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ESTABLISHED 1884 iißocm UNUTTERABLE Friars Horribly Maltreated by Insurgent Fiends. INEXPRESSIBLE CRUELTY Looting in Remote Parts of Luzon Nuns are Subjected to Outrage. By Associated Press. Saw Francisco, Dec. 13.—The Manila <orrc>i>ondent of the Hong Kong Press gives the details of the shocking treatment of the friars and other prisoners captured by the insurgents in the northern part of th<- island of Luzon. General Leybe who was sent by AginalAo to attack the cities m the extreme north of Luzon. «ent a re port to his chief that he had brought the • ■nti n -> sew ion raided completely under the •control U/f the FilLpinos. Leyte mentions ■>•• c.udLure of 124 friars and Ry members ind tnaaftiy Spanish soldiers with arms and uroper#’, v and silver and gold valued at sxw,o*j»ol Theft Press correspondent states that from Spanish sources have come reports of tjf*errible atrocities committed by the i’< bj| v ds, w ho looted the churches in several tut’wns. ThC correspondent says: “The bishop wa,s subjected to the grossest indig nities. The friars were beaten with sticks, kicked and hung up in the torrid sun sev eral hours, and the natives were forbidden to render the friars any assistance. Dur ing the greatest suffering, while hanging hungry and naked in the burning sun, the Chinese and natives supplied them with food and water. One aged friar was placed upon a horse's saddle and jumped up until the blood poured from his mouth and nose. Another, it is said, clothed only in a rain coat, was carried Triumphant for tw© hundred yards and then cudgeled to death amid sthvjtge cries. Kuns in the convent were subjected. t>o shumeltws treatment. VERY COLD WEATHER. Thermometer in the Lake Region 23 Be low. By Associated Press. West Superior, Wis., (Dee. 13. —Last night was the coldest of the winter, the thermometer beiiig 23 below zero. The weather is’clear and snowing. ■Cleveland, Dec. 13.—Trains from the east are ariviug three hour.; late today owing to the heavy snow last night. The wind is blowing thirty-six miles an hour from the northwest and the temperature is failing rapidly. ADJUTANT GENERAL. Representations of His Office Before the House Committee. By Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 13. —The adjutant gen eral’s office is well represented today in the hearing before the house committee on military affairs relative to the proposed in crease of the army. Adjutant General Cor bin was expected to open the hearing, but was detained at the department. His office was represented, however, by officers from several of the main branches of the army, namely. Brigadier General Sehwan. Major Heistand, 'Major Simpson and Major John ston. General Schwan detailed at length the organization of the army under the plan proposed in the Hull bill, which has the endosement of the secretary of war. GEN. BROOKE FOR GOVERNOR. He Will Preside Over Cuba- Lee for Havana Province and Ludlow for City. By Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 13 —The president has designated Major General Brooke, military governor of Cuba. Each of the six prov inces of Cuba will have its own military governor but all these will receive in structions directly from Brooke, who is the supreme authority of the island. -At Havana, General Ludlow will be governor of the city, but answerable to General Lee. governor of the province of Havana, who will in turn be answerable to Brooke as governor of the island. SUCCESSFUL TRIAL TRIP. Py Associated Press. Philadelphia, Dec. 13.—The second trial of the torpedo boat Mackenzie yesterday i afternoon over the new government course on the Delaware river below Wilmington, was successful. The little craft averaged a speed of 20 and eleven one-hundredths knots for two hours. THE MACON NEWS. THIRTY-TWO ON TRIAL. Stockmen Who Assisted in the Murder of a Sheep Ranker. Ry Associated Press. Ho: Springs. S. D.. Deci 13. —The grand j< ry has return* 1 ir lictmtnts against 32 stockmen for manslaughter in connection with the killing of John Rickman, a ranchman who was shot last spring be cause he refused to remove his sheep from the range. All have been arrested and phaded not guilty. The trial will begin omorrow. K MORSH. THE BANKER. Sentenced to a Term of 12 Years in Pris- on. By Associated Press. Philadelphia, Dec. 13—Gid,on W. Marsh, former president of the wrecked Keystone National Bank, was today sentenced by Judge Butler of the United States district court, to imprisonment for twelve years and three months, and to pay a fine of SSOO. Marsh was charged with conspiracy in making false entries in the books and hsuing false j (ports to the comptroller of the currency. It was throught that March might when brought up for sentence make a statement implicating ethers in the wrecking of the bank- but he merely in formed the court that his predecessor in the presidency of the bank had left a de falcation of over a million dollars and he, Marsh, never profited a dollar through the bank’s losses. ' SUBSISTENCE FOR SOLDIERS Gen. Eagon Tells of the Troubles of His Depart ment. By Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 13. —'Connnisary Gen eral Eagan, of the war department., con tinued his testimony before the war inves tigating commission today. He urged that the subsistance depart ment should control the transportation of all its own supplies and furnishing the means for cooking and eating. He also thought the quartermaster general’s department was overburdened with du ties innumerable. He pointed out that the British army is not as well fed Asy any means as our own and that the rations already provided the United States sol diers are satisfactory, with the possible addition of dried fruits. He spoke of the constant and urgent importunities? .which he said at some times amounted to perse cution that various articles of food be added to the rations. One well known sen ator, whose name he withheld, he said, proposed and insisted on one article being added, which he claimed the cost to be about 1 cent a ration. While this might be so, for the whole army its cost would amount to an amazing figure. He believed beer should be furnished the men in such quantitiese as the commanding officers may decide to be best. NO COMMERCIAL TREATY United Statesand Spain Must Do Business at Haphazard. By Associated Press. Washington. Dec. 13.—For some time to come the United States and Spain must get. along without any treaty to regulate commerce between the two countries. The effort was made at Paris" to secure an ar ran« reinent with the Spanish commission- 's looking to a revival of the old treaties until they could be replaced by others, but this having failed no negotiations for new commercial treaties will be under taken before the ratification of the peace treaty. IN CONGRESS TODAY. Direct Loan on the Canal—New Building For Supreme Court, etc. By Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 13. —The senate today passed a bill increasing the pension of Eleazir Smith, of New 'Hampshire, one hundred years old and one of three survi vors of the war 1812, to S3O a month. •Mr. Berry gave notice of an amendement he will offer to the Nicaraguan canal bill, providing for the dieret appropriation of money for the construction of the canal and limiting the cost to a hundred and fif teen million dollars. The amendment pro vides for the construction of the canal by the Maritime Canal Company and gives rhe government a lein ou the property, to be foreclosed under circumstances fully enumerated. Mr. Berry stated the object of the amendment was to eliminate the bond feature of the bill. Another was to deprive the Maritime Canal Company of any shares of stock as iu the present bill, leaving the United States, Niracagua and Costa Rica the only stockholders. The bill authorizing the purchase of a site east of the capital for a building for the supreme court passed. Washington. Dee. 13.—0 n motion of Mr. Hay. of Virginia, the house adopted a res olution calling on the secretary of war for information as to what towns in Porto Rico. Cuba and the Philippines will re quire to be garrisoned, how many troops are necessary and how many soldiers are needed for rhe United States. MRS. BRIGHT’S DEATH. By Associated Press. Washington. Dec. 13.—Mrs. R. J. Bright, wife of Colonel Bright, sergeant at arms of the United States senate, died in Washing ton today. G. P. A. HAILLE SICK. Savannah, Dee. 13.—General Passenger Agent Haille, of the Central railroad, is confined to his home with a severe attack of typhoid fever. j - MACON NEWS TUESDAY DECEMBER 13 1898. MEAT FOR CUBA Chicago Packers to Erect Cold Storage Houses. PLANS OS 1 URGE SCAIE Houses to be Built in Various Parts ’ of the Island and Much Money Invested. I By Associated Press. Chicago, Dec. 13.—The Record says: Chicago packers will spend a large sura of money erecting large storage plants in Santiago, Havana and Pdno Rico for the I reception and storage of fresh meat. With in a fortnight cold storage experts will be sent to West Indian cities to look over the ground, prepare plans and specifica tions for The erecting of the proper plants, i Those interested in the matter are P. D. ( Armour,. G. F. Swift, Nelson Morris and i Thomas J. Lipman. Mr. Swift, already j has a sanall cold storage plant at Santiago, I which he built during the war, and .which is constructed of material sent from Chi cago. A modern structure which will ac [ comaodate 200 refrigerator cars of meat. I will he built at Havana. This will be Mr. Swift's general supply house. Thomas J. Lipman, rhe packer and tea i merchant has sent one of his London , agents to Havana, where he will be met by a representative from the establishment j in Chicago and together they will visit the ! different cities of Cuba and fix on -a loca- ■ lion for a cold storage plaint.. Just how large a plant is to be .erected by Armour & Co., is not definitely known yet, but plans that have already been sug i gested are on a large scale. One of the of ficials of the packing hoa.se says.: “While the natives of Cuba do not as j yet require very much meat we hope to . educate them so that they will require ': wore of our products and then we -will at tain the end we desired and create a de mand for our goods. secretarFbliss ! TO RESIGN j . . " '*- ■ ■ ■■■' <- Moved by the Necessities of His Private Business. I By Associated Press. Washington, Dee. 13.—1 tis very proba i ble that Secretary Bliss of the Interior, ■ will tender his resignation in a short time, ; deeming it necessary thart he be free to devote more time to his large business in terests. The resignation, it can be stated, will not .be due in the least to any differ ences with the president or other advisors, but Mr. Bliss’s reluctance for purely pril vate, personal reasons to continue longer in the cabinet as secretary of the interior. , At .the time he entered the cabinet it was ' said that he did not intend to serve out I the erm of four years, but to retire at ' some fitting opportunity. It is presumed j that the official announcement will not be i made until the president has chosen his successor. SPAIN AND THE TREATY. Chambers to be Dissolved Before Ratifica tion. By Associated Press. Madrid. Dec. 13. —It is asserted here that Premier Sagasta will obtain a royal de cree dissolving the chambers before the , ratification of the peace treaty. The semi l official Correo announces that Senor Sa- ; i gasta, before asking the cortes to ratify i the treaty, will confer with Senor Rios, the president of the Spanish peace com mission, and it is further asserted that owing to the existence of opposition to the treaty the United States senate will not confirm it. A dispatch from Iloilo Island Pany. reports the situation unchanged; General Ries, the Spanish commander there, is preparing to remove the troops ' to Mindanao. SWEAT SHOP CONTRACTS.’ t » Government to Be Asked to Abandon j Them. j By Associated Press. ; Kansas City. Dec. 13—The American I Federation of Labor was flooded with res- I olutions this morning, all were referred | to committees. Among them was one of- I I sered by the Antlers of New York, calling ' upon the United States government to • j give clothing to union shops for manufac- I I ture instead of the sweat shops. Without » doubt it will be adopted. UNION STOCK YARDS. By Associated Press. Omaha. Dec. 13.—The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Union Stock i Yards Co. has been held at South Omaha. ® P. A. Valentine. W. A. Paxton, John A. Creighton. B. F. Smith, John A. McShane, ' A. C. Foster. C. F. Manderson. F. H. D-a- | vis and J. H. Pratt were elected directors. The directory was organized by electing j W. A. Paxton president; P. A. Valentine * vice president; W. J. C. Kenyon general i manager; J. C. Sharp seertary and treas- ' l urer; James L. Paxton general superin- ' : tendent. The position of traffic manager | I heretofore held by John A McShane was j i abolished. .. taUlli HELPINGJPAIN Mexico Shows Generous Spir it to the Motherland. FREE UMS IUD 1081 To be Given Spanish Soldiers Who Will Settle in the Re public. By Associated Press. New "York, Dec. 13. —A dispatch to the Press from Washington says: The Mexican government has submitted a coionization project to the Spanish authorities in Ha vana. by which it is proposed not only to aid the Spanish government, but to give great assistance as well to the Spanish soldiers who have served in the Cuban war and are soon to evacuate Cuba. The proposition of the Mexican government is to organize bands among the Spanish sol diers and provide them with free passage to Mexico, where necessary tools, seeds and implements for agriculturel work will be iurnished and in addition oxen and small houses will be given 4 to the immi grants and a certain tract of the public lands in Mexico will be provided for colon ization purposes. The government in turn is to take a lien upon the products and exact a return of 20 per cent a year until' the supplies are paid for by the colonists, after which their lands will become their own. For those who do not care to accept the proposition arrangements have been made by the gov ernment of Mexoeo to supply a large num ber of Spanish soldiers with labor on the public works and in the minds at the rates of $lB a month. The government will be able to provide for several thousand and can furnish suitable tracts of lands to all who desire to go to Mexico under the con ditions named. To accomplish this object the govern ment has sent a commissioner to Havana to confer with the Spanish authorities and through the assistance of Senor Palmono, the Mexican consul at Havana, the pro ject is being carried forward with success. The Spanish soldiers who have received no salary for months and even years in many instances see no 'hope for themselves in returning to Spain, where they cannot get employment and where many of them must starve, as others have done and hun dreds* are ready to accept their proposed from the Mexican government as soon as they are allowed to do so. Spanish authorities in general are in favor of the proposition, for the ex pense of transportation is thus saved, as well as the necessity of caring in some manner for the soldiers on their return to their native country. It is also con tended that besides doing a generous act the Mexican government will itself be benefited, for Its population will be in creased by persons of the same race large ly and large sections of the public lands wil be utilized by a substantial agricul tural class. ATLANTA’S PEACE JUBILEE Preparations for a Great Cel ebration Tomorrow—Ad vanced Guard' By Associated Press. Atlanta, Dec. 13. —Already the advance guard of the great throng to be in atten dance upon the peace jubilee is coming. Several prominent people arrived this morning. The governor and legislature of Alabama will arrive tonight on a special train. The president and party .will arrive tomorrow at 11 o’clock, «and the two days* jubilee will be crowded with events from then until the departure of the distin guished party Friday morning at 1 o’clock. The featurese of the celeibration will be the floral and miltary parades, a banquet at the Kimball and receptions in numerable. Washington, Dec. 13.—The train bearing the president and cabinet and party of dis tinguished people to Atlanta to attend the peace jubilee left the city this afternoon over the Southern railway. It is due in Atlanta at 11 o’clock tomorrow morning. NEW SPORTING CLUB. By Associated Press. St. Louis, Dec. 13. —The West End Phys ical Culture club elected officers and re organized today and will conduct boxing contests, handball tournaments, billiards and everything pertaining to sports on the same basis as pursued, by the Chicago Athletic club. The officers are Peter No lan, J. F. Gleason, vice presi dent, and C. H. Houghton, secretary and treasurer. CLEMENCY TO A SOLDIER. By Associated Press. Washington. Dec. 13. —The president will accept the recommendation of General Wheeler and commute to imprisonment for life the sentence of death imposed by court martial upon Private Lindsay of the Tenth cavalry at Huntsville. DEATH OF MRS. PARISH. Savannah, Dec. 13. —Mrs. George Parish, one of the meat prominent ladies of this city, died this morning at 11 o’clock of paralysis, from which she had suffered for a long while. Mrs. Parish was a daughter of the late Bishop Capers of South Caro lina. _ _ A TRUE HUMORIST. Polk Mil !er and H's Genius—His Entertain ment Thursday. One of the nw?t novi enter ainments ever planned in Macon will take place in Wesleyan College chapel on Thursday evening. Polk Miller, the famous Virgi nia reconteur and vocalist. who has just concluded an engagement in this state, will hold a reception and with the assis tance of some of Macon’s sweetest singers, give a score of the old Southern songs. Mr. Miller's entertainment is unique and and charming. It apeals to young and old. Do you remember those old songs. “My Old Kentucky Home.” ‘ Nellie Gray.” “Su wanee River.” “Massa's in the cold, cold ground.” “Nettie Moore.” “Lorena,” “Jor dan is a Hard Road to Travel,” “Pharoh's Army.” “Little David.” They lie close to the hearts of the older generation. x and the younger have never heard their equal. Nor has either ever heard the equal of Polk Miller in their rendition and in his tear-moving, side splitting stories. The entertainment is not a Lyceum number, but is provided by the Lyceum people at the rate they have es tablished, 25 cents per admission. No sin gle entertainment this season will provide as much pleasure. Go out and take your children. Mr. H. S. Edwards says of this Virgi nian: “If by some great cateclysm of nature the records of the old south were destroy ed ,1 could take Polk Miller into the shade of a chinaberry tree for a while and repro duce all of its humor and its pathos. Had he begun earlier to travel and had he trav eled judiciously, there would have been no war between the states. Folks would just have laughed at each other through their tears; that's all.” TELEGRAM FROM THE PRESIDENT Says He Will Not Stay in Ma con as Long as He In tended. A telegram was received in the city this morrPng by General Wilson from (Presi dent McKinley stating that his stay in the city would be much shorter than was first inintended. He did not state what ti, •>. changes in his journey would be but only states that it will be necessary to shorten his stay here somewhat. Judge Emory Speer, however, says that the president will remain here long enough for all of the people to see him and that they .will probably be given an oppor tunity to meet him. Judge Speer will leave for Savannah on Friday night to be present at a banquet that will be tendered the president, and he says he will find out the exact time of the president’s stay here and will let the peo ple know. He says that it is probable that President McKinley will remain longer than he now in fends. MERCER UNIVERSITY Editors of the Kinetoscope—Debaters Pre paring Their Question. The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity has elected, as its editors of the Kenetiscope, Mr. Homer B. Carrekar, of Molena, Ga.. and Mr. J. A. Beazley, of Crawfordville, Get. Messrs. Eldon Longley, Geo. W. Whit ney and John M. Edge, the law class deba ters, and Mr. R. J. Coats, C. Jackson and H. C. Carmichael, the Phi Delta Society debaters, meet this afternoon at Mercer University to decide upon the question on which they are to debate during the col lege spring term. Mr. A. E. Ramsen ies confined at his room on account of illness. HONORED IN DEATH. Govern nent Pays Tribute to the Late Gen. Garcia By Associated Press. Washington. Dec. 13.—The solemn fun eral service of the Roman Catholic church was performed over the body of General Calixto Garcia today before it was placed in a vault at Arlington. Ail the honors of war were bestowed by this government upon the lion-hearted Cuban. Escorted by two batteries of artillery the procession halted before the door while at the same moment the church bell tolled slowly and solemnly tb> ugh the crisp winter air. Inside the church the altar was draped in emblems of mourning. All the prominent personages in civil and military life were present. THE MINE DISASTER. Only Two Men Now Thought to Have Been Killed. By Associated Press. Fort Smith, Ark., Dec. 13.—Only two men were killed in the Whitewill Coal Mines near Poteau, I. T., last night. It is believed that they were the onlj’ men in the mine at the time of the explosion. The men shot fires on Itheir regular nightly round, firing shots, breaking coal for the next days work.( The extent of the dam age connot be learned. The mouth of the mine is blocked by the fall of rock. It is not known what caused the explosion, but it is thought that a gass tissue was struck. OFF FOP. HAVANA. By Associated Press. Savannah, Dec. 13.—The transport Mo bile crossed the bar this morning bound for Havana with the One Hundred and Sixty-first Indiana, one battalion of the Second Illinois and one company of the Fourth Virginia. SNOW SHOVELERS KILLED, By Associated Press. Buffalo, Dec. 13. —A special to the Times says that seven Italian snow shovelers were killed and several injured on the New York Central railroad near Critten den this morning. They stepped in front of aan approaching train on to a freight track and were struck by a freight en t=*ne. .. _ a .ai j 1 PRICE Fl I CENTS BRILLIINTi SPECIE Gen. Jas. H. Wilson Reviews Gen. Bates’ Division. SIX THOUSAND SOLDIERS Streets Jammed With People- Much Cheering—“ Dixie Played.” An Impressive Scene The review of the troops of rhe first di vision of rhe First Army corps this morn ing was a great success. Nothing hap- I pened to mar the pleasure of the occasion i and everything passed off pleasantly. It j was decidedly the greatest military parade that has ever taken place in Macon and it was very much appreciated by the people. In the camps this morning the reveille was sounded thirty minutes earlier than usual -and in a few minutes every man was busy getting in readiness for the parade. Dog tents were rolled, brasses were clean ed, shoes brushed up and canteens were j swung and at 7 o’clock all of the regi j ments were on the march to the city. The I men came in. headed by their bands and i were shown to their places in the line by i the different commanders. It took nearly an hour to form the par ade. but for the first time in the history of Macon the review commenced at the time set. The staff officers were up with the sun and were kept busy hurrying to and fro giving orders until the parade started.' Orderlies were carrying orders to the different commanders and between seven and nine o’clock the city was alive with horsemen, and soldiers could be seen on every corner. “The Third Engineers and the Second Ohio were the first to arrive in the city. They presented a very soldierly appear i ance as they marched down Spring street j into Mulberry and took their places in j line. The men all looked well and all of their equipments were in the best of con dition- The negro troops arrived next. They came down Poplar street and march ed up Fourth to Mulberry and took their places assigned tihem. The Seventh cavalry came next. They came up Fourth street and were lined from the depot up Fourth to Walnut and from Fourth up Walnut to New. The men presented a neat appearance and the j horses looked better than they ever did 1 before, every one being carefully groomed. How the Line was Formed. j Standing at the foot of Mulberry street i and looking toward Coleman Hill only the i soldiers could be seen. Column after col- I umn was between Fourth and Spring and j it is estimated that fully 6,000 men were I in line on Mulberry street. On the ex . treme right was the Second brigade, com posed of the Third Engineers and the ' Second Ohio. This brigade was command i ed by General W. W. Gordon, with the following staff officers: Captain Botkin, assistant adjutant general; Major C. M. Drake, chief surgeon; Lieutenant Cliff Deming, quartermaster; Captain Cowin, commissary officer; Lieutenant W. W. Gordon, junior aide. This brigade was formed in a column of masses and extended from Spring street to First. The third brigade commanded by William McKee formed rhe left ; wing of the column'. It consisted of the Seventh Immunes, Third North Carolina, I Sixth Virginia and the Tenth Immunes. This brigade reached from First street to Third. It is composed wholly of negroes. With General McKee were the following staff officers: Captain Sherrill Babcock, assistant adjutant general; Captain W. S. Baird, quartermaster: Captain Dodge, commissary officer; Majof Hegg, chief surgeon; Lieutenants Davis and Price, j aides. The Seventh cavalry ac-ted as a brigade and was in command of Lieutenant Colo nel Cooney. This regiment was formed along Fourth street and up to Walnut. As soon as the line was formed General I Wilson and General Bates, accompanied by their staffs and a number of orderlies, 1 rode along the line. They commenced at Spring street and as they would come to each regiment the bugle corns would sound “to t>he general” and the bands played a march. After reviewing the troops at ahalt General Wilson proceeded to the corner of Second and Cherry streets where the troops were marched in review Two troops of cavalry acted as a body guard for General Wilson. When General Wilson arrived at the reviewing stand General Bates and staff proceded to the head of the column passed in review and I then took position beside General Wilson. General Bates’ staff consisted of the fol lowing officers: Major Louis Casiarc, I assistant adjutant general; Major John A. Logan, assistant adjutant general; Major John Balance, Inspector general; Major Rodman, chief ordnance officer; Major Irons, chief engineer; Major Heisel. chief surgeon; Major J. O. Varnadoe. chief commissary’; Lieutenants Reeves, Smith, and Smiley, aides. The staff officers were all mounted and made a striking appearance. Each staff was accompanied by a large number of or derlies, who constantly kept .on the move. Line of March. When General Bates arrived at the head of the column he gave the command to commence the march. The troops turned down Spring into Cherry and passed in front, of the reviewing stand. As each regiment would pass the men would bring the guns to port arms and the officers would come to present arms with their i swords. General Bates, accompanied by his staff, headed the column. He was followed by General W. W. Gordon and staff. Next came Colonel Gaillard in command of the i Third Engineers. Just as the band of this regiment reached Cotton avenue It struck I up “Dixie.” It made a great hit with the crowd and as the regiment passed they were loudly cheered. The red and white (Continued on page 5.) _