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THE MORNING CALL.
Vol. X. No. 126.
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
SENATOR GORMAN SPEAKS ON
THE PENSION APPROPRIATION.
General Miles Continues to Furnish
Proof That Meat Sentlto Soldiers
in Cuba Was Unfit to Eat-
Washington, Jan. 30,1899 —Anti
Imperialistic sentiment will have full
swing in the senate this week, as near
ly every senator who opposes and who
has not already spoken against im
perialism, has given notice of inten
tion to speak. The treaty of peace
will be voted upon l\b 6 h, and the
chances favor its ratification, because
nothing would be gained by rejecting
it. A motion to reconsider would be
made by one of its friends, and it
would require a majority to table it.
That majority its opponents have not.
So, if it were njected F-b. 6 b, all Mr.
McKinley would have to do would be
to call an extra session of the senate,
in March, when it would be promptly
ratified.
Within the last week, McKin
ley has been personally harshly criti
cised in both House and Senate, and
in each body one of his critics was a
republican. In the House, Represen
tatives Jerry Simpson, and Johnson,
of Ind., jumped on him fur bowing to
public opinion, right or wrong ; and in
the Senate, Senators Gorman and
Hoar gave him fits for declining to
furnish the Senate with copies of the
instructions given to the Peace
Commissioners.
Senator Gorman has never posed as
an alarmist, but be ntver fears to
speak the truth because it may be
alarming. Just before the Senate
passed the regular pension appropri
ation bill, which carries $145,000,000,
Mr. Gorman made a speech, calling
attention to the fact that although it
was estimated that the war with Spain
would add 50,000 names to the pension
roll, unless our troops were recalled
from the tropics before the sickly seas
on, no provision, whatever, had been
made in the bill for the increase. Mr.
Gorman concluded with thia signifi
cant prediction : "Within three years
from this date, the pension roll will
amount to $165,000,000 If you add
io that, the cost, of maintaining your
army (one thousand dollars a man),
the American republic will in the
year 1900, txpend more for its army
and pensioners than any other nation
on the face of the earth. That is a
fact, which the American people will
have to face, and they ought to know
now, in advance, what is coming to
them, if the schemes and projects
which are being forced unon us are
carried out.’’
Gen. Miles is still piling up evidence,
official and unofficial, that the beef
furnished our soldiers in Cuba and
Porto Rico, was unfit to eat. He has
already about convinced everybody,
except the members of the administra
tion, and of the War Investigating
Commission, that his charge was true,
but they seem determined to stick to
it that the beef was good.
Secretary Alger put another slight
upon General Miles in connection with
the finding of the Ea B an court- martial
The army regulations provide that the
finding of a court-martial shall be
forwarded to the Secretary of W’ar
through the commanding general of
the army, but Alger instructed the
Judge Advocate to ignore Miles and
hand the finding to him directly, ard
it was done While nobody outside
the court and officials can swear what
the verdict was, everybody is certain
that it was guilty, and that the sen
tence was dismissal from the army.
In handling this verdict, Mr McKin
ley would better be careful or he will
sign his own political death warrant;
the people have decided that Eagan
should be punished, and if Mr. Mc-
Kinley exercises his authority to shield
him, he will find that he may have
the punishment to hear himself
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PECTORANT.
ALBERT BLAKELY SHOT,
Painfully Wounded by a Playmate
Yesterday Afternoon.
Albert Blakely, the 13-year old son
of Aiderman B R Blakely, was acci
dently shot yesterday afternoon and
lies at his home on North Hill street
in a critical condition.
Albert and two playmates, John and
Charlie Mills went out in the north
ern suburbs of the city yesterday after
noon to shoot robins, each one carry
ing with him a parlor rifle.
Tbe boys were enjoying the sport
immensely, until tbe gun in tbe hands
of Charlie Mills went off prematurely,
and Albert dropped his gun and cried
out that he was shot.
His companions ran to bis side and
were horrified to see the blood flowing
from a wound in the neck. With their
assistance the wounded boy walked
home and meeting his mother in the
ball told her he had been shot, but to
feel no uneasiness, as it was not a bad
wound
A messenger was dispatched for Dr-
Carson and Mr. Blakely. When the
doctor strived he found the ball had
entered the neck, just under the left
ear, passed through one of the tonsils
and was embedded in tbe other.
Everything possible was done to
relievo the suffering of the patient,
and at a late hour last night be was
resting quietly.
Dr. Caison says the wound is a
serious one, but he has some hopes
that it will not prove fatal.
Random Text for 1899.
A planing mill is less dangerous to
a town than a policeman.
A city without a railroad is likely to
furnish excellent pasturage.
Capital is more advantageous to a
community than demagogues.
No city can permanently thrive up
on tbe policy of slurring a rival.
No bucket ever returns empty from
the well of honesty and fair dealing.
Legal technicality is no excuse for
dishonesty in dealing with legitimarte
customers.
One of the beet advertisments of a
state or city is promptness in meeting
obligations.
Campaign speeches are valueless as
fertilizers of farms or as lubricators of
industry.
Many material fatalities attend legs
relative shooting matches with corpora
tions as the targets.
Foreign commerce will not be devel
oped by building barricades around a
city’s wharves.
Local enterprise in exploiting re
sources is soon reinforced by energy
and money from without.
Harmony between employes and
emplojers diminishes in direct pro
portions to legislature intermeddling
with private afiairs—Manufacturers’
Record.
Hope Ahead-
From all reports our farmer friends
ate gradually tearing themselves loose
from the fallen idol, cotton, and are
returning to the ways of our grand
fathers in the good old days.
Then every man ate biscuits made
of his own flour, rice grown on his
lowlands, and, as for buying Western
meat and corn, the very suggestion
was iidiculed Every man lived at
home, and peace and contentment
were everywhere
Blessed old days
And we are beginning to live them
over again. Soon the joyful whistle
of ‘Bob White,’ the sbngs of tbe har
vesters, and tbe rattle of the mower
shall be the music of the wheat fields;
the rumble of the water mill will speak
"bread for all;” in every green pasture
sleek, browsy cattle and fat, hogs
shall graze, and acres of oats and hay
yield food for tbe faithful beasts of
burden. The barns will be full, the
Old homes ringing with laughter and
gladness, and the carefrepd farmers
will have no debts to think of and no
questions to ask as to tbe price of cot
ton. Politics will be a theme unmen
lioued, and God will receive more
thanks for His long-bc-stored bless
ings
We are going forward to new days,
and yet backward to the old ones
Hope on, discouraged hearts;
there’s a bright day coming in the
golden bye-and-bye.—Macon County
Citizen
For Whooping Coogh use
CHENEY’S EXPECTORANT.
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 1,189 S.
1 BOMSHZLLTO CUBANS.
The Letter of General Gomez Con
demns Cuban Army Officers.
Havana, Jan 31.—The letter writ
ten by Gen. Maximo Gomez to J. D.
Poyo, editor of El Yara, published at
Key West, in which be strongly con
demns the generals and other officers
of the Cuban army who have accepted
offices under the Americans, without
having been previously recognized as
members of tbe Cuban army, has not
yet been published by that paper. The
Cupan newspaper, El Reconcentrado
is going to print it. The letter will
fall like a bomshell among the Cubans.
Gen. Gomez says that these offices
were accepted by the appointees in
their capacity as private individuals
and not as Cuban chiefs.
Such distinction, however, is unlaw
ful and dishonest, he says, as many of
those appointed are officially in com
mand of divisions of the Cuban army.
Before accepting these offices, General
Gomez says, their duty was to resign
their military commands and entirely
sever all connection with the Cuban
arms. Gen. Gomez expressed his en
tire sympathy with all Cubans who
are disposed to work independently in
agriculture or any other industrial
pursuit, but be says he is greatly dis
gusted with office seekers.
The Diario de la Marina says that
the rumors of trouble on account of
tbe non-payment of the Cuban army
have probably been circulated by
Americans in order to depress tbe
stock exchange, and thus realize easy
profits. Stocks here continue low.
A number of appointments have
been made by Gen. Brooke. Among
them was that of Edgard Carbonne, a
Frenchman, who was a colonel in the
Cuban aimy and conspicous during
tbe war as a dynamite expert under
Gomez Garcia. He was designated as
chief clerk in tbe department of agri
culture, industry and commerce.
Among the other Cuban officers ap
pointed were Gen. Pedro Saez Yanez
as chief of a section of tbe department
of agriculture, industry and com
merce; Col. Jose Ramon Villalon,
chief of tbe department of mines in
tbe province of Santiago, and Antonio
Espinal, who fought in the ten years
war, as architect of the government.
The sale of lottery tickets has been
forbidden in the streets
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So much misery and so many deaths
have been caused by the Grip, that
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weakens your system and paves the
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Money back if not cured A trial
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Objected to Frills.
The late Admiral Kirkland, knoan
in tbe service as "Red Bill,” was a
veritable "sea dog,’’ as the term is
popularly understood ; brave and fear
less, possessed of many genial quali
ties but a strict disciplinarian, with
the greatest horror of anything like
"dudeisnr” or affectation among his
officers.
On one occasion the admiral receiv
ed a visit from a recently appointed
young officer.
"How do you do, sir; how do you
do?” said the little midshipman.
“Howde do?” said the admiral
gruffly.
"I suppose you got all of my tele
gram™, admiral, did you?” asked the
young officer, trembling at the rather
ungracious attitude of his superior
officer.
"What telegrams do you refer to?”
asked the admiral. “I got no teles
grams.”
"I am very, very sorry,” said the
young man, nows thoroughly fright
ened at the admiral’? attitude. "I
telegraphed that I was coming from
almost every station, fir,” Admiral
Kirkland turned in bis chair and
glowered at his little subordinate.
' Why in the devil do you suppose
that I care whether you came or didn’t
come? Never presume to that again,
sir” And the poor little officer,
thon ugh'y abashed, alm.k out of the
room
INCREASING THE ARMY-
The President Sends to Senate Many
Promotions of Officers-
Washington, J 31.—The house
y* eterday adopts, ti e amendment to
the army bill, fixinu the minimum
number of men in e. h camp or bat
tery so that tb< army should be about
50,000, but giving the president power
to increase the mo y to 100,000 at hie
dijcrelioo, by a vole <».’ 105 to 82 The
amendment tl»«t tie increase shoo'd
be made onh in tin «> >,f war was de
feated by a Vote u! 6J to 86.
Cummings, democrat, of New Yotk,
gave notice that he would at the prop
er time move an amendment providing
that no part of the army should be
used as posse comitatusor to put down
strikes or labor disturbances except
upon the written statement of the gov
ernor of the state in which they exist
ed that he could not with the force at
bis command restore and maintain
order.
The president has sent to the senate
nearly 500 brevet promotions of offi
cers for service in the Santiago cam
paign. Shafter is breveted to be ma
jor general of the regular army, "for
distinguished services,” Rosevelt is
breveted colonel for hie gallantry at
the battle of Las Guasimas, and briga
dier general for gallantry in battles be
fore Santiago. General Leonard Wood
receives the brevet of brigadier gener
al of volunteers for his service as colo
nel of rough riders. Alger’s son, Capt.
Frederick Alger, Capt. Webb Hays,
son of President Hayes ; Capt. John A.
Logan, Jr., son of tbe late senator,
and Capt. McMillan, son the senator
from Michigan are all breveted majors.
Lieutenant Colonel John Jacob Astor
is breveted colonel. Capt. William
Aster Chandler, congressman elect,
breveted major: Capt. Stewart M.
Brice, son of the late Senator Brice,
major. No officer of the 71st New
York volunteers, which is accused of
cowardice, is mentioned in the list.
Wife
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The Washington Post whistles thus
cheerfully as it passes through the
graveyard : “The treaty will bs ratified,
either in February or iu March, and
the country will enter upon its new
departure. What the future holds for
us we du not undertake to prophesy
But we are sure tha', for weal or woe,
for .'iumph or ca’amity, for happiness
or sorrow, tbe American people wii
go to meet their destiny united, fear
less and determined. Io the face of a
common danger there will be no
traitors In reverses there will ba no
renegades. Io success and glory—
which <e ail confidently < xpect —t! e - e
will be no gradations us honor er
desert ”
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SHOES,
A SPECIAL SALE FOR MONDAY
50 Pairs of small sizes Zeigler Brothers
and Krippendorfs Ladies Fine Shoes, regular
price $2.50, $3.00 and 83.50, your choice of
any style at
See the styles in our window. Come
in Monday morning and get your size at
about one-third regular price. Come early
as we have only fifty pairs.
New Storm Rubbers for ladies, men
and children, all sizes.
Everything in Footwear.
R. F. STRICKLAND Sc CO.
Bargains in Groceries.
WITH A VIEW TO MAKING SOME CHANGES IN OCR LINE OF BUSI
NESS, WE WILL OFFER OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF FANCY GROCERIES AT
VERY LOW PRICES FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
WILL SELL THIS WEEK STAPLE GROCERIES AT THE FOLLOWING
VERY LOW PRICES:
18 pounds Standard Granulated Sugar - - - SIOO
14 pounds best Lard ..... SI.OO
14 pound best Rice ..... SI.OO
3 pound can Tomatoes, per case - - - $1.65
2 pound can Tomatoes, [per case •> - - $1.50
45 bars Good Laundry Soap - - - - SI.OO
Will sell'our Crockery and Tin Ware at Actual cost
Mocho and Java Coffee, per pound - - - 25cts.
GIVE US A TRIAL.
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WE HAVE OPENED THE CYCLE STORE
At the old stand, 45 Hill Street, and lor the next thirty days only we will
do all classes of repair work at a discount of 25 per cent. This gives you
an excellent opportunity to have your wheel put in good condition for the
coming season, at a low price.
Any wheel in our stock at your price so as to make room for our new
wheels that are now arriving.
We are also Agents for
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PARSNIP COMPLEXION.
It does not require an expert to detect
the sufferer from kidney trouble. The
hollow cheeks, the sunken eyes, the dark,
puffy circles under tbe eyes, the sallow,
parsnip-colored complexion indicates it.
A physician would ask if you had rheu
matism, a dull pain or ache in the back or
oyer the hips, stomach trouble, desire to
urinate often, or a burning or scalding in
passing it; if after passing there is an un
satisfied feeling as if it must tie at once re
peated, or if tbe urine has a brick dust de
posit or strong odor.
When these symptoms are present, no
time should be lost in removing the cause.
Delay may lead to gravel, catarrh of the
bladder, inflammation, causing stoppage,
and sometimes requiring the drawing of
the urine with instruments, or may run
into Bright’s Disease, the most dangerous
stage of kidney trouble.
Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, the great
discovery of the eminent kidney and blad
der specialist, is a positive remedy for
such diseases. Its reputation is world
wide and it is so easy to get at any drug
store that no one need suffer any length
of time for want of it.
However, if you prefer to first test its
wonderful merits, mention The Middle
Georgia Farmer, and write to Dr. Kil
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<k. If C C. C >ai’> dru fc 'r»*-t* refund mencv.
Ten Cents per Week
Salary Ordinance For 1899.
Be it Ordained by the Mayor and Coun
ci! of the City of Griffin, that the following
salaries be paid the different officers of the
city during their term of office :
Mayor, S4OO 00 per annum, payable
monthly.
Clerk and Treasurer, |U00.(.-o j- i annum
payable monthly and fees.
Chief Police, 45 00 per month payable
monthly.
Po’ icemen each, $40.00 per month pay
able monthly.
City Physician, 150 00 per annum pay
able monthly.
Janitor $20.00 per month payable
monthly.
Parlor Car an! Sleeping Car Service Be
tween Alanta and Albany, Ga.
The Central of Georgia Railway Com
pany has inaugurated parlor car and
sleeping car service between Atlanta and
Albany, Ga.,on train leaving Albany 4:15
a. m , arriving Macon 7:40 a. tn , Atlanta
11:20 a. m., and on train leaving Atlanta
4:05 p. m., arriving Macon 7:20 p. m., Al
bany 11:0-5 p. m. Passengers from Alba
ny, Ga., holding berth tickets, can take
sleeper at Bp. m., thus allowing them to
remain in sleeper over night. Passengers
arriving Albany at 11:05 p. m., may re
main in sleeper until 7:00 a. m. Rate for
d< able berth in sleeper, 150 miles and un
der, $1.50; over 150 miles, $2 00.
Charges for seats, as follows: 50 miles
and under, 25 cents; 51 miles to 125 miles,
50 cents; 126 miles to 200 miles, 75 cents;
201 miles to 300 miles, SI.OO.