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THE BADGE THAT HAS
JEWE_ FAMES.
Orders Coming in From Every State For the Con
federate Badge that nicKinley wore.
lO,OOO_BADGES
* Wanted bv a Local Business
Man Who Proposes to
Advertise Them.
HRS BEEN COPYRIGHTED
And Now They Can Only Be Secured
from The News or Its Author
ized Agents.
WELCOME!
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CONFEDERATE
VETERANS.
MACON, GA.,
Dec. 19, 1898.
“Every soldier's grave made during
the unfortunate civil war is a tribute to '
! American valor; and while when those
graves were made we differed widely
about the future of the government, those
' differences were long ago settled by the
arbitrament of arms, and the time has
come, in the evolution of sentiment and
feeling, in the providence of God, when in
the spirit of fraternity we should share
with you in the care of the graves of Con
fed era te soldiers. ’ ’
Z'-nyrightcd 1808 by The News Priming
Co ’•
Fac-simile of the Confederate badge
worn by President 'McKinley during his
stay in .Macon, which has since become
famous throughout the country.
The Confederate badge that McKinley
wore has suddenly become famous.
The News is being beseiged with re
quests for these badges.
Colonel Wiley, Dr. Haji and other prom
inent Confederate veterans are receiving
letters almost every day from nearly every
Northern state asking for one dt rhesi
badges.
The fact that an ex-Union soldier and
Republican president wore one of these
badges and kept it as a souvenir of his
Southern trip seems to have created
amazement throughout the North* and now
everybody wants one of these badges as a
souvenir.
The News has turned out four additional
dots of badges since President ‘McKinley
made them famous, and the cry is still for
more. The News has bought up every yard
of Confederate grey ribbon in Macon of
suitable size and these hundreds of yards
of ribbon have been made into badges, the
sac-simile of the one worn by the Presi
dent. But orders continue to come in.
The badge has attracted such wide
spread interv ; that one of Macon’s most
prominent business men saw in it a good
thing, and yesterday made The News a
proposition for 10,000 of these badges. He
suggested that the badge be copyrighted,
which has been done, so that now The
News has the sole right to issue the gen
uine Confederate badge that McKinley
wore.
So many orders came in yesterday that
The News was forced to turn out another
gross of these badges and less than half of
these remained today at noon. The de
mand grows greater every day. and it is
not impossible that The News will have to
secure extra facilities for manufacturing
these badges..
“You have got a little geld mine.” said
a prominent cllothing merchant to The
News today, “and I would like to go in
with you to manufacture these badges and
sell them throughout the country.”
In the meantime. The News continues to
turn out sac-similes pf the famous badge.
and now that the same has been copy
righted it is impossible for the souvenir
hunter to secure them elsewhere.
PREFERS JAIL TO HOME.
. ; Young Garner Ashamed to Return After His
Disgrace.
Savannah. Dec. 30.—(Special.)—The
father of Gus Garner, who is the local
agent for the Southern railway in Atlanta,
has been in the city today accompanied
by Hon. E. W. Martin, and efforts have
been made to secure the release of his son
so that he might return home. Many of
the stofen goods have been returned. Gar
-1 ner is possessed of the obstinacy of youth,
however, being only eighteen years old,
and said today that he did not want to go
home, preferring to stay in jail. It is
. probable that these notions will be got
I out of his head to morrow when the mat
ter will come up in the city court. His
father is very anxious to get him back
• home. __
CORDELE POLITICS.
Close Contest For Mayor and Aiderman of
That City.
Cordele, Dec. 30.—(Special.)—The elec
tion for mayor and three aidermen on the
second Wednesday (n January promises to
be one of the closest local elections ever
waged in Cordele. There are two tickets
in the field, one backed by what is termed
the “moral element,” and headed by Mr.
William Scandress for mayor; the other
backed by the A. P. A. and others who
went into a Democratic primary headed
by Mr. C. C. Cults for mayor.
STEVENS’
SENTENCE
The Killer of Kershawllßefore
The Supreme Court in
January.
The case of John Stevens, the negro who
killed James Kershaw, will be heard be
fore.the supreme court in Atlanta on the
16th of January. That is the date for
hearing the case and it will' no doubt at
tract a great deal of attention throughout
the state.
Nr. John R._ Cooper will again defend
Stevens and he says that he is sure to
win the case. It will remembered that at
the- first trial here Stevens was convicted
of murder and was sentenced to life im
prisonment. At that trial he was de
fended by Mr. Claud Estes and Mr. E. M
Bayne. Afterward Mr, Cooper was em
ployed to defend the man and the case was
carried to the supreme court.
The supreme court granted a new trial
to the man and he was again sentenced
to life imprisonment. Mr. Cooper says
that the recent verdict was rendered con
trary to law, as the supreme court had
decided that the man was not guilty of
murder. He says they will reverse the
decision of the lower court and that the
negro will probably be found guilty of
manslaughter.
The case has attracted attention all over
the state and as the time for the trial
approaches the interest increases.
ALSAVANNAH PARK.
■ -
City, to Permit its Reversion to the
County.
• ......
Savannah, Dec. 30. —(Special.)—The city
is about to throw overboard a magnificent
'park about two miles from the corporate
certain conditions. This piece of ground,
limits, given to it by the county under
275 acres in extent, known as the Estill
park, promised in time to bear the same
relation to Savannah that Grant park does
to Atlanta. The condition of the tender
was that the city should spend SSOO a year
on it for five years and SI,OOO a year a
year for the five years following that.
For four years the required amount of
work has been done. Now, however,
council has left out the Estill park appro
priation of the budget on the ground that
the city cannot, afford so much expense.
It is understood that unless the city puts
up the money as usual the property will
revert to the county.
MEADE L. HENDRICKS.
Death of a Wealthy Manufacturer of Jack*
son, Ga.
• Jackson, Ga., Dec. 30.—.(Special.)—
Meade L. Hendricks, a prominent and
wealthy citizen of this place, died of par
alysis Thursday. Mr. Hendricks was the
president and general manager of the
Jackson Cotton Oil Mill Company. He
was a man of learning. He was educated
as a physician’* but abandoned his profes
sion soon after his graduation. He took
great interest in manufacturing and some
of his contributions to the leading scien
tific journals on the water power of Geor
gia rivers attracted widespread interest.
Mr. Hendricks was fifty years old and is
survived by -his wife and three children.
He was a prominent Mason, having been
master of St. John’s lodge at this place
for some years. He will be buried with
Masonic honors tomorrow.
ECLIPSE OBSERVATION A FAILURE.
New Haven. Conn.. Dec. 30. —-Professor
Frederick Chase, who is in charge of the
Yale astronomical observatory, said this
morning that it was now certain that the
observations taken of the lunar eclipse
last night would amount to nothing. The
fact that clouds obscured the moons' sur
face nearly all of the time of the eclipse
prevented the measurements of the lunar
disk by the heliometer and also made it
I impossible to discern the faint stars in oc-
I cultation.
Soldiers —Send a picture of Macon back
to the home-folks. Come to The News
office and get its illustrated re
view of Macon' free of charge.
MACON NEWSJFRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30 1898.
MORMONS GO ARMED.
Tiey Attend Religious Services Carrying
Shotguns.
Vanceburg, Ky., Dec. 30.—The unusual
sight of members of a religious organiza
tion going to and from their place of wor-.
ship armed with shotguns to protect them
selves against so-called “Whitecaps” was
witnessed in the Pleasant Hill neighbor
hood of the county yesterady. It is in
this region that the Mormons have gained
a strong foothold by their missionary work
and several of the best citizens of the vil
lage have been converted to the Mormon
belief. At a considerable expense the
band had built a church, which was about
to be dedicated a few weeks ago, when a
firebug applied the torch to it and it was
destroyed. Since then some of the elders
have been beaten and other assaults have
been committed upon the Mormons by al
leged Whitecaps.
The Mormons say they know who burn
ed their church, which was the only one
of their faith in the state, but they say
they will not prosecute them, wishing to
avoid further trouble. Several farmers
have only recently been ordained as elders
in the church. Last week Elders Charles
Hauck and J. T. Pubble received notice
through the mails that if they did not
quit giving shelter to and aiding the
“Mormons from Utah” who had been stop
ping with these men for several davs they
would be severely dealt with. The Mor
mons say they do not want to have any
trouble, but will protect themselves from
violence.
It is said today that preparations are
being made for the entire membership of
the local church to go to Utah and settle
permanently. I. N. Parker, of Pleasant
Hill neighborhood, and Elder Blackburne
left here on Saturday for Salt Lake City
to prepare for the exodus.
''TRUSTS’“CANT COLLECT.
Decision That Makes Debts to (Members of
Trusts Invallid.
Joplin, Mo., Dec. 30. —A decision rend
ered in the Jasper county circuit court is
of interest to mercantile combinations
operating in this state. Baker and John
son were agents for the Aetna Powder Co.
and owed that concern S6OO. Johnson, it
is said, acknowledged the debt, but Baker
refused to do so. - Johnson allowed the
powder company to bring suit. The at
torney for Baker cited the state laws to
the effect that a conlpany or individual
being a member of a trust for controlling
the price of a commodity could not re
cover any sum by law in this state. The
Aetna Powder Co. does business through
the Missouri Supply Co., which is sup
posed to handle the business, of all powder
companies in' this region. The powder
company’s attorney contended that the
combination was not for controlling prices
The judge’s instructions to the jury w-ere*
that if they found that the plaintiff was a
mt >ber of a trust formed for controlling
the price of a commodity they should find
for the defendant and the jtiry so found.
COMMODORE PHILIP
Passes Throw Waycross on .His Way to
Brooklyn.
By Associated Press.
'Waycross, Ga.. Dec. 30.—Commodore J.
W. Philip, of the Battleship Texas, passed
through here this morning enroute for
'Brooklyn, here he will assume command of
the Brooklyn navy yard.
WHEW!;
How's This For Cold Weathe J ?~Down to
34 Below.
By Associated Press.
West Superior. Dec.. 30. —The thermom
eter is 28 degrees below- zero. The mer
cury fell to 34 below during the night.
AN UNBIDDEN GUEST
He Invaded a Home and Was Shot and In
stantly Killed.
By Associated Press.
Sergent, Ky., Dec. 30. —'George Frazer,
a prominent young farmer, gave a holiday
dance last night to which John Stidborn
came unbidden. Frazer ordered Stidborn
to leave and on his refusal shot him dead.
Frazer gave himself up.
RAR ROOMS
IN MACON.
The Old Prodortion to Be
Maintained During Next
Year.
Theh number of barrooms in Macon next
year will remain about the same. The law
requires that all saloon keeps shall file an
application for the privilege of keeping
barrooms in the city„ All of these appli
cations must be in by (Saturday night, and
a majority of the saloon kepers have al
ready filed them. •
There are several who will drop out,
however, but there will be others in their
stead. This will keep the average number
of saloohs in operation. It is not proba
ble that the license will be lowered, as is
thought by some of the citizens, for there
is a general tendencey to raise the license
if anything. J
RECEIVED HIS SON A PRISONER.
Hartford, Conn.. Dec. 30. —The state
prison directors held a meeting here this
afternoon, and the resignation of Warden
Woodbridge, which had been asked for,
was received and accepted. Tn the supe
rior court. last week the warden’s son,
Kirk, was sentenced to a four years’ term
in the institution. He was clerk at the
prison and in the past five years robbed
the state of about slo.f>oo. His father had
knowledge of the defalcations for two
months before notifying the directors, and
the state authorities failed to discover the
crooked work in their regular investiga
tions. •
The son was taken to the prison today
to serve his sentence along with a dozen
other handcuffed prisoners, and was re
ceived at the gates by his father, the war
den. who refused to recognize him. The
natural relations of the two were lost in
their official relations. There has been
considerable complain of rhe manner in
which the warden has managed some of
the affairs at the prison, and two years
ago a legislative committee, of which Gov
ernor-elect Lounebury was a member,
made the investigation, but their repot t
disclosed no surprising recommendations.
Carnival Editions free of charge to sol
diers and subscribers at The News office.
LfflIMS
Dangerous Contion on Cher
ry Street Near Third.
AN EXPLOSION POSSIBLE
A (Reporters Remarkable Experi
ment-Something Should be
Done.
On Cherry street, between George F.
i Wings and the Exchange Hotel, arises a
i most unpleasant odor of gas, which is very
offensive to the mrechants passing and the
soldiers who have quarters in the Ameican
National Bank building.
A person going there, will 11 ad by strik
ing a match and applying it to the curb
stone on the ground that the gas will
burn as if coming from out of a jet. A re
porter of The News and Patrolman Pear
son visited the place last might and made
the experiment. The gas burned brightly
from the cracks in the curbston and the
ground. On putting out the blaze a ter
rible odor arose. The only reason which
can be given for such an occurrence as
this is that one of the gas mains must
have an exceedingly large crack. Patrol
man Pearson. reported the matter to the
police headqauters and the gas company
was also notified.
The gas has been escaping at that point
for several days and numerous complaints
have been made. One of the army sur
geons said last night that the odor of gas
was very unhealthy for everybody who
breathed it and that unless something was
done within the next few- days to prevent
the leakage the soldiers would all be sick.
It’ is a remarkable thing to see the gas
burn from the ground, ind should the leak
grow larger it will 'be dangerous for fire
to be carried near the place.
Ladies, Don’t Miss Vs.
The bargains we offe* in Beifeld Jackets
are marvellous.
Newnan Millinery Co.
Soldiers —Send a picture of Macon back
to the home-folks. Cbme to The News
office and get its handsome illustrated re
view of Macon free of charge.
GOOD WEATHER
FOR SOLDIERR.
Thev Are Verv Much Pleased
With the PresentlCon
ditions.
There was a rumor on the streets this
| morning to the effect that the corps head
quarters would leave ,he city for Cuba on
Tuesday. _ This was denied by the officials,
however, who said that no orders had been
received to that effect.
The weather for the past few days has
been very good and the men in the .camps
seem to be enjoying it. There are some of
the soldiers, however, who are never sat
isfied at any place they go to and there are
some kicks being made among the men in
regard to moving.
The officers, however, all seem to be
deughted with 'Macon and so far none of
them have expressed a desire to move. The
regular drills are continued at all of the
camps and are witnessed every afternoon
by large crowds. The bands nearly always
give concerts and this fact alone tends to
draw the peop’e out.
For the past week the men have had
very little use for the tent stoves on ac
,count of the warm weather and the gov
ernment has been put to very little ex
pense in buying wood.
The grip smees to be the prevailing dis
ease in the camps and at the division hos
pital. All of the regimental hospitals are
filled with patients suffering with the dis
ease and the division hospital also is
filled. It is a remarkable fact, however,
that very few men have died of the dis
ease and the army surgeons are still com
menting upon the fact that Macon is the
healthiest place that the troops of the
American army have yet camped.
SAILED FOR CUBA.
Both Gen. Bates and Gen. Langer Now at
Sea.
By Associated Press.
Charleston, Dec. 30—The transport Man
itoba, sailed this morning at 7:30 o’clock
for Matanzas with General Sanger’s bri
gade headquarters’ hospital corps and
the Twelfth New York regiment. The
Minnewaeka sailed at the same hour for
Cienfugos with General Bates and staff
and the Sixth Ohio.. The Saratoga sailed
at 12:30 o’clock for Havana with a bat
talion of the first regular infantry.
COTTON SEASON.
Very Little to Be Brought in—Short Guano
Sales.
The cotton season of 1898 is over.
Nearly all of the farmers have brought in
their last bales, while some few have cot
ton in the filed which will be picked out
During, the last few days the price has
gone up considerably and there is a feel
ing among thd merchants that the farmers
will plant as Large crops as before. The
receipts this year were smaller b.v 20,000
bales than last year, owing to discrimina
ting rates on the railroads.
The guano agents are making a tour cf
the country, but it is reported that they
are meeting with very little success. Many
of the farmers who bought a large supoly
of guano this year went broke this fall,
and it is the general opinion that there
will not be very much guano scld this
year.
AMERICAN TRADE WITH JAPAN..
Seattle. Dec. 30. —The Japanese steam
ship Kinshu sailed this morning so- Yo
kohama with 5,000 bales of cotton and
other American products that are admitted
duty free. This will probably be the last
trio of this steamer on the Seattle and
Yokohama route, as the company intend
to place 6,000-ton vessels on the route,
making tri-monthly trips.
WINTER RESORT IN CUBA.
Collector of Custome Race on the Advan
tages of Baracoa.
Washington. Dec. 30—W. E. Race, of El
Paso, Texas, formerly collector of customs
at that place, but lately employed in a
similar capacity at Baracoa, Cuba, has
written this letter to Assistant Secretary
Howell, of the treasury:
“Baracoa, 1 am told, is the most pleas
antly situated of all the towns in Cuba,
and I must say there is no city I have ever
eeen on our own coast that is so well en
dowed with such a favorable location, i
Were this point on our Southern coast its
value as a winter resort could not be esti
mated by any found there. The harbor is
small, but Quite deep, any vessel being
perfectly safe within its boundaries. The
town is situated on what we would term
a small cape, of coral formation. At the
extreme sea point is situated the land fort
or fortifications, if one could so call the
cannon they have within its secure and
well built walls. The harbor lies west and
north of the town, and on the east is a
half-circle inlet, about a mile or less wide,
with a beautiful beach. Across the harbor
on the west side is equally as well located
a site for a fine resort as one could wish
for. On each side of the town, about three
miles apart, mountain. streams enter the
sea from the south. Fishing in sea and
rivers is good, and there is fine hunting
throughout the surrounding mountains.
Pheasants and similar game are plentiful,
also deer. The climate here at present is
similar to the spring climate of our Middle
States, and the nights are cool and pleas
ant. Since arriving in Cuba myself and
family have not suffered in the least from
any of the causes' of sickness the island
is said to possess.’*
GOOD FOR SHEEP HERDERS.
Oregon and Washington Forestry Reserves
to be Thrown Open.
Tacoma. Dec. 30.—Commencing next
year, the government will lease all pas
turage grounds along the Cascade moun
tains, contained in the forestry reserves,
to sheep herders at $5 a thousand head’
If there is competition for the same tract
it will be auctioned off. The eastern
slopes of Mount Ranier have been the
greatest sheep pasture in the state. This
year 500,000 sheep grazed there.
The superintendents of (he forestry res
ervations in Oregon and Wasington met
here today and decided to divide the pas
ture districts into well defined ranges,
their boundaries being marked by streams
and ridges. Grazing will be prohibited
until June 20. ±
PARENTS CARELESS. _
As a Result Two Children are Burned to
Death,
By Associated Press,
Washington, G. TL, Ohio, Dec. 30.—Cary
Roby and Frank Brown, sons of Albert
Brown and William Roby, living near here
were burned to death in the Brown house
which was destroyed by fire while their
parents were away. Os five children left
in the house three escaped.
BLEW OUT GAS.
One Soldier Dead and Another May Die—
A Savannah Tragedy.
By Associated Press.
Savannah, Ga., ‘Dec. 30.—One soldier of
the Tenth Illinois regiment was found
dead in a. 'house on South Bread street at
noon today, asphyxiated by gas. He was
Corporal Marshall Williams. His compan
ion, Corporal James iNewman, also of
Company F, Tenth Illinois, was uncon
scious .and is now in the hospital. The men
went to the room at midnight last night
and prevailed upon the female proprietor
of the place to let them spend the night.
The woman says that they were intoxica
ted and went to the room together. It is
supposed that they blew out the gas.
A FINE HOME
BURNED
Residence of Mr. Julian Lane
in Ashes—Other Prop
erty Endangered.
The residence of 'Mr. Julian R. bane,
genral manager of the fMacon and Birm
ingham Railway, burned to the ground
yesterday afternoon about 5 o’clock. The
house was on College street next to that
of Mr. C. M. Orr, and it was thought for
a time that Mr. Orr’s home would burn
also.
The origin of the fire is unknown, but
it is thought that it’caught from some
grass which was set on fire by some boys
who were playing near.' In the basement
of the house was a large pile of railroad
crossties w’hich were stored there for fuel,
and it is thought that these Ignited and
caused the fire. ,
The fire started about 5 o’clock and in a
few minutes ‘the house was ift'flames. The
fire alarm was turned in and the fire de
partment responded promptly. The fire
laddies worked hard and kept the house of
Mr. Orr from catching fire.
The house of Mr. bane was a total loss,
but it is covered by insurance. >Mr. and
Mrs. Granville Conner, Jr., lived in the
house. The work of the fire department
deserves special mention, for had it not
been for their hard -work the house of Mr.
Orr would have also gone up in smoke.
MASONIC INSULATION
Exercises of Washington Lodge—Master
W. T. Morgan's Address.
By Associated Press.
Washington bodge No. 28. A. O. U. W.,
held its public installation last night. Re
freshments were served to the members,
their families and friends. It was an en
joyable occasion. The exercises took place
at Morgan’s Hall, and after a very pleas
ant and instructive address by Grand Mas
ter Workman W. T» Morgan. he installed I
the following officers:
E. D. Hope. M. W.; E. b. Reeves. F.; N.
Aldrich, 0.. J. E. Warren. Fin.. J. W. Wa-.
terhouee, Rec.; J. B. Payton, Guide, David
Rees, Recorder; J. A. Rickehbaker, I. W.;
W. D. Broadway. O. W.
The exercises closed w’irh an address by
Past Grand Master Workman, N. G. Gee
winner.
IT IS i WELL
KNOWN FACT
That the Well Known Dry
Goods House Has Had
Enough of the
PERIODICAL TICKET SfSTEM.
This Well Known House Has Only
Felt the Effect on Their Trade,
and Received No Benefit,
The dry goods house that The News*
representative interviewed yesterday on
the Periodical Ticket system has never re
ceived Periodical Tickets, and it is a well
known fact that the firm of Burden, Smith
& Co., have received them exclusively since
their introduction into Macon, and the
Periodical Ticket Cota pan y is under con
tract to the firm of Burden, 'Smith & Co. to
give them the exclusive use of the tickets
for this city, and no other dry goods
house can receive them, so that the house
■that was interviewed yesterday can not
discontinue on the first of January the
use of for they have never re
ceived them.
•Reference was made to a prominent
clothing merchant, but Mr. R. L. Hyman
has interviewed Messrs. Chas. L. Wachtel’s
Sons, and they are more than pleased with
the result and said send every man, wo
man and child in Bi-bb comity to Our store
and we will sell them at oiu price and re
ceive Periodical Tickeu.
’Mr. Hvman states iha-. the company will
stftit the year 1899 wua renewed <ourage.
and hopes to have every buyer in Macou
users of Periodical Tickets before the 2otn
day of December. 189(1. So the Advertising
Journal Company, through its manager,
'Mr. R. b. Hyman, wishes everyone of its
customers a happy and prosperous New
Year. »
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CAPTAIN HARDEE .
RESIGNED
Popular Officer of the Third
Engineers will Return to
Captain W. .J. Hardee, Company F of the
Third Engineers, has resigned and will
return to his home in bouisiana. He sent
in his resignation several days ago and*
this morning he received notice that it had
been accepted.
Captain 'Hardee is recognized as one of
the ablest officers in the army and is an
exceptionally fine civil engineer. Before
entering the army he was in charge of the
government levees along the Mississippi
river and he will return to his former du
ties Sunday.
Since being in Macon Captain Hardee
has made many friends and it is with re
gret that they will learn of his resigna
tion. He is one of the most popular offi
cers in the regiment and for the past
month has been judge of the summary
court at The provost quarters and has
made an excellent official.
RECORDER’S COURT.
Business Transacted at the City Hall This
Morning.
The docket at the police station this
morning was exceedingly small, only three
cases being booked. E. W. Patterson, of
Atlanta, was arrested as a suspect but was
released. Mary Henderson, a negro wo
man who has just been released from the
city chaingang, was sent back for twenty
days for disorderly conduct.
The station sergeant said this morning
that the woman spent most of her time in
the stockade and seemed that she wasnt’
satisfied unless she was out there.
The two other cases were for drunk and
disorderly and the offenders were fined $lO
each.
For some time past there has been a
hitch between the police and the provost
guards in regard to arresting citizens. It
seems that the provosts have made a prac
tice of arresting citizens whenever they
got an opportunity. They ha\e no right
to do this as it was not in the agreement
entered upon by Major Logan, the first
provost marshal and the chief of police.
The agreement was that the provost were
to report all disorderly citizens to the po
lice and only arrest them in extreme cases.
The policemen were to arrest disorderly
soldiers and turn them over to the guard.
The provost violated the contract, how
ever, and several citizens were arrested.
Several times there came -near being
trouble as on one occasion a citizen re
fused to be arrested by one of the guards
and the guard found it necessary to call
a policeman. The matter has been ar
ranged satisfactorily, however, and there
will be no more trouble.
CUBANS MUCH EXCITED.
The Soldiers Want to Have a Hot Time
in Havana.
By Associated Press.
Havana, Dee. 30.—The Cuban patriotic
committee, consisting of 150 leading Cu
ban lawyers, doctors and business men, at
a meeting this morning decided to yield
without reservation to the wishes of Gen
eral Brooke and General Ludlow in the
matter of postponing the six days’ celebra
tions and has approved the manifesto to
the Cuban population in Havana on the
lines of General Ludlow’s reply on the
subject of the proposed celebrations, quot
: ing some portions of it and paraphrasing
• others. The Cuban citizens of Havana and
the Cuban soldiers ohteide are intensely
excited, but the patriotic committee and
the military chiefs of the Cubans think
they can quiet this feeling and prevent
violent incidence.
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