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Wharf and Railway to be
Built at Havana Harbor.
A SHIPPING NECESSITY
Work Will of Great Advantag
to the Mercantile and Military
Interests.
By Associated Press.
New York. Dec. 6- The Herald says:
The United States government is about to
<ODstruct”a”wharf and railway in Cuba,
the former to be located at Triscornia, a
village of five hundred inhabitants on the
shore of the harbor of Havana and the
latter to run to the miliatry camp at
Regia, connecting with the Matanzas
branch of the United States railways of
Cuba. The line will be seven miles long.
These enterprises, while undertaken by
the government because of the military
advantages to be gained thereby, will be
of immense advantage to the mercantile
Interests of the island. There has hither- '
btJ been no wharf in the neighborhood of
Havana except in the city itself, where
steamships could discharge or load car
goes.
The proposed government wharf will be
between three hundred and four hundred
feet in length insuring thirty feet of wa
ter, sufficient for large steamers. It will
be constructed of 'timber subjtced to a
treatment with creceote and will thus be
enabled to resist t.he ravages of the teredo
worm. Numerous sheds and warehouses
will also be erected but no arrangements
looking to their construction have yet
been entered upon.
The railroad will be constructed accord
ing to Pennsylvania railroad specifications.
Leaving Triscornia and turning eastward
toward Matanzas, i* will keep cloee to the
shore and later strike into the country.
The road near Havana will be double
tracked with a single track toward the
Hastern end. It is expected ultimately to
carry the double track system throughout
the entire line. The government gave pub
licity to its plans November 20 and receiv
ed bids for 'the work on December 1. The
contract was let the same day to the
\imticaii Indies Company by Col. Frank
I’. Hecker, quartermaster and t hies of the
division of transportation who represented
■the government.
Work on the wharf has not yet been be
gun as all the material must be obtained
in this country. The lumber will be pur
chased in the South and shipped to Ha
vana. The railway has been surveyed and
construction work has been started at
Triscornia. The country through which
the line is tp pass is rolling and rocky,
necessitating considerable blasting. iSev
'f.il hundred men will be sent to Cuba
by the Indies Company within the next
few days.
\ll the railway lines in Cuba are con
front d and were built by English capi
talists and English engineers. The rolling
stock is mainly English, although there
are a few American passenger and freight
ears.
No definite time has been set by the gov
ernment for the completion of the railway
and wharf as the formal contract has not
been drawn up. Tt is understood that bo'th
works are to be pushed through in the ;
shortest possible lime. I
INTEREST RATE
REDUCED.
So Much Money in New York
Thas the Price of it
Comes Down.
By Associated Press.
New York. Dec. 6.—At a meeting to be
held next Monday the trustees of the Bow
ery Savings Bank will reduce the rate of
interest paid on deposits from four to
three and one-half percent. The action
is made necessary by the plethora of
money and the scarcity of safe invest
ments which yield a suficient return to en
able the bank to pay four per cent to its
depositors. It is probably that nearly all
the savings banks in the borough of Man
hattan will have to lower their rate.
Money grows cheaper every year. The
banks are lending on call in Wall street
at from IL to 2 1 -_, 'per cent and the big in
surance companies with their vast sur
pluses are making loans which formerly
sought the savings banks, as low as 2 per
cent.
The savings banks are limited by the
statutes to a high class of securities, such
as United States bonds. New York state
and city bonds and high class real estate.
It is from the latter source only that they
can make their average earnings sufficient
to pay depositors four per cent.
Among the banks which are said to be
considering the matter of a reduction of
interest are the Germania Savings bank,
the Bank for Savings, the Irving savings
bank and the Brooklyn savings bank.
It is said that a number of smaller
banks in the borough of Manhattan and
perhaps Brooklyn may follow the lead of
these concerns. The banks in the outlying
boroughs, particularly Staten Island and
Queens, can continue to pay four per cent,
because of the fact that they can lend
their money at six per cen. to home
builders.
State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas
County.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is
the senior partner of the firm of F. J.
Cheney & Co., doing business in rhe city
of Toledo, county and state aforesaid and
that said firm will pay the sum of one
hundred dollars for every case of catarrh
that cannot be cured by the use of Hall’s
Catarrh Cure. Frank J. Cheney.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
rav presence this 6th day of December,
A.’ D. 189 S. A. W. Gleasan,
(SEAL.) Notary Public.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Send for testi
monials, free.
F. J. CHENEY &CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
MUNCHAUSEN’S KINSMAN.
I Comes to America and Finds a Wealthy
Bride.
New York. Dec. 6. —Miss Martha Wash
i ington Beckel. daughter of Mr. Joseph
, Beckel, a wealthy importer of this city,
and Baron Burkard ven Munchausen, a
member of an ancient noble family of Ger
many. and owner of the family estate of
Schwoelber, near Hanover, Germany, were
married last night at the residence of the
bride's father in this city by the Rev. Dr.
Parker Morgan, rector of the church of
Heavenly Rest.
Baron Burkard von Munchausen is a di
rect descendant of the famous story teller
oßaron Munchausen,whose life was carica
tured, the family claim, by an enemy in
the work that bears his name.
Baron Burkard, who is 33 years old. was
formerly first lieutenant iu the Fourteenth
field artillery regiment of Carlruhe, Ba
den. After having spent twelve years in
active service he is now a reserve officer
in the same regiment.
His estate, which is wel known in Ger
many, is more than 3,00 acres in extent.
Situated upon it is one of the most beauti
ful castlee of northern Germany, which
was erected by Baron Hilmar von Mun
chusen, the founder of the branch of the
family, 300 years ago.
The family is related through marriage
with the families of the late king of Han
over and the late Prince Bismarck. Its
members own several great estates in
different parts of Germany.
NOT AFRAID
OF GERMANY.
One of Admiral Dewey’s Best
Vessels Has Been Or
dered Home.
By Associated Press.
New York, Dec. 6—A dispatch to the
Herald from Washington says: Secretary
Long has cabled orders to Rear Admiral
Dewey to send the cruiser Raliegh to the
United States. No vessel will be assigned
to relieve the Raliegh, it being the opinion
of the officials that, with the addition of
the battleships and the gun boat York
town. Rear Admiral Dewey will have an
ample force at his disposition.
This order is significant as indicating
the belief of the authorities that there is
now no danger of trouble with Germany
over the Philippines.
On account of the Raleigh's small
steaming radius it will be impossible for
her to cross the Pacific and she will re
turn to the United .States via the Mediter
ranean. probably arriving at New York
some time during February. She will pass
the gun boat Helena which is now at
Gibralter on her way to the Philippines.
Secretary Long at the sugestion of Sen
atir Hale, has submitted a bill appropria
ting SIO,OOO for the erection of a monu
ment and a fence at Colon cemetery. Ha
vana, where the dead of the Maine are bu
ried. Congress authorized last .March the
transfer of the bodies to the Arlington
cemetery, but the outbreak of the war
prevented action and as Cuba will be free
and may become a part of the United
States, the authorities do not now see that
there is any necessity for a transfer.
Orders have been issued for the trial of
the torpedo boat Rowan under construc
tion by the Moran Brothers of Seattle.
ENGLISH SHIPWRIGHTS.
Trying to Buy Hunting’s Great Yard of
New Port News,
—■ < 1 .
By Associated Press.
The New York Tribune says: It was re
ported tn (May this year that the noted
ship building firm of Vickers Sons &
Maxim, of Barrow-in-Furness, England,
was about to purchase an interest in the
i ramp & Sons ship and engine building
concern of Philadelphia, the capital stock
of which corporation would be. increased
from $5,000,000 to 810,000,000, the addi
tional capital to be supplied by the Eng
lish concern. This rumor was denied by
Charles H. Cramp, president of the Cramp
company, and. the alliance, if any had
been in contemplation, did not take place.
But. it developed yesteraday that there
was after all a strong probability that .the
famous English ship building and gun
making firm would extend its operations
to this country, acquiring large interests
in the great Newport News shipyard,
where, if the negotiations now in progress
are brought to a successful conclusion, a
big plant for the manufacture of cannon
, will alho be established. A Tribune re-
I porter last night asked C. P. Huntington
I if it was correctly reported that an Eng
lish firm had purchased the Newport News
shipyard.
Mr. Huntington said: “It is not true,
because the yard has not been sold as yei,
but I have been in negotiation with the
'Messrs. Vickers Sons & Maxim, who have
thought of taking a large interest in the
plant, and of establishing at Newport
News in connection with the shipyard a
very extensive plant for the manufacture
of guns. If these negotiations should be
carried out to a conclusion there would
be established at Newport News an indus
; try that would greatly benefit that city,
I furnishing work and support to thousands
|of people more. Bur the yard would con
tinue to be an American enterprise, as I
do not propose to sell my holdings out
right, but to retain a large interest. I
would like. howVver. to lessen my cares
and responsibilities and let others take up
, and carry on rhe work that I have so well
started.”
I
: HORACE GREELEY’S FRIEND.
Death of a Man Once Conso'cious in New
.York.
New York, Dec. 6. —Edward Kilpatrick.
, one of the best known builders in New
I York, is dead at his home in this city,
aged 69 years. Mr. Kilpatrick was a close
; personal friend ci Horace Greeiy. He es
| coned Frederick Douglass safely through
I the city and to his heme in Rochester ar
I the time of the riots here in 1863 at the
request of Mr. Greeiy.
No Right to Ugliness.
| (The woman who is lovely in face, form
| and temper will always have friends, but
■ one who would be attractive must keep
; Ivf' health. If she is weak, sickly and ail
run down she will be nervous and irri
table. If she has constipation or kidney
trouble, her impure blood will cause pim
, pies, blotches, skin eruptions and a
wretched complexion. Electric Bitters is
i tha best medicine in the world to regulate
: stomach, liver and kidneys and to purify
• rhe blood. It gives strong nerves, bright
eyes, smooth velvety skin, rich com
plexion. It will make a good looking wo
man of a run-down invalid. Only 50 cents
at H. J. Lamar & Sons, Druggists: guar
anteed.
MACON NEWS TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 6 189..
RING BUTCHERY,
The McFadden-Becker Mill in
Jersey Last Night.
PROBABLY FATAL BLOW,
One Man’s Face Mashed to a Jelly.
The Victor Hides Out from
the Police.
By Associated Press.
New York, Dec. 6. — George McFadden
and Larry Becker, light weights, fought
at the Excelsior club rooms, Patterson, N.
J., last night, and as a result Becker may
die. He was unconscious at 1 o’clock this
morning. Fifteen hundred people witness
ed the exhibition.
The referee stopped the fight in the
seventeenth round, and gave it to McFad
den.
Becker dropped like a log the moment the
decision was given and was carried to his
dresing room while McFadden quickly
dressed and left the club house. He could
not -be found when the police searched
for him later.
Becker received *a terrible beating and
after the fight his seconds, who worked
over him an hour, failed to arouse him
from his stupor, he was removed to the
general hospital at Patterson at midnight.
The men had weighed in at 128 pounds
eocb. Becker, who acted on the aggressive
for the first three rounds, showed a re
markable aptitude for hitting and getting
away. »He was applauded time and again,
while McFadden only smiled in a sardonic
way and bided his time. The battle waged
fast and furious up to the ninth round and
then it was noticed that Becker had
weakened. In the eleventh round McFad
den began rushing. He kept Becker on
the defensive throughout that round.
Becker did litle after that but endeavor
to shield his face from the sledge ham
mer blows of McFadden. The later rained
blows on Becker’s face and body in the
sixteenth round and the bell was all that
saved the latter from defeat then. He had
to be assisted to his corner.
When time was called 'Becker staggered
to his feet. McFadden went at his ham
mer and tongs and Becker was too weak
to resist. McFadden hit right and left,
smashing Becker in the face and body as
he pleased. Becker’s face was mashed to
a jelly. Blood ran down his face and filled
his eyes. Some of the spectators turned
their faces away to hide the sight.
■McFadden had aimed a smashing blow
which was intended to hit Becker on the ’
point of the chin and prove a knockout
.blow, when Referee Howard rushed be
tween them ■ and’ threw up McFadden’s
arm. At the same moment he' announced
McFadden the victor.
Dr. A. P. Harris, who was called to see
Becker before he was removed from the
club room, said that his condition was very
serious. The spectators scattered and not
a witness of the bout except his seconds,
remained in the club room ten minutes af
ter the referee’s decision.
CAPT. CLARK'S CATS.
Chief Attraction of the Chicago Feline
Show,
By Associated Press.
Chicago. Dec. 6. —The Spanish cat ’pre
sented to Captain Clarke of the battleship
Oregon after being rescued from 'the wreck
of the cruiser Cristobal Colon, arrived in
Chicago today. Senor Colon, as» the cat
is called, is a silver grey, with tiger mark
ings. He was taken to the home of Mrs.
Leland Norton, No. 411 Drexel boulevard,
to await’ the opening of the first Chicago
cat show tomorrow* afternoon' at 1:30
o’clock. F, Farrar Rackham, who will be
■the presiding judge cf the show, will ar
rive from Orange, N. J., this evening. He
is engaged to judge for the big cat shows
at New York. Boston and New Orleans
in January, 1899. A great many special
prizes have been offered by Chicago mer
chants.
ASTHMA CURED ATLAST.
Dr. R, Scheffmann Proves His Faith in His
Remedy by Giving it Awav.
I iiiWFjV
Dr. Rudolph Schiffmann is a recognized
authority cn the subject of throat and
lung diseases and has during a practice
of over thirty years undoubtedly treated
and cured more cases of asthma and
kindred diseases than any doctor in the
world. He annuounces that he has at last
perfected a remedy which not only in
stantly relieves the worst attacks but has
permanently cured thousands of so called
“incurable cases.” Dr. Schiffmann has
perfect confidence, in his remedy, and in
order to convince others of its merits in
the quickest, surest way he has arranged
with the well known druggist. Sol Hoge,
corner Second and Mulberry streets, to
give a liberal sample package to each suf
ferer applying at his store next Thurs
day. An opportunity to test without cost
a remedy so celebrated and promising so
much certainly should be eagerly grasped
by every sufferer. Those living out of
town will be sent a free sample not later
than Dec. 15'th by writing name and ad
dress on a postcard and sending to Dr.
Sshiffmann, 315 Rosabel street. St. Paul.
Minn.
Two Pointed Questions Answered.
What is the use of making a better ar
ticale than your competitor if you can
not get a beter price for it?
Ans. —As there is no difference in the
price the public will buy only the better,
so that while our profits may be smaller
on a single sale they will be much larger
in the aggregate.
How can you get the public to know
that your make is the best?
If both articles are brought prominently
i before the public both are certain to be
i tried and the public will very quickly
pass judgment on them and use only the
! better one.
This explains the large sale on Cham
-1 be plain’s Cough Remedy. The people have
* been using it for years and have found
that it can always be depended upon. They
may occasionally take up with some sash-
J ionable novelty put forth with exagger
| ated claims, but are certain to return to
j rhe one reemdy that they know to be re
liable. anVl for coughs, colds and croup
there is nothing equal to Chamberlain’s
Cough Remedy. For sale by H. J. Lamar
& Sons. •
fine figure
•
Many women lose their girlish forms after
they become mothers. This is due to neg
lect. The figure can be preserved beyond
t question if the ex
pectant mother will
constantly use
|ftotber*s
I friend
during the whole
period of pregnancy.
The earlier its use is
begun, the more per
fectly will the shape
be preserved.
mother’s 'Friend
not only softens and
relaxes the muscles
during the great strain before birth, but helps
the skin to contract naturally afterward. B
keeps unsightly wrinkles away, and the
muscles underneath retain their pliability.
mother’s Triend is that famous external
liniment which banishes morning sickness
and nervousness during p- gnancy; shorten?
labor and makes it nearly painless; builds up
the patient's constitutional strength, so that
she emerges from the ordeal without danger.
The little one, too, shows the effects o!
mother’s Triond by its robustness and vigor.
Sold at drug stores for $1 a bottle.
Send for our finely illustrated book for «x
--pectant mothers.
THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO
• ATLANTA. GA.
For Asthma use CHE
NEY’S EXPECTOR-
ANT.
P. D. Todd &' Co.
Watch the
Store Grow.
Note the active,
thrift}’, progressive look
of things. We are in touch i
with the people. You have S
confidence in the reliabil- i
ity of our statements. I
This is as we like it. We f
wont sell you cotton for |
wool, or flax for silk. The |
| meaner sort of merchan- |
dise we have no time to |
bother with; neither have ?
you if we judge our trad- i
ing public aright.
CLEAN, I
. HONEST,
RELIABLE
! stuff at lowest prices is |
what intelligent | buyers 1
are looking for. We keep g
no other. Want you to |
inspect this stock by the |
clear white light of day.
By this truth-telling light
you can make selections
with the utmost satisfac
tion.
THE
New Clothing Stote
«Big is a non-poisonous
•emedy for Gonorrhoea,
-loot, Spermatorrhoea
yhites, unnatural dis
harges, or any infiamma
ion, irritation or ulcera
tion of mucous mem
branes. Non-astringent
Sold by Drngsrists.
or sent in plain wrapper
by express, nrepaid. for
31.00. or 3 bottles, ?2.75.
• Jircnlar sent on reavoat
®JAPAXSSE
CURB
A New and Complete Treatment, consisting of
SUPPOSITORIES, Capsules of Ointment and two
Doxes of Ointment. A never-failing cure for Piles
s f every nature and degree. It maxes an operation
with the knife, which is painful, and often results
in death, unnecessary. Why endure this terrible
disease? We pack a Written Guarantee in each
J1 Box. No Cure, No Pay. 50c. and «i a box, 6 for
. {5. Sent by mail. Samples free
OINTMENT, 25c- and 50c.
Cured. Piles Prevented, by
vwl»0 11 rr\ I I wix Jaoanese Liver Pellets, the
1 great LIVER and STOMACH REGULATORami
BLOOD PURIFIER. Small, miid and pleasant
to take: especially adapted for children s use. 5c
doses 25 cents.
FREE. -A vial of these famous little Pellets will
be given with a $1 box or more of Pile Cure.
Notice—The genuine fresh Japanese Pile
Curs for sale only bv
For Sale at Goodwyn’? Drug Store and
Brown House Pharmacy.
The News
Printing Co.
Does Binding and Job
Printing of every de
scription. Ask for
X
estimates. High clas
work. ‘
Wiley’s Delicious
Bonbons and Chocolates
Fresh Every Day.
Pounds 6Oc
Half pounds 30c
GOODWYN’S DRUG STORE
Agents.
J S RlinH &On ea ' an£ l Insurance,
461 Second St. Phone 439
F" OR RENT.
372 College street, Br. 517 Georgia avenue, 7r.
239 Bond street, 9r. 7 room dwelling on Hill
233 Bond street, 6r. street near Whittle school.
482 Orange street, 6r. ■ 6 room dwelling on Stubbs
858 New street, 6r. Hill, facing Arch street,
rent SIO.OO.
Fire and Accident Insurance.
A Safe Buggy
And Harness
Is first bought of tbe man whose wife
or children are accustomed to taking daily
drives. Our vehiclese and harness are not
only safe and strong, but are especially
| ■'T attractive in point of style-and finish. We
’?/ can sell you a soo<l buggy and harness for
fujk what a cheap one would cost you else-
where. All our ’9B stock of bicycles are
T-’ iiyiji /C- vt going at ridiculously low prices and baby
« I carriages the same way.
S. S. PARMELEE,
Corner Second and Poplar St.
M 1~ ■^ ar^
3 111 S/H I i Dealers in
My MF IJa SJ Middle Georgia
The Empire Coal and Ice Co
MORE
COAL
WEATHER
Hntfiraclte. montevallo. Jellico.
PHONE 136. 41 /k 1 T
oXana llHlj
Sixth Sts. M7 ® f .x.j1.11 J
'W- From Santa Claus
iUtZ. ‘mVu The largest stock of pianos azid c
urS'iiiTOr nP» guitars, mandolins, banjos, e: •
brought to his ci y. Celebrited mak*
' pianos; celebrated makes of organs.' ■
'rsold at lowest prices and easy rerms
N So le agents for the Yost typewriter. . *
F. fl- GutMsrgei a Co.
452 Second Street.
J. R. COOK. ARTHUR J. TOOLE, T. J. COOK
J. R. COOK & CO.
Coal and Wood
Prompt Delivery, Lowest Prices.
Phone 713. Yards, Pine and Fifth Streets,
Macon, Georgia.