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We will have at our disposal during
November $75,000 to Joan on Georgia farms
or city property. We are offering money at
low rate®.
THE GEORGIA IX)AN AND TRUST CO..
O. A. Coleman, General Manager,
356 Second Street.
ESTABLISHED 1884
W WEATHER MAKES
SOLDIERS GLOOMY.
They Are Jolly Under Creditable Circumstances, .and Making
the Best of Very Unpleasant Conditions -al the
Camps in the Suburbs,
MUSTERING OUT
' I
Os the F irst Georgia is Going
on Today and the
Macon Boys
ARE CIVILIANS ONCE MORE
Provost Guard is Doing Good Work,
But There is Little or No
Trouble With Any of the
Regiments Now Here.
Tin- Third Engineers. the Second Ohiho
■ I :l.' Tii.ih Immune- ir»‘ now comfort-
• ■iii impel .uni .-oak ing on the sites se
lected for them.
Jf <ver there was a. forlorn lot
it i 1 - the new arrivals, the Becand
Ohio and the Tenth. Inimunes. Both
of the regiments arrived tn a heavy rain
but the negro, s were decidedly more for
tunate than the .whites of the Ohio regi
ment The former are located on. the
Unit pla in VL'tieville ami 'they have an
ideal -ite. It. is dry that, is to -ay there
i- no In avv mod while the site at Ocm-ul
,-• « | ark is h. .ivy ri d clay on the roads
and the march and the haul to the camp
ftnin In taili-o; I while not long .was
<■in.il>; !i to di-■ oiirage. but officers and men
w o tli i-a kl k that was hard ami
skrong Hut tlen.ral Bates said that a lit
tle Hin would dry tip all the etars.
The I'hit'l Engineers have their camp
lived nil in - jdendld shape Having been
her, for more than a week they had some
thin' Io tell th, m w om- i' about. Macon.
So far there has bn n no trouble at all.
Tin loan is splendidly policed by a strong
provost gua.'Al that is Io be seen every
wh'te, the itn.trd being composed of tin*
comp.ini' of the Engineers who are a.
tin 'c|| v •• I a ike a :»I• lid
appearance on the streets.
The town is alive with soldiers. They are
to be n . n everywhere and are of all sizes
: hap. - atpl colors The, looked for
trouble but it has not come nor is it likely
to com,' and the officers say that the citi
zens med not fear ott that score. They
,ay that perhaps on pay pays there is
worn, danger of a. few men being over
loaded nnl going down under the weight
of tin- ja-.'. but tha: between 'the whites the
provost guard will be an ample protection.
There was. however. ninth joy all
throe h the r< intents yesterday after
noon when Tin News reached them of the
proposed removal at an early date of the
E r • »rp 'to Cuba General W ilson says
that he ha had no not Isl eat ion of any-
Ihllikt of the kind but some of the officers
siy that they have been expecting i't for
some time and that they have little doubt
that the regiments here will go aw.iy by
he middle of December or perhaps before
that time in fact some of them say that
the regiments will be moved undoubtedly
by the first of December.
\s a couscqtieneo the merchants of the
• ’ < are feeling blue over the outlook, but
it is pointed out that in all probability
other soldiers will be seut here as the
< mil - ire here in I everything is in readi
ness for their reception.
The amp of the Second Ohio is very i
muddy. and it makes it unpleasant for the
men to work. Tin regiment has not yet
put the .imp ’’i condition, as the men
■ ,ivo b. > n unable to work in the rainy
weatbir. \!1 of the blankets of the men
haw beer in th-e rain for sev ’’al d ivs and -
:a- m- n have nothin*; dry to sle.-p oil. The
grounds h.ive b.-en so boggy that, it has
be n imp..--ib; for the heavy army wagons
to he b:.ui',t>! into camp. and as a result,
ii s :•■’ completed The nu n lake things
cheerfully how-ver and «-»y that is soon
as it stops raining they will show the peo
ple of Ma.oil how to ai range a camp.
The Third engineers have .heir camp in
c d s’mpe and the we: weather dives not j
make it v. -y unph. want for them. They
have the shacks and tents up -and are in
ti position to keep out of the rain. The
mi nbers of this regiment have begun to
make friends with the people in the city.
<’r. s who know*the men say that they
are all nice people and they are glad th'.i-t
the regiment has bon stationed here. Th“
engimens have caused no disturbance since
being in the city, and the few men tha*
hive Is ti arr.s'tsl by the provost guard
were taken in for being absent from camp,
wi:'s ut piss, s Os eourse it is to be e\-
ix'etcd that a large body of men will cause
some disturbance, but it rarely ever
amounts to much One of Maron’s most
prominent citizens said this morning that
it s’ ould bo expected that the soldiers j
wiwild have their fun. as a crowd of col- ■
lege boys would do the same thing.
The Second Ohio men are all fine fel- I
lows. They have not had an opportunity '
of getting acquainted in the city yet, but |
they are sun' to make friends wherever I
•h«y go. This regiment was camped near
the First Georgia at Chickamauga and a |
warm fr;> . dship sprung up between the j
two r giments. The men are all good na- ’
tured an I have a pleasant word lor every
body.
The Tenth Immune® have the beet camp ■
of any of the regiments. It is on hard elay '
soil and the men are not troubled with
mud. The first and second lieutenants of i
the regiment are colored, and one of the j
captains slid last night that they ill made ■
fine officers. He said that they kept ex- I
eellenf order and that the privates would
obey them more quickly than they would
th-' okine]. The regiment has a reputa
tion that is not the best, hut they have
. . very ord, rly s-nro being here and
th- ir 'Sea;side of the first day did not
ai hi:.' to much The chaplain, who is a
.-v cred man. sa.4 last night that his regi-
• a oniy had that reputation because
i. v were negroes, and that Tn bis opinion
i t wer> no worse than any other
» i ere. The negroes .are not allowed ia
:>■..) a. ty without passes and all
of .h-m who are caught are sent to rhe
gu.c i inuse. As soon as the camp fe put
li. siiujw ney will be given the liberty to
come into the city at their pleasure.
Very few arrests were made by the pro
ves guard vest, r.lay m comparison to the
day icfore. A veral fights occurred, but
■b . lid inn amount to anything. Nobody
V.. hurt and the fighters were all locked
y
'up in the guard house. Major Logan said
to a reporter of The News last night:
“We have got. to enforce discipline here
; and of course we have to be very strict,
j The provost guard has its orders and they
I will carry them out to the letter.
Two companies are kept on duty all the
i time. One company is on two hours and
‘ the oth'-r two. The men will be on provost
duty all of the time unless they are reliev
’d. The men s:l<-ep at the guard bouse and
take all of th< ir meals Lhere. For the
’past few days the whites and blacks w'ho
have been arrestisl have been confined in
the sume cells, but 'Major Ixigan is having
Kepar.ite cells arranged for the prisoners,
land will have them ready by tomorrow,
i The sergeant: of the guard at the provost
guard house are worked harder than any
of the soldiers in the city. When a pris
oner is arrested the sergeants have to take
. hi-, name, the company, battalion and reg
iment he is from, who his commanding of
ficer is. the offense he w charged with,' and
when tie is si ached a record of everything
found on his person has to be taken.
The prisoners who are arrested during
the day are placed in charge of an officer
and are sent to their respective camps
every afternoon. They are tried by the
field court and are punished in camp.
The Seventh Immunes will not arrive to
day as has been reported. The
Sixth Virginia will arrive here tomorrow
and no more troops will come until Tues
day. The Seventh Immunes will come on
Tuesday and the Third North Carolina on
\V<,dm sikiy
NOTES IN CAMP AND CITY
Mrs General Wilson and daughter ar
rived in the city this morning
Soldier Notes in Camp and City.
The livisoa hospital is nearing comple
tion. All four of the stor’es of the n’ild
ing have been cleaned up, and when com
plc'ti d it wil' he one of the beat hospitals
in the country.
Every car tha* comes from the camp is
loaded with soldiers. Both car lines are
now running excellent schedules and the
soldiers find it no trouble to come into the
city.
Cots have been placed in the guard'
house for the men on duty to sleep on. The
guard house has been arranged to that the
white and colored prisoners eani now be
separated.
The authorities have refused to place a
gmird in South Macon. They say that
tii'eri 'w ill be no trouble, and if any should
happen to occur the guard could be sent to
the scene at once.
Very few men have been reported sick
since the regiment arrived here. No sick
men w>'re brought from the other camps
nnd Very few are in the regimntal hospi
tals.
Several arrests have been made today'by
the provost guard. Nothing serious has
occurred in any of the camps today, so far
as is known, and the 'arrests made were
mainly to keep the men from getting into
trouble as they were all drinking.
The Second Ohio reigiunent has some of
the largest men in the country in its ranks.
In fact all of them are well built and seem
to be all-round athletes.
It is probable that the Macon football
pkty the team from tlie Third
engineers, as they claim to have one of the
best in the country.
C’ajita'in Smoke, the chief quartermas
ter, has been kept busy for the past week
getting things in order for the coming of
the other regiments.
Lieutenant Reeves, who is an aid on
General Bates’ staff, fought in the battle
of Santiago, ami was also in the Bear Is
land fight with the Indians a few weeks
ago. There are several officers here who
were in the battle of Santiago, and many
of them have not vet recovered from the
j wounds received.
The signal corps will begin putting up
the telegraph and telephone lines to the
camps at once. There is already a special
wire from the Hotel Lanier to the Western
rtvKMi office.
'Major Ixigan. who is in charge of the
i proceed guard, says that the other soldiers
who are coming will give no trouble, as
the provost guard will be in good training
by that time and will know just how to
handle them.
All of the officers of the Third Carolina,
which arrives heir tomorrow are negroes.
The regiment is said to be one of the best
drilled in the country.
Many of the soldiers are attending the
prohibition meetings at the tent every
i night. They all seem pleased with Sam
Jones' sermons.
All of the troops are eager to get the
newspapers. They are all interested as to
i when they will go to Cuba.
The privates who are detailed as order
lies are kept busy. They are sent from
place to place and they are always glad to
; get off duty.
VOLUNTEERS ARE OUT.
Paid Off at One O'clock Tod E y and Out Os
Service.
The First Georgia regiment is being
paid off today and the men are being
given their discharges as rapidly as pos
sible. The paymasters are busy and it will
take them until tomorrow night to com
pl. 'f ’tie work. Over $50,000 will be paid
out to the men. A majority of the men
live out of the city and will be given mile
age a: ’, ration money and this will aver
age about S2O to the man besides the reg
, ular pay.
Very few First Georgia men have been
s* ■ n on the streets today. All of them are
-■ . king by the . amp so tha: they can get
the money and discharges as soon as possi
•le. Some of the men have been fined for
being absent from camp without leave and
for other offenses and this will cut their
pay down to some extent.
The Ma-e.n Volunteers was the first
company to be paid off. They have re
, ceived their discharges and will be free
men tonight. The other companies will
be discharged as soon as passible.
Full dress Ties. Harry L.
j Jones Co.
THE MACON ME WS.
OHIO CONVICTS
KILLED A GUARD
Desperate Attempt of Prison
ers to Escape from the
iPenitentiarv.
BROKE IN ON THE GUARDS
With a Revolver—They Were Over
powered, However, and Terri
• bly Beaten by Keepers.
Bv Associated Press.
‘Columbus, O, Nov. 48.—A desperate at
tempt was made by two convicts to escape
from the penitentary at 8 o’clock this
morning, as a result of which Guard Chas.
Ijauterbaugh, of Mt. Vernon, was shot and
killed,, while Convicts O’Neill and Atkin
son received injuries of a serious nature.
O’Neill and Atkinson, who were serving
fifteen years each for robbery, obtained
possession of a revolver and proceeded to
carry out their bold plan. One covered Ms
face with a handkerchief and went into
the broom shop, where he held up 'guard
Lime and took his revolver. He 'then re
turned to the shoe shop, where the other
guard joined him, and they opened Are on
Lauterbaugh, who was in charge of the
department.
The guard was shot three times and was
almost 'instantly killed.
The sound of the shooting reached the
other officials of the prison and they in a
run to investigate the matter.
'Guard Camp was the first on the scene,
and taking in the situation, opened fire on
the two prisoners. This was returned and
a regular battle was in progress until the
revolvers of the participants were emptied.
In the affray Convict Atkinson was shot
down and seriously wounded, and as soon
as the guns were emptied Guard Camp
rushed in wiith a cane and almost beat
O’Neill to death before the prisoner would
surrender. The men were taken to the
hospital where their injuries were atten
ded to.
'Atkinson is shot in the body but is not
thought to be seriously hurt, but O’Neill is
so badly beaten about 'the head that i't is
thought that his injuries may prove fatal.
The other prisoners, when the shooting
occurred, took no part in the affair, ibut it
is understood that they stood ready to fol
low if the efforts of the leaders proved suc
cessful. Previous to the outbreak one of
the two 'men forced a third man to place
' a ladder against the outside of the peni
tentiary wall, so when they had fought
their way ou of the ehops they could shoot
down the wall guard and make their es
ea (Hi.
EXTRAORDINARY
Order of the Golden Fleece
Bestowed Upon Faure in
Paris Yesterday.
By Associated Press.
Paris, Nov. 18 —There were' three official
functions here yesterday afternoon and
evening which aroused considerable inter
est among the American peace commis
sioners.
The first was the bestowal of the Order
of the Golden Fleece upon President Faure
by the Queen Regent, of Spain through
the president of the Spanish pQace com
mission.
The second was a dinner given by Faure
to Senor Montero and his fellow commis-
• -
sioners.
Finally at 9 last night President Faure
received the American commissioners tit
the Elysee palace, where there was a
comic opera entertainment in their honor.
There is some surprise among the mem
bers of the American colony at the be
stowal of the decoration upon the French
president at the hands of the Spanish
peace commission at this moment and
others are asking themselves whether the
entertainment at the Elysee palace was to
be regarded as a sort of compensation to
the Americans whose sensibilities may
have been wounded by the bestowal of a
Spanish decoration upon President Faure
before the conclusion of the peace negotia
tions.
MRS. LEDYARD DEAD.
Sister of a One Time Prominent Man Died
at Newport.
By Associated Press.
New York. 'Nov. IS. —-Mrs. Henry Led
yard died in London’ Wednesday night,
aged SO yet#s. She was Miss Matilda Cass,
the daughter of the late General Lewis
Cass, who for many years was governor
of Michigan, where Matilda Cass was
born.
General Cass, who was a veteran of the
war 1812, was secretary of war in Jack
son's cabinet, was the Democratic candi
date for president in IS4B (running against
Zaehery Taylor.) represented Michigan in
the United States senate, as w-ell as having
been its governor, and was secretary of
state in Buchanan’s cabinet, resigning his
portfolio when the president refused to re
inforce Fort Sumter.
General Case was also at one time min
ister to France, and while he was in Paris
his daughter. Matilda, married Henry
Ledyard, then secretary of the American
legation. This was nearly sixty years ago.
Mr. Ledyard was a lawyer and came of
distinguished stock. His mother, who was
a Miss Livingston, was the daughter of
Jutice Breckholst Livingston, of the su
preme court of the United States, who was
a son of William Livingston, governor of
New Jersey, in the revolutionary war.
Henry Ledyard, who died some years
ago. was a. NeW- Yorker by birth, but re
sided, after his marriage at Newport,
where the Ledyards still a place. Her
daughter. Mrs. Spence Ledyard, lived with
her abroad. She leaves three other chil
dren. Mrs. Francis W. Goddard, of Col
orado Springs: Henry B. Ledyard, presi
dent of the Michigan Central railroad, and
Lewis Cass Ledyard, of rhe law firm of
Carter & Ledyard.
Mrs. Ledyard was a sister of the late
| Lewis Cass, ex-minister to Rome. She
will probably be buried at Newport.
COURTMARTIAL RECORD.
By Associated Press.
Washington. Nov. IS —The report of the
judge advocate general for the year ended
August 31. shows that there have been a |
total of 1,180 courtmartials during the
year. Os these three were officers of the
regular army and twelve officers of the
volunteers. Os the enlisted men there were
: convicted 1.148 regulars; acquitted 94;
convicted volunteers 497: acquitted 126.
General Lieber recommends an increase !
in his office to meet the necessities of the !
larger army which has been Tailed into the i
field.
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MACON NEW! FRIDAY NOVEMBER 18 1898.
SHOWS INCREASE
FIFTY_PER CENT
Gold Imports and Output
from the Mines in this
* Country.
IMMENSE TRADE EXPORT.
Larger for the Month of October
Any Preceding Month in
History of the Country.
By Associated Press.
New York, Nov. 18 —A dispatch to the
Tribune from Washington says:
The importations of gold into the United
States in the year, of 1896 are by far Lhe
largest in the history of the country and
the exportations are the smallest in many
years, while the production of gold from
American mines prove the largest in many
years, if not the largest Tn the country’s
annals.
The October statement of imports and
exports just issued by the treasury bureau
of statistics shows that the total imports
of gold in the ten months ending October
31, 1898, are $143,658,095, which is more
’than 50 per cent in excess of the amount
imported in the corresponding period of
any preceding year.
The exports in that time have been only
$14,061,849, which is less than in the cor
responding months of any preceding year
more than a decade. This gives the enor
mous balance of $129,596,246 in excess of
exportations. In only one other year in
the decade have the ten months ending
with October shown an excess of imports
of gold over the exports that occasion be
ing in 1896 when 'the excess of imports was
$37,085,861.
In all other years from 1888 to 1898 the
October returns showed for the ten months
of the calendar year an excess of exports
of gold over the imports of tbt article, that
of 1895 being $43,247,360, and 1894, $72,-
808,322.
This unprecedented flow of gold into the
United State® is accounted- for in part at
least by ’the enormous balance of trade in
this country’s favor which the ten months
of the year have afforded. In those ten
months the toital imports of merchandise
amounted to only $527,757,954, while the
total exports were $987,964,356, a favor
able balance of trade of $460,206,,802.
The total exports of merchandise for the
month of October. 1898, amounted to sllß,-
686,232, a sum larger than in any preced
ing October in >the history of the country,
the figures for October, 1897 being slll,-
744,517, and those for October, 1896, $113,-
,516.585.
The. enormous importation of gold in ex
cess of the exportation is plainly percep
tible in the increased circulation shown
by the figures of the treasury department.
The latest statement of the gold in the
treasury shows a 'balance of $242,805,604
while the gold in circulation on November
1, was $648,846,727, being $1'10.000,000
greater than on November Ist of last year
and nearly $200,000,000 more than on July
1. 18S6, in which month it touched the
lowest point in several years.
The total money in circulation at the be
ginning of the present month is shown by
the treasury figures to have been $1866,-
575,782 against $1,706,732,904 the corres
ponding date last year and $1,509,725,200
on July Ist, 1896, the increase in circula
tion in the last year having been $159,-
842,878 and since July Ist, 1896, $356,850,-
582.
BOTANISTS
Have Left New York for Ex
tended Trip to Yucatan.
By Associated Press.
Chicago. Nov. 18—'Within two weeks
Allison V. Armour’s yacht Utowana will
leave New York harbor for the coast of
Yucatan bearing its owner, a number of
his friends and the Chicago botanist, Dr.
Charles JI. Alillspaugh, euratur of the
botanical department of the World’s Co
lumbian museum and botanist lecturer at
the University of Chicago. The expedi
tion -will be absent until -March.
Three years ago Mr. Armour acted as
the host of a similar party including Mr.
Millspaugh also as a guest on a trip to the
same country. The result of three months
spent along the coast and up the rivers
was a rich botanical collection for the
museum giving Dr. MiLspaugh material
for series of publications on the Flora of
the coast and plain regions.
It is the intention this time for the party
to leave the yacht and proceed into the
mountain district on the interior, a region
where the flora has been little classified.
Dr. Millspaugh is considered the author
ity of Yucatan flora and it is hoped that
he will be able to add discoveries in plant
life by another sojourn in the country. It
will be his fourth trip. Interest also cen
ters in the journey now soon to be made
of Professor Frederick Starr, of the Uni
versity of Chargo into the wilds of Mexico
with a wealthy London physician and two
native guides he will visit several islands
in the gulf of Tehunenepec inhabited -by
tribes of savage Indians. There most
hazarous ventures will be an attempt to
visit an island where are located the sa
cred caves worshipped by the natives.
In addition to the usual explorers sup
plies of Professor Starr will take 2.000
pounds of plaster with which to make
casts of the natives and complete photo
graphic outfit.
If he fails however, he will ask the
Mexican government for a guard of sol
diers. He expects to leave late this month
and to be gone until next spring. Sever*!
citizens are interested in this project.
LA PURCHASE DAY.
Request that December Twentieth as Fla?
Day.
By Associated Press.
Denver. Nov. 18.—Will C. Ferrill. cura
tor of uhe State Historical and Natural
History Society of Colorado, has sent a
letter to the board of directors of the La
Purchase Centennial, St. Louis. Mo., sug
gesting that the board request, the gover
nors of those states that as a whole or in
parts were from the La Purchase, issue j
proclamations that December 20th next,.l
be observed as La Purchase flag day, it
honor of the raising of the flag at New Or
leans on that day. 1803, when the transfer
; of title was officially made to the L T nited
States.
Wool Blankets and Mack
intoshes of all kinds to be
ctosed out at retail at whole
' sale prices at J. R. Fried &
Co’s.
DEATH RESULT
OFJNITIATION
Live Wire Was Used to Shock
the Initiated and He is in
Dangerous Condition.
KU 01 THE Until
Was Unconcious for Several Hours
and is Now in Danger of
Paralysis..
By Associated Press.
Moline, 111., Nov. 18 —Dr. Wm. 11. Sen
sabaugh, a demise of Pont Byron, just east
of Moline, is in a serious condtion as a re
sult of a prank played upon him while be
ing initiated in a fraternal lotlge in that
village.
During the initiatory ceremonies he was
blindfolded and given several severe
shocks from a live wire. The bandage
over his eyes having become losened, he
sought to outwit those who were having
firn at his expense >by locating the wire
and attempting to avoid it.
One of the initiating team seeing the
candidate was about to evade the wife
gave a littel shove which unfortunately
proved sufficient to throw him off his bal
ance and he fell hands down upon the bat
tery itself receiving a shock which ren
dered him unconscious.
After working over him for two hours
and finally reviving him, it was discovered
that his right arm hung limp and lose and
in this condition it has remained ever
since. A week ago the doctor was stricken
with an affection of the pneumonogastric
nerve.
Since then he has been kept up mainly
through electrical treatment. One of the
attending physicians say that paralysis of
the nerve is threatened, in which event
the sufferer cannot live.
STRIKE GRADE ORE.
Stampede is Reported from
Florence to Get Part
of Gold,
By Associated Press.
Spokane, Wn., Nov. 18.—A Lewiston,
Idaho, special to the Spokanesman Review
says a great strike of grade ore is reported
dear 'Snowshoe Pass, on the Warren trail,
twenty miles south of Florence, Idaho.
A big stampede from Florence is report
ed.
The Florence correspondent of the
Spokanesmian Review, reports that the
strike was made between the now famous
Buffalo [lump and Thunder Mountain. The
great vein drops 6.000 feet and is from
thirty to ninety feet wide and carries an
abundance of free gold.
ARIZONA’S CAPITOL.
Building Valued at a Hundred Thousand
Dollars to Go Up.
By Associated Press.
Phoenix. Ariz., Nov. 18.—The territorial
capital site commission has adopted plane
for a capitol building to cost SIOO,OOO. Bids
for construction will be advertised for at
once.
CARNEGIE PULLED.
The Magnate Will Be Made to Serve as a
Juror.
By Associated Press.
INew York, Nov. 18.—Andrew Oarnagie,
for whom a warrant was recently issued
for failing to respond to a jury not.ee,, has
avoided arrest today by appearing nefore
Special Commissioner of Jurors Henry
Winthrop, and submitting to the usual ex
amination, after offering to the commis
sioner an apology for failure to regard his
summons.
'Mr. Carnegie explained that he had no
wish to evade any of the duties of a citizen
but at the time the subpeonae was served
on him he had just returned from Europe
and was on the point of departing for
Pittsburg, where he had engaged to deliver,
several lectures.
He was asked whether he was in favor
of capital punishment, to which he replied
Itliat he was not in favor of it, but as it
was the law of the land, his opinion would
not influence him in arriving at a verdict
of a capital crime. At the close of the ex
amination, .which laster nearly an hour,
Commissioner Gray decided 'Mr. Carnegie
to be acceptable as a juror and his name
was formally registered on the jury list.
The order of arrest was then vacated.
HAWKINSVILLE.
Slew Boat to Be Put on the River Now at
Once.
Hawkinsville, Ga., Npy. 18, —The little
steamer E. B. Dewis has been leased by
Mr. Herbert H. Coley, who ds running a
large saw mill a few miles up the river.
The steamer will be used to haul wool
from the mill to town.
The Little William brings a Jot of cot
ton to market every week.
The Brunswick and Hawkinsvill- "trans
portation Company, who purchased the
City of Hawkinsville, expect to put anoth
er boat about the same size on the run, so
that one boat can leave here every week.
It is expected that the new railn—d from
here to Fitzgerald will be completed with
in the next twelve months.
The number of new houses and elegant
residences that have beA built here with
in the last year and the large an<| growing
school show that Hawkinsville is steadily
growing.
The committee appointed to arrange for
the Methodist conference, to be ‘held here
D .-ember 6th, 7th, Sth and 9th. have work
ed earnestly and have succeeded in ar
ranging things nicely.
NEW RAILROAD OPENED.
By Associated Press.
Oklahoma. I. T., Nov. 18.—The recently
completed branch of the St. Donis and San
Francisco Railroad, "Trom Sapula, I. T., to
Kansas City, have been fermaliy opened
The officials of the ’Frisco held a celebra
tion of the event here today The branch
is 103 miles long,
LOCAL OPTION.
Boarding houses, hotels, banks and jails
all gone dry, the result of having their
roofs repaired by G. T. Douglass. 409, Mul
berry street.
Full dress Gloves. Harry
L. Jones Co.
WILL STAND
UNCHANGED
American Commissioners Do Not
Propose to yield an Inch
to the Spaniards.
DEFALCATIONS
Os Spanish [Officials is the
Cause of the Conditions
Laid Down.
OFFER OF LUMP SUM
For the Philippines Will Be Made,
and Spaniards Will Be Obliged
to Take or Leave It.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Ntev. 1S. —The two new
■points laid down by the 'Spanish commis
sioners in the answer presented by them
at ‘Wednesday’s session of the joint com
mission, will not be permitted to change
the attitude of the United 'States commis
sioners.
These points were in substance that the
Spaniards could not permit any question
to be raised as to the authority of the
Spanish government to pledge the re
sources of the Philippines to meet the
Philippine loan, and that they could not
permit an accounting of the method in
which the proceeds of this loan had been
expended.
There is reason to believe*that the Span
ish purpose as to conceal the enormous ‘de
falcations by the Spanish officials who
governed the the Philippines since the
loan. The ostensible purpose is 'to be able
'to plead inability to state w>at the pacific
expenditures have been on account of the
Philippines, which was all the United
States proposes to reimburse them for.
Our government, however, in anticipa
tion of some such evasive dealings, has
prepared the American commissioners’ in
structions exactly to meet the case. They
know approximately the value of the bet
terments o's the Philippines, having ob
tained this from private, but thoroughly
reliable 'sources'. Knowing this they can
afford to ignore entirely the efforts of the
Spaniards to becloud the facts and adopt
the simple expedient of preferring a lump
sum of as many million dollars as is deem
ed fair and just for the Spanish properties,
requiring and tendering, no statement or
■calculation as a basis for the offer.
KILLED IN F6G.
Eight Italians Run Down on
the Pennsylvania Train.
By Associated Press. •
New York, Nov. 18.—While a gang of
'twenty track hands was at work upon the
Pennsylvania railway’s line near Jersey
City today they were run down by a local
passenger train. Eleven workmen were
killed out right and six seriously injured.
Only three escaped unhurt. A heavy fog
prevailed. The men killed are mostly
Italians, living near Jersey City. The
train which ran down the workmen was
the local from Milltown to Jersey City.
The fog delayed the train and Engineer
John Van Ostrand was endeavoring to
make up the time, 'his train running at
a high rate of speed, he believing there
was nothing to obstruct the quick run to
Jersey City. The first he knew that his
train had run into the men was that the
engine jarred, then the cries of t'he men
fell on his ears and as soon as possible he
brought the train to a stop. The male
passengers got out and aided the 'trainmen
in searching for the bodies of the victims;,
A train had passed on the westbound
, track a few' minutes before the eastbound
train ran the men down. The smoke
from the engine of the westbound train
went over the eastbound track and the
noise of the westbound train prevented
the workmen on the eastbound track from
hearing the approach of the eastbound
train. They were not aware that the
train was near them until they had 'been
scattered to right and left. When the
engine which struck the laborers reached
the Pennsylvania depot, Jersey City, the
cowcatcher was red with blood from the
men killed. A boy after the engine stop
ped picked up a hand from the cowcatch
er. It had been severed troui one of the
victims,
DOUBLE WRECK.
Wrecking Train Itself Wrecked at Davenport
lowa.
By Associated Press.
Davenport, lowa,’ Nov. 18 —Two freight
trains on the Chicago, Rock Inland and
Pacific collided at Moscow, lowa, today.
One man was killed and one injured.
A wrecking train is about to start for the
scene of the accident was run into by the
fast mail. The fireman of the mail train
was badly hurt and eighteen men of the
work train were injured.
trahTrobbers
In Havana Held Un the Pas
sengers and Took Val
uables.
By Associated Prese,
Havana, Nov. 18 —<At midnight last night
a car on the line from this city to Jesus
del Monte suburb was held up bv a gang
of robbers close to Cristina station. Every
passenger forced to throw up his
hands and the thieves took their vaulables.
After this work had been accomplished
the car was .allowed to proceed on its way.
The place where the robbery took place
la a dark and deserted spot and was well
chosen for the crime as no police were on
duty there.
J. A. Flournoy announces as a special
attraction for Friday and Saturday, No
vember 18th and l&th, a demonstration of
Chalmer’s Gelatine. Delicious jellies will
be served without charge, and the ladies
giving the exhibition are acquainted with
many new an attractive deserts.
We Take WE: SET We Take
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For Stylish Garments.
Our Suits, and Overcoats
this season are noted for their beauty.
They are absolutely worn by the swell
dressers. Perfect in fit, style, material
and workmanship.
FOR THE SOLDIERS
We Take WE HAVE ANYTHING w e Take
Periodical THEY WANT IN GLOVES, Periodical
Tickets. underwear, etc. Tickets.
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P~OR RENT.
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7 ( Jo B° nd street ’ 9r - street near Whittle school.
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Best Clothing and Underwear
At prices to please.
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. • Especially our Childieu’s Shoes for SI.OO
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Sparkle Quality as Good as the Best.
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STUART WATSON,
Bidder for your tiade by offering lowest pt ices.
368 Second Street.
Soldier Boys,
We want yoit, to know that our store is
the largest of its kind in Macon. We
cany the largest and best stock of Cloth
ing, Hats and P uimshzngs of any stoie
south of Baltimoie. We znvite you to
call on us\ If we can serve you, we will
appJeciate your pationage.
y ours to please,
You Don’t Have to
Wait for your money when you get loans
from us. We have it always on hand.
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Equitable Building and Loan Association,
■mm, Ga.. 461 Third Street.
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