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4 THE. MACON NEWS ESTABLISHED 1 384-. NEWS PRINTING COMPANY, PUBLISHERS. R. L. McKENNEY, Business Mngr. TOM w LOYLESS, Editor. THE EVENING NEWS will be delivered by carrier or mail, per year, $5.00; per week, 10 cents. THE NEWS will be for sale on trains. Correspondence on live subject* solicited. Real name of writer should accompany • dame. Subscriptions payable in advance. Failure to receive paper should be reported to the business office. Address all communications to THE NEWS. Offices: Corner Second and Cherry Streets. •“A THE STATE TICKET. For Governor, ALLEN D. CANDLER, of Hall. For Secretary of State, MARK A. HARDEN, of Bartow. For Comptroller-General, W. A. WRIGHT, of Richmond. For Attorney-General, JOSEPH M. TERRELL, of Mer riwether. For Treasurer. W. M. SPEER, of Fulton. For Commisioner of Agriculture, O. B. STEVENS, of Terrell. For School Commissioner, G. R. GLENN, of Bibb. Say what you please, but Atkinson isn’t bolding a light for Berner. We do not say Judge Atkinson is think ing about retiring from the race—but he should be. Some one suggests that perhaps Joe Blackburn’s paralytic stroke can be traced to the use of water in christening the bat tleship Kentucky. Statistician Hyde, of the Agricultural Department, says American farmers got $130,000,000 more for the grain crop of 1897 than they received for their 1896 crop. A Madrid newspaper says that nothing could prt vent Spain from planting its sol diers m Florida. Yes, and she may have to plant a few thousand in Georgia, if they euccecd in getting this tar. Chicago is agitated over the question of how to keep Chicago people in Chicago. Statistics show that $130,000,0000 worth of property in that ci'ty is owned by people who live in New York City. Who would believe it? Yet is is a fact. The author of “Little 'Lord Fontleroy ’ sued his papa for a divoce and then ran away just like a man coward would do. Another ideal gone to smash. The meanest men in the world live in Indianapolis, where a coterie of them have begun a movement to require women to remove their hats in church. And Easter , is only two weeks off, comments the Birm ingham News. If any body should ask you. The eagle first appeared on the seal o's the United States in a design submitted to Congress by William Barton, of Philadelphia, in 1782. The device was adopted June 20th of that year. On April 13th will be celebrated the one hundred and fifty-fifth anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson. At that time, no doubt, discussions of the life and prin ciples of the man, by a majority probably considered next to Washington, as the greatest the country has produced, will be frequent. The Spanish ministry desires to arrange ; a treaty with the United States in reci procity of commerce. It is said that Spain would be willing to give the very best of terms to us as the “most favoiable na tion." The suspicion is mere than appa rent in this movement. Spain would like to divert America's attention from the war clouds now obscuring the horizon. Miss Lillian Bell, who is visiting Eu rope for the first time, recording her im pressions and observations in the Ladies’ Home Journal, writes from Berlin to the April number of that magazine, that “it would be utterly impossible for the American girl to be more exquisitely mis understood than she is by the French and Germans.’ To be “exquisitely” misunder stood one can readily believe, is a rare experience. On Saturady, March 20th, twenty-one car loads of provisions and $9,033 in cash for the staving Cubans of Mantanzas were shipped from Kansas City. On the same day a performance at the Tacon Theater at Havana, for the aid of the fund for the Spanish navy yielded over $30,000. The Spaniards spend their money for warships. wh ; le Americans spend theirs to rel’eve the distress which the Spaniards have caused in Cuba. The Newnan Herald and Advertiser makes this timely explanation: The Herald and Advertiser has been subjected to a good deal of chaffing by our brethren of the press because of the simul taneous appearance in our las-t issue of two local items—one complimentary to Hon. O. B. Stevens, and the other refer ring in equally fulsome terms of Hon. R. T. Nesbitt. Both are candidates for the office of commissioner of agriculture, and both good men; but the Herald and Ad vertiser announced some time ago its pre ference for Mr. Stevens, and has backed its choice by such active support since as ■would leave no doubt as to its position. In explanation of the appearance of the contradictory paragraphs referred to it is perhaps necessary to mention the fact that our senior, Brother Whatley, is a personal friend and supporter of Mr. Nisbett, and in a spirit of fun he wrote the Nisbett para graph to fly-blow ' the Stevens item. It was a mean trick, but we have since con doned the indiscretion, and all is now se rene on the Herald and Advertiser house hold. Intervention is Inevitable. | Notwithstanding the professions being made in official circles, the fact cannot be denied that intervention in Cuba is* now ; absolutely necessaiy—even at the price of I war with Spain. Al hough President Mc ' Kinky favors peace, he dare not favor a I temporizing policy any longer. and, * though favoring peace, he iuus. now ' chose war if war mutt follow oar inter ! vention in Cuban affairs. The impression is well fixed on the pub i lie mind that it is new cur duty to inter- I sere, and leave it »o Spain to resent our interference, with armed force, if she de- ■ sires. ‘ A writer in the April Review cf Revi- ws brings out very clearly our duty to Cuba, I and in ■the course of an editorial on the subject says: “Quae regardless of the responsibilities for the Maine incident, it is apparently true that the great majority of the Amer ican people are hoping that President Mc- Kinley will promptly utilize the oe-asion to secure the com; lete pacification and in dependence of Cuba. There are a few peo ple in the United State’s—we should not like to believe that more than one hun dred could be found out of a population Os seventy-five millions —who believe that the United States ought to join hands with Spain In forcing the Cuban insurg-nts to lay down their arms and to accept the Spanish sovereignty as a permanent con dition, under the promise of practical home rule. It needs no argument, of course, to convince the American people that such a proposal reaches the lowest depths of infamy. It is much worse than the proposition made by a few’ people in Europe last year that the victorious Turks should have the countenance and support of the great nations of Europe in making Greece a part of the Turkish empire. For the Turk had fairly conquered the Greeks; and if Europe had kept han Is off. Greece would have been reduced very quickly to the position of an Ottoman province. But in Cuba it is otherwise. The insurgents, with no help outside, have held their own for more than three years, and Spain is unable to conquer them. The people of the United States do not intend to help Spain hold Cuba. On the contrary, they are now ready, in one way or another, to help the Cubans drive Spain cut of the western 'hemisphere. If the occasion goes past and we allow this Cuban struggle to run on indefinitely the American people will have lost several degrees of self respect and will certainly not have gained anything in the opinion of mankind.” A Deception. The Macon Telegraph, .a paper that takes neither candidate’s part in the race, has 'this to say of Colonel Candler’s refusal to meet his opponents, 'and the statement that he is “personally anxious to do so.” —■ Columbus Enquirer-Sun. An Atkinson organ introduces an edi torial from 'the Macon Telegraph with the above introduction, as showing what a “neutral” paper thinks, etc. This only shows‘what a dishonest fight is being made on the champion of pure politics and honest methods. In the first place, the Enquirer-Sun knows as well as it knows anything that the Macon Tele graph is not “neutral,” but is fighting Candler for all it is worth. It knows, too, that the Telegraph, being in bad cdor poli tically, dare not espouse Atkinson’s cause openly, lest it do him more harm than good; so that in pretending to be neutral, and at the same time hitting Candler and boosting Atkinson at every opportunity, it is really giving Atkinson the only sort cf support it can give him or that he can afford to accept. It is true few newspapers would be will ing to adopt these bushwhacking methods, but the Telegraph is to some extent ex cusable on the ground that this is the only part it could possibly take in a Democratic campaign. It is not excusable, however, for the Enquirer-Sun to try to deceive the people as to the Telegraph’s attitude. It knows, of course, that to say the Tele graph is “neutral” will give its utterances some weight,—which they would not other wise have —but is the Enquirer-Sun will ing to resort to such deception? Why, even the Rome Tribune, as un scrupulous as it has been during this cam paign. has not gone so far. The Tribune has repeatedly admitted that Mr. Atkin son has the Telegraph’s support, and has placed it in the column of Atkinson or gans. It is all right for the Enquirer-Sun to reproduce from the Telegraph as much abuse of Candler—and of Bryan too, if it likes —and as much praise of Atkinson as it may desire, but it should, at least, be honest enough with its readers to tell them that the Telegraph is not “neutral” —although it pretends to be. And for further proof of it, the Enquirer-Sun can refer 'to the Telegraph’s statement to the contrary. Report of the Nava! Court of Inquiry. As was to be expected, the naval court of inquiry has failed to fix on the Spanish government responsibility for the Maine disaster. It has decided that the explo sion was from without, caused, it is said, by a mine under the ship, but further than this it does not go. So that the matter is now left for the President and Congress to determine. The failure of the naval court to fix re sponsibility for the disaster need cause no surprise or disappointment, for the sim ple reason that the court was net sent to Havana to determine responsibilities, which the diplomats and heads of the government will locate, now that facts of the explosion are laid before them. All this country wants from the court is the facts. The President and Congress will then deter mine where responsibility rests and will apply the remedy. We are still of the opinion that the Spanish government is innocent of any connection with the affair, although Spain may be held blamable for the occurrence, and. very properly, asked to pay damages. As we have all along contended, however, the Maine disaster is not a causus belli, but a mere incident in the stirring events leading up to the struggle which now seems inevitable. Cessation of hostilities in Cuba is the real issue, and the United States is pre pared to enforce such a demand. If Spain is also prepared to oppose it, then war must come. Let Lee Lead Them. If war must come, the United States government could do no more gracious and, at the same time, sensible thing than to place General Fitzhugh Lee in charge of an army of volunteers in Cuba —in the event, of course, it becomes necessary to send volunteers to the island. It goes without saying that no man is better equipped, or even so well equipped, to command such an army in Cuba. Not only is Fitzhugh Lee a fighter with a re cord, but he has shown his patriotism in a way that cannot be doubted. Indeed, he has won the applause of this whole nation, MACON NEWS MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 28 1808. ; regardless of past sectional feeling, by his courage and devotion to duty in the face of extreme peril. But net alone would the government's interests be best served by placing Lee in command in Cuba on account of his well known qualities of generalship and knowl edge of the island and of the situation in general; such a gracious act on the part of this government would arouse more enthu ; siasm, more patriotism than any one thing that could be done. The entire South would rise en masse to follow this gallant leader, and this means that the struggle would not be of long duration. I; is now thirty-odd years since the men under Lee surrendered. Since that time we have been burying the hatchet and re uniting almost incessantly. But it is a fact that the South has been allowed to do most of the burying and reuniting. It is proper, therefore, that the United States government should seal the compact cf brotherhood by now recognizing one cf the chieftans of the Lost Cause, and through him those who followed him, by placing him in command of a branch of the army. We repeat that such an act cn the part of this government would do more to re unite forever the people cf these United States than all the patriotic speeches and .reunions uttered and held since the recent conflict between the states. Besides serv ing the interests of the nation better than . they could otherwise be served. full report I OF COURT. (Continued from Ist page.) ■ 1 the after part of the ship -was practically : intact and sank in a very few minutes ! after the destruction of the forward part. The following facts with regard to the forward part of the ship are established by the testimony: That part of the port side protective deck which extends from about frame thirty to about forty-one, was blown up aft and over to port. The main deck from about frame thirty to about frame forty one was blown up to aft and slightly sea ward, following the forward part of the middle superstructure over on the top of the afterpart. This in the opinion of the court, was caused by a partial explosion of two or more of the forward magazines of the (Maine.. PLATES BENT INWARD. At frame seventeen the outer shell of the ship from a point eleven and one half feet from the middle line of the ship and ‘ six feet above the keel when in normal I 'position, had been forced up so as to be ! about four feet above the surface of 'the water; therefore, now about about thirty four feet above where it would be had she sunk uninjured. The side bottom plating is bent into a reverse in a V shape. The •after wing, which is about fifteen feet broad and thirty-two feet in length, is doubled back upon it self against the con tinuation plate extending forward. At frame thirteen the vertical keel is broken in two and the flat keel is bent into an angle similar to the angle formed by the outside bottom plating. This break is now about six feet below the surface of the water and about thirty feet above the nomal position. In the opinion of the court this could have been produced only by the explosion of a mine situated under the bottom of the ship at about frame eighteen, and somewhat on the port side of the ship. COURTS FINAL FINDING. The court finds that the loss of the .Maine on the occasion named, is not in any respect due to the fault or negligence on the part of the officers or crew of the said vessel. •In the opinion of the court the Maine was destroyed by the explosion of a sub marine mine which caused the partial ex plosion of two or more of her forward magazines. The court has been unable to obtain evidence fixing the responsibility for the destruction of the Maine upon any person or persons. (Signed.) W. T. Sampson, Captain United States Navy; A 'Marix, Lieutenant Com mander United States Navy, judge advo cate. The court having finished the inquiry it ordered made, adjjourned to await the ac tion of convening authorities. (Signed.) ‘Marix. The proceedings and findings of the court cf inquiry in the above case are approved. Signed.) ‘Montgomery Sicard, Rear Admiral and Commander in Chief of United States Naval Force, North .At lantic Squadron. THEY ASK FOR MERCY. King's Daughters Telegraphed a Petition to the Governor This Morning. This morning the King’s Daughters of Macon. telegraphed to the governor a peti tion in behalf cf Mrs. Nobles, and asked that her sentence be commuted. The petition was signed by a large num ber of the most prominent citizens of the city, and all of the names attached to it were sent. The ladies feel that the decision of the governor will depend a great deal upon what the women of the country think about the case, and they have been work ing heroically for the past few days. • Bucklin’s Arnica Salve The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and positive ly cures piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by H. J. Lamar A Sons’ drug •tore. Miss Green has her spring and summer millinery opening Wednesday and Thurs day. You can talk to 10,000 every day through the columns of The Newa. Burr Brown’s Select Library. REMEMBER, We will rent you any book in the store, new or | old. You can get all the latest and best books right here. WE KEEP POSTED. WE ARE BOOKSELLERS, And know our business, WATCH THIS SPACE. KWI If POWDER Absolutely Pure mmeW MEET MACON Big Excursion to Be Brought Here by the Chamber of Commerce. IHMS ARE GOING OUT The City Will be Thrown Open and the Visitors Will be Entertained in Most Royal Style, On March 12th a large number of the representative business men of Moultrie, Ga., will visit Macon as guests of the Chamber of Commerce for the purpose of establishing closer relations with the bus iness men of Macon, and to get a part of the trade which is now enjoyed undivided by Savannah. The invitations for the visitors are in the hands of the printer now, and will be sent out as soon as they are completed. The Georgia Southern and Florida Rail way will bring them to Macon on a special train free of charge. They will be met at ■the depot by a reception committee ap pointed by the Chamber of Commerce. They will be taken to the Chamber of Commerce rooms where a delightful lunch will be served them. The invitations will offer to the visitors the privileges of all the social clubs of the city, and also free passage over all the street railway lines. During their stay in Macon the city will be turned over to •them, and they will be carried and intro duced to every wholesale merchant in the city, and a big banquet will be served be fore they leave at which time all of the business men of the city will meet the guests and a closer relationship will re sult. The whole entertainment will be under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce, and it is hoped to get at least one hun dred of the representative business men of Moultrie to come to Macon. Business men of other cities will be in vited to Macon later on and an effort will be made to establish trade relations with them. A splendid program has been pre pared for the visitors from Moultrie and they will enjoy the best that Macon has when they get here. Tomorrow’ the Wall Street Bar will sell deviled crabs at 10 cents each, and the en tire proceeds will be given to the Hospital fund. RESOLUTION Endorsing the Action of the Council in En dorsing the Directory. At the regular meeting of the Typo graphical Union of 'Macon, held yesterday afternoon resolutions were adopted endors ing the proposition to get out the Macon directory in Macon instead of abroad, as was done in the case of the last directory. Resolutions endorsing the action of the mayor and council in their endorsement of the directory were passed. These resolutions were as .follows: Whereas, The Macon Chamber of Com merce and the mayor and council of the city of Macon have given their official en dorsement to the new city directory, to be published by the Georgia Directory Com pany, Jemison & Cherry, managers; and Whereas, They have made it a condition of such official endorsement that all work on said dierctory -was to be done by union printers of Macon, and no work on same was to be done outside of Macon: there fore be it Resolved, That ’Macon Typographical Union No. 93, do hereby extend our thanks and grateful acknowledgements of their recognition of our trade and home indus tries; and, be it further Resolved. That we commend their cause and urge all business men to place a sim ilar condition upon all work that may come before them for their aid; be it fur ther Resolved, That a copy of these resolu tions be furnished to each of the newspa pers of Macon with a request to publish. BIKERS ARRESTED For Not Complying With the Ordinance Re quiring Use of Bells. About twenty-five wheelmen of the ci>ty were before the recorder this morning on the charge of violating a part of the city ordinance relating to the putting of bells on all wheels rode through the streets of Macon. The ordinance has not been strictly en forced for the past few months, and some of the wheelmen have become careless, and considerable complaint was made to the authorities, and they decided to have the ordinance enforced. The police were put on notice yesterday, and commenced summoning all wheelmen who did not have bells on their bicycles. About twenty-five were summoned and ap peared before the recorder this morning, and upon the promise that they would put bells on their wheels they were released. The Wall Street Bar will sell deviled erabs tomorrow’ for benefit of Hospital fund at 10 cents each. |^®k Mar !2 n I fe idea of it: I (3 '%s!/ “Pome years ago I sketched the crest of the average Amer- Z **s7 lean-born housewife. It whs a bare, lx?ny arm. b.«i dit-diac • X t a fr ying pan.”— Marion Harland. ® That was in the time when the frying pan was always filled with Before healthy shortening and frying 5 © ! $ wcre niade easy with Cottoleiic. Before Marion 5 ® / J Harland declared that //ACOTTOLENE J' v P urer » more healthful and S jT w economical than lard.” § ■*.’ Genuine Cottojene Is sold everywhere in one to ten jxiund | ! | /J' q yellow tins, w ith our tntde-inarks—“Cbt.'olfne” and head in cotton-plant wreath— on every tin. Not guaran- n • / S 0 teed if sold in any other way. Made only by ' ’^o3/ 5 THE H. K. FAIHBANX COMPANY. I 9 Chicago. St. Louis. New York. Montreal. Z 1 o W horn 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 Can De Found Here. $ - rf* Refrigerators. h— ij Tile best line in tlie city to close out WBoWWC at cost. Front S 3 to S 8 Saved to You. | General line of China, C ockery Glassware, Tinware, Stoves and Housekeepers Noveties. J. W. DOMINGOS, ~—u'""" —wsw I 561 Mulberry Street, Macon, Ga. y Here It / / 11 Just what every woman wants. No more ■ / trouble with your hair curler. L “PERFECTION.” A Self-Healing Hair cunei. ujUMr The who thing is called a Curler. The upper (JB- ialf is called the Curling Iron. The lower half is ■ called the handle. Price $1.25. i i Nickel Alarm Clocks, 75c. |! J. H. & W. W. WILLIAMS, im JEWELERS, 352 Second Street. toehHEes/ - EASTER Our window today will show I I ATS y° U ew i n Fine Neckwear and Hosiery. C A CTCD Our store crowded with Baster offerings, all of which NECKWEAR are fresh from the best mak- ers in the 11 id. HANHATTAN vni , ~. , . , , YOU are invited to inspect SHIRTS. them. 512 Cherry Street.