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CHISRCmOPERTV
In Our New Possession 8 Under
Discussion.
MR. ROBES LETTER
On the Subject Was Read Before
Meeting of the National Chris
tian Citizenship Convention
By Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 15. —At a meeting of
the National Christian Citizenship conven
tion, a letter <was read from Wm. Henry
Robes, a prominent Presbyterian and sec
retary of the -alliance of reformed
churches, on the sulbjeot of chuch property
in our newly acquired! possessions. The
letter says in part:
“In all of these territories acquired as a
result of the ‘war with Spain, there are
large church properties which have been
under the control of the Roman Catholic
'church as the established church of Spain
and her colonies. These church proper
ties are claimed Iby the Roman Catholic
authorities, but to a large extent with no
show to right. There doubtless are prop
erties given *by will or direct personal do
nation under the control of Roman Cath
olic church authorities in Porto Rico and
the Philippines, 'but in 'addition to such
there are other properties, especially
church edifices, which were paid for out
of the public funds and maintained at 'the
expense of the Spanish government. The
latter properties are itbe properties not of
the church, but of the people.
This .is the 'fact in all countries where
there are established churches. iSuch
churches in Spain, France, England and
Germany are 'branches of 'the state and
their edifices are erected and expenses all
paid, the salaries of bishops and priests
included, out of the public taxes. It was
because of this fact that when the South
American republics became independent of
Spain, itihe new settlers took possession
of a very considerable part of the church
property. They took the ground that the
ownership of the property was in the state
and not in the clinch. The same position
-was tjiken in England at the 'time of the
reformation.
Westminister Abbey, London, was once
ci Roman Catholic place of worship, and it
is now a Protestant Episcopal church. The
United States government, therefore,
should take charge of all church proper
ty, should carefully determine whait moiety
of the properyt actually 'belongs to the Ro
man Catholic church as such, and retain
the remainder under its own control for
the benefit of the people of the new terri
tories.
“I would not advocate that United 'States
government should take possession of the
church property 'in the now territories,
selling the same at public sale and placing
the money in its own treasury: but I do
say ‘that ‘the people of this new territory
in each of their cities and towns should
have an oportunity to determine what use
should 'be made of these church edifices.
They were ‘built by monks, forced from
them by oppressive methods of the Span
ish government and they are morally, and,
J think, legally the property of the inhab
itants of these territories. Let there be a
vote of the people in each of the towns
and parishes of Porto Rico as to the dis
posal of the church edifices.’’
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MOORE PUZZKED
AdmitslThat He Carried Mrs. Moore to the
Johnson House.
Special to The News.
New York. Dec. 15 —After a hard night
of it. ’twixt the quibbles of the law and
the pulps of 'hypercritical lawyers, the
jury in the “badger” trial of William A.
E. Moore heard the opening chapter of the
famous story today.
Since Monday' morning the whole ma
chinery of Recorder Goff’s court had been
grinding slowly, but exceedingly small, to
receive a jury with a peculiar fitness to
listen to and deal with the strange story
of ‘Martin Mahon, the hotel proprietor:
Fayne Strahan (Moore. of Atlanta and
Oregon, and William A. E. Moore, -late
consular agent at Durban. Africa.
There were two women witnesses in
court.
First, there is the mysterious Birdie Bell
with an alleged sensational part, begin
ning in an uptown apartment in New York
and ending in a most fashionable house
on Avenue Louise, in Brussels. Then there
was ‘Mrs. Zachery T. Aldrich, wife of one
of the jurors at the first trial, who was
subpoenaed by the state and sat through
the dismal process of securing a jury. She
■was among today's very first arrivals.
Several of the former jurymen held an in
dignation meeting in the corridor because
the privacy of their homes was being in
vaded.
In is generally believed that Benjamin
Hill, ex-United States district attorney for
Georgia, and son of the late Senator Ben
Hill, will address the jury. In Atlanta Mr.
Hill is known as a specially eloquent man
in defense of the fair sex, and if he sums
up the evidence there will be a sensation
al scene in Recorder Goff's court.
“I really appear as counsel for the wo
man.” Mr. Hill told your reporter today.
Her defense, however, rests entirely upon
the defense of Moore. If he is acquitted,
as I think he will be, Fayne Strahan
Moore cannot be tried, as she is not in
dicted as a principal. I am in favor of
placing Mrs. Moore on the stand, for I
know she would make an excellent im
pression upon the jury as well as upon the
public.”
Again, Mr. Mclntyre, who is managing
the case for the district attorney’s office,
made the opening statement:
“We will show by witnesses,” said he,
“that there was a conspiracy with robbery
for its object-such a conspiracy as is
known to the police as the badger game—
■ between this defendant and the woman
I calling herself Fayne ’Moore.”
This attempt to prove conspiracy by
witnesses was not attempted before.
Martin Mahon, with a sixth day of the
bicycle race face, took the stand at the
opening of the afternoon session and
I gan again that long and humiliating story
j of tus alleged undoing. He told his busi
ness — that of a hotel keeper—and said he
had been married nineteen years. He re
minded the correspodnent of a schoolboy
who had got into trouble and did not know
how to extricate himself. He was repeat
edly tangled up by the severe cross-exam
ination of counsel for the defense and
caused roars of laughter at his discom
fort.
The famous diamond pin which 'Mahon
said at the last trial was the bait thrown
to him .by Fayne Strahan Moore in order
to lure him to the Hotel Metropole was
identified by Mahon and placed in evi
dence.
Mr. Hill was seen after the trial and
said he was far from well, having con
tracted a severe cold in the sleeping car
on his way from Atlanta. He thought,
however, that a little kerosene and goose
grease would effect a cure and he pro
posed to apply it the moment he arrived
at the Hotel Waldorf, where he is stopping
this time. He said there was nothing of
importance to tell relating to the trial at
its present stage. An acquittal was cer
tain, but his presence in court will be per
manent until the end has been reached,
although he regretted being absent from
home during Jubilee week.
It had been intended at first to lock the
jury up at night, but before adjourning
last night Recorder Goff announced that
he had decided not to do that. He warned
the jurors, however, to be particularly
careful about the persons they talked to
during the trial and to report at once to
the court if any one tried to epeak to them
about the case. This admonition was re-'
peated today when court adjourned at 4:45
o’clock.
There was practically nothing new in
today’s proceedings, the essential points
being that Mahon admitted having taken
Mrs. Moore to the house of ‘Mrs. Johnson
and calling upon her several times. Mahon
said that upon several occasions he had
slept there, but not in the apartments of
Mrs. Moore.
It developed that the house occupied by
Mrs. Johnson is practically the property
of IMahon, who holds a mortgage on the
same, and he knew it was safe to have
Mrs. Moore there without the knowledge
of his family. Asked why he did not take
her to his own hotel, the question stag
gered him, but he hesitatingly replied:
“Because it would incriminate me in the
eyes of my family.”
He did not appear to know the distinc
tion between a bond and mortgage and
was repeatedly checked by counsel for the
prosecution when he was about, to make
a blundering reply.
This practically covered today’s details
and court adjourned to meet at 10:30
o’clock tomorrow, Thursday, morning.
DOCKING
THE WARSHIP
Danger of the Massachusetts
Being Injured at the
Yards.
By Associated Press.
New York, Dec. 15. —-The Herald says:
ISo serious are the injuries sustained by
the battleship 'Massachusetts, as a result
of the mishap sustained a few days ago,
that 'Naval Contractor Bowles estimatese
that the cost of her repairs will be at least
$24,000. Requisitions covering this amount
for materi'al anl labor have been approved
and repairs will be started at once. 'Con
structor Bowles estimates that six weeks
at least wil be necessary to complete the
work.
Officials of the navy department say the
injuries to the battleship are similar to
those suffered by the Broklyn a year ago.
The Brooklyn, while steaming down the
Delaware river, struck a pinnacle of rock
which tore her 'bottom and caused an ex
penditure for repairs of $50,000. It 'is 'be
lieved that the cost to the Massachusetts
will reach very near that figure.
Docking the Massachusetts will be 'a
delicate and dangerous operation. Naval
experts say that for a brief period the ship
must rest her entire weight, which is ten
thousand tons, on the injured keel. The
greatest, care must be taken at this criti
cal time to prevent her from settling. As
rapidly as possible blocks will be placed
under the bilge keels, and the vertical keel
will be relieved of pressure. The slightest
displacement of a block in the meantime
would cause a serious accident.
‘Lieutenant Bowles some time ago recom
mended the use of docking keels on all
large vessels. These are log timbers to lie
along side of the vertical keel and afford
a broader surface to bear the weight of the
ship on the stocks which is now placed
on rthe central keel. Had these keels been
adopted the task of docking the Massachu
setts would have been less difficult.
It may be th*at the blocks will be so ar
ranged as to form a substitute for the
dock keels with a space between into
which the keel of the ship will sink as th<
water is pumped out of the dry dock.
LABOR IN DEMAND.
Great' Rsilroad Enterprise in the Snake
River Valley.
By Associated Press.
Portland, Ore., Dec. 15. —The Oregonian
today prints the following:
“Within the coming two months at
Rosser murder case has been resumed in
■building the Snake river valley line of the
O. R. and N. As many of these men as
i can possibly be obtained in Portland and
| the Northwest will be put on the work:
I the remainder will need to be brought
j from the .east. The surplus of the North
j western available for railroad building is
| not large, probably less than half as much
I as is required for this one enterprise, so it
i will be necessary to bring a great many of
j them from the east.”
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MACON NEWS THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15 1898.
MISSION_WORK
Immense Sums Spent in
Forign Fields.
SIXTEEN MILLION DOLLARS
Eleven Thousand Missionaries—
Progress of Protestantism in
the Old World.
By Associated Press.
Boston, Dec. 15 —Rev. E. Strong, D. D.,
editor of the Missionary Herald, has pre
pared a summary of world wide protestant
rrfissions for the past year. It shows that
there has been a large increase coming
chiefly from this country, where an in
crease of $25,000 is shown and from Great
‘Britain whereto the $6,471,840 regularly
contributed is added $2,089,134. expended
by organizations not strictly missionary.
The statistical report for the United
States, Canada, Great Britain, Germany,
Continental Europe (except Germany)
Asia, Australia and Africa in totals are:
Number of societies engaged in work 242;
stations 4,779; out stations 14,614; mission
aries 11,839; native laborers 67,754; com
municants 1,448,861; under instruction
810,949; income in dollars $16,244,372.
The American board has received in
contribution the past year, $687,203. mak
ing a grand total of $30,405,043 received
since its organization. The twelve colleges
of the board have 2,483 pupils.
The number of Protestant missionary
organizatins laboring within the Chinese
empire is 54., with 2,461 missionaries, 5,071
native assistants and 80,682 communi
cants. There are thirty-four Protestant
organizations engaged in missionary work
in Japan with a total membership of
40,578.
A Narrow Escape.
Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada E.
Hart, of Groton, S. D., “Was taken with a
bad cold which settled on myltings; cough
set in and finally terminated in consump
tion. Four doctors gave me up, saying I
,could live but a short 'time. I gave myself
up to my savior, determined if I could
not stay with my friends on earth I would
meet my absent ones above. My husband
was advised to get Dr. K’ng’s New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds.
I gave it a trial; took in all eight bottles.
It 'has cured me and thank God I am
saved and am now a well and healthy
woman.” Trial bottles free at H. J. La
mar & Sons’ drug store. Regular size 50c
andsl, guaranteed or price refunded.
CANADIAN INVESTORS
Endeavoring to Buy the Havana Street
Railways.
By Associated Press.
Toronto, Ont., Dec. 15 —Toronto and
Montreal capitalists interested in street
railways are after the franchise in Havana
and have made an offer of $1,500,000 for
the present service in. that city, which it
is expected will be accepted. William
Mackenzie, president of the Toronto street
railway and Frederick Nicholls, of the
Canadian Electric Street Railway Com
pany, have left here to perfect the ar
rangements for taking over the line. The
American Indies syndicate of which P. B.
Widener and United States Senator Elkins
are members, had prepared to take over
the road, but were outbid by the Cana
dians.
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$1.25 $1.35
Suits Suits
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$1.50 $2.00
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Men’s Underwear. -Al * fc-
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