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Damaged Dry G-o^ds and Nation t)goonSa?e
at BASS BROS. This W^ek.
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\ Tbte Middle Counters Will be Usei for This
Purpose.
I he*e goods are arriving daily f.om Rome ai d new
attia tions will" be added each day during the'weea. The
damage by water w*s slight, no. damage by fire ai a'l; as
the firr was in the piivate office. Bass & Heard havtjjjasked
us to stl these goods, which we have agreed to do. *They
want the money m buy another Spring stock, which ne¬
cessitates
• A Cash Sale, and Cash Only,.
FOR THESE GOODS.
morning o’clock will \'
To-morrow at 8 we have iooo
to
Only to d< zen Ladies Linen Handkerchiefs and to dozen
Gents Liaeti Handkerchiefs for To- m r row's sate First
come, first served. 25 dozen Cotton and Linen Towels,
some of them slightly soiled, ar a great barga-n. ‘ACo Linen
Crash. 1000 yards bleaching from 3*4 . up. 250 yards
10-4 Sheeting from 12c. up, 2000 yards Calicos at \ou<
pricer / 1 Table Linen, India Linen. Dimity Figureo
Piques, Duck.&c, will be on salt. One lot ot Dress
G >ods d^rp ififod b/ water. One [Ot of Dress Geods* not
damaged ffv water; will sell cheap
BA55 BROS.
How is This
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For Low Prices?
■ We afe the ^Cutters of Pii.eis on Groceries. We
always give onr cu lomeas somf lower pi ces than other
houses* anil if you will notice our “ad” it wtl pay you.
8 pound keg Soda 25c Octagon Soap per cake 4c
4 pound Church Soda 25c 50 pounds Grits $1 00
40 bars Soap $1.00 SodaCracke.s per lb St-
Parcfted Ground Coffee 9c Washing Powders per
Oolong and Fomosa„Tea 40c package 3c
3 pound can Tomatoes per Apple . Vinegar , gal
dozen 85c per 30c
1 pound can Royal Baking Large size Mason Black¬
Powders 42c ing p°r box 5c
thing Lady Peas, Ruta Baga Turnips.’ Cabbage and every¬
you need in the Grocery ime
Fish and Oysters
To-Day
OVERSTOCKED!
We are overstocked on the fullowikg goods;
Half barrel White Fish, $2.40 woith $3.00
Keg Y\ hife Fish , 31c woith 50c.
Parched apd Ground Coffee 9c. p© r pound.
3 pounds Whit^ Chenie 37c.woith 500.
Selected Pinolas, 50c. woith 73c \
Impoited Mushrooms, 25c. worth 30c.
Imported English Peas, 25c. vorth 30c.
, I able, Sauce, 15c. worth 20c.
Mustard Sardines, 7c woith lor.
\ 2 lb can Blackberries, 8c worth toe.
Birk Trout, per can 15c. worth 2*>c.
Damson Plum Preserves 10c. pound, worih 20c.
3 lb. cans Tomatoes, per dozen, $1.70. woith $2 00
We have a small lot of Cuspidors left of our Crockery
Stock and will s^ll them for 7c. worth t2.
Some Glassware at less than cost.
OKIKKIK BEOKlilA.VUIDAY MdHM.Nti. JANUAHY 27 , 18 H».
THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS
Is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of the combination, hut also
to the care and skill with which it is
manufactured by seientiiic processes
known to the California Fi<_ Si hup
Co. only, and we wish to Impress upon
all the importance of ptuvhusbif? the
Irhe and original remedy. As the
genuine Syrup of Tfigs is manufactured
by the California F10 SvRin* Co.
only, a knowledge of that fact will
assist one in avoiding the Worthless
imitations manufactured by other par¬
ties. The high standing of the Cali¬
fornia Fie Svhup Co, with the medi¬
cal profession, and the satisfaction
. which the go»ni»® Syrup of Pigs has
given to millions of families, makes
the name of the Coiupatiy a guaranty
Of the excellence of its remedy. It is
far in Advance of all other laxative#,
as it acts on the kidneys, liver and
bowels without irritating or weaken¬
ing them, and it does sot gr pe nor
effects, please remember the name of
the Company —
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
•A.V FUASClNt-O. <’«!.
MUMViut Kj. x v:w vottU. a. T
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What is Celery King ?
It is an herb drink, and la a positive core
for constipation, headache, nervous disorder*,
rheumatism, kidney diseases, and the vari¬
ous troubles arising from a disordered atom-
ftcb md It Is a most agreeable
mtdtoinc, and recommended by physicians
ftntmlly,
Celery King l* sold la ate. and Me, packages
by druggists and dealers, 1
PIMPLES
“Mr w im had t-ikfug simples CASCAKETS ou her face, and they but
she has been troubled
have all disappeared. I had been
with constipation for some time, but after tak¬
ing the ilrst Cascaret I have had ho trouble
with this ailment. We cannot WakimaX, speak too high¬
ly of Casoarota ” Fkkd
5708 German town Arc.. Philadelphia. Pa
... CUM CONSTIPATION. ...
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DEN T I S T.
Offloe up stairs in building adjoining
McWilliams & bon, on the North
W. D. CARHART,
A ttorfi cy-at- Law ,
GRIFFIN. GEORGIA,
31^ Hill Street,
Commercial Law and Collections, >
Special *v. -v
J. CHESTNEY SMITH,
Attorney and CounsclIor-ai-Law
Gruiln, G i.
'ffioeover Griffin Banking Canipenj
XU* K. H. 8BARCY, JR. 200. D. BOYD
SEARCY A BOYD,
Attorneys-at-Law.
GENERAL\ PKAC I ICF.
Ro'ims 1 and 8, Masonic Temple,
GRIFFIN. GA
0. H. P. SLATON, ,
Attorney and Cooosellor-at-Law,
\ Griffin, Georgia. ^
Practice in all the courts. Office in
News Building.
EAGAN TESTIFIES IN
HIS OWN DEFEIISE
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Accused General Creates Most
Dramatic Scene.
HE SPEAKS WITH PEELING
Declares “I ant X«tt. a Murderer For
(lain, »S Prs^liwlly Charged by
Milrs,” and Member* of the Court
Give Him the Closest Attention.
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Washington, Jan. 26 . — When the
Eagan courtmartial reassembled today
Judge Advocate DtfVis stated that be
wished to submit formally the testi¬
mony of General Milas as read yeiitor-
day as au exhibit in Ibis trial, and with
this statement, ha said, the prosecution
Tested its case.
Mr. Worthington, counsel for General
Eagan, read several exhibits in connec¬
ts n wiih the testimony read at yester¬
day’s session of the court * These in¬
cluded the correspondence between Gen¬
eral Miles and General Eagan, through
the taijStSnitftmSfsii th vrttfo& tiiB hit¬
ler asked as to whether the in¬
terview published in a New York
newspaper, in which General Miles is
alleged to have severely criticised the
commissary authoritative. general’s Extracts department, the was al¬
from
leged interview wece also read end sub-
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Colouel W L. Alexander, U-, S. A.,
of the subsistence department, was the
first witness called by fhe defense. He
said he returned to Washington from
Jamaica in the morning of the day Gen¬
eral Eagan gave his testimony before
the war investigating commission. Gen¬
eral Eagan, he said, was hastily going
over papers In connection witb bis tes¬
timony and showed signs of great ex¬
citement. General Eagan nervously
handled the papers snd witness had
rarely seeu a man in such a nervous exceptional con¬
dition. His manner was so
that he asked Colonel Davis of the com¬
missary department, who was present,
whether the general was not ill. He
had been intimately connected with
General Eagan, But never before bad be
seen him in such a condition.
GeneraT Merritt asked the witness
whether to hi* knowledge General Ea¬
gan bad consulted any one as to the
substance of .his testimony to be pre
Sented to the commission. Colonel Al¬
exander answered that, so far as he
knew, General Eagan had not.
Kagan's Assistant iv.tlft-*.
Colonel George B- Davis, asfistant the to
Commissary General Sagas, was he had
next witness. He tfiftilled that
been very stately a i soriti tile s d with Gen¬
eral Eagan during test several
months. He was in the office the day
General Mile* gave bis testimony bo-
fore the war commission snd as soon as
General Eagan saw the published state-
meat ot his testimony be became con*
siderably excited and A bad written to
General Mile* asking as to the truth ot
an interview published with General
Miles. .»
As time went on his excitement in¬
creased to snch an extent that h* did
not and apparently conld not attend to
the routine duties of his office. Later
on General Eagan reached such a state
that he could not attend to any busi-
net a The day before General Eagan
appeared before the commission he read
his statement over to the witness, who
urged him to modify It somewhat, but
he would not listen and walking up and
down the room said he would not ebang*
a word of it He was then in a very
.nervous state.
Newspaper dippings were General constantly Ea¬
being received criticising increased his
gan, and these greatly these clippings ex¬
citement. Some of car¬
ried the idea that General Eagan was h
murderer and that he had acted cor¬
ruptly in sendiug unfit food to the
army. During the day the witness said
General Eagan was wholly unfitted to
perform the ordinary dnties of his offloe.
Up to this time the general bad been a
hard worker and never before had ex¬
hibited ally signs of nervous strain.
In answer to a question Colonel Davis
said that General Eagan’s conduct of
his office was perfectly honest and he
had always bad the good of the soldier
at heart, more so, in fact, than any
other commissary general of which he
had ever known or heard.
Wftaese Gave Hie Opinion.
The witness sgain referred to General
Eagan's testimony before the war in¬
vestigating commission, said that he
had not been consulted in the prepara¬
tion, bnt at the general’s request had
supplied some bf the records. The gen¬
eral had asked at one time as to his
judgment concerning the argument be
had prepared for th# commission and
the witness had replied that it was a
complete answer to i he criticisms which
had been made against hint, but he had
advised that some parts of it be omitted.
General Eagan, however, was greatly woold
excited aud witness thought be
bring the matter to his Attention mors
urgently the next morning, but witness
did not then have a good opportunity.
General Eagan told the witness that he
wa* prevented from proceeding in mil¬
itary fashion against General Miles by
the president’; order of immunity to
Witnesses, bnt that ha hoped to the be civil able
-to p r o c e e d in the matter in
courts.
Mite Millard, General Eagan’# stenog¬
rapher, was then called She had taken
nearly all of the general’s dicta tteu
aince Sept. 16, last, and testified that
aha took the dictation of the Mssral’s
Statement before the war in vestige
commission. From the time
Miles gave hie testimony before the
mission General Eagan wan greatly ex
cited and while he was dictating
statement he walked the floor. The
statement was not presented fully completed the un¬
til the day It wa* to com-
mission. She saw General Eagan only
a few minutes before he left to
before the commission and he was then
in such a nervous state teat his
trembled. The witness thought
18°I an 1 since General Eagan frequently cams to ‘
the office he had seen him-
every day. After General Miles' state- !
utent had bean made public General 1
Eagan’s appearance was very greatly
changed. He looked haggard and worn
aud at times was greatly excised. Wit¬
ness thought that General Eagan had
come to believe that public and sentiment that the
was strongly against bint
public had accepted General Miles*
statement as true and this worried him
greatly.. As the days passed bis nervous
disturbance greatly increased until he
appeared before the commission. On
one occasion the witness went to Gen¬
eral Eagan’s desk and spoke to him on
a matter of office business. As he ap¬
proached the desk the general said, ap¬
parently to himself:
“I am murderer add for ’gain. I am
murderer This and for gain.” several times in
he repe ate d an
abaentininded way. He did not appear
to notice the witness.
witness. General Eagan himself, was the next
He said he entered the volun¬
teer army in 1861 and in 1800 waslnade
a second lieutenant in the regular army.
He then briefly gave a history of‘ hie
military career, which Indiana included several He
campaign* against the re¬
ceived a wound in the Moooo war for
which he received a brevet. During the
war with Spain he had * nn *\ in hit office
every day with one eiem eiou and had
worked early and lata. He had given
his testimony before the commission un*
dee ' eatb—preferably m, lie had .-fim-
read General Miles’ statement in the
he Washington papers. For a long called time
feared that be might not be
before the commission, but he finally
received a sunup on* to appear. Even
men he was not fully prepared, as his
statement necessarily involved the pre¬
paration of records, eta
He had held a conversation witb the
secretary of-war, in the course of which
he' told the secretary that he desired to
defend himself by bringing proceedings
against General Miles, bat was told that
would the immuuity granted such by the president Wit¬
prevent any action.
ness accepted this as ths fact, but he
did not think that this immuuity cov¬
ered the newspaper interview in which
General Miles bad by inference declared
him to be a murderer for gain. Witness
said he became greatly Miles, agitated. This
statement of General in tbs opin¬
ion of the witness, had taken away his
(Eagan’s) character. He could not pro-
oeed against General Miles in the courts
or otherwise and he felt that he might
better be dead in the gutter.
During this recital General Egan'e
eyes filled with tears, his voice trembled
and be spoke very feelingly. His honor
as a soldier, he continued, had been at¬
tacked and a soldier's honor should be
as sacred as the honor of a woman. He
had kept bis sorrow to himself. He bad
kept away from the clubs, and rery
soon he found he could not sleep, He
felt that the people of this country had
corns to believs that he was a dishonest
man, “but I am an honest man,” said
ths general with feeling, "and I better*
that no on* who knows ms will believe
that I am a dishonest man. My record
is clean, my uniform is uafallisd, but I
hmrt been slandered and wronged.”
In answer td a question by his ooun-
tol a» to whether he had ever reoeived
any benefit for any oontraot ha had
made, General Eagan said with great
feeling: "No, and before
on my honor my
God, not a cent’s profit or gain did I re¬
ceive, aud yet my office has disbursed
•19,000,000 and I am now a poor man,
so poor that I have not now sufficient
money with whioh to pay your fee.”
‘•Murdarer and for Gain.”
As he (Eagan) understood public sen¬
timent, the pnbiio believed him to b* a
murderer and for gaiu, and he was
greatly racked in mlad and body in
consequence. He was goaded to death
and was vary glad of a cnanoa to appear
before the commission and throngh
them toll 70,UX),000 of people of hie out¬
raged honor.
During this impassioned and impres¬
sive recital each member of the court
listened intently to every word spoken
and every »rt was fastened upon ths
speaker. The incident was dramatic
in the extreme. The witness spoke of
his mental and physical condition be¬
tween the time General Miles gave his
testimony and the time he himself ap¬
peared. He could not get rid of ths
thought that the country believed him
to be a murderer and for gain, and it
drove him nearly to distraction.
Mr. Worthington then read from a
large number which of spoke newspapers of General clipping#,
many of demanded Eagan
af a scoundrel and his dis¬
missal from the army.
At 12 o’clock Mr. Worthington an¬
nounced that he was unable to proceed
with his case, as the secretary of war,
whom he desired to call as a witness,
was now before the war investigating
oommiMHou and coaid not appear. Other
witnesses could not also appear until to¬
morrow. o’clock Thereupon the court adjourned
until 10 tomorrow morning.
District* to He Rearranged.
Columbia, 8. O.. Jan. 26.—The fight
to the house of representatives over Mr,
Patton’s bill to rearrange the congres¬
sional districts in South Carolina was a
hard one, but was won by a safe major
ity. The Charleston delegation took no
part in the debate, but voted for the
MIL This measure proposes to repeal
the tew creating the "shoestring” dis¬
tricts farmed te keep the Republicans
out of power. Thera will be tbe
number of districts, bftt the arrange¬
ment is materially different.
Dispensary Bill Is Passed.
Moktgomkry, Ala., Jan. 20. — The
general dispensary bill passed the sen¬
ate by an overwhelming vote, although
• number of conn ties were excluded
from its provisions The bill whioh
passed was that whioh was introduced
by Senator Moody of Tuscaloosa before
ths recess, with some amendments. It
is regarded which as is being effect vastly 8outh superior to
the law in in Caro¬
lina and appears to stand a good ohnnos
of passing the house. y .
Coatee' Over a State Fair.
Atlaxta, Jan. 80—Feh, i has haste
for a conference be-
Makes the food more i
■HsaaammmrtHinmmmSSSwSSSs
FILIPINOS READY TO
ATTACK AMERICANS
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Congress Votes Confi¬
dence In Aguinaldo.
CAN MAKE WAN AT WILL
Women Hold a Meeting nt Cavite and
■enthusiastically Reeelve to Ask Pm
mission to Bear Arms Against the |
United States.
Manila, Jan. 81, via Hono-Kono,
80. -Th. HePublicA. tb. offlcdslV-
gan of the FUipUies, announces that tbs
congress at Maiolos has adopted ths
Philippine constitution, passed a vote
of confidence iu Aguinaldo, and empow¬
ered bids to declare war on th* Aroeri*
cans whenever he may dammit
ble.
- A.VSinMtt.U., -™-'!.'* ;
yesterday, the paper adds, it was eh*
thnsiastibally resolved to petition men’s Agui¬
naldo for permission to take
places in defense of independence and
to bear.arms if necessary.
Paterno has asked for, and It a.
_ “tak¬
has been granted, the privilege of
ing a prominent place in the line of
battle against the Americans.”
An American sentry, of the yesterday Ftiipino even¬
ing, killed a captain
tillery at the Tonto outpost. As a
suit the native press is intensely
cited and denounces it as a “co
assassination.”
On Saturday evening (Jan. asl>
Filipinos, determined to have rev
few their captain’s death, attempted
enter onr lines. Au .American sentry
killed one of them, wno was artned with
a reVOlVef. ARef *» e*Ch*hSV ilf show
the others were arrested. The incident
has intensified the excitement here.
The Mabini cabinet, yesterday, in¬
sisted upon the liberation of the Span¬
ish civil prisoners, in eommemontskte
of the proclamation of th* Filipinos’ F
republic, aud also donated money to ‘
nariv* clergy. A doors* to that sffi
signed. Ths Spanish clergy, ‘
was
ever,
Au elaborate program has bee
ranged for th* formal ratification i
constitution today.
ferenoe Nothing her* was yesterday accomplished and at it the is con* ru¬
mored that the Filipino* nt their next
meeting will give the American demM4 eight
days in whioh to accede The to their is discrad-
for recognition. rumor
l tod.
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8PAIN WA NTS US TO ACT.
Impatient at the Delay la Releastag
Prisoners ot War.
Washikotok, Jan. 80.—Through ths
,
French embassy here Spain has agate
urged the United States to procure the
release of Spanish prisoners held by the
Philippine insurgents.
Information officially received by the
Madrid government from the Philip¬
pines shows that ths lives of Spanish
women snd children, as well ss mat,
are in danger and that tbs prisoners M*
not receiving proper treatment. The
Spanish government called attention to
that portion of tbe treaty requiring this
government to nee its good office* to
procure the release of the prisoners and
urged th* United States to do every¬
thing possible to do so.
Secretary Hay replied that General
Otis had been instructed to give imme¬
diate attention to the matter, but this
government has made no promise# te
obtain tbs release of the prisoners.
It is the growing belief that ths
United States vfill be able to obtain ths
release only by force.
Information has also been rewired
hare showing that 600 friars held as
prisoners *•- -mipelted by the Filipino of
insurgents to u id ergo all sorts me¬
nial la be.*, such as attending to th* I
horses of th* Filipino officers, forth. paving [
the stieets of towns and so
BARON AN D WIFE CAUGHT.
They Are Charged With Attempting
to Kv«<lr Tlieir Bead*.
Pkksacola, Fla., Jan. 80—Baron sad
Baronets de Burra, who were recently
arrested at St Augustine and placed
under bond in tbq United States court
on a charge of fraudulently using ths
United States mails at Chicago, have
been placed Under arrest here on the
charge of attempting to evade their
bonds. ■_____ 1 y-i
The arrest wm made by Deputy
United State* Marshal Bellinger, at ths
instance of Caprain Tobin, a Pinkerton
detective from New York.
The baroness arrived here ahead of
her husband, and registered under as
assumed name. The arrest was made
on arrival of the baron ou tbe next train.
Theye'aim that they were only going
to Mobile bn business, bnt they have an
immense amount of baggage and the
supposition is that they intended to sail
on one of the European steamers from
this part They will be returned te
Jacksonville.
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Five Steameta a Week Hew.
Tampa, Fla., Jan. 86.—Instead of two j
mails a week to Has. .. ....... ........ j
lab role there vHll be after nest Mon
day five, the government having made
a contract with the Plant line of steam*
era for five sailing*.
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