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ESTABLISHED 1884 , 'stewards | DISMISSED Dr, T. A. Cheatham and W. G. Smith, of Mulberry Street Methodist. Il ELECTSON AFTER-CLAP. Will Talk as an Agreement Was Errtereo Into Not to Men tion the Matter. Ti>-re rumor on the streets today th* Effect that Dr. T. A. Cheatham and Mr \V. «G. Smith hav* been suspended T’tjm the board of steward® of the First Methodist church on account of the fact ’ n%.t they voted against pnobibition in the recent election. Dr. Pinson wa*. asked by The New® if <ih« rumor was true and be declined to say. He said, however, .that whatever action w<r, taken wa® ■satisfacbory to all line par ties concerned. •He also said that it. was a matter in > hich the public was not concerned, and arxiut which The News had no right. to i ask. His mind was promptly disabused on the latter point, however. Dr. I. A. < heatliam wa® also seen and he replied that they had agreed not to talk of the matter. He said, that the action taken was satisfactory to him and should be to his friends. The quarterly confer • ice of the Mulberry Street church was held Saturday night and it is thought from 'he answers given by the two above meu- Honed parti'c*. tiu.t the rumor is correct. It is known that both of the gentlemen were not im lawor o f prohibition and it is lought that .it was 'for this reason alone \ that they were suspended. But ’the reason v. hy it shouW be kept quiet is a mystery. MORE TROOPS TO CUBA. Transport Sailed Today For Pinar del Rio. : y Associated Press. r Savannah. Dec. 5. —The trantpori Min ewaska, wi’ih the Two Hundred and Sec 'x ond New York -sailed a: noon today for Pinar del Rml v Huntsville, Dec. s.—•'The Seven iV ’ cav % airy, intended fur the Cuban servic wiin ! • ;< seventh corps. leaves heiv? tomorrow. RAILWAY TAXES INCREASING Carriers Will Pay This Ye ar More Than $45,000,000 In Taxes. Washington. Dee. s—The railroads of the n ted States pay millions in taxes every ar. This year their total taxes will run •ip to more than $45.1005.(K0. While property as a rule is decreasing value and paying less taxes, the rail xxids are contributing more th air they • ver did before the support of the national. ♦ :ate. municipal and county governments. In the matter of stamps on bills of ..ding the railroads will pay more than :y other one interest into the treasury on ?.v -onnt of the war. Foreign investors are paying particular ■ attention to the Question of taxation in T’nited States. .The London Statist. F vi-'-eh is <an authority in England, said re- I fntly: is the local taxation imposed by counties and municipaliities which really heavy. We showed in a recent issue how serious it is and how rapidly it is growing. Undoubtedly, it ought to be checked. Perhaps the best way of dealing i equitably would be to follow the example »<et by the state of Wisconsin, which im poses a special state tax on the railways withlp its jurisdiction, but exempts them from all county and municipal rates. In any event, this question of railway taxa n 'ion in the United States requires slose watching and serious discussion. The If American people, we are quite aware, have I no wish to press unduly upon any interest. ■ but they are busy, and unless their atten- K lion is specially directed to the matter K they are apt to overlook a system which Pjglthreateus to become oppressive.” ’99 Ramblers. S4O. i ’*\ Typewriters. $15.00 up; freeh stock car % bon and ribbone. J. W. Shinholser. THE MACON NEWS. GREAT FIRE LOSS. fire Department of New York has to Face a Biaze in Sky Scrapers. i By .-Associated Prese. N< w York, Dec. J. —The fire which i wrecked .be 'buildings on the west s’le ot i Braodway Past night and this moning was the most spectacular as Well ah the roosi destructive that New York has known in years, it was also the first with which the d'-.partmen had to contend against 1 blaze 'll the upper stories of a modern ky scraps r. The Bogers & Peet building is a ruin with all the contests. It seems com plete. Considerable damage was done to the Postal Telegraph building although the ' top floor suffered most seriously. The loss I is over 11,000,000. WILL DEBATE. Mercer and the State University Sure to Meet. The Red and Black, the weekly college | journal of the University of Gtjorgiu, saye ; of the Mercer debate: On account of the failure of the two ! committees representing Georgia and Mer -1 cer to agree on the preliminary arrange ments for our annual debate the debate was 'bought to be off for ttjjs year. ißut the differences between the two commit tees have been rcont-iled eas-d the debate is a certainty. Th question under dispute is as fallows , Resolved, That a Permanent, Policy of ; Colonial Expansion would be Beneficial t the American People. Georgia wil rep -1 * sent the affirmative wfiiile Mercer will champion the negative. The preliminary contest 'to select Geor , gia s representatives! comes off on the third Saturday es this month, Dec. 17th, and many of the best speakers in the uni versity will try for places. MAIL ROBBER? SENTENCED Two Rascals Who Were in the Same Crime and Giv en the Same Sentence. I In the T*nit,-d Srnces court today Robert Jones ami Arthur Marshall, rhe two ne groes who were charged with robbing the mails at tire transfer office at the union depot, were found guilty and sentenced < five rears each in the penitentiary. , Artnur Marshall was arrested in July for lobbing the mails. It will be remem bered that be was caught With a decoy package of suspenders, and that at the time of his arrest he was wearing a pair of the suspenders that had been in -the package. Soon after his arrest Robert Jones was i appointed to his position. Jones did. not i wail isniiil .Marshaid had been punished be | fore he started the -same game and was caugat. As a result -both the negroes , were given tbe eame sentence to the pen itentiary for the same‘offense. They will be sent to the government prison at Ral eigh, N. C. Several civil cases were disposed of in : The court, tais morning, but nothing of , importance transpired. The grand jury completed Vs work Lite Saturday night and was dismissed. WITH HIS REGIMENT. Bryan's Men Meet Him at Depot and Es cort Him to Camp. , - >.ivanaah. Dec. Golonel William J. Bryan, ot the Third Nebraska regiment, J who has been in Lincoki Neb., on sick ■ leave for a mon'th. returned to Savannah j es.erday. The Third Nebraska, in com mand of Lieutenant ColoneJ Victor Vif quain, turned out in full numbers, headed by the regimental band, to meet their commander at the depdt. Crowds of peo ple gathered at the depot. Owing to the presence of the regiment and the coming of t olonel Bryan, and Sunday notwith standing. there were mud aud prolonged cheers for the Third Nebraska’s chief. Colonel Bryan gracefully acknowledged ■ the compliment by bowing to those around him and by greeting his officers with warm handshakes. Tbe regiment escorted him to rhe Ne- j j bras kan camp, where a new flag pole has ■ just been erected beside his tent, from • which the colors were flying in his honor, i All the way on the road out to the camp ; I the soldiers themselves, though marching ' : in line, loudly cheered their commander, i I and upon his arrival at camp he made ! I them a brief address, expressing his grat- 1 ification upon returning to them. This is the first time Colonel Bryan has been with bis men since they came to Savan nah. ”1 am glad to get back to my regimtyi.,” j Colonel Bryan said. 1 enjoyed being with my men and regretted that sickness com pelled me to leave. No. 1 have nothing to say on public issues. I have done all the talking 1 can do for the present. 1 I am glad to see our regimental banner has arrived and it will be unfurled with due ceremony. 1 regret that the motto of Ne braska, Equality Before the Law.' was left off of it, for that is a motto which should be before all men at all times. "There is absolutely nothing in the re- • port that a number of populists called on me to get me to change my views. The story originated from a conversation I had with one Democrat and nothing about a change of views was said." Colonel Bryan says he intends to go -to - Cuba with hie men and to stick to them ; throughout the service. MACON NEWS MONDAY DECEMBER 5 ‘ tSgS. MOHS Animated and Brilliant Scenes in Both the Chambers. GEN, WHEELER'S OVATION. Resolution Offered to Investigate Conduct of the War —Prayer for the Queen Regent, ' By Associated. Press. j Washington, Dec. s—ln the house exact ly at noon Speaker Reed’s gavel came down with a sharp crack. The great ebony mace was lifted into place upon the green marble pedestal. The spreading folds of Lhe American fkigs were broken to the ■ breeze and the House of Representatives entered upon the closing session of the mtmorabie wtr congress. The scene' in the great hall was animated, brilliant and picturesque. Shortly before noon Mr. Din gley., the floor leader of the majority, and Mr. Bai ley, the minority leader, came in simul taneously from the lobbies on their res pective -sides. Mr. Bailey went imwiodiate j ly to his seat and Mr. Dingley as soon as i he could disengage himself from friends ' who crowded about him, crossed over to i the Democratic side and shook hands with j a political adversary. I As -soon as the House was called to -or- ■ der the chaplain invoked the divine ißlese ing. At the conclusion of the prayer, Gen era’l Joe Wheeler came in and look his seat. He was instantly surrounded by half a hundred members and he received ova tion of the day. ! The roll call developed the presence of ISG7 members. Mr. Sulzer, of New York, the ranking Democratic member of the House commit tee on military affairs introduced a reso ■ lution authorizing and directing .the com- I aiiittee on military affairs to investigate j the war department and the conduct of the i pun ish -‘A me rican wa r. ” i The usual committee was appointed to '• notify the president that the House was ! ready to receive communication, and after a recess until 1:30 o’clock, 'the House re- I assembled and listened to the .reading of i his message. THE SENATE. Mr. Morgan, of Alabama., was the first io enter the chamber this morning, close fly following was Mr. Morrill, of Vermont. One by one members dropped into the chamber and the floor isoo.u presented a , .scene as animated as was afforded by the : galleries. i I Promptly on the stroke of 12 c’clock the i vice president entered and ascending to .the desk rapped for order. • Rev, Milburn, the venerable .Mind chap pain, returned “devout and reverent thanks for God’s goodness to us as a nation. By Thy good providence’’ the chaplain prayed, “Triumph crowned our arms by land and sea so peace has come to u<s. Let thy grace be the portion of our people. We pray Thy blessing be with the Queen Re i ge&x of Spain and her young son lasd her i nation.” A call of the senate roll developed sixty- ' seven members present. A committee was appointed to notify the ■ president that the Senate was awaiting ' any oummunication. • After a. recess of thirty minutes Major i ; Prudeu appeared with the president's j meissage and it is was at once read. GEN. WILSON’S MOVEMENTS. He Has Gone on an Inspectiou Tour ot The Camp A Revied Promised. -I General James H. Wileon, accompanied by his wife and daughter, left Saturday on an inspection tour of the different camp j sites of the First army coprs. General ’ Wilson went from here to Knoxville, ■ where he will review two regimenus of 1 General Snyder’s brigade now stationed . Huntsville and will rturnlaara rararfoarr • there. From Knoxville he will go to Huntsville and return to Macon by the I ! way of Columbus. Albany and Americus. ! On his return it is expected that be will i , hold a grand review at the Central City 1 park. If the president comes, however, the | • review will be deferred until his arrival. FURNERAL OF MR. HERBST. . Was Heid Yesterday Afternoon From Wood’s Undertaking Establishment. The funeral services of Mr. Charles Herbst were held yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock from Wood’s undertaking estab lishment. The interment was at Rose Hill ! cemetery in the soldiers’ lot. Rev. F. F. Reese conducted the sAvices | and the following gentlemen acted as pall bearers: C. M. Wiley. Ben C. Smith. H. ' McKervey. R. A. Nisbet. C. E. Campbell. T. O. Chestney and R. E. Park. Among the floral designs sent by friends and comrades as a tribute to the memory of Mr. Herbst that sent by Mr. D. B. Woodruff was particularly handsome. In . fact, ic was perhaps one of the most elab- j orate ever seen at a funeral in Macon. ; DEMf.NDSCHJNGED American Peace Commission ers Make Modifications. IH FORM AHO SUBSTANCE. Joint Session Will Soon Settle all Open Questions—Wording of the Treaty, ' By Associated Press. Paris, Dec. 5. —The .American peace com missioners held a long conference, begin- I n.ng at o’clock and only .had a brief re l cess for lunch before going to th? foreign 'office tto meet the Spanish commit’oners 1 j at 3 p. m. The Americans apparently had changed the form if not the substance of som-j of their demands ae a result of the delibera tions dur.ng the past three days. ! The American commissioners ;av it is ' possible though improbable that today’*: I join session will settle all ojien questions i in substance, leaving only the wo”di.ig or the treaty for diacuesion. MY FRIEND FROM INDIA A First Ciass Play Will be Were Tomor row Night. “My Friend from India,” rhe comedy that wil be presented al the Academy of Music tomorrow night, ie a perfect de bauch ftf laughter. Al 3 over the world it has been pronounced the, merriest farce comedy that ihas been seen for many a day. Its humor is fantastic as a crazy quilt. The mirror scene Is only one of many funny situations, but its absolute novelty earns a little special ment on. Thaw? is a .eheval glass which has been broken. The glass has been moved from ifs’frame: an old maid stands in front, prinking and in the place where the glass should be a wierd theosophlst, made up exactly like her, mamios her every action. The desciiption does not sound particular ly humorous, but wait till you see it. The effect is excruciatingly funny. And that is onsy one of a .score of absurdities equal ly disturbing to 'the visibles. THE RIFLE RANGE. ’ To b® Located Across the River at Hol ton, It k more than probable that the rifle range for the first army corps will be loeatei’ across the Ocmulgee river freni Holtox. The site at that point for a range ' is eveeflent and iis plenty large to afford ' distance for all of the ranges. In the army the longest range used at j target practice is 1,500 yards and only j t-he crack marksmen are allowed .□ shcot at this ii.nge. To get to shoot at this range a soldier has to make .1 certain per c< nt at all of rhe ranges. The ranges I are always fixed up in an excellent man \ ner and arranged so that there can be nr» ; dgnger 1© the men who are in the target ! pits. At; sc on as the range is fixed up rarget I practict will begin. There are some ex cellent shots among the troops and it .s i expected that some records will he bra i k-.n. WAITING FOR JURY. Superior Court to Hear Simmons’ Case This Afternoon—City Court. There was no session of the superior court this morning. The court is waiting on the grand jury and it is not known ex actly when they will complete their work. The case of Simmons, who ehot. the negro soldier, will be heard this afternoon. He will apply to the judge for bail and it is very probable that it wriil be given. In the city court several civil cases of minor importance were disposed of. Noth ing of importance as filed in the offices of either of the clerks. JWO SMALL FIRES. Residence of Mrs. Mapp —Blaze in the Market House. • Fire broke out this morning at 1 o'clock j in the residence of Mrs. S. B. Mapp, on the corner of Cherry and New streets. The 1 ’ alarm was turned in just as the 11 o’clock , drill was taking place at the enigne | houses. The department made a quick run to the | fire and the flames were extinguished in a 1 few minutes. The fire was found to be on ■ i the roof of the building and was caused I by sparks from the chimney. Very little { | damage was done and the loss will not , amount to sls. The house was owned by , Mrs. Mangham. 1 The department was called out early Sunday mourning to the market. A pas serby discovered g light in the building ; and turned in the alarm. The fire was caused by the crossing of two electric | .vires. The wires were cut and no damage I was done. DON’T USE THE CARS. Troubles on the Car Lines Because of Ne gro Soldier Passengers. Recently there have been many kicks * on account of the negro soldiers being al lowed to ride on the same cars with the white people. Some rime ago a complaint was made to. the management and an ex tra car was placed on for the colored peo ple, but it seems that they ride exclusive ly in the car that is supposed to be for white people. The trailer which is run in the rear of the regular car its reserved for the negroes, jbut very few are seen on them, and it looks as if the conductors orders to allow this. Yesterday afternoon two ladies were transferred from the Belt line car to the Vineville car, and it happened that the front car was filled with negro soldiers, and the ladies then had to get aboard the trailer and ride in the cold. The conduc tor was asked by a News reporter why it was that he did not make the negroes get on the cars that were assigned to them and he replied that he had no orders to that effect and that he could do nothing. This thing has happened several times recently and in many cases the ladies have left the gar rather than ride with the negi-oes. It is said that they are very bois terous and are some times profane in their language and do not seem to care for the presence of ladies. The patrons of the line are loud in their complaint against the management for allowing such things to go on, and say that it should be stopped. One prominent citizen said yesterday af ternoon that the trailers were useless if the soldiers and negroes were nt>t made to ride on them and that It was his opin ion that the conductors should be given orders to allow none of the negro soldiers on the front cars. The ladies referred to above yesterday did not hesitate to express themselves in ; regard to the manner In which they were I compelled to ride and stated . at hereafter I they would walk rather than to ride with j the negroes. SOUTHERN FOOT BALL PLAYERS „ Relative Achievements and Status of the Various College Clubs. •‘Red and Black' of the State Uni’,ersi’.y says: This has. in lecu, been a year of rur pr.’ees in football circles. In the Nortn Yale and Penns/ivanta have fallen before , Haivard. In the- West Chicago UnTversiiy ' lo*t the championship to .Michigan, and in ; tne South North Carolina has taken the leal. it is with the Southern teams that we are chiefly interested, and a comparison . of their respective merits .may prove iatcr ; esting x- our readers. Vanderbilt's great falling off nas asicn is’aed all the Southern cranks. List year the Tennesseeans stood equal with Virgi nia >n cmiming rhe championship of the : South. This fall, however, Vanlri it has I met continuous defeat. But fully as sur prising a.< Vanderbilt’s weakness is Su wannee’s strength. Out of nine games for merly olayed between these two colleges, \ andc rbilt had won seven. However, on Thanksgiving Day, Sewanee beat Vander bilt 1!« to 4 and thereby established a claim I eg chfimpiciiship honors. j North Carolina begun early on her iri i iimphal tour, s and left a clean path behind I her. Out of nine games p’ayed she lost i nene and was only scored against mice. Georgia’s erratic team was an unkaor/n • quantity to the last. Individually, it playei gcod ball, but was never .£■ a unit at its test. Auburn’s team was of average strength, It was Tght but plucky and well trained. Virg’nia, after playing Prineetun t»-12. fell I.efcre North Carolina on Thanksgiv ing day. These are the representative Sontaern teams. Below are the records made by them. Georgia and Auburn played practically a tie game on Thanksgiving day, whereas North Carolina literally slaughtered both teams. Georgia and Virginia, after shutting out Vanderbilt, were whitewashed by the Car . olina team. Sewanee played through the season I without losing a game. Thus she may feel justified in putting in a counter claim for the championship with North Carolina. Had Sewanee played more of the larger colleges, she might have won the chan i pionship. She defeated Vanderbilt 19-4, ; which team Virginia had beaten only 15-0. ; North Carolina beat Virginia 6-0. So. . judging from this Sewanee would have ' played North Carolina a close game. Under all circumstances, however, we i think that the Southern championship be- i longs to Carolina. The Tar Heels have I played four big southern teams, defeating I all of them. Sewanee played but one large colege, Vanderbilt, and while she woa from it, Georgia and Virginia did the same, yet both were easy for Carolina. Os the teams comprising the S. I. 0. A., however, Se wanee cleared showed her : u periority. Her eleven deserves erdit for | its fin showing, especially when playing under S. I. 0. A. rules. PRIC b -IVE CENT S ARI SUntTO COME The Seventh Regiment—Cus ter’s Old Command. CENTRAL PARK OFFERED With this Regiment 7,500 tiroops will be Encamped in Macon- Fine Horsemen* The Seventh cavalry regiment will in all probability come to Macon. A telegram was received in the city yesterday saying that General Wheeler had stated that the J regiment had been ordered here. Genera! j Bates was seen in regard to the matter this morning and he said that while he had re ceived no official notice of the matter that he had private information that the I , ment would come here. , The regiment has been assigned to the , first army corps and will go with it to Cuba. If the regiment comes here it will camp -at the Central Prak. It is said that , the site has been offered to General Wil ton and that lie has accepted it. The place is excellently adapted for a cavalry camp r ■ as the. numerous buildings will afford am , pie room for stables for the hors’es and the company streets are already laid out and the men will .be put to no trouble in ar ranging the camp. It is not known how soon the regiment . will come here but it is thought that it will come in the next few days. When the , troops first arrived here it was thought that the Seventh cavalry would be sent I here but for some reason the orders was changed and the regiment, was ordered to remain. The present camp site on which the regiments is now stationed is in a very bod condition and the officials are anxious • to get the men off. It has been known all along that General Wilson wanjed the regiment to come to |i Macon. The coming of the regiment is I largely due to the efforts of Senator Bacon jin the matter. He was ably reinforced by I Congressman Bartlett and General Wilson, j The regiment fs regarded as one of the ’ best in the country. It was this regiment i that was commanded by Colonel Custer in th elndian fight in IS7G when only a few of the men came out alive. It will be im i possible to learn the exact time of the . coming of the men until the officials here j are notified. I With the Seventh cavalry the total ; number of soldiers tn Macon will be about i i,500. It is probable if the regiment comes i here that at least one troop will be de | tailed for provost duty. Some of the best. i horsemen in the world are erilteted in this 1 regiment and it is said that they keep J things quiet when they are on duty. The> regiment will be the only body of regular troops stationed in the city. MOUNTED GUARDS. Ten Men on Horseback to Patrol the City.l •Mounted provost guards will hereafter be on duty. The men were detailed on Saturday night for duty and will be kept : on as long as the troops remain here. T?;s move was made so that if there was any serious trouble that required the piesence of the provost guard the men could reach the scene at once. About ten men will be kept on as moun ted guards and when needed will be sent out at once. At present there are four companies on guard and the city is welf patrolled. The soldiers have given no trouble recently and -have been very quiet.. It is expected, however, that the guard will be kept busy next week, as the pay masters are expected to arrive in a few days, and as as soon as the soldiers re ceive their money the trouble will begin. RECORDER’S COURT. An Unusually B n sy Session For Monday Morning. An unusually large docket was booked at the police station this morning and Judga Freeman was kept in the court room, until 12 o’clock. •Lewis Butler was the first prisoner call ed in. He was charged with beating his way on a street car and was fined $2.50. Nathaniel Driscoll, who wats arrested on Saturday night for seling mortgaged pro perty, was tu-rned over to the city court i under a SSO bond for larceny, j Levi Collins was fined $5 for disorderly I conduct. Frank Waller was dismissed on I the charge of fighting. Henry Smith was j fined $2.50 for disorderly conduct. Annie i Chapman was fined $2.50 for disorderly i conduct. George Martin, W. T. Benson, I Joseph Carroll, Will Gingham and Robert Brooks were fined $lO each for vagrancy. All of these are knights of the road and came io the city on brake rods. When found they were occupying a cabin on Rus ty Row and were having a general .good time. They were locked up Saturday nigha | and as none of thetai have any money, they will have the pleasure of working for the | city for the next fifteen days.