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OHEAP MONEY. II
•H per eent. and 7 par eant. «ney a*w
r< for loans on Macoa residence end
business properly. 8 per cent, money for
farm loans. Oser $5,000,000 encoessfully
negotiated, in Georgia alone. Ixwtna made
can he paid off at any Hma. We are head
quarters. O. A. Coleman. Gen. Man.,
15< Second street. Macaa, Ga.
ESTABLISHED 1884.
THE WAR IS ON AND UNITED
STATES DRAWS FIRST BLOOD
I
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U\ e Squadron is maneuvering near Fort Monroe, and is ready to sail for Cuban waters ata moments’notice. The whereabouts of the
Spanish Fleet is unknown, but Spain is believed to have several formidable ships in close proximity to Cuba and ready for an ensrairement The
President will to-day issue call for 100,000 volunteers. ciigagemcm. me
Congress will probably make a formal declaration of war before night.
GOES TO SINK
THEOREGON,
Spanish Torpedo Gunboat
Sailed this Afternoon from
Buenos Ayres to
IIIIWI BOATS BOATS.
It is Possible that the Tragic Naval
Engagement*Will Take Place
Within a Few Hours.
Washington. April 22. -I p. in. -News
has Just been received by the navy depart
ment to the effect (hat the Spanish torpe
do gunboat Teinbrario, n very dangerous
ver. <1 sail. <1 this afternoon from Hucnor,
Ayn-i to intercept the United States Pat
ti- hip Oregon ami gunboat Marietta,
which sailed .Mund.iy from V.tlpariaso for
'.Montevideo, and which arc now believed
to be bi t ween those points.
The Tem'brario is a fa I and formidable
boat and it i- believed Hi.it she will
* upon the Oregon and .Mariella within a
few hours, m wli till - even t a tragic naval
eugagomi nt will, in all proba.'bili ty take
place It is .il o suspected that the Tem
in.irio will be iinideinenti d by some other
Spanish warship now lying in or near
those waters.
ALFONSO XIII BLOWN UP.
Such is the Report that Comes From Key
West.
Key West, April 22. It is rumored here
,‘tliat the immense Spanish gun boat Al
phonse XII has been blown up by a
United States cruiser, but it cannot be |
confirmed.
Washington.* \pril 22, I p. m.—Report I
regarding Alfonso Nil. still not confirmed. |
and is not generally credited here.
ATKINSON OFFERS
Georgia Militia to President for Immediate
Service.
Atlanta, Ga.. April 22 -Governor Atkin
son today wired President McKinley ten
dering tlie services of the militia.
FLYING SQUADRON
Is Practicing and Mav Go Out at Moment's
Notice.
Fortress Monroe. April 22- The flying
squadron is practicing. It is ready to
move a.t a moment’s notice.
RIOTING IN WEST INDIES.
Trouble and Turmoil Throughout Spanish
Territory.
St. Thomas, April 2-2—Rioting h?
broken out in all parts of the West indies, !
Spanish territory today.
COALING STATION
AT HAWAIIAN ISLES
Rumored That Minister Sew
all and Admiral filler
Will Take Charge.
San Francisco, April 22—Advices from .
Honolulu under date of the 16th instant
state that it is rumored that Minister Se- !
well and Admiral Miller-will t.ke formal •
possession of the islands in the name of’!
the United States as a coaling station on j
the 15th. it was impossible to confirm the •
rumor when the steamer Rio Joner io left I
Honolulu.
READY FOR SEA.
The United Stases Squadron at Hong Kong
Baltimore Arrives.
Hong Kong. April 22—The United States
squadron i steady for sea. The Baltimore
has arrived.
SPANISH WARSHIP SIGHTED.
St. Johns, N. F.. April 22 —Ships which
have just arrived here report having sight
ed a mysterious steamer off Cape Raceshe.
The schooner was rigged and has two
masts without yards, and is not showing
any signals. A current rumor has it that
she is a Spanish warship searching for
American vessels.
CONTRABAND OF WAR.
London. April 22.—A special dispatch
from Madrid says the Spanish government
has been Officially notified that Great Bri
tain will regard coal as a cantraband erf
war.
his morning saw the beginning of hostilities between the United States and Spain, and an important naval eneagement at or near
Havana is expected any hour. Already the Cruiser Nashville has drawn first blood for the United States by firinir upon and cap
turing the Spanish steamer, \ ura. The Nashville sent a shot from her six=pounder after her and the Spaniards surrendered at once
She Avas laden with lumber from Texas.
At 6 o clock this morning the entire United States fleet at Key West sailed for Havana, and it is expected that an emrasrement
will occur before night or early to-morrow.
FIRST SHOE
OF fflE WAR.
The Cruiser Nashville Cap
tures a Spanish Mer
chant Vessel.
nm lEHES TO FIGHT.
I
An Important Naval Engagement
May Take Place at
Any Hour,
Key West, April 22—The United Staten
eruis-.’r Nashivllle has captured the Span
ish ship Buena Vura of one thousand tons
with a cargo of lumber. She was on her
way horn Texas.
The Nashville sent a shot from a six
pounder after her and she quickly sur
rendered.
The first Spanish prize is the steamer
Buena Ventura, from Paseagula. Mis-
H ipsi, for Rotterdom, with lumber,
'rhe Nashville fired a blank shot, which
the Spanish ignored. This was followed by
from a six pounder.
•®dhe Utiena Ventura then surrendered
with a crew of twenty men.
WOODFORD DEFIED THEM.
Spanish Police Tried to Arres' Member o»
Legation - Attacked by the Mob.
Hendaye, Spain. April 22. —-Woodford
crossed the frontier into France -after an
exciting experience.
The police atempted to capture a mem
ber of the legation but were frustrated by
AVoodfo rd.
At Valladolid the train was attacked.
Woodford was undisturbed.
Mr. Moreno -was the member of the
I United States legation singled by the
I Spanish police for capture on the ground
| that he was a subject of Spain, but the at
j tempt was frustrated owing to the pres
ence of mind of the minister.
At Valladolid the United States' minis-
1 ter’s train was attacked and stoned.
Windows were broken and the civil
guards were compelled to protect the car
riage with drawn swords.
Woodford, however, slept throughout the
disturbance.
The Moreno Incident threatened to be
serious The Spanish police made a de
termined effort to capture Morepo. but
AA'ood'ford stood in the doorway of the -car
riage declaring that he should only be re
moved by force.
A detachment of police accompanied the
thrain from Toloso to San Sebantian,
where the police officials left.
On seeing that the general was de.ter
j mined to maintain his rights at Segovia,
the students of the military college gath
ered on The platform cheering for Spain,
and there were several similar incidents
at other stopping places.
It was a gretit relief to the minister and
his party when the train first reached
French soil, but Woodford personally
setmed unconscious of any danger.
The general in biddng farewell to the
correspondent of the associated press who
accompanied him to the frontier, re
' quested the Associated Press to express
i sincere thanks to all represaatatives of
i the p-ess, European and American, for
: their uniform kindness and good faith.
TROOPS AT ST. LOUIS,
Infantry Companies and Cava’ry Are on
the Way to Chicamauga.
St. Louis, April 22. —Three trains came
j in today over the Burlington Road, having
on board the Eight infantry. Colonel Van
Horn. The troops came from Fort Rus
sell, and are bound for New Orleans,
i Later in the day the Wabash brought in
| the H troop of the First cavalry from Fort
Sill. The Louisville and Nashville car
ried the>m South. B troop of the same reg
> intent from Fort Reno, I. T., arrived en
i route for Chickamauga to join the remain
•> der there.
LONG CONFERENCE
Held by the Queen Regent With Weyler and
Diplomats.
Madrid, Aprli 22. —The queen regent had
a long conference today with Weyler and
European diplomats had frequent confer
ences with rhe minister of foreign affairs.
FUNSTON TO THE FRONT.
Kansas City, April 22. —Major Fred J.
Funston, son of ex-Congressman Charles
j Funston, of Kansas, passed through the
city today en rounte to Washington, on
orders from the war department. Funs
; ton spent two years in Cuba, taking part
in may important engagements.
EIGHTEENTH AT NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans, April 22 —Col. Van Valzah
I and staff and companies D and H of the
I Eightee nth regiment arrived today from
Fort Bliss.
“Manhattan” shirts are
made right. All the new
I ones at Neel’s.
EXTRA. 445 P. M.
THE MACON NEWS.
NATIONS NOTIFIED
OF BLOCADE.
United States Has Issued a
Proclamation Putting the
World on Notice.
Washington. April 22—A proclamation
notifying ail nations of the Havana har
bor blockade has been signed by the presi
dent.
MARYLAND’S
Militia Put on a War Fooling by the Gov
ernor.
Baltimore, April 22 —The first step to
ward putting the militia of Maryland upon
a war. footing was taken this morning,
when Governor Loundes issued an brder
promoting Adjutant General L. Aliison
Wilmer to be major general and placed
him in command of both land and naval
reserves of the state.
Wilmer’s headquarters will be in An
napolis for the present Orders calling out
the entire military forces of the state are
Momentarily expected.
TO PREVENT CONFISCATION,
Ail British Ships Carrying Naval Stores
Must Show Certificate.
London, April 22. —-The British admiral
has ordered that bills of Hading of all ships
carrying naval stores shall be accompa
nied by a certificate showing that the
stores are government property in order to
prevent the possibility of eonfiscation.
‘•GIT! NIT!”
“They Fit and Spain Quit’’ —Boston Globe
Sizes Up War.
Boston, April 23 —The Globe gives the
history of the coming war as follows:
Uncle Sam: “Git.”
Sagasta: “Nit,” and then they fit and
Spain quit.
CHICAMAUGA.
Work of Organizing Troops
Now Centering There
Has Commenced.
FORMING THE HUES
Arnold is in Command of the First
Brigade- of Cavalry and Hunt
Takes the Second Brigade,
Chattanooga. April 22.—The work of or
ganizing the United States troops centering
in Chickamauga into brigades and divis
ions, in order as General Brooke express
ed it, “to place them on a war footing in
the most effective manner.”
The camping grounds for the two bri
gadese of cavalry have been selected and
will be occupied by the troops already
There.
Colonel A. K. Arnold, who arrived to
day from Fort Riley, h’as been placed
at the head of the first brigade of cavalry,
he being the senior officer on the ground.
Colonel George G. Hunt, of the second
cavalry, has been placed in command of
the second brigade.
Twelve train leads of cavalry and
artillery and infantry arrived, ail from
artillery and infantry, all from -western
points, arrived at Chattanooga today.
BRIGADIER GENERAL.
Col. W. H. Nash Has Been Raised to that
Grade Todav.
Washington, April 22.—The president -to
day sent the nomination of Colonel W. H.
Nash, assistant commissary general of
subsistance to be commissary with the
rank of brigadier general, to the senate.
SECURITIES.
Effect of the War Upon Securities in New
York and London.
New York, April 22. —On Wall street,
with the exception of the New York- Cen
tral. all the leading railroad stock showed
gains at the opening.
London, April 22. —American securities
opened flat on the stock exchange but soon
weakened with fluctuations. Ixiter they
improved, with a feverish tone. Spanish
fours opened weak at SOL- Closing price
I yesterady 32.
Paris. April 22. —Spanish fours opened at
a net loss of 11-16 from yesterday.
Don’t think of buying a
straw hat until you see Neel’s |
MACON NEWS FRIDAY APRIL 22 1898.
ALL AGREED OU
VOLUNTEER BILL
On the Strength of Which
• the Call Will be Is
sued Today,
TH! PATRIOT'S CHANCE.
*
He Gan Go to the Front if He Wants
to Do So —lnteresting Reading
for Everyone.
Washington, April 22. —The conference
of the two houses on the volunteer army
bill before congress convened today.
According to this agreement the senate
receded from the first amendment concern
ing the time in which the organized mili
tia shall serve, but the time for which all
volunteers are to be enlisted was reduced
from three years to one.
The Warren ainendemen-t authorizing the
president to organize independent troops
was retained, but the number was limited
to 30,000. The senate receded from -the
amendment making it compulsory for reg
imental and company malitia officers to'
receive their commissions from the gover
nors of their respective states and leaving
it optional as flexed by the house.
The senate also receded from the amend
ment attaching an engineer officer to the
staff of each 'brigade commander. All the
other amen,loments, reducing the rank of
staff officers, etc., were agreed to.
Speaker Reed and the president have
both signed the bill. Alger today took it
to the Whitehouse for the president’s sig
nature.
The proclamation was prepared at the
war department.
One hundred thousand men will serve as
volunteers for one year. In the manu
script The call follows the outlines first
made by Lincoln in 1861 when he asked
for 75,000 men.
Necessarily there are a number of
changes because of- the different purposes
for which the volunteers are asked. If
the precedent Is followed Alger will, im
mediately upon the signing and issuance
of the proclamation request the executives
of each of the several states to cause to
be immediately detached from the military
the quota they will be called on to furnish.
The governors will communicate the
time at which such militia are expected
at the rendezvous where they Will be met
by the officers of the United States to mus
ter them into the service of the govern
ment. . - -■«
Following this the secretary of war will
designate the officers for muster service
and they will report at the places in each
state where the troops may be rendez
voused.
President Lincoln’s call was for but
75,000 men, but the total number furnished
was 91,816.
Washington, April 22—It is now believ
ed the call for volunteers won’t be made
until tomorrow.
SHE WILL"NEVER
GET TO HAVANA.
British Ship Sails From New
York With Supplies for
Spanish Troops.
New Yortj, April 22—The British ship
Aloedne sailed this morning with cargo
of war material. Spanish army captain said
he did not expect >to reach Havana.
RICH PRIZE.
Spanish Trading Vessel is Headed Toward
Havana.
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, April 22
The Spanish steamer Montzerratt left here
on April 13 with a valuable cargo for Ha
vana. She will provide a rich prize for a
United Sta-tes cruiser.
FRENCH-SPANIARD
Subscribes $50,000 to Help EAlong the
Spanish Navy.
Paris, April 22.—A Spanish financier has
subscribed $50,000 towards the fund which
the embassy of Spain here Is raising to
strengthen the fleet of that country.
ON A WAR FOOTING.
Hartford, Conn., April 22 —Governor
Cook announces that the Connecticut bri
gade will be recruited to a war footing to
night.
SPAIN’S RESERVE.
Madrid, April 22. —A royal decree has
been gazetted calling out 30,000 members
of the reserves of 1597.
“Manhattan” shirts in all
the new spring ideas at
Neel’s.
NEW MEMBERS'
FIRST MEETING.
The. Cabinet in Session This
Morning Takes Action on
Important Matters.
GABI SAYS GOODBYE.
The Members Discuss the Situation
and Action' is Decidedly the
Order of the Day,
Washington, April 22—McKinley was at
breakfast at five minutes past 9 o’clock.
Two old friends, Webb C. Hayes and
General Hastings, of Ohio, breakfasted
with him. They have been the president’s
guests for a day or two.
It was unusually quiet at the White
House during the forenoon, largely the
anticipitaition of the assemblage of the
president’s official council for it is the
regular cabinet day.
The change in the cabinet became oper
ative today and Postmaster General
Charles Emory Smith, of. hiladelphia, will
sit witn tne cabinet.
The. members of the cabinet late
assembling this morning. Long did not ar
rive until 11:20 o’clock and Alger ten
minutes later.
Sherman was accompanied by Day, Gary,
the retiring postmaster general, remained
only long enough to witness the taking of
the oath by his successor and then feel
ingly hade the president and his colleagues
good by-e.
After the cabinet meeting is was an
nounced that the president considers the
'war now on and no time will be lost in
forcing the issue.
The cabinet meeting today lastel from
11 to 1 o'clock. A discussion on the pro
posed pioclamation to the world that this
government will establish and effectively
i maintain the blockade of the port of Ha
| vana, occupide considerable time.
I The proclamation is substantially as pre
pared by the attorney generad, and was
signed before the meeting adjourned, and
will be promulgated, it is understood, at
once.
The embargo resolutions of congress
were also discussed at length and approv
ed by the president. These go into effect
immediately. The.p effectly- prevent the
landing at any Cuban or other Spanish
port of coal or other contraband artielese.
T£he customs officers will be instructed not
•to grant clearance papers to any vessels
so laden and if false statements are made
as to the destination they are not to be
permitted to pass the blockade and will be
subject t’oseizure.
The cabinet discussed a number of mat
ters bearing upon the siuation but t,he
members were unusually reticent in regard
to them.
At the conclusion of the meeting the
president tookawalk with Secreary Alger.
No other meeting of the cabinet will be
held today unless by special call.
ALL SUSPENSE IS
OVER IN MACON.
The News of Actual Hostilities
Loosens the Tension
of Excitement,
Nearly all branches of trade are prac
tically suspended today, and every one is
anxiously watching the bulletin boards for
the tidings of new developments in the
action of the governments who are now
charging on one another with their power
ful steel clad vessels.
• The announcement on The New’s bul
letin boards this morning that a Spanish
boat had been captured by the cruiser
Nashville was reveived with the most In
tense excitement. People shouted, and
those who have doubted until the last mo
ment that there would not be war, gave
up when they saw that the United States
had fired the first gun, and by virtue of
that had declared hostilities toward the
Spanish nation.
PRIVATEERING.
Announcement Made in House of Commons
this Afternoon.
the house of commons this afternoon by
Balfour, acting secretary of foreign af
fairs, that Spain has not yet told of her in
tention as to a declaration regarding pri
vateering.
TOO ANXIOUS.
London, April 22--Lloyds have received a
dispatch from Cadiz, Spain, inquiring
whether there is any confirmation of the
story that the United States cruiser San
Francisco has been blown up by boiler
bursting. The San Francisco is at the
Brookylyn navy yard undergoing repairs.
Ladies’ sailors, beauties, at
Neel’s.
REAR ADMIRAL I
IS SAMPSON NOW.
Ho Has Been Promoted But
After the War He Will
Drop Back Again.
Washington, April 22.—Captain Sampson
will be nominated read admiral. After the
war closes he will drop back «to his old
rank, this step being taken to insure to
Sampson command as a ranking officer.
DR. I. T. TICHENOR
Os the Home Mission Board Will Speak at
. First Bapt'st Church.
Dr. Tichenor, corresponding secretary of
the Home Mission Board, will spend Sun
day in the city. He will be the guest of
.Mr. E. Y. M-allary.
Dr. Tichenor will speak in the First
Baptish crurch Sunday morning. Dou'bt
leses he will have much to say about the
unwritten history of Cuba. No man in our
country 'is more deeply interested in the
Gem of the Antilles.
RAILROAD SCHEDULES
Will be Changed by the Southern on May
First.
The Southern railroad will soon •an
nounce the spring changes of schedules
for this section. The changes will po into
effect about May Ist and the officials of
the road are working on the proposed
changes.
The Southern will put on the usual
summer trains and some Poplar Spring
and surnmor trains will be run this year.
Trains to the resorts will be operated most
conyenienitly for the public, and the of
ficials promise the best service ever given.
NOT LEFT DEVERDE.
Washington, April ' 22.—Nothing has
been received to indicate that the Spanish
fleet has left Cape Deverde Islands.
MANIFESTO
Issued by the Colonial Gov
ernment to the People
of Cuba.
AMERICAN ANIEIATIOI
Is Held Out as the Cause for Inter
vention at This Time, “When
Peace Was Imminent”
Havana, April 22. —The colonial gov
ernment has published a manifesto pro
testing against the intervention of the
United States at the moment of the estab
lishment of a new regime oif political liber
ality -and when Cuba for the first time was
going to elect a colonial parliament re
placing Spain’s sovereignty in Cuba with
autonomy.
The manifesto also intimates that it is
the intention of the United States to an
nex Cuba and adds:
“It is a duty of ail inhabitants to repel
invaders to remember the heroic conduct
of the defenders of Havana over a century
ago against the invaders, (referring to the
British -invasion.)
The manifesto conludes with acclaiming
■Spain, the (Spanish, Cuba, the King and the
Queen Regent.
The Nashville towed her prize into this
harbor at 11 o’clock this morning and put
the prize crew on board.
Both the ships are lying well out in the
stream. The news Os the -capture of the
Spaniard set the people of Key West fran
tic with enthusiasm. All work has been
suspended and the docks are crowded with
people.
MULBERRY STREET CHURCH,
Sermons by Revs. A. M. Williams and W.
W. Pinson.
On yesterday afternoon in the absencq
of the pastor, who was called upon to per
form a marriage ceremony, Rev. A. M.
M illiams__ preached at Mulberry Street
Church at 4 o’clock on the subject of the
New Birth.
The pastor preached last night on the
text “How Shall we Escape if we Neglect
so Great Salvation.” The preacher said
in part that common sense teaches us that
'.here must be something to escape; that
there is a penalty for wrong doing. We
ourselves every day are making up moral
judgments. We cannot help doing this;
actions present themselves to us as either
good or bad; and we cannot confuse our
judgment of the two. Again, conscience
deeply assures us of the radical difference
be-tween right and wrong, and this faculty
of our beiQg makes it impossible for us
•to think that good and evil would at last
be rewarded with the same destiny. Again,
Christ, who represented in his life time
the utmost of love and sacrifice is the one
who most distinctly tells us of the reward
of the good and the penalty of evil.
MACDN^GUARDS
WANT HELP,
They arc Not Fullv Equipped
and The News Calls
On the Public,
SUBSCRIPTION LISTSTARTEO.
Only Three Hundred Dollars is Now
Wanted and It Should Come
Forward Very Quickly.
The Macon Guards are still very short
of equipments and of a number of articles
that will tend to make life on a campaign
a little more comfortable.
About three hundred dollars more will
be sufficient to supply the needs of the
company, and Captain .1. E. P. Stevens is
anxious to take him company out of Ma
con as thoroughly equipped as any compa
ny in tiie service.
The News 'has consented to aid in the
work of m'aking up the fund necessary to
provide all the equipments for the boys.
They -want —
Siloes. a * '
Uniforms. ' »
Mess outfit.
Blankets.
Jeans pants.
Flannel shirts.
Plates, knives, forks, etc.
Os course they have some of all these
things, but as the enlistment of this com
pany has been very considerable since the
order went out, they are now very defi
cient.
Captain Stevens, when seen this morn
ing by a Sews reporter, said:
“I feel very grateful to The News for
the effort they are making in our behalf.
It is true that our company is deficient in
many of the barest necessities. We do riot
want anything but just those things that
we cannot do without, but if we were or
dered out today we would have to leave
Macon with the very barest equipment. 'ln
(fact we would be entirely lacking in many
of the things that are wanted.
“We do not want to be better than any
one else, but we do 'want to be as well off
as anj' of them and I feel sure that the
people of Macon do not want their soldiers
to go out with a deficiency of supplies.
“Os course it is true that sometime or
another we would get these supplies from
the government, but it would probably be
a long time before the supplies are receiv
ed after the requisition is made.”
The subscription for the purpose of sup
plying the Macon Guards with what they
want was started this morning and up to
noon the list stood as follows:
R. H. Plant $25-00
Ross Sims . 10 00
Albert Jones 5 00
T. B. West 5 00
LAMAR WILL CASE.
A Decision May Be Reached Sometime this
Afternoon.
The superior court is still taken up with
the Lamar will case which was com
menced before Judge Felton on Monday
last. The feature of the case is the claim
made on the part of Mr. Henry J. Lamar
for an Interest in the business of H. J.
Lamar & Sons which was left by the will
of the late Henry J. Lamar for division
among the heirs. Mr H. J. Lamar claims
that he was a partner in the business and
that his father in willing the property
meant to include him as one of the own
ers. The other heirs, among whom is Mrs.
Rankin, of Atlanta, claim .that the prop
erty belonged do Colonel Lamar exclusive
ly and that Mr. H. J. Lamar relinquished
any interest he had in the property ,ten
years ago.
A large number of counsel is engaged
in the case representing -the different liti
gants. The suit was first brought by the
executors asking for direction in the di
vision of the large amount of property
left by Colonel Lamar and which under
the terms of the will they found it would
be extremely difficult to divide. The
perishable property for instance was not
excluded from the general provision keep
ing the property intact for the next five
years.
Out of this have arisen a number of
branch features making the litigation in
volved in the extreme.
It is not improbable that the case will
take up the rest of the week.
AGED HERO.
Disabled Octogenarian Wants to Aid Cuban
Cause.
Kokomo, Ind.. April 22. —Colonel Edwin
W. Harleman, of this city, left for Key
West, Fla., last evening to assist in the
cause of Cuba. Harlemarf, who is a vete
ran. of the late war, is over 84 years' of
age, blind in one eye, deaf *in one ear,
lame in one leg and paralyzed in one arm.
He carries several bullets in his body and
draws a pension for total disability.
NINTH CAVALRY MOVES. .
Chicago, April 22. —The ninth cavalry,
colored, from Fort Robinson, Nebraska,
left this city today for Chickamauga.
All the correct styles in
straws at Neel’s.
8 Per Cent Guaranteed !
Dividends paid swnl-annually, stock secured
by deeds to improved real estate in mota
than double the amount, deposited with
I nion Savings Bank and Trust Co.
GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man.
Equitable Building and Loan Association,
Macon. <la.. 461 Third Street.
PRICE THREE CENTS
CAPTAIN SLOAN
SERIOUSLY HURT
.
A Frantic Horse Ran Away
With Him This Morning
on Mulberrv.
AN EXCITING SCENE
When the Horse Ran After Some
Gentleman Who Were Walking
Down the Street.
Early this morning there was a run
away on .Mulberry street in which Capt.
W. H. Sloan, a conductor on ithe Southern,
railway, and living at 516 Madison street,
was injured to such an extent that he may
die.
The horse which Captain Sloan was
driving was a spirited one, and became
frightened ait some object as he got near
the Stubblefield house, and commenced
running. Dr. H. W. Walker, Brown Tay
lor and Robert Leonard were walking on
the sidewalk .towards the business portion,
of the city. The horse was evidently fran
with rage, for he started down .the side
walk towards these gentlemen and when
the buggy struck a tree. Captain Sloan
was thrown out, his head striking
first. The gentleman sprang the fence
to get out of the way of the enraged
' brute, but afiter them, break
ing away from the buggy. They succeed
-1 ed in getting out of the horse’s way by
climbing over another fence.
Dr. Walker was hit in the face by a
flying paling from the fence and slightly
injured.
This exciting scene took place at the
corner of First and Mulberry streets, on
the lot adjoining' the Stubblefield house.
A'crowd ran to the assistance of Captain
Sloan, who was lying on the ground in an.
unconscious condition. He was carried to
Mrs. Hill’s residence near by. Dr. Win
chester was called and pronounced his in
juries as being very serious. It was
thought best to move the injured man to
his home, where he copld be attended by
his wife. At the last • accounts he" was
still in a critical condition, his skull hav
ing been fractured, and he was otherwise
internally injured.
SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Aged Farmer of Twiggs Thrown
From His Buggy.
Mr. John Wdst, an aged farmer o£
Twiggs county was thrown from Ms buggy
and seriously if not fatally hurt while re
turning to his home from Macon. Mr.
'West is said to be in a serious condition,
and his death is expected at any moment.
The team which he was driving became
'frightened while he was driving home
ward, and ran away throwing him from
the buggy.
GROVER CLEVELAND
TO THE STUDENTS.
Princeton Held Greatest De
monstration Ever Known
in its History.
Princeton, N. J., April 22.—The greatest
student demonstration since the cival war
took place at the Princeton campus last
night. A thousand students paraded the
town and finally drew up in front of ex-
President 'Cleveland’s house and with ring
ing cheers induced him out.
Cleveland made a speech, every sentence
of which was loudly cheered. He said:
“I suppose this demonstration is an evi
dence of your patriotism in a critical hour
of the nation’s history. I am glad to see
it.
“Stand by the country when she is right
and I am not sure but that we Should stand
by her when she is wrong.
“Let us hope that in this crisis that our
arms may sustain their prowess and that
it will be demonstrated in after years that
we were right.
“Stern duties face the American people.
Let us hope that those duties will be per
formed in the same high way that our
other duties were performed in the pre
liminary stages of the trouble. But let us
be conservative and righteous to the end.”
With loud hurrahs the students marched
away.
BLOCKADE PROCLAMATION.
Washington, April 22—The President
has issued the blockade proclamation. It
announces the blockade of all ports on the •
north coast of Cuba and the port of Clen
fuegos on the son th coast.
\l
IN A STATE OF WAR.
Havana, April 22.—Blanco has publish
ed a decree declaring the island of Cuba
in a state of war.
“Manhattan” . shirts fit
right. All the new ones at
Neel’s.