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O HE. AP MONEV. •H per <*nt tns 7 par rant aoty M» ready for loan* en Maroa realiroro and buetnesa property. 8 per cent money for farm loans. Over 16,000.000 aucceotfully negotiated In Georgia alone. Loans made can be paid off at any time. We are head quarters. O. A. Coleman, Gea. Man., ISC Second atreet. Maroa, G*. ESTABLISHED 1884 SEVENTEEN BLOWN DP Frightful Disaster to a Small Boat Caused by J TORPEDO, Whether They Are Spaniards or Americans is Not Known. IN CARDENAS HARBOR, They Were Engaged in Removing Torpedoes from the Harbor and One of Them Exploded. 'Madrid. May 17.—A dispatch from Ha vana says that a small naval boat crew of seventeen nun have been blown off Car denits while engagi'd in removing the tor pedo* from the harbor. The dispatch adds that the torpedo ex ploded through the cai< I, s-nes ■ of those en gaged in she work, and all the crew of the boat perished. It does not indicate as to whether the boat is American or Spanish. COMMUNICATION Has Been Restored on the Cable to the Bar badoes. New York, May 17 Cable communica tion has been restored with St. Vincente, Gunda, Barba lot s. Trinidad and Dcmera. GOVERNMENT MESSAGES Will Not be Allowed to Go Through the Lon don Offices. London, May 17. The (American cable companies in this city have issued orders io their agents Io retuse to trrnsiuit any Spanish government messages. THREE REGIMENTS May be Withdrawn Front Tampa and Sent to the Phillipines. New York, May 17 -Colonel Hughes, inspector general with headquarters at New York. w,t al lhe war department to day on a mission from General 'Merritt. There are not enough regulars in the west to furnish (he number Meritt thinks should be sent to the Phillipines. and Alger and the war department officials have been considering the advisability of withdraw ing about three regiments from the infan try at Tampa and dispatching them post haste to the Pacific coast. Captain Jesse M Lee, of the Ninth infantry, who has been stationed at Tumpit, reported at army headquarters here today with refernce to sending same troops now there to the Phil lipines. KEPT IN THE DARK. Genet al Greely is Determined that Nothing Shall Go Out. Washington, May 17 Brigadier General Graaly. chief of the signal service and in charge of all stratcgetic control of the tel egraph and cable lines, has adopted ener getic measures to prevent the admiral of the Spanish squadron now in the Carri btan Item keeping posted on the where abouts of the I’nited States squadron. l.ast night he telegraphed to the New York manager of the Haytien Cable Com pany forbidding the st tiding or receiving of any me; ages except official messages to or from the I’nited States government disclosing the movt ments of our fleets or ships. If Sampson is in Haytien waters this cable ri-trietion makes it impossible for this movement to become known except to the government. Greely also telegraphed the \nglo- Vuierican Cable Company re newing their attention to the prohibition aguiust any messages inimical to the in ter, sis of the government and forbidding the sending or receiving of messages de scribing the movements of ships. This latter step was taken in view of the notice of the Anglo-American Tele graph Company that “Pending a further decision by the chief of the signal office, we will accept press messages without re strictions.” VOLUNTEERS. Eighty-Two Thousand Have Now Been Mustered and Mobilized. Washington, May 17 —Eighty-two thous and volunteers can now be mustered in and are being sent to the mobilizing points. IN GREAT DOUBT As to Whether Sagasta Can Form a Cab inet in Spain. Madrid. May 17 —The newspapers assert that Sagasta and Gontazo will reach an agreement this afternoon to form a coali tion cabinet while others express the opin ion that sagasta will encounter so many difficulties that he will be compelled to abandon the task. PENNSYLVANIA MEN. Pittsburg, May 17-The First regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers are here en route to Chickamauga. WANT IMMUNES TO BEJMMUNES Judson Lyons and Others Ask That All of the Two Regi ments be Made Up NO NEWS IN THE CABINET So Ear as is Known the Situation is Entirely Unchanged —Positive ly no Information. Washington, May 17.—At 10 o’clock it is stated at the Whitehouse as the cabinet assembled, that there has been no material change in the situation. A iong list of army and navy nomina tions are expected to be submitted to the senate today. A delegation of prominent negroes, con sisting of Governor Pinchback, James Lewis and Judson W. Lyons called on the secretary of war today and urged that all ten regiments of immunes to be sent to 4’ufba be made up of colored men, as they pointed out the especial service of the col ored troops born in the southern climate and most of them are used to conditions similar to those confronted in Cuba. Alger was not aide to concede all of the immune regiments to the colored volun teers, but gave the assurance that several of them will be composed of men of their race. The delegation also urged the appoint ment of Captain Thamos Kelly, of Lopis iana, as colonel of one of tho immune regiments. 'Captain Kelly, it is said, has the endorsement of General Miles. TOOK BIG GUNS DOWN. Government Orders Guns on St. Simons and Jekyl Removed, Brunswick, Ga., 'May 17—That the gov ernment is short on big guns and needs all that it can get for use in the Cuban campaign was strongly indicated yester day by an order sent to Engineer Cooper, in charge of the. St. Simon and Jekyl is land batteries, to dismantle these batte ries and ship the guns at once to Tampa. The guns were sent here only last week and the force has been at work night and day erecting the fortifications and putting the guns in position. The orders received yesterday were promptly obeyed, the guns dismounted and loaded on lighters. They will leave for Tampa in the morning. The guns are modern field pieces and theii shipment leaves Brunswick entirely without protection. DR. CANDLER IS MADE BISHOP. The Distinguished Georgian Elected bv the General Conference. Baltimore. May 17—Drs. W. A. Candler. 11. C. Morrison and E. E Hoss were elect ed bishops of the M. E. Church. South, on the second ballot today. Candler received US, Morrison LIO, and Hoss 129 votes. OLD BAY LINE Sheds in Baltimore Are in Flames-A Total Loss. Baltimore, May 17.—The piers, freight shed and office building of 'the Old Bay Bine Steamship Company, plying between this city and Norfolk and Richmond, is in flames and will prove a total loss. A very large quantity of freight is in the sheds and it will all be lost. The steamer Ala bama, which is lying at the pier with a t'ul cargo of outgoing freight, was towed into midstream and is safe. The loss is probably $250,000. WILL SET CASES. United States Court Will Sit For this Pur pose Tomorrow. Ths United States court tomorrow will sit for the purpose of calling the docket and setting cases to be heard at a future session. There are some cases of importance to come up at this term. Some of them are of the most intense local interest and will •be watched by the public very carefully. The court goes into session at 10 o’clock for this purpose. WANTS DAMAGES. Or. Calvin McCarthy Sues the City for SI,OOO. Dr. Calvin McCarthy, a negro physician who has just been appointed the deputy eolecteor of internal revenue for this dis trict. has entered suit against the city in the sum of SI,OOO. McCarthy claims that in passing the intersection of Cotton ave nue and College street, his horse fell into a man hole which had been left open by carelessness of the city officials and that as a result of-this he received injuries that he places at SI,OOO. The suit was filed in tjje city court yes terday afternoon. ORDERED TO TAMPA. Cleveland. May 17.—The FiFfth regi ment of Ohio volunteers, infantry, have received odrers to move to Tampa They sta't Wednesday. Free Pills. Send your address to H. E. Bucklen & Co., Chicago, and get a free sam,„. box of Dr King’s New Life Pills. A trial will convince you of their merits. These pills are easy in action and are particularly ef fective in the cure of constipation and sick headache. For malaria and liver troubles they have proved invaluable. They are guaranteed to be perfectly free from every deleterious substance and to be purely vegetable. They do not weaken by their action, but by giving tone to the stomach .and bowels greatly invigorate the system. Regular size 25c. per box. Sold by H. J. Lamar & Sons, druggists. THE MACON NEWS. o •89oaUuc>0 JO £iw<U*l SPAIN ARMS HER ENEMIES Cubans Advise All Spaniards Not to Try to Evade Con scription. ARE JOINING GT HUNDREDS, Price of Food is Going Up Rapidly Eggs Are Selling at Ten Cents Apiece, Kingstond, Jamaica., May 17.—The Cu ban provisional government has directed the insurgent sympathizers not to try' to evade in garrisoned cities General Blanco’s conscription order forcing into the ranks of volunteers all males from 15 to 45 years of age. Refugees who arrived here by the French steamer Fulton from Havana, who have since been released from quarantine say that the Cubans in Havana are joining the volunteers by hundreds. Spain is thus arming enemies ready to rise at an oppor tune time or to desert. The Spaniards in Havana, for a communal police purpose, spy out Cuban sympathizers and cause their arrest. Eggs there were ten cents a piece, meat was 50 cents a pound and Hour 30 cents a pound when the Fulton left on .May 7th. The Alias steamer Adoula sailed for San tiago de Cuba today with provisions and to bring refugees. Three or four schooner cargoes of food leave Jamaican ports for Santiago weekly. PRIZE LAWYERS To Aid in the Trial Over the Captured Span ish Vessels. Key West, May 17.—At the request of 'Rear Admiral Sampson, the attorney gen eral has appointed Edward K. Jones, of (New York, to act as special counsel in tint trial of prize cases. Jones will arrive tomorrow. So cases will be taken up Until then. Attorney J. Parker Kirkling, of New York, and Attorney Wehdmus iMynders, of New York, will apear for t'he claimants of cargoes of the Buena Ventura, Pedro Catalina and Miguel Jover. Attorney John Dcnegree, of New Or leans, 'has .also been retained lor the own ers of the same vessels. The trials begin on Thursday or Friday. IN COMMISSION. Torpedo Boat Destroyer Yankton and the SMckee. Washington. May 17.—The torpedo boat McKee and auxiliary topedo boat destroyer Aankton, were placi d in commission at Norfolk yesterday. Lieutenant Kepper is in command of t'he McKee, and Lieutenant Commander Adams 'is in command of the Yankton. Die cruiser Newark will go into commis sion next Saturday .Captain Albert Bar ker will command the Newark. BOUND SOUTH. Three Warships Seen Last Evening OH Coast of Jamaica. New York, 'May 17. —A special from Kingston. Jamaica says it is reported that three warships whose nationality it was impossible to make out. were seen last evening off Moran Point on the eastern ex tremity of Jaimaica, taking a southerly' course. AGAINST THE BOND IDEA. Georgia Senators Oppose Certain Features in It. Washington. May 17 —The Georgia sen ators are opposed to the bond provision in the war revenue bill. They will favor the coinage of the seignorage and the issue of $150,000,000 of treasury notes. They are against those features of the bill which so seriously affect druggists and proprietary medicines and will do all they can to de feat those provisions. They also oppose the retractive features of the tobacco- tax as it appeared in the original house bill. The senate will strike this feature from the bill. George M. Traylor, of Atlanta, is here as representative of tobacco men who are fighting some features of the pro posed tobacco tax. hugiTgordon. Has Been Appointed Major bv the President. Washington. May 17. —The president has sent these nominations to the" senate": N-avy Captain Silas Casey to be United statse Navy, to be commodore commander. Benjamin P. Lamberton to be captain, Lieutneant Commander Harrison G. O. Colby to be Commander. Lieutenant John H. Moore to be Lieutenant commander. Leavitt C. Logan to be commander, nsign Ralph E. M alker to be second lieutenant in the marine corps with rank of major. First Lieutenant James Franklin Bell, of the Michigan United States cavalry. Hugh M. Gordon, of Georgia. Mm. Dunbar Jen kins, otf Mississrp'p'i, First Lieutenant s. H. Strother, of the Ist Unit, d States in iantiyand a long iist of mmorappoint ruents. FURMAN VS. MERCER. Last Game of Season at the Park Next Sat urday. What promises to be one of the most interesting and exciting ball games of the soason will be played at the park next Saturday afternoon between Mercer and the Furman University nine. ■ The Furman team is conceded to be one of the strongest college nines in the South, and last year defeated everything in the South except Mereer, and the latter had a close shave. Saturday’s game will be the last of the season, and, in all probability the largest audience of the season will be gathered to witness the best game of the season. MEN’S DOLLAR UNDERSUITS. Unusual value. Clem Phillips. MACON NEWS TUESDAY MAY i 7 1898. SUPPLIES SENT TO CHICKAMAUGA Most of the Volunteers There Now Are Entirely With out Equipment. SPECIAL TRAINS HOURLY Arrive on All the Lines and the Rush of Troops Continues at the Park. Chickamauga, May 17.—Today has been one of the busiest in the history of the park. .A number of regiments which arrived yesterday afternoon and last night remain ed in the cars over night and since early this morning have been at work pitching the tents and arranging the camps. Special trains are arriving hourly. The Fortieth Pennsylvania Infantry, which ar rived yesterday, remained in the cars over night and began the work on the camps this morning. This regiment is composed of 700 men under Colonel Case. The batteries ot the Twenty-sixth and the Twenty-seventh Indiana light artilery, which arrived yesterday, were taken •to the park last night and remained in the oars over night. They went into camp this morning. One hundred and fifty of the seven hun dred infantry under Colonel Studebaker, also remained in tho ears over night, as did the Second Wisconsin infantry. The Thirty-first Michigan infantry, com posed of 1,026 men and officers, under the command of Colonel Cornitius Gardner, ar rived over the Cincinnati Southern this morning. The regiment is without arms. The work of equipping the volunteers is keeping the ordinance department busier than they have been before. A majority of the volunteers are une quiped and intense amounts of supplies must be issued to them. Several special trains with arms and equipment are now en route. • NO ORDERS YET For the Moving of the First Regiment From Camp Northern. The Second regiment will pass through Macon on Thursday on its way to Tampa. Just, when the First regiment will pass through to Mobile, which is the point to which they are to be sent it is said though not officially confirmed, is not known, but they are expecting to go at any lime. The captains gave their men orders to day to send all the old clothes they have here, and can do without home, and be prepared to leave the camp as soon as the orders comes. Colonel Brown was not at the camp yesterday and Colonel Lawton was in command. No messages were re ceived, but a change is expected today that will settle the day when the regiment will leave for another place. Little time will be required to make the move provided the transportation can be secured. The Central railway agent here has not received any instructions that cars would be sent for the regiment, and.il is not at all probable that the regiment will get away before Thursday. The soldiers were in an uproar when the news that the order for the regiment to move had been received", and it quickly spread over the camp that both regiments wore going and would probably leave’this afternoon. Many rumors of the same nature were rife, and some of the company officers were forced to put up .bulletins of what the substance of the real order was. Colonel Lawton did not receive any or der relating to his regiment, but as it has been decided by the war department that he is to report to the department com mander, it is expected that ho will receive an order to report to General Graham. Where he will be assigned is a matter of conjecture. The camp here is liked, but what is wanted worse than anything else is arms, equipments and uniforms. NIGHT HAWKS OFF CUBA. Spanish Cruisers Are Known to be Operating Out of Cuban Ports, Cape Hayti, May 17.—Two Spanish cruisers or gunboats are making a base of operations at Badiquiri or Guantanamo Bay. ' " They are known to be moving every night m the waters between Hayti and Cuba. The Haytian schooner plying between Mole St. Nicholas, Jean Rabel and Glati n-agua reports, through an agent of the •Cuban insurgents at Port de Paix, that they met the Spanish vessels several times during t'he past week. The Spaniards are supposed to hide in the Cuban ports during the day and go out cruising at night. LADIES’ AID SOCIETY Will Give a Picnic and Dance on Next Mon day. Next Monday afternoon and evening the Young Ladies Aid Society will give a fes tival and dance at Ocmulgee park which will be made one of the most attractive affairs of the outdoor entertainments of the summer. Card’s band will furnish the music for the occasion and a large number of people will attend. The Young Ladies Aid Society has done good work and is well deserving of the hearty support of the public. Their en tertainments are always delightful. MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER. New Fork, May I..—The Eight regiment of Massachusetts volunteers, 950 men, went through Jersey City today on their way South. COTTON FUTURES. New York, Maj 17—Futures dull. Sales 5,000. June 633, July 629, August 632, September 624-25. October 622, November 623-25, December 626, Januarv 628, Feb ruary 629, March 630. . MEN’S DOLLAR UNDERSUITS. Get good ones. Clem Phillips. DERELICT SENT OUT AS A TRAP But thev Went Out and Sent the Old Hulk to the Bottom. BLANCO'S FUTILE DOOGE To Injure One of Our Gun Boats Fails Utterly of Its Purpose- May Have Had Torpedoes. Key West, May 17 —The United States cruiser 'Wilmington, Commander Todd, when about 30 miles east of Havana yes terday, fired four shell: into a Spanish trap in the .nape of a derelict sinking it and thus doing away with another piece of Spanish trickery. The commander of the Wilmington had been warned that some dangerous wreck age was drifting about the spot mentioned and the cruiser steamed in that direction to investigate. IHo reports that an old Spanish schooner with the deck loaded to the rails with rusty iron car wheels-, etc., closely packed together was found floating in the track of the torpedo lioats and dis patch boats. The iron laden schooner had evident!} been sent out of Havana harbor in the hope that a torpedo boat or small craft would crash into it and be damaged. As wires were noticed around the iron rails on the schooner. Commander Todd believed the Spanish trap might also con tain explosives and therefore laying off a considerable distance from her his guns promptly sent her to the bottom. Another commission from General Max imo, the insurgent commander in chief, arrived at Key West today. John F. Jova, the former United States vice consul at Sagua Lagrande, who was landed by the American gunboat about ten days ago w.ls‘picked up yesterday after an exciting experience with the Spanish gun boat which the Amperican gunboat chased into her harbor. Mr. Jova succeeded in reaching the camp of Gomez and brought back dis patches from the latter to Commodore Watson. He reports that Gomez and sev eral thousand troops are in the best of spirits and are hopeful of .a speedy ending of the present situation. Mr. Jova. also re ports the Spanish troops proving westward, keeping in cities. He made a part of the journey along the coast in a small boat and was chased by a Spanish gunboat when the American gunboat hove in sight. SHORT MEETING Os the County Commissioners Was Held This Morning, The county commissioners held their, regular monthly meeting this morning and by common consent it was decided that it was the shortest meeting that has been held for five years. There was nothing to come before the commissioners except the veriest routine matter and not very much of that. The commissioners adjourned before 11 o'clock. YET ANOTHER - ROMANCE OF WAR. Lieutenant Granville Connor and Miss Carrie May Lane Married, The second romantic marriage, the out come of the war and the call for volun teers took place yesterday when First Lieutenant Granville Connor, of the Macon Volunteers, and Miss Carrie May Lane lane were quietly married at the resi dence cf the bride’s father on College street. It is only about ten days ago since Lieu tenant Connor acted as best man for his captain, Samuel B. Hunter, on rhe occa sion of his surprise marriage to Miss Kittj’ Seai'cy of 'Boling'broke on the eve of his departure to the camp at Griffin. Tester-ay Lieutenant Connor came down from the camp wi.h Sergeant Lawson Brown. It was given out that he had come down on leave for a ew hours and that he would return in rhe af.ernoou. All of this»>was tsrlctly true. He did come down on business of a pr'vate and personal na ■ 'ture and he did leave on the afternoon train to report at t.ie camp for duty again, but in th meanwiile he bad become benedict and had taken to himself a wife from among the most charming cf Ma con’s young women. The wedding took place yesterday after noon at 4 o’clock at the residence of Major Jeff Lane, on College street. Only the im mediate family on both sides were present and the whole affair was limple and quiet. Sergeant Lawson Brown acted as best man. M'eanwbile the word had gradually spread among the remnant of the Volun teers who are at home and when Lieuten ant Connor arrived at the depot he found them there to give him their congratula tions and a send OS'. Lieutenant Connor is to be congratu lated. He has won a charming bride and she has found a bood man and a good hus band. There is no more worthy young mail 'in Macon than Granville Connor and the thousands of friends of both principals to the interesting wedding yesterday after noon will wish the groom a safe return and for both of them all sorts of good luck in the battle Os Life. ANOTHER ROMANCE. Mr. Frank Lumsden and Miss Myra Gaines Married. Mr. Frank Lumsden, of the Macon Guards, and Miss Myra Gaines, of Atlanta, were married in Griffin a few nights ago. This is another romance of the war and will interest a number of the friends of both parties in Macon and Atlanta. Mr. Lumsden and Miss Gaines have been engaged to be married for some time. The groom is a popular young business man of Macon, now with his company at Griffin, and the bride is one of the most charm in young ladies in the capital city. GREAT SUCCESS. Opening Night at the Park by Peruchi Bel dini Com pany. The Peruchi-Beldini Comedy Company scored a great success in their initial en tertainment at Crump’s park last night. The theater was crowded and the fVm pany was given a strong reception. The engagement is for the next two weeks and it is safe to say that the com pany will row in popular favor as thp time goes on. Their work 4s clean and good, in fact it is equal to that of the best of the popular price companiese that have visited Macon. The theater at the park has been im proved and the arrangements for the re served seating are very much better. MAY IGNORE THE PRIMARY Working People Inclined to Resent the Executive Committee’s Action. IIDEPEIMT ICTIOI May be the Program —Call it a Game of “Freeze Out”-Mr. Craig Might Not Accept. The first move on the political checker board of which the public has been put fully on notice,. will be made this evening at the court house, when the .working men of the county have been called to select a candidate for the legislature who is to .re ceive their endorsement. The meeting is looked upon with the deepest interest by the candidates who are already in the field, as on the result of this meeting a great deal will depend. Tin in mint cf the working men will mean a great deal. Os course it leaves a chance for two other candidates to get the working men’s votes, but as there are some five or six candidates, the question turns on who' the two will be. It is 'fur ther true that on more than one occasion the working men have done some single shotting, to the complete discomfort and complete defeat of some of the candidates who have been seeking election. So far as is known there are now in the field Messrs. Roland Ellis, S. A. Reid. John R. 'Cooper, J. H. Hall, Andrew Laue, D. 'D. Craig, Joe James and perhaps a scattering of others. Os these Roland Ellis, S. A. ißeid and John R. Cooper are the only ones who have formally announced. It is said today that Colonel Joe Hall has most positively .made up his mind to go into the race. After the meeting tonight there will be a scramble for the goodwill of tho ele ment that indorses a candidate tonight and whose endorsement means almost cer tain election. This means that after tonight there will be only two places for the six who have, not been endorsed to fight over. M AY IGNORE PRUMiARY. The most interesting minor current in connection with tonight’s meeting is to the effect that the workingmen will show their resentment of the Democratic Ex ecutive Committee’s recent action in rais ing the entry fee for legislative candi dates. Some of them regard this as an effort to freeze-out the workingman’s can didate, knowing that the latter cannot raise the necessary SSO as easily as the average lawyer or politician. Some of them are talking right out, and these say the working people of iMacon will, at tonight’s meeting, decide to ignore the .Democratic primary and put out a candidate of their own Independent of party action. They will then agree to single-shot him, and hope in this way to make his election sure. There is much feeling over tho Execu tive Committee’s action, and unless more conservative counsel prevails at tonight’s meeting' an independent candidate may he endorsed. Mr. Craig’s friends, however, do not believe he would run as an inde pendent, although many of them are in dignant at what they term the Executive Committees game of “freeze-outt” COOPER ANNOUNCES. The F irst io Shy His Castor Into the Ring in Bibb. Mr. John R. Cooper lias his announce ment in this issue of The News informing the public that he is a candidate for the legislative honors. If hard work, friends and energy will get a man into a position in politics Mr. Cooper will most certainly be one of Bibb’s delegates to the legislature. He is deserving of the confidence and the respect of the mass of the voters of the county and if he is elected he will make a. splendid representative. It is safe to say that Mr. Cooper is not the candidate cf a faction or a ring. He will run on his own merits and will make a powerful opponent, for any one of the other candidates. HON. ROLAND ELLIS. Makes the Announcement of His Candidacy for Legislature. Elsewtiere in The News will be found the announcement of his candidacy for the legislative honors in this county by Hon. Roland Ellis. Mr. Ellis is one of the favorites in the race in which so far there are only two authorized announcements. The two early .birds in the field are Messrs. Roland Ellis and John R. Cooper. Mr. Roland Ellis has a host of friends all over the county of Bibb who will go to work for him in earnest if there is the slightest doubt of his election. Mr. Ellis is perhaps one of the most bnlli'an young men in the state, and he has under consideration some legislation of the depest importance to the people of Bib beounty. EVEN HARDTACK BEARS THE MOTTO Remember the Maine is to be Printed on Hard Tack for the Soldiers. St. Louis, May 17 —Captain Duval, of the commissary department, has made a con tract with the local bakers for 610,000 pounds of army crackers. On each is print ed “Remember the Maine.’’ He has also contracted for 28,000 gallons of vinegar. VAUDEVILLE CLOSED? Manager McShane Was Given an Ovalion on Closing Night. Putzel’s Vaudeville has closed for the summer and the manager, Mr. McShane, has left for New York. Mr. McShane will return to open the Vaudeville next season. He has succeeded better than any other manager that has been in charge of the house and had made a large circle of friends in Macon. The closing performance and the demon stration that followed the fall of the cur tain was a tribute to the popularity of Mr. McShane. MEN’S DOLLAR L’NDERSLTTS. Get good ones. Clem Phillips. TO PULL FOR MILTON E.SMITH A Big Delegation of Macon People Will G o Over to Augusta Todav. MiHimun He Will be a Splendid Officer if He is Elected Grand Lodge Opens Tomorrow. .About twenty Knights of Pythias will leave Macon at 4:20 this afternoon for Augusta, where the meeting of the Grand Lodge of the order will be held tomorrow. The Macon delegation goes by the Geor gia railroad in a special ear provided for that purpose. A nuhber of ladies will bo in the party. The main interest of the meeting at taches to the election of officers for the ensuing year. The office of grand chan cellor is now being held 'by A. G. Algee, who lives at Fitzgerald, and who took the office after the resignation of former Gfiind Chancellor Warren was accepted. The resignation was put in only a few months ago. The election of a grand chancellor for the Knights of Pythias has before devel oped surprises and it is possible that this year may be one of those that bring sur prises. The Macon delegation will put forward the name of Mr. Milton Smith, who has. been a member and an officer of the Grand Lodge for a number of years. ■A very strong movement has been start ed in his interest and has developed very satisfactorily for his friend's. It is more than probable that the name of the next Grand Chancellor will be Smith and that his name will be Milton. It is not stated what other candidates there are for the office, but it is more than likely that there will be several beside Mr. Smith who is not really a candidate but is being pushed forward by his feiends. The meeting in Vugusta, notwithstanding the war. premises to be largely attended and the outcome will be watched with the deepest WHO DOES THE WORK? Col. Candler Says the Rail road Commission’s Chair man Does It. Atlanta, May 17.—'When Colonel Allen Candler was in Atlanta Saturday night on his way borne, he was asked if he had not declared that the chairman of the railroad commission, Colonel L. N. Trammell, did ■prctieally the bulk of the board's work. Colonel Candler stated that he did make that statement at Dalton and has repeated it more than once since in his speeches. Colonel Trammell is in the office of the commission every day and earns every dol lar of his salary. 'While the commission was in session only twenty-eight days out of the 365 last year, the chairman was in the office nearly every working day in the month. Colonel Candler has often referra l in his speeches to the foot that Judge Atkinson is drawing $2,500 a year salary as railroad commissioner, but is not in the office one full day in the week, and since he s’arti I in this campaign has probably not averag ed two hours a week, if so much, in the commission’s office at the statehouse. This was used as his argument directing at tention to places where money might be saved to the state. Some states have only one railroad commissioner, who attends to all the work with the assistance of the sec retary and clerks. The anti-Candler faction seem to have dropped the Griffin tax fl fa. matter by unanimous consent. The truth about it was that the more it was agitate I the greater the harm which resulted to their candidatese. As it was sprung by Senator Berner’s organ, it naturally reacted on the senator with more force than on his run ning mate. All three of the gubernatorial candidates got down to hard work yesterday, and from now until June 6th they will take no holi day. There are three weeks more of cam paigning and the speaking will be like the discharge of rapid-fire guns. Colonel Candler was at Monroe and Social Circle yesterday and he wil be at. Sparta today, and Senator Berner has jumpt 1 from 'North Georgia to the southwestern cor ner o-f the state, speaking at Bainbridge yesterday. • FROM A DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR. I have found Cheney’s Expectorant su perior to anything I have ever tried for colds and bronchial trouble. Send me by : first mail six bottles of your mod excellent i medicine. PROF. J. H. RICHARDSON. | Sweetwater, Tenn. Masters of Their Business. That is the verdict concerning us, rendered intelligently and impartially by the jury of many buyers. We aim to have, and do have, the hand somest and best Ready-made Clothing ever seen. Every Suit is a triumph in its way. And vet our prices are popular— s7.so, 8 50, 10.00, 12 00,15 00,18.00 and 20.00. We guarantee all our Clothes—fabrics, fit, tailoring. X ' -A . L. J* 3; ffloneu on Hand. Loans on real estate. Easy monthly I' payments. GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man. Equitable Building and Loan Association, Macon. <4n.. 461 Third Street. PRICE THREE CENTS END JOB. Gladstone Can Live Only a Few Hours Longer. RAPIDLrSINKING Physicians Sav He Has Taken A Turn for the Worse. Bi IS UItOHIOUS And Spends His Last Moments Try ing to Pray —Family at His Bedside. Hawarden, May 17—Gladstone spent a restless night. He is, however, not suffer ing, but was exhausted this morning. London, May 17—Henry Gladstone took a special train to Hawarden. He fears his father is sinking rapidly. Hawarden. May 17 —Gladstone's physi cian says this afternoon: The end is now near. Mr. Gladstone has taken little nourishment. He breathes heavily for a few minutes and then his breathing is hardly perceptible. Mrs. Gladstone is with her dying hus band. She and others of the family do not leave the room for more than a few min utes at a time. Hawarden, May 17, 5 p. m.—iAn official bulletin just issued says: Air. Gladstone has taken a serious turn for the worse. 'His death may be expected in less than twenty-four hours. When offered medicine at 4:30 p. m. Mr. Gladstone exclaimed: “No, no.” A.part from this he seldom speaks, except to commence a prayer. He is practically un conscious. DULL MEETING Os the City Council is Promised for To night. The regular meeting of the city council tonight promises to lack anything of an interesting nature and it looks as if noth ing but the veraiest routine would come up for the attention of the city fathers. Up to noon today not a single petition had 'been filed with the clerk, though it is of course possible that something may come along later. The proposition to ask council to sus pend work en the paving until after the war question has been settled does not. seem to have materialized. But there are some of the property owners who say that they will ask it if there is any indication of a proposition to tear up Cherry street. They say that they hope that council will of its own motion take the step and in this way avoid any petitions and get the full credit for what would seem to be a most wise step. MRS, A, J. JARRETT Died This Morning at Her Residence on Fisst Street. Mrs. A. G. Jarrett, died this morning at her 'home on First street after a short illness. 'Mrs. Jarrett was one of the most uni versally beloved women in Macon, and her almost sudden and untimely death will be a saource of deep regret to a very large circle of friends. She leaves a husband and several chil dren. The funeral will take place tomorrow morning from the residence at 153 First street, and the funeral notice will be found in another part of the paper. WILL NOT RESIGN. Miss Brunner Says that There is No Neces sity for It. Miss Brunner, who has been stamp clerk in the internal revenue office here for a long time, and who it was said in The News a few days ago would resign her po sition as the result of the appointment .of a negro to the office of deputy collector at this place, says that she will not resign, as she sees no necessity for it. She says that she is not thrown in contact with the deputy collector at this point. She is, in fact not thrown in contact with the ne groes in her work at all. Her office is not situated with tnat of the negro and her work does not call for any association with him.