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Money to Lend.
If you want to borow money on farm
business or residence property on the most
favorable terms see the Georgia Ixian and
Trust Company.
O. A. COLEMAN, Gen Man.,
356 Second Street, Macon, Ga.
ESTABLISHED 1884
ANSWER IS HANDED
MONSIEDR CAMBON.
Who Will Transmit to Spain the Demands of this Country Be
fore She Can Have the Peace that She Sues for,
NO INDEMNITY
Except the Cession of the
West Indian Islands
and Cuba.
CABINET APPROVES PAPER
And Adjourned After Sending Mes
sage to Cambon Synopsis of
the Document Will After
wards Be Given to
the Press.
Washington. July 30. The cabinet eon
ven, J In sp,ci;il session today and approv
ed formally the mswer of the United States
to the Spanish note asking for peace.
Pi n th-ally ill was In readiness for the
final vote, th.- language of the diplomatic j
note to l>< communicated to Spain having I
been practii-ally settled tqion yesterday. |
The hour livid for convening was 10:30 |
o’clock, but it was considerably past that I
when all of the nieinbers of the cabinet as- |
tumbled.
Tin meeting adjourned at 1 o'clock. I
As to tin- Philippines, it w-.i ■ decided Io |
leave their government open for the pres
ent to be determined later by a commis
sion to b, opointid by the two countrirS,
Hie United States meanwhile to exercise
control and jurisdiction over Manila, its
h.uiior and immediate surroundings.
'(’he cession to the United Slates of Porto
•Rico and all the islands in West India,
Have Cuba, is demanded. Also the relin
<iui, l.ment by Spain of her sovereignty in
Cuba, (lie I'nited Stales to exercise control
there until a stable government is cs-.ab
lished
I’he acquisition of a coaling station in
the l.a ltone and Perhaps tin Carolines.
There will in- no assumption of Spain s
Cuban ni Porto Rico debts, by the United
Stall-, .and n.. war indemnity from Spain.
Secretary I'ay then sent a note to ('.tui
tion. inviting him to come to the While- ■
house for a conf* fence at 2 o'clock p. m.
The paper prepared by Secretary Day for
presentation to < imbon contalni-d about
1,10(1 words and it is the understanding of
the mend'll' of the cabinet that at least a
synopsis of this paper will be given to the
press later.
It is understood the Spanish- Unerhan
commission is to have charge of the en
tire question for the term.- of ?i a e >n
condition however, that th< Spanish troops
are removed itiiaudia'u ly from Cuilia and
Porto Rico and the I nit. d Styles shall
have on of the Padrone islands.
No matter what form the Philippine ar
rangement takes, tin I nitid Sta't.s is to
acquire a naval station there for it. is tin
dit. tood the original plan to acquire a
co.din-', station has ben broadened into a
demand for a naval station.
The argument that brought about this
change was the representation of the
naval war '....aid that one of the most
pressing needs of the I'nited States naval
vessels the Viatie waters was a good deg
dock and some machine shops where the
repairs that are always required by com
plex warships of today an be effected.
It is also pointed out that under a strict
application of the neutrality laws ;ls urged
by some writers the Unite 1 States might
be prevented in time of war from taking
its own coal from its own coaling station
though the same rub' cannot be applied to
a naval station, which will be held under
an entirely different knure.
The maintenance of a naval station
would n quire more territory than a coal
Ing station and the existence of a dock
yard al Cavjte has fixed the eyes of the
naval war bn.iril upon that place as one
ready made for our occupancy.
A naval station involves some resident
population to supply the necessary labor
and sc.me agrieultutal land is required to
maintain this population, the extent of
the territory depending entirely upon the
elate of the station and its importance
Some naval officers are urging and their
representation.- have been given weight,
that the whole island of Luzon is not too
great an expanse to support properly such
a station as the United States will require.
They point also to the difficulty that
would b. cneoun er< d in defending a sta
tion which toes not occupy the whole of
a<> island upon which it is located. On
the other hand it is pointed om that these
several hundred thousand semi-barbarians
inhabitants of Luzon whose government
Would oblige the Unit, d States to keep a
consolemid.' n Hilary and naval force al
ways on and about the island.
The statement of M.rr contained if
the cablegram today that he probably will
need all troops that has been assigned him
is regard, d a- a little omnious of trouble
to come, though whether this is to be with
the natives or incident to the siege of
Manila is not evident.
As Merritt makes no mention of the sur
render of Manila although his dispatch
undoubtedly is the latest from the Philip
pines. that report is now looked upon as
premature It is noticeable that Admiral
Dewey made no reference to the reported
surrender.
The pr. sident has decided that the state
ment intended to be made .public as to the
reply to Spain shall not be given out. He
reached th. determination upon the repre
sentation that such a course would be a
violation of the proprieties of diplomacy
which require that such a note should not
be published before it is known to have
reached the nation addressed and that
even then a reasonable time must be, al
lowed for an answer.
The American reply distinctly gives
warning that the proposition as to the sur
render of all sovereignty in West Indian
waters and the selection of an island in
the Lad rones is beyond any discussion
whatever.
As to the Philippines, the reply says in
substance that as further indemnity to
the United States for its expenses the
United States will hold the city of Manila.
Its bay andharbor pending the detemina-
tion of the future government of the whole
group.
On. island of the Ladrone group is to be
r< l"d to the Unit'd States, this govern
ment to make the selection.
In demanding the surrender of Spanish
sovereignty >n all our nearby waters, the
reply diplomatically avoids making any
pledges.
PRIZE SCHOONER.
Gabara Was Brought Into Key West this
Morning,
Key West, July 3<c The Spanish two
master schooni r Gibara, loaded with fire
wood and charcoal, which was captured by
the Nashville on July 27 while trying to
g e in'., iii port of G ba'.i on the north
<-.ii>: e‘ Cuba, was b ought hi here this
morning by a prize crew.
• SERIOUS CLASH
Between Meiritt and the Captain of the
Monadnock.
Honolulu, July 20. via San Francisco,
July 2.V —There was a serious clash be
tween General Merritt, governor of the
i’hilippiut: , ami Captain Whiting, of the
monitor Monadnock during #he stay of the
Newport. General Merritt's flagship in 'this
harbor The iMonadnock was delayed iby
repairs, and work was being rushed day
and night. The general, it is said, sug
g sted to the captain that he was remain
ing here too long, and in effect ordered
Whiting to proceed at opee on his voyage.
The captain replied that he would not pro
ceed untid tlie repairs were finished, arid,
furthermore, .hat he would not hold him
self responsible to an army officer. The
captain kept his word.
HAD MONEY.
An Irnmnne Private Prefers to Remain in
Station House.
Private Boyd, of company "D.” Third
regiment of United States volunteers, -was
fined $25 yesterday morning by Recorder
Frenman tor disorderly conduct.
He had plenty of money but refused ito
pay t.he tine and will serve two months ip
the police station.
INJURED PRINCE
Started for the Salent Today ar.d Was
Cheered
London. July 30.—The Prince of Wales
started for the Solent today. He was car
ried from his room at Marlborough House
on an ambulance couch, which was placed
bodily in an ambulance.
The princess took a seat beside her hus
band. who was also accompanied by his
physician The party was heartily cheered
as the ambulance was driven away.
FEVER CASES
ARE INCREASING.
Thirty-five Hundred Men Are
Down With Yellow Jack.
Washington, July 30.—The war depart
ment posts the following:
Santiago, via Bermuda.- Adjutant Gen
eral, Washington:
'Die santiary conditions on July 20 are:
Total sick. 4,279; total fever cases, 3,406;
new cases fever, 406; cases fever restored
to duty, 500. Death of Private Michael Mc-
Goldrick of the First Infantry, was cuased
Iby asthenia following malaria. Shafter.
ASTOR ARRIVES.
The Movement of Troops ifcom Tampa is
Complete.
Tampa, July 30 —The transport Xranzas
was released from quarantine this morning
and will arrive in port this afternoon.
She brings Colonel John Jacob Astor,
with dispatches from Santiago for Wash
ington.
Ten transports for the Porto Rican expe
dition reported tills morning. The Thjrd
Pensylvania volunteers left Port Tampa
last night for Fernandina, and the 157th
Indiana leaves tonight, which winds up the
movement of troops from Tampa to that
place.
MARK HANNA
Talks About the Philippine islands and Says
Nothing.
Cleveland. 0.. July 30.—Senator, Hanna,
in response to an inquiry today as to what
in his judgment will be done with the Phil
ipines, said.
"That is a big question and we must go
slowly We at Rast waut a footing on
these islands. Although! there may be a
sentiment against keeping them, there is a
bigger sentiment against giving them-back
to Spain. We are confronted with new
conditions today and intend to work out
the problem in a manner that will be for
the best interests of the country. "
BIG MONDAY
BARGAINS
Are Offered bv Messrs. Huth
nance and Rountree to
the Ladies,
Every reader of The News this after
noon and tomorrow should carefully read
over the Monday bargains in the large ad
vertisement of Messrs, Huthnance &•
. Roundtree who believe rightly that an ad
vertisement in a Saturday afternoon paper
which is carefully read in the home on
Saturday afternoon and again on Sunday
and again on Monday morning is a more
effective method or reaching the bargain
hunters than any other medium they can
adopt.
The advertisement in The News today
contains some nios't remarkable offerings
that the people cannot afford to miss.
Remember that they are Monday bar
gains and you will have plenty of time to
figure out just what you want.
THE 'MACON'~~EWS.
INSURGENTS
AREJJEFIANT.
Aguinaldo, the Chief on the
Philippines Stands in
Need of Whipping.
WILL TAKE A BIG FORCE
From this Country to Subdue the
Insurgents Dewey Cables to
the Government.
Washingon, July 30. —A dispatch from
Admiral Dewey announces that Aguinaldo
has assumed a bold attitude of defiance
and it will take a large force from this
country to subdue the insurgents.
WANT OPPORTUNITY.
Spaniards on the Philippines Now Realize
Spain’s Defeat.
Manila, via Hong Kong, July 30.—The
Spaniards are gradually realizing that
Spain has not been victorious, that the ex
pected reinforcements are not coming and
the contest is utterly hopeless.
The insurgents are in overwhelming
numbets and the Spaniards can only obtain
the bare necessities of life. Only a fort
night ago the Spanish national pride was
rampant, but it is merging into indigna
tion at Spain’s foolishness and regret that
they were born Spaniards.
W hile they will never surrender with
out a fight, the Spanish aofficers will jump
at the first honohable oportunlty to sur
render. They fear the national disgrace
too much to give in without a fight.
Fighting in the suburbs is desultory and
the Americans are idle. This gives rise to
the report that they have determined to
suspend operations until September and by
that time peace will probaly be concluded.
Then it is asserted here that the Amer
icans may permanently annex the Caroline
Islands and the Ladrone Islands and pos
sibly abandon the Philippines with the ex
ception of keeping a coaling station here.
Although the insurgents have redoubled
their efforts, they have hitherto been una
ble to capture the citadel. On the other
jiand the Spaniards have not been able to
to re-establish their suzerainty.
The natives are reported starving by the
thousands and the Europeans are also
hard presesd for food.
MERRIfFis” -
AT MANILA.
He Wires Washington that
He Will Want All the
Men.
San Francisco, July 30. —A special from
Manila Bay dated July 26t.i, via Hong
Kong, July 29, says: General Merritt and
the troops under his command arrived at
Manila on the morning of July 25th. All
are well Merritt will at once assume
command.
OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED.
Washington, July 30.—The following has
been received by the war department:
Hong, Kong, July 30 To the Adjutant
General Washington—Cayite, July 25. —
Arrived today about 12 o’clock. The health
of the command is good. The remainder
of the fleet is about four days in the rear.
All the troops assigned to me will probably
be needed. (Signed.) Merritt.”
BRICK PAVING
On Cherry Street Will be Rushed to Comple
tion Now.
The .paving with brick on Cherry street,
which has been unavoidably delayed for
the last week has commenced in earnest
ami will flow be rushed forward.
The contractors expect to have the street
finished within the next thirty days. They
say that they expect to have other streets
in Macon to pave when the people See work
that has been done on this street.
The asphalt men, however, say that they
will yet get a little slice of the work. They
say that they fully expect to get one if not
two streets and they are not making any
fuss about it now. It may be said that a
number of the aidermen are in favor of
the asphalt on Third and 'Mulberry streets
and that when the time comes they will
get the contract for that material.
BISMARCK.
Feared that the End of the
Iron King is at Hand.
Berlin. July 30.—1 tis said the condition
of Bismarck's health has grqwu consider
ably worse and a catastrophe is feared. No
authentic confirmation of the report has
been received.
COPPINGER
Given Permission to Start With His Com
mand to Porto Rivo.
Washington. July 30.—Adjutant General
Corbin has received a telegram from Shaf
ter at Santiago. July 29, as follows:
"The Seguranca, Knickerbocker, Sara
toga and Iroquois lepve Saturday for Tam-
P*-’’
Adjutant General Corbin has transmit
ted a copy of this telegram to Coppinger,
commanding the troops at Tampa: "Yqq
should have’ the troops in readiness," he
says, "to embark for Porto Rico on their
arrival. The secretary of war directs me
to say that he ha-s no objection to your
going to Porto Rico with any part of your
command when you may desire, but on
leaving vou will notify this office and the
next officer in rank to yourself who will
succeed you in command."
Th« Bestlßemedy for Flux,
Mr. John Mathais. a well-known stock
i dealer of Pulaski, Ky., says: "After suf-
I sering for over a week with flux, and my
physician having failed to reiieve me, I
was advised to try Chamberlaia's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and have
the pleasure of stating that the half of
one bottle cured me.” For sale by H. J.
Lamar & Sons, druggists.
Ladies’, gents’ and chil
dren's shoes. Can fit any
foot. For less than half their
value. Fire Sale.
MACON NEWS SATURDAY JULY O o 1898.
IMMUNES TO
HOLD SANTIAGO
Residents at that Place Fear
Desertion by the Ameri
can Armv.
SHAFTER ASKS PERMISSION
To Guarantee Protection and a Sta
ble Government to the Town
Transports Hurried Away.
Santiago, July 29 —General Shafter has
had some cable correspondence with Adju
tant Corbin tending to allay 'the fear
among the Spanish merchants here that
the American troops are -being withdrawn
from Santiago and the city given over to
the custody of the Cuban soldiers.
Representations have been made of the
alleged impossibility of the resumption of ;
business unless assurances are given by '
the United States government that enough i
American troops will remain to maintain |
order and that a stable government will ■
be established.
Genera! Shafter cabled Adjutant General I
Corbin requesting authority to give the
desired assurance in the name of the pres
ident.
General Shafter says the four immune
regiments from Alabama and Mississippi,
half of whom are expected today, will re
main to garrison the city. He has recom
mended the withdrawal of the cavalry and
their return North as soon as the state
of health will permit.
It is understood that the rest of the
Fifth army corps will go to Montauk
Point, L. 1., and there is great rejoicing
among the men.
The feature of the situation is the con
stant stream of native residents present
ing their claim to the authorities here
against the United States government for
losses sustained at the hands of the Cuban
troops, damage to property, robbery and
plunder daring the last three years. These
claims are promptly returned with respect
ful regret.
The daily passes issued through the
lines exceed 3,000. It has been discovered
that they are being used to take rum and
tobacco to the Spaniards with whom a
good traffic is kept up. In future’bearers
of passes will be searched. All foreign
orders for goods have been countermand
ed.
There is a distinct sentiment here for a
continuation of the occupation arid the de
finite establishment of an American pro
tectorate.
Orders have been received to hasten the
departure of the transports here. The
Tampa, Saratoga,lroquois, Knickerbocker
and Seguranea will probably leave tomor
row ond others will get away as soon as
they are discharged of their freight.
MEMORIAL SERVICE
For the Late Mrs. Burnett Will Be Held To
morrow.
Tomorrow afternoon at Centenary Sun
day school in lieu of the usual exercises
there will be a special memorial service
for the late Mrs. J. C. C. Burnett.
Grandma Burnett, as she was so well
known and loved by all at Centenary and
community, was one of the organizers of
the Centenary Sunday school and until pre
vented from attending by increasing age
and feebleness, one of the activ° workers.
In every department of the school.
Among the officers, teachers and scholars
are some of her descendants.
At the service tomorrow afternoon there
will be short talks by those who were most
intimately associated with h=ir an! the
■singing of the old Methodist hymns she
loved so well.
LIMIT PLACED
FOR WEDNESDAY.
Subscription to Stock of
Hardwood Company Must
Be in by that Time.
Unless the subscriptions to the stock of
the proposed hardwood factory in Macon
is forthcoming by next Wednesday the en
terprise will go to Dublin.
Mr. Henry Horne, who has been promot
ing the bringing of the enterprise from
South Carolina, where it is at present lo
cated, to Macon, makes the following
statement about it.
The proposition made by the firm now
running the hardwood factory in South
Carolina is that stock to the amount of
810,000 be taken in Macon. Os this $5,900
is now in sight and can be secured I think.
I have agreed with another party to take
the other $5,000 worth of stock. The
company has placed a limit until next
Wednesday for the closing of the deal -pj
if Macon does not come to scratch by
that time the p.atu will go to Dublin,
where the people have offered very great
Inducements and will readily subscribe
the full amount required. \ d ui, how
ever, very hopeful ;bat the whole amount
will be ‘4t»ed here before Wednesday,”
STEADY DOWN
TO THEIR WORK.
Opinion at Camp Thomas is
that No More Troops
Will Move.
■Chickamauga, July 30.—The movements
of the troops from Camp Thomas has tem
porarily suspended and all the commands
have settled down to work as though per
manently.
Many of the officers and men now ex
press the belief that the peace negotiations
will prevent the men here from seeing ac
tive service.
The Sixth Tennessee infantry, which has
been in camp at Knoxville since the organ
ization, arrived today. The regiment,
which Is commanded by Colonel Tyson, is
fully recruited. The Fourth Tennessee in
fantry, now at Knoxville, is expected in thi
next few days.
Fine Shoes Cheap.
$1.75 for ladies’ $3.50
shoes, $2.50 for men’s $6.00
shoes. Today and Monday
last chance. Fire Sale.
MARTIN THORNE
DIESJVIONQAy
He Faces His Doom With a
Smile and Has No
Hope.
IS A PECULIAR CRIMINAL
And Differs from Other Persons Who
Have Died in the Electric
Chair.
Sing Sing. N. Y., July 30.—Martin Thorn
will get his first full sight of daylight since
he has been in Sing Sing Prison when he
walks into the executive chamber on Mon
day next to be electrocuted. The week be
ginning August 1 has been designated by
the law as the time when Thorn must pay
the death penalty for having shot William
Guldensuppe and then hacked the body to
pieces.
Thorn has no visitors beyond his spirit
ual adviser and the officers of the prison.
As for the chances that the governor will
interfere, even those who are interested
In having Thorn’s sentence commute ! to
imprisonment for life concede that the ef
fort to be made will be useless.
Not even Thorn expects that the gover
nor will do anything, and he is not bouying
himself up with the false hopes tb.it ho
w’ill escape death through any action by
the governor.
Thorn differs from any and all other
murderers who have awaited the day of
doom in Sing Sing Prison. He has been
studied more closely than any of the. oth
ers, and so far he has baffled all who have
observed him closely.
Others have been weak or talkative or
morose or in a religious frenzy as the time
for execution approached. Thorn is now
two days away from death, and is just the
same today as when he first set foot in the
prison.
He is better in some respects.
So far as one may judge, he has im
proved his mind. He has read only the
best literature and history in the prison li
brary.
Thorn, like other prisoners, has his
choice of books from the library. The first
he secured from the library was Thomas
Upham’s "Elements of Mental Philosophy.”
He followed it up with Gibbon’s "Rome.”
Macauley’s “History of England” and Mil
ton’s "Paradise Lost.” Then he read Em
erson. Dickens, J. Fenimore Cooper, Rud
yard Kipling, Lew Wallace’s “Ben Hur,”
Victor Hugo’s “Les Miserables,” Mark
Twain’s “Huckleberry Finn,” theological
works, Blackmore, Wilkie Collins, Stanley
J. Wyman, Scott’s “Ivanhoe” and Conan
Do'le’s “Sherlock Holmes” and Micah
Clarke.”
Neither Mrs. Nack nor the bath rubber
who was murdered by Thorn ever cared
abo’it such reading as that.
Father Hanselman combated the theory
at once. He had observed Thorn closely,
had talked with him and was convinced
that he thoroughly understood and 'had
been edified by what he had read.
So Thorn has since been regarded in the
prison as a murderer of extraordinary in
teligence, in that respect surpassing even
Dr. Buchanan, who was regarded there as
an exceptionally smart and well educated
man.
There is absolutely no question as to
the gain he has made physically. He has
put on flesh, perhaps from ten to fifteen
pounds.
Thorn eats and sleeps well. He has an
electric light in his cell.
He lies on his cot and reads until two
or three o’clock in the morning. Then he
retires and sleeps until 9 o’clock in the
morning and sometimes later. He eats
but two meals a day—breakfast about 9
o’clock in the morning and dinner at 3.
A pot of coffee is kept through the night
in the room in which the cells of the con
demned man are situated, of which he may
have as much as he likes during the night.
Thorn generally drinks a couple of cups of
coffee during the evening.
Lately Thorn has turned toward religion.
He seems to be taking a deeper interest in
spiritual affairs as the days bring him
nearer to the end. It would not surprise
some of those w'ho have been keeping a
watch on Thorn to see him in a state of
profound religious exultation by the end
of the week.
He never speaks without smiling and
appears to be entirely philosophical. He
does not seem to fear the end.”
Thorn has not once referred to his case.
Neither has he mentioned Mrs. Nack. Once
when the warden happened to mention her
name a sneer appeared on his features. But
he said nothing.
He has heard nothing from her since he
was taken to Sing Sing. She has not writ
ten to him nor communicated in any way.
Mrs. Nack is at liberty to write to Thorn
if she wishes to.
Thorn has not written to her.
Thorn has not received so much atten
tion from abnormal females as othei mur
derers.
Warden Sage today placed in the ruail the
twenty-six invitations allowed by law to
witness the execution of Martin Thorn in
Sing Sing y vl - next Monday morning. The
hour set for the electrocution, i* 11 a. m.
MARiriERESA
Will Be Raised as Soon as
Leak is Located,
Washington, July 30.—The navy depart
ment has posted the following from
Sampson:
Playa, July 29. —The Maria Teresa, upon
which the wreckers are engage 1 will be
floated and brought to Guantanamo as
soon as a small leak is located, which s
somewhere in the bow of the snip.
Whether this leak is due to a small
valve being open or a hole which may nave
been made in the bow of the boat is not
yet known. Her pumps are being used to
remove the water, there being steam in
one of her boilers.
GOOD OPPORTUNITY.
Fancy Grocery Business in a Good Location
for Sale.
The Holmes Grocery Company is offer
ing its whole stock of fancy groceries and
the store fixtures of the prettiest grocery
store in the city together with a good line
of paying customers.
This is an opportunity for anyone wish
ing to go into the grocery business. The
store is well located and the stock is fresh
and clean.
All particulars can be secured by calling
on the Holmes Grocery Company on Cher
ry street.
CAPTAIN DODGE DEAD.
Washington, July 30,—A telegram receiv
ed from Santiago announces the death of
Captain Dodge of the Twenty-fourth infan
try, well known in the west.
JUDGES' LETTERS
OF ACCEPTANCE
Mr. Washington Dessau Re
ceives Replies from All
Three Nominees.
EXPRESS DEEP GRATITUDE
For the Honor Conferred on Them
byZthe People of the State, and
Pledge Their Best Services.
Chief Justice Simmons and Associate
Justices Dewis and Fish, of the supreme
court of Georgia, having been notified of
their unanimous nomination by the judi
cial convention, held in Atlanta on the
20 Ch instant, by .the committee appointed
for that purpose, have written the follow
ing letters in reply:
Atlanta. Ga., July 25. 1898.
Genii, men: 1 am in due receipt of your
letter of the ’list instant notifying me that
I wa ?■ " ‘‘,.n i. !v nominated by the Dem
ocratic judicial convention which assem
bled in this city on the 20th Distant for the
office of - hitif justice of the supreme court
and requesting my acceptance. I accept
the nomination and wish to convey through
you to the party to which we belong and
which has done me the honor of naming
me as its candidate for chief justice since,
the changed conditions, judicial officers
are elected by the people, very' sincere and
high appreciation of the honor which has
thus been conferred upon me.
To be nominated by the vote of my
political party, composing a large majority
of the voters of the state, without opposi
tion, under circumstance® which forbade
and which for so many years have forbid
den my participation in active polities, is
especially gratifying, in that it manifests
the confidence of the people.
For the twenty consecutive years of my
judicial career I have endeavored to ad
minister justice without respect to person
and do equal rights to the poor and rich,
as the laws of the state obligate me to do,
in dealing for so long a time with grave
questions directly affecting life and prop
erty. I have appreciated the solemn re
sponsibility which their determination
placed upon me, and now to know 'that my
fel'low-citizens have generously overlooked
my infirmities of judgment, which al limes
must have been manifested in so long a
period of service, and thus selected me
to continue to fill the highest judicial of
fice in our state, evokes my gratitude.
If the people shall ratify the nomination
I shall endeavor to discharge the respon
sible duties which attach to the office
without favor or affection, without regard
to person or party.
Thanking you for the kind terms cf your
communication, I am very truly yours,
T. J. SIMMONS
To the Honorable Washington Dessau,
chairman, and the other gentlemen of
the committee.
FROM JUDGE DEWIS
Atlanta, July 26th, 1898.
Gentlemen: Your courteous communica
tion of the 21st instant, informing me of
my unanimous nomination by the judicial
convention of the Democratic party for
the office of associate justice of the su
preme court, was duly received. I ant
deeply sensible of the great honor which
the Democrats of Georgia, in the recent
primary, and their representatives in the
convention have conferred upon me. No
man could desire any higher evidence of
the 'esteem and confidence of hift*feliow
citizens. If elected it shall be my purpose
to strive with all my powers to be worthy
of this responsible office.
I beg that you will accept my sincere
thanks for the kind terms in which you
have notified me of the action of the con
vention, and remain with much respect
and esteem, your obedient servant,
H T. DEWIS.
Hon. Washington Dessau, chairman and
others committee.
JUDGE FISH ACCEPTS
Atlanta, July 29th, 1898.
Hon. Washington Dessau, Chairman, etc.,
Macon, Ga.
Dear Sir: I am in receipt <sf esteemed
favor, formally notifying me of the recent
action of the State Democratic judiciary
convention in nominating me as a candi
d-ate for the office of associate justice of
the supreme court for the fqll term, be
gining January Ist, 1899.
I accept the nomination with grateful
appreciation c<f the honor conferred. Very
truly yours,
WM. H. FISH.
WAS MURDER”.
OR LIGHTNING.
Two Women Found Dead in a
[House at Stinsonville
Yesterday,
Yesterday afternoon after the violent
thunder storm whioh came on the city
about 2 o’clock, two negro women, Laurt
and Betty Clark, were mund dead in their
bquse th Stinsonville,
It is supposed that the negroes were kill
ed by lightning, but the only evidence
which will carry out this supposition is a
few splinters which were knocked from
the rear window. Neither of the women
were marked in any way and nothing goes
to show that they met death in any other
way than by lightning stroke
The house was securely locked when rhe
women were found and it is a mystery how
they could have been killed by ligh'.n ng
and the house not being damaged.
Robert Crumley, a negro, was the first
person to find the two women and he at
once summoned the other neighbors. The
bodies of the women were examined but
no wound or marks of any kind were
found Coroner Hclli- was sen: for and.
when he arrived a jury was empanelled,
but it was decid' d to postpone the : artiest
until this morning at 9 o’clock.
Nothing has been heard from the verdict
up to this hour, and it though' that the
coroner has found new evidence waich
may lead to the faqt that the women were
murdered.
The general impression is. however, -hat
the women were killed between 2 and 3
o’clock during the thunder storm which
prevailed at that hour.
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