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About The Macon news. (Macon, Ga.) 189?-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1898)
ESTABLISHED 1884 ■ISfflS l« ENGLAND. All d Their Roval'Highr.esses Arranging for a Good Time. MARLBOROUGH UH WIFF. Prince in Motirnhg Std News cf the Princess Louisa o f Co turg. Ev Asweated GPrest. Lonflen., Dec. 24—A1l society has flitted to coiwtry sea?s wh’r* the quests are Katherlr.K parties. The Duke and Do; h» <s o: Devonshire are entertain ing la*, •©hly at the Chatsworth bouse, Derbyshire, where about two hundred guestn including Deary White, the United States charge de affaires and Mrs. White and iL/urd George Hamilton. secretary of state- for India will -top during the fort night The li'ikf and Du hess of Marlborough ha’.- ada rm party 4 relative.- and friends at Tlenheu'n and their well stocked coverts are being shot over. Marlborough is nego tiating Dor the purchase of he Sefton hosts’ . out.- of the largest mansions in Lon do’ . It is adapted for entertaining on e generous scale. Tie DU'-hei s of Marl bo augxi lias distrained prizes to the girls of the high school at Oxford. The Prince of Males has a house parly ; : Sandringham but it is very quiet owing tv the fact that rhe Printer is in mourn ing for the loss of two of the Prince’s best friends, Christopher Sykes and the late Baron De Rothschild. Mr. Sykes, who in herited an immense fortune practically nifCi himself ’'going the pace” with Tie Prince of Wales. Queen Victoria will epend Christmas at Ili - Osborn’ home, Isle of Wight, in the old-fashioned way. There is considerable bitiernests in French royalist circles be cause the Queets has not •n'ertatned the Duke and Duchess of Orleans, who. are now in England, although her majesty receiv’d a broad Hint from rhe court at Vienna that such an invitation would be partic ularly acceptable at the present moment. Victoria, however, while she h id a gr it :« gard for the ate ('mint 6f Pari-, does not like his son.- Moreover in view of tic present rhyalist intrigues in France, her iviajesty has avoided special attention to French royalists from political motives. Advices from Vatican say the assistant I brarian, Abbe Luz.zi, has unearthed a number of important documents bearing upon “Spanish domination" in America and especially in Cuba. They will be pub lished and richly boon 1 copie© of books will ■be -a nt to the Queen Regent of Spain* and President McKinley, though thiis latter act of courtesy is not Viewed with favor by many prelates who are endeavoring to prevent R. Abbe T.uz.z! has also found among the archives Galileo's original manusefrpf tr«a.>'.»se on the tillet which differs from the usual text. Sad news has been received regarding the condition of the Princess Louise of Coburg, the daughter of the King of Bel gium. whose name figured in a painful scandal during the early part of the year and who has since been confined in a. pri vate asylum in Austria. The Princess, who marhied Prince Philip of Saxo-Coburg. Gotha, eloped with Lieutenant Mattachieh Kavalviu’h the latter part of January last. The Prince later fought a duel with the lieutenant with pistols and . then swords and was severely wounded in the right arm. De subsequently took steps to se cure a divorce from the Princess. The mind of the Princess is ■j-teadily giving way and there is now little hope- of her ever regaining .her intellect. HARD TIMES IN PHILIPPINES. Business Suspended in All Leading Towns—People Are Starving. By Associated Pres©. Manila. Dee. 24.—The steamer Union, which has returned from Iloilo with the native and Spanish soldiers. was >*efused landing at thiis place, where she had been detained by American officials. Private advices from the southern pro vince say that business is suspended in 'all the leading towns. Supplies are scarce and foreigners are only permitted to trav el when special permits are issued them. At Malolos, the headquarters of the so called Philippine government, near here. ih£ native soldiers are levying on villagers for food suppile©. The people are half starved and universal dissatisfaction pre vails. . REFUSED THE CUBANS. Gen. Wade Will Not Permit Troops in Ha vana Subnrbs. By Associated Press. Havana. Dec. 24. —A committee of Cu bans this morning oaltd on General Wade, president of the American evacuation com mission. and inquired if the <-ommission would object to the Cuban troops coming into Vedado suburbs today. General Wade ' replied: "It is perhaps better that armed NJubans do not assemble on parade, as the i’y will be under command of General rooke January 1. It will be better to St ’him.” General Wade in effect, po told the Cubans to keep the troops the city, _ THE MACON NEWS. PEACE COMMISSIONERS. They the Country Carrying the Trea ty Will; Them. ; By Associated Pfess. Nca York. D> 24. —Judge Wm. R. Day ..k'ur <’. K. Dav--. Senator George Gray i Set a.or W. p. Frye and Whitelaw Reid I . th< United State- < ommL-sloners to ar ra ige the pea:-’ :r a y wiih Spain, reached home today, on board the steamer St. Icouis. Holding tha: trie rule governing their diplomatic iniksiun is still in force, * rone of the eentiemen named would apeak j regarding the work in, Paris. They took { the first train for Washington, carrying the 1 treaty of peace wjtlj them. Senator Gray, the only Democrat on the commission, was told of Mr. Bryan’s re cently declared attitude concerning the question of expansion. “Umph!” said the • senator, “I am not on to Colonel Bryan’s | curves yet.” “I have no doubt,” said he, “that the sober, thoughtful opinion of this country is against expansion. There must be . The treaty merely gives us control of the situation. We can do as we please. • We can keep the Philippines or not, as I i may be determined in the future.’’’ i Senator Frye said: “At the owning of I i the session in Paris the. Spaniards first ; ; wanted us to gpt out of the West Indies. ■ I 1 hat we refused to do. Then came the i squabble about the Cuban deb:.. We were ' not inclined to pay that, and after a hard ' light our opponents finally yielded to our I claims and signed the treaty which I have no doubt will be ratified by congress.” SAGASTA’S HEALTH. Spanish Securities Continue To Fall Be cause He is 111. , By Associated Frees. Madrid; Dec. 24 —On the Bourse here today the Spanish interior securities fell heavily owing to an unfavorable bulletin regarding the condition tsf Premier Sen<Hr ; Sagasta. NEW ARMY BILL. It Contemplates An 1 jerease of the Force to 100.000. ■ " ' By Associates Press. 'Washington, Dec. 24.—RepresentatWe | Hull, chairman of the military committee ■ of the house today filed a report on The bill for the increase us the regular army. Alter detailing the am. ndinenls adopted by the committee, all of which have been published, the report says. The bill six’s no maximum strength .for! I the entire army. Assuming the govern- ment to require about 100.000 for defense j | of the frontier, coast •defense aird to main j tain authority in the islands for whose 1 good older the goverirment of this nation is I responsible, together with a reasonable re serve force, the bill provides for the regi ments of cavalry an:) infantry necessary ! to provide the number required for each . 1 arm of the servi.-e and a corps of a>’tilery I for our sea coast ba'tteries, with two regi ! ments of artillery for field batteries. The organization o> the cavalry is substantial-. | jly the same as now provided by law. I’he 1 organization of.the artillery as provided ! ■ for in the bill changes from a regimental . formation to that of a corp.:-: of artillery. THE SIXTH OHIO. It Has Made a Gnnd Record at Knoxville- Off For Cuba. | By Associated Press. Knoxville, Dec. 24.—The Sixth Ohio i j broke vamp this morning and is preparing . ito leave this evening 'for Charleston, 1 ! where the transport will be taken for i j'Cienfuegoes. The regiment has been here four months and has made a splendid ini- ' i pressicn. i NOT IN THE TRUST. 1 Greatest of America’s Rubber Companies Avoids The Combine. By Associated Press. Uolumbu-. Dec. 24.—A special to the 1 Dispatch from Akron, 0., says ihe Good rich Rubber Company will not be in the : mechanical rubber ■combine, which is be ing engineered by Charles R. Flint. The Akron company was approached but refus ed ;a enter the combine. The plant is the largest of i < kind in the country, employ ing 2.<ii>o men. KILLED AL YATESVILLE. Young Mr. Roberts Shoots a Negro Bov Named Hackett. i ' ; A correspondent at Yatesville writes 1 that a eon of Mr. Junius Roberts, a farmer ■ • who lives near that place, killed a negro bey named Anderson Hackett, as a re- i suit of a quarrel over a small debt owed ' by Hackett to Roberts. The latter shot the negro, the pistol bullet penetrating the lung. The matter is now in the hands of 1 the coroner. HIGHWAY ROBBERY. ; Mr. James Thomas Assaulted at the Seven Bridges and Seriously Hurt. Thursday night about 7 o’clock Mr. Jas. Thomas, who lives near Skipperton, was attacked 3! *be turnpike known as the Seven Bridges, knocked senseless and robbed of four dbi7 which he had on his person and ©ome nie'J 1 other pro visions he was carrying fruin'^TV 1 . 10 his home. Mr. Thomas, who is e?R*^ d " inglj deaf, had ju©t crossed the last of the seven bridges when some one jumped from the rear into the wagon and ' deal: him a heavy blow on the ;<fp of the I head which knocked him from his seat. He was then struck another blow on the back of the head, which -stunned him. There is no clue to the robbers. Mr. Thomas was afterward carried to his home f where Dr Heard dressed the wounds, •-which he pronounced severe though not deeckeafHy fatal. Mr. Thomas was rest , ing easy this morning. . MACON NEWI. SATURDAY DECEMBER 24 1898. UNDERHAND WORK Admiral Sampson Tells of Spanish Devilment. FRAUDULENT TRANSfERS: '•VC-- A Great Deal *of Lying at the Time Os the Surrender of Santiago. ”■ f ? ' By Associated Press. New York, Dec. .24—The World pub lishes the following review with Rear Ad- I miral Sampson regarding the work of the . Cuban evacuation commission, of which be was a member: “Its work is practically complete,” he j said. “We have reached a. satisfactory agreement upon all points e-xcept one, | which 1 confess i«s likely co Jead to con- . siderable future troubles, but will not lead ‘ to a renewal of hostilities. The cominis- I sicri was carefully instructed by the gov erj?ment to obtain a complete inventory of every piece’ of crown .property upon which ju.-t claim could be laid. This was r<> extend to every province. Not a foot of land that formerly beloxiged to Spain was xo be overlooked. We had our own source I •of information and immediately on arrival | took occasion to secure the originals or authentic copies of certain records. When, however, we asked the Spanish represen- j taLives the commission for such an in- | venlory we yere told that it had been 1 carefully made and sent to the peace con- . gress at Pario. We demanded a. copy which no doubt the Spaniards in Havana i could easily have famished. We waited i two weeks but never received it. Thera I is every reason to Relieve that the Span iards had instructions from Madrid not to give it to us. This was an act of bad faith. Trouble is sare to arise sooner or later eut of this matter because the United ■ States will never bulge an inch.” “In what way did they attempt to hide thA existence of the crown property?” waa-s I askeli. “Mvich of it and rmany of the buildings I have been secretly transferred to priva.'rfe ! individuals and corporations especially j religious corporations. This underhand ; woi ! k began some time ago. but much of j:t 1 has btn done since the surrender at Sar tiago. Such sales are not valid in law o.r equity. The same rule will hold regard ing all the tiansfers of Spanish govern ment buildings to second parties.” hes Tis whiclhalsa fowere brnc be vm bv ■ "What were the facts at Santiago?” was .! then asked. “They were very different from the rep resentarions made ai the time of the sur- ! render,” replied the Rear Admiral. "For example. General Wood was told : that the Spanish government absolutely | owned no property hi Santiago except the “I naval hospital. , "It was asesrted that all the other gov ernment buildings, even the custom house ! anil the palace of the governor of the pro- I vince, were leased from private individ- ' uals. This was untrue. The attempt to swindle the Cubans out of their just rights j was tco flimsy to be overlooked by the United Stares as the custodians of their ' interests. The commission is in possession 1 of most of the original records and no fear ' need be felt that trickery of this kind will I succeed.” “NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS.” W.ien it Comes On Sunday Monday is a Business Holiday. When Christmas comes 0:1 Sunday, as ir does thk .a ar, M ind-ay « a Lz«. h •’..lay, ■ Under the Georgia laws- paper© maturing ' Sunday in the banks is payable Saturday, i but paper maturing on Monday is not pay- : able until Tuesday. There will be a gea°ral observance of Chrisimais Monday by the ba-ti'r ss houses ' of the town, their employes being given a ' holid ty cr that dac. POSTOFFiCE VERY BUSY Holidav Season Brings Larg est Postal Business in City’s History.— The present holiday business is the heaviest in rhe history of Macon’s poet office. An extra force of clerks has -been put on and are working day and night on the second claee matter. The presence of the soldiers in the city are responsible for this condition of affaire. Chief Clerk Bell says that the Second Ohio is receiving the largest number of present©, but the other two white regiments are not far behind 1 in that respect. It is also remarkable rhe amount of stuff that is being sept*to rhe colored soldiers, but it is nothing to be compared with that received by the white boys. GERMANY WILL NOT BUY. By Associated Press. Berlin. Dec. 24—In official circles here it is said there is no truth in the report that Germany has proposed io buy the ’sJand of Fernando. Po.. rhe Spanish penal ' settle.'^ 1 ?’ ’ u tbe bight of Biafra. Western Africa. QUITTING THE COUNTRY. By Associated Press. Medrid. Dec. 24—Rios?'i he s P a£ >ish com mander of Iloilo, cables h?^‘ 5 g°’ n ß -o Manila in order to arrange IQr re_ patriation of the Spanish trocr-s-- •- , CUBA'S euwey How It Has Beer. Affected By the Results of War. * • 40 MCE ILSimm Recommended- By Leading Cuban ' Bankers—A Very Ccmplex Problem. By Associated Fret®. York, Dec. 24. —American contrel is 1 so close at hand that it is possible see I clearly <ll6 work aheJid, says the Havana corre©jKMNlent. of the Tribune. Mafiwtaining 1 order fciy -nutans of tke troops i© a (prelimi nary condition so MAell understood that .it does not call for explanation. AU classes in Cuba (know iwhjt the soldieiv are here, , and knowing, they aequieeoed. That I knowledge in iosaelf is the best guarantee of tranquility. Isolated instances maj arise which willl call for repression, but These ». ill not adfect the general good order of thing©. They will be no drawback to th* ■ mea-snres of industrial an-d commercial re i construction which necessariijy 'precede th« i pdlifieal government of rhe island as ir may be detCTinined in the Xuture. The com'twercial classes are showing the . greatest adaptability to the new conditions. Within a fortnight after the'tariff has been i promulgated business wfl] be moving on 1 smoothly in its accustomed channels. The only unceitainty of the future is that i which will come from rhe shifting of the ! money standard. j So far as preparation can be made for i a change of this kind the business houses of Havana have made it. They do not a© yet know positively that customs duties are to be paid in the currency of the United 'States, <and they are not certain that the inflation will be squeezed out of j the Spanish and French gold coins, but but they anticipate a modification of some I kind. This i© the one cloud that hangs .over the 'business community. The senti- I ment against changing the present arrifi l cial relations of value appears to be grow ing. The merchants and bankers who are op : posed toa change advance some strong ar guments against modifying the present system. They take the ground 'that since the United States expects to icolect the cus toms revenues in trust and to expend them in Cuba >a change is nut desirable. By the | inflation in the gold coins, by which cvery : thing from an ounce down to a doubloon, or a French louis receives a value greater than its actual worth. Cuba has been kept lon a gold basis. Throughout all the period i of internal wa>r and industrial anarchy. , gold has stayed in the island and the pa ; per issue, known as “Weyler’s scrip,” did t not make headway or debauch the curren i cy. That is one reason 'the merchants who oppose a change in the present artificial i valuese advance. They think that as gold ; has been kept in the channels of trade it ■ will continue to flow in the same channels without the necessity of squeezing out th’ i inflation. The readjustment of financial values in its influences, of the debtors and creditors of rhe island is something that cannot be ■ fully analyzed. The banking houses and firms which re ceive deposits will all adhere to their agreement and repay their deposits on the basis of sl7 for an ounce. $5.30 for a cen ten. $4.25 for a doubloon, and $4.24 .for a louis. Because of the uncertainty, many of 'them are urging the withdrawal of de posits while these valuese prevail. It is a peculiar condition which causese this course to be taken, though only a tempo rary one. The debts on the island were i contracted on this basis. As the sugar ! Dlanters and everybody else are in debt. ' the payment under new conditions promi ses to be difficult of arrangement. Firms in rhe United States which had occasion to make advances or to loan money during rhe period of the insurrection, usually stip ulated that payment should be in Ameri can money or its equivalent. They are ■ not certain what will be considered the 1 equivalent. The ns- 3 of silver in the daily transac , tions promises to be the most troublesome of all of the questions that, murt be s°ttl:fl bv the United States. The merchants and the sugar planters, who are opposed to « change in the present system, say that the : transition to a different basis cannot b? made without industrial disturbance and without hardship to all employers of labor Silver is the currency of every diy life. Wage© and salaries are paid in it. Not withstanding the fluctuations in values |a© measured by 'the daily quotations i against gold, it serves all practical pur- J po©es. probably because it is clearly rec ' ognized as subsidiary coinage. In the country districts the mass of the popula ! tion never see and monev except silver (pesos) or dollars (pesetas) or 20 cent pieces and “reales.” or dimes. The rate : of daily wages is ordinarily a silver dol - lar. The purchasing power does not fol ! low the fluctuation© so closely as it might | be supposed, though silver is falling : in value prices of necessities© rise faster i than they fall when Its value is a-ppreciat- I ing. This has been Illustrated during th»- past three months. Though the “centen” now buys only seven Spanish dollars, where forlmerly it bought eight, the wage earn ; ers are not able to purchase more w.ith their wages. The price of retail commod ities have remained stationary. The objection of the employers i© that if a change is made they will be compelled i to advance wages 10 per cent, for that is about what the elimination of-the Span ish silver currency or its adjustment to Amer’ean values will cost. They do not j believe that the laborer* on the sugar and elsewhere cai be argued into accepting reduced wages in morey of an increased purchalinsr power, because i that readjustment would come slowly. The j experience of the laborers has been ©uch ( as to cause them to wait patientlv for the natural change ur.d r which values would regulate themselves. « They know what a Spanish dollar h. < meant to them. Thty will not be easily Cvev.p-.-.g that 90 cents in ‘?Hb<r Spanish ‘ nr American silver nWans just as mu th On the other h.nd. .employers as a cl.es. either on the sugar plantations oi in o.htr branches of industry, cannot ~ff< rd to give i the equivalent of a 10 per cent increase > in wages. The p-iynicht ci the Xintrican troops will | add t<i the difficulties. A small amount of I’nitetl States currency is in circulation, but. ip. is in bills of denominations of and upward. as these are large enough to ■ command the regular exchange which va ries from 7lg to 9 cents on the dollar, and two dollar biilts where they are taken, pass merely as the equivalent o' the Spanish 1 “pet-os'* or silver dollars. i The. small shopkeepeis and the laboring 1 population are still ignorant of ’he values of American silver coins. In the cases they j are distrusted and, the cab men will not ac- . cept -them. When large payments have been made 'to the soldiers this silver is cer tain to be forced into cii eolation but the relation which it wil bear to the Spanish coins is a puzzle. Though very large sums of silver havp been taken back to Spain by theofficers and the officials, the fear that I no silver would be left in Cuba has not ' I been realized. At present rhe value is ris ing slightly, due to further depletion by the departing Spaniards, but enough re- ■ mains io answer the purposes of business and to add to the complex problems which must be solved by the treasury depart ment at Washington. THIRD GEORGIA MEN READY. Expect to Eat New Year's Dinner in Cu ba. Savannah. Ga., Dec. 24 —Colonel Robert i L. Berner, of tne Third Georgia regiment. ! said todav that he expected he and Us men would eat their New Year's dinner in Cuba. He received some order yesterday with reference to the movement of his reg iment a‘ an early dare, but what it was he would not sav. He only said he ex pected to be there by New Year's day. The men are all being kept close at the camp | now, and are preparing to respond on very i short notice to any orders that may be given them. No furloughs are given at ; all. and none of them are allowed to leave J the camp for any length of time. It is be lieved the transport which will take them to Nuevitas will be here the firs.t of the week. The officers of the regiment will ; give the 1.100 men under them an oyster I roast at Tybee island today and will spend most of the day ’here. AGUINALDO IN TROUBLE Insurgents Deserting Him Be cause He Has Offended Them. i By Associated Press. New York. Dec. 24—A special from Ma- I nila says: As a result of Aguinaldo, the insurgent I leader, having refused to recognize the ■ rank of the lower class of rebel officers, i the latter have deserted, with large num bers of armed soldiers and have attacked i various towns, several native local author ities who abused their positions and are unpopular in the province have been mur dered or the property sequestrated. The town of Caseling, for instance, which was i defended by six hundred of Aguinaldo’s I troops has been taken and looted by Mal- I contents. It is reported the Spaniards in ' Cebu have been capitulated. BARN BURNED AT MAYSVILLE. Fourteen Head of Horses and Mules Con sumed With Building. MayuviP.e, Ga.. Dec. 24 —Mr. A. V. Dead wyler’o barn was consumed by fire last night about midnight. Fourteen' head of horses and mules, SI,OOO v orth of corn. SI,OOO worth of hay and a large amount of i fodder and some cattle were all destroyed in the flames. It is supposed to have been ■ the work of an incendiary. NEW YORK BOYS OFF. To Leave Americus Next Monday For Char leston to Board Transports. Americus, Ga., Dec. 24.—The Twelfth New York received orders yesterday after noon to prepare to leave Americus Monday morning for Charleston to take a transport for Matanzas. Major General Sanger, ‘ commanding. Second division First army I corps, goes to Matanzas, and requested that the Twelfth New York, one of the i.finest regiments in the volunteer service, jbe assigned as special escort. Troops have been in Americus six weeks, and are well pleased. No order has been received to the 1 movement of the Eighth Massachusetts regiment, now here. GEIGER TIRED OF LIVING. I * _ YourgManof Waycross Swallows Poison to End His Life. Waycross, Dec 24.—(Special.)—Barney L. Geiger is dying as the result of poison taken about 11 o’clock this morning. The drug was taken with suicidal intent and he cooly and deliberately planned his death. He engaged a room at Mrs. Mar tha Smith's boarding house, saying to her that he wanted to rest awhile. The young man was too far gone to be saved when he was found and was dying at midnight in spite of the hard work and faithful at- I tention by the attending physicians. It is said that young Geiger had at tempted to take his life once or twice be fore, but was prevented, efore taking the drug he wrote two or threenotes to differ ent persons. He gave some instructions as to the funeral arrangements, stating he desired Rev. J. M. Glenn to preach his funeral. Barney was about twenty-three years of age. His aged mother and bis sisters are prostrated wp 1 * grief. PRICE | z ECt*ftTS 10 SB ILOILO Insurgents Not to Be Allowed to Go Too Far. THH ABE TO BE CHECKED We May Assume Control of the Philippines Before Ratification Os the Peace Treaty. By Associated Press. New York. Dtc. 24—A special to the World from Washington says: Secretary Allen has cabled General Otis at Manila to take possession of Iloilo im mediately. Plans for doing so are left to the general. This step is taken in advance of the formal reliquishment of sovereignty by Spain on account of the gravity of the sit uation there, it is supposed. Iloilo is the only point in the Philippines now under Spanish control and it has been one con stant fight with the insurgents to retain control. Admiral Dewey reported recent ly that the Spainiards were holding Iloilo with BttO soldiers and that citizens had j asked for w arships :o protect them. General Otis will probably send two reg imen's and Admiral Dewey is expected to I detail the Charleston and Concord to aid I the ’troops. # The Spaniards will willingly relinquish authority over Iloilo, it is understood, as they, know they must evacute soon. What the insurgents will do remains to be seen, but there is little fear in Washington of a j serious clash, though our soldiers will be prepared for any emergency. The war department has no confirmation of the rumor that the insurgents have captured Iloilo. Should it prove true. General Otis may find some difficulty in dislodging uhem. It is hoped that the re port is false, as this government wants to occupy that position before the rebels get I a foothold. | Secretary Alger has issued no orders for I taking another stets in the Philippines and he intimates no further step toward oc cupying the group will be taken until the treaty is ratified. The proclamation to be issued then has' been mailed to General Otis, but if it. be i comes necessary to assume control of the whole archipelago before treaty ratifica tion. the proclamation will be cabled for , earlier promulgation. , This proclamation. Secretary Alger says, contains nothing not embracew in the proclamations issued for Santiago and Joi to Rico. \\ hen asked if it referred to autonomy, he said with emphasis that it does not. FOREIGN MISSIONS. Remarkabie Contribution of the First Street Methodists. The First Street Messenger. (.Methodist.) in its current issue, says: Both as an achievement and as a sign, the foreign missionary subscription taken last October was a remark.title success. Inspired, by the possibility of coining and laboring in direct contact with the heathen world through our missionary, the sub sci iption bespoke the church's responsive ness to a real gospel call and its sympa thy with the genuine work of Christ. That one hundred and twenty-five mem bers should pay five hundred and sixty dollars, tfte amount of the subscription, is an indication of what will be the church’s aggregate power at which every, lover of Chris'c’s cause on earth will rejoice. We are sure that in the remaining four hundred members are many who will not be satisfied to be left out of the truly blessed work of sending a herald of life and salvation to the thousand milions of the unevalgelized souls for whom Christ died. Every 'member of First Street chur'-h in living contact with Chris: and with the dying world for whom Christ is the only source of salvation and of hope,” is not too much to a-k and expect from God for the church this year!” Let every member whose hear: can echo the sentiment an I prayer thus expressed enter his closet on reading the above and join in a believing prayer that it may be so. And let every one who has not responded with a monthly subscription to the mis sionary support, payments to begin in January, notify the pastor or Brother R. H. Howard, between now and that time. Mean while let those who are still pur posing to aid in the collection taken in October bring in their offerings on that fund, as a part of the subscription is yet. due and will be forthcoming the last of this month. Some will naturally want to be represented in the inauguration of the direct missionary’ enterprise, as well as In its perpetuation. PARIS EXPOSITION. Arrangements For America’s Exhibit- Generous Treatment. New York, Dec. 24. —B. D. Woodward, I assistant commissioner general of the I Paris exposition of 1900 arrived in this city today on rhe St. Louis. Mr. Wood • ward said: "I have been called over to participate in the permanent orgarization of the com missioner general’s w. rking staff and to i familiarize myself with the general plan ! and scope of the procedure in the future , in order that upon mv return to Paris to be able to co-opera'e nteligently with the New York and Chicago officers. “Commissioner Gen -ral Peck and every member of his staff were at all times most cordially received by tfie Paris exposition officials, and I may saj* - ’• e were gener i ously treated, so far as acceding to our re j quests for additional exhibit space.
