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ESTABLISHED 1884
PRESIDENT
ii num
Cordially Greeted on His Ar
rival in Georgia’s Capitol.
' GEN. WHEELER HONORED
? Received at the State Capitol by
the Governor and Legisla
ture,
By Associated Pres®.
Atlanta, Deo. 14 —Without a single hitch
in the arrangements and after a trip pleas
ant in every way, the presidential party
arrived in Atlanta at 8 o’clock this morn
ing over the Southern. The morning was
cri*»p and cooler than most of the party
anticipated. The president took breakfast
i with Mrs. McKinley in his car while the
J cabinet officers and others walked through
* the train early and breakfasted in the
•lining car. Small groups of early rising
Georgians watched the train as it flew
past way side stations. At Gainesville,
wher a. short stop was made, about two
hundred persons were at the station and
Inspected the train with curiosity. There
to Atlanta, came waving welcomes with
an occasional cheer but there was nothing
in the nature of a demonstration.
Exactly at 8 o’clock when the train bear
ing the distinguished guests, who are to
r attend the Peace Jubilee entered the Union
I depot in Atlanta a large crowd was .pres
ent despite the colt? weather and a rous
ing cheer went up as the train came to a
standstill.
General Wheeler was the first to alight.
A strong chorus of cheers greeted the dis
tinguished Alabamian accompanied by this
daughter. Members of the reception com
mittee .made way to the carriages. When
the president appeared on the rear plat
form of ihls car, a hearty cheer was given,
breaking forth with renewed vigor an in
stant later when Mrs. McKinley came out
<>f the car. The wel ome to the members
of the cabinet was very cordial. The ladies
jubilee committee extended a greeting to
the ladies of the presidential party after
which the president accompanying, they
were escorted to the Kimball House. The
presidential party was at once assigned to
apartment* set aside for them. The presi
dent devoted the morning to resting. Mrs.
McKinley retired to recuperate for the
coming duties of the day. At 12 o’clock
the gentlemen of the. president’s party par
took of luncheon in the chief executive’s
apartments, while the ladies at the same
hour were the guests of the Ladies ordi
nary of the hotel. A few minutes before
1 o’clock the president’s party were as
signed to carriages, escorted by fifty
mounted police and members of the gov
ernor s staif tv the state capital. Guns
boomed a presidential salute as the chief
executive ascended the steps of the canl-'
tol.
At the Hunter street entrance the presi
dent was met b,v a committee compost'd of
< olonel \\ illiam G. Obear, the acting ad
jutant general, representing the governor;
Senator Hand representing the senate,
and Mr. Hardwick representing the House,
and was conducted to the governor’s par
lor, where he was received by Governor
Candler and the state house officials, after
which the general assembly, in joint ses
sion, received the presidential party and
the governor.
The prettiest and most novel of the days
festivities which occurred during the af
ternoon was the floral parade in which all
the prominent people of the city took part
ami the first of the kind ever given in th<- 1
city. Carriages of every kind were in
line, beautifully decorated in an elaborate
manner. The ladies of the city vied with
one another in their efforts to present the
most beautiful carriage, and at the same
time hid tor a prize offered by the eom
, mittee having the feature in charge.
«' At the capital the president, addressing
the general assembly, said:
"s»ec(ional lines no longer mar the map
of the United States. Sectional feeling no
longer hold* back the love we bear each
other. Fraternity is the national anthem,
suitg by rhe chorus of our states and our
territories at home and beyond seas. The
union is once more the common altar of '
our love and loyalty, our devotion and
sacrifice. The old flag again waves over;
its in peace with new glories which vour !
sons and ours have this year added to its
sacred folds. W hat cause we have for re- i
juicing is saddened only by the fact that
so many of our brave men have fell on the ;
field or have sickened and died from hard- !
ship and exposure and others returning
bringing wounds and disease which they ■
will long suffer. The memory of the dead
will be a precious legacy and the disabled
will be the nation's care. The nation
which cares for its disabled defenders as
we have always done never jacks defend
ers.’’
WHOLE CREW RESCUED.
By .Associated Press.
Baltimore, Dec. 14. —The overdue North
German Lloyd line steamship Maria Riek
more, Bremen, passed Cape Henry this !
morning and signalled she had aboard ,
eight survivors of the British steamship I
London ia, which foundered recently. The
British steamship Vedamore rescued for
ty-five of the crew, whom she landed last I
w-eek. She lost the wreck the night of I
November 27 with eight aboard. Thev
were rescued by the Rickmore next day
THE MACON NEWS.
BAD MASONRY
Cause of the Collapse of the
New York Gas Tank.
I
18.000,000 GALLOHSOFWiTER
Let Loose inJTwo Streets—Men Kill
ed and Great Property
Loss.
By Associated Prctc.
New York, Dec. 14.—When dawn lighted
up uhe district devastated by the collaps
ing of the hig gas tank of Uhe Consolidated
I Gas Company, a spectacle of ruia was pre
i seated. Twenty-first street was barrica
• ded with twisted and ’bent iron stanchions,
girders and uprights piled to the height
of twenty-five feet. Twentieth street was
' li'ied with bricks, household good s and
timbers piled high in one promiscou*; mass
All night long hundreds of men worked as
siduously to discover bodies that might be
in the ruins. The basement of the furni
ture factory of Henry Fuldner had fix feel
of water. Three men on a raft floated in
seardh of the body of the engineer, John
Baum. The body was 'found under a mass
of debris. Seven others are missing.
The tank which collapsed was 175 feet
iu diameter, 160 feet in height and the
iron supports, over which immense cablese
I ran, 200 feet in height. The lower tank
i into which the upper fitted was about
i twenty-five feet in height and rested on
i mason .work in the pit. The pit is 150 feet
deep. The builders were testing rhe power
of the tank with water pressure. The
workmen were preparing to leave the place
when the mason work in the pit crumbled
away like clay. It is said that, eight mil
lion of gallons of water were in the tank
!at the time of the break. The steel plates
I of the tank were rent asunder by the pres
i sure Like paper. The great force of water
vented itself on the rear walls of the
'buildings on avenue A, all the way with
the exception of a part of the rear of the
gas companies’ engine house. Masonry and
brick were (thrown into the streets and
piled into tfhe hallways’ of houses and
buildings. T.-e nendous iron beams and
uprights were swept by the water away
' down Twentieth and Twenty-first streets
' to the river front. The arms and legs of
a man were found entangled In the barri-
; cade on Twenty-first street.
IN CONGRESS TODAY.
No More Reckless Pension Legislation-
Lodge Immigration Bill".
By Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 14.—The senate open
ed with a protest upon the part of Mr.
, Gallinger. chairman of the committee on
[ pensions, against the practice of senators
■ in introducing pensions bills in cases
j pending in the pension office. He said
j the committee would not consider such
bills and it was useless to present them.
In the house the pension appropriation
was reported today. Mr. Barney gave no
tice that he would call up tomorrow the
senate bill to regulate the sitting of
■ United States courts within the district of
; South Carolina.
Mr. Danford called up the Lodge immi
gration bill, passed by the senate at the
last session, which has since been upon
the speaker’s table. Mr. Bartholdi raised
the question of consideration against it
and Mr. Danford demanded the ayes and
| nots, which were ordered.
NEARLY ZERO
WEATHER
_
A Very Cold Night in Macon
—There Will Be More of
■ «•
The thermometer took a decided fall last
night and by 12 o’clock it lacked only a
few degrees of zero. It began to grow
colder late yesterday afternoon and when i
day came it was freezing. The thermo
meter was at its lowest, however, at 12
I o’clock. Many pipes were froxen and the i
; plumbers have beta kept busy today.
It seems that the cold wave was all over
( the country. The weather report for Macon
today says that the cold weather will con
tinue for several days, and if that be the
case the citizens had best look to their
1 pipes during the night.
MISS ALICE PRICE ILL.
Bad Sanitation of the Executive Man
sion.
Miss Alice Price of Macon, the guest of
Governor Candler, is criticallyill of ty
phoid fever at Dr. Holmes’ sanitarium iu
i Atlanta. It is reported that her illness
i is due to bad sanitation in the executive
mansion. Dr. Holmes declares the official
residence to be a death trap. Miss Price,
i who is one of th most beautiful young
women of the state, went to Atlanta to
assist Governor and Mre. Candler in their
social duties. __
MACON NEW? WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 14 1898.
WOOD'S_WORK
A Day at Santiago With the
Commander.
FROM JUL TO PALACE
The Infinite Number of Things a
Provisional Governor Must
Consider.
By Associated Press.
Santiago, Dec. 14.—‘Following is an ac
count of a day with General Leonard
Wood, the American commander here:
By 6 o’clock in the morning the horses
are at the front door and he starts out on
a tour of inspection, possibly unexpected
ly turning up either at the civil military
hospital or possibly visiting the docks to
witness the storage of government prop
erty, or going the rounds of the street
cleaning gangs; or, again, one of the mil
itary encampments or sometimes the city
, jail are favored with an early morning
visit, on which occasion every delinquent
who has been incarcerated since his last
visit two or three days before is brought
before him.
It is very nearly 8 o’clock before this
’ inspection tour is completed, at- which
hour General Woods joins his family at
, breakfast. By 8:30 o’clock he is stepping
: in his carriage and is whirled on his way
■to the city, two miles away. By 8:50 he
is entering the city palace, proceeding at
1 once to his private office, private only in
I name, for all the time he remains there
he is besieged by all’ sorts and conditions
of men and women on business of every
passible description. General Wood is not
I a hard man to get at and a few’ words
1 from the general suffice for the manage
ment of his visitors, unless for some im
portunate office seeker who is desirous of
giving a history of his career from his
birth up. If the man be a Cuban and
there happense to be a vacancy for such
a man he is turned over with his creden
i tials co be investigated by either General
- Castillo or Captain Mendoza. If, bow
; ever, the caller is an American his chances
of obtaining a public office are very slim,
indeed, for General Wood believes in the
i policy of giving th Cubans every office
, they can possibly fill.
The general remains only about an hour
j at the civil palace and it is pretty safe to
1 say that within five minutes of ten o’clock
he will be seen walking across the square
leading from the palace to the department
deadquarters. For the first half hour he
is closeted with Colonel Beacon), the ad
jutant general, signing numerous papers,
i and giving his consent or the reverse to
plans, estimates, etc. After that several
army officers are generally waiting for an
i audience, some gu detail work reporting
or asking for information, others desirous
of merely paying their respects and some
with grievances they desire to lay before
the general.
KILLED HIS BROTHER.
A Santiago Hero Accused of Stealing In
flicts Vengeance.
By Associated Press.
New York, Dec. 14.—John. D. Hayes,
who served as a Red Cross nurse with the
Second United States infantry under Gen.
Shafter at Santiago, last night shot and
killed his brother. Edward S. Hayes, pro
prietor of a hotel at Blecker and McDou
gal streets. Apparently no one witnessed
tilt shooting. According to the story told
by John Hayes, his brother accused him
of appropriating a portion of the proceeds
of the evening’s business for his own use.
They had several quarrels over this. and.
according to his murderer, who is under
arrest, E-ifward struck him with a club
and ice pick. After having bis cheek laid
open John Hayes drew a revolver and shot
his brother through the head. The
wounded man fell without a sound and
was dead in a moment. The blood poured
from a hole in his right temple and
drenched the murderer.
A REMARKABLE SINGER
Mts. aSchumonn's Motherhood Does Kot
Estop Her Ingagements.
By Associated Press.
New York, Dec. 14. —'Mme. Schumann-
Heink, the famous contralto singer, gave
birth to her eighth child, a son, last Mon
day night. She expected to be able to
sing last Monday night. She expected to
be able to sing in the Grau Company’s
first prolucrion of "Lohengrin” next week.
SPLENDID ENDOWMENT.
Millionaires Doing Great Things by McGill
University.
By Associated Press.
Montreal, Dec. 14.—At the last meeting
of the board of governors of McGill Uni
versity, Lord Stratheorn announced his in
tention of endowing the new Victoria col
lege for women, which was built at a cost
of $250,000 to the amount o$ $1,000,000. W.
C. McDonald, the inilionaire tobacco m-n
who has given several millions to the uni
versity. also announced that intended en
dowing a chair of history in the arts of
faculty. j
GEN._MRCIA
Cubans Deplore the Death of
Their Leader.
LOSS TO BOTH COUNTRIES
Not a StronglCommander Like Go
mex, But a Wise States
man.
By Associated Press.
New York, Fee. 14 —A diepatc.i tc the
Tri'rvne from Havana says: Calix.o Gar
cir’s death ai ’his critical period is a loss
for both Cuba and the United states. The
Cubans today are too muen excited over
th-2 killing of two of their number of Sun
day night oy Spanish officers and soldiers
to appreciate its significance though their
grief is deen. The larger part of ,ne in
surgent army had a strong affection for
Garcia. Commanders who are in control
of the forces atevnd Hava 1a anprce ; ate
that their task is increased by Garcia’s
d-t vh. Whether the commission in Wash
ington is succerriul or not >n arranging a
laoii with which to pay the insurgent
tr<ops, Garcia was the leader to whom u’l
were looking for guidance. He had ex
hibited great strength in controlling the
radical elements at the Santa Cruz assem
bly and in having himself placed at the
head of the commission to visit Washing
ton. He had also impressed on the insur
gents that they must not antagonize
American military control. His influence
■ was decided and bis wishes were respect
| ed.
Garcia was ambitious and he was known
to be looking forward to become the presi
ient of the Cuban republic, but he showed
himself 10 be a politician in the best sense
of the word. Maximo Gomez had censured
him for his hasty action at Santiago after
his quarrel with Shafter and he was in
open antagonism to the members of the
former provisional government. Never
theless mutual tolerance was shown.
The sorrow over Garcia’s death will be
widespread. 'He was not a strong com
mander such as Gomez, but since the death
o! Maceo, he has, after Gomez, the most
important leader among the insurgents.
The immediate effect of his death will
be to bring forward the leaders of the pro
visional government, such as iMasso and
Capote, who were not in harmony with
Garcia. However they all counsel ac
quiescence regarding temporary American
control and some of them lean toward an
nexation. Their weak ncint is that they
cannot be expected to have the influence
with th Cuban soldiers that officers who
commanded the insurgent forces possesses
the man for the emergency is Gomez. He
has been reported as distrustful of Amer
ican occupancy and not in full sympathy
with the visit of Garcia’c commission to
Washington. Nevertheless he has steadily
counselled acquiescence. Gomez has re
mained at his camp in Santa Clara pro
vince, refusing to transfer his headquar
ters to Marrianao on the ground that he
was not needed and did not intend to make
a show of himself. His actual objection
was rsaid to be due to his willingness to
recognize Spanish sovereignty. The period
of Spanish authority is now so brief and
his counsel so badly needed by the Cubans
that he may change his mind and come at
once.
TAYLOR’S
NEAR DOOM
Preparations for the Execu
tion of the Wife Mur
derer.
Abner Tavlor, the wife murderer, has
only two more days to live. He will be
hung Friday morning between the hours
of 10 and 12 o’clock.
The gallows has been arranged and the
rope is being stretched. He will be hung
on the steel death trap that is in the jail.
Taylor can see the gallows from his cell
and to a man under the sentence of death
and with only two more days to live it
must be a terrible sight.
He is being closely watched for fear that
he will commit suicide at the last moment.
He is very despondent and looks as if he
will not have enough nerve to go on the
stand. He has been behaving very
for the past two weeks and has given the
officers no trouble. His brother will be
present when he is hung.
WAS ONLY DRUNK.
Wnep. he Referred to the War Lord as
“Sheeps Head”
By Associated Press.
Berlin. Dec. 14—The trial of Frank
Kaaak, of New York charged with Lese
majeste to referring to the emperor as
"Sheepshead” has been fixed for Decem
ber 20. He is still in prison, bail being re
fused and the United States embassy is
unable to interfere in the case. The de
fence will prove that Mr. Knaak, Novem
ber 24th, the day he is said to have
spoken disrespectfully of his majesty, was
intoxicated and when sober always spoke
respectfully of the emperor.
AT THE CAMPS
Officers and Soldiers Well
Pleased With the Parade
THE POPULAR SEVENTH
Men of the Third Engineers Indig
nant—Waiting on Orders
General Gossip.
The weather has been very cold for the
past two days and the number of visitors
to the soldier camps have been very few.
The soldiers suffered great deal last night
and the weather man said this morning
that it was the coldest night of the season
and he says that it will probably be colder
tonight. The scarcity of tent stoves
makes it very unpleasant for the men and
they generally build up big fires and sleep
around eo as to keep warm. The white
soldiers at Camp Fornance suffer more
than the others, as they are camped on
one of the coldest sites around the city.
Tie men of the Seventh cavalry are
well fixed for the cold weather and each
tent has a stove. All of the men in the
tent sleep with their feet to the fire and
they say that they never know that the
weather is cold until they awake in the
morning. The tents of the cavalrymen
are the conical tents and are large enough
for sixteen men to sleep in, though the
present regiment has only eight.
The negroes do not suffer much from
the cold, as they all have tent stoves.
They do not seem to mind the cold much,
as they stay out of their tents all the
time. Last night a large party of them
dressed in civilian’s clothes and came to
the city. They did this in order to escape
the provost guard. It is said that a num
ber of them do this every night. It is a
dangerous practice, however, and if they
are caught they will be severely pun
ished.
The third battalion of the Third En
gineers will leave tomorrow night for
Port Tampa, where they will take the
transport, for Cuba. It was first ordered
that the men would sail from 'Miami, but
the order has been changed and they will
go from Tampa. They will land at Man
tanzas and be stationed there until the
arrival of the first army corps. The En
gineers do not like the idea of going to
Cuba and say that they want to be mus
tered out. They are kicking about the
statements made by some of their officers
in regard to their character and want him
corrected. The regiment will be one of
the last to be mustered out. however, as
it was one of the last to be mustered in.
William Capus, the negro who was shot
by Mr. W. S. Simmons som n time ago. has
been eent back to his regiment. He has
entirely recovered from his wound and has
reported for duty. It was thought at one
time that the negro would die. but he is
now entirely well. A true bill has been
found by the grand jury against Mr. Sim
mons for assault with intent to murder
and he is at present out on bond. It is
not known when he will' be tried.
A military hop will be given by the offi
cers on Monday, December 26. It will be
held in the armory of the Macon Volun
teers and the music will be furnished by
the Second Ohio band. The hop will be
much on the order of those given at the
military posts and will be a very swell
affair.
Captain Wright, who was examined at
Huntsville several days ago for a. captain
cy in the regular army, returned to his
duties here this morning. He passed the
examination and will receive his commis
sion in a few days. He will return to
Huntsville in a few' days and will act as
adjutant general of the first army corps.
The men were not very much fatigued
by the parade yesterday and they all seem
to enjoy it. Both General Wilson and
General Bates expressed themselves as
being well pleased with the parade and
they say that they never saw things work
better in their whole military career as
they did in the review yesterday.
It is understood that no changes will be
made in the line of march or the forma
tion. Everything worked satisfactorily
yesterday and the parade wil no doubt be
the same next Monday. The review next
Monday will be a grander thing than the
parade that is to take place in Atlanta this
week, as they will only have two regi
ments in line where Macon will have
seven. The railroads will run excursions
here from all points in the state and it is
expected that fully ten thousand people
from outside places will be here.
It is still rumored that the troops at
Knoxville will come here. The two regi
ments are in General Bates’ division, and
it is understood that he wants them to
gether. The regiments are the Thirty
first Michigan and the Sixth Ohio. The
Macon boys w’ho were in the First Georgia
are anxious for the Thirty-first Michigan
to come here, as there was a warm friend
ship between the two regiments while in
camp. They were in the same brigade
and camped side by side all during their
service in the army.
The two regiments coming to Macon
would make the total number of the troops
that ft ere coming to Macon 10,000, and
would be a great benefit to the city.
While not officially confirmed that the
troops will be sent here, one of the officers
who is in a position to know intimated as
much this morning, and it is very proba
ble that they ft’ill come.
The men of the Third Engineers are
mad, and if the writer of the article that
appeared in yesterday morning’s Tele
graph in regard to the men of the regi
ment could be found he would be severely
dealt with.
The article, no doubt, does the Engin
eers a great injustice and the men of the
regiment claim that there is no private
in the regiment of such a name as was
signed as a "private” to the article, and
they say that if it was written by anyone
connected with the regiment the writer
was not a "private.”
Several of the men called at the News
office yesterday afternoon and denounced
rhe writer in the strongest terms. The
article spoke of the men as “bums ’ and
"tramps” and it can be seen that there is
not a nicer body of men in the country
than the Engineers. The privates say
rhat their officers have misrepresented
them to the public and that they want it
corrected.
They say the regiment wants to be mus
tered out and does not wish to remain in
the service. The writer of the article in
the Telegraph is "laying low.” but the
men are making a search for him and if
he is found his feelings are liable to be
hurt.
PRI si FIVE CENTS
KILLED AND
CREMATED
Horrible Tragedy Developing
in Hot Sorings, Ark.
BEAUTIFUL WOMAN'S TATE
Murderer Burns Her Body Piece
by Piece In His Own Fire
place.
By Associated Frees.
Hot Springs, Ark., Ike. 14.—Gradually
the mystery surroundiing the disappearance
in this city several weeks -ago of (Mrs. Nel
lie J. • Horne, a beautiful young woman,
who has been visiting the health resort
and who, the authorities believed, wan
murdered by Young Haidy Sheffield and
robbed of her money, is being cleared up
and by tonight the sheriff hopes to have
evidence to prove that the most heartless
crime ever commited in this community
was that which cost Mrs. 'Horne her life.
Hardy Sheffield is in jail charged with
murder. The sheriff returned to the city
today from the home of Sheffield’s brother,
(where it was reported the body of Mrs.
Horne had been found. (He brought with
him a sack containing grewsome evidence
oj a human ibody having been cremated,
piece by piece in Sheffield’s home. Tho
sack con'tiainde human bones, ashes and
other particles, which were recovered from
the fire place of Sheffield’s 'home. The ex
perts are at work making a scientific ex
amination of tfheec ghastly relics. It is al
leady established that the bones are those
•of a human being. Sheffield’s brother, in
whose house tthe crime is supposed to have
; been committed, was brought to Ho.
Springs by the sheriff and placed in jail,
i There are also several other® who ai\-
dharged with being accessories to the
i crime.
A MALIGNANT BONE.
■ ~
It Sent Luetgert to Prison and Poisioned a
Policeman.
By Associated Press.
Chicago, Dec. 14.—The sesamoid bone
that sent Adolph Louis Luertguert to a
felon’s cell for life has laid Captain Wil
, liam N. Knoch on a bed of pain from
which he may never arise. Luertguert
was made its victim by the evidence of
this tiny osseous particle, while Knoch has
been feeled by the virus that clung to its
scaly sides. A serious ailment that kept
Knoch confined to his bed several weeks
was pronounced by physicians to be un
doubtedly blood poisoning and the nistory
of it they concede is clearly discoverable
in the malignant little sesamoid. When
the first trial of Luertguert begun Knoch
was made custodian of the exhibits in
evidence by the prosecution. Among these
was the sesamoid bone, regarded by tho
state’s attorneys as a convincing evidence
that Mrs. Luertguert had been murdered
and the body dissolved in the vat until it
was a saponaceous mass and flooded away
as sewerage. One day in July, after hand
ling the seamoid. Captain Knoch rubbed
his hand on his bare breast on account of
the heat and perspiration caused by the
torrid weather. Not long after that event
he felt ill. The physician pronounced the
ailment to be sepsis. The cause of the
blood poisoning was inquired into ax the
time and laid at the door of the seamoid.
After an illness of six weeks he recovered
sufficiently to be about. Two weeks ago
he was taken ill again and again the ill
ness was pronounced to be sepsis. The
doctors say it is a recurrence of the old
attack and due ro the same cause.
VAN SYCKLE LEAD
THE TICKET
Only 524 Votes Cast in Yes
terday’s Aldermanic
Election.
The election yesterday was one of the
quietest ever held in Macon. No interest
was taken and none of the candidates
were seen around the polls. The total
vote just did pass the five hundred mark
and was one of the smallest ever cast in
a city election. .
The scenes at the polls yesterday and
on the first were different in every respect.
The total vote polled was as follows:
Van Syckel. 524.
Sheridan, 519. g <1143
Taylor, 521.
Moore, 520.
The consolidated vote was made known
at the meeting of the city council last
night and Clerk Smith was instructed to
notify the gentlemen that they had been
elected and to be present at the meeting
tonight to take the oath of office.
The members who go out tonight are
Aidermen Williams and Huthnance. Both
gentlemen have made good officials and
their work is appreciated by the people.