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ESTABLISHED 1884 COM IS PLAINSPOKEN Although Somewhat Cautious . He Smites Miles. MILES' PLAN NOT APPROVED Did Net Believe There Would Be War Till It Was a Certain Fact ______ ( By Associated Free*. Wash in Kt cm, December 22. —Adjutant General Corbin was the first witness be fore the war investigating commission to day, and was rigidly questioned the selection of Camp Alger. Virginia. He 'testified that the removal of Camp Alger was dictated by the Secretary of War him self, and its original establishment rec ommended by Captain Seaburne of Miles staff. He, Corbin, had said at the time it would, not be good camp grounds, because •there was not sufficient range for rille practice. He understood from the Secre tary of War, that Gen. Miles had some 'thing to do with the selection. He was no! certain of Captain Seaburne’s exact •status, but had understood Seaburne had been sent by Mlles to make an inspection of the camp site. “Did Miles protest against or do any , thing against the selection of camp?” He was asked. “Not to my knowledge,” was the an swer. Gen. Corbin added that he did not know the reasons f<or the discontinuance of the camp. Questioned as to Camp Wikoff. General (Corbin said the troops and horses that ar rived (here about August Bth, were those left, behind in the South from expeditions to Santiago and Porto Rico, and that the transportation of these had not, so far as he knew, led to railroad congestion or in terfered 'wii'h carriage supplies let -troops subsequently arriving. He denied tne contract with the Long Island railroad ve it exclusive control, and said the »ily restriction made in that arrangement was a desirable one. prohibiting excursion steameis from landing at the camp. He said one reason ifor the selection, was the excellent facilities for water transporta tion. He saiid the camp at Tampa was never designed for anything but a point of embarkation. and said the first complaint heard from Camp Thomae, was in the Press. Asked when he first seriously ap prehended there would be hostilities, Gen. Corbin said he might say he did not seri ously contemplate war until it was a fact, for he had hoped to the last moment that it would be avoided. April 10th, the army for one of Hs size was well equipped and thoioughly supplied. “Seriously epeaking.” said Gen. Corbin. “1 do not think the war department con templated war until it was declared by Ci tigress, and the appropriations made available. Os course, the possibilities * were thought of. but there were no gen eral preparations except so far as the de partment was able to meet the po-sfilbiH- * ties that ciMtifnontled At.” Col. Denby, who conduced the examina tion, here suggested to Gen. Corbin that he observed the latter was cautious and reticent and-explained: “It is not our ob ject to criticize -strategy. That is not our business. The strategy of war may be all right and may be.all wrong, but our object is to determine whether the war depart ment acted efficiently.” He said when Gen. Shatters expedition stalled, it took all the transports possible to be obtained The supply was not equal ’to the demand. The supply was not equal 25.000 troops that time instead of 17.000 taken. He referred to a letter of Gen. Miles dated June 24. laying out the plan of campaign of war. and said it was not approved. NEW YORK'S OLDEST MAN Died at the Age of 109—An inveterate Tobacco User, By Associated Press. .Malone, N. ¥., Dec. 22. —Patrick Hag gerty, the oldest man .a 'lit state of New York died today. Haggerty would have been 109 years of age on the 17th of Marco next. He enjoyed the newspapers, reading the finest type readily without glasses. He was an Inveterate smoker from childhood, when he commenced the use of tobacco on the advice of physicians. SUPERINTENDENT SUSPENDED, The Officers ot the Coloraoo Insane Asy lum, - By Associated Press. Denver, Colo., December 22. —Governor Adams has suspended Dr. T. P. Thombs as superintendent of the state insane asy lum at Pueblo for sixty days, pending a full investigation of the charges that have been made against the management of the asylum. This action is taken at the re quest of Dr. Thombs. k A Ji INTO ’FRISCO. The Santa Fe Railroad Acquires Valuable Dock Property. By Associated Pre®c. San Francisco. Dec. 22. —The Same Fe Railroad Company has completed negotia t tions for the purchase of water from property in this city. The price. $387,750, . a ill be paid and the deed-- recorded today. will eb commenced on the property in about three months. It is to e used for handling freight that is to I me in via the valley road. The freight ’1 be brought across the bay from Point ; >mond in care loaded on barges. THE MACON NEWS. 1 STRANGE MEXICAN RACES. To te Stuc'ed b ; an Eminent Anthropoio- ? s -‘ —■ • By Associated Press. Chicago, Dec. 22 —Prof. Frederick Starr. ! head of the Anthropological department • of the University of Chicago, has left for a trip among the Semi-Civilized tribes of Mexico. He will spend nearly four months . studying these people and expects to re- i I turn with photographs and plaster casts that will represent races never before studied. The expedition will take Prof. I Starr among the Mixes, a irlbe that thirty years ago were cannibals. Prof. Starr will be accompanied by , | Manuel Gonzales. At the City of ‘Mexico his photographer, Charles Lang, will join him and later they will complete the par ity of four by engaging a Mexican plaster worker. Oaxxaca will be reached by rail j but from there the journey will be made on horseback, a distance of 1,000 miles, I ' BOLIVIAN REVOLUTION. ( It is Growing Rapidly in Importance and strength. i i By Associated Press. New York, Dec. 22—A Herald dispatch > from Bolivia says that the retolutkm is ' gaining in importance and strength. Gen. I Caceres has arrived at Sucre from La Pax. An advance force has been started in the direction of Orurc to encounter President Alonzo’s troops. I he latter has ordered the Bolivian rep resentatives at MoMendo, Peru, to iinnspecie all importations for the La Pax. NEW EXTRADITION TREATY. I Agreement Reached Between United STartes and Mexican Representatives. ' By Associated Press. New York, Dec. 22—A dispatch to (the Herald from Mexico City says Ambassador | Clayton and the minister for Soreign af fairs, Senor Marisial, have agjreetl 'upon the form and substance of the new ex tradition treaty between the United Stales and Mexico, which is thought to be ac ceptable to both governments. CALLING FOR ■ WEST POINTERS Cadets of the Academy to be Graduated in February. By Associated Press. New 1 oik, Dec. 22. —A dispa-teb rto the Herald from Washington save: Au order has been sent to the headquar ters of the army directing that the first class cadets at 'West (Point be graduated in be'bruary instead of the following June. This was in accordance with a recom mendation made some time ago by Major General Miles and now approved b-y Sec- • retaray Alger. A United States army offi | cer and official of the war department ex- I plained that one object of General (Miles making the recommendation was to supply I the pressing needs of young officers. Many are ill or on siafi’ duty or from other causes the line is depleted. In the Third cavalry there are only five officers on duty. The assignment of the new second lieutenants, who number about fifty, will do much to relieve the situation and keep out of the service many civilians who were unfit, 'but who might otherwise, through political in fluence, be appointed to second 'lieutenants. DYNAMITE EXPLOSION. Quarrymen Killed and Wounded Through Carelessness. * By Associated Press. LaGrande, pre.. December 22. —An ex plosion of dynamite occurred four miles west c-f Huron, in which five ’men were seriously injured, two of whom will die. The names of the injured cannot be learn j ed. Three heavy blasts of dynamite were placed in the rocky side of the canyon to be excavated and fired. Two exploded, out the third was slow and the men j thought the fuse 'had failed, and after ; waiting a while returned -to the hole • when the charge exploded with terrific , force. . 5 CRIMINAL OPERATION. Prominent People Charged With Murdering; A Girl. . i i By Associated Press. Toledo. 0., December 22.—William G. , Spaulding, cashier of the German Ameri can bank at Port 'Clinton, and Mrs. Mar tha E. Jamieson of this city, have been arrested on the charge of causing rhe death of Miss Amy Meeker by performing a criminal operation upon her. Ft is said j that Spaulding has made a confession. The dead woman was a daughter of j Capt. Meeker, a well known farmer of Ot tawa county, who lives at Locust Point, a . few miles west of Port Clinton. Spauld | tug is connected with the prominent Spaulding family.- owners of vessels -and fruit growers. He was prominent in Port Clinton society. TRAIN SAVED ' BY A BIRD An Extraordinary Providen tial Intervention. Bv Associated Press. Austin. Tex.. December 22. —The north bound passenger train of the International Great Northern, narrowly missed a seri ous wreck forty miles below here today through the intervention of a otrd. Same miscreant bad tied a rail secureb* across the track. Just a few miles before reach ing the snot a bird, blinded b.- the head light, fiew against the glass, breaking it I and extinguishing rhe light. This neces sitated running slowly to the next station. The train proceeding with reduc'd speed. j struck the obstruction, but no one was • injured. _ j j MACON THURSDAY DECEMBER 22 1898. ram a bi I Unparelleled in the History of the Market, Except Once. . : HIGHER PRICES ASKED Orders Enough to Keep Money Concerns Busy a Whole Year. By Associated Press. New York, Dec. 22. —la ite review of the I trade conditions the Iron Age says today t The year 1898, with its extraordinary r-cord for production closes with a trirst of activity unparalleled in the history ot j tb*i ind-ustry, except in the year ISTJ. A? ! enormms tonnage ha» been placed for 1899 ' delivery, ‘but at very low prices. An in | creasing number of producers, having their order books in good shape for many ■ months to ccrne, are virtually withdrrw- I ing from the marktii or are asking higher I (prices. “The western markets Tot foundry irons ; have been compavalively quiet for the past week, but there has been continued activ ity in the eafo't, where furnaces have been relatively lower for some time past. The turnaces have now advanced prices and I are cai’iiirg a .halt. i “In steel material Pittsburg notes sales of one block of 25,000 tons of Betssemei' pig. In the east there have been a num ber of sales of round lots of basic pig iron at 'the range og $10.25 to $10.75. “There has not been much 'doing in steel east or west. Makes of billets are firm on the basis of sl6 'Pittsburg and $17.35 to $17.50 in eastern Pennsylvania. Buyers, however, are resisting the advance. To what extent and in what manner the tin plate cons al ida t ion has control of the sup i ply of tin plate bars has not transpired. It is regarded as probable that some arrange ment must have been made. “In the rail .trade rhe event of the week has been the sale by the Maryland Si eel Company of 80.000 tons of rails to Asiatic Russia, thus following up the former sale of 40,000 tons to the same parties. The re- I 'port of a sale ot 35,000 tons for Australian delivery cabled from London looks like a belated reference to an old transaction. “Th Pennslyvania Railroad is in the j market for a large lot of rails. “The wire tra'de is developing strength, i Rods are scarcer and pretty high prices have been paid by Canadians. The desire for the control of 'large additional plants 'by the leading interests have aedvcly pro gressed and are reported to have resulted in the acquisition of one important estab lishment in the Cincinnati district. i “Further orders have c-'rae to the plate mils east and west and they are now so ' overloaded with work that prices are being I advanced and business is being turned down. An interesting transaction was the i sale of a lot of 4,000 tons of plates for ex port at Philadelphia. “The makers of structural marcrial are rettmg a fair amount of business for this ( season of the year and tae Indications all , point to a full volume of work for 1899. “In the west, particul-arlv all the con- ■ cerns who supply material for car building i are very heavily engaged, some of them being full of work for the first half of 1899. “In a few lines prices ar? still irregular, i There is coiniplain of cu ting of prices in sheets, while in cotton ties a lively strug- • gle for orders is progressing in some inar i kets in the South. “The ca'st iron pipe makers are figuring on a lot of about 20.000 tons for Yokohama. The prospects for a heavy export trade next year are regarded as promising. “At the close of this week the execu tive committee of the American Tin Plate Company is to discuss and 'determine the policy of the consolidation of prices. The me-tal trade is looking forward to the de cision with the keenest interest.”* j MRS. LOGAN’S CLAIM. Was Rejected by the Illinois Court of Claims. By Associated Press. Springfield. Ills.. Dec. 22.—The court of claims has denied the clainf of Isaac R. Hitt. Mary S. Logan, widow of General John A. Logan, and Catherine Wiltshire, for $36,600. The claim was for services al leged to have been rendered by Hitt. John A. Logan and Wiltshire in Securing the re funding of the direct tax to Illinois. The | claim was rejected because not filed with the state auditor within two years after it matured: that the constitution 'provided that the legislature shall not authorize payment of claims based on contracts not ( expressed or implied by law. MELDRIN WILL NOT RUN. The Object of IHis Admistration Has Been Attained. Savannah. Ga.. December 22.—Mayor P. M. Meldrim made the announcemen t to tive. He says the object of his adminis tration has been attained and factional i fights in local politics are now at an end. He made these remarks as he was looking over the certified copies of the laws pass ed at the recent session of the legislature doing away with the city commissions. This, he said, be regarded as the end of a long factional fight. He said that while there had been a great deal of work done in the city, he considered the chief work of the present administration the estab lishment of the policy of home rule. As all the objects of the Libera! Club have thus been attained, he said he felt it nec essary to return to and give more time to his private affairs. Hon. John J. McDonough is locked upon as a probale candidate and ethers men tioned are Dr. William Duncan and Col- • °ne! M. \\. Dixon. Hon. T. F. Johnson • says he intends to run as an independent 1 candidate. _ 2 THE BBT THING i• • I Will be Done bv the Govern-' ment to Catholics. MI OF HKD CLAIMS To Be Appointed to Consider all Property Rights in the Island. _______ | By Associated Pretis. i New York, December 22.—A dispatch to the World from Washington says: Dr. David J. Hill, A&sistant Secretary of State said 'that the disposition of 't'he property of the 'Catholic Church in the Philipines j rests with Congress and not with the State i Department. He continued: “I should .think ia court similar to that which w*as organized after the annexation of our Mexican possessions will be the ' proper way to determine the ownership of 1 landed estates. This court of private land 1 claims has examined 'the .title of innumer i able pieces of church property in New 1 Mexico, Arizona and California and it has given universal satisfaction. I “There is no reason whatever for Cath j olics -to think that their churchmen will' ! not be honorably (treated by the United 1 States government. Nor is there l.y rea son far any one to believe that the admin , Istration will not proceed on broad lines, aiming 'to form for the Philiipine Islands a. government which will develop them socially, religiously and materially.” IN A FEDERAL PRISON. John Gable, Wno Was Serving a Ten Years’ Sentence, Dead. By Associated Press. * Columbus, Ga., 'December 22. —John H. Gable, a federal prisoner serving a ten year sentence for eonspiracy, from Geor gia, died of appendicitis in the state pris on hospital this morning. Gable was re ceived at the penitentiary in July, 1895, and he had been in the hospital since No vember 4th. He weighed only seventy j two pounds at the time of his death. A I peculiarly sad feature of the man's death was that hi-s papers recommending him to the department of justice at Washing ' ton for a pardon, on account of ill health, : were signed by Dr. Wagenhals a short lime before rhe prisoner's death. The pa i pers, prepared in due form, were taken to 1 'the front office, and just as they were to be sent out the prisoner died. The seal on the envelope was broken, and it was 1 added that the man had just died, and that ; the pardon was not necessary. Gable has a father and a wife in Buff, Gordon coun ty, Georgia, and they were notified of the ■ death. I JUST TRIBUTE Paid by the Pharmaceutical Record to Dr. John Ingalls. The American Druggist and Pharmaceu tical Record, the leading publication of the diuggists of the United States, pays I the following just tribute to the memory of he late Dr. John Ingalls. Full of years and honor, John Ingalls, l of Macon, Ga., the 'thirty-second president 1 of the American Pharmaceutical Associa ; tion. is dead at the age of seventv. Mr. 1 Ingalls was a fine specimen of a fast fac ing type, the Southern gentleman of the old school. He was a well informed phar macist, a good business man and a patri ; otic citizen. Mr. Ingalls was for many , years a regular attendant upon the meet -1 ings of the American Pharmaceutical As ! sociation and his death will be a sad blow I to thousands of pharmacists all over the United States who have known and loved him. For his was an eminently loveable nature and one 'which it was a privilege and a pleasure to come into contact with. THE NEW ARMY. House Minority Report Fixes 3,000 Regu lars and 50.000 Volunteers. By Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 22 —The bill for the increase of the regular army which the minority of the House committee on mili : tary affairs will offer as a substitute for I the Hull bill, was drawn by Representa live Hay, of Virginia, and is now in the ! hands of the war department where esti mates are being made as to cost of such military establishment as is provided. The . bill as drawn provides for a standing army of 30.000 men. 12,000 artillery, 8.000 in fantry, 6,000 cavalry and engineer ordnance and signal corps and general staff. To meet the existing exigency for troops in Porto Rico. Cuba, Philippines, 'Hawaii and La drones, the bill provides that the president may issue a proclamation for 50,000 addi tional volunteer troops to be enlisted for two years. These later troops are .to If commanded by officers appointed by the president. The organization is to be the same as the regular army. The strength of the different service will be determined by the president. The present volunteers will b mustered out within sixty adys af ter the passage of th? act but volunteer organizations now in the service shall be given preference for enlistment in the new volunteer army if they so elect with in fifteen days. The bill provides that no regular army officer who were in the army prior to the war with Spain shall be mus -1 tered out of service. Mr. Hay will file the bill and the minority report on the Hull I bill tomorrow. SAGASTA MAY BEjDYING, Condition ot the Spanish Preimior Causes a Fnll in Stocke. By Associated Press. Madrid. Dec. 22—Sagasta. who has been ill for some time is worse today. He is ' very feverish. His condition has caused Spanish interior securities to fall. CHANGES OF LIBRARY. Building is Being Rendered —Bco-s Chang ed. .. - r The Public Library presents an alto , gether different appearance now. than ii lid several weeks ago. The directors have been busy at work for some time and have . given things a general cleaning up. The caises have been changed, the books classified and all of the valueless articles ! have been destroyed. Many valuable I books have been found stored away and I have been put where they can be found. The directors have been doing this work I for several weeks and they now have it almost completed. They will be entirely i through in a few days, and 'Macon's libra -1 ry will then be in an excellent condition i and there will be no trouble in finding j books which were hsrstviQie hard to get | at. • ‘ b NO PLATFORM YET. Weather Man Still Unable to Send Out Re ports. 'No information has yet been received in the city in regard to the observation 'plat form, which will necessarily have to be built before the weather man can send out any reports. The Macon people are anxious that the j reports be sent out and IMr. Collins, the observer, is beseiged with questions a* to | when he will open up his office. The treas ury department has been appealed to but ' nothing has been done. | Mr. Collins has received all of his office 'furniture and instruments and 'is ready to begin work as soon as the platform is built. He has been here for neaniy two months, brut has been unable to work. He says, however, that he thinks the platform will ‘ be erected in a few days and that he will ! >be able to begin making obsehvations. THAT BALLOON VOYAGE Remarkable Experience of Aeronauts in the Steera ble Balloon. | By Associated Press. New York, Dec. 22 —A dispatch to the I Times from London says: “The Chronicle will publish tomorrow an account from its correspondent sent in a balloon trip across the channel showing that the Andree steering gear was tested with perfect success. The sail used was, eighteen feet square instead of twelve feet, the one used in the land experiments. The aeronauts took their course when the 200 foot trail rope was in water and found they had deflected three points of 1 about what obtained on land in Essex several weeks ago. This was not surpns- I ing for the frictional resistance of the : trail rope in water was immense. Anotner j test gave the same result but this time the i balloon descended within two feet of the I waves. To keep the balloon at even altitude was j a task of the greatest difficulty and owing to cold air on the water, the sun heated gas cooled with lightning-rapidity, de- I manding constant expenditure of ballast in to prevent falling in the sea. The bal loon again rose 2,300 feet but dropped be hind a thick cloud. The sudden eclipse caused a rapid descent and in a few mln , utes the balloon touched the ocean. A wave struck the car. It was an exciting moment for the aeronauts, their gumboots being filled with water. Percival Spencer, the famous aeronaut in charge of the party threw out ballast and saved himself from the situation. The balloon rose 7.000 feet after clear ing the French cliffs and landed safely amid Norman peasants four miles east of Havre, having in five hours covered one hundred and fifty miles, of which seventy [ five miles were over the sea. SOLDIER ACQUITTED. Coroner Decides That Cagwell Was Killed By the Train. George Dean, the negro who was arrest- I ed yesterday on the suspicion of killing . William Bagwell, the negro who was . struck by the Southern railway train a few nights ago. was released this morning. The coroners jury completed the inquest I this morning and a. verdict was rendered saying that Bagwell came to his death by being struck by engine 109 of the Southern ■train. It was shown by the evidence that Dean threatened to kill Bagw-ell before the train struck him, but there was not enough evi . dence to find him guilty of murder. He has been held in the police station since yesterday morning, when he was ordered locked up by the coroner, but thi§ morn ing he was released. ARRESTING THE CARLISTS. Spain Troubled by the Agitation—-Carlos Fails to Make a Loan. By Associated Pre«. • Madrid, Dec. 22 —The Carlist agitation continues to several northrn provinces and a number of agitators have been arrested Jin Morelia, Province of Castellon de la Plana owing to Carlist demonstrations. A Carlist was arrested at Placencja, Pro ! vince of Caceres, for disturbing arms. The report that Don Carlos contracted a . loan in England is denied. He tried to do so but failed. • SEED MAN SUICIDE. Sad Death of a Prominent Citizen of De troit. By Associated Press. Detroit, 'Mich., Dec. 22.—John A. Sev erus, superintendent of the D. M. Ferry Seed Company, committed suicide at his residence today. Severns had been in very poor health for some time and is said to have shown signs of dementia during the , past few days. five cents JCOURTESY Blanco Presents Silver Plate to the Americans. STREET NAMED FOR LEE • I New Telegraph Lines Completed, —General Greene Return ing. By Associated Press. Havana, December 22. —The military telegraph from Puerto Principe, south waid to Santa Cruz, the cable point, is nearing completion. Thus wire communi -1 cation with Gen. Carpenter will soon be 'made. Col. Dunwoody of the signal corps says the telegraph will be built for army purposes, and will require no land lines to Santiago as projected. The war department has directed the transport Chester to take Gen. Greene and ; staff to Savannah. She will sail this eve ; ning. Marshal Blanco, though not requested i to do so by the American commissioners, has issued directions before leaving Cuba that the Rich silver palace table service should be left for the Americans, and that the magnificent furniture of the reception | room be also left for .the American occu pants. The official coaches with the arms I Spain and the furniture of The treasury i department will be sold. * ine proposition has been made for the ; council to change the name of Obispo stieet to Lee. This thoroughfare for a time was called Weyler street. Action in ‘ the .matter has been deferred. IN THE COURTS I Recorder Very Busy—Robinson Case Before Judge Speer-City Court. The number of case ibis morning were ' larger than yesterday and it was 12 o'clock before Judge Freeman completed. George' Sherrel, a soldier, who was arrested for disorderly conduct, was turned over to the provost guard. John and Tom Carey, who were arrested for violating the depot ordi ’ nances, were dismissed. Neal Pollard was fined $lO for being drung and disorderly. Lucius Bailey was ' found drunk yesterday and was taken to ! the police station. At the trial this morn i ing he remembered nothing of the affair, | but Judge Freeman said that a fine of I $2.50 would probably make him think of it. 'Lucy Morris was also up on the charge of being drunk and disorderly. She .was fined $5 or given the option of spending twenty days in the city chaingang. The remaining cases, though they took iup a great deal of time, w r ere dismissed. , In the United States court today the case of Louisa Robinson vs. the Metropolitan Insurance Company, was taken up. At the end of the session this morning ne decision had been reached. It will proba bly 'take up several days more. IMr. Blan ton Winship was appointed receiver for Sam Morris, of Americus, who has peti tioned to become a bankrupt. In the bank ruptcy case of Lizzie Burdick, the wagon, mule and harness were ordered sold by the judge. In the ci'ty court Andrew Phillips was found guilty of assault and battery and was sentenced to two months in jail or to pay a fine of S6O. He gave bond and ap ! piled for a new trial. No session of the i superior court was held. MISSPRICE IS DYING Doctors Say No Hope Now Remains. The News received word at 3 p. m. to day from the Executive Mansion to the ; effect that the physicians had lost hope of saving the life of Miss Alice Price. MURDERER OF S. H. HARDEN The Pres'dent Offers a Reward—Two Ar rests Have Been Made. I A reward has been offered by the presi- I dent of the United States for the arrest of i Joseph H. Calloway, of Jasper county, who ' is charged with conspiracy and with the murder of Silas H. Harden. 1 Tom Smith and John Holloway were ar rested yesterday by Deputy -Marshal i Thomas and White and are now in. the | Bibb county jail. It will be remembered I that Harden was killed late in September I near Monticello and that the three above named men were at once suspected cf the I crime as they had announced that they I would get even with the man. Joe Hollvway was arrested summer on the charge of conducting an illicit dis tillery and the man Harden gave evidence I against him. He threatened to get even • with him and when the body was found ' in September the three men were at once suspected. At this session of the grand jury a true bill was found against the men. and yesterday John Holloway and Tom Smith was arrested but it seems that Joe Holloway has escaped from the country. ■ The r'eward was offered today. The of ficers are keeping a sharp lookout for the , man. When the case is tried it will no doubt be one of the most interesting ever tried in the United States'court in Georgia. The men who were brought in yesterday aft r non stoutly deny their guilt but the officers have witnesses who say that they know all about the crime and things are beginning i to look black for the two men.