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THE EVENING GALL. Vol. X. No. 249 OUTBREAK AT SANTIAGO Four Enlisted Men Have Died of Yel low Fever- Santiago de Cuba, June 23.—The outbreak of yellow fiver hero is con fined mainly to the Fifth Infantry, quartered al the old Spanish barracks. Foul enlist'd men have died. One officer and nineteen men are in the hospital. There has been one death among the civilians and there are 3 suspected cases. The fever started simultaneously in the guard house and the band quarters of the barracks. All the cases have been removed to the fever hospital across the bay and the equipments of the barracks were disinfected. For the present the garrison will encamp out of the city. The doctors believe the disease is under control. The old residents say there has been fever in the barracks every spring, but this fact was suppressed by the Span ish when the Americans took posses sion. Ac a conference between General Brooke and General Lee today the latter urged a reorganization of rural guards in the province of Pinar Del Rio, to allay the feeling of unrest among the Spanish, by affording them sufficient protection. Gen. Gomez has informed General Brooke that he has received letters from Cuban chiefs in the interior, say. ing that it is impossible to correct the lists of the Cuban army or to make new ones, as many of tl>e soldiers are already working on plantations, while others have returned to their homes and will pay no attention to a call to return to their commands in order to have their names put on the lie's. To* day Gomez informed Gen. Brooke that it was impossible to make a new list of Cuban soldiers, owing to the fact that the men were scattered. Gen. Brooke i requested that a subsidiary list be furnished, in order that the men whose names do not appear on the present lists, and who really fought in the war, may obtain a share of the money La Lucha says that for the first time I in the history of the island the finance department of Havana province, after meeting all expenses, has a surplus of $594 9G(5. During the Spanish regime there was always a deficit in this de partment A Gift for Emory Winship Over S3OO have been raised to pro vide Emory Winship with some suita ble recognition of his servicts in the Philippines on his arrival in Macon. The collecting committee has closed its work and S3OO and over has been subscribed and paid in. Ina few days the committee will be called together and some suitable gift will be decided on. It will be pur chased and paid for and will be pre sented to Ensign Winship on his arrival here which will be in about three weeks hence At present Mr. Winship is in the hospital at San Francisco where he is undergoing treatment for the wounds received in battle and as soon as he can secure leave he will come at once to Macon. The committee which was appointed at a citizens meeting held some time ago, is very grateful to the public for its hearty and liberal response in giv ing funds to aid in the plan proposed and as soon as the next meeting is he'd the gift to be decided on will be announced —Macon News. ■». .. Millions Given Away. It is certainly gratifying to the public to know of one concern in the land who are not afraid to be generous to the needy and suffering. The proprietors of Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, have given away over ten mill ion trial bottles of this great medicine; and have the satisfaction of knowing it has ab solutely cured thousands of hopeless cases. Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness and all diseases of the Throat, Chest and Lungs are surely cured by it. Call on J. N. Har ris & Son, or Carlisle & Ward, druggists, and get a free trial bottle. Regular size 50c. and fl. Every bottle guaranteed, or pi ice refunded. Farmars Meeting. The farmers of this and adjoining .counties are requested to meet at the court house in The city of Griffin Sat urday, June 24th, at 10 o’clock, for the Purpose of electing warehouse directors for the ensuing year. A. W. Walker, Ch’mn. Board of Directors. CLEAN STREETS IN BERLIN. Residents Vie With Each Other in Making Them Presentable Bicyclists who have ridden much on the asphalt, streets of German cities . say that the tendency to "side slip” is . there much less marked than on simi lar pavements in this country. The explanation of this fact may possibly lie in the statement which is made by the American consul at Breslau that the asphalt streets in that city are regularly washed, the purpose of the washing being to remove the slime which the asphalt seems to leave and to keep the street from being slippery. The washing has the further effect of preserving and hardening the asphalt. The care taken of the asphalt by the . city authorities contrasts strongly with the methods usually adopted in the United States. For instance, the space in front of the consulate is divided into four squares, which are in charge of one man. After cleaning the stree t early in the morning he wheels out a bar. row load of very fine, sharp sand and scatters it lightly over the streets to prevent slipping. On rainy days the process is repeated several limes. Once a week the whole street is sluiced and thoroughly washed with sprinkling carts. These are followed by ample roller brushes, which sweep the water and slime into the gutter, whence it is carted away. After this the man who has charge of the street comes along with his wheelbarrow and sand sprinkler. In spring or autumn, when the streets are often sloppy and wet, the washing is done several times during the week. The man in charge of the asphalt pavement is paid 5 cents an hour, the ordinary st reel hands receiving 4 cents. Nobody litters up the street or puts sweepings on the pavement. There is I a box kept for these. Wire baskets are fastened on lampposts, against houses, fences or trees in which the public may throw waste paper while walking along. The citizens are very proud of their clean and sweet smelling i streets, and the householders have to I sweep to the center of the street in front of their sidewalks every morning before 6 o’clock. The litter is piled up and soon the city teams cart it I away.—Boston Transcript. Shut Out From Both Sides. •’Corpl.” James Tanner told a new : story at a private dinner a couple of ! days ago, an incident of a recent visit , to Richmond on his way to the reun ion of the Confederate veterans, says the New York Tribune. “You know,” said he, ‘that Gen. Robert E. Lee was recognized as a Christi.n gentleman by all Southern soldiers, while on the other hand Gen, Jubal Early was quite a profane man. Well, in Richmond, I met a Confeder i ate veteran by the name of Tierney, a prosperous and energetic citizen, who related to me an anecdote of a North ( ern friend,‘Bill,’ who, when he beard ( Tierney was going to the reunion in ! his old gray uniform, tried to persuade , him to wear a dark suit and offered to , pay for it. Tierney said : “ ‘Bill, you know there’s lots of acci- I dents on the railroad, and suppose I , should get killed with anything but a . gray uniform on, it would go hard against me when I reached the heav- I enly gate. The first one 1 would sec ( would be Gen. Bob, and he’d greet me with a smile that would at once turn ■ to a frown, and th* n he’d say, “Tier ' ney, I’m sorry to say it, but you can’t come in here, f»>r you’ve gone back pn your colors.” Then I’d turn and go ’ to the other place, and the first one to » ' , . I meet me wuu'd be Jubal Early. YYtil, j as soon as lie caught sight of my dark , clothes he I begin to swear if I was three miles away—an! anybody could hear him that distance—so there’d be no chance for me there. Then what ' a predicament Id be in, actually shut • out from both places' And here I am 1 in the gray and you're in the blue. 3 «. Charter Granted- , Judge E J. Reagan granted the J charter to the Spald’ng Cottun Mills r today, and the stockholders will meet Monday morning and elect officers Dirt will be broken for (be founda tion within & few days, and the build j ir.g completed as soon as possible. B "" * a .a. s» ‘X* o xx x -/v. Pears the y? lh0 Kind You Have Always Bought Signature f / Jrr/fls 8 of » o-Hae for Fifty t vuis. een •> ’ AU muggist* GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 23, 1899: Lightning and Its Work. The weather bureau lias i»so<d a , bull'tin devoted to statistics rooreiu ing lightning The bulletin, which is' No. 2(J, is both a novel and interesting one, says the Columbus Enquirer, Aside from statistics showing (he losses I by lightning in 1898, it contains some general information that it is well the public should know. One feature ex plains the nature of discharges of i lightning, in connection with which; rules are laid down for the proper con- ■ struction of lightning rods Few of i these rods are properly constructed, the bulletin explains, which is unfor tunate, as the rods are considered as fairly reliable safegards against elec ’ trical discharges. When not construct ed in the right way, the rods either court danger to the building or do no good at all. Farmers are especiallj’ interested in tbs 'statement that at 1 least one-third of the losses of stock . destroyed by lightning arc due to wire fences, the animals often being killed at a considerable distance from the point where the bolt falls, on account of wire fences. Strange as it may seem, the open countrj’ is the most dangerous place during an electrical storm. The large cities are the safest places. The dan ger from lightning is greatest io North Dakota, Wyoming, Montana and Col orado. The bulletin shows that in 1898 the number of houses destroyed by light ning was 1,800, the losses reaching a total of $1,500,000 During the same period 367 lives were lost by lightning and 494 persons were badly injured. The bulletin states that most of the people killed were in houses or under trees. Only a few were struck down in open space. The ratio of deaths from lightning in this country is about five persons in a million, which is about the same as in Austria and Germany. The ratio of deaths is lees in England, Norway and Sweeden. The bulletin contains a good deal of additional in formation on the subject, but-the most important features have been briefly mentioned herein. For Bladder Troubles use Stuart’s Gin and Bu ch u. He Had the Idea Many of our volunteers who fought in Cuba and came into personal con . j tact with the Cuban patriot army uti- [_ to tell of the peculiar braud of military , discipline which prevailed among the i half-naked, half-armed, half-starved soldiery which had so long defied the best troops Spain could send against ( them, or rather after them—for if they , were only half-armed, their equipment of legs was complete and efficient, and as runners they could be outpaced on . ly by Filipinos, says the New York j Tribune. Spaniards were no match j for them as sprinters. , Their idea of discipline, however, I was a thing t) marvel at, and cau ed 3 as much amused comment among our B soldiers as our own ideas of discipline 0 evoke from English martinets. Perhaps the most interesting of the . Cubans were the few who bad at one I time been in this counliy, earning a s living as cigar makers in Florida, and j had there picked up more or less Eog* lieh. It is related of one of these Cu» B bans, who was proud of being able to speak “United States,” that after the :1 junction of our army with that of Go _lmt z, be wanted to leave camp one I ; evening to r. turn at tn.di.w i and on I re. eiving permission to d<> wi was in (j j formed that the past-void fir that Might would be ‘ Schley,” and that ha had better not forget it, if be did nt t t want to be shot for a spy by a -.hlry. s The Cuban went away repeating the I magic word over and over to himself, c so as to be sure ol remembering it. A ( ' little after midnight he made bis way ! | back to camp and was halted by the | sentry’s cbaileeg>-: “ YY ho’s there 9 “Friend,” replied the Cuban. “Advance, filet d, and give thecoun ’’ tersign,” said the sentry. " The Cuban stepped nearer, and, 1 , without a moment’s hesitation trium- I pbantly hissed into th# astonished sentry’s face the one word, ‘Foxy”’ Bean tbs Kin( * ou * lwa f s Bctigfr! ‘ Big r e For Diabetes use Stu art’s Gin and Buchu. I RoVAL Baking Powder Made front pure creani of tartar. Safeguards the food against alum Alum baking powders are the greatest menacers to health of the present day. ROVM. BAKING POWDER CO , NEW YORK. The Limit of Speed in Naval Vessels- The 420-ton destroyers lately ordered by the United States government are an improvement on the usual type, but we must go a good deal further in the same direction to obtain u vessel meeting all the conditions that inch vessels must meet in sea service. Recent acquirement of territory by the United States makes it necessary that such vessels fur its navy shall have a much greater radius of action and shall be treated differently. In fact, if a speed of thirty knots or more is aimed at, a sufficiently staunch sea going vessel cannot be produced in the present state of the art. To obtain thirty knots within the boats now credited with that speed, a supreme effort under expert management is re quired, which is seldom repeated in the life of a boat. If the thirty-knot torpedo boat de stroyer’s machinery were more sub stantial, so that full power could be exerted at any time without risk, and if the hull were sufficiently strong to stand a moderate sea without danger, its speed would be about twenty-seven knots. Yet I venture to say that such a boat, if ordered to reach a point at sea, say, 100 miles distant, would, un der ordinary conditions, reach that point iti lees time than would be re quired by the regulation thirty-knot boat, which is said to gel a horse power with less than fifty pounds of ma chinery —Engineering Magazine. > ■■ o —— -■>. 1 ? U. T I IS An Excellent Combination. Thu pleasant method and l-.-m ficial -effects of the well known r< m< <lv, Syiu i- of Figs, manufactured by the California Fig Svitur Co., illZtrate the value of obtaining the liquid laxa tive principles of plants known to be medicinally laxative and presenting them in the form most refresiiinp to the taste and acceptable to the system, it is the one perfect strengthening laxa tive, cleansing the system effectually, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers gently yet promptly and <n;ilCi g> -,e to overcome habitual constipation per manently. Its perfect freedom from every objectionable quality ami sub stan a . ano its acting on : Lu I- . !n-» liver and bowels, without weakening or irritating them. malt', it the ideal laxative. In the process of manufncturlng figs i are used, as they ar.- pivasant t > the taste, but the medicinal < oalitiesi f the remedy are obtained fiorn ■■ :,na at : other ar,n .ati - pla’ . method known to the Calif, u: e\ i to t i ti p Co. . al in < iler to i : net'icial effect ■:ndto .. . o<-1 ui,, pb'a -1* remenil rthe full name c the Company printed on the front ' r .■ package. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANC! f C / LOUISVILEE. KY. NEW YORK, M Y For sale by all Druggists —IO ice per bottle L. W, GODDARD & SON, FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS W. B. Harris expeiienced Embalm er. Services at all hours. Satisfac. tion guarantsed. Hearse L W. GODDARD & SON, Nor. 3 and 5 Solomon St- R-F-StricklamlKGo. WE PLACE ON SALE 300 Pairs Sample Shoes ai i d Oxfords. I 1 I Prices 50c. to $1.50, worth $1 ito $3. Don’t miss this sale. J a ;R. F. STRICKLAND * CO. I KILL THEH. The Per Oxide ol’ will kill the bugs that are destroying the potatoes and garden plants. 25c for 6-lb package. N. B. DREWRY fc SON. r I R, IT. TAYLOR, M. D. J, F. STEWART, M. D. I DRS. TAYLOR AND STEWART, Physicians and Surgeons. I Office hours from Ba,m,toß p. m, A ( physician will always be in our office during that time, i . DfIQTTTHMC SECtTHED May deposit motley 1 uul 1 lUrl M for tuition In bank till position in * VVAAAVAtM w>( , ured ~r win ar€el , t nol<lM Cheap board. Car fare paid. No vacation. Enter any time. Open for both nexus. DRAUGHON’S jO /Lrt PRACTICAL -y A BUSINESS Nashville, Tenn. Savannah, Ga. Galveston, Tex. sjj Texarkana, Tex. Indorsed by merchant* and banker* Three months’ lNM>kkt*eplnK with us equals hlx. elsewhere. All commercial branches taught. For circulars explain lug “ Home Study <'ourw».” luidreKS “ IV*i»ai truent A,” lor college' catalogue, address “ Department 4” FRESH MEAT, Well selected, is worth considering m every household. We keep on hand the best and largest stock of Beef, Mutton and Port and in fact all kinds of Fresh Meat to be found anywhere. Give us your order and be convinced. FRESH FISH always on hand. Also a first class RESTAURANT in connection with the market, in 1 which we serve tip top meals at all hours. P.S. PARMELEE, Agt. QTATE OF GEORGIA, O Spalding County. Whereas. Cl,as. T. Smith, administrate! <.f Philip Smith, n presents to the court In his ] petition, duly tiled and entered on record, that . he has fully administered Philip Smith's es tate. This is therefore to e’te all persons concerned, kindred an I creditors, to show cause, if an’, they can, why said administrator should not be discharged from his admlnistra . 'ion. and receive letters of dismission, on the first .Monday in August. ISSW. This May 1, IKW9. J. A. DREWRY, Ordinary. ' MARCUS W. BECK, ATTORNEY AT LAW. j Office over Merchants and Planters Rank GRIFFIN, GA. » HU— 1.11 I I. .1 ■■■■ Cvcrvbtxiy Says S<i- rr ' won* '• ♦ : ( : ’ ‘ <-•. . p as- : In. . * rand ixjtvels, f 1 ‘ • shin. dispel colds, ; c m • i«•i’; ! < oi stipation i ’ b y and try a box ' ;U (fnis. S-ald aiiC ; I # core by all druggists. ’• Notice of Removal. I have moyed my Plumbing and Tin . ware establishment to the old Brick Laun dry Building on Broad street, where I am tietter prepared than ever to do all kinds of work in my line. • done, give me a call—satisfaction guaran teed. A. 8. CAMPBELL. $3.00 per Annum LAUNDRY. For the convenience of my patrons I have opened a branch Laundry at the second door below the Griffin Banking Company, which I will run in connection with my old busineia on Broad street. I will superintend the work at both Laundries and guar antee satisfaction. HARRY LEE. 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Fine Chickens For Sale. I Lave for sale full breed Minorcas, War horse and Shawl-neck, Crossed Game and Bard Plymouth Rock Chickens. Also settings of eggs from each breed. These birds are select, E. L. Rowers. 5 anything yon invent or improve ; also get ( C CAVEAT.TRAOE-MARK. COPYRIGHT or DESIGN t / PROTECTION. Bend mvtel, sketch, or photo. > > for free examination and advice. / iBOOK ON PATENTS fee before patent. $ I C,A.St/OW& CO. I * Patent Lawyers. WASHINGTON, D.C. J Furniture Betair She j 0 0 John T. Boyden has opened an Upholster Shop, and will do ail other General Furniture Repairs 1 ing, and Guarantees Satisfaction on work and prices. Please call and see me. J OHN T. BOYDEN, 19 l-2.Hi1l St. i _ 1,. DR. E. L. HA X IES DENTIST. Office upstairs in building adjoining. <»n the north. M Williams & Sim.