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THE MACON TELEGRAPH; SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 28, 1S0I
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REMODELING SALE. 1
Commencing Monday morning, July 29, we will put our
entire stock of Clothing, Hats and Furnishings on sale at
Greatly Reduced Prices.
Owing to the fact that our building is to be overhauled and remodeled before the fall
business commences and we shall vacate our lower floor for several weeks, we must dispose
of our goods to save expense of handling. We have therefore decided to
Throw the Entire Stock upon the Market
at greatly reduced prices. Our stock is fresh, all new goods, and consists of everything in
the clothing and gents’ furnishing goods line, we having been in business only nine months.
The following prices will prevail all over the house on Monday and will continue as long
as the stock lasts:
33 l /S P er cent, off on all Clothing.
50 per cent, off on Straw Hats.
25 per cent, off on all Furnishing Goods..
Scriven’s Patent Elastic Drawers (lot 50) at 50c per pair.
BURNETT & GOODMAN, |
CLOTHIERS.
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454 Third Street.
No Goods Charged at These Prices.
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BRITONS WIDE AWAKE
Halifax and Marquise to be Made Impregnable, Giving
England the Naval Control of North Atlantic,
H ALIFAX, July 27.—The poaitblll.
ty that the ownership or control
of the isthmian canal—when
ever It come—being entirely under
American control, will not alter tho
fact that another great world power
will have rlvlted lta lhackle. firmly on
the North American continent. Tho
work which ha. tern here on wM , probably * onc ot the
the new granite ‘ ”“. e d J5 mo.t unique fortrea.ea In the world will
wni fa* the most oowerful stronghold in , .. ... . .
terminating In Cape Sambra.
Many plana for the new fortification
were discussed before the acceptance
of the pre.ent onc. It wa, at one time
proposed to build the fort directly on
tho shore where it would rise abruptly
from the sea. Thla plan wa« aban
doned six months ago, and upon the
recommendation of the engineering
Halifax the nioet powerful stronghold
North America. When it Is complete 1
Halifax will be practically Impregnable.
In addition to this a new naval base la
to be established at Marquise, New
foundland, which le to be made another
great naval stronghold.
Thle extraordinary activity In North
American water, on the part of the
Drltlih I. due to no fear of danger on
the part of the United 3tatcs, but to an
Idea that war may at any time break
out between Great Britain and France.
Marqui.e la rltuated on a magnificent
haven, forming part of Placentia
sound, encircled by beetling hllla,
which rise abruptly from the water on
either aide. It l> one of the ■ finest
strategic points on the north Atlantic
coast and the sound Is capable of ac
commodating an exceedingly large
fleet, access to It being had only
through a mrrow channel which could
caally be defended against the attack
of a large number of cruisers by a sim
ple submarine torpedo system.
Marquise 1. within itrlklng distance
of St. Pierre and Miquelon, which un
doubtedly would be captured upon the
outbreak ot hostilities, thus depriving
France of a navel base W the north
J Halifax has been the British military
stronghold ot North America ever since
the Revolution. It Is the headquarters
on this continent of the British army
^Beginning with a little wooden
stockade, the fortlflcatlona have grown
year by year until Halifax has be
come one of the moat strongly forth
fled* place. In the world. Now It.Is to
ve made Impregnable. The first co~-
apicuou* fortification was the cltat
which dominates the town f r °">
height of 100 feet Next were added
fort, on the «hore« of the harbor, the
entire line of defenses culminating In
the celebrated Fork redoubt. At one
time the citadel alone war considered
Impregnable. With the growth of mil
itary science this claim could not. how
ever. be now substantiated unless the
other defenses are considered. The
queen** dockyard contains the largest
dry dock on the continent and there Is
generally to be seen some kind of a
British warship undergoing repairs.
The harbor I. kndwn to be the finest
in the world and capable of holding
the entire British navy. New guns
have recently been put Into all the forts
and the new turret Is to he heavily
erdnanetd. The site selected for the
new fortification la about three mile*
west of Herring Cove, on a amall neck
of land. * inr.'r.a out or the west * a-
o', the harbor Into the Atlantic, and
be substituted. A large granite cliff,
with a natural hollow In the center,
was discovered by the engineers, and
In this space the main part of the
fort will be located, auch excavation,
as may be necessary for the placing
and handling of the guns beins made
to accommodate them. The fort will
consequently be dug out of solid rock
and a> the guns will be of the disap
pearing type It will bo similar In some
way. to Gibraltar.
The gunners will not be exposed,
but will work below, obtaining their
Instructions from a conning tower
where officers will be stationed. The
fort will follow the design of the ar
mored turret of a battleship as nearly
as can be done. The armament will
consist of no lets than thirty guns,
varying In calibre up to sixteen Inch
rise, all being ot the rapid firing va
riety.
In connection with the work at Hal
ifax and Marquise the forflcatlons at
Esqulmault on the Pacific coast are
being stronly fortified, thus ensuring
Britain a route via the Canadian Pa
cific to India, should her Interests
there be menaced by the seizing of
but a thousand mile. In mid-Atlantic
to take care of and a line of cruisers
like the Terrible and Powerful would
complete the chain
Another advantage of Marqulso la
Its situation on the railroad line,
which conect. with almost every part
of the Island. As a coaling station It
must provo invaluable, as It will he
the only fortified source of supply In
British North America on the Atlan
tic coast outride of Halifax. The coal
used at Halifax Is procured from
Sydney, but as that part Is icebound
In the winter and unfortified it could
not bo relied upon as a base of sup
plies
The transferring ot Morqulss Into ’a
fully gartaoned fort cannot but be re
garded as a menace to tho preten
tions of France on this continent and
•tepn have already been taken In the
direction Pi fortify St. Pierre, but the
money will be thrown away, since 8t.
Pierre poesersea no strategic advan
tages equal to those of Marquise. At
the latter place the British admiralty
has decided to build a graving dock
for the repair of warships and a num
ber of machine shops will be erected
to supplement those at 81. John’s.
UrlUpn, In fact, does not propose
leaving so vital * spot in the chain
of her international armor open to
attack. Walter Slmmonda.
WHY THE BROOKLYN
MADE THE LOOP
Capt. Cook
One Points i
Question#
»f the Ci
nd Periln
MR. TURNER HAS NOT
SAID WOULD NOT RUN
In Circulation Several
Days Am
QUITMAN. Go., July 27.—In an edi
torial In today’s Free Press the state
ment is made that Hon. Henry G. Tur
ner has made no statement In regard
to the suggestion of hl» name In con-
the Sue* Canal by France or by any I ncction with the race for governor next
other of the fortuitous results of
European war.
But even this Ip only a small port
of England’s naval program for the
utilisation of Halifax and Marquise.
The possible menace to her enormous
shipping interests in the North Atlan
tic caused by French or other hostife
privateers would be one of the chief
things to guard against 7n case of au
outbreak.
This will now be provided against,
as Marquise is located upon a bay
that opens directly onto the Grand
Banks of Newfoundland. A squadron
stationed there could dominate a large
stretch of ocean on which Canadian
shipping at the Twesent moment le at
the mercy of any hostile demonstra
tion. ?
A squadron stationed at Marquise
could police an extremely large sweep
of coast and easily control all the com
merce borne by means of the St.
Lawrence to the westward. It ts the
completing link In a scheme for the
policing of the North Atlantic by Eng
lish warships. While the Halifax
squadron would protect the shipping
as fsr as Cape Race, the squadron
located there would afford another two
days protection on the way across the
Atlantic. Between the point where
this protection would cease and the
two days’ scope of the vessels sta
tioned off Land's End there would be
Captain Cook, who commanded the
cruiser Brooklyn, tlu*n Hear Admiral
Schley'* flagship, has made a state
ment to the New York Herald concern
ing the Brooklyn’s famous "loop” at,
tho battle of Santiago, which Is at va
riance with much that has been said
und written regarding that maneuvre.
It is a statement which, if repeated
before tho board of Inquiry which 1s to
consider the whole Santiago campaign,
will bo likely to weigh much in consid
ering the charges of cowardice against
Rear Admiral Schley; for, according to
Capt. Cook, tho loop resulted fror
plan which, for the sake of stopping
the progress of the escaping Spanish
fleet, deliberately put the Brooklyn at
u risk of destruction.
"There is nothing in the loop itself,"
said Capt. Cook today. "It had nothing
whatever to do with the battle. It
ircumatances,and us 1 say it had noth
ing to do with the battle. There was
no strategy In it; it was purely u tac
tical and a natural movement.
"We had come from the west, and it
was necessary to go back aguln. We
ported our helm to bold off the Spanish
fleet and th* Spanish turned to the
westward, while we were turning rap
idly to starboard."
To explain more fully he gave an ex
planation of the situation which led up
to the turning of the Brooklyn.
"The Hpanlsh fleet," he said, "stood
out of the harbor about southwest, and
It did not turn at once. We feared very
much that It was heading in between
the Brooklyn ahd the T**xas.
"I said to the commodore: *We may
get a cross fire here,’ It looked very
much to us as If we would. The situa
tion was delicate In the extreme.
"But then,” he continu'd, "the Brook
lyn made a beautiful turn, and we
were able to fire dir*- tly Into the bow*
of the leading ship of the enemy. Our
helm was put aport to head off th<
Spanish fleet, and the Brooklyn turn
ed rapidly and beautifully.
I remember distinctly giving the or-
termaster: ‘You see
t the leading ship,* I
Idea is to get di-
Texna, and must have gained distance
ho north—that in, in tho direction
of the enemy—and atill was not more
than GOO yards from tho writ ward
■se of tho Brooklyn, allowing con
clusively that tho Brooklyn could not
have gone to tho southward.”
Capt. Cook’s statement today is tho
first that ho has made publicly con
cerning tho Brooklyn’s loop.
Capt. Cook spoke also of tho state
ment which has been made that tho
Brooklyn was not In possession of thd
codo of signals which had boon Impro
vised for use between tho Cuban Insur
gents and tho American ships during
tho
-car.
ships
•The
year, all reports to the contrary not
withstanding. In part the Free Pres*
says:
"The reports published in one or two
south Georgia papers this week to the
effect that Capt, H. G. Turner has pos
itively declined to enter the race for
governor are entirely without founda
tion. Mr. Turner has not expressed
himself on the subject at all. One of
the most prominent men here, who I* | d*r to the
a close friend of Mr. Turner's, makes >, parly the h
this statement to the Free Press: said to him.
‘While we know that Mr, Turner rectly ahead of her.'
would not participate in any scramble "I thought we might sacrifice 0 ur ship
for the office of governor, he has nev«*r nut I believed we would hold.the fleet
said he would not accept the nomlna- j for our battle ships.”
tion under any circumstances. If he j Coming now directly to the matter of
could b* induced to believe It his duty t the loop. Capt. Cook said:
to accept the nomination, I believe be "The Hpanlsh ship turned to the west-
would do so/ ” ward; the Brooklyn’s helm wa* put
■ —I hard aport. £ht wa* swinging beauti-
9AYi:w two PROM DEATH* j fuly and she turn- 1 until she strsfght-
"Our little daughter had an almost ! ,-ned upon her court**, exactly parallel
fatal attack of whooping cough and j to the Hpanlsh wtifpw, keeping up all
bronchitis." Wfjtas Mft, W. IL Havi- time a continuous fire from her
land of Arrnonk. N. Y.. "but when an . hatter* nil »»,<.
other remedies failed, we saved he.- life - KL SS *** bo * r * batt€r *
with Dr. King * New Discovery. Our I coukl bf brought ,nto use.
niece, who had consumption in an ad- i "The stnt'-rm nt h.«* been made thst
van- ‘d stage, also used this wonderful the Brooklyn in turning ran two miles
medicine and today she Is perfectly ; south. This la outrageously Incorrect,
well.” Desperate throat and lung dls- The Brooklyn turned ** rapidly as pos-
eases yield to Dr. King’s New Di*™%-- fi b»e. and war after th* enemy aa fast
»r7 *> to n.. oib«r mefilclo, on «riB. a , , ny , hlp . ouM hav , T tw 0 ,„.
—' goa. when She joined the Brooklyn.
I steamed W th* lows and the
"Tho Brooklyn,” said Capt.
“was not put In posseNslon of th
of algnels that had been nr
uso by the Insurgents and tli
our navy, and on account of our lack
of knowledge of them wo were very
much mystified by certain signs that wq
observed on the beach at Clenfugos.
"We saw one night, the date of which
I cannot give without my not**, three
horlsontal lanterns on the bench at Cl
enfugos. a* we afterward learned, they
were a sign from tho lnnurgents that
they wish'd to communicate with us.
but w», having no knowledge whatever
of their Import, thought the lanterns
n trap of some sort, and w« acted ac
cordingly.
"At that time wa had no knowledge
whatever of the whereabouts of Cer-
(. and the commander In chief he
ld the lights indicated the presence
he Hpanlsh ships there. The second
night we again observed three horizon-
tnl lights on the shore. It wns not un
til the second dsy, when Capt. McCalln
ie up. that we learned that any Sig
nals had been prearranged,
"Capt. M« Colla explained that ss he
hnd some explosives for the Cubans ho
would go In and investigate. He did
so, and as soon as he was able to in
form us of the matter ho aald the lights
hnd really been signals from the In
surgents, who desired to communicate
with us. Capt. McCallt also Informed
us that the Hpanlsh ships wero not in
Clenfueros.”
MAnniAon at nroLi*.
DUBLIN, G«., July 27.—Mr. J. .V
Guffonl and Min* Lina Fonder were
married Thursday afternoon at 4
o'clock at the residence of Mr. Julian
Rutland. Rev. W. N, Ainsworth per
formed the ceremony.
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