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©HEAP MONEY. 6’4 per eent. and 7 per cent, .aoney now ; ready for loans on Macon residence and I business property. 8 per cent, money for I j farm loans. Over $5,000,000 successfully j negotiated lu Georgia alone. Loans made | can be paid off at any time. We are head- ; j quarters. O. A. Coleman. Gen. Man., 356 Second street, Macon. Ga. ESTABLISHED 1884. PROVED TO BE A FABRICATION. The Insurgent Capital Has Not Been Captured By the Spaniards. GEN. BLANCO'S LAST CARD Is His Present Visit to the Eastern Provinces of Cuba No Decisive Results. New York. Jan. 27.—A dispatch to the | Herald from Havana says: The Spanish j accont of the victory of General Castella nos and the capture of the headquarters of the rebel government In the town of Es peranza proved to be a fabrication. There | is no such town as Esperanza, near Cubi taa. The name of the town founded and occu- | pied us the capital by the rebel govern- I ment is Agrlmonte. The Spanish troops j roundsd by7B9os 123156X90 XI'SHitDLU CMF are unable to get near this place, being re- j pulsed in the mountains and forced to re- ; tire with heavy loss. The latest advices from the Orient state > that the rebels are still beseiging Holguin, and that the garrison cannot possibly hold | out without supplies ami reinforcements ' General i’ando finds it impossible to j send these, although h< la making desper ate efforts to do so. General I‘ando’a army I la still along the banks of the Cauto river ami is strongly intrenched, but is unable to assume the aggressive. General Gomez shows no signs of taking the field and conducting an active cam- | palgn. He states as his reason that he is I short of cavalry and cannot successfully operate against the Spaniards, who have plenty of horses. AL this rate the war in i the east can last years. In the western j provinces, however, the troops keep pretty i well, but neither side has achieved decisive results. The Radicals here say that Blanco is playing his last card In his present visit to the eastern provinces for the purpose, it is said, of attempting to induce Generals Rabi and Salvator Rios to lay down their arms. Both of these lit' n refused to sur render at the close of the last war, and Cubans believe them incorruptible. Before leaving uvana Monday General Blanco is known to have drawn from the treasury $3X0,000. KID McCOY Says Corbett or Fitzsimmons Must Cover His Money. Buffalo, Jan. 27.—1 n a letter to the Courier Kir McCoy says unless Fitzsim mons er Corbett covers his money within six weeks from January 25 he will claim the heavlweight championship and defend it against all comers. IN THE SENATE. The Teller Resolution Will Be Voted on Tomorrow Washington, J-an. 27- After iruusaciing some minor business the Teller resolution was laid before the Senate and after con siderable dis.-usslon it was agreed that a vote should be taken tomorrow at 6 o'clock, the Senate to meet at 10 o'clock and the last four hour's debate to be under a tifieen minute rule. The Senate committee on interstate com )u< rce hi Id its first executive meeting to day tor the rnn.-dderatlon of the anti scalping bill. Hearings were brought to a close and the committee decided to exert every effort to reach a vote at the meet ing to be held a week from today. The opponents o.f the bill d|d not evince a dis position to postpone the veto laeger I'aai) mcessnry to present their views and some pf them expressed the opinion that the vote would not under any circumstances be* deferred longer than two weeks. IN THE HOUSE. No Business of Importance Was Transacted Today. Washington. Jan. 27- In the House to day the Senate bill gixintlng an American register to the Barrentine, a sharpshooter of San Francisco, was passed. A bill was passed making Senra Fee, N. W., the per manent capital of that territory. Hitt, chairman of foreign affairs committee, re ported from his committee with recom mendation that it lie on the table the Lewis resolution, calling upon the presi dent for authority under the constitution under which he negotiated a treaty that will bind the treasury to pay $1,000,000 to Hawaiian bond holders. The Democrats manifested a desire to discuss the report, but the question was not debatable and a vote was ta-ken by ayes and nays upon 'the demand of Dinsmore, Democrat. of Arkan sas. senior member of the foreign affairs committee. NO CONFLICT Is Now Anticipated By the Czar \Vitli Japan Berlin. Jan. 27.—A dispatch to Lokol Anzeiger. from St. Petersburg, says that the Czar in speaking at a private gather ing of officers of the Preobrajensky regi ment said: I wanted long ago co accept your invitation but events were weighing heavily on my mind, particularly difficul ties with Janan, now thank God all is cleared up and no conflict of any kind is to be feared.'* FOR ATLANTA. A Macon Enterprise Helps Out the Gate City. A large order for erushed stone has been received by the Georgia Quincy Granite pqnipany from .he Atlanta Telephone Ex change. The order was given to the Macon con cern over the bids of firms in Atlanta. The order, which is a large one. will be filled at once. GOES TO NEW YORK. President McKinley and Secretary Left Washington this Morning Washington, Jan. 27.—The President accompanied by Mr. Porter, his secretary, left Washington at 10 o’clock this morn ing over the Pennsylvania railroad for New York, where he will abend a banquet to be given at the Waldorf tonight by the National Association of Manufacturers. The president was met at the station by R. C. E. Smith, of New York, and Chas. A. Moore, 'of Brooklyn, a committee ap pointed by the association to escort him $0 New York. DOLE IN WASHINGTON. He Wants to See the Annexation Treaty Ratified. Washington. Jan. 27.—Bright spring-like weather greeted Hawaii’s ruler on his first morning ate The capital. President and Mrs. Dole and the members of their party | retired early last night, and were up at 8 o'clock, the chief executive and his wife taking bi; breakfast in their room. The president wax kept very busy during the forenoon receiving callers. Minister Hatch was early on hand, and was followed by ex-Mlnlstcr Thurston. Senator Morgan, of Alabama, who paid an extended visit to the islands during last summer, and Cros by Noyes, of Washington. In an interview with the Associated Pi ess reporter. President Dole said: "I prefer not to discuss the question of ann'-xation, as that would be eminently in appropriate during the pendency of the question in the Senate. 1 shall call on the Pr< .-blent during my stay here, and, of course, shall give him such information as lie may desire respecting pending pues tions between the two countries. I expect to stay in Washington until the end of next week, when our trip homeward will begin. We shall go direct to San Francis co, taking the steamer there for onolulu. 1 certainly-shall like to see the annexation treaty ratified by the Senate before we leave, but we will not wait if such is not the ease.” PAID BY FRIENDS. But Jay Refuses to Confirm or Deny the Report. London. Jan. 27.- It is reported that on the day follolwing the rendering of the verdict in favor of Sir Tatton and Lady Sykes, in a suit of Daniel Jay to recover £15,870 loaned to Lady Sykes on promis sory notes, purporting to have been signed by her husband, the whole of the money finder’s claims were paid by friends of either confirm or deny the report. Fify heads Kentucky tnuiles have just arrived at 1. W. Goodson’s Stables. aeteTu» The Kentucky Legislature Calls on United States Senator to Resign. THEY CALL HIM A TRAITOR. Want Him to Return Home and Face an Outraged Constituency. Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 27.—After a hot de bate this morning the lower house of the Kentucky Legislature adopted the substi tute resolution offered by Representative I Nelson, of Hardin, calling upon. United States Senator William Lindsay to resign, I if he cannot support the Chicago platform. I During the course of the debate such I words as ‘‘party traitor,” “recreant to his trust,” and “gold bug” were freely ban died about. Representative Desha, Silver Democrat, from Harrison county, openly denounced Senator Lindsay as a traitor to his party, and called upon him to return home and face an outraged constituency. Others who made hot speeches along this line were Representatives Trimble, Nel son, Petty, Orr and Hickman. The resolution was adopted by a viva voce vote, but on motion of Representative Pulliam, was reconsidered In order that the original resolution introduced by Rep resentative Saunders, of Union, some time since, could be passed. The Saunders resolution was then- taken tip and passed by a vote of 55 to 35. Messrs, orr. Kelson, Im-kby. Petty, Pulliam. Chil ton and Mount making hot speeches tier nouneing the course of Senator Lindsay. Messrs. Bradburn. Cooke, Hobbs, Letterle and Merquit, all Democrats, voted against the resolution. WOMEN CRUSADERS. Have Vowed to Drive Saloons From Their City. Saginaw, Mich.,. Jun. 27.—T.0cal anti-sa loon women, and there are many, will probably furnish one of the liveliest sa loon raids in history. Each supporter of the plan has signed | an agreement to go to the utmost extreme i in attacking the liquor traffic. Headed by a band of music, wives, mothers, sisters and daughters will form in line and march through the streets, proclaiming woe to any place that flaunts a liquor sign. A body guard of men will follow to pro- I tect them. If the regular officers of the law do not act the women will give the saloon keepers I twenty-four hours’ notice to close their places, else the marching column will fall upon them. Beer and whiskey are to be dumped from the docks into the river, so the women say. A quiet canvas for adherents is now’ un der way. NOMINATIONS. Sent in to the Senate By the President Today, Washington. Jan. 27—The President to i day sent in the following nominations: . Hamilton Glpver, of North Carolina, dls i trict judge for the western district of , North Carolina. Postmasters—Alabama: William T. Hutchins, Huntsville; V. D. Barker. Mo bile. Tennessee—Charles H. Moss, Frank i lin. VIOLATED “JOHNNY LAW.” Law Passed to Protect Female Schools and Will Be Carried to Higher Courts. Knoxville, Jan. 27. —The grand jury has found an indictment against Liffl Chamber lain, 'the young man charged with v.lo : lating the “Johnny law” passed by the : Tennessee legislature at its last session. This law makes it a misdemeanor for a young man to flirt with a school girl when she is on the grounds of the school 'of going home therefrom. It was passed for the benefit of pie leniale seminaries which suffered from the ogling of the “Johnnies" or dudes. Chamberlain has been advised to carry the case io the su preme court and test" the constitutionality of the law. His lawyers advise him that ; the right to flirt with pretty school girls is inherent and is only the exercise of ln dividual liberty and cannot be Infringed. : The arrest was the first under Tennessee ' law. and has caused wide comment. SEVERAL LIVES LOST. Baku, Jan. 27. —Half a million pools of naptha burned here last night and sevearl persons lost their lives during the epnfla j gratiuu THIRTY-FOUR DEATHS. Bombay, Jan. 27:—•According to the official report there has been thirty-four j deaths from the plague last week. LOOK BEFORE YOU BUY. Fifty head Kentucky mules just arrived j at tie stabies of J, W. Goodson. THE MACON NEWS. NET CLOSING AROUNDJARTER. One of the Bidders for the Contract Put on the Stand This Morning. DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE Sustained His Testimony—Carter’s Explanation to the Department at Washington. Savannah, Ga., Jan. 27—Thomas J, Ag new went on the stand in the Carter court martial this morning. He tetitifled that in 1894 K e put in a bid for a friends for improving Cumberland Sound in Captain Carter’s office. One of the Gaynors connected with hhe Atlantic Contraobing Company approach ed him and offered him SSOO to withdraw the bid. He refused the offer. This was five minutes to 12 o’clock, When all the bids had to be in. One of the Gaynors withdrew one bid and .put in another. When the bids were opened the Atlantic Contracting Company had none in, but Mr. John M. Bangs, of New York, got the contraot. He is re lated to one of the Gaynors. Captain Carter iin accepting Bangs’ bid wrote to the department that he had bid so low that he could not work, but being a responsible man he accepted his con tract. J. W. Sterly followed Agnew with documentary evidence. AT Y. M. C. A. Mr. Willie D. Upshaw Will Speak Next Sun day Afternoon. Mr. Willie D. Upshaw, of Mercer Uni versity, is the speaker on the program at the Sunday afternoon devotional meeting of the Young Men’s Christian Association. The subject of Mr. Upshaw’s address will be “What Shall a Young Man. Do With His Life?” Mr. Upshaw is known all over Georgia as "Earnest Willie” be cause he always displys the deepest in terest in whatever he does. His address will be most interesting. TOBE FOLEY DYING Prominent Ciiizen of Columbus Is Near Death’s Door. Columbus, Ga., Jan. 27 —Hon. T. M. Foley, one of Columbus’ most prominent citizens, lies at the point of death at his home on Second avenue. He has been critically ill all day with pneumonia which has settled upon both lungs and it is thought he cannot live. Mr. Foley has been confined at home about two -weeks, caused originally by inflammatory rheu matism. He afterwards developed pneu monia and yesterday tihe intelligence went out that his condition was very critical. The news occasioned profound sorrow throughout the entire coimmu'pity. Mr. Foley has taken a leading part in city af fairs. He has served several terms as alderman and has been prominent in local political, business and financial circles. CAPT. WhFbRIEN. The Old Veteran Died at New Orleans This Morning, New Orleans. Jan. 27.—Oaipt Matt O Brien, United States inspector of steam vessels here is dead. He is one of the few remaining figures Qf*tihe Confederate navy, having served qn <the Sumter, Shcnadoah and the Alabama. He partici pated in the fight off Cherbourg as engi neer of the Alabama When that historic vessel was destroyed, and hp was one of she last to leave the ship, bejng ■rescused from the water by the English yacht, I>eerhound, STEAMER WRECKED. Passengers and Crew Were Rescued by Life Savers. St. Joseph, Mich., Jan. 27—Lake Mich igan and Lake Superior Transportation Company’s steamer, City of Duluth, which struck on a bar outsid-e the harbor piers aaid went ashore during the gale last night, broke in two .in the centre and the wreck is pounding badly. The life saving crew saved the crew, consisting of about twenty-five, and the passengers aboard by bringing them ashore in Breeches buoy. The steamer grounded only about 350 ?e6t from the pier. The Chicago tugs, Protec tion and Mtilferd, which came over to tow the disabled steamer th? Qty qt Traverse, to Chicago, approached the ‘ stranded steamer, but were unable to help her op account of the hejvy seg. •The City pf Duluth was an old but staunch steamer. She was under eharter of the Graham & .Morton Transportation Company, carrying principally through freight from Chicago 'to this port in con nection with tile Big Flour railway. She was owned by the Lake Michigan and Lake Superior Company apd was epm manded by Captain McLain. Her capacity is about 1,900 tons and value about $30,- 000. She was laden with package freight and grain. The steamer was well insured and it is understood that there is $30,000 insurance on her cargo. On several pre vious trips she struck on the bar while entering this barber, Mrs. Wilfflam Tryon, one of the ladies rescued, is dying from the effects of ex. posure. being badly frozen in the passage from the wrecked vessel to the dock. ' TO TIFTON. Maconites Went Went to In stall a Union Encamp ment Several members of the Macon Union Encampment No. 2, went down to Tifton last night, w<here they installed the lodge there. The pa-rty, consisting of the foßowiug gentlemen, beaded by Grand Deputy Pa triarch W. G. Knobloch, went down: C. S. McKay, George F. Wing, Joe P. Holmes. E. H. Holloway, J. T. Cornell, T. A. Cheatham The encampment at Tifton starts ou« with twenty-three charter members. The visitors were treated royally, a magnifi cent banquet being tendered them. Advertise tn The News and reach the people. MACON NEWS THURSDAY JANUARY 27 1898. BIG CO-OPERATIVE FROITJRMING, A Colony on the Macon and Dublin Railroad at Danville. DUDLEY HUDES AT THE HEAD Os the Organization ana President Cunningham of the Georgia Fruit Association Goes into it. Mr. John D. Cunningham, ures'ident of the Georgia Fruit and Land company, is in the city on his way 'to Danville, in Lau rens county, the site of the co-operative fruit farm colony which the company has the purpose of stating off the work of planting 80,000 fruit trees for the col onists. This will plant 500 acres of land and as much more is to be planted. The com pany has bought 7,000 acres of land and has sold orchard lots to 200 on the install ment plan. They are to pay 50 cents an acre until S6O per acre has been paid, and the company obligates itself to plant fruit trees on the land and care for them five years. There will be 160 trees per acre and the contracts specify that not less than half the land sold shall be so planted. It is estimated 'that on the third year the trees will bear and relieve the purchasers of paying any more installments. The plan provides for the co-operative harvesting and marketing of fruit, so that the purchasers may be relieved of that difficulty. Many of them reside in the west and do not expect to live on the land. Mr. John D. Cunningham, the presi dent, is one of the leading fruit growers and nurserymen in Georgia, and furnishes the trees. ! He is also president of the American Fruit Growers’ Union. The resident manager is 'Mr. Dudly M. Hughs, of Danville, Ga., who is vice pres ident of the Macon, Dublin and Savannah railroad, also an extensive fruit grower, and president of the Georgia Fruit Grow ers’ association. The superintendent is Mr. J. R. ITeston, of Dudley, proprietor of a steamboat line known as the Crescent City Transfer company. The company has western connections and Mr. C. F. iW. Neely, of Nuncie, Ind., is vice president of the company. Fred. L.iDresser, a Muncie lawyer, is secretary. BEGGAR’S STOCKING. Was Found to Be Filled With Bank Notes When Searched at the Jail. New York, Join. 27. — An old woman, Annetta Jargendorf, was committed to jail for vagrancy recently, when searched $430 was found upon her person. The woman is a professional beggar. Her wan appearance, mournful voice and ingenious tale have frequently wrung the last copper from even the hard-hearted. The matron found the prisoner’s stock ings packed with bills of denominations rgngliig from $1 to S2O. In her pocket was $1.65 tn silevr and cents, while she had collected on the day of her arrest. Several of the court officers had seen the woman during the past months going from saloon to saloon with a baby in her arms and telling a doeful tale with much suc cess. Yesterday a young plan about 20 years old and p boy about 14 years visited the court, and, informing Magistrate Cornell that they were the woman’s sons, asked that she be discharged. Both were well dressed and wore jewelry. The magistrate refused to discharge the woman and also declined to phsinge the sentence to a fine, lie declared that she had violated the law by begging and »houd be punished and would have tp serve out her' sen tence pf five days in the work house. “ = BACON’S VIEWS. On the Gubernatorial Race-May Support Jenkins. The Atlanta Constitution’s Washington correspondent sent its paper the follow ing: “Senator Bacon in talking informally of the gubernatorail situation -expressed his particularly close personal and political friendship for Speaker Jenkins, who was a member of the legislature wtuich elected him senator and one of his most earnest supporters. If he is to be a candidate Senator Bacon will naturally give him his earnest support. ‘‘lf Mr. dußignon had decided to make the race he would have made a strong one," said Senator Bacon. ‘I regard hini as a man of first class ability and he hps undoubted popularity. My relations with Colonel Candler are "CTV cprdlai and close. We served m me legislature toy a number of yeais and have always been friends. There is up reason outside of the strong personal pbligaijons to a few other men that ceuM in any way interfere with my giving my active and hearty support him for the nomination.’ This last expres sion is construed by the senator’s friends here to mean that he does nett to declare for Candler so laxp: as there Is a possibility of Hut Jenkins becoming a fac tor Ig the cuntest."’ NO TERRAPIN For Cardinals and Archbish ops Because the Pope. Would Be Offended. Rome, Jan. 27.—1 t having been reported at the Vatican that Cardinal Vannuteili, Mgr. Denis O’Connell and Archbishop K-esne. have been invited by Miss Mc-= Tavish, of Baltimore, to aiend the Ameri can terrapin and canvassback duck lunch eon party which she is to give In honor of Queen Margueriet. A quiet but sharp in timation has been sent to the three pre lates to the effect that their presence at the entertainment in question would be viewed with the most extreme displeasure in the highest quarters. Mis MeTavish is a Mary land lady of wealth, who was generally understood by her friends and acquaintances to be about to become the second wife of the Duke of Norfolk, until the later published an of ficial announcement that he had no inden tion of marrying again. Bucklin’s Arnica Salve The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and positive ly cures piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by H. J. Lamar & Sons’ drug store. You can talk to 10,000 every day through the columns of The Newa, JOINT DEBATE. Mercer and Athens Are to Meet in Atlanta Next May. Mercer university and the University of Georgia will meet in Atlanta in joint de bate next May. Both instituntions have thousands of friends in this city who will be rejoiced to hear chat the contest has been agreed on and that Atlanta is to be the scene of action. The exact date has not yet .been fixed, and t’be subject has not been chosen. It is assured, however, .that the discussion will be upon some live topic in which the public will be highly interested. The Athens an Mercer students are very enthusiastic over the contest, and the best debaters in each institution will be selected to take part. The arrangements have not yet been completed, as it was only recently that Mercer challenged the state university and that the latter accepted. The debate promises to be equally as successful as the Iritecolleg'iate contest which took place in Atlanta last fall. In the intercollegiate contest Mr. J. R. Straton, of Mercer, was awarded the first prize, and the friends of 'the state uni versity are hopeful that their favorite institution will regain her laurels in the ‘May contest. Mr. Stratton, who is editor-in-chief of The Klnetoscope, Mercer’s annual, is in the city today, and speaks hopefully for this year’s publication. He says the out look Is very bright. “The Klnetoscope of 1897 was the first annual Mercer ‘has had in a number of years,” he said, “and although .it was got ten up hurriedly,* as publication was not decided on until one month before com mencement, it was a very bright and beautiful book. The work for this year, however, is already under way, and the editors have sufficient time for getting out a more elaborate issue. The book will be sold by subscription Ln Atlanta as well as in Macon, Augusta and Savannah, and to Mercer graduates throughout the country.” DUNJNWORIAL Services Will be at 'Metho dist’s Orphan Home Tomorrow. THE FULL PROGRAM Wesleyan Young Ladies Will Sing —Rev. W. W, Pinson to Make t an Address. • At the South Georgia Conference Orphan Hopie tomorrow, at 3:30 p. in., will occur the Dunan Memorial exercises, which are held at the home annually on the date named, in memory of Mrs. P. P. Dunan, in whose name the Dunan Infirmary Rooms were furnished and endowed. The exercises tomorrow will be unusu ally interesting, as every feature of them is specially attractive. The address by Rev. W. W. Pinson, the eloquent pastor of Mu.irrry Church, will be a gem. A spe cial sextette from Wesleyan College will give two tine songs, and the children of the home will sing two very appropriate song and recite the Beatitudes. Altogether the program is very interesting. The friends of the noble institution will attend in large numbers. The public is invited to witness these exercises and many should avail themselves of the opportunity. The following is the program ia f’jji. 1. Soug—“Al the Way,” W- esleyan Col . lege special sextette*, 2. Prayer. 3. Song Seeds of Promise," followed by recitations and Beatitudes, by the children of the home. 4. Song—“A Little While to Wait,” W r e»Jeyftn College special sextette. 5. Address —By Rev. W. W. Pinson. 6, Song—“ Only Remembered by What You Have Done,” by the children of the home. 7, Benediction, CLAY FOR CANDLER. Senator Will Support the North Georgian Now That dußignon Is Out. Today’s Atlanta Constitution publishes the 'following from its Washington cor respondent : I asked Senator Clay for a statement of his opinion of the contest which is ex citing so much interest among Georgians. “If you will take my exact words,” said he, “1 will give you briefly my entire con nection with the present gubernatorial race, A great many things have been said in the public press about my connection with the race for governor; nothipg here tofore has come from me, has been said without any foundation, “When I entered the race for senator Mr. fin Bignpn, together with many other warm friends throughout Georgia, gave me their valuable support and the result was my election, Lt has been charged in tne press that a combination existed be tween 'Mr. dußignon and myself—that he was to help me for senator and I wft-? to help him for governor. This charge is ansolutely false from beginning to end. In my race for the aanate Mr. dußlgpon supported me without asking my support tor any utfice whatsoever, “The" race for governor was not men tioned or thought of. I did not know that Mr. dußignon had any gubernatorial aspirations until more than six months after my election to the senate. When I heard that he contemplated making the Ta.ee I knew that he was competent and qualified in every way to make the state an honest and efficient governor stood on the party platform: that he bad been my true and loyal friend and that in the event et his candidacy I would support him. "■Hon. Allen <D, Candler, ®y neighbor and friend talked with m e about the mat ter some time ago, I told him of my re lations with Mr. dußignon and that I would support him if he became a candi date- Colonel Candler was man enough to say that he was satisfied that my course was right. I told Colonel Candler that Id ease Mr. dußignon did not run I w&uld support him. He was known to the peo ple where I had practiced law for twenty years and was deservedly popular with all classes and had always beea my friend. “Indications now paint to his nominia tion without opposition. I believe his nomination will be a popular one; that he will be a spendid candidate for the party, and that he will make the state an honest, faithful and capable executive. Had Mr. dußignon entered the race I -would have supported him; as he has announced he will not run I shall support Candler.” COL. BUTT MARRIED. Augusta, Jan. 27. —A wedding yesterday in which the socitey of Georgia are in terested was that of Colonel Lewis Robert son Butt to Mr. George Alford Cunning ham. Miss Butt is a great belle and has had the distinction of being tor ma Uy ap pointed by Governor Atkinson a colonel on his staff. She was duly commissioned and presented with a jeweled belt and sword, and yesterday one of her wedding presents was a handsome punch bowl from the governor and staff. . < MAYOR ISSUES PROCLAMATION, On the Subject of the Report ed Case of Smallpox in the City. VACCINATION IS FREE. Everyone in Macon is Invited to Come Along and be Vaccinated —A Pest House. City council met in special session shortly after 6 o’clock last night for the purpose of considering the ordinance on compulsory vaccination introduced on the previous evening and referred to the com mittee on ordinances and the city attor ney. This special order was taken up as soon as council was called to order by ‘Mayor Price and Aiderman Mayer offered the re port of the con'miittee. It was unfavorable to compulsery vaccination but instead of this council invites everyone to the city hall to be vaccinated free of charge and offers the vaccine points to anyone and everyone free. This matter being disposed of, the re port having been adopted by a unanimous vote Mayor Price stated that after con sidering the application of the Board of Health for permission to establish a pest house in the city, he thought it wise to ask council not to take any immediate action on this-matter, but to give the mayor and the Board of Health the au thority to establish a pest house in the mile track at Central City park if at any time the .necessity should arise. He said that just at this time there was no necessity for any excitement or worry. There is, he understood, one case of small pox in the city, but that case had been completely isolated and as no new cases had been reported the matter was not such as to cause any apprehension. Following is the mayor’s proclama tion : (Mayor’s Office, Macon, Ga., Jan. 26, 1898. In view of the fact that a suspected case of smallpox exists in the city, I de sire to urge upon our citizens to heed the resolutions passed by the mayor and coun cil this day, and which are here given: Resolved, That in view of the necessity for taking every precaution against the spread of smallpox in the city of Macon, an invitation is extended to all citizens, of Macon, irrespective of race, to call at the city hall and be vaccinated free of cost. Be it further Resolved, That in .cases where citizens prefer to be vaccinated by their own phy sician, the pity will furnish vaccine points for that purpose. Resolved,That every citizen of the city is urged to be vaccinated at once. I further desire to assure the citizens that there is no cause for alarm, and that should the necessity arise, the Board of Health and city .authorities .are amply able to take care of the disease. Every safeguard will be provided, and every ac commodation, as well as isolation, w>’; a i- o be provided. fe. B. PRICE. Mayor. CARNIVAL ASSOCIATION. A Meeting Will Be Held Tomorrow After noon. President E. A. Waxeibaum, of the Ma con Carnival Association, has issued a call to the members to meet at the Chamber of Commerce tomorrow afternoon. Some important matters will come up for discussion. The different committees will be assigned something to do. HIS GRANDFATHER DEAD. Dr. Apfel Received Sad News Yesterday Afternoon. Dr. M. M. Apfel received news yesterday that his grandfather, Dr. L. Washfield, had died two weeks ago in Austria. Ait the time q£ nds death Dr. Washfield was 97 years of age and .was wealthy. Dr. Atpfeld was remembered .in his will. QUEER RELIC,. Piece of Flooring, Showing a Mail Carrier’s Footprints is Preserved. M ashi.ngton, Jar., —Postmaster Gen eral Gary has just received a remarkable relic from the old postoffice at Baltimore. It consists of five pieces of flooring framed In wooden strips. The flooring itself looks as if it might be ages old. Sunken in the boards are the imprints of three shoes, good large soles, such as able bodied mail distributers might wear. They were made by a mail sorter, for accompanying tlhe frame of boards was the information: "These footprints were worn Ln the floor of the old Baltimore postoffice by a moil distributor,” James A. Di ffen burger Special Duputy Collector of Customs tor the port of Baltimore sent the frame to Postmaster Gary, and the later turned it over to Custodian Slack, of the Pastoffice •Museum. "It is such a .remarkable curiosity that I may send it to the Omaha Exposition in our postoffice exhibit,"said Mr. Slack. SURGEON RUSSELL. Georgian Who Has Won Fame la the Navy. Marshallville, Ga., January 27. —One of Georgia s sons, who has reflected great credit upon himself and his native state, is Dr. A. C. H. Russell, surgeon, United States Navy, now visiting his old heme in Fort Valley, and his friends in Marshall ville. Dr. RusseU has circumnavigated the globe three or four times. In the line of his duties he was stationed at Yokohama, Japan, for three years, in charge of the United States naval hospital there. He re turned byway of the Sandwich Islands and was entertained at the royal palace of of Queen Lil, who was then a sovereign. He was for several years a member of the naval examining board, United States na val laboratory, Brooklyn, His last service was with the Soth Atlantic squadron, at Montevideo, Uraguay, from which he has just returned. Surgeon Russell belongs to one of Geor gia’s prominent families, and is a son of the late Rev-. T. B. Russsell, of blessed memory, a noted educator and a man of rare learning. He is the nephew of Mrs. Colonel John Troutman, of Fort Valley, the cousin of Dr. Holmes, of this city, and Professor Charles Lane, of Atlanta. He is now visiting his life-long friend and college mate, Mr. J. W. Frederick, of Marshallville. You can talk to 10.060 every day through the columns of The News. S2O 00 Suits and Overcoats now sl3 34 BUY NOW 18 00 Suits and Overcoats now 12 00 BUY NOW 15 00 Suits and Overcoats now 10 00 BUY NOW 12 00 Suits and Overcoats now 800 BUY NOW 10 00 Suits and Overcoats now 667 BUY NOW Underwear at 26 Per Cent Cash Discount. zA fyes Isn't an Easy Matter "" y yd The best oculists and opticians are not Ar £ magicians—they can’t restore sight to the I v blind. Don’t wait to consult until you can’t V. see we » —* ts little things that count. A \ JiMl little headache, a few spots, burning sen- II fj Xv. sasions—these are the warnings that are Ji iliu'H ! I / 40 * )e heeded. It is better to be too early vAI iIIf \ ill II I 1 til / than too late. Careful examination of the Fw/Z’ \ 1/ll> H 111 JI / eyes is free and painless. < vfflllK Atlanta Optical Parlors, IL, 314 SECOND STREET, The only exclusive optical store in the city. Phone 617. Practical Plumbers. Sanitary Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Steam, Hot Water and Hot Air Heating. Special Attention to Repair Work. 617 Poplar Street, Macon, Ga. PASSING HOL-I DAYS Has tended to lessen the volume of busi ness at our store, but we are doing some business at the old stand yet. We have a few pieces left of the DELFT and Im perial Bonn China at your own price. BEELAND, the Jeweler Triangular Block. FRESH VACCINE DAILY From now until the scare is over. We will receive fresh Vaccine Points every day. Price, 15c. each, 2 for 25c. GOODWYN’S DRUG STORE. Prepare for Winter. Window Glass, Mantels and Grates. Can furnish any size or parts broken. Call before cold weather comes. T, C. BURKE. It Doesn’t Happen Often. Suits, Overcoats, Underwear, That we brought into the store since the leaves fell are now marked to sell at cost. Clearing prices; hurry prices; it’s buying time and saving time sure enough when prices dip so low. - • - -- ■—=- S Per Cent Guaranteed! Dividends paid semt-annnsJly. Stock secured by deeds to improved nal estate In mere than double the amount, deposited with Union Savings Bank and Trust Co GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man. • Equitable Building and Loan Association, Macon, Ga., 461 Third Street. PRICE TWO CENTS