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ESTABLISHED 1884 NO’FRUIT • FOR FRANCE I Trees and Their Products from the United States Refused Admission. AfRAID OF SAN JOSE SCALE Little Difference to be Made With i OurTrade 5 as We Do Little Business With Her. By Associated Frees. Faris, De?. I.—The Journal Ollie lei to~ publish*, a decree for bxki ng the es~ Into France of fruit and plants ! from the H?nlted States. dispatch from Washington of November 2fcib, announce I <hat the French charge ■Q’afia.ry, M. Thie bault, advised Secretary* Hay that the French pjw rrtrnenr was upon the point of adopt iug “ pre? a.u tio nar y m res” against >:.he introduction into France from die United Stages of the San Jose scale, adding tha; de.-reea would be issued pro hibiting the Importation. of trees, shrubs and plants from the (’niterl Stages and re quiring the Inspect Jon of ail fruits, fresh and di it d, at the port. M. TdiiciM.uk pointed nut th. t. theae jntjsun s were quite i ruinate ria.! as affect ing the general trade from th? L'nited States >:o Fian-t*. as the shipment of -rees, plants an i slirubo last aggregated only 4323 and -those of fruit only $40,(»0v. BESEECHING THE QUEEN . Reform in Commercial Business Asked For. rlea for Prisoneis. By Asso-iiVcd Press. London. Dee. I— a special dispatch from Al ad rid a y A delega*jan <v Spanish ■ham'tr r of ' •tominnw had an am flence with the Queen UegciK and prtsvmt'd her majesty with .. jjetition ' n fp.v&r -of ■ reforms. The lelega iion also u iked the Queen Regent to inter cede for he feiea.se of .he Spanish prison ers in tlie Philippines and the Pardon of Filipinos who have been transported to iSpain. • - —— QUAY MUST STAND TRIAL . The Court Refuses to Accept His Demurrers to Indictment. By Associated Press. Phila.de! r>h >a. Dee. I. In t.he quarter sessions caui't today in <he eonsttviraev case of l aired States Senator Quay and vtmrs Judge Findlay dDmisael all .no tions entered by the defendants" counsel against the live indictments found by the grand jury and ftxt .1 a December date tor beginning trial. SUPERIOR COURT. Verdict of Assault With Intent to Murder Against Simmons. The grcind jury at its seoion yesterday found .i verdict of assault with intent to murder agilns:. W. S. Simmons, who shot iha negro soldier a few nights ago. Nothing of importune transpired in she court today, as no session was held. INSURGENTS - AGAINST US i Will Not Recognize Cession of Phillipines to the United States. By Associated Press. Madrid. Dec. I.—Advices from the Phil ippine Islands say that the insurgents are decided not. to recognize the cession of the island -to the United States and will resist to the last, ft is claimed that the ' I'nied Suites wili require 70,000 troops to nut down the rebellion and it is alleged that the insurgents hold 10,000 Spanish prisoners, whom thev will force to serve against the Americans. SMITH WINS THE SHOOT. St. Douis. Dec. 1. —The live bird match ‘ at Dupont. Park btween Dr. J. W. Smith I of St. Louis and Dr. Knowlton at luO live birds for tIOO a side has resulted in a vic tory for Dr. Smith by a score of 98 to SB. Dr. Smith killed 99 birds, bitt unfortun- j Mely one of the feathery dropped dead out of bounds. ‘Dr. Smith’s run of 98 in 100 is the best live bird score made | in the United States this year. . ASTOR'S .BENEVOLENCE. By Associated Press. t London. Dec. 2 —William Waldorf Astor ■ donated $25,000 to the fund being raised at (he instance of General Lord Kitchener io found the Gordon Memorial College at Khartoum* for the purpose of educating ihe inhabitants of Soudan.’ THE MACON NEWS. THAT WORRYSOME TREATY Thought S w>H be Reached this Week. By Associated Par s, 2 —Wark cf <he peace rom noi&.Con pro-celing rapidly and unle: a ■ ; there 1 .r r.r-irj cc.ed hitch the treaty ' v-'RI b ! within a week. The joint ' teflon rca.S'mbTed at 3 o’clock this after- i I noon. General V.'..~p-y jderrkt. who arrived i yesterday from Du ; lon, v.ns in c.m.'uka- I lion, with* the American commisaion all .he ajorakjg rHarive to ennditions and i necessarj’ mea-ires for the Philippine is ' land.-. Merritt expects to sail for New I York December 1 and hopes to resume his duties in California or New York until his I rcDrement months hence. Major ii.ip General Merritt’s staff. n./A here, oelicves "he United States hav ,mg ’aken no Philippine Islands, will now . have no :i , : jie in securing ihe release of the Spaniards ;vho arc held prisoners by Agulnaido. CLOTHING FACTORY BURNED. A Concern Destroyed Because of the Snow Blocked in the Streets of New York. —-- By Associated Press. New ’York, De?. 2 —The seven story granite building at Worster and Third streets, was destroyed hy lire today’ Lose $185,00€. There was much delay iju get ting the fire engines to the scene of the ■ conflagratioTj owing to the snow in the • s.reets. While tae omlding was burning a heavy explosion jc. urred in it, from what 1 cause is not known. The building was occupied as a edbthrag and cap manufac turing cun- +-rn. A HELPLESS SHIP. Found in Mid Ocean and Towed to Harbor by a Friendly Vessel. By Associated Press. 1 PhiladtlphtT Dec. 2 —Ti<;* American line .-• .?a:nsh;o rswAzerland, Antwerp for Pniladflphi? which passed in the Dela j ware f-anes th’.s morning had. in tow the I olla k Rinllghi ship, which she picked up-alriiL ye.-terday. The lightship was lo eat‘d»ofi -pe New England coast at the entrance to Nantucket sound. It is robabie 3 lost her anchor during Sunday m-urn'hg's blizzard and had there foi e tirifu ? helplessly to sea, more than ’-b’-ee days before berag picked up by the Swi zt 11c A RIGHTEOUS CELEBRATION I- . ’ trnperot .< a jcig Joseph o! Austria Scatter ing Pardons Right and Left. I r. By Associated P?ess. Vienna. Det-. 2 —Emperor Francis Joseph , on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his 3' i'ession to the throne, occurring .emurrow. .vfll grant full amnesty to all lese majeste prisoners and remit the re mainder of the sentences of 540 other prisoners. j UNIVERSITY BURNED Destruction of the Lincoln Normal, a Ne braska institution. By Associated SPress. , Lincoln, Neb. Dee. 2—Fire today de,s- X'°L € - , !aaifl bulldin- of the Lincoln ■ - tni'veriity, three miles from rhe . e.ty. Dess tDOO.OOO. insurance $25.C00. FAVORABLE report. Nicaraguan Cana! Commission say the , Lake Level Will Present No Difficulty. By Associated Press. Washing on, 'Tie •_ i.—The Nicaraguan • . of which Admiral Walker, i:s president, is hurrying forward its work with a view to presenting a report by the time co»<ress meets or some time thereafter. .In avry event is is passible .that I a siEnmary of the findings w.il be made known :o the president for Bin. a use, if any, as he desires to make at ,it in his message* to congress. An impor- ■ tan: technical piece of work just eomplet- I cd by the commission I<s a chart’ showing i for :he fin;:, ime the level of Lake Nica- i I rague fur every day of an entire year, es- ■ • tabliching a basis for the siize and vharac- I ter of the dams, lotos, et?. The observa- I i lions show that the lake level is about ! ; 103 L. for the above sea level in Alay and I i 107 in October, those being the extreme ! months. This reverses the usual calcula- I lions of deep water in spring and is due to the rainy season of the tropics, which I j comes late in the summer. The observe- | lions are regarded by the camm’ssion *as 1 very favorable in their influence on the canal project as u whole. TREMENDOUS LOSSES. Estimated That the North Atlantic Storm Caused the Loss of a Million. By Associated Press. New York. Dec f 1. —The marine under writers of -bis city say that the losses sustained by their companies as the re- I suit of the storm beginning last Saturday j will probably amount in the aggregate to ‘ something more than $1,000,000. Owing I . to the lank of different data of a trust- i I worthy < haracter ir. will be some days before a definite statement of the full ex- | teat of the :asses can be made. There • w.ll be. in ail likelihood, a large amount | of salvage realized from the wrecks. ■ Must, g: the vessels carrying insurance | were ewered to the full amount of their , value, though .saine of the smaller craft I known to have been lost were uninsured. > i The premium charges for the different I vessels upon which insurance will be paid varied considerably, and they were not in any case abnormally, high for this season |of the *car. There is yet no truth iu the I i ’ ;<ort that it has aeen decided to increase i rates as a result of the losses for the last I few years. When, however, the full effect of upon marine risk shall have I been .tscenained, the whole matter of i rates mav come up before the American I Institute of Marine Uoilerwriters. * MACON NEW? THURSDAY DECEMBER x ,898. Second Edition, 4 P, 111, THE OS’ ESTIMATE Os Today’s Voting at 2:30 O’clock-RemarltaDly Good Order at tire Polls—Some Reoeatlny fl Few arrests—ladles Working at ttie Polls-Large Negro Vote-fl Close Contest. Ihe News base made a careful and this afternoon. e-—v tn .he voting up to 2:30 vole, winch, of course, made rhe voting very At a r^.onn^n 1 ” 118, I from the polls, and have simply sung*iymns. oUeieJ Mnd' T n ° Vel an<l radi - ; .li-.hlon was wtt : •h.i nn ' , a: < ’’ ClOOk ’ "' hen ;w6!v - £ ?ca Udi « directly ro So far “ZculdT" ' aDd voter., both while and black, h-o i.Li *a.». CGiiiii be seen, howeve’’ ‘hp>ir Findlay's a band struck up in nppo<-' unavailing. At : Promptly silenct - d by c , rtain poHAmJn ™ i ladies were treated w-ith the prop-r r€spe- £n< i rj ' erj " aere the la a lady-like manner " U ‘" sa aa ueted themself | ’ In fact good order has been one of the remarks features of the day at ea-h pieemct AXh.le there has beer, mueh e Qa ll C ng..-. e . and, r.o doubt, eome repeat fug. to..ay s e.ectiou does not differ materially from others in the latter respect The ' av '" be ’ n *' e:i spo:te - ! - However, and they w.li be and should be punished t lhe repeat.n K is being done mainly by negroes wb . . t t,e wet X“ , o . per cent or the negro vote will be against pr .h T 2„ othe- 2d. T nhottt WO negro votes and say they have b. 2 .'2 J-2 S '? e °° Unt gallv rs o.i-rpr ( 1 Th t i ” ‘ >lB negroes who were ille- «<uiy iered. The total negro - ’ and fnlb 2,D0 negro votes will be oast ■“ ' .„.?h “ l - th * °° Urt 3101156 iS Si ° W dt about one hour I and a hall to vote after getting in line. The voting .there, as at all the other city I •“ 8 VOnd “‘, te< ’ ln VO!enß ‘“ iDS up unt “ !he >’ <»eir bal- to.K BulK.men are on hand to prevent, crowding, ami more system was never any eleotton ever held in this county. Tms ■» especially true at the court , .-otwe, where .policemen are stationed almost at the edge of the sidewalk a-d re- I -OSO to let anyone pass in unless in line. The prohitotionista were at the court house ns early as 4:30 o'clock this morning stole a mn«h on she ■n .orrntng a line. The latter, however. r«a lily in this arrangement I and. whiie rhe voting ha. been stow. Khas been anally otderiy. It is “ n “ I win get about =OO molarity at the court hou2 *° t s au ”" S ,he af < c ™oo=. The Vinevllto --oters are mainlv responsible for this majority at .the court Jrouae. ‘ lor \ot<? at t.ho court re/if h. ’■ u-- /• i c t . o o clock, of which number prohibitionists should have 650 voces. The taw order and the same system of iintug up prevails at the Second street proc,norms: across from the count bouse where only citizens of the upper city are lere ot which lhe work aetivdy amon g the voters. Om emet D y 2:30 o’clock 500 should be against prohlbßtar Pre ” v.r ' A< F *^ ay S the order has been about rhe sam-e at the City Hall. About 600 mC 1 r be , lt LhlS precj - n&t - of Which ’he antis will have 400 * lae other at. Godfrey precinct has been fairly g-ood and -he wp a /i warat-faster than elsewhere. Godfrey will -oU .bout 500 vote/ bbe antis will get 300. A large body \ “2 ° tC ' a ’ ° f Whlcn nrceincr. by voting the prohibition ticket. r^ljOad men a eurpn.se at this The A " The Ci Nhe the pr ° hibi ;. ionisrs kad pollei Practioaßy their full Vote'in East' The other county districts, Howard. Hazard. Warrior and Rutland will nouTn a” about 4ao votes. The total registi-ation :n all -these districts is 527. Warrior , wlu probably give rhe antis about 25 majorTy, Howard will go the other way about majuius. Hazaid about 30, and Rutland i,s ico close to be estimated. The prohibi- Uon.ists can safely count on a majority o.' 100 in :he four districts With these facts and figures before it The’News’ consolidated Estimate ar 2 30 o clock is as folows: ’ j Precinct. - . , .. , Court House T rt ’° tC ’ Dry idly Hull ••-••——-••••••••••••.. £>■> 400 250 East. Macon C qq . 2 00 t ;T° ta J’. 3,900 2.400 1,500 All Oliver preeracts 9 - v Toul ttajorjiy ‘Tor ths Sale,” 800. i THE ANTIS WILL WIN BY OVER EIGHT HUNDRED. Will Go to the Couurt House With Nearly 1,000 Votes in Their Favor—Complete Returns from Six Out of Ten Precincts. A. 2:30 o'clock six of the .tea precincts had peen heard from. The vote was rap idly counted a.; each precinct and The Meets secured ;he corr£c . CMnt M as it had been completed. A representative was rationed at each voting place, and there Is no doubt of the aeeoraey of the figures secured The count hs completed, seems ta fully The News’ estimate made ar -30 o clock, although, of course, the figures are slightly changed. Up to the hour of clos ing the polls no disor of any consequence had t arred at any of rhe precinct At 3 o’clock both sides concentrated their energies at the court house and the line there was still deep at 3:30 o’clock, T*he prohibitionists, however, had about spent their forces, and iris generally conceded rhat of the two on -three hundred votes that will go in before 6 o’clock, two on: of every three will be wet vo’ee At 5:30 o’clckk SSO votes had been polled e: the our* house, of which number the pnaibitionisas probably have 200 majority, wni h inay be slightly reduced be *he antis (before night. , J The completed returns from the other are as follows: Ci v Hall ' TOnil ’ Wet ’ Dr y- ' Findlay. - 43 443 . e : T.TI.T.-iTTT... I::: '.'.. .y u ? „ T ° U1 * 2.936 1,996 940 Court House (estimate.) I>oso 450 600 Rutland. Hazard, Warrior, (estimated) 300 130 jyg THE THIRD IMFANTRY. Prepared to Go Either to the Philippines or to Cuba. i By Associated Press. i St. Paul, Dec. 1. —Co lead Pag?, cf the Third United States Infantry, today re sumed his position in command of that i regiment at Ft. Snelling, after several months illness as a result of the Santiago ■ campaign. For his excellent retard and i gallantry In that campaign he was made a brigadder general of volunteers?, from which position he later retired and.now resumes his rank in the regular army. The Thi.J regiment ha% been prepared ' for duty in a warm climate, but whether I it means the Philippines, as reported from | San Franei-seo, or Cuba, is unknown here. A DEPLORABLE DEATH The Child of Mr. and Mrs. Manly B. Cur ry Looses Its Lite by Burning. The many friends of Major and Mrs. Manly B. Curry in ?.lacon were inexpres sibly shocked to learn today of the death j by burning of Virginia Lamar Bacon Cur i ry, the daughter of Major and Mrs. Manly j B. Curry, in Atlanta yesterday. It is to be I explained that there was practically no fire in the grate. There were only smold . ering embers. Besidec the grate was pro -1 tected by a high fender. The child had ! the fender away and in all probability | thrust a bit of paper into the dying coals She was only 16 months old but exceed ingly vigorous. When the mother rushed upstairs upon the alarm, the child was in the middle of the room with its clothing ; in charred fragments. Its skin was blis tered but its death wao caused from the ( i inhalation cf flames. The garments w-. re iof light material, and the ignition was of course instant. Mrs. Curry, seizing the child, blistered her own hands and putting it 012 a bed . applied lard, after calling for ! every physician in the neighborhoad. it I had net been left alone but for a few mo ments. The body reached the city yesterday morning and the funeral will take place from the residence cf Senator Bacon in Baconsfield at 10 o’clock tomorrow morn ing. Rev. F. F. Reese and Rev. J. L. ■ White conducting the ceremony. The re mains will be buried in Riverside ceme- • tery and the pallbearers will be Messrs. 1 Arthur Wrigley, Monroe Ogden. Minter ! M imberly and one other gentleman to be j selected. i The child was the gran 1-daughter of i Senator A. O. Bacon and of Hon. J. L. M. j Curry. AT POLICE STATION. Court Was Postponed Untill Tomorrow Morning. Judge Freeman called the court to order i this morning and found that there were : only two cases on the docket. He an ! nounced that he would adjourn until to morrow morning at 10 o’clock. The only two caees were those against George Burkett for carrying concealed weapons and George Sangree for imper i sonating aci officer. Sangree was allowed to go until tomorrow and Burket was re- Ifused bond. LOUDLY CHEERED. By Associated Press. Berlin, Dec. 2 —The Emperor and Em press of Germany arrived here from Pots dam today to review the guards corps. Them majesties were loudly cheered and on arrival at Brandenberg gate were wel i corned by Burgomaster Kirschner in be half cf the city. GATE CITY ALRIGHT. By Associated Press. Savannah, Dec. I.—/The Ocean Steamship | Company’s steamer, Gate City, from Bos- • ton, passed this morning. MORE BOATS LOST. By Associated Press. j Philadelphia, Dec. I.—Nothing has been learned of the fate of rhe barge Enos Soule, which parted from the tow cf the Orion, Sunday, or of the schooner City cf Augusta, which parted a hawser and was blown to sea Monday. Grave fears are entertained for the safety of the City of Augusta, with a crew of eight, and of the Enos Soule, with four men on board. SIGBEE’S SHIP. By Associated Press. ’ New York, Dec. I.—The United States j battleship Texas, in command of ('apt. , Sigsbee, sailed today for Fortress Mon j roe. CHESTER IS ALL RIGHT. By Associated Press. Savannah, Dec. 2—The transport Ches- j ter with the Fifteenth United States in- | fantry on board sailed- this morning for Cuba. CANDY FACTORY BURNED. By Associated Press. Canajoharie, N. Y., Dec. 2—The candy factory of the Pettit Manufacturing Com pany was destroyed by fire today. Loss $50,000. AFTER THE MAD MULLAH. By Associated Press. Bombay, Dee. 2—Two British brigades i have been ordered to Swat Valley owing to the Mad Mullah’s successes over the local tribesmen. The finest and most tasteful umbrellas at the mast reasonable prices at Stevens* jewelry store. PRICE THFfrE CENTS 1 SIGN Os PROSPERITY Splendid Start for the New Year in the Steel / Trade. ORDERS PIEITI, PRICE low Tin Has Been Moved Up by Specu lators—Building Warships Af fects the Market Favorably ' By Associated Press. New York. Dec. I—ln its review of trade conditioner the Iron Age today says: “The event of the week cas been the heavy selling of steel rails, the total foot ing up close to 7'IOjOOO ions, which Is a splendid start for next ytax. A good deal of erroneous information has been spread concerning the trade. The fact is. as ex plained more fully elsewhex^e.’that there has been a very sharp struggle between | the eastern and wee tern mills, each group i invading .be territory of the other, with I the result ;At low prices have been made : wherever mcmars of the contending I groups met. The western mills arc re i ported have levelopcd into a ‘geixtle | man's agreement’ as to maintaining prices ! in the ?ome territory while the east was ?to be a battleground. They have secured ' orders aggregating about 20,000 tons out of a total placed of.about 150,000 tons. The eastern mills on their part have been in vading the west aril have captured work. Undet .he circumstances prices have been irregular, although it is probable that the greater part of the orders taken east and I west, have ba;i at only a moderate con i cession. But to speak of an advance is i premature to say the least. “Large as has been the tonnage cf rail.-, placed, it is only a part of the require ments even in the markt t. Many large system.? rave not yet closed, although they arc known to be tn the market. 'The char i actor of the orders placed, and of the in • quiries in hand, makes it pretty certain j that. next year will exceed 2,000.000 gross i tons’, if indeed it does not exceed- the re cord of 1887. That means a heavy con- I sumption of raw material, which to the trade at large is the most important fea ture of the rail situation, “Althouga there is some complaint of shading of prices in some lines of finished iron and steel, the industry is passing through the dullest season of the year in !an admirable manner. The consumption is holding up exceptionally well, to judge from the course of events in ;he cruder product?. i Bessemer pig :n Pittsburg has advanced I under sales of ?ome magnitude which i clear up the outside iron and leave the producers association in 'oz-trol of the market. There have been large .-ales, also of basic p?g iron, both in the central west and in eastern Pennsylvania. ;h< aagre- i gate being close to t.j.000 tons. B lletts too are stronger while there has be t n even a little movement in wire Yods. -the latter having langatished with the general apathy in the wire trade. “There has been future heavy buying by car builders in the whole country the de man l frcm t .is quarter being exceeding ly be a ry. > “A number of rew =hips are to be placed v.’iih lake ra”ds and Nevzpart News has just taken three vessels, two of them jof exceptionally large size. The United States tin plate company have ordered al) I the workers in the combination to close down for the .transfer of the properties on j December 5. st> that, the reign of the great , consolidation is about to begin. I “Tin has been, again moved upward l sahrply by the speculators.” BIG BANK CONSOLIDATION. The Sixth National and Astor, of New York are Merged. By Associated Press. New York, Dec. .I—lt is’ announced that the negotiations that have been pending for some time for the absorption of the Sixth National Bank by the Actor Bank, will be consummated today at'a meeting of tne board of directors of the former in stitution. In talking about the transac tion, one of the Sixth Nationars directors said night:' The Astor and the Sixth Na tional banks will become oae tomorrow. The former lias bought cut rhe Sixih Na i tional, paying, it is said. $350 for eacn I share. All of the accounts, together with . the corps of clerks, will be at once trans j ferred to the Astor bank. The bank hao never been in a better financial condition. It has a large surplus, and numbers among its depositors some of the largest firms up town. The transaction will in no way in terfere with its business, which will con tinue to be carried on by the Astor bank. The sixta National Bank was opened on February 2Ur, 1564. with a capital of $200,000. and under a charter which per mitted its increase to $1,000,0003. The bank was wrecked on January 3b, 1890, by General P. J. Classen, -president of the bank, and George H. Pell. The manner in whfrch it was done created at the time a great sensation. Classen and Pell were both sent to prison. The finest and most tasteful umbrellas at rhe most reasonable prices at Stevens’ jewelry store.