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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 M fcaßpy 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.