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CHEAP MONEV.
•H per eent. and 7 per eent. oney new
ready for loans on Macon residence and
business property. 8 per cent, money for
farm loans. Over $5,000,000 successfully
negotiated In Georgia alone. Loan* made <
can be paid off at any time. We are bead
quarters. O. A. Coleman, Gen. Man.,
858 Second street, Maceo, Ga.
ESTABLISHED 1884.
ENGLAND FLATLY HHS
Ii JOIN THE POWERS.
John Bull Flatly Says That It is None of His Business, but
His Sympathies Are, It is Said, Evidently
With This Country,
CABLE FROM LEE.
Says That He Cannot Get
Americans Out of Havana
Before Next Sunday.
HOT SPEECHES IN SENATE.
* I
Everything There is for War to End
the Spanish Butchery in Spain
Cabinet Meeting.
Ixuidon, April 5 The movement of the
POvmis ot i , .ui op<- foi a joint offer of me
diation bet wren the United States and
Spain has It-riivul i severe probably .Hid
fatal 1.1,1111 in the .telinite reiusal upon
'tiie part of the British government to par
ticipate.
’I .ns project is distinctively of Spanish
origin and was set on loot by two inllu
eiii't'K <illul.il uiiii |»< i;sonui, tho loriihT re
questing illie g.sid ollie, .- of lite chancellor
to pt. vent war while (he Qtqen Regent
all. tnpt. d persona Uy to influence Ute
sov. r< ig n.
ChniHiiunlratioiis are to the effect that
Europi :tn mt, 1,. Is are till, a I .tied by wli.il
S| lit, t. mis tile pl, let,. ton ol the Ulliled
Si.it. .: to a right to inlet tele in these mat- .
ters.
i't.line and not' Xintiia was the ptiine
rnov. t in the ni.dianon and by iitr counsel
it will it;- ? sled Io l.lie Hu11..11 loiei; •
Office tll.lt (lie power- 111111. 11l .1 ,iivte to
the I'tlil.d Sl.li.eH Hid Spain Ottering to
lUiili.it. hi the disputes between -tii.ise two
count I leS.
Gn.it Britain, however. definitely re
fused to join in the movement, holding
that the question did not concern her.
\\hil< tl is not actually uiinotin. i<l tha. ,
Great titii.iih s> nip.i i his's with American
Ihlei a. H ion lo end Ho w.U in t'lih.l sllcll
nip it hy is a laei.
<'oniuiuiiic 11ioiis looking lo mediation
are still being iXeiiaiig.d between -tile
con tiinii I a I powers, but they re< og.uiz,
that Groat Britain s r.lusal io eo-opcrate
will lob the iT.meuieii. o» much of its
Wi ight.
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
Cabinet Meeting Results in Nothing Un
usual.
Washlng'lon. April .> \ssistant Secre
tary Hay was at (he While House by half
past eight this morning and went over tile
situation with the president.
The latter had s.aietly risen and had
not gone down lo breakfast, but as usual
received Day in.mediately.
At the conchi. ton of the visit Ikty stated
there was no important developments in
the situation. it is said that tin pr. sideiit's
message is practically finish, d and that so
tar as he knew th. re lias lie. n no change
in the date fixed as expressed to congres
sional callers for submitting the document
to congress.
The president had told senators and rep
resentatives w Ito saw him yesterday -that
he fully expected lo lay the message be
fore congress tomorrow. Tims much is ab
solut.li certain. The message will not go
in before tomorrow and there is r. ason
to belt, ve that it will be in the hands of
congress before it adjourns on Wednesday.
Day. ever since the Cuban situation
n-iliid an acute stage has been constant
early visitor and is always promptly ush
ei.d nto lite president's ap irtnu nts. To
day. however, he wi- about an hour earlier
‘than usual and this fact, taken together
with the early arrival of some of the im
portant members of-both houses, evidently
at tiie wish ol Hie cxeetr've. gave credence
to the report that some important phase
of affairs bad been reached.
Rvpr. sente.tive Adams, ot i’enn. ylvania.
acting chairman of tiie house committee
on foreign affairs, Grosvenor, of Ohio, and
ex-Repres. .illative Thompson. of Ohio,
both the president's personal friends, Al
lison. of lowa, were all early in confer
ence. most ot .hem coming separa-i. ly.
Adams left with lite assurance that the
message would go in tomorrow.
This is tiie regular cabin* t day. Wilson
and Sherman were the first members to
arrive ami Long was among the late
comers.
There was no unusual expedition in
getting tog. titer and while at the stroke
of 11. the regular cabinet hour, most of
the members were alr.ady in their seats
there being r.o special summons and noth
ing io indicate that the session was other
than a routine meeting.
During the meeting Secreatry had
occasion to emerge from the cabin, t room
several times for tiie reception and des
patch of notes. In the course of one of
these calls he said he thought the message
would go in tomorrow.
Griggs also found it n<". story to sum
mon a stenographer hurriedly for a brief
note during the session.
IN THE SENATE
All the Speeches. Decidedly of a Warlike
Nature.
Washington. April ii.—Turner. in the
senaite made a vigorous speech for Cifban
freedom.
lie said the administration had not act
ed as it should have done or it would have
freed Cuba before this. He laid great
stress on the destruction of the Maine,
saying th.kt Spain is responsible. He would
cheerfully vote for a declaration of war.
Harris, of Kansas, followed Turner on
the same line. He charged the destruc
tion of the Maine to official treachery on
the -part of Spain. Harris was applauded
by the crowded galleries when he closed.
Kenney, of Delaware,- said ills state
■was united in favor of Cuban independence
and the people of Cuba deserved the sym
pathy of the civilized world. Kenrrey
paid the destruction of rhe Maine was the
crime of the nineteenth century. War was
h< 11, but it would be beter tnan heli ill
Cuba, better than the hell ot February
ii»th. No longer should go unavenged the
blood shed m Hava's harbor
Chandler, of New Hampshire followed
Kenney. He said the United Stales
ought ininu dial, ly to declare war against
Spain and to maintain the war until the
people ot Cuba were made free from Span
ish starvation and cruelty. As France
helped the Americans, he said, so the
United States should the Cubans.
Spain has lost all right to suppress the
Cuban reh. Ilion by resorting to inhuman
methods—continuous military murders
by the deliberate and wholesale starvation
ot non-combatant men, women and chil
dren. i
Spain having thus begun the war, the
United States ought ought to accept the is
sue Aiihoul Waiting .lor tiie enemy to con
centrate tier tleet in American waters.
"We have an army and navy equal to
the emergency. For no juster cause .m«I
with no beter motives did any nation ever
take up arms.”
Turpie said that it was the duty of the
American congress to intervene for the
( ti'ban republic. Turpie said that it had
cost us millions to shut off the supply of
ammunition which would have enabled the
Unban government to secure freedom. He
said it was only the Moloch which would
say, "Sui'icr little children to come unto
me and we will starve you to death.”
Turpie finished at 12:30 and the senate
took up the appropriation bill.
LEE ASKS FOR TIME.
Says in Case of War Citizens Cannot Leave
Before Sunday.
Washington, April s.—The state depart
ment has received a ’dispatch from Lee
saying that in case of war he will not be
aide to -get the American citizens out of
t'uba before Sunday.
A Republican member of the ‘foreign af
fairs committee says the delay asked for
hy bee to gel the Americans off the island
ot Cuba, he umlerstauds, will not delay
the transmission of the president's mes
sage to congress, and a prominent Re
publican O'l the house said litis afternoon
tffat so far as the allministration is con
cerned no delay is desir. d beyond today for
the transmission of the message.
"11 bee believes the safety of Americans
at Havana will be imperilled, we must
wait. We cannot be responsible foE a mas
sacre. But if it is a fact 'that bee fears the
possibility of such tilings, shows the kind
of people we are dealing with.”
Members o's the house have been inform
ed today that vessels have been dispatched
to Havana to take off General Lee and the
consul ot'lleers as well as all Americans
Who desire to leave the island.
POPE HAS FAILED.
McKinley Says Popular Prejudice Here is
100 Strong.
London, April 5.—A special dispatch
from Rome says that a telegram received
at the Vatican from the United Slates an
nounces the ilailure o's the Pope's interven
tion. It says that McKinley showed him
self extremely sensible, of the initiative
taken by the Pontiff, but it is inn>os.sible
to overcome the prejudice, even though
unjust, entertained by a majority of the
American people against the Vatican's in
tervening in poliitieal affairs.
HOUSE COMMITTEE
Sigsbee Expresses liis Opinion—War Inev
itable.
Washington, 'April s.—The house com
mittee on foreign affairs met this morning.
Captain Sigsbee, Admiral lirwin and sev
eral experts on explosive had been sum
moned to give testimony on the blowing
up of the Maine.
Quigg, of New York., before he entered
the committee room said that Spain should
be held responsible tor 'the blowing up of
the Maine.
Sigsbee, in the course of the examination
before ithe house committe on foreign af
fairs, stated it to be his opinion that the
Maine was blown up by a sub-marine
mine located by the Spaish authorities. As
to wheter it was fired by the Spanish au
thorities er not he declined to express an
opinion.
The position in which the ship was
placed, he said, was such that she could
have been fired upon by both forts at the
same time.
The committee meets tonight to supply
the text ot the report to be submitted to
the house. The members of the commit
tee now believe that war is inevitable un
less Spain backs down.
CONSUL WAS SPANIARD.
Bath Consul and Vice Have Resigned at
Carthegenia.
London, April 5.—A special dispatch
front Barcelona says that the United States
consulate there is guarded by police and
the United States consul and vice consul
at Carthegena, both said to be Spaniards,
have resigned.
According to the United States directory,
C. Molina is United States consul and Al
berto Molina vice consul at Carthegena.
ARCHBISHOP CALLS
Rut Says He Only Wished to Pay His Rt
spects to President,
Washington, April s—Archbishop Ire
land came to the state department a,t 12:20
o'clock. He had evidently arranged for the
call beforehand, and was expected, for he
was shown at once into Day's room.
Te the reporters who asked his mission,
'.rchbishop Ire kind was evasive and said
he eame simply to pay his respects.
Day said there had been no mediation
j or intervention of other powers, material
! or moral.
.SAVANNAH TAKES ACTION.
Cotton Exchange Passes Resolution Asking
That War be Averted.
Savannah, Ga., April s—The cotton ex
change has passed a resolution calling on
the president and congress do all possible
to avert war. Their action will be made
known to the president by telegraph.
THE MACON NEWS.
NOTE FROM THE VATICAN
Expected al Madrid Stating Pope's Plan of
Mediation.
Madrid, April 5.-12:30 a. m—The min
ister of foreign affairs in an interview just
obtained, said the Spanish goveriment is
expecting the speedy arrival of a note
from the Vatican in which the pope would
indicate the plans upon which he proposed
to terminate the present situation. -
PROPOSED TERMS OF POPE
Said to be Sucli as Can be Supported by
Both Governments.
Rome, April 5. —It is authoritatively
said that fthe pope’s proposed terms are
such as can he accepted by Spain and sup
ported by the United States. The pope’s
initiative is based wholly on the fact that
Spain, when she asked for the good offices
of the powers, also asked for the pope’s
good offices.
The inlerposition of the Pontiff has been
thus far confined to efforts to bring about
an armistice between Spain and the in
surgents. • •
iHELD HER RECEPTION.
Mrs. Woodford Entertains at the Legation-
Deadlock* Removed,
Madrid, April 5. —It is apparent ‘that fur
ther negotiations are progressing. The
deadlock whidfo seemed to have been
reached yesterday lias for a moment been
removed, though armisiblstice has not been
promised.
The family of Second .Secretary of Uni
ted States Legation, J. MacArthur, starts
for Paris tonight. Mis. Woodford held her
usual reception this afternoon.
CHILLY BOW
Received by Spanish Minister at a Royalty
Reception.
London, April s—Europeans—European diplomacy
often Indicates an important political at
titude by a social method. The entire di
plomatic corps was at yesterday’s levee,
but a significant interpreitatlon was pu't
upon an incident which the uninitiated
•-observer might regard as one of no conse
quence. When Colonel Hay, the United
Sta>tes ambassador, j>assed before the Duke
of York and the other royolties, all of them
advanced and cordially shook hands with
him. The Spanish minister followed Col.
Hay and was received with formal bows.
ORTON DEAD
The Tichborne Claimant Passed Away at
London.
T/ondon, April f> —Arthur Orton, the
Tichborne claimant, died last week. Orton
was the central figure in the greatest trial
(next to the impeachment of Andrew
Johnson) of the nineteenth century. He
claimed to be Sir Roger Tichborne and
heir to the immense estates of that family
in England. He came from the Australian
Archipelago to England to assert his pre
tensions. Lady Tichborne, among many
other distinguished people, recognized him
as her long-lost son. The British Isles
took sides on the famous case. Orton was
on the stand nearly two weeks. He lost
the ease, apd was sent to prison for per
jury and conspiracy to defraud. He really
was a butcher in Australia, and through
some means became acquainted with the
real Sir Roger, and at the latter’s death
IHtssessed himself of family heirlooms.
These proved of great aid to the impostor.
AT SHAWNEETOWN.
Succor Reing Carried to the People Confined
in Their Houses.
Cypress Junction, April s—lt5 —It was report
ed by 10 o’clock that twelve bodies had
been recovered at Shawneetown.
Telegraphic communication to Shawnee
town have not been re-established, and the
rumor cannot be substantiated.
It is said that some of them are badly
ma ngled.
The rescuers are having the greatest
dill lenity in persuading the people to leave
their flooded hpines. The buildings are
without fire and the tenants are suffering
with cold, yet when a rescue boat ap
proaches the rescuers were turned away
after leaving food.
Three car loads of relief supplies Were
at the waters edge today and the work of
trans|x>rting them across miles of Back
water bayou began promptly.
Among the supplies were’five long boats,
which were at once put into service in
place of the rudely constructed log boats.
Tho relief committee organized a wagon
train to Shawneetown, and as fast as sup
plies were received by boat they were*
loaded into the wagons and taken ahead.
Yesterday the supplies were taken to
Shawneetown by boats. The heavy cur
rent, however, near Shawneetown, to
gether with the roughness of the water,
madtf the trip dangerous. Consequently
the water course was abandoned.
The sun is shining, but a raw wind Is
blowing.
The rescuers found Mr. and Mrs.
Rhineholt and daughter, Lucy, who were
report, d missing yesterday. Two more,
daughters of the Rhineholt family, how
ever, perished.
Up to noon no new names were added
to the list of dead and missing.
The gap is over 500 feet wide and is
gradually widening. It is known that
forty-five or fifty lost their lives, but no
bodies have been recovered. The property
loss is immense.
MONTHLY MEETING
Chamber of Commerce Will be Called to
Order This Evening.
The regular monthly ‘meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce will be held this
afternoon at the chamber headquarters on
Cherry street.
There are no special matters to come
up further than the reading of a commu
nication from the Baltimore chamber of
commerce asking the chamber of com
merce here to join with them in asking
the president to pursue a pacific course
in the present war crisis.
Doubtless there will be some oposition to
this step, but the sentiment of the cham
ber is undoubtedly for peace if it can be
obtained withodt discredit to this country.
SMUGGLING
Os Diamonds is Charged Against Dr. Beck,
of Chicago.
New York. April 5. -Diamonds belong
ing to Dr. Carl Beck, of Chicago, and val
ued ar $2,000, were seized today on 'the
Cunard pier by Special Customs Agents,
and Dr. Beck was ordered to present him
self to Commissioner Shields today to an
swer to the charge of smuggling.
Dr. Beck failed to include the diamonds
xn his list of dutiable articles.
His actions excited the suspicions of the
inspectors and he was searched.
A LITTLE WORRIED.
Washington. April s.—The senate for
eign affairs committee met this morning.
A number of the members are worried
over the president’s message, but after dis
cussing the matter fully it was decided
to wait until tomorrow.
MACON NEWS TUESDAY APRIL 5 1898.
LOOK OUT NOW
FOR COLD WWE
The Weather Man Hangs Out
Flag and Predicts Frost
Tomorrow.
PEAR CROP KILLER
in This County, So an Orchardist
Says, by Last Weeks’ Cold
Snap—A Big Loss.
A cold wave is predicted for tonight.
The flag with tiie blue square in the centre
hangs ominously oin at the erty hall and
the telegram ln-ncatii it reads:
"Colder tonight, may be frost tomorrow
morning."
it would be well to do everything possi
ble to protect the vegetable and the fruit
trees.
Already the pear crop in this county has
been ruined.
't'liis announcement will come as a sur
prise to a great many people in the city
but it is nevertheless a fact. Mr. T. J.
Ware, w no has a large pear orchard, says
.that out of six or seven hundred bushels
promtseff on his trees last week be will
iiot have more than two or three bushels.
It seems that the cold wave ot last week
did more damage than it was given credit
for. At least it has killed the pears in
tliis section. Mr. Ware says that' he has
never seen so complete a kill on his or
chard. It was a black frost. The city was
protected by the houses and the smoke
and tor various reasons but out m the
country the orchards are dead.
The peaches are still safe, however, and
unless the frost tomorrow morning does
the damage .the crop wll be very large.
(,’onsiderluig the condition of the weather
today the anhouneemt-n.t of a probable
freeze tomorrow morning w.il come as a
surprise but the experience of other years
siioulil be a warning. There have been
more sudden drops tn the temperature
than are promised for tomorrow and there
is an ominous rarity in the air today.
The warning has been sent out all over
the state and the frost fires will be burn
ing all over the fruit belt tonight so as to
save as much as possible. It is hoped,
however, that the cold will not extend as
far South as Macon and the district beliw
but the old heads and good weather
prophets shake their heads and say until
the full mo onls over there is no safety
and that the wisest thing that those -who
want to be sure to save flowers and fruit
and vegetables to do is to take them in
out of the weather or to protect them by
some other means.
HORRORS OF WAR.
How the Battlefield Looked Just After
Sedan.
Somewhat of the horrors of war may be
learned from the following picture, drawn
by Dr. Russell, I lie war correspondent of
the London Tinies, on the battlefield of
Sedan:
“Let your readers fancy masses of col
ored tags glued together with blood and
brains and pinned into strange shapes by
fragments of bones. Let them conceive
men’s bodies without heads, legs without
bodies, heaps of human enitrails attached
to red and blue cloth, and disemitoweled
corpses in uniform, bodies lying about in
all attitudes, with .skulls •shattered, faces
blown off, hip smashed, bones, flesh, and
gay clothing all pounded together as if
brayed in a mortar, extending for miles,
not very thick in one place, but recurring
perpetually for weary hours, and then they
cannot with the most vivid imagination
come up to the sickening reality of that
butchery.”
NAVAL RESERVES
Are Getting Ready to Go to War on Short
Notice.
Brunswick, Ga., April s—Brunswick's5 —Brunswick's
militia called for recruits yesterday and
met ready response. The first recruit was
Timothy McAllister' Moczkowski, a well
known and patriotic naturalized citizen.
After the recruiting station was establish
ed the naval militia officers began an in
spection of steam vessels suitable for mos
quito fleet. Those listed for gunboat pur
poses are the tugs Inca, Iris, Urbanus
Dart, Angia and Nellie, steamers Hessie
Passport, steamers Pope Catlin, Governor
Safford, Egmont and Laurence will be used
for auxiliary purposes’.
The war feeling predominates all over
the Eleventh congressional district. Yes
terday the New York World corresi>ondent
wired representative citizens in nine dif
ferent counties to state local sentiment
and their views. Every answer give evi
dence that war feeling is running high.
The people in all walks of life demand
that President McKinley free Cuba imme
diately for humanity sake and secure sat
isfaction from Spain for the Maine disas
ter.
Ex-Congressman Henry G. Turner wired
last night: "I would give the president all
the .time he wishes to adjust our affairs
with Spain without war.”
NO DISTURBANCES YET,
Rabid Press Not so Sure of "Licking the
Greedy Americano."
Havana, April s.—Great excitement pre
vails here over the news that Spain has
practically rejected all the demands of the
United States. The war party is enthu
siastic and declares no other course was
consistent with the honor of Spain. No
disturbances have occurred, nor have one
Americans been molested,.but there is no
tt-lling when a demonstration may occur.
La Tueha prints a fierce editorial, say
ing that the honor of Spain will he de
fended, no matter how much blood may- be
shed.
•tn case of defeat,” La Tucha says,
“Spain will only lose Cuba and Puerto
Rico, but if the United States Is defeated,
its national credit will receive a blow
from which it will be hard to recover in
many years. But triumph or not, Spain
will fight •with glory. Her army and navy
are formed of Spanish patriots, and not of
greedy foreigners and adventurers like
those of the United States. While tha
Spanish soldier will fight for Spain, the
American will fight for his salary.”
This article has inflamed Spanish patri
otism.
The able-bodied men from 19 to 45 years
have been called to arms to join the bat
talions of volunteers. •
FRENCH PALAVER.
Madrid, April s—The French ambassa
dor here, Paenotte, has bad a long con
ference with the mlnteter of foreign affairs
at Gullon.
You can talk to 10,000 every flay through
the colurau of The Neva.
RECEPTION
Will be Given Mrs. Wittemore by Ladies In
terested in Door of Hope.
The ladies who have interested them
selves in the work of the Door of Hope,
are making arrangements to give Mrs.
Wittemore, president of the Doors or Hope
of America a warm reception when she
comes here this week.
Mrs. Wittemore will deliver several lec
tures while here on the work of the Door
of Hope, and the plans of building an in
dustrial school for the converts of the
home will be discussed.
This matter was taken up by the North
Georgia Conference some time ago, but
so far nothing definite has been done.
■Mrs. Whittemore will make visits to dif
ferent parts of the sfate and present the
needs of institutions of this kind.
The Maeon Door of Hope has accom
plished much good since its establishment
over a year ago. A large number of wo
men have taken refuge there, and many of
them have completely reformed.
CUBAN CIGARS
That Were Made by the Cubans in Prison at
Cabanas.
Mr. Willie Rogers, at the Parker News
Stand has received from a friend who is
now in Havana several boxes of cigars
that were made by prisoners in the pris
on a.t Cabanas, Cuba, from whom he pur
chased them.
The cigars are made oif genuine Havana
tobaeco and are highly prized by Mr.
Rogers. While they are in prison those of
the Cubans who are able to work are al
lowed to make cigars, and sell them, and
it is charged that the money is often taken
from them by the Spaish guards.
SALE OF LOTS
Belonging to Ocmulgee Land Company at
Court House Today.
This was sales day of proper'tj’ at the
court house and a number of pieces of
good property were put up. There was not
niu'cli activity among tlhe bidders however,
and the most inlteresting matter was the
kale of lots on the property of the Ocmul
gee Band 'Company.,
These were put up at auction by Mr.
Eon Hollingsworth, who made a most able
auctioneer. The lots are situated on
Pleasant Hill and are intended for the
use of the upper tendorn among the colored
population.
The bidding could not be said to ho very
lively. The lots were sold on the easiest
of terms. A hundred dolars credit was {al
lowed on each bid and all that the lot
brought over that amount was to be paid
in cash. •
The lots, some seventy of them, were
sold to Messrs. Geo. W. Duncan, Henry
Horne and H. G. Cutter, for prices rang
ing from slls to $135.
A lolt on the corner of First and Mulber
ry street was put up but was withdrawn,
as there were no bidders.
WANTS ADDRESSES
Os Those Who Have Had Dealings With
iAgent of Redpath Library.
For personal reasons I desire Itho address
of every lady or gentleman in this com
munity who has bee'll approached during
ti»e pas few weeks by Mr. Perry, repre
senting tilie Globe Publishing Co., of New
York, in the sale of the .Redpath Library
of Universal Literature.
I will consider It a kindness if all’such
will furnish me with their address at
once. Robert R. White,
322 New Street City.
POLITICS IN GEORGIA.
Comments of Editors and Candidates in the
Field.
Hon. 'R. -G. Dickerson, of Clinch county,
has formally announced his candidacy for
senator from the fifth district.
Georgians- have one less candidate to de
cide between at the June primary. Hon.
Martin V. Calvin wil not allow his name
to be further considered'in connection with
the oilice of commissioner of agriculture.
He Has accepted a busines softer.
Congressman Brantley, it is- thought, will
have no opposition for renominatiou for
congress this year. •
Colonel Robley Smith, of Crawford
county, denies that he is a candidate for
congress.
IBaxley Banner: Atkinson’s letter to Col.
Candler shows that Colonel Candler is not
the only letter writer in this campaign. It
reached the neighborhood of the Candler
solar plexus. The people who thought Ber
ner would not be a real factor in the race
are now modifying their opinion a little.
Berner is developing unexpected strength
in many sections of the state.
TOUR OF THE FESTIVAL
Commences at Knoxville on May 2, Then to
Macon.
The most striking and interesting event
of the month of May next will be the ini
tial tour of the Southern May Musical Fes
tival, under the management of J. S. At
kinson Co., beginning at Knoxville on
the second of May.
The extensive forces of this organiza
tion include an orchestra selected from
among the must prominc nt members ot the
Boston Symphony players and from the
New York orchestras of Seidi and Dam
rosch, under the able and talented conduc
torship of Mr. Gustav Strube, of .Boston.
These gentlemen form a picked orchestra
ot a finish and brilliancy of playing seldom
heard in the South and will contribute
materially to the success of the tour in the
symphonic selections they will play alone,
as well as in the accompaniments they will
play for the soloists.
The latter to tire number of twenty in
clude the following celebrated vocal ar
tists: Misses Alice Verlet, Nannie Hands,
Maud Pratt Chase, Grace Preston, Carrie
Bridewell and Margaret McNulty. Mr. S.
Kronberg, Harry Lucius Chase, U. S. Kerr,
Lon A. Jackson, George Mitchell; also Mr.
Felix Fox, solo pianist; Emanuel Fiedler,
violinist; Theodore Gordon, Xaner Reiter,
the greatest living French born player;
Margaret McNulty, harpist, and others.
The tour of the Southern May Musical
Festival will extend over three weeks.
This will place gefore the public in these
cities an aggregation of talent never be
fore assembled there, which promises a
genuine triumph for the cause of the high
er classical music in these cities, under
the interpretation of the ablest modern
artists of New York and Boston. Macon
is evidently convinced of the merits of
his attractive organization, as the sale of
subscriptions already is very large, unpre
cedented in the musical history of the
South.
FIRE IN DARIEN.
Darien, Ga., April 5. —Yesterday evening
a disastrous fire broke out in the lumber
mills of the Hilton & Dodge Lumber Co.,
on Union Island. The two fine saw mills,
two extensive dry kilns and an immense
quantity of sawed lumber lumber were
consumed. The plant was valued at sllO,-
000; insurance $40,000. The store of Mrs.
J. E. Delorme was also 'burned; stock
$5,000; insurance SI,BOO.
Subscribers must pay up and not pillow
small balances to run over from week to
week. The carriers have been in strueted
to accept no part payment from anyone
after April IxL
IT m RED HOT
IH THE MEETING
And There are Developments
to Come That Will be
Very Spicy.
CUSS HOBBS WERE USED
And Resolutions That Were Passed
Were Significant of Serious
Business to Follow.
A meeting was held on Saturday after
noon last in the office of Mr. Hugh V.
Washington which in many respects was
about as warm a gathering as lias been
seen in Macon for some tiiue. Not only
were those .who were present somewhat
excited and heated in their expressions,
but the room itself was not large eonough
to comfortably accommodate those who
were present.
It was a meeting of the members of the
Au.. 11 Lunul t.'oiiipauy whose
proud pussi ;•lens 011 the util, til ls of tile
city some four or five miles away were
once destined to be t.he Eldorado of the
south, as Mulberry Sillers would there
were as many millions in it as there are
miles in an ancieut ehees. .
But Che American Investment Company
is now in the hands of a receiver. It Iras
gone bhe way of other companies that have
held out the strangest inducements to the
investor and in which the investor has
placed his confidence and his money to his
sorrow.
The action placing the American Invest
ment Company in the hands of a receiver
was taken some time ago and at the time
did not attract very much attention among
t'ho-.a wl'O were onJhe outside and did not
own stock, but it is said that it caused
cold shivers of indignation to run down
■the vertebrae of a very large number of
the stockholders who were on the inside
so far as their stockholding was concern
ed, but who were really not on the inside
sufficiently to know anything of the in
terior working of the concern.
Used Cuss Words.
Hence the meeting on Saturday after
noon. It is stated that good church mem
bers used strong cuss words at that meet
ing and then apologized and were told by
other church members that their language
was excusable under the circumstances.
Postal cards had been issued to all the
stockholders of the company, but some of
the stockholders were not there. A suf
ficient number were, there, however, to
lake action -and. the outcome of tiie meet
ing will bo some very spicy developments
unless all signs fail.
A’ gentleman who speaks by the book
says that the stockholders authorized Mr.
Hugh V. Washington to take steps to pro
tect the interests of the stockholders of
■the American Investment Company and to
take them .promptly. They also told him to
go ahead and investigate the management
ot the affairs of the company and to bring
the whole thing before another meeting of
the stockholders at as early a date aS pos
sible. It is said from another source that
tho investigation has as a matter fact
already been made and that the attorney
now Iras some things in his inside pocket
that would make an even warmer meet
ing than that of Saturday last. It i s sa id
that the next meeting will ' held in a
larger room and that the ventilation will
bo better as a matter of precaution.
Object to Other Uosupa-nies.
A goodly part of the indignation on Sat
urday was caused by the fact that b’ae
American Investment Company had been
saddled with other companies which t eally
had nothing at all to do with this om .
The American Investment Company was
«at one time t.he largest and the most im
portant of these companies whose property
was located out beyond -and around the
Log Cabin Club, the prjde. and the boast
of social Macon.
Some five or six years ago the compa
nies were formed and so rapid was the de
velopment that the boom days of the west
were as nothing to it. Then the financial
crisis came and of course suburban prop
erty became a drug on the market had it
not been for this there could be no doubt
that tho American •Investment Cornpmiy,
■the Bellevue Land Company and the North
Macon Band Company would have panned
out. better than anything along the banks
of the Yukon river for the stockholders.
It was a brilliant idea to take these
lands that at one time were worth from
ten to fifteen dollars an acre and trans
form them in a few short months into
property worth five hunderd and a thous
and dollars an acre.
Transformation Scene.
It was a brilliant, conception- to trans
form the waste slopes, the furrowed hill
sides and the ragged, rugged roads into
rolling lawns' parks and beautiful boule
verads.' It was somethin,?’ new to that
country place to hear the lumbering of the
ox team change into the hum of the elec
tric car and it took pluck and plenty of
it to ‘throw thousands of dollars into the
development of the'properties, and perhaps
if some of the stockholders had realized
the chances that they took they might
have been little nervous.
Fortunately for the management and un
fortunately for themseive.'.. however, the
stockholders did not realize until it was
too late and the management was left
with the bag to hold when the financial
stringency came and the bottom fell out
of everything.
From .that good day to this the bottom
has been out of .Bellevue .and the hopes
of the stockholders have fallen until now
they are away below par.
It is asserted, however, that the only
way out of it all is to separate the com
panies which were 'all thrown into the
hands of the receiver a few weeks ago by
Captain Ross Sims and his brother, Mr.
Charles Sims. The petition under which
this action was tai . n was, as was assert
ed at. the time in The News, i perfectly
friendly suit and the Messrs, Sims simply
took action in order to prevent unfriendly
stockholders from throwing the companies
into the hands of a receiver through the
United States court.
lied Hoc Itesoliitions
But some of the stockholders did not
like it and hence the action of the meet
ing on Saturday. j.
It is stated by those who were present
at that meeting that the resolutions that
were passed were red hot, and that they
wer direct to the heart of the trouble,
but just what that trouble is it is some
what difficult to say just at this time
though there is every probability that the
matter will be very thoroughly aired in
the courts in the near future and that
when that Is done there will be sensation
enough to satisfy the most sensational.
It must be understood that the Amer
ican Investment Company is not by any
means a strictly local concern but its
fame went far and wide as a good invest
. ment and there were many people who
placed a goodly part of their small posses
sions in its keeping and for a time they
found that their judgment had been Well
rewarded and they induced others to take
advantage of a good thing while It was go-
ing, there are some of these mourners now
in Atlanta and Savannah -and in many of
the towns in neighboring states.
Be that as it may the public is now wait
ing with bated breath for the develop
ments that are sure to come.
A,GREAT EVENT.
T. P. A s. Making Great Preparations for
Entertainment.
Tiie T. P. A.’s are making great prepa
rations for their entertainment on the
night of the 15th at the Academy of Mu,
sic, the evening with Harry Edwards and
Macon’s Draina'tie and Musical Artists.
Tiie tickets for this delightful entertain
ment have- been put on sale, and are going
rapidly. The program, which was pub
lished in The News some time ago. is a
delightful one, and on it are some of the
best entertainers in the state.
The original headings of Mr. Harry Ed
wards will be the principal attraction,
though there are many other features of
the program of no less note.
CAPTAIN SATTERLEE.
His Examination Successful and He Will be
With the Artillery-
News has been received in Maeon of
Lieutenant if. Satterlee having success
fully passed his examination at Governor’s
island for a captaincy in the artillery. It
was feared by Lieutenant Satterlee’s
friends here,, and all over the state, that
he would fail in his physical examination,
but he has been on leave for about a year
recuperating his .health in Columbia. S. C.,
ami at other points, ami his many friends
will lie relieved' to learn of his success in
passing through the severe examination.
CONFIDENT OF CANDLER.
Says He Will Have an Easy Majority Over
Both Opponents,
Hon. I*. G. Dußignon passed through
Macon 'Sunday from Atlanta, where he
spent several days last week looking after
business* matters and incidentally confer
ring with the party leaders, and also wllh
his friend. Col. Candler.
Mr. du'Bignon expresses the greatest
confidence in Col. Candlers’ success. Chat
ham, he says, is not the only county in the
star in which 'Candler wil have a walk-
He will tarry between inety and a
hundren counties Mr. dußignon thinks,
including many of th larger counties of the
state, ami will have an easy majority over
both Atkinson -and Berner.
“In my position as chairman of the
Democratic party of he state,” said Mr.
dußignon, “1 do not feel that it would be
proper-for me to criticise Col. Candler s
opponents. It is well known, of course, that
I favor Col. Candlers’ nomination. I have
taken no active part in the campaign so
far, other than to look in on Col. Candler
in Atlanta occasionally and advise with
him. He is handling his own campaign
and is doing it suecesfully. 1 was sur
prised in looking over his political cor
respondence to see how many of the con
servative business men of the state, in
cluding a number from Chatham, who
cr.liiiaily take n . interest i>. poliiirs, bad
widen ( 01. Candler, a>=ur.ig him oi Gt. tr
suport.”
Mr. dußignon referred to Col. Candler's
reply to Judge Atkinson as a very satis
factory reply to the s4.rict.ures made upon
him by Judge Atkiuson iu the latter’s re
cent communication, criticising Col. Can
dler for refusing to enter into a joint de
bate.
NEW RAILROAD.
\ t
Will Run From Albany to Valdosta, Seventy
•’Five Miles.
Secretary of State 'Clifton yesterday
granted a Charter to the Valdosta and Al
bany Railroad Company, which intends to
build a railroad from the city of Albany
to the city of Valdosta.
The application for a charter states that
the road will be seventy-five miles in
length, and will pass through the counties
of Lowndes, Brooks, Colquitt, Worth,
Mi'ihcheil and 'Dugherty. ■
The incorporators ask for a capital stock
of SIOO,OOO with the privilege of increas
ing it to $1,00,000,000, as they may see fit.
The incorporators are all citizens of Val
dosta and are as follows: Thomas Craw
ford, J. R. Dasher, T. F. Shaw, T. W.
Shaw, E. VV. Lane, J. F. Lewis, J. M.
Briggs, C. R. Ashley, E. P. Rose, J. A.
■Dasher, Jr.
SPECIAL SESSION
Os the Legislature May Have to be Called
by Governor.
'Despite the many rumors to the effect
that Governor Atkinson intends to call a
special session of the legislature, he has
taken no such step and does no anticipate
the necessity of having to call the legisla
ture together.
Governor Atkinson will not be confront
ed with the necessity for calling the legis
lature together in special session unless,
in case of .hostilities, 'the national govern
ment fails to provide adequate defense for
the coast of Georgia and it falls upon the
state to make its own defenses.
No further communication was received
from the war department yesterday and
no new orders were issued to the state
naval reserve. In accordance with the in
structions sent by Adjutant General
Brown, the naval,reserves are recruiting
to .the maximum limit and making ready
for actual service.
COTTON FUTURES.
'New Yorok, April 5. —Cotton future.-:
opened quiet and steady. Salese 2,500. I
May 597, June 600, July 604, August 606, i
Septi ii ‘her and October 602, November Co 3, I
December 605, January 607, February 609, j
March 610.
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That the great majority of'men will buy new
Spring Clothes is certain.
The vital question is:
WHERE ?
The answer is as important to the buyer as it
is to us. If the people “knew it all” they come
to us at once. We have largest assortments, the
correct styles, lowest prices.
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GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man.
Equitable Building and Loan Association,
.Macon. Ga.. 461 Third Street.
PRICE TWO CENTS
POPE OPPOSED ■
TO WAR AT ALL
Says It Will Interfere Very
Much With Business in
This Country.
HAVE NO JUST CAUSE '
For War He Says, And Thinks That
the Humanitarian Idea Can be
Carried Too Far Altogether,
General Freight and Pa sen ger Agent A.
Pope, of the Georgia ami Alabama railroad
joins with 'the officials who say, "Let us
have peace." Mr. Pope does not think
this country has a just cause for war with
Spain, and says he does not believe in the
doctrine of humanitarianism being carried
too far.
Mi. Pope says the uncertainty as to just
what the outcome of the present strained
relations existing between this country
and Spain is Injuring the traffic of the
railroads to a considerable extent. He
finds that freight intended for shipment
to foreign ports is moving slowly, and this
is ascribed to the existing trouble. Lum
ber Is moving In but small quantities to
Savannah for shipment to foreign coun
tries.
Ship owners do not care, says Mr. Pope,
to have their vessels go out flying the
American flag, when they might be inter
cepted by the enemy’s cruisers before they
could reach their destinations or get back
to their home ports. War might be de
clared while they were on the high seas,
and the first intimation of it received by
their captains might be the descent of a
hostile vessel.
The same difficulty roaches to a certain
extent to vessels of other nationalities,
there being no assurance that Spain and
the United States will be the only nations
plunged in'to the war, if it should come.
Neutral nations’ vessels, when flying "their
flags, Mr. Pope says, could be stopped and
have demands for their papers made.
These are matters that deter owners from
having their vessels put to sea.
War, Mr. Pope believes, would be the
means of doss 4o the railroads. He admits
that there would be a strong movement
of hay, grain, provisions, clothing and all
kinds of army supplies, but does not think
it would be sufficient to offset the decrease
•that would become evident In the amount
of freight handled In the ordinary way in
time of peace. Business would be stag
nated, and shipments of goods would be
Infrequent andin small quantities.
When General Bragg's -army changed
front after the battle of Shiloh to Chatta
frone after the battle of Shiloh to Chatta
nooga, Mr. Pope was with the road that
Is now the Western Railway of Alabama.
He was the Montgomery agent of the line,
and managed the transportation of the
army of 26,500 men. He is thus pretty
familiar with the way movements of troops
are conducted. Up says the rates charged
the government for the transportation of
Its troops in time'of peace, which are 3
cents a mile for each, even when in large
numbers, would be lowered during hlstil
itles, when -the quartermaster would ask
for the short line rates, or those that would
be granted the public If similar movements
were contemplated over the lines by pri
vate parties.
Mr. Pope says it can now be seen that
many people are husbanding their re
sources in anticfixation of war. They are
buying but little, and" many houses are
now operating on a credit basis.
HARD FOUGHT BATTLE
Will be the Game of Ball Saturday After
noon.
The giame of ball at the park Saturday
afternoon between Mercer and" the Wake
Forrest team will be one of the hardest
fought battles ever played between two
college teams on the Macon diamond.
Mercer will do her best to conquer the
team which bested the University of Geor
gia last season, 'and in all the games she
plays this year will try afld win back the
reputation that she. once had, of being the
best college ball team in the South;
The Wake Forrest team Is said to be
even stronger than it was last season, but
the Mercer boys think that they have
gained in strength too, and the game will
be fought to a finish.
The Mercer boys feel that they have
profited greatly by the games that they
played with the Baltimore team, and have
been strengtheuejng the weak points on
the team.
The sponsors for the two teams have not
yet been chosen.
Following Is -the Wake Forrest team:
Reid, c; Edwards, p; Gogins, 2d b; Sam,
A., Ist bg; Sam. 0., 3rd b; Corker, s.s;
Hunuicirtt, If; Wiliams, cf; Rogster, rs;
sub, Bagley.
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