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8 Per Cent Guaranteed! nirMetula paid M<nl-*nnnid)T. NUcfc ftacurtd ny deed* tn improved real estate Id mor* than doable the amount, deposited with Utifon Havtngs Hank and Trust Co GCO. A. SMITH, Gen Man Equitable Building and Loan Association, Maeon, <i»., 401 ihlr.l Street. ESTABLISHED 1884. WANT REPORTS ABOUT CUBA, Quigg Offered an Important Resolu tion in the House This Morning. WHAT IS SPAIN DOING. Since the New Administration Under Gen. Blanco Went into Power on the Island. W uhlngton, Feb. 14.—Imcmdiately after the reading of the Journal in the house to day a unanimous report was sent in from the report of the committee on elections No. 2. in favor of Vandebury vs. Tongue from the second district in favor of the sitting ■member and was adopted without debate. Quigg, of New York, a member of the foreign affairs committee, was recognized. He first called up the resolution reported from the foreign affaire committee, call ing upon the secretary of state, iff not in compatible with public interest, to trans mit to the house correspondence relating to the discrimination of the German govern ment against the importation American beef, fruit or horses. It was adopted with out division. Quigg followed this with the Cuban res olution offered by Mr. Williams slightly modified as follows: ~ “Resolved, by the house of representa tives, that the secretary of state, and ho hereby is directed to inform the house what Information, if any, he has receiv ed at t'he state repartment concerning the reconcentradoes in Cuba, whether or not they have been permitted to return to their estatees; whether or not they or any considerable number of them are now on their estates, whether or not any zones, or considerable parts of zones, are now be ing cultivated by them according to the reports received at the department of state from the American consular agents. What atepß, if any, are shown by the said consu lar reports to have been taken by the Hpanish government for the feeding of said reconcenlradoes of for otherwise prevent ing them from starving and suffering. Whether or not the Spanish government has given the necessary military protec tion to enable the mills to grind cane and what progress has been made in Spain’s efforts to induce the Cubans to accept au tonomy. “Second. That the secretory of state be directed, if in his opinion It is not incom patible with public interest, to sent to the house copies of all such reports from the consuls, vice-consuls and commercial agents of the United States in Cuba as may shed light upon the subject above re ferred to and shall give information to the house and to th«> country concerning the condition in Cuba since the advent of the new regime under General Blanco. ~ WILL NOT RESIGN. The Rumor About General Fitzhugh Lee is Denied. Washington, Feb. 14. —The state depart ment today officially denied that General Lee, consul general to Cuba, has tendered his resignation, it can be stated also that while details not obtainable, matters re gaardlng the De Lome incident have as sumed such shape that an early ami en tirely satisfactory adjustment of the af fair between the United States and Spain is confidently expected by the state de partment. PRIVATE LETTER And Therefore Cannot te Acted Upon Of ficially. Madrid. Feb. 14—“ El Liberal'' comment ing on the DeLome letter says it was a private document of which the govern ment misunderstood the 'text. it is semi-offieially stated that official claims cannot be founded on a private letter and that Spain acted rightly in ac cepting the resignation of Seuor Dupuy De Lome, and that <wy claims whatever are inadmissible. INTERFERENCE With the Mails Said to be the Rea son for Cushing’s Commission. New York, Feb. 14—It Is now learned on the highest authority that the real reason for sending the United States tor pedo boat Cushing to Havana, was that the Spanish authorities had been tamper ing with the mail sent to battleship Maine in Havana harbor, says the Wash ington correspondent of the Herald. This resulted in Captain Sigsbee, of the Maine sending a protest to Washington with the suggestion that a regular service be established between Key West and Ha vana by means of a torpedo boat. On the strength of the protest the Cushing was dispatched to Havana. Although it has been frequently report ed that official mail has been tampered with in the past, Secretary Long said last night that he had received no reports from Captain Sigsbee saying that the Spanish authorities had iuterferred with his letters in any way. ’’The dispatch of the Cushing to Ha vana.*’ he continued, “was in line with the department's action in sending the 'Maine on a friendly visit to that port and <he Montgomery to Santiago de Cuba, and Mazillo. 1 expect she is now or will be Boon on her way back to Key West.” DAUNTLESS AGAIN. "(he Plucky Little Vessel is off For Cuba Once More. Savannah. Feb. 14—The tug Dauntless, left Savannah yesterday morning loaded up with sixty tons of coal. It is rumored that she will meet her mate and an expe dition off Tampa. They left Tampa last Hignt. The Spanish authorities here have just learned of this new expedition. A Straight Line. *'A straight line 1b the shortest distance tiptween two points. (Geometrical Defini tion.) A telephone line is the quickest and most satisfactory means of communi cation between two points. (Commercial fact.) First point—The toll system of the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company affords the means of holding pri vate conversation with your correspon dents in Atlanta, Rome, Newnan, Griffin Columbus, Opelika, Americus, Albany Athens and intermediate towns, and gives •11 the advantages of personal interviews without the expense, fatigue and incon venience of traveling. Second point—A night rate has beer established and connections between the hours of 6 p. m. and 8 a. m. can be bad at tae-half Ot the day rates. NEGRO WOMAN SHOT. She was Notorious in and Arornd Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland, Feb. 14 —Minnie Ridgely, bettor known aa Minnie Chew, a notorious colored woman entered the saloon at the corner of Noble and Bright streets with a drawn revolver late test night and fired a fi silade of shots at George Leach, a color ed gambler, who was in the palace. The fcbets all went wild and Leach quickly pulled bls revolver and fired one shot, the bullet lodging just below the woman’s heart. She will probably die. The shoot ing was the result of a quarrel. Leach is in Jail. The Chew woman Is well known to the police. She Is one of the two Amazons who years ago made it a prac tice of holding men up in alleys in the Tenderloin district. For one of her crimes she served three years in the penitentiary. RUMORS REVIVED About the Mental Condition of Sherman — He was Quietly Ignored. Washington, Feb. 14—One of the fea tures of the IteLorne case is causing near ly as much comment as the episode itself. It is the manner in wheh Secretary of State Sherman was kept in ignorance of the steps taken by the administration and from official knowkdge of the affair. The venerable secretary has sat In his private office while the important work of the department was transacted by Judge Day without even consulting his chief. All of the presidential conferences were with Judge Day, and it was started by an attache of the state department that more information was imparted to the newspapers than to Sherman. This action has started the old gossip about the secretary’s mental condition, but his friends declare it i.-. jot such as to Justify the methods now used. REINFORCED. Paris, Feb. 14.- —The garrison of Paris has b. n reinforced by the troops from BELLIGERENCY 01 Cuba is Favored by the Senate, According to the Report. HOUSE ASKED TO CO-OPERATE On Securing This End—Report of the Com mittee on Foreign Relations on Al len's Resolution. Washington, Feb. 14.—Senator Morgan today reported from the committee on for eign relations the amendment offered by Senator Allen of Nebraska, recognizing the belligerency of Cuba. The report was against making it a part of the diplomatic and consular appropri ation bill, but the report which was quite long, stated that the senate had already acted on this matter and is still of the same opinion and would be glad to have the bouse co-operate in securing the recog nition of belligerency. superioTcourt. The Civil Docket was Taken up This Morn* ing. The superior court opened this morning with the civil docket. After the grand jury had been charged and had retired the first case called was that of Charles But ler against Alfred Butler, which was dis posed of in short order and for the rest ot the morning the judge was occupied in chambers. This week will about close out the civil docket for the term and in fact there is not enough business to occupy the atten tion of the court for more than a few days of the week. If the grand jury finishes its work this week it is expected the criminal docket will be taken up next week, CHICKEN POX. A Suspicious Case Reported from Vinevllle and Two in th.' City. A suspicious ease thought to be smallpox was reported this morning from a negro house in the alley back of Mrs. Virgin’s residence in Vinevllle. Drs. C. H. Hall and Worsham visited the house and diagnosed the case. At 2 o clock Dr. Hall told a News report er that he was nable as yet to say posi tively that the case was or was not small pox. It looked to him, he said, like a bad ease of chicken pox. but he could not make up his mind definitely until he had seen the ease again tomorrow. He advises no one to go to the house, however, as he says that such cases of chicken pox are very nearly as bad as the smallpox itself. Two suspicious cases were reported to the Board of Health from Monroe street in a negro house this morning. An investi gation proved to the satisfaction of the board that the cases were nothing more than the chicken pox. A suspicion grows upon a large number of people that the supposed smallpox is all the cases is nothing more than aggra vated chicken pox. but every precaution is being taken by the Board of Health. EXCITI NGSCENES During the Zola Trial—Expert is on the Stand. __ Paris, Feb. 14.—When the trial of M. Zola and M. Perrieux was resumed today M. Juares. a socialist membar of the Chamber of Deputies, was recalled. He recalled his belief in the culpability of Major Esterhazy. The examination of M. Bertillon, the writing expert, was then resumed. He said he thought itimpcssi ble to ask the minister of war for in criminating documents seized at the resi dence of Dreyfus in 1804. which, according to the testimony of the witness on Satur day last, would enable him to prove that Dreyfus wrote to Bordeaux. M. laborie. counsel for M. Zola, thereupon protested and twited M. Bertitlonwith being unwill ing to testify in court while giving inter views to newspapers. M. said the inter views were false. Being pressed by M. Laborie to explain how unless he had seen the secret documents he was able to prove at the court martial that Dreyfus wr« to Bordeaux. M. Bertillon answered t, he could not explain without the docu ments which were no longer in his pos session. This statement caused a sensa tion in court and M. Laborie demanded that the advocate general compel the wit ness to reply. The advocate general made no answer. Finally M. Bertillon, who persisted in not answering the question left the wit ness stand amidst considerable uproar, M. Laborie remarking: “And that is the man upon whose evidence Dreyfus was con victed.” You can talk to 10,000 every day through the columns of Ths News, THE MACON NEWS. GRAND JURY IS SWORN IN Will Not Sit for More Than Three or Four Days This Term of Court. JUDGE URGES EXPEDITION. He Says That the Grand Jury is Not an In dependent Body and That it Should do a Day’s Work. The grand jury met this morning and was .-worn in and charged by Judge Fel ton. Twenty-three men make up the jury for this term or rather for the extra work before the grand jury empanneled for a special purpose for the November term. The jury is made up as follows: A. Gibian, L. S. Worsham, M. C. Balk com, George W. Duncan, W. L. Douglass, C. C. Wilder, J. T. Dozier, C. D. Findlay, W. T. Shinholser, S. H. Shepperd, T. Skel ton Jones, R. Lee Long, R. W. Jemison, Edgar A. Ross, W. F. Elder, Joseph N. Neel, W. W. DeHaven, W. C. Turpin, Alex Blair, A. L. Wood, A. B. Small, Thomas R. Ayer, H. J. Thomas, Enoch Rainey, baliff. Mr. T. Skelton Jones was selected as the foreman of the jury. Judge Felton in charging the jury said that they had been called together for the express purpose of investigating some fifty cases that were teiniandlng indictment by the grand jury of alleged criminals who had been brought before the city court and also about 'twenty-five cases now in jail. 1.1 was for this purpose particularly that the jury had been Impannelied and the solicitor general had so mapped out the work of the jury so as to enable them to get through with the work in about three days. The judge asked the jury to get through in this time if they possibly could. He pointed out that they 'had not the right in his opinion 'to meet for a few hours in the morning and then to adjourn over for a day. The solicitor general had drawn up work that would for each day make a good day’s work and he thought that they s hould be able to finish in the three days. Judge Felton pointed out that a grand jury being allowed a certain amount of independence had come to look upon itself as an entirely independent body but it was not, and it was the duty of the grand jury to be as expeditious as possible in the performance of the duties laid it before it. He said that the grand jury empannelled at this time was not precluded from ex amining into such criminal matters as they might think fit to look into but that the last, grand jury having examined into the civil affairs of the county be did not think it. necessary for the jury to go into those matters at this time. IN THE JAW? A Negro Vaccinated Himself and he is in a Dangerous Condition. This is one instance in which it would nov have been folly to be wise. An unfortunate cocn is the victim of ignorance and indeed it is surprising that more accidents of a similar nature do not occur beeauseof the ignorance of all classes o. people concerning vaccination. A negro in South Macon the other day found what looked like a very handy toothpick lying around the house and pro ceeded to use it. In picking ’his tooth until it bled he most successfully vaccinated himself and now his head is about as big as a flour barrel. The vaccination was thoroughly suc cessful and the negro is not likely to have smallpox, but it is very probable he will die cf the vaccination as the jaw is a bad place for the operation. The best time to advertise is all the time. RECORDER’S COURT. Mayor Price Disposed of a Big Docket This Morning. Mayor Price had a big docket before him this morning when he opened the record er’s court. About twenty-five or thirty cases were on the docket. None of them were of a serious nature, however, all of them being result of tee much hilarity caused by too much red liquor on Saturday night or vio lation of the minor ordinances of the city. The most important case on the docket was that of Jasper McWhorter, who was charged with carrying concealed weapons and pointing a pistol at another. He was sent to the city court under a bond of SIOO. The other eases involved fines that to the individual did not mean very much, but which in the aggregate swelled the receipts very considerably. Have your magazines rebaund by The nititierj. CONFERENCE Os Leading Negro Baptists will Meet Here on Wednesday. An educational conference of more than usual significance will be held here next Wednesday. It will be composed of dele gates from all the principal negro Baptist churches of the state, assembled to meet General T. J. Morgan, corresponding sec retary of the American Baptist Home Mis sion Society, and Rev. M. Mac Vicar, LL.D., superintendent of the society’s educational work. The immediate purpose of the convention is to consider the propriety of organizing ing a permanent educational board repre senting all of the negro Baptist churches to work in co-operation with the Home Mission Society in promoting the educa tional interests of the negro Baptists of the state. The general plan is to appoint a financial secretary, who shall be appoint ed jointly by the educational conference and the Home Mission Society, who shall give his entire strength and time to sup porting the interests of education, hunting up young men and young women and en couraging them to enter some of the many “hqols already established, and soliciting "'for Spelman seminary, the Atlanta -Ist college and secondary schools in affiliation with them. It is believed that such a union of the forces at the present time •will entirely do away with whatever friction or misunder standing has existed heretofore, and -will awaken a new interest in the cause of ed ucation. There is a very large number of negro Baptists in the state, and if they can be united heartily and enthusiastically, they can greatly increase the number of students in the schools, and add largely to the financial resources of these institutions which have already done so much for their ■uplifting. MACON NEWS MONDAY FEBRUARY 14 1898. OFFICIALS ARRESTED. They Were Supposed to Intercept the Sus pected Expedition, New London, Feb. 14—Two custom of ficials from Bridgeport were arrested in this city aj 3:46 o’clock this morning and boarded one of Captain Scott’s tugs. Im mediately afterw’ards the tug steamed down the harbor and out into the sound. It is stated that these officials had been instructed to patrol and search the east ern and end of the Long Island sound for the purpose of intercepting the suspected filibustering expedition. ICE KING Sealed the Doom of Five Gold Seekers on the Terrible Pass. Seattle, M ash., Feb. 14. —The steamship City of Topeka arriver here from Alaska last night. She brought the news that five men had frozen to death on the Ghilkoot Pass. No names or details were brought down. Lawlessness continues to reign at Skaga way and Dyea. and the situation at these places is considered serious. Governor Brady sent down an appeal to President •McKinley for protection, as the lawleess element outnumbers the orderly citizens. Dr. Rufus Smith, who came down with Brady’s appeal, said: “You cannot imag ine a worse collection of toughs, “sure thing’ men and thieves of every descrip tion, than is now in Dyea and Skagaway. Probably Skagaway is worse than Dyea. I knew a packer who started over the trail with several men. and they were held up and two or three of them were almost killed. “Men are coming in over the passes every week fresh from Klondike with sacks of gold. Great fear is (felt lest the temptation of such a rich 'booty will soon be responsible for aterrible crime. It Is a wonder that the rich Dawson parties have not been attacked before this. “Citizens of Skagaway 'are, in my opin ion, outnumbered, and would get the worst of it in a conflict between the two elements.” FOR WfiAL, An Appeal Made to the Catholics of Georgia to Contribute to the Fund. GRAND OLD STRUCTURE. Should be Replaced and it is Thought that the Necessary Amount will be Ob tained in the State. A circular has been received in Macon in which an appeal is made for friends for the. rebuilding of the Catholic cathedral i? Savannah. The appeal is signed by Bichop Becker, several clergymen connected with the ca thedral parish, and by leading Catholics identified with its material and financial welfare. The circular tells of the great calamity that has befallen the cathedral which for over a quarter of a century was not only a monument to the faith and zeal of its attendants but an example of architec urai beauty. It reviews the losses inci ' dent to the fire, which .practically de stroyed the stately church edifice and se riously interfered with religious worship. It dwells on the sacred' associations of the lives and religion of the parishioners with the place of worship and the un swerving and unalterable fidelity of its people to its tenets and their great desire to perpetuate the cardinal doctrines of the church for whose interest the petitioners are now seeking moral and financial aid. The circular states that notwithstanding the serious condition that confronts the friends of the cathedral that church must be rebuilt and restored and that despite the loss of between $175,000 and $200,000 it has uch faith in the people of the city and the country that strong hopes are en tertained that financial aid will be gener ously ously given so that the debt may be extinguished and an incubus raised from the parish. The friends of the movement are anx ious, that no time may be lost in the re habilitation of the cathedral and urgently appeal to all friends and sympathizers to aid them in this cause so that a place of worship may be had as expeditiously and consistently as possible. They ask that contributions be given to the committee so that the names of the donors with amount of offerings can be publicly ac knowledged and, in addition, be placed in the curbstone of the new edifice. It is estimated that the cost of rebuild ing the cathedral will be somehing like $75,000 in addition to the insurance of $60,000, making the sum necessary to re store the damaged property $135,000. A financial statement appended to the circu lar letter discloses the fact that the old debt of SIB,OOO will have to be carried over and thecost of the memorial windows, statuary, interior furnishings and altars will approximate $40,000. To put these back where they were originally and to practically make them the same as they were before the fire is the earnest wish of the committee and they feel that the gen erous impulses of the" people of Georgia, which always responds to deserving ap peals, will not fail them in this trying hour when the most laudable purpose of the people interested in this work is to have the gospel taught, and lessens of morality inculcated. Those who desire to contribute to the rebuilding of the cathe dral can leave their offerings with any of the following members of the committee: Bisbop Thomas A. Becker, Father Ben jamin J. Keiley, Dr. J. B. Read, Captain John Flannery, Mr. John Lyons, Mr. Jas- E. Grady, Mr. Daniel Hogan, Captain Henry Blun, Mr. William Kehoe, Mr. P. F. Gleason. Mr. M. A. O’Byrne, Mr. Pat Brennan, Mr. John W. Golden. againsFtrusts. Pipe Works Enjoyned from Keeping Up a Combination. Cincinnati, Feb. 14.—The United States circuit court of appeals for the Sixth cir cuit. toaay decided the cast iron pipe trust case. Justice Harland and circuit Judges Taft and Lurton composed the court. Judge Taft delivered an opinion on the suit ■which was begun at Chattanooga by a bill in equity filed by the attorney general of the United States against six cast iron pipe companies to enjoin them from continuing to do business under the contract of the association, which the bill charged was a violation of the anti-trust act of 1890, be cause it was in restraint of inter-state trade in cast iron pipe, and an attempted monopoly of the same. The judgment of the court of appeals reversed the decision of the circuit court and instructed that the court enter a decree enjoining the six de fendants from continuing to do business under contract of the association or from in any way maintaining the same. SENTENCE SUSTAINED. Springfield, 111., Feb. 14 —The supreme court today sustained the sentence of ex- Bank President George W. Spalding to the penitentiary. He was convicted of embez zling bonds of the University of Illinois. You can talk to 10,000 every day through the columns of The News. CITY OF MACON IN PORT AGAIN She Came Up in the Lowest Pos sible Water in the River This Season WITH A HEAVY LOAD The Navigation Company is Justly Jubilant —A Great Victory for Those who Predict Success. The City of Macon arrived in port this morning and is unloading a miscellaneous cargo of merchandise for the wholesale merchants of Macon. Some uneasiness has been felt at the of fices of the Macon Navigation Company for the last twenty-four hours on account of the non-appearance of the craft on whom so mucr of Macon future depends. It was, therefore a great relief this morning when Captain Miller walked into the office this morning an reported himself ashore. The City of Macon left Hawkinsville on Friday last, and has taken it easy on the way up. On Friday night or Saturday morning she sighted the government boat Satilla, and the weather being calm the captains of the crafts exchanged greetings and it is said that they consisted of much the same remarks as those made by the hospital governor of North Carolina to h'is Southern brother. This caused none of the delay, however, The City of Macon might have reached port yesterday morning, but as it was Sunday she lay to at the quarantine sta tion oposite Mansfield’s and did a little cleaning up so as to make a presentable appearance. About eleven this morning her whistle roused the slumbering lions at the park and made the elephant pick up his trunk. Harbor Master George A. Smith, heard the whistle. He met her as she came up and docked her with as much ease as the best of them. The arrival of the City of Macon with a. load just at this time forever sets at rest the critics and the calamity howlers who have been telling everyone that she could not make the trip at low tide. Macon has ample water on her bar even at the low est tide. Never will the water be any lower than it is now and in making Ma con the City of -Macon has fooled even Captain Miller, who on Friday last in Hawkinsville expressed himself as doubt ful whether he could make the trip or not. If she had come in “light” it would have been different, but the fact that she came in with a full load just at this time is full cause for gratification on the part of those who have predicted for Macon all the ad vantages of a river point and who have persevered hard in the work they volunta rily cut out for themselves. Captain Miller is receiving congratula tions on every side on account of the suc cess of his trip. He says that he had fair weather all the way and that at every point at which he touched the City of Ma con was received with enthusiasm. The possibility of navigation on the Oc mulgee is now an established fact, and the navigation company will go to work at once to increase their fleet and to improve the docks, in which latter work the city Council will be asked to take a hand. In the manifest of cargo brought up by Captain Miller may be mentioned 674 sacks of salt consigned to the Jaques & Tinsley Co., hardware for the iDunlay Hardware Co and Culver & Corbin, general groceries for Adams Bros, and a quantity of freight for Winn Johnson & Co. , The boat with her present cargo draws twenty-four inches of water and Captain Miller says that he experienced little diffi culty in making the trip., It is probable that the 'Chamber of Com merce will now take the matter up in earnest and a banquet may be given to celebrate the arrival of the first boat from the sea to Macon since the times when river navigation on the Ocmulgee from Macon to Brunswick was in full swing about thirty years ago. The statistics of freight from Macon over the different lines of railroad show that Macon spends something like a quar ter of a million dolars a year for freight. It may be estimated that 10 per cent of this can be saved by the reduction of the rates on account of the river navigation. Mr. George Smith, the president of the river navigation company, who has been the chief worker in the movement for the last year, and to whom a large -part of the success of the movement to establish a line of boats is due, is naturally very proud of the safe arival of the boat and feels confi dent that now that scepticism and doubt as to the feasibility of the underbaking have been set at rest there will be no dif ficulty in carrying out the rest of the plans proposed. An effort will be made to load the boat up so as to allow her to make the return trip starting on Wednesday. , FOR THE NEGRO. A Strong Sermon was Preached Yes terday at First Presbyterian. Rev. O. B. ’Williams, formerly of Virgi nia, but now of Tuscaloosa, Ala., occupied the pulpit of the First Presbyterian church yesterday morning, and spoke from the pulpit of the Tattnall Square Presbyte rian church last night. The subject of his discourse was the edu cation of the negro. Rev. Mr. W’ilson is the authorized agent sent out by the gen eral assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church on a tour of the South for the pur pose of raising SIO,OOO to establish alarm in conection with the Stilman school, a colored theological institution located at Tuscaloosa, and under the control, patron age and support of the Southern general assembly. It is proposed to establish the farm and thereby make the college self-suporting by supplying all the necessary products for the consummation of the students and sell the overplus. Mr. Wilson is meeting with much success in his work. 'After his ad dresses yesterday and last night a colee tion by card was taken up with satisfacto results. Mr. Wilson will be in Columbus tonight. NO SPECIAL MESSAGE. Howe Intends to Call up the Williams Reso lution, Washington, Feb. 14.—Every Republican member of the house received special no tification w te In his seat at the hour of noon today. The reason for the special notififieation to the members is that Chair man Hitt, of the foreign affairs committee, intended to call up the Williams resolu tion, calling on the president for informa tion regarding the situation in Cuba. The resolution was unanimously reported by the foreign affairs committee, but it is feared that an attempt might be made in the house to amend it. There will be no message from the president on Cuba., KAYLER’S CAMPAIGN. Negroes are Stirred up and Feeling Against Him is Aroused. The negro Kaigler continues to hold largely attended meetings of negroes in this city and county, at which he tells all the ex-slaves he is engaged in the great work of getting up a memorial to congress to pass a bill to pension all ex-slav< s. The majority of the more intelligent class of negroes denounce Kaigler. As an evidence of the feeling against him, the foil airing extract from an editorial in The Macon Appeal, a negro newspaper, is published the heading of the editorial being “That Pension Craze:’’ “To see hundreds, nay thousands of poor ignorant colored people flock ng to the al most nightly meetings held by one Kaig ler and 'two or three Baptist preachers who claim to be in position to get pension money for 'the ex-slaves, is a spectacle calling for both pity and condemnation from every intelligent citizen in Macon, the Central City of the Empire State of the South. The story may seem incredible, considering the fact that the negroes have made vast intellectual advancement since the war. but it is nevertheless true. This man Kaigler has by the sanction of one or two Baptist preachers, succeeded in deceiving some five or six thousand color ed people into the foolish belief that it is highly probable that they can get a pen sion for services rendered before the war. Rarely a day passes but what your may stand along Bridge Row or any of the main roads leading into Macon from the country and count hundreds coming into the city, traveling all the way from five to forty miles to attend the ‘pension meet ing,’ as they call it. “If wc rst mistake the signs the salvation of tie colored people of ■and vicinity now rests wholly upon our good and intelligent ministers, such as Revs. E. W. Lee, J. R. McLean, P. W. Gratehant and a number of others whom we don’t mention and who don’t take part with Kaigler.” WAR ISWAGED By the Interstate Commerce Com mission on the Distribut ing Centres. MAKE HO CONCEALMENT Os Their Intention to Make it Hot for Both the Railroads and the Cities on Long and Short Haul. A war is being waged on the railroads ‘and the large cities of the South by the interstate commerce commission. It is ian ■aggressive, relentless fight on the part of the commission while the roads and the ■cities have been so far acting purely on the defensive. There is no concealment by the commis sion of its 'purpose to take away from the commercial centers the lower rates which they have, and had there been, Mr. Sha ver’s statements last week would have made it clear. T'he chief hope of the roads and cities lies in the courts giving true and strict constructions to the laws on the books. 'Sometimes courts read meanings into statutes which the law makers never intended. If the existing statutes are construed to mean what they say and what their framers said, the coin mission will fail in its efforts. The interstate commerce commission wants power to prescribe rates and at the same time it asks congress to tie the hands qf the railroads so that they can not continue in force the rates which the commission judges to be unreasonable. If, after appeal, the courts should hold that the commission had erred, then the roads would be permitted to resume their tariffs, but there would be no redress. A parallel to this proceeding would be the execution of a sentence on a prisoner ■pending his appeal for a new trial. The sentence might be death, and What good would it do him, if after he had been exe cuted, it should be discovered that the court below or the jury had erred? There are now pending in the courts five olf these long and short haul cases from the South. The Summerville hay case, the Griffin, Chattanooga and Marietta. Two have been decided in favor of the com mission by circuit court judges, one has been 'decided in favor of the commercial centers, and one has not yet been decided. If a majority of these cases go against the cities and the roads, it will be a bad day for Macon and every other distributing .point in the South. Fains in the Chest. Until I began the use of Cheney’s Ex pectorant I suffered frequentlj' at night with difficult breathing and pains in the chest. I am now entirely well, and a stout believer in your medicine. Rev. Goodman (Huges, Dahlonega, Ga. VALENTINE’S DAY Has Called Around Again ana Cupid Dis » ports Himself, Every 14th of February since St. Val entinus’ day, it has been the custom of youths and maidens and birds to choose mates for the year, or at least to indite sweet and poetic love-letters and songs to one another. Some of these missives are as dainty as if the fabled love-god himself had devised them, using one of his wing feathers for a quill and dip in the morning azure for ink. There are others sent forth from an equal superabundance of love, not over idolized with sensibilities. Rubicund and healthy young cupids disport themselves about the page, as a suggestive border. In the center generally appears a pensive maiden dressed in pink skirt, white flounc ed apron, with one hand in the pocket thereof, low-cut bodice of too airy mate rial for February, and satin-shod feet that run to points. The maiden has violet eyes 'and golden locks, her brow is like ala baster, and a smile, gentle, but almost sad, plays upon her ruby lips. Her other hand attempts to still the beating of Her timid heart, as She awaits the coming of a mon strous dove cleaving the sky, bearing in its bill a love letter, which, in comparison with the size of the maiden would serve as ‘a commodious tent when the shades of evening begin falling fast. On the inside of the little paper-lace booklet several stanzas redolent of “eyes of blue,” “heart so true,” “Valentine,” “sweetheart mine,” convey to the recipient the eloquent emo tions of the sender. Free of Charge to Sufferers. Cut this out and take it to your druggist and get a sample bottle free of Dr. King’s New Discovery, for consumption, coughs and colds. They do not ask you to buy before trying. This will show you the great merits of this truly wonderful rem edy, and show what can be accomplished by the regular size bottle. This is no ex periment, and would be disastrous to the proprietors did they not know it would invariably cure. Many of the best physi cians are now using it in their practice with great results, and are relying on it in most severe cases. It is guaranteed. Trial bottles free at H. J. Lamar & Sons’ drug store. Regular size 50 cents and sl. ONLY THIRTY- SEVEN DAYS Are Left to Mrs. Nobles Who has Been Given the Death Sentence Again. LIST FRIDAY 111 MARCH Will be ter Doomsday Unless the Governor Shall Commute Her Sentence to Life Imprisonment. Mrs. Elizabeth Nobles, the old woman confines in Bibb county jail for the mur der of her husband, William Nobles in Twiggs county in June, 1895, has only tihirty-'even days more to live. Unless Governor Atkinson interferes and commutes the death sentence to im prisonment for life. In which case he will probably also com mute tte sentence of Gus Rambles, .the woman's accomplice. Mrs. Nobles was taken to Jeffersonville on Saturday afternoon and in the old court house tt this quiet country town, the county seat of Twiggs, where Mrs. Nobles ana her murdered husband lived for so many years, the solemn sentence of death wa.s passed upon the o’d woman by Judge C. C. Smith, of the Oconee circuit. The train on the Macon and Dublin road with Mrs. Nobles, her escort, her counsel, Mr. Marion (Harris reached Jeffersonville at 4:30 o’< lock. The news 'that the sen tence would be passed had spread through the town and the court, house was crowd ed. Judge Smith went through the formality of the sentence and in doing so he asked Mrs. Nobles to prepare herself for the impending dooih. He took occasion to state that she had been magnificently de fended. Mr. Marion Harris thanked the court in behalf of himself and his associate, Col. W. C. Glenn, of Atlanta, for the uniform courtesy extended to them. Under the sentence of the court the ex ecution will take place in the jail yard at Jeffersonville on Friday, March 25. There was no demonstration of any kind either before or after the passing of the sentence. It is a fact, however, that had Gus Fambles accompanied Mrs. Noblc-s to Twiggs county neither life would have been worth a minute’s purchase. The peo ple of Twiggs would lynch the two to gether but not separately. Mrs. Nobles slept on Saturday night in the Jeffersonville jail and yesterday morn ing was brought back to Macon. The eld woman evidently feels the effect of her trip. She was downcast yesterday and did not give evidence of her usual goad spirits. She does not like Jeffersonville or the people, and the fact of the matter is that she Is afraid of them. ■Messrs. Marion Harris and W. C. Glenn, her attorneys, will at once begin the movement looking to a commutation of the sentence. They will first appeal direct to the governor, who will probably send the matter to the beard of pardons. Mr. Harris firmly believes that he will save his client. wellsgoTngTry. There is Much Complaint Among Those Who Live in the Suburbs. The long dry spell is playing bavock with the wells in this section. The resi dents in the suburbs of Maeon are having •a hard time of it getting water. In South Macon and Vineville there is especial cause for complaint, every other weil nearly be ing dry. The report of the weather bureau shows that less rain has fallen in Georgia in the past six months than has been known in twenty-five years. The Ocmulgoe river is lower than any of the old residents have ever known it to be for this season of the year. POPULAR PRICES. A Firs* Class Company at the Academy for Three Performances. Laughter is what the world wants and that is what it always gets when in see ing and hearing distance of “The Private Secretar,” which will be presented at the c-pena house tonight by Mr. Edwin Trav ers and his famous company of comedians. The engagement is for two nights and “A Jolly Night” will be the second night's bill. Popular prices will prevail. Seats are now on sale. Matinee tomorrow. Prices 25, 35 and 50 cents tonight. Plies. Viles, flies: Dr. Williams’ Indian Pile Ointment will cure Blind, Bleeding, and Itching Piles when all other Ointments have failed. It absorb? thp tumors, allays the Itching at once, acts 2? a poultice, gives instant re lief. Dr. Williams’ Indian File Ointment Is prepared only for Piles and Itching of the private, parts, and nothing else. Every box is warranted. Sold by druggists, or sent by mall on receipt of price, 50c. and 11.00 per box WILLIAMS M’F’G. CO., Prop’s., Cleveland. O. Clothing Worth Wearing. The Clothing you’ll want costs amazingly little all through the store We are fast turning stock into dollars. In a word, to do it we are squarely headed for lowering prices. It’s simple enough; We’re facing actual conditions; foregoing profits must remedy top heavy stocks. More Real Values Here Than it Is Possible for you to Find Elsewhere. OHEAP MONEY. per cent, and 7 per eent .oney now ready for loans on Macon residence and business property. 8 per cem. money for farm loans. Over 15,000,000 successfully negotiated in Georgia alone. Loans made can be paid off at any time. V.’e are head quarters. O. A. Coleman, Gen. Man., 356 Second street, Macon, Ga. PRICE TWO CENTS MENTAL SCIENCE Has Found an Absolute Cure for Dread Ap pendicitis. New York, Feb. 14 —Mental science, it is called, the means that was employed to bring relief when Mrs. Lorillard Ronalds was attacked by ai peudicitis. As is the way with this serious disease, it developed very rapidly after the first symptoms were noted. Mrs, Ronalds bet ante so critically ill that the necessity or operation to reach the seat of the disease was imminent. A suggestion was mace that the services of a celebrated surgeon who operated last, year on a millionai.’e in a New Jersey town for the same disease, be obtained. His charge for that operation was said to be SIB,OOO. Mrs. Ronalds would have none of the surgeons, and trust.d her fate to mental science. The result was satisfactory. Within a month after the inflammation began she was able to be out, and is now a well woman. Several drawing-room meetings have been held to devote to the study of this science of healing without medicine. The report is that a society or club has been organized as a development from these meetings. This men al science, by the way, is to be confounded with Christian Science, faith cure, thought cures and other cures of other names, though 'there is resem blance to them in hat material remedies are not employed and that the mind di rects the subordinate body .to fulfill its duties without permitting lesions r nd pain to interfere. Mrs. Perry is foremost among those who are devoting attention to this scheme "oT "" outwitting or controlling disease. The formulate by which mental science is brought to direction upon a di; ordered organ of the body are not discovered to the public. The m< etings are said to be under the direction of a doctor, who lec tures upen the interesting subject under consideration, and also directs the treat ment. generallee; too, It is Charged that he Wrote a Letter That Stirs Up a Sensation inSpain. HE MAY HAVE TO GO, Spaniards say They are in Possession of a Letter Wrhten by Him to Washington. New York, Feb. 14.—A dispatch from Havana to the World says: “It is rumored that the palace authorities have a letter written by Consul General Lee the con tents of which are as interesting and ex citing for Spain ar the DeLome, letter io Caneljas was for the United States. It is said that Gen. Lee’s frankness in-conver sation insured the existence of such a mis sive and the opinion is openly expressed that Gen. Lee will have to go too. PRISONER OF ZENDA. A Big Attraction at the Academy on Mon day Night. Wednesday night the popular drama, “The Prisoner of %enda,” will be at the Academy of IMusic. This is one of the most brilliantly colored dramas of romance and chivalry on the stage, and in the class of what is called the romantic “The Prisoner of Zenda” stands without an equal. It is scarcely necessary to outline the story of “The Prisoner of Zenda.” who are not familiar with it will oompre hend the fertile field it offers for rare dramatic effects when informed that the here is a young Englishman, who, by reason to his perfect resemblance to the rightful heir to the throne of Ruritania, is crowned in his stead in order to protect the kingdom from falling into the hands of a dangerous enemy. The real king is drugged by the conspir ator and is thereby unable 'to be present at the coronation. He is afterwards thrown into a dungeon to die, but is finally rescued by the pseudo king and restored to hi> rights. The interest would be comparatively mild if this were all. But it is not, for Rassendyll, during his temporary occu pation of the throne, has fallen in love with the Princess Flavia, who returns Lis affection. In surrendering his throne Ras scndyll surrenders the woman whose heart lives in his heart. The parting of the two lovers is deeply affecting. The company that will present this play is said to be an excellent one, and they have received much praise from the press generally. Howard Gould, who takes the dual role of the young Englishman, Ru dolph Rassendyl, and King Rudolph, has been seen here in the same part last year and at that time he filled his difficult rolo very acceptably. The rest of the company are said to be good in their parts. Bucklin’s Arnica Salve The best salve in the world for cys, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, Haver sores, tetter, chapped hands, nbjjfolains, corns, and all skin eruptions, an^z positive ly cures piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 2p cents per box. For sale by H. J. Laqar & Sons’ drug •tors.