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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.