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ESTABLISHED 1884. ■ WAR CM VERY DARK Report Was Placed in the , Hands of the President J f This Morning, FROM EXTERIOR, A Very Prominent Official Says That is What the Report Shows. TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYERS, Have Been Organized as a Result of Report From Canary Islands Spain Will Ask Delay. f Washington, March 25—The report of the Main' < onrt of inquiry is now in the hand of President McKinley. I The forma! :ran.-mission of the moment- I ous do< utnent was accomplished at 9 I o’clock this morning. it was delivered by Lieutenant Coni- ■ inand, r Marix, Judge advocate of the court ■ of inquiry, to Secretary Long and by the M latter was taken to the White House and B handed to the president. I Marix and Lieutenant Carl Jungen left F tlie Ebbitt House, where they kept the report through the night, a few minutes before o'clock. They were in civilian dress and attract, d little attention along the streets a they proceeded to the de partment. Jung, n can led a large canvass bag or portfolio, enclosed by straps containing the report. They arrived at the navy department exactly at *.i o’clock. Long was already at his desk anticipating its coming. The two officers proceeded first to the j office of Judge Idvocate General Captain L.mliy in •eord.tnee with naval regula- i lions riquhing the transmission be made j throm h t’-at office'-. Captain Lemley ' gr<,tvd tin officers, and together they w, ! ■; !!:, ?: to the secretary’s office. They were ushered Into the secretary’s office, where th, font.al delivery was made by Lit .ti t’..,nt Commander Marix. Captain 1.. n 1< y retired and for twenty minute M'ss't--. i ong end Marix were to gethe'-. The .s, vrt airy did not open the re port. At 9::’>o o’clock Long <ame from the 1 of- ' she with Varix and proceeded to the White lloti-i Ti e report was still carried by the > Ihiiten it commander, while Secretary I Long had in his band a long sheet of i transparent paper, wound round a wooden i roller. Seer, tary Long cordially greeted the ■ group of correspondents and remarked that ■ • he had not opened the report and knew ; no more than they did of its contents. Then they stepped into the navy depart inetit brougham and were driven around to the main entrance of the White House. The secretary and Lieutenant Com mander Marix did no go direct to the pres- . ident’s office, but passed through the pri- j vate corridor on the first floor and thence I to the blue room to await the president. ■ He had not been in his office before the I arrival, but at the moment was in the | residence portion of the house. A few > minutes later the secretary and Marix joined the president in the library and I the report of the Maine court was form- ! ally delievered to the chief executive. ONE BOAT BUSTED. Waterford. March 25—The Spanish tor- I pedo boat destroyer Audaz, has arrived with her bows stove in and her stem twist ed completely around from about ten feet from the stern. TUG PURCHASED. New York. March 25—Negotiations has been completed for the purchase by the government of the tug, Edward M. Tim mins from the Mutual Lumber Towing co;, any stern built in 1889, 6SO tons, 82 feet iong. beam 16 feet. LLOYD ASKS AN ADVANCE. London. March 25—Lloyd regards the situation as being worse today and are asking 20 guineas per cent on the war risks. Get your Baster Hat at Neel’s and save SI.OO. Subscribers must pay up and not allow smal’ balances to run over from week to week. The carriers have been in structed to accept no part payment from anyone after April Ist, -UUI * THE MACON NEWS. rlackburn IS ROW DYING The Brilliant Senator From Kentucky Stricken With Paralysis of Heart WHILE 111 WASHINGTON. He Cannot Live ard the Announce ment of His Death May Come at Any Moment, Washington, March 25 —Former Senator ; J. ('. S. Blackburn, of Kentucky, suffered a stroke of paralysis of the heart this I morning and his death is expected at any, I minute. REUBEN TALKS. Says That the Only Chance for Cubans is Intervention. New York, March 25 —Horatio S. Ruben, | of the Cuban junta, says in regard to the I sending of supplies to Cuba: "The sending of relief supplies to Cuba j is not so much an intervention as an as ■ sk-tance to the Spanish governmept. "it even enables Spain to sp nd for munitions of war to fight the Cubans, and possibly the United States, the money which humanity dictates should go to the amelioration of the condition of the re concentrados. "The only remedy is, as General Proc tor says, to allow them to go back to •■the fields. We must feed them or Spain will starve them or else we must intervene.” THE FLYING SQUADRON Will be Increased to About a Dozen War ships. Washington, March 25.---Commodore Winfield Scott Schley, at present connected with the light house board, has been or dered to command the flying squadron at Hampton Roads, with the Brooklyn as flag ship. The squadron now comprises three vessels, the Brooklyn, Columb; and (Minneapolis, but in a short while thL squadron will be swelled to about a dozen vessels. Commodore refused to talk con cerning the rumors that this flying squa dron will be sent to intercept the Spanish torpedo flotilla. He said that that was a matter concerning which he could say nothin.g Two batleships are on the way to add to the fighting strength of the flying squadron, the Texas and the Mas sachusetts. The Massachusetts is a first class battle ship of 10,228 tons displace ment. The Texas is a second-class battle ship of 6,315 tons. Both are heavily ar mored. IMPROVED FLEET Os Torpedo Boats Has Been Secured by This Country. Now York. 'March 25. A special to the Herald from Washingotn says: By direction of 'President McKinley, Secretary Long spent .more than a million dollars on Thursday in the purchase of twelve speedy yachts and seagoing tugs, which were converted into torpedo boat destroyers. Mr. McKinley was guided by the infor mation that the Spanish torpedo boat flo tillo has sanled from the Canary Islands for Portico Rico. Before the information came the au thorities were not willing to pay the high prices asked, but the necessity for an im proved torpedo fleet is so apparent that the preident authorized the negotiations to be closed and the vessels purchased with out delay. NEW BOAT BOUGHT. London, March 25.--The United States naval attache ba® bought for the United States the first-class boat built at Schi chau 'for Germany. She is ready to sail. The Cruisers San Francisco and New- Orleans will probably sail tomorrow for the United States. another cabinet meeting. Madrid, 'March 25. —-Another hastily summoned cabinet meeting was held this afternoon, presumably to consider the grave political situation. To the Citizens of Macon: The Chamber of Commerce will tomor row at noon in their rooms hold the first of a number of meetings th. t wi i somewhat differ from the regular standard monthly meetings. It is intended to bring our people closer together and we have adopted this as one of the methods of carrying out our object, and believe it will not only help our body, but benefit the city. We have invited our members to meet with us and over a light lunch talk of Macon’s future, and who knows that but from these conferences and interchange of thou ght some plan might be evolved to still further advance the interests of the city. We wish to see every member present and every citizen who wil become a member. There is now no excuse at all why every good citizen should not connect him self with this body and help solve the future of this, the most beautiful and favorably situated city in Georgia. We want no drones, but live, active, hustling, energetic memebrs, who are willing to do their duty when called on. Minute talks will be given by several of our best men and thoughts and ideas interchanged that will certainly result in great good. Now, fellow memebrs of the Chamber of Commerce, let us for one day lay down our business for an hour and come together and ’-catch” for Macon. R. M. ROGERS, President. George Ketchum. Secretary. . , . ; . MACON NEWS FRIDAY MARCH 2.5 1898. FROM THE JUTSIDE. The Report of the Board of Inquiry Has Been Made Public. FLOATIIG SUBMARINE MINE Probably the Cause of the Blowing Up of the Battleship Maine- Two Explosions, Washington, March 25 —The board finds that the explosion which destroyed the Maine was from the outside and does not fix the responsibility for its disaster. It does not express any opinion as to the character of the explosion, but the testi mony goes to show that it was a potverful submarine mine the exact character, of which is not determined, by the testimony, though the belief is expressed that it was i what is known as a floating sub-marine mine. There were two explosions the board finds, The first was from the outside and that set off one of the smaller maga zines. IT WAS INTERNAL Says the Report of the Spanish Court of In quiry. Madrid, March 25—T’ae Spanish minister of marine was engaged all night in de ciphering a dispatch from the admiral in command in Cuban waters, containing the findings of the Spanish court of inquiry into the loss of. the Maine. Parties cognizant of the affair unani mously declare that the Spaniards report that the explosion was of internal origin. :the other report, Spanish Report Now tn and a Request Will Follow. (.Madrid, March 25. The Spanish gov ernment has received the Spanish report of the loss cf the Maine, which, however, is said to be “confused,” and explanations are said to have ‘been asked for. In any case, it is said, it will not be published until after the report of the United Sates naval court of inquiry has been made public. The Correspondencia says the Spanish government will dispatch a note to 1 Wash ington, requesting that the report : the loss of the 'Maine be not sent to ccj; until both reports are presented and con sidered by both governments. A HIGH OFFICIAL In Washington Says That Report Says Ex plosion Was External. Washington, March 25—One of the high est officials in the service of the govern ment said definitely today that the report cf the Maine court of inquiry shows that the explosion was due to external cause. It is impossible to get from any addi tional information though the impression is gathered that the board had not located the cause beyond the fact that it is ex ternal. WELL TAKE TEN DAYS For the Spanish Flotilla to Reach the West Indies. Washington, March 25—The navy de partment is much concerned over the moving of the Spanish torpedo 'Flotilla from the Canaries to Porto Rico. The fleet is formidable and the sending cf it to the West Indies at this time is re garded as an endeavor of Spain to be pre pared to defend herself. It will take the Flotilla ten days to make the journey. FULFORD WON. Long Branch, March 25—In the shoot off Elkwood park today for the silver championship cup the grand American handicap in live pigeon shooting, E. G. Fulford, of Utica, N. Y., won with twenty three starigHt kills. RYDER TOES EIGHTOF THEM He Has Written a Letter to the Governor Giving the Information, SENSATION STIRRED UP. He Was to Go to Talbotton Before the Grand Jury Again—An Old Case Renewed in Interest. Atlanta, March 25.—Dr. C. A. Ryder, brother of Dr. W. L. Ryder, who was lynched in Talbotton last summer by a mob cf men angered at the delay of his trial, has writen Governor Atkinson a let ter in which he charges eight well known citizens of Taibot with having lynched his brother. The letter, which goes into details as 10 the evidence and names the men who Dr. Ryder claims did the lynching, was receiv ed by Governor Atkinson Wednesday and was also mailed to several newspapers in the state. The one received by Governor Atkinson was sent to Solicitor Gilbert. The men Dr. Ryder charges with having murdered his brother are Dr. “Billly” Bryan, ‘Will Parker, Albert Owen, Will Leonard, Tim Leonard, John Parker, Riley “Til” Harris and FFindley Greene. The letter is of a very lively nature and Dr. Ryder presents to the governor in a strong manner the reasons he has for be lieving the men named were implicated in the affair. He says every man, woman and child in Talbot county knows the names, and that they were known to the officers of the law, who he charges with having been lax in their duty. He says the men have boasted that they lynched Dr. Ryder and defied the state to pvnish them. The officers, he says, have net dared to interfere. Governor Atkinson was asked yesterday what steps he would take in the matter, ■and replied that there was nothing he could do except turn the papers and all the additional evidence over to the state authorities. The grand jury of Talbot county has ad journed and unless Dr. Ryder desires to wait until the next session of that body, it will be necessary for him to swear out warrants and give the men named a pre liminary hearing. In his letters Dr. Ryder says he has gone to considerable expense to have the guilty parties punished, but the laxity of the laws and the indifference of the offi cers in the counties where the affair oc curred have convinced him that it would be useless to try. The letter is written for the purpose of obtaining the co-opera tion of the state and county officers. The case of Dr. Ryder is one that is well (known in Georgia, and hardly an other one caused as much excitement or was as sensational. Dr. Ryder shot and killed his sweetheart, Miss Owens, and was tried and convicted of murder. He was granted a new trial, and when the case came for a hearing it was postponed. The postponement was fatal so far as Ryder was concerned, because a mob took him from the officers and hung him to a tree. The lynching caused a state sensa tion and Pinkerton detectives were put to work to discover the guilty parties, with the result that Dr. C. A| Ryder has writ ten the letter, charging the crime to eight well known citizens of Talbot. READ'FToR EASTER. Spring Styles as Shown by Burden, Smith & Co. As usual, the Empire Store, is right to the front with all that is stylish and ele gant in women’s wear. Indeed, if any thing, the Empire Store has striven this season to surpass all of its former efforts in this direction, and the display of goods now shown there will convince anyone that they have succeeded. Every stylish fabric offered in New York has been brought out by the Empire Store this season, and the ladies of Macon and this section of eGorgia will not be a day behind their sisters of the Metropolis in style. As beautiful as; are the dress goods this season, they are still not as beautiful as the trimmings that go with them, and in this line the Empire Store, as usual, es says to lead. Such an array of trimmings has probably never been seen in Macon before. Miss Millep, the Empire Store’s fashion able modiste, is just bak from New York, where she has studied all the latest ideas, and her department is now in full blast, turning out fashionable gowns for the best dressed women of Macon, Columbus, Sa vannah, Atlanta and numerous other Georgia towns—for it is a fact that the Empire Store receives numerous orders every season from these cities. An extra large force of hands has been employed and Miss Miller is prepared to turn out your Easter costume in good time an in the usual good taste. The Empire Store has a conspicuous and convincing advertisement elsewhere in to day s News. It will pay every lady who has spring fabrics to buy to read it. Graves tonight at Wes eyan. 1 ‘ Subscribers must pay up and not allow small balances to run over from week to week. The carriers have been in strueted to accept no part payment from anyone after April Ist. L A * '- >• | Seen Our \ST W TRUNK ;ft / W STORE? Ifs lh ! hl ’ggest dis ■..YfV y '' ’T Trunks, Va- " : Telescopes and iL trave ‘ n ’g bags ever seen in tliis southern section. r Trunks from (>-: $1.50 to S2O ' Traveling Bags from IL 75c to $5 lb TELESCOPES from sOc to $2.00. >L _ : L A Tj' Unique display in our right front win- J b dow, arranged by our artistic decorator. • J It’s a feast to the eye, and now that the season approaches for rearranging the J f ! ( e la I \ homo this display will interest all house- J A.V I XjL I. -Lx kO ke6 P ers - Come and see it, and then step <4 inside and look at these Embroidered ’.J Muslin Curtains, Net Curtains, with lace /I Prices ranp’e edging and inserting, Point d’Esprit, with lace edging and inserting, Savoy Curtains, J , Renaissance inserting, Nottingham lace <4 75 C tO 5)10.00. £uX n Curt C ain 3 0r em(br ° idered Contains the most elaborate display of J . handsome laces ever seen in Macon; and Ul CCs L while the beauty and fine quality of these J laces appeal to the artistic taste of the tv v. * ladies, the price will also have a great -j Lrorsf influence ' for they are unusually low J i ivui v v iSltiV W prices. These are a ifew of the many we ’J carry: J Cream Silk Applique Lace, Imitation Duchess Lace, m Ecru Moline Lace, Fine Valenciennes Lace, 4 Ecru Galloon, White Oriental Lace, 4 Ecru Oriental Lace, Real Medici Lace, J Point de Paris Lace, Ecru Guipure Lace, Real Point Lace, Silk Esprit Lace, J Guipure de Rene Lace, Jetted Nets.' J Prices Range Soto $4.50 Gent’s >tl Furnishings. <] 500 dozen Hermsdorf dye black sox, 10c. >2 Suspenders and ties in great profusion, .)] 10c, 15c, 20c, 25c, 50c, 75c. <4 ’uJprraW Fancy plaid sox, for swell, 25c. to 50e. J V I \w Underwear—Just what you want for the \ V season. 'A i ' Don’t forget our now spring suits, $6 .’ and $7.50. <4 President McKinley k jgL y Must get a great deal of satis- faction and comfort when seated tn ithat WK famous chair known as the presidential vg-pLL chair! That is the only species we can fur- '■ nish you with. Anything else in the way / furniture in new and handsome designs * ■ ' lEVrfxlW in P ar,or - library, dining room or oham //■ . 4’p / ber sets or odd and fancy pieces, we will ' furnish you at a reasonable price. The Wood-Peavy Furniture Co. New Spring Styles In Boys’ Tailored Suits. Have you seen the display? It will reward you, if there is a boy at your home. Hundreds of Suits and Reefers are on parade and nothing but bright, pretty and new effects. Over thirty pleasing styles and nearly all of them confined to us. A showing of Boys’ Clothing so perfect in proper fashions—so free from any suggestion of back-num berness that you’ll be delighted. PRICE TWO CInTS