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Council Proceedings. Council Chamber, Jan. 12, 1899. Council met tin City Hall and was called to ord -r by Mayor R L. Carith er*. All the a’.dcrmen were present ex cept D Y. Hodges. Mayor called for report of commit tees. Sanitary committee report as fol lows: Wo condemn the houses in tbo rear of the Sogars, Russell and DeLaPer riere block. Police committee recommended pay ment of <iay and night police for month of December and January up to the 14. 1899. Finance coromitte report was read and adopted as follows: We find amount of taxable property to be $210,- 855 at 90 cents is $1,947.20. The clerk has turned over to the treasurer ct this amount $1,678 82. Amount allowed G J. & S. R. R $72.00. Amount taxis still unpaid $159.80 Amount of Ogl ■> tax unpaid $2.57. Not accounted lor $35.07 Amount 11 fas 97. Tax and cost $274.14. Amount of this paid $7l 75. Amount oil hand $174.69 Amount unaccounted for $27 68 Fines imposed as per minutes for 1898 $ll3 o'\ Fines collected as j er cash book $100,40. Balance unoollectfd $52.60. The following bills were approved: Git. R. li freight on piping $1 22, T. A. Maynard, lumber for well $1.28, H J- Seymour, drayage (or street 60 cents. Dabney Hardware Cos., $l5O, Kilgore, Kelly & Cos. $2 07, W. D. .Sims, snlajy to January 14. *99 $B5 83. S. L Carter, salary to January 14. ’O9 $35 83, N. J. Kelly, extra service as treasurer $5.00, Dabney Hardware Cos. for heaters $9.80" Amount due Board Education from 80 per cent of city tuxes ft-r ’985503 64, amount paid Board Education Decem ber $300.00, amount Board Elucntion owes city on note SIOO, ballai.oo duo Board for 1898 $48.64 We find in the hands of the City Attorney Sundry school accounts aggregating S4OO as per list attached. We find W. IT. Quartor man has on hand in cash $1 15 We recommend that all these accounts be put into judgement as soon as possible. W find orsh in the hands of the treas urer $488.47 to day. We recommend the payment of S2OO 00 part principle aud SBO 00 interest on note of city in favor of H. N. Rainey of $1,000,00 We recommend balance of uncollected taxes amounting to $159 80 be put into fi fas at once and turned over to our successors. J. T. Strange, Chairman. Report of the Honorable Mayor and Council of City of Winder from Seore tary Board of Education: To Amt. Rec'd to date $2 884.58 Total Amt* paid out to dato 2197.28 Balance in treasury 87.85 Duo ns from city 43.68 Amt. in treasury 131,03 4th quarter J & W. Cos. 208 46 Total 839 49 Owe teachers 206 SO Bal for spring 181.C9 From city Winder $1309 36 Less note 400.00 W. H. yUAKTKKMAN, Sccty. January 13th 1869, Now Council met aud was called to order by Mayor Cant-hen*. All the Ahh rnien were present and were sworn and subscribed to the oath of ollioe. The first thing in order was the elec tion rf o fifteens. G. W. DoLaPernero was re-elected clerk; L. A. House, treasurer; John Ethridge and J. H. Jackson day ami night marshals, one to go on duty at 12 o’clock in day aud oome off at 12 o’clock at night. Following are the salaries for the year: Major SSO. ot) L'lerk (50,00 Treasurer 12.00 Police per month $33.33f< Following are standing committees; Finance—J. T. Strange, A A. Camp aud W. L. Di LaPeri iere. Street Committed—A. A. Camp, H. T. Ethridgo aud S E. Sharptou. Public Improve mont—H. T. Eth ridge, J. H. Smith aud J. T Strange. Sanitary—W. L. DeLaPerriere, A. A Camp aud S. E. Sharptou. Ordinance—J. H. Smith, J, T. Strange and W. L* DeDaPeriiere, Police—H. T. Ethridge, A. A. Camp and J. H. Smith. Council will meet regularly on last Tuesday evening iu each mouth at 730 fast time. Motion to adjourn prevailed. R. L CaRISHKRS. Mayor- G. W. DeLaPkriukkk, Clerk. j . L(J BAi\ ts .■_ t r lattl&l S Colk - *>■ i ■ IwVlftVa Vj U jj vt miiitm-j*. Sear -tomacb ami Summer Uompl&iutx. Prlv, 2 C G. W. DeLaPerriere, Winder, Ga. Minute Cough Cure, cures. Hti t hat it> what it made tor. ALL WOMEN Suffering from female trembles should try the "Old Time’’ KemeUy, It has no equal. It strengthens the delicate female organs and builds a wom an up. All suffering and Irregularities at "monthly” periods can be avoided by Us use. Jt is for young girls maturing, for mothers, and for women at Chanje of Life. Ktioiel i>e used before child-birth. Sold' by all druggists, or sent (postpaid) on receipt of price SI.OO. PRFR: Rook on Home Treatment, of Fe mnlo 1 Useas.-s. NfcW SPEINCLK MEDICINE CO., Chattanooga, Tennessee. Li. W . DeiuPcrritre, Winder. Ga, Do Wit! • L u.d i .uny Risers, r t mous liitlo Dills. Pound Hanging to a Tree. Bessemer, Ala., Jan. 17. —William Brant, a German employed at the Bes semer Pipe plant, was found dead hang ing by a little rawhide string to a tree in the woods near here. Ho had been drinking for a few days and it is be lieved he committed suicide, though there is suspicion that the man was robbed and then hanged in the woods by highwaymen. Pram was educated at Heidelberg university and was an officer in the Franco-Prussian war. The coroner held an inquest and decided that it was a case of suicide. A N< w Itoiet to It‘ ltullt. Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 17.—Articles of incorporation of the Anniston and Coosa Coalfield railroad have been filed with the secretary of state. It is to be gin in Anniston and to run west into the Coosa coal fields in St. Clair county to inter sect the Alabama Great South ern railroad at some point between At talla and Birmingham. The capital is to be $250,000. The incorporators are W. F. Johnston, C. B. Randolph, F. M. Hight, J. S. W. Kee, H. W. Sexton and J. 0. Sprowell of Calhoun county. A Shooting In Hrunswlck. Brunswick, Ga., Jan. 17.—Dan Ran dolph, a well known man about town, was shot and badly wounded by Alfred Turner. The shooting, according to Randolph’s supposedly dying statement, occurred about an alleged insult Turner is said to have offered a relative of Ran dolph. Turner states be was justifiable in the shooting, but on the advice of his attorneys declines to say anything fur ther. Randolph will recover. A Court mart ini For Eagan. Washington, Jam 17.— President Mc- Kinley announced to the cabinet, at its regular meeting today that he had de termined tocourtmartial General Eagau. Secretary Alger was not ureseut at the cabinet meeting, but Adjutant General Corbin was at the White House in con ference with the president on the sub ject just prior to tlio cabinet session. The order for the courtmartial probably will be made today. Depositors to Lose Nothing. Columbus, (>a., Jan. 17.—An order has been received from the comptroller of the currency, at Washington, direct ing that the stockholders of the defunct Chattahoochee National bank bo as sessed $39,000. This is $39 per share of stock. With the money raised from this souroe the remainder of the depos itors’ money will be paid, and the debts of the institution wiped out. An Indiana Battalion Sails. Charleston, Jan. 17. —Major Bach man, with Companies A, B, E and F of the One Hundred and Sixtieth In diana volunteers, arrived from Colum bus, Gn., last night and sailed for Ma tanzas, Cuba, at noon today on the trail sport Sural ogu. Tfer are about 400 men iu the battalion. First Eviction In AMgapfa. Augusta, Ga., Jan. f6.-Tlto first eviction from mill houses of operatives was made today This is the seventh week of the strike. The operatives and operators are as far apart as ever. The operatives ask the operatives of other cities not to come to Augusta at this time. Evictions were halted after one family had been put out. because a cold, drizzling rain began falling. Tetter, Salt-Rheum and Eczema The intense itching and smarting incident to these diseases, is instantly allayed by applying Chamberlain’s Eye and Skin Ointment. Many very bad cases have been permanently cured by it. It is equally efficient for itching piles and a favorite remedy for sore nipples, chapped hands, chilblains, frost bites and chronio sore eyed. 26c per box. Dr. Cady’s Condition Powders are just what a horse needs when in bad condition. Tonic, blood purifier and vermifuge. They are not food hut medicine aud the best in use to put a horse in prime condition. Price 2tt a package- For sale by JJ. C. Poole, Winder,(Ja, MERRITT PRESIDES AT EAGAN'S TRIAL Unofficially Stated He Will Head the Court. CLOUS JUDGE ADVOCATE? Conduct Unbecoming hii Officer and a Gentleman the Charge on Which the Army Commissary General Is to Be Arraigned. Washington, Jan. 18. — It was stated at the war department that no an nouncement would be made today of the detail for the courtmartial in the case of Commissary General Eagan. It is likely that the department is in tele graphic correspondence with a number of officers of high rank who are re garded as available to ascertain whether they can undertake duty on the court martial without injury to the service to which i hey are now assigned. Pending the result of these inquiries it is, of course, not possible to publish the full details. It was stated unofficially that Major General Merritt will be one of the mem bers of the court, and being the senior officer available for the court he will be the president. Lieutenant Colonel John W. Clous, who holds the rank of briga dier general of volunteers, and who was secretary of the evacuation commission m Cuba, is mentioned as the judge advocate. Brigadier General A. W. Greeley, chief signal officer of the United ritates army, is also mentioned as a member oi the court. Further than this nothing could be learned of the probable detail. No volunteer officers will be members of the court. While the military laws provide that the members of the court shall be of the same or superior rank, yet inferior offi cers may sit. on the case. General Merritt is not only a strict disciplinarian but strongly disapproves of ungentleuianly conduct in an officer. General Eagan will be charged with conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. Article 61 of the military legulations reads as follows: ‘‘Any officer who is convicted of con duct unbecoming an officer and a gen tiemau shall be dismissed from the ser vice.” The judge advocate general of the army will be directed to prepare the charges and specifications. Inasmuch 5s General Eagan with drew his statement from the commis sion and lias submitted wmrfber, it may be more difficult to %m We charges, yet army officers hoW that it will only be necessary to submit to the court that certain offensive words were used. Mem bars of the commission can bo brought before the court, but it will be optional with them whether they testify. WOOD TALKS OF CUBANS. bun Hugo’s Kuiur tile Honored Guest at a Big Dinner. New York, Jan. 18.—General Leon ard Wood, military governor of Santi ago, was the guest of honor at a dinner given by the Union League club last night. General Wood received a very hearty greeting when he was intro duced. In speaking of Cuba aud the Cubans he said: “Whatever has been done in Cuba has been done not only for the Cubans but for the United States. “We have gone down to that island for the purpose of giving those people liberty and it is my experience that they have demonstrated thus far, at nny rate, that they are tjnite capable of appreciating what we can do, and their response to such liberty as has been pre sented to them has been very quick. “There has been a good deal which, from our standpoint, was not satisfac tory and which I think could be attrib uted to the fact that those people have hardly got in the way of trusting them selves, but the perfectly open policy that we have pursued has disarmed them to a certain extent aud today, as far as I know, the respect for th# Amer ican flag aud the American people and American good faith is all right.” KnUrotul \Yis Ita Cuff. Savannah, Jan. 18.—In the cuu*e of Mclver against the Florida Central and Peninsular railroad, Judge Speer de cided in favor of the railroad company. A negro boy named Mclver was pushed off a freight train by a brakeman and killed. His mother, who lives near Brunswick, brought suit for SIO,OOO damages. Judge Speer stated that the company was not responsible for the act of the ruffian brakeman aud directed a verdict for the defendant. Hattie Over Samoa’s Throne. Melbourne, Jau. 18.— Advices re ceived here from Samoa today under date of Jan 12 say there has been fight ing there over the decision of Chief Justice Chambers in favor of Malietoa Tannse, one of the candidates to the throne in succession to the late King Malietoa. It is added that the native followers of Mataafa, the rival aspirant to the kingship, were victorious. Sev enty-three men were killed or wounded. Governor Jones Sworn In. Little Rock, Jau. 18.—Governor Dan W. Jones, Attorney General Jeff Davis, Secretary of State A. C. Hull, State Treasurer Thomas F. Little and State Auditor Clay Sloan took the oath of office this morning before the joint ses sion of the general assembly. BAM 111 iii, .-ST OF KIS RESOLUTION Georgia Senator Opposed to Ruling tlio Filipinos. HE POINTS OUT DANGERS Says a Declaration From Congress of Our Intention to Withdraw From the Islands Will Prevent Fighting at Slaniln anil Iloilo. Washington, Jan. 18.—Mr. Bacon of Georgia today addressed the senate upon his antiexpansiou resolutions wnich were presented last week. Ha said in part: ‘‘Of all the great powers of the earth the government of the United States is the only one that contends tor the right in all people of self government. \\ hen they abandon in practice this principle, when they impose their dominion on an unwilling people in the majestic march of free institutions, the hand upon the great dial of the clock of the world will have been set back 100 years. “It is not to be believed that the gov ernment of the United States will, with full appreciation of the nature and the consequences of the act, thus violate the principle of the right of self govern ment. It is incredible, nay impossible, that the liberty loving people of these United States will consent that by power of arms the dominion of this government shall be forced on a people who have owed us no allegiance—who are struggling to be free. “There is not a civil official of the government who will admit that he favors such an act. There is not a pub lic man in the country who will admit that ho favors the enslavement of a peo ple. There is not a senator who world not repel the charge if made again t him and yet there are many who are advocating a course, the inevitable con sequence of which, if successfully pur sued, is to accomplish the enslavement of the people of the Philippine islands. “When we declared war against Spain we also declared that we did not go to war for aggrandizement or for the acquisition of territory. We said that on the contrary we went to war to make good to the people of Cuba the title to the independence and freedom, which all recognized that as a people they had already won, and to secure for them the establishment of a stable government. The war has passed. There has been no foreign intervention and will be none. Cubans and Filipinos Equal. ‘‘Now, what I wish to accomplish by these resolutions is that the United States shall in this hour of victory; in this hour of undisputed physical power, make substantially the same declara tion relative to the Philippine islands that we have made relative to Cuba. ” Mr. Bacon declared there was no dif ference in the rights of the Cubans and the Filipinos, and they should all b treated equally under the resolutions adopted by congress, although the Phil ippines were not in mind at the time of the declaration of war. He said our obligations to the Philippines rested upon the alliance of the Americans wttb the Filipinos during the war, and added: “We hear frequent and earliest asser tions that it is our duty to see to it that European nations do not appropriate the Philippine islands. Well, sir, Ido not wish to see these islands become the prey of laud grabbing nations of Eu rope. I wish and hope to see the inhab itauts of the Philippines a free and in dependent nation. They have the ter ritory and the population sufficient for nationality and they have shown their readiness to fight for their freedom. I hope that by negotiation or otherwise it may be arranged and agreed among the leading nations that they may remain a free nation. I am willing that the United State* shall through peaceful measures endeavor to accomplish these results. But lam not willing that the United States shall go to war to protect the Philippine islands from being des poiled and appropriated by one or more European nations. “I am most deeply impressed with the importance of the prompt announce ment hy this government of the declar ation contained in these resolutions that the United States does not intend to es tablish its dominion over the Philippine islands. One good result from suoh a declaration will, in my opinion, be the prompt of a lot of the ques tions growing out of the war with Spain. HE BROKE JAIL 20 TIMES. Capture of a Man Who Has Robbed Five Trains and Many Offices. Meridian, Miss., Jan. 14.—The post office at Eu ter prise, Miss., was blown open with dynamite Monday and robbed. Thrasher Mead, one of the most desper ate criminals in this country, was ar rested in Mobile and brougUt to Enter prise, but not until after a desperate fight with the officers. A large quan tity of stamps and $1,138 in cash stolen from the safe in the Enterprise post office were recovered. Mead has a criminal record that is hardly second to that of the notorious Rube Burrows For nearly ten years he has infested the railroads of Mississ ippi and Alabama aud is known to have been intimately connected with a band of negro robbers in Chicago. Mead is known to have been impli cated iu five train robberies, and the Southern Express company has proof that he blew open safes in their offices at Aberdeen and Durant, Miss., last year. He has escaped from 21 jails and once from the Alabama penitentiary since he began his criminal career. HUNTING FOR PAUL JONES. No Tidings Received of the Missing Naptha Launch. Mobile, Jan. 18.—Captain La Bogne of the fishing smack John W. Hilden, which arrived this morning, reports that while cruising at Chandeleur island on Jan. 6 he was told by Captain Hau sen, the lighthouse keeper, that a party of ladies and gentlemen in a large yacht had stopped in the island on Jan. 5 and visited the lighthouse. He did not say what course they took after leaving the island. The report of a launch stranded on Dauphin island that was received here late" last night will be thoroughly in vestigated today. Instructions have been sent bv Mr Harry Hartwell, a promin in yachi.-man here, to Fort Morgan, to ono of nis boats to visit Dauph i island immediately and look for :i'o launch. No information has bee:, received up to tiii- time by him. M v Taggart of Indianapolis and Mr Lawrence Jones of Louisville, the own rof (lie yacht, will -enure a tug boat two naphtha launches and several men who will visit the entire coasts and all riie small islands. They will leave to. afternoon if no news o. "> ho missing yacht is received here. A number of pilots here think she is somewhere around Chandeleur island aground in one of the numerous inlets around that place. The Hat rub broth ers, residing at Daphne, Ala., once spent 20 days in one of these sloughs, having gone aground in a storm. EAGLE AND PHENIX RULING. Judge Newman Fixes tile Fees In This Celebrated Litigation. Columbus, Ga., Jan. 18 —Judge New man has rendered his rulings in the fee features of the Eagle and Phenix case. In his recent findings, Special Master Peabody recommended that the receiv ers of the mills, G. Gunby Jordan and J. W. English, be given $50,000 for their two years’ service. The finding was excepted to by the bondholders. Judge Newman ruled that the receiv ers be given $35,000, $17,500 for each year’s service. He also ruled that they get 1 per cent on the moneys they fur nished the mills. During the two years they were in charge they secured, by their personal credit, nearly $1,000,000, for which they were individually responsible. The 1 per cent on this, together with the $35,- 000, will make the receivers get $49,000, practically the amount recommended. The special master recommended that L. F. Garrett get $15,000 for his services as attorney in various capacities. Mr. Garrard had asked for $37,500. He ex cepted to the master’s findings on the ground that he deserved more. The bondholders excepted on the grounds that he was getting too much Judge Newman overfnled both exceptions and Mr. Garrard gets $15,000. Judge Newman sustained the finding of the special master that the American Banking company, trustee for the bond holders, be given $2,500, bur ruled that the sum of $l,OOO previously paid the trustee should uot be counted in this. GASTON TO PROPOSE UNION. Populist Leader May Urge Co-Opera tion With Democrats. Montgomery, Abi., Jan. 18. —Judge Zell Gaston of Butler, the Populist! leader iu this state, has proposed to the Democrats that if they will accord to the Populists as many representatives in the approaching constitutional con vention as they now have representa tives in the Alabama senate, lie will urge the Populists to abandon their or ganization and bring all the white men of Alabama together again. As the Populists have only seven members of the senate, and as the con stitutional convention will contain 133 persons, Ju Ige Gaston’s proposition is regarded as entirely fair. The proposition will, it is said, be for mally made to the Democratic execu tive committee, which will meet here on Jan. 26. LAKE CITY MAN IN PRISON. Accused of Helping to Lyuch the Negro Postmaster. Charleston, Jan. 18.—Alien Belk, a prominent citizen of Lake City, this state, has been lodged in jail here, charged with being implicated in the lynching of the negro postmaster, Baker, in his town a year ago. The postoffice, where Baker and his family lived, was fired by a white mob and the inmates shot down as they fled. Baker and his baby were killed and sev eral of his children seriously ghot. United States marshals have gone to Lake City to arrest other parties against whom there is said to be proof. Thirteen prominent white men are now under indictment for the crime and the case will be tried in the federal courts here in April. Three Hangings Scheduled. Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 16.—Three legal hangings here are on the program for this week. John and Henry Hall, two negroes, brothers, are to be exe cuted on Friday at noon, and Sam Jones, another negro, will be swung into eternity on the following day at the same hour. All three of the negroes have been convicted of murdering white men. Lynching at Lynchburg. Nashville, Jan. 18.—George Call, alias Tony, and John Shaw, alias Pig ley, both negroes, and who bore a bad 'reputation in the community, were shot and killed by unkuown persons at Lynchburg last night.