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CUBANS CLAIM
EVERYTHING.
They Say that the Property
Belongs to the Republic
and Its Soldiers,
CNIISIIE [VEN IUHEIS
Os Our Soldiers, and in Fact, What
ever They Can Lay Their Hand
On—Are a Bad Lot.
Santiago De Cuba, July 22.—(8y Mail.)—
The Cuban* claim everything in Cuba. The
warth and the fullness thereof is theirs.
.Not only does the land belong to the €u- I
ban republic, but the personal property of
the private citizen, the fruits of his or
chard. the cattle in his fields, the vegeta
bles in his garden, the furniture in his
house. hi< extra uit of clothes —everything
that has the least value attached to it ie a
part of the common fund of the new re
public.
The inventory of the Cuban possessions
do.a not Stop there. It also includes the
blank, is, haversacks and rations of the
American soldiers whenever the soldier’s
back is turned.
The only visible representatives of the
Cuban republic in this province are the
eoldiers. and by day and night they are
btitdly engaged in reducing everything in
eight to immediate possession. They never
eay "By your leave,” and give no receipts.
They simply claim and take in the name
of the Cuban Republic. They are very
careful, tiowever, to sec that no American
soldier is in eight while they are engaged
in adding to the Republic’s store of wealth.
•When the American soldiers landed at
Baiquiri and Stboney they disembarked in
a cruel hurry. Whole regiments left their
blanket tolls, haversacks and canteens on
the beach, or left them by the roadside on
the way to the firing lines. These were
confiscated by the Cubans, and now almost
a month after landing, hundreds of sol
diers sleep without blankets or tents, and
have not even a change of underwear.
Those who did the most fighting for Cuba
Libre have suffered most. In the forced
march to 101 Caney, San .Juan and El Poso,
it was impossible for them to carry their
heavy accoutrements. When, after days of
constant fighting and nights of sleeping in
the rain, with only a leaden sky for a
.over, they found time to send back for
their dog tents, blanket* and clothing, all
were gone.
Even the bodies of the dead were not re
spected. 'Whenever opportunity offered
these were stripped of arms and clothing.
On the morning of the battle of El Caney,
the Americans went out to bury the Span
ish dead. Eighteen bodies were found and
al) of them had been robbed. This could
not have been done by Spaniards, for they
could not have passed the outposts during
the night. The Americans would not have
despoiled the dead.
Tht h brot her of General Vara De Rey,
shot through the neck at El Caney, and
dying .whispered to an American and ask
ed him to find the body of the general and
give it decent burial. Three days’ search
was made but the body was not found, al
though it was known where he fell, shot
through both legs and the head. The Cu
bans said that they had buried the body,
but were unable to find the place. They
did not attempt to explain why they had
not buried the other dead.
An American who served one year in the
Cuban army says that whenever a Spanish
officer of high rank Is killed the Cubans
vent their useless rage by severing the
head from the body and inflicting on its
■trunk a horrible and nameless mutilation.
This may account for the absence of the
body of Vara De Ray.
The thievery of the Cubans became so
persistent, and on such a wholesale order,
that it was found necessary to Issue an or
der from headquarters directing American
soldiers to drive all Cubans out of the
eamp whenever they were found Inside the
lines.
It was given out that the order was made
to prevent the infection of the camps with
yellow fever. Whatever the cause. It was
gratefully received by the soldiers. How
ever limited the Spanish education of the
American soldier, he has learned to say:
"Get out of here," In choice Castillian, and
to emphasize it with the toe of his boot if
it is not immediately obeyed. This order was
.given just in time. The shallow cup of
American patience was about to run over,
and a collision seemed not far off.
It must have been a better knowledge of
the Cuban and his nature than one can
have In the United States that Induced
Gen. Shafter forbid the entrance of any
Cuban soldiers into the city. The streets
are guarded by American soldiers under
the direction and command of an American
officer. The stars and stripes float over the
■palace of the governor general, but there
is no Cuban flag beside it.
On Jhe day of the surrender the resi
dents. Cuban and Spanish alike, were in
a state of nervous aprpehension lest the
city should be turned over to the Cuban
army. A merchant, whose store was closed
and barred, asked me whether the city
■would be turned over to the Cubans. When
told that they would not even be permitted
to enter, he raised his hands above his
head and said: "Thank God!" This man
was a loyal Cuban, but he loved his hard
earned money more than he hated the
Spaniards.
The Cuban soldiers are In a very bad
frame of mind because the city, which they
did nothing to capture, was not turned over
to them. The day after the surrender a
Cuban captain, who is in the confidence of
both Garcia and Castillo, said:
"They feel very bad, as do all of us. We
have simply been cheated out of'our rights,
swindled by the Americans. Santiago be
longs to us. and we ought to be in charge.
Didn’t your president and congress prom
ise to turn the island over to us? America I
is now in control of a large part of this I
province. Why doesn't it be true to its
promise and give it to us?”
It was sugested to him that after the
island was entirely conquered and the Cu
bans had shown themselves capable of
maintaining a stable government might be
<» a better time for delivering the goods.
"That’s not our idea.” he answered. "We
want this Island piecemeal, as fast as It is
taken. Everything on it belongs to us. W«
are being swindled, swindled, swindled.”
When asked whether, had the Cubans
been placed In charge, they would have
confiscated the property of the cltizns. he
said:
"We would have taken everything we
wanted. Nothing belongs to the citizens;
everything belongs to the republic.’
’•Would your army have gone into pri
vate houses and taken away the personal
belongings of the owners, such as food
clothing, bedding, etc?”
"Certainly we would. Do you suppose
that we would stay out tn the street and j
Jasso what we wanted through the win- '
dows’"
He was so pleased with this piece of
repartee that he laughed uproarously.
Notwithstanding the vigilance of the
American sentries, a few Cuban soldiers
manage to sneak Into the city dally. They
are not forgotten when they are gone. Two
of them went into a store, bought a ma
chete apiece and told the proprietor to
come out in the woods and collect hie
money. A Spanish major sent a servant to
take his horse to water. The servant re
turned without the horse, saying the Cuban
soldiers had taken the horse away from
him.
Senor Messa suffered the loss of two
horses yesterday. They were fine animals
I
for this country, and cost him S2OO tn gold.
Th<y were bitched In front of his house
and watchd by a 15 year old servant. Two
Cuban *oldler* came along and took both
j horses and servant.
Messa begged for his property and was
coolly told that it belonged to the Republic.
I He then besought them to leave his ser
vant. They cursed him and threatened to
shoot him if he did not shut bls mouth.
This morning the servant returned, hav
irg stolen away from the Cubans in the
night. He reports that they had a lot of
other plunder, which they were taking to
I the mountains.
Complaints of this character are becom
ling so common that It is very probable
that the guards In the city will be atrengh
i ened and a closer watch kept to keep the
j Cubans out.
Notes Taken
On the Run.
Sergeant Lawson Drown, of the Macon
Volunteers, Is in the city on a seven days'
■ furlough.
The Public Library will take charge of
the Macon football club, which will play
all its games for the benefit of the library.
The finance committee of the Carnival
j Association has already $2,500 in sight for
' the carnival and the canvass of the city
I has not yet commenced. There will be no
trouble in raising the necesasry SIO,OOO.
Dr. Charles Lanier Tooie. dentist. Of
fice corner Second and Poplar atreeta.
Mr. Minter Wimberly left yesterday af
ternoon for Washington, Ga.
Mr. AV. M. Klrsh, of Atlanta, is visiting
Judge J. P. Ross.
Miss Katie McKay has returned from
Baltimore, where she has been visiting her
sister.
Dr. W. L. Smith, dentist, 353 Second
street, over Beeland’* jewelry store, office
telephone 452.
A soldiers’ benefit will be given al Oc
mulgee park next Monday night. A con
cert will be given by Card’s band as the
free donation of the band to rhe relief fund
and refreshments will be served by the la
dies.
Des. W. R. Holmes and Mason, dentists,
556 Mulberry, opposite Hotel Lauler. Try
a bottle of Holmes' Mouth Wash for pr»-
servlng teeth, purifying the breath, bleed
ing gums, ulcers, sore mouth, sore throat,
etc. For sale by all druggists.
A great game of ball will be played on
the 20th instant between the Macon team
and a picked nine from the Wiregrass. The
boys from Southwest Georgia say that they
have a team that is well nigh invincible.
A big excursion wbll be run from down the
road for the occasion and several hundred
people will come up to root for the Wire
grass representatives on the diamond.
An effort is being made to get the L. A.
W. of the state to meet here during the
carnival.
Muslo Lessons —Piano and violin In
struction at reasonable prices. Miss Nellie
Reynolds, 252 Washington avenue.
The Savannah Press says: Mrs. Ray,
Mrs. Sidney Wiley, Mrs. Major Gordon
and Mrs. Wylly, wives of the officers of
the Third regiment, have come to Savan
nah to be with their husbands until they
leave and bid them good-bye before sailing
for Cuba. If conditions at Santiago war
rant Mrs. Ray and Mrs. 'Wiley will follow
■the regiment.
Mr. J. N. Waddy of Atlanta spent yes
terday at the Park hotel.
Chief Jones, of the fire department. Irrft
this morning for New York and Buffalo,
where he will spend his vacation. While
away Chief Jones will inspect the systems
of tire departments in the large cities and
will gather new ideas for the Macon de
partment.
Misti Adelaide Walker left this morning
for Augusta, and while away will visit
points in North Carolina.
Miss Daisy Lee Hall returned home yes
terday from Cooper Institute.
Miss Mavbelle Hodges of Milledgeville
is visiting Miss Daisy Hall.
■Mr. Harry Hodgson, a prominent citizen
of Athens, is a guest of the Brown house.
Mr. 'A. M. Sandwich, a prominent at
torney of Thomaston, is in the city today.
Mr. L. J. Rogenstein, a prominent mer
chant of Atlanta, is a guest of the Hotel
Lanier.
Mr. B. C. Harris of Sandersville, is at
the Brown house.
Mr. Stephen Neal of Talbotton is stop
ping at the Brown house.
iMr. John D. 'Easterlin. general superin
tendent of the Southern Bell Telephone
Company, is in the city today.
Mr. W. E. ‘Lester, a prominent citizen of
Quitman, is registered at the Brown house.
Mr. T. E. Cauthorn of Atlanta, repre
senting the J. & iP. Coates’ Thread Com
pany, is stopping at the Hotel Lanier.
Mr. W. A. Winburn of Savannah, gen
eral freight agent of the Central railroad,
Is etopping at the Brown house.
The monthly missionary prayer meeting
of the First Street Methodist church will
be held tonight and "William Carey” will
be the special study. Members are urged
to attend.
Mr. B. H. Wright, cashier of the bank
of Thomasville, is visiting his sister, Mrs.
George A. Smith, at 629 Orange street.
Mrs. J. G. Daughtry left this morning
for Alabama to be gone some time.
Mrs. Mary Thomas of Milledgeville, is
visiting Mrs. George A. Smith on Orange
street.
Sergeant Herbert Smart, of the Macon
■Hussars, now stationed at Camp Thomas,
is in the city for a few days.
SHORT OF WATER.
Great Difficulty is Experienced
in Getting It at Montauk
Point.
New York. August 10. —Troubles beset
the officers charged with the establishment
of the camp at Montauk Point. General
Young planned to have 300 tents erected
by sunset ye.sterady, but the non-appear
ance of 600 laborers who had been en
gage! in neighboring towns made it im
passible.
There is no water anywhere. Two two
inch pipes were sunk in the sand near the
station yesterday, but the water was
brackish for three days. One hundred
■diggers have been slinking wells in the
valleys all about the site of the camp, but
not a drop of water has been found.
When the well diggers arrived large
I bowlders which made digging almost im
possible were found as deep as twenty feet
below the surface, and shaft after shaft
I was sunk only to be abandoned, until the
■ slope from Fort Plain to Rocky Ridge is
fairly honey-combed. At the foot of the
ridge, at the north end of the plain, it is
proposed to sink a ten-inch pipe, which, if
the water be found in quantity, will supply
250.000 gallons of uater a day. enough for
the cavalry camp and for half of the in
fantry.
But only water gravel has been found,
yet the hole is already twenty-four feet
■ deep, and many large boulders have been
I removed by means of ropes. Pipes and
pumps have been placed at intervals all
j over the plain.
It is estimated that despite the delay,
I shelter and food will be provided for the
first detachment of troops which is expect
ed to arrive today. The men and horses
will drink water from Great Pond, which
is slightly flavored with salt.
BRIDGES SMITH
MAKES REPORT
Os His Trip to Detroit and the
Good Work of Municipal
League.
W WE THIRD WITH BUICK.
It Is a Disappointment to Asphalt
Men—The Petition for Use of
Main Building Refused.
An unexpected tnove came up in council
last night when the report of the finance
committee was received.
At the last meeting of council Aiderman
Huthnance introduced a resolution in
which he asked that it be ascertained if
the city had enough money to complete
the pavement of streets, as he wished to
get the paving finished before the carnival.
The report of the committee recommended
that Third street be paved with brick from
Poplar to Mulberry, and that the contrac
tors be instructed to finish the work by the
time for the carnival. The report recom
mended that no more streets should be
torn up unless they can be finished by the
carnival. The report of the committee
was adopted unanimously.
A petition was read from he Macon Cycle
Club asking that the club be allowed to
use the track at the park 'for bicycle races
on August 16, for the benefit of the Sol
diers’ Relief Association. The report was
referred to the public property committee
with power to act and the committee held
a meeting just after the adjournment of
council and gave the necesasry permission.
On the petition of the Union Basket and
Carrier Company of South 'Carolina, asking
for the use of the main building at Cen
tral City park, the committee reported ad
eversely. The committee reported that the
contract with the State Agricultural Socie
ty prevented them allowing any other cor
poration to use the building. The commit
tee, however, informed the representative
of the company that the city would assist
the company in any other way possible.
Chief Jones of the fire department was
granted a ten days’ leave of absence.
The mayor stated that .he had received
information from Professor Pollock that
the city was entitled to two more scholar
ships. He nominated Messrs. Will Jones
and Gus Wachtel and the nominations
were confirmed.
City Clerk Smith, who has just returned
from (Detroit, where he went as the spe
cial representative of the city to attend
the national meeting of the mayors and
councilmen, submitted the following re
port, 'which was ordered filed in the clerk’s
office:
Macon, Ga., lAugust 9, 1898.—Honorable
Mayor and Council, Gentlemen: I deem it
my duty to make a report as your repre
sentative to the convention of cilty officials
held in the city of Detroit last week. Some
1,500 delegates from all parts of the United
States were in attendance. The work of
the week was of a highly interesting char
acter to those concerned in municipal af
fairs, .'bringing out for the punpose of in
terchange a multitude of ideas, all of
which are calculated to do good and to
advance progressive cilty government.
As no action was taken on any of the
valuable papers read, or the discussions
which followed these being only for the
purpose of information and precept, one
could only judge by the applause which
followed any particular idea or sentiment
of the great majority of the delegates and
consequently the sense and expression of
the convention. Therefore, taking the ap
plause for my guide, 1 give below, as
briefly as 1 can, the sentiment on the vari
ous topics discussed that prevailed.
Garbage Disposal.—The crematory was
considered the best disposition of garbage,
the cost of cremating in cities, ranging
from 30 to 50 cents per ton. New Haven,
Conn., is one of the cities clinging to the
old methods of getting rid of the garbage,
dividing and sub-dividing the city into
districts and contracting with men to re
move iit from each district under certain
penalties. There is always a scramble for
those contracts and the garbage is fed to
pigs on small farms. It was urged and
claimed that the money spent in keeping
a city clean is always a good investment
as a city’s cleanliness is one of its biggest
assets.
Municipal Ownership.—dt was plain that
a great sentiment prevailed in favor of
municipal ownership of water and light
plants, and also car lines. Some of the
points were made: That the ownership of
such plants by cities improved the condi
tion of the employes, who must make good
citizens by reason thereof; that while bet
ter wages are paid the men than are paid
by private corporations, the public receiv
ed a cheaper service and the rate of tax
ation was reduced; that it bettered the
condition of the employes and made them
more contented citizens, as a strike among
letter carriers, policemen or firemen or
other government employes was never
heard of. In his paper on municipal own
ership Mayor Jones, of Toledo. 0., said:
“In Europe, where it has been in opera
tion long enough to give it a fair test, it
has proven very remunerative to the cities
which have tried it. Edinburgh, Scotland,
is a notable example. From the revenue
derived from the municipal ownership of
public service all the running expenses of
the municipal corporation are paid, thus
obviating the necessity of having local
taxes for municipal purposes. There is no
reason why such results cannot be obtain
ed in the United States.”
■Commissions.—The concensus of opinion,
as expressed by the applause, was that
commissions were useless and expensive;
that municipal power should be concen
trated into the smallest possible focus, and
the shifting of responsibility to boards or
single headed commissions is contrary to
the very spirit and purpose of municipal
charters; that the mayor is the chief ex
ecutive of a city and should be unha'mper
ed and unhandicapped by commissions or
boards. To get a government for the peo
ple by the people it is for the people to
look to and hold the mayor alone responsi
ble for the execution of the laws and the
progressive work of the city—the mayor
and council to enact the laws and then to
leave the mayor free to execute them by
such methods as he may deem best for the
city’s interest. Should he fail, then the
people have the power ,to replace him with
another man.
Regulation of Saloons. —Prohibition pro
duces blind tigers, and blind tigers force
men to violate the law, and as liquor will
always be drunk and sold, the saloon may
well be regarded as a fixture and it re
mains for cities to so regulate it that it
may be easily controlled by the police.
This can be done by elevating it. It must
be raised to a high standard, and the high
er the standard the more readily and
easily controlled. High license weeds out
the lower class of saloons, but the license
should not be so high as to be prohibitory,
for then an inducement would be offered
for the illicit sale of liquor and the police
will be busy, but a license sufficiently high
to preclude the dangerous dive. In speak
ing of the bad effects of a law meant to be
prohibitory. Mayor Smythe, of Charleston.
S. C„ told of the operation of the well
known dispensary law of his state. There
are no saloons in Charleston, but there is
more liquor sold and drunk and more
drunkenness than before the law went into
effect.
On the subjects of paving and vvater
service the papers were disappointing,
giving out no new ideas. Incidental to the
set subjects, the members of the conven
tion discussed many matters of interest,
but to enumerate them or to give even
MACON NEWS WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST io iBgB.
a short synopsis would fill this report out
to great length. All of these, no doubt,
will appear in the journal of the conven
tion and will be at the service of any
member of the council who may wish to
see and read them.
I desire to return thanks to the mayor
and council for the opportunity of attend
ing the convention and the subsequent en
joyment of the many pleasures that were
made a part of the session. Respectfully
submitted. Bridges Smith.
GOOD TIMES
I Are Coming He Says, Because the Genera
trm is Aga ntt Trade.
He was a potpouri bum, chief gossip, and
the man who sits on the barrel and whit-
I ties a railroad crostie into a toothpick.
A little knot of us had finished the post
mortem on the war and had taken up the
wofnout subject of hard times.
At this point the philosopher wedged into
the crowd and conversation and discharged
his cargo of knowledge thusly;
“Yes, we got hard times, and why should
i we not, but hear me, this will not last
long. Times are goin' to get better, and
in a few years, too. I got a good reason
fer this: in fact, I know what I am atalkin’
about. There is not a silver linin’ to every
I purse now, but in a few years every purse
will have a Klondike linin’.
"Just now there’s no demand for us me
chanics, but in a few years all this will be
over and us mechanics will be in demand.
There is a reason fer all this.
“At all these places I found things the
same way. Good fellers out of job, but
there is a reason fer all this.
“Now, when things gits quiet in a few
years and we all settle down agin to every
• day life, not leavin’ the Sundays out, we
will find better times.
"Now, don’t git discouraged about the
times, but go right ahead sowin’ seeds,
plowin’ fields and makin' machinery, fer
the good timese are cornin’, and I'll tell
you my reason fer this.”
Here the philosopher stopped, looked
■around him a moment to assure himself
that everybody was listening and then de
livered his reason in a slow, measured
tone. Here is what he said:
"Us mechanics will be in big demand in
a few years, because the risin’ generation
of boys are too high-toned to learn a
trade.”
NEW POSTAL LAW.
Giving Much Inconvenience
to the Postal Clerks.
Clerks around the postoffice will be very
glad when the public finally learns that
second, third and fourth class mail matter
cannot be forwarded through the United
States mail. The new law has been in
effect since July 1, but it is being disre
garded daily and much inconvenience is
the result.
Many valuable packages are mailed as
second and third class matter and unless
the senders follow the rules, especially in
remailing, there is a chance of the prop
erty being losit.
The new law says that second, third and
fourth class mail mater shall not be re
turned to the sender or rematled until the
postage has nee i fully prepai I on the
same, provide 1 that in all eases where un
delivered ma'er of '.‘hese clrsses is of ob
vious value to the sender, if known, shall
be notified of the fact of non-delivery and
be given the opportunity of prepaying the
return postage.
Conforming to this law postmasters are
■directed not to return to the senders in
future undelivered second, third or fourth
class mater, even though it may bear a
return request, until the postage for re
turning shall have been fully paid. Such
mater cannot be remailcd except upon the
same conditions. The rate of postage for
returning third and fourth class mail is
the same as for its original dispatch. The
rate for returning or remailing undeliv
ered second class matter is Ic.for each
four ounces. ‘Where the matter is, in the
judgment of the postmaster holding it, of
sufficient value ! to warrant its return, he
■is required to notify the sender of its non
delivery and thus give him an opportunity
of paying the return postage. Where the
mail is not of obvious value and no pro
vision for paying return postage on it is
disposed of as waste materitl. In all cases
where the postage for returning or for
warding the matter is paid the postmaster
is required to apply the necessary stamps
and dispatch it at once.
The above law, however, does not apply
to letters or other firslt class matter, as
■these may be returned or forwarded as
heretofore without extra cost.
TAX ON THEATRES.
Commissioner Scott Has Reversed His Deci
sion on the Subject.
Internal Revenue Commissioner Scott
has revised his decision relating to taxing
theatrical companies with a war tax. His
first decision imposed a SIOO tax upon them
when they showed in cities of $25,000 pop
ulation or less.
■His revised decision places Upon every
company a $lO tax when it shows in towns
of 25,000 or less, or when it plays in build
ings tor which the SIOO tax has not been
paid.
The revision takes the burden from the
theatrical man and places it upon the
owner of she building. Where the per
formance is given outside of a regular the
ater the company will only be assessed sltl
A very important decision of Internal
Revenue Commissioner Scott was received
Monday morning bearing upon bank taxa
tion.
The decision of Commissioner Scott has
been that banks must return for taxa
tion the amount of their capital and the
surplus. Monday’s additional ruling
touches their undivided profits. He has
ruled that a return of all undivided profits
must be made also, and that they are sub
ject to the same tax rate as the capital and
surplus.
It was determined that co-operative as
sessment insurance companiese, not fra
ternal or beneficial, were liable to the tax
of regular insurance companies. Their
policies will also have to be stamped. Thd
decision is a reversal of Commissioner
Scott's first opinion.
MAXIM’S GUNS.
Sold Them to United States
and Not to Spain.
New York August 10.—'Hiram S. Maxim,
ibventor of the first automatic rapid fire
gun, has arrived from England with his
wife. In a few days they will visit Mr.
Maxim’s mother, now 83 years of age, at
Wayne, Me.
Referring to the stories at the begin
ning of the war that his firm was selling
guns to Spain, Maxim said:
“I was not in a place to deny anything
then because our house had confidential
relations with the United States govern
ment. But now that the war is over and I
see that peace is assured, I shall make it
plain that we were misrepresented. The
truth of the matter is that as soon as the
war was about to be declared our firm got
options on most of the purchasable guns of
Europe and we then sold to the United
States nearly all the supply.
"We had control of $2,000,000 of other
business besides that in our own shops.
:We would have sold more than we did
to this government if England, acting un
der the neutrality laws, had not been
forced to stop us.
"Although I have been living for seven
teen years in Europe, I am proud of the
fact that among my acquaintances I am
regarded as a holy Yankee. The last thing
my English friends said to me when they
heard I was going to America was, "tell
them not to give up the Philippines.” The
feeling was very strong there that the
United States should give keep the flag
wherever the land or naval forces bad
planted it.”
GARNET STONE
HAS RESIGNED
He Will be General Manager
of the Georgia Pine
Railroad.
TAKES EFFECT ON SEPT, 1,
One Os Macon's Most Popular Rail
road Men Will Change His
Work and Leave M.con I
Mr. R. Garnet Stone, the general freight
and passenger agent of the Macon and
Birmingham Railroad, has resigned his po
sition on the Macon and Birmingham to
accept the position of general manager of
the Georgia Pine Railroad, which runs
from Bainbridge to Arlington.
Mr. Stone was formerly the general
freight agent of the Georgia Southern and
Florida Railroad, and resigned that posi
tion some two years ago.
'He is one of the most popular railroad
men in the city and the announcement of
his resignation will be a big surprise in
railroad circles generally. He has a host
of friends in Macon who will wish him
well wherever he maw go, and will watch
his career with interest.
The new road with which Mr. Stone will
be connected is one which will, no doubt,
prove to be a splendid railroad.
Mr. Stone is out of the city and could not
be seen in regard to the resignation. No
one has yet been named for his successor,
but it is highly probable that it will be
done in the next few days.
CORBETT AND M’COY.
Something About the Two Fighters Who Are
Getting Ready to Meet.
Buffalo, N. Y., August 10—'Now that the
contract for the building of the Hawthorne
A. C. has been let matters are progressing
more rapidly toward the final results of
the meeting. Homer Selby, who was in
Buffalo for a few hours yesterday, stated
that his brother is, unlike other times in
the past when he trained for a (boxing con
test, taking on weight instead of reducing.
He is in the best of condition, and 'Sam
Fitzpatrick, who trained and seconded
Peter Jackson in his historic fight with
Coribett in San Francisco several years ago
will take change of McCoy’s work, and he
will be helped out by his protege, Jack
Daly, the Wilmington light-weight boxer.
Corbett has written to the management
of the Buffalo Gymnasium engaging all of
the vacant rooms for two weeks (before the
contest, and has also secured the big hotel
and roadhuose formerly owned and con
ducted by Barney Fossett at Cheektowaga.
He will have all his trainers and help
there so as to get in condition not a quar
ter of a mile from where he will again
battle for the heavy-weight championship
of the world.
The fact that every cent of the ?20,000
purse will go to the winner is a big in
ducement to the outside sports to come
to Buffalo, as they are positive from that
that the contest is on the square. The two
local newspapers which have been trying
to arouse local sentiment against the box
ing match have evidently found out that a
majority of the citizens here want it, and
have consequently drawn off, and there is
not the slightest chance of the big contest
being stopped. Yesterday the membership
in the club amounted to 4,755. The names
are coming in fast. Parson Davies brought
780 alone from Chicago.
HAY FEVERS
TIME HERE.
The Miserable Sufferers An
ticipate Several Weeks
of Sneezing.
Kerchew.
Ah, chew hoo.
. Pflew.
Whoophee.
Oh, pstchew.
These and other sounds of a similar
character will be household expressions be
fore many days.
The hay fever is due to reach Macon
from Tuesday of this week to the 25th.
Then it will be that the countless victims
of the malady, disease, will wish that
nature had furnished them with nosea lined
■with zinc or some other insensate material.
The last named date will find the nose
cursed contingent weeping copiously from
eyes and nose alike and using handker
chiefs galore.
Incidentally, the affliction causes a tre
mendous boom for the haberdasher and the
laundryman.
Your true-blue hay fever pilgrim can tell
you the exact second or moment of the
identical hour of the fatal day when the
first cold, clammy, spine-searching shiver
and the tormenting tickling of exquisitely
sensative tissue shall become manifest.
Then follows a melancholy stretch of
from six to eight depressing weeks until
the first genuine frost clears the atmos
phere and lifts the most abject and acutely
suffering of men to their normal condition
and reunion with their best physical and
spiritual selves.
During the interval the eyes and nose,
and, generally speaking, the only impor
tant parts of the pationet’s physique, pay
almost continual tribute to the sneeze
inspiring tantalizer. Science regards yel
low fever as a “cinch” for cure compared
to this misnamed complaint.
Whence it comes and whither it goes
is a problem to which the vexing story of
the winds is a perfect self-evident proposi
tion.
Many have supposed the inflammation
is due to the pollen of decaying vegetation
in the air.
This theory has been accepted for two
reasons, viz.:
First, the late Henry Ward Beecher, who
first classified the fever, supposed it to be
true.
Second, nobody has made a better guess
to this day.
This is passing strange, when one consid
ers that a prolonged stay at a lake or
ocean resort, or at some $lO-a-day summer
resort, in a high altitude is the only posi
tive cure for the trouble.
One thing is .sure. The person who suc
ceeds in inventing a stay-at-home remedy
for this most annoying of hot ■weather ail- ,
ments will have erected to his memory by
a grateful, swell-nosed public a structure
of marble or brass compared to which the
Washington monument shall be an ordina
ry every-day affair.
A LAWN PARTY
Will Be Given for Benefit of Mount de Sales
Academy.
The good Sisters of the Mount de Sales
academy are going to give a lawn party
on the .Academy grounds on the afternoon
of August Ith.
The punpose of the lawn party is to ob
tain funds to make some much needed im
provements in the interior of the academy
before <the opening of the next session.
The afternoon will be devoted specially
to the children and numerous games will
be arranged for them. Refreshments will
be served and a small price will be charged
for them. Ice cream 10 cents and lemonade
5 cents.
Everybody, Protestant and Catholic alike
are invited. Lt is safe to say that a large
crowd will attend the party as the public
is always willing to help the good Sisters.
VINEVILLE BABIES
“7
’ Won a Majority of the Prizes at the Baby
Show Yesterday.
The baby show held in Vineville yester
day afternoon under the auspices of the
Vineville Epworth League was a great
success.
Many babies from all parts of the city
were entered in the contest for the prize,
but the Vineville (babies took a majority
I of the prizes.
The winners of the prizes were Martha
Anderson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eu
gene Anderson, and Ruby Taylor, daugh
, ter of Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Taylor, lit was
a hard matter for the judges to award the
prize and it was decided to give a prize to
each. This contest was open only to girls
between 18 months and 8 years of age.
Martha Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
R. J. Taylor, was awarded the prize, a
gold bracelet, for the prettiest girl under
IS months.
The sons of Mr. Cater Etheridge and Mr.
Harry Tindall received the prizes, gold
spoons, for the boys. The occasion was
very much enjoyed and the show was a
financial success.
PENNSYLVANIANS
Refused to Drill on the Grub They Are Get
ting at San Francisco. I
San Francisco, August 10.—Company M
of the 10th Pennsylvania volunteers, com
posed of recruits for companies C and D at
Manila, has broken out in mutiny.
At meal time forty-five men of the full
quota of sixty-two, informed the acting
commander, Sergeant Shaw, that they
would not drill on the alleged scant fare
furnished to them.
Sergeant Shaw reported to Lieutenant
Colonel Barrett, who promptly ordered all
the malcontents under arrest. Up and
down the camp they were marched for
three hours. They have been stripped of
their arms and have been guarded on all
sides by sentinels from other companies.
A court martial seems imminent.
THEY STOODTIN
WITH HOOLEY.
English Noblemen Admit Hav
ing Received Big Money
from the Promoter.
London. August 10—On the resumption
today of the examination into the affairs
of Ernest .T Hooley, the .bankrupt com
pany promoter, the registrar announced
that Hooley was ill.
Mr. Duguid, formerly financial editor of
the 'Pall Mall Gazette, explained that the
thousand pounds 'Hooley paid him was as
compensation explaining that Hooley ap
pointed him city editor of a newspaper,
but was unable to fulfill ,the contract
owing to the objections of Harry (Mariks.
The Earl De LaWarr, admitted having
received eight thousand pounds through
Hooley’s agent after the flotation of the
Dunlop Company, but the witness said that
he had never received anything to trans
mit to .the Earl o>f Albemarle nor had he
received two thousand pounds for intro
ducing Hooley to Lord Grenville.
M’KINLEY’S UNCLE
Struck by a Street Car and Seriotrslv Injured
Today.
Canton, 0., August 10.—Josph Saxon,
uncle of Mrs. McKinley, was struck by a
street ear and seriously injured today. He
is well advanced in years and suffered from
defective hearing.
COTTON FUTURES,
New York, August 10.—Cotton futures
opened steady. August 592, September 96,
October 99, November 602, December 605,
January 9, February 11, March 15, April
18, May 20.
Bucklin's Arnica Halve
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 posi
tively cures piles or no pay required. It is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25c per box. For
sale by H. J. Lamar & Sons’ drug store.
TO OPPOSE WOLCOTT.
Denver, August 10—Hon. Charles S.
Thomas, a leading lawyer and former
Democratic national committeeman for
Colorado, has formally announced his can
didacy for a seat in the United States sen
ate now held by Senator Walcott.
ENGINEERS ARE OFF.
New York, August 10. —The transport
Chester, with the First regiment of volun
teer engineers, numbering 1,200 men, sail
ed to day for Porto Rico.
Secretary of State Day.
Secretary Day is a delicate looking man,
with quiet and unobtrusive manners. The
other day a policeman who has been on
duty at the White House lor the last three
months called a newspaper correspondent
aside and inquired: “What is the name
of that man you talked to so long this
morning? I’ve seen him around here quite
often. ”
“That,” answered tho correspondent,
“was Judge Day, the secretary of state.”
“What!” exclaimed the policeman.
“That was Secretary Day? 1 knew he was
one of the war board, but 1 had no idea it
was Day. Why, good Lord, he looks as if
a puff of wind would blow him away. ”
Exchange.
On Fire For Fifty Years.
A coal mine in Scotland which caught
fire over 50 years ago and has been burn
ing ever since has at last burned itself out.
The mine is on the Dalquharran estate,
Dailly. It was sot on fire by the engine
working the fans, and, although many
costly attempts have been made to extin
guish it, they have been unsuccessful. The
flames have from time to time burst forth
in tho ground in volcano fashion. The
fire was prevented from spreading beyond
the one area by reason or the “dikes” of
rock which intersected it, and so saved ad
jacent mines.—Newcastle Chronicle.
Not a Very Good Boy.
Sammie had just returned from Sunday
school, and his mother asked him if he
had been a good boy. “No; not very,”
was the truthful reply. “Then you didn’t
get a good behavior card?” queried his
mother “Oh, yes, I did,” replied the pre
cocious youngster. “I saved the money
you gave me for the heathen and bought
two from the other boys.”—Troy Times.
C-A.STOTI.X-A..
Bears the Y ° U HaVB AlWa * S
Beats the Kloudjke.
Mr. A. C. Thomas, of Marysville, Texas,
has found a more vaiwable discovery than
■hau yet been made in the Klondyke. For
years he suffered untold agony from con
sumption, accompanied by hemorrhages:
and was absolutely cured by Dr. King’s
New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs
and Colds. He declares that gold is of lit
tle value in comparison with this mar
vellous ere—would have it, even if it cost
a hundred dollars a bottle. Asthma, Bron
chitis and all throat and lung affections
are positively cured by Dr. King s New
Discovery for Consumption. Trial bottles
free at H. J. Lamar & Sons’ Drug Store.
Regular size 50 cents and sl. Guaranteed
to cure or price refunded.
DISCOUNT 33J4 DISCOUNT
Refrigerators 50% Off.
Balance of Stock Off
Come get a Haviland Dinner Set cheap before
they are all gone.
You have never heard of anything
like it in the history of the Crockery
and Housefurnishing business of
Macon, or any other city. And it is
to be coped y ou will never hear of it
again. Financial reverses has made
it necessary in this instance.
A Deed of Assi gll in ent
And an order f om the court to sell
at on e, regardless of anything tells
the story.
You may need these things, or
you may not, but whether you do or
not. if you are wise you will buy
now. Not two weeks hence, but
NOW—Monday and all next week,
until y,u have invested every cent
that you can spare.
Here are some of the things to bo
disposed of at this sale:
Crockery, Glassware, Woodwenare,
Agateware, Tinware, Ironware,
Refrigerators, Stoves and Ranges,
Ice Cream Freezers, Table Cutlery,
Toilet SetsJTin and China,
Lamps, from the cheapest to the finest
Dinner Sets, from English
Porcelain to Finest Haviland,
Ornaments in Dresden, Bohemian Glass, Etc ,
Cut Glass Tumblers, Goblets and Wine Glasses,
And everything else embraced m
the Housefusnishing line.
A chance to get a fine China Din
ner or Tea Set for the price of a
common one.
A chance to get a Steve that will
pay you to throw away your old one*
A chance at a Refrigerator that
makes it folly for you to wait until
next summer.
A chance at a rare and beautiful
Bric-a-Brac thot makes it inexcusa
ble for you to leave your home una
dorned.
Everything narked in Plain Figures
You can see the former price and
figure the discount for yourself.
The greatest cut ever made in
Crockery and Housefurnishing
Goods in this or any other city.
331-3 Discount
MORRIS HARRIS, Trustee,
The J. W. Domingos Stock
MULBERRY STREET. _
Coast Line to Mackinac
NBW STEEL The Greatest Perfeo
PASSENGER tlon yet attained In
steamers, _ 4 ,.. Boat Construction:
Luxurious . Equlp
6PE ED, Zr* ment. Artistic Fur-
COMFORT ]i * nishlng,Decoration
AND SAFETY ' andEfflclentServlcs
To Detroit, Mackinac, Georgian Bay, Petoskey, Chicago
No other Line off ora a Panorama of 400 miles of equal variety and interest.
Trip* ptr Week Between Every Day nnd Day and Night Service Retween
Toledo, Detroit ana Mackinac ciXft? DETROIT AND CLEVELAND
HToaut, “TH, M 0... iakqvktt. Put. In - Bay ft!.;?,?£2™™“,;.",,.
AND DULUTH. and Toledo. Connections are made at Cleveland with
LOW RATRS te PUturesquu HacldnM and Earliest Train* for all points East, South
Return, Including Meals and Berths. Approx- ?? d Southwest, and at Detroit for all point*
■ mate Cost from Cleveland, SIT; from Toledo. Worth and Northwest.
sl4; from Detroit, $12.60. Sunday Trips June, July, August, ,
_ , , , September and Oetotor Only.
Denon ano cieveiano Navigouon cwnpoiw
"SE-5 Tho only Bas3 > sure Bn<
WPENNYROYAL PILlS.=Egs
Ask for MOTT 3 FEK2TYBOYAI. FiLX.B and take no other.
Send fox circular, i’rlco SI.OO per box, O boxes for §5.00.
IJJR.. AiO r L”.L'’y (JHEJ MLXC-A-Ij (JO., ~ Cleveland, Oliio.
For sale by H. J. LAMAR & SONS, Wholesale Agents.
HALF GENT fl WORD.
ADVERTISEMENTS of Wants, for Sale '
For Rent, Lost, Found, Etc., are inserted
in THIS COLUMN at Half Cent a Word j
each insertion. No Advertisement taken
tor less than 15 cents.
M iscellaneous.
FOR RENT- —All or part of house, imme
diate possession, or will rent three
rooms same floor, partly furnished, if
desired. Gas stove in use, bath and
conveniences. Private address Quick,
Evening News.
FOR RENT —Office ground floor and sec
second third stories of building now
occupied by News Printing Co. Will
divide into offices to suit tenants. Clis
by & McKay.
FOR RENT—Number 525 College street.
A handsome and commodious new res
idence with all the modern improve
ments. A choice home in a choice
locality. T. U. Conner.
FOR RENT—My mother’s residence, 406
Orange street, furnished or unfurnish
ed. One of the most desirable homes
on the Hill. Nine rooms, all modern
conveniences. Apply to Augustin D.
Daly, Exchange Bank building. I
USE snuff jars, instead of fruit jars. From
one gallon up for sale by Walter Nel- I
son.
A couple of gentlemen can get good board :
with room by applying at 713 Cherry !
street. i
FOR SALE —'Snuff jars; all sizes, from
one gallon up. Apply to Walter Nel
son, corner Fourth and Pine streets.
! FOR RE'JT —The offices over the Macon
Savings Bank; possession Oct. 1. Ap
ply at Macon Savings Bank.
I I WILL give music lessons for one year
free to the first two girls who will
get me six music pupils each. A grad
uate with honor and medal from the
most conservatory south. Charges rea
sonable. Address or come to 229 Tatt
nall street, Macon.
NOW is the time to have your lace cur
tains laundered. Mrs. Ryder, near
Crump’s park, does the very best work.
All curtains laundered at only 25 cents
per window.
W. A. GOODYEAR, carnage, buggy and
wagon shop. Horse shoeing, fine paint
ing. Repairing of scales a specialty.
452, 455 Poplar street.
GET our prices on Iron or steel fence. The
latest and most up-to-date patterns.
A postal card will get our illustrated
catalogue.. Central City Marble and
Granite Works.
AGENTS WANTED—For war in Cuba by
Senor Quesada, Cuban representative
at Washington. Endorsed by Cuban
patriots. In tremendous demand. A
bonanza for agents. Only 11.50. Big
book ,blg commissions. Everybody
wants the only endorsed, reliable book.
Outfits sent free. Credit given. Freight
paid. Drop all ’•tash and make J3OO
a month with War In Cuba. Address
today, THE NATIONAL BOOK CON
CERN, 252-J54 Dearbora stiaor, Chi
cago, UL
Hurrah for Dewey. Have his or any other
picture you want framed or enlarged
first class, but mighty cheap. Do you
want a beautiful hall, dining room or
parlor picture? I have ’em. Also breast,
scarf or hair pins, rings, cuff and col
lar buttons. If so remember Migrath's,
558 Mulberry street, opposite Hotel
Lanier.