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8 Per Cent Guaranteed I
Dlvidemu psiu setni-xannally. stock <*cnred
dec,!. Jo improved real estate in more
inau doui-lo the amount, deposited with
colon Savings Mank and Trust Co
GKO. A SMITH, Gen. Man.
Equitable Building and Loan Association,
Miciui. <l,„ 401 flur.l Street.
STABLISHED 1884.
nciM
APPOINTED
He Will Succeed Candler As
Secretary of Stale |
for Georgia.
HIS ADVANTAGE
Is Now Based on the Fact
That Possession is Nine
Tenths of the Law.
CANOIDATE FOB THE OFFICE.
He is Appointed by Governor Atkin
son Just to Give Him an Opportu
nity to See How He Likes It.
Atlanta, March 3 -Governor Atkin
son this morning appointed Co). W. L.
Clifton. of M'-Into.-h county, secretary of
slate to fill the unexpired term of Allen
It. <'.indlvr, candidate for governor.
BARTLETT HAD OBJECTIONS.
The Coiffed Brother From’ North Carolina
Failed to Get in His Resolution.
Washington. March .'I The debate on the
Loud hill relating to second class mail
matter clos'd In the House today.
White. Republican, of North Carolina,
the only colored number of the House,
asked the unanimous consent for the con
sideration of the following resolution:
“Whereas, on or about February 21 one
hundred or more armed mtn tired upon
and killed the pos'tmaster at Lake City,
8. C., killing one oi the f.unity and wound
ing several others and b.triiing all t'hsy
had and ,
Win i .as, said family is suffering even
for means, lor medical treatment and for
other neee.-.saries of life.
Resolved, By the,Senate ai:4 House that
the sum of SI,OOO is hereby appi opriaied
and nvade imriedi itely available for the
r< lief of said family.
Speaker Heed put the r;qiU':d end Bart
lett. of G. orgia. demanded the regular
order. Many of '.be K< j•> ilieaq members
cried “NO," but tin Gtorgoi luepiber did
not yield.
“The gentleman of Georgia Tm-nto the
regular order," said the sqiakir. ."eat is
equivalent to an objection." and I’ae con
sideration of the bill was resumed.
IN THE SENATE.
Wa> h ngic.i, March 3. In 'ir. senate
a resolution i -ovi.iing for a i o ::•.*< ss an..'.
investigation of the murder of the post
master at Lake City. S. C.. an I his family,
and tile burning e.t bis homo, was lit.l be
fore that body.
lodge. of Massachusetts, sent id the
clerk's de. k to have read a eo.itm. tnio'.tion
from Rev. Henry F rris', ..f the Ha vard
Divinity Sctiool, giving the proceedings of
’he mass (meeting of co.»r ?d ci'iz.na of
Boston he’d on February 21th.
They express abhorrence for the action
of the South Carolina mob.
Allen, of Nebraska, ‘barged Lodge with
introducing politics into the discussion of
the resolution, and thought the communi
cation ought not to be rea l f.y Car ekrk.
'the communication was read, however,
and then Lodge said there was no 'question
of polltie- tn the communication so tar
as he was aware. The act m;t with the
•reprobation of men of all par i s and he
would not in any way Intro iu.-. polities
into it.
MLaurln. of South Carolina r.tbl that he
hoped the resolution would go to t.ne con.
mittee vdb.e.ii dis-'tission. The suw. au
thorities ate exceedingly a? ve in the in
vestigate!-. of the crime, and he wis as
sure 1 '.it t very efl'ott was ueir.g made io
bring :hc ivrpeti afors of th'- oo.j-.iye to
justj'e. lie then ha I read a .■’lipping from
the Colun' a. (S. C.l State, to show inat
the p'vplc <f South Carolina are not only
not*'t' ?ymnatay with those w’i-> mmmit
ted the er me. but keenly resented It.
Hae.ltj. ct Connect tout. : ~ .i that the
crime was .’early brought- wihia federal
jurisdle ic i by the tarn that it was a fed
eral ofi'n‘ : al who had ecu murdet' d and
the gov rr. item's property le-straycd. He
expressto the opinion that the federal au
thorities ought to keep a close watch '.'.pen
the proceedings.
Tn? teccltition was rcferr ’i to the com
mittee on contingent expanses
THUNDER STORM
Interrupted the. Operations of Divers at Ha
vana Today.
Havana. March 3.- The oper't’ons of the
divers this morning were interrupted by a
heavy thunder storm. The indications are
that the weather will c*ear later in the
day.
Senator Proctor may leave Havana on
Saturday for home, though he time of his
departure is undecided.
He may remain until Wednesday, in
which case he will take a trip into Dinar
Del Rio, with Superinfendem Elwell-, of
the Red Cross.
The Mangrove and the nav it court of in
quiry are expected today.
IN MEXICO CITY
A Manifest Has Been Issued to Patriotic
Spaniards.
Mexico City. March 3.—A manifesto
signed "Spaniard." has been profusely
distributed in the streets here, in the por
ticos of houses and in cases.
It refers to the imminence of war be
tween Spain and the United States, and is
a patriotic call on Spaniards to come to
the rescue of their country, which, the
manifesto states, has been wv.mly insult
ed by a most powerful nation.
The mauKetlo siated iha- it is for Span
iards to prove patriotic and self sacri
ficing. The manifesto contains no insults
to Americans.
Hear Prof. Clark interpret
the Merchant of Venice tc
pight.
PRAISES OUR SHIP.
An English Member of lue House of Com
mons on the Subject.
London. March 3 The United States
will have > very town on the Spanish coast
blown io atoms f am ready to wager a
month after the beginning of hostilities/’
iid William Allan, who represents the
Gateshead division in the house of coni-
He is one of the largest ship builders on
h> Tyne and is an acknowledged author
ity of naval questions.
“1 have always expressed, as you know,
my admiration for American warships. I
challenged our government to test the new
cruiser Powerful by sending her acj-osst.be
Atlantic at th< full speed that as the
Uni «d States had sent the Columbia, but
our government declined.
"I emuid. r that America has some of
the very finest ships afloat and J know
Ain. ri’-an sailors to be as good as any In
the world.”
There will be no war, however. The ■
Spanish government knows it would be
tin signal for (Jarlist rising.
EXCITEMENT
In Madrid Over the Presence of American
Ships at Hong Kong.
Madrid, March 3 —The public is much
exercised over the report of the presence
of a squadron of United States warships
at Hong Kong as it is presumed the ves
sels intend to threaten Manilla, the cap
ital pf the Phillipinc Islands in event of
w ir between the United States and Spain.
The In'i .irr-i:il scouts the idea of immi-.
mnt rupture and fays: “The presence of
the wat.-hips at Hong Kong is only Wash
iiiglcn's policy with a view contenting the
jingoes.”
GETTING READY.
Arsenal at New York is Sending Out Big
Supplies.
New York. March 3 —There is a contin
-11 ;'i-"e of activity at the New York arsenal.
Tiie shipping of shells and other projec
tiles o fortifications about the harbor con
tinues.
it Is expected tha a battery of twenty
twelve inch motors will soon be received
it Sandy Ho#k fin testing before they are
forwarded to their destinations. There are
h number of unmounted guns at the prov
ing gorunds waiting the construction of
carriages.
The mpply of ammunition has been In
ert -i-id in all the magazines, so arranged
as to be immediately available.
\ ix ge consignment of ammunition In
cluding powder and projectiles is ready for
shipment at the ordinance department at
B. i’oklyn navy yard.
Commander Swift has received instruc
tions from Washington to forward sup
plies as soon as possible -to Key West
whence they will be distributed among the
United Slates war vessels now in the
neighborhood.
Many of the projectiles were for guns
of large calibre.
No information has been received as to
tju disposition to lie made of the guns re
cently shipped to the yard from Wash
ington. • *
DOES NOT KNOW
When the Court of Inquiry Will Leave Key
West.
Key West, March 3—Lieutenant Marix,
judge advocate of the United States naval
court of inquiry which concluded its ses
sions yesterday said today that he did not
know when the court would leave Key
West.
STRATEGIC VALUE OF CUBA.
Great Naval Authority, Capt. Mahar, Dis
cusses the Question in His Latest Book.
The great naval authority, Captain A. T.
-Mahan, of the United States Navy, in his
new book on "The Interest of America in
■Sea Power,” has this to say of the value of
lite Island of Cuba as the key to the Gulf
of Mexico and the Caribean Sea and inci
dentally the American Isthmus.
“In case of war Key West is the ex
treme point now in out possession cn
which with fortifications our fleets could
rely. It can never be an ultimate base
■of operations, aoaever, 'n —.
small island with no resources—not even
water.
“By comparison with all other positions
on the Gulf and Caribbean the pre-eminent
advantages of Cuba are to be seen. It is
tn short a.continent susceptible of great
resources, in length it, is 600 miles.
"Its area is half again as large as Ice
land. Its many natural harbors concen
trate into three principal groups, whose
representatives are in the west, Havana;
in the east, Santiago; midway cf the South
ern shores. Cienfuegos. As a base of naval
operations Cuba a unique condi
tion. It is unique in that supplies can be
conveyed from one point to another, ac
. ordiug to t .:e needs of a fleet,, by interior
lints, not exposed to risks from maritime
capture. The extent of coast line, numer
ous harbors and directions of approach
minimize the dangers of total blockade to
which all islands are subject.
“The positional value of Cuba is ex
tremely great. She has no possible rival
in her command of the Yucatan passage,
just as she has no competitor in point of
strength and natural resources for the con
trol of Florid? Straight.
“In case of war with either Great Bri
tain or Spain this channel would be likely
to be infested by hostile cruisers close to
their own base, the very best condition for
a commerce destroying war.
"The effect of the Florida peninsula is
to force our route from the Atlantic to
the gulf 300 hundred miles Southward and
make imperative a base for control of the
straight.
"A land barrier of 1200 miles extends
along the northern side of the sea, broken
only by two narrow straits. Cf this bar
rier 600 miles in solid in Cuba. A superior
navy resting on Santiago de Cuba cowd
very seriously incommode all access of the
United States to the Caribbean mainland,
and especially to the Isthmus."
CURFEW LAW
Went into Effect in Pacucah on Account of
Burglaries.
Paducah. Ky.. March 3 —Forty or fifty
aurglari. -in this locality lately have
aroused the people.
A stringent idler's ordinance and the
Curfew law has been put in force.
A strong vigilance committee went to
work and eight' negroes ard three white
m n were caught and whipped and forced
to leave.
One negro in the haste of his departure
fi ll from a moving train and was injured
but was thrown on and carried away.
' FRATRICIDE AND SUICIDE.
Voung Farmer at Cordeie Shoots His Broth
er and Then Himself.
Cordele. Ga., March 3-r Shep Wood, a
prominent young farmer near here, today
shot and killed his brother, Thomas. See
ing the result of the deed he turned the
revolver on himself and sent a bullet
through his head killing him instantly.
The brothers had quarrelled over busi
ness matters.
THE MACON NEWS.
GRIFFIN DIDN'T
KILL CALIFF
Mrs. Califf Says Her Husband
Was Shot by Gilton Carroll
From Another Room.
IJIBBAiT FOR HIS ARREST
Has Been Issued Mrs. Califf Tells
of the Terrible Tragedy
At Her Home.
Passengers in the waiting room at the
Union depot this morning noticed a pretty
litH»‘ woman with a sail face carrying her
arm in a sling. 'lt was the left arm, and
the 'natural supposition was that she had
been vaccinated, but in truth she had been
shot through the arm several months ago,
and it still gives her considerable trouble.
The little woman was Mrs. Luther
■Califi, of Jeffersonville, and she is the
wife of Luther Califf who was killed wnn
two other men at a dance at his house on
December 14. '
Mrs. Califf was waiting for the train
to leave for Cecil when seen by a News
reporter. She at first refused to answer
any questions at all, but she declared that
the facts in the case had never been made
public, and that the family of her husband
objected to the ‘true facts coming out un
til something was done to avenge the death
of their relative.
Mrs. Califf is a young woman, in fact
a mere girl in appearance. She was dress
ed in black, and on her face there was a
sad expression that told the awful mem
ory of that, fearful night ar her little home
in tragic Jeffersonville would never be for
gotten.
Tiie story of the fearful tragedy is still
fresh in the minds of the public. There
were three men killed. They were Luther
Califf, Short Griffin and Clarence Jones.
The fripple tragedy occurred at the
house of Lwtiher Cialifr, where a large
crowd of the neighborhood young people
gathered at a dance. Griffin came to the
dance in a highly intoxicated condition.
Califf was also drinking some. Griffin was
boisterous and began cursing in the pres
ence of the ladies when Califf remon
strated with him, telling him that if he
cad no respect for himself he would be
made to respect the ladies while in his
house.
This angered Griffin and he became still
more demonstrative, declaring that no
men could interfere with him anywhere
and get away alive.
Califf's wife approached her husband
and begged him to have no trouble. Califf
was by this time wild with rage and
struggled with his wife to get at Griffin.
The woman finally succeeded in forcibly
drawing her busband into an adjoining
loom, and Griffin followed them with a
murderous dirk in his left hand and a
44-c-alibre Smith & Wesson pistol in his
right, swearing vengeaneg on his host.
The crowded room where the dancing had
been going on was vacated, the people see
ing trouble, well knowing the desperate
chai aeter of the two participants. Some
jumped through windows, and many
couples fled to their buggies standing out
side and drove away to avoid the trouble
that was plainly in sight.
When Mrs. Califfff got her husband in
side the door of their private room, he
turned and saw Griffin standing a few
feet away in the hall with his two ugly
weapons. He continued to curse and rave,
telling Califf he was no man to instil’,
a friend in his house. He swore vengeance
then <• nd there and told Mrs. Califf to gee
out of the way, that he was going to kill
the d—d dog .in his tracks.
Instead, however, the plucky little wo
man clung to her husband, begging the
men not to fight, and while she stood, there,
with her arms around the man she loved
better than her life, Griffin sheathed his
dagger and in the- most deliberate manner
opened fire on ‘Califf at such close range
that, the powder of the weapon scorched
his clothes.
\fter Griffin fired the first shot, which
took effect in Caltff’s shoulder, the latter
wrested himself from his wife’s embrace
and drew his pistol. He fired at his .as
sailant four times in rapid succession, all
cf them taking effect. At the same instant
Griffin fired again. .
A prominent young farmer of Twiggs
county, who interposed as a peacemaker,
was shot, through the heart by a stray
bullet, and little Mary'Pettis, a “-year old
girl, who was ’crouching behind a door,
paralyse*! with fear, was shot through the
stomach.
The two romlfa’ants. Califf's wife. Clar
ence Jones and Mary Pettis, all fell to the
ficcr about the same time in one heap,
Griffin falling on top of Califf. Both of the
principals expired instantly, and Jones
lingered until 1 o’clock that morning, when
he died.
Mrs. Califf said this morning that there
was a good deal about the tragedy that
rad never been made public,, and at first
refused to say what it was, but finally
told her story as follows:
"Short Grifiin did not kill my husband.
He only shot him once and that bullet-en
tered the shoulder and would not have
killed him. for the doctors said it was only
a flesh wound, and that the wound that
caused his death was in the breast near
the heart. When Mr. Griffin fired the
second time I was in front of my husband
•and he could not possibly have hit him
without shooting me also. I was standing
so that I could see in another room and I
saw Gilton Carroll standing there with a
pistol in his hand, he raised it to shoot,
and as he did so I tried to pull my hus
band back into the room so that Carroll
could not see him. but’before I could do
so Carroll fired and the bullet took effect.
Before going into.the body of my husband
it passed through my arm. He threw me
off, and I fell to the floor and closed my
eyes for a minute. I opened them and saw
Luther staggering, and seemed as if he
were about to fall. I saw Carroll raise
his pistol ajid fire again, but I do not
know whether he hit anybody or not. I
closed mv eyes, as I did not want to see
my husband fall, and when I opened theifi
again everybody was out of the room and
■ three men were lying near me. all of them
j dead except Mr. Jones. He died later in
I the night.
“I can swear that it was Gilton Carroll
who shot Mr. Califf. and if they ever
I oaten him, I am sure that it can be proven"
j that he was the person who caused the
death of Mr. Califf. A warrant has been
issued for his arrest, but so far the of
ficers have not succeeded in locating him.”
Mrs. Califf said that she did not think
■that she would lose rhe use of her arm,
though it gives her considerable trouble
• now.
The half a cent a word column of The
News is the cheapest advertising medium
In Georgia.
Hear Prof. Clark interpret
the Merchant of Venice to
j night.
MACON NEWS THURSDAY MARCH 3 1898.
EYESIGHT GONE.
Sanders the Express Robber, Threatened
With Total Blind’.ess.
Atlanta, March 3 —-Physicians who have
examined the eyes of L. L. Saunders, who
robbed the Southern Express- Company of I
$4,600 and who yesterday, at Monroe. I
pltaded guilty and was sentenced to the i
penitentiary for two years, say that if I
Saunders goes to the penitentiary and has |
to undergo the hardships that are usual
with convicts he will probably become
stone blind.
In view of that fact and because of a
very strong sympathy for Saunders, a pe
tition for his pardon is being prepared and
will be presented to the pardoning board.
Saunders is already blind in one eye,
which he lost by an accident about fifteen
years ago. One day Saunders and Iris
brother were riding in a wagon. The
brother was eating an apple and had an
open’ knife in his hand. A gust of wind
struck an umbrella and tn trying to catch
the umbrella the brother threw his band
around in such away that the blade en
tered one of Saunders’ eyes.
About three years ago the other eye
became affected through sympathy, and
after undergoing treatment for three years
Saunders applied to Dr. J. Harvey Moore,
of Atlanta, who removed the offending
eye in the hope that inflammation would
be relieved. There was some improve
ment, but the trouble has returned since
the incarceration of Saunders at Monroe.
For about a month Saunders has been
unable to read.
Dr. Moore, Dr. Ernest Ham. of Gaines
ville; Dr. Galloway, of Monroe, and Dr.
S. T. Ross, of Winder, made an examina
tion yesterday and the universal verdict
was that further confinement or manual
labor, with the other 'lordships of con
vict life, would produce total blindness.
It is siatid the petition will be a very
strong qne.
ALL READY TO LAUNCH
Were the Small Boats-of the Alphorrso XII
Twelve Minutes Before Maine Blew Up.
New York, March 3 —Joseph Periman, a
tobacco merchant, who arrived recently
from Havana, is firm in the belief that the
Mains was destroyed through Spat ish
treachery.
“I am cerba'in,” he said, “that the of
ficers of the Spanish cruiser Alfonso XII.,
which was anchored not far distant, from
the Maine, knew that the Maine was to
be blown up; and I base my opinion on
what a prominent customs agent told me.
“He said that the Spanish naval officer,
who was second in command on the Al
fonso XII., admitted to him that the Al
fonso XII. had her small boat made ready
for launching 12 minutes before the ex
plosion occurred. It was thought on the
Spanish cruiser that the explosion might
injure their own vessel.
“The same officer told my friend, the
customs agent, that the great up-heaval
‘made by the submarine explosion had
tossed the Alfonso XII. about an alarm
ing manner, and that care was taken not
to launch the small beats until the water
had subsided, for fear that they might be
swamped.”
SOUTH MACON LODGE
Os Good Tempers Will Celebrate Tomorrow
Evening.
South Macon Lodge Independent Order
of Good Templars, will celebrae’e their an
niversary at the lodge room on Friday
evening, March 4th. Rest. Mr. Jenkins, of
the Tattnall Square Baptist church, is ex
pected to address them, and a good time
will be b 4 ad. The lodge is steadily growing
in numbers and influence.
IN A TRUNK
A Girl Tried to Elope and Was Nearly Suffo
cated.
Laredo. Mexico. Fe-buary 28.—A*lemark
a'ble elopement has just 'been frustrated
here. Miss Juanita Beron, daughter of
a prominent citizen, secreted herself in
a trunk and arranged to have it shipped to
Torreon, where she was to join her lover.
Before the trunk reached Torreon the fair
ocupant had become almost suffocated, and
was forced to make her presence known.
She was released and sent to the hospital
and her lover was arrested and placed in
jail
ROMANCE
Behind a Petition for Divorce of a Couple
Married in Jail.
Day-ton, 0., March 3 —Gertrude Shaw has
sued Erwin R. Shaw for divorce and res
toration 'to her maiden name of Gertrude
Fisher on the ground that the defendant
is a prisoner at the state penitentiary.
Behind 'the suit is a romance. They were
married in April, 1897, in the jail at Wil
mington, where they were confined for
■horse stealing. They had appropriated a
horse and buggy and were enjoying an
elopement when arrested.
Gertie, whose maidne name was Fisher,
was but 16. She was Released though
Shaw was sent to the reformatory for an
indefinite period. He escaped several
months ago and was tracked to Dayton.
Gertie, who was staying here, was followed
to the residence of Shaw’s relative in the
East End. where he was found early one
morning.
WHERE’S KAUFFMAN, •
Mr, M. G. Putzel Wants to See Him to the
Tune of Fifty Dollars.
?I. Kauffman, who recently registered
at the Hotel Lanier is requested to send
his present address to Mr. M. G. Putzel.
Mr. Putzel would like to find out any
thing in fact about the whereabouts of
Kauffman who recently pulled Mr. Put
zel's leg to the tune of fifty- dollars.
Kauffman came to Macon and registered
at the Hotel Lanier. He had a pleasant
address and became popular around the
•hotel and with some cf the boys. He
seemed to have money and he spent it
freely. But the money gave cut and one
day he applied to the cashier of the hotel
■to cash a cheque for him. The cheque was
made out in his favor and was signed by
M. Straus & Co., of Baltimore, a large
clothing firm whom Kauffman claimed to
represent. The clerk was very sorry but
he had no money in the drawer but he
loaned Mr. Kauffman sls to temporarily
tide him over.
When that was gone Kauffman applied
to Mr. Putzel for his assistance with the
ohecque and Mr. Putzel handed him out
•fifty cold plunks and took in exchange the
nice looking checque made out on the pa
per of a Baltimore bank. This he sent on
for collection through his bank and in due
time it came back with the information
that it was a forgery.
Mr. Putzel wrote to Mr. Straus & Co.
and is in receipt cf a reply from that firm
an which they extend him their sympathy
and tell him that they have no such man
in their employ as Kauffman and that the
checque is a palpable forgery. At the'
same time they tell him that he is not the
■ only sucker in the pool and that there are
others who would like io know something
about the wherabouts of Kauffman.
It seems ’hat the Kimbali House in At
lanta and other hotels over the state have
been victimized by the same man.
Hear Prof. Clark interpret
the Merchant of Venice to-
IN THE BIC
cißcram
William J, Bryan Will Speak
Io the Multitale of
Democrats.
ENTHUSIASM
Os the People of Macon is
Unbounded in Anticipa
tion of His Coining.
COMMITTEE TO MEET '
Tomofrow to Make Al! the Arrange
ments for Mr. Bryan’s Speech
on Ne,xt Wednesday,
Enthusiasm over the coming of Mr.
Bryan increases and will continue to in
crease until he arirves in Macon,
The executive committee of the Young
Men’s Democratic Club will meet tomor
row at the office of Dessau, Bartlett &
Ellis to make the arrangements for the
reception and to attend to other necessary
details of importance.
The executive committee of the Young
Men’s Democratic culb will have the whole
mater in charge and will be given the as
sistance of the older heads in the Demo
cratic ranks of the county.
An invitation was sent out this morn
ing to 'Senator Bacon asking him to be
present and to extend invitations to the
other members of the Georgia delegation in
Washington. It is probable that Senators
Baco» and Clay and Congressman Bart-,
lett 'Will be here, if they can possibly spare
the time from their official duties.
The coming of Mr. Bryan will give all
the opportunity of hearing him expound
the doctrine of finance winch he has so
earnestly advocated and about which
many good Democrats, while accepting
the Democratic platform differ with him
as to the 'vrisdom of the policy.
Mr. Bryan is on a campaign of efluca-.
tion. His coining will mark an era in the*
hi'Story of the state and of the city. His
coming is not to be considered in the light
of assisting any Democrat who may be
running for office against another Dem
ocrat, but is in the interest of Democracy.
V is Mr. Bryan’s first _visit* to Macon
and his coming will make a red letter day
in the history of the town.
The new tent of the Harris Nickel
Plated Shows has been cngaged*for the
occasion. It is estimated that seating ca
pacity can be made for at least four thous
and people, as the tent will hold with, the
ring 3,500 and seats Will 'be. put through,
the ring.
A special effort will be made to bring
out he ladies on this occasion and the
committee will see to it that comfortable
seats are secured forms many qf the la
dies as may wish to hear Mr. Bryan.
A large committee of leading citizens
will be appointed to act as a reception'
committee for this occasion, but the com
mittee having- this matter in charge will
avoid the appointment of' too many people
orr I 'commit tees. The whole people of Macon
will constitute a committee, and whether
they be opposed to the views held by Mr.
Bryan or not they will extend to the guest
of thd city a reception that will long b.e
remembered by Mr.Bnmn and which will
do the Empire state and the its Central
City proud.
Mr. Bryan -speaks in Rome on tiie day
before be comes to Macon. He has not
been able- so far to arrange an Atlanta
date, but it is announced that he will
speak there some time later.
From the indications now ?»lr. Bryan
will speak in Macon to the biggest crowd
ever gathered here to listen to a political
speech. AU cf the cities and towns around
Macon ansi within reasonable traveling
distance wiil send large delegations.
It is not known as yet wfrat time Mr.
Bryan will reach Macon on next Wi .Ines
day. It will be in the afternoon some time,
at- as he will lirobably take a sf' iai train
t'-.c exact hour wiil nor be known for some
time. Ic is probable that a delegation from
Macon will meet him in ‘Atlanta and es
cort him to this city, but these are matters
that will be arranged at the meeting to
morrow afternoon, when the executive
cf rhe Young Men's Democratic club
meets.
THEY KNOW NOTHING
About the Charges Against
Grand Chancellor Warren.
An article in yesterday N-.-.s quoiing a
prominent Pythian as saying the charges
recenily brought against Grand Olian ellor
V.'.rren would probably he withdrawn,
may have made it appear that the inter
view was with some Macon Pythian,
whereas the'article in question was taken
from the Savanah News, and should have
been duly credited to that paper. It has
always been the 'policy of The News to
give due credit for all articles reproduced
in its columns, and it regrets that the rule
was not strictly adhered to in this case.
The fact, is, Macon Pythons know prac
tically nothing, a boh t the charges against
Grand Chancellor Warrei!. The charges
did not originate in this city, and local Py
thians have had absolutely nothing to do
with the matter, nor do they intend to be
mixed up in the affair.
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A FULL WEEK
Has Elapsed Since a Case of Smallpox Was
Reported.
The small pox situation is more encour
aging every day. No new cases have been
reported to the Board of Health and there
is not a suspicious case so far as is
known in the ci tv.
All the patients in the pest house are
doing well and all of them will recover,
the physicians in attendance think.
The Board of Health thinks that the dis
ease has probably been arrested, but at the
same time they ask that -every possible
precaution and care be taken by the peo
ple in general.
Vaccination is going rapidly on and it
not at all probable that any cases will
have to be made before the recorder on
acount of failure to comply with the or
dinance.
ANOTHER SIOO
Subscribed to the Hospital Fund By Burden,
Smith & Co.
Messrs. Burden, Smith & Company this
morning gave SIOO as thei.’ subscription to
the city hospital fund towa -ds paying off
the mo'-tgage now due on the building.
This brings the subscription up to sl,llO,
and is a very satisfactory increase. But .1
considerable amount over half of the $3,500
necessary to pay off the mortgage is still
-to be conirbbuted. Messrs. Burden, Smith
& Company have set a good example to the
business men.
The committee hopes that these volun
tary subsetiptions will be sent in rapidly
and that the full amount will be mile >ip
in a few day. . It does not reflect any
credit on the city to allow the matter to
drag ?'■. • ■'lie amount must be trade up
b f.-tt . as will take adv.i ttage of
the offer of a memorial buildug so g<ner
ouly made by by Mr. T. B. Gt -Mtam.
TO CORDELE,
Candidate Atkinson Left for South Georgia
. This Morning.
Judge Spencer R. Atkinson left this
morning at 11 o’clock for Cordele after
spending a day and a night in Macon.
While here the gubernatorial candidate
received many attentions and was last
night the guest of the Progress Club. He
promised to return to Macon in the near
future and will probably be invited to
speak before the Atkinson Club which it
is understood will be organized in the
near future.
A PROMINENT MAN DEAD.
Mr. R. W. Clements of Irwinville, Died Yes
terday.
Undertaker Wood sent a handsome cas
kot to Irwinville yesterday for the re
mains of Mr. Reuben Walter Clements,
who died there yesterday.
Mr. Clements was one of the most
prominent men in that section, and Isis
death is lamented by all who knew him.
■He was 65 years of age and leaves a wife
and several children o mourn his death.
He was clerk of the superior •court of ir-
Witt countyy for twenty years.
The funeral will take place this after
noon with masonic honors.
BEFORE JUDGE SPEER.
The Case of the Inter-State Commerce
Commission.
Savannah, March 3. —In the air -nit eoii’t
today the case of the interstate commerce
commission vs. the Cetrail Rail.vay of
Georgia is being argued before Judge
Speer.
In several of the interior towns
between Macon and 'Columbus, and on the
Southwestern railway camplain against
the excessive freight rates compared with
Columbus and G-eorgetojvn. The case has
been made against the railroads' but they
refuse to desist from charging the alleged
excessive rates.
Judge Speer -will render his decision
later. *
DASTARDLY
Attempt Made to Wreck a Train Near Can
ton.
Atlanta, Ga., March 3—An attempt was
made to wreck -the south hound passenger
train on the Atlanta. Knoxville and
Northern railroad near Canton. Ga.. on
Tuesday evening.
A spike was fastened between the rails
on a. sharp cutve and as the passenger
train sped towards Canton the big loco
motive, suddenly collided with the ob
struction ami was thrown from the track
’urn:ng over.
Mr. E. C. Spalding, vice president of the
road, today offered a reward of S2OO for
the arrest ana conviction of the parties
and. all read detectives have been put to
work on ihe ease.
SPEER’S CHARGE
To the Grand Jury Contained Allusion to
Zola Trial.
Savannah, Ga., March 3 Judge Speer
in charging- the grand jury today de
nounced as disgraceful the recent court
scenes in France, when Zola was berated
-and insulted by the mob in presence of
the jury which was 'trying him.
Judge Speer said that such things is Im
possible in the courts of the United States.
Continuing the judge quoted Nelson’s
fampus admonition to his troops when
sailing against Spain.
“England expects every man to do his
duty” and said the United States expect
ed every man to do duty now.
This had no reference to a possible war
but is regarded as significant and timely.
POSITIVELY DENIED
That Any Information Has Besn Received
From the Court.
Washington, March 3—Secretary Long
today authorized the absolute and positive
denial of the report asserting that a par
tial or preliminary report had been receiv
ed by the government from the Maine in
quiry board indicating and declaring the
loss of the Maine due to an external ex
plosion he .-aid no report of any kind had
been received and the public had all the
information that had been received.
• WEI-HAI-WEI
Will be Occupied by the British if Japan
Leaves.
Shanghai, March 3—The China Gazette
says that Great Britain will occupy Wei-
Hai-Wei in the event that Japan with
draws from the port.
RUDOLPH APPOINTED
Washington, March 3—W. T. Rudolph
has been appointed postmaster at Thomas
ton, Ga.
DR. ALLEN DEAD.
London. March 3.—Dr. Allen, the ama
tuer golf champion, is dead.
388-BLACK BLISTER EPIDEMIC.
Bombay, March 3.—Ah epidemic of the
“black blister” has broken out in the
state of Hyderabad. Fifty deaths are oc
curring daily.
HERTZ TO SERVE
HIS TOLL TERM
The President Has Decided
That the Four Years’
Term Goes.
SENATOR RACON'S WORK.
He and Senator Clay Had an Inter
view With the President on the
Subject -His Decision.
Postmaster Hertz will serve out his full
term of four years aS postmaster of .Ma
con.
This is the positive information that
comes from'Washington and it will set at
rest all the speculation with regard, to the
successor to Postmaster Hertz—that is to
say it will do so for the present.
It seems that Senators Bacon and Clay
have had ah interview with the president
and have been given the assurance tha
Postmaster Hertz would not be disturbed
until he has served out his full four years.
This will give Postmaster Hertz until
1900 in the office and will bring it .up to I
the year of the presidential election in
Which event and with *a Democratic vic
tory in 1900 Mr. Hertz may hold over for
even another four years after that time.
It is very probable that so far as the
Macon postoffice is concerned President
McKinley was not disinclined to let mat
ters stay as they are. He has been placed
between two difficult positions. On the one
side Major J. F. Hanson, the president's
personal friend claims the office for Mr.
Harry Stillwell Edwards and on the other
side the organized Republicans claim it
for Mr. Waller Corbitt. Major Hanson
claims to have received the promise of the
office, but this is denied by the other side
who do not claim a promise, but have all
along held that Mr. Edwards would not be
appointed.
Both sides have evidently fully expected
that the appointment would he made either
this month or next-when the term for
which Mr. S. B. Price was appointed by
Mr. Cleveland expires.
Mr. Price resigned the office and Mr.
Hertz was appointed in his place, the Re
publicans say, simply to fill the unexpired
term, but it seems that, this is not the view
that President McKinley takes of the mat
ter. He takes the position that the ap
pointment of Mr. Hertz was for font years
•and that his full term will consequently
not expire until four year§ are out.
The work frat has been done by Senator
Bacon in this connection will meet with
the approval of all the Democrats, ami
will relieve ip.e mind of many of ;he presi
dential postmasters throughout the coun
try.
x Postmaster Hertz himself and his friends
here have felt fairly confident that ho
would serve out his full term and the
cross’ fight in which the Republicans'have
been on account of the office has served
to add to that confidence.
MORTUARY REPORT
For the Month of February Makes a Good
Showing.
'The mortv.yy report for the month of
February has ibeen made up.
It m'akes a good showing for Macon.
The totals show the death of ti n white
males and nine while females, seven color
ed males and eight colored females. A
grand total of thirty-four in all.
Os the nineteen whites ten were over 50,
six over 60 and three over 70.
Os the fifteen colored oniy one w’as over
50, and eleven ranged from 5 to 15.
For February, •1896, 36.
For February, 1897, 33.
For February, 1898, 34.
The birthsifor February were forty-six in
all. Os these seven were white males and
seventeen white females. Colaerd males
eight and colored females fourteen.
The remarkable fact about these births
is the great majority of females born in
February. Out of the total of forty-six
births thirty-one were females.
LEFT TUESDAY,
The City of Macon is Now Surely on Her
'W'ay to Macon.
At last the stately steamer, City of Ma
con, has lifted her mud hooks out of the
bottom of the bay at Brunswick and, with
a long blast of her whistle, steamed away
for her native waters in the harbor at the
foot of Sixth street.
The delay in the leaving of the City of
Macon this time was the same as was the
first trip. She was waiting on a Mallary
line steamer from New York, which had
some of her freight. The hoa» will reach
Macon the inter part of the week.
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Special Clean-up Sale.
We will place on sale today all
the odd suits accumulated
during the winter. They must
go and go quickly
Note the Phenomenal Prices:
SIO.OO Suits reduced to $ 5.00
$12.50 Suits reduced to 6.25
sls 00 Suits reduced to 7 50
SIB.OO Suits reduced to 9.00
$20.00 Suits reduced to 10.00
- A few Overcoats at Half Price.
CHEAP MONEV.
j 6H P pr cent and 7 per cent, oney now
(ready for loans on Macon residence and
‘business property. 8 per cent, money for
Ifarm 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. Coleman, Gen. Man.,
356 Second street, Macon, Ga.
PRICE TWO CENTS
AT WESLEYAN TONIGHT
Professor S. H. Clark Will Give a Reading
in the Chape!.
In the chapel of Wesleyan Female Col
lege tonight I ’.efis'or S. H. Clark, of the
Chicago I’nlvcrsit.v. will give a reading.
Mr. C ark. as an interpreter of li erature,
stands unequivocally for two thing-—truth
and beauty. With him it is not enough
to tell the fact and point the moral in
poetry and prose. He brings out vividly,
yet harmoniously, all the shades and beau
ties that form essential elements in best
literature. Thus docs his work give a two
fold pleasure to the audience —an ethical
and an. aesthetiea.l.
The. press is unanimous in pronouncing
Mr. Clark’s work the essence of refine
ment. His technique satisfies the most
exacting criticism. All those details of
expression tijat make or mar true elegance
of delivery, are unerringly executed, and
yet, withal, made subservient to the
thought and feeling. Comment is not on
Mr. Clark’s fine voice and graceful gesture
—attributes unquestionably bis—'but the
intellectual acumen, high interprative
ability, and rare literary ami aesthetic in
sight, which he brings to bear on every
selection in his reipetoire.
RECEPTION TONIGHT
At the Mulberry Street Church to Dr. and
Mrs. Pinson.
The members of the Mulberry Street
Methodist church tonight wil tender a re
ception io Rev. W. W. Pinson and Mrs.
Pinson in the annex.
This is the first reception that has been
tendered the new pastor since he came to
Macon, and ‘the member of the church are
anxious . that he should become better ac
quainted with ths members of his church.'
and learn each one personally. ,
All the members of t'he church are in
vited to be present.
TO THE VETERANS.
An Address Has Been Issued by the Associa
tion for the Reunion.
The executive committee of the Confed
erate Veterans’ Association has issued an
address, prepared by the special commit
tee, the object of which is to disabuse the
public mind of the idea that there is any
division of sentiment on the location of
headquarters for the reunion and to arouse
interest throughout the state iu the pre
parations’for the event. ‘
The address sets forth what Atlanta'ex
pects to do for the reunion and what Is
expected of the people in the state out
side of Atlanta. T'he veterans who attend,
it recites, will be the guests of the state
as well as of Atlanta, which was chosen
because of its accessibility to the greater
number of people and by reason of the fact
that it was for a long time the center of
operations in this part of the Confederacy.
Then follows an argument setting forth
•the advantages of the Exposition park as
a place of meeting for the veterans, afford
ing the greatest possible opportunity for
social enjoyment and the meeting of old
friends.
The .address is signed by AV. A. Hemp
hill, W. Clark Howell, B. M.
Blackburn, Jas. W. Couper and W. H.
Harrison.
AT THE THEATRE.
A Night Off and Louis James Booked for
NexbWeek-
One of the most important engagements
at the Academy of Music this season will
be that of Mr. Augustin Daly's most suc
cessful comedy, “A Night Off,” which was
the means of setting the patrons of Mr.
I Daly’s theater in New York and Metropol
' itan theater goers in a laughing humor
for a period extending over a hundred
nights, and it would probably run for
many months longer, were it not for the
fact that Mr. Daly will not, under any
circumstances’ alio.v any success of his,
I no matter hew great, to interfere with .his
annual Shakespearian season, which have
helped to earn for him his great reputa
tion. This comedy will be presented on
Monday night, March 7th.
FOR MATINEE AND NIGHT.
Mr. Louis James is a'linounccd as the at- w
tractio nat the Academy of Music on
March Bth. He will present another new
play this season, entitled “A Cavalier of
France,” by Espy Williams. The scene is
laid in the latter part of the sixteenth cen
tury, what is commonly known in history
as the Huguenot period, and follows close
ly lines laid down in the novels of Alexan
der Dumas and Stanley Weyrnan. Mr.
'Williams is said to have done his work
well, and Mr. •James’ managers have
staged the new play with commendable fi
delity as to historical dekail. “A Cavalier
I of France will occupy both performances of
; Mr. Janies’ engagement. Mr. James’ com-
I pany includes Barry Johnstone, Norman
I 11. Hackett, Collin Kemper, W. A. Lincoln,
i Frank Peters, Miss Mary Emerson, Mrs.
I Loretta Wells and Miss Aphie Hendricks
James.
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