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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. Plies, Piles, flies: Dr. Williams' Indian Pile Ointment will cure Blind* Bleeding, and Itching Piles when all other Ointments have failed. It absorbs the tumors, allays the itching at once, acts as a poultice, gives instant re lief. Dr. Williams' Indian Pile 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 mail on receipt of price, 50c. and SI.OO per box. WILLIAMS M’F'G. CO., Prop’s., Cleveland. 0. Advertise in The News and reach the people. _ 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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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. 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