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CHEAP MONEY. per cent and T per eent aney arw i ready for loan* on Macoa residence and 11 business property. 8 per cent money for farm loan*. Over 85.000.000 successfully negotiated In Georgia alone. Iliana made can be paid off at any ttaa. We are head quarters. O. A. Coleman. Gen. Man.. X 56 Second street, Macan, Ga. 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. The Sure i,a Grippe Cure. There is no use suffering from this dreadful malady if you will only get the right cure. You are having pain all through your body, your liver is out of order, have no appetite, no life or ambbition, have z had cold —in fact, are used up. Electric bitters is the only remedy that will give you prompt and sure relief. They act di rectly on your liver, ateimach ard kid neys. tone up the whole system and make you feel like a new being. They are guar anteed so euye or priye refunded. F&>* sa ] e at H* J. Lamar Sons drug Onlv 50c per battle, Burke Bros. Vici Kid Bals for men at Mix Shoe Co. Best siock in Amer- ica. I was reading an advertisement of Chamberlain’s Colic. Cholera and Diar rhoea Remedy in the Worcester Enter prise recently, which leads me to write this. I can truthfully say that I never used any remedy equal to it for colic and diarrhoea. I have never had to use more than one or tw*o doses to cure the worst Stroud, Popomoke City, Md. For sale by H. J. Lamar & Sons, druggists. Bucklin’s Arnica The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and positive ly cures piles, or no pay required. It Is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by H. J. Lamar 4t Sana* drug •tore, . 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. FROM A DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR. I have found Cheney’s Expectorant su perior to anything I have ever tried for colds and bronchial trouble. Send me by first mail six bottles of your mo-t excellent medicine. PROF. J. H. RICHARDSON. Sweetwater. Tenn. R Priceless Organ. Is th4 eye and yet some people are neglectful of it. More precious than gold are the windows if the soul (the eye). Its delicacy and finished perfection is beyond de scription. Ye( notwithstanding that fact the eye is subjected to more use and abuae - than is any other organ of the body, for it is at. rest only when closed in sleep. If your vision }s impaired it is well for you to bear in mind that a suitable pair of glasses will not only lead you from darkness to light, but will in a great many casts*, effect an entire cure of veur eye trouble. But on the other hand glasses selected by yourself or fitted to your eyes by any one to whom the science of optics is a sealed book, will, in time, prove a great curse to your eyes. 'Mr. Friedman, the optictl specialist, has been in Macon over a yea& and while in this city has fitted glasses to hundreds of persons, bu-t has yet to find any ope who is not perfectly de lighted with hiss work. All of his patients reccommend him in the highest terms. Office 214 Second Street, Macon, Ga. Negligee Shirts Styles that will gratify all proper tastes. Greatest values ever offered. The effects are varied and beautiful, It’s almost a liberal education in conventional designs io study the marvel —spread of shirts here. Every tint that the most creative and capable colorist ever dreamed of. Our negligee shirts will be in popular demand as the weather warms. The The variety and the prices arc our two very strong features. 8 Per Cent Guaranteedl Dividends paid Mral-annually. rtock seemed by deeds to improved real estate in more than double the amount, deposited with Union Savings Bank and Trust Co. GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man. Equitable Building and Loan Association, Macon, fla.. 4GI Third Street. 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. DON’T LOOK For Impossibilities Because They Can't be Found is a Good Rule. Oo not look for grapes on thorns, for figs on thistles nor for suitable glasses from anyone who has not a thorough knowledge of the science of optics. Mr. Friedman, the .optical specialist, has been with us close on to a year and a half, and has by his efficient work succeeded in working himself up a splendid practice and a reputation of being second to-none in correcting occular troubles? by the proper adjustment of glasses. Office 314 Sfecond street, Macon. COTTON FUTURES. New York, April 11. —Futures opened steady, sales 1,600. May s.l'b, June 6.00, July 6.02, August 6.05, September ami Oc tober 6.04, November 6.05. December 6.08, January 6.00. 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