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HAVANA’S
NEWJEGIME
Tradesmen Welcome Ameri
cans Because They Pay.
SPANIARDS WERE ROBBERS
Change in Social and Business Con
ditions Wrought by American
Occupation.
By Associated Press.
New York, iDec. 17.—-A dispatch to the
Tribune from Havana saya:
Havana i» at the half-way stage between
•he departure of the (Spaniards and the
roaring of the Americans. The city looks
lonesome, fit Is not desolate because hope
fulness and desolation do not go together,
and everybody i« hopeful of the future.
Trade is not brisk because, except in
there is no im|M>rtations. That
will be changed as soon as the new tariff
«oes into effcct. In t'he retail districts oc
cupied by the middle classed, a fair
amount of business is done.
A walk through those sections shows
more activity than there was two months
<igo. This is due to the return of so many
‘Cuban families. In what would be called I
rhe shopping district of the city, such as '
Obispo street, which is the (Fifth avenue I
of Havana, nothing is doing. Nevertheless, ■
the Spanish shopkeepers are complacent. 1
They prefer a .period of dullness for a slm- [
pie reason. The families of t'he Spanish
officers and officials were customers and 1
were not good pay. The tradesman dread
ed their patronage and nought to evade it
a« much as possible. Neither were the
•Cubans god (pay, but. credit could be refus- 1
cd them without fear of the consequences. I
The Americans are coming. They are at '
nhe same time good customers and good
pay. So the shopkeeper is content with the 1
present dullness i ntrade.
The city feels the departure of so many
Spanish families in away. They helped
Ho give it life. 'A few’ weeks ago it wan
id most impossible to rent houses in any '
desirable quarter of the city. Cubans, I
chiefly professional men, returning from
their exilein the Urited States and Europe,
•had leased tho’b. Now in the suburbs the
niumbor o* houses which are closed and
’barred gives these places the apearance of
» fleserted town. The yhave been occupied
d»y both military and civil officials, who
are returning to Spain.
The deserted appearance will not last ,
long. American officers whose duties will j
keep them in 'Havana for some time, and .
who have been looking in vain for houses, I
will take advantage of the opportunity, as 1
will a number of business men from t'he '
United States, who are likely to change a
short stay into a perod of permanent res- [
idence. Some of the Spanish officers are I
anxious to secure their discharges and re- ■
turn to Cuba. They have property which
they do not want to sacrifice. It would not
do to inquire too ckaely ho wthey became 1
lr. possessin of it. That was under the '
ey-h m by whicn they all profited. As j
'Spain will not aavc need of a large army
in the fut’iro .t Is presumed that these of- .
lici”6 will euc *fd :r. securing their dis-'
c'i: iges. Soin? of ‘bom hive Jarlist con- (
neviione 'and this will be an additional ■
reason for enabling them to return to
Cuba.
The civilian glasses who are going back
to Spain are taking their property with 1
them or are arranging to have it convert
ed into cash and forwarded to them. They
have plucked it to the last feather and
all of them return rich. To assume other
wise would be' to assume that they have
not taken advantage of their opportunities. |
•No Spanish official, whether he served un- I
der the old regime of under the regime of
autonomy, cares to be placed in that, cate
gory. Whether he was in the custom
‘house or in some other branch of the gov
ernment service, he would consider it a
reflection on his ability.
The fact of the departure of so many of
ficers and army camp followers in the
cases of Havana was a few wefks ago the
subject of interesting speculation. It was
thought most of them would be compelled
to close for lack of patronage. This will
happen in some parts of the city where
ahe ’barracks were located, but in the sec
tion which is the center of social life, the
neighborhood of the Parque Central, the
theaters -and the clubs, this will not be so.
The proprietors have met the new condi
tions by leasing their places to “enterpris
ing”' Americans who are converting the
cages into barrooms with all the gilded at
tractions which go with these institutnons
in the states. The barroms have annexes
in which gambling of all kinds can be
cnodttoted after the moat approved Amer
ican methods. The annexes are, in fact,
the main concerns. Their managers expect
to do a “rushing 1 * business. One of the
•leading backers is understood to be the
.proprietor of the .game which is patroniz
ed by (wealthy New Yorkers who go to
(Long Branch or Saratoga, in summer. The
Spanish proprietor* were at first doubtful
about putting their places In the hands
of the Americans. They thought trouble
would arise with the. military authorities
'alter the, flag was floating from. Morro
« astle. They were assured chat all of this
(had been “arranged.” The first business
of the American •ntiHiary commander of
Havana wiU be? to that not
been arranged. " ’ ■ r ”'
When the details of Ihe'Spanish evacua
tion wefie first arrange, wwie >nxiet? was
•felt lest a large number 6f the Spanish
commercial and indu»u4«l- classes should
also repatriate themselves, This fear has
not been realized. Whatever doubts the
Spanish business men may have bad about
the security of life and property under the
new ord,er,. wijre quickly dissipated.
They found the guarantee, of the United
States sufficient and they discover that the
transition period is fraught with less dis
turbance Lhaa might have been naturally
expected. In a feu' places in the interior
of the island where the Spaniards, are few
in number, they dreaded io remain in the
midst of the 'Cubans w-ho show an un
friendly spirit. Some went to Havana and
others are going back to Spain. At Man
zanillo the greater part of the Spanish col
ony is starting for ‘Mexico. But these are
exceptional instances. As a rule wherever
a Spanish commercial house is closing up
Its business that buines ha been depen
dent on the official system. With the end
of that system no other course is open.
That a vacuum exists in Havana is a pa
tent fact. More people are going out than
i are likely to come In for many months.
• The rottenness of the Spanish military
methods could be judged during the insur
rection by the great number of officers who
were always in Havana on staff duty.
The disproportion to those who in any cir
cumstances were seeing active service in
the field were marked. Since the officers
hav gone the void created by their depart
ure gives even a strong impression of their
numbers. They were literally th only class
of the population which were too numerous
to be counted. The void is one which will
not be filled. The American garrison will
be kept out of Havana. American officers
will not be quartered in the city and spread
over it like a cloud of locusts.
MOORE FOUND GUILTY.
He Was Recommended to the Mercy of th#
Court. . •
New York, Dec . 17.—Abraham bevy,
counsel for AV iiiiam A. E. Moore, began
to sum up for bls client this morning in
part 4 of the court of general sessions
before Recorder Goff and a jury.
Moore’s second trial for robbery in the
first degree began on Monday. His first
trial, which ended week before last, re
sulted in a disagreement. The charge
against Moore is that on November 4th be
robbed Martin Mahon, the proprietor of
the New Amsterdam hotel, after his wife,
Fayne Strahan-Moore, had enticed him to
iheir rooms in the Hotel Grenoble. The
proceeds of the robbery, it Is alleged, were
in cash. Mahon also, it is alleged,
signed a note for $5,000 and a confession
of guilt.
The prosecution rests its case late yes
terady afternoon, after dramatically get
ting before the jury the testimony of Mrs.
Marguerite Gaw, of Cleveland, 0., to the
effect that Moore was her daughter’s hus
band. The evidence of Mrs. Gaw was
stricken out by the court, but it got before
the jury, however, and such things, ex
perienced jurists declared today, always
have their effect. The jury was not lock
ed up over night, as it was thought would
be the case. The jury In the second trial
was considered much beter than toe jury
in the first case, and none of the remarks
that were made about the members of the
jury in the first case have been heard
any one this time.
General opinion during the day was that
this jury would probably find some sort
of verdict. There were a few bets made,
however. In the court house at odds of 3
to 1 that this jury would also disagree.
It was practically decided that if sach
should be the case Moore will not be tried
again.
Not a woman was present when court
was called to order at 10.-40 o’clock. Moore
followed by his guard came in a few min
utes later. Throughout the two trials he
has lost his nerve but 'twice. The first
time was when the recorder charged thee
jury in the first tri'al and the second time
was when Mrs. Marguerite Gaw- took the
stand yesterday.
Mr. Levy began to sum up at 10:45
o’clock. His address was on th? same
lines as that of the first trial.
“Martin Mahon.” declared Mr. Levy,
“did not secure this defend'ant’e arrest In
the interests of justice, but his own self
ish interest. He did not want to appre
hend a criminal but to provide himself
with the evidence that might bring him
into court upon a charge of adultery.”
In explaining the fact that the defense
had not introduced a single witness.
Moore’s counsel said that the prosecution
had failed to establish a ease sufficient to
prove Moore’s guilt. The attempts of the
district attorney to influence the jury by
introducing a witness whose testimony he
knew would not be admitted Mr. Levy de
nounced as outrageous. He ridiculed that
assertion that a man-about-town, as Ma
hon evidently wanted to be considered,
would for three years ‘‘drive, dine and
wine” a handsome young woman, not out
of her teens when they first met: visit
her in her room and lend her diamonds,
solely because he liked her society, “Such
platonic friendship in a man like Mahon
was impossible,” declared the speaker. “I
am not here to besmirch the woman In
this case. She is the wife of the man
whom I defend: but who is it that be
smirches her? Martin Mahon, theman who
for for three years basked in her smiles;
who for three years admitted that he en
joyed her companionship, gave her pres
ents. lent her diamonds, but never asked
the return of them.
“Why does he seek to cover this woman
with infamy? Is it to s'ave himself from
disgrace?—to protect himself from a di
vorce suit? Would Martin Mahon ha\|
done anything in this case if he had not
signed that confession of his relations
with Mrs. Moore after he had been caught
in her room by her husband?”
Lawyer Levy characterized the story of
Mahon as absurd. He went over in detail'
all of Mahon’s testimony and peppered it
with ridicule at every point. ’AU during
the delivery of his speech Mqpre rocked
back and forth on the hindlegs of his
chair, with his hands in his trousers pock
ets. He looker more like the associate
counsel, thoroughly familiar - with the
points to be presented to the jury than the
defendant whom the lawyer was seeking
to save from twenty years In prison.
(District Attorney Asa Bird Gardiner
himself then began summing up for the
prosecution.
Colonel Gardiner said the means em
ployed by Moore to blackmail and rob
Martin Mahon were the most dangerous
and insidious. The game was not new. It
was as old as the days before Homer wrote
of Paris and Hehhi of Troy and must be
stamped out.
Colonel Gardiner was particularly nice
in trenching upon the incidents in Mrs.
Moore’s room at the Grenoble when she
and Mahon were together playing seven
up. “She sat on his lap,” he explained,
“but I won’t go into that subject; it is
not pleasant or agreeable.”
He went on to recite the salient facts
of the alleged assault and robbery as re
lated by Mahon, in short sentences, with
no attempt at oratory or display. Leaning
with his hands on the table that separated
him from the jury. Colonel Gardiner talk
ed to the jury as Abe Lincoln is said to
have talked to the backwoodsmen when
he was a circuit rider in Illinois. And the
jury listened. Colonel Gardiner picked out
the 'celling bits in the testimony for them,
and served them without flowery garnish
only peeling the ofilons, as It were, and
the other odorous things not palatable to
defined tastes with “the jacket on.” He
then dilated on the fact that the defense
hads placed no witnesse in evidence-
Among his. last points was ,the .fact that
nothing had appealed 'at the trial to show
that Fayne Strahan was the wife of Wil
liam A. E. Moore. ..
Court then took a ‘recesi at 2 o’clock
and on reassembling Recorder Goff began
his charge to the jury. He defined differ-
I ent phases of the crime and mXe a deep
impression on all present by his quiet elo
quence. The case was given to ihe jury
at 4:15 au/i it retired immediately ia*von
sider a verdict.
Upon returning to the court room at 7
o’clock sharp they rendered a verdict of
guilty with a strong recommendation for
mercy.
Baira the J? Kind
MACON NEWS SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17 1898.
CHIEF SHROPSHIRE,
Head of Rome's Police Departmet is Mis
sing—Account Short.
Rome, Ga.. Dec. 17 —(Special)—Cl| f of
i Police J. B. Shropshire is missing and
| Rome has ‘been in the throes of a great
i sensation. He was given leave of absence
Tuesday to go to Atlanta to attend the
Peace Jubilee. The leave expired Thurs
, day and the chief failed to appear. Mayor
Seay, Mayor Pro Tern. D. B. Hamilton,
’ Jr., and the finance committee of the coun
cil have been busy all day making an in
vestigation of his affairs. A shortage of
over S3OO has been discovered, but it is
not known how much more it will amount
to. This was from city taxes and police
fines collected by Shropshire. The council
met yesterday to take action with 'Mayor
Seay and Mr. Hamilton favored declaring
the office vacant and elect a new chief,
but the other members overcame this.
They wanted to let the committee make
a full investigation before taking such. a
step. It is more than probable, however,
that even should Shropshire return now’
he would be dismissed.
The town is full of rumors. He is said
to have met in Atlanta a notorious woman
formerly of this place and who was once
the wife of a 'prominent citizen here, She
sold property in this county not long
since, it is said, securing SB,OOO for it.
When the present city administration
came into office last March a bitter fight
was made to defeat Shropshire. The min
isters, many leading citizens and not a few
wives of councilmen pleaded to have him
defeated, but he was re-elected. The city
officials, nearly all believe that Shropshire
has skipped for good.
ALABAMIANS INDIGNANT.
They Say They Got the Cold Shoulder in
Atlanta.
Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 17—(Special)—
'Most of the members of the lAlabama
general assembly came home feeling slight
ed. They were invited to Atlanta, they
said, by the general assembly of Georgia,
accepted the invitation formally and by
resolution, wired the Georgia assembly
when dto expect them and left here in
their best clothes, expecting to be noticed.
They were not met by any committee at
at the depot, but they lined up together
and marched under the Alabama flag to
the capitol, accompanied by the ladies in
their party.
There, to their astonishment, they learn
ed from two negro porters that the as
sembly had some time before adjourned
for the day and the Alabamians thereupon
proceeded to break ranks and buy victuals
with their own money.
Later in the day some of the officials of
the Georgia assembly ran across the wan
dering Alabamians and made apologies,
saying there was a misunderstanding ae
to time as arrival, etc’.
Several Georgia legislature roast resolu
tions were introduced ac last night’s ses
sion of rhe House, but Speaker Waller
hung them all up. The assembly adjourn
ed last night until January 24th.
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‘ OLD SLEUTH” IS DEAD.
Made a Great Fortune From Detective
Stories.
By Associated Frees. ’ ’ - -j »-j
New York, Dec. ii —Harland P. Halsey,
the author known as “Olod Sleuth,” died
last night of cerebral hemorrhage at his
home in Brooklyn. He was born in New
York sixty-one years ago.
Robert Treat, the first colonial governor
of Connecticut, was one of his ancestors
and Halsey was a member of the Sons of
the Revolution.
In all he had written one hundred and
thirty-five books and his fortune was esti
mated at $500,000. He wrote often two
books a week, his last book being “Only
a Photograph.”
He was the organizer of the Hamilton
Trust Company, helped to organize the
Kings County Trust . Company, was a
member of the Union League Club of
Brooklyn, and of the Board of Education.
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8188 COUNTY SHERIFF SALES.
Will be sold before the court house door
in the city of Macon during ithe legal
hours of sale on the first Tuesady in Jan
uary, 1899, the following property: Two
tracts of land lying in Vineville district,
Bibb county, and known as part of a itract
of land consisting of eleven acres of land,
sold by Henry J. Nichally to J. M. Daly,
known in the resurvey and subdivision of
said land as lot No. 22, in block 2 (this
'block being owned by Rosa Simmons),
and also lot No. 21, in block 2 (this lot
being owned by Addie Thomas), each of
said lots having a frontage of 50 feet on a
street and running back an even width
190 feet, as shown in plat of said eleven
acres, now of record in the clerk’s office,
Bibb superior court. Said two lots being
bounded as a whole on the north by lot of
Alice White, on east by a street, and on
the west by lot of E. G. Ferguson. Levied
on as the property of Rosa Simmons and
Addie Thomas to satisfy a fi. fa. issued
from Bibb superior court in favor of the
Equitable Building and Loan Association
vs. Rosa Simmons and Addie Thomas.
Also, at the same time and place, that
parcel of land in Vineville, Bibb county,
back of Huguenin Heights, fronting south
on Columbus road 52 feet and running
back 417 feet to land of Mrs. V. A. Napier,
bounded on West by Charles H. Flowers
and on the north and east by Mrs. V. A.
Napier. Levied on as the property of A.
H. Gaston, to satisfy a fi. fa. issued from
Bibb superior court in favor of Mrs. Vir
ginia A. Napier for use, etc., vs. A. H.
Gaston.
Also at the same time and place, one
acre of land in Walden, Bibb county, be
ing a portion of the northeast corner of
lot of land in the Rutland district, Bibb
county, bounded as follows: On the north
and east by lands of W. J. Willis, with ail
the improvemnts thereon. levied on as
the property of John D. Dunbar to satisfy
a fi. fa. issued form Bibb superior court
in favor of Evan T. Mathis, executor of
Thomas W. arvey, vs. John D. Dunbar.
Also, at the same time and place, that
land in said county known in the plan of
“Newberg,” recorded in bock “A J,” folio
706, clerk’s office, Bibb superior court, as
lots 5, 6 ,7 and 8, in block I; lots 1,2, 3
and 4, in block 3; lots 2,3, 4, o, 6,7 and
8, in block 2; loti of block 2, except a strip
eight feet wide at the southeast corner of
said lot and running back 110 feet; all of
lot 0 in block 2, lying north of an east and
west line running 110 feet north of the
south line of said lot; also seven shares
of the capital stock of the Bibb Real Es
tate and Improvement Company, of the
par value of SSO each standing in the name
of A. C. Knapp on the books of said com
pany. ’Levied on as the property of A. C.
Knapp, deceased, in the hands of W. A.
Stokes, administrator, to be administered
to satisfy an execution issued, from the
city court of Savannah in favor of said
company against W. A. Stokes, adminis
■£r3t tor.
G. S. WESTCOTT, Sheriff.
8188 COUNTY SHERIFF SALES.
Will be sold before the court house door
in the city of Macon, said county, on the
first Tuesday in January. 1899, between
the legal hours-of sale, the following prop
erty, to wit:
One farm lying in a body in Rutland
district, Bibb county, Georgia, consisting
of all of land lot number 210, except 45
acres in the northeast corner, owned by
Mrs. Cook, 20 acres in the southeast cor
ner of lot qumebr 227 and 77 acres in the
northern part of lot number 228, except
2 acres with house thereon, now occupied
by station agent of the Georgia Southern
and Florida railroad, in the northwest cor
ner of said 20-acre tract; said farm con
taining 22% acres and being the same as
bought by said Joseph H. Hall at public
sale of Macon Construction Company.
Levied on as the property of defendant,
Joseph H. Hall, to satisfy a fi. fa. Issued
from the city court of Macon in favor of
Scottish-American Mortgage Company,
Limited, vs. Joseph H. Hall.
L. B. HERRINGTON,
Deputy Sheriff Bibb County.