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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. -a .aa • 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. • Hi ” f 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. * • _ 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. l - -r-. -s-r*.— —r v 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