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8 Per Cent Guaranteed I Dividends paid Mmi-uinn&lly. Stock seen red to improved real estate in more tban double the amount, deposited with Union Savings Bank and Trust Co GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man. Equitable Building and Loan Association, M«eon, <»*., 401 Third Street. ESTABLISHED 1884. MW RUN OUT DEPUTY DELOME. The Letter Written By H m Is Believed by Many to be Genu'nc. DENOUNCES M'KINLEY As a Low Politician and a Weakling —lt Will Probably Cause His Retirement.' ■Washington, Fob. 9- The publication of ft letter bearing the signature of the Spanish minister, Dupuy tie Lome, a<l drcHsetl to Senor Canaiejas, ami making >< v< re strictures on President McKinley, inn created a profound impression in of fi.-ial circles. The authenticity of the let t< r cannot be establi.- bed from any official source, nor any denial of it glvt n from any quarter. A strong imprt»-ion prevails among those most Intimately acquainted with the general subject that the letter is genuine in its substantial features with some in ti. curacies of translation, ixjssibly through design, by which the strictures on the president are made to appear more offen sive than the strictly literal translation would show. It Is equally plain that, the litter was of a personal and confidential character, and for that reason it is said to come under a different head than a public communica tion or one of a diplomatic character. Little doubt exists in official quarters that if the genuineness of the letter is fully established it will result In the re tirement of Minister Dupuy de Ixtmo, and his replacement by another minister. Whether the United States government would ask for his recall is in doubt, but the Spanish minister himself doubtless ■would lake this occasion to relieve his movement from any possible embarrass ment i,nd would seek relief from his post o.t Washington. NATIONAL QUARANTINE. Is the Subject Uuder Discussion In Mobile Today. Mobile, Feh. 9 —.Delegation* from all the South Atlantic and gulf states are in at tendance ti|M>n the quarantine convention today. The convention, by an overwhelming majority, decided to take up as tho first subject quarantine in all Its bearing and lop off much of the purely theoretical dis cussion for which the original program provided. An interesting debate on national quar antine Is progressing and a vote will .not be taken until late in the day. The con vention is badly split up on the subject. Tho state and local quarantine officers ere here In large numbers to oppose the recommendation of the national quarantine but many of the most eminent doctors and lawyers In the convention heartily favor it. A majority of the Georgia delegation is In favor of national quarantine, except Mayor Meldrim, of Savannah, who will speak against it. Louisian i and Mississippi are favorable to national quarantine . The other dele gations except Alabama are divided so it Is impossible to say now how they will vote, rhe convention will be in sesion un til tomorrow night. DENOUNCED DELOME Sulzer, of New York, Wants Him Seni Home in Dis- grace. Washington. Feb. 9. —Previous to the reopening of the debate, the special defi ciency apropriation bill passed, carrying 1200.000 for the payment of the jurors’ fees fu the United States courts, and $25,000 for witness fees. Sulzer, Democrat, of New York, attempt ed to secure recognition for the introduc tion in the oan house of a rrsoluUon which, after reciting the contents of the letter alleged to have been written by Se nor De Lome, the Spanish minister, to Dm Jose Canaejas. editor of the Madrid Hl Heraldo and after alleging that the min ister's letter was an insult 'to this country, it be declared to be the sense of the house that the Spanish minister be given pass ports and sent home in disgrace.” He was cut off by the demand for the regula" order. 1 - • gi. j VON DER AHE Will Be Allowed to Go On Board This Afternoon. Pittsburg, Feb. 9.--The habeas corpus proceedings in the case of Von Der Ahe, of baseball fame, were heard before Judge Buffington in the United States court to day. The petition to Judge Buffington de clared the proceeding concerning his ar rest to be illegal and without authority of law. and in violation of the Constitution of the United States. After the argument the court took the papers and placed the prisoner in the cus tody of the United States marshall until bail is furnished in the sum of $3,000, to abide by the order of the court. It isthought tlat Attorney Ferguson will go on the bonds and that Von Iter Ahe will be released from custody this after noon. NO APPLICATION Has Been Made to the Par doning Board In Mrs. Nobles’ Behalf. The report that the pardoning board had consented to hear the applications of Mrs. Nobles and Gus Fambles for executive clemency at the same time. :s a little pre mature. as no application has yet been made to them in the interest of these two criminals, and will not be made until sen tence has been duly passed and all resort to rhe courts proven futile. Mr. Marion Harris is in Atlanta today, but he said before leaving, that as yet he would take no action until he had seen what was the best plan to persue. The de fense has not played its last card in the courts yet. and it will be some time be fore the case reaches the pardoning board. Judge Smith will pass sentence on Mrs. You can talk to 10.009 every day through the columns of The News. Nobles as soon as he is officially notified Os the decision of the supreme court of the United States, and then some action will be taken by the defense. There are destined to be many more chapter® added to this case which is now so celebrated from the fact that the legal proceedure has been the most complicated and varied of any case in the state courts. FORT WORTH FIRE. Greatest Property Loss Ever Known in that City. Kansas City, Feb. 9.--A special to the Star from Fort Worth, Texas, says at 3 o’clock this morning the largest property loss by fire that ever occurred here took place. The eight-story Hurley office build ing, the Dreyfus Company’s mammoth dry goods hou.*e, the Farmers’ and Me chanics’ Bank, the general offices of the Fort oWrth and Denver Railway, the Fort Cycle Company and one or two small merchandising companies being burned to the ground. WARRANTS ISSUED. For Seven ana a Half Million Dollars By Secretary of Treasury. Washington, Feb. 9 —The secretary of the treasury today issued a warrant in favor of the treasury of the United States for $7,515,255.15 to be used for the payment of the first mortgages on the Eastern and middle divisions of the Kants Pacific railroad. This action was taken in accordance with the directions of the president ami in tnticipation of the favorable decision of Judge Sanborn, of St. Louis, on the gov ernment’s motion to be filed and argued .next Saturday for authority to redeem the first mortgages and also for the postpone ment sale fixed for February 16. KRUGER RE-ELECTED. Pretoria, Transvaal Republic, Feb. 9. Paul Kruger has been re-elected president of the South Af r tean republic. SUNDAYCYCLERS. The Question that Will Agitate the National Assembly. CONVENTION MEETS TODAY. Delegates Are Arriving From Every where—The Local Option Law for State Divisions to Come Up. St. Louis, Feb. 9—A majority of the del egates to the National Assembly of the League of American Wheelmen which met today in this city have arrived. A large number came in on the morn ing thrains and stragglers will reach here tonight and tomorrow morning before the actual business of the session begins. The question that will receive the most tarnest discussion is that of local option for the state divisions. iAn amendment providing that state di visions be granted the right to determine for themselves whether or not Sunday bicycling should be permitted was intro duced last year at the assembly at Albany and was defeated by but six votes. At the time division option was not considered to be of moment to the league, but the de feat of the amendment occasioning the for mation of outlaw I’eagues in California and Louisiana where the control of the sport passed almost entirely into the hands of the newly formed organizations has had the effect of causing the present delegates to hear both sides of the ques tion and to determine to decide the case on its merits. The prevailing opinion seems to be that if it is best for the league, suc-h an amend ment will be adopted at the present con vention. The disposition to afford the advocates of Sunday racing every possible opportu nity to give their plans a fair trial ex tends even among the members of such states as Massachusetts and New York, where previously strong opposition to the idea was found. ADVERSE REPORT On Allen’s Cuban Resolu tion Will Be Brought in. Washington, Feb. 9—The senate com mittee on foreign relations today decided to make an adverse report upon the pro position advanced yesterday by Senator Allen to amend the consular and diplo matic appropriation bill so as to recognize the belligerency of the Cuban insurgents. The action of the committee is the re sult of a motion by Senator Morgan, who says that the appropriation bills are not proper vehicles for legislation bearing upon foreign questions. The vote of the committee is unanimous. CROWDED GALLERIES Speeches On the Cuban Sit uation Are Eagerly Looked For. Washington, Feb. 9.--In anticipation of speeches to be delivered on the relations of the United States and Spain concerning the Cuban war, a subject of intense inter est to a majority of Americans, the gal leries of the senate were crowded at an early hour today. It was noticed that a larger number p* senators were present today than usual. Notice was given yesterday by Senator Cannon, of Utah, and Senator Mason, ct Ulin cis. that they would address the sen ate upon the resolutions they had intro duced. served as a magnet to draw the senators from their committee rooms very early in the dav’s session. Rev. Dr. F. E. Meyer, of Lotido i, Eng , offered the invocation. Butler, of North Carolina, offered an amendment to the constitution enabling congress to levy and collect income tax. ASSASSINATED. President Barrios is Reported to Have Been Killed. San Francisco. Feb. 9.-—A special cable gram from San Jose, Guatamalia this morning announced the assassination of President Barrios. It is added that calm now prevails. Advertise in The News and reach the people. THE MACON NEWS. MOST HORRIBLE REVELATION. A iLetter from Cuba Tells Something of the Inside History. STARVING 8H THOUSANDS Three Dead Bodies Seen in the Streets by the American Consul on His Morning Walk. L. McDonald, Jr., is in receipt of a letter from Waiter Barker, United States consul at Sague La Grande, Cuba, in which he says: ”1 counted, on returning from breakfast at 11 o’clock this morning three dead bodies on the streets. I was told another was lying in the Plaza, (market.) A queer place to die of starvation, is it not? God help those poor, innocent creatures. ■When the veil is removed and the mat ter is given the light of heaven, it will show a scene that no Christian people can face. 1 fear my reason has departed. ‘‘The alceda stated to me yesterday that 6,000 reconcentrades in this city, (Sa gua has 14,000 population,) on his register were starving, many of whom, he said, they had no account of, as they preferred to die rather than beg, got no relief; that the city had no funds, the Cubans had none and that the Spanish will not con tribute. As you know, there are moneyed men in Cuba, and they would as soon see people falling in the streets like grass be fore the mower. The relief fund voted by congress is exhausted and now the Ameri can citizens are in the same pitiable plight as the reconcentrados. ‘‘A widow, her son is my clerk, whom you met, an American, her husband a Vir ginian, rich at the inception of the war, who died of a broken heart, is in a pitia ble plight. I have been feeding he" and a family of nitir. F ve of these daughters were educated in the United States. She told me that they were starving, that soon she would be laid beside her husband and her last request to me would be “to place a wooden slab between our graves and in scribe on it ‘Viotime of Spanish cruelty and American indifference.” Then after reflecting a moment she said: ‘I will not, though I could use harsher words.’ “People are dying by thousands daily. Can you believe it? With those not dead the conditions are 100 per cent, more dis tressing lhaji when you were here a less than a month ago.” duelTimminent. Desha Breckinridge Challeng ed by Thomas Moore to Settle Differences. Lexington, Ky., Feb. 9. —A political sen sation was caused by the publication of a letter from Colonel Thomas E. Moore, of Bourbon county, a leading silver Demo crat, denouncing Desha ißreckenridge, son of AV. C. P. Breckenridge, editor of the Herald. Colonel Moore is an ex-Confederate and is paralyzed in the right arm. He suggests that they both use their left arms. The feeling between the two men was engendered in the Breckenridge congres sional contest four years ago. Colonel "Moore was recently suggested as penitentiary commissioner and the Herald ridiculed him. This led to a Challenge. Breckenridge is in Frankfort, and will probably answer Colonel Moore tomorrow. ROWDY SCENES. At Zola Trial Young Barrister Attack Military. Paris, Feb. 9—ln spite of the special precautions there was a repetition of the scene witnessed yesterday when the trial of Emile Zola and Perreux, who are being prosecuted by the government for de nouncing the Esterhazy court martial were continued today. General Boisdeffre refused emphatically to testify under a plea of professional and state secrecy. M. DeLorgorue, the presid ing judge, consented that Madame Dreyfus should be allowed to testify on the condi tion that her evidence be restricted to the Esterhazy case. Over 200 barristers in their robes gath ered at the public entrance and indulged in horse play. When the presiding judge ordered them not to obstruct the passage the barristers made a demonstration against the judge, thereupon the com mandant of the Republican guards sent a detachment of troops to quell the dis turbance. Intervention of the military was ill re ceived and led to a violent affray. Three barristers rushed upon the guards and struck them. One of the young lawyers was arrested, but after quiet restored was released. Advertise in The News and reach the TO THE CONVENTION. The Macon Delegates Will Leave for At lanta Tomorrow. Macon delegates will leave tomorrow morning for Atlanta to attend the man ufacturers' convention which will be called to order tomorrow morning at 11 o’clock in the state capital by Governor W. Y. Atkinson, who will deliver an address of welcome to the 300 delegates. Col. W. W. Gordon, of Savannah, will respond to the address of the governor. After the two sessions of the convention the delegates will meet in the Kimball House at 7:30 o’clock in the evening and will be the guests of the Atlanta Chamber cf Commerce at the Bohemian smoker. The following program of speakers was announced yesterday by Mr. Martin: Hon. Allen D. Candler —“Georgia, the Empire State of the South,” Hon. Hoke Smith—“ The Manufacturing Center of the Future." Mr. S. G. McLendon—“Safety the Best Invitation to Capital.' Col. Albert H. Cox—" Diversity of Indus tries the True Economic Relief of Our Suffering Agriculture.” Major J. F. Hanson —“How to Make a Prosperous State.’ Hon. Clark Howell—“ The Press.” Hon. F. G. dußignon—“The Bar.’ Mr. Jack Spalding—“ Equitable Legisla tion and Aid to Industrial Development.” Hon. Patrick Walsh—" Georgia’s Natural Resources.’ You can talk to 10.009 every day through the columns of The New*, MACON NEWS WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 9 1898. CLEMENCY FOR TOM ALLEN Pardoning Board Recom mends a Commutation of His Sentence. W MUI MIOUCEMEH Has Yet Been Made But There is No Doubt of the Decision of the Board. The following telegram was received by The News from Atlanta this afternoon; Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 9—At request of 5,000 citizens of Georgia Governor Atkin son, upon recommendation, of the board of pardons today comuted the sentence of Tom Allen, of Macon, murderer, to life imprisonment. .Allen was to have been hanged February 11. The exclusive statement was made a week ago by The News that Tom Allen would not hang for the killing of Charley Carr, was verified yesterday afternoon when the prison commission sent their decision to the governor recommending a commutation of sentence for Tom Allen. At the time The News published the statement that Tom Allen would not hang other newspapers attempted denials, but they soon found that it had come straight. There are very few people in Bibb coun ty who are familiar with the case who will not say that the board’s decision was just. It merits the approval of every fair-min ded man, and there were many who want ed to see Allen totally free. Colonel J. W. Preston, who has fought the case so persistently rejoices over the victory, and it is due to his efforts that Tom Allen has not been hung long ago for the killing of Charley Carr, The news of the decision of the board was very little surprising to the people of Macon, and to Allen even. It has been ex pected for the past few days, and it was already known what the decision would be. This will end one of the most noted criminal eases in the history of the state. For three long years it has been dragging through the courts. Every legal step that could possibly have been taken has been resorted to. Supreme counts applied to. The governor petitioned, but each time tb,e appeals were denied, for when Alley was under sentence of death he escaped from the ißibb county jail while a plea for a new trial was pending before the supreme court of Georgia. It is probable that the appeal would have been granted, but when the court gave Allen thirty days in which to give himself into the hands of jujstice, and the thirty days expired without his having done so, his ease was thrown out of toe courts and he was denied all fur recourse to t'he courts. When Allen was captured he found that not only had he turned the people against him, but also the courts. It was then that his attorneys began the master ly worts which has saved him from the gallows. Public opinion was decidedly against him. Rumors charging him with a heinous crime, that of betraying his neice, were circulated. Many other things were charged to his account, and it was a long time before the public was turned in his favor. It was finally proven that he had no connection with the disgrace of his niece by her own confession, and 'the other ugly reports were soon corrected. The turn of the tide was as strong to sympa thize with him as it had been to condemn him. People began to visit him and saw that he was not a man who looked like he had murder in his heart. ‘ After the case had been 'to the courts for the last time, and there was no further grounds on which to appeal to them, the governor was appeal ed to for executive clemency. 'Numerous peitions wee presented, but .in his official capacity the executive felt that he had no right to interfere in the matter. For sev eral months he considered the question, and when the pardoning board was ap pointed he saw that he would be relieved of the responsibility of the case. Political opponents of Governor Atkin son and other prominent politicians have charged that the pardoning board was ap pointed to relieve the governor of the re sponsibility of the many petitions for clemency and pardon that have accumula ted before him. It is charged that those in power hoped to make friends by fur nishing this loop hole for the escape of criminals. How much of this is true no one knows but those vested with the au thority to appoint the board. The main reason for the decision of the pardoning board was the new evidence that was recently found in the person of a negro who claims that he was an eye witness to the crime. He stated that after •the crime he left Macon and went to New Orleans. iHe returned here only a short while ago. When he returned here he told several gentlemen that he had seen Mr. Allen shot Charley Carr and that it was accidental. The negro was at once hunted up by the attorneys, and his state ment taken and sworn to. He stated that Mr. Allen had come into the bar cn the corner of Mulberry and Fourths streets on the night of the murder, and seemed to be under the influence of whisky. He called for drinks and Carr told him that he was too drunk to take anything else. Allen said that he would get it anyway, and started behind the counter, but Carr in tercepted him and told him that he could not come behind the counter, Allen pulled his pistol, and Carr attempted to .take it from him when it was accidentally dis charged, the bullet striking Carr in the head and killing him, The negro was known to several of the best citizens of Macon, and they al Itesti fied to his truthfulness in .the past, and said that in their opinion he was per fectly reliable. This piece of evidence was the main card .that the defense played before the pardon-ing board, and it is due to this more than anything else that Alien’s life was saved. The governor had said many times before that he did not see how he could interfere as Allen knew that when he got under the influence of whisky he was not accountable for his actions, and that he deliberately went to town with a pistol in his pocket and got drunk. Alien’s last respite will expire next Fri day, and had not the governor interfered he would have been executed. Though he has not yet officially commuted the sen tence, he will do so before Friday. The recommendation of the pardoning board will be acted upon. Allen says that he has been waiting for the decision of the board patiently, and felt as If it would be favorable to him. All of his friends have assured him that he would be pardoned, or that his sentence would be commuted, and he has rested easy for the past week or two. “I want you to state for me now,” said Allen, “that the reports that I had made attempt to get poison in my cell with which to take my life, is false. As Mr. Stephan will tell you. no morphine was ever found in a necktie of mine, nor was one ever torn open and searched. I have had no desire to take my life. I have al ways hoped for the best and decided to let the results come naturally. I am truly grateful to all my friends, and wish that I could see them and thank them for the many kindnesses they have shown me. I believe more firmly each day in the teach ings of the word of God. and I believe that the troubles that I have been through with have purged my soul of all unclean liness.” It is a well known fact that Allen is re ligious leader in the jail, and leads in the singing and prayer. All of the pris oners look up to him and respect him. Allen is in a desperate physical condi tion, and his condition grows worse daily. The operation which the physicians say should have been performed sometime ago may yet end the life of the man who has so narrowly escaped the gallows. In the past few weeks Allen h.js suffered untold agonies, but the operation was postponed until it was seen what the pardoning board would do, for the operation was a dangerous one. and might be attended with fatal results. The sufferer has lost much flesh in the past few months, and is now only a shadow of his former self. As soon as the official announcement of the pardoning board is received Allen will be taken to the hospital and operated on. for it will require the utmost skill and most careful attention. He says that he hardly hopes for any thing better than a commutation to life imprisonment. The exact recommendation of the pardoning beard is not yet known. It is probable that the governor may com mute the sentence to less than life im prisonment. Colonel Preston says that Colonel Tur ner did not make an affidavit before Gov ernor Atkinson, but merely told him that he knew the old negro who said that he was an eye-witness to the tragedy, and that he knew him to be perfectly reliable. At that time Mr. Turner nor Colonel Preston did not know that the pardoning board would be appointed, or that it bad even been considered. SHORT AND SWEET Session of the City Council Last Night Was Without Incident. ORIOIES WANT TO COME And the Board of Public Works Want an Office to Themselves Fifteen Minutes Work. The regular meeting of the city council last night was productive of very little matter of interest. In fact nothing of im portance came up during ithe extremely short session. Tue 'Baltimore baseball club, which seemed to have deserted Macon, has appa rently reconsidered and last last night made application for the use of Central (City park for fifteen days in the last half of March. The petition was referred to the public property committee, which, of course, will recommend that it be .granted and may put in a few trimmings as an extra in ducement to that club to come to Macon. Heretofore Baltimore has looked upon 'Macon as her mascot, and in reality it is-- the slipping away of the pennant last year was all a mistake, but the Orioles for sake Macon this time there will be no mis take abput it, Their luck will be smashed •to smithereens and they will never get a sniff at the pennant. Hanlon seems to be a little scared up on this line, too. He had given out that he was going to Thomas ville, but seems to have thought batter of it, and he will be very welcome indeed in Macon. Among the communications read last night was one from the Board of Public Works, asking council to provide an office for the board, as at present they have no quarters at all, and are obliged to sponge upon City Clerk Smith, whose supply of sipace is now all too limited. Mr. Smith is the most hospital man in the world, but when Captain Tom Henderson is in at tendance on the meetings of the Board of Public Works, the clerk does his work with his legs out of the window. He pre tends that this is from choice, but as a matter of fact it is because there is not sufficient room left and he wants Captain Henderson to be comfortable. The county commissioners asked that the city give some attention to Spring street, which is one of the approaches •to the new bridge, and which needs work ing. They also complained about the con dition of a sewer at Vlneville branch. Under a resolution from Aiderman Mor gan the lines of Second street are to be straightened out before the paving with cement rock is commenced. STATE~CONVENTION Os Illinois Democrats Will Be Held on May Seventeenth Chicago, Feb. 9 —The Democratic state central committee has selected May 17 as the date for the state convention. Peoria or Springfield will be chosen as the place. The committee also decided to make two legal fights as a result of recent Republi can legislation. The first battle will be over the reap pointment of a bill recently passed chang ing the- senatorial districts of the state. The second will be over the anti-fusion law passed by the regular session and in tended to prevent future coalition of Pop ulists an* democrats. SWEETHEART’S FATHER Shot and Instantly Killed By John Scho field. Louisville, Ky., Feb. 9 —John Schofield shot and instantly killed Peter Pfeffer last night at the later's home at 709 Twenty seventh street. Schofield was in love with Pfeffer’s daughter and the girl's father opposed his suit and ordered him to leave the house. Schofield drew a revolver and placing it against Pfeffer’s left breast fired, killing him instantly. Schofield escaped and •> * ? police are un able to ti.r? any trace of him. COTTON FUTURES. New York. Feb. 9 —Coton. futures open ed quiet. Sales 3.500 bales, March 590, April 592, May 596, June 600, July 603, August 606, September 606, October 606, November 607. GREAT SHIRT SALE. Clearance sale of nice colored shirts— “ Manhattan” make at SIOO. Seldom such bargains are offered in high class goods. Clem Phillips. POPE LEO ANO THEJATICAN. Lecture on the Subject Last Night By Mr. Marion Crawford. WAS CLOSELY DESCRIPTIVE. The Great Author Made no Effort at Oratory, But His Lecture Was Full of Interesting Detail. The lecture by Mr. Marion Crawford at the Academy of Music last night was heard with deep interest by an audience representative of the very best and most appreciative gathering of Macon people that has been .brought together for a long time. The famous novelist was introduced in a sort speech by Mr. Harry Edwards, who, wi‘th the utmost grace and most perfect appreciation of his pleasant duty said tht.L t ~ ) oie proper for him to speak of welccming Mr. Crawford than of intro ducing him, for he was already the friend of every lover of good literature in Ma ccn. Mr. Edwards, as might have been expected, said just enough and at once put the audience in touch with the speaker of the evening. Mr. Crawford is a man of fine presence and has an earnest address. He makes no attempt at superficial oratory or sopho moric declamation. His subject is one in which every one is interested. He came to itell his hearers something more than they already knew of Pope Leo XII and the Vatican of Rome, and he did it. He has an intimate acquaintance with the surroundings Os the wonderful man who has done so much for the Catholic church throughout the world. The detail of his lecture was perfect. He went into the minualadaa of the Pope’s life at the Vatican, and told of the life and character of the great churchman with the touch of •a description writer who has learned to waste no words in painting his picture. He followed the life of the Pope through the minor things and showed how the master mind, while paying the strictest attention to small matters--leading up to the greater plans and policies kept in touch with the affairs of the church in every part of the civilized world. He de scribed him as the old unan resting in his inner chamber seated in the old fashioned •Chair asleep with his pallid face turned full towards the curtainless windows through which the Italian sunlight streamed and cast a radiancy around the placid features. He pictured him as the arch enemy of anarchism, a prisoner in the Vatican whose life in the streets of Rome would not be worth a moment’s purchase, waging a re lentless war upon the restless spirit that centers in Italy and is spreading through out Europe and even crossing the Atlantic in to this country. He spoke of the pope as a broad-minded scholar of the world, notwithstanding his close confinement, a tolerant sovereign of the church, and he defended the policy that made the Roman Catholic church and its members the subject of the head, who who claims obedience but demands noth ing but strict loyalty to' his church. Mr. Crawford detailed the remarkable influence wielded by the Pope in the fi nancial affairs of Italy, whose money mar ket he said is controlled by the invest ments made by the Pope in Italian secu rities and brought about the anonaodad situation of the pope, the natural enemy of the house of Savoy, holding an all pow erful command of the financial affairs of state. Referring to American Catholics, he said that they are good Catholics, and while they as Americans are not dictated to as to their vote or their politics, are first of all true to their church in so far that they will not vote for its enemies. In his closing Mr. Crawford broke away from the dryer detail and spoke eloquently of the Pope and his great life work. He had, Mr. Crawford said, done more for the church in the last twenty years than a dozen other Popes had done in centuries. Leo XIII would not be here he said, to mark the full effect of his work or to meet the issues when the final struggle comes, but he had hewn a broad path for others to follow and the light of his teachings would illumine that pathway down which the army of Catholicism would march ful ly armed and prepared for rne nattle. After the lecture last night Mr. Craw ford was given a reception at the resi dence of Dr. and Mrs. McHatton, where he met a large number of Macon’s best people. SUSPICIOUS CASES Some of the Negroes Are Thought to Have Small pox. Five suspicious cases of smallpox were reported this morning, but as they are in the same house where the other two cases were on Calhoun street such a develop ment might materially be expected. All the cases are very light, th’ negroes having been vaccinated. In fact, these cases are not likely to amount to much more than varuloid. Chairman Barron, of the Board of Health, said that the cases had not been reported to him as smallpox, but that he understood there were some suspicious cases on Calhoun street. Another case was also reported to have been found out at (Crump’s park, but no confirmation of the rumor could be found. The county commissioners had not been informed of it. IRISH MEMBERS Attack the Government on the Conditions Existing In Cuba. London, Feb. 9—The debate on the ad dress in reply to the speech from the throne was resumed in the House of Com mons today. Michael Davitt moved an amendment calling attention to the distress in Ceylon and the failure of the potato crop. The motion was seconded by John P. Hayden and supported by John Dillon, chairman of the Irish parliamentary party who said the misery in Ceylona was a scandal to the government. Dillon added that the distress was ag gravated by the evictions of the starving and he called upon the government for immediate and comprehensive proposals for the relief of the sufferers. YOU NEVER SAW Such neckwear as we are selling at 35c. Phillips. Avoid the cold weather By buying one of our. .. SUITS AND OVERCOATS at 22 1 2 PER CENT 00 id CASH DISCOUNT All Underwear at 25 per cent cash discount. Big assortment of Gloves. A A? st .* A/ 9 X ) J CENTRAL CITY7| Refrigerator and Cabinet works. MANUFACTURE S OF Bank, Bar and Office Fixtur s, Drug Store Mantels and all kinds of Hard Wood Work, Show Cases tc order. Muecke’s newest, improved Dry Air Refrigera tor will be made and sold at wholesale prices to every ; body. Give us a trial. F. W. ITUECKE, Manager | 614 New Street. W WWW II Seethe Lines of This Picture. < ■ ■(■■n ■■ . v. I Seethe SMUgaffi They are <:•: H Goods bBUL as well 1 i Ah I 'i 1 R shaped <; •: f I Repre= as the i; <1 || seats. Picture. H I f <► > 5 Black, Chocolate, Kid or Cloth top, $2.50, $3.00, £ S I $3.50. <: i 11 CLISBY &. M°KAY, ;l| | phone: 29. > & iWWWWAAA ® X 9 Spring Engagements Make fall weddings. Become engaged now—come in and let us sell you a diamond ring and be happy all summer and ever after. We have a nice assortment of diamond rings to select from. J H. & W. W. WILLIAMS, JEWELERS, Second Street. THOMASVILLE, GA. MRS. A. H. HALF, of Watch Hill House, R. 1., Prop’tress Open from January to April. Miles of bicycle paths; Country Club golf links; Gentlemen’s Driving Associa tion; fine -drives and good delivery. To Sportsmen and Others: I have leased the game preserve of my plantations in Thomas county with the Mitchell House, Thomasville, to Mrs. A. R. Hale. The grounds are “posted,” and the hunting privelege being reserved for the guests of the Mitchell House only, all parties wishing to shoot on these lands will please apply to Mrs. A. R. Hale, lessee. T. C. MITCHELL. Our $12.00 Price Level Shows a select company of sl6 and $lB Suits —our former prices, you understand, not their present values. They’re worth more now. Compare them with made-to-measure Suits. Better, in one tespect, they fit and if you are not satisfied, money back if you want it. Slim and stout figures, whether long or short —all kinds of fabrics, patterns, colorings and styles. CHEAP MONEY. per cent, and 7 per cent, -joney now ready for loans on Macon residence and business property. 8 per cent, money for farm loans. Over $5,000,000 successfully negotiated In Georgia alone. Loans made can be paid off at any time. We are head quarters. O. A. Coleruan, Gen. Man., 356 Second street. Macon, Ga. PRICE TWO CENTS