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TMMIT
Ming Will be Done Before
That Time in Either
Senate or Hoose,
DONS DECLINED
To Make Any Concession to
This Country, But Will
Trv to Dodge
REPUBLICANS DETERMINED
To Prtss the President Into Action
Meeting of the Foreign Rela
tions Committee and of
Both Houses.
Washington, March 31. There is little
to disturb the quiet of the Whitehou.-c
during tin- < arly morning.
Callers wire late in arriving, and the
president, a little fatigued from the numer
ous conferences and exacting events oi'
yesterday, had an opportunity for sonu
rest before beginning the work of the day.
it wa.. almost 10 o’clock when lie arose
from the breakfast table and began to
look over his mail. After the president
had a onferenee will, .•Mie of the official
staff it was said that no message would be
sent to congress during the day in all
probabili t y.
The rapid lire of diplomatic communica
tions between Washington and Madrid,
however, make an unforeseen develap
possibli at any moment.
Grosvenor, of Ohio, was the first caller.
Shortly afterwards Representative liutl.r.
of I’ennslyvaiil.i, Hawley, of Texas, Slew
art and Jenkins, of Wisconsin, Fletcher,
of Minnesota, and Adams of Pennsylvania,
called on pressing busim -s.
Grossi nor said that lie thought that
■there was no change in the situation, bu;
added: ’ All is in suspense.”
At this time tile administration is sim
ply waiting for definite responses from
Madrid. Ni ~oti:itions are in progress, and
all w ill depend on the*i ffect of these.
Tin- administration desires to avoid any
thing tending to precipitancy and undue
haste in acting in the matter, so- trough:
witli the gravest consequtn'oes: It is
struggling for pi ace so far as national
honor and dignity will permit. He hop J
the Issue would come to a definite and i.i:
ly adjustment.
If it can be settled peaceably it will ’>■
■gratifying and if a satisfactory conclusion
cannot be reached within a day, the ad
ministration will still hope for it to lie
I’ffietiil bi fore‘the week closes.
Meantime ho advised that in his opin
ion there should be no rapid and excited
talk. Cool Judgment should dictate aetian
in tlie matter which involv. s national
honor and which will either bring th
country cut of the crisis peaceably with
credit or plunge it into war.
The president further expressed gratifi
cation that the sentiment of eongr?»s fa
vorid the giving of a little longer time to.
the administration to act, and he cited thi
necessity for waiting the final effect of
the dispatches in process of communica
tion between the two governments.
Hopkins, of Illinois, bad an early inter
view. He said the administration had in
dicated its intention to act as speedily as
possible, and he believes that those who
were for Cuban intervention should war
a proper time before acting in advance of
the president.
GIVE HIM ROPE.
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Committee Determined to See What Presi
dent Will Do.
Washington, March 31—The House com
mittee on foreign affairs adjourned at noon
without acting.
There was a general exchange of views
and it was decided as only fair to the ad
ministration to give it the few days ask.u
for to see if the demands of the presnder.t
has made will be agreed to by Spain be
fore taking any aggressive action.
The Democrats of the committee at
tempted to force immediate aetioi, but
the Repiibl’c.-ns, standing by the agree
ment of yesterday to wait until Monday,
strictly set their faces against having their
hands forced. They stated that if the
present negotiations failed they would be
willing to act on Monday.
Clark. Democrat. of Missouri, moved
that the committee on the Cuban question
be relieved from farther consideration of
hi sre solution recognizin gthe indepen
dence of Cuba and all kindred resolutions.
No vote was taken on this, the Republi
cans occupying the time until the hour of
adjournment in discussing the situation
and arguing that the president, iu courte
sy. should have the few additional days
he asked before action is taken.
Adams, who saw the president this
morning, said that the negotiations would
succeed fail before Monday. The com
mittee adjourned until Monday.
IN THE SENATE.
Not Much Interest Because it Was Generally
Understooo That Matter Goes Over.
Washington. March 31 —While the gal
leries in tjie senate were filled when the
body convened there was ample room for
all.’
The-fact that there was no prospect of
the consideration of the Cuban question
coupled with the understanding that the
senate would take no further action until
the first of next week probably served to
detract front the general public’s interest.
Frye, of Mtflne, who reported yesterday
from the committee on foreign relations
the resolution calling upon the president
for the Cuban consular reports, requested
that the - resolution lie on the table until
the committee desires to call it up.
Chandler, of New Hampshire, objected,
and Frye moved that the resolution be re
committed to the foreign relation’s com
mittee.
On that motion Allen, of Nebraska, de
sired to be heard. He reviewed the record
upon the Cuban question saying that he
and former Senator Call, pf Florida, were
the first members of the senate to take a
strong stand in favor of the independence
* Cuba ’ -
GENERAL PLAN.
T-hree Conditions Under Which Settlement
May be Arrived At.
Wc him-ton, Man-h 31.—‘McKinley’s as
iuraae.x to congress with regards to the
outlook for the setairment of the Cuban
diiTiculty without war is based upon rep
r- mentations made to him by Woodford.
V.’ooh’orJ thinks that after today's
meeting the government will, of its own
■: . > propir tian for the definite
settlement of the Cuban question.
This proposition covers three points:
1. That Spain shall send the reconcen
trados b.i-k to their homes and supply
them with the means of sustaining life
until normal conditions are restored.
2. That there shall be an armistice be
tween Spain and Cuba with the end in
view of securing a settlement of difficul
t.ll ■- and th< withdrawal of the Spanish
forces from Cuba.
3. Jr. case of failure of the Cubans and
Spaniards to come jo an understanding
during the armistice, Spain is to submit
the entire matter to Mr. McKinley as an
arbitrator with the understanding that he
decide in that event for the absolute inde
pendence of Cuba.
IN PERFECT ACCORD
With the President is the Foreign Relations
Committee.
Washington. March 31— The senate eom
niitui ui lonian relations met at It
o’clock this morning and was in session
about an hour.
T i committee proceedings were in per
il r-t h : niony it :> tiie president, one of
the essential i i being that the freedom
of Cuba must be acknowledged.
Sigsbee will bi before the committee
Mien it re-.t-. embics to give information
eoiieeri.ing the testimony taken before the
court of inquiry.
The committee discussed at some length
the acquisition of St. Thomas, but no ac
tion wax taken.
Considerable opposition developed to the
proposition, it being asserted that the is
lands could be of no possible use at .the
pivSiid iime. as they could not be made
available for a war with Spain.
Some of the committee expressed the
opinion that Sigsbee would be able to give
information ami explanatory testimony
which will tend to show that the Maine
was destroyed by design.
It is tiie desire of the administration not
:•> put the mailer so harshly as to prick
tiie national pride of the Spanish people,
but at tin same time to put it plainly that
there can be no doubt of one essential
consideration.
Having this assurance the committee is
proceeding deliberately and with no de-
Ire to press the question in the form of a
i; olution to be brought in until it is nec
■ . eary ’to decide tb.it point which can be
Jone in a few moments. Indeed, it is the
■\;iect;i i ion ::iat Hie president himself by
Monday will indicate the action he would
like to have congress to take in case of the
failure of his diplomacy and the present
inclination of the committee is to follow
his leadership in this respect.
This inclination is dut to the fact, how
ver. that the committee in this event will
be prepared for armed intervention to se
me the freedom of the Cubans. The com
mittfe is not counting confidently upon
being called upon to make a declaration
to this end. but it is preparing for it and
it is stated that it will have facts in its
possession If called upon to act. It is to
this end that Sigsbee, Commander Brad
ford and others are being summoned before
iic committee.
DEMANDS WEI-HAI-WAI.
Great Britain is Determined to Have Her
Share.
Pekin, March 31 —Great Britain de
mands the lease of Wei Hai Wei. This
t.irti'fied port of the Shang Tung penin
sula was captured by the Japanese during
. he war with C?(ina and, has since been
held by them pending the payment of a
war indemnity. In order to readjust the
balance power another demand of a na
ture which has not yet, been disclosed is
made by Great Britain. *
FIVE MILLIONS
Will be Spent for the Purchase of Island as
Coaling Station.
Washington, Mareh 31 —Senator Lodge
has reported from the committee on for
ign relations the bill directing the presi
dent of the United_Statejs to purchase the
Janish Wes India islands of St. Croix, St.
Thomas and St. Johns or’any of them for
a naval and coaling station.
The purchase is, to be made upon such
terms as he may in his discretion deem
advisable. Five million dallars will be ap
propriated for the purchase.
FIGHT IT OUT.
Uncle Sam is Dusting Off His Uniform, Says
Beach of Ohio.
"Washington. March 31.—Representative
Beach, of Ohio, has sent the following tel
egram to President Palma, of the Cuban
junta.
“'Having maintained the war for three
years by their bravery, resources and sac
rifices unprecedented in history, will the
■Cubans accept a compromise Mien they
can hear in the throat of their brutal en
emy the death rattle? God forbid. Will a
compromise give you back your son, will
it unrape your daughter? will it revive the
mother, who urged them on with her last
breath which starvation allowed? Fight it
but. I. ncle Sam is dusting off his uni
form.”
BLANCO’S DECREE
Ending Recoi centradism Made Public This
Morning.
Havana. March' Sl.—Blanco has issued
an important decree, dated March 30. and
published this morning, in which he St
reets the end of re co netntradis n in the
veaccrn provinces, of Ptnar Del Rio, Ha
vana. Matanzas and Santa Cla-e.
SPAIN’S LITTLE DODGE.
She Will Yield to the Reconcentrados and
Do Them Good.
Washington, March 31. —The Spanish le-
■ gation here late last night received a ca
blegram from the governor general of
Cuba, saying that the captain general re-
! ported the pacification of the eastern prov
i inces so far advanced that it had been de
cided to rescind the reconcentrado order
m these provinces and allow all subjects
of this d< -ree to return to their homes in
the country. To aid in the re-establishing
of the reconcentrados upon their farms,
j the cablegram states, the government will
grant them the protection of the Spanish
military forces augmented by a local relief
i committee to look after their immediate
: needs.
The cablegram was not made public un-
■ til more than an hour after midnight and
no offiefal comment "upon its significance
j could be secured.
THE MACON NEWS.
Minims
Most Severe Shocks of Earth
quake That Have Ever
Been Experienced.
PEOPLE WEREPANICSTRiCKEN
Waters of San Francisco Bay Rose
in a Tidal Wave Which Fortu
nately Quickly Collapsed.
San Francisco, March 31. —At midnight
the city and northern part of the state
were shaken by the most severe earth
quakes ever experienced in California.
At San Francisco the buildings swayed
violently for ten seconds. At other places
the vibration continued for from forty
seconds to a minute.
A tenement house on Clementina street
collapsed, but no one was injured.
Windows were broken, plastering fell,
pictures’and ornaments were thrown to the
iloors. Chimneys fell to the pavement, .but
fortunately did not hit any of the panic
stricken people who thronged the streets.
All telegraphic communication was in
terrupted for twenty minutes. At 'Mare
Island the damage amounts to $25,000.
The vessels at the navy yard are unin
jured. The waters of San Francisco Bay
rose two feet in a tidal wave, which im
mediately fell.
URGE NO SURRENDER.
Cabinet and N r w?p3pers Opposed to Any
Concessions.
Madrid, March 31—At a conference yes
terday between Sagasta, Gamazo and Sil
vela, the premier unfolded the terms pro
posed by Woodford, and the opposition
leaders counselled their rejection.
Sagasta replied that he personally was
not disposed to accede to them and added
that he would like to submit the question
of the loss of the Maine, which had not
been touched upon at the conference with
Woodford to the European powers.
The feeling at. Madrid is pessimistic. The
newspapers are ignorant of the actual pro
posals of the United States but are urging
no surrender.
MUCH MONEY
Found in Possession of an Aged and Crip
pled Man.
Dayton, 0., March 31.—(Matthew "Hur
ley, 80 years of age, minus his right leg
and arm, was arrested here for safe keep
ing. Yesterday lie gave his name and age
and stated that he has a son seven miles
frm Connersville, Ind. He said 'that he
was an inmate for the Cleveland hospital
for a while.
Hurley has SBO in money and a certified
check for SI,BOO on an Akron bank in his
possession. He refused to say whither he
came from or where he desired to go.
JAS. L. WOLCOTT DEAD.
Wilmington, March 31—Hon. James L.
Wolcott, the former chancellor of Dela
ware, died today a‘t Dover. He was 76
years of age and for years a leader in
Democratic politics.
SPANISH FOURS.
London, Marini 31. —Spanish 4s opened
lower at 52%, and further declined to 52%.
but later rallied to 52%. The closing
quotation yesterday was 53%.
You can talk to 10,000 every day through
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NEWS will tell you all about
1 both : Work ou board a warship, how
1 high explosives are made, quick de-
1 sense of American seaports, scheme of
T Sexis Nixon, who designed the In-
diana type of battleship for defeuse of
seaports with rifled howitzer and mor
tar boats, how to enlist in the army,
effectiveness of torpedos in modern
JL warfare.
This and much more attractive
syndicate matter especially prepared
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T EASTER EDITION,
c Together with timely hints for the
o Spring girl of ’9B, who is now busy
o with preparations for the festival, fine
o confections bloom for beauty and
o grace, dainty wraps • for early spring,
o correct contour for spring hats, society
6 gossip, Paris fashions, feminine fan-
c cies.
i All this and much more of inter-
c est iu Saturday’s NEWS.
All the live merchants of Macon
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MACON NEWS THURSDAY MARCH 31 1898.
CHARGED WITH ASSAULT..
Charlie Gibson Arraigned Before Justice
Balcom.
Charlie Gibson was arraigned before
Justice Balkcom yesterday afternoon on
the charge of assault. There was nothing
unusual in the charge or the crime, but
when Gibson appeared there were many
present who were frightened nearly out of
their wits, because they thought he was
dead several months ago.
It will be remembered that Charles Gib
son was the negro who was lynched near
Stevens’ Pottery last summer for the as
sault on Miss Chapman, and all of those
wiio knew the Charley Gibson that was up
before Judge Balkcom yesterday afternoon
thought that he was the one, for he has
been away from the city for some time.
Gibson was charged with assaulting an
old negro man named Richard Richmond.
He was bound over to the city court.
CANDLER IN IRWIN.
His Friends Come Together in Large Num
bers.
Fitzgerald, Ga., March 31 —A Candler
club of 312 bona fide members was organ
ized here last night by electing the follow
ing officers:
President, George W. Smith; vice presi
dents, Judge W. B. Moore, Van R. Bailey,
M. Buice, George Whitman, Dr. J. L. Mil
ler, Eli Nicholson, D. W. M. Whitley, Dr.
C. A. Bucher. Charles L. Prescott. H. M.
Gains, G. W. Mayde, Colonel D. B. Jay,
F. G. Clark, Editor Samuel Fleming, Alex
Swift, C.-C. Goodnow, V. P. Dillington, L.
F. Johnson, Anderson Griffey. Henry Ly
man, D. G. Paulk, F. D. Lee, D. B. Mull,
H. Brunner and John Ledbetter.
Secretary, J. G. Knapp.
The club is composed of the leading
business men and citizens of Fitzgerald
and is a strong organization. The follow
ing is the petition for membership:
“Irwin County Candler Club, of Fitz
gerald—We, the undersigned, pledge our
support to the Hon. Allen D. Candler for
governor of Georgia, and hereby declare
ourselves for him first, last and always,
and will be found working for him up and
until the last vote is cast, June 6, 1898.
We fully believe in him the people of the
Empire State of the South will hav’e a
governor that belongs to no clique or ring,
who will ‘hew to the line, let the chips
fall where the will.’ ”
BLOCKADED
By Snow Are Twelve Hundred Klondike Gold
Seekers.
Seattle, March 31.—Information brought
in by the steamer Bertha confirms the .re
port of the snow .blockade on Valdes Gla
cier. Twelve hundred men, (bound for the
Copper 'River gold fields, are stalled at
Valdes, being unable to cross the glacier
to the river. Four men attempted to cross
the glacier in February, and have un
doubtedly perished. iWrangeDis booming.
Indians are selling lots that they have oc
cupied for fifteen years from S6OO to $1,200
per lot, receiving nearly $40,000 up to date.
The Bertha brought in gold bullion from
the Apollo mine, on Uuga Island, amount
ing to $75,000.
EXACT AMOUNT
Os Wes. B. Wilson’s Debt to State Fixed by
Inspector Lester.
Frankfort, Ky., March 31. —The report
of Inspecter C. W. Lester, on the condition
of the account of ex-Clerk Wes 18. Wilson,
of Kenton county, states that Wilson made
no report of payment, of delinquent taxes
collected since May 1, 1897; no try-yearly
report or payment of taxes on deeds, mort
gages, seals, since June, 1597. The total
amont shown due the state is $17,511.49. A
small addition will be due from the Inde
pendence office. Lester suggests that no
suit be entered till the case now in court
be decided.
COTTON FUTURES.
New York, March 31. —Futures opened
steady at a decline. Sales 4,600. April
597, May 599, June 600, July 602, August
605, September 604. October 601, Novem
ber 602, December 604, January 605.
KIMS’
LIFE SAVED
The Old Woman fill Go to
the Penitentiary for
Her Natural Life,
THE Ifi ACTED
This Morning, Recommending
That Sentence be Commut
ed to Life Imprisonment.
HARRIS’ MAGNIFICENT FIGHT
In Behalf of Mrs. Nobles Commands
the Admiration of Those Who
Haye Watched the Case.
The senbenee of Mrs. Noblese has been
commuted to life imprisonment.
iThe board of pardons sent in its recom
mendations to the governor at noon and he
at once 'telegraphed to Jailer Stephan, tell
ing him to refuse to turn the prisoner
over to the deputy Sheriff oi Twiggs coun
ty, wno came i nthis morning.
Deputy 'Sheriff J. P. Califf, of Twiggs
county, came in on the Macon and Dublin
train at 10 o’clock this morning and at
once went to the jail and asked for his
prisoner. But the request was refused
under orders of the governor, telephoned
yesterday evening, and the sheriff, who
■already knew of this action, was not sur
prised.
When the sheriff of Twiggs made the
demand for the prisoner, Jailer Stephan at
once telephoned to the governor in At
lanta and told him what had happened.
The governor replied telling the jailor not
to turn over the prisoner until he heard
more from him, and that he would tele
phone him later on more definitely.
'Shortly after noon the governor called
up the jailor again and told him wot to
turn over the prisoner at all, and to tell
the deputy to go home. He said that he
would send the papers in the ease down to
the sheriff of Twiggs tonight, and also to
the sheriff of Bibb.
The jailors conversation with the gover
nor over the telephone was very short, and
later the most positive information was.
received as to the action of the board.
The course that the case has taken is
really not -a. surprise as the people of this
community had made up their minds that
the final outcome of the case would be a
■commutation.
The credit for a magnificent legal fight,
which has just been won. is due to Mr.
Marion Harris, of Macon, who has con
ducted thfc ease in behalf of (Mrs. Nobles
from the time that 'the Macon News secur
ed his services in her behalf some tw®
years ago. At that time it looked as Bf
nothing could save the old woman, and!
The News ‘took the stand that the hanging
of a half-witted and ignorant old woman
would be a disgrace to the state. Public
sentiment was aroused and the sympathy
of a large number of people was enlisted
in behalf of the old woman.
From that time until the present Mr.
(Harris has made an uphill fight to save,
the old woman’s life, and notwithstanding
the fact that everything seemed to be.
against him he kept it up to the 'bitter
end, and even the last day before the gov
ernor of the state.
It i® probable that no more plucky legal
fight in what seemed to be a forlorn hope
and out of which no pecuniary benefit
could accrue to the lawyer, has ever been
made, and the credit of it belongs to Mr.
Harris.
Mrs. Nobles received the news this
morning with great joy. That is to say
with as much demonstration as she ever
shows about anything. It is doubtfol if
the old woman was ever demonstrative.
But the relief of the situation is very ap
parent.
Several ladies spent the morning with
her, and were with her at the tim ■ the
telephone message was received from the
governor.
A telephone message to Sheriff West
cott late yesterday afternoon from Gov
ernor Atkinson has created almost a cer
tainty that the pardoning board has de
cided to save the old woman’s life.
The instructions to the sheriff were that
if the sheriff of Twiggs county came for
the prisoner the sheriff of Bibb had the
authority of the governor of the state to
decline to give her up.
Tomorrow was the day on which the old
creature was to hang. The ‘sheriff came
up this morning but he too had already
been notified by the governor and the ac
tion of the board was no surprise to him.
Old Mrs. Nobles has collapsed during the
last few days. For the first time she
seemed to have lost hope. She has refused
to see the reporters and other people who
have wanted to see her and has spent most
of her time in bed.
Someone in pity told her of the message
received by the sheriff last night and she
cheered up perceptibly, but the strain has
been very heavy on the woman and her
days are numbered.
When she heard that it was more than
probable that she would not hang on Fri
day, she seemed at first to think that
someone was trying to deceive her but it
gradually dawned upon her that she had
indeed perhaps been saved from the awful
doom and the relief was apparent as the
thought came to her, and after apparently
reasoning out for herself why the governor
should have sent out such a message her
face brightened and she heaved a great
sigh as one who has cast a burden away
and knows that rest is at hand.
The general feeling here is one of relief.
The public is very tired of the case. The
old woman has so little of human nature
in her and the killing was so atrocious,
while so much has been said of the case,
that the reading public wil gladly dismiss
“old lady Nobles” and forget all about her
in her future seclusion if the board has
< determined to put her in the penitentiary
for life.
I have been afflicted with rheumatism
for fourteeen years and nothing seemed to
give me any relief. I was able to be
around al Ithe time, but constantly suf-
I sering. I had tried everything I could hear
i of and was at last told to try Chamber-
I lain’s Pain Balm, which I did, and was
; immediately relieved and in a short time
: cured. I am happy to say that it has not
since returned.—Josh. Edgar, Germantown.
! Cal. For sale by H. J. Lamar & Sons,
i druggists.
The half a cent a word column of The
New* la the cheapeit advertising medium
j l> Georgia.
BONNER WAS ELECTED
Ordinary of Jones County to Succefd Mr.
Ross.
The election for an ordinary to fill ihe
place of the late Judge Roland T. Ross,
was held in Jones county yesterday and
resulted in the election of Mr. R. H. Bon
ner.
It was a closely contested election. Three
candidates were in the field and for so ne
time the issue • was in doubt. But the
friends of Mr. Bonner rallied to him and
made the fight very warm towards the end
of the day.
His most favorable opponent was dlr.
S. L. Childs, whose friends had claimed
that he would easily win the fight.
Mr. (Bonner is, however, one of .he
most popular men in Jones connty, and
the verdict rendered at the polls yesterday
was a ve’ry popular one.
There was rejoicing among the m; ny
Bonirnr men in Macon last night when the
result became known.
Mr. IBonner is the son of Captain .Bon
ner, the well known cotton man of Ma
con, and is a young man of sterling qual
ities. His predecessor held the office of
ordinary of Jones county for the last thir
ty-five years, and the friends of Mr. Bon
ner say that he can do the same thing if
he desires to do so.
The attachment of the people of Jones
county for Judge Ross is a most remark
able thing. The death of no man has'been
so universally mourned, and when it came
to a choice of his successor the people of
the county thought that it would be next
to impossible to find anyone to fill the
place. A strong effort was made to get
(Mr. Richard Johnson, .the supervisor of
pensions to resign that, office and come
down and take the office or ordinary. The
peopb <i. . s county have a high regard
for Mr. Jomiaon, and he could have been
elected without any opposition, but after
considering the mater for some time (Mr.
Johnson decided not to enter the race, but
to give 'the other boys a chance to get a lit
tle of the political pie. It is a good office
and will last longer, in all probability
than that which Mr. Johnson now holds
•and therefore his magnanimity will be all
the more appreciated, especially as it is an
acknowledged fact that he would have
been elected had he made the race.
Mr. Bonner has a great many friends in
IMacon who are glad to learn of his suc
cess and the result of the election gave
very general satisfaction.
Visitors from Jones county today say
that Jones may be put down as certainly
in the Candler column. They say that
•there is no doubt that the one-eyed one
will carry the day there, though Berner is
his most formidable opponent.
AT CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Rev. Adams Delights Large Audiences Every
Night.
The Rev. Mr. Adams continues to de
light his hearers nightly at the Christian
' church. His eloqwent and forceful presen
tation of the great truths of sacred writ
has won him many admirers and deepened
the spiritual life of all who have been so
fortunate as to enjoy his ministrations.
Services tonight and tomorrow night
promptly at 8 o’clock. Mr. Adams has
promised that the sermon tonight will be
one of his best. Congregational singing
led by a trained chorus. You will be wel
come.
LUMBER RATES.
Western Roads Will Not Reduce Them as
Was Threatened.
The railroads of the west announce tbit
there will be no lumber rate war up the.r
way.
That concerns the Southern lumbermen
and the Southern railroads directly, be
cause if lumber rates fall in the West,
rates down here must drop to meet them.
The Burlington-■threatened to reduce its
rates on lumber from Chicago to westei n
points. This created some alarm among
its competitors, but the Rock Island ma as
a counter threat that it would reduce the
rates on packing house products if the
Burlington monkeyed with the lumber
tariff. This position taken by the Rock'
Island is supposed to have influenced the
Burlington to call dff its announcement
about lumber. In addition, it is -aid that
the roads suspected of secretly cutting the
lumber rates, have stopped. This removed
the aggravating cause and there will be
no war over lumber.
Rates on Southern lumber to Chicago
bear a close relation to the rates from the
northern pineries and when one falls the
other must.
NEW OFFICERS ELECTED.
Governor Northen Made State Chairman of
Y. M. C. A.
Since the annual convention of *the
Young Men’s Christian Association of
Georgia, held at Americus 4 few days ago,
new officers have been elected for the com
ing year: The election was held in the of
fice of the state executive committee in
the Young Men’s Christian Association
building, corner Pryor street and Auburij
avenue, Atlanta, and tne following offi
cers were elected:
Ex-Governor W. J. Northen, chairman,
(Atlanta.
Mr. J. Frank Beck, vice chairman, At
lanta.
Major R. J. Guinn, -recording secretary,
Atlanta.
(Mr. W. C. Nuntmj cher, treasurer, At
lanta.
The other members of the committee are
Messrs. O. A. Park, (Macon, George R.
Lombar, Augusta; F. L. Mallory, Macon;
(W. IM. Rowlans, Athens; Lott Warren,
Americus; A. V. Wood, Brunswick; D. E.
Euther, Atlanta; J. T. Bothwell, Augusta;
■C. H. Dorsett, Savannah; K. G. Matheson,
Atlanta; J. H. Reynolds, Rome; W. Woods
White, Atlanta.
Mr. S. Waters -McGill was elected state
secretary. The state committee has charge
■of the supervision/ and extension of the
work in the state -and is proving itsself a
valuable aid to the association already or
ganized, In addition to giving valuable as
sistance to points needing organization of
definite Christian -work for young men.
The state secretary leaves today for Ath
ens, where canvass is to be made for the
association at that? point. Mr. C. P.
Younts, formerly of Atlanta, is secretary
at Athens. I e
BACK FROM ATLANTA.
Col. Wiley Says the Knights There Are in
Prosperous Condition.
Col. C. M. Wiley returned this morning
frpm Atlanta, where he y ’sterday inspect
ed the commanderies of the Knights
Templar of the city. He sa vs that he was
most hospitably-entertained and that the
Knights are in a most floui ishing condi
tion in the capital city.
This evening had been set for the in
spection of the St. Omer Cor nmandery of
Macon, but as no arrangements had been
made and the eminent commamder has had
a very hard week it is probabde that the
inspection will be put off for an -week
at least. t
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VESUVIUS READY. 7
Washington, March 31.—-The 'work o'
overhauling the dynamite w. it cruiser
Ses’izius, eomj leting the woi k on her
guns and fitting her up for anti ve service,
is now almos t fin -bed and she wilj prob
ably be ordered tg leave the V. Washington
navy yarl within the next two d
MEH MAR
PREDICTS FROST
Danger to the Truck Gardens
and the Tender Shoots
Threatens Tonight.
PEACHES STILL SAFE
Fru t Men Say There is no Danger
to Them, But That it May
Come Later,
The veather man sent out a telegram
this morning that made the fruit man
tremble in his shoes.
The forecast says very briefly:
“There may be frost tonight.”
This means much to the people of this
section of country.
Many of them have thought that the
/summer heat of the last few weeks meant
•that all danger was over, but the wiser
ratn among them shook their heads and
laughed at all the old woman s signs which
were brought out to show that the danger
was over, and even if tonight is passed in.
safety the danger is not over by any !
means. I't will be two weeks fully yet be
fore the fruit is safe and the blow has
fallen even later in April than that.
Easter conies the week after next and
three years ago there was snow on the
ground on Easter day.
• The sudden change last night was re
markable. People who had been wearing
summer clothes, at 6 o’clock put on their
overcoats at 9 o’clock. The wind blew
piercingly during the night and tills
morning early it looked dangerous for ten
de~ vegetables. •
If a frost cOmes tonight it wil destroy
great quantities of garden truck, but the
fruit men say that at this change they do
not anticipate anything that, will hurt the
peaches.
WHAT ABOUT IT?
What Has Become of the Sewer Arbitration
Board.
Os course it is no one’s business except
those who were interested, out as the tax
payers of Macon are interested to the tune
of something like $70,000 a good deal of
curiosity is exhibited as to the intentions
of the board of arbitration appointed some
time ago to adjust the differences between
the city of Macon .and the sewer contrac
tors.
The appointment of -the board, was made
at a meeting of council some time ago but
since then nothing has been heard of the
beard, it is true that ft may have been
in session, but if it has, its sessions have
been entirely secret. It is a fact that tne
board has a great deal of hard work ahead
ol it and that it will take fully two weeks
to finish that work.
When the sewers completed the contrac
tor!; made- a claim upon the •city for S7O-,0t)0
more money which they claimed had been
spent by them as a consequence of de
mands made upon them by the city which
had not been anticipated in the specifica
tions. Into this claim also there entered
the fight that tad taken place between the
city engineer and the contractors who
Claimed that the engineer was incompe
tent and I hat he had delayed them nn
oecessarily. '
Council has, however, not apparently
placed much weight upon this claim for
they have since that time twice elected
Major Wilcox, the very competent city
engineer to his office and he is now as
carefully watching the interests of ihe city
in the .matter of pawing as he did when
the sewers were being pat in.
STANDING ROOM ONLY.
Will Hang on the Outer Wall at This Enter
tainment.
Mr. Azel Freeman, who is managing the
entertainment, to be given at the Academy
of Music on the 15th of April for the ben
efit of Post “D” T. P. A.. He says that the
entertainment will be the best that has
ever been given in this town. He says that
the 'play to be presented by Miss Ida.
Mangham and Mr. Monroe Ogden is one
of th§ brightest things on the stage and
that it will make a tremendous hit when
it is presented. The ‘tickets for the enter
tainment are going rapidly and the drum
mers say that the Academy wiM be filled
to the doors with the tickets sMd before
the doors open and that for the first time
this season the standing room only will
surely hang upon the outer wall.
GREAT MAJORITY
Os the Republicans Will Insist on Indeper
dence cf Cuba.
'Washington, March 31. —Representative
Joy, of the Republican conference which
will today press the president for iijimcdi
ate action, says a canvas of the Republi
cans of the', house shows that 197 of 'ham
will insist lapon the complete and absolute
i nd. p. nde nee of Cuba.
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Boys’ Uotning.
Boys’ Clothing here is all made to conform to
the standard indicated in
Your Money Back
If You Want 1t....
That’s your sheet anchor. It holds good without
question and without reservation. That guarantee
will not pull well with poor clothing, because poorly
made clothing wouldn’t stay sold. Catch the point?
8 Per Cent Guaranteed!
! Dividends paid wml-annn div. Stock »e.umd
by needs to Improves real estate I” more
|1 than double the amount. deposited with
r Union Savings Bank and Trust Co
GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Maa.
suitable Building and Loan Association,
Macon. Os.. 461 Third Street.
PRICE7WOCE S TS
BOARD OF DENTISTS.
Busy Work in Examining Applicants for Li
cense to Practice.
The board of dental examinees ol Geor
gia is in session in th' 1 hall of the house
of representatives in Atlanta, examining
applicants for I.cense to practice dt ntis
try in this state.
The board consists of Dr. Johu H. Coyle,
chairman, Thomasville; Dr. H H. John
son, Macon; Dr D. D. Atkins 'a, Biuns
wick; Dr. B. H. Catching, Atlanta, and
Dr. A. G. Bouton, (Savannah.
"Under the law every ore, whether a
graduate or not, must stand a., examina
tion and procure a license before com
mencing the practice of dentistry it Uiia
state.
About forty applicants have. pros uted
■then selves for license, being -iie largest
class the board -nas over had before 'hem
at any one time. The session w!’l last
through today, closing pro ba bl; tonight.
COLORED COMPANY
Has Been Organ zed in East Macon and it
Ready tor War.
The East Macon colored company has
been organized i.i order that tne; ma.' en
ter in with the state troops. The roll of
officers are as follews:
Captain, S. A Elliott.
First lieutenant, Lewis Brewington.
Second lieutenant, Elliott W. Conner.
Orderly sergent, Alex Johnson.
Third sergent. Alfred Clowers.
Fourth sergvu . Amos Tyson.
Fifth sergent. Mansy Sharp.
First corporal, Dan Johnson.
Sencond sergent. Berry Clayton.
Third corporal. W. H. Orange.
Fourth corporal, Taylor 1 all.
Quartermaster sergent, Geo.-ge Harris,
Jr.
Bugler, Arthur Elliott, Henry Edwards.
SIDELIGHTS ON BRANN.
Editor of the Iconoclast Will be Heard Here
Next Week.
Brann, of the Iconoclast, is now on ihe
lecture platform, the demand for hi., pres
ence there having overcome business and
other reasons against seme. His readers
in the United States, numbering half a
million, are anxious to sec *mi hsar ’.he
man whose writings they have folk red
so closely. In literature Brann U eul
generis. From the lecture plaiforin he
talks to the elect. Speaking of •fain’ is a
lecturer the Galveston News savs:
“Apostle Brann, the inimitable idea ar
chitect and language-manipulator, delight
ed another large audi uce at Harmony
Hall last night. His lecture was a veri
table chef-d’oeuvre or oratory, ilumlaated
by dazzling wit and sauced with sarcasm
sharper than an adder’s sting. From' the
opening sen* • nee to the last wo> d the air
fence followed him with bieatbi-ia atten
tion and would gladly has IB tent J to .’alm
all night. His humor is as pure and re
freshing as a mountain stream, and some
of his poetic flights are grandly beautiful;
but it is as a ‘roasting mill’ that hun/1
towers, like Saul, aoove hir brethren. He
is a master of invective and his sar'asm
is as blighting as the lightning's bolt. Ho
simply twists the English language nto
snakes of fire wnich he applies wicbout
mercy -to frauds and fakea, humbugs and.
hypocrites of every ctass an! coadhlon.”
THE FLOYD RIFLES
Will Hold an Important Meeting at ~i'eir
Armory.
The Floyd Rilles will hold an impor
tant company meeting at their armory to
morrow ntgbt. -They, have oeerr call 4 to
appear and to br.i.g witi. ibt.n all of .
equipments. The affairs ol ihe company
are to be thoroughly overhauled. Captain
Wjnship is determined that the Floyd
•Rifles shall be second to none in th > vtate,
and in the event of a call urw-n tae V‘> un
teer forces of this state . tl.« Flcyd Rifles
will be as speedily ready as any of "th m.
WORK OF INCEND!ARIES.
Barn Burned in Skipperton I att -Night, by
I hem.
Some gentlemen from Skipper own v cte
,in the city this morn'ng to r- if they
could not procure bloodaouu.-i • with wh.cli
•they wish to pursue parties whe are sup
posed to have set fire to the barn of ‘fir.
Skipperton.
The barn was burned last night, with all
its contents, consisting of a large amount
of cotton seed, fodder, corn, oats, beside*
some hogs.
■lt 13 believed that the fire was caused
by someone who had a grudge agrins' Mr.
Sklperton, and every effort possible wi l be
made to catch the guilty paity Tua loss
was over SI,OOO.
Mr. Abe Lesser has just icturaed from
New York, where he purchase! a I'~ge
and elegant stock of dry goods, and a
varied assortment of the >atest novelties.
IMr. Lesser will show this beautiful “ne
of spring and summer goods at h.s et .-e
on Cherry street, and will sell at 1 is 'usual
reasonable prices.
Vitrified
For streets and sidewa. rs.
See sample walk around the
Brown house. See our pri. es
in Cent a Word column.
Eight-room house for rent, now.occ ipiel
by Mrs. G. J. B<ake, 221 Fora; th st.- rt.
Possession May Ist. Apply to Jobi C.
Holmes.