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OHE.AP MONtV. •Mi P«r e*nt. and T per cent •n«y ■«« ready for loans on Macoa residence and business property. 8 per cent, money for farm loans. Over Jfr.ooo.ooo successfully negotiated In Georgia alone. Loans mads can be paid off at any time. We are head quarters. O. A. Coleman. Gen. Man., tr.« Second street, Macon. Ga. 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 chine in elegant shape for S2O cash, New Home offee 131 Cotton avenue. 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. Bucklin's ArnicajHalve The beat salve in the world for cuta, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rhenm, fever aorea, tetter, chapped handa, chllblaina, corns, and all akin eruptions, and positive ly cures piles, or no pay required. It la guaranteed te give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. Far sals by H. J. Lamar A Seas’ drug •tare. 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 April <»t F v ” ’ T . | Georgia’s Best resort for recreation, rest, pleasure and the |fc> restoring of all afflicted with liver or kidney t> troubles, rheumatism, dispepsia or malaria to Health L Has always been its famous Indian Spring, L- with its splendid summer home, THE 17 WIGWAM, cleared of all objectionable feat- (• ures, physicaVy and morally clean, with unsur- passed table, it becomes the ideal summer | Resort. #?y-Rates on appplication H T. C. PARKER, Prop. C. E. Hooper, Manager Neckwear AND Underwear These two stocks claim your interest. They are 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. /Jr money on Haim. Loans on real estate. Easy monthly payments. GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man. 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 For light or heavy work the New Home Machine has no superior. J. R. Burnett, 131 Cotton avenue.