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CHEAP MONEY. •M t>*r eent. tnA T per ©eat eaey ae» ready for loan* on Micoi real4erica and bualnea* property. 8 per cent, money for farm loan* Over 86.000.000 eucceaafully 1 negotiated In Georgia alone. Loan* made I can be paid off at any time. We are bead* quarter*. O. A. Coleman. Gen. Man.. K< Second atreet. Macon. Ga. ESTABLISHED 1884 ENGAGEMENT OFF FORT GAREENAS RESULTS II ISAS'IF IIIISI.Y FOB THREE PLUCKY AMERICAN M VESSELS Vivid Account of the Engagement With the List of the Killed and Wounded===Under Fierce Fire from Spanish Forts and Gunboats. TRIED TO CAPTURE GUNBOATS But the Three Vessels Were Unable Io Stand the Heavy Fif ing and Well Directed Shells, VENGEANCE NOW Will Be Demanded and the War is On in Earnest, and Triumph and CHEERING OF THE SPANIARDS Will Br Turned to Sorrow Before I Long Spain Has Got Her First Blood and is Jubilant, WAS I r A MISTAKE? Key Wi st. VI ay 12.-- -There was an en gagement off Cardenas yesterday at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. The cruiser Wilmington. Commandei Tod, the torpedo boat Winslow and the auxiliary’lhinson were engaged. One officer and three men were killed and several were wounded. The dead are: E. BAGLEV. JOHN VARVO.ItUS, oiler. JOSIAH TUNNET, cabin cook. .1. V IM EICKS, lire man. J. DANIEL, fireman. The engagement took place inside the h.aibor of Cardenas. The gunboat Wilmington, the torpedo boat Winslow and the gunboat Hudson were the only vessels engaged. They uttered tile harbor for the pur pose of attacking some Spanish gunboats which were known to be there. These latter were not discovered by the American force, however, until the Span iards opened lire. The land batteries of t' trdena., supported the tire of the Spanish tjuuboats. Ihe < ng.itement comm. if ■ 1 at 2 05 p. in. a:tl lasted for about st hour. The wounded are: R E CilX gunner's ma o D MaKEEN, quarter master. .1. PATTERSON.- tireman. F. GR \Y. LIEUT. J. B. GERNtADAO. AU are slightly wounded except Patter son. whose condition is serious. Ensign \\«rth JBagley was appointed from North Carolina on September 9. 1891. The battle while it lasted was terrific. The Wilmington and the Hudson were first and opened fire on the Spanish boats which were lying at the docks. The fir ing began at a range of 3.500 yards. A few minutes later the Winslow cam? up and also opened fire. In an instant the entire attention of the Spanish tunboats and land batteries was directed upon her. From all sides shot and shell seemed to pour into the little torpedo boat. The Wilmington and Hudson still kept up their fire but they could not turn aside t.he terrible storm of fire and death pour ing in upon the torpedi* boat. The crew of the Winslow, however, never (aultered for a second. At 2:35 o'clock a solid shell crushed into the hull of the Winslow and knocked out her boiler and in an Instant she began to roll and to drift helplessly. Then there was a moment of awful sus pense. A fierce cheer of triumph went up from the Spaniards on the gunboats an J the batteries and again a storm of fire was opened upon the helpless boat. The gunboat Hudson, which was lying ■near by started to the assistance of the AVinslow. She ran along side the torpedo boat and tried to throw a line to the im perrilled crew. Up to this time, with the exception of one shot which disabled the Winslow, the firing of the Spanish gunboats had been ■wild, but as the Winslow lay rolling in the water the range grew closer and the shells began to explode al* about her. It was difficult for the -Hudson to get near enough to throw a line to the Wins low's crew, so terrible was the fire about her. Finally, after about twenty minutes, the Hudson approached near enough to throw a Inn- Ensign Bagley and six men were standing in a group on the 'deck of the 'Winslow. "Heave her to; heave her; heave her,” as he looked toward the Hudson and call ed for line. "Don’t mi.-s it," shouted an offic. r from the Hudson, and with a smile Bagley call ed back, "Let her come. Its getting too hot here for comfort." The line was trown and it the same in stant a shell burst in the very midst of the group of men on board the Winslow. Bagly was instantly killed and a few others dropped about him. Half a dozen more fell groaning on the bloodstained deck. One of the dead men pitched headlong over the side of the boat his feet caught in the iron rail and he was hauled back. Bagley lay stretched on the deck, his face completly torn away and the upper part of his body shattered. II was a terrible moment. The torpedo boat disabled and helpless, rolled under the fury of the fire of the Spanish gun boats. When the shell burst in the group on board the Winslow, a wild shout of tri umph went up from the Spanish boats and the batteries and again a heavy fire was opened on the topedo boat. Finally the Hudson succeeded in getting a line on board the Winslow and towing her out of the deadly range when the line parted and again both boats were at the mercy of the Spanish fire. The Hudson managed to get another line on the deck of the AVinslow and was towed up to Ph dras Islands, where she anchored with the dead and wounded on her decks. Some men from the Hudson went on board the Winslow and took the most se riously wounded off. The three who were taken on board the Machias died shortly. At 9:15 o’clock the Hudson started for Key West, arriving at S o’clock this morn ing. ■Commander Barnado. of the Wins law, was wounded in the left leg but not seriously. * Washington, IMay 12 —The department received a dispatch from Captain Reray at Key West: "AVinslow badly damaged. Will be sent here as soon as t< mpor.iry repairs are made." ENSIGN BAGLEY Was a Native of North Carolina —Mother at Raleigh. Washington, May 12.—Ensign- .Bagley was a native of North Carolina. Hie immediately appointed ensign. He was appointed to the academy in 1891 and graduated last year. He was im mediate! yappointed ensign. While a cadet he made a cruise on the -Maine. He served on the Winslow from the time of her completion to the moment of his death. POWERS~WANT FINGER IN IT. Said That Germany May Bar gain for Samoa in Return for Interests, Londoh, (May 12. —There are unmistaka ble, signs that the continental powers have already taken steps to share in the fruits of the American victory at Manila. Germany has intimated to the United States, it is said here, that she expects to have a voice in the disposition of the Phil lipine Islands, basing her claim on the German interests in these islands. Diplomats credit the report that Ger many may demand the exclusive control of Samoa as the price of her acquisition to American sovereignty in the Phillipines. HANGED HIMSELF. A Spanish Sdv Saves Others the Trouble of Execution. Washington, May 12—George Downing, a Spanish spy. arrested several days ago. committed suicide this morning by hang ing himself at the barracks. PENNSYLVANIA TROOPS. Mt. Gretna. Pa.. May 12—The Fourth and Sixteenth regiments, volunteers, re ceived marching orders for Tampa. HOW ABOUT UNDBRtWEAR. Get into our SI.OO and $1.50 baitorigans it you want cool stuff. Clem Phillips THE MACON NEWS. STAMPED AS UNTRUE. The Report That Sampson is Bombarding Harbor of San Juan. New York, May 12 —'A special from Fort de Fi .iiii-i Martinque, says the American fleet of nine ships is bombarding San Juan Porto Rico. Washington, May 12.—Secretary Long at 1 o’clock said that no word had been re ceived from Sampson. This stamps as untrue that word has been received from Sampson that be has bombarded San Juan. MOVING SLOWLY FROM THE CAMP. Regulars Will Not Be Out Be fore Saturday Night it is I bought. Chattanooga, May 1.2—-The Second regi ment of infantry marched from Camp Thoma:: to Ross station this morning and there boarded the Southern railway train for Tampa. The regiment got away comparatively early on account of the fact that the bag gage was pat-ki d yesterday. t he Seventh and Sixteenth infantry reg iments left camp this morning and march id nine miles to Ringgold, where the'West ern and Atlantic trains for Tampa baking the First and Tenth regiments, originally oidered to New Orleans, but the latter to Tampa will get out tomorrow. The work of removal is progressing slower than was expected and it is now doubted if it will finish before Saturday night. Between twelve and twenty oar loads of provisions for the volunteers are arriving daily. Almost every vacant building in the city is being used for storage purposes. CHIEF APOTHECARY. Mr. S. L. Whittaker Will Have Charge of Pill Rollers. Mr. S. L. Whittaker, who has been one of the popular clerks at Mallary Taylor’s drug store, has been appointed chief apoth ecary for the first regiment, and will leave this afternoon to take up his work at Gi iffin. The aippoin t meat is a popular one and has been worthily bestowed as Air. Whittaker is one of the best prescription men in the state. MERRITT MAY Go to the Phillippines and Establish Military Gov ernment. Washington, May 12—It is stated at war department that Maj.-Gen. Merritt will command the expedition to Philippines. Grner.il (Mi. sectoral in command. Wheel er has been ordered to Tampa from Chat tanooga to command the cavalry in Cuba. Washington, May I:?—General Merritt, commanding rhe department of the East with headquarters at New York, was. at the war department in consultation with Alger regarding the proposition to assign him to the command of the expedition to Manila, and on arriving there to establish a military government with himself at the head. The general said the matter had not been definitely settled. TEMERIC ARRIVES. Buenos tyres, Argentine . May 12.--The Spanish torpedo gun boat Temerio has ar rived at San Nicholas on Parana, fifty miles below Rosario. She is said to be on her way to Paraguay. RAIN AT KEY WEST. Key West. (May 12.—Dispatch boats from the blockading fleet at Havana report all quiet. Heavy rains here have averted a water famine. SEVENTY-FIRST COMES SOUTH. New York. May 12.—The Seventy-first regiment has been ordered South. MAY WHEAT DOWN. Chicago, 'Maj' 12.—May wheat dropped 14 cents on account of neglect. FIRST MASSACHUSETTS. London, Maj- 12.—Spanish fours are lower. Germany~says She is Determined to Have a Voice in Disposition of the Phillipines. London, May 12. —Germany- has intimated to the United States,.it is said here, that she expects to have a voice in the dispo sition of the Phillipines.- Bents (be Kloiliivke. Mr. A. C. Thomas, of Marysville, Texas, has found a more valuable discovery than has j-et been made in the Klondyke. For years he suffered untold agony from con sumption. accompanied by hemorrhages;, and was absolutely cured by Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. He declares that gold is of lit tle value in comparison with this mar vellous ere—would have it, even if it cost a hundred dollars a bottle. Asthma. Bron chitis and all throat and lung affections are positively cured by -Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption. Trial bottles free at H. J. Lamar & Sons’ Drug Store. Regular size 50 cents and sl. Guaranteed to cure or price refunded. MACON NEWS THURSDAY J .iY 12 1898. SHE DESTROYS A WARSHIP Report That After an Engage ment of Two Hours the Spaniards .WENT 10 THE BOTTOM, American Gun Boat Engaged a War ship at lliolo and Did Her Up, New York. May 12—A Hong Kong special of this date says that a trading vessel from the Philippines reports having •witnessed the destruction of a Spanish warship by the United States gun boat Concord at lliolo. The fight is -said to have lasted two hours at the end of which time the Span iard went down with flying colors. There were no causc.lties on the -Concord and no damage was done the gun boat. SHRINERS PARADE. Interested a Big Crowd on Mulberry Street Yesterday. Grim, visaged war hid its face for the nonce yesterday afternoon when the Shriners turned out to parade. The gloom that had been cast by the de parture of so many of the Macon boys for the front was dispelled and fun and laugh ter reigned supreme for awhile. About a hundred strong the Shriners turned out. 'The nobles all wore the regu lation dress suit and the Egyptian* fez. Some oT the potentates wore a flowing robe and all of them wore a smile. It was about the jolliest lot that could be ‘imagined. The- public has the greatest respect for anything that" smacks of Masonry. A thousand people had gathered to see the paiade and when the band played "The Girl I Left Behind Me,” preparatory to the march out of the nobles on their pre liminary scout along the hot sands of the thirsty desert it was •felt that there was something more in the ceremony than ap peared on the surface, and this, in fact, was the case. To the spectator who gave no thought to the more serious features of the order the parade looked as if a set of good fel lows had just got together for a jollifica tion and were determined to make the •most of it. The parade had been ordered for fi o’clock and at about 6:15 the nobles formed up. After the band had played a prelimi nary send off the march started, but, to the subprise of the crowd instead of ad hering to the regulation “hay foot, straw foot” march up one street and down an other the lino split up and went in every direction. The parks were not sacred to the Shrin ers. Each of the three squads, into which the line >was divided, went off on a sort of follow your leader game and the leaders led the 'followers a pretty dance. Shriners were everywhere and the crowd was uncertain as to what might be the consequence of interference with the sons of the desert and gave them the right of way. In fact, the crowd was dodging the Shriners and not the Shriners dodging the crowd. The fun lasted for albout fifteen minutes and then the parade was reformed in the most orderly 17 s'hion. Then, headed by Card’s band, uie Shrin ers marched up Mulberry to Second, down Second to Cherry, down Cherry to Third and up Third to Mulberry, up Mulberry to the Hotel Lanier, where they broke ranks. After supper and the oration at Mul berry Street Methodist church by Hon \V. A. Davis, the Shriners went into session at the Masonic Temple and the real work of the session began. The exact hour the proceedings ended is not known to any but those who took part, tout it is known that the roseate hues of early dawn were tipping the hill tops when the haggard victims were released and went to their several homes sadder, but wiser men. A large number of Macon men walked the hot sands Os the desert and rode the baggage camel last night. They suffered the horrors of thirst and bore the heating rays of a scorching sun. To their dying day they will remember the experience and every time they sit down their weary bones will bear testimony to the tortures they endured. But they are now full fledged and acclimatized Shriners and wait with eager anticipation the time when the Shriners will gather again and fresh in itiates will be found to take the same trip. CAN’T CATCH US. SI.OO and $1.50 negligee shirts way ahead of the ordinary stores. Clem Phillips. MORGAN MADE MASTER WORKMAN Macon Seems the Highest Honor in the Gift of the Ancient Order. The grand lodge of the Ancient Order of the United Workmen did rapid work yes terday ami reached an end of their labors for this session last night. , Outside of the election of officers only work of a routine nature was transacted. The next meeting of the grand lodge will be held in Atlanta. Following are the officers elected at the session yesterday afternoon and installed at the session last night: Grand Master Workman—W. T. Morgan. Macon. Grand Foreman—L. W. Smith. Raleigh. Grand Orator—-A. N.-Wise, Huntsville, Ala. Grand Recorder —Joseph Ehrlich. Al bany, C-a. Grand Receiver—W. H. Gilbert, Albany, Ga. Grand Guide —A. E. Bressler, Tuscumbia, Ala. Grand Inside Watchman—T. C. Belgen, Talbotton, Ga. Grand Outside Watchman —J. H. Fisher, Tuscumbia, Ala. Supreme Representatives—Joseph Ehr lich of Albany, N. G. Gewinner of 'Macon, and Altamonte Moses of Sumter. S. C. The order is in a thriving condition and is increasing'in strength every year. This is especially true of Maeon where the two lodges have a large membership and the order does much good among the working classes and their families. ‘ MANHATTANS"— KING OF SHIRTS. New and elegant patterns $1.50 and $1.75. Phillips. PHILLIPINES ALL TORN UP Dewev is Unable to Control, and Will Not Bombard the Town. fill Tffi I IM FORCE To Control the Island, It is Said, Even if Spaniards Sur render. Hong Kong. May 12.—The British gun vessel, “Linnet.” has arrived here with news from the P.hilliipines. She left Manila on Monday and reports the insurgents uncontrolable. The whole countrj- appears to be in a state of anarchy and iDewey is powerless to restore order. The. officers on the Linnett add that even if Spanish rule is abolished it wijl require a large force to restore order In the interior. In the meantime the Spaniards in Mani la refuse 'to submit and Dewey is unwill ing to bombard the town. SEVERAL HAVE DESERTED. Sensational Camp Northern-Macon Boy Among them. Today’s (Atlanta Constitution has the fol lowing from its correspondent at Camp Northen: "All and each of you do solemnly swear or affirm that you will bear true faith and alki.ianec to the United States of America anti that you will scive them honestly ami faithfully against all their enemies whom soever, and that you will obey the orders of the president of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over you according to the rules and articles of war.” When the ißepubliean Blues, Captain Drummond, of Savannah, were called out to be mustered in, and just as Captain Mills was about to put the above oath, much to the amazement of the bystanders, seven men stepped out of the line and re fused to be mustered in. This brought the number of men in the company- under the limit, and Captain Mills announced he could not enlist the company until its full complement had been secured. The men were sent to the tents. The deserters were Baribe, Pacceti, Rus sell, Jugstetter, AVarjier, Herron and Pedro, all of iSavannah. Captain iDrummond immediately detail ed a sergeant with six men, who divested the deserters oif their uniforms and march ed them bareheaded out of the grounds,. Their places have all been (filled and the company will be mustered tomorrow. Captain Drummond is one of the best men in the regiment and bis men are greatly humiliated over the action of their com rades. Private H. M. Twitty. of Captain Bell’s company, iMacon, deserted also in the same manner and was immediately fired from the camp. The balance of the company went through. The forces of Captains Stevens, Winship and Gleason, all of the First regiment, were mustered in without the loss of a man. (Major Kenan’s First regiment, was also enlisted. It is estimated that about twen ty men have left the camp in the last three days. Some gave good excuses, others were simply tired of army life and got out of it before it was too late. The other companies will be mustered in today. Other desertions are looked for when the critical moment arrives. CAiN’T CATCH US. SI.OO and $1.50 negligee shirts way ahead of the ordinary stores. Clem Phillips. JAKE"SAYS IT’S TOUGH. He Has Just Returned from a Visit to Camp Northern at Griffin. Mr. J. Binswanger, who has been up at Camp Northen as a caterer for some of the Macon companies, pending their get ting down to work, returned this morning and he was as mad as the proverbial wet hen. He says that the provisions for the com fort of the soldiers at the camp amount to nothing,’ and that taken altogether the crowd of recruits at the camp will not make pleasant companies for the respecta ble Macon boys who have gone there as soldiers. He says that while there is yet time, if there is indeed any time, the boys should come home. The kind of life to which they are subjected and the asso ciations which they will have to put up with are not such as he wants to think of in connection with the men who have been the soldier boys of Macon. He is very severe on the treatment of the troops, and says that the boys, while they do not say much, must be thinking a heap. They had few of them any idea of what they were going into waen they vol unteered their services as United States volunteers. NOT CONFIRMED The Report of an Engagement at Cienfuegos is Not Believed. Washington, May 12.—The navy depart ment has received no word of an engage ment yesterday at Cienfugos, as reported from Havana and thinks me Havana re port refers to the Cardenas engagement. LOW RATES TO GRIFFIN. Via Central of Georgia Railway Com pany. For all trains Saturday, May 14th and for morning trains Sunday. May 15th, the Central of Georgia Railway Company will sell round trip tickets Macon to Griffin at one fare—limited to Sunday night re turning. j. g. Carlisle, T. P. A. “MANHATTANS”—KING OF SHIRTS. New and elegant patterns J 1.50 and $1.75. _ Phillips. GUNBOATS SEEN AT NANTUCKET British Captain Reports Hav ing Sighted Them—Says is Sure They Are NOT AMERICAN VESSELS. Look Like Boats of Recent Make- May Be Span'ards Looking for Chance to Attack Ports. New York May 12.—The British steamer IMenantic arrived today and reports that two torpedo boats passed near Nantuckett Shoals yesterday. Captain .Mann said: “About 1 o’clock on the morning of .May 11th, in latitude 40, 5 logitude 68 long, a low lying craft was seen approaching un der the Menantic’s smoke. She came along rapidl yand was Seen to be a torpedo boat. She t .i. in d a light on us and cross ed under the stern and fired a rocket, which was answered to the southward Iby. dot and dash flashes. The night was too dark to distinguish anything or to deter mine the nationality of the stranger. At daylight, twenty miles east of Nan tucket at the southshore light snip, an other torpedo boat was seen in line of the -sun, which dazzled the water too much to make out her colors. She was of the de stroyer class of torpedo boat, very larg and with one funnel. Guns were mounted on her bow. She appeared to be of the recent English type of toupTdo destroyers, and 1 am sure there are no vessels of her class in the .'American navy.’’ The Menantic ran close to the lightship on Nantucket and reported the presence of the .tonpedo boats. LAW A DEAD LETTER. It is Said There is No instance in Which It Was Ever Applied. •'lew York, (May 12. —A dispatch to the Times says: Admiral Dewey and his men will need advocates one of these days to secure for them the bounty they have earned by the destruction ofeihe Spanish fleet at Manila. The laiw of 1864, under which they have acquired the title’to bounty, has been so long in disuse in the navy department that none of i.he law officers remembered i* until their attention was directed to it It was passed duringthe war of the rebel lion, but the law department of the navy has not come across any instances of its application. Just how -it is to be enforced docs not occur >to the department, but it is proba ble that when the -matter is taken up the secretary of the navy will put the facts to congress, and that an appropriation will be made to meet the expenditure on ac count of the bounty fund. EXPECT TO GO TO TAMPA SOON Griffin Soldiers Think They Will Be Rushed There When Equipped. Camp Northen, Griifin, Go., May 11.— What the men not in authority consider as a significant fact is the absolute secre cy w'ith which the officers transact all bus ineses, and the sudden increased activity to get the men mustered in and to drilling. Ail formalities have ‘been -dispensed with and company commanders have been or dered to put their men to drilling without the uniform and equipments. This is es pecially noticeable in the First regiment, of which the Mac-on companies are now members. One of the evidences of haste is the ra pidity with which the men are examined. They are not even str.-ppeu of their clothing, but are passed through the ball and the color of their skin, eyes and hair jotted down and .they are rushed through to give place to others. Yesterday afternoon it was reported that the Chatham Artillery had been ordered to Mobile, but the report was not verified. A train load of 'big eight and ten inch guns passed through yesterday afternoon going to Tampa, and together with th*, presence of such a large body of troops, caused no I'lttfle excitement here. There are now something over 1,600 men in camps, and the first dress parade will take .place this afternoon. The Fifth regi ment band has arrived with twenty-four pieces. The commissary department will prob ably commence giving out the new equip ment tomorrow morning, and when the First regiment has been aceountred it is believed that it will be rushed to Tampa. The soldiers now feel that they will’ be quartered at Griifin all the summer if they are not ordered to Tampa at once, and are preparing to make the best of it. The -Macon Volunteers will ‘be examined this afternoon, and there will be very few of them turned down, as nearly every ma they have brought with them came with out any objection from Dr. Little, and un less he has found some defect, none of the men will be subjected to another exami nation. The regimental officers are rapid ly coming in and by this afternoon there will be over 2,000 men present and all the officers. Goode M. Guerry. PERRY RIFLES Passed Through Last on Their Way . to Griffin. The Perry Rifles, under Gapta-in W. C. Davis, left this morning for -.he camp at Griffin. They spent the night here. Captain Davis has secured as fine a body of men in his. company as are to be found anywhere among the Georgia volunteers and is himself one of the best officers in the service. The men were in good spirits and sav that all they want is to get a chance at active service. Yellow .Jaundice Cured. Suffering humanity should be supplied with every means posisble for its relief, ft is with pleasure we publish the follow ing: “This is to certify that I was a ter rible sufferer from yellow jaundice for over six months and was treated by some of the best physicians in our city and all to no avail. Dr. Bell, our druggist, recommended Electric Bitters, and .after taking two bot tles, I was entirely cured. I now take great pleasure in recommending them to any one suffering from this terible malady. I am gratefully yours, M. A. Hogarty, Lex ington, Ky.” Sold by H. J. Lamar & Sons, druggists. MANILA CABLE IN OPERATION Dewey Sends Another Dispatch to the Na Departmen Giving the Situation. FATAL CHICAGO FIRE. One Man Burned to a Crisp and Several Injured. Chicago, May 12—Grain elevator “D” of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, was destroyed by fire this afternoon. The loss on the building and contents is $1.200.000. It contained grain owned by Armour, and valued at $890,000; insured fully. \t 12:30 p. m., the fire is beyond control and is spreading rapidly into the lumber district. HAWAIIAN RESOLUTION. Has Been Agreed Upon by House Commit tee and Will be Reported at Once. Washington, May 12 —The house commit tee on foreign affairs has agreed to report the Hawaii resolution. In the senate the bill providing American register for the steamer Catania passed. NOW MAJOR GERRARD. Popular Chief Surgeon of the First Regi ment Was Here. (Major j'. 1. Gerrard, the chief surgeon of the First regiment, spent last night in the city on his way from Perry to Griffin. He had just completed the examination of the Perry Rilles. -'Major Gerrard remained in Macon long enough to receive the hearty congratula tions of his host of friends in the -profes sion and among the laity in the city. He wili make a magnificent soldier and the regiment is to be congratulated in having secured the services of such an ex cellent surgeon. 'Major Gerraid has had a seven years experience in the New York hospitals and understands very thoroughly the work that is before him. MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF WHEAT Destroyed in a Chicago Grain Elevator this Afternoon. Chicago, May 12 —dn a fireat ae board ing house 225 Lasalle avent John Mc- Connell was burned to a eriA, on the third floor, Royce -Collins, .fatally injured and the following severely injured: Walter Pike, Kentucky; Dr. Cox, Texas, /Mr. and Mrs. Reid, Dr. Graham, Lowell; Mrs. Noel, Giand Rapids. A number of others were slightly hurt. The fire originated in the basement, cause unknown. Loss small. NEWS IN BRI EE. New -Oilcan . (May 12—The 'Elks today sight seeing. .Early this morning in com pany of local committe, visitors together with ladies, taken on ramble through the French city. New York, May 12 —'The general assem bly of the Presbyterian church of the United States, meet at. Winona, Ind., May 19. San Francisco. 'May 12—Arrived U. S. S. Mohican from Honolulu. San Francisco, May 1-2—Charleston at Mare island. No definite time set. Time been set for departure. WHOOPING COUGH. I had a little boy who was nearly dead from an attack of whooping cough. My neighbors recomended Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. I did not think any medi cine would help him, but after giving him a Tew doses of that remedy I noticed an improvement and one bottle cured him en tirely. It is the best cough medicine I ever had in the house.—J. L. /Moore, South 'Burgettstown, Pa. For sale by H. J. La mar & Sons, druggists. A GREAT VICTORY WAS WON By science when it solved the problem of how to overcome functional as well as structural defects of the eye by the proper adjustment of glasses. A still greater victory will be won by m ankind when they learn that glasses fitted by themselves or by one who has not a thorough knowledge of optometry, arc re sponsible for eyes impaired beyoil redres s and in a great many cases for blindness itself. Mr. Friedman, the optical specialist, has been located with us close on to eighteen months, and has by his efficient work, earned the reputation of being second to none in diagnosing and successfully corra '-ting errors of refraction. Mr. Friedman has fitted glasses to nun dreds of persons in this city, but has yet to find anyone who is not perfectly satisfied with the work done by him. His motto is: “Satisfaction guaranteed or money ref undid. Office 314 Second street. The Prominent Characteristics Os this season’s showing of Men’s and Boys’ Suits are the captivating originality and the surprising variety of the designs. We refer to the practical, serviceable, handsome and not high-piiced Suits, of which we display a collection unequalled in this whole section. The fashions are distinct, apt, correct, tasteful. We have never experienced such a demand for worthy Suits before and we hold first place by de serving it. $7.50, $8.50, $lO, sl2, sls. $lB and S2O. 8 Per Cent Guaranteed I Dividends paid twmi-annnally. Stock secured by deeds to improved real estate in more than double the amount, deposited with Union Savings Bank and Trust Co GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man. Equitable Building and Loan Association, Macon. Ga.. 461 Third Street. PRICE THREE CENTS THREE MORE SHIPS Mav be Added to the List of Sunken Spanish Vessels. REPORTS NO TROUBLE And Says He is Sending Captured Guns Home Asks for No Men and is Evidently Able to Hold Manila. Washington. (Mayl2—3:3o p. m.—Secre tray Long, of the navy, xzfiflffvbgkqbgkqv tary of the Navy Long this afternoon re ceived tiie following dispatch from Ad miral Dewey, which besides giving addi tional information of importance concern ing the battle of Manila, shows that cable communication has ben restored at Manila bay: Hong Kong, May 12—To Secretary of the Navy: There is little change in the situa tion since my last telegram. Am trans ferring to the transports the steel breech loading rilles from the sunken Spanish men-of-war, alijo stores from the arsenal in my possession. (Am maintaining a strong blockade. Add Argosto to the list of de stroyed vessels. The El Corre and prob ably the Elcano. (Signed) Dewey. IN THE SENATE. War Revenue Bill May be Ready this After noon. Washington, May 12 —The senate in ex ecutive session confirmed all the military nominations sent in Tuesday except that of Captain Frank D. Baldwin, of the Fifth infantry to -be inspector general with the rank of lieutenant colonel, withheld by re quest. The senate committee on finance is con sidering the war revenue bill, hopes to complete it today. - 54,752 VOLUNTEERS. Have Al! Been Accepted and Mustered in Up to Date, -Washington, May 12—-Reports at General -Corbin’s headquarters say that 54,752 vol unteers have -been accepted and mustered tn. RECEPTION TONIGHT. Ladies Musical Circle of First Presbyterian Church. The Ladies -Mission Circle of the First Presbyterian church will give a reception and entertainment tonight at 8 o’clock in the lecture room of the church, to which the public will ibe welcomed. There will be light refreshments and songs by some of our popular musicians, together with appropriate readings ami ad dresses. There will be no charge for admission. Everyone is welcome. I have been a sufferer from chronic diar rhoea ever since the war and have used all kinds of medicines for it. At last I found one remedy that has been a success as a cure, and that is Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.—-P. E. Grisham, Gaars Mills, La. For sale by -H. J. Lamar & Sons, Druggists. Church.