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ESTABLISHED 1884 SQUADRON IS BOUNDEASTARD Agent for the Department at Algiers Sighted Span iards on Wednesday. TROOPS FOR MAIILA Fifteen Ships in All, With Three Torpedo Boats, Are Passing Through Mediterranean, Washington, June 24.—The state depart ment has just received advices confirming the report that the Spanish Cadiz squadron is in the Meterranean moving eastward. A dispatch came from the agent of the department at Algiers, as follows: “Captain Moon, of the English steamer (Hampton, Informs me that he passed on the 22d at 3 p. m. off Pampelleria the Spanish squadron, fifteen ships, includ’ng transports laden with troops, and three torptdo boats. CONFIRMED FROM LONDON. London. June 24.—A dispatch to Lloyds from .Algiers confirms th? report that Ad miral Cama.-’a fleet passed the island of •Pantellaria, going eastward, on June 22. PAID STAHLMAN A SNUG SUM. Barbee Admits it, But savs It Is None of the Senate’s Business. 'Washington, June 24.—The committee on claims today began the investigation of the charges made in conection with the payment of the claim of $228,000 by the Methodist Book Concern, by examining IBook agent Barbee. He admitted the payment of SIOO,BOO, or 35 per cent, to Mr. Stablman, as attorney for the book concern in th* colection of the claim, but held that the clam was just and the employment agent was ’a matter which concerned only the book concern itself, taking the position that he was un der no obligations the senate, in reponse to the telegrams of Senators Pas co and Bate as to the amount that was to he paid the agent. NOT THOUGHT OF. Germany Has Not Even Asked Permission to Land Troops. Washington. June 24 —The Associated Press is able to state on authority that permission to land marines or troops at Manila has not been sought by Germany's ambassador here of the state department, nor has any such permission been granted. In fact there have been no overtures ex changed on the subject. highbinders” ARE RAMPANT. Chinamen in San Francisco are in Terror of Their Lives. San Francisco, June 24.—1 tis alleged that another highbinder war is imminent in Chinatown. The shooting of Chun Yin a few nights ago has been followed by threats against four other prominent Chinese. A price of SSOO is reported to have been put on their heads. The men are all man ufacturers and gained the enmity of their countrymen by employing non-union la borers. Their names are D. Wing. Kim Wah Lung. Moy Hin and Mock Foo. Wing is an overall maker and employs thirty hands in his factory. His factory is closely guarded. • QUICK ANSWER TO SECOND CALL. All Necessary Men Will be Readv in a Few Days. Washington, June 22.—Reports received at the adjutant general's office of the war department show that the formation of new organizations of regiments, battalions, etc., under the president’s second call is fairly under way in most states. The probability is that all the men nec essary will be obtained in two or three weeks. Very few applications were made to Sec retary Alger for changes in the appor tionment as originally announced by the - - department, which was a source of much annoyance under the first call. THE MACON NE WS. FIRST NIGHT ON JE ISLE. How Four Thousand of Shaf ter's Men Slept on Cuban Soil. BOTHERED BY MOSQUITOS More Than by Spaniards—Garcia’s Forces to Effect Junc- ture, Off Baiquiri, Thursday, via Port Antonio Friday.—Copyright—Before sunset last night over four thousand of the 16,500 on. board the transports went ashore. General Kent with seven transports will remain west of Santiago until the re mainder of the troops are landed. General Qarcia arrived at camp before dark and 1,500 of his Cubans are expected to effect a juncture with General Shafter’s men today. As soon as the various commands were landed yesterday they pushed out in the direction of Santiago. At dark they bi vouacked and were strung 0.. t in a column three miles long, the front resting at Demarjayaho and the rear column within a mile of the bay at Baiquiri. The men slept on the bare ground, some under tent flies and some under the star lit canopy. In the morning they washed up and were in good’spirits. The only disagreeable feature was the mosquitoes and land insects. All the men are anxious to get at the foe and the regi ments are to be pushed on to support Gen. Lawton as fast as they are landed. The aggressive attitude of the army on land has been exceedingly gratifying. DISTURBANCE IN THE CHAMBER. Government Was Denounced bv the Leader of the Partv of the Outs. Madrid, June 24.—(Copyright.)—The de bate in the chamber of deputies yesterday on the Philippine question was marked by great disorder. Senor Romeo, the cons 3 rv itive leader at tacked General Polavieja, the former min ister of war, for treating with Aguinaldo, the insurgent leader, and was interrupted with shouts of “that’s untrue.” A scene of great confusion followed and the sitting was suspended. When business was resumed Senor Rob ledo continued his remarks. He asked if the government desired peace or war, if peace, he added, Spain had better negotiate directly with the United States, as the powers would demand a broker's commis sion in case they intervened. Tn the course of his speech Robledo cen sured the minister of Marine Aunon and Cervera, accusing the minister of having granted unpatrotic interviews to Captain Aunon. ‘He defended the navy. It is snid that Roblodd’s remarks were insulting and. charcterized the published interviews with him as being a. “distor tion." Tn consequence of the last statements the reporters left the chamber of depu ties and returned at the close of the min ister’s speech, which concluded with the announcement that Camera is on his way to the Philippine Islands to defend the Spanish flag. Another uproar was occasioned by Se nor Salmeron, the Republican leader, de nouncing the attempt to close the debate. ■He loudly exclaimed. “It is an outrage,” and commenced an attack upon the mon archy. when his voice was drowned by cries from all over the house. The uproar continued for some time and when order was restored the president announced that the chamber would meet in secret session to discuss internal affairs. In the lobbies subsequently there was great excitement by former deputy. Sam per. shouting as Senor Salmeron was leav ing he house that the Republicans were devoid of shame if they allowed the cham ber to be closed and if they do not seize the present oportunity to accomplish some thing practical.” Senor Samper was thereupon arrested, conducted to the president's office and called upon to explain his conduct. In secret session Gonzales said: For everything happening now the whole country, the people, the parties and the government are responsible. in spifToF ALL OBSTACLES American Forces Will Soon be the Masters of ESantiago. Port an Prince. June 24—According to advices received this morning the Amer icans will soon be masters at Santiago in spite of the steps taken by the Spanish military commanders and Admiral Cer vera to defend the place. MACON NEWS FRIDAY JUNE 24 1898. DONS ARE VERY HARD_TO SEE, Yesterday’s Battle Has Sim mered Down to a Little Skirmishing. SPANIARDS MIE RUNNING Away as Fast as Our Forces Advance —Few Shots Were Fired by the Skirmishers. Dauntless off Juraga, Santiago de Cuba, Thursday night, via Port Antonio, Ja. — Copyright—The advance of the American army has reached the edge of the table land in which the harbor of Santiago lies. Here seven miles from Morro Castle as the crow flies, the main body of troops has united and the Spaniards are in full re treat toward Santiago. They may attempt a surprise but a decisive engagement is not expected for several days. Lawton’s brigade, which rested last night at Demajayabo, four miles west of Baiquiri and resumed the march at day light. Before noon his brigade occupied Juragay, five miles beyoed and the .Amer ican flag was hoisted there. The Spanirads retired before the ad vance which was covered by . the Cuban skirmishes burning the block houses as they went. Colonel Wagner, with a small recon noissance party of about forty brushed against the Hank of the retreating Spanish column, 200 strong at Firmezasus. A dozen shots were fired by the Span iards as Colonel Wagner fell back. Before General Lawton could bring up the Twen ty-second regiment the had de camped westward. Juragay was abandoned by Linares and 1,200 Spanish troops with such haste that they had no time to burn the towm though an ineffectual effort was made to destroy the locomotives of the railroad and roll ing stock. Linares retreated to Sevilla. Six miles west of Juragay a detachment of 170 Cu-bans under Aguirra collided with the ’Sparfish rear guard. The Cubans lost two’.mqn killed and seven wounded. The Spanish loss is not known. One Spaniard was macheted. General 'Chaffee, with the Ninth cavalry and the remainder of the Eighteenth and Fourteenth, Seventh, Twelfth and Seven teenth infantry reached Juragay at dark. General Bates, with the reserve infantry and Colonel ‘Woods rough riders dismount ed with a dynamite gun and hurried for ward from Bauiquiri at 3 o’clock pre'eed ing by forced marches. When the couriers brought the that Juragay had been occupied the t: cap ships which had not disembarked their troops steamed to Juragay with a landing them there. But the heavy sea beating on rhe beach made it impossible to get beats through the surf. HOBSON IS SAFE. I - Department Now Within Half an Hour of Sampson's Fleet. Washington, June 24 —Admiral Sampson is now in constant and practically imme diate cable comunication with the navy department. Six dispatches were received in rapid succession throught the early hours this morning the last bringing the situation up to 12 o'clock last night. They showed that only half hour elapsed between the filing of the messages by the admiral and its receipt at Washington, so authorities are now assured of being only half an hov* be hind the actual developments at the scena of action. The only message bearing on the general situation was one in which Sampson said that under a flag of truce he learned that Hobson and his men were well and had been removed from Morro Castle to the •city of Santiago, four miles distant. This lifted a weight of anxiety as to the condition of this brave band of heroes, for since the recent bombardment in which Morro suffered somewhat, there has been uncertainty as to whether Hobson and men are dead or alive, although it has never been seriously believed the Span iards would expose these men to such dan gers as to lead death. The dispatch is further reassuring in that it made clear that Sampson’s assault upon the harbor entrance to which Morro is the main defense was not crippled by having the fire kept away from that for tification in order to protect Hobson. The other dispatches of Sampson covered a multitude of details which had been de layed in the absence «f quick communica tion. They made requisitions for routine sup plies of every description and indicated needed repairs mostly minor in character to the vessels of the fleet. Not a word was said as to any engage ment by the troops under General Shafter and the the admiral is in close communica tion with Shafter the naval officials regard this failure of the admiral to mention any action by the troops as a conclusive show ing that no action took place yesterday as reported by the Spanish. During the forenoon a dispatch came to General Greeley from Lieutenant Colonel Allen indicating that he is making ar rangements to extend communication along the shore as far as Aquedores which is probably sixteen miles further west. The dispatch made no mention of any bat tle or other change in the situation, milD tary or naval. MACON NEWS AT BMP PRICE Soldiers Want the Paper and the Management Sends It Free. COLONEL BAT'S REPLY Het Than ks the Paper and Says that the Monotony Will be Relieved. The Macon News may be called the official paper of Camp Price. At least the boys uown there will have nothing else and the rush tor The News and the war news has been heavy. Appreciating the fact that the pay of the soldier does not permit of many lux uries and while The News may be classed as a necessity in the home and in the camp it is also a luxury, the management of the paper offered to send five hundred papers to the camp every evening for distribution free among the soldiers. In reply to the offer the following letter has been received from Colonel Ray: Headquarters Third U. S. Vol. Infantry, Macon, Ga., June 23, 1898. Tom W. Loyless, Esq., Macon, Ga. Sir: Allow me to thank you for your very thoughtful present to our camp. The men will, I know, enjoy reading the Even ing News and I myself, sir, feel that you have helped wonderfully in breaking the monotony r of camp life. Again thanking you on behalf of the officers and men of this command. I am, very respectfully, p. h. Ray, Col. 3rd U. S. Vol. Inst. churcFTservices AT CAMP PRICE. Committee I Has Made Ar rangements for Part of Building. Arrangements have 'been made for the holding of religious services at Camp Price for the benefit of the immunes. /Rev. W. W. Pinson and a committee from the Mulberry Street church have had the matter in hand for some days and have been given the use of a part of the main building for church purposes. But is is not the intention of the Meth odists to claim this camp church as exclu sively theirs. It is open to ail denomi nations and it is hoped that all denomina tions will take advantage of the opportu nity offered. Some of the men who attended the ser vicese at Mulberry Street Church a few I nights ago, said that they hoped some ar rangement would be made for the holding ; of religious services at the camp, and act i ing upon the suggestion the committee | went to work. They met with a corflial reception and co-operation from Colonel Ray, who ar once detailed a squad of men for the pur i pose of cleaning up the building for use es a church. As soon as some arrangement can be made for lights in the building at niaht, and it is thought that it will be possible i to have (he electric lights put in without I any trouble, the services will be held at ; night. An organ has been secured and the men will be given seme very good music when the services are held. It is more than probable that the other j churches will come in and that the men will not be without ample opportunity for ■ attending divine services in the future. Gents, don’t overlook our < offer of $5.00 and $6.00 shoes at $2.85. Fire sale. BATTLE PROBLEM. Fred Grant Will Again Demonstrate It in Two Columns. Chickamauga, June 24 —General Fred Grant will tomorrow again demonstrate his new famous battle problem. The entire First division of the Third corps will participate in two columns. The I two columns will be made up as follows: First column. First Vermont, Eighth | New York and Third Tennessee, com i manded by Colonel Clarke, of Vermont. Second column, Fourteenth New York, Second Nebraska and First Missouri, com manded by’ Colonel Bills, of Nebraska. Today was unusually warm at Camp Thomas. i The regular drills are being carried out but •onsiderable trouble is being experi enced by the men getting with them. Several hundred more recruits arrived this morning. The recruiting work is now believed to be practically complete. Next week the underground magazine at General Green’s headquarters will have been completed and stored with 300,000 rounds of ammunition. Picket lines are being established in various parts of the park, affording ex cellent training. The purpose is to make these lines continuous of companies alter nating on picket duty. $5.00 and $6.00 gent’s shoes at $2.85 on our front 1 counter. Fire sale. Crump’s Park Bulletin Tonignt: Edwin Southers in “The California Detective.” 1-1- *-•»- »-l- t i- J-kkLMI.U.I -A Week’s Rest..A f For $12.00..... t 4 That’s what you get at THE WIGWAM, X T while drinking the healing waters of the wonder- X ful INDIAN SPRING. For a single person in X X room the rates are sl2 per week, and more accord- to location of room; two in room much less and *i* special rates to families. Tne table and service is X the best. J t INDIAN SPRING WATER delivered at X X your door every morning, fresh from the spring, J 4* only 15 cents per half gallon bottle. ’ J Telephone Number 6or write us. tg t T. C. PARKER, Prop’r. C. E. HOOPER, Man. t RIGHT “EYES RIGHT?” If they are right you should be thank ful. If they are not right you wrong them by trying to deceive yourself into the be | < */ licf tiiat ttley are. A Perfect eye needs no I help, has no incentive to be continually pricking your nerves and your conscience, timel.v heed of the little eye warnings avoid the big ones that to fol- low neglect. Eyes Tested Free. E. FRIEDMAN, the Optical Specialist, * < i „ Office 314 Second st. Revolution and • i Reconstruction. The project of consolidation proceeds with consider able vigor. The preliminary steps include a series of reductions at both stores that are making trade hum. Here’s a hint: QDPPItIT No Reduction on Manhattan ur LuljllJ Shirts or Dunlap Hats. CHILDREN’S SUITS. si.oo for $1.50 qualities. 1.25 for 2.00 qualities. 1.65 for 2.50 qualities. 2.00 for 3.00 qualities. 2.75 for 3.50 qualities. 3.00 for 4.00 qualities. MEN’S STRAW HATS SI.OO for $1.50 qualities. 1.25 for 2.00 qualities. 1.50 for 2.50 qualities. 2.00 for 3.00 qualities. 2.50 for 3.50 qualities. 2.75.f0r 4«oo qualities. QUCPini No Reduction on Earle & Wil- UrDuinL son’s Collars and Cuffs. STRICTLY" CASH--N 0 CREDIT. j \ MACON. GA, PRICE THREb CENTS