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ready for loans on Macoa residence and
business property. 8 per cent, money for
farm loans. Over Jfr.ooo.ooo successfully
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can be paid off at any time. We are head
quarters. O. A. Coleman. Gen. Man.,
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ESTABLISHED 1884
BIIHBRS OF SUCCESS
BEACHES CAPE BAYTIEN
The Cable Has Hol Been Interrupted But the Silence Slill
Continues,
CEVERASJJLUNDER
Is Not Believed to Have Been
Made, But Everything
is Serene.
NEWS ON WM FROM SCHLEY.
Messenger is Beinc Brought in by
the Associated Press Boat Dan
dy Department is in
the Dark.
(tape Haytien, May 28 —-A rumor has
reached here of Important \merican suc
cess but no confirmation has been obtain
ed.
Since tlie rumored arrival of the Spanish
11. et at Santiago no new : has reached
here, though the cable between this place
and Santiago has not been interrupt. ,1.
The significance of this mysterious si
lence Is not known, but excites great won
der.
No explanation is furnished excepting
that the surmise based on the theory
that the Spanish admiral has allowed hint
self to bo bottled up in the bay of Santiago
is not entertained here. On the contrary,
the Haytit n officials say it is fat from
likely that such a thing occurred.
It is hoped that a message from Com
modore Schley will be soon received at
Mole St. Nicholas or elsewhere.
NEWS ON WAY
FROM SCHLEY.
Messenger is Now on Board
the Associated Press
Boat, Dandy.
New Yoik. May 28, —-X special to the
Evening Tel. gt am dated Kingston, May
28, says:
"Uy arrangements with the Associated
Press the latter's dispatch boat Handy,'
took on board a mtssengtr with dispatches
cabled to Consul Dent here for transmis
sion to the American fleet. The ‘Dandy’
left Port (Maria on the north coast of
Jamaica last night. The me-’sen.g. t on the
'Dandy' is an officer of the navy depart
ment and it is understood has s
of the greatest importance from Commo
dore Schley.”
(MORE GENERALS
Have Been Appointed by the President in
the Volunteers.
Washington. May 28- -The president to
day sent these nominations to the senate:
Major generals of volunteers, Matthew
C. Butler, of South Carolina.
Brigadier generals of volunteers, James
R Waites, of Texas. Nelson Cole, of .Mis
souri. William C. Oates, of Alabama.
DEWEY IS SHORT
Os Both Provisions and Ammunition Sav
Hong Kong Reports.
Hong Kong. May 28—There is absolutely
no truth in the report that the cruiser
Baltimore at Manila has been damaged
by an internal explosion.
The auxiliary cruiser Zafire arrived at
midnight yesterday and reports that
Dewey is short of provisions and ammuni
tion.
BLOCKADE GOOD.
People of Manila Cannot Buy Rice or Any
Other Piovisions.
Washington. May 28 The navy depart
ment this afternoon made public the fol
lowing dispatch:
“Cavite. via Hong Kong—Secretary of
the Navy at Washington:
“No change in the situation. The block
ade is still effective. It is impossible ter
the people of Manila to buy provisions ex
cept rice.
"Captain Gridley, of the Olympia, con
demned by the medical survev, has been
ordered home. Commander Lamberton
has been appointed commander of the
Olympia. (Signed.) Dewey.
DOES THE EAGLE
CARRY NEWS?
Arrived at Kingston This
Morning and Will o
Out Today.
(Copyright ■by Associated Press.)
Kingston. May 2S—Copyright by Asso
ciated Press—. The Dispatch boat Eagle ar
rived at Port Antonio on this island last
evening.
It is said that she came direct from x Key
West, but 4ere is a belief that she has
dispatcher .-b forward.
In view ff the neutrality the comm 1 ler
has been iiotified that the Eagle must
leave in twenty-four hours. She will take
on forty-eight tons of coal and sail today.
The British steamer Adula is expected
today' from Cienfuegos.
WHOOPINC COUGH.
I had a little boy who was nearly dead
from an attack of whooping rough. My
neighbors reeomvnded Chamberlain’s
Cough Remedy. 1 did not think any medi
cine would help him. but after giving him
a few doses of that remedy I noticed au
Improvement and one bottle cured him en
tirely. It is the ibest cough medicine I
ever had in the house.—J. L. Moore. South
Burgettstown, Pa. Eor sale by H. J. La-
Siar & Lons, druggists.
TH E MACON NEWS.
SILLY FALSEHOOD.
Report Sent Out That Sampson’s Fleet Has
Been Defeated.
Chicago, May 28. —The statement that
Reuters' agency has sent out a rumor that
Sampson’s fleet has been defeated off San
tiago and Sampson killed is a silly false
hood.
TWO OF DEWEY’S
Officers Are Reported 111 and Will be Sent
Home-.
Washington, May 28. —Secretary Long
has received a cablegram from Admiral
Dewey informing him of the illness of
Captain Gridley and two other offic-flers,
rwho will be sent home.
ST. LOUIS TO CRAMPS.
She Will Have Her Armament Increased by
Six Guns.
New A’ork. May 28. —The auxiliary cruis
er St. Louis arrived from West Indian Wa
ters this morning.
The St. Louis has been ordered to the
Cramp ship yards at Philadelphia to have
her armament increased by six 5-inch
quick-fire guns.
STOMACH TROUBLE
Comes From What the Volunteers Don't
Get.
Camp Thomas, Chickamauga, Ga., May
28—“ What kind of ‘grub’ are you get
ting?” is the general countersign of the
36.000 troops quartered at Chickamauga.
It is not officially established. On the con
trary the officers vainly endeavor to stamp
it out.
The question is the only disturbing ele
ment of tiie camp. The “cheerful liars"
of the First, as they call themselves in
answer to the query from another regi
ment's men, paint a glorious picture of
rations received in imagination only, even
while the taste of lonely pork and hard
tack ' ngers in the mouth.
,c rejoinder from the inquirer, how
ex. r, makes him feel very 'bad, for he. in
mournful tones deploringly tells how he
"only had beef, potatoes, tomatoes, porn
pancakes, etc..” —products for which only
existed in his imagination.
I mediately there is discontent. The sol
dier of Cincinnati thinks that he is not
as well fed as he ought to be. The neigh
boring regiment thinks that the Cincin
natians are favored.
Ami so it goes from day to day. Discon
tent is general. When the private looks at
the commissary’s report he finds nothing
in it to contradict the prevarications of his
neighbor. The food products which they
mention are all listed in the report, in
addition to the figured amount of each
that is doled out.
ORNAMENT IS
THE FAVORITE.
The Track is Heavy and It
Now Looks Like Any
one’s Race.
New York, May 28.—(Disagreeable
weather and a heavy track are the condi
tions for the operting of the Brooklyn
Jockey Club meeting today and the
Brooklyn handicap of a mile and a quarter
which is to be run this afternoon, is not
likely to be t>he success it should be. Fifty
horses are on the card as starters, al
though not more than ten are likely to go
to the post. It is conceded on all sides
that Ornament is the (popular favorite and
he will be the best backed horse in the
race. It will he an open contest, however,
as there are so many good ones in this
year and nearly all have been rated more
or less. At ten o’clock the track was dryer
than was expected and the harrows were
at work trying to turn the thick paste
into fair ground.
SNAKES IN CAMP.
United States Regular Bitten to Death by a
Rattlesnake.
Savannah, May 28—'Private H. T. Wal
ter. of company C., Second Georgia regi
ment, U. S. V., arrived in Savannah yes
terday from the camp at Tampa. Mr. Wal
ter has a furlough of seven days. While
in camp he received a telegram stating
that his wife was seriously ill in Augusta
and was accordingly granted the leave. Mr.
Walter says he was arrested when he
reached Jacksonville as a deserter, but
that he was promptly released when his
papers were produced. He told a Press
reporter several little incidents that have
occurred in camp and which have not yet
appeared in print.
“Rattlesnakes are very numerous." said
Mr. Walter. “On last Sunday one of the
United States regulars was bitten by a
serpent and died on Monday. The soldier
was buried with military honors at Tampa.
The town is under martial law. but out
breaks are numerous. On Monday night
the boys raided a saloon run by a Span
iard and after drinking as much as they
wanted they demolished the place. Up to
the time J left the ringleaders had not
been caught. We have been officially
notified that the Georgia. Ohio, and Mich
igan companies will be the first put on
Cuban soil. Fourteen large transports are
tied up in the stream ready to move to
Cuba at a moment's notice. The camping
ground on Palmetto beach is the most
beautiful spot around Tampa. There is
where we are camped. It is almost one
mile from Ybor city and almost four miles
from Tampa. The 1 Savannah boys, with
one exception, are all well and in the best
of spirits. The surf bathing is great and
we all enjoy it.”
Mr. Walter was a member of the Clinch
Rifles. He left last night for Augusta.
COTTON NEWS.
New York, May 28—Futures are dull and
steady. Sales 2.500. June 637, July 642,
August 648, September and October 633,
November 634, December 635. January 637.
A worked over standard sewing ma
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USE fl BALLOON
TO EINDM
It is Suggested That Schlev
Use One of These
to See
IF HE IS IN SANTIAGO
It is the Only Way by Which the
Knowledge Can be Obtained
With Certainty.
Washington, May 28.—The possibility
that tine balloon will be made a useful ad
junct at war is suggested by the problem
that confronts Commodore Schley if Ad
miral Cervera is really inottled up in San
tiago haibor. It issuggeated that he send
up a .balloon from one of the warships
which is supposed to be at the mouth of
the harbor on a tour of observation. The
signal office has a balloon equipment, but
it is not ascertained if any vessels are fur
nished with it. Experience abroad has
shown that when high in the air tne bal
loon is practically free from the guns of
the opposing forces, as the accurate range
of their Height cannot be obtained.
FROM KLONDIKE.
Six Dead Bodies Were Brought in From
Alaska on One Steamer.
Seattle, May 28. —Six dead bodies were
brought from Alaska by the steamer Rosa
lie at millnight. They were E. A. Cieland,
ex-United States marshal of Utah; W. E.
McDade, Vermont; W. P. Condon, S. D.
Fike and Cummings and Laughlin. The
first two died of pneumonia and the re
mainder were victims of the Chilcoot ava
lanche.
REFUGE FOR CRIMINALS.
Is Regular Army, if LThey Enlist Under
Aliases.
Atlanta. Ga., May 28—An instance of the
shelter which army life affords to crimi
nals was given yesterdaj' in the case of a
negro. Bob Conway. Last December Con
way nearly killed Patrolman Cook, of this
city, and made his escape.' Cook was in
formed that his assailant had enlisted in
the regular army, and was at 'McPherson
barracks. A policeman tried to arrest
him, but was informed by 'Regimental
Commander Cook that as the negro had
enlisted under an alias, he could not be
removed from the army. The only chance
for securing him is to make an arrest if
he shall venture into the city.
NEED EQUIPMENT
AT CHICKAMAUGA.
The Men Are Rapidly Being
Put in Condition But
Need Shoes.
Chatatnooga, May 28. —The various com
mands composing General Brook’s army of
45,000 men are rapidly being put in good
shape and the work of the whole army is
becoming thoroughly systematized.
The brigade and regimental drills now'
occur daily in all camps, despite the .state
ments to the contrary the men the fairly
well provided for and none are undergoing
any great hardships.
The great drawback now is the lack of
uniforms, shoes, clothing and equipments,
but this drawback will be eliminated in a
few days and an immense amount of these
supplies are now enroute.
Needles for all sewing machines. New
Home Office.
MINERS’ STRIKE.
May Have to Cail Troops Back to Pennsyl
vania.
Philadelphia, May 28. —General Morrell
was called to Harrisburg by a telegram
from Governor Hastings last night, rela
tive to the organization of the provisional
guard. Governor Hastings may be com
pelled to calil on the president for troops
instead of furnishing more men fin answ'er
to the call. The coal miners in the bitu
minous coal regions threaten to strike if
they shall ont beg ranted the 69 cent rate
for mining. The rate now is 59 cents and
President Patrick Dolan and Secretary
of the United Mineworkers’ officials are
advising the men to quit .work unless the
advanced rate shall be paid. The date
fixed for the threatened strike is June 15.
NOISES OF NOAH’S ARK.
So'ditrs Send Animal Calls All Over Chicka
mauga Park.
Camp Thomas. Ga., May 28 —The officer
of the day has most of his troubles at night
at Chickamauga Park. At 9:15 p. m.
“taps” is sounded. The lights are put out.
Shortly afterward from a far-cornered
tent the wail of a “Thomas” cat breaks
the alert. He knows that the wail ema
nates from a mischievous soldier.
The sentinel’s line is drawn in close,
but it is of no avail. The wail of the erst
while “Thomas” is greeted by a chorus of
meows that would make your neighbor’s
•back yard at midnight seem like a feline
kindergarten in comparison.
From every side the yell is heard.
Guards rush to and fro and drag the un
fortunate innocents and guilty to the
guardhouse. Bedlam is turned loose Owls
hoot, donkeys bray, roosters crow.
The shrill “caw” of the crow seems to
hurl defiance at a pack of baying hounds,
while the demoniacal whelp of the hyena
gleefully adds to the Babel. Noah's ark
seems to have been caught in a jam, and
its passengers appear to be giving voice
to their sentiments.
The storm soon blows over. The sleuth
guards find everybody asleep. Those in the
guardhouse, however, “hear about it” the
next day in a manner that carries remem
brance.
Do you need a good sewing machine,
buy the New Home. J. R. Burnett, 131
Cotton avenue.
SIX MORE CLERKS.
Washington. May 28.—-Six. additional
portal clerks have been detailed for camp
at Chickamauga and three additional for
camp Alger.
MACON NEWS SATURDAY MAY 28 1898.
SPAIN'S RESERVE
SDUADRON SAILS
Camara Has Left Cadiz, Ac
cording Ito the Official
Announcements.
WHERE WILL HE BE NEXT?
Positively No InforMation as to the
Whereabouts of Zthe Destina
tion of the Squadron.
Madrid, Maj' 28 —It is officially announ
ced that the Spanish squadron, command
ed by Camera, has left Cadiz.
It will maneuver for several days in the
open sea and afterwards immediately sail
ing for the Philippines, Cuba, or the
United States as the government may
judge the most opportune.
The squadron composed of ten or twelve
vessels.
ARE WHITE TROOPS.
The Immune Regiment to be Brought Here
Will be Made Up of Whites.
The following telegram was received this
•morning by Hon. W. T. Morgan, who is
acting mayor during the absence of Mayor
Price, who went to Tampa last night and
will return Monday:
“My regiment is white. (Signed.)
“P. IM. Ray.”
To this telegram the acting mayor sent
the following message:
“P. iM. Ray, Washingon.—Offer you am
ple and comfortable quarter for 1,000 or
more men in handsomest park in the
South.”
LAST SUNDAY
On Which Mr. Arthur Wood Will Preside at
the Organ at the Presbyterian Church.
Tomorrow will be the last Sunday on
which Air. Arthur Wood will preside as
the organist and choirmaster of the First
Presbyterian church. His resignation has
gone in to take effect on June first.
A special musical program will be ren
dered at both the services tomorrow.
WIDELY KNOWN.
Mrs. Gammons Position on Football At
tracts Great Attention.
Through, the courtesy of Dr. R. P. Cox,
The Rome Tribune is permitted ‘to pub
lish the following extract from the Atlanta
.Medical and Surgical Journal:
“ilt will xbe remembered that when
young Gammbn Was killed in a football
game at Atlanta last fall and bills were
afterward introduced in the legislature
prohibiting further match games in the
state the young man’s mother, in a public
letter, requested that ‘the death of her son
should not serve as an' argument against
the development of an athletic education
in the university.’ This letter, it is said,
has been widely published in this country
and the Progress Medical of Paris says
that it has been translated in the press of
continental Europe. The last named jour
nal says:
“That’s the kind of mothers they have
in America. Such mothers are the makers
of true men.”
MOST RIGID DISCIPLINE.
New York and Massachusetts Soldiers Com
plain of Food Supp y.
Lakeland, Fla., 'May 28 —Lakeland is a
small village 32 miles east of Tampa, in
a beautifully wooded country and sur
rounded by a chain of nine lakes, all of
which are within one mile of the railway
station. There is sand here, but not
enough to be bothersome. The camps are
pitched in the shadows of the forest and
close to the lakes.
Northwest of the village is camped the
Tenth cavalry (colored). A melee one
night, resulting in the killing of a citizen
by negro troopers, has caused the most
rigid discipline to be enforced. ißj’ orders
ot Brigadier General Young, the village
is patrolled constantly by a squad of eight
men, in charge of a lieutenant. In addi
tionto this, the Tenth has been disarmed.
The First cavalry is camped half a mile
southwest of the town, on a high piece of
forest-covered ground. The camp is free
from sand and dust, and has a lake on
either side. One of these is used to water
the horses and for bathing purposes, and
the other for drinking water. It' is far
ahead of anything to be found at Tampa.
The Seventy-first New' York and the
Second Massachusetts are camped between
the First cavalry and the town. The sol
diers of these complain of the lack of sup
plies furnished and of the rigid discipline.
MARION HARRIS
FOR LEGISLATURE
A Very Strong Petition Urg
ing Him to Make the
Race.
There may be still a ..other legislative
candidate in the field before many hours.
♦. petition was in circulation for a few
minutes this morning requesting Mr. Ma
rion Harris to enter the race. Those who
had the *petition in charge say they were
out only twentj' or thirty minutes and dur
ing that time did not meet with a single
refusal. On the contrary, they say every
one they met was enthusiastic in endorsing
Mr. Harris, and they believe, he will lead
the ticket if be consents to run. A News
man saw Mr. Harris during the morning.
He knew nothing of the petition, but said
that it would require a very strong one to
induce him to enter politics.
The . petition is as folows:
Macon.Ga.,May 28, 1898.
Recognizing the ability and many noble
traits of Mr. Marion Harris, and believing
hoim to be eminently qualified to fill the
position of law maker, we take pleasure in
presenting his name as a candidate for
representative of the county in the next
general assembly of Georgia, subject to the
action of the Demacratic primary on June
6th.
E. G. Jacobs, W. D. Lamar. J. B. Riley,
W. H. Ezell, Thos. C. Peek, W. W. Hard
wick. Jno. S. Hoge, J. Rfchar Gibson, Chas.
G. XV ilbourne, J. w. Layton, Louis
Bolcher. J. D. Stubbs, C. Ellright, William
G. Andrew, H. M. Wortham, E. <A. Pierce,
C. D. Peavy. G. H. Felchman, E. A Pierce,
Dixon. T. A. Jacobs, H. H. Clark, Gus. S.
Anderson, H. L. Jones, J. C. Wise and oth
er citizens.
FOLLOWED BT
FUTURE KINGS
Were Gladstone’s Remains—
Great Statesman Rests
in the Abbey.
RESIDE HIS OLD ADVERSARY.
The Marble Effigy of Benjamin Dis
raeli Looks Down on the
Grand Man’s Tomb.
London, May 28.—1 n the northern tran
sept of Westminster Abbey, where Eng
land’s greatest dead rest the oody of the
late M illiam Ewart Gladstone was en
tombed today with the ceremonies of the
nation he served and the church he loved.
His grave is beside that of his lifelong
adversary, Benjamin Disraeli (Lord Bea
consfield), whose marble effigy looks down
upon it decked with the regalia which
Gladstone had refused. Two possible fut
ure kings of Great Britain walked beside
the great -commoner's coffin and all the
nobility and learning of tihe state sur
rounded it, though the wish of the deceas
ed had been for simplicity. This official
■funeral, the -first since that of Lord Pal
merston, was rendered an imposing spec
tacle by the magnificence of the building
in which it was solemnized. The coffin
rested on an elevated bier before the altar,
its .plainness hidden beneath a nail of
white and -gold embroider< d with the text,
‘‘Requcscat in pace.”
MRS. MINA BLOCK
Died This Morning at Her Residence at a
Ripe Old Age.
Mrs. I. Block died this morning at her
residence on the corner of First and Plum
streets.
She was 74 years of age and was uni
versally respected among a large circle of
friends in the city.
The deceased was born in Bavaria and
came to this country when she was quit>
young. She has been a resident of Macon
for many years and was noted for her
kindness and sound practical sense.
She leaves six sons, three of whom are
among the most -prominent men of this
community. Her sons are 'Messrs. Jake
and Simon 'Block, of 'Cincinnati, and
Messrs. Isaac, 'Aleck and Nicholas Block
of this city. Her husband is still living.
The funeral will take place tomorrow
morning at 10 o’clock from the residence
and interment will be in Wolff’s cemetery.
DAY AND ALGER
WILL RETIRE.
Rumor About Holders of State
and War Portfolios That
They Will Remain On
ly During War.
New York, .May 28.—1A Washington dis
patch to the Brooklyn Eagle says:
*'lt is reported here today that Secretary
of State Day does not expect the war to
last long, and tha't it is his intention to
retire from the cabinet as soon as the war
shall be over. It lis reliably stated that
■when Judge Day agreed to accept the Pre
miership he did so with the distinct under
standing that he should foe allowed to re
sign in the fall if hostilities with Spain
should have ended by that time.
‘‘That Judge Day -is of the opinion that
everything -will be cleared up by fall is
indicated from the 'fact that he has taken
a lease of his present home only until next
October.”
From the same authority the Eagle cor
respondent is informed that Secretary Al
ger will aso retire from the Cabinet -when
the war is over.
•As Alger’s successor Judge Lopis .'McCo
mas, elf one of the 'District of Columbia
courts, and Senator-elect of Maryland, is
mentioned. 'McComas’ term as judge will
not expire, and his term as senator begin
till next 'March.
—— i
THE DOCTOR THE GLASSES.
Situation of the ‘ Increased IPrice of Beer
Problem.
The price of beer having increased in
small degree on account of internal rev
enue taxes, and for other reasons, per
haps, the question be came a puzzling one
with many liquor men as to how to make
the same profit on the beer trade they did
at the old rates.
The first solution at this perplexing
problem was found in the increased
amount of foam and smaller amount of
beer that might be put in a glass. This,
however, was a feature to which the aver
age customer would enter Objections, and
it did not work long in many instances
except, perhaps, at Coney Island and in the
average music hall. The usual run of the
Macon glass of beer was about as before,
though some of the barkeepers provided
themselves with smaller glasses, and made
up in that way.
Now the manufacturer of glasses or
tumblers for beer has solved the problem,
and very neatly, too. The beer glass will
not be made any smaller, nor will there
be any noticeable change on the exterior,
but inside the glasses are neatly molded
so that the bottom is fully a quarter of an
inch thick, and the sides slope gradually
into the ordinary thickness of the glass.
By this device the glasses, otherwise sim
ilar to those now in use, will hold precise
ly one-tenth less beer. It will not take
the Macon barkeepers long to get on to the
racket, and they will no doubt have them
along at the first opportunity.
NOT A WORD~
HAS LONG HEARD
About Either of the American
Fleets or the Spanish
Squadron.
Washington, May 28.—Secretary Long
states that no word has been received to
day from either the American or Spanish
fleets.
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WHY WATER
ISJLED IIP
Reciever Tinsley Tells of the
Causes That Lead Uo to
Its Condition.
NECESSITY MUCH REGRETTED
By the Company But It Was Un
avoidable-Will be All Right
in a Day or Two-
The water supply is interesting more
people in Macon today than either the war
or politics.
For some days the quality of the supply
has been most unattractive. It is a fact
that very often the clearest water is not
the purest, but the people who drink water
-prefer to take it in a liquid form.
To say that the water that has flowed
from the faucets all over the system for
the last few days has been opaque is not
putting i. iu tuo strong terms. To state
■the simple truth it has been muddy—very
muddy, so muddy in fact that the cleanly
men hesitated about washing in it.
.This is a condition of things that never
failed to create trouble for the newspapers
which are looked upon as the champion of
the people and are called upon to filter the
water or to clearify the question. That is
to say every man who holds a position on
the staff from the devil to the man who
is qualified morally to sit in the sanctum
sanctorum is supposed to know all about
a system of waterworks and is held per
sonally responsible every time an un
offending citizen gulps a tadpole at his
mid-day meal.
For several days The News has waited
to see if the water woud clear, hoping that
it was but a temporary abberation on the
part of the filters, but the turbidity con
tinues and the receiver of the Macon G>as
Light and Water Company was called upon,
to do something to enlighten thb news
papers and the public.
There is no man in Macon in whom the
general public have a larger store of con
fidence than Mr. T. -D. Tinsley. He is not
a part and parcel of any grinding monop
oly whose motto is the same as adopted
by the departed Vanderbilt—peace be to
his ashes—who thuoght that the people had
no voice in things celestial and said so in
most emphatic terms.
Mr. Tinsley readily went into an ex
planation of the causes that led up to the
present capacity of the water supply.
“Under normal conditions,” he said, “it
is as much as we can do to supply the city
of Macon with the water that is wan! d
for all purposes. That is to say when the
river is running its usual course and all
the filters are working smoothly we h: • >
no water or time to spare with our present
capacity. -The pumps are' working day ami
night and Sunday and week day, seven
days a week and as many days as there
are in a month and year.
“But when abnormal conditions come
upon us as has been the case within the
last week, it is impossible for us to give
to the city filtered water for all purposes
and unfortunately we cannot differentiate
between a fire engine and an individual
'and give muddy to the one and
filtered water to the other.
“For the last week there have been heavy
local rains above the pumping station
the river has risen rapidly and after a
period when it was extremely low it has
become extremely muddy. When the river
gets in such a condition the filters become
choked with mud and cannot work more
than half as fast as they do under normal
conditions. Consequently for some time
we were running out about a half supply
with a demand that was increasing on ac
count of the hot weather and the local
drought on the lawns and gardens.
“The consequence of this was that the
supply of water in the reservoir ran very
low and in order to give the people of
Macon the supply and the protection that
they wanted in the way of drinking water
and for the ordinary purposes of life as
well as for flushing of the sanitary sewars
and fire purposes it became necessary for
us to add to the supply by turning into
the wells the untiltered water.
“You understand that the wells are
supplied from the filters and the filters
from the pumps. But there is one pipe
running from the pump direct to the sup
ply well. This direct pipe which has no
connection with the filter is placed there
for use in the event of an emergency.
Ordinarily it is closed by a trap anti no.
water runs through it. The wells being
supplied from five filters around wells.
But when the mud came rolling down the
river and all the filters became choked up
so that they could not only do half work.
When the water in the reservoir fell lower
and we were faced with the danger of a
short supply for fire purposes as well as
for the sewers it became absolutely neces
sary for us to increase the supply by open
ing the trap from the river direct to the
wells.
“We have been forced to run the direct
pipe for some days in order that we may
try to catch up with the supply.
“'No one regrets this more than I do.
But it is a stern necessity and has only
been done as a last resort.
“But you will understand that the water
we are giving is not all unfiltered. There
are five filters running and one direct pipe
so that as a matter of fact the supply is
fully two-thirds filtered.
"We are gradually picking up and if the
consumers will have patience we will in
the next two or three days have the matter
rectified.
“As soon as the supply in the reservoir
warrants it we will shut off the direct pipe
and all the water will be filtered again.
“I know that it is .poor comfort but it
is only just and proper that I should point
out that the cases of fever which are said
to exist as a result of the poor water were
in the physicians bands some time before
we began to furnish any unfiltered water.
They are not the result of the water. I
am told too by physicians and others
competent to judge that the water as it
is coming down the river is much purer
than it is when it more clear, and the
river is low. The river has had a good
flushing as the result of the local rains
and the floods. For the river has risen six
feet in the last week.
“I wish to say that the company deeply
regrets the necessity that has faced it and
that I assure the people that we are doing
the best we can.
“When the water is turned on in the
new station which will be by the first of
July, we will have an ample supply for all
of -Macon s wants and we hope that within
two or three days we will be able to give
filtered water only again.
The danger of just what has happened
was (pointed out by the stockholders over
a year ago. The pumping station was al
together inadequate for the supply while
the demand had been greatly increased by
reason of the sanitary sewers and the
natural increase, but with the new pump
ing station at work tMacon wtll have no
reason to fear ever again a return to water
only partially filtered as the supply has
been to our great regret for the last few
days," .
HUM BRINGS WIIIID
FROM SUMO DE CUBA
Twelve American Vessels Are Now Outside the Harbor and
Cervera is Inside,
MERCER TO ATLANTA.
The Boys Went Out on the Special Train in
Large Numbers.
Mercer went out in force this morning.
(Mercer University and the University of
Georgia will contest at the Grand tonight
for points in oratory, and the debaters get
ting the most will win the contest. 'Elab
orate preparations have been made for the
•event and it will surpass anything of the
kind that has occurred in Atlanta in a long
time.
It is probable that more enthusiasm ex
ists over he outcome of the debate than
over any similar occasion that Atlanta has
ever had, and as the time for the speakers
to meet grows nearer the suporters of the
two educational instituions get more evcit
ed over the result.
The colors of the University of Georgia
are red and -black, and hose of Mercer or
ange and black. These various hues will
be seen on many young students and pret
ty girls in the city today, -who will wear
Ithe colors as the mark of the college they
are hoping will be successful in the con
test.
They will be given a trolley ride over
'the city in the afternoon and at 6 o’clock
will be given a reception in the lecture
room of the First Baptist church, where
the students will meet the members of the
church and their friends. The young la
dies o‘s the church have this part of the
entertainment of the visitors in charge
find will make it a pleasant part of the
time they spend here.
One of the most important -members of
the party is the mascot of the Mercer de
baters. 'He is known as Dr. Bloom in his
ideal life, but in real exisence is janitor of
the college. He will be dressed to repre
sent Uncle Sam and will be “one of the
boys.” He "will be carried into the grand
and given a seat right in the midst of
the students, where he can lend his encour
agement to the debaters from Mercer Uni
versity.
The boys from the University of Georgia
are going in large numbers and the college
-veils that have been heard on so many
victorious athletic fields -will again resound
In the contest for best argument. A-num
ber of the faculty will be there and the.
♦alumni of the city will turn out tonight
in a mass to give the boys the welcome
that is in store for them.
The question to be discussed is, “Resolv
er, That the breaking up of the solid
South will be conducive io the interests of
the 'South.” John Temple Craves will pre
side and act as chairman and timekeeper.
The debate will last about one hour and
a half. Each debater will have a certain
length of time and will be called down if
he is speaking at the expiration of that
time. The debate begins promptly at 8:30
o’clock.
The debaters are C. A. Weddington and
J. R. Walker for the University of Georgia,
J. R. Straton and J. 'C. Flannigan for Mer
cer University. These young men stand
•among the first for oratory in their re
spective institutions and will make a spiri
ted debate which will please those who
hear it.
Subscribers must pay up and not allow
small balances to run over from week to
week. The carriers have boon in st meted
to accept no part •uvone
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full of the newest things. All colors, all grades
are here. They come from importers and manu
facturers who were anxious to sell. There are
scores of novelties on display here that cannot be
seen elsewhere. You’d naturally think prices are
high, but they are not. Big values—real bargains
are abundant.
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Loans on real estate. Easy monthly
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Equitable Building and Loan Association,
Macon. <4n.. 4HI Third Street.
PRICE THREE CENTS
SHE LEFT FLEET
At Noon Yesterday and is
Supposed to be Carrying
Department Dispatches.
NO SHORE COMMUNICATION
And Schley Has No Information as
to the Number of Ships That
Are Inside the Bottle.
Kingston, May 28.—The United States
auxiliary cruiser Harvard, formerly line
steamer New York, arrived here this morn
ing, after having left the American fleet at
noon yesterday.
Twelve American war ships are now
outside the harbor of Santiago and Cerve
ra and the Spanish fleet are almost cer
tainly inside.
'Nothing is certainly known as to the
communication which Schley has had with
the shore or as to the number of Spanish
fighting vessels which bottled up iu
the harbor of Santiago.
It is presumed that the Harvard has im
portant dispatches for the navy depart
ment at Washington.
FLANAGAN MUST HANG.
Jury Today Brought in a Verdict of Guilty of
Murder.
Atlanta, .May 28.—The jury in the case
of Edward C. Flannagn today returned a
verdict of guilty of murder.
He was sentenced to hang on June 24th.
Flannagan is over forty and was in love
with the eleven year old daughter of F. C.
Allen, and was possessed of the idea that
the family were persecuting him. He
opened -fire on them while they were at
supper on December 31st. 1896. killing old
Mrs. Allen and Miss Ruth Slack, a visitor.
Two other members of the family -were
wounded. This is the third trial of the —-
case.
NEWSPAPER MEN
Exchanged for Cortizo Julien and Two Ser
vants Have Arrived.
Key West, May 28.—The United States
gunboat Woodbury has arrived here bring
ing Haden Jones arid Charles Thrall, the
newspaper correspondents captured by the
Spaniards in Cuba, and exchanged for <*ol
Cortijo, Surgeon Julian anxl their two
Spanish servants captured by the United
States fleet on board the prize steamer
Argonauta. AH
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