
convinced that Senator Proctor under
stand the facts.”
Mr. Thurston said that under the in
human policy of Weyler not less than
40,000 self-supporting, peaceable and de
fenseless people had been driven from
their homes in the agricultural portions of
the province to the cities and imprisoned
upon a barren waste out of the residence
portions of these cities and within the
lines of na intrenchment established a lit
tle way beyond.
Most of these people are old men, wo
men, children. Slow starvation was their
inevitable fate. A conservative estimate
indicates that 210,000 of these people had
already perished from starvation.
The government of Spain had never con
tributed one dollar to house, shelter, feed
or provide medical attention for those
citizens. Such a spectacle exceeds the
scenes of inferno painted by Dante.
There has been no ameloriation of the
situation except through the charity of the
people of the Unied States. There has been
no diminitlon in the death rate among the
reeoncentradoes except that the death sup
ply has constantly diminished. There is no
relief and no hope, except through the
continued charity of the American peo
ple until peace has been fully restored in
the island.
Spain cannot put an end to the existing
conditions. She cannot conquer the insur
gents.
The situation then, is not war as we un
derstand it, but chaos devastation and de
population undefined duration, whose end
no irtan can see.
“I do not believe,” said Mr. Thurston,
‘ That the entire Spanish army in Cuba
could stand an engagement in the open
field against 20,000 American soldiers.”
“Picutres in the American newspapers
of starving reconcentrades are true. They
can be duplicated by the thousands. I
never saw, and please God, I may never
again see so deplorable a sight as the re
concentrades in the suburbs of .Matanzas.
I can never forget to my dying day the
helpless anguish of their despairing cry.
Huddled about their litle bark huts, they
raised no voice to appeal to us for alms as
we went among them. iMen, women and
children stand silent, famishing.
Their only appeal comes from their sad
eyes, through which one looks as an open
window into agonizing souls.
“Think of 'the spectacle! We feeding
these citizens of Spain: we nursing their
sick. There are those who still say it is
right for us to send food, ibut we must
keep hands off. I say that the time has
come when muskets ought to go with their
food.
“I shall refer to these horrible things no
further. 'Christ died 1900 years ago and
Spain is a 'Christian nation. She has set
up more crosses in more lands beneath
more skies and under them butchered
more people than all the nations com
bined.
“God grant that (before another Christ
mas morning the last vestige of Spanish
tyranny and oppression shall have vanish
ed from the Western hemisphere.
“I hope and trust that this government
will take action on the Cuban situation
outside the Maine case. When the Maine
report is received, if it is found that the
ship and the sailors were blown up by an
outside explosion, we will have have ample
reparation without quibble or delay. And
if the explosion can be traced to Spanish
official resources there will he such swift
and terrible punishment adjudged as will
remain a warning to the world forever.”
THE SPANIsTTcOURT
Wants to Complete Its Investigation Before
the Wreck is Touched.
(New York, March 24.—A dispatch to the
Herald from Havana says that it is not
possible to begin the use of dynamite to
expedite the work of disintegration of the
Maine until the Spanish divers have fin
ished the work being done for the Span
ish court of inquiry.
In reply to Admiral Sigbe’s request
for permission, he received a courteous but
firm refusal from Blanco.
Blanco pointed out the advisability of
permitting the Maine’s bottom to remain
undisturbed by dynamite until the conclu
sion of the Spanish inquiry now pending.
The report of the American court of in
quiry having been finished, it would ap
pear indiscreet for the American officers
by hasty use of dynamite to expose theyi
selvcs to possible charge® of t'ryong to
destroy the evidences on which the conclu
sions were based.
Sigsbee sees the force of this suggestion
and won't press the matter until the Span
ish inquiry is finished-
WATERS RECEDE.
The Fall in Temperature Stopped Course of
Flood.
Pittsburg, XJareh 24 —The sudden fall
in tbe temperature checked she flow in the
headwater streams this morning, and the
effect of this was supp apparent on the
rivers.
After reaching thirty feet the waters be
gan to recede, and are now falling rapidly.
The swell, while not quite equal to the
flood of 1891, was the most destructive
since that ever memorable one on Februa
ry, 1884. The financial loss will ruq jyeli
up Into the thousands.
ORDERS ISSUED
Detaching the Officers From the 111 Fated
Maine.
Washington, March 24.—Orders were is
sued today detaching Capt. Sigsbee and
other officers from the battleship Maine,
And ordering them to proceed home to
await orders.
MACON NEWS THURSDAY MARCH 24 1898.
BATTLESHIPS
NOW AFLOAT
The Kearsage and Kentucky
Went Into the Water at
Ten O’clock.
SPLENDIDLY DESIGNED.
Something About the Innovation in
Work of the Design That Has
Been Brought Into Play.
Newport News, March 24 —The big bat
tleships Kentucky and Kearsage, were
successfully launched this morining at 10
o’clock.
In the course of his speech Governor
Bradley said:
“It is Kentucky whose people sympa
thizes with oppressed and downtrodden of
every land and who earnestly desires that
the nation should prevent further attro
cities upon the suffering people of Cuba,
and if investigation should justify, to
avenge the death of our soldiers, not by
demanding an indemnity, in money but
an indemnity in blood.”
There are larger battleships afloat on
the ocean than the twin sisters Kearsage
and Kentucky; there are even larger ar
mored cruisers in the British navy, such
as the splendid cruisers Powerful and Ter
rible, yet it is uoubtful whether any pru
dent naval commander, even leaving out
of his calculations that great factor repre
sented by the superb fighting qualities of
the American sailor, would care to ven
ture a hostile meeting with one of these
steel bulldogs of the seas.
Larger ships, those of deeper draft ne
cessarilly, may not enter or attack our
ports at fighting range and this consider
ation was always kept in mind by Chief
Constructor 'Hichborn when the Kearsage
and the Kentucky were planned.
That is the explanation of the sact —a
new one in naval design—that these ships
with a displacement of 11,525 tons, draw
only 28 feet 6 inches of water, less than
the armored cruisers New York and Brook
lyn, which would not combined be equal
in combat to one of the battleships. Light
draft on heavy displacement is only one
of the many valuable qualities of the bat
tleships, though by no means the least.
Save the Indiana class, they carry the
heaviest batteries in accord with modern
naval practice, and with primary batter
ies fully equal to that class they mount
secondary guns in such fashion as to make
the combination almost unequalled in
uaval architecture.
The big rifles, four in number, are
mounted in tw T o turrets, one sweeping the
entire sea from directly ahead, fully half
way astern, the other with equal range,
placed so as to command the sea from
either bow straight astern. These are of
thirten inch calibre, yet the British navy
now confines its guns to twelve inch. In
inches the difference seems small, yet the
American gun has about 25 per cent more
power.
At this point in the armament of the
ships the American designers have em
barked in a bold and enterprising experi
ment, the result of which will be awaited
with interest by the whole maritime
world.
Instead of descending at one move from
the heavy primary battery to the small
calibre rapid-fire guns, as is done in the
case of cruisers, it has become the cus
tom of naval architects to interpose a bat
tery of medium calibre guns, six or eight
inch guns for instance, and these are
placed in smaller independent turrets.
It occurred to tne American designers
that if they could dispense with - the
weighty and space-consuming machinery
attached to these turrets, such as the
tunning engines and machinery, independ
ent ammunition hoist shields and the like,
much more engine power could be placed
in the hull of the ship and much
armor could be carried.
With this saving in weight the design-,
ers were able to give splendid armor pro
tection to the ships.
The Kearsage and the Kentucky are 368
feet in length, 72 feet 5 inches beam and
23 feet 6 inches draft. They carry nor
mally 410 tons of coal but may take aboard
1,210 tons, and 511 officers, sailors and
marines are required to navigate each of
them.
WIPED OUT.
Black Jack’s Gang Surrounded the Outlaws
and Killed Nine.
El Passo, Texas, March 24.—The noto
rious gang of Black Jack outlaws, which
for years had defied the authorities, has
been wiped put. February 28th, Mrs. A,
E. McDonald, a member of the Mormon
community, was murdered by the gang,
and her store looted. The avenging angels
of the Mormon church were commissioned
to hunt down the murderers, and Sunday
morning, March 16, they had the camp
completely surounded. In a short time
not one of the gang remained alive. Nine
were killed.
RATE WAR
Between Telephone Companies Indicated by
Consolidation.
Frankfort, Ky., March 24—Articles filed
with the secretary of state today consoli
date into a new’ corporation the Cumber
land Telephone and Telegraph Company
with the Great Southern Telephone
pany, capital stock The consol-
idation is tjeiieved to mean the beginning
of a war in this, state between the net?
company and the Ohio Valley Company.
HORSELESS VEHICLE
Trsed by Senator Foraker in Washington
Monday.
Washington, D. C„ March 24- Senator
Foraker played a new’ role today and rode
from his hotel to the capital in a storage
battery horseless carriage. The senator
was corralled as a passenger by the agent
of the carriage company, and was the ob
ject of quite a crowd of spectators as he
climbed aboard. He seemed very skittish,
and as he sped away at electric car speed
he shouted “If you never see me a-ftin.
good bye.”
WATSON DECLINES.
Will Not be g Candidate and Accept Nomi
nation.
Atlanta. Ga., March 24.—1 nan open let
ter addressed to j.he Populists. Thomas B.
V. atson this morning declines to accept
their nomination for governor. After say
ing that it would be impossible to elect
him, no matter how the ballots went, Mr.
Matson says he is positively through with
politics in every way.
BACK DIVIDENDS TO BE PAID. I
Interesting Intervention Decided by Judge
Speer.
In the United States court in Savannah
Monday an order was pased directing that
the Central of Georgia Railway Company
as sirbstituted defendant in lieu of the Cen
tral Railroad and Banking Company, pay
to Mary F. Paul the sum of $1,640.50, back
dividends of eleven shares Os the capital
stock of the Southwestern Railroad Com
pany, her title to which has been decided
after the stock had stood on the books of
the company for a long time in the name
of other parties.
It was held that the claim was in the
nature of a bank deposit and the master’s
adverse report was set aside by the court
and the amount ordered paid.
The intervention of H. P. Smart in the
Central Railroad litigation was referred
back to he master, with instructions to
investigate as to the defendant’s plea of
a set off.
REV. SAM P. JONES
Will Deliver the Oration at the Convention
of Knights Templar.
The grand commandery of Knights Tem
plars of Georgia will meet in Macon in an
nual session on May 11th and 12tb.
Rev. Sam P. Jones will deliver the ora
tion on the night of the 11 th at Mulberry
Street Methodist chureh. It is customary
for the annual address to be delivered in
a church. The oration of Rev. Mr. Jones
will be one of the chief events of the meet
ing of the commandery.
It is expected that a large number of
Knights will be present. The annual drill
will be an interesting feature. St. Omer
commandery, of Macon, will give the visit
ing Knights a royal entertainment.
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA CATTLE.
Thousands of Head Bought and Shipped to
Western Stock Farms.
r .pic in tk-uthwest Georgia are real
irih;- a genuine boom in cattle. The de
mand ti..m Nebraska and Arizona, as well
as from the far West, has caused agents to
cc South and, alter buying up cattle in
’Alabama, are now getting all the contracts
th-, y can in the Flint river and •Chatta
heo.'.iee country. A Macon man down in
Sou ivw< st Georgia recently saw a western
a;;eut close a contract for 2.000 eatle. The
p: it; charged was $5 a head —oxen, cows
and 'lives. The latter will be carried West
and crossed with the fine cattle of the
prairies. The freezes cd past years has cut
oil the supply of cattle in the West and the
little scrub cows and calves of the vire
grass are taking on new values. It is said
in the past four months that over in,ooo
head c. J f cattle have been purchased in
■Sou.A•• -nt Georgia to be sent Wet.
As a rule the agents p-i > do a one
third cash to close the contract and secure
the sale. Then the cattle are 10ft in he
hands of the owner to be called for later,
when the entire amount is paid down. The
agents call 'for “smooth mercantile” cattle.
This year the stock in the West in grow
ing up well, but it wi‘l Itake some time
to repair the damages in the West and
Georgia cattle are being town upon to
fill the deficiency. A large amount of
money is benig spent in Georgia for cattle
just now.
ATKINSON HERE.
The May Musical Festival is Practically an
Assured Success.
Mr. J. S. /Atkinson, the organizer and
promoter of the Macon May Musical Festi
val, arrived in the city this morning and
opened the advance sale of tickets to this
splendid entertainment. With the chair-'
man of the festival committee, (Mr. F. R.
Jones, he is meeting our citizens today and
interesting them in the matter. Wesleyan
College has subscribed for sixty .tickets,’
The season tickets for the three perform
ances, with forty-two people in the' com
pany, besides a chorus of forty voices, are
toeing sold for only $3 dollars, a remarka
bly low price considering the magnitude
of the undertaking, and the magnificence
of the production to be given.
BEECHER’S PLEA FOR CUBA.
How Great Brooklyn Preacher Stirred Hearts
Twenty-five Years Ago.
Twenty-five years ago last Sunday the
great Brooklyn preacher, Henry Ward
Beecher delivered one Os the most stirring
sermons ever heard on this continent. It
seemed as though Plymouth pulpit was
ablaze. The congregation was wrought up
to a pitch of excitement bordering on hys
teria.
Cuba was the theme of the eloquent
divine. The Virginias affair was then stir
ring men’s hearts, just as the stories of
atrocities and the Maine horror today. The
great Beecher’s speech appeared in the
papers. He made a conclusive apeal for
American inter'Ceyenoe.
“If war mpst prevail,” he vehemently
excjaipied, “take it out of the hands of
hatred; take it out of the Ifhnds of prej
udice and animosity, take it out of the
hands of greed and lust and ambition, and
put into the hands of justice, clear, cool,
deliberate.”
Beecher spoke of the shotting of the
crew and passengers pf the Virginias as an
act of infamy without palliation. He said:
“It vms the cruel loye of blood; it was
simple ferocity.” Bf such crimes equid go
unpunished, he declared that “civilization
must go backward,” In the eyes of Amer
ica's greatest preacher the Virginius crime
was one “against human nature, done, not
by banditti or roving savages, but by or
ganized men, under pretense of govern
ment; and the blood which has been spill
ed is blood, every drop of it, which cries
out to God.”
THINGS THEATRICAL.
Waflg Saturday —Lecture Next Week and
Then Brann.
It being found impossible to. secure a
genuine white elephant for use in the
Siamese opera, “Wang,” 'Composer Wool
en Morse, who is a prodigal and tireless
collector of oddities of all parts of the
world, had a pair of ivory tusks
tipped With gold, once the possession of a
sacred white elephant owned by the fath
er of the present king of Siam. They will
fee worn by the ingenius mechanical ani
mal used in the opera to be produced at
the Academy next Saturday, majateq and
night. The company its own scen
ery and orchestra,.
FOR THE PANSY CIRCLE.
The young ladies connected with Pansy
■Circle o<f the Free Kindergarten have gone
actively to work to make their entertain
ment Tuesday, matinee, April sth, the
most successful of the season. Professor
Canery, the artist and entertainer, will be
greeted by the largest audience of ihe
year.
THE FAMOUS LBUTUtRER COMING.
Keep in inind the date of the coming of
W. Brann, the noted writer and speak
er, who will visit ‘Macon on Mandoy, April
4tlfe
JUDSON W. LYONS
Has Been Nominated to be Register of the
; Treasury,
Washington, March 24. —The president
has sent in the nomination of Judson
Lyons, of Georgia, to register of the treas
ury, and Leslie Combs as pension agent at
Louisville, Ky.
THE ASSESSORS'
REPORT READY
Will Not Divulge What the
Figures Are, But It is
Certain That
MT 1 IIS REDUCTION.
Will Report to Council at the Meet
ing Next Tuesday Night—Re
duction is No Surprise.
The city assessors have completed their
work but they are as mum as the prover
bial oyster about the figures and the re
sults.
The assessors think that council should
have the firs. whack at the report before
it goes to the public through the news
papers and among them they swore a
solemn oath over the closed books that
they would not reveal the result to any
newspaper men in the city.
'But v.-hili' the assessors decline to talk,
there is v.ij j-oud reason to believe that
the reduction will not be as great as the
assessors themselves at first expected.
When the 'totals were footed up the three
assessors, (Messrs. Charlie IHa'll, R. iS. Col
lins and (Morris Harris shook hands across
the books and swore they wouldn’t tell,
but acknowledged each one to the other
that they had beeen the worts fooled set of
men that ever worked as assessors in 'Ma
con.
At first it was thought that the drop
would be a million, perhaps, half a mil
lion certainly, tout it will not run to the
half million if the judgment of those who
have been figuring, is good for anything.
But there will be a falling off. How much,
will be known next Tuesday night.
But the indications are that they will
report a reduction in the totals as against
last year.
This much was stated in The News some
days ago and there is every reason to be
lieve that the statements then made will
be borne out by the final report which will
be made to council at its next meeting.
JUDGE REVERSED
Suit of Holmes Against the Macon and Indi
an Spring.
Sometime ago in the city court a ver
dict was rendered in favor of W. C.
Holmes, who sued the Macon and
Indian Spring for injuries received on ac
count of damages received by him as the
result of the alleged carelessness of the
motorman.
The supreme court has just reversed
that decision and the ruling of the court
in which are the supreme court judges
were agreed is of importance to the gen
eral public. The full decision is as fol
lows :
Macon and Indian Springs Street Railway
Company vs. Holes. Before Judge Ross.
City court of Macon.
Lewis, J. —1. In a suit against a street
railroad company for personal injuries re
sulting by its car coming in contact with
one who was undertaking to cross its track
the plaintiff cannot recover if, by the ex
ercise of ordinary care, he could have
avoided the consequences of defendant’s
negligence at any time after such negli
gence had become apparent, or he had rea
son to apprehend its existence. The fol
lowing charge of the court without quali
fication was, therefore, error: “Indeed, the
plaintiff could recover if the injury was
inflicted under these circumstances ,if his
going upon the track had been in the ex
ercise of ordinary care, notwithstanding
he may have been himself in some degree
of negligence. If his going upon the track
was proper, under the evidence, in that it
was not contrary to the exercise of ordi
nary care, and he was injured thereafter,
he would be entitled to recover, even
though you should believe he was at some
fault himself in failing to avoid the in
jury.”
2. After the plaintiff has become ap
prised of the existence of defendant’s neg
ligence of which he complains, if could
avoid its consequences by the exercise of
ordinary diligence and fails to do so. such
negligence on his part will defeat a re
covery. It was, therefore, error for the
court to charge the jury as follows: “Ir he
(the plaintiff) was advised of the defend
ant’s negligence, the moment he was soj
advised, or the moment he had resason to
apprehend the defendant’ negligence, he
was bound from that moment to exercise
the ordinary diligence to keep from re
ceiving and injury by reason of the negli
gence of the defendant, and to the extent
he failed to exercise such diligence he
would not be negligent. Such negligence
would not defeat his recovery, but would
lessen it tn accordance with what you be
lieve its proportion bore to the defendant’s
negligence.”
3. It does not follow;, as a mailer of law,
that it is the duty of a conductor of a
•street railroad car to observe the track in
front of the car- and that portion of a
street CQpwguous to the track on either
Blss. la the absence of any proof showing
that he was under any obligation of this
kind, It was error for the court to instruct
the jury that such was his duty, and a
failure in its discharge would be negli
gence.
A evidence not demanding the ver
dict for the plaintiff, above errors in the
charge of the court excepted to by the de
fendant require the grant of a new trial.
Judgment reversed. All concurring.
Dessau, Bartlett & Ellis, for plaintiff tn
error.
Guerry & Hall, contra. •**
GROWING IN INTEREST.
(he Meetings at Tatnall Square Presbyteri
an Church.
At Tattnall Square Presbyterian church
Dr. Bachman’s ministry is taking hoW on
the hearts of the people more and more
every day, solemn was the effect of last
night’s service, manifesting itself in a
manner seldom witnessed among s-taid old
fashioned Presbyterians investigated no
doubt to some extent by the example of
the younger element, and the presence of
members of other denominations, to whom
such occasions are more fasnittar.
' The magnetism of this devoted divine
Is something surprising, he uses the
choicest and pla>nest language, no sensa
tional flings at society, clubs, barrooms,
etc., no attempt at oratorical effect, no
effort to “display to congregations wide
devotions every grace except the heart,”
but we seem to behold the Apostle Paul
come again, and saying “God forbid that
I should glory, save in the cross of the
Lord Jesus Christ.”
The congregational singing, led by the
chorus is superb.
All who can find time an-l opportunity
to attend these meetings will certainly be
pleased and benefited.
Remember the children’s service at 4
o’clock p. m. and the usual night service
at 8 p. u.
1 o W hom
It May Concern:
We have this day put on display in our window one
of the swellest lines of
New and Nobby Spring Suits
Consisting of Stripes, Plaids, Checks and all the
latest weaves that were ever shown. It will be to
your interest to inspect our line before you buy.
All the Swellest Hats of '9B Gan De Found Here.
thismatter =
OF JEWELRY
Is much a matter of taste. No matter
what your tastes are, we can suit you, be
cause we’ve got the stock to select from,
and the prices are right.
GEO. T. BEELAND, Jeweler, Triangular Block.
W-We tako/Pcriodical
1 here Are Hats,
and Hats, but the famous
HA WES HA T
is always right. We guarantee that and back
our judgment with our money. All tlie popu
lar shapes and colors are here for your inspec
tion. To see them is to wear them. The
price?
Only $3.00
BENSON & HOUSER,
The Up-to-date Clothiers.
PUBLIC SALE.
Val liable Build in g Lois on Easy Tomis
On April Ist, at 12 o’clock, at the property, I will sell at public out
cry all that portion of block 29, fronting on Third street, and bounded
by Hazel and Ash streets, aud running back to an alley.
This property, subdivided into building lots, will be sold on the
following terms : One-fifth cash ; balance in 20 montly payments, with
straight interest at 8 per cent.
Railroad men and employes in the railroad shops are especially in
vited to examine the property. Convenient to their business, in a good
and healthy location, near the public schools, it will make them de
sirable homes.
In putting this property on the market now, I only expect to real
ize prices in keeping with the times.
Inionnation cheerfully furnished by
B A. WISE,
358 Second Street.
Spring Suits.
What a rich field for choosing I What a range
of styles is here for men of every taste and income.
• Vast quantities have been arriving daily—and al
though it’s a month before Easter, they’ve been
moving out rapidly under the spell of the prices we
are making. Here’s just a hint—rows of surprises
in Men’s Suits.
$7-50, $lO, sl2, sls and up to $25
I y *■ -xi r
OHEAR MONEY.
per cent and 7 per eent oney now
ready for loans on Macon residence and
business property. 8 per cent money for
farm loans. Over $5,000,000 successfully
negotiated tn Georgia alone. Loans mads
can be paid off at any time. W’e are head
quarters. 0. A. Coleman, Gen. Man.,
158 Second street Macon, Ga.
— T— -'LLJ . ■ ■$
PRICE TWO CENTS