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ESTABLISHED 1884
TERMS 6f
THUREATY,
Effort to Keep the Document a
Profound Secret.
MORE SPANISH PROTESTS.
The Dons are Indignant Because of
McKinley’s Message as to the
Maine Disaster.
By Associated Press.
Paris, bee. 9. —Senor Mont-trao Rios, the
president erf the Spanish peace commis
sion, and Senor Ojeda, secretary of that
commission, are stiM confined to their beds.
The illness of Ojeda delays the engrossing
of the treaty and it is doubtful whether it
will be signed before Mon lay. The Amer
icans held their usual session this morn
iug. The Spaniards continue making bit
ter comments concerning MuKinley’s ref
erences to the Maine.
When the correspondent of the Associa
ted Pr k-.-H approached Senor Garnica, of
th*- Spanish commission, as to further de
taihs of the treaty, he taid:
“The fact that you rfpre-a-nt all the
American and English papers i» really a
reason why 1 should sUy nothing, but what
you show me as having been cabled Ls
substantially correct. The exact number
of articles is still undetermined. Il de
pends upon how Secret 1 : Secretaries Ojeda
and Moore divide the treaty. The Ameri
cana are to .pay the indemnity within
three months of ratification. We shall ap
point consuls in 'Cuba, Porto Rico the
Philippines without delay. The Cuban
consul will be accredited to the powers
that be."
On being asked why the Spaniards refus
ed to grant United States coaling sta
tions in the Carolines, Garnica said:
“The Americans could hardly agree that
we should agree to discuss matters out
side of the ‘protocol, after the lessons we
had from them on this point. When we
wished to discuss the Cuban debt they ab
solutely refused to consider it, and then
they ask us for whatever the wanted.
Quelle toupet! (what cheek!) Yet the Cu
ban debt remains the important question
for settlement.”
In regard to the Spanards final pixxtest
in regard to the Maine, Senor Garnica re
marked:
“That protest has now become history.
.As it is embodied in the protocol we do
not wish to remain under an imputation
which will perpetuate animosity and that
red against us and which would be a source
as constant irritation to Spain. it was
neither loyal nor just that this 'thing
should hang over the reputation of Spain.
We cannot submit to it. There are many
other causes to bring hatred between the
two nations without the audition erf such a
one as this. .As to the future relations of
the two countries, that is one thing that
history’ alone can determine.”
The Americans preserve secrecy regar
din the term® of 'the treaty. This is partly
due to the influence of the three senators
on the body who represent it to be a dis
courtesy to (he senate to publish the terms
before the treaty is presented to that body
by th president
The Spaniards made a last contribution
yesterday on the assembling of the com
missions. Montero then presented a vig
orously worded protest in which the Span
iards invoked the conscience of the nations
against the abuse of the rights of nations
of which they were the victims. The pur
puse of the protest was for record and con
sisted of an argument in support of every
concession demanded by the Spaniards and
which the Americans refused. Some of
them presumably and without opportunity
for discussion. The protest concluded:
"But these concessions which we afe
obliged to make, touch us lees than the in
sult which has been inflicted on the na
tion by Mr. McKinley in his message. We
again protest solemnly against the accusa
tion hurled against, us in connection with
the Maine, and intend to again eubmit the
question to an international tribune com
posed of England. France and Germany,
so determine who shall bear the responsi
bility of that catastrophe.”
In spile of the treaty observed by the
Americans it is learned that the treaty
consists of thirteen or fourteen articles.
The principal articles provide for the ces
sion and evacuation of Cuba, Porto Rico
and the Philippine Islhnds and the politi
cal, administrative and financial results
thereof; the acquirement by the United
States of public property, and the relin
quishment of the archives. Articles of
secondary importance determine the status
of Spanish subjects remaining in the ceded
territories and the unfinished lawsuits
and contracts: guarantees the same terms
io Spanish shipping and merchandise as
iinjiosed upon American shipping and mer
chandise to the Philippines for ten years,
and leaving the status of Spanish com
merce with the West Indies to be settled
later. Au important provision is the
THE MACON NEWS.
' guarantee of rcHgioaa freedom in th
ceded territories.
, i
Senator Gray, though well known to be j
! opposed to the poli -y of annexation or
■‘itnpfriaiisni,’’ will vote in the senate to ■
j ratify the treaty consndering that his sig- I
J nature io tlm; d icum< nt bin is him to sup
i port it.
NO INSULT MEANT.
British Ambassador Smooths the Feathers
of the French Eacle.
; By Associated Press.
Paris, Dec. !♦.—An explanation, evident- |
jly emanating from the British
embassy here, has been published declar
i ing that the speech recently delivred by
i th British ambassador, Sir Edmund Mon
i son, has been misunderstood and repudi
ating any desire to interfere in the in
ternal affairs of France or to criticize her ;
policy. Moreover, it is added, the whole I
i attitude of the ambassador contradicts the ;
•supposition of malevolent intention. >
VOLUNTEERS IN MANILA.
i Safe Arrival of Kansas Troops—Ore
Death.
By Associated Press.
Manila, Dec. 9.—The United Staten
transport Pennsylvania has arrived from i
San Francisco. Private Fred Bancil, of
the Twentieth Kansas, died, of typhoid
fever on ibe Indiana and was buried j
i ashore. The French transport Cachmire
| arrived here for the purpose of expatriat- j
; ing Spaniards. The Kansas volunteers I
landed today.
FIVE POWDER MILLS !
All Explode at the Same Time--Two
Killed-
; By Associated Press.
Wilmington, Dee. 9. —'Five powder mills
j in the lower yards of the Dupont powder •
I works, near this city exploded this morn- j
j ing. Robert Mcllhenny, John Moore, John
i Wright, and another man named Stewart .
• were killed and several otners were in
jured.
RACES ARE
WEARING OUT
—r~ I
The Six Dav Bicvcle Contest
In New York—Five Quit
the Track,
By Associated Press.
New York, Dec. !).—The 1 struggle be- i
I tween Miller and Waller for the first place, j
: in the six day bicycle race continued all ,
i night, Miller leading at 2 o’clock this
, morning, but at 5 Waller was five miles
j ahead, having taken advantage of Miller’s |
j TC»t. Neither Miller nor Waller had taken I
I .
, any rest to speak of up to 7 this morn in. I
i A. M. (Pierce, on Die contrary, tookarest ■
j of nearly an hour and a half between 4 |
’ and 6 o’clock. Seven o'clock found the '
; three fighting gamely, .Miller making a j
desperate effort to catch Waller. There are ■
signs ot Waller wearing out. Twice with
in a few minutes he fell on the track, once
i taking Miller with him and the second
■ time causing Stevens to take a sumesault '
i over him. No one was seriously hurt.
Pierce tried hard to keep on the heels of
I the two leadens. 'He is fresh and apparent-
I ly using hard cense and waiting for the
i rest that Miller and Waller will need af
i ter struggle to make gains on each other.
The two Frenchmen. Monarchon and ■
i Joyeax, the Australian Cistac and Pinker- '
J ton and King dropped out of the race dur- I
; ing the night. These men were ordered off i
■ by Night Referee Wilson at the suggestion
; of the board of health.
Noon score —Miller 1.620; Waller, 1,598;
Pierce, 1.576; Albert 1,516; Gimm, 1,460; '
Dawson, 1.458; Stevenson. 1,420; Aronson, I
1.419; Nawn, 1,403; Hale 1.327; Foster •
I 1,328. :
Miller is twenty-five milts behind the ;
; record.
EMBRACED A WOMAN.
i Judge Norwood Heavily Fines a Private •
Soldier.
By Associated Press.
Savannah, Dec. 9. —In the city court to
' day Judge Thomas M. Norwood, former '
. United States senator from Georgia, fined ;
i Private Moore of Battery A, Maine anil- ■
' levy. SSOO or six months on the chaingang ;
j for embracing the wife of a prominent ;
j county official on the street while the sol- >
dier was drunk. Judge Norwood adminis- ,
tered a severe lecture and characterized ;
the conduct of the soldier as that of a
heathen.
NOT ABLE TO CONVICT.
By Associated Press.
San Francisco. Dee. 9.—-Walter Rosser,
a private of the Tennessee regiment, is i
11 again on trial for the murder of Henry
Hilderbrand, whom he shot and killed in
this city on September 13th last. The first
' j trial was concluded some weeks ago and !
resulted in a disagreement of the jury. ,
I The evidence thus far in the second trial
; is practically the same as that previously
' given
I I CALIFORNIA’S PROTEST.
; By Associated Press.
Son Francisco. Dee. state board ■
of trade has sent a telegraphic protest to 1
the state department protesting against I
any commercial treaty with Greece by
1 which the duty of Zante currants may be |
* removed or reduced.
I
MACON FRIDAY DECEMBER 9 1898.
STREET JCAR DEAL
Philadelphia Magnates Buv
St. Louis Property.
THU HAVE MOIEI TO RUSH
I
An Investment Which Shews The
Confidence of Easterners in the
Growth of Western Cities.
J
By Associated Press.
St. Louis, Dec. 9. —The Republic today
says: From a source which renders the in
formation almost official the Republic
learns tnai the persons behind the scheme
to bring about a consolidation of the street '
railroad lines of S-i. Louis are W. T. El
kins and ip. A. B. Widener of Philadel- i
phia, Sutters Me Kee of 'Pittsburg and the
Traction Co. of New York, and the Phil
adelphia Traction Co.
'Brown Bros., the Wall street financiers,
which is managing the deal, is known to {
be acting on the instructions of the El- ■
kins-Widener syndicate as the bankers of
> these tremendous street railway enter- ;
prises are familiarly known. Money to I
l>ay for Wery step the firm has taken in
the matter is said to have been guaranteed
by the Philadelphia Traction Co, thus
leaving the Brown Bros, with no respon
sibility for the success or failure beyond
their obligation to successfully execute '
orders.
The deal is working out t<f the satisfas
tion of the persons most directly interest
ed and it is thought within the next ten 1
days every share of stock in the Lindell ;
and Missouri properties will be turned
over to the New York representatives of
Elkins and Widener. Notices sent to the
stockholders of both systems to call ar the
St. Louis Trust Co. and turn over their
' stock are bringing responses right along
and the whole of that part of the deal
will be completed within a few days at the
least.
It is said that the franchise of the Cen- i
tral Traction Co. of this city has beer :
turned over to the Brown Bros, by Sutters
McKee of Pittsburg, its present owner, at
a valuation approximating $1,000,000. ‘
Whether the Hamilton syndicate lines ■
i and the Southern Electric will be brought ;
into the consolidation can be only conjec
tured at his early date. The formal trans- j
! fer of the Hamilton roads to Messrs. Spen
cer and Onthwein of this city was made
, on Wednesday and sufficient time has not '
; elapsed for formal action in that direction ■
. to be taken, even had the Eastern syndi- j
cate made an offer to the purchasers for ;
the property.
President D. G. Hamilton and Vice i
President Lefens, of the National Railway ;
Co., were in the city on Wednesday and
i the negotiations were concluded then. I
- They returned immediately after the deal :
I was closed and the matter was kept secret
i until last night. They were at. the South- I
ern hotel but did not register.
DR. HUZZA DEAD.
Result of an Accident While Aboard a
Train.
By Associated Preet.
; Atlanta, Dec. 9. —-Dr. T. H. Huzza, one of i
I most prominent physicians of the south, i
died at the hospital this morning in New i
York. He left Atlanta last Saturday and j
while on the train was thrown against a '
kitchen Ln 'the dining car, sustaining a
•coatuidon of the abdomen. This resulted ;
in acute appendicitis and an operatlda fol- j
lowed.
DESPERADO HANGED.
Fitting Sequence of a Terrible Tragedy of
the Sea.
By Associated Press.
Norfolk, Dec. 9. —John Anderson was
hanged here today for the murder of the ■
captain and mate of the schooner Oiove ■
Packer. Anderson’s crime attracted wide- i
spread attention t being a sea tragedy of i
singular romance and atrocity. The j
schooner Olive Packer sailed from Boston i
with lumber for the river Platte, Brazil. ;
When 150 miles off the coast of Brazil An- :
, del sou had an altercation with the captain ;
and when the latter retired to the cabin
’ Anderson followed and shot the captain
dead. He then armed himself heavily and
went on deck where he mounted the fore
castle and terrorized all on board. The ;
mate, who was aloft, was called down and ,
while pleading for his life was shot four ■
i times. Then the crew were ordered to :
i throw the dying mate overboard and on i
protesting he was not dead were assured
that he was “dead enough.” This being
done the crew were marched below at the
, point of a pistol and were ordered to
throw’ the captain's body overboard. An
i derson directed that oil be thrown over
the lum’oer. after which the oil-soaked
ship was set on fire and the murderous I
! crew’ took the boats. Anderson was ap
! prehended at Bahia. Brazil, and was sen: l
north on the United States gunboat Lan- •
I caster.
THE PYTHIAN CASTLE.
.Was Damaged by Fire at a Late Hour Last
Night.
Fire broke out last night in the new
: Pythian castle on Mulberry street and it |
was thought for a time that the whole
building would be destroyed. It seems
that, the fire started in a storeroom on the
; second floor of the building. Theaiarm
was sent in by telephone at 12:30 and the
department responded promptly. When
' they arrived the flames were bursting out
of the rear windows and had caught a .
window in the Odd Fellows building in the
rear. The loss was only about S3OO.
LET IT GO AT THAT.
Py Associated Press.
Berlin, Dec. 9. —The National Zeitung
, announces that the federal govern menu
. have agreed the bundesrath should Teeog- :
Men’s Underwear *1.50 and *2.00
Something unusually good. Phillips. I
i i
MACEO ! S__DOCTOR
Exonerated of Treacherv to
His General.
A BRAVE MAN WRONGEP.
I
He Aided the Cuban Cause After
His Capture—Why He Tem
perarily Deserted,
By Associated Press.
New York, Dec. 9. —A dispatch to the
Herald frem Havana says:
Dr. Zertucba came into unenviable no
toriety at the time Maceo was killed, when
it was charged that, acting as Maceo's
physician, he betrayed him int oambush,
where died endeavoring to cut his way out.
Zertueha was said to have received $50,000
; for this infamous act of treason. Friends
of the doctor, however, stood steadfastly
I by him. asserting he never had any idea
jof betraying the insurgent leader. Not
; long ago he requested an official inquiry
; into his conduct, which was ordered by
General Mayia. R-odriguez.
The report just made by Alejandro Rod
riguez, president of the board of inquiry,
completely exonerates Zertucha. The re
port touches upon Zertucha’s services as
eurgeon and his having exposed himself to
great danger in fifty engagements. He was
i with Maceon when the latter was killed
; and made a death certificate before hits in
ite lent md them des.’ieJ f ar ng the
' enmity of several Cp r n leade « out al
-1 though out of the army, continual in rrany
ways to assist the cause of the insurgents,
proof of which has been furnished by
■ many. Last May he again joined the
forces in the field, where he acted 03 chief
surgeon and again feught brively in sev
eral battles. The report concludes by giv
ing him a clear certificate of character
j a.nd patriotism.
An American syndicate ha« purchased
j the large market covering a block in the
center of the city. The terms of the p ir-
■ chase have rot been made public.
j Charles W. Gould, attorney for the evac
uation commission, will have charge if the
i distribution of supplies coming from Sa
; vannah cn the Comal. Mr. Gould has just
. returned from a trip to distribute supplies
1 which carried him as far east as Caibai
, ren. He says that with the assistance al
ready furnished, small farmers on the
' north coast are planting and rebuilding
I houses. In every city and village visited
• he found the better citizens, particularly
the Spanish more than willing to co-oper
ate in philantropical enterprises.
He spent considerable time investigat
| ing the general condition of ' affair* and
being in effect the direct representative o f
i President McKinley, to whom be will
] make an exhaustive report. He had every
[ opportunity to obtain information.
j ARMY “PROMOTIONS
<
President Makes Eight New
Brigadier Generals.
By Associated Press.
■ ’Washington, Dec. 9. —The president sent
j tb the senate yesterday all the army 'ap
pointments made during the recess. The
' appointments Include promotions in the
regular army, as well as promotions and
appointments in the volunteer service;
also a large number es second lieutenants
’ appointed from private life. Some men
'in the regular army have been retired
since the appointments were made and
many in the volunteer service have been
honorably discharged. The more impor
; tact of those which have not been an
i noun-c-ed are: To be brigadier generals of
; Volunteers, Colonel Samuel Overshine,
i Twenty-Third United States infantry;
i Colonel Charles Mcßeeves, Thirteenth
■ .Minnesota Volunteers; Colonel Irving
i Hale, First Colorado volunteers; Colonel
; Richard Comba, Fifth United States in
fantry; Colonel Edgar R. Kellogg, Sixth
United States infantry; Lieutenant Colo
nel E. P. Ewers, Ninth United States in
fantry; Lieutenant Colonel G. S. Carpen-
i ter, Seventh United States infantry; Lieu
; tenant Colonel John W. Cleous, deputy
■ judge advocate general.
■
INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION.
Arrangements Made Whereby its Work
May be Systematized.
( By Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 9—The industrial com
mission has been engaged as a body during
. the greater part of the week in considering
the plans of proceeding with the work be
fore it which have been prepared by vari-
I ous sub-committees appointed on the ques
tion in hand. These plans cover four more
important branches of work, agriculture,
mining, manufactures and transportation
and the sub-committees have all comnle
; ted their work so far as they have been
able. It naturally found some plans over
lapped and the general sub-committee,
5 consisting of a representative of each of
the divisions was appointed to revise the
various syllabi to harmonize the work.
When this i scompleted and the full com
mission has finally endorsed the work, its
representatives on the sub-division will
take the assignments in earnest.
TO VISIT MONTGOMERY.
By Associated Press.
; Washington, Dec. 9. —General Joseph
‘ Wheeier was at the white house today
and the president informed him he would
< make a brief visit to Montgomery during
j his southern trip next week and stop at
Montgomery from 3 to 5 Friday afternoon.
AN HONORABLE MAN/, ,
Brunswick People Stand by Mr. Goodyear,
the Harbor Conuactcr.
A Brunswick special says: The charges
fikd against C. P. Goodyear with the war
department for overcharging the govern
ment for deepening the Brunswick bar. as
• pvrdis-heJ in a. New York paner. are de
nounced here as infamous an 1 but a part
of the system of persecution started by
Captain Oitrlin M. Carter, arm.- < tgiae»r.
while in charge of this district and con
tinue! as spite work oy contra j a ter
selfish put peats.
The proposed investigation by congress
‘ wili bring to light the fact that Carter and
his iniiut ncets have been at work fcr years
to discredit the Goodyear work and me
officii d'jtv.ments on file in ‘.Vashington
which can be produced on demand will
prove that for the sum of $130,000 paid
him for the werk accomplished, as re
corded by the coast nad geodetic surveyors
' report demanded an appropriation from
the government of over $2,750,000.
The proposed investigation will also dis
close the fact from official records that
until the survey was taken out of the con
trol of Carter and his influences the re
ports of the surveys to the department de
nied Goodyear the water he had gained on
the Brunswick bar, and not until the sur
veys were taken in personal control by
the secretary of war and removed to the
coast and geodetic survey department was
Goodyear’s depth recognized or any money
allowed him.
The fight instituted against Goodyear by
Carter, as United States army officer, was
the most bitter and prolonged of any in
the history of the department and it was
I backed by the power of the contractors
' who had selfish motives in view and were
i governed by a desire to gain more appro-
I priations to be spent under Carter’s direc
tion and greatly to their benefit.
The fact that the secretarw of war took
the Goodyear work from under Carter and
his influences and placed the surveys with
the coast and geodetic survey department
can be proved also as additional facts to
show’ that Goodyear saved the government
nearly $3,0(H),000 on Brunswick bar alone.
southern rivers.-
Estimates for Improvements in Georgia
and Florida Streams.
A Washington special says: In the book
of estimatese submitted to congress by the
secretary of the treasury, the following
' items are of interest to Georgia:
For medical officers’ headquarters, bal
j last, wharf, engine and cars and disinfect
ing building at the quarantine station,
• Brunswick, Ga., $->,500 is recommended.
j For establishing a beacon light in the
I inside passage from Savannah, Ga., to
I Fernandina, Fla., $4,000 is recommended,
j For improving Cumberland sound, Geor
! gia and Florida, $400,000 is recommended.
’ | For continuing improvement of the Al
j tamaha river, Georgia, SIO,OOO is recom
; mended.
' For contraction of plant and mainte-
I nance of improvement of Flint river,
Georgia, $15,000 is recommended.
For continuing improvement of Oconee
river, Georgia, SIO,OOO is recommended.
1 For continuing improvement of the Sa
, vaanalt rive, above ‘
• is recommended. "
. For continuing improvement of the Sa
vannah river between Augusta and Sa
vannah, Ga., $25,000 is recommended.
For the construction of plant and the
maintenance of improvement and repairs
, and new- work on the Chattahoochee river,
Ga., and Alabama, $50,000 is recommended.
I For continuing improvement of the
J Coosa river between Rome, Ga., and the
' > East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia rail
i road bridge in Alabama, SIOO,OOO is recom
j mended.
For continuing improvement between
i Wetumka, Ala., and the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia railroad bridge,
$250,000 is recommended.
•For continuing improvement of the in
side water route between Savannah, Ga.,
and Fernandina, Fla., $20,000 is recom
mended.
For improvement and maintenance of
the harbor at Brunswick, Ga., SIO,OOO is
| recommended.
For continuing improvements of harbor
of Darien, Ga., $20,000 is recommended.
The following recommendations are of
interest to Florida:
For constructing a fixed order light sta
tion at or in Hillsboro Inlet, east coast ct
Florida, $90,000.
For sea wall, sidewalks, two officers’
quarters and purchase of additional land,
i at the naval .-station at Key West, Fla.,
| $112,520 is recommended.
• For continuing improvements f the in
side water route between Savannah, Ga.,
and Fernandina, Fla., $20,000 is recommen
ded.
j For maintenance and improving the
1 Apalachicola river. Florida, including the
' cut-off and lower Chicola river, $6,000.
I For maintenance and improving of Ca
| looeahatohee river, Florida, $6,000 is re
, commended.
For continuing improvements between
| Goat creek and Jupiter inlet, Indian river,
Florida, $15,000 is recommended.
For continuing improvement of the Man
atee river, Florida, $9,000 is recommended.
For continuing improvement from Jack
sonville to the ocean of the St. John’s
i river, Florida, $200,000 is recommended,
i For continuing improvement of the Su
i wanee river, Florida, SB,OOO 1s recommen
’ ded.
For maintenance and improving of Vo
lasia bar, Florida, $2,000 is recommended.
For maintenance, repairs and new work
and improving of the Choctawatchie river,
Florida and Alabama, SIO,OOO is recom
mended.
For maintenance, dredging at the mouth
and improving of the Escambia and Con
ecuh rivers, Florida, and Alabama, $12,000
is recommended.
For maintenance and improving Apala
chicola bay and river, Florida, SIO,OOO is
recommended.
For completing improvement Charmtta
harbor and Pease creek, Florida, $25,000 is
recommended.
For continuing entrance to barbor at
Key West, Fla., SIOO,OOO is recommended.
I For maintenance and improving harbor
j at Pensacola, Fla., $70,000 is recommen
ded.
For continuing improvement of Sarasota
bay, Florida, $20,000 is recommended.
Keep Dry and Comfortable,
Wear a “Curragh” Rain Coat.
Phillips.
PRit 2 FiVb cth -|
“GIVE M TIKE"
How the Trea’y Was Shaped
bvlthe Commissioners.
SOME CONCESSIONS TO SPAIN
Judge Day Says the Conclusion of
Peace by Treaty was a Very-
Gratifying Thing,
By Associated Press.
New York, Dec. 9.—A dispatch from the
World from Paris says:
A final, definitive treaty of peace,- con
taining fourteen articles has been agreed
upon,” said Senor Abarzuza, of the Span
ish commission. “It has been ordered
drawn and engrossed on parchment in du
plicate, and will be signed at the Qual
D’Orsay, (French foreign ministry where?
the peace commissions have met,) on Sat
urday next; at the latest on Monday.
“The Americans accepted certain modi
fications proposed by us and we accepted
certain modifications proposed by them.
Among the former is one proposed by me
; that should American occupation of Cuba
I cease, and a. new Cuban government be
i set up, America will advise that the new
Cuban government shall accept all of the
I present Cuban treaty obligations and these
I incurred in 'the interim.
“Except in the clauses relating to the
Philippinese, the treaty contains no im
portant commercial stipulations. For ten
■ years equal privileges there for Spain may
' be granted; and likewise to all other na
, tions, birr -for that period they cannot bo
! taken away frem Spain.
| “I do not expect that the treaty will lie
I well reeeivel in Spain, where recent dls
; mission of the Maine incident has again
aroused popular indignation.”
Judge Day says that the treaty wili be a
i secret document until it reaches President
. McKinley and the senate, but he added:
“The conclusion of peace by treaty was
a very gratifying thing. Failure in respect
, of it would have been a misfortune to botu
countries.” »
WOULD HAVE STATE~ REJECT.
The Application of Georgia to Decide
Boundary,
A Chattanooga special says: The Cham
ber of Commerce at its meeting tonight
took the question of the boundary between
Tennessee and Georgia in which this city
■ is involved. A resolution was introduced
which. ?fter reciting that the Georgia leg-
| ’slature was about to apply to the Ten
i nessee legislature to appoint a committtee
j to act with a similar committee from the
■ Georgia legislature to decide the bound
-1 ary question, cominuedr
“Wheras, the said boundary line be
j tween the two states was nearly a cen-
I tury ago run out, located and marked
upon the earth by commissioners of the
two states, acting jointly, and said line
has been through this long course of years
recognized and acquiesced in by the two
states as the true boundary line; the lands
in the respective states have been sur
veyed into lots, sections, etc., and sold to
settlers and other purchasers in accord
ance with the line so run out, located and
marked; many acts of the legislatures of
the two states which recognize said line
have been passed; a grant made by this
state authorizing the state of Georgia to
j build its Western and Atlantic railroad
into Tennessee from a point on said line
to the south and east bank of the Ten
nessee river, which said point on said
'boundary line the state of Georgia caused
to be marked and designated by perma
i nent monuments which now stand, and for
• half a century have stood as memorials
, and silent witnesses of the place where
said boundary line was located; the state
of Tennessee authorized said&tate of Geor
gia to aepuire title to lands in this state
within the territory which the state of
Georgia is now seeking to claim, under
which said state of Georgia acquired title
■ to varous pieces of land in and nearcmfwy
j to various pieces and parcels of land in
I and near the city of Chattanooga and has
■ in some instances, upon her own applica
tion and in suits by others had the valid
ity of her title under said grant affirmed
and adjudicated by the courts of Tennes
see; and
“Resolved, by the Chamber of Com
merce of the city of Chattanooga, that the
legislature of the state of Tennessee be
urged in the event an application is made
. by the state of Georgia to have a joint
: commision appointed for the purpose of
i opening the question for negotiations or
i treaty between the two states, to reject
such application and to refuse to treat
with the said state of Georgia upon a
question so long settled.”
TRANSPORT SERVICE.
j How the Government will Carry Troops to
Manila.
By Associated Press.
/Washington, Dee. 9. —The war depart
ment has in contemplation the use of two
big transports now' being fitted out at
Cramps’ for the conveyance of troops or.
the Pacific coast. It is possible when
they have served the purpose of conveying
rhe permanent garrison to Cuba they will
i be dispatched to Manila by the way of the
Suez canal. In such case they will tak.
several thousand regulars to replace the
volunteers there. After that the Missis
sippi and her sister ship will ply between
Manila and San Francisco supplementing
the transport service non operated by the
i government. Thej- can be easily spared
from the Atlantic ccast after the Cuban
garrisons are once established in veiw ot
the small demands for transpiration in
• that quarter as compared with the pros
pective demands in the Philippines.
Good gloves SI.OO, better ones $1.50, best
on earth $2.25. Clem Phillips.