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OHEAP MONEY.
•H per eent. and t per eent eney
ready far loan* on Macon reefdenee and
buelneoa property. 8 per cent money for
farm loan*. Over 85.000.000 aucceeafully
negotiated In Georgia alone. Ixxn* made
can be paid off *4 any tltno. We are head
quarters. O. A. Coleman, Gen. Man..
16* Second street. Macea. Ga.
ESTABLISHED 1884
FRANCE MV BAND
SOME SATIWTM,
" ‘ ■ ■■ e
Mail Vessel, Flying Colors of Thai Country, Overhauled bsl
Night, and After Investigation Was
MADE PRISONED
The Lafayette, Bound for Ha
vana from Spanish Port,
is Held at Key West.
SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS
May R<?sult, and the Shooting of a
Few Frenchmen May Be
come Necessary.
Washington, May G.—lt
is expected in administration
circles that Porto Rico will
be taken tomorrow by the
United States. Important
news is expected Sunday.
London, Majr G.—The
Spanish E nibassay denies
that the Queen Regent in
tends to abdicate.
K y West. 'May 6. The French steamer
Las, yette, bound for Havana for Spanish
por i. was captured last night by the
United 'States ertfiser Annapolis.
The Lafayette headed directly into fla
van and was captured only after an ex
citi chase.
A < r being Imardtd once by an officer of
.the Annapolis, she attempted to run for it
but was again compelled to heave to.
Tile Wilmington, Newport and 'Morrill
participated in the capture.
'For over two hours Captain Hunter, of
the Annapolis, temporary flag qfli«T, and
Captain Todd of the'Wilmington, exchang
ed signals. After an examination of the
/Frem limati’s papers had been made a prize
crew from the Annapolis was placid
aboard and she was sent to Key West
under escort of the Wilmington.
A very delicate international question
is thought to be involved, because of the
consultation, which finally resulted in tak
ing her to Key West.
The fact tiiat she is thought to have li ft
a Spanish port after a declaration of war
seems to be the warrant for holding her.
On the question of contraband of war
z the ofthers of the Wilmington are reticent.
The very large number of mile passengers
aboard I. ads to the suspicion that she car
ried recruits <or Havana.
The Lafayette, which hails from St. Na
zaec, is a line vessel of the old type. She
is 344 feet long has 44 feet 'beam and 28
feet deep. She was built in 1864 at Green
nock of Iron.
It is reported that the Lafayette, in ad
dition to being-a French mail steamer, is
a french naval reserve vessel, mounting
guns and carrying a crew sufficient to
make her ready for service at short no
tice. Tnitf. it is said, adds considerably
to the gravity of the international aspect
of the case.
The officers of the Lafayette say that
tier detention will be made an interna
tional episode.
VIEWED IN WASHINGTON.
Officials There Think That Very Serious
Complications May Arise.
Washington. May 6—-The seizure of the
French liner Lafayette by the gunboat \n
napolis. caused a distinct sensation in offi
cial and diplomatic circles here, as it is
believed to involve the possibility of more
serious foreign complications than have
arisen thus far.
The officials of the state department and
of the French embassy received the news
of the capture from Associated Press dis
patches and in both quarters it is given
grave attention.
In the state department it is taken as
the forerunner of a number of cases of
like character to follow for this was ex
perienced toy the United States blockading
forces during the civil war.
Many times during the progress of that
■war the country was on the verge of a
breach of diplomatic relations with some
European nations because of the seizure
of blockade runners.
Taking the facts as reported, the officials
of the department declare positively, and
in this they are supported by the unan
imous verdict of the naval officials, that
there can he no question that the Lafayette
was a blockade runner pure and simple,
and as such is a lawful prize.
The department has (been disposed to
treat with the greatest liberality the ship
ping of the neutral powers and has already
stated that we have taken advanced posi
tion in the matter.
In the opinion of the officials the La
fayette has clearly violated the president’s
proclamation which was carefully drawn
in accordance with the most advanced
theories of the rights of neutrals.
A serious question, however, arises
from the fact that the foregoing views the
officials here were not likely to be accept
ed by the French government and its rep-
rcsentatlves in Washington at the French
embassy.
The ambassador had intended to go to
New York today foul on hearing of the
taking of the Lafayette determined to re
main here to look after such questions as
are likely to arise.
In the alisence of official information he
asked to “be excused from discussing what
course the French government .would take,
it .is said to be unquestionable, however,
tiiat France will lodge a complaint with
this country.
LITTLE MUTINY
On Board the Steamer Alamo, but Soon
Fizzled Out.
Key West, '.May 6.—The Mallory line
steamer Alamo, having on board a detach
ment of West Point engineers, bound for
Cuba, had a small mutiny today among
the firemen and coal passers.
The men on learning that the Alamo
was to proceed to Cuba when the troops
got here, refused to do their duty under the
circumstances, claiming the steamer was
not sufficiently protected against the ene
my.
The mutiny threatened to result in se
rious delay, but the captain of the engi
neers took the matter in hand, placed the
mutinous men under restraint with a
strong guard, and the trouble soon fizzled
out.
TWENTY-FIFTH MOVES.
Left Chickamauga This Afternoon and Will
Pass Macon Tonight.
Chattanooga, 'May 6. —The Twenty-fifth
regiment of infantry, colored, Colonel
Burt, left for Tampa this afternoon on spe
cial trains.
Every regiment encamped at Chicka
mauga lias received orders to ship all sur
plus baggage to the home posts at once.
Tiie order is being rapidly carried out to
day and the army many now be said to be
ready with simple field epuipment to move
.mt at a .Ament’s notice.
WILLIAMTALKS
TO REICHSTAG.
Says'That Will Remain Neu
tral But Will Fully Protect
All German Interests.
Berlin, 'May 6 The ceremony of closing
the session of the Reichstag took place to
day. The Emperor in a speech from the
throne referring to the war between Spain
uid the United States said:
"The government will fully fulfill the
duties involved by a neutral position, but
on the other hand will protect so far as
possible German navigation and commerce
from molestation or injury.”
With regard to the Chinese question the
Emperor said:
’’The dispatch of a squadron to Kiao
Chou to demand atonement for the blood
of tiie German missionaries made it pos-*
siible to satisfy the long cherished and
fully justified desire to obtain a foothold
in East Asia capable of commercial devel
opment and military defense.”
“DEATH TO GUARDS.”
Was the Cry in Madrid as the Civil Guard
Passed By.
London, May 6.—lt is announced in a
letter from Madrid dated May 2. describing
the military procession In honor of Mu
rats victims that among the cries heard
on the Horto Kiel Sol. was the fatal one,
“Death to Civil Guards.”’ as a section of
this famous body passed.
Continuing, the letter says, "The civil
guards are the very backbone of Spain,
the one incorruptible body of men whose
very presence has a powerful effect in
suppressing riot and sedition. So when
“t'Dath to civil guards” is heard, prudent
men will prepare for the worst.
SPOT COTTON,
New A ork. 'May 6.—Spot cotton opened
steady. Midliug uplands 6 3-8. Midling
gulf 6 5-8.
anti-english -
IS THE SENTIMENT
In All the Cuban Towns Occu
pied by the Spaniards
at This Time.
Kingston, Jamaica. May 6 —Since Amer
ican consular affairs were placed in the
hands of the British consuls an anti-Eng
lish feeling has developed in the cities—
Cuba held by Spaniards.
This has been increased by the friendly
English comments reproduced in the Span
ish and Cuban press.
Naval men at Port Royal expect the
cruisers Recently added to the West Indies
fleet be sent to Cuban ports for the moral
effect of the demonstration.
Senor Marconel, the Spanish consul here
has for the second time informed the Colo
nial authorities that he does not .believe
himself safe owing to the number of Cu
bans and Cuban sympathizers in Kingston.
He has applied for and has been granted
police protection.
BOYS DON’T LIKE THEM.
Don't bn» the wide brim straw hats.
Get our proper shapes. Phillips.
THE MACON NEWS.
NO WORD VET
Growing Suspicion in Wash
ington That Dewev Has
Had More Fighting
TO SILENCE TH! FORTS,
Which Was No Easy Task, and He
Could Not Possibly Spare
a Vessel,
London, May’6.—Spanish
authorities here are intimat
ing that Dewey has been en
trapped by the Spanish gun
boats kept concealed outside
Manila. It is believed, how
ever, that they are only mak
ing as much of Dewey’s ab
sence from Hong Kong as
possible.
Hong Kong, May G.—
There is no communication
by wire with Manila.
Washington, May 6 —The fifth day since
the bat tle of ‘Manila opened’without bring
ing the slightest trace of news of that en
gagement from any official source to the'
navy department.
The state department was in equal ig
norance, notwitstanding the fact that it
has taken steps to receive the earliest in
formation that might reach Hong Kong
through Mr. Wildman, the United States
consul at that point.
No apprehension is expressed, however,
as to the* safety of the American fleet at
Manila, though there is a dawning ’sus
picion that Dewey was not able to subdue
the forts at Corredgidor island, the de
fenses of 'Manila proper immediately.
From the meagre reports received from
Manila before the interruption of the ca
ble it .was not made quite clear that the
Spanish forts at Cavite were forced to
surrender immediately succeeding the
naval engagement.
If that iwere the case Dewey would be
under the necessity of destroying or cap
turing them afterward in order to insure,
the safety of his own fleet. Likewise it
would be necessary to silence the Corregi
dor guns in order to avoid 'being (bottled
up in the harbor.
Both of these tasks take not only time
but ships, and it is not to be supposed
Dewey felt justified in sending one of his
vessels away for the simple .purpose of
carrying news when she was neede’d in a
fight.
JAPANESE REPORT.
Says That Great Loss of Life Has Occurred
at Manila.
London, May 6.—A special dispatch from
Shanghai, published today, gives wtiat
purports to be a Japanese report of the
fighting at Manila, received via the Island
of Formosa.
It says that after disposing of the Span
ish fleet and iCavite, Captain Dewey bom
barded Manila itself. •
The city, it appears, was soon on fire in
many parts, the work chiefly of insur
gents.
Great loss of life is reported to have oc
curred among the Spanish residents of the
city.
TWO PRIZES.
Little Fishing Schooners Were
Brought Into Key West
This Morning.
Key West, May 6—Two little prizes
were brought in this morning. They were
both Spanish fishing schooners of no great
value, the Oriente and Antonio Swarz.
The Oriente was captured by the gunboat
Helena off Havana. She was bound for
Havina with a cargo of dried fish and had
been out thirty-five days.
The Antohio was captured by the dis
patch boat Uneas, off Boco Cieja. Havana.
It is said she signaled information to a
French steamer as to where she could land
without interference from the blockading
fleet.
mark letters
VERY PLAINLY
Advice by Assistant Postmas
ter General to Friends of
the Soldiers.
Washington, May 6. —First Assistant
Postmaster General Heath today said that
t.h. friends and relatives of soldiers in the
field in addressing letters to them should
mark plainly the company and regiment
to which they belonged, as by doing so the
distribution of mail would be facilitated.
This splies to both the regular troops and
the militia volunteers.
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MACON NEWS FRIDAY MAY 6 1898.
ASK ENGLANDi
SHE_REFUSES
Another Effort Made bv the
Powers to Have Great
Britain Interfere.
COMMISSION lE* SHIPS.
However, and the Action is Looked
Upon as Significant—Trouble
May Come Yet,
London, May 6.—Certain
powers have again overtured
Great Britain to intervene
and Great Britain has again
refused.
London, May 6.—Certain powers, it is
learned by the Asociated Press, have again
made overtures to Great .Britain looking,
to the intervention in the war between
Spain and the United States, but Great
Britain has persisted in the refusal to take
part in any sucli movemeht. It is a sig
nificant fact that British naval authorities
have decided to immediately commission
two new battleships just completed.
PLANS OF SHERMAN.
How the Aged Statesman Takes His Retire
ment.
Washington, May 6.—The venerable John
'Sherman has retired from pbiic view as
completely as thopugh lie had been laid
'beneath the sod. in times of peace his re
tirement would hae ‘been a seven days’
sensation. In this time of war it is passed
over as an event of minor interest. Tiie
capital of the nation is talking of some
thing else now. Mr. Sherman has’accepted
the public neglect, as it were, li'ke a phi
losopher, and so 'far as Unost Os us know,
without great complaint.
One of t'he state department employes
tells me that Sherman is taking a good
healthy nap every afternoon and seems
cheerful. His future .plans are somewhat
indefinite, but his gentleman tells me that
the sage -of 'Mansfield is contemplating a
year or so of travel with Mrs. Sherman
and will probably circle the glo'be before
he shall finally setle down to pass his last
peaceful years in his Northern home.
RAVAGE
Atlantic Coast, for Dewev’s Deed, May the
Spanish.
Washington, 'May 6. —'Fearing an attack
upon the seaports of the north Atlantic
coast by the Spanish men-of-war that are
now on their .way to 'Western waters, Sec
retary 'Alger has taken steps to further
improve the coast defenses. There is ex
cellent authority for ne satement that the
administration believes that the Spanish
men-of-war will appear at some ]*ort on
our coast and attempt to retaliate for the
loss of the- Philippine Islands toy doing us
as much damage as possible, and when
this work has been accomplis lied sail with
all speed for Puerto Rico, and, if neces
sary, fight their way into San Juan. New
York is considered in good condi til on to
resist attack, but this is not the case with
New England cities and with ports along
the 'Southern coast.
It was to 'prevent privateers from rav
aging the 'Northeast coast that the cruis
ers Columbia and IMinneapotis went sent
to patrol duty there and the mobilization
elf the Norihen .patrol squadron at Prov
incetown 'with a view of having a naval
force handy to resist an attack on any of
the Northern ports.
BOUGHT COMANCHE.
The Steam Yacht Built for H. M. Hanna
Has Been Purchaned.
Cleveland, May 6. —The splendid steel
steam ya.'•hl Commanche, which was built
toy the Globe Iron Works Company for 11.
.VI. 'Hanna in 1892, has been bought by the
government.
NEW TELEPHONE.
Mr. Clark Grier is in the City Today With
That Object in View.
Mr. Clark Grier, who is in tfre city today,
is here for the purpose of arranging for
the bringing into Macon of a new long
distance telephone ytoneclion.
Mr. Grier has many friends in the city,
and while he is reticent about his plans, it
is understood that he has something impor
tant on hand.
He will have a petition before council
on next Tuesday night.
GETTING READY
To Carry the Troops Over to
the Island of Cuba
at Once.
Tampa, May 6—Seven transport boats
ire now at Port Tampa and will soon be
in readiness for loading the troops.
The Florida has already taken on board
a full supply of coal and a large force of
carpenters was put at work today erecting
the stalls for horses and packmules.
The Whitnel, Comal, Berkshire, and
Allegheney are tied up at the docks taking
coal and this finished the work making
alterations necessary for their use as
transport ships be rushed. The Gussie,
which arrived yesterday from New Orleans
with a cargo of packmules is still stuck to
the bar a short distance south of its dock
and will probably have to be unloaded by
lighters. It is not probable that the long
looked for orders to break camp will be
given before decisive naval engagement
has been announced.
BUDD NOT SCARED.
He is Told of a Plot Against His Life by
Spaniards.
San Francisco. May 6 —Governor Budd,
has been warned of what is alleged to be
a plot against his life by Spaniards. The
story came from a Southern Pacific rail
road brakeman, but the governor treats
the matter lightly.
PROPER STYLES
In straw hats. _ Phillips.
VOLUNTEERS
GO TO FRONT
Will Form a Part of the First
Regiment Being Organ
ized at Savannah.
TRET HAVE ACCEPTED
The Offer and Are Ready to Move
at a Moment’s Notice—Pic
nic Postponed.
The Macon Volunteers held
a most enthusiastic meeting
at their armory at noon to
day, and decided almost to a
man to go to the front.
Lust night ‘Captain Sam Hunter, of the
Macon Volunteers, received a telegram
from Lieutenant 'Colonel Brooks, of rhe
First regime nt, offering him and his com
mand a place In hls regiment provided he
can get' the required quota of men. Cap
tain'Hunter at onoe wired Colonel Brooks
that he would accept the place, and now
the Volunteers are all astir making prep
arations to put one of the best companies
in the field that goes out from Macon.
The telegram came in the nature of a
surprise to Captain Hunter and all of the
members.-as the company. They had de
cided that there was no chance for them
to go to the front unless they volunteered
in sqme other company, a thing which they
did not feel like doing, and they had al
ready made arrangements to have their
annual picnic which was postponed some
time ago at the suggestion of Colonel
Wiley. But the Volunteers will not go
upon tills picnic and when they move from
Macon they will go to Griffin to join the
First regiment.
The telegram which Captain Hunter re
ceived tram Colonel Brooks is as follows:
“Savannah, Ga., 'May s—Captains—Captain Samuel
B. Hunter, Macon, Ga.: I have vacancy in
my battalion. This is final and positive.
Will you accept it, and can you have re
quired number of seventy-seven minimum,
besides officer*, ready within a couple of
days. Answer, as- another company is
seeking trie place, but it is open to you
first. J. F. Brooks,
“Lieutenant Colonel.”
Captain Hunter sent the following mes
sage in reply:
“1 accept. Will be on hand without fail.
Wire sintructions. S. B. Hunter,
“Captain.”
When the. members of the company
heard of the telegram that Captain Hun
ter ffad received they flocked to the armory
and shout after shout went up. They were
really going to the front and with ail of
their old officers. The iboys say tiiat their
only regret is that they will not ibe with
the other '.Macon companies.
Captain Hunter is 'busy today notifying
all members of the company to hold them
selves in readiness, and it is probable that
nc-afly every member of the company will
go the front when the company leaves
Macon. A large number or the men have
already said that they will volunteer, and
recruits will be called for, and Captain
Hunter thinks that he will have no
trouble in getting a hundred men to leave
Macon with him.
COR BEITHS
LIEUTENANT NOW
The Ex-United States Mar
shal Will Be With the
Flovd Rifles.
Mr. Walter Corbett has been appointed
Second lieutenant of the Floyd Rifles and
has accepted the appointment.
For sometime (Mr. Corbett has 'been try
ing to secure a commission among the
volunteers, and he was given the opportu
nity by the resignation of Lieutenant Sid
ney R. Wiley, who refused to go as Sec
ond lieutant.
Mr. Corbett’s frineds have been active in
his behalf and his appointment was urged
most strongly upon Colonel Lawton.
Lieutenant Wiley, whose position as first
lieutenant was offered to Captain Hunter
and was refused by him. after Lieutenant
Wiley had been reduced to second
lieutenant, says that he was only content
to be reduced to second lieutenant so as
to make way for Captain Hunter, and that
■he does not think that he has been well
treated after Hunter refused, to put an
other man in as first lieutenant.
Captain Sanders, of Forsyth, has been
put in as the first lieutenant of the Rifles,
and he and Lieutenant Corbett will make
a good team.
COURT-MARTIAL
Is in Session at Chicamauga on Deserter
Engleman, Who Was fried First.
Camp George H. Thomas, Field of Chick
amauga, Ga., May 6—General Brooke’s
court martial. Lieutenant Colonel Carroll,
of the Sixth cavalry, presiding, composed
of twelve officers, with Lieutenant Koes
ter, of the Third cavalry, judge advocate,
has commenced daily sessions.
The first case was that of Private En
gle.man, Sixth cavalry, charged with de
sertion. When ordered Sbuth from Fort
Etham Allen. Vt., Engleman, a beardless
youth, recently enlisted, acording to his
own story, left the post to say farewell to
his mother in New York, intending to re
turn.
She begged him with tears to stay home,
and he did so until arrested and taken
back under guard. He left the fort in
civilian clothes, given him by a comrade,
whose name he refused to divulge to the
court, although threatened with severe
punishment.
Engleman is liable to imprisonment
from eighteen to two years, but leniency
is expected. The sentence will be made
public later.
Another ease for consideration is the
alleged desertion of Private Marshall, of
the Tenth cavalry, who left his regiment
to get to the front with the Twenry-fifth,
which he joined at Chickamauga. Private
Hensen, of the Tenth, is to be fried for
alleged shooting at Sergeant Shropshire.
FAVOR CANDLER
FOR GOVERNOR
Meeting of the Executive
Committee of Bibb To
morrow is of Interest.
MAJORITY WANT CANDLER.
Doubtful Wh'at Course Will Be Tak
en in Connection With the De
mand on State Committee.
The Democratic executive committee of
Bibb county will meet tomorrow, at which
time it will no doubt positively decide
whether or not to have a primary on June
title for the nomination of governor and
statehouse officers.
It will be remembered that at a recent
meeting or the committee resolutions were
passed asking the state committee by what
light or authority It ordered primaries to
be Ivl . : counties of the state on June
titir to ieui.n..at. a candidate tor governor,
and further asking the state committee to
reconvene to reconsider its mandatory ac
tion. The county committee adjourned un
til tomorrow in order to near from the
state committee in response to the resolu
tions, a copy of the resolutions having been
seat to each of the thirty-four members
of the state committee.
Secretary lAltmayer, of the county com
mittee, has received only three replies
from the state committee, so it can be put
down as an assured fact that the commit
tee will not be reconvened.
It is possible that the Bibb county com
mittee will now join in with all the other
counties of the state and order a primary
to be held on June 6th.
It can be stated as a fact that a major
ity of the Bibb committee is opposed to
Judge 'Atkinson’s plan and suggestion rel
ative to pro rata repnesncation in the gu
bernatorial convention. The members of
the committee who were leaders in the
passage of the resolutions which asked the
state committee by what authority it or
dered the general primary on June 6th, are
against the pro rata preposition of Judge
Atkinson. A majority m th. Bibb com
mittee who believe that the candidate who
gets the largest number of votes in a
county is'entitled to the delegates of that
county and should have that county’s fuil
vote in the convention.
There is another fact that can be stated,
despite the action of the pounty commit
tee in calling on the state committee for
its authority to order a general primary
on June 6th. A majority of the Bibb ex
ecutive committee favor Allen 1). Candler
for governor.
A poll of the committee will show that
a majority are against Judge Atkinson’s
pro rata plan and a majority are in favor
of dandler for governor.
A JOLLY TIME.
The Conductor's Picnic at Dublin Was a
Great Success.
Those'who went down with the conduc
tors yesterday .to their unual picnic at
Dublin report a most delightful time. The
excursionist were met. at the train by the
mayor and council of the city and Mayor
Stubbs,' in a brief speech, made the vis
itors 'welcome. In btbalf of the conductors
•Mr. Roland Ellis responded to he mayor
in his usual happy style.
Dancing nvas the order of the day. The
patty returned home at 4:30 and those
iwho attended ■say they have never been
on a. picnic wher they wer.e shown a bet
ter time.
An elegant seven drawer oak case Do
mestic -machine $25 cash. New Horne Of
fice, 131 OCtt-on avenue.
ARCANUM OEFICERS.
Work Was Completed by Convention Yester
day Afternoon.
Atlanta, Ga., May 6. —The Georgia Area
num, which has been in session here since
Wednesday morning, finished its work on
yesterday'aud the majority of the delegates
have gone to their homes. The council is
acknowledged to have been one of the most
sucessful in the history of the organization
in the state, and the visiting members
were loud in their praises of the hospital
ity of the local councils.
Chief among the features of the morning
session was the election of officers for the
ensuing year, which resulted as follows:
Grand regent, J. S. Powell, Newnan; grand
vice regent, W. H. Edmundson, Rome;
grand orator, F. H. Safford, Swainesboro;
past grand regent, J. G. Dester, Coving
ton; grand secretary, C. S. Concn rat, Sa
vannah; grand treasurer, Samuel Prioleau,
Atlanta; grand guide, J. A. ePacock, Dub
lin; grand chaplain, E. P. H. Rutland, Au
gusta; grand warden, J. M. iMundy, Jones
boro; grand sentry, E. H. O’Connor, Sa
vannah. •
Grand trustees--S. iM. Subers Macon; J.
A. Keiven, Columbus; P. M. Hawes, El
berton.
Committee on laws and supervision—L.
L. Ledbetter, Cedartown; Elsas Berman,
Eastman; R. B. Russell, Winder.
Finance committee J. W. Dillon, Thom
asville; F. C. Weisiger, Columbus; T. T.
Murray, Chipley.
State medical examiner—‘Dr. G. G. Roy,
Atlanta.
Representative to supreme council—J. G.
Lester, A. E. Blalock.
FANCY WAjSH VESTS
Big cut in prices. Phillips.
GERRARD, THE
CHIEF SURGEON
The Macon Doctor Will Go to
the Front in This impor
tant Position.
The appointment of Dr. J. J. Gerrard as
chief surgeon of the Second regiment,
made yesterday, will give great pleasure
to his many friends throughout the state.
The appointment reflects credit on the
good judgment of the colonel of the regi
ment and is a just recognition of the
worth of one of the best' of the younger
physicians of the state.
Dr. Gerrard has had a large experience
in the hospitals of New York, where he
spent seven years in active work. He
then returned to Georgia, bis native state,
and came to Macon about six months ago.
Since coming here he has made firm friends
both in and out of the profession.
No more popular appointment could have
been -made.
ALL THE PROPER SHAPES
In straw hats $1.50. Phillips.
PLAN IIP CAMPAIGN
B GIVEN IN DETAIL
How Fight to Clear Spaniards Off Western Hemisphere Will
Be Conducted By the Board of Strategy.
MAY MUSICAL FESTIVAL.
Some of the Leading Artists Who Will Take
Part.
Musical people are eagerly looking for
ward to the opening of’the May Musical
Festival.
The festival will be held May 13 and 14.
Three performances will be given.* tiwo
evenings and matinee. The program as
outlined are varied and attractive. The
first evening the oratorio, “Stabat Mater.,”
with a choius of 100 voices, will be given.
Ihe second evening operatic concerts,
v. hen some of the best selections from
grand opera will be given. u \ miscella
neous program of popular music ( will .be
given at the matinee.
Some of the artists who will take part
are: Gustav Strube, conductor; Allee Ver
ier, Paris, soprano; Maud Pratt-Chase,
Now York, soprano; Nannie Hands. Bos
ton. soprano; Carrie Bridewell, New York,
contralto; Grace Preston, New York, con
tralto, of the Nordica Concert Company;
Margaret McNulty, harpist; Felix Fox,
Berlin, pianist; Harry Lucius Chase, New
A ork, baritone; U. S. Kerr, Boston, basso;
S. Kronberg, Boston, baritone; lon A.
Jackson, Ntw York, tenor; Henry Mitch
ell, New York, tenor; Emanuel Feidler,
violin soloist; Frank Kennedy, violin so
loist; Theodore Gordon, violin soloist:
Paul Fox, flute soloist; Xavier Reiter,
French horn soloist; Herr van Vliet, cello
soloist; and a full orchestra from Boston
Symphony and Seidle New York orchestra.
The director will be Mr. Gustav Struibe.
one of the most eminent directors in this
country. Mr. Strube conducted his own
work at the Metropolitan Opera House in
New York city last -December with the
Boston Symphony Orchestra, and was en
thusiastically received. The New York
Times said: “He was most warmly ap
plauded, etc. Mr. Strube is a young man,
but a man of experience in musical ’mat
ters. lie has written aifd conducted many
beautiful concertos, and he is a figure of
no slight importance in the list of Boston
resident workers in the higher forms of
musical art.
FOR ELKS IN WAR
Members of the Order Who Enlist Will Re
ceive Protection.
Meade Detwiler, grand exalted ruler of
the B. P. O. Elks, issued an official order
io subordinate lodges yesterday with refer
ence to the stand to be taken by members,
of the order during, the present war with
Spain. The resolution and suggestions of
the grand exalted ruler are:
“That all members of subordinate lodges,
who at their country's call have enlisted
in the services of the United States -gov
ernment at the sacrifice of their business
and private interests, shall be protected
during the term of the service:
“(I.) That ail dues incurred during the
period of their enlistment shall be remit
ted and not charged against them.
“(2.) That during their absence a ipe-ial
committee of three be appointed to ascer
tain the circumstances of those dependent
upon them for a livelihood, if necessary,
during the time of enlistment of our
brothers.”
This announcement will be reviewed
with pleasure by many of the Macon Elks.
>whe are members of some of the local mil
itary companies.
END NOT YET.
Some Hard Fights on Land and Sea Be
fore Us.
Washington, D. May 6-The views
of those optimistic public men who are
declaring that Dewey’s decisive victory
had ended the war with Spain, and that a
collapse of the enemy's cause will follow
soon, are not. shared by the president and
the administration. iHavan.a must be taken
first, and hard fights on land and sea will
occur before peace shall be-at hand.
Plain Facts Abou t the Selection of Glasses.
tin getting glasses it is not a question
of how cheap but how good.
a pair of spectacles that fit are worth
a dozen pair that do not.
jp The sequel of the use of cheap and un-
suitable glasses in youth is often blindness
in old age. The value of spectacles de-
F' / penjs entirely on the skill of the one who
“ I them.
In getting glasses beauty should be com-
• bintd with utility, as they can just as well
rhe latest improved , . , . . , .. . .
French instrument for be made to a ’ H and character to
examining the eyes the face as to detract from it.
In diagnosing and correcting complicated errors of refraction Mr. Friedman,
the optical specialist, is second to none.
You are cordially invited to call and have your eyes examined and tested for
which there will be no charge. THE MACON OPTICAL PARLORS.
314 Second Street.
We Pride
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shapely when no longer new.
Fine imported and domestic fancy Worsteds,
Cassinie-ies. Cheviots, Tweeds in small neat effects,
Overplaids, Checks and Stripes. Hand made button
holes, hand padded collars, shoulders and lapels and
hand felled throughout— custom garments do not show
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PRICE THREE CENTS
VOLUN FEERS'SHARE
Will be to Drill During the
Summer and Get in Con
dition for Campaign.
WHICH fIWK in THE FALL
Every Now and Then a Regiment of
the Volunteers Will Be Sent to
the Front-Campaign Plan.
'Washington. May G.—From authoritative
sources the plan of campaign as finally
resolved upon by President McKinley has
beeu secured. The sources of information
are sb direct, and so positive that it may
be relied upon with entire confidence. The
plan, of course, is subject to change with
the progress of events, and to meet a
changing situation, but it. can be said with
certaiuty that this is the plan of campaign
as it exists today.
The plan of campaign* divided itself into
two parts. The first pertains to the 'Pa
cific ocean and the second to the Atlantic.
1. In the Pa-cfiic.—Commodore Dewey
will be made rear admiral pro tern., as
Commodore Sampson was a few weeks ago,
and he will be kept in charge of naval
operations on the lAsiatic eoast. The Phil
lipines will be held at least to the close
of the war. For this purpose an army of
occupation will be dispatched forthwith,
aud a system of transport and supplies
will be improvised at 6nce. The comman
der of the army of occupation of the P.hil
lipinc-s has not yet been decided upon fully,
but General Fitzhugh Lee has been under
consideration for this important post. It
is felt that for'this place will be needed
a man who is at once a general, a diplomat
and a man o" resources and exjvedients.
Beyond any other man now available Gen
eral Lee combinpse in himself all these
qualifications. The Phillipines will be
strongly fortified, coaled and garrisoned.
The Hawaiian Islands will be under con
trol and direction of the United tSates
during the war. *
2. In the Atlantic.—The blockade of the
north coast of Cuba and of Cienfuegos, on
•the south coast, will be continued. The
Spanish fleet, which now is at sea and may
be approaching the West Indies or our
Atlantic coast, is to be met and defeated.
For this purpose the fleets of Sampson and
Schley will the drawn on for the swiftest
and most powerful vessels, the respective
quotas to be determined, according to the
destination of the Spanish fleet and the
place where that fleet will be intercepted.
Swift United States cruisers are patrolling
well out toward mid-Atlantic, and will
give timely information by cable from the
nearest port. So soon as the Spanish fleet
shall be disposed of, if she shall come
westward, or so soon as news of her return
to Spain or the Ganaries shall -have been
received, if she turns back, a force of 5,000
or 6,000 regulars will be landed at or near
IMatanzas, together with very large sup
plies of heavy artillery and ammunition.
These troops will consist chiefly of col
ored men, bandy with pick and shovel.
They will be employed in entrenching and
fortifying the place on the land against a
land attack. After the place shall have
been fortified against any Spanish force
that can be brought against it, which may
take three or four weeks of hard work, the
regulars will be brought, back to Florida,
and possibly up to Atlanta, where yellow
fever cannot propogate.
(Continued on page 4.)