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8 P«r Cent Guaranteed I
tn tend* p*id sand-annually. Stock eecured
by deed* improved real estate hi more
than double the amount, deposited with
Unton Saving* Bank and Trn»t Co
GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man.
Equitable Building and Loan Association,
Macon. Ga.. 4<H Third Street.
ESTABLISHED 1884.
EFFORT TB
ARBITRATE
Outline of the Plan Which it
is Thought the President
Will Adopt.
TEN MILLIONS
Will Be the Indemnity Asked
for and Spain Will Deny
Her Liability.
WILL COUGH ESS. STAND IT?
Is the Question If it Does, Effort
Will Be Made to Have the Pres
ident Settle the Matter.
St. Paul, March 14—The Globe's Wash
ington special says:
"The president and cabinet know un
officially the result of the Maine inquiry
and they are prepared to aet.
They have canvaxwd the course of
ev. tits so far as they "an foresee them and
have formulated a policy to meet the
rinergeney.
Along Its lines the administration ex
pects to move unless it is swept off fits
fu. t by i wave of popular dissatisfaction.
Present events as viewed by the presi
dent and cabinot can be outlined thus:
1. The board of inquiry will repffrt this
week that the explosion was external.
2. The president will Immediately,
thorugh Minister Woodford, demand from
Spain indkmnlfleation of ten millions.
3. Spain is expected to reply expressing
her willingness to pay if she is responsi
ble but. maintaining that that her own in
vestigation shows that the explosion was
external and purely accidental. She, there
fore, will suggest u reference to an inter
national board of arbitration.
•I. In such an event the ad min Is trat io will
be dis|Hised to comply with suggestion un
less there is cmeute in Havana or an irre
sistible demand for war sweeps through
congress.
f>. If congress acquiesces in the sugges
tion, an atempt will be made to adjourn
that body and leave the whole matter in
the president's hands.
<>. It is expected that a large majority
of congressmen will claim that in such a
matter honor cannot be arbitrated. It is
ful l l>er expected that leaders of both
houses including Senator Davis, of Minne
sota. will favor arbitration.
SQUADRON LEAVES.
Spanish Torpedo Boats Closely Followed by
American Vessels.
London, March 11. \ special from Cadiz.
Announces that the Spanfsa .■Squadron lias
sailed from that pent.
It is understood that tile Spanish war
ships are going to Porto Hico to await or
ders from Blanco.
En thus last ic crowds tbadc warewell i.i
the Spanish vessels.
The departure of the United States ves
sels. Helena and Bancroft in a southwes
terly direction from Lisbon may possibly
tie collected with the seemingly simulta
neous departure of the Spanish squadron
from Cadiz, which is situated on the
southwestern coast of Spain.
Rumors are that the Bancroft and
Helene might follow ithe Spanish ships
neioss the ocean.
TWO WARSHIPS
Have Been Purchased by the United States
From Brazil.
London, March 14.—The rirazillian min
ister confirms the repart that the warships
Amazonus and Admiral Brut have 'been
sold to the United States. The contract
will tbe signed today.
The Hrazillian officers and crew now on
the Amazontus will return 4o Brazil by the
next mail steamer.
BATTLESHIP O'HIGGINS
Has Been Purchased by Spain From the
Armstrongs.
London. March 14—The press associa
tion says that Spain has purchased the
battleship O'Higgins built by the Arm
strongs for Chili, but the Chilian charge
d' affairs dot s not confirm. He says the
Chilian crew for the vessel is expected
here next week to take the O’Higgins to
Chili.
LOADING UP.
Coal, Ammunition and Supplies Going
Aboard the Oregon.
San Francisco. March 14—The battleship
Oregon is lying in the stream with scow
schooners all about her. From two of the
scows coal is being discharged from an
other powder is being hoisted on board
and from the fourth shells for the big
guns.
The ultimate destination of the Oregon
is presumably the Atlantic coast. She is
•taking in 100 tons of coal which it is fig
ured will carry her to Callao.
She will await orders at Valparaso.
MOVEMENTS AT KEY WEST.
Key West. March 14 The American
yacht Bucanneer arrived this morning
from Havana and the United States coast
survey vessel Bache sailed for Havana'.
The new spaper dispatch boats Dewey Echo
and Confidence have arrived from Havana
and shortly afterward returned to that
port.
GREAT FLOODS
Devastate Towns Along Banks oflTwo Cana
dian Rivers.
Toronto, March 14.—Dispatches from
estern Ontario tells of the overflow of
the Grand and Thames rivers, causing se
rious damage along their valleys.
Sections of London. Brantford and Galt
are, completely submerged to the depth of
five to seven feet.
In London one hundred people are home-
le«s. Bridges and buildings have been
' swept away by the rusting torrents.
| In Brantford the firemen and citizens
' fought the racing waters all yesterday,
, but were finally beaten back and West
i Brantford is a regular lake.
i At Galt heavy loss has been sustained
by the business people. An lee jam in rhe
Grand river gave way and the flood fol-
‘ Lowing it tore away bridges, trees and
wrecked a numtier of factories and pri
vate residence®.
THE NFW BOARD
On Auxiliary Vessels of Merchant Ships
Met This Morning.
New York, March 14. —The board of aux
i iliary cruisers of the United States navy
' which was appointed to acquire ships of
• the merchant marine for use in the event
of the bt-eaking out of war, met for organ-
• ization today in the Havemeyer building.
I where the board has secured temporary
; quarters.
Permanent quarters will tbe secured later
| as the board will have a great amount of
| work to do hare.
The new board supersedes the office of
i inspector of merchant, vessels, which has
I been held by Lieutenant J. D. J. Kelley.
A member of the <board said that it had
the power to pre-empt any vessel that has
, been constructed under the subsidy from
congress and was engaged in varying the
malls.
All the vessels will be carefully examin
ed and no wornout hulks will be accepted.
FLYING SQUADRON.
A Nucleus Will Be Formed With the Brook
lyn, Minneapolis and Columbia.
| Washington, March 14, —The big armored
cruiser Brookly arrived at Fortress Mon
roe this morning direct from LaGuaya,
Venezuela. She made a fine run up, and
it Is expected will wait at Hampton Roads
for tbe Minneapolis ami Columbia, which
are just filling out at Philadelphia. This
' force wil form an excellent nucleus for
• the projected “flying squadron" in case
I the department decides to form one.
QUIET ON THE SURFAC”
But the Hum of Industry is Heard in All the
Departments.
Washington, March 14.—'Conditions ap
pear to ibe quiter on the surface at the
navy department today.
Probably this is because Secretary Long,
Captain Crowninshield, chief of the navi
gation bureau, Engineer-in-cWfef Melville,
and other leading bureau officers calleel at
the capital this forenoon to inform the ap
propriations committee of the needs of the
n'aval service in the matter of legislation.
In the various bureaus, however, there
< was a hum of 'industry and work was 'pro
| greased as Incessantly as for the past two
I weeks.
Tne recruiting branch of the navy de
i partment is naturally one of the 'biggest of
'i.he service just now. It is in temporary
command of Captain 'Hemphill during t'he
absence in tbe South of Captain Hawley.
CURZON REPLIES
To Question Askinc if Great Britain Will
Help Ibis Country.
London, March 14.—1 n the house of
comons today the parliamentary secretary
for the foreign office, Mr. Curzon, replying
to Mieheal Davitt, the Parnell te, who ask
ed the government whether Great Brilair.
bad offered to lend men of war to the
United States in the event of a conflict be
tween the United States and any European
power, said that the government had not
made such an offer. Answering the series
of question which Mr. Davitt put with a
view 'to eliciting whether there had been
any negotiations between Great Britain
! and t'he United States, or whether Great
: 'Britain had offered to mediate in the Cu-
I ban crisis, he said these questions were
: I of such a nature that it was 'nexpedient
1 to reply to them.
ARTILLERY MOVING.
i iNew York, M.trich 14.—Three hundred ar
, I tillerymen ordered from Fort Hamilton
| and Fort Wadswortty to Sandy Hook, have
' been transferred to the latter point today.
i Hundreds of soldiers and workmen are,
. , busty mounting guns, building ramparts
I and laying other defenses at the Hook.
BROKEN NECK.
< He Said That the Devil Had Called for
Him.
Raleigh. N. C., March 14.—The’ citizens
here are dismissing a strange fatality.
I Coleman Wade, a young and prosperous
i ’ merchant of Yadkin county, was ill and
his physician had given up all hope. His
sister was watching him when he suddenly
sprang up in bed and asked what ic was he
; saw. She told him nothing.
, He replied that the Devil had come for
; him. He sprang on' the floor and ran un
' der the bed. His sister called the .pbysi
| clans and all tried to pull him out. ibut
> I were unable to do so. The bed >wa scrolled
| away and his neck was found to be broken.
NEGRO BRUTE.
> Court Declared Lynching Justifiable in Some
Cases.
Washington, March 14.—Judge Bradley,
• , of the supreme court of, the District of
• Columbia, made a statement from the
bench in his court intimating that there
were eases in which lynching was justifia
ble.
• He had just pronounced the sentence of
death upon a colored man named Edward
I Smith. Judge Bradley imposed sentence
I in the usual form and added:
"May God, in his infinite wisdom, cause
■ you to realize the enormity of your crime
> . and to repent, and may he have mercy on
' your soul.”
j "Thank you,” said Smith, in the most
I nonchalant manner, "is there anything
■ further?"
“Get out of here!" then directed Judge
; Bradley, in tones of disgust.
"I do not know of a case,” Judge Brad-
■ ley then took occasion to remark from the
bench, “in which the community .should
I be more deeply congratulated in being rid
,I of such a man as that. Lynching would
probably be better than putting the gov
ernment to the expense of keeping and
hanging the brute.”
NEW MOUSETRAP
Which a New York Woman Invented by Acci
dent.
’ Middletown, N. Y., March 14. —All that
t Is now needed is a name for the invention.
Mrs. William Lukens, of this city, has in
vented a new and very effective mouse
| trap.
' She 'baked a cake one morning, and, hav
: »ng iced it, placed it, with the icing still
. ■ soft, on a shelf in the cellar. When she
j went to get the cake for she was
neaily frightened into hysterics by finding
.it decorated with five live mice—a large
1 mother mouse and four of her offspring,
f , The mice had evidently discovered the
I cake soon after it was placed on the shelf,
• and. venturing on it, hail been-so intent
t i on feasting on the soft icing that they did
f j not notice that it was growing hard, and
I so it set firmly about their feet, holding
- | them fast prisoners. j • •
THE MACON NEWS.
MACON WANTS
THE MST MAIL
Chamber of Commerce Will
Hold an Important Meet-.
ing This Afternoon,
LOWER TELEGRAPH TOLLS
Will Also Be Discussed—the Com
mittee Will Send in Report
On Subject.
The Chamber of Commerce will hold a
most important meeting this afternoon for
the purpose of receiving t'he report of the
committee on Postal affairs to which was
submitted the matters affecting the prop
otiiion to lake off fast mail, mention
of which was made in Tht News some days
ago.
The taking off of this mail, which brings
the business letters from the East to Ma
■can early in the morning is of vast in
terest to the, merchants and the commit
tee's report is a matter of importance.
'lit is hoped that the meeting this after
noon wil! be reprc-senfat'ive of the business
interests of rhe town.
The committee will report that every ef
fort should be made by t'he merchants and
by the Congressman representing this dis
trict to prevent the action. It will point
out ttie great disadvantages under which
Macon will suffer as a result of such a
step.
Another matter of importance to be re
ported on by the committee will be the
movement 'to have 'the rates on the tele
graph companies changed so as to allow
messages to be sent for half the present
rate Charged. In other words the move
ment is to get the companies to transmit
messages containing twen'ty-five words for
twenty-five cents instead of ten words for
twenty-five cents as heretofore.
•In I'b'is mater, too, the committee Will
report favorably. Comercial bodies all
over 'the country Wave been moving in this
direction for some time, and it is thought
that united action can be ’brought about.
CHAMPIONSHIP. '
A Trophy Will Probably Be Offered for the
Interstate Shootists,
The sportsmen all over, the state will be
interested in the big interstate • shoot
which will come off in Macon on the 13th,
14th and 15th of next month. The local
gun club is making big preparations for
the event and Capt. Jim Baker says that
it will be the biggest shoot that has been
held in the state. Professionals are barred
and the local club adds SIOO a day to the
purses. One of the features of thp shoot
will be the contest at the live birds for
which thd material has already been se
cured. Tile entrance to these events will
be $1 a bird with nothing -added and the
value of the birds deducted. In all the
other events the local elub will add $lO
to the purse for each event the value of
the targets to be deducted from t'he total
puree. Representatives from all of the
gun clubs in this state will be here and
it is expected that a number will be pres
<nt io take part from South Carolina,
Florida and Tennessee. Special rates have
been arranged at the Brown House which
will be headquarters for the shooters.
Not less than eighty or a hundred visit
ors will be here representing the differ
ent clubs and the houses which will send
representatives. In addition to the purses
it is probable that a trophy will be offered
by the merchants "of Mac-on to be shot for
by the clubs of the Southern states, in this
waj- commencing -a contest for the cham
pionship that will add a zest to the shoots
which will be held all over the South this
year.
COUNTY BOARD
Heida Very Satisfactory Meeting Saturday
Afternoon.
A meeting of the county Board of Health
was held at the court house on Saturday
and matters affecting the health of the
outside districts were discussed. The board
finds that the situation, so far as smallpox
is concerned is very satisfactory and that
the work of vaccination is going on rapid
ly. The members of the board say that
they expect to have the whole county vac
cinated within a week. The result of the
appointment of this Board of Health will
be very satisfactory. The idea originated
with Mr. Washington Dessau, he de
serves great credit for it as well as for
the work that has been accomplished since
the airointment of the board.
IT IS ALL OVER
Circus Was a Success and the Elks Are Well
Satisfied.
The circus is over and the dust raised by
the Elks has blown away. Financially
and in every other way the society circus
was a success. The Elks wil! clear a very
comfortable little sum as a result of the
benefit and everyone is very well satis
fied. At both performances the tent was
comfortably filled, and the concerts after
wards in which the Elks took part were
well patroniezd. The result of this circus
has been to give the local lodge or Elks
a big boost and it is now one of the
strongest in the South.
CARNIVAL ASSOCIATION.
Sub-Committees Are at Work and Will Re
port Soon.
President Waxelbaum of the Carnival
Association says that the sub, committees
arc now at work on their parts of the
• business connected with the next carnival,
! and as soon as they have finished, a meet
; ing of the executive committee will be
j called and the reports received.
The association has decided that they can
have the carnival and forget about before
Spain and the United States go to war.
MACON’S OPPORTUNITY.
Christian and Missionary Alliance Workers
of Fame.
The first day’s session of the Christian
and Missionary Alliance will be held to
morrow at First Street church.
As its name indicates, the Alliance is
; undenominational in its character, the
‘ i ministers expected in Macon representing
: as many of the leading denominations in
: America.
' Services will be held at 9:30 and 11 a.
m. and at 2:30 and 4 p. m. and at 7:30 p.
‘ m.
Rev. Wm. Mitchell will be with Dean
Peck and Drs. Simpson and Wilson, as
• may be also Stephen Merritt.
ICE CREAM.
The best for 5 cents at Holt’s soda fount.
MACON NEWS MONDAY MARCH 14 1898.
BERNER OPENED
WITH_A RUSH
His Opening Speech is the
Great Political Sensation
of the Hour.
CHARGES OF BRIBER!
Directed Against Members of the
Legislature Who Listened to
the Voice of the Lobbyist.
The opening speech of the gubernatorial
campaign delivered by Hon. Robert Ber
ner, at Monticello on Saturday is the po
litical sensation of the hour.
Mr. 'Berner disappointed neither his
friends nor his enemies and those who
heard the speech say that it was one of
the most magnificent pieces of campaign'
oratory bhat has been delivered in this
state in many a day.
The general tenor of Mr. Berner’s speech
was an attack upon corporate capital and
the railroads. He took the stand that the
common people of the state were oppress- |
ed by corporations and that their power
was steadily on the increase. He called
upon the people to aid themselves and by
selecting a governor pledged to their in
terests rid themselves of the octopus that
is sapping the life blood of the state.
Not by any means the least sensational
portion of Mr. Berner's speech was his
attack upon the legislature -and its posi
tion with regard to the railroad esmmis
sion which he said was the only body that
bad stood between the common, people and
the railroad corporations.
In this connection the text as Mr. Ber
ner’s speech was as follows:
Assault on Commission.
“The railroad corporations of this state
• assailed its life in the halls of legislation.
The session of 1885 was memorable for
many things, but above all, for the bitter
and the determined effort made by the
railroad companies of Georgia to amend
the commission law, to provide for an ap
peal from its decision upon freight - rates,
and to put the whole question of just and
reasonable rates into the courts of 'the
country. Perhaps in all the history of
legislation there never was so much great
learning, so much fine ability, so much
political shrewdness gathered In the Capi
tol of Georgia against the interests of the
people. Every agent of corporate power,
high and low, rich and weak, came to the
ea-pitol at the bidding of their masters.
They plied their work as lobbyists in the
secrecy of the boarding house, ip the cor
ridors of the hotels —in the very doors of
the csfpitol of the state.
“The weak-kneed were watched by day
and by night. The honest, doubtful man
was plied with every art that sophistry
could command. The weaknesses of men
were tempted. Offices were he Id up <to the
ambitious. Was is wonderful, my country
men, with these mighty influences that
they triumphed in the senate of Georgia—
upon the very floor of the senate chamber?
I stood there and watched that great con
llist. There were brave and patriotic men
there who resisted these invasions on the
rights of the people. There is one in this
audience who represented this senatorial
district that had the courage to bare his
patriotic breast to the storm. I hope tbe
day wilt never come when the senators
who stood in the midst of that fiery con
flict, loyal to the interests and the rights
of the people, defending the commercial
freedom of Georgia, will be forgotten by
its people.
Monopoly Trintnplied.
“But after they triumphed with their
mighty influences in the senate the bill
came to the house. By the favor and con
fidence of the good people of Monroe coun
ty, who took me in hand, when I left the
circle of your love and confidence, I then
occupied a seat on the floor of the tipiise.
I had the honor to be a member of the
railroad committee, to- which this measure
• was sent. On the floor of that committee
room the conflict was -renewed. The same
there, as in the senate, the minions of
mighty influences were broug to bear,
monopoly triumphed, and the committee
sent the bill back to the house with the
recommendation that it do pass. My very
soul grew sick at the prospect. I knew that
if the question of freight rates was ever
sent to the courts that years of delay
would follow, -and that during those years
of delay extortion would do its work, and
that during those years millions of profits
would be wrung from the people of Geor
gia.
“I have done some work in the interests
of the people of my state, but it is the
proudest work of my life that this hand
wrote the minority report which denoun
ced that bill as the outgrowth of monopoly
and the enemy of the competition, and
warning the people of Georgia that if it
became the law it would sound the death
knell to cheap and just and reasonable
rates of freight in this commonwealth.
Around that report the conflict raged
again. Once more the agents of corporate
poorer swarmed the capital; once moro
they plied their nefarious work—in board
ing house, in hotel, and in the very doors
of the hail of representative. My country
men, there were junketing expeditions
with their palace cars; there were ban
quet halls with their spread of wine, and,
shame be it said, there were the gambling
tabjgs wjth thejr insidious bribes. No art
was forgotten, no temptation was set agide,
nothing was left undone with which to
shake the honest man, and to corrupt the
bad man. Honest and patriotic men did
differ with me upon that occasion, but I
believe the sequel has shown to all the
people of Georgia that I did a work for the
best interetsts of this old state.
Memorable Conflict.
“After all this vast, this mighty insidi
ous influence brought to the capitoi fly
corporate wealth and corporate power, is
it any wonder, my countrymen, that hon
est men were misled; that weak men were
overcome, and 'that bad men were cor
rupted. In the - midst of it all, where were
the people? They were at home, in the
workshop, behind the counter, behind the
desk, in the field and behind the plows.
They could not marshal in rebuking array
and march with their forces to meet the
enemy in the capitoi of the state. The
burden and the heat of thgj grpat fight
fell upon the represent at i yes of the people ;
i who refused to be misled, to be brow- ■
beaten, or to be corrupted. I believe the !
memory of that conflict will never pass '
from the minds of the men who stood by
the people and defended their interests. :
That conflict raged for weeks. That old !
representative hall was heated seven times 1
hotter than it was wont to be. But at last ■
the peppje triumphed; the measure failed -
and railroad commission was preserved to
the people of Georgia."
Such an accusation as this, directed as
it is at the members of the legislature re
ferred to, is serious and will in all prob
ability stir up a very considerable amount
of comment throughout the state.
Mr. Berner, however, seems to b« taking
the radical stand that he is prepared to
make his fight straight from the shoulder
and the warmth of his opening speech
■would seem to guarantee something still
hotter in rh.e future.
Mr. Berner will force the railroads and
their supporters into the open. For a time
no doubt an effort will be made to belittle
his canvass and the railroad newspapers
will not make any show of opposition
based upon their belief that Mr. Berner
cannot get enough strength in the con
vention to give him any showing for the
nomination and that therefore it is un
necessary for them to show their hand,
but those who heard Mr. Berner’s speech
on Saturday and who have talked with
him say that he has more ammunition in
reserve and that it is his determination to
array all his opponents actively against
him.
At any rate, the first speech has set the
people to talking more than any political
speech that has been made in this state
for a very long time.
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Their Regular Monthly Meeting Will Be
Held Tonight.
The regular monthly meeting of- the
Board of Education will be held tonight,
and the most important thing to came up
is the election of a music teacher to suc
ceed Miss Moore, who said she would re
sign before she would consent to vaccina
tion. Miss Moore is a Chriesfian Scientist
and not believe in vaccination.
The report of County Superintendent
Kilpatrick as to the number of children in
the country schools who have dropped out
on account of compulsory vaccination widl
be given in with that of Professor Albbott
on the situation.
A GREAT PRODUCTION
1 Will Be Given Thursday Night by Miss Mar
garet Mather.
Miss Margaret Mather's “Cymbeline” is
authoritively asserted to be one of the
noblest productions this generation has
seen. The whole production is essentially
American. 'Miss Mather has always been
one' of the best attractions and one of the
wealthiest stars, and when she determined
upon the production of “Cymbeline” she
gave orders that no expense was to be
spared. The production has been under
her direct supervision to the minutest de
tail, and whatever credit is due for the
success must be hers. Miss Mather will
play Imogen, a part made famous by Mrs.
Siddens, Miss Faueit, Adelaide Neilson,
Modjeska and Ellen. Terry. Miss Mather
will appear at the Academy. Thursday
night. Seats go on sale in the morning.
VAUDEVILLE
Will Begin Tonight at the Academy of
Music.
Beginning with tonight there will be a
specialty vaudeville 'attraction at the
Academy of Music for three performances,
including Tuesday and Wednesday. The
performance will consist of dancing, sing
ing and specialties usual to attractions of
this kind. The company has with them
a Mr. Subers, who is well known to the
people of Macon, who will doubtless give
the company a rousing reception on their
opening night.
CITY COURT
Cases on the Criminal and Civil Docket This
Week.
The city court went into session this
morning with the following cases set for
trial for this week:
Monday, March 11th—The State vs. Ar
thur Pritchard, Will %eigler, Dennis An
derson, W. D. Driver, I. J. Fountain. John
Freel, Herbert 'Barclay, Geo. Balkeom.
Tuesday, March 15—The State vs. Jul'ius
He'll, Roibt. Crooms, L. Lamar, Grover
Tuicker, 'Chas. Gagliardi, Steven Cheney.
Wednesday, March 16tih—The State vs.
Mary Hart, alias 'Nelcina Hodge, Elbert
West, IMack Wey, Narcissa McTire, Char
ley Balkeom, et. al., Tom IMcßride.
Thursday, March 17th—Morris Harris vs.
•Central Nai anal Bank; Salli? Hardaway
vs. Jnrernationai Brotherhood W. H.
O Piy vr. Triegraph Publishing Co.
Friday, March 18th—Le-lfor 1 vs. Macon,
Dublin and Savanah Railroad; D. J. Baer
Saturday, March 19th—A. O. Moreland
vs. John W. Hatcher; Sparks vs. Union
Compress and Warehouse Cq.: R. H. Wat
son & iSon vs. Sihirab; R. E Park, et. al.
vs. Duncan, defendant, and Duncan & Co.,
garnishees; (Lord & Thomas vs. Duncan'
defendant, and A. J. garnishee:
Walelbaum Co. vs. Simmons Bros., defen
dants, and Altmayer &-Flatau Co., gar
nishees.
READY FOR BALL.
Mercer Team Has Commenced Practicing
for Spring Games.
The spring practice of the Mercer base
ball team has opened in earnest now, and
the players are on the diamond every af
ternoon from the time they get out of
school until dark, putting in all the prac
tice they can.
The makeup of the team will be about
the same as was mentioned in The News
some days ago, though there may ‘be a
few changes in positions. Manager Har
ris says he has some surprises’ for the
Georgia this year, and is doing all he
can to get a team that will defeat them.
The new uniforms for the Mercer boys
will be ordered some time tjhis week.
A SMALL VERDICT.
Mrs, Hodge Only Got $3,000 From theJucy
in City Court, -
Mrs. Lucy Ann Hodge, ‘the widow of the
unfortunate man who was killed by a pas
senger train on the Central railway last
July at the South Macon crossing received
a verdict cf $3,000 at the hands of the jury
in the cRy court on Saturday afternoon.
The verdict was a surprise as it was ex
pected that it would be either much larger
or that it would be in favor of the road.
The defense of the road wj»s that Hodge
was drunk at the time he was struck by
the locomotive and that he had ample
time to get out of .the w-ay. There is, how
ever, an ordinance and a statute covering
the speed at which trains are allowed to
run through Incorporated towns and under
jhis statute it will hardly be possible for
the road to escape the payment of dam
ages and the amount awarded by the jury
at this trial is 7 probably as small as will
be given by any jury should the road se
cure a new trial.
CHICAGO BALL TOSSERS
Passed Through Macon Last Night En Route
to Waycross.
The Chicago basebail team, headed by
j Manager Burns, passed through the city
i last night en route to Waytross, where
i they will have their preliminary spring
. practice. The team stopped at the Brow - n
j House and took supper. Tbe team was
| maffe up of the following players: Burns,
| Callahan, Long, Ryan, Kilroy, Chance,
1 Dahlen, McCormack, Connor, Everett,
Decker, label, Woods, Griffith, Thorn ton j
Friend, Briggs, Donahugh, Kittredge, Un
derwood, Woodruff, Spalding, Sherman anfl
Fullerton.
Manager Wood at one time played on the
Macon team when baseball was at its
zenith here. He met many old friends last
night, all of whom were glad to see him
and talk over old times.
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GUARD OXLEY
ASSAULTED
Dastardly Attempt to Kill One
of the Guards at Coun
cil Camp.
LIFE IS DESPAIRED OF,
The Negro Got Away But Will Prob
ably Be Recaptured —llnfortu
nate Man May Die.
j
As a resul't a successful atempt to es- !
cape of it'.vo convicts from the county i
chaingang Saturday near Ross Home, j
Guard Oxley lies at the point of death with
a crushed skull.
About dark, as the prisoners were going
to their quarters, two of the convicts, Silas
Watkins and Joe Andrews, made a break
for liberty.’ They snatched the gun which
Guard Oxley carried and dealt him a se
vere blow on the head, knocking him to
the grot:> <t rushed his skull.
The negroes succeeded in making their
escape (before the alarm could be sounded.
Mr. Oxley was carried into the Rolf
Home and his injuries received attention.
His condition is critical today and his life
is despaired of.
POPULIST
Delegates Who Will Represent Bibb at the
Convention.
. The Populists of Bibb met at the court
house on Saturday and appointed the fol
lowing delegates to the convention in At
lanta on Wednesday: Messrs. Lon Parker,
William Parker, William Bartlett and J.
W. Ellis, Dr. W. P. Glover and Judge W.
A. Poe.
The delegates go uninstructed, but as
stated a few days ago, they will vote for
Watson to the last if there is any chance
of that gentleman allowing the use of his
name in the convention.
The opinion seems to be that the pres
sure on iMr. Watson will be so heavy that
he will be obliged to accept the nomina
tion and make the fight.
HAVE THEM LOCATED.
The Young Couple. Who Left the Broun
House Owing Board.
The management of the Brown House
think they have located the young couple
who left the hotel Saturday afternoon
without paying several days board bill
while'll they owned-.
The young couple in question came to
Macon Wednesday and registered at the
Brown Houpse as Mr. and Mrs. iWilson, of
Charleston, S. C. They did not have any
baggage, and the young man told the clerk
that they hal eloped and married against
(the wishes of the young ladies’ parents.
Aifter staying at the hotel several days
and making no offer to -pay their bill, the
clerk asked the young man for the money
due the -house, saying that it was the rule
for strangers to pay -in advance when they
had no baggage. The young husband said
that he was expecting money from his pa
rents at Fitzgerald Saturday, and that he
would settle as soon as he heard from
them.
A few hours later he left the hotel and
his his wife followed him a few minutes
later. When they did not return ;the man
agement of the hotel notified the police
and a search was made for them. Every
train has been watched, and it is certain*
they have not left town.
It was sirposed that they went to a
cheaper hotel, and one of the clerks was
detailed this morning to go out and find
the couple. He says that he thinks he has
located them, and unless they make a set
tiement df their bill they will, be arrested.
The young man says that his wife is the
daughter of a prominent doctor, of Fitzger
ald. She ds a blonde. He is below the
medium height, clean 'shaven and seems to
be very young,
WHY SPILL MILK
And Cry Over It, is the Question of Impor
tance?
To spill milk and then cry over it. That
is just what you do when you get glasses
of anyone to whom the science of optics
is a sealed book, for glasses that are not
properly adjusted to your eyes will mft
only augment the defect, but will in time
dim your sight to an irremidible degree.
The science of optics is one of the fore
most professions of the day, and to master
the same requires Years of study and prac
tice.
It is impossible for a person to keep well
posted in optics without devoting his en
tile -time to riis profession. You see ex
amples every day which proves to you the
correctness of the adage that “a jack of
all trades is master of none.”
If you wish to preserve the window of
your soul (rhe eye) then have your spec
tacles and eyeglasses flitted to your eyes
by E. Friedman, the optical specialist. He
has been in Macon over a year and since
coming here, he has done thousands of
dollars worth of work which has proven
entirely satisfactory. Office 214 Second
street. . , •
talk of a spring meet.
Desire to Bring Military Teams From All i
Georgia Companies.
Though he has been acting in his official
capacity for some months, Col. George T. ]
Cann, inspector general of rifle practice j
of the state, did not, until Saturday, re
ceive the records of that office, They
were sen t him from-the office of the ad
jutant general, and will be kept here.
Colonel Cann is trying to arrange to
have a meet on the Avondale rifle range of
have a meet on the Avondale riflle range
Savannah from all the companies in the
..tate, ,n May, at which time the rifle team
from the Twenty-third Regiment of
Brookyin, N. Y„ is expected -to enter a
contest with the Savannah men. The idea
is to get the state to pay tne transporta
tion of the teams, and a per diem, each
company in the state sending a team for
two or three days. The men could be
quartered in the armories. This plan is
yet in an indeterminate state, but efforts
will be made to carry it through.
New rifle ranges are now being con
structed at Manon, Columbus and Way
cross, and the range at. Augusta is being
repaired. This work is being done nurelv
by aid from the local county
with some little aid also from the state’
which will also contribute the target ma
terial. Much interest ls be ing
in the range work and it is growing rap
’ “kiri'Onsf milltiamen in glit-st sections
besides this part of the state, where it has
always been fostered and encouraged.
ICE CREAM.
The best for 5 cents at Holt’s soda fount.
Just Received
SWELL . Consisting of
I —* R! N Q Derbies & Alpines,
j —j i n Hl colors.
|| " ; \z\/ Four-in-Hands,
uD C?<
I 11 EC K W EAR and P,lffs
Here It
Just what every woman wants. No more trouble
with your hair curler.
“PERFECTION.”
Self-Healing 0 Hair curler.
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The whole thing r jf/71. The lower half is
is called a Cutler. fn| qj called the handle.
The upper-half is called S
the Curling Iron. S
S Price. $1.25.
3
Nickel Alarm Clocks, 75c.
J H. & W. W. WILLIAMS,
JEWELERS, 352 Second Street.
IREGENT
z-* ' luk * s the namo "
v. ji ®
j Is the price. They arc for Gents
f B S 1 Tan and Black. C. D. and E.
# KlfeO’ Ji ?
L J | E. B. HARRIS & CO.,
j ' j THE SHOE BROKERS
CENTRAL CITY. I
Refpoerator and GaMnet wonts. I
MANUFACTURE S OF
IBank, Bar and Office Fixtnr s, Drug Store Mantels®
and ail kinds of Hard Wood Work, Show Cases teg
order. Muecke’s newest improved Dry Air Refrigei a-g
tor will be made and sold at wholesale prices to every-g
body. Give us a trial.
F. W. TRJECKE, Manager I
I 14 New Street.
reliable Feraalo PILaL
ttMOYfll FiILS,
iAik for it A. SXOW’jf o PEKKYKOYAJ. PILI.S and take no other.
7 “ Send for circular. Price SI.OO per box, O boxes tor $5.00.
Ult. 3HQ-JCa?»S CO., - MJLevelajod, Ohio.
For sale by H. J. LAMAR & SONS, Wholesale Agents.
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Steadv
Judgment
Will prompt you to investigate our present bar
gains. It’s splendid movement of supreme impor
tance. If you need a Spring Suit it’s positive injus
tice to your purse to skip our extraordinary sale.
Think of the Discounts!
so Per cent« $ They illustrate the inexhaustible
nn Dpr Pant ’ ’ power of this store to plaee before
ud tul udl(l . w its patrons the right things at
the right time for less than the
right price.
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CHEAR MONEY.
per cent, and 7 per cent, oney now
ready for loans on Macoa residence and
business property. 8 per cent, money for
farm loans. Over $5,000,000 successfully
negotiated in Georgia alone. Loans made
can be paid off at any time. We are bead
quarters. O. A. Coleman, Gen. Man.,
356 Second street, Macon, Ga.
PRICE TWO CENTS