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8 Per Cent Guarantocdi
Dtviuer.ds pair! «>nil Minnafly. Block swnred
by derd« to improved real estate tn more
than double the amount. (lew ted with
t idon Havings Bank and Trad Co
GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man.
Equitable Building and Loan Association,
MACOfi. (In.. 4AI Tlnrtt
EfiTARI.ISHF.D 1 RR4
Hotik in senate
Bill- FOR WAR.
Galleries Burst Into Applause When Demand Was Made to
Wipe the Spanish fiom Off the Face of
the Western Hemisphere.
MMSjm,
He Wants a Glorious War That
Will Earn the Respect of
Nations for Our Flag,
MANY RESOLUTIONS
Introduced, and All Had the Same
Spirit, Demanding Cuba’s In
dependence Without Delay.
Washington, March 29-—The senart? was
again crowded today.
When Mason, of fllinois, entered, the
people in the galleries recogniz'd him - and
applauded vigorously.
Frye introduced a resolution reciting the
conditions in Cuba and directing the pres
ident on his discretion, to take steps to
drive the naval and military forces from
the island. .
Rawlins, of Utah. Introduced a resolu
tion recognizing the independence of Cuba
and declaring war against Spain.
Senator Foraker offered in (he senate
a resolution for Cuban Independ.nice.
Foraker spoke on the delays caused by
the De Lome and Maine incidents but de
clared that, the Cuban question would come
up whatever was done witii tiie Maine.
The Foraker and Frye resolutions went
to the setiate committee on foreign rela
tions. The Rawlins resolution also went
to the foreign relations eommil.ree.
Masos followed the introduction of the
resolutions with a vigorous speech. He
described vividly the disaster to the
Maine.
tile said that if the victims had
been senators or sons of senators we would
not have beep forty days declaring war.
Yet the lives of all Vnniiean citizens wire
sacred alike under our law and equally
entitled to consideration.
Mason said the catastrophe would be
replied to vigorously. He could not. speak
for others, but for himself he was for war.
This d. elai ation brought out a vigorous
outburst of-applause from tiie galleries.
'Mason declared that there could be no
peace as long as a European nation owns
Bird butt hers slaves on this hemisphere.
He said it was not accessary for the
Maine court to fix the responsibility. The
law did that. He opposed any proposition
looking to an indemnity, as he would op
pose making a diplomatic incident of tin
catastrophe. He opposed any kind of au
tonomy or any plan to assist Spain, but
his demand was that the Spanish Hag be
driven from the Western hemisphere.
■"Let us awake." said Mason, in conclu
sion, “to a glorious war as did our fath
ers a war that shall insure the honor
and Silver Republicans of both houses
SIGSBEE IN SAVANNAH.
Says General Lee is a Fearless Man and
Does Not Think of Danger.
Savannah. 'March —Captain <\ l>.
Sigsbee. of the ill-fated battleship Maine
passed through Savannah yesterday at
noon on his way to Washington. 11, was
'seel. ~t the Plant system depot by a rep
resentative of the .Morning News and ask
ed about the situation in Havana. ,
"You will understand, under the cir
cumstances," he said "that 1 cannot talk
about the loss of my ship, nor about the
situation from a imlitical stan.H>oint. 1
may say. however, tai. the feeling in Ha
vana is not so unpleasant as some think.
The Spaniards treat the Americans fhere
with much courtesy, as a rule. It has been
so with out people, ami. t am informed,
with the correspondents and others who
are there. ’General Lee is a most fearless
man, and is not worried nt all about the
reports of dangers around him. He lives
alone and sleeps alone, and does not ap
pear to be worried about any personal
harm."
SIGSBEE AT HOME.
He Says He is Ready to Go to Service Again
at Once.
Washington. March 29. —Captain Sigsbee
of the wrecked Maine, arrived this morn
ing fiam Havana at 7:45 o'clock, accom
panied by Postmaster Ray. Chief Engin
eer'Howell, Naval Cadet Holden and Dr.
Heneberger.
The captain was immediately driven to
bis home. The captain's neighbors on both
sides of the square en which he lives had
profusely decorated the residence with
flags and bunting.
The captain went to the navy depart
ment to report his arrival, and in course
of conversation said that he had not yet
received any assignment to duty. He was
ready, however, as soon as he couhl get
his wardrobe replenished to go anywhere.
E& MANGROVE AND BACHE
Have Arrived at Key West, the Former With
Guns of the Maine.
Key West, March 29. —The Mangrove
has arrived from Havana, bringing the
guns and the wreckage of the Maine. The
Bache has arrived from Havana.
r TROOPS COULD BE LANDED
And Spain Driven Out of Cuba in Three
Weeks.
. Jacksonville, Fla., March 29—Congress
man ,Unos J. Cummings, of New York,
Who has- been on a trip to Cuba, left here
List night for Washington. He is in favor
! of speedy action by the government. Said
! he: "Now is the time to act. I favor a plan
i of taking Matanzas am! making that port
I the base of operations in Cuba. We could
I land 10,000 troops there, place them under
command of Lee and in three weeks could
I tak< Havana and run the Spaniads off the
i island."
, "I conferred with Blanco and Congosto
when I was In Cuba," he said, "and 1 will
ty that Congosto is the brains of the au
tonomist administration.
"It has been said that Congosto is a spy
for Weyler. but I am not of that opinion.
I knew Dr. Congosto when he lived in
Philadt Iphia. 1 think that he is hardly
in favor of the autonomist form of govern
| ment, as it is in operation now, however,
i Tiie Cuban elections will be held on the
■ same day as Spanish (lections —April 24 —
j and the belief is growing that the would
| be autonomist government is of the same
sort that Spaniards offered tiie Cubans at
the end of the ten years' war by Martinez
Campos, then captain general of the is
land.”
POPE IS FRIENDLY
With Spain, and Indicates His Hope For Her
Success.
New York, March 29.—A dispatch to the
World from Madrid says:
The pope has again made official de
monstrations friendly to Spain indicating
a desire for her success in Cuba. There
i« a calmer feeling in political and finan
cial quarters.
QUIET AT MADRID.
There is a General Feeling That There Will
be No War.
(Madrid, March 29. Complete tranquility
prevail* here and in the provinces. Pub
lic’opinion has been qulted by the belief
that the difficulties between Spain and
the United States will be adjusted in a sat
-1 is factory manner.
The newspapers place 'great stress upon
the conference bewteen Woodford and Sa
g.asta, which is to take place at 4 o’clock
this afternoon, expressing the belief that
it wil have important pacific results.
The Spanish newspapers also say that
the government of Spain has decided to do
everything possible to avoid war, if the
honor ami diguiyt of Spain is not affect
; cd.
STARS AND STRIPES
, Have Been Hoisted at Berlin Over the New
Cruiser.
Berlin, March 29. —Lieutenant John T.
Knapp, United States Navy, of the cruiser
San Francisco, today hoisted the stars and
stripes over the torpedo boat purchased
for the United States at Sehiehau ship
yards on Monday. She was renamed the
"Somers.”
AUTONOMIST GAIN
Was the Result of the Elections on the island
of Cuba.
Havana. .March 29.—The elections seem
to have passed off without any incident.
Os the thirty’ deputies to the Spanish cor
tes twenty have been allotted to the au
tonomists and ten to the union. In three
cases plans were upset resulting in a net
gain of one to the autonomists and giving
them a total of twenty-one.
MANY INJURED
By the Explosion in Powder Works Near
Nashville.
Nashville, March 29.—An ex-plosion oc
curred ar the Sycamore Powder Mills,
twenty-five mi las from this city, today, by
which several persons were severely in
jured. The shock was plainly felt in this
city.
RiSE IN STOCKS
In Madrid Brought by the Action of Con
gress.
Madrid, March 29 The news that con
gress has not immediately discussed tiie
Maine report thus giving time for Eu
ropean diplomacy to work and prevent a
conflict has caused a rise in stocks.
POPULIST’S TOO.
Washington. March 29. —The Populists
I and Silver Republicans og both houses
' held a conference today and it resulted’in
j resolutions being presented by Allen, in
i the senate, and Bell, in the house, declar
i ing for Cuban independence.
ZOLA COMING HERE.
New ork. March 29. —Zola has agreed to
■ ieome to the United States to give a se
ries of fifteen lectures.
’ SPANISH FOURS UP.
London. March 29. —Spanish 4s on the
stock exchange opened strong at 52%, an
advance of two points over yesterday.
EDITOR PARALYZED.
Griffin. Ga.. March 29.—(Mr. J. P. Saw
tell. managing editor of the Morning Call,
1 was stricken with paralysis this afternoon
I while driving out in the country with Col
' one! W. E. H. Searcy. Messrs. Searcy and
paw tell were on their way to the home
of Mr. W. V. Maddox when the latter was
taken ill. He was carried to Mr. IMad
j dox’s house, but was later brought to rhe
I city and is now at his own home. At this
writing he is resting easily and is con
scious, though he cannot speak. Mr. Saw-
I tell is a veteran newspaper man. and as
such is known throughout the state.
BOUGHT THE WINTHROP.
Finest Steel Tug on the Coast Bought by
United States.
| Philadelphia, March 29.—The steam tag
; Winthrop of the Staples Coal Company,
has been sold to the United States. The
Winthrop is one of the finest gted tugs
on the coast.
THE MACON NEWS.
SPANISH REPORT
On the Destruction of the Maine Differs Ra
dically From Ours.
Washington, D. C.. March 29.—The
report of the Spanish board of in
i quiry on the Maine disaster contains de
| clarations made by ocular witnesses and
I experts. From these statements it clearly
’ deduces and proves the absence of all
those attendant, circumstances which are
invariaMy present on occasions of the ex
plosion of a torpedo.
The evidence of witnesses comparatively
i close to the Maine at the moment of the
disaster, is to the effect that only one ex
plosion occurred; that no column of water
was thrown into the air, that no shock to
the side of the nearest vessel was felt, nor
on land was any vibration noticed, and
that no dead fish were found.
The evidence of the senior pilot of the
harbor that there is abundance of fish in
the harbor and this is corroborated by
other witnesses. The assistant engineer
of works states that after explosion
made during the excavation of‘the works
in the harbor, lie always found dead fish.
The divers were unable to examine the
bottom of the Maine, which was buried ia
the mud, but a careful examination of the
sides of the vessel, the rents and breaks
in which all point outward, shows that
without a doubt that the’ explosion was
from the outside.
A minute examination of the bottom of
the harbor beneath the vessel shows ab
solutely no sign of the action of a torpedo
and the fiscal (judge advocate) of the com
mission can find no precedent for the ex
plosion of the storage magazines of a ves
sel by a torpedo.
The report makes it clear that owing to
the special nature of the proceedings fol
lowed and the absolute respect shown for
the extra-territorialidad of the Maine, the
commission has been prevented from mak
ing an examination of the inside of the
vessel as would determine even the hy
pothesis of the internal origin of the ac
cident. This is to be attributed to tiie
regrettable refusal to permit the necessity
of co-operation of the Spanish commission
both with the commander and crew of the
'Maine and the different’American officials
commissioned to investigate the cause of
the accident, and later on with those em
ployed in salvage work.
The report finishes by stating that the
examination of the inside and outside of
the Maine, as soon as sirch examination
may be possible, as also of the bottom
where the vessel rests, will prove that,
supposing the remains of the wreck not
to be totally or partially altered in the
process of extraction, the explosion was
■.r.iauubtedly due to some interior cause.
BACON FOR DEFENSES.
Urges Congress to Have Savannah Taken
Care Os.
Washington, March 29.—The resolution
which Senator Bacon introduced in the
senate ’this morning is designated to facil
itate the work of coast defenses at Savan
nah.
The law provides that there shall be no
money spent- on fortifications until a clear
title to the land is secured, afid the ■con
sent of the legislature is obtained. Sena
tor Bacon’s resolution provides for the
suspension of this law clause where the
consent of the owner has been secured.
This is purely an emergency matter to
enable the war department to go ahead
with certain plans for fortifications when
the legislature is not in session. The- res
olution has been referred to the senate
military committee.
DERVISHES DEFEATED.
Anglo-Egyptian Forces Attack and Capture
Shendy on the Nile.
Cairo, March 29—The Egyptian gun
boats and the anglo-Egypiian troops at
tacked Shendy on Saturday and destroyed
the forts and captured quantities of grain
cattle, ammunition and liberated over 600
slaves. Tiie dervishes lost 160 men. No
casualties on the anglo-Egyptian side.
TO PURCHASE HOME.
Committee Working to Secure Building for
a Reformatory.
Atlanta, (March 29.—The enthusiasm dis
played at the close of the semi-centennial
of the First (Methodist church upon the
proposition to purchase the old Confederate
Veterans' home for a reformatory’ should
argue much for the success of the idea.
.Mr. Hass, chairman of the committee ap
pointed at the Orphans’ Home conference
to look into the matter, will return to the
city this afternoon, and a meeting of the
committee will be called tomorrow’.
'Mr. Geonge Muse, a prominent member
of that committee, was seen yesterday in
regard to the work. His idea is for those
jwho proposed to aid the scheme at the
last meeting of the semi-centennial to
meet with the committee already appoint
ed and co-operate with it.
Mr. R. A. Hemphill favors this plan, and
it will probably be carried out.
Nothing can be done in forwarding the
work until the committee meets.
SECRET WIRES.
Placed in the War Department for War Pur
• poses.
Washington. March 29.—The war depart
ment has had seven additional wires
strung into the office occupied by Secreta
ry Alger and his confidential aids. The
extra wires lead from the headquarters
and offices of some of she newly created
geographical departments, and places the
generals commanding them in direct and
instant touch with -Generals Alger and
Miles. The telegraph instruments have
been moved to a room where they caVinot
be heard from the corridors, because from
now on they will carry many secret orders,
and the fate of thousands of men may
depend on their secrecy.
END OF TIME
Believed to Be Foreshadowed in a Fall of
Sulphur.
Livingston, Ky., (March , 29.—There is
considerable excitement here over it rain
ing of snowing sulphur or something that
looks exactly like it. and at Big Hill, a
few miles east of here, it is reported one
half an inch deep.
It is firmly believed by some to be a
token of the end of time. Some think if
was caused by a valcano.
RUSSIAN FLAG
Will Float Alongside That of China at Ports
of Arthur and Ta Lien.
St. Petersburg. March 29.—An official
messenger publishes a circular telegraph
; ed by Count Muraviff, the Russian minis
ter of foreign affairs, to representative
Russians abroad. It says:
By virtue of the convention signed at
Pekin on March 27th, Port Arthur and
Port Ta Lien Wan and the territories ad
jacent have been ceded to Russia in usu
i fruct by China.
You are requested to notify- the foregoing
to the government where you are to be ac
credited, adding that the above mention
ed ports and territories will be immedi
ately occupied by Russian troops £nd that
the Russian flag jwill be hoisted by the
I side of the Chinese flag.
MACON NEWS TUESDAY MARCH 29 1898.
BACON DEFINES
WITH,
He Says That the United
States Should Stand Firm
for Relief of Cuba.
WANK PEACE WITH HONOR
But Not Peace at Any Price—Was
the First to Suggest to President
That He Take Course Adopted,
Washington. March 29, —The president
and his advisors were strongly inclined
against testing the sentiment of congress
today by sending to that body the relief
message, which has already been pre
pared.
They are afraid that in the present tem
per of Congress they will not bo able to
control that body as they should like to
do. They know chat there ire many mem
bers of both houses who will refuse to ap
prove the appropriation of this money un
less there is some sort cf a guarantee thaa
it is only the. first step in a well defined
policy for bringing the war in Cuba to a
speedy end.
President McKinley feared that a mes
sage to*iay accompanied by anything giv
ing an idea of a definite policy will cause
Congress to force the administration's
hand.
The president wants to hear further
from Spain. There has been a great deal
of telegraphing back and forth between
Washington and Madrid, but so far 'as the
outside world is able to learn there has
been no definite agreement of policy to be
pursued on the broader question of Cuba.
The air has been full of rumors. The
talk of autonomy is at the base of most
of these, though the possibility of purchase
is still strongly talked by many people
who ought to know what is going on.
Senator Bacon was one of the first men
in high place to urge upon , the president
that he transmit the report of the Maine
board without accompanying it with any
indemnity demand—indeed, he was per
haps the first. ,
The senator hopes for peace, but be
lieves that there should be no backdown
in our position in bbhalf of Cuba. Today
he said:
"The president’s policy with regard to
the Maine report was dictated by wisdom.
He did exactly the proper thing sim
ply laying the report before the Spanish
government and giving them an oppor
tunity to make some reply concerning it.
He has done, toward Spain just what we
should expect Spain to do if the Vizcaya
were blown up in New York harbor.
“When a reply’ is received from Spain
it will be /irae enough for us to say'
whether we shall make' any demand upon
her or not.
“As to the solution of the complications
over the Cuban question, while I am anx
ious for peace, I want to accomplish ex
actly the same results as those who are
urging war. I want Cuba to have her in
dependence, I want the war to be stopped
and I want the lives of those people who
are starving to death to be saved; but I
want to see these ends accomplished
through peaceful agencies if possible.
“Whether this can be done I don't know;
but is possible it ought to be done that
way.
“We should make a persistent and hon
est effort toward a peaceful accomplish
ment of these ends and only go to war
when we find that we cannot accomplish
them without war. I am in favo» of peace
if it is possible with honor and with the
accomplishment of what we owe to Cuba
and humanity. I am only in favor of war
if it is unavoidable and necessary to the
accomplishment of these ends.”
A conversation between Senator Bacon
and a fellow senator illustrates this posi
tion. The other senator was a western
man and was talking loudly for war.
“Yes,” said Senator Bacon, “it is all
well enough for you to talk of war. You
live in a state a thousand miles beyond
the range of the biggest gun that Spain
has, there is net an industry’ in your state
that would not be stimulated by war. and
the demand Mid the price of every product
of your state would be increased by war.
On the other hand, I live in a state that
is on the picket line. Every industry we
have would be paralyzed by war.
“The demand and the price of every pro
duct would be greatly’ lessened. It’is bad
enough for our people io have to sell cot
ton at's cents a pound, but it would be a
heap worse if they’ had to sell it at 3
cents.
“My people are willing to make all these
sacrifices in a war that is necessary and
unavoidable; but I, as a senator, do not
propose to bring war on them unless it is
necessary. Os course if war becomes in
evitable all differences of opinion would
be swept away and we would stand to
gether. But I for one do not want war if
It can be honorably avoided.”
In discussing the proposition for further
delay in the settlement of the Questions
now facing the government, Senator Bacon
said:
“If Spain should ask for further delay
for the purpose of negotiating with this
government for settlement of all these
differences, then we ought to insist on
immediate action.”
THE NEXT SENATE.
A Guess as to its Complexion and Personnel
Indulged In.
The complexion of the next state senate
can almost be determined r.ow from the
drift of things in the forty-four districts
of the state, says the Atlanta Commercial.
The indications point to the following:
First, Henry G. Wright; Second, Wil
liam Clifton: Third. E. L. Walker; Fourth
Burrel Atkinson; Fifth, R. G. Hickerson;
Sixth. W. G. West: Seventh. C. M. Hitch;
Eighth, J. D. Palmer; Ninth, Judge J. O.
Perry: Tenth. Ed L. V.’right; Eleventh,
■Clarence Wilson; Twelfth, J. R. Stapleton;
Thirteenth, W. A. Dodson; Fourteenth.
Mark ‘Hedge; Fifteenth. E. K. Wilson:
Eighteenth. J. H. Polhill; Nineteenth, R.
E. Davidson: Twentieth, William Raw
lings: Twenty-first, J. W. Lindsey; Twen
ty-second, John F. Re-lJing; Twenty-third
Hugh Nelson: Twenty-fourth. J. F. C. Me-
Lester; Twenty-fifth. J. F. Parker: Twen
ty-sixth, Sim Blalock; Twenty-seventh,
B. F. -Thrasher; Twenty-eighth. S. T.
Wingfield: Thirtieth. Dav.;J Meadows;
Thirty-first. P. Perkins; Thirty-second, C.
- Oakes; Thirty-third.-J. K. Thompson;
Thirty-fourth, W. M. Morrison; T. J. Rip
ley or Dr. H. M. Smith; Thirty-fifth John
Awtrey; Thirty-sixth. Warner Hill; Thir
ty-seventh, D. T. McCutchen: Fortieth. J.
G. Green; Forty-first, John Wetzel: Forty
second, W. H. Ennis; Forty-third, Rex
Ramsey; Forty-fourth, R. A. Bacon.
The Sixteenth. Seventeenth, Twenty
ninth, Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth are
Populist districts. Hon. W. A. Dodson, of
Sumpter, will probably be elected preident.
RIFLES AT BALLAST POINT.
San Francisco. March 29. —A large quan
tity of ammunition and riflfles are at Bal
last Posnt,
STATE RACING MEET.
League of American Wheelmen Will be Held
in Macon.
The state racing meet of the League of
American Wheelmen will be held in Ma
con again this summer, and the new track
which the Macon Bioycle Club will build,
will be used.
The state race meet of the League was
held here last year, and some of the finest
riding that Macon lovers of the sport have
seen yet was exhibited. The local wheel
men will make it a great event, and Ma
con riders will do their part of the prize
winning as they did last year.
OUTLOOK VERY SLIM.
For the Fruit Crop Unless Rain Comes at an
Early Date.
The fruit outlook is dismal unless there
is plenty of rain in this part of the coun
try in the near future. One of the most
reliable of the frit men of the state return
ed yesterday from a trip through South
west Georgia, and he says that the trees
are suffering badly.
“It will be too late in another week,”
he said. “The present dry spell is doing
as much damage as a big frost, and in
some sections 1 am confident that the crop
is already gone. It is a critical time for
tiie tree*. They must have rain and plen
ty of it.
“I am very much afraid of the outlook,”
he went on to say, “though I don’t want
'to pose as a croaker. It has been a most
remarkable season throughout and the
trees are very forward. Now if we have
a heavy rain and cold weather to follow,
'the fruit crop is doomed for this year. I
cannot allow you to use the name of my
section, because I do not want to discour
age my-people who have a great deal tied
up in fruit, but 1 tell you I look upon my
crop as gone now and will be most agree
ably surprised if I prove a false phophet.”
The authority here given is as good as
any in the state, and his information may
be looked upon as beyond question.
CARNIVAL COMMITTEE,
Will Probably Hold a Meeting on Friday to
Discuss Matters of Interest.
A meeting of the executive committee of
the (Macon Carnival Association will be
held on Friday’ afternoon, when the re
ports of a number of sub-committees will
be considered and acted upon. jSome of
the sub-committees have been very active'
and their reports will be of particular in
terest as outlining the general plan of the
carnival. The report of the committee that
went to New Orleans for the purpose of
getting information from the >Mardi Gras
there will, of course, be the most interest
ing and important matter before the com
mittee. This committee has done a great
deal of work since its return from New
Orleans, and they have the mystic feautre,
as well, as Macon day planned out. The
commit’tee having in charge "the great flo
ral parade has also outlined its work and
will make an interesting report. It is the
intention of this committee to make this
feature of the carnival the bigest thing of
the kind that has ever been seen in the
South. ,A circular letter has been prepared
to send out all those who may take part
in the parade. The meeting of the com
mittee on Friday will be the most impor
tant that lias yet been held.
IMPORTANT DECISION.
Affecting the Stockholders of the Bibb Build
ing a( d Loin Company. o
Judge Felton decided a case in the su
perior court yesterday that will be of in
terest to a large number of people in Bibb
county. The long pending case of the
Bibb Building and Loan Company which
has been in the court for a long time,
came up for a final adjudication.
It was contended by the non-borrowing
stockholders of the company that the pay
ments for loans made by the borrowing
stockholders should not go as credits on
theif stock, , while the borrowing stock
holders wanted this to be the case.
Judge Felton decided that these pay
ments should go as credits on the stock.
This was the main point in the case and
practically winds up the affairs of the
company ready to take it out of court.
The Bibb Building and Loan Association
went into the hands of a receiver some
years ago and its affairs have dragged all
this 'time. It will now be wound up and
taken out cf the courts permanently.
CLEAN VAUDEVILLE.
Putzel Has Now the Best Performance of
its Kind Ever Seen in Macon.
Mr. M. G. Putzel has secured a new
manager for his vaudeville, and as a re
sult he has now one of the cleanest and the
best vaudeville performance that has
ever beer, brought to the South.
Mr. Charles McShane, the new manager,
eame direct from New York to Macon.
He was a member of the original Georgia
(Minstrel Company, and has a good rep
utation with the profession.
He brought down for the opeping of the
performances this week some of the best
vaudeville artists in the metropolis, and
the result is that the show is excellent and
is well worth seeing. It will afford three
hours of genuine amusement. Some of
the features are exceptionally good and
dqual to the (best on this line to be found
with the higher class attractions.
(Mr. Putzel is to be congratulated on the
great improvement in his entertainment.
Among the people on the program for
this week’s- entertainment are: Mademoi
selle Bernice, whose reputation preceded
her to Macon. She is a charming comedi
enne. Miller and May will still continue
to be prime favorites with the public and
they are deservedly so. Miss Jennie Rob
bey and (Miss Thixy Derrill are both of
llhem perfect in their line, and are des
’tined to create a sensation among the
patrons of the house.
Altogether in its way the vaudeville en
tertainment is excellent and is deserving
of the good houses that it is drawing.
ABOUT BRANN.
Waat the Press Have to Say of the Noted
Texan.
Os a recent lecture delivered by W. C.
Brann, of the Iconoclast, at Jackson,
Miss., the Clarion-Ledger says:
■ “For nearly an- hour ‘and a half he
spoke—wit, satire, brilliant metaphor and
striking comparisons falling from his lips
in smoothly flowing sentences that com
pletely enraptured his hearers. His com
mand of language is wonderful—there is
never a halt or break from beginning to
end.—and he talks so rapidly that it would
be difficult for an expert shorthand report
er to accurately follow him. To give a
synopsis of his lecture that would do jus
tice to it or to him, would be impossible.
He must be heard to be fully appreciated.
‘ Mr. Brann vas introduced to the au
dience by Hon. J. Alcorn Glover, of Coaho
ma county, in most complimentary terms,
as ‘a gentleman who has more fame and
reputation than any other man in the
country, and one whose vocabulary knows
na bounds.’ ”
BROWNSON IN CONFERENCE.
Rome, March 29. —Commander Brownson
conferred this morning with Minister of
Marine, relative to the purchase of the
ships now building in Italy.
LEE FEARS
OUTBREAK
Anli-Amencan Feeling is Inleose
and Weeklies May al iiny
Moment Precipitate Riot
GREAT UNEASINESS
Administration Fears the Sit
uation in Havana Equally
With Danger of Intense
IMPATIENCE OF COSfiRESS.
Trouble May be Precipitated at Any
Moment as a Result of Either
Help for Lee Close at Hand.
New York, March 29 —A special to th,
Herald from Washington says:
“Havana is quiet but there is danger of
her being disturbed by another outbreak
such as occurred in the Cuban city just
before the Maine came to anchor.
Lee has cabled the state deparUnent that
■the situation is critical.
There is danger of i’urtlier riots growing
out of the intense anti-American feeling
among the Weylerltes.
In the light of General Lee’s dispatch
'the administration authorities are as much
concerned by the situation i» Havana as
they are over the fear that congress will
attempt to force the hand of the president.
It is now regarded as the danger point of
the situation.
Captain- Sampson is in direct communi
cation with Lee and at the slightest sign
of trouble a message from the consul gen
eral to the naval officer will result in tiie
arrival of a man of war at Havana within
four hours.
NOT CONFIRMED.
Blanco Says That There is <No Danger at
Havana.
Washington, March 29.—The state de
partment gives no official confirmation of
the reports of official advices from <Ha
’vana that states that riots headed by the
Weyler element are apprehended.
It 'appears, hswever, that Blanco has
sent a communication to Washington In
which he says that he believes demonstra
tions may be precipitated at any moment
by an element made up of certain Amer
icans. There is . a strong anit-Spanish
tendency at Havana new. Blanco says he
does net fear any disturbances and riots
coming fro mthe 'Cuban people. The sug
gestion that the Weyler element is threat
ening the riots is emphatically repudiated
by Blanco. Blanco (dearly and unequiv
ocally declares that the presence of
■American correspondents in Cuba make
the situation, in his view, more critical.
BICYCLE CLUB
Wtll Meet Tonight to Perfect Plans for New
Race Track.
A meeting of the Macon Bicycle Club
will be held at Percy Griffeth’s on Cotten
avenue tonight for tha purpose of coming
to a final decision on the building of a
new race track. The club has decided to
brook no further delay, and will commence
work next, week on the new track, though
they will not decide on the location until
tonight.
So far Senator Baron has not beeo heard
from in reference to the letter that the
club wrote to him asking that he let th< n
proceed building the track on the land :lat
they had selected on his property, it tiie
letter is not received by tonight, the club
will decide on some other place or agree
to buy the land* that Senator. Bacon has
refused to let them have. •
The club has in view tiie park on Tatt
nall square, and if they fail to get tl,
land on Senator Baton’s pl-at:', and cr.n
get permission from council, they will
build out there.
RALLY AT GRACE CHURCH.
Epworth Leaguers Were There to Hear the
Interesting Talks.
A big rally of the Union Epwoith
Leagues was held at Grace chuTeh last
night, and was largely at', nd. d by the
members of the different Leaguers of the
city. Mr. James J. Cobb presided at :he
meeting.
Interesting talks were made- by
J. W. Weston, James J. Cobb, W. Js. Ki
and R. F. Burden. The principle thoug-it
which was given prominence in the speac,,-
es was whether or not the Epwoi :h
League paid. Was it profitable to the
church. The coming conference was alio
discussed and the duty of each Leaguer
was clearly outlined.
You can talk to 10,000 every day through
th* eolumna of The New*
A PRICELESS ORGAN '
Is the Eye, and Yet Some People Are Neg
lectful of It.
More precious than gold is the windows
of the soul (the eye.) Its delicacy and
finished perfection is beyond description,
yet notwitstanding that fact the eye is
subjected to more use and abuse than is
any other organ of the body, for it being
at rest only when closed in sleep. If your
vision is impaired it is well for you to
bear in mind that a suitable pair of glasses
will not only lead you from darkness to
light, but will, in a great many cases, ef
fect an entire cure of your eye trouble.
But on the other hand glasses selected by
yourself or fitted to your eyes by anyone
to whom the science of optics is a sealed
book, will, in time, prove a great curse to
your eyes. Mr. Friedman, the optical spe
cialist, has been in Macon over a year,
and while in this city has fitted glasses ip
hundreds of persons, but- has yet to find
anyone who is not perfectly delighted with
his work. AH of his patients recommend
him in the highest terms. Office 314 Sec
ond street, Macon, Ga.
Subscribers must pay up and not allow
small balances to run over from week to
week. The carriers have been in siructed
to accept no part payment from anyone
after April Ist.
W IIA t In P re P arin S for SPRING SEA
IS 11 U I SON, 1898, can only be judged
by an inspection of our stock.
Wfl It is thoroughly complete and
abundant, with crisp and pleas
ing novelties in
Have jneifs and Boy’s
n Suits, Hats and Fumlsfeinjß,
HOlie. At Proper Prices.
We have used our best efforts to please
you, and are ready to serve your wants.
zb /O
pu b7 u ha 11-_.
Valuable Bulldino lots on Easu Terms
On April ist, at 12 o’clock, at the property, I will sell at publicoi t
ciy di that portion of block 29, ironting on Third street, and bounded
by Hazel and Ash streets, aijd running back to an alley, ♦
1 his property, subdivided into building lots, will be sold on rhe
lollowing terms : Ore-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 goed
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.
Information cheerfully furnished by
B A. WISE,
358 Second Street.
There 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 the popu
lar shapes and colors are here for your inspec
tion. To see them is to wear them. Tue
price?
Only $3.00
BENSON & HOUSER,
The Up-to-date Clothiers.
MITCHELL - HOUSE,
THOMASVILLE, GA.
MRS. A. H. HALE, of Watch Hill House, R. 1., Prop’tress
Open from January to April.
Miles cf bicycle paths; Country Club golf links: Gentlemen’s Driving X <iOcH
tion; fine drives end good delivery.
To Sportsmen and Others:
I have leaped the game preserve of ray plantation? in Thomas county with ’the
■Ziu-h- i; House. Thomasville, to Mrs. A. R. Hale. The grounds are “po«t< d,” ar i
the hum ng brivelcge being reserved for the guests of. the Mitchel! House only ’I
parties 'vishrng to shoot on these lands will please appl / to Mrs. A. R He e
lessee.
T. C. MITCHELL.
Dunlap Hats
They are the top notch of Hat style. We are
exclusive agents for them in Macon. That’s a
privilege of distinct and proved value. Many
men will don no other kind of Hat. They know
the comfort and service of a “Dunlap.” The
Clothier who prints insinuations against Dunlap
Hats simply insults the intelligence of his read
ers. The SI.OO more you pay for a Dunlap is
money wisely spent. The variety of spring
shapes and shades is now complete.
Z
OH EAR’MONEY.
8% per cent. and 1 p * r e« nt
•eady for loans on Maeon re.ldenco and
business property. 8 per cent money”"
farm loans. Over $5,000 000 aucceCfullv
negotiated In Georgia alone. Loans mad '
can be paid off at any tlnr-e. We are her 1-
quarters. O. A. Coleman, Gen. Man
$56 Second street, Macao Ga.
PRICE TWO CENTS