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ESTABLISHED 1884 THE SPECIAL ' WDRON Will Remain at Callao, Peru, Until Jan. 10 AWAITING MAIL MATTER For the Pacific, Which Has Accu mulated to an Enormous Amount In Last Three Months. By Associated Press. 'New York, Dec. 21. —A snecial to tee Tribune from Washington Fays: “Tiie special squadron,” as it is officially designated at the navy department, com- H>-td of the battleships Oregon and lowa, the refrigerator supply eh p Celtic, the < stilling ship Iris and *the colliers Justin, S rand la and Sterling, will remain at Cal l.o, Peru, where they are expected in a day or two, until January Bth or 10th, awaiting an enormous amount of mail, ag gregating thirty-five thousand pieces, which has accumulated in the three months since the fleet started from New Yurok for the Pacific. This mail, the re markable of which indicate Law many friends the officers and men of thefibips have left in the United States, went forward through the office of the dis patch agent in New York City to be sent by steamer for Colon, whence it will cross the Isthmus and go down the west coast of Fouth America until it is finally delivered t > the sn ! 's. t.Much of this mail consists of Christmas presents, which will be near ly two weeks late, 'but it has been impos e.ble under the orders of the special squadron, to send communications to the ships except by cable up to the present t une. The orders of Captain Barker, senior of fi er of the squadron, will be fully execu te 1 when his ships assemble at the rendez vous at Callao. Although it has been the general understanding that the two bat t tishipe were destined for Honolulu and eventually to reinforce Admiral Dewey at 'Manila, no orders whatever for the voyage beyond Calloa, have up to this time been rent to Captain Barker, but it is practical ly decided that he will be ordered in Jan uary to continue his voyage in the Oregon, accompanied by the distilling ship Iris, to Honolulu and thence to the Philippines, w'n le the lowa and other ‘ehips will make their way up the coast to San Fran cos co, reaching the Mare Island navy yard srbout the middle of February, when an essential repair to the lowa’s boilers will b. undertaken in order that the battleship may be in condition to hurry across the Pacific in case of an emergency. PATAGONIA EXPLORED. A Devoted Professor Studying ffie End of Creation. By Associated Press. New York. Dee. 21. —Professor John Bell Hatcher, of Princeton, has gone back to atagonia to continue his search for rare fossils anad to explore the interior of the country. He expects to be absent three years. Two years ago he entered the voi.ntry, but ill health forced him to re turn to Princeton this fail. A month's r-. < was a 1 ! that he would take. Professor Hatcher’s trips are made with c '.A a couple of Indians as guides. Every t *.» ,yp the country means a voluntary exile from the world for ex months. He . and works with his oFd guides, never seeing a white man from the time he. ts.ives the coast untl he returns. He was the first man to introduce an American wagon into Patagonia, carrying the parts •- nth and building.the wagon himself. On his last trip he got together a valua ble colection of fauna and flora of the euuntry, as well as a collection of fossils He also discovered a lake, which he named *r nceton, after the University. The fossils of Patagonia resemble the species found in our western counthy. There are varieties of the old three-toed torse and also a remarkable animal which was the ancestor of the modern ant-eater. In dry weather Professor Hatcher will v-ork along the sea coast where the re markable riae and fall of the tides un earth the bones in the cliffs along the shore. Professor Hatcher Is a graduate of Yale. He has already wofi a name for himself . ' a western scientific explorer before he opened up the new field in Patagonia. STATESMEN AND ARTISTS. By Associated Press. New York. Dec. 21. —The steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, from Bremen and Southampton, brought into port today the following passengers: Dr. Von Holleben, <Krman ambassador to the United States; * ean de Reske, Mme. Lilli Lehmann Ka . sen. Victor (Maurel and Mlle Rosa Olitzka and Ernest Krauss, Maurice Gran Grand * u'era tompany, and the Tegernsee Bava rian Company, under the management of Gustav Amberg. THE MACON NEWS SUCCESSFUL TRIP. Was Carried Out by the Chronicle in a Steerable Balloon. By Associated Press. New York, De r. 2! —X dispatch to the Times from London says: The Daily Chronicle successfully car ried out the first trip from London to the continent in a steerable balloon. For weeks past the large balloon in the grounds of the Crystal Palace has been awaiting a northerly or northwesterly wind. It started at 11:38 o’clock in the morning. The passengers were Percival Spender the famous at ronaut to whom the balloon belongs and Lawrence Swinburne, of the Daily Chronicle staff. The balloon's cubic capacity is fifty-six thousand feet and its weight, empty, ten and a half hun dr weight. The steering apparatus con sists of a sail twelve feet square weighing tn pounds and at trail rope 500 feet long with a hundred pound weight at the end. When steering becomes necessary the bal loon descends until the rope trails on the ground and by attaching the upper end to one aide or other of a ring above the car (he sail is brought around to catch the wind. In this manner a course four or five points from the direction of the wind can be sailed. The Walloon was reported by a Lloyd signal man to be crossing the Beacbey Head at 10:30. Soon after 4 o’clock it was reported to be passing over Fecamp. Mr. Swineburne telegraphs the Chronicle that rhe balloon descended safely at St. Romain fourteen miles east of Havre at 4:35 and that the steering apparatus was employed twice during the trip. Tbe aeronauts had one narrow escape when the balloon des cended too close to the waves and shipped water in mid- channel. Although the general purpose of the trip was to add to the knowledge concerning dirigible balloons, a special interest at taches to it owing to the light it may throw upon the fate of Andre, whose bal loon in which he attempted to reach the north pole was rigged with a precisely similar steering apparatus. This is the fourteeth successful cross channel trip, several other attempts hav ing had fatal results. SECRETARY OF INTERIOR Bliss’ Successor is Hitch cock of Missouri, the Present Ambassador to Russia. By Associated Press. Washington. Deo. 21—The president has nominated Ethan A. Hitchcock, of 'Mis souri, to be secretary of the interior; F. W. Johnson, of California, to be register of the land office at St. Marysville, Cali fornia. Mr. Hitchcock at present is ambassador to Russia. He was appointed minister m >e than a year ago and when the rank raised to an embassy he was reappointed. St. Louis, December 21.—Hon. Ethan Allen Hitchcock who was today appointed Secretary of the Interior to succeed Sec retary Bliss, was formerly a wealthy law yer of St. Louis. He is at present United States Ambassador to Russia, ta which position McKinley appointed him in 189fi. He is a great personal friend of the Pres ident and a lineal descendant of Col. Erhan Allen, of Ticonderoga fame. GEN. SHAFTER” SUPPORTED His Chief of Staff Tells of the Santiago Campaign.- By Associated Press. Washington. Dec. 21 —Colonel General Shafter’s chief of staff, testified before the war investigating commission today concerning the Santiago campaign, largely following the line's of General Shafter's testimony yesterday. Colonel Miley said that while the expeditionary fleet was lying at Tampa, prior to the start the troops were given every facility of bathing and shore privileges. He told of the positions and lines of the two armies before Santiago. He said the Spanish lines were so Conspicuous that there was no necessity of any reconnaissance in force to determine them. He said there was no doubt where the Spanish sharp shooters were between the Spanish and American lines, but he was unable to find a single instance of Spanish sharp shooters firing on our hospitals in the rear or their firing on the flanks. He sooke of the two mile range of the Spanish. Describing the American position at San Juan Hill he said it would have been far safer in the rear than to remain where they did. NORTHERN PACIFIC CLAIMANTS. By Associated Press. Milwaukee. Wis., Dec. 21 —Special Mas ter in Chancery Cary, who has had charge of the litigation concerning the Northern Pacific claimants who have made claims against the lands east of Missouri river has issued notices to creditors that he will be gin the hearings upon the laims on De cember 28. sitting at Chicago. A BURGLARIOUS BARON. By Associated Press. Mishawaka. Ind., December' 21. —Frede- rick Von Hartman, aged 27. son of Baron Von Hartman, of Cologne Germany, has been sentenced to five years in the state pftson by Judge Buck of Kalamazoo county for burglary. _ MACON NEWI WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 21 1898. RAILROAD -COLLISION Two Trains Coma Together on the Pennsylvania Line. SOMEBODY MADE UH ERROR Two Lives Inst and Several mere Probaoly Fatally ilnjur ed. By Associated Press. New York, December 21.—A rear end collision occurred on the Pennsylvania railroad 'today three miles from Rabway, which resulted in a lose of two lives and a serious though not fatal injuries to four persons. About twenty persons were cu't and bruised and nearly all the occupants of both trains in the collision were thrown from their berths. The collision occurred between Chicago 'and New York express and eastern express. When three miles from Rahway, shortly before seven, the •Chicago-New York express stopped, ac cording to engineer’s by signal. A rather heavy fog prevailed. The Eastern express came up from behind about 20 miles an hour and d'ashed into it, sending the bag gage cafl off the track and crushing through into the Pullman sleeper, “Bar tholdi,’ which contained 15 passengers, the Pullman conductor and 1 the colored porter. The engine of the Chicago express did not come to a stop until half the sleeping car was made kindling wood. The colored porter and a passenger were caught up on top of the boiler, their bodies twisted together with the debris and much mangled. The engine of the Chicago express was badly damaged and the tender was .thrown from the 1 track. Beyond smashing the Southern express ■car and the car platforms of that train, it. susitayied no other damage and none of its passengers .were seriously hurt. Previous to the collision, John Vander ver, the engineer of the Chicago train and a fireman jumped off. Both received scalp wounds. The Eastern train was composed of the mail and express cars, and the Bartholdi. The passengers in the “Bartholdi” were thrown forward between the broken woodwork, the escaping steam and the flying glass. The car top pled over on the -side and lay slanting against 'the bank. For two hours two women and two men lay pinned down by the debris, suffering from injuries. It was impossible to get them out until after the arrival of the relief train which came about 3 o’clock. The name of the boy killed was 'W. O. Dewolff of Parkersburg, W. Va. The name of the porter is not known. Tfle killed were William C. Dewolff, clerk of the accounts office of the Ohio River railroad at Parkersburg, W. Va.., E. Knight, colored, Jersey City, porter. The injured were Mrs. Julia Levy, Brooklyn., suerlng from shock; severely but not fa tally hurt, B. F. Meade, left leg broken; F. Krupper, of Brooklyn, slightly hurt; Frank Irish, Traveling Passenger Agent of the Chicago, Northwestern railroad, of Chicago, whose collar bone was broken. AT ST. JOSEPH'S Programme For Christmas Morning Exer cises. The following program will be rendered at St. Joseph's church on Christmas morn ing at 5:15 and at 10 o'clock: Kyrie—Jos. Hayden’s Mass, No. 2. Gloria —Weber’s Mass in G. . Credo —Giorza’s Mass No. 1. Offertory—“Adeste Fideles.” Sanetus —(Mozart's Seventh Mass. Agnus Dei —'Weber's 'Mass in G. The choir consits of the following sing ers: A Soprano—Misses E. Moran and M. Van nuncci. Alto —Mrs. J. A. Campbell, 'Misses Lena Huthnanee, Viola Vannucci, Mrs. Martin Callahan. Tenor —'Messrs. F. A. Huthnanee and Mr. Callahan. Bass—(Messrs J. A. Campbell and Wm Crimminß. HOUNDED BY DETECTIVES Convict Wishing to Be Hon est Forced to Suicide. By Associated Press. Sr. Louis, Mo., December 21. —David Shea, ex-convirt. deliberately committed suicide today in a rooming house by shoot ing hjmself in the head. In a pathetic letter addressed to the Post Dispatch, he says he was driven to death by a private detective agency. As result of being hounded by the agency, Shea declares he was unable to obtain work to sustain himself honestly and decided to die. COL E. S BARRETT President of the Sons of the Revolution, Killed. By Associated Press. Concord. Mass.. December 21. —Col. Ed ward S. Barrett. National President of the Sons of the Revolution, was killed by fall ing from a window of his home here to g’. He was about CO years of age. WILL THEY UNSEAT HIM? Rules Committee Reports on Bailey’s Resolution. GEN, WHEELER'S POSITION, Recommended that the Judiciary Committee Report Upon* His Status, I By Associated Press. j Washington. Dec. 21.—At the opening of 1 the senate today Mr. Cullom, of Illinois, I reported favorably from the committee on j forc-ign relations the bill to provide a gov , ernment for the (Hawaiian Islands, in be -1 half of (Mr. -Carter, of IMonta-na, who was 1 absent, iMr. Chandler offered a resolution, which was referred to the committee on rules providing for a distribution of ap propriation bills among the several stand ing committees of the senate and so amending the existing rules of the senate as to make such distribution possible. Less than fifity members were on the house today. Immediately after reading the journal Mr. Henderson, of lowa, of the committee on rules, reported back favora bly the Bailey resolution, directing the ju diciary committee to investigate and re port upon the question as to whether members of the house who accepted com missions in the late war, bad. by so doing, vacated their seats in the house. He ask ed for immediate consideration and the 1 resolution was reported without division. Mr. 'Wheeler, Democrat, of Alabama, Mr. Colson. Republican, of Kentucky, Mr. Rob bins, Republican, of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Campbell, Democrat, of Illinois, are 1 members of the house who volunteered for the Spanish-American war. None of them were present when the investigation was ordered today. A bill was passed for the relief of Ben jamin F. Jones, late postmaster of Bureau gard, Miss. At 1:05 o’clock the house adjourned un -1 der a joint resolution until noon of Jan uary 4, 1899. MAJ, HARRIS RETURNS. The Macon Officer Goes Back to Cu ba. The many Macon friends of Major Ma rion Harris will learn with regret that he i has been obliged to return to Cuba with -1 out paying a visit .to home folks. Major j Harris has been 'in New York and Wash- I ington on government business, and he did . net h'ave sufficient 'time at his disposal to : make the -trip home. • RECORDER’S COURT. Cases Decided iThis Morning—Chief Boi feuillot to Return Tonight. Very little time was consume-d by Judge ) Freeman this morning. The session of his ' court was very short, only taking thirty j minutes to dispose of all of the cases on ' tbe docket. No cases of any importance came up, drunk and disorderly being the main charges. Sidney Ma'thews was bcund over to the city court on the charge of larceny. William Barron, a white tramp, was given thirty days in the city chaingang for va grancy. He came into the city several 1 days ago on the brake rods and lias dis turbed several people by his actions. H. C. Eastman was fined $2.50 for bei ig drunk. Benjamin Hill was fined $5 for the same offense. Noah Bryant was charged with being drunk but was dismissed. Mary Burns was bound over to the superior court under a S2OO bond, on the charge of larceny from the person. Milton Da-vis was given thirty days on the city ehaingang for vagrancy. He is also a knight of the rod. Chief of Police Boifeuillet is expected j to return tonight from Atlanta and he will ' again assume the duties of chief of police. His position has been ably filled by Lieu tenant Murphy during his absence. Lieu tenant Walter Clarke has also been es great eervioe to the force and deserves a great deal of credit for his work. OUR SPANISH RELATIONS. Consular Duties in Cuba —Our Representa tives in Spain. I Py Associated Press. I Washington, Dec. 21 —The state depart -1 ment has instructed Vice Consul General . Springer to proceed to Havana to close up the affairs of the United States consulate general there. The consular officers Ithorughout Cuba are not to be abandoned but will be closed temporarily until such time as it is thought the recognition so the independence of the Cubans maye become necessary to resume business through them. The department has yet taken no steps toward re-opening American con sulates in Spain and probably will be al lowed to wait exchange of rhe ratifications jof the peace treaty. In the absence of the I usual treaties of amity and commerce the status of the United States consuls who will be sent to Spain will be somewhat in definite. but it is not doubted that they will be afforded proper facilities to dis charge their duties. Curiously enough, one at least, and perhaps more United States consular officers have remained at the I posts throughout the entire war undis turbed. Another curious fact is that there was received without intermission through- • out the war at the navy department the ; Spanish official naval publication which 1 had been on the exchange list depart ( ment. . TO UNITE ALL THE PEOPLE. That Was the Object of the Pres deni’s Southern Trip. The President's visit and his speech made a strong on Savannah ians says the News, and especially on the business men. Many who were half in clined to be expansionists became firmly such after the President had spoken. There have been a number of business men who have been outspoken expansion ists since the war began. Their number has doubtless been aded to by the Presi dent’s visit. There has been considerable discussion as to whether the President had any espe cial object in selecting the South as the place for the utterance of views which al lowed the world to see the position of the administration in reference to the Fhilip paity said last night that the President j desired to pay what honor he could to the South. “1 was convinced from the statements made to me by those close to the Presi dent,’’ he said, “that he is actuated by a i sincere belief that there is. no longer a sectio-nal Line in this country; that the war with Spain has demonstrated a com mon patriotism, and that the time has come for the burying of all issues based on sectional feeling. The President, I was told, was possessed with the idea that the grand opportunity had come to show to the South and to the country at large, . what was already appreciated by many throughout the country, that the country is one; that the war has demonstrated the fact that there is a passionate love of a common country and flag that knows no i sectionalism, and that that fact must be 1 publicly recognized and ins influences be allowed to be felt. To seize this oppor tunity to bring all the people of the Uni ted Slates closer together, to lead in the i grand reunion of the country, the Presi > dent considers as the greatest ambition that could possess him. He was desirous that the Southern people should know that he appreciated their love of country and ’ flt’.g, and applauded their valor. He would ' i rather go down into history as a Presi dent who wiped out the last vestige of ssc tionalism than as the President who | broadened the territory of the country. . That is the true secret of the matter. The trip was actuaed by sentiment. The President returns to Washington inspired ’ still more with the hope that his noble aspi rations on this line will be successfur ’ and that there will be no more North or South, in a political sense. His trip, it is thought, will have a beneficial effect on national politics in this / way. It is the [ i burial forever of the “bloody shirt,” and , the beginning of a better feeling between ' the two sections. That is all the Presi- dent hoped for.” PRESIDENT DIDN’T SAY IT . I Did Not Hesitate to Accept The Badge Offered Him by Confederate Veterans In its account of President McKinley’s visit to Macon the New York Herald has the following; “As the President was about to proceed Dr. Roland B. Hall, another veteran, ask ed the President to accept and wear a badge of the Confederate Veterans’ Asso ciation. which bore his likeness and words. “I do not know that it will be proper,” said the President. “But you must,” said Dr. Hall, and be ' pinned it on the President’s coat. Without further ceremony the President I marched ahead with Judge Speer. The I sight of the Confederate badge on / the : J President’s coat as he passed through the s lines of veterans called forth vociferous cheering. The President wore the badge i during his stay in 'Macon. Practically the same thing as the above appeared the next morning in the Macon Telegraph, and both accounts are incor- ■ rect. , j The President did not hesitate to ac , cept the badge, as stated, and did not say 1 “I do not know that it will be proper.” On I the contrary he accepted it most gracious • ly and thanked the veterans for the com i pliment. In fact he afterwards remarked I to Judge Speer that it was one of the most i pleasant incidents of his trip, and that he ■ greatly appreciated the badge and would I keep it as a souvenir of Macon. Thes facte are corroborated by Judge Speer, Dr. Hall and Colonel Wiley, who were present at the time, and who are posi tive.that the President did not use the words attributed to him by the Macon Telegraph and New York Herald. THE COURTS - OF MACON. Sunerior, City and the United States—F. L. Terrel Ac quitted There was no session of the Superior Court today. Judge Felton has adjourned until the second Monday in January, when he will again take up the criminal docket. In the city count a few civil cases were i tried. The court will adjourn Saturday and will not resume until some time in ; January. In the United States court the case of the United States vs. F. L. Terrel, j charged with using cancelled postage . stamps was heard. The jury rendered a verdict of not guilty as there was not : enough evidence to convict. The case of | Louise Robinson vs. The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company was taken up, but,was not completed. William R. Min ter, of Hawkinsville, filed a petition praying to become a. voluntary bankrupt. WOMAN FOUND DEAD. Believed She Died Alone -From Natural Causes. Marietta Davis, a negro woman about thirty years of age, was found dead in a room on Fourth street last night about 10 o’clock. There is no evidence of foul play and it is thought that she came to her death from natural causes. It is not known how long she had been dead, but the body was very cold when found. The coroner will hold an inquest over the body this as , ternoon. ’ PRICE FIVE CENTS ‘ffi SWELL MURDERED ? Suspicion that the HVan Was Not Accidently Shot. FELLOWiWORKMAH CRESTED t llt is Thought Frcm K’s Irjuries that He Was Not Run Over by a Train. There is evidently a mystery concern ing the death of the negro, William Bag well, who is alleged to have ben killed by' ' the Southern railway train near Holton Monday night. George Dean has been ar rested on suspicion and is now at the po lice station. The body of the dead man was brought to the city last night and Coroner Hollis held an inquest this morning. The inquest was not completed, however, on account of the fact that there were several important witnesses absent. Dean was arrested on suspicion and it is thought that he had struck Bagwell before the train came on them. The testimony of the fireman of thd engine shows that there were two men at the place where the man was struck I and that as the train came around the I curve Bagwell was seen in the middle of the track and did not- move when the ; whistle sounded. I He was struck by the train, both of his legs being broken and his body otherwise I mangled. On examination this morning ! the coroner's jury found that the man’s ’ skull had been crushed in and the jury is , of the opinion that it was impossible for | the train to have made such a hole. It is” said that Dean and Bagwell were fighting and that Dean struck Bagwell with some blunt instrument, crushing his skull and that the man being n a dazed condition staggered on the track and was unable to move. The investigation will be continued to morrow morning and it is very probable that George Hicks, another negro, will be locked up on suspicion, as he refused to give evidence this morning. The matter ■ will be given a thorough sifting and it is i the opinion of many people that Dean will' be charged with the murder. STATE ARMY LEAGUE. ■■ To Be Converted Into an Educational As sociation. Mrs. W, Y. Atkinson, president of the . Georgia Army and Navy league, presided : at a meeting of the league yesterday af i ternoon in the library of the Y. M. C. A. building, says the Atlanta Journal. It was decided that as the government now provides 60 cents per dey for convales cent’s diet and has perfect arrangements for clothing for these sick soldiers, that there was no further need eo expend what money the league had in its treasury for ' the seddiers. The following resolution was made by Mrs. Loulie M. Gordon: j “That the league do not disband, but I band together with even stronger interest an'd oneness of purpose as the Georgia Educational league, to educate girls of limited means in Georgia, and to reach 1 the children in the country districts, with I books and literature, to lift their Tittle [ hearts and minds into broader fields.” Mrs. Gordon further said that “the grain of knowledge given to each girl and each child would mean culture not only for that girl or child, but for generations 1 to come.” Miss Mary L. G. Huntley warmly sec onded Mrs. Gordon’s resolution, with ex pressions commending the beauty of this new move of the league, which has so j long been on the hearts of the president and state chairman of this organization. ! For years Mrs. Atkinson has had on her I mind the uplifting of the girls of Georgia, ' and it is to her thought and influence that the Georgia Normal and Industrial I college became an actuality, and now i stands as one of the finest and most thor i ough training schools in the country. No less interest for the girls and chiklren of Georgia has animated the heart and life of Mrs. Loulie M. Gordon, who for years has plannedl and worked for the education of rhe girls and children in the country districts, shut out as they are from the advantages that surround the youth of the more populous portions of the country. This new move of the league promises a harvest of helpfulness for r he heart and i mind of many a giry in Georgia. The Georgia Army and Navy league has expended, according to the actual state ment given by the treasurer and district vice-presidents, as sent by Mrs. Atkinson to the Woman’s National War Relief As sociation, es which Mrs. U. S. Grant is president, $4,000, and has on hand Targe by friends, which will be distributed to i the poor during the Christmas. Several hundred dollars are still in the treasury, j which, by the consent of those who do nated it, it will be used in the beautiful work now’ taken up by the Georgia Edu cational league. RARE CHANCE To Buy Fine Goods lat the Price of the Cheap kind. The sale of the Stelnheimer stock to Mr. Ed. Weichselbaum gives the people of Ma con an opportunity to buy fine liquors, wines and cigars at ridiculous prices. The finest 10 cent cigars are being sold at the price of 5 cent goods. This is of especial interest to the ladies who want to give a box of cigars as a Christmas present. The finest bottled wines and liquors are being sold at the price of cheaper goods— for instance, old Mount Vernon Rye (1893) that sells everywhere at $1.50 per quart is (being sold at sl. And so on down the list. The rush is on, and if you want to save a dollar out of every five it will pay you , to go at once.