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ESTABLISHED 1884 DEWEY His Force in Philippine Wa ters to be increased. 1200 ISLANDS TO GUARD. Navy Department Facing a Serious Situation—Expiration of Terms of Enlistment. By Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 10 —Dewey’s fleet will be strengthened shortly by th<x addition of some serviceable gunboats. The Benning ton, now at Honolulu, has been ordered to pnocwd the Guam and make a survey of the harbor with a view to the establish ment there of a naval station. This done who will join Dewey's fleet. By that time or before the (Helena will have arrived at Manila and the Concord and Petrel, naw cruising in Chinese waters, will have re turned and altogether the admiral will have sufficient force to carry out the president's policy respecting the Philip pines, and to bring into submission any of the islanders who may prove refractory. The navy department ha* settled down to the <-onvietiou that the fleet must me considerably reinforced if an attempt be made to maintain law and order in the 1,200 Philippine islands. The necessity of maintaining a strong force has brought the navy face to face with the terms of enlistment of about 7,500 sailors will ex pire within three and a half months and I the department is forbidden to re-enlist I them. The result will be nearly half the ships in commission will have to be re tired from active service for lack of crews. Secretary Long will ask for legislation to strengthen the navy. MURDERED THREE And then Cut His Own Throat--Michigan Tragedy. By Associated Press. Freesoil, Mich., Dec. 10—-William Hitch ings, brother-in-law of John Hunt, a farmer who lived about two miles west of this place, killed Air. Hunt, Mrs. Hunt and the hired man, Thomas Hayward yes terday. and cut his throat. Hunt and Hay ward were in the woods cutting wood arid Hitehings splitting it, when the latter struck Hunt with the axe killing him in stantly. Hayward started to run but fell and was struck by Hitehings while lying on the ground. Hitehings then went to the house and killed Mrs. Hunt, stabbing her in the neck with a Jack knife. After killing Mi's. Hunt, Hitehings went upstairs and cut his throat from car to ear. RAILROAD COLLISION. Bad Smash up on the Chicago land North western. 8 By Associated Press. Menominee. Mich.. Dec. 10—The south bound and north-bound passenger trains of the Chicago and Northwestern, collided head-on this morning a hundred feet from the Menominee iron bridge. The north bound train, which was two hours late, had baggage and mail cars and the two day coaches and a sleeper and carried seventy-five people. The engines were badly smashed and the tender of the north bound was covered by the baggage car. A number of passengers were slightly hurt and some women fainted. H. Fanrahan, fireman of the north-bound train was badly injured and had to be cut out of the wreck. Engineer Kilian, of the south bound train was badly injured about the head. Both trains were running at the same speed and sustained about equal damage. QUAY’S PLEA. Seeking to Get His Case Before Another Court. By Associated Press. Philadelphia. December 10. —In the Su preme Court Justices Green and Williams today granted a rule allowing defendants in the Quay case to argue a petition for a 'Wilt of certiorari, removing the proceed ings from the court of quarter sessions to th** Supreme Court. The rule is return aide January ~ and all proceedings are stayed in rue meantime. The defendants charged conspiracy with John S. Hopkins, yashier of the People's Bank, this city, who committed suicide March last, in the misuse of State funds on deposit in that institution. The Senator and his attor . neys do not hesitate to adnrt their object 5 in securing delay for the trial is to take I the ease out of the hands of the district attorney Graham. Mr. Graham, they say, is an enemy of the Senator, and has dis played great eagerness in unjustly prose cuting him and his co-d< fendant*. RIVERS AND HARBORS. By Associated Press. Washington, December 10.—The House committee on rivers and harbors had a meeting today and discussed the prelimi nary hearing which are to be given mem bers who desire appropriations for rivers and harbeors. The commissJon hopes to get all the evidence completed by the hol idays so that the bill may be presented to the house early in January. THE MACON NEWS. LAURADA LIBELLED. Noted Fillibusterer Held up For Smug i- g’-ng. By Associated Presa. Seattle, Wash., Dec. 10 —The noted fili- I bustering Cuban steamer Laurada is again in trouble with the United States govern ment. Her offense this time consists of I smuggling, at different times during the I last summer, whisky into Alaska aggre i gating in value $875. United States Attor- I ney Gay has filed a libel against the ves sel. SPANISH CABINET. It Will Resign When the Peace Treaty is Signed. I By Associated Press. London, Dec. 10—A special to Madrid I says the position of the cabinet is most critical and the resignation of the minis- I try is expected as soon as the treaty of j peace is signed. In commercial circles, it is said, a fall of the cabinet has been dis counted as shown by the dull state of bus j iness and the heavy taxation. CHAIR OF THEOLOGY To be Endowed as a Memorial to the Late Dr. Hall. By Associated Press. i Now Dec. 10.—•'Carrying out the i plans of friends of the Union Theological Seminary to make it a theological univer sity, a committee has been named to pro cure funds for the establishmnet of a new chair, the name of which has not yet been determined. The committee’s appoint ment is due to an offer from Mrs. Elliott F. Shepard of a liberal sum of money on condition that a further sum be raised, making the endowment of the chair SIOO,- Qop and its income $5,000 a year. This proposition found favor in the Fifth avenue Presbyterian church, as the purpose is for the new chair to be a mem orial to <their late pastor, the Rev. John Hall, ith his son, the Rev. Dr. Thomas C. Hall, as Its first occupant, if he will accept. j It is stated that more than one-half of i the fund has already been raised. LAST DAY OF~ THE BIG RACE Miller is Leading by 49 Miles at 2 P. M. By Associated Press. New York, Dec. 10 —The last morning oi j the six day bicycle race at Madison Square I Garden dawned upon what bids fair to be ’ an unprecedented and terrific struggle for ■ first place between the two leaders. Miller, the Chicago man and last years I champion, was still leading, but close at his I heels was Waller, the flying Dutchman j ' from Boston. Miller its a strong favorite ; for first place, but at 9 o’clock only seven- j teen miles separated the leaders. The fif teen hours that still remain for the race ] affords small opportunity for the tail end- I ers to pick up and barring accident the , first prize of $1,500 will go >to Miller or i Waller. The race that now developed "into a 1 ; contest of physical endurance between I ' these two. Out of thirty-one starters only twelve remained in the race this morning. Oft ten men who tail behind Waller and Miller. Pierce maintained easy lead for third place. Julius, the last man on the list at 9 a. m. practically fell out of 1 i the race. The Swede declared he only re mained in it for fun. Stevens, the Buffalo boy, also admitted the hopelessness of his j case and remained off the track five hours. ; Hale, the popular Irishman, had no pros i pect of getting a place, but rode steadily. . so as to bring his score up to the 1,500 ‘ mile mark. At 2 p. m. the score stood: Miller 1,950: ■ Waller 1,901; Pierce 1,847; Albert 1,780: Gimm 1,737; Lawson 1,712; Aronson 1.673: ; Nawn 1,660; Forster 1,609. HAD A GOOD TIME. Costa Rica’s President Pleased With His Treatment Here. By Associated Press. New York, December 10. —President >' Rafael Iglesias of Costa Rica, sailed to day for France, on the steamer Las-as- I eogne. He said he was very much pleased j at his cordial reception in this country: , "I am on my way to France." said Igle- ; sias, "and shall spend some time in Paris; I then I go to England. I expect to be back in the United States by February, and then intend seeing the country from Maine to California. Mr. McKinley treated me very kindly, and through the press I send him my best regards today. This is -the first visit of a Costa Rican President to the United States. KANSAS AND THE RAILROADS. By Associated Press. Topeka. Dec. 10. —Quite a stir was caus ed here today by the announcement that ; Governor Leedy had deceided to call an | extra session of the legislature to consider railroad legislation. < WAITING ON THE CLERKS. By Associated Press. Paris, Dec. 10.—The joint peace com mission met at 3:30 p. m. and at 5:15 p. m. took a recess until 7 p. m. The com mbion is waiting on the engrossing clerks of the treaty of peace . Engi aved Free. All silver mounted suspenders or urn- i brellae for Xmas. Clem Phillips. I MACON NEWf SATURDAY DECEMBER io 1898. | SMHETM Eulogizes the Army For its Work in Cuba. THERE 11$ HD SUfffflf, New York and Massachusetts Regi ments Did Not Shrink from Fire—Navy Praised. I By Associated Press. I New York, Dec. 10 —General Shafter, in . the course of a speech at a meeting of file New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, referred to the war with Spain as "the war which has resulted so gloriously for the land forces of the United States at Santiago,” adding that it was unnecessary i to say that the navy had also performed . its work in the most efficient manner—“if I the absolute destruction of the enemy wa* { what they ewere after.” General Shafter 1 the nwent on to say that the United States began the war with an arm, on paper, lof 25.000. This army was to attack the ! Spanish soldiers who, for four hundred > years had been known as gallant fighters | and for the last 150 years noted for their stubbornness in defensive campaigns.’'’ In the course of his ensuing remarks the speaker said that the officers of the fleet contended when Cervera’s squadron was in i the harbor of Santiago that ‘the city could I be taken and the Spanish vessels destroy j ed in forty-eight hours should a force of ' ten thousand infantry .be sent to assist. He said that the array which marched j against the city was as perfect a Arc? as could be found in the world. It consisted practically of the whoSe regular army of the United Staets, with three regiments of i volunteers, for whom room was found at ihe last minute on the transports. | Speaking of the fight at El Caney, Gen- I eral Shafter said that an officer of lit (th? speaker’s) division, contended that he could take the place by 9 o’clock .n the I morning without fail and much against I his better judgment, he (General Shafter} I allowed him to make the attempt. In stead ot being taken by 9 o'clock in the morning El Caney was not capturei until nearly 5 o’clock in the evening and with a loss of life as great as at San Juan h'E,. greater indeed in proportion to the num ber of troops engaged. Proceeding, the j speaker said that the army in Cuba had I as good a staff of quartermasters and tub ! sistence officers as the world bad ever t seen. There had been a great deal said I about the suffering among the American i troops in Cuba. He would not expect his I hearers to believe him if he told them that there was no suffering. The more effective the work of an army, the greater j the amount of suffering that was neces- I sary. But he could say with certainty ' that there was not one hour after they i landed i nCuba that all the American sol i diers did not have bread, meat, sugar and : coffee. On one day only half rations of the two last named provisions were given to i part of the troops but the deficiency was made up the next day. There had been some talk of the Seventy-first New York and the Second Massachusetts volunteers not standing fire. The only reason for this was the fact that some of the men of these two regiments got among the regulars who wree using smokeless powder. The volun teers had the old powder and the regulars | simply would not have them. Every shot fired by a volunteer brought a hail of bul lets from the Spaniards and the regulars 1 rightly objected to this. The speaker then spoke of the remark . able good feeling that existed between the American and Spanish troops after the I fall of Santiago. In conclusion he said that he took little credit to himself for the successful result of the campaign. That , was due to the best army ever brought to ' gether in the United States. If the war had taken the course originally mapped out and hostilities had been begun in the I autumn with a great battle to decide the ' fate of Cuba between the Americans and I Spanish army in and around Havana, fifty ■ thousand Americans he declared, would i have been lost. HOBSON MAY COME If His Orders Can Be Chang ed He Will be With Mr. ■ McKinley in Macon. Mr Edgar S. M ilson, of the committee which invited the president to visit Macon announces: that Lieutenant Richmond ; Pearson Hobson, the hero of the Merrimac wiu visit Macon, accompanied by hie sis ter, at the time of the president's visit, if ‘ his orders to go to Manila can be changed so as to permit him to delay sailing from San Francisco for two or three days. Lieutenant Hobson exsrpesed to Mr. Wilson a great desire to come. A telegram making the request has been i forwarded by the Chamber of to the president. Buy One For Brother. , Nobby "Broadway" Box Overcoats. I I Clem Phi Hits. DELOME EEIIEB I Was Stolen In the United States and not in Havana, tonus imm I Gives Full Particulars as to How the Letter Was Obtained in this Country. • By Associated Press. Chicago, Dec. 10.—The Journal today prints an interview with Senor Carlos So , carrae, a cousin of Secretary Quesada, of i the Cuban junta, and a son of General t Aguiad, who commanded part of the Cu ; ban forces during the ten years’ war. According to the interviews Senor So- I earras claims that the famous “DeLame letter,” written by the Spanish minister ridiculing President McKinley was stolen in the United States and not in Havana. Socarras says DeLome’s gallantry led to his downfall; that a woman in the employ of the junta learned many of the Spanish i minister’s secrets. "The junta worked trusted agents into the employ of the Spanish legation,” he ' I said, “and these clerks kept us posted on ; all matters which they could, but this was ; not enough. It was arranged that a woman was to start a flirtation with De Lome and endeavor to gain his confidence. The woman selected is now in New York. DeLome confided many things to her that : he should not. When Canaldjas came to , ! this country he was watched every minute | and through the influence of friends the ' junta managed to get a Cuban as waiter in the hotel where he was stopping. He 1 j was supposed to be a Venezuelan. As he ' : spoke Spanish he was naturally assigned I to wait upon DeLome. When the Spanisn ’ minister wrote that letter the junta was informed and the letter never got to Can alajas. The waiter took it out of a pack- I age of letters and turned it over to the I junta. The junta sold that letter to a : New' York paper. It was turned over on ‘ condition that it'’should ibe supposed it i had. been stolen in Havana to avoid any trouble 'with the postal authorities. Sec- I retary of State Day saw it before it was 1 published.” some Hard problems . How Teachers are Trying to Sharpen their Wits. I Tne following letter was received in the ■ city several day's ago by a well known i gentleman. The letter outlines a plan of j discussion which was carried out before i in a prominent pedagogical society. It is ■ interesting as an indication of the trend . of philosophical thought: Dear Sir: I hand you 'below a transcript • of part of one of the programs of the So ciety of Pedagogy of St. Louis, which is I said to be the oldest and largest organ , ization of its kind. I copy from The ’ School Journal (Kellogg's) for October 1, I 18b8: "5. Problem of Causality-Materialistic Phase, (a) Theory of ‘Antecedence and I Sequence.’ as involving separation of Cause and Effect of the ‘spurious infinity’ (Hume. J. S. Mill, etc.); (b) Effort to find : ultimate unity (Doctrine of Evolution); • (c) Implication that mind is a mere func : lion of matter (Herbert Spencer), ‘Phisi- ological Psychology’; the logical outcome. “6. Problem of Causality-Spiritual As pect. Modern Metaphysics as formulating ; the thought-aspect of the Christian view ' of the world, notes the speculative ele ; meats constituting presuppositions of nat- I ural -science (Kant, Hegel, Lotze): i “(a) Necessity of explaining lower I forms in terms of higher principles (in : stead of contrary). Matter in terms of I Energy; Energy in trems of Mind; “(b) Total' energy of world, then, is self conserved; hence, self regulating; hence, ' self conscious; i. e., absolute mind, or God; Cause and Effect as mutually com plimentary phases of the one Totality, the true Infinite; > “(c) Highest product of this total Pro- ’ cess (which is its own Substance) cannot | ! be other than the development of indi . vidual minds; ; “(d) But one type of mind possible— , hence human mind is infinite in nature, i i in Christian phrase, the ‘child of God.’ • Thus, instead of mind being a mere i . function of matter, it ought to appear that ♦matter is nothing else than the expression of mind. Self differentiation the highest i mode of reflective consciousness.” i AT THE Y. M. C. A. ■ Distinguished Visitor to Address the Men's i Meeting. ' Rev. P. L. Cobb, who is a delegate to the South Georgia Conference at Hawkins vile from Vanderbilt University, at Nash ville, Tenn., will arrive here this after noon and spend tomorrow in Macon. He has consented to speak for the Young Men’s Christian Association, and will ad dress their men’s meeting at -their build ing at 3 o'clock. Their hall will be well ' seated and comfortably’ warmed, and the i men of Macon, whether members or not, i are invited to hear Mr. Cobb at 3 o’clock. DIED FROM EXPOSURE. ! By Associated Press. New Orleans, Dec. 10. —The bo<Jy of a white man. supposed to be G. Beamish, of ! New York, was found in a gutter near the I New Orleans Abbator works this morning MILITARY RECEPTION. Subscription Lists Now Open-A Grand Affair, Subscription lists for the ball and recep- ' tion to be given in honor of Major General ■ Wilson, commander of the First Corps. ‘ have been opened at the Chamber of Com- j [ naerce, Clem Phillips’ and Harry L. I i Jones’, Applications should be made as soon as ; possible as the number of tickets is li ; mited. The committee which has charge of the affair, which will take place In the ’Volun teers' armory, has made every arrange ment for one of the most brilliant social I events Macon has ever known. It will be such a gathering of chivalry and beauty ; as has not oftern been seen In the South. THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Board to Discuss the Cut in Appropriation Christmas Holidays. The regular meeting of the Board of Education of Bibb county will be held I Monday night. In addition to the regular routine business that is to come up it is thought that the cut in the school appro priation by the legislature will be discus sed. It is not known what will be done in regard to the matter. The schools are in good shape and Su perintendent Abbott says that all of the teachers are hard at work. Superintend ent Kilpatrick, of the country schools, says the same thing in regard to those under his charge. Theschool children will soon be free for Christmas holidays. The under his charge. The school children will reopen for the spring session on January 2d. The children are looking forward to that time with pleasure. INDIGNANT CREDITORS. A Debenture Company in New Orleans in Great Tronble. Nw Orlaans, December 10. —The Ger man-American debenture another one of the concerns promoted by Jasper W. Russ who left the city just prior to the collapse of the Metropolitan Bond and Loaning As sociation, is in a bad way. Today was the day for the payments to subscribers, but the concern is unable to meet its obliga tions. A large crowd of indignant holders of shares are crowded into the offices and blocked the Carondelet street side walk, clamoring for money. Chief of police Gaster had to send a squad of police to prevent trouble. It is stated at the office | of the concern that the German-American I is in good condition, but some time ago ■ Russ took in the Union Debenture Com- ■ pony and that there was a $30,000 deficit ■ in the affairs of the latter which caused . the trouble. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Os the Epworth Leaguo will Meet in Atlan ta on the 28. | The executive committee of the State | . Epworth League will meet in Atlanta on I the 2Sth of December to arrange a pro i gram for the annual conference of the ; League which will be held in Columbus | in April. The committee is composed of the state officers and the district secretaries. The | ■ committee will be in session for two days and will arrange an excellent program. The meeting of the Epworth League that was to have been held last night did not meet on account of the inclement weather. THE PANSY CIRCLE Postponed their Meeting Until Next Sat urday Morning. The Pansy Circle did not meet this . morning. The meeting was postponed un ' til next Saturday. At that meeting the I young ladies will make all arrangements . i so rthe Christmas tree that is to be given i i to the poor children. All of the members are requested to ; bring their dues at the meeting next Sat- : i urday. People wishing to contribute arti : cles for the tree can leave them at the ‘ Public Library. Don’t Speak of the Weather. Talk about Phillips’ great exhibit of bath robes, house coats, etc. for Xmas. SPECIAL OFFERING By the Strong Shoe Company for Soldiers and Children. The attention of the soldiers in camp in Cuba is drawn to the fact that the Strong Shoe Company on Second street is making ! a special offer to the men now in camp | here. The house has an established repu- 1 tation extending over nearly half a cen tury of business in Macon and their stock | is known to be the very best selection that can be made. They have a large stock of J rubber shoes and boots for the use of the \ soldiers. Attention is also called to the large’and select stock of children’s shoes kept by this firm. It is probably the largest and the best stock that has ever been shown in Macon and the opportunity offered just at this time should not be neglected. The patrons of the Strong Shoe Com pany always receive the most courteous attention and will find it to their interest to visit this store before buying else- I where. Grand Christmas Di-play. Fine silver mounted suspenders. Phillips. ; -Buy -a nice New Home or Domestic Ma- I chine for a Xmas present, both useful and ornamental. I will give you prices to suit the times, for spot cash. John R. Burnett, ' 1 Qi avamm PRICE FIV fc Cll\To SPANISH— MISSION It Will Not Be Filled bv Min ister Woodford. fBECEDtF ih case. According to Rule Neither Nation, After a War, Senas the Old Representatives. By Associated Press. Washington. Dec. 10.—In view cf the approaching signature of the peace treaty the government will be obliged very speedily to take steps looking ig the re storation of the diplomatic machinery necesary to frieedlv eiations wita Spain. The recent visit to the white nau-.e of Mr. Woodford. late minis er to Spain has been erroneously construed to indicate a deter mination on the part of the president to return him as minister to Madrid. As a matter of fact this is improbable, as the whole line of diplomatic precedent is in the direction of wiping out the old issues and starling afresh after a war with new minlsters on both sides. If the custom is followed either the next United States minister to Spain or the next Spanish minister to the United States will be ac cepted with the credentials as a special envoj r 'to exchange ratifications of tho treaty now being negotiated at Paris. Having fulfilled that function he then will i present credentials as minister resident l and remain in -that capacity. DIED OF EXPOSURE. CHARGED WITH DESERTION, Small Dockst at the Recorder’s Court this Morning. H. . Nunnally is being held at the police station today on the charge of deserting from the Third Georgia regiment. He war ai rested last night and will be held here until his case is investigated. Tom Dil lard was fined $2.50 in the recorder’s court this afternoon for being drunk. William English was fined $lO for disorderly duct. Thomas Green was fined $lO for the same offense. NO SESSION Os the Superior Court on Account of Judge Felton’s Absence. No session was held in the superior court this morning. Judge Felton is out of the city. In the city court the case of the Nashville Packing Company vs. the Macon Grocery Company was taken up I but it was postponed until this afternoon. EQUIPMENT FOR HORSES. Bernd &. Company offer the Best Advan tages to the Soldiers. i The cavalry men of the Seventh and the officers of the First Corps will find that G. Bernd & Co. on Cherry street have blankets and saddle cloths, in fact every equipment for the horse in the way of har ness and saddles that could be found In j the best equipped establishment of the ■ kind in the country. Bernd is one of the I best known and most friendly established i harness and saddlery men in the country. He is known everywhere in the South and has made excellence of workmanship his motto throughout a long business career. A fair trial will satisfy anyone that the work turned out from Bernd’s establish ment is as good as can be found anywhere i and that his stock of goods of every kind i is the best. COMMITTED SUICIDE. No Cause is Assigned for the Soldier’s Rash Act. Trooper Leeman. of troop K of the Sev | enth cavalry, committed suicide this i morning just as the revielfe was sounding I in a car in the Southern yards. There is no cause given for the tragedy except that the man was in bad health and becoming despondent shot himself. Early this morning he got up from his berth and went to the door of the car and as the bugler sounded the first notes of the revielle he placed the pistol over his heart and fired. He was dead when his * companions reached him. His body was placed in the baggage room of the South ern depot and it has remained there since. Leeman was about 30 years old and was regarded as a good soldier. SOUTHERN TEACHERS. Edicational Association Will Meet in New Orleans Dec. 7. The eighth annual convention of the Southern Educational Association will be held in New Orleans, La., December 27, 28 and 29. An excellent program has been arranged for the meeting and it is very probable that several of the Macon teach ers will attend. The association has a large number of members in the state and it will be safe jo say that many Georgians will be in reduced rates and it is expected that the attendance. The railroads have offered teachers from all over the country will be present when the session begins. My Dear Charley, I want you to get one of those nobby “Broadway” Box Overcoats from Clem