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We will have at our disposal during November |~&,000 to loan on Georgia farms or city property. We are offering money at low ratea. ( THE GKORGAA LOAN ANT) TRUST 00., O. A. Coleman, General Manager. 356 Second Street. ESTABLISHED 1884 WARM SUNSHINE MAKES SOLDIERS HIPPIER. Second North Carolina Regiment of Imnwnes Arrived this Morning from Knoxville and Are io Camp Now on the Hoff Place, GOOD-BYETO FIRST Regiment Has Been Mustered Out of Service and Men Return Home. SOME PARTING SCENES. All or the Soldiers in Camp Are Get ting in Shape, and the Camps Are in Much Better Con dition Today. Th< Sixth Virginia regitn. nt arrived in the city this morning. The regiment came tin from Knoxville ov< r the Southern in six sections. The train- were transferred to the Central rail nn<l Hi,l the mm were taken out to the Huff place when they will Im 1 camped. The Sixth Virginia, does not come to Ma con with the b '«-l reput ttjon possible. Ac counts of their conduct at Knoxville 'has pri c« l< il them here, but it is thought that the moils from that .place are somewhat exaggerated. It is true that the negroes refused to drill under white officers at one time and It ";i in <■< - irj to call out other troops <o make them obey Older*, yet nothing »e --riou i. suited from it. The officers here »ay that tlie tnen will give the people no •troubl. and llrit they will be kept under ■the strictest discipline. The regiment Is übout twelve hundred strong and the men lire even larger than those of tihe Tenth Immunes. The regiment at one time was •in charge of negro officers, but were dis placed on iicooiint of being Incompetent. The regiment will camp along side ths Tenth Imntunes at the Huff place, and have one of she best sites around the city. Tlie tnen were put to work this morning i- foou a* they arrived and they wiill no •doubt have the camp fixed up by tomorrow • tbiiit they will be able to sleep there. Ht will take sometime to get things in con dition tor a winter camp. and It will prob ably tn next week before everything isa.r ran ged. The city w i.s quiet last night and the provost gu.irfl made very f-w arrests. A majority of 'he nun staid in camps and tin streets l.ioked sonuwhait deserved. Tin Seeoin. Ohio is still kicking alum' the li. a ion of their eamp. The rain of yesterday >h. s made Chings worse than th. y v. •rt at first, ,nd all of the soldiers are b >ping that they be given the site •oceupii I by t'he Fir-t Georgia. The First Georgia site is one of the beyit in the state, •and if tib< tnen are moved there they can arrange their camp hi that it will be com fortable. 'fhe only thing exciting that happened la t night was when Private Woodward shot young Morris on Cotton avenue. Th.' ■.shoot’ing was accidental, however, and ■nothing w.is caused bv it. Several negroes 'wore arn stcil yesterday for being drunk on the streets They were sent out to ’their camp this morning under a 'heavy tgua txl. Tlie Third engineers are comfortably Ifixx'd in their camp now. and one of the oi’fii■< ns aid last night that he did not care which way the wind blew. The men 'have ti. cn worked very ‘hard for the vast few .lays and are now enjoying a rest. Drill* ■will Aie commenced next week and the >pl ; wHI l i g-lve'n an opportunity to wit nes diis parades every' afternoon. It is v<ry nrobal la that a grand review will be held here before the troops leave. The ma ter l as ben suggested to Genr..l Wil son and he has It under consideration. ■phe signal i-erps is working on the tele graVK lines and will have thi m completed by Tu> -da;' Tlie hospital will be finished ■by tonight and xx ill bo ready for all of the ■sick patients. The number of sick men is very -’-mall, however. ami very few of them ■will have to 'be removed from the regimen tal hospitals T'he Wolff ,<■ Ha.pp building has been thoroughly renovated and now ;na seats a creditable appearance. All of the upper store* will be used .R wards and the lower floor yvill l>e used as offices and a dining hall. The hospital will ac axymmodate about four hundred men. The other regiments to come here are the Seventh Innmni* and the Third North ■Parol ii.t This will give the city six reg inuvts and the total number of troops will be about 7.000. When the other regiments ; irrive the provost guard will be strength ened and the officers give assurances of the best of order The provost guard has not yet had anv serious trouble with any the tnxipts. but they are under orders to fire on any of she soldiers who fail to <in y their <x>mmards. This is done so as to let the other soldier® know that the -gu.'vrxl is sba ione.l out for business and not for an ornament to the city. The policemen have had very little to do recently, and are confining their arrests to the vir’izen*. All soldiers w h o are d’«or dorly are turn d over to t’he provost guard and rhe guard in turn reports all disorder ly citizens to the police. , All of the troops will be in camp by "Wednesday night and will remain here tintU they are to Oiba. FIRST GEORGIA Wen Have Been Mustered Ont and Bid fare well Xo Officers. Tonight he First Georgia regiment will be a thing of the past. Two companies were paid oft and given their discharges y« sterday afternoon and the paymasters have been busy all during the day paying off the other companies The regiment has seen some hard service and while not having the opportunity of going w the front the men have been worked in camp and it is a great re lief to them to be free. The regiment was mustered into the ser vice about the 15th of May and watt sta tioned at Griffin for a month. From Grif fin they were sent to Chickamauga and remained there ill during the summer, suffering all of the hardships of camp life until they were seat to Camp Poland at Knoxville. The regiment has been in the service pearly seven months and in that time very V • few of the men have died. It is a remark- ■ able fact that very few of them were sick at t'hiekamauga when men were dying on all sides and disease was prevalent every where. The regiment was recognized as one of the beat volunteer regiments in the service and it would have no doubt been held had the men expressed a desire to remain in. The officers of the regiment are beyond doubt among the best volun teer officers in the United States. ‘All of them were selected from the militia and they knew their business when they went into the service. Very few changes have been made in the officers since the regiment was organized. Several have resigned and their places were filled from the rankn. The privates were among the best that were in the vol unteer army and very few of them have left the regiment up to this time. Colonel Lawton has been paid many • compliments as to the discipline of the regiment and many army officers have said that it was a pity that there were not more men in the regular service like him. Ail of the men speak well of him and he was decidedly the most popular • man in the regiment. The paymaster started to work yester day at 1 o’clock. Company F, the Macon Volunteers was the first company to be i paid off. One more company was also given their money. This morning the work of paying oft the men and giving them their discharges was commenced early and this afternoon the work is almost com plete. Tlie sergeants are receiving on an aver age of SSS, the corporals S7O, and the pri vates SSO. The men are all given mileage to their homes and are also given ration money for the time that they are on the road. The payment this time amounts to more than the soldiers have ever received before at one pay day and the men are spending it freely. The trains which left the city at noon today carried many of the soldiers. It seems that all of them are anxious to get home and are taking the first trains out. A special train will probably leave for Savannah tonight with the Savannah men. There are four companies of Savannah • men in the regiment and it will take a special train to accommodate them. All of the railroads are making the soldiers special rates to their homes and all the trains that leave the city are crowded with them. The men express sorrow at leaving each other and many touching scenes have been witnessed. One of the privates on leaving the eantain of his company broke into tears. The men as a rule love their officers but there are some few who have been punished several times that say that they will get even with the officers for the manner in which they treated them while in the army. Colonel Lawton says that he is sorry to part with the men of his regiment. He' says that he considers them the finest body of men that he. has seen among all of the volunteer troops. The tents of the regiment will be taken down this afternoon and the Second Ohio regiment will in all probability move to the grounds. The last bugle call has sounded for the First Georgia and by to night all of the menT except those who will have to be sent to Fort McPherson, will be free from the services of the govern ment. SHOT A CITIZEN But the Shooting Was Don 9 Entirely in Self Defense. Ike Morris, a young man ,about nineteen years of age, was accidentally shot at Goldman’s pawn shop on Colton avenue last night by a soldier named Woodward, from Company E, of the Second Ohio reg iment. The shooting occurred about 7:31) o’clock. The two men were examining a pistol, when ,iit went off, striking Morris in the breast, just over the heart. For a few , iminutes after the shot was fired no one knew who had been shot. Finally Morris .pulled open his vest aim said, “I believe 1 am the one that is shot.” The people in the store saw that he was dangerously hurt and at once sent for a doctor. Drs. Moore, Holt. Whipple and Jackson responded and did all in .their power to aid the wounded man. They pro nounced the wound serious, and 'Morris is liable to die at any moment. Policemtn Avant arrested the soldier who did the shootiing and carried him -to the police station where he was locked up. Everybody who saw the shooting said that it w,as accidental, and acting nn that, the enaycy ordered the man to be turned over to the provost guard. When the shooting occurred the men were examining a pistol that had been purchased by Woodward. The pistol was .loaded, and it seems that it was acciden i tally discharged. Woodward was very •much stirred up over the affair, and says that he regretted it more than anything • that has ever haivpeued jp him. i Morris was resting easily this morning. , lamd it is thought that he will recover if penumonla does not set in. The soldier •will not be .punlsht'd and will be allowed to go. TRANSFERRED TO THIRD. First Georgia Go to the Third Georgia and Thirty-First Michigan. In addition to twenty men who have been transferred from the Georgia regiment to the Third Georgia at the syg-) gestion of Colonel Oscar Brown, an ordex has been issued from the war department :ransfernng ten enlisted men of the First Georgia over la the Third, and also three men of the First Geprgja to the Thirty first Michigan. I All of the men transferred have ssked I to be allowed to remain in the service. all of them expected to be transferred to I the Second Georgia before the idea of re j forming that reginjcpt tvas abandoned. ■ The non-commissioned officers among the ! number will lose their ranx by the trans ! fee and will have to enter the Third Gepr- I gia and Michigan regiment as privates. . i The ten men from the First Georgia with the twenty thai have been transferred ■ from the Second, completes the roll of the | Third Georgia, and the regiment, muster ed up to the limit, js ready for the service i in Cuba which has been aesured the com mand. The following is the order of the . war department transferring ten men over > from the First to the Third Georgia: ”6. By authority of the secretary of war. the following named enlisted men of the ■ i First Georgia volunteer infantry, now at | Macon, Ga., are transferred to the Third THE MACGvv’NEWS. Georgia volunteer infantry, and will be sent to camp at Griffin. Ga., to report to the commanding officer of that regiment for duty, accordingly: “Private Francis A. Turner, company A; Gorporal Woodford H. Johnston, com i pany B; Privates Henry Jones and Julius A. Wood, company D; Corporal Willis C. Alexander and Privates Theodore R. •Chris tian. Fernando D. Deal. Fred S. Hill, Wilbur W. Kaylor and George H. King, I company I.” NEWS IN KNOXVILLE. , Telegrams Indicate that There Will Be De l lay in Going to Cuba. Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 19. —*A telegram was received last night by Mr. Hemphill, the quartermaster of the First brigade which would indicate that no movement to go to Cuba for several weeks is contem plated. . The telegram states that the quarter master supplies for the brigade have been ordered sent here from nine diffrnt points so as to thoroughly equip the brigade. It states that field uniforms will be supplied in Cuba and hospital tents for the entire brigade. After the Third North Carolina goes to Macon on Monday only one regiment of the old division of the First brigade will be left, the First West Virginia. Orders for that regiment to proceed to Columbus. Ga., are expected daily. GENERAL LEE NOTIFIED. Department Tells Him of Instructions ISent to Third Georgia. A special to the Constitution from 9a vannalh tells of itbe orders sent the Third 'Georgia regiment to move at once. The dispatch says the regiment will probably remain in Savannah several days. In full, it is as follows: “Savannah, Ga., Nov. 18.—(Special.)— General Fitzhugh Lee received a telegram from the War department today stating that the Third Georgia regiment bad been ordered from Griffin to Savannah to camp, pending its transfer to Cuba. General Lee was instructed to select a camp site for the regiment, and it will be under bis or ders during its stay in Savannah. “General Lee wired 'Colonel Berner to day, mentioning the order and asking him when he expected to bring the regiment to Savannah. He has not heard from him yet. “No reports of any transports coming or on the way to Savannah, have been re ceived here, and the presumption is 'that the Third Georgia will remain here In camp for some days before embarking for 'Nuevitas, where it will go to join General L. H. Carpenter’s brigade. “The first shipment of the new United States rifles for the Seventh, army corps will arrive in Savannah tomorrow and will be distributed to the men. on Monday. Colonel Oscar Brown, of the Second Georgia regiment, came down from At lanta this morning to assist in t>e work of mustering out the First 'battalion of h'is regiment. He will remain in the city to morrow to complete his part of 'the work. Colonel Brown said that there was no foundation for the report that there was a chance for the Second Georgia to remain in the service.’” Sal.lier Notes in Ci*mp and City Major General J. C. Bates and aide de camp Lieutenant Reeves left last night for Washington on important business. They will return in a few days. Captain Hardee, of the Third Engineers, is in charge of moving the regiments to their camps from the railroads, Ulis work will be over next Wednesday, however, and he will return to his command. Several complaints have been made in regard to the guard marching their pris oners on the sidewalks when they carry them to the camps. No attention has been • paid to the oomplaint, however, and it is thought by the officers that the troops do not obstruct the sidewalks. The Second Ohio regiment claims to have the best football team in the South. They say that they would like to play the Macon team a game. The Third Engineers claim to have a good team also and it is improbable that a game between the two regiments will be arranged. All of the regiments that are here now were paid off a few days before leaving Knoxville and Lexington and are spending their money freely. All of the regiments have been worked hard today as it is the first day since they have been stationed here that it has not rained. The camps of the Second Ohio and the Tenth Immunes will be fixed up without any trouble since it has stopped raining. The First Georgia regiment has been mustered out and all of the men who live out of the city will probably be gone by Monday. Their camp will be turned over to the Second Ohio. TEMPERATURE Os the Mediterranean Kept William Away from Spain. By Associated Press. Madrid. Nov. 18.—The Spanish govern ment has received dispatches from Senor Rios, president of the peace commission at Paris, detailing the investure of Presi dent Faure. wjth the order of the Golden Fleece bestowed upon ‘him by the queen regent, and giving further particulars re garding the peace negotiatiops. Faure conferred the grand cordon of the legion of honor on the queen regent. An official dispatch from Iloilo says the situation on Vizcayas islands is less grave than was alleged. The insurgents’ attack on Iloiio is mentioned. Acording to government officials here there is no truth in the report that er tain prelates are conspiring against the Spanish government. Count von Radowitz, the German am bassador, has officially notified che Span ish government chat Emperor William has abandoned his Intended x-fsit to Span insh ports, “owing to the change of tem perature on the Mediterrean.” FIRE AT LOUISVILLE. By Associated Press. Louisville. Nov. IS. —A fire this morn ing at 611 West Main street, ocupied by Renz Bowles & Co., wholesale drugiste, did a damage of SIOO,OOO. with $72,000 in- ) suranee. Other losses are $15,000. FREE QUININE Is Recommended by the De partment for Island of Cuba. By Associated Press. Washington. Nov. 19. —The treasury de partment has recommended to the secreta ry of war that quinine ■be admitted into Cuba and Porta Rico free pf duty. Under Spanish law the duty on quinine is abput $13.50 a pound. The war -department will undoubtedly will concur with the treasury recommendation. ARRIVED AT MESSIMA. By Associated Press. Messina. Nov. 18. —The emperor and em press of Germany, arrived here aud will resume their voyage tomorrow. MACON NEWB SATURDAY NOVEMBER 19 1898. ALL READY FOR OPENREVuLT. Situation in Havana Province is Very Serious and Threatening. IUH HUI UOU& Troops and Officers Fear Him More Than Anyone Else—Best Sol dier in Spain’s Army. By Associated Press. New York, Nov. 19—A dispatch to the Tribune from Havana says: Havana is in a state, not of tumult,, but ‘ of unrest. The mass of the population is not turbulent. It is as anxious as the business men for a quiet transition from Spanish rule to American control. : Outside the vicious and criminal classes ■ whose numbers have unfortunately been increasing the city dreads disorders. All classes may be relied on to exercise self- ■ restraint and to aid the authorities. But they do not know what the army may do and not knowing they are feverish and ex pectant. It is a question with some observers, whether trouble will yet come in Cuba or whether the ambitious soldier politicians will mould the troops to their purposes and hold them in check until the return to Spain. The proposition is not a com plicated one. If they get a fair amount of the back pay that is due them, the troops will remain quiet. That many of the battalions are ready to mutiny is apparent. These will be the first ones placed aboard the transports and sent back. The evacuation is likely to be hastened by this circumstance. The au thorities have been slow to find pretexts for delay, but when they themselves are threatened if the inaction continues they ■will find it feasible to embark the troops with some rapidity. Captain General Blanco is himself anxious to return but he cannot embark till the preparations for sending back the troops in Havana prov ince have reached a more forward step. He is said to be urging his subordinates to greater activity. At times there has been a probability of a demonstration against the captain general. That prob ability is a diminishing one. The hostility of the troops is now direct ed against General Juan Arelas, the mili tary governor of Havana province. How deep the feeling is against him since he cut down an “Orden publico” with his sword cannot be judged by a person who is not of the army. The Spanish soldiers are sullen and undemonstrative. Their obedience is that of dumb animals. Yet they will forget the death of their comrade is not believe, though there may be no open revolt. The officers are excessively nervous. They appear to think that the death of the “Orden publico” will be avenged on General Arelas. That grim old soldier is himself the least concerned of all. He would cut down with his own hand every member of the “Orden publico” if it were necessary to maintain discipline. The “Orden pub lico” are the flower of the Spanish troops. Rather, it should be said, they were the flower for as a body they have been dis solved. Instead of being Havana’s oolice force, they are now simply regulars in the ranks, under the displeasure of the au thorities, who do not dare disarm them, and with the sympathy of their comrades. Some of these men have toe personal sympathy of General Arelas, who in his Republicanism, has been cha-ged with carlist learnings. Many of them were cariist soldiers who in concluding a truce with the government stipulates that, they snould not b required to in Spam and were therefore sent to Cuba. Gc’if’-al Arelas himself Is one of the best soldiers that Spain has ever sent to her c-Nouies I. she had more like him, per haps >xo..lcl not be jrielling her last possessions. It is said of Arelas that the monarchy, which was required of all the generals and that he declares the word of a soldier was enough to attest his loyalty. Whether this incident is true or not, his independence made his presence uncom fortable in Spain and he was sent out as governor of one of the 'Philippine islands. Testimony to his efficiency in making Spanish authority respected by the natives has been given by those who were in the Philippines at that time. It is also said that his integrity was something the other Spapish officials could not understand. General Arelas arrived in rfava ta on the afternoon of the day in January on which the army officers precipitated the riots against autonomy. The officers feared him far more than Blanco. He took immediate command of the military forces. During the day ; that followed he himself led many charges against the rioters, sometimes on horse back and some times on foot. He never failed to clear the streets. He would rush among a group of rioters, beat them -with his sword and send them flying. Fre quently the mob would tire of crying “death to autonomy,” “death to Blanco,” and would roar, “long live Arelas.” Then Arelas would reply with a string of vigor ous oaths and would scatter the rioters. He had genpine popularity with the Ha vana populace. It difl npj; quail before him. but it yielded to the general who could abuse it so heartily. In spite of his roughness General Arelas was also popular with his soldiers. ASSASSINATION Os the Ex-King of Servla At tempted on Two Oc casions. By Associated Press. London, Nov. 18. —A special dispatch from Bucharest says that two attempts were made recently upon the life of the ex-king of Milan of Servia. It appears that on a train a number of peasants attacked the fprpier king’s oar With pistnls and stopes, smasheq tbe win dows and wounded some members of his suite. Later, at Nice, a man dressed as a student and armed with a revolver en tered the king’s bed room, but was ar rested before he could attack the ex-king. GRESHAM MEMORIAL Hospital Will Be Opened by the First of January, Judge T. B. Gresham, of Baltimore, the donator of the Gresham Memorial Hospi tal, which is now under constrnotion, was In the city Thursday. He left yeaterday for Sparta, but will return to Macon to morrow. While here he will be shown the hospi tal building, which, during the past few weeks has been going up rapidly, and will be completed by the first of January. Judge has cot peea ia the eit£ la some time and has not yet seen the build ing which is to bear his mime. The build ing w«hen ornupleted will be one of the handsomest in the city. A large force of hands 'have been at work on it for the past two weeks and the Hospital Association, which has the work in dharge, hopes to have t'he work com pleted by the first of January. No arrangements have been made yet for the dedication services. Mr. Campbell King, in speaking of the matter this morning said that the exact rime had not ■been set, but he thought that it would probably be some time in January. He said that the exerehses would be very sim ple and that he did not know yet just what the exercises would consist of. With the new hospital the city will have ample room to accommodate about fifty patients, and there will a 100 'be rooms lor people who wish private treatment. SUNRISE MEETING Will Be Held at Centenary Church Tomorrow Morn ns. In connection with the series of inter esting anniversary exercises of Centenary •Methodist church, which are to be held in the church tomorrow, the Macon Union of Epworth Leagues will hold a sunrise prayer service, beginning promtply at 6 o’clock, which will be conducted by Miss Mary Cullen White, of Hawkinsville. Ga. Miss White 'is the second vice president of the Georgia State Epworth League, an enthusiastic Epworth Leaguer and a young lady of great versatility of talent, which bespeaks an interesting and helpful meeting. The publiic generally is invited. GOOD RECORD Made on the Health of the Troops in Phil pines. By Associated Press. Washington, Nov. 19.—The ronowing has been received by the war ttepartmeit: Manila, Nov. 19. Adfutant General. Washington, D. C.—The following deatns (have occurred since the last report: Jay A. Smi'th. private, company G, ot First South Dakota, of .apoplexy toHowung (malarial fever. (Signed.) Otis. The war department officials say the re port showing such a small death rate among the soldiers is extremely gratify ing and indicates the improved condition of Manila. That only one death should occur in 20,000 tropos in a week or ten days is very surprising. The department 'believes that there has been a great improvement dm 'the health conditions of th Philippines. ANNIVERSARY DAY At Centenary—A Full Program, Beginning With Sunrise Service. Tomorrow will be celebrated as anni versary Sunday by the church and Sabbath School at Centenary. The year just clos ing has been a very prosperous one with thlis church and the services of the day are likely to be of a Thanksgiving character. The church has been beautifully decora ted by a committee of ladies under the di rection of Mrs. W. F. Elder. The day be gins with a sunhise prayer meeting led by Miss White and Mrs. Watts, of Hawkins- Ville, Mr. Bussey, of Sycamore, and other visiting leaguers. At 9:45 class meeting— live expressions from live Christians. At 11 a. m. anniversary sermon by Dr. J. W. Roberts, of Wesleyan; 3 p. m. Birthday Service of Sunday 'school; 7:30 p. m. con secration service, morFdelay May Be Made Necessarv in Paris Negotiations, By Associated Press. Paris, Nov. 19. —The American .peace commissioners today have been closely en gaged in formulating the terms pf an im portant communlicatipn Jo be made to the Spanish commissioners next week. It is impossible at present, however, to determine whether the work will be com pleted for presentation on Monday or Tuesday, thaough it 'is believed the Amer icans will be ready on Monday. . While the Americans fully appreciate the necessity for making progress, they are also under the necessity of taking very great care of the preparation of whalt may ■possibly be the conclusive record in these negotiations. The Spanish commissioners consumed a week in the preparation of the last memorandum, but the Americaps will not require so long a tipie, and 'at present the c}elay will ujtiipatfly prove to have peep advantageous. arbYtratFon Is Suggested bv the Spaniards on the Protocol Clause. By Associated Press. Washington, Nov. 19.—1 t was not until a late hour last evening that the last par agraph of the long translation of the Spanish reply which was presented to the American peace commissioners last Wed nesday was deciphered at the state de partment, and most of the members’of the eabSpet wepe not aware of the full con tents of the document urttil today, when they were called to the White House. It appeared that in addition to the long argument which intended tp show thpt word “Disposition” used In tq the Philippines megny eqnjet|ppg e|sp, th? Spanish note djtj ipeluqe 4 preposition to submit the Philippines clause of the prpc toeel to the interpretation of an arbitrator, Another cablegram followed 'the first long message at this time directly from Judge Day, seeking instructions definitely on some points to be made in the Ameri can answer. These Instructions have been sent forward, and it may be stated thait they are precisely in line with the policy the American commissioners are pursuing, up to this point. Mr. Day made no mention of any in tention on the part of the comrpi>slon tq adjourn thedr session gelt for today with out transacting any business, but in v4ew gs the fact that final instructions were pcpt so recently a? to afford insufficient time for putting them In form, u is be lieved to be probable that nothing will be done at today’s session. There are several matters of real impor tance though not ranking with the Philip pine question, to be treated by the com missioners, but the Instructions to the Americans is net to call up these at the present, or until the main pending issue relative to the Philippines has been set tled, in order to avoid complicating the proceedings. In the event that the commissioners dis agree totally at their next meeting on the Philippines, there will be no discussion erf any of these subsidiary questions, but In the other event, namely, that the agree ment be reached in the Philippine dispo sition of these matters may be expected to consume at least one of two additional sessions. One of these subjects concerns the restoration of trade relations between j Spain aad the United States. DUR STATE S FINANCES. 1 ■ Governor Atkinson Takes a Turn at it and Gives Some Advice. f EASILYjIANDLED He Says, and There Need Be No Great and Wholesale Retrenchment. TALKS 01 THE TM DODGERS Who Are, No Doubt, He Says, Re sponsible for a Good Part of the Trouble in State Treasury. By Associated Press. Atlanta,Nov.l9 —‘In view of the fact that ex-Governor Northen has given his views upon the state’s finances the Journal ask edex-Governor Atkinson to discuss the question with which the legislature is now. wrestling. “What do you think should be the plan adopted by the general assembly in dealing with financial legislation for (he next two years?” “There is nothing in the present finan cial status of the state to make any one nervous who understands what t'he con dition really is. The problem presented is not more difficult than others which have been presented and solved by every general assembly for twenty years. I am willing to discuss the question from the standpoint of the citizen and the taxpayer if it is thought that by so doing I can aid in disclosing the exact condition of our finances and pointing out the proper legis lative policy. In dealing with financial problems we should carefully avoid sen sationalism and deal with facts. The ef fort which has the support of such power ful influences to reduce the school fund $400,000 should fail. “The highly sensational manner in which the state’s financial condition is being discussed, and the exaggerated statements which are being made will, I think, warrant the conclusion that there is a determined effort to wage war upon Confederate pensioners and common schools, and induce legislation tinirleiuiiy to these interests Which could not be se cured by fair discussion and a full state ment of the facts. The method of dis cussion adopted by some is unfair and un just to the members of the "eneral as sembly which have proposed and passed our present laws on finance. “The discussion started with the pro position 'that there was a deficit in the treasury of one and a half million dol lars. Than the fact came out that the state had met every appropriation and every obligation, had $275,000 on hand now, and would have, hr ter paying the amounts appropriated for the balance of this year, nearly three-quarters of a mil lion dollars. Since the appearance of these facts the discoverers of the one and a half million dollar deficit haye disap peared. “It -was then claimed that because the treasurer had submitted an estimate of receipts and expenditures in 'whjoh it ap peared that to pay the suggested appro priation would require an Increase of the 'tax rate that, therefore, there was a de ficit in the treasury. “It is at once seen that this imaginary deficit was the result of imaginary legis lation, that the general assembly might or might not make the appropriations sug gested in the treasurer’s estimate, that it would certainly not appropriate more than the sum it would require to be paid into the treasury, and that this estimate of the treasurer for 1899 included about $200,000 more than was actually spent during the last year of my administration. Haying abandoned the claim that there was a de ficit of one and one-half million’ dollars in a treasury which had paid every claim, and had now on hand two hundred and fifteen thousand in cash, it is now said that there will be an eighty thousand dol lar deficit after paying qll elahps tp July 1, 1899. To find even this alleged deficit of eighty-four thousand in midsumer, at the time of the year when the treasury is the poorest, there has been included in the es timate of the amounts to be drawn out of in addition to the amount of regular ap propriations made for 1898, which have not been and may not be made, and $267,- 350 aditional, which is not payable until after that time. This does not take into account a number of other items which should be and by the general assembly doubtless will be changed. “The question as to how to meet fu ture appropriations which may be mad« by the present general assembly mw be met by that body. The generis as .sembl v must determine for itself ipr’ what pur poses it will appropriations, what amounts, jpd h\>w to raise the money to meet such appropriations as they become due, The amount of appropriations must: be determined on the merits of each pro-' posed expenditure. That we may levy the lowest possible tax rate. not one dollar should be refused Wh|oh ft is the duty of the state (q PPiHe, o.r by making which we piay promote the public good to an extent which will justify the expenditure df the amount invested. The advocates of the policy of carrying Urge amounts in the treasury ip excess of the amount ac tually needed are at variance with sound business methods and with the settled policy of this state. The state receives no money other than what is paid by its citizens, and not a dollar should be tak from them any sooner than the che state demands. It has Lot h ~ S. 0 ' ,hI VT e “ p ' ; » up’in.n, o lara or which it naj! no ne€f } > or bi >t n, Uee<J ln ne4r fut hre. To nile up IB the treasury on January 1 of each' year enough money to pay all appropriations and obligations of the state for the entire year would be to deprive the citizen of the use of his money to fatten the bank* as they alone could profit by such a pol icy. The business man who would on January 1 withdraw* from his business and hold in reserve all the money which would be needed to pay his expenses and taeet his obligations for the entire year would b sent to the asylum. As near as practicable money shuold be allowed to remain in the pockets of the people until Under an ideal tax system the state’s ma turing obligation and the dollar to. pay it would meet as they came into the treas ury. Do you think there is a necessity for legislation to so adjust our finances that a temporary loan in summer when there « no large revenue coming into the treas ury can be avoided'*" “This was eveident to members of th* general assembly when the plan of the legislature to raise $400,000 to advance to the succeeding year to pay teachers failed because of a defect in the act. Full information of the condition of the treas ury was transmitted to me by the general assembly. The statement in my message that it had been necessary to borrow $300,000, and the transmission to the gen eral assembly of the treasurer’s report, gning receipts and expenditures for the of reeV i r Xr W " S dnd ,able of "Smales ...ehJ ? ,f 114 expenditures for 1899, fur wi'h 1 Wh* I, lllforn,a,i °n of B condition with which, 1 believed then and now believe, the members of the general assembly muirely capable of daling k?. . ’ the Purpose of the general assembly in is 96, when it provided for increasing the school fund for 1898 $406 000 to raise the first $400,000 in 1897 to be Pa.’.d out un the school fund of 1898?” r -V is what jt attempted to do, d the failure to do this presents to this general assembly he duty of dealing with a -condition resulting therefrom. The in its tax act - Provideel tot a levj of 214 mills for the school fund ea J? h lh “ calculating that ri u would bring into the state ireas ur.v one million dollars in 1897 and one million doilars in 1898. As it appropriated only $(>00,000 for the year»lß97. it was their idea to have the $400,000 excess rais n.in l 2 > " Sed il ‘ IS9S * hav « she $400,- raiseJ 111 1898 go over to the credit of the treasury for use in 1899. It over e faCt tJlat under The law * “nless 1 b aut hoHzed to do otherwise, the ts' y for 1897 w °uld have to lie so fixed iy he governor and comptroller-general * to taise the amount appropriated for that year only. This special authority non f l s eD ’ 1?or this reason onl >’ ♦6OO-- 000 could be levied in 1897 for the school rund, and on account of this omission or defect the $400,000 taxes which is purposed to be raised in 1597 could not be collected. Therefore, when the million dollar appropriation went into effect m 1898 we did not have this $400.- 100, which it was expected would be brought over from 1897, and were com pelled to use the $400,000 collect.* 1 m 1898. ; ei / legislative scheme failed, its u - x>n finances of the state were readily foreseen'. The power, however to remedy this, after the law ha.d gone Vino P , roviding for Paying <”H the $400,000 additional for schools, was in the general assembly alone and there was power nowherfe else to apply the remedy. The members of the general assembly at its second session In 1897 had knowledge of the ineffectiveness of their attempted tax levy for the extra $400,000 for that year, and the plan was proposed to avert coming trouble by a repeal of the $400,000 for 1898. This, however, was not done, presumably because it preferred to leave to their successors the responsibil ity of applying the remedy. This con dition does not, however, affect the ques tion of how to fix a tax rate to raise the amounts appropriated by this general as sembly for 1899. The amount of money it. appropriated will determine the rate of tax levy necessary to raise it. This condition does, however, seriously affect the question of whether or not the revenue raised, even though sufficient to meet the year’s expenses, will enable the state to avoid a loan or a delay in the payment of some of its obligations until taxes are collected." Has the failure of the legislative scheme to collect the $400,000 in *1897 for ue.e this year been the cause of any em barrassment during the year?” “Yes; the first difficulty oresented by the failure to put into 4he treasury the $400,000 which the legislature expected to raise in 1897 to be paid out in 1898 had to be met by the governor 'When the third quarterly payment for feachers became w due in July last. ‘While there was an in creased amount to come into the treasury from the direct tax, it could not reach it until the latter part of the year. Not ! withstanding this amount was $400,000, it was only necessary when informed by the treasurer’s letter of the necessity for a loan, to borrow $200,000 in anticipation of half the increased appropriation which was to be placed in the treasury as the direct tax came in. As the public already knows. I borrbwed the money for the purpose of paying the teachers the $200,- 000, at 2'4 percent., and the banks, having the sinking fyqd on deposit, paid interest on $100,Q0« of this $200,00. The state paid the_interest on only one 'hundred thou sand at the rate,of 2*s. perocy/. per °n num for five months only, iiils is the manner in which the first difficulty was met. The general assembly can now pro vide against future embarrassment grow ing out of the failure of the legislative plan to pay the $400,000 into the treasury the year before it is to be used in pay ment of teachers. “I suggest that the following correc tions should be made in the estimate of the treasure of receipts to July 1. The estimated receipts should he increased to the following amounts: Fertilizer lees, which can be placed in treasury before July 1, sub,ooo; insurance tax, $27,000; which the comptroller says can be put in treasury by July 1, and $14,236.33 from li quor tax. “The estimated expenditures should be decreased to the folowing amounts: Mil itary fund, $10,o0o; penitentiary appropri ation, $55,000; special appropriation, SIOO,- 000. Salaries of officers Which are not paid before July 1, but on and after that date, and therefore, havh no place in this estimate, $35,000; public institutions, $62,- 350, which is a full estimate of the amounts due up to October 1, and is du ring this season of the year paid monthly. 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St>me members of the American military force attempted to arrest the natives, but the latter resHsted, and Sergeant Price, of the 'Minnesota regiment, was stabbed and killed. Three other American soldiers. iMaher, Hoyt and Montgomery. Maher shot one of the natives dead. The others w r ere arres ted. , The Spanish cruisers Isla de Cuba and Isla de Luzon, sunk during the battle of Manilla, have been floated and docked at Cavite. The United States revenue cutter McCullough has left Manila on the way ’ home. The Philippine provinces suffered from the severest typhoon in years. Malaylos, the headquarters of Aguinaldo, was dam aged and many villages were destroyed. The merchants of this city have decided to establish a chamber of commerce, which, iby Spanish law, they were pre viously precluded from doing. CRIMINAL OOCKLI Will Be Taken Up in the Superior Court on Monday. The criminal docket will be taken up in the superior court on Monday morning. 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