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2 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.’’ Bucklin’s Arnica Salve The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi tively cures piles or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price Ssc per box. For by H. J. Tjtmir > Ron«’ drug atoro. 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.” Flies, Flies. t'lies i Dr. Williams’ Indian Pile Ointment will cure Blind, Bleeding and Itching Piles when all other ointments have failed. It absorbs the tumors, allays the iteMag at once, acts as a poultice, gives re- lief. Dr. Williams’ Indian Pile Ointment Is prepared only for Piles an- of the private parts and nothing else. Every box is warranted. Sold by druggists or 11.00 per box. WILLIAMS MANUFACTURING CO., Proprietors. Cleveland. O. sent by man «a receipt of price. 50c and 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. CA. S "!• O Tt X A . Bears the YouHavetoys Bought Signature Z of I/’. D. Todd & C<?. I. I ’ " rHE: I New Clothina store. I Which Do You Prefer, PNEUmONIH 01 HEAVY UNDERWEAR’ Most people would take the latter, we surmise, and we judge you, mister man, to be in this class. Look at the special lot on sale this week, as fol lows: $1.25 $1.35 Suits Suits for for 98c. SI.OO $1.50 $2.00 Suits Suits for for $1.25. $l5O. Special sale of stylish Neckwear. Full of Beauty, Full of Worth, Full of Style, I For FIFTY CENTS. I For LaGrippe and In fluenza use CHENEY’S EXPECTORANT. Peyser’s Our Large Sale of lE.& W. * Collars. .I i . tt i i Collars, AH Linen, ClOtlllllg Fully demonstrated the fact that people KNOW A GOOD THING—Good clothes at the Right Price. We are still offering those Top Overcoats at Half Price- Only small sizes left. Men’s Underwear. -Al * fc- Dont you need it? We have the line. We show the quality, and we give J the price. Three features that the others don’t combine. [ Boy’s Suits and Overcoats. If quality is what you want, and price is what has been keeping you from buying, come and see us. Quality DON T CHANGE, but we make the price to suit you. "■ g THE DANNENBERG CO. X Store. 466 Third Street. Store. For the Next Thirty Days We propose to make some special prices on WHISKIES. WINES and BRANDIES. | You who appreciate good goods will un- : derstand the value of the offer made be- . low: Look at our price list and begin to j save 50 per cent on all purchases in our < 1 line. Do not throw your money away and pay twice as much for inferior goods. Give us a trial. See what we will do for you. All goods bottled at the distillery. Original bottling only. I Whiskies. Pr Qt Belle of Macon (Kentucky Bourbon).. 40 Old Monongahela Pure Pennsylvania Rse 50 | Our Monogram( 4 years old) 60 Baker’s A. A. A. A. Rye 65 , Canadian Rye 75 Finch’s Golden Wedding 75 Old Dscar Pepper (green label) 75 I Old Club House Rye 75 , Hoffman House Rye 90 i Mount Vernon Pure Rye (6 years old).l 00 , Old Oscar Pepper Rye (white label)..l 00 ! Old Crow (7 years old)1 00 ' Guckenheimer Pure Rye (6 years old).l 00 ■ Sweet Pansy (8 years old)1 00 Old Private Stock (cream of whiskies) .-1 25 Park & Tilford Fine Ryel 25 Wines and „ I Brandies. Pr Gal. California Sherry, Port and Angelica, ,75c Imported Sherry, Port and Madeira...l 00 Old Cognac Brandy 2 00 Pr Bert. Martel Brandy, 3 starl 00 Hennesy Brandy, 3 starl 00 Clarets by the case of one dozen quart bottles 4 00 Rhine Wines by the case of one dozen quart bottles 4 00 All other goods by the gallon, such as corn whiskey, peach and apple brandies, etc., sold equally as low, from $1.25 per gallon and upwards. We make a specialty of the juy trade and all orders by mail or telegraph -will have our prompt attention. Special in ducements offered. 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