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ESTABLISHED 1884.
MKINLBY'S MESSAGE
COES TO CONGBESS
He Recommends Inler/ention, But is Not in Favor of
the Recognition of Belligerency.
LEFT TO CONGRESS'
To Decide What Course to
Take—lntimates His De
sire That Action be Left
TO DISCRETION OF EXECUTIVE
Treats the Maine at Some Length,
and Points Out that Everything
Should be Done to Insure
a Righteous Peace.
A GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT
Washington, April 11.—The president
Rent in the long looked for message to
congress this morning. The momentous
document reads as follows:
“Obedient to that precept of the constitu
tion which commands the president to give
from time to time to congress information
of state and of union, ami to recommend to
their consideration such measures as he
shall judge necessary and expedient, n
becomes my duty to address your body
with regard to the grave crisis that lias
arisen in the relations of the United States
to Spain, by reason of warfare that for
more than three years lias raged in the
neighboring island of 'Cuba. 1 do so be
cause of the intimate connection of the
Cuban question with the state of ofir
union, and the grave relations the course
which Is now encumbent upon the nation
to auopt, must needs bear to the traditions
of our government, if it is to accord with
the precepts laid own by the founders of
the republic, and religiously regarded by
succeeding gene rat ions.
“Since the present revolution beg:fii in
1895, the country on our threshhold has
been ravaged by fire and sword in the
course of a struggle uncqualed in the his
tory of the island and rarely paralleled as
to tlie number of combatants ami the bit
term ss of tlie contest, by any revolution of
modern times where a dependent people
striving to be free have been opposed by
tlie power of a sovereign stale.
Our people have .beheld a once prosper
ous community reduced to comparative
want, lucrative commerce virtually para
lyzed, exceptional productiveness dimin
ished, its Helds laid waste. m.Hs in ruins
and people perishing by tens of thousands
from hunger and destitution. We found
ourselves constrained in the observance of
that strict neutrality which our laws en
join, which laws of nations command, to
police our own waters and to watch our
own seaports no prevent any unlawful act
in aid of the Cubans. Our trade has suf
fered. capital invested by our eftizens in
Cuba has been large ly lost, and tlie temper
ami forbearance of our people have been
so sorely tried as to beget a perilous un
rest among our own citizens which ine
vitably found expression from time to
time in the national legislature so that is
sues wholy external to our own body
politic engrossed attention and stand in
the way of that close devotion to domestic
advancement that becomes a self-contain
ed commonwealth whose primal maxim
has been the avoidance of all foreign en
tanglements.
Back to 18<>C.
“All this must needs awaken and has .
Indeed aroused the utmost concern on the 1
part of this government.
“In 1896 the evils from which our coun
try suffered through the Cuban war be- |
came so onerous that ivy predecessor made I
an effort to bring ahoi: peace through me- i
diation by this government in any way I
that might tend to an honorable adjust- |
ment of the contest la tween Spain and
her revolted colony. The effort failed
through the refusal of the Spanish gov
ernment to consider any form of media
tion."
President McKinley then detailed the ef
forts of Spain in despatching fresh troops
to Cuba and the horrors of the concentra
tion sys-'tem put in force there and, coming
to his own administration, he says by the
time the present administration took ef
fect a year ago. the reconceptrado, so
called, had been made effective over the
better part of four of the central or wes
tern provinces.
“The agt i mlturaU'epulation estimated to
number St O.i 'iOO er n..<re was herded with
in the towns and their immediate vicinage.
Families were d.prived of suport, render
ed destitute of shelter, left poorly clad and
exposed to the most unsanitary conditions.
Mi--ry 1 -e.i.
“Tlie scarcity of food increased with the .
devastation of ‘he populated areas and
destruction and want became misery and
star vac ion.
“Month by month the death rate in
creased in an alarming extent. By March.
1897. according to conservative estimates
from official Spanish sources. the mortal
ity. among the reconcentrados from star
vation and disease thereto incident ex
ceeding fifty per centum of their total
number.
“The so-called ‘zones of civilization’ es
tablished within the immediate ar a of
an effective military control about the
cities and fortified eamps proved Illusory
as a remedy for the suffering.
“Reconcentrados, adopted avowedly as a
war measure in order to nit off tire re
sources of the Insurgents worked its pre
destined result. As I said In my message
in last December it is not civilized war
fare, it is extermination.
“The only peace It could beget was that
of the wilderness and the grave.
"Meanwhile the military situation In the
island has undergone a noticeable change.
The extraordinary activity that character
ized the sencond year of the war relapsed
into a dogged struggle In the central and
eastern provinces.
"Spanish arms regained in a measure
the control in the Pinar del Rio and in
parts of Havana.
Held Their Own.
"Even thus partially restricted the revo
lutionists held their own ami their eon
yuesl and submission put forward by Spain
* _
as the essential and the sole basis of peace
seemed as far distant as at the outset. In
this state of affairs my administration
found itself confronted with a grave prob
lem. My meseage of last December review
ed the situation and narrated the steps
taken with a view to relieving its acufe
ness and o;«ning the way to some form of
honorable »< tt-leme nt. Tlie assassination of
Prime Minister oa novas, led to a change
of govern m< n-t in Spain. The former ad
ministration gave place to that of a more
liberal party committed long in advance
the policy of reforming involving home
rule for Cuba and “Puerto Rico.
"Tlie overtures of this governmtnt look
’ing to an immediate and effective amelio
ration of the conditions of the Island, al
though not accepted to the extent of ad
mitted mediation in any shape were met
by the assurances that home rule in an
advanced phase, would be forthwith of
fend to Cuba, without waiting for the war
to-end and that more humane me thods
-ihould prevail.
"While these negotiations were in pro
gress the increasing destitution of the re
coneentr-ados and the alarming mortality
among them claimed earnest attention.
On the 28th of December last I caused to
be issued an appeal to the people inviting
contributions in money or in kind for the
succor of the starving sufferers in Cuba,
following this on January by a similar
public announcement of the formation of
a central Cuban relief committee with
headquarters in New York. The efforts
of that committee have been untiring and
has accompli sited much. Thousands of
lives have been saved.
Spain Took Action.
“The neces- ity for a change in the con
dition of the reconccn trades was recog
nized by the Spanish government. Within :
a few days the orders of Weyler had been
revoked, the reconcen trades are, it. is sqid,
to be permitted to return to their homes
and aided to resume self-supportifig pur
suits in peace. The public works have
been ordered to give them employment
and the sunj of $600,000 has been appro
priated for (hi i-r relief.
“The war in Cuba is in such a nature
that, a short subjugation or extermination
i final military victory for either side
■eems impracticable. The alternative
lines in physical exhaustion of one or the
other party or perhaps both, a condition
which in effect ended on years of war by
truce of ffanjon.
“The prospect of such protection and a
conclusion of the present, strife is j con
tingency hardly to be contemplated with
quinamity by the civilized world and
'■cast of all by the United States, affected
and injured as we are, deeply and inti
mately by its very existence. Realizing
this, it appears 'to be my duty in a spirit
>f true friendliness no less to Spain than
o the Cubans who have so much to lose
by a prolongation of struggle, to bring
about an immediate termination of a war.
Ills First Step.
“To this end 1 submitted on the 20th
ultimo, through the United States minis
ter at Madrid, propositions to the Spanish
.overnment kicking to an armistice until
October Ist fora negotiation of ptace with
the good offices of the president.
“tn addition. 1 asked lite immediate re
vocation of the order of reeoneentradon.
<’he reply of the Spanish cabinet was re
vived on the night of the 31st ultimo. It
offers as a means to bring about peace in
,’uba, to confine the preparation thereof
to an insular parliament inasmuch as the
. oncurrenee of that body would be neees
■ary to reach a final result, it being, how-,
ver, understood that the powers reserved
toy the constitution to the central govern
ment are not lessened or diminished as
the Cuban parliament does not meet until
;>he fourth" of May next.
'"•The Spanish government would not ob
ject for its part to accept at once a sus
pension of hostilities if asked for by the
insurgents from the general in chief to
whom it would pertain in such a case to
Ictermine the duration and conditions of
the armistice.
"The action of the Cuban parliament in
he matter of preparing for peace and the
manner of its doing so are not explained
in the Spanish memorandum, but from
Woodford’s preliminary rejiorts of the
final conference, it is understood Lhe Span
ish government stands ready to give tlie
insular government full power to nego
tiate* peace with the insurgents—whether
direct or indirectly it does not appear.
Untried Measures.
“With this last overture in the direction
if peace and 'its disappointing reception
by Spain the executive was brought to an
end of his effort.
“In my annual message of December
las’ 1 said- Os the untried measures these
remain only? j *
"cue r«.<« f ;nition of the insurgents as
belligerents,
“The recognition of the independence of
Cuba,
“Intervention to end the war by impos
ing a rational compromise between con
testants and intervention in favor of one
or the other party.
“I speak net of forcible annexation for
that cannot be* thought of. That, by our
code of morality, would be criminal ag
gression."
“Thereupon I view these alternatives In
the light of President Grant’s measured
words uttered in 1575, when after seven
years of sanguinary, destructive and cruel
hostilities in Cuba, he reached the conclu
sion that recognition of the independence
of Cuba was impracticable and indefensi
ble and that the recognition of the bellig
erents was not warranted by the facts ac
cording to the of public law.
"1 commented especially upon the latter
aspect of the question, pointing out the
inconveniences and positive dangers of a
recognition of the belligerents which while
adding to already one of the burdens of
neutrality within our own jurisd’etion,
i could not in any extend the influence of
I effee.'ve offices in the territory of hostili
! lies.
Against Recognition,
"Nothing has since occurred to change
my view in this regard, and I recognize
as fully now as then that the issuance of
* proclamation of neutrality, by which so
i called recognition of belligerency is pub
lished. could of itself and unattended by
other 'action, accomplish nothing toward
the one end fpr which we labor, the in
l Biapi pacification of Cuba apd the
t'.on of the misery that afflicts that island.
Turning to the question of recognizing at
this time the independence of the present
insurgent government in Cuba, we find
safe precedents in our history from an
early day. They are well summed up in
President Jackson's message to congress.
December 2’st, 1886. on the subject of rec-
I ognltion of the independence of Texas He
said :
, In ail that have arisen out of
j France, out of the disputes in relation to
the crowns of Portugal and Spain, out of
THE MACON NEWS.
j the separation of American possessions of
both from European governments and out
,of numerous and consrtairtiy occurring
struggles for dominion in Spanish Ameri
ca, so wisely consistent with our just
principles, has been the action of our gov
ernment that we have, under the most
critical circumstances avoided all cen
sure and encountered no other evil than
that produced by transient estrangement
from good will in those against whom we
have been, by force of evidence, compelled
to decide.
“It has thus been made known to the
world that the uniform policy and practice
of the United tSates is to avoid all inter
ference in disputes whieh merely relate
to the internal government of other nations
and eventually recognize the authority of
the prevailing party without reference to
our particular interests and views , or to
merits of the original controversy.
Our Furmer Course.
"In the contest between Spain and the
revolted colonies we stood aloof and wait
ed only until the ability ot the new states
to protect themselves was fully establish
ed, but until danger of their being again
subjugated had entirely passed away.
Then and not until then were they recog
nized, such was our course in regard to
Mexico herself.
“Upon the issue of this threatened inva
sion, the independence of Texas may be
considered suspended, and were there
nothing peculiar in the relative situation
ot the United States and Texas.
“Even an acknowledgement of its inde
pendence at such a crisis could scarcely be
regarded as consistent with that prudent
reserve with which we have hitherto held
ourselves bound to treat all similar ques
tions. Thereupon Andrew Jackson pro
ceeded to conider the risk. There might be
imputed to the United States from motives
of selfish interest in view of the former
claim on our part to the territory of Texas
in seeking recognition and independence as
an incident to the incorporation of Texas
in .the Union. He concluded thus:
“ 'Prudence, therefore, seems to dictate
that we should stand aloof and maintain
our present attitude until (Mexico
itself of one of the great foreign powers
shall recognize the independence of the
new government, at least until the lapse of
time and the course of events shall have
proved beyond cavil or dispute the ability
of the people of that country to’maintain
their separate sovereignty and to uphold
the government instituted by them. Neith
er of the contending parties can justly
complain of this course. By pursuing it we
are but car-ymg out the long established
policy cf our government, a policy wh’ch
secure 1 to us the respect and influence
abro 1 and inspired- coar'dence at home."
• Cause for Recognition
“These are the words of the resolute and
patriotic Jackson. They evidence that the
United States, in addition to the test im
posed by public law as to the condition of
tlie recognition of independence by a neu
tral state (to wit, that the revolted state
shall constitute in fact a body politic,
having a government in substance as well
as in name, possessed of elements forming
if left to a state among nations rea
sonably capable of discharging duties of
state.) imposed for its own government
in dealing with cases like these the fur
ther conifition that recognition of indepen
dence of that statehood is not due to
revolted dependency until danger of its
being subjugated by the parent state is
entirely passed away.
“This extreme test was, in fact, applied
in the case, of Texas by congress, to whom
President Jackson referred the question
as .one probably leading to war, and there
fore a proper subject for a previous under
standing with that body by whom war
alone can be -declared and J>y whom all
the provisions for sustaining its perils
must be furnished. -He left the matter of
the recognition of Texas to the’discretion
of the executive. It was so recognized by
President Van Buren, who commissioned a
charge d'affairs in March 1837 after Mexi
co abandoned the attempt to reconquer the
texan territory.
“I said in my message on December last
'lt is to be seriously considered whether
tlie Cuban insurrection possesses beyond
dispute the attributes of statehood which
alone can demand a recognition of billig
erancy in its favor.’ The same require
ments must oertainly be no less seriously
considered when the graver issue of rec
ognizing the independence is In question
for a no less positive test can be applied.
Recognition Not Necessary
“Nor from the standpoint of experience
do I think it wise or prudent for 'this gov
ernment to recognize at the present time
the independence of the so-called Cuban
republic. Such recognition is not neces
sary in order to enable the United States
to intervene and pacify the island. To
commit this couni'ty now to the recognition
of any particular government in Cuba may
subject us to embarrassing conditions and
international obligations towards, the or
ganization so recognized. In the case of
intervention our conduct would be the sub
ject of approval or disapproval of such
governments. We would be required to
submit to its direction and to assume to it
the mere relations of'a friendly ally. When
it shall appear hereafter that there is
within the the island a government capa
ble of performing the duties and dis
charging the functions of a separate na
tion. and having, as a matter of fact the
proper forms and attributes of nationality
of such government can be promptly and
readily recognized and the relations and
interests of the United States with such
nation adjusted.
“There remain alternative forms of in
tervention to end war eithea- as an impar
tial neutral by imposing a national com
promise between the*eontestants, or as an
at :ive ally of one party o? the other.
r “As to the first it js not to be forgotten
that during "the last few months the rela
tisn of tbe United States has virtually,
been one of friendly intervention in many
ways. Each note was itself conclusive, but
all tended to the exertl-on potential influ
ence toward an ultimate pacific result,
just and honorable to all the interests con
cerned.
Desire f<<r Peace.
"The spirit of all our acts has hitherto
been an earnest, unselfish desire for peace*
and prosperity in Cuba, untarnished by
differences beiweea the United States and
Spain and unstained by the blood of Amer
ican citizens.
“Forcible intervention by the United
States as a neutrality to stop the war. ac
cording to the large dictates of humanity
and following many historical precedents
where the neighboring states have inter
fered to check the hopeless sacrifices of
life by interniclne conflicts beyond their
borders, is justifiable on rational grounds.
It involves, .however, hostile constraint
upon both parties to the contest as well as
to enforce a truce.
“The grounds for such intervention may
be briefly summarized as follows:
“First. In the cause of humanity and to
put an end to barbarities, the bloodshed,
the starvation and the horrible miseries
now existing there and which the parties
to the ronfllet are either unable or unwill
ing to stop or to mitigate. Ii is no answer
to say that.this is all in another country
belonging to another natjpn and is there
fore none of «*u-r business. It is especially
our duty for it is right at our door.
"Second. We owe to our citizens in Cuba
to afford them that protection ;,r»d indem
nity for life and property which no gov
trnmcßt there can or will afford and to
that end to terminate conditions that de
prive them of legal
“Third, The right to intervene may be
justified by very serious injury to the com
merce. trade and business of our people
and by the wanton destruction of property
and devastation cf the island.
Mennre to Our
“Fourth, That which Is of the utmost
Importance, for the present condition of
affairs in Cuba is a constant menace to our
on fourth page.)
MACON NEWS MONDAY APRIL n 1898.
HANDS WT
WB BLOOD
Startling Testimony Brought Out
This Morning In the Yon
Murder Case,
COMMUTED,
Joiner Was Sent to Jail This
Morning on the Charge
of Murder.
IN RECORDER'S COURT.'
The Hearing Brought Out Much
That Tends to Connect Joiner
With Killing of Yon.
The hideous murder of Willie or Lawson.
Yon, a young white man well known in
Macon -and by those who knew’ hime best
called “Chicken Willie," is the horror of
the hour.
Harry L. Joiner, an employe of the Bibb
mills, was this morning committed for the
murder in the recorder’s court.
Yon was murdered about 10 o’clock on
Saturday night. His throat was cut from S
ear to ear and the head almost severed j
from, the body. He had not been killed I
suddenly or without a battle for his
poor life. On the contrary, it is probable
that no more terrible or more blood curd
ling struggle has ever taken place than
that which began and ended in the little
clump of pines, dark and dank at the end
of First street, near the Bibb mills -and
under the shadow of’Stubbs’ hill. It is a
place that the bravest might shun on a
dark sight and evfn when the sun is
shining it is. chilly’ and forbidding.
Deep gashes in the palms of the hands
of the murdered man tell of -the pitiful
effort to save himself. The staring up
turned eyes were filled w’ith horror and
with terror until closed by a kindly hand.
The long tangled weeds, the torn up turf
and the rents in the clothing of Lhe mur
dered man speak eloquently of the battle
for life and the gaunt pines will shiver
and moan under the weight of the secret
and of the horrible tale that they could
tell.
Careful aiui Cruel.
The work of the assassin was premedi
tated, it was cruel and it was tirorough.
He lured his victim ino this place where
none might be expected to pass, where the
shadows were made the more intense by
the glimmer from the lights at some dis
tance and where sounds are stifled by’ the
hum of the busy city, a few blocks away,
the rumble of the street car or v failing
these, tire croaking of tlie frogs that hold
high carnival in the gloomy’ recesses of the
last little bit of territory they can call
their own within the city.
Yon was about 21 years of age. He made,
a living or eked out an existence, as a
peddler, now “eggs, butter and chickens”
was his cry and because he was generally
thought to have been only endowed by
nature with a small stock of brains the
boys used to call him “Chicken Willie.”
He had evidently done a little better than
usual lately, for proud of his savings or his
earnings, he had exhibited his money to
several people on Saturday. Then he had
several bills, the largest being for $5.
The theory borne out by the facts so far
ascertained are that he had shown this
money’ once too often and that it had
proven too great a temptation to the last
man with him. He had been induced to
cross through the little piece of vacant
land and there had been assaulted. He
was a powerful man and had clung despe
rately to life as the marks show; but he
had been cut first and the loss of blood
weakened him. His assassin was upper-”
most and then it was that D. L. Brown,
a carpenter, who had chosen the short cut
on his way home, and whose approach
bad not been heard by the struggling men
almost stumbled upon the two forms qs
they lay upon the ground.
Brown S«»rprisFs Them.
The moop made a little lighi and he
could see that rtvo men were struggling
together. He heard the painful gasping
of their breath and the half stifled gurg
ling cry ot the man who lay undermost.
At first he thought it was perhaps toughs
who had gone out there to settle a little
private difficulty, or perhaps it was two
lads playing. There were many explana
tions for the presence of people in such a I
place at such a time, but the horrible ‘
truth of the deed that he had stumbled on
did n&t occur to him.
He gave the warning of his presence.
“Hello” he said, half pleasantly and apol
ogetically.
The man who was uppermost rose with
a savage curse and in the dim light Brown
saw that he had a murderous knife in his
hand. His hands were bloody and there
was blood on the blade of the weapon. It
was a critical moment. Brown was un
armed. He had not so much as a stick
with which to defond himself and the des
perate murderer was advancing on him
with the knife.
What else could he do. He turned and
ran and the assassin pursued him. It was ,
a short race. Brown fell crashing into a i
ditch, but terror-stricken scrambled out I
and turning saw that his pursuer had
given up the ctase and had returned t.e
his victim. After events show that he re
turned in all prqbabiljty to finish his waris.
His victim knew him and then he had not
secured hi<s booty. So he returned and
gashed like a beast to its carion gashed i
the gasping throat again.
Theory s«s Advanced.
But time was short, ai first he thought
to drag the body away and hide it per
haps, for the alarm would be given and
some one. would come. Cm the tvoitsee.-,
and the legs of thg murdered man are the
marljs of toiooiy fingers. They show J
around his ankles above the shoe fops, for I
he wore no socks.
Another, jxti sd probable theory, for
tnfse marks Is that the murderer failed |
to find the money where he expected and
had searched in the victim’s shoes and un- !
der his trousers, for the same ghastly
marks show up the Jeg as far as the knee. ;
But the strongest probability is that the !
murderer’s first impulse was to move the
body somewhere and conceal his crime.
Hide it successfully and it would never be
known, for who cared for “Chicken Wil
lie” and where he went?
He seized the body by the ankles and
dragged it a short distance through the
grass, bu • heard other sounds and now
panic-str a. every crack of a twig, the
whistle c a frog was somebody coming,
.terrified ’»»_ could not take time to even
get the money for which he had killed the
man and he skulked off. Red handed,
saturated with blood and with the awful
dying gurgle of his victim following him
1 he left the place. .
j Last night Harry L. Joiner, an employe
jof the mills came to his father’s house
' nearby. He was bloody too. His hands
was bloody and there was blood upon his
clothes. He said that he had been held
up by a highwayman and that he had to
cut him to get away.
Harry Joiner was arrested yesterday
morping at 7 o’clock by Officers Jenkins
and Davis and placed in the city prison.
He was arrested on suspicion.
M hen Carpenter Brown ran out of the
elump of trees he knew that his aid was
needed. He heard the street car coming
a short distance away down the street and
calling to the conductor told him what he
had seen and borrowed a pistol. Then he
returned to the place. But everything was
quiet. There was only one body on the
ground. It was silent and ghastly and
horrible. Brown ran to the police station
and gave the alarm.
Chief Boifeuillct, Lieutenant Clarke and
Officer Hackney went to the place and
found the body of poor Yon.
As thej- reached him there was a spark
of life left, for as the}’ stood over him one
j arm was raised as if to point the way the
murderer went. There was a gurgle at the
wounded throat and then death.
On the ground close to the place of the
struggle and assassination the police found
the blade of a razor. The weapon had evi
dently been used and was hacked and
bloody. The case of a case knife or a dag
ger was also found and the police seem to
think that the knife was used by the mur
derer and kept in this case.
The body of Yon was taken to the un
dertaking establishment of D. A. Keating
and was kept there until a coroner’s jury
met ‘there yesterday morning.
, Coroner’s Jur«. •
Coroner Hollis empannellcd the follow
ing jury: T. C. Dumas, L. Vannucci, C. N.
i Scott, J. A. Whitten, J. R. Hicks, Jr., and
J. J. Chambers. ,
A number of witnesses were examined
a-nd then the jury adjourned until 10
o’clock this morning.
Yon’s body was prepared for burial by
the undertaken and this morning was tak
er. out t.> his grandmother’s house on Ross
street, ficin wher it was taken to the
cemetery and buried.
1 at re v> as only the old woman to mourn
beside the grave of the man who had come
to ’this end in so untimely a manner.
Ail day long the evidence began to gath
are t o as to-bring Joiner more irretrievably
into the meshes of the net. He was seen
w ith Yon at Cassidy’s bar, on the corner
Os Fourth and Mulberry streets, shortly
befc.it--the killing. His face and body bore
evidences of a struggle and he himself is
unable to account for his whereabouts at
the time of the killing.
It is known that there were no marks on
his face at fate time he as seen with Yon
and yet he was, scratched and bloody a
short time afterwad. His story of the
hold-up and his fight with a.highwayman
is denied by him.
On these grounds suspicion became so
strong that a warrant was taken out for
him yesterday and last .night he was taken
to jail.
Joiner Jives on Hazel street with his
wife and title baby. He had only been mar
ried for a short time. His wife is nearly
heartbroken over the affair.
N<» Scratches Seen.
The coroner’s jury met at the undertak
ing rooms at and after examin
ing two witnesses, George Brown, fore
man of the Bibb Mills, and Jim Cribb a
fellow workman of Joiner, both of whom
testified] that on Saturday afternoon
Joiner had no marks on his face.
This evidence is important, as when ar
rested Joiner’s face was badly scratched
and marked.
After examining those witnesses the
jury adjourned to'the city hall.- pending
the result of the hearing before the re
corder.
Mayor Price acted as recorder, Judge
Freeman still being confined to his house.
Joiner ■ was .represented in court by
Mesi.rs. John R. Cooper and R. S. Lundy.
Several of his relatives were present and
his father sat beside him in the court
room.
He was pale anil while composed his
face showed the lines of the deepest anx
iety.
He is a lightly built young man with
sallow f. atures and light brown moustaihe.
He was carelessly dressed in negligee
checked shirt and rather shabby suit of
clothes.
Ho sat between his lawyers and lis
tened eargerly to every word of the testi-
t.ii-ut. vlarkc Testifies.
Lieutenant Walter Clark was the firs)
witness called. He testified that he was
notified of the murder shortly after 10
o’clock on Saturday night and detailed an
officer to go to the place. When he got
there he found the body of Yon. He was
not then dead, but as*his throat was cut
from ear to ear he could not speak.
Next morning on information received
he went out to the home of Harry Joiner,
on Hazel street, where he found him at 7
o’clock in the morning in bed beside his
wife and infant child. After questioning
Jc>iner he decided, to arrest him. and did
so. bringing him to the city hall. Lieu
tenant Clark testified to having seen spots
of blood on Joiner’s shirt.
Officer Jenkins, who had been detailed
on the case, testified to much the same
effect. He said that when he questioned
Joiner the young man told him that he
had returned home on Saturday night at
9:30 and that he had not seen Yon for two
weeks, although he knew hjm well. Joiner
had further told Jenkins that when he
reached home his father was there.
Gray Conirajcicts Joiner.
Walter Gray, the assistant jailor at the
Bibb county jail, was the next witness.
He said ’that on Saturday night at 9:40
. o’clock he had seen Harry Joiner at Cas
i sidv’s bar at the foot of 'Mulberry street.
Yon was with him at the time. Gray said
that he knew them both well and was pos
itive as to their identity.
He had snoken to Yon. who had spoken
of going up to Putzel’s, and when Gray
told him that he had not enough money to
go there Yon pulied out his pocketbook
and showed his money.
Other witnesses testified to having seen
Joiner on Mulberry street between 9 and
10 o’clock.
George Brown and Jim Cripps gave the
same testimony as that brought out before
the coroner in the morning, and none of
those who saw Joiner later in the day and
up to 10 o’clock at night saw any marks
on his face.
Mrs. Ida Hale, a sister-in-law of Joiner,
' sajd that she saw him at his hpqse be
i tween 10:30 and 11 o’clock on Saturday
| night. She said that she heaid him say
: that he had a fight with a man wham he
had cut badly, but total he was not cut
himself-
Blood on Hi« Hands.
The sensational evidence of the hearing
i came in the testimony of Miss Add pea
! cock, who is also
: She said that sgrtly utter lt» o’clock on
• Saturday night Harry Jpiner came te the
j house. He appeared to he very mM f ii ex-
F cited and there was blood ua his hands.
He was marked up.
She wept tv her sister’s house and then
ia his father’s, where she told them
there was something the* - mattpf With
Harry and that she could.
! him.
, aIT. Joiner and Harry’s mother, her sis
l ter and her sister’s husband came with
her back to the house.
She said that Harry told his father to
come into the other room and he would
i tell him what the trouble was. He stayed
I in ths room about five minutes and when
' they came out she heard the elder man
; say that it would be better for Harry to
I go and give himself up.
At this point Mayor Price said that he
did not care for further evidence, and Mr.
Cooper said that he would introduce no
evidence at this time.
Mayor Price said that he would commit
Joiner to jail on the charge of murder,
would commit Joiner to jail on the charge
of murder.
NOMINATING
CONVENTION
For the Sixth Congressional
District Will be Held
at Griffin,
ON JUNE THE SEVENTEENTH.
Meeting of the Executive Committee
Was Held this Morning at the
Hotel Lanier,
The Democratic executive committee of
Sixth congressional district of Georgia,
pursuant to the call of the chairman, met
at noon at the Hotel Lanier.
• Hon. Robert T. Daniel, chairman, called
the meeting to order and Mr. Robert H.
Smith was elected secretary.
The following counties were represented:
Baldwin by Messrs. B. \V. Jenkins and
J E. Pottle.
Bibb by T. J. Carling and Robt. H.
Smith.
Butts county by B. T. Baily and T. P.
Bell.
Fayette county by Washington Dessau.
Jones county by J. A. Pitts and Joseph
Chiles.
Pike county by A. L. Miller, proxy.
Spalding county by T. Daniel.
The following resolution which was
unanimously adopted, was offered by Hou.
B. T. Baily of Butts:
Resolved, That the chair immediately
apoint a committee of three, to be known
as the committee on resolutions, to whom
shall be referred all resolutions which may
be offered at this meeting without bebate:
said committee on resolutions to report
back to this meeting all such resolutions
as may be referred to it at the earliest
practicable moment.
The chair appointed Messrs. B. T. Bailey
A. L. Miller and B. W. Jenkins.
The following resolution was offered by
the Hon. J. E. Pottle:
Resolved, by the Democratic executive
committee of the Sixth congressional dis
trict of the state of Georgia, That there
be held at Grifliin, on the 17th day of June
(Friday), 1898, at 12 o’clock, m., a conven
tion for the purpose of nominating a Dem
ocratic candidate from the Sixth congress
ional district of the state of Georgia for
representative in the Fifty-sixth congress
of the .(United ’States. Each county shall
be entitled to twice as many votes in said
convention as it has members of the house
ot representatives in the General Assembly
of Georgia, the delegate's to cast such
votes to be chosen and selected in such
manner and at such times as the Demo
cratic executive committees of each county
may determine find direct.. In case a pri
mary election is ordered in any county in
this district for the purpose of selecting
such delegates, it is recommended that the
candidate for congress be voted for di
rectly at such primary, and that the suc
cessful candidate be authorized to name to
the executive committee of the county the
delegates to represent such county in the
said congressional convention,, and upon
this being done the executive committee
of the county shall appoint as delegates the
persons so named by the successful candi
date.
The following resolution was offered by
Mr. J. A. Pitts of Jones:
Resolved, by the Democratic executive
committee of the Sixth congressional dis
trict of Georgia, That, whereas, it is the
unanimous opinion of this committee that
it has no power or authority to. dictate to
the executive committees of tlie various
counties composing the Sixth congressional
district the time, place or manner of se
lecting delegates from their respective
counties to the convention which has this
day been called to nominate a Democratic
candidate for congress from this district
for the Fifty-sixth congress; yet, believing
that in order to promote the best interests
of the Derrttocratic party as well as tor the
convenience of the people composing the
Democratic party in this distrietT'it is wise
to have the delegates from the various
counties 4o the congressional convention
chosen on the same day throughout this
congresional district, this committee, with
out attempting to dictate or control the
time or manner of selecting delegates, re
spectfully, but earnestly, recommends to
the executive committees of the various
counties of this congressional district the
propriety and wisdom of selecting dele
gates on the same day throughout the dis
trict, and suges-t as such day the Gth day
of June, 1898,, that being the day fixed by
the state executive committee for a gen
eral primary throughout the state for
nominating a governor and state house
officers.
The committee on resolutions reported
favorably on both resolutions referred to
them and recommended that the place of
the meetingof the convention be Griffin.
Ga. With this amendment both resolu
tions were adopted.
Hon. Washington Dessau moved that the
chairman cause copies of the proceedings
of this meeting signed by himself and the
secretary to be sent to the chairmen ot’
Democratic executive committees in each
county in this district.
After extending thanks to Hon. Roland
Ellis for courtesies extended the commit
tee adjourned sine die.
SI,OOO DEPOSIT MADE.
How a Macon Institution Gives Guaranties
and Backs Them.
Macon, Ga., February 15, 1898.
This is to certify that E. L. Martin,
President and Proprietor of the Georgia-
Alabama Business College, a chartered in
stitution of this city, capitalized at $30,000,
has this day deposited with me stock of the
guaranteed convertible cash value of SI,OOO
to be held subject to any claims of patrons
for guarantees given.
GEORGE A. SMITH,
General Manager Equitable Building and
Loan Association.
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MACON WILL
ENTERTAIN THEM
A Large Delegation of Moul
trie Citizens Will Come
Here Tomorrow.
THECHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Invited Them to be Their Guests-
A Move to Establish Trade
Relations
Tomorrow about seventy a( the repre
sentative business men of Moultrie, Ga..
will come to Macon to be the guests of
the 'Chamber of Commerce ami the busi
ness men of Macon generally. This party
comes to Macon upon the invitation of the
Chamber of Commerce issued some time
ago. as announced in The News.
The object pf the bringing of the busi
ness men from 'Moultrie to Macon is to es
tablish trade relations between them and
the merchants of 'Macon. The trade of
Moultrie partly belongs to Macon, but now
it is enjoyed exclusively by Savannah.
While here the party will be royally en
tertained.
The party will reach Macon at 11:10 and
wiW be received at the Union by a recep
tion committee appointed 'by the Chamber
of Commerce. They will be escorted to
the headquarters of the Chamber of Com
merce where a delightful luncheon will
be served to-them.
At 12:30 the vistiors will be taken round
the city to all of the mercantile houses
and a general inspection of them will bake
place,.they will be introduced to the mer
chants" of the city and an attempt will be
made to get the merchants of Moultrie to
extend some of their trade to Macon mer
chants.
During the afternoon the visitors will be
taken around the city on the different car
linese and at 5 p. m. dinner will be served
•at the Log Cabin Club, where appropriate
speeches will be made and a general good
time enjoyed by the vistiors. At 11:25
the visitors will return to “Home, Sweet
Home” via the Suwanee River route.
The Georgia Southern and Florida will
bring the visitors to Macon free of charge,
and the invitations that have been receiv
ed by them will be used as transports
over all 'the city of Macon. They will be
recognized by the car linese as passes, and
every club In. the city will tender them
their hospitality.
Following is a list of the business men
who will come:
E. M. Tyler. A. J. Mumford. Prat Nich
ols, C. E. Melton, G. W. Hooks, Chas.
Blanton. W. L. Adams, D. B. L. Powell, H.
C. Bass, R. L. Store, Max Elrich, J. 'A.
Cotter, W. H. Murphy, W. R. Smith. P. F.
Hutchinson, IS. M. Autry, M. M. McCarty,
E, L. Wheatly, W. B. Jukese, H. H. Mc-
Call, P. P. Barrow, M. Blan'ton, J. I.
Powell, H. Spivey, A. R. T. Milsop, J. ,M.
Meßea, N. Y. Lane, H. P. Harrell, J. R.
Hall, 'M. D. Allen, O. A. Blade, 11. J.
Fin.-h, D. B. Page, H. J. Murphey, J. T.
McNeill, G. K. Johnson, W. W. Webb. A.
B. Peters, T. B. Darke, J. G. Culpepper, W.
C. Sessoms. J. I. Wilson, W. C. Vereen, D.
S. Smith, A C. Darling, J. B Mil! :. O. S.
Sinclair K. W. Ham. T. C. McNeill, J. i
Holms.s. ,H. E. Elliott, J. M. Heath, W. H.
Smith. W. B. Barber, J. Godhold. M. A
Hani. W. E. Connelly, O. e. Holmes, G.
W. 'Huggins, 11. Kimball,* Jno. Dukese,
A. Conner. A. Huber, J. A. Collins, C. J.
Kendall, \. Collier H Washburn, J. G.
Finch, A. B. Turner, J. L. Hartsfield. D.
M. Reeves. I? H. Clarke. M. Moyers, J. S.
Fisher. Park Harper, A. J. Rushin, H. A.
Pat risk.
The reception committee is composed of
the following gentlemen:
Charlion Adams, E. A. Chappell. Geo.
A. Smith, T. D. Tinsley, O. A. Coleman, E.
L. Martin. H. A. Waxelbaum, W. A. Doo
dy, Alex Block, A. B. Small, Will Bej’.and,
T. J. Carling. E. E. Winters, Church Ber
ryman J. I Mack, J. S. Jones, Azel Free
man, Joe Neal, J. V. Cutler, Bus B-rrd,
Thad iParker, L. H. Wood, S. B. Price,
Minter Wimberly, W. T. Morgan, T. W.
Loyless, G. W. Matthews, R. M. Rogers
and Geo. F. Wing.
The committee of arrangements is com
posed of the following gentlemen: Messrs.
I. B. English, G. A. Macdonald, Henry
Horne, G. C. Johnson and E. A. Chapuell.
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PRICE TWO'CEMS
BACON MO cur
DISSATISFIED
They Say I hat the Message
Will Surely Complicate
the Situation.
WILL BRING ON WAR.
General Lee Will Appear Before the
Committee ort Foreign Affairs
on His Arrival.
Atlanta, April 11. \ sp.- al from the
Journal's Washing:.m .>i > < spondent states
that in an interview with Senator Bacon
on the subject of the incsage the senator
expresses the greatest disappointment.
He says that the message? while definite
in its terms and sufficiently explicit, will
do much to cause a mu.llkd state of affairs
and that instead of clearing the atmos
phere it only serves to complicate matters.
Senator Bacon says that the outcome of
the message will be armed intervention in
Cuba, which canot, in his opinion, fail to
bring on war.
Senator Clay coincides in these views
and expresses his dissatisfaction.
The message was referred to the com
mittee on foreign affairs in the house.
General Lee is now on his way to Wash
ington and will appear before the com-"
mittee as soon as lie arrives.
Reports have reached Washington to the
effect that riots and demon stratons are go
ing on in Madrid. So far neither in person
nor in property have the Americans been
affected.
General Disappointinn nt.
Washington, April 11.—There is general
disappointment at the tenor of the mes
sage. I't is considered entirely 'too pacific,
and instead of promising peace, is
calculated to force hostilities through
congressional action. Many think the pres
ident lacked the nerve to take 'the respon
sibility.
It is conceded that the foreign relations
committee will recommend armed inter
vention.
WOODFORD TO LEAVE.
Will be Escorted to the Frontier by Spanish
Soldiers.
Madrid, April 11.- It is said that Wood"
( ford leaves Madrid today. He will be ac
’ companled to the frontier by an escort of /
gendarmes. The ambassadors met at the
Italian embassy today, as a result of the
news received from Washington. Al
though the papers insist that Woodford
wiil leave today, the United States minis
ter has not yet taken steps in that direc- •
tion. A dispatch from Manilla, I-nillipine
Islands, confirms the report that the Unit
ed States minister had left the island.
LEE EN ROUTE.
He Left Shortly Before Noon on Plant Sys
tem for Washingion,
Tampa, April 11—General Lee left on a
special train at 11:40 on the Plant system
for Washington. The grand son of 'the
South was cheered to the echo every time
the crowd caught a glimpse of him.
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