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THAT BIG_ RtVIEW
Some Doubt Expressed as to
Finding Sufficient Ground
WOULD BE 1 MILE LONG
Moving of the Battalion of Engi
neers to Cuba Postponed~Gos
sip of the Camp.
The third battalion of the rs
" ill not go to Cuba at the time announc
'd. The order came yost<-rday afternoon
countermanding the firm order. The cause
for the postponement of the movement is
because a -form at sea delayed the trans
port that was to have conveyed the bat
talion to Cuba.
Everything was in readiness for the
movement of the battalion and the men
had prepared to strike the tents this
morning. One of the staff officers said
this morning 'that the regiment would
probably leave here Saturday, however,
as it was thought that ths transports
would be in by tha.t time. Lieutenant
f’olonei Biddlt, who selected the camp
sites here, is now in Cuba and will select
the camps ths re.
The commissary stores are all packed
in the cars together with the ammunition
and when, rhe orders come the battalion
ran move on twenty-four hours’ notice.
It was stated in another paper yesterday
that* the men of the engineers were all
anxious to go to (Cuba. This is denied by
<h»* men. They say that th<y want to be
miustered out of the service, but if they
have to remain in they would as soon be
in CuNi as anywhere else. It seems as if
all of the troops want to be mustered out
but the war department seems disposed to
hold them, and it now looks as if they
will have to serve out the two years.
At present there is some anxiety among
the colored officers. The board of inquiry
which was appointed acme time ago to in
vestigate as to their competence is hard
at work and will' render a report in a few
'lays. It was learned this morning that
several of the officers would be dropped
from ‘the service on account of incom
petency. The negro soldiers have given
no trouble recently. They have been very
quiet and no reuorts of disorderly conduct
have been sent in to the provpst head
quarters. ♦
Dress parades are held every afternoon
by the negro soldiers and two of the regi
ments, the Tenth and Seventh Immunes,
are very well drilled. The second lieuten
mts of these regiments are negroes, but
they seem to have very little to do with
the meh and the companies are entirely
in charge of white officers. A large crowd
of people witnessed the parade of the
Third Engineers yesterday afternoon.
'I hose who saw rhe parade pronounce it
one of the -best that has ever been held in
the city.
The Second Ohio held dress parade for
the first time yesterday afternoon. As
there are only eight companies now in
camp there it was found -that there was
sufficient room in front of the officers’
quarters to hold 'the parade. The band
also gave a concert, which was listened
to by many people from the city. The
mep of this regiment have made many
friends ,n the city and seem to take pleas
ure in entertaining their friends at the
camp.
The paymaster will come here today or
tomorrow. It was rumored on the streets
this morning- that the paymasters had
come, but they have not jet reported to
the division headquarters. One of 'the
siaff officers said this mopping that $250,-
000 would be paid to the men here. This
will be a large amount of money and a
greater part of it will be spent in Macon
.1.-. very few of the men send their money
home.
General Wilson is expected to return
re Saturday. He is in Columbus today
and will go to Americus tomorrow- anil
11 om tlu re he will return to Macon Dur
ing his absence General Bates has been in
• iiargt' ot the army, and has attended to
dl <>i I'© official business. A question
iha f is now puzzling the officers is that
they are- at a loss to find a large enough
ground o hold a review when the pres
ident noines. It was thought that the
1 eutral City park would be sufficiently
1 'ige. but it is claimed that it will not
bold three regiments in line. A board of
officers will go out. tomorrow to look for
a p;aee io hold the review. The land
around Bellevue has been suggested, but'
the officers have not yet seen it, and it is
not known what will be done.
A body of 7,000 troops in line will be
over a mile long and it can be seen that
it will take a large body of land to ad
eemmedate so many mtn. It will take
s< veral hours for the troops to pass the
r< view stand and the president's time will
be taken up while here in reviewing the
troops. It was thought that the review
A-ould be had in the streets of Macon, but
it. has been found that they were also too
small, as there would not be room for the
reviewing officers.
\ll newspaper men have been refused
admisison to the division hospital and
very few citizens are allowed to enter.
It is not known Why this is done, but it
is 'thought that the officers do not wish
tor the public to know how the have the
patients arranged. It is understood that
they still have the negroes and whites in
ihe same wards, as was announced in The
News some time ago. It was stated at the
time that other arrangements would be
made, but it seems that obey have not
been done, and that the white men are
still required to remain near the negroes.
The health of the men has improved
since their arrival here and it seems as if
the climate of Macon has a good effect on
■(lie soldiers. Only four soldiers have died
n-'e they have been in camp here and
only two of them from sickness.
The signal corps has connected all of
the camps with the telephone line and
their work is practically ovtr. At the
provost guard house only a few men are
confined and for t'l past few days the
guards have had very little io do. They
are in good trim, however, for pay day
and wil be ready to answer all calls.
Major Logan has his men well trained
.nd ail of them know what their duties
«i r* 3 .
it would be surprising to know the
.mount of bread that is consumed by the
troops every day. The regimental wagons
from .be different camps come into the
city every day after supplies and fully
five wagon loads of bread are used by each
regiment every two days.
The Sixth Virginia will probably be re
leased from arrest this afternoon and
some of the men will be allowed to come
into the city. They have been in arrest
since their arrival here three weeks ago
and they are all anxious to get out. They
have promised their officers that they will
behave if they are given their freedom and
they wil pjrobably be given a trial.
CA-STOItTA.
Bears the Kind You Hara Aiwavs Bought
NEGRO SOLDIER.
Os the Seventh Immune Regiment died
Yesterday.l
Martin "Reid, a colored soldier, has died
at the camp of the Seventh Immunes. He
had been sick for some time with pneu
monia but it wag thought that he would
recover. He died suddenly, however, and
it was a surprise to the surgeons as they
all thought that he was getting well. He
was a member of company I, and was said
to be a good soldier. His remains were
turned over to Undertaker Keating for
burial.
A bargain for Thrsday, a new oak case
i Domestic sewing machine $25 spot cash.
Thursday only. John R. Burnett, 131, Cot
ton avenue.
CARNES’ BATTERY
AT CHICAGAMAUGA
Tribute From Capt. T, L.
Massenburg to Old Com
rades-in-Arms.
Opt. T. L. Massenburg. of Macon,
writes the following story of the conduct
of Capt. W. AV. 'Carnes’s Battery at Chick
amauga:
"Seeming that ycur correspondents sel
dom write of the meritorious deeds cf ithv
artillery cf the army, and having served iu
that branch, I desire to pay tribute to
Capt. VV. W. Carnes Battery at .Chicka
mauga, which furnished the most conspic
uous example of gallantry that I saw dur
ing the war.
"In the light of Saturday. Septembed 19,
•Carnes's Battery served with Cheatham’S
•Division, being engaged upon .the left of
the line, and without support in the rear.
, The woods through rwhich they advanced
were so dense with undergrowth that it
was almost impossible to keep the battery
• up with the infantry line. The infantry
struck the enemy first, and as soon as
Carnes could clear the ground of under
growth, which he had to do with a detail
of men armed with axes, he put his bat
tery in position, and opened on the ad
vancing FederaJs with canister. In the
heavy fighting which immediately followed
many of the men and horses were eo n
killed or disabled; and Carnes, seeing rhe
impossibility of saving his guns, if our
line should te pressed back, sent his or
derly to report the situation to the divis
ion commander and ask for help.
"Receiving reply to hold his ground as
long as passible, Capt. Carnes dismounted
his officers and sergeants and put them
and r.be drivers of the disabled horses at
the guns to replace the cannoneers as they
were shot dewn, and, giving the enemy
double charges of canister at close range,
drove back the line in his front; but as he
had no support on fiis left, rhe Federals
swung around the battery until it. was al
most surrounded. Finding it impossible
to hold out longer, Carnes sent his few
surviving men' to the rear and, with his
! sergeant, fired his left gun a few times as
rapidly as possible to keep back the fast
closing lines, and then he and his sergeant
jumped to their horses, which were tied
near by. The sergeant, mounting first,
was riddled with bullets from a volley that
passed over the Captain as he was in the
act of mounting, wounding his horse.
Making a dash for the now narrow open
ing to the rear, Capt, Carnes escaped cap
ture by being well mounted and a good
rider. His horse was struck a number of
times, and could barely carry his rider til!
he reached the support coming from the
rear, and fell just after he passed through
the advancing Confederate line.
"Os that left gun detachment, the Cap
i tain informed me that only one man be
' s’des himself was known to have gotten
our. an<P he fa German corporal) was so
badly wounded as to be permanently dis
abled. Os rhe battery horses, forty-nine
here left deAd on the ground, while thir
ty-eight men and officers were killed ami
wounded--a total of nearly fifty per cent
of the men carried into the fight, and in
an engagement of less than an hour. Gen.
Bragg afterwarns viewed the position. lie
complimented Capt. Carnes highly, and
made him commander of a battalion of
| four batteries.
' "The terrible daughter in and around
Carnes’s Battery was the talk of the
i army, and the writer, with many others,
visited the spot and saw the men and
jhc.iscs lying dead -about the guns. In one
; r’ace. there were thirteen horses touching
i one another. I learned from the Captain
i teat this pile contained the full teems of
j one gun and caisson and the saddle horse
cf the sergeant of the piece. Early in the
act’on the limber chest was exploded,
'.‘■owing the wheel driver from his horse
and burning the horses so badly that they
> ran away. The lead driver turned his
hciees to the rear and ran into rhe caisson,
j locking the wheels of both. The sergeant
, dismounted and gave his horse to the
j driver to hold, and all were shot down
1 wlere they stood.
Can any cavalry dash or infantry charge
exceed this exhibition of sublime courage
I and devotion to the duty? The position of
the battery on the field is marked by an
<T"< a! tablet placed by the Commission
ers of Chickamauga Park, and by brass
field pieces located a. short distance in
front of the handsome monument of Beat
ty’s 'Brigade.
Capt. Carnes, formerly of Macon, sur
vived the war and the ravages of in-e”ven
i tag y<-ars, and now resides in M.uiphis,
1 Tenn.
A TEXAS WOXDE R.
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covery cures all kidney and bladder trou
bles, removes gravel, cures diabetis. semi
. nal emisisons, weak and lame backs, rheu
matism and ali irregularities of the kid
neys and bladder in both men and women.
Regulates bladder troubles in children. If
not sold by your druggist will be sent by
mail on receipt of sl. One small bottle is
two months’ treatment and will cure any
case above mentioned.
E. W. HALL,
?e Manufacturer.
P. O. Box 213, Waco, Texas.
• Sold by H. J. Lamar & Son, Macon, Ga.
READ THIS.
1 Covington, Ga.. July 23, IS9S.
This Is to certify that I have used Dr.
Hall’s Wonderful Discovery for Rheuma
tism. Kiddney and Bladder Troubles, and
[ will say it is fan superior to any thing I
have ever used for the above complaints.
Very respectfully,
H. I. HORTON, Ex-Marshal.
MACON NEWS THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8 1898.
MIS
AT COST.
Special Christmas Extraordi
i narv at E.D. Irvine’s Mu
sic Warerooms.
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Cost Price Sale of the Finest Makes
iof Pianos—AZ Repetition of the
Opportunity Offered Last
Spring.
A piano for a Christmas present.
That’s wiiat Ed Irwin is going to give
you a chance to get.
. The best makes of pianos from a. Weber
; down have been cold at his warerooms at
cost price this week.
It is an opportunity that should not be
I missed.
'For what more delightful Chris'mas gif..
, ! can be given, than a good piano.
| Think of it well and come in tomorrow
. to'see the pianos.
'Last March, by permission of the vari
ous factories ho represented, he held an
introductory sale, which in other
words means that the factories permitted
him to sell pianoes at cost to introduce cer
tain styles, giving him a small royalty on
each eale. In this way people bought the
most elegant of pianos at factory cost.
Quite a number of styles could not be ob
tained in time last spring. Mr. Irvine suc
ceeded in getting but few mahogany
pianos and fewer walnuts. No Weber
pianos •ould be had *n time for the sale.
Owing to these facts Mr. Irvine has in
duced -the factories he represents to let
him repeat this introductory sale of such
, styles as he could not get last spring. So
i commencing today (Thursday) and lasting
, 1 one week, pianos of the famous make of
Knabe, AVeber. Chicken ng, Albrecht, Kim
ball, Fischer and other prominent makes
(of styles not sold before) regular prices
$175.00, $200.00, $250.00, $300.00, $350.00,
$450.00, $475.00, $550.00, one week com-
! mencing Thursday will be sold at fol low
' ing prices: $145.50, $187.50, $210.00, $250.00
! $288.00, $325.00 to $450.00. All organs cue
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1 to same proportion.
Ten dollars per month buys the most
( elegant of pianos at factory’ cost. Four
dollars per month buys the best of organs
at factory ccst. if it had been your in
tention not to buy even for two years yet,
it will pay you -to take advantage of this
cut price sale, for Mr. Irvine will not be
able to repeat it. This sale will intro
duce his entire line and it ends all intro
ductory business.
Persons who wish pianos -as surprises
for their families for Christmas will be
permitted 'to keep them at our store until
ready to be delivered for Christmas.
Mr. z Irvine stands ready to refer parties
to those who bough-t at his spring intro
ductory sale, that they may see that ,he
stands square up to his advertisements.
Fine stool and elegant scarf free with
each piano, same as 'when he sells at regu
, lar price. Remember the
Georgia Music House, Third street (next
j to Danuenberg Co.’s): and the time —one
I week, commercing 'today. (Thursday.)
Int HEART OF MARYLAND
Will Heat the Academy of Music Next
Monday Night.
"The Heart of Maryland,’’ which is to
have its premier presentation at the
Academy of Music Monday night will be
witnessed by a large and fashionable aud
ience as is plainly evident iu the unusual
ly large sale of seats.
"The Heart of Maryland" is in four acts
and finds its action during the period
i when the civil war was at its height,
i Throughout the play the interest of the
spectators centers upon the struggle of
: the heroine, Maryland Calvert, to prevent
the pursuit of her lover by his enemies,
and his capture, which would result in his
speedy and ignominious death as a spy. Os
all the wonderfully realistic scenes, tinged
W. \\
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SCENE FROM “THE HEART OF MARYLAND’
' ACT I *MV ENEMY’ MY LOVE?. r
with the glamour of romance, which David
Belasco has devised to enhance the inter
-1 est of his dramas, he has never created
i one so thrilling, illustrious cf the
grandeur and force of the power of a
( woman s love when driven to desperation
as that ia the- belfry of the old church
rower. To save her lover who, after his
condemnation to death as a. spy by the
’ court martial, has escaped, she rushes into
; the yower and through the darkness up
rhe frail staircase of the belfry, leaps for
ward and catches the clapper of the bell
and prevents the alarm being given that
woul-d surely bring her lover back to meet
his doom.
OASTO n T A .
Bears ihe Kind You Have Always But ’fit
Novelties Novelties
Boys’ :KTNrGDW in
3to 16 Years A GOOD THING? Neckwear.
: Now isyout opportunity to please your fancy in CLOTHING,
FURNISHING GOODS, HATS and UNDERWEAR.
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NO ONE DARE DISPUTE THE FACT
I That we carry the largest line of Clothing in Central Georgia,
. and as we buy cheaper than Small Dealers, our facilities are ■ ■
thereby increased to enable us to give you clothing at much
less price. A visit will satisfy you that every suit you buy
from us makes you a better friend and always a customer of
ours. z
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All Soldiers
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Need good warm Underwear, Gloves, Hosiery, etc. We can
fill your wants and save you enough money to go a long ways
on that new suit you will want when you go home. We are
xlx \l/ now offer ing an extra bargain if you NEED UNDER-
AVEAR. A good suit which we have always sold for $2.00,
11 we are now offering for sl.oo—extra value, extra warm. And
we have gloves, hosiery and all other things you need TO BE
COMFORTABLE in camp.
“Bring your card with you and save your
discount.”
The Dannenberg Co.
Men’s THE Largest .
■ Top Coats BIG STORE, Line of
Reduced to ’ Fine Clothing:
x H ? ,f 466 Third Street. Shown
Value. in the Citv.
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Before the Rapid Fire Guns.
A lieutenant who was among the
wounded before Santiago thus describes
the sensation of being a target for a rapid
fire gun:
“We were going forward under a scat
tering fire from the front, and all at once,
off at the right, a rapid firing gun opened
on us. There was no smoke, so we could
not locate the battery exactly, but we
could see the bullets playing over the long
grass like spray from a hose. They didn’t
have the range at first, and the shower of
bullets went swinging back and forth,
clipping uff the tops of the grass and com
ing nearer us with every sweep. You can’t
imagine the sensations it gave us to watch
■ that death spray, driven by some invisi
. ble, relentless force, creeping on and on.
reaching out and feeling for us.
“There was something unnatural about
it, and we watched as though we were
fascinated by it. 1 didn’t feel as if men
had anything to do with it. It was an im
• personal deadly enemy that I couldn’t
i fight and couldn’t.escape. There wasn’t a
living enemy within sight. At last, with
one big sweep, the shower reached us. Men
all around me dropped, and then I felt a
sting in my side, and down I went. 1 be
lieve we were all thankful when that gun
found us. It relieved the tension—but i»
ended my fighting.”
The Biggest Silver
The biggest silver producer in the world
at present is the Broken Hill Proprietary
company, in New South Wales. The out
put of that company’s mines for the fiscal
year ending on May 31, 1898, was 6.129,-
270 fine ounces ot’ silver. The Anaconda
Copper Mining company, in Montana,
vaiue second, with a production of 5.074,-
I 036 ounces of silver. It is worth noting
' that in both of these mines the silver is
produced in connection with other metals
—at Broken Hill with lead and at Ana
-1 conda with copper. The latter is princi
pally a copper mine, since the metal forms
i the greater part of the value of its ores.
The Compania Huanchaea de Bolivia
i has had the operation of its mines serious
ly interfered with for the last two years
by water and other mishaps. Its produc
tion in 1897 was 151,995 kilograms, or
4,886,673 ounces, of silver. This is not
1 much more than one-half of the maximum
output, which was reached in 1893 and
was 281,007 kilograms, or 9,034,385
ounces. Engineering and Alining Jour-
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Kitchener’s Discipline.
For 15 years General Kitchener his
worked his officers and men mercilessly.
The regulations of the Egyptian army al
low no married men on the staff or in
places of responsibility. Marriage inter
feres with tropical work. Sick leave is
■ given to any officer who breaks down
once. A second illness severs the connec
tion between any officer in Kitchener’s
force and the Egyptian army. The men
who have fought under Kitchener and
who are now returning by twos and threes
i to London say that when one goes forth
to battle under their iron general victory
i is assured, and when men trust their lead
| er it is equivalent to the addition of many
battalions to the army. Kitchener was
cold as ice when there was work to do,
but he broke down and wept bitterly at
I the burial service of Gordon, which was
held in the ruins of the palace at Khartum
on Sunday, Sept. 4. He is a Liberal, and
his stern character is strengthened b/
! profound religious conviction.
Xmas Gifts G, >
From Santa Claus
In e 5 f a
shape of a Cleveland or Crescent Bicycle Vy
for ladies, gentlemen or children, will .be SRr
a gift fit for a king. If it. is one of our MM- Wy f
handsome and reliable traps, or r '
surries it is sure to be appreciated. We 1 1 ' 'r r \ j
have a superb assortment of harness and J A v/
lap robes and other suitable and nice ’u^W 'Jlli 't
things in horse goods from which to sat- A
isfy your taste. Our prices are always the \ /
lowest consistent with up-to-date goods -- _y»r\ > S4? r
and quality. & A
S. S. PARMELEE,
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GENUINE BARGAINS
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