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ESTABLISHED 1884 NOT Statue of Isabella Given t o Valice and Steamer Ru?. SPANIARDS MO CUBANS The Former Insult the Latter avid j There is Danger of All Sorts of Trouble. <By AswxlaU'd Havaa*. Dec. X. —The statue Isabella ; OitoMca, which stands in th< middle of , Central park this city, was found this • inoinijujg Jaolding a valise in <asre hand and I a steamer rug In the other. Au immense , placard was slung tlx buck of the ; stahoe with the words: M B«£ voyage” in- 1 ucribed on it. Several d stuibances oc- i ruined here yesterady afternoon between I a * umber of Spaniards aawi Cubans, but I bickilv it was of no serious conscqueiice. ' At five in the afternoon several Cuban 1 chficers w ilking dowp Obi-spo street asked i other in tones rather louder than I aieceasurv when the Span.ke.rds were finally I to leave Cuba, and commented on what tthey termed the latter*’ want. of shame in parading the streets attired in uniforms. A coupfie of Spanish officers who chanced to pass overheard the (conversation of the Cubans and one of ths* Spaniards ap proached and slapped tie face of a mem ber di the Cuban party. (Blows were ex changed, but the fight# ts were soon ar- | relied and taken to the ’military govern- ■ ■orV palace, where they were subsequently 1 discharged. A repetition of this incident ■occurred in the evening when a Spanish , officer in Central park tore a Panama hat oil a Cuban’s head and cut it into pieces with a. sword. The offender was arrested anti ■General Arolas, feoahng further trou ble. distributed a force of soldiers in the park , and vicinity. N« other disturbances <jc tamed however. IN CONGRESS’ TODAY Hotiors to Commissioners— I Senator Vest Makes a Protest. tly Associated Press. W&Ahington, Dec. 8. —Sir Wilfred Lau rier. Premier of Canada, Loro Herschel, Sir Lonu is 'Davies and Mr. James W inter, Premier of New Found Land, members of the high commission, occupied seats in the gallery of the House today, being the guests of Mr. Dingley. On motion of Mr. Cannon, of the appro priation committee, the Hotfce went into committee of the whole immediately after i reading the journal to consider the Ur- , gency Deficiency bill for the support of I military and naval establishments daring j the six months-, beginning January 1, 1899. | In connection with the consideration of . the bills on the calendar, Senator Vest, of i Missouri, said: “I Jo nt. want be captious about this pension business and do not want to set myself up as a reformer, bu. i this thing of passing a lot of pension i bills simply by reading titles, and when a ’ quorum of the Senate is not present, has ; got to be etopped. Men of the South ; have sat here and permitted these bills to be passed, having some delicacy about en- i tering objections. Recent events have ob- ' literated sectionalism and we once more ; are united and one country, one treasury, I we can therefore come here and object to | this spoliation. It is our duty to find out I why 33 years after the close of the civil i war, pension claims show so enormous a sum. Mr. Gallinger. Chairman of the Pension Committee, agreed with Mr. Vest, and though a quorum ought to be in attend ance. * WITH W. G MIDDLEBROOKS Onejof the Oldest Grocery Men of the City is Now Associated. 9 «*IU. * The friends of Mr. W. G. Middlebrooks and of Mr. D. L. Walker, who for so many years has been identified with the grocery business in Macon, will be glad to learn that Mr. Walker will in future be asso ciated with Mr. Middlebrooks at has store in the Volunteers armory building. Few men have better succeded in holding the esteem and respect of patrons as well as Mr. W alker and his return to the business will be a source of pleasure to a very large /number of people. Mr. Middlebrooks is better prepared than ever to please the grocery trade in Macon. He pays special attention to the goods sent out of his store and a fair trial will con vince the housekeepers of th? "citr’thut this is the place to trade. - Z ’ THE MACON NEWS. CREW SAVED. Forty-five of a Crew of Eighty-Eight Picked Up. By Associated Philadelphia, Dec. 8. —The British stern er Veda more, which sailed from L-verpool November 22 for Baltimore, pa-sstd Cape H»nry ia-s-r nigh, and reported that she had on board forty-five of the crew of j eighty-tight men ot the steamer Landon- j iaa. Toe London.an tsaiie-d from Boston ' November 15 lor London and was previ- 1 ously reported by a vessel arriving in j Liverpool as haveing been sighted.on her ' beam ends and abandoned. This, is the : first news of the whereabouts of the crew I The Lundonian undauntedly has gone to | the bottom of me ocean. Nothing was ■ said by the cu.plain of -the Vedamore to ; indicate toe rate of the balance of the j crew. ■ , EVERYBODY DRUNK. It Results in All Sorts of Trouble in Ha vana. j By Associated Press. i 'Santiago, Dec. 8. —The Cubans hene are ; I greatly excited over .yesterday’s proceed- ; i iugs, resulting from -the commemoration . ; of the death of Antonio Maceo, .particu- ■ I larly at the fact that bullets reached the j camp of the Fifth Immuues, which .proved i ! the shots were not tired by Cubaas who ■ fired volleys into the air from the public ; squpare here. It now seems the bullets I i which struck the tejits of the Immunes ; 1 came from a. different party of insurgents : i near the trocha, who were also eclebra.- ' ! ing. Regarding the action of three druii- ■ : ken Cubans wno entered the Spanish ciub ! and smaaiied the chandeliers and furniture ihe Cubans .say they deeply deplore the outrage and do not think it fair to look uptrn it as .a race act. The Sam -Carlos club intend#? to hold a meeting and tender au apology. THE BICYCLE KaCE i MUter is .Still Leading in the -Six Day Match. 1 By Associated Press. New York, Dec. B—During the morning . Miller again moved upward. Noor score: ' Miller, 1,29 ft Waller, 1,280; Fierce 1,285; Albert, 1.265; Stevens, 1,231; Gimm, 1,174; Lawson, 1,154: Aronson. 1,150; Hale 1,143; Naws, 1,140; Forster, 1,065; Schinneer, 1,061. STEMBURG TALKS. He Tells of the Embarrisments of the Medical Department. | By Associated Press. t Washington, Dec. 8. —The conduct of .the i medieaJ service <of the arn.y was taken up , today Dy the war investigating committee ■ and Surgeon General Sternberg was rigid j ly questioned about hia administration. i The medical department, he said, was i equipped only for a n army of 25,000 when the war broke out and from year to year the estimates he submitted have been materially reduced by congress in the pol icy of economy. RECORDER’S COURT. Boy Severely Punished for Stealing Bot tles. Dau Johnson, a small negro boy, was found. guilty in the recorder’s court i of stealing bottles from the Acme Brewing ; ; Company and was sentenced to pay a fine ! * of $lO or to spend thirty days in the city i ’ chaingang. Howard Howard was also i charged with stealing bottles and wac i given the same sentence. Will Mumford ' I and West Holland were fined $5 for dis- j orderly conduct. Ed Sumter and Walter : Henderson were tried on the charge of loitering in the railroad yards and were i i fined $lO each. Addie Jones, who was ar- j I rested on the charge of loitering on the . i streets was dismissed. j ' A NOVEL BOOT BLACK. ; Young Lady who Shines Shoes is Doing Macon Today. | A young lady shoe-shiner, or more fa- • i miliarly known as a “bootblack” is doing j i Macon today. She came here from Atlan- j : ta. where she spent several days. She ! hails from Chicago and says that she is I I ■ : making a tour of the Southern states and ; ; that she making expenses by shining 1 ■ shoes. She is a very attractive young lady and ' has received much patronage since her ar rival here this morning. The price of a shine is 10 cents and she will no doubt get rich in Macon. She stops at the best ho tels, attends theatres, and takes in every t thing that is worth seeing and makes ail iof her money shining shoes. The yound | lady refuses to give her name, however. ; She will be in Macon for several days. ■ STORY’ OF A SLAVE. To be bound hand and foot for years by the chains of disease is the worst form of i slavery. George D. Williams, of Manches ' ter. Mich., tells how such a slave was made free. He says: “My wife has been so helpless for five years that she could i not turn over in bed alone. After using two bottles of Electric Bitters, she is won derfully improved and able to do her work.” This supreme remedy for female diseases quickly cures nervousness, sleep lessness, melancholy, headache, backache, fainting and dizzy spells. This miracle working medicine is a godsend to weak, I sickly, run-down people. Every bottle j guaranteed. Only 50 cents. Sold by H. J. ’ Lamar & Sons’, Druggists. MACON NEWt THURSDAY DECEMBER 8 1898. TREATY IS READY ** ! Nervousness Shown bv Amer ican Commissioners, DONS ARE DESPERATE ! - Showing their Temper and There is Fear that They May Refuse to Sign. j I 'By A ssoeiated • Press. Faris, Dec. 8. —The 'treaty with Spain Ls i finished. Judge Day said today: We have j settled all points upon which there is a ■ ; possibility of agreement and only the en- i . grossing remains.’ ’ j The Spaniards refused to cede the ' • United States a coaling station in the j • Caroline Islands. I rne American commissioners entered j j the joint conference in a nervous frame of j mind. They evidently ha,3 reasons to be i iieve the possibility existed e\en a: this late hour that there might be a rupture, j This feeling of apprehension was based on i the temper the Spaniards have displayed i lately. This week the com mi si oners of i SiKiia do not conceal the fact that having ’ failed to gain all important points they are indiffereßt as to wuether or not the I conferences result in. the settlement of peace by the signing of the treaty by which Spain .loses all her colonies. The miscarriage of the negotiations would leave their political prestige <at home no worse if not in better position than if they signed the treaty. The Americans ' are anxious not to give the Spaniards any j pretext to bneait oft the negotiations or to take offense so far as the exercise of pa tience and diplomacy can steer clear of j protests. The Madrid papers report that Senor ■ -Montero, tie president of the Spanish ■ commision, made an impassioned denunci ation of McKinley at .the last joint meet ing of the com mission, but these reports i are practically without foundation. He I did not refer to the Maine, but in only i one calmly worded sentence expressing ; regret that the president had spoken, as the Spaniards .thought, unjustly of them. ! The Spaniards had already proposed this i conference to have the responsibility for • rhe Maine reported upon by the joint com mission of European powers. Toe Ameri- I can commissioners refused w listen to j this and permitted RJoe' reference to the ! president’s message to pase unchallenged, as the discussion would have provoked 1 debate and bad blood. Diplomatic, circles in Paris predict as one of the results of the treaty a diplomatic content between Fiance and the United States, which may prove an important chapter in history, j The French government, it is reported, i have resolved to take up the case of the i French holders of Cuban, bonds and it is believed France will declare that the re i pudiaced bonds is a result of the treaty ' which the victorious nation imposed upon ! Spain. They argue that through the : treaty responsibility hae been shifted upon America, and therefore the French gov ernment will endeavor to exact come pledge for the payment or guarantee of the bonds. I PAYMASTERS HAVE COME They are Here to Scatter a Quarter of a Million. | The paymasters have arrived in the city i and will begin paying off the troops to | morrow morning. The paymasters are i' Majors Manly B. Curry, Major Warren Gilbert and Major Wallace. The troops that- have been ordered to Cuba will be given their money first and then the money will be distributed to the I ether regiments. It will take about three j days, to pay off all of the regiments, and j about g 250,000 will be paid out. The offi- I cers arrived this morning at 11 o’clock ; and are quartered at the Hotel Lanier. It was thought at one time that the sol i diets would be paid off at the hotel, but ; the officers have decided to give them I Missouri, said: “I Jon’: want be captious SEVENTH CAVALRY Site of its Camp to be in the Center Front Os the Race Track. The site for rhe Seventh Cavalry regi ment has been selected and work has al j ready commenced for putting the camp in (shape. » It will be in the center of the race track at the Central City Park, and I it is to be said that no Letter place could have been selected for a camp site. About ’ one thousand men and horses are with the ! regiment, and it will take a large body of j ground for such a camp. It is expected ' that the regiment will be here on Monday, j as that is about as soon as they can leave j Huntsville. HOBSON PROMOTED. His Name Sent to the Senate this Morning by the President. I By Associated Press. Washington. Dec. B.—The president to : day sent the name of Sssistant Naval Con -1 siructor R. P. Hobson to th- senate to be naval constructor. I BLOMSTEM. Reorganization of the Police Force of Havana. CHIEF M’CULLAGH’S ADVICE. i ! ' A Simple Method that Ought to be . Adopted in All Cities of this Country. By Associated Press. ‘ New York. Dec. S. —Former chief of po ; lice, John McCullagh. who will leave for Havana today to advise General Greene j in regard to the establishment of a police I force in. the Cuban capital, will recom- I mend the establishment of the block sy.s --1 tern. This system is both simple and I practical, said he last night. 1 “ft consists in having policemen perma -1 nentiy in sub-stations at the streets with ' in four or five blocks of one another. All the sub-stations should be connected with the precinct stations and headquarters by an independent telephone sytem. “It would be impossible for ’a crime to be C'ommitted or an accident to occur more than two and one half blocks away from one of the sub-stations, where a po liceman could always be found. The great difficulty with the present system is that I a policeman may be doing his duty faith | fully and still be a. long distance away j when wanted. Under the block system ■every ciaizen would know exastly where to find a policeman close at hand. “Information 1 could be telephoned to beadquarters and sent out from there simultaneously through rhe entire city in a very short time, placing the whole force on guard. “The chief could sit in his office and be in constant touch with the entire force thus making impossible the delay and con fusion incident to the present system. “The patrolling could be Jone and the block system maintained with fewer men than are now required and protection to life, and property would be much more effective. “AH the men would have to do their duty or be caught shirking. Sergeants and roundsmen could not avoid their work as the telephone system would indicate their whereabouts.” PROHIBITION JENT. Has Been Taken Down and Shipped Off- The pi'ohibtion tent in which so many speeches were made in the interest of pro hibition has been taken down and shipped away. The last of the seats were hauled to the depot this morning and nothing re mains but the post holes. It will probably be some time before the tent will be used again but the prohibi tionists say that the next time the tent is put up here it will be a sign of victory for them and that they are looking forward to that time with pleasure. DINNER TENDERED To General Bates and Staff Last Night a » Camp Fornance. The headquarter’s mess of the Third En gineers tendered a dinner to General Bates and staff at their camp last night. The af fair was a very- pleasant one and was very much enjoyed by the officers. Those present were Major General J. C. Bates, Captain Wright, Lieutenant Horace Reeve and Lieutenant Smiley. CAPTAIN WRIGHT. Will Leave in a Few Days to be Examined Fo. Promotion. i Captain Wright, adjutant general of the First armj’ corps, will leave in a few days for Huntsville, Ala., to stand an examina tion for promotion in the regular army. He is at present first lieutenant in the 1 Second infantry and will stand the exami ! nation for a captaincy. ; Captain Wright is regarded as one of the I best officers in the army and will no doubt be successful in the examination. It is not known whether he will return here after ward. _ « UNITED STATES COURT. Parties Intervene in the Arnold Case- Goods to be Sold. In the United States court this morning the interventions of Fleetwood & Co., Jones & Co., A. Meyers, George T. Bee land, Charles Wachtel, C. E. Newton and I Huthnance & Rountree, in the case of W. jH. Arnold, were granted and the goods were ordered sold by Judge Speer. The sale will be held on Tuesday the 21st of December. NO NEW TRIAL Steven's Only Hope Now Lies in the Su preme Court. Judge Felton overruled the motion for a new trial in the Stevens case this morn ing. Hon. John R. Cooner represented Stevens and Solicitor General Robert Hodges represented the state. I Judge Felton over-ruled the motion on , every ground. Mr. Cooper says that he is determined that Stevens shall not spend his life in the chaingang and that he will carry the caee to the supreme court and I that he is sure to get a new trial or that i the decision of this court will be re , versed. lu the citv court this morning the case of Edward Dempsey vs. the Consolidated Street Railway was taken up but was not completed. It will probably be finished I this afternoon. DISGUSTINGJELECTICN. Augusta Adds Another to Her List of E s ec tion Scandals. Ad Augusta special says: Augusta had another disgusting f lection today in which negro voters were nought like sheep and marched to the polls in ' column and voted by their white purehas- J ers at so much per head. In the second ward, Mr. Richard E. Al- j len never had any opposition from the Arts. In the first ward Mr. Alfred Mar tin's election was determined by a white primary, held November 10th. and in the ' third ward Mr. A. J. Gouley had been nominated by a white mass meeting to which he and his opponent. Mr. Patrick Armstrong, had voluntarily submitted their candidacy. In these wards there was n« contest and [no interest, but in the fourth and fifth I wards there had been a failure to agre< on a white primary and there was a con test at the polls decided by the ability to purchase negro voters. Mr. M. J. Mc- Auliffe had been brought out as the Walsh administration candidate In the fourth and W. A. Mattison was backed by the Walsh people in the fifth. The Dunbar and Kerr factions that were beaten by Mr. Walsh a year ago in the mayoralty election, un I d ■ all their strength to defeat these Walsh . candidates and Mr. J. A. W. Clark was I brought out in the fourth ward and Mr. | j R* E. Elliott in the fifth. In the fourth ' ward they succeeded overwhelmingly and • in the fifth they landed their man, Elliott, by four votes. In the fourth ward the polls opened with 250 negro voters in line for McAuliffe. They had camped around the polls all night under guard of white lieutenants to be first on the ground. They were jubilant I over the prospect of victory, but at 8:30 i o’clock the Clark lieutenants marched 400 ’ negro voters in line to the polls from a ; neighboring wagon yard, where they nad ; been penned up all night and kept under . guard. This column, which looked more ' • numerous than it really was, broke the I confidence of the McAuliffe side and Siam- | j peded a number of their voters. There ■ I were several fights between prominent I ' workers in the opposing factions, but no- ■ body was seriously hurt. The buying of votes was without, con- I I cealment. The McAuliffe men paid off in i checks; the Clark men paid off In cash I right in the rear of the voting precinct. Entrance being from the east side, the • negro would leave by the west side and being vouched for would be given $5. One of the Clark paymasters began pinning the $5 bills on the lapel of the coat of the purchased voter and the bought voter went among the crowd with his pay money so displayed. Clark men were more public with money ! i than the McAuliffe men. Two Clark lieu- . ■ tenants went among the crowd telling the i negroes that they “had won the election,” ' : but were still giving $5 for votes, “had the i I money ready to pay when the ballot was ’ I cast; wouldn't pay but $2.50 a little later.” ; ; A Clark negro with five-dollar bills in ■ his hand, went among the negroes show ' ing the “stuff we give for votes.” How long the people of Augusta, will I submit to this sort of thing, Ido not j know. It was thought chat the last may i oralty election would prove the last exhi i bition of the kind, but today’s council- ■ ■ manic contest in the fourth and fifth : waids was just as bad, but on a somewhat . meager scale. In the fifth ward the Walsh candidate was carrying everything his way for the first few' hours, and his election was re ported all over town to be almost a walk- ! over, but after stampeding the McAuliffe ' forces in the fourth ward and carrying things by storm in that ward, all the anti- | Walsh workers from all parts of town then went up to the fifth w’ard and concentra ted their efforts to carry the day for El liott. There was already such a big lead for Mattison that it was an uphill fight, ; but with money and workers they swarm ed around the polls and carried the day by Storm, stampeding the Mattison forces and winning for Elliott by the narrow margin i of three votes. Ther is no need to condemn one side ■ more than the other. It is not the individ- i ual. but the system that needs reforma- I tion. The victory of one side simply means that it had more money to pay with and more skill and strength in manipulating voters. The other side would have won ■ by the same means if it could. The whole thing is a reproach to the community and I a disgrace. Many men are declaring this ■ . shall be the last time, but this has been ! | heard before and there is no telling. The i • trouble is that the men who are accustom- | i cd to manipulating the negro vote are bet- ' | ter willing to risk their chances in the i . issue of such an election than to leave • their fate in the hands of the white voteft ( I alone. It isalso contended that a primary i . election is just as corrupt as a final elec- • ; tion and that white votes can be and are I purchased. Again, it is claimed that t / | large number of Populists and A. P. A. ■ votes among a class of our white voters | make a Democratic primary necessary in- I t stead of a white primary. The result of | these varying opinions is that Augusta I continues to be disgraced by corrupt elec- I tions and the public purchase of negro votes. I COMPANY H? ■ ;Of the Second Georgia Will be Mustered Out at Rome Today. - T , Rome, Ga., Dec. 8. —Company Hos the Second Georgia regiment will be mustered ‘ out of service and paid off today. Cap tain 'Frederick and Lieutenant Carter, 1 mustering officers, have been here several <lays getting things in shape. The pay master and his clerks are also on the j I ground. Colonel Brown was here yesterday and 1 i spolje with deep feeling of his regret in i giving up the Second. He said it was one ‘ , of the finest volunteer regiments in the j service. The eighty men in company H have been here over a month awaiting to be mustered out. They have fed in the res taurants and well cared for, though the time has passed slowly. The rank and file will receive about SBO each. Those living at other points will go out on the , first-trains after being mustered out. CENTS SOCIALISM The Tenets to be Enforced for First Time in America. HAVERHILL’S NEW MAYOR. The Remarkable Platform Upon Which He was Elected- Protec tion for Unemployed. By Associated Press. riverhill. Mass., l»ec. S—A disciple of social Democracy will on January 2. be inaugurated mayor of this eity, being, so far as known the first socialist to be elected to an administrative office in this country. By the municipal election Monday John ! C. Chase, aged 28 years, a clerk in a co ' operative grocery store, was elected mayor | .is tbe candidate of the social Democracy. 1 by a plurality of 350 votes in a field of six candidates. With him on the victorious ticket were three socialist candidates for councilmen. Chase said that his only purpose in the mayor's office will be to carry out the principles of the local party platform, whiebrare as follows: Article 1, The acquisition by the muni- I cipality of rhe public utilities, such as i street railways, gas and electric light ' plants and all other utilities requiring a ; franchise, the same to be operatives, co | operatively subject by direct vote to the i whole people; the employes to elect their I own superior offices; but no employe to i be discharged for political reasons. Article 2. We demand the abolition of ' the contract labor system on all public 1 works. Article 3. We demand that eight hours ■ constitutes a day’s work with a minimum I wage scale of $2 per diem. | Article 4. We demand that all salaries ■ and wages paid by the municipality be in proportion to the services rendered. Article 5. We demand that the city when necessary, furnish proper food clothing and shoes to all children who are kept at home on account of lack of proper food, clothing and shoes. Article 6. We demand that the full pow i ers of the municipality be exercised for . the relief of the unemployed, not by char- I ity but by the establishment of public , works for their employment. Article 7. We demand the abolition of . grade crossings and every other menace j to human health and life. • Article 8. We demand that the burden ' of taxation be distributed in exact •propor tion to the holdings of each citizen. Article 9. We demand the abolition of all i secret sessions ofc the city council, and that a public record be kept of the vote of each member on all questions. Article 10. We demand the adoption of the principles of the initiative and refer- I endum and proportional representation. Arixcle 11. We demand that all officers be subject to re-call by the respective constituencies. Article 12. We demand the abolishment of secret balloting in the city council. Mr. Chase said, referring to the plat i form: ! “I shall try with my comrades who have been elected to take some steps to bring each of these matters before the people. Our campaign is not a revolutionary one, but one of education. We shall force noth ing down the throats of tbe people but will seek to educate them until they ask for these things that we recommend. That is as far as I can outline our policy. Ther will be no general turn over in the city hall and we shall try to do nothing ' but conduct the business of the city in ■ the most careful and honest manner. I do not expect opposition from the other par- • ties in the city council but think we will I have a harmonious administration.” Mt. Chase, who will soon become the executive head of the city with a salary of $2,000, is peculiarly a man of the peo ple. He is only a clerk in the co-operative store, although he .is the president of the Haverhill Co. Operative Society which con- ■ trols this and another store in the city. I He bad been previously employed for five , years in shoe factories in various posi i tions. Mr. Chase is a native of New • Hampshire. He began work in a woollen i mill when only 8 years old, coming out of j the mill for a few months schooling each | winter. Later the lad was employed in a ■ shoe shop, completing his education by a ’ course of private lessons in the evening, j He became interested in trade*s unionism ; and since coming to Haverhill in 1890 has | been prominent in labor circles in the city, j He hats frequently been the party’s* can- ; didate for office and was the unanimous choice for the mayoralty. BRAVE GEORGIANS. Compliment of Gen, Merritt in a Letter to Gov. Candler. Governor Candler has received the fol lowing letter from General Wesley Mer ritt, commanding the Philippine islands.: “Manila, Aug. 29. —Headquarters De partment of the Pacific and Military Gov ernor—lt gives me pleasure to bring to your notice for such action as you may deem proper, the great assistance rendered me during the campaign ending in the capture of the city of Manila by Lieuten ant Brumby and Naval Constructor Capps. Uifited States navy. The efficient co-op | eration of the fleet and the troop* on shore j was largely due to the intelligent ar- ■ rangements made by Lieutenant Brumby ; with my chief signal officer, and io Mr. t Capps I am greatly indebted fc.- valuable assistance rendered the officer in charge of the office of military information of the 1 department of the Pacific. “WESLEY MERRITT.” FOR RENT. Nice cottage, close in, geed neighbor hood. four rooms and two room kitchen, with all convenience’s. Address Cottage, care News.