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ESTABLISHED 1884
PEACE PROTOCOL READY
AND JILL BE SIGNED.
Nothing Now Remains to be Done but to Arrange a Few
Minor Details That Are of a Purely Formal
Character,
FULL ACCEPTANCE
Os the Terms Laid Down bv
the President Has Been
Agreed to bv Spain.
BEGINNING OF THE ENO.
When the Protocol is Signed Thin
Peace Commissioners Will be
Appointed and Treaty
Made Up.
Washington, August 10 -An agreement
ha, been reached on the protocol , nilbody
ing the terms of peace between Spain and
the United States.
Secretary .Day at 1 o'clock made the fol
lowing .-.t.tteini nt to the Associated I’re.-s:
"We have agreed on a protocol embody
ing the proposed terms for the negotiation
of a peaet treaty including the evacuation
of Cuba and Porto Rico and it is expected
that this protocol will be executed.”
it can )>e stated that the terms are .pre
cisely those laid down by the president in
the original note about a week ago.
It is believed that nothing but a few
formalities remain to lie disposed of t.o
secure tiie signature of the protocol.
Tlie statement of Secretary Day showed
the events that had led up by logical steps
to the agrei ment reached some time this
after noon today on the terms of the pro
tocol.
conference between the president
and the French an.b.is -ador at the White
House last evening it is practically ad
mitt. .1, w.i- not conclusive in all respects,
but there was a ma"''esta.t ion of steadfast
confident') in administration circles Xhat
it s. . m-d to press an early engagement
upon ti e basis of peace.
The found i' : n this belief was af
forded Al i'.i” > ii called at the state
; .' ii. ■■ lai in- the forenoon and it bc
>in i0...w i 1 ih. ambassador was pre
par. d to give a response to further in
quiries that had been necessarily been put
last night in relation to the Spanish posi
tion.
Although no definite statement could 'be
obtained from any one acquainted with the
details of the situation, it was surmised
that the ambassador, having presented
certain Spanish requests yesterday in con
nection with the acceptance of the four
bases of peace laid down bj the president
had been authorized to modify or withdraw
such of tlie.se additional representations as
should prove unacceptable to the -United
States.
At any rate, when the ambassador ap
peared at the state department and with
Secretarj M. Thiehault was ushered into
the diplomatic room there was a general
belief among the officials of the state de
partment that the prospect had bright: ned
materially over night and that the cessa
tion of hostilities at last was in sight.
\s tai as can be gathered, our govern
ment is not particularly concerned at the
insistanee of the Spanish government upon
the reference of the peace agreement in
its present stag.' to the cones. Dur govern
ment in dealing with another recognizes
only th. executive .branch and holds that
it is wholly responsible for all its acts or
promises and it is probable our govern
ment will not concern itself as to what
further international steps will be neces
sary to satisfy the sticklers for constitu
tional observances in Spain."
ANXIOUS AS
TO ULTIMATUM.
People at Colon Want to Know
What New Vice Presi
dent Will Do.
Colon, via Galveston. August 10.—Tt fa
learned from a reliable source that the
Italian ultimatum demanding the payment
of the Cerrutti claim, expires on August
13th.
Anxiety as to the ultimate action of the
new vice president, Senor Marroquin, and
his cabinet, is daily increasing. It is re
ported that the Italian warship. Carlo Al
berto is at Cura coo.
RECEIVER FOR BROWNS.
President Muckenfuss Appointed On Appli
cation of Bondholders.
St. Louis. August 10—Judge Wood, of
the circuit court today appointed President
Muekenfuss receiver of the St. 'Louis
Browns on application of the holders of
the first mortgage bonds.
DROPPED DEAD.
Storekeeper on the Transport Minsewaska,
Now in Savannah.
Savannah, August 10.—John H. Lane,
storekeeper on the United Statese trans
port Minnewaske, dropped dead here to
day. The troopship was waiting to carry
the Third regiment of immunes to Santia
go. He was fifty-five years okl, and the
father of the captain of the ninth New
York Police precinct
WRECK OF MERCEDES.
In Santiago's Harbor Boarded by Corres
pondents.
Santiago de t’utba. —(Correspondence ,by
Mail.) 1 tie Rs'ina .Mercedes, which lies
Ju t inside of the .Bay of Santiago, with
her back turned, so to speak, on the Mer
lin.a •. Is at this time a "demned moist,
unpleasant body,” with only her decks and
uppi r cabin out of water. On the day of
th surrender of Santiago several news
paper men went to see this chip, and row
ed to her from the dispatch boats in small
parties It was a race, indeed, for loot,
more politely called souvenirs. The cor
resimndents, like "Pitiless Pete, the Pi
rate; or, the Crimson Curse of the Carib
beans.” boarded the (Mercedes with yells,
to find her almost as she was left the day
of the fight.
Even her colors had not Ibeen removed
from the foot of the mast, where they were
hauled after the surrender. There were
coats and caps on deck, which had been
left by the brave sailors, who raced ashore.
The cabin had food in it and rich furn
ishings, which will soon be decorating
newspaper Hats in Harlem and other parts
of God’s country.
There were cutlasses and rifles, and
novels that would paralyze Zola, and
everything else that goes with a ship, ex
cept the l men to man it.
This ship, which looks like a converted
merchantman as she now lies, will not
need much repairing to make her float, but
it is doubtful whether the government
shall ever lift her for use again, as her
engine s we re' known to be much worn, and
her hull is old.
TRAIN “ROLLS -
DOWN BANK.
A Number of Passengers In
jured and One Perhaps
Fatally.
Middlerboro, Ky., August 10—'While the
north bound train was coming from Nor
ton, Va., it struck a landslide near Pen
nington G ip and three coaches rolled down
the embankment sixty feet. About twenty
passengers were aboard, all of whom were
more or less injured.
Superintendent Logsdon, of the Cumber
land Valley division of the Louisville and
Nashville had a rib broken and was other
wise bruised.
Charles Perin, manager of the Watts
Steel and Iron syndicate, was .badly bruis
ed and W. W. Tinsley, of Knox county,
and his son were considerably bruised.
Tinley’s wounds may prove fatal. Several
women were also hurt.
MAY LEAVE CAMP THOMAS.
Officers Detailed to Look Into Several Other
Sites.
Washington. August 10—The war de
partment has under consideration .the es
tablishment of army camps at Lexington.
Ky.. Knoxville, Tenn., and Tryon, N. C.
Army officers have been detailed and
are now examining into suitable sites at
each of these places.
If the reports are satisfactory the camps
will be established and orders issued di
recting the various commands now at
Cliii-kamauiga to .move to the new camps.
PURE HAVANA.
A Lot of Exceptionally Fine Cigars Secured
by H. J. Lamar and Sons.
It will be good news to the smokers of
Macon to know that Messrs. IT. J. Lamar
& Sons have just secured a lot of genuine
Havana cigars.
Since the outbreak of the war the
smokers have been deprived to a great
extent of the pure Havana foods and some
of the biggest factories iu the country no
lobger profess to put up the pure Havana
article.
Fortunately, however, Messrs. H. J.
Lamar & Sons succeeded in securing this
lot which is an exceptionally fine one and
those who come first will be served first
while they last, which, judging by the
present rush will not .be long.
MARINESHAVE
LEFT GUANTANAMO.
Transports Sailed lodav—
Wrecking Companies
After the Colon,
Gauntanamo Bay, August 10.—The New
ark, Scorpion, Suwanee and Resolute, with
the marines, sailed this afternoon. The
Badger and I. J. Merritt have arrived. The
latter will proceed to the wreck of the
Cristobal Colon.
The Merritt-Chapman wreckers think ’he
Maria Teresa is held in position by a rock
through her bottom forward, but expect to
haul her off soon.
RESIGNATIONS
Among the Officers of the First Regiment is
Expec ei.
News comes from Chickamauga of the
probability of some resignations among the
officers of the Macon companiese and in
that event it is more than probable that
the vacancies will be filled from the ranks,
or rather^from among the non-commission
ed officers.
So far however this is only rumor, and
no. hi ng has been officially given out, but
it may be set down as a settled fact that
some changes will be made and that res
ignations .or at least one resignation mav
be looked for.
Now that the chance of active service
is at an end the enthusiasm .has died down
to a great extent and there is not the same
anxiety among the men or the officers to
remain and be sent at some indefinite time
in the future to form a part of the army of
occupation. ,
THE MACON NEWS.
KNEW NOTHING
Os THE DANGER
i
Sailors on Transport Fought
Fire While Soldiers
Slept.
Will EXFERIEICES
On the Open Sea—The Soldiers
Knew Nothing Until the Ship
Arrived in Port.
New York, August 10. —A dispatch to the
World from Manila Bay, August 4th, says
that the third Philippine expedition is
here, twenty-two days out from Honolulu
Never did an expedition encounter more
d-augeis or endure more perils.
On the voyage six men and one office.'
died and fifty more were taken sick. Ty
phoid and meningitas played havoc on the
transports.
Two firemen went insane and leaped
■overboard. But fire was the worst peril of
all.
The dead at sea are:
Ralph Bowers, of the signal corps of Los
Angeles.
Ernest Bowker, of the Wyoming battal
ion.
Frederick Buckland, of the Fifteenth
Minnesota.
R. D. Kerr, lieutenant of engineers, of
West Virginia.
Stephen R. Roddy, of the Twenty-third
Infantry, of Dalas, Texas.
W. D. Kelly, fireman, of San Francisco.
John Stockville, fireman, of San Fran
cisco.
The transports and the convoy, Monitor
and Montery, were three days out from
Hawaii when fire was discovered aboa.'d
the transport Morgan City.
One of the crew reported to Captain Dil
lon that there was a blaze in the coal bun
kers.
“Get out the hose,” was the reply of the
captain.
At midnight, when all the troops were
asleep Captain Dillon assembled the crew
and told them the news. Every man was
pledged to secrecy. To let the soldiers
know that they were over a raging fire
would be to precipitate a panic.
Silently the men coupled on the hose
to the steam pipes and then they began
battling the flames in the hold.
The next morning the fire was as fierce
as ever. Night and day the herioc crew
fought the fire, but with little success,
and still the troops aboard did not know
the fire was burning beneath their feet.
The Morgan City fell off in speed and
the whole fleet was delayed.
Captain Dillon did not signal the flag
ship. He kept the men busy fighting the
fire in the bunkers, while the troops went
about on the deck all unconscious of their
peril.
The bunkers were still burning when
the Morgan City arrived here. Then, for
the first time, the troops learned of their
danger.
The flames were extinguished after the
ship bad been in port a few hours.
WILL MOVE
THE CHAMBER.
Directors Decided Yesterday
to Move—Will Probablv
be at Wing’s Old Stand.
The directors of the Chamber of Com
merce held their regular meeting yester
day afternoon. After the regular routine
business had been transacted, the subject
of moving the Chamber from its present
quarters was brought uip.
The matter was discussed for some time
aud the president appointed a committee
in charge of location with the power to
act. Messrs. A. E. Chappel. John Holmes
and Azel Freeman compose the committee.
The directors are thinking of locating at
Wing's old stand, just across the street
from where they are now situated.
One of Siesel's buildings on the same
side of the street is also under considera
tion. The committee will report their ac
tion in a few days and the removal will
commence at once.
AGUINALDO MAY
RUN AWAY.
Ship Now Coaling Readv to
Admit of His Escape at
a Pinch.
Cavite, August 3, via Hong Kong, Au
gust 10.—The Americans are disgusted
with the conduct of Aguin-aldo, the insur
gent leader, whose power is weakening, ow
ing to the fact that the Filipinos are real
izing the unsubstanUability of his prom
ises.
Two insurgent steamers are now at Ma
nila Bay provisioning in order to insure
Agumaldo's escape if necessary.
The American field hospital worked
splendidly under the galling fire at Malate,
aud the courage and steadiness of all the
men. regulars and volunteers, caused gen
eral Greene to officially thank the troops.
The Spanish used Mauser and Reming
ton rifles with brass eoated bullets.
MARINES HAVE LEFT—
EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE.
Will Decide this Afternoon on
Plan to Elect King of
Carnival.
The executive committe of the Carnival
Association will hold an important meet-
J uis afternoon at 5:30 at the Chamber
of Commerce and a full attendance is
desired.
B-eoides the regular routine businees it
will be decided how to select a king of the
' Many ideas have been suggest-
L™. and :h e committee will discuss them
tots afternoon and will decide on a plan.
Other important business will also come
up. - - • .
COTTON CROP REPORT.
Washington. August 10—The cotton crop
report of the condition of the crop is 91.2.
Tais is 4.3 points higher than a year ago.
MACON NEWS WEDNESDAY AUGUST io 1898.
DISAPPOINTMENT
hub
: The Announcement <iat No
More Men Would be Sent
Has Taken
SPIBIT OUT Os THE MEI.
Have Abandoned All Hops of Seeing
Active Service-But Ithe Work
Goes On Just the Same.
Chickamauga, August 10.—The disap
pointment among the seven regiments
here which were to have gone with Wade
to Porto Rico, is keen and complaints are
numerous.
Many officers and men have now aban
doned all hope of seeing active service and
the air of expectancy which prevailed in
all the camps at park is now missing. ;
Notwithstanding the prospects of peat*
and the lack of service, work is going on
as usual.
Practice marches will probably begin
week. General Breckinridge has appoint
ed as a commission to report on the gen
eral health of the camp, Generals Sanger, :
Roe and Mattocks, and 'Captain Peabody,
of the Eighth Massachusetts.
CHIN MUSIC.
Bob Fitzsimmons Says He is Going to Kill
Corbett.
Asbury Park, N. J., August 10 —Trouble
is brewing between Bab Fitzsimmons and
James J. Conbeltt. When Fitz and his wife
passed Corbett's place yesterday, Corbett
claims Mrs. Fitzsimmons shook her fist at
him and said: "Sorehead!” Fitz says the
Corbett crowd raised an uproar and all be
gan laughing as he drove by. Corbett
called to Mrs. Fitzsimmons to send her
monkey husband back to h'im.
Corbett feels highly insulted. Fitz said
yesterday that he would kill Corbett on the
spot if he ever insulted his w'ife. He also
said that he would have the third-rate
fighter put out of the park, or put him out
himself. There is every possibility that
the two ipug'ilists will meet face to face on
the street and have it out.
NEW BOAT TO BE
BUILT AT ONCE.
Stockholders of the Macon
Macon Navigation Com
pany Met Yesterday.
The stockholders of the iMacon Naviga
tion Company held an enthusiastic meet
ing at the Chamber of Commerce yester
day afternoon.
The question of building a new boat was
brought up and discussed. Mr. George A.
Smith, the president of the company, read
a report of the work of the present boat
which was very satisfactory to all the
stockholders.
Mr. I. B. Emglish, A. E. Chappel and S.
R. Jaques made strong arguments in favor
of a new boat. The argument of Mr. Eng
lish was very strong. He said that he not
only wanted one new boat but two and
said that the boats could easily be built.
After the matter had been fully dis
cussed a committee was appointed to raise
a sufficient amount to build a new boat.
It will take $5,000 to build the boat and
the company already has $3,400 on hand.
As soon as the money is raised the work
on the boat will commence and it is ex
pected that the boat will be finished in
two month’s time.
As soon as the new boat is finished, the
company will put on a regular schedule
and one boat will leave here each week.
The City of Macon left this morning at
7 o’clock in charge of the new master,
Captain Ellis R. Hathaway. Following is
the manifest:
Four pianos, Georgia Music House; 6
cases of shoes, Dannenberg Company; 3
oases of shoes, Waxelbaum, Popper & Co.;
20 cases of lard, 1 box of beef, 4 cases of
hams, (Armour Packing Company; 5 kegs
of nails, Dunlap Hardware Company; 1
sack of meat, 4 sacks of meal, L. S. Wor
sham & Co.
Captain Hathaway expects to take on
large shipments of barrel staves between
here and Brunswick. The boat will prob
ably arrive in Brunswick Monday. A large
cargo is there now awaiting the arrival of
the boat.
Mr. Smith, president so the company,
says that it will not be long before Macon
will have a regular line of boats plying
between here and the coast.
WILL MAKE BOTTLES.
Secret of the Cause of Pittsburg Trouble
Among Workers.
Pittsburg, Pa., August 10—It has been
discovered that behind the determined ef
fort of .the flint-bottle manufacturers to
reduce the wages of the union workmen
in that line in all the factories of the
United States, there is a trust which needs
but the addition of a few more details .to
equip it for active trade operations.
Thomas Park, the famous trust pro
moter, organizer of the first -wire-nail
combination and the present (American
steel and wire company, has the matter in
hand. He has obtained an option on all
plants until October 1. The scheme, after
buying up the plants, is to close those
which are most expensive to operate, cur
tail production, reduce wages and force an
enhancement of selling prices. A syndi
cate of bankers, the same that tendered
support to the effort to extend the Amer
ican Steel and Wire Company to encom
pass every wire plant in the country, is
back of the bottle trust with an immense
amount of capital.
The plants in the deal include most of
those in Ohio. Pennsylvania and Indiana.
MR. HICKS BETTER,
Continues to Improve Every ' Day- Rested '
Quietly Last Night.
The condition of Mr. J. R. Hicks, the
stable man who was o badly injured by
horse on Saturday last, continues to im
prove.
Dr. Gibson, the attending physician,
stated this morning that the bleeding from i
the ears had been stopped and that Mr. ;
Hicks was resting quietly. He says that i
Mr. Hicks will recover, but that it will be 1
some time before he will be able to be
out.
This will be good news to the many
friends of Mr. Hicks, who have been some
what uneasy about him for the past few
days.
BURDEN IS ON
MEN O[ MACON
Rediculous and Dishonest
Effort Made to Misrepre
sent The News.
10 OEFLECriDI OH HUES
Os the Relief Association, but a
Great Desire to Stir the Men
Up to Their Assistance,
An effort has been made to make it ap- '
pear to the ladiese of the Macon Relief As
sociation that an article in the Macon
News yesterday was intended as a reflec
tion on the work of the Association and
upon the ladies themeelves.
The effort to create this impression is
i the work of some unprincipled individuals
who are as irresponsible as they are eare-
I less of the good of the cause for vzhich so
I much splendid work has been done by the
ladies of Macon.
It ought to be sufficient for The News to
say that no such reflection was intended,
and that no one in Maron appreciates mor*
fully than The News the great good and
the hard work that has been done by the
ladies of Macon since the eomencement of
the war.
The individuals who would make it ap
pear that The News has tried to cast the
slightest reflection on the ladies of the Re
lief Association care nothing for the ladies
or their work. They simply desire to cre
ate bad feeling and the effect of this miser
able effort, if the ladies of the public gen
erally attached the slightest importance or
weight to the course of these people, would
undoubtedly be to seriously affect the good
work of the Relief Association. But, as a
matter of fact, no one having investigated,
attaches any weight to it and The News
simply mentions it lest the misrepresenta
tion of The News’ position should have
reached any of the ladies through an au
thentic source and without further enqui
ry into the first instigator of the slander
it should be acepted as true.
The fact of the matter is that The News
gave an interview with a most promi
nent citizen who has contributed largely
to the relief fund and who is as strong a
friend as the Relief Association has in the
city. He directly disclaimed in his in
terview a desire to cast the slightest re
flection on the ladies of the Relief Asso
ciation and, on the contrary, took pains to
state his admiration for their good work.
The whole tenor of the interview and the
purpose of The News in printing it was to
try Lu arouse a more proper interest among
the men of the community to the needs of
the Macon soldiers now at Chickamauga.
Tb - met ?f Macon should be ashamed of
themselves. Complaint comes from the
camp and frohi some of the best soldiers
there that the boys are in need of many
things that could be supplied by the Ma
con people at a very small cost. They need
more medicine and they need a hundred
and should be sent to them by the Macon
people.
In the interview printed yesterday it
was suggested that the men should not
place the full brunt of the w'ork on the
ladies, but that they should come forward
spontaneously and offer their money and
their assistance.
It is foolish to say that The News should
not draw attention to the needs of the
Macon soldiers at Chickamauga. They do
need many things and if the men, instead
of mouthing about the reflection that The
News is trying to cast on the .Eadies’ Relief
Association, and who are dishonestly try
ing to create a sensation so as t stir up
bad blood, would come forward and tender
their assistance with The News, they would
appear in a better light before the com
munity.
It would be an easy thing for every man,
young and old, in the city to contribute
something towards the relief fund, not just
one time, but regularly once a month. If
the men would come forward like men and
do this, the ladies would have a fund of
several hundred dollars to distribute
among the soldiers, and this money would
place the boys on easy street.
After all the wants of the Macon soldiers
have been supplied, then the other soldiers
could be given some assistance.
The fact is that several hundred dollars
are needed to give the Macon soldiers at
Chickamauga what they want.
The News wants to help the Relief Asso
ciation and not to hinder it, and any per
son who make an effort by innuendo or
otherwise to represent The News as taking
any other stand in this matter of assistance
to the soldiers either at Chickamauga or
anywhere else, has to little sense and too
little honesty to deserve the notice of the
public or of this paper.
But ’the fact of the matter is The News
wants the men of Macon to do more to
help the ladies and it wants to see the
Macon soldiers fully provided for before
anyone else gets anything.
TOOK POISOhT
TO SAVE LYNCHING
Mrs. Orr Died by Her Own
Hand While Accomplices
Were Being Hanged.
Clarendon, Ark., August 10. —-When the
sun rose this morning four dead bodies
were hanging from the cross beams of Hal
per’s saw mill as a result of last night’s
| lynching bee, and in the coridor of the
I county pail lay the body of Mrs. John T.
i Orr, dead from poison administered by
' her own hand.
| The victims of the mob were all negroes,
as follows:
Will Sanders, Manse Castle, Dennis Ri
cord and Rila Weaver, a woman.
The four negroes were charged with the
brutal murder of John T. Orr, a prominent
hardware merchant, and Mrs. Orr, the
wife of the murdered man, was under ar
rest for accessory.
Excitement has been a fever heat for
several days and last night at 11 o’clock
I determined men began to gather in the
, public square. No masks were worn and
• when the mob numbered 300 an advance
■ was made on the jail.
! A demand was made upon Deputy Sher
j iff Milwee to give up the keys, and he, af
| ter some parleying, opened the cell doors,
and the prisoners, -with the exception of
Mrs. Orr, who was in a dying conditon,
were taken into the open air.
The woman, Rila Weaver, made a con
fession, and without further delay the four
prisoners were taken to the old saw mill
on the outskirts of town and hanged.
The coroner’s jury today rendered a ver
diet that the deceased were killed by un-
I known parties.
CLAIMS AMPLE
PROVOCATION,
John Burns Says He Slew
Hesley in Defense of
His Home.
LIVED FOR A FEW HOURS
But the Dead Engineer Made No
Antemortem Statement—Body
Wil! Be Sent to Virginia.
' George W. H-eslep, of Macon, an engi
neer o nthe Southern Railway, was shot
by John Burns, a section hand on the
Southern Railway at Sterling, eleven miles
from Brunswick, yeser.day morning about
9 o’clock. Heslep lived about three hours
after being shot.
Burns was captured and was placed in
the Glynn county jail, where he is now
held.
Burns, being interviewed at the jail at
Brunswick, gives out the following state
ment :
‘‘Today when I was at work near Ster
ling, I need some tools from the house. The
northbound freight had just come in and
was on the sidetrack. I walked up to the
house and noticed that all the doors were
closed. I walked around the house and
into a room adjoining my own. When 1
entered the room I heard a noise in my
bed room, and not knowing what it was,
1 looked through a crack. The sight I saw
set me crazy. In my house, and in my
bedroom, was my wife, whom I thought
was as pure and as virtuous as any woman
that ever lived, and a man whom I had
never seen before.
“I stepped to my drawer and took out
my pistol, walked out of the house and
around to my bedroom window close to
where they were lying and commenced to
shoot. The man jumped up and put hie
hand to his hip and hollowed, ‘Lord.”
‘‘My wife ran out into the woods and I
did not see her for a long time. I have
two children, one three and the other one
year old, and the shooting scared them. I
put up my pistol and went to my babies
to quiet them, and after a while my wife
came back. She begged me to come to her
and I told her to go away; that she had
done something which made me ashamed
of her; that made God ashamed of her, and
that would make my children ashamed of
her when they grew older.
‘‘l was so hurt that I did not know what
to do and she was crying all the time. I
told her we could not live together any
longer, and asked her if she did not know
what the preacher said when we were
married about being true to one another
and let no one put us asunder. She begged
me to forgive her, but I told her that I
could not. She begged me to send her to
her parents, and I told her I would. She
was a Miss Florence Murray, of Emanuel
county, and I married her when I lived in
Washington county.
“Today before this happened if a man
had told me my wife was not good I would
not have believed him, and only last night
I told a young man who said he wanted to
marry but was afraid of women, that if he
could get as good and pure a woman for his
wife as mine was he should not stop for
anything but take her and go to the
preacher.
“1 never was in such trouble before and
I do not know hat to do with my little
children. They have got me locked up in
this iron place and I cannot get to my
children. Please ask some of the good, re
spectable people who know me to see that
my little boy and girl are taken care of,
for they are all I have got and I do not
want them to suffer.”
Another engineer on the Southern says
Heslep’s engine was on the siding at Ster
ling waiting for the passenger train going
South to pass and that he was sitting on a
cross-tie near his engine talking to Mrs.
Burns, who was sitting on the steps in
front of her house. Burns, who had been
down the road at work, came home after
something, and seeing Heslep talking to
his wife, he grew terribly angry and began
shooting at Heslep. He fired four shots,
the first three flew wide of their mark, but
the last one took effect, striking Heslep in
the right side and passing entirely through
his body.
Heslep fell forward to the ground and
did not say a word. The train crew rushed
to him and placed him in the caboose, and
he was carried to Everett City to the doc
tors, but it was too late. He died yester
day about 12 o’clock.
The remains of the dead man were
brought to Macon at 2:05 over the South
ern.
Heslep was very popular and was liked
by all who knew him. One of his friends
said this morning that if Heslep had an
enemy in the world he did not know it.
Heslep was a member of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers, a Mason
and Knight of Pythias.
His remains will be taken to Fayette
ville, Va., his old home, where his rela
tives reside.
An escort from the Brotherhood of En
gineers will accompany the body.
IMPERIALIST
Is McKinley, According to a
Close Friend in Wash
ington.
New York, August 9 —The Herald pub
lishes the following: “According to a close
personal friend of President ’McKinley and
a man in high official station in Washing
ton, these are the president's views as to
the ultimate results of the war:
“1. Puerto Rico to become a possession
of the United 'States.
"2. Cuba to be held under a protecto
rate, with a view of ultimate annexat'Jn.
“3. Manila and the island of Luzon to
pass into the control of the United States,
as Hong Kong is under the control of Eng
land.
"4. One of the Ladrone Islands to be an
nexed to the United States.
“So far as Puerto Rico and the Ladrones
are concerned, it is pointed out that the
program is fulfilled by the terms of peace
with Spain. The same terms prepare the
way for the execution of the remainder.
President ‘McKinley’s friends say he has
become an enthusiastic ‘imperialist’ since
the war began, and that he has no fear of
the result of extension of territory.”
THE BEST REMEDY FOR FLUX.
Mr. John Mathias, a well known stock
dealer of Pulaski, Ky„ aaye: “After suf
fering for over a week with flux, and my
physician having failed to relieve me, I
was advised to try Ohamberlain’a Colfc,
Qhalera and Diarrhoea Remedy and one
bottle cured me.” Far sale by H. J. Le*
mar & Soos, drugfista.
ANTED AT ONCE,
' ’ SOO IOEN AND BOYS
rr , . , To inspect the excellent bargains
Srrits t ‘ our Midsummer Clothing Sale of Stylish
SIO.OO Suits now for $ 6.67
12.00 Suits now for 8.50
15*00 Suits now for 10.00
18.00 Suits now for 12.00
That’s the rate our prices are cut. Pick of suit from out
entire stock. All garments of this season’s latest make.
oys Knee I ants Suits at oue-half of former prices.
85 and 50c
Your Watch
Needs Cleaning !
That s what s the matter with it. It can’t keep good
time while full of dust. Bring it here and we’ll fix
it so it will run right, for only $2.00, with one year
guarantee.
RERLRMR The Jeweler,
DUUUnnLJ, Triangular Block.
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X Kverythiug you need for a pleasant vacation jF
$ —health, rest, pleasure, perfect table and X
service, large, airy rooms, low rates, bathing,
4* bowling, bicycling, riding, tennis, billiards,
T music. All under perfect management.
Write today for reservation of room, as we
T are about filled up. 4*
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Crump’s Park Bulletin
Tonight==“Monte Cristo.”
“Audacity,”
“Energy.”
That’s what people are saying about our pres
ent sale. Yes, it requires audacity to reduce
prices like we’ve done, and energy to direct a
movement of such magnitude
Our advertising is but a rude scrawl, entirely
inadequate to picture to your mind the variety
and character of the values now offered
Come to See Us.
Clothing and Furnishings that you need right
now are enormously reduced. The lots are
so vast, so diversified and represent such an
unlimited range of styles that direct and
specific quotations are impossible. We invite
you to see the goods, try on, examine, ask
questions. Then, when you are told the
price, there will be but one result—a sale
ffloneu on Hand.
Loaoe oo real estate. Busy monthly pay
ments.
GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man.
Equitable Building and Loan Association,
Macon. On.. 401 Third Street.
PRICE THREE CENTS