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8 Per Cent Guaranteed I Dividends paid Rtock secured by deeds to improved estate In more than double the amount, deposited with Cnion Savings Hank and Trust Go GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man. Equitable Building and Loan Association, Macon. «».. 401 Third Street. ESTABLISHED 1884. MAKES THE FIRSTMBVE Spain's Flotilla of Torpedo Boats Has Left the Canaries Under Orders, ITISWTEIiG. Naval Authorities Say That This Country Should Not Permit the Move. REPORT TO ARRIVE TONIGHT When It Will Bt Handed Over For mally to the President - Latest News From the Front. Washington, March 24 -The news reach ed the navy department today that the torpedo boat flotilla has left the Canary Islands for Porto Rico. This fact, has been communicated to the president. No question has been asked of Spain as yet concerning the movement, nor has it been decided what action, if any, under the circumstances, will be taken. This move has been watched by the navy department with intense Interest and is regarded to »Ome extent as a demonstra tion against this country. The fleet consists of six torpedo boats and seven torpedo boat destroyers, thir teen in all, constituting one of the most formidable torpedo squadrons afloat. As soon as the telegram making the an nouncement was received it was taken to the Whitehouse and laid before the presi dent. A long conference between the president and Secretary Ixmg and Secretary Roose velt, as to the course to adopt. 'So far as 1. ar nisi no demand has been made upon Spain as to the purpose of dis patching the flotilla at this juncture, nor is it known what action, if any, will he taken. There Is a decided current of sen timent among the naval officers, including some of the highest. In favor of decision and imrdtate action. They say from a naval view view it would be most unfort unate nt this time to have a great torpe do flotilla brought within easy reach of our squadron at Key West. This, it can be stated, is not a mere naval speculation, and has been given official cognizance and urged upon the president. It is due to the bi gi m port a nee of the movement that in structions were issued some days ago to keep tile navy department immediately ad vised on the departure of the fleet from the Canaries. PERMISSION REFUSED. Blanco Will Not Allow the United States to Blow Up the Maine Wreck. Madrid, March 24. The following semi official note has just been issued: “At a cabinet meeting yesterday Sagasta, the premier read a telegram from Captain General Blanco, saying that the captain of the Maine had requested permission to blow up the wrek with dynamite and that permission had been refused.” The cabinet empowered the minister of foreign affairs (Gallon.l to watch the sit uation with a view of seeing justice and defending the rights of Spain. ‘■'Minister of finance. (Huigcerver,) de clared that the resources are sufficient for all war expenses until the new chamber meets. The note is received in regard to the Spanish commission's report on the loss of the Maine. “FIGHTING BOB” Evans Has Taken Command of the lowa Sicard is 111. -Washington. (March 24. —Captain Robley D. Evans, better known as “Fighting Bob Evans.” reached here this morning, and was imediately ordered to take command pf the lowa. Captain Sampson, of the lowa and also of the -Maine court of inquiry, has been ordered to command the North Atlantic fleet, relieving Rear Admiral Sicard. who is ill. Commodore Schley in all probability will be placed in command of the squadron at Hampton Roads. Captain Evans arrived at Washington this morning from Key West and had a half hour conference with Secretary Long. He had been temporarily on duty in the light house service, but told the secretary that if there was to be a fight he wanted to be in it. Long approved the suggestion and immediately issued orders placing Captain Evans in command of the battle ship lowa. It is stated at the White House and the war and navy departments that the report of the court of inquiry will arrive late tonight. Secretary Long was with the president tor some time this morning and it is in ferred that the plans for its reception have been arranged. It is hardly probable that more than a formal delivery of the document will be carried out tonight. tiIVEN A DIVORCE. Lancaster, Pa., March 24.—Sarah Goss ler Pague. wife of Lieut. Pague, of the United States army, was granted a divorce today. Pague several years ago accused his su perior officer. Col. Crofton, of Ft. Sheri dan. 111., of intimacy with Mrs. Pague, and attempted to kill him. GRAHAM AT CHARLESTON. Charleston, March 24. —Brigadier Gener al Graham and two members of the staff are inspecting the fortifications on Sulli van’s Island and Fort Sumter today. He will probably complete his work and leave for Savannah this evening. REPORT ON THE WAY. Charlotte, N. C., 'March 24.—The report of the court of inquiry passed through here this morning, carefully guarded in the drawing room of a pullman sleeper. DESTROYERS SAIL. 'Dublin, March 24.—Two Spanish torpedo boat destroyers sailed from Kingstown for fallniouth, England, this morning. KNIFED Will be the Americans in Havana When War is Declared. Havana, March 24. —No riots, no insults, no demonstrations of any kind have oc curred since Saturday. An ominous silence, caused by suppressed, intense excitement, prevails. Americans are living over a vol cano. A Spanish colonel said, in reply to a question whether he expected war: “No,” he replied, “because the Yankees are afraid to fight. But I want to tell you, though, that if their government in Wash ington ever does declare war, on the first night the news reaches Havana we will rise, and, beginning with General Lee. we will do every American and every re conoentratrado this” —and he drew his thumb across his throat. "You Americans do not realize how a Spalard can handle a knife. When the storm breaks your heals come off.” DEATH AND DESOLATION. Clara Barton Says She Saw Worse in Cuba Than in Armenia. Matanzes, March 24 —The relief expedi tion of the Fern, which arrived in this port Saturday, will be the means of sav ing, for the time, at least, several thous and human lives. Nowhere in island of Cuba is the suffering of the reconcen trados so great as in this district. The sight here is indeed a pitiable one. Consul Brice has done all within his power to alleviate the suffering, but the 35 tons of provisions brought by the Fern is the first assistance he has received from tbe outside. Miss Clara Barton was here twelve days ago, and, seeing the condition of the re concent ra-dos in the hospitals, returned to Havana, and at once sent provisions for temporary relief. These provisions arrived in due time, but Brice was not notified of their arrival until Miss Barton returned to Matanzas to meet the Fern. The result was that more than 300 peo ple died of starvation, while food lay stor ed in the depot for them. As soon as Miss Barton arrived she asked what had be come of the supplies, and was horrified to learn what had happened to them. This was Saturday morning, and, despite all efforts, the provisions were still in the de pot Sunday at noon. The Fern expedition was unloaded too late for distribution Saturday, and so peo ple continued to starve to death with food actually in sight. The death rate in Matanzas will average twenty-five a day. This is no guess nor sensational estimate, but is taken from the bishop’s register for the month ending March 1. In the city are now about 8,000 to 10,000 r econcentrados left. Between 55,000 to 75,000 have died during the past twelve months. Brice informed me that suffering is much greater in the interior towns of his district, a, nd that for that reason he sent a good part of the supplies inland. He had estimated that the supplies brought by the Fern would last about ten or eleven days. This estimate was based upon a most eco nomic distribution. Miss Clara Barton will assist in the dis tribution of supplies, and will provide for those in the three reconcentrado hospitals from her depot in Havana. She is being assisted by Dr. Hubei. The charitable organizations of the city are doing all in their power, but up until the appointment of the new autouomits governor they have been discouraged in their work by the fololwers of General Weyler. The new governor, Don Aspedea De An nas. told me that on the day he moved into the palace he saw fifteen people die in the Plaza de Annas. The governor seems anxious to help the sufferers, and, besides encouraging the local charity and the assistance from the United States, is giving all he can from his own purse. He is also planning some reforms that will prove of great benefit to the sufferers if he can get the financial support necessary to carry them out. He has given all who have -applied passes to go outside to look for food, and now those who are able to go out and get a few sweet potatoes and other vegetables. Farming has been suspended for so long, and the farms have been so devastated by both armies that there remains but little food to be had eveu outside. The governor proposes to use the land nearest town for a sort of public farm, and if he can get food enough to keep his people until a crop can be raised, he thinks all will be well. In speaking to me Miss Barton said that the suffering here far surpassed anything she had seen in Armenia. She seems anxious to do all in her pow er, but says that, in spite of all she can do. and in spite of all help that can come, that at least half of the reconcen trades will die. She hopes to be able to carry the other half over this rainy season, but says that, unless the donations of chari table Americans continue, she will be forced to leave them to fate, as the as sistance received here is mostly moral. There is everything to be done here, and it seems that Miss Barton is handicapped in every possible way. Spaniards are un friendly to her, her interpreters are not wonderful for their veracity, and there are many imposters. The supplies are insuf ficient and ihe country is in a state of war. The people are not able to help them selves. even after Miss Barton has restor ed them to health, as there is no work for them to do. and they have neither imple ments nor stock for tilling the soil. Now that the people of the United States have begun this charitable work, the Spaniards stand by and look on. They say that if the Yankees want to feed all the Cubans, let them go ahead. If a reconcentrado begs from a Spaniard, he tells him to go to the American consulate. PESTHOUSE Burned by Unknown Parties at Richmond Kentucky. Richmond. Ky., March 23.—The small pox at this place has not abated, but in creased. This morning one new case was reported, making seven in all. The sub jects are al colored. Dr. Smpck, of the State Board of Health, says tne cases are mild and all will recover if properly treated. A pest house was located near the city Saturday, but last night unknown parties turned it. Bloodhounds brought out o trace .he uueuders, but no trail was effectively located- Nope of the subjects had been removed from their houses up to this time. An order has 'been made for a general vaccination throughout the city. At a spe cial meeting of the city council today an order ws issued to vaccinate residents of Berea. Silver Creek and Paint Lick, neigh boring villages, at the city’s expense. Phy sicians of the town and county are con stantly on the aleyt. The subjects are iso lated and guards kept on constant watch. Dr. McCormack, of the State Board of Health, will arrive from Middlesboro to day and join Dr. Smock. All cities in the surrounding country have quarantines against Richmond. COTTON FUTURES. New York, March 24.—Cotton futures opened steady. Sales 4.100. March SSO, April 552. May 580, June 588, July Strt, ■August 594, September 591, October 590, November 592, December 593, January 596. You can talk to 10,000 every day through the coluhuu of Tbe Neva. THE MACON NEWS. DENUNCIATION ' BY THURSTON He Paints a Graphic Word Picture of the Horrors He Found in Cuba. Will PUNISHMENT Must Gome if the Report Shows That the Maine Was Blown Up—But Should Take Action Anyhow. Washington, March 24 —The senate gal leries were crowded this morning with people anxious to hear the promised dis cussion of the Cuban question. A bill was passed amending the statues relating to barges, providing for life sav ing appliances and hull inspection of all vessels in tow and the carrying of pas sengers. Mr. Thursto-n when he arose stood in an audience that was perfectly silent. “Mr. President,” said he, “I hereby command silent lips to speak once for all on the Cuban agitation. God forbid that the bitterness of personal loss should in duce me to color the statement I feel it my duty to make.” Thurston said “that an overstatement of the situation is impossible. He was convinced that Senator Proctor under stand the facts.” Mr. Thurston said that under the in human policy of Weyler not less than 40,000 self-supporting, peaceable and de fenseless people had been driven from their homes in the agricultural portions of the province to the cities and imprisoned upon a barren waste out of the residence portions of these cities and within the lines of na intrenchment established a lit tle way beyond. Most of these people are old men, wo men, children. Slow starvation was their inevitable fate. A conservative estimate indicates that 210,000 of these people had already perished from starvation. The government of Spain had never con tributed one dollar to house, shelter, feed or provide medical attention for those citizens. Such a spectacle exceeds the scenes of inferno painted by Dante. There has been no ameloriation of the situation except through the charity of the people of the Unied States. There has been no diminitlon in the death rate among the reeoncentradoes except that the death sup ply has constantly diminished. There is no relief and no hope, except through the continued charity of the American peo ple until peace has been fully restored in the island. Spain cannot put an end to the existing conditions. She cannot conquer the insur gents. The situation then, is not war as we un derstand it, but chaos devastation and de population undefined duration, whose end no irtan can see. “I do not believe,” said Mr. Thurston, ‘ That the entire Spanish army in Cuba could stand an engagement in the open field against 20,000 American soldiers.” “Picutres in the American newspapers of starving reconcentrades are true. They can be duplicated by the thousands. I never saw, and please God, I may never again see so deplorable a sight as the re concentrades in the suburbs of .Matanzas. I can never forget to my dying day the helpless anguish of their despairing cry. Huddled about their litle bark huts, they raised no voice to appeal to us for alms as we went among them. iMen, women and children stand silent, famishing. Their only appeal comes from their sad eyes, through which one looks as an open window into agonizing souls. “Think of 'the spectacle! We feeding these citizens of Spain: we nursing their sick. There are those who still say it is right for us to send food, ibut we must keep hands off. I say that the time has come when muskets ought to go with their food. “I shall refer to these horrible things no further. 'Christ died 1900 years ago and Spain is a 'Christian nation. She has set up more crosses in more lands beneath more skies and under them butchered more people than all the nations com bined. “God grant that (before another Christ mas morning the last vestige of Spanish tyranny and oppression shall have vanish ed from the Western hemisphere. “I hope and trust that this government will take action on the Cuban situation outside the Maine case. When the Maine report is received, if it is found that the ship and the sailors were blown up by an outside explosion, we will have have ample reparation without quibble or delay. And if the explosion can be traced to Spanish official resources there will he such swift and terrible punishment adjudged as will remain a warning to the world forever.” THE SPANIsTTcOURT Wants to Complete Its Investigation Before the Wreck is Touched. (New York, March 24.—A dispatch to the Herald from Havana says that it is not possible to begin the use of dynamite to expedite the work of disintegration of the Maine until the Spanish divers have fin ished the work being done for the Span ish court of inquiry. In reply to Admiral Sigbe’s request for permission, he received a courteous but firm refusal from Blanco. Blanco pointed out the advisability of permitting the Maine’s bottom to remain undisturbed by dynamite until the conclu sion of the Spanish inquiry now pending. The report of the American court of in quiry having been finished, it would ap pear indiscreet for the American officers by hasty use of dynamite to expose theyi selvcs to possible charge® of t'ryong to destroy the evidences on which the conclu sions were based. Sigsbee sees the force of this suggestion and won't press the matter until the Span ish inquiry is finished- WATERS RECEDE. The Fall in Temperature Stopped Course of Flood. Pittsburg, XJareh 24 —The sudden fall in tbe temperature checked she flow in the headwater streams this morning, and the effect of this was supp apparent on the rivers. After reaching thirty feet the waters be gan to recede, and are now falling rapidly. The swell, while not quite equal to the flood of 1891, was the most destructive since that ever memorable one on Februa ry, 1884. The financial loss will ruq jyeli up Into the thousands. ORDERS ISSUED Detaching the Officers From the 111 Fated Maine. Washington, March 24.—Orders were is sued today detaching Capt. Sigsbee and other officers from the battleship Maine, And ordering them to proceed home to await orders. MACON NEWS THURSDAY MARCH 24 1898. BATTLESHIPS NOW AFLOAT The Kearsage and Kentucky Went Into the Water at Ten O’clock. SPLENDIDLY DESIGNED. Something About the Innovation in Work of the Design That Has Been Brought Into Play. Newport News, March 24 —The big bat tleships Kentucky and Kearsage, were successfully launched this morining at 10 o’clock. In the course of his speech Governor Bradley said: “It is Kentucky whose people sympa thizes with oppressed and downtrodden of every land and who earnestly desires that the nation should prevent further attro cities upon the suffering people of Cuba, and if investigation should justify, to avenge the death of our soldiers, not by demanding an indemnity, in money but an indemnity in blood.” There are larger battleships afloat on the ocean than the twin sisters Kearsage and Kentucky; there are even larger ar mored cruisers in the British navy, such as the splendid cruisers Powerful and Ter rible, yet it is uoubtful whether any pru dent naval commander, even leaving out of his calculations that great factor repre sented by the superb fighting qualities of the American sailor, would care to ven ture a hostile meeting with one of these steel bulldogs of the seas. Larger ships, those of deeper draft ne cessarilly, may not enter or attack our ports at fighting range and this consider ation was always kept in mind by Chief Constructor 'Hichborn when the Kearsage and the Kentucky were planned. That is the explanation of the sact —a new one in naval design—that these ships with a displacement of 11,525 tons, draw only 28 feet 6 inches of water, less than the armored cruisers New York and Brook lyn, which would not combined be equal in combat to one of the battleships. Light draft on heavy displacement is only one of the many valuable qualities of the bat tleships, though by no means the least. Save the Indiana class, they carry the heaviest batteries in accord with modern naval practice, and with primary batter ies fully equal to that class they mount secondary guns in such fashion as to make the combination almost unequalled in uaval architecture. The big rifles, four in number, are mounted in tw T o turrets, one sweeping the entire sea from directly ahead, fully half way astern, the other with equal range, placed so as to command the sea from either bow straight astern. These are of thirten inch calibre, yet the British navy now confines its guns to twelve inch. In inches the difference seems small, yet the American gun has about 25 per cent more power. At this point in the armament of the ships the American designers have em barked in a bold and enterprising experi ment, the result of which will be awaited with interest by the whole maritime world. Instead of descending at one move from the heavy primary battery to the small calibre rapid-fire guns, as is done in the case of cruisers, it has become the cus tom of naval architects to interpose a bat tery of medium calibre guns, six or eight inch guns for instance, and these are placed in smaller independent turrets. It occurred to tne American designers that if they could dispense with - the weighty and space-consuming machinery attached to these turrets, such as the tunning engines and machinery, independ ent ammunition hoist shields and the like, much more engine power could be placed in the hull of the ship and much armor could be carried. With this saving in weight the design-, ers were able to give splendid armor pro tection to the ships. The Kearsage and the Kentucky are 368 feet in length, 72 feet 5 inches beam and 23 feet 6 inches draft. They carry nor mally 410 tons of coal but may take aboard 1,210 tons, and 511 officers, sailors and marines are required to navigate each of them. WIPED OUT. Black Jack’s Gang Surrounded the Outlaws and Killed Nine. El Passo, Texas, March 24.—The noto rious gang of Black Jack outlaws, which for years had defied the authorities, has been wiped put. February 28th, Mrs. A, E. McDonald, a member of the Mormon community, was murdered by the gang, and her store looted. The avenging angels of the Mormon church were commissioned to hunt down the murderers, and Sunday morning, March 16, they had the camp completely surounded. In a short time not one of the gang remained alive. Nine were killed. RATE WAR Between Telephone Companies Indicated by Consolidation. Frankfort, Ky., March 24—Articles filed with the secretary of state today consoli date into a new’ corporation the Cumber land Telephone and Telegraph Company with the Great Southern Telephone pany, capital stock The consol- idation is tjeiieved to mean the beginning of a war in this, state between the net? company and the Ohio Valley Company. HORSELESS VEHICLE Trsed by Senator Foraker in Washington Monday. Washington, D. C„ March 24- Senator Foraker played a new’ role today and rode from his hotel to the capital in a storage battery horseless carriage. The senator was corralled as a passenger by the agent of the carriage company, and was the ob ject of quite a crowd of spectators as he climbed aboard. He seemed very skittish, and as he sped away at electric car speed he shouted “If you never see me a-ftin. good bye.” WATSON DECLINES. Will Not be g Candidate and Accept Nomi nation. Atlanta. Ga., March 24.—1 nan open let ter addressed to j.he Populists. Thomas B. V. atson this morning declines to accept their nomination for governor. After say ing that it would be impossible to elect him, no matter how the ballots went, Mr. Matson says he is positively through with politics in every way. BACK DIVIDENDS TO BE PAID. I Interesting Intervention Decided by Judge Speer. In the United States court in Savannah Monday an order was pased directing that the Central of Georgia Railway Company as sirbstituted defendant in lieu of the Cen tral Railroad and Banking Company, pay to Mary F. Paul the sum of $1,640.50, back dividends of eleven shares Os the capital stock of the Southwestern Railroad Com pany, her title to which has been decided after the stock had stood on the books of the company for a long time in the name of other parties. It was held that the claim was in the nature of a bank deposit and the master’s adverse report was set aside by the court and the amount ordered paid. The intervention of H. P. Smart in the Central Railroad litigation was referred back to he master, with instructions to investigate as to the defendant’s plea of a set off. REV. SAM P. JONES Will Deliver the Oration at the Convention of Knights Templar. The grand commandery of Knights Tem plars of Georgia will meet in Macon in an nual session on May 11th and 12tb. Rev. Sam P. Jones will deliver the ora tion on the night of the 11 th at Mulberry Street Methodist chureh. It is customary for the annual address to be delivered in a church. The oration of Rev. Mr. Jones will be one of the chief events of the meet ing of the commandery. It is expected that a large number of Knights will be present. The annual drill will be an interesting feature. St. Omer commandery, of Macon, will give the visit ing Knights a royal entertainment. SOUTHWEST GEORGIA CATTLE. Thousands of Head Bought and Shipped to Western Stock Farms. r .pic in tk-uthwest Georgia are real irih;- a genuine boom in cattle. The de mand ti..m Nebraska and Arizona, as well as from the far West, has caused agents to cc South and, alter buying up cattle in ’Alabama, are now getting all the contracts th-, y can in the Flint river and •Chatta heo.'.iee country. A Macon man down in Sou ivw< st Georgia recently saw a western a;;eut close a contract for 2.000 eatle. The p: it; charged was $5 a head —oxen, cows and 'lives. The latter will be carried West and crossed with the fine cattle of the prairies. The freezes cd past years has cut oil the supply of cattle in the West and the little scrub cows and calves of the vire grass are taking on new values. It is said in the past four months that over in,ooo head c. J f cattle have been purchased in ■Sou.A•• -nt Georgia to be sent Wet. As a rule the agents p-i > do a one third cash to close the contract and secure the sale. Then the cattle are 10ft in he hands of the owner to be called for later, when the entire amount is paid down. The agents call 'for “smooth mercantile” cattle. This year the stock in the West in grow ing up well, but it wi‘l Itake some time to repair the damages in the West and Georgia cattle are being town upon to fill the deficiency. A large amount of money is benig spent in Georgia for cattle just now. ATKINSON HERE. The May Musical Festival is Practically an Assured Success. Mr. J. S. /Atkinson, the organizer and promoter of the Macon May Musical Festi val, arrived in the city this morning and opened the advance sale of tickets to this splendid entertainment. With the chair-' man of the festival committee, (Mr. F. R. Jones, he is meeting our citizens today and interesting them in the matter. Wesleyan College has subscribed for sixty .tickets,’ The season tickets for the three perform ances, with forty-two people in the' com pany, besides a chorus of forty voices, are toeing sold for only $3 dollars, a remarka bly low price considering the magnitude of the undertaking, and the magnificence of the production to be given. BEECHER’S PLEA FOR CUBA. How Great Brooklyn Preacher Stirred Hearts Twenty-five Years Ago. Twenty-five years ago last Sunday the great Brooklyn preacher, Henry Ward Beecher delivered one Os the most stirring sermons ever heard on this continent. It seemed as though Plymouth pulpit was ablaze. The congregation was wrought up to a pitch of excitement bordering on hys teria. Cuba was the theme of the eloquent divine. The Virginias affair was then stir ring men’s hearts, just as the stories of atrocities and the Maine horror today. The great Beecher’s speech appeared in the papers. He made a conclusive apeal for American inter'Ceyenoe. “If war mpst prevail,” he vehemently excjaipied, “take it out of the hands of hatred; take it out of the Ifhnds of prej udice and animosity, take it out of the hands of greed and lust and ambition, and put into the hands of justice, clear, cool, deliberate.” Beecher spoke of the shotting of the crew and passengers pf the Virginias as an act of infamy without palliation. He said: “It vms the cruel loye of blood; it was simple ferocity.” Bf such crimes equid go unpunished, he declared that “civilization must go backward,” In the eyes of Amer ica's greatest preacher the Virginius crime was one “against human nature, done, not by banditti or roving savages, but by or ganized men, under pretense of govern ment; and the blood which has been spill ed is blood, every drop of it, which cries out to God.” THINGS THEATRICAL. Waflg Saturday —Lecture Next Week and Then Brann. It being found impossible to. secure a genuine white elephant for use in the Siamese opera, “Wang,” 'Composer Wool en Morse, who is a prodigal and tireless collector of oddities of all parts of the world, had a pair of ivory tusks tipped With gold, once the possession of a sacred white elephant owned by the fath er of the present king of Siam. They will fee worn by the ingenius mechanical ani mal used in the opera to be produced at the Academy next Saturday, majateq and night. The company its own scen ery and orchestra,. FOR THE PANSY CIRCLE. The young ladies connected with Pansy ■Circle o<f the Free Kindergarten have gone actively to work to make their entertain ment Tuesday, matinee, April sth, the most successful of the season. Professor Canery, the artist and entertainer, will be greeted by the largest audience of ihe year. THE FAMOUS LBUTUtRER COMING. Keep in inind the date of the coming of W. Brann, the noted writer and speak er, who will visit ‘Macon on Mandoy, April 4tlfe JUDSON W. LYONS Has Been Nominated to be Register of the ; Treasury, Washington, March 24. —The president has sent in the nomination of Judson Lyons, of Georgia, to register of the treas ury, and Leslie Combs as pension agent at Louisville, Ky. THE ASSESSORS' REPORT READY Will Not Divulge What the Figures Are, But It is Certain That MT 1 IIS REDUCTION. Will Report to Council at the Meet ing Next Tuesday Night—Re duction is No Surprise. The city assessors have completed their work but they are as mum as the prover bial oyster about the figures and the re sults. The assessors think that council should have the firs. whack at the report before it goes to the public through the news papers and among them they swore a solemn oath over the closed books that they would not reveal the result to any newspaper men in the city. 'But v.-hili' the assessors decline to talk, there is v.ij j-oud reason to believe that the reduction will not be as great as the assessors themselves at first expected. When the 'totals were footed up the three assessors, (Messrs. Charlie IHa'll, R. iS. Col lins and (Morris Harris shook hands across the books and swore they wouldn’t tell, but acknowledged each one to the other that they had beeen the worts fooled set of men that ever worked as assessors in 'Ma con. At first it was thought that the drop would be a million, perhaps, half a mil lion certainly, tout it will not run to the half million if the judgment of those who have been figuring, is good for anything. But there will be a falling off. How much, will be known next Tuesday night. But the indications are that they will report a reduction in the totals as against last year. This much was stated in The News some days ago and there is every reason to be lieve that the statements then made will be borne out by the final report which will be made to council at its next meeting. JUDGE REVERSED Suit of Holmes Against the Macon and Indi an Spring. Sometime ago in the city court a ver dict was rendered in favor of W. C. Holmes, who sued the Macon and Indian Spring for injuries received on ac count of damages received by him as the result of the alleged carelessness of the motorman. The supreme court has just reversed that decision and the ruling of the court in which are the supreme court judges were agreed is of importance to the gen eral public. The full decision is as fol lows : Macon and Indian Springs Street Railway Company vs. Holes. Before Judge Ross. City court of Macon. Lewis, J. —1. In a suit against a street railroad company for personal injuries re sulting by its car coming in contact with one who was undertaking to cross its track the plaintiff cannot recover if, by the ex ercise of ordinary care, he could have avoided the consequences of defendant’s negligence at any time after such negli gence had become apparent, or he had rea son to apprehend its existence. The fol lowing charge of the court without quali fication was, therefore, error: “Indeed, the plaintiff could recover if the injury was inflicted under these circumstances ,if his going upon the track had been in the ex ercise of ordinary care, notwithstanding he may have been himself in some degree of negligence. If his going upon the track was proper, under the evidence, in that it was not contrary to the exercise of ordi nary care, and he was injured thereafter, he would be entitled to recover, even though you should believe he was at some fault himself in failing to avoid the in jury.” 2. After the plaintiff has become ap prised of the existence of defendant’s neg ligence of which he complains, if could avoid its consequences by the exercise of ordinary diligence and fails to do so. such negligence on his part will defeat a re covery. It was, therefore, error for the court to charge the jury as follows: “Ir he (the plaintiff) was advised of the defend ant’s negligence, the moment he was soj advised, or the moment he had resason to apprehend the defendant’ negligence, he was bound from that moment to exercise the ordinary diligence to keep from re ceiving and injury by reason of the negli gence of the defendant, and to the extent he failed to exercise such diligence he would not be negligent. Such negligence would not defeat his recovery, but would lessen it tn accordance with what you be lieve its proportion bore to the defendant’s negligence.” 3. It does not follow;, as a mailer of law, that it is the duty of a conductor of a •street railroad car to observe the track in front of the car- and that portion of a street CQpwguous to the track on either Blss. la the absence of any proof showing that he was under any obligation of this kind, It was error for the court to instruct the jury that such was his duty, and a failure in its discharge would be negli gence. A evidence not demanding the ver dict for the plaintiff, above errors in the charge of the court excepted to by the de fendant require the grant of a new trial. Judgment reversed. All concurring. Dessau, Bartlett & Ellis, for plaintiff tn error. Guerry & Hall, contra. •** GROWING IN INTEREST. (he Meetings at Tatnall Square Presbyteri an Church. At Tattnall Square Presbyterian church Dr. Bachman’s ministry is taking hoW on the hearts of the people more and more every day, solemn was the effect of last night’s service, manifesting itself in a manner seldom witnessed among s-taid old fashioned Presbyterians investigated no doubt to some extent by the example of the younger element, and the presence of members of other denominations, to whom such occasions are more fasnittar. ' The magnetism of this devoted divine Is something surprising, he uses the choicest and pla>nest language, no sensa tional flings at society, clubs, barrooms, etc., no attempt at oratorical effect, no effort to “display to congregations wide devotions every grace except the heart,” but we seem to behold the Apostle Paul come again, and saying “God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ.” The congregational singing, led by the chorus is superb. All who can find time an-l opportunity to attend these meetings will certainly be pleased and benefited. Remember the children’s service at 4 o’clock p. m. and the usual night service at 8 p. u. 1 o W hom It May Concern: We have this day put on display in our window one of the swellest lines of New and Nobby Spring Suits Consisting of Stripes, Plaids, Checks and all the latest weaves that were ever shown. It will be to your interest to inspect our line before you buy. All the Swellest Hats of '9B Gan De Found Here. thismatter = OF JEWELRY Is much a matter of taste. No matter what your tastes are, we can suit you, be cause we’ve got the stock to select from, and the prices are right. GEO. T. BEELAND, Jeweler, Triangular Block. W-We tako/Pcriodical 1 here Are Hats, and Hats, but the famous HA WES HA T is always right. We guarantee that and back our judgment with our money. All tlie popu lar shapes and colors are here for your inspec tion. To see them is to wear them. The price? Only $3.00 BENSON & HOUSER, The Up-to-date Clothiers. PUBLIC SALE. Val liable Build in g Lois on Easy Tomis On April Ist, at 12 o’clock, at the property, I will sell at public out cry all that portion of block 29, fronting on Third street, and bounded by Hazel and Ash streets, aud running back to an alley. This property, subdivided into building lots, will be sold on the following terms : One-fifth cash ; balance in 20 montly payments, with straight interest at 8 per cent. Railroad men and employes in the railroad shops are especially in vited to examine the property. Convenient to their business, in a good and healthy location, near the public schools, it will make them de sirable homes. In putting this property on the market now, I only expect to real ize prices in keeping with the times. Inionnation cheerfully furnished by B A. WISE, 358 Second Street. Spring Suits. What a rich field for choosing I What a range of styles is here for men of every taste and income. • Vast quantities have been arriving daily—and al though it’s a month before Easter, they’ve been moving out rapidly under the spell of the prices we are making. Here’s just a hint—rows of surprises in Men’s Suits. $7-50, $lO, sl2, sls and up to $25 I y *■ -xi r OHEAR MONEY. per cent and 7 per eent oney now ready for loans on Macon residence and business property. 8 per cent money for farm loans. Over $5,000,000 successfully negotiated tn Georgia alone. Loans mads can be paid off at any time. W’e are head quarters. 0. A. Coleman, Gen. Man., 158 Second street Macon, Ga. — T— -'LLJ . ■ ■$ PRICE TWO CENTS