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SPAIN SEMS BE SHIPS
Desperate Effort Being Made by the Plutocratic Forces to
Keep the Wai Cloud From Breaking, But It Gets
More Threatening Every Minute,
DEMOCRATS LEAD
in the Great Fight for Cuba
But Are Held in Check
by the Majority in!
the House.
SPAIN PLAYS DOUBLE GAME
While She Treats With Woodford
and Sagasta Asks Questioes She
Hurls Defiance at the Course.
W;i hington, March 30 —When Mr. Bai
ley, the Democratic leader of the Housi
presents d the matter of the privilege res
olution recognizing the independence o;
Cuba, a perfect whirlwind of applaust
vwept all over the House from the galle
rie». ' J.
Boutelle made a point of order agaius.
It and .Mr. Hailey in epeaking to the pom
order declared that he had no purpose t<
raise any disorder in tip' House. He be
lievcd that he had the right to make it.
The greatest confusion and exeitemeu
prevailed. Mr. Bailey said the House ha.
the right to d< elde this question ami t,
accept the responsibility.
Mr. Bailey cited a precedent In th
thirty-third congress when on a sipiila
question the Republican-; all voted again
the ruling of Speaker Crisp, holding the
the Hawaiian resolution offered l»y Bon
telle, while in order, must go to the com
inittec and not be privileged for inuui
dime consideration.
The Democrats and galleries repeated.,
applauded him. Boutelle replied declarin,
that tin circumstances were different .
the precedent and that the ruling was tt
rom ous.
Hull, chairman of the military affair
committee, who is at the head of the rad,
cal Republicans arose to rally his follot.
ers against the resolution and announce
amid a storm of applause that he was wiii
lug to go as far as any one in aid of th
struggling patriots of Cuba, but wanted i
done in an orderly way. He declared th.:
ho sympathised with the proposition for .
declaration of war .
While this was going on the Republican
were whispering in groups, the conserve
tive leaders mingling among them am .
urging them not to the Democrat
to take teh initiative.
While Terry. Democrat, of Arkansas
was urging that the question of privileg.
should be submitted to the House for .
decision, the confusion became so gre-a
•that Simpson. Populist, of Kansas, raise,
the laugh when he made the point of orde.
that:
"The speaker’s reeo Been traders were ou
of order.”
Hopkins supported the point of orde:
against the resolution. He claimed tha
It was not a question of personal privileg
or one that affected the House. It simpl;.
called for an expression as to the patriot
in Clba. The resolution should go to th
committee. He w;vs not willing to be car
ried off his feet to overturn the rules o
the House. He hoped the Republican,
would take the same view.
The chairman made a long decision. 11
said that the question of war and inde
pendeuee did not constitute a question o
•privilege and would not, he thought a
any time except in times of’great excite
ment. The speaker sustained the point o.
order and Bailey appealed.
ACTION DISCUSSED.
Republicans Say That Everything Will b<
Settled tn a Few Days.
Washington. March 30 —Ther has beet
a great deal of discussion among the Re
publicans since the Bailey resolution wa
introduced and voted upon. Many of then
hetve received assurances from the leader
■that there will be action in a short time.
Speaker Reed’s statement is consider, e
as forecasting the situation and Dinglei
was quoted as saying that the whole ques
tion will be setieled within a few days.
The Republicans who attended the eon
Terence last evening said the course of th<
Republicans who attended the conference
was consistent as they had determined tie
action should come from the Republican
siand in an orderly manner.
GREAT EXCITEMENT
Caused by the Report That Spain is Sending
More Ships.
Washington. March 30. —-The usual num
ber of callers were at the state, war and
navy departments today to interview th'
officials respecting the developments in
the Cuban situation, and for the transac
tion of numerous items of business whic
ih-ave been brought to the fore as the re
sult of the preparations for war that ar.
rapidly going on.
At the navy department Secretary bong
■was unusually busy today seeing a large
number of people and in conference with
Jhe bureau chiefs.
A matter that caused a great deal of
excitement was the information from
jVVoodford of the departure westward of
.he Spanish fleet of three formidable ves
sels.
Naturally there is a disposition to criti
cise the disposition of Spain in this partic
ular in view of the many peace protesta
tions that have been made by that coun
try and such action is regarded as any
thing but friendly.
The public statement is made that the
I’niicd States government is negotiatiug
lor the a, qu-isition of St. Thomas Island
liin tue West Indies, tor use as a coaling
station.
The Spanish fleet mailed from Carthege
nia and according to the. minister’s dis
patch, were headed westward. This, it is
said, .« undoubtedly the most formidable
array of vessels that has departed from
Spain during the present Crists, and the
,»i i-sumption is that they are headed flor
Havana, and will be first heard of at the
Canaries.
Tne licet is composed of two Second
class armored cruisers, under the convoy
of a formidable torpedo boat destroyer.
The names of the cruisers are Infanta
Maria Theresa and the Cristobal Colon.
The former is built of steel and is 364
act over all. Her spend is put down as
lightly -over twenty knots an hour. The
•' oiou is 328 feet long, 6,840 tons of dis
placement, and a speed of twenty knots,
noth cruisers are heavily armored.
The convoy of the vessels, the destroyer,
is a formidable ship of her class, with
about ioO tons displacement, and is capa
ble of excellent service.
SENATE VERY SEDATE.
3ut it is Evident That Something May be
Expected at Tomorrow’s Session.
Washington, March 30. —Again the gal
eries of the senate were crowded to the
.oors.
Not an inch of space was left in any
it the galleries, and the corridors were all
.-•eked with disappointed hundreds.
iDavls, chairman of the committee on
oreign relations, asked that the eommit
ee be permilted to sit during the sessions
■f the senate, and it was granted.
Frye, of Maine, reported from the cotn
uittee ou foreign relations the resolution
hat the president be requested, if not in
ompatible with public interest, to trans
mit -to the senate all the consular corres
pondence relating to the conduct of the
,a; in Cuba, the condition of the people
nd other matters relating thereto.
Frye asked that the resolution lie on the
able until tomorrow.
Hawley, of Connecticut, of 'the military
ummittee, reported the joint resolution
lovidlng that in ease of emergency, in
.hlch the imediate erection of any fort or
ortiilcation is,pin the opinion of the sec
tary of war necessary and urgent, where
lie legislature of the state is not in ses
on, so much existing law as prohibits the
.•ection of such fortification until the co ti
nt -of t'ne legislature has been obtained,
•• suspended so as to authorize the con
. ruction of such temporary fort on 'the
' ii'tten consent of the owners of the land,
i.iwlty asked for immediate consideration.
;ut Pasco, of Florida, desiring to examine
-. it went over 'to the committee on for
.gn relations.
The concensus of opinion, however, in
The feature of the meeting .was the dis
•osition to wait a reasonable time on the
president.
WOODFORD’S CABLEGRAMS
idicate That an Understanding May be Ar
rived at Easily.
Washington, March 30. —The president
eeeived this morning a cablegram from
Voodford, at Madrid in -which he confirms
ne published report that he had an ex
ended conference with Sagasta yesterday.
No definite conclusion was reached, as
ae minister desires to place the matter
ndei; consideration before the queen re
ent and other members of the ministry,
he conference was adjourned until to
lorrow, Thursday.
Although Woodford does not give any
etails of what transpired at the meeting,
et the message is in a very hopeful tone
and gives the president hope that a full
settlement of the question at issue may
■e determined at tomorrow’s conference.
The main question discussed is known to
ave been a prompt cessation of hostili
les on the island, the release of the eon
en-tradoes with permission for them to
eturn to their homes and to resume their
ecupations without further molestation.
The exact lines upon which Woodford is
it work for a final settlement of the Cu
ban question cannot be stated, as he has
• reived a number of sugestions from this
overnment as to what would be accep
able to it.
dministration circles is that it involves a
ettlement up an indemnity basis of some
ting less than $20,000,000.
KING DEFIANCE.
panish Troops in Cuba Destroying Every
thing in Sight.
Havana. March 30. —tfad dado dodora-la
nun. commanded by Colonel Escario. in
he district of Manzanillo, has destroyed
luring the past three days ninty-four
'arms, a sugar cane mill, a coffee planta
icn, some barracks and two hospitals,
'clone! Escarius' troops captured six in
surgents.
SPAIN KNOWS NOW
r hat the Independence of Cuba is a Sine
Qua Non.
Washington. March 30 —The president
id a senator today that Sagasta yester
lay asked this government through diplo
matic channels whether the independence
f Cuba was necessary to the preservation
3f peace and he had been informed that it
was. The president told the Michigan del-’
■gallon that he did not expect congress to
act precipitately and that he was expect
. ng hourly important advices from Wood
ford.
COLUMBIA ARRIVES.
Fort Monroe. Va., March 30—The Colum
bia arrived this morning and joined the
■lying squadron.
COTTON FUTURES.
New York, March 30. —Futures opened
quiet and firm. Salese 2,700, March and
April 588, May and June 596 July 599, Au
gust 601, September 600, October 597, No
vember 598, December 600, January 601.
’HE MACON NEWS.
READY AND WAITING.
•
Foreign Relations Committee Failed to Reach
an Agreement.
Washington, March 30—The senate com- ,
mittee on foreign relations failed to reach
an agreement as its meeting today on any |
of the Cuban resolutions before it, but re- •
ferred the whole matter to a sub commit- i
tee and then adjourned.
The members of the foreign relations |
committee who saw tlie president today
assured the other members that the Cuban
situation would come to a. head in a very
few days or that congress would be in
formed.
The utmost limit placed upon the time
when the matter will be settled one way
or another is stated at one week, while
others thought it might be within forty- I
eight hours.
The committee considered that it would j
be unwise in view of the negotiations now ;
to precipitate matters at this time.
It was said that congress need not take j
action to hurry the administration in view
of what has been learned by the members.
The senate passed a resolution on mo
tion of Chairman Davis, of the foreign re
lations committee allowing them to sit
during the session of the senate. The com
mittee will resume its session at 2 p. m.
MERRITT’S BODY FOUND.
Corpse of the Engineer of the Maine Identi
fied by His Uniform.
New York, March 30.—A dispatch from’
Key West to the Journal says that the
Bachc brings the news from Havana of :
the finding by an American diver of the I
body of Enginerr Merritt. It was jammed I
between a torpedo tube and the wreckage. I
The body was identified by the uniform.
“COMPROMISE WITH HELL.”
One of McKinley’s Friends, Dr. C. A. L.
Reed, Sends Message.
Cincinnati, March 30.—'Dr. Charles A. L.
Reed, a leading physician of this city, and
who acquired great promience a few years
ago as one of the originators of the Pen-
American Medical Congress, today tele- |
graphed the following to the President,
with whom he is well acquainted:
“American interests and American sen
timent alike demand the withdrawal of
the last fragment of the Spanish flag from
the last foot of Cuban soil. Any demand
less than this is a compromise with hell.”
THEY MEAN BUSINESS.
Southern Representatives Will Go to the
Front.
New York, March 30. —’Representative
Broussard, of Louisiana, has tendered his
resignation to take effect immediately on
'the declaration of war with Spain, says
the 'Washington correspondent of the Her
ald.
Broussard left for Louisiana today. He
expects to form a regiment which he will
command in the event of war, which he
says is sure to come.
“I have decided to organize a regiment
of my own,” he said.
"I have «[K>ken and voted and will speak
and vote for war, and am willing and anx
ious to back up my words with the sword
and musket.
Representative Sulzer, of New York, has
announced that he would raise a regiment
in his district. Representatives Colborn
and Berry, both of Kcntucy, express a de
termination to go to the front. The lat
ter was a colonel in the Confederate army
and said:
“•We would show them that the men who
fought under the Blue and Gray, who
stood face to face with American bullets,
are not afraid of the Spaniards.
BESEIGED.
The President Being Urged to Take Action
at Once.
Washington, March 30 —The White
House was besieged by callers today.
Nearly the entire Michigan delegation
called, their purpose being to urge the
president to take immediate, vigorous ac
tion to end the war in and secure the in
dependence of Cuba.
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MACON NEWS WEDNESDAY MARCH 30 1898.
MILITARY DAY
AT IBIWI
A Red Letter Event in the
History of the Arte
sian City.
GOVERNOR AND HIS STAFF
Reviewed the Troops —lnteresting
Exercises Held at the Chatau
qua Auditorium.
Albany, March 30.—The tenth annual as
sembly of the Georgia Chatauqua at this
place is one of the greatest in tue bi st ary
of the city, and this is gala wjek in the
A'lesiau Cjiiy.
Neve; in the history of A'ba.-y nas in
terest in a public enterprise b?v’i so in
ten-e, and the hospitality that ha< al
ways characterized the little city, is the
comment of the thousands that ane in at
tendance on tfte chatauqua. A fair city,
inhabited by chivalrous Southerners, who
have not neglected to display their enter
prise while they entertain.
Yesterday was the red letter day of the
chatauqua, an.l the crowds, that uttendt J
were the largest, 'the day the brightest,
the women ’the prettiest, and all nature
seemed bent on the one idea or naking the
day one long to be remembered by those
who attended. It was military and gov
ernor’s day, and as Georgia’s chief exec
utive rode down the line of hundreds of
brave soldiers and cheers of enthusiasm
greeted him on every side, the scene was
a most inspiring one.
Every military company in the state
had been invited to be present on this oc
casion, and fifteen of them attended.
At 10 o’clock when, the governor re
viewed the troops it was estimated that
15,000 people were present. At 11 o’clock
the governor delivered an address at the
auditorium, which was greeted with muca
enthusiasm. At 3 o’clock the band gave a
military concert at the auditorium and at
6 o’clock the troops assembled for the
ever impressive dress parade. The line
was a splendid one, and the eyes of many
an old veteran sparkled again with excite
ment as he viewed them them and thought
of the days of ’6l. The parade took place
directly in front of the Guard’s armory on
Broail street. Occupying a conspicuous,
place in a handsomely decorated carriagb
ovas the sponsor of the two Albany com
panies, 'Miss Rosa Woolfolk, and the
maids of honor, 'Miss Sybil Wool folk anti
Miss Ruby "Wight. Mrs. E. F. Jackson
was chaperone. They were attended by
Mr. Adolph Sterne, Mr. E. R. Clarke and
Mr. G. 'M. Guerry.
, At the auditorium a't night Dr. George
T’entecost lectured to a large audience of
interested listeners.
The Albany Guards were pronounced
by ail the visiting military men to be the
most hospitable of the hospitable. . They
kept open house all day, and the most ele
gant luncheons were spread.
The auditorium in which the meetings
of the chatauqua are held, would do credit
to cities'many times larger than Albany,
lit is one of the largest and handsomest
buildings of the kind in the South; and
was built through the energy and enter
prise of the Albany people.
Tonight Governor Bob Taylor, of Ten
nessee will deliver a lecture in the audi
torium.
■The session of the. chatauqua iwilj close
next (Sunday, Rev. Waren A. Candler
preaching the closing sermon.
Dr. Thomas Dixon, the most popular or
ator and lecturer in America, lectures to
night at. Wesleyan on the “Dusk of the
Centurv.” He will also give a prelude on
“The Cuban Question.”
Dixon gives a 50 minutes
prelude on Cuba tonight.
ON MONDAY.
Annapolis Cadets Will Graduate Ahead of
Time.
Washington, March —Thirty-nine
naval cadets will be graduated at the An
napolis Naval Academy on Monday next,
two months in advance of the usual time
for completing the four years’ course, and
twenty-four hours afterward they will be •
on their way to join ships of the North I
Atlantic fleet near Key West, the flying ;
squadrou under Commodore Schley, and
other ships now being placed in service.
This unusual action on the part of the
Naval Academy authorities has been taken,
by" direction of Secretary Long, in order
to provide additional officers for the large
number of ships of all classes in commis
sion and about to be attached as divisions,
mosquito fleets and auxiliaries in the plans
of the navy for preparing to meet any
emergency it may be called on. to con
front.
There will be no ceremonious gradu
ating exercises, large ball, or the gayety
and activity which have marked grad
uating days at .Annapolis since the insti
tution was founded by George Bancroft in
1845. The board of visitors will not be
present, no distinguished persons as is
generally the case, and an entire absence
of the cadets’ sweethearts, sisters, and
families. The exercises are to be brief, as
comports with the occasion of the navy’s
sudden call for the services of the young
sters. Not even the secretary of the navy
is expected to be present and deliver the
diplomas as has been always customary.
CONCESSION FROM CHINA.
Lands of Great Mineral Value Granted to
British Capitalists.
London, March 30. —The Chronicle says
that it has reason to believe that a pri
vate concession, presumably of very great
vaiue, has-been made by the Chinese gov
ernment to a syndicate of British capital
ists, namely, an extensive area, said to be
lU.oOO square’ miles, in the province of
Shansi, which possesses great mineral
wealth.
dt adds that if the report is true it is
obvious that Sir Claude Macdonald, the
•British minister to China, with the ap
proval of Lord Salisbury, must have sup
ported the request for the concession.
WITHOUT OWNER.
Alledged Discovery of Iron Ore Lying Un
claimed.
Cleveland, March 30. —During the inves
tigation by Attorney General .Monette and
the taxation committees of the senate and
house -of representatives here today the
fact was brought out that there is no own
ership to more than $3,000,000 of iron ore
ion the docks here. This has led the 'at
torney general to nTake the statement that
the state would confiscate it. The inves
tigation has made some astounding dis
coveries so far in the way of big concerns
avoiding taxation.
PAY GOES ON.
Chemical Bank Will Hold Their Places Open
for Its National Guardsmen.;
New York, "March 30. —Cashier Francis
Halpin, of the Chemical National Bank
said yesterday that those employees of the
b'ank who belong to the National Guard
would not lose anything so far as their
places in the bank were concerned, In case
they were called out to sejve their coun
try.
“Five of the Chemical Bank employees,”
said Mr. Halpin, “belong to the National
Guard, two belong to the Twenty-third
Regiment and one to the Thirteenth and
one to the Signal Corps ’in Brooklyn, and
one to the Gatling Gun Company at Or
ange, N. J. If they are called upon to
serve the bank will continue ta pay their
salaries to them and will keep their places
for them in the bank. It is the banks
(that would be the first to call for protec
tion, and we think they should consider
the men who protect them.”
MORE WARSHIPS
Leave Spain But Their Destination Seems to
be Unknown.
Washington, March 30 —The navy de
partment has received a dispatch that sev
eral Spanish warships have left Cartha
gena, Spain. Their destination has not
been learned.
The news excited great interest at the
navy department. They are the armored
cruisers Infanta Maria, Theresa and Cris
tobal, Colon, and the torpedo boat des
troyer, Destructor.
WOULD CAUSE A SPLIT. ’
Radical Republicans Arise Against Holding
Caucus Now.
Washington, March 30 —-General Gros
venor, of Ohio, has expressed his willing
ness to call a caucus of the Republican
members to decide upon the action with'
relation to the situation if one is desired,
but some of the most radical of the Re
publicans do not believe the caucus should
be held yet as they are of the opinion that
it would of necessity lead to an open di
vision between the Republicans in congress
and the president. _
“FIGHTING BOB” EVANS.
Officer Who is to Command the Finest Ship
* in the Navy.
Washington, March 30. —Captain Robley
D. Evans, who has been assigned to com- ,
mand the battleship lowa, the finest ship
of the navy, once tendered his resignatiorf
from the service and it was accepted by
Gideon Welles, then secretary of the navy.
Captain Evans is down on the naval reg
ister as having been appointed from Utah,
tout he was from Virginia. His present
home is a little frame cottage just at the
foot of the light house marking the en
trance through Hampton Roads to Old
Point. There his family have lived for
years, while the man, who is kown by the
sobriquet of "Fighting Bob,” was away
on sea duty.
In June, 1861, “Fighting Bob” was a
midshipman at the naval academy. His
sympathies were supposed to have been
•with the South. He, with a number of
other midshipmen, including Captain Yates
Stirling, now on waiting orders, sent in
their resignations to the navy department,
but four weeks afterward relented and
each wrote letters full of devotion to the
Union, which brought about their restora
tion to the navy. All fought through the
four years. Captain Evans has a crippled
knee as a result of the storming of Fort
Fisher, which, however, does not inter
fere with his activity. He is one of the
youngest captains of the navy and a
brother-in-law of Captain Taylor, of the
Indiana. He never misses a prize fight
if he can help it, and is an allround
sportsman. For four years he was the
eomiranion of Mr. Cleveland on his gun
ning expeditions.
UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED. •
Washington, March SO —The sub com
mittee oa naval affairs unanimously re
commended favorable the report of the
naval personal bill.
The half a cent a word column of The
News is the cheapest advertising medium
1A G««rgU. t ‘
WORKING HUM
FOR JEW BOH
Committee Commenced VVo p k
This Morning on a Can
vass of the City.
INTO BLOCKS OF FIVE
Division Maflwnd Com
mittee Thinks There Will 6e No
Difficulty in Raising Monty.
Comencing this morning the Chamber of
Commerce committee having in charge the
matter of navigation of the Ocmulgee
river will make a complete canvass of .he
city and will disjiose of enough stuck of
the Navigation Company to build another
boat. •
The business men are enthusiastic over
the success of the first boat and the -tact
that the City of Macon has now made
three successful trips on schedule time
has ■ P ■ disperse all doubt as io the
possibility ot bringing the river as far as
Macon into profitable use.
The fact of the matter is that it would
well pay the merchants of Macon to sub
sidize a boat and pay it to carry the
freight from Macon to the sea. This has
ben conclusively demonstrated by the suc
cess that has been achieved by the boat
now running..
It has made the three trips and after
the first trip it paid the expenses of run
ning. This was with a limited capacity
for freight and under circumstances that
did not tend to bring in any great volume
of business. But with each trip the busi
ness of the boat has increased and the last
manifesto shows that she has brought
from Brunswick her full capacity.
For the purposes of making a complete
canvass of the business poi’tion of the city
it has been divided into five blocks ■ and
every business man will be seen. The
stock is sold in shares of $25 each payable
in $5 installments and there is., every rea
son to suppose that the necessary amount
will be forthcoming without any difficulty
or delay.
HOW A HERO LOOKED.
General Lae on the Day of His Surren
der.
From “The Cicsing Scenes at Appomat
tox Courthouse,” by General George A.
iForsytb, U. S. A., in Harper s Magazine
■for April:
"I took my first and last look at the
great Confederate chieftain. - This was
.what I saw: A finely formed man appa
rently about 60 years of age, well above
the average height, with a eloar, ruddy
■complexion—just then suffused by a deep
•crimson flush that, rising from his neck,
overspread his face, and even slightly
tinged his broad forehead, which, bronzed
where it had been exposed to the weather,
was clear and beautifully white where it
•has been shielded ’by his hat—deep, brown
■eyes, a firm but wellshaped Roman nose,
abundant hair, silky gray beard and mous
tache, neatly trimmed and not over long,
‘but which .nevertheless almost complete
ly concealed his mouth. A splendid uni
■jform of confederate gray cloth that had
•evidently seen but little service, which was
closely buttoned about him and fitted him
•to perfection. An exquisitely mounted
sword, attached to a gold-embroidered
‘ ‘Russia leather belt, trailed loosely or, the
flfloor at liis side, and in his right hand
he-carried a broadbrimmed, soft gray feit
hat, encircled by a golden eord, .while in
his left he held a pair of bit :kskin gaunt
lets. Booted and spirred, still vigorous
and erect, he stood barehea'Si d, looking
out of the open doorway, sadfaced and
weary; a soldier and a gentleman, bear
ing himself in defeat with an all uncon
scious dignity that sat well upon him.”,,
FORT MAY NOT RUN.
His Lav/ Practice Has Grown So Larg-e That
He Could Not Well Do So.
Americus, Gai, March 30.—The congres
sional race in the Third district has begun
'to warm up, and it is said there will be
several candidates in the field. Several
of our .town newspapers have stated tha*.
Judge Allen Fort would be in the race,
and your correspondent has made repeat
ed effort to see Judge Fort and find cut
from him upon what authority suck state
ments have been published.
Judge Fort has been out of town for the
last two weeks on professional business,
and it was not until his return yesterday
that there was. an opportunity to learn
the facts as to the probability of his enter
ing the race. The genial judge in answer
to the direct question as to whether he
would enter the congressional contest,
siad;
“•I’ve, not yet made any formal an
nouncement of my candidacy, and it is
doubtful if I will do so. The continued ill
ness of my family and the heavy pres
sure of professional business has caused
the undecided condition of affairs political
with me.”
With this, the judge went into a discus
sion of matters less personal.
Judge Fort ief last night to attend
‘Wilcox superior court. Sinee his retire
ment from the railroad commission his
law practice has 'grown so heavy that he is
continually on the go, and should he make
the race for congress, which a great many
•friends are importuning him to do, Tie
would just at this time do so at great per
sonal sacrifice.
DOING MUCH GOOD.
Dr. Bachman's Sermons at Tattnall Square
Presbpterian Church.
Dr. Bachman’s last night but one at Dr.
Morris’ church will be tonight at 8
o’clock, when he will discourse on “What
Should Prevent Anxious Care on the Part
of Christians,” and none who listen will
go away dissatisfied. But one opinion pre
vails regarding Dr. Bachman, and that is
that he has no superior in the pulpit and
few equals. , -
Last night his theme was “The Con
straining Love of Christ,” and though
there was rain falling at the time of as
sembling, a good attendance was present,
and the service was greatly enjoyed.
It almost appears that the unconverted
who hear the doctor once, like Tom Mar
shal, who fled from church for fear of be
ing converted stay away for the same rea
son, so that the good work being done
while not apparent just now, except among
those who have already professed faith,
will in due time make its appearance.
The last time Dr. Bachman will address
a Macon audience on this occasion will be
on Thursday, tomorrow night, at 8 o’clock.
The subject will probably be announced
tonight.
Dixon gives aSO minutes
prelude on Cuba tonight.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
Interesting Meeting of the St. Vincent de
Paul.
Ar. interesting meeting of the St. Vin
cent De Paul Society of St. Joseph’s C.ith-*
olic church was held last Sunday after
noon and the annual election o£ officers
took place as follows:
President, T. C. Dempsey.
Vice president. John Graham.
Secretary, S. E. McKenna.
Treasurer, M. Redmond. Sr.
Governing board, N. G. Gewinner, chair
mar; J. A. Newcomb. Cecil Morgan. Gus
Daly and, C. D. Muldowny.
Tiie report of all the officers were read
and showed that the society was in a
lieu -ishing condition.
REV. THOMAS DIXON
Will Deliver His Lecture in the Wesleyan
Chapel.
Rev. Thomas Dixon, of New York, will
lecture in the Wesleyan chapel tonight
for the benefit of Mercer University. This
is not Mr. Dixon's first appearance in Ma
con, and he is remembered here as one of
the most, interesting talkers that has ever
appeared here, and his splendid reputation
is well won.
Tne lecture will not commence until
8:40 o’clock so that all who want to at
tend prayer .meeting will have plenty of
time.
MUCH NEEDED
, Was the Rain That Fell Last Night Crops
Benefittea.
The light showers which fell last night
and early this morning were badly needed,
and the’ small amount of rain that fell
will do lots of good. In the southwestern
portion of the state the fall or rain was
much heavier than it was around Macon.
For the past several weeks farmers iu
the lower counties have been forced to
carry waiter to their houses from creeks
several miles distant. ' Nearly all of the
wells have gone dry, and the crops are
suffering greatly.
NEW OUTING CLUB
Met at the Chamber of Commerce Yesterday
Afternoon.
The members of the new outing club
met at the Chamber of Commerce yester
day afternoon, organized and elected of
ficers.
Mr. Edgar S. Wilson was elected pjresi
dent, 'Mr. Mallory Taylor vice president
and Mr. T l . tR. Jones secretary. Th« new
club has grounds out beyond Ocmulgee
park.
PRACTICE DAYS
Os the Macon Gun Club Will be on Friday-
Ready for Tournament.
The Macon Gun Club will commence its
practices at the park this week in prepa
ration for the big tournament to come off
her early next month.
Fridays -will be the practice days for the
club and the members are enthusiastic.
These practices will be kept, up all through
the season.
The grounds will at once be put in shape
in preparation for the tournament which
will be one of the biggest ever given in
the South and will command a larger at
tendance of good amateur shots than any
tournament that has ever been held here.
SPRING CLEANING.
Soard of Health Will Have the City as Clean
as Possible.
The Board of Health of Macon is pre
paring to commence a spring cleaning that
will leave the city in better sanitary con
dition than it has ever been and it is safe
io say that Macon will be the cleanest
city in the state.
The rules of the board will be enforced
i more strictly than ever and the premises
I of property’ owners will be carefully in-
I speeted and disinfected throughout the
summer months. Heretofore the board
i has been somewhat lax in the enforcement
' of the rules but now the recorder will be
given a few cases out of which he will
make examples.
EUGENE HOLMES.
———
I Recorder Freeman Holding Him for Further
Investigation.
Recorder Freeman had an interesting
case up for hearing this morning when
Eugene' Holmes was arraigned.
Several months ago Holmes had a ne
gro woman arrested for disorderly conduct,
claiming that she had made trouble about
a hack that she claimed, and for which he
held a bill of sale, and showed every evi
dence that the hack belonged to him. The
woman .wa» sent to the chain gang for
thirty days, and during the interim it was
; discovered that she was nop compus men
tis, and was a well-to-do negro woman
from Baldwin county.
She had purchased a lot of land in East
'Macon 'Ol 8200. and while she was on the
gang, it sterns that Holmes sold the prop
erty and took the money.
It bus been developed that he brought
the woman to Macon by telling her that he
was going to get a divorce from his wife
and n-.arry her, and in this way he induced
tier to make her property over to him so
that he could get money to pro-r oute his
divorce suit.
Judge Fro man thinks that Holmes is a
smooth in lividn.a! and is holding him lor
further deveipoment.
The
Good Old Store
Is aglow with more brightness and new
ness, more novelty and freshness than you ever saw
here before. The lame of our everyday doings Is
spreading like news of a war victory. Men marvel
at the price-wonders. Not a "style, not a color, not a
pattern in the stock but appeals to good taste.
Extra great bargains abound in all departments.
This store has always been and always will be the
“BEST STORE.”
8 Per Cent Guaranteed!
Dividends paid svnit-annnallv. Stock secured
by deeds to improved real estat tn more
than double the amount, deposited with
Union Savings Bank and Trust Co
GEO. A. SMITH, Gen Man.
Equitable Building and Loan Association.
Macon. Ga.. 401 Third Street.
PRICE TWO CENTS
COOPER IS VERY
CONEIDEUT
He Will Appear Before the
Pardon Board Tomorrow
in Behalf of Fambles.
OLD WOMAN TEPRIFED.
She Realizes Her Position Fully and
Has Taken to Her Bed-Deci
sion of Board Tomorrow.
Mr. John R. Cooper, attorney for Gus
Fambles, who i- accused of being acces
sory to the murder of obi man Noble-, re
ceived a telegram this morning from
Chairman Joo Turner, of the pardon ‘•oard.
stating that he would hear Mr. Coo k er’s
argument in Fambles’ behalf tomorrow.
He thinks that the decision of the .card
in both the case of Mrs. Nebles and Fam
bles would be made up tomorrow.
Colonel Cooper will leave for A lanta
this afternoon, and says that he feels con
fident. that the board will commute tho
sentence of Mrs. Nobles and Fambles, oas
of his principle reasons being that they
would not have waited this long to de
liver their decision bad they decided to let
the law take its course.
The date for the execution of Mrs.
Nobles is day after tomorrow, and she is
so frightened that she has gone to bed
again, and is suffering from nervous at
tacks.
A News reporter called at thy jail this
morning to see Mrs. Nobles, and she
seems to be badly worried over the status
of her case.
The every day life of this old woman is
interesting, and she is cunning tn her Ig
norance. So cunning that she his b'arr d
who to talk to and who not to. Bine the
has been confined in the jail she has learn
ed more, probably, than she has during
all the rest of her life. With .oine assis
tance, and much labor, sne has learned
to cipher the alphabet, and can read a few
simple sentences. She cannot read tiie
Bible, but understands it, and enjoys hav
ing it read to her. She says she does not
know what parts of it she likes best, but
tjiinks that ft is all mighty good.
There are few needle women in Macon,
who can excel! Mrs. Nobles, and some of
her work is very artistic in originality nd
absolute disregard of patterns. She em
broiders, knits, and woes all kinds of
fancy work. Most of her tim- is iak n up
In doing'Gils kind of work for her friends.
She is allowed perfect freedom ot the
jail corridors, and occasionally is allowed
to go in the yard for a walk and to sit on.*
the front porch of the Jail. She never has
letters written to her relatives. She does
not know where any of them . • * now.
They never visit her, and she says she
thinks they have all forgotten her. She is
constantly getting letters troui strrr .er,
which she exhibits to her friends and asks
them to read th'-m over to her.
Some times the oil woman will sit for
hours with her hands folded in her lap
staring at the gallows wh. :h i.- dbactly
in front of her cell. She knows v hat it Is,
and it seems ta'have a subtle fascination
for her.
IMPORTANT MEETING
Os Centra! City Lodge Will B f Held T '>n;t;ht
at Castle Hall.
Th ■ regular meeting of Central >' iy
Lodge, Knights of Pythias, 'onig'.. will oe
unusually interesting. Bus.loss 0. y.’at
importance will be brought up i y a p em
inent member and a large atteai ance is
desired.
The long ferm of the third rn < will be
eonfeired during the meeting. The 'earn,
is now in first-class wo:l- r.g order atd a
most pleasant evening is assured all who
attend. Members of the o Mr ledges are
cordially invited to attend.
RAGING SEASON
Opens on Monday Night Next in Atlanta —
Good Progra.fi.
Atlanta, Ga., March 30.—The spring
bicycle racing season opens next
Monday n>ght in Atlanta and he initial
meet promises to be a good one.
Jay Eaton arrived in. the city yesterday
.and says he is in fine form. He will ae
in the races next week.
Carroll Jack came in wi'h Eaton, and is
here lo train and .-nter the races >rday.
iA. C. Mertens, one of the best me: in.
the country and last year’s five mile ofc m
pion, will be here for the races.
■Bert Repine is also expected to be here
Monday night and take part in the races.
Huffstetter, of Ocala, Fla, will be
here also. This rider has been doing some
■fine -work in Florida this winter, ant it
is more than likely that he will be one of
the winners at the coming meet.
Charles McCarthy will be among t«e
ifders at the meet, and he has been b:i‘-
E.ng some of the best men in <the coutnry.
this winter.
Dixon gives a 50 minutes
prelude on Cuba tonight.