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■■ I THE OUFAN
British Steamer Mohegan Foundered Off the Coast of Cornwall
this Morning and Only a Very Few
Were Saved.
HEROIC 'ACTS
Os the Officers and Men Who
Did All Thev Could for
the Passengers.
i
SOW PITEOUS MS,
One Little Girl Tugged for Her Life
She Did Not Want to Die Yet—
Lis,t of Those Saved Fortu
nately Grows Greater.
By Associated Press.
Falmouth. Eng., Oct. 15.—The British
atoamer Mohegan, Captain Griffith, be
longing to the Atlantic Transportation Co.,
■has been wrecked in the vicinity of the
Lizard, between the Manacles and Low
lands.
It is that about 143 passengers
and the crew were drowned. Only thirty
one of the survivors have reached the
shore.
The Mohegan was formerly the Cleopa
tra, of the Wilson and Furness-Leyland
line.
She left London for New York on Thurs
day having on board, so far as ascertained,
fifty-nine passengers and a crew of 115 of
ficers anil men.
When the steamer was seen to be in dis
tress lifeboats were put off from the shore
and every effort possible was made to save
the passengers.
The coast at this point is extremely dan
gerous and has been the scene of numerous
wrecks. The general opinion at present is
that the machinery otf the Mohegan became
disabled during the heavy easterly gale,
and she ran ashore and foundered.
A number of tugs which were put out
from this port to the assistance of the I
•Mohegan, were obliged to return without I
being able to approach the vessel, owing to !
the severity of the weather.
A life boat landed thirty-one of the pas
sengers and the crew of the Mohegan. One ■
of the former, a woman, died after being |
brought ashore. There are rumors uncon
firmed whether the life boat sueeeded in
saving the lives of six more persons.
One of the survivors of the Mohegan.
George 'Maul, of New York .said:
“I am a shiper of horses, employed by
the American Transport Company. All
•went well until 7 o’clock yesterday evening <
when must of the passengers were at din
ner. The steamer was going at full speed,
and suddenly we heard a loud crash, u 1 ic' •
seemed to denote that we had collided with ■
some other vessel, but when we rushed on I
deck we found the Mohegan was on rocks.
"Orders were given Immediately to lower
the boats and the crew of the steamer be
haved like heroes. Her captain stood on
the bridge and the greatest order prevailed
among the officers and crew.
"The steamer, however, began to settle
immediately. Two boats were launched
and the women were sent away in the
first, but whether the boat reached laud or
not. I do not know*.
"I managed to secure a life belt and
jumped overboard in company with the
chief officer, Captain Couch. He made me
take off my coat and shoes. Soon after
that we parted from each other. ,
"When leaving the vesesl a little girl
begged piteously that I try to save her. as
she did not want to die yet. I was power
less to help her.
"Eventually I caught hold of a plank
floating on the water and clung to it seven
and a half hours, at the expiration of which
time I was picked up by the tug. I could
not have lasted much longer.
"I cannot explain how the accident oc
curred. The whole matter is not very
plain to me.”
From other sources it is learned that the
Mohegan sank about twenty minutes after
she ran on the rocks.
Local seamen who have been questioned
on the subject apearp to be unable to ex
plain how the Mohagan got in such a posi
tion.
Later in the morning it became known
that another life boat had lande six
teen more survivors of the Mohegan, and
as lifeboats put out from a number of
places, hopes are entertained that the list
of survivors may be increased.
One of the sixteen persons just known
to have been saved, is a lady. All of the
survivors are in a pitiable condition and
some of them are badly injured by the
waves and rocks and are suffering from,
bruises and torn and fractured limbs.
As the daw wore on further reports re
ceived here show that forty-five survivors
of the Mohagan have landed at Port Hou-
Btock, Cornwall, where the bodies of five
dead persons had. also been recovered.
Then came the announcement that four
teen of the crew were alive on the rocks
near the scene of the disaster.
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CALLED ON BILLINGHURST.
Vice President of Peru Called on by Ca
cerists.
By Associated Press.
Lima. Peru, October 15. —A largq depu-
I ration of Caccrtsts have waited upon Senor
G. E. Billnghurst. vice president of Peru,
I to signify their approval of his straight
| forward conduct and of the noble inten-
• lions expressed by him in his letter re
' signing the presidency of the assembly.
PRAISE FOR SLOAN.
What the London Papers Have to Say of
Him.
Uy Associated Press.
I. on ion. Oct. 15—The Sporting Life com-
' minting on Sloan’s wonderful display at
New Market yesterday says:
“'When Caiman tired on the ascent,
Sloan's sharpness and skill were asserted
in a fashion that can only be described as
astonishing to onlookers.”
Thd Sportsman says: “We are firmly
convinced that with such a wind we could
I have won every race without having the
slightest pretension to chance. It was lucky
for the other jockeys that he had euily
three mounts.”
SANTIAGOARMY.
Society of Veterans is in Prc>-
cess of Formation.
By Associated P’csh.
Naw York, Oct. 15.—A society to bi'
known as ‘the Society of the Army erf San
tiago de Cuba, is now in the process of for
mation, says the Tribune. It wilt in a
sense resemble the G. A. R., and will num
ber 18,000 members.
The membership of ‘the society will con
sist of all of the officers and soldiers of the ;
United States army who constitiFted the i
expeditionary force to Santiago and who
(participated in the campaign between the
dates of June 14 and July 17. The purpose
I of the society is to preserve the memory
and records the history of the evtns of the
campaign. It Is expected that local auxil
iary branches will be established in many
cities throughout the country.
There are to be three classes of member
ship. First, original members; second,
mebersm by inheritance, and third, mem
bers by sucesslon, to consist of those blood
; relatives of members, first and second class
to whom, in the absence of lineal descen
dants, the right of inheritance may be de
i vised by descendant members. The prin-
I ciple off; ers of the society are as follows:
The principal officers of the society are
I 'as follows:
President, Major General W. R. (Shafter.
First Vice President, Major General Jo
seph Wheeler.
Secretary and Treasreur,, Major Alfred
C. Sharpe.
Register General, Major Phillip Reade.
Historian. Major G. Creighton Webb.
TFVFRF WEATHER
Encounte r ed by Vessels Crossing the At
lantic.
3.' Associated Press.
St. Johns. N. P . Oct. 15 —The Norwegian
steamer Aggi. Captain Hatteburg, from
Java, for Boston with sugar has arrived
here short of coal. She reports severe
weather in the Atlantic.
Schooners arriving from Labrador and
the Northern ports of the island also re
port exceptionally severe weather. A num
ber of vessels have been wrecked. It is
feared also that great damage has been
done to the stocks of fish stored along the
coast waiting shipment to the markets.
chessleague
For Purpose of Conducting
Cable Matches.
By Associated Press.
New York, Oct. 15.—‘At the Brooklyn
Chess Club last night a meeting of the rep
resentatives of the leading clubs was held |
to discuse 'the advisability of establishing
an America! chess league for the purpose
of arranging and conducting cable chess
matches. The following experts were pres
ent: 1
J. Mena Lesser, Boston Chess dub; Col.
W. F. Morse. Manhattan Chess Club; W.
P. Shipley, Franklin Chess Club, Philadel
phia: Courtney S. H. Cragg, Brooklyn
Chess Club. ' * ► *
Afer a somewhat lengthy discussion, the
following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That a committee of six, to be
named at this meeting, are hereby author
ized to communicate -with the leading chess
clubs of this country for the purpose of
forming a United States chess association
or league; that this committee be empow
ered to draft and submit a scheme for such
association meeting to tthe representative
of the clubs and associations of this coun
try to be called at such time and place and
in such manner as the committee may
deem advantageous.
The following committee was appointed;
Colonel W. F. Morse, Manhattan Chess
dub; W. P. Shipley. Franklin Chees Club,
Philadelphia: S. H. Chadwick. Brooklyn
; Chess dub; S. P. Johnson, Chicago Chess
■ Club; P. O. Farrell, Washington Chess i
Club; J. M. Lesser. 'Washington Chess
I Club.
I The secretary of the Brooklyn Chess Club '
has received from the secreary of the Brit-
* ish Chess Club at London the acceptance j
of the challenge for another cable chess
‘ match. to be played on two days, either in
' January, February or March of next year.
EPWORTH LEAGUE RALLY
Will Be Held in Vineville Next Friday Night.
The next meeting of the Macon Union of
Epworth Leagues will be held next Friday
! night, October 21 at Vineville church.
Good spirited singing has been provided
I for the meeting and interesting reports
I from all the leagues composing the union
will be read and other features which will
make an interesting program.
a jo ircjqr I
THE MACON NEWS.
CHEAPER BERTHS,
Concerted Movement to Reduce the Price
on Sleeping Cars.
Some of the largest railroad companies
in the United State* are behind a move
ment to get fares reduced for upper and
lower berths In sleeping cars and for seats
in chair cars. This will be a popular step
with the traveling public. It is hard to
see how it will help the railroads finan
cially. because they do not get any more
out of a passenger who rides in a Pullman
than out of one who travels in the coach.
The Pullman fare goes to the Pullman
company, which also gets from to
cents per mile for every mile one of its
cars is handled. That is. the railroads
have to pay for the privilege of hauling
Pullman cars.
A reasonable reduction in Pullman fares
will not cut into the company's earnings
much, if anything, because there will be
increased patronage. Railway managers
take the position that Pullman rates are
too high, and that a reduction will induce
many people to travel on the palace and
sleeping cars who do not now enter them.
The chair cars and the sleeping cars a|e
luxuries. When times get hard people who
travel ecor' ilze on sleeping cars. This
is clearly shown in the receipts of the
sleeping ear companies.
The plan of campaign is to get all the
roads using Pullman cars to unite in an
appeal to the company to lower its rates
on berths and chairs. Some states have
attempted to force a reduction by legisla
tion, but not much has ever come of that
course except law suits.
The subject will come up next week, at
the convention of general passenger and
ticket agents at Detroit. If it does not
accomplish any more, it may get a reduc
tion in the charge for the upper berth.
NOT OUT OFWAR.
Admiral Gherardi Says Eng
land and U. S. Will Unite.
By Associated Press.
Boston, Oct. 15 —The Massachusetts Re
form Club met last night to discuss the
troubles o' the army and before it ad
journed it decided to hold an tnvostigat'on
on its own account for the benefit of the
board now in session at Washington.
Rear Admiral Gheradl, who spoke for
the navy created much surprise by declar
ing that the nation is not yet out of war
and that England and the United States
would unite in war in the East.
After speaking of the troubles of ths
army, he said:
“Lack of attention on the part of the
people regarding the needs and unpre
paredness in the army system was the
cause of the present trouble. Congress has
not done as it should have done. The reg
ular army should be increased. We are not
yet out of the war and we will need a
thoroughly equipped and efficient land and
naval force. We are going to dabble in the
East and you’ll have to fight shoulder to
■ shoulder and ship to ship with England on
|| this Chinese question. There will be an
i' offensive and defensive alliance there. I
l| wish to God we would keep out of the
Philippines.”
DIAMOND CAFE
Did a Big Business During the Carnival for
Hospital Benefit.
The Diamond Case, which was conducted
' on Mulberry street during the Carnival,
-by the ladies of the hospital and Kinder
i gar ten association, was a great success.
Fully five thousand people were served
and the two associations cleared a nice
: sum of money. People from everywhere
visited the case and everybody was well
pleased. Many were heard to say that it
was the only place in the city that was at
all satisfactory.
The tables were waited on by the pret
tiest young ladies in the city, who volun
teered to serve, and the case was in charge
in the day of several ladies appointed
specially for thalt occasion. The meals
were excellent and were sold for a very
moderate cost.
I The money realized will be divided be
' tween the two associations.
SOLDIERSCOMING.
Expected that They Will Be
Here End of Month.
News was received in the city this morn
ing thalt several of 'the regiments now in
camp at Lexington, Ky., would leave there
for MSacon on the 27th, which is only a few
days off. The report comes from a friend
of one of the officers. The officer who
wrote his friend that the regiment had
received orders to move to Macon on the
27th and that they would probably arrive
here on the 30th.
They will be camped at Ocmulgee park
and the city will have the grounds in
shape for thedr coming.
YELLOW FEVER
Situation is Getting Somewhat Better, and
Weather! Cooler.
Jackson, Oct. 15.—The yellow fever sit
uation is more hopeful. The weather eon
• tinues cool, the thermometer going down
to 44 last night.
The following reassuring order was is
sued by the state board of health today:
"Owing to the lateness of the season, it
is believed that yellow fever could not es
tablish a focus at a non-infected place,
therefore, be it ordained by the state board
of health of Mississippi that all the rail
roads be permited to resume the passenger
traffic to and from all non-infected points
■within the limits of the state of Missis
sippi. (Signed.) J. F. Hunter, Sec.
The official reports of the board for all
points in the state for yesterday was fifty
five new cases and three deaths.
COMING SOUTH.
General Order Issued to the
Troops at Knoxville.
Knoxville, Oct. 15. —Orders were receiv
ed today at the Second division of the First
corps. Brigadier Genetai Randall, to begin
j the movement to the points indicated in
i the recent general order on October 27th.
General Randall will eave in three days
for Athens, Ga., to establish headquarters
there. ,
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE, SOUTHERN
RAILWAY.
Effective Sunday, October 16. Train No.
9 will leave Macon 8:30 a. m., instead of
8:00a. m., and arrive Atlanta 11:30 a. m.,
instead of 10:40 a. m. Schedule of other
trains from Brunswick to Atlanta remain
unchanged. Southbound trains will leave
Atlanta as at present.
For Sale Cheap.
Second hand elevator. Been
used about two years. Apply
to R. L. McKenney, News
office
MACON NEWf SATURDAY OCTOBER 15 1898.
CONFERENCE JI
LMHDNK
Platform Presented at Meet
ing Yesterday by Dr. Lv
man Abbott.
HOI HOIST FOB AGENTS.
They Are Appointed Continually
When They Are Useless and
Government Takes no Notice.
By Associated Press.
Lake Mahonk, N. Y., Oct. 15—At yester
day's session of Indian conference Rev. Ly
man Abbott, chairman for the business
committee presented a report of a plat
form for discussion and adopted by the
conference as follows:
Great progress has been made in dealing
with the Indian race in our country. The
nation no longer regards them as a hostile
people not even as a foreign people. The
reforms inaugurated under President
Grant have been carried forward towards
their logical results, the policy of discon
tinuing the reservation system has been
accepted and in m ny if the reservations
the land has been alloted in severalty and
the surplus land sold for the benefit of the
Indians. Less money is expended in ra
tions which pauperise and much more in
schools which prepare for self
The government has recognized the
value of the education of the Indian wo
men, in their homes in the domestic arts,
and has appropriated increased sums to
carry on this work.. The anommalous
partnership between the nation and the
churches has been discontinued and now
only one denominational body looks to the
government for aid in support of its
schools.
The schools of the other denominations
are supported by themselves and the gov
ernment itself has organized and is carry
ing on with comparative efficiency the
work of the similar education of all Indian
children of school age in the reservations.
Nevertheless the Indian problem is still
far from solution. A needlessly expensive
system is maintained nominally to care for
the Indian in large measures to care for
party and political favorites. The schools,
the clerks in the bureau at Washington
and the agency physicians have been
brought under the civil service law but
with these exceptions the Indian bureau
remains a political machine, subject to
change in all its personnel at every pr «i
--dential election. By both Democratic and
Republican administrations, men have
been put at the head of the Indian bureau
who were neither familiar with Indian af
fairs nor acquainted with methods of edu
cation.
"Indian agents and Indian inspectors
have been appointed without training or
• any evidence of their fitness for the office.
In more than one instance drunken offi
cial’s have been appointed in the reserva
tions and well authenticated complaints
have failed to secure their removal or have
resulted only in transfer tq another field
with an increased salary.
“In those cases in which the reserva
! tions has been discontinued and the land
has been allotted in severalty the entire
machinery of the agency has 'been retained
though no considerable service is required
as the retention is clearly against the
spirit of the law .
"These evils have shown themselves
alike when the appointments have been
left with the Indian commissioner, when
1 they have been reserved by the secretary
of the Interior to himself and when they
have been practically left to local politi
cians. Some excellent officials have been
appointed and some excellent work has
been accomplished but this is not because
but in spite of the system.
“Two illustrations of the evils of this
system have been afforded during the past
year. The first is the removal of Dr.
Hallman notwithstanding his splendid re
cord as superintendent of Indian schools,
attested by protests against his removal
from men of all parties and all sections
who were familiar with his work includ
ing many educational experts. The second
is the outbreak of Chippewa Indians whose
valuable pine timber the government by
the agreement of 1889 consented to sell
for their benefit and is still appraising and
repraising as a preliminary to such sale.
“Two successive appraisements extrava
gantly conducted having already been set
aside as worthless with a third appraise
ment in progress. We have appealed to
successive administrations to remedy these
abuses and the abuses still continue. We
now appeal to the people of the United
States to demand of their government that
the Indian bureau be taken out of politics;
that the Indian commissioner he no longer
treated as a political office to be changed
with every change of administration; that
the work of the bureau be entrusted to ex
perts and left in their hanis until it is ac
complished. And we also appeal to them
to demand of congress that It set on foot
at once measures to bring the Indiap bu
reau and its work to an early close; that
it expedite the dissolution of the reserva
tions and the allotment of the land In
severalty; that it give all Indians every
where a right to appeal to the courts and
render all Indians er'-i-here accountable
to the courts and that it thus prepare the
way for the abolishment of a costly policy
unjust to the Indians, injurious to the
whites and an impediment to civilization.”
This platform with light verbal amend
ments was adopted. The following resolu
tion was adopted:
Resolved, That a committee of seven of
which the chairman of the conference shall
be the chairman and which shall have
power to increase the number, be appoint
ed by the chair to prepare during the next
year a scheme adapted to carry out the
policy outlined in the platform and appeal
and to propose it. to the next conference
for its action.
That the committee be also authorized
to gather, in the interim before the next
conference, specific facts concerning de
fects and abuses in Indian administration
and in behalf of this conference in their
discretions to present them to congress to
the executive and to the press.
MALE PATTI.
Big Audience and Matinee
Performance at the Acad
emy Today.
Notwithstanding the big Carnival at
tractions in the city, the Academy of
Muaie was well filled with an interested
audience when “1492” and Stuart, the male
Patti, which realty is two attractions in
one, gave a magnificent performance.
The costumes were new and pretty, the
JteHets good and the songs excellent.
Y'Si matinee performance this afternoon
will draw a big house, which doubtless
will be repeated at night.
WILL GIVE HELP
To the Sufferers in Georgia from the Recent
Floods.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Oct. 15—Government aid in
the shape of army rations is to be given
to the sufferers from the recent floods in
Georgia who are in need of the barest ne
cessities of life.
Application for assistance came to the
war department from William Clifton,
secretary of the state of Georgia and Rep
resentative Livingston.
Alger referred the matter to the presi
dent recommending favorable action and
suggested that a conference be had with
the-officials of the department of justice
before anything was done.
This was held this morning and Solicitor
General Richards holds that while there
is no direct statement authorizing such
relief there Is no statute prohibiting and
the view of the fact that the government
has given assistance In such emergencies
as the present he thought the executive
power generally would authorize the relief
asked for.
GERMAN WARSHIPS
At Anchor Near New Orleans at Quaran
tine.
By Associated Press.
New Orlans, Oct. 15—The German man
of-war Geier, Captain Jacobsen, has ar
rived at quarantine from Veru Cruz on the
way to New Orleans.
GREATSTRIKE
Fifteen Thousand Laborers
Are Still Idle.
By Associated Press.
Pittsburg, Oct. 15 —Window glass plates
throughout the United States failed started
the seasons operations last night.
The fires blocked and may be extinguish
ed and 15,000 workers who have been look
ing forward to a general resumption on
October 15 were forced to remain idle.
The strike for an advance of wages of
cutters and flatteners but will really result
in a fight between the Knights of Labor
and the American Federation of Labor.
The manufacturers say the fires will be
kept blocked for a reasonable time.
QUIET AT PANA.
Strikers Are Not Taking any Active Steps
at This Time.
By Associated Press.
'Pana, 111., Oct. 15 —Quiet prevails here
today. The excitement over the reported
coming of the Virden negroes having
abatedto a considerable extent.
Major Butler is in full charge of the city
and has a guard watching every railroad
entrance.
Many of the Pana miners who were at
Virden during the riot have returned.
BACK TO DIXIE.
Negroes Driven Out of Virden
Want to Go.
By Associated Press.
St. Louis, Oct. 15 —The fifty-seven negro
men with their fifteen women and chil
dren, brought to St. Louis after being
driven out of Virden, are being cared for
by the city temporarily.
The negroes desire to be taken back to
Alabama 'but have no transportation.
■Mayor Zeigenheln says he will demand
that the Chicago, St. Louis and Peoria
Railroad Company which landed them here
hungry must take them out of town again.
AT POLICE STATION.
The Doings of the Day at the Recorder’s
Court.
Judge Freeman was feeling good this
morning when he entered the court room
as he was well pleased with the success of
the Carnival. He saw that the docket was
light and he got in a better humor.
The first case was that against T. A.
Davis, a soldier, for disorderly conduct.
Davis was the soldier who resisted arrest
yesterday on Third street and who gave
three of Macon’s policemen the toughest
tussle that they have had in some time.
He claims that he was no 1 ! guilty of
disorderly conduct and that he was only
walking on the street when arrested. He
was with another soldier, however, who
had been disorderly and was arrested. A
large crowd witnessed his muscular feats
yesterday, and it was an amusing sight
to see the soldiers handle three policemen
and to see one of the polieemn in an effort
to strike Davis hit another policeman over
the head.
A large crowd gathered around when the
arrest was made and had a good laugh alt
the policemen. Davis was fined $5.00 for
resisting arrest.
M. F. Favors, another soldier, was fined
$25 for disorderly conduct. Several other
cases were called, but they were of no
importance and were dismissed.
DIED AT WESLEVAN
Student at the College Died this Morning —
Had Been Sick Some Time.
Miss Ethel Smith, a young lady who has
been attending school at Wesleyan, died
at the college this morning at 10 o’clock.
She was the only daughter of Mr. and (Mns.
W. C. Smith, of Elberton, and entered
Wesleyan at the beginning of the term.
She was taken ill soon after her arrival.
For a while it was thought that she would
recover, but she suddenly grew worse and
died. She was only fifteen years old and
was a popular member of the Freshman
class.
The remains will be shipped to Elberton
tomorrow.
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The best salve in the world for cuts,
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corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi
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guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25 c per box. For
•ale by H. J. Lamar A Sons’ drug stare.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE, SOUTHERN
RAILWAY.
Effective Sunday, October I<s. Train No.
9 will leave Macon 8:30 a. m.. Instead of
8:00a. m.. and arrive Atlanta 11:30 a. m.,
instead of 10:40 a. m. Schedule of other
trains from Brunswick to Atlanta remain
unchanged. Southbound trains will leave
Atlanta as at present.
Tickets for the races for
sale at Clem Phillips’, Lamar,
Cheatham & Co.’s, and Brown
House Pharmacy.
Soda water, cool and spark
ling. Nothing but the purest
fruit juices used. Henry J.
Lamar & Sons, Second st.,
next to Curiosity Shop.
CMC
FEATUfIES
Os the Great Diamond Jubilee
Carnival Were TremErdoiis
Success.
CARNIVAL BALL
Most Georgeous Thins; Ever
Seen in This City and
Largely Attended.
MB PEACE SPECTACLE
And the Living Flag Were All Thor
onechly Appreciated by the Pub
lic—What Prominent Peo
ple Think About It.
The great Diamond Jubilee has come to
a close. The large crowds which have
been in the city for the past -week for the
most part have returned home. It is esti
mated that over fifty thousand people at
tended the Carnival festivities and of all
the crowd that was here not a single com
plaint has been heard. Everybody was
pleased with the Carnival program and
many expressions of praise have been
heard for the city.
All the citizens of Macon are proud of
the success that the Carnival proved to be
and everyone who was interested in it
wears a happy expression. Several promi
nent citizens were seen this morning by a
■News reporter and asked their opinion of
the Carnival. Mayor Price was the first
seen. He has done much toward aiding the
association and'he gave forth the follow
ing:
“It was a brilliant affair and the people
did their part handsomely—in fact every
man and voman in Macon did their part
all pulling together, and as for strangers I
think that we can count on them coming
to see the next Carnival in countless num
bers. Macon never does anything by halves
and this was no exception to the rule.
Everybody connected with every feature
deserves the greatest praise.
President Waxelbaum: I aim supremely
happy, gratified and thankful. I am happy
because others are happy, grateful because
the (plans outlined and followed have been
a success, and grateful to those ladies, and
especially the ladies and gentlemen who
have made 'it a success.”
President Rogers of the Board of Trade:
It has been a magnificent exposition of the
enterprise and resources of Macon. It was
not only a credit to Macon, but to the state
and to the whole South. •
Colonel R. A. Nisbet: It has been the
mostmarkedly successful undertakings that
Macon has ever carried out. I am more
■proud than ever of the city, but above all
proud of the success of the Living Flag,
and grateful for the assistance of the
teachers.
Colonel C. M. Wiley, Chief Marshal: It
was a grand success and 1 am proud of it.
Clerk Smith, who was one of the main
stays of the association and who did much
work to make it a success says that he
thought the Carnival was a grand thing.
It was a glorious success from the start to
the finish he said but not a marker to what
we can have in 1899.
Superintendent 'Abbott of the public
schools, to whose efforts is largely due the
success of the Living Flag, says that the
Carnival is a grand thing. In speaking of
the matter he said: “I feel that Macon has
demonstrated its ability to do great things.
The Carnival was a complete success from
start to finish. Nothing occurred to mar
the smoothness of the program or the
pleasure that the association hoped to
bring to the visitors of our city. A great
deal of artistic taste was displayed in all
of the exhibitions and the program which
was strictly carried out was dignified and
educative. The officers of the association
deserve and ought to have unstinted praise
as well as the gratitude of the people of
(Macon for their superb efforts.”
Mr. (Clem Phillips, who was at the head
of the committee which made Patriotic
Day such a success, said: “I am thoroughly
satisfied with every feature of the Carni
val. We have given everybody a good
time and the ladies are all pleased. Hence
satisfaction.”
Hon. T. J. Carling, whose enterprise and
pluck secured the cheap rates for the peo
ple to come said: “I think that there is no
counting the benefit it has done for Macon
and if they will only continue we would
have crowds coming here that would be
superior to those of the Mardi Gras at New
Orleans. I believe that this Carnival is
the capping climax of bringing people of
all classes to working together in harmony
for the best interest of the city. I believe
that if we will continue to pull together
that in ten years time instead of having a
city with a population of 30,000 we will
have one of 100,000.
Hon. Roland Ellis, who was on the invi
tation committee and who spent much
time on the workings of the committee
said: “I think that it is the biggest thing
that has ever happened in the country. I
think that the credit of the whole Carnival
is due to Mr. E. A, Waxelbaum, the presi
dent, and to Mr. Ellis Talbott, of the fi
nance committee.”
Mr. J. S. Vetterlian, of Philadelphia,'who
is the maker of the famous Saborosa cigars
is charmed with Macon. He said this city
is the greatest in the country. I think it
is a grand place. I have had a better time
here than any other place that I have ever
been and I want to come again.
Captain Ross Sims: “The Carnival was a
great thing and -will be of great benefit to
Macon.”
Aiderman Damour: “It marks a new era
in Macon’s history.”
WAR AND PEACE SPECTACLE.
Magnificent lllluminated Night Parade Jon
the Streets,
The parade last night was the first one
yet started at the hour named. It was one
of the grandest sights ever seen in Macon,
and. was far superior to any parade that
has yet taken place during the carnival. It
started from Central City 'park and went
down Fourth street to the Brown House,
where a beautiful countermarch was mad a.
It came back Fourth to Third and from
Third it went to Cherry, down Cherry to
Third, up Third to Mulberry to Spring,
where a grand tableaux took place.
1 Th L !aS } night was on ® of the
i larges* that has been gathered in the city
' Cherrv ™
ISiat rh 1 tH a One 1116 crowd «»tfma
♦St ™ th ou«and people and there wa.
that many again on Fourth and
King Prentiss the- Finst headed the pa
turn* ami „ hanJ he X
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appearance. guinea
| „ blowing the king was
i dragon of war This float was as beauUfm
as terrible. It was one of the most ex
maae in «*• B «®tion.
The body of the dragon was made in colors
and when the light was thrown on it R
■ sembled the sides of a fi<h with o-r.t
I scalps n glittering
i Next came the warship Olympia, which
' »®wey’ s flag ship at the battle
of Manila. Admiral Dewey was on the
bridge of the ship and Ensign Brumby
was seated on the stern. At intervals the
gunners would fire the large guns of the
ship, which made a tremendous report. The
float was loudly cheered and as it passed
the grand stands and in response Admiral
Dewey saluted.
After the Olympia came a beautiful float
made on the order of the Winslow, in me
moriam of Ensign Worth Bagley, who was
•the first sailor to give his life for his coun
try during the recent war. The float was
very j>rettj r and was loudly applauded.
i Next came th>’ sinking of the Merrimac
by Lieutenant Hobson. The float was an
exact representation of thb Merrimac, and
the six soldiers who represented the six
brate volunteers, made it appear more
I real. This float was received with the
greatest enthusiasm and the crowd follow
ed it up for some time.
Nex<, came a float representing the burn
ing of the Marie Teresa. The boat was bat
tered up in many places and the red glare
(which show n from the interior made the
scene seem real.
Next caaae the surrender of General To
ral, the general in command of the Span
ish army in Cuba. It was a beautiful scene
and it represented General Tonal stand
ing uiTder a mangrove tree presenting his
sword to General Wheeler.
Following the Marie Teresa was the float
representing Peace. It was a magnificent
float beautifully decorated and on a high
throne was seated a young lady represent
ing “Peace.” The float received much ap
plause, and it was one of the prettiest
floats seen in the procession.
■Following the Peace scene was a float
representing the triumphs of the South. A
'beautiful young lady was standing on a
throne to represent the South and around
her were signs of the South's Triumphs.
Following this was the float represent
ing Georgia., The float was made to im
itate the court of arms of the state and
on it were seated three pretty young 'adles.
The float was a credit to the state and
cheer after cheer went up as it passed. It.
was magnificently arranged and showed off
the numerous advantages of Georgia in a
manner that has never before been equaled.
After the Georgia float came one repre
senting Macon. Much time and expense
had been taken up on this float and the
orders ofthe Carnival Association were to
make it the prettiest float ever turned out.
AH of the Macon citizens were proud of
■the float and the applause that greeted it
could have been heard for miles. The ar
rangement of the float was the best of any
| float ever seen here, and a gentleman in
■ t'hg grain'd stand, who has been attending
the Mardi Gras at New Orleans, says that
J the float representing Macon surpassed
I anything that he had ever seen there. It
I was an elegant design and the carnival
■ people deserve much credit for their idea
in getting up the prettiest float for Macon.
LIVING FLAG
Was Great Success-Witnessed by Thirty
Thousand People.
The Living Flag exercise which were
I held yesterday afternoon on Coleman Hill
j was one of the grandest scenes ever wit-
I nessed in the country. Crowds began to
I gather at the place about 2 o'clock and
when the exercises commenced there were
fully 20,000 people present.
The children marched on the stand to
music furnished by Card’s band in '
single file and took their positions. It |
took about fifteen minutes for the children ■
to get in position as there were 1,450 on ;
the stand.
Fifteen hundred children, in red, white
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iNTERESnr “
CUBAN DEBT
Spanish Commissioners Are
Doing Their Best to Get
Out of Burden.
MAY BE JOINTLY BORNE
By Spain and the Future Rulers of
Cuba—Negotiations Necessarily
Go Very Slowly.
By Associated Press.
London, Oct. 15—The Paris correspond
ent of the Times says:
The peace negotiations are necessarily
slow, being conducted less by exchange of
words than exchange of notes and state
ments. Senor Montere Ries, does not un
derstand English. Consequently the few
words exchanged must be interpreted and
even then they are definitely committed to
paper.
’The Cuban debt question has thus al
ready been laid on the table and the Amer
ican commissioners had already giv<n a
peremtory refusal to discuss a principle
which had been settled, as they considered,
by the protocol.
“Faithful to the attitude adapted by
them from the outset, they seemed re
solved to take their stand on the instruc
tions or rather, as I have already said,
the precise and concise orders—which they
brought them, but the Spaniards, on their
side, do not think themselves bound to bow
with servility to the imperative instruc
tions of another government.
They returned to the charge today, if
I am well informed, urging the generally
admitted principle which Imposes on con
querers the burdens belonging to the ter
ritory conquered either in their own behalf
or that of their clients. They insisted that
it would be an extraordinary course to sad
dle Spain, already In so lamentable finan
cial position with the Cuban debt, while
surrendering to the victor the security
with which it should be paid.
“They remarked, according to my In
formation that if they had asked the
United States for permission to raise in
terest out of the customs revenues, they
would neutrally have met with a refusal.
How then can they be asked to leave to
the visitor the pledge allowing payment of
interest and yet retain the burden of the
debt? They observed moreover that, as
Cuba is the key to the gulf of Mexico, the
United States will thus be able to pass the
only barrier which they had hitherto been
unable to cross at will and that Is worth
some sacrifice.
"Hence to the Spanish commissioners in
sist, in the name of recognized interna
tional law, that the debt should not rest
solely on Spanish sfaoulders. It is impos
sible to foretell the American reply but it
is not likely that Mr. Day and his col
leagues will yield. An idea is afloat—and
said to be warmly advocated by the friends
of peace and Justice—that the interest
should be reduced to 2’4 per cent, or even
to 2 per cent and jointly guaranteed by the
Spaniards and the future rulers of Cuba,
each thus bearing only a very slight bur
den and the bondholdei/Sbelag protected
from loss on their iaveAtnent. This last
information does not emanate from Span
iards or Americans, but there Is an inten
tion of backing It so as to give it some
chance of success.”
A Narrow Escape.
Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada E.
Hart, of Groton, S. D„ “Was taken with a
bad cold which settled on mylungs; cough
set in and finally terminated in consump
tion. Four doctors gave me up, saying I
could live but a short time. I gave myself
up to my savior, determined If I could
not stay with my friends on earth I would
meet my absent ones above. My husband
i was advised to get Dr. King’s New Dis
j covery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds.
I gave it a trial; took in all eight bottles.
It has cured me and thank God I am
i saved and am now a well and healthy
I woman.” Trial bottles free at H. J. La
mar & Sons’ drug store. Regular size 50c
andsl, guaranteed or price refunded.