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Money to Lend.
If you want to borow money on farm
businrsa or residence property on the most
favorable terms see the Georgia Loan and
Trust Company.
O A. COLEMAN, Gen Man.,
356 Second Street, Macon. Ga.
ESTABLISHED 1884
SPAIN WILL
ACCEPT
Believed in Madnd Ilia! Peace
Will Be An Accomplished
Fact Befoie August 15.’
CABINET MEETS
This Afternoon to Draw Up
the Answer and Will Sus
pend Hostilities.
PEACE AN ASSURED FACT.
The Meeting of the Cabinet Will
Decide It and It Is Believed
that Favorable Action Will
Be Taken Without
Delay.
Paris. Migu t 1. It is announced this
aft. ihiHin from Madrid to the Temps that
tin Spanish cabinet is to meet this after
noon to draw up Spain's reply to the
In th. ..u--v. rto the peace proposals, the
discal.di adds, it is believed the Spanish
government will aee. pl the terms immedi
ately alter Ol'lieial assent is given to them
and hostilities will lie suspended in the
Ant ill. s
Tlie Madrid dispatch says it is generally
l. liev.d that peace will lie .in accomplish
ed tact before August is out.
Al WASHINGTON.
John Jacob Astor Has Reached the Capitol
With Dispatches.
A\ a diliigtoti. August 1. The day open. .]
quietly in the war department and the
navy department, and th. re was visible a
waning interest in th.- var. attention bung
rattier diverted to the peace negotiations
now tn progress.
A number of callers waited on Secretary
Alger at the war department, prominent
among them Colonel John Jacob Astor.
Colonel Astor is a member of Shafter's
stall and was sent North with iispatelies,
including, it is understood, the full partic
ulars of ttie capitulation of Siaiitiage. He
had been much delayed on account of the
quarant in. regulations, and was aceonipu-
Hied by liis secretary, who had in charge
the reports from Shafter, wtVcb, by that
oft- ?r direction, \stor was to hand per
>o i.iliv to Seetitary \lge- and uj one else
■'o.<me) \ tor goes to Nee York tonight
to s, . ml a lew days befo-e returning to .be
Held.
Il is rumor, d that he 1< to be yttaehed
<O General Miles' stall' at I’orto Rico.
General Greeley, the chief signal offi
cer, was a de io announce today with a
great .leal of satisfaction, that he was in
direct communication with Mil. s’ head
quarters at Ponce.
Heretofore all the messages from th<
General came via tile dispatch boat to St.
Thomas thence by the .able, involving a
delay from twelve to twenty hours when
the Spanish forces retreated from I’onee
they deestroyed the cable instrument Gen
eral Gteely has succeeded in getting the of
ficials at St. Thomas to send ovi r new jn
mrum.uts and the communication was re
upem J
MASKED BATHER.
“Prominent Society Girl'' Took a Swim in
the Lake.
Chicago. August 1- X young woman,
whose press agent designates her as :J
"'prominent society girl." donned a start
ling bathing suit, a small mask and a
smile, ami. < mering a carriage, drove to
th. foot of Bellevue Place last evening. At
the end of the seawall the unknown bather
stepped nimbly into tin- * j'er in a mo
liHtil she was well out in the lake. swim
ming toward the erib oft Walton I’lqce.
The seawall was edged with a crowd of
curious spectators when the young woman
with the <mde and mask had finished the
swim. A policeman was there, too. but
he had been "seen" by the press agent,
and Gee was allowed to go. According to
the dispenser of adjectives the ••prominent
society ?iil" . ut these capers “just to win
.1 diamond ring from her best fellow."
CAMEL ENGINE.
One ot the Old Timers on the B. and 0. i«
Condemned.
B.titie.oie and Ohio engine No. yfi. wiii.n
has just been laid aside at Grafton. XV.
Va.. and will be consigned to the scrap
pile, has quite a history.
It is one of the Ross Winan’s camel en
gines and was built in ISSI. There are
only four of this class of engines now re
maining I'nring the late war this engine
w .vs one of several captured at Martinsburg
toy ;h< Confederates and hauled across the
country by pike to Staunton. Va., unde*
tiree .vn of Colonel Thomas R S.iacp.
President John W. Garnett. after the
war was over, hunted up Colonel Sharp
and appointed him master of transports ion
in recognition of the ability displayed in
Chat unparalelled achievement.
NO ADVANCE MADE.
Hong Kong. August I—The transport
Zatiro has arrived in these waters and is
anchored outside Lyeman Pass. Rhe re
ports no American or insurgent advances
had been made on Manila to July 29.
The Rev. W B. Costley. of Stockbridge,
Ga.. while attending to his pastoral duties
at EUcnwood. that state, was attacked by
cholera morbus. He say a "'■By chance 1
happened to get hold of a bottle of Cham
berlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy, and '1 think it was the means of
saving my life. It relieved me at once.”
Fur by H. J, JudiUfU: & Sous, druggists.
HOBSON MEETS
HIS MOTHER.
Pathetic Scene on the Arrival
of the Young Lieutenant
at Lithia Springs.
GIVEN GREAT RECEPTION.
He Will, However, Return Almost at
Once to His Duty at iWashing
iton Long Expected.
Atlanta, August I—Lieutenant Rich
mond Pearson Hobson, who has been ex
pected in Georgia ever since his arrival in
the Pnrted States from Santiago is with
his mother at Lithia Springs today.
The lieutenant reached Atlanta at 5:10
•o’clo k this morning and for several mo
ments the naval hero was a busy man.
He was kept shaking hands until each in
dividual had been saluted.
Hobson received tin- attention shown
him \yith the coolness which marked his
de. d of daring on the Merrimac. His man
ner was cordial yet not forward, his (bear
ing was modest yet easy.
Wit. n the train pulled up to the station
at Lithia Springs, where his mother wait
ed the crowd of .guests from the Sweet
Water Park Hotel had gathered joined in
the w. 1. ome.
Between the mother and son the meet
ing was a pathetic one. The son kissed his
mother who threw her arms around his
neck and for several moments rested her
head on his shoulder shedding tears of joy.
The crowd stood aside in reverence to
•uch affection. To say .that Mrs. Hobson
is overjoy, d to see her son would express
it too mildly.
The hotel parlors were decorated with
most beautiful flowers, flags were draped
over the portiers. The word "Welcome”
made of green leaves was spread over the
door
Tlie lieutenant will return to Washing®
ton tomorrow
CAPTURED SHAFTER.
James Gordon of Mississippi, Recalls an In
cident of the War
Waycross. Ga.. August I—While In At
lanta last week attending the reunion,
Capl. T. S. Paine, of Waycross, met the
man who captured Major General W. R.
Shafter, then major, m the civil war.
Janies Gordon, of Okalona, Miss., is the
man. He was colonel of the Second Mis
sissippi cavalry. General Armstrong’s bri
gade. The capture wa.s effected on March
5. 1563, at Thompson Station. Tenn. Col-
Gordon did not take Shifter’s side arms
from him. Major Shafter presented Col.
Gordon witli a handsome revolver and
1.000 cartridges. Colonel Gordon is a fre
quent contributor to a number of news
papers. Pious James is his nom de plume,
and his reminiscences of the civil war told
cleveuly in his articles.
THORNE ELECTROCUTED.
He Murdered WilLam Guldensuppe Last
Year in New York.
New York. August I—Martin1 —Martin Thorn was
put to death in (prison at Siug Sing at
11:17 o’clock this morning for the murder
of William Guldensuippe.
NOT SO EASY
TO GET THROUGH.
New Regulations for the Ad
mission of Members of
the Georgia Bar.
Before the adjournment «f the supreme
court on Friday last the new rules for the
admission of candidates to the practice of
law in this state were promulgated.
The rules are in accordance with an act
of the legislature in which is the provis
ion that no pne shall be admitted to the
practice of law utiles he has stood an ex
amination before the supreme court.
Heretofore it has been the custom of the
state and the law that anyone who pre.
sented himself to be examined and issued
a license to practice law must be examined
by members of the bar in some county be
fore a superior court judge.
This was considered bad, as it allowed
too many persons unprepared to begin the
pratcice of the law while they were totally
unt)ide t,o do so.
The supreme court now says that the ex
aminations must be in writing. The ques
tions will be made put by the supreme
court before the middle of November. They
will then be turned over to the ejerk pf the
supreme court, who will have 500 copies of
them printed. The judge of each superior
■purt is required to have handed him be
fore Up? Ist of December the names of all
those who are applicants for admission to
the practice of law. The superior court
judge then communicates with tne ejerk
of the supreme court and asks that so
many copies of the questions be -transmit
ted to him. He distributes them to the ap
plicants for admission to the bar and the
latter must put their answers in .vritng.
Tlie change in procedure is a very impor
tant one and will have much good effect
toward raising the standard of the bar in
This state.
GOOD OPPORTUT.NIY
Fancy Grocery Business in a Good Location
for Sale,
The Holmes Grocery Company is offer
ing >ts whole stock of fancy groceries and
the store fixtures of the prettiest grocery
store in the city together with a good line
of paying customers.
This is an opportunity for anyone wish
ing to go into the grocery business. The
store .veil located and the stock is fresh
and dean.
All particulars can be secured by calling
on the Holmes Grocery Company oh Cher
ry street.
About one month ago my child, which is
fifteen months old, had an attack of diar
rhoea accompanied by vomiting. I gave it
such remedies as are usually given in such
cases, but as nothing gave relief we sent
for a physician and it was under his care
for a week. At this time the child had
been sick for about ten days and was hav
ing about twenty-five operations of the
bowels every twelve hours, and we were
convinced that unless it soon obtained re
h-. f it would net live. Cbaruberlain.s Colic
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was rec
ommended and I decided to try jt. I soon
noticed a change for the better; by its
continued use complete cure was brought
about and it is now perfectly healthy.—C.
L. Boggs. Stumptown, Gilmer County. W.
Va. Fir sale by H. J. Lamar & Sons,
druggists.,. ..
THE MACON “ NEWS.
SITUATION IS
MOST SERIOUS
Merritt Says that He Has
Reason to Expect Trou
ble With Insurgents.
MAY HAVE SURRENDERED
It Was His Plan to Anticipate Them
So Far as Manila is Concerned
ano Take It.
Washington, Aug. I.—'General Merritt
has again cabled the war department rela
tive to the situation at Manila, which he
finds very unsatisfactory and dangerous,
owing to the attitude of the insurgents.
In the opinion of General Merritt the at
titude of the insurgents there is similar
to that assumed by Garcia's Cubans upon
the question of their ight to enter and pos
sess. themselves of the city, although in
this case the insurgents are a very much
more formidable element, being not only
more numerous, but better armed and filled
with arrogance following their numerous
victories over their Spanish foes.
General Merritt indicates that he will do
his utmost to protect the citizens from the
savagery of the insurgents, though his task
is a delicate and difficult one, because he
must, while fighting th* Spaniards, be
ready at any moment to repel the insur
gents.
The general gave notice that he was
about to combine with Dewey in a joint
demand for the surrender of the city to the
United States forces, thus forestalling the
insurgents, and this movement may cause
a rupture. It is possible that in veiw of
the fact that Merritt’s cablegram was sent
from Cavite last Thursday, this movement
has already been made.
MR. GEORGE ALLEN.
Funeral Took Place this Morning at River
side.
Tlie remains of Mr. George Allen were
brought to Macon from Birmingham last
night and were carried to the residence
of Mr. Hugh Willet, from where the fune
ral took place this morning at 10 o’clock.
Rev, R. R. White of the First Presby -
terian church conducted the services. The
interment was at Riverside cemetery. The
paill bearers were Messrs. J. L. Hollifield,
diaries E. Campbell. Ben C. Smith, R. M.
Rogers, John S. Lester. H. M. Willet
Mr. George Allen was at one time a resi
dent of Macon and was in the business of
fice of the Macon Telegraph at the time
his brother, Mr. A. A. Allen, was editor of
that paper.
He was a man of great attainment and
ability and his early life gave great prom
ise, but of late years he has been in a
serious condition, his health having broken
under the strain of hard work in his posi
tion in Montgomery, where he afterwards
was the valued employe of a prominent
firm.
He leaves a wife and child. While it is
some time since he has been a resident in
the city, he will be pleasantly remem
bered by many friends here.
AGREE ON SETTLEMENT.
Hawaii Has Agreed to Pay Japan Forty
Thousand Pounds .
Yokohama, August 1. —It is reported
that Japan has agreed to pay Japan £40,-
000 sterling in the settlement of the dis
pute which arises out of the exclusion of
Japanese emigrants from the Hawaiian
Islands.
MINISTER STARVING.
He Had Seac .ed for Employment for Three
Days and Found None.
Indianapolis, Ind., .August I—One week
ago Rev. H. P, Stud'diford, a young Meth
odist minister of Kokomo, came to this
city in search of employment.
Last night he staggered into a police
station and sank down utterly exhausted.
A diagnosis of his case showed that he was
starving, and a letter found in his pocket
revealed that his family in Kokomo was
in equally destitute circumstances. Three
days before he had sent to his wife 23
cents, the last money in his possession.
For three days he had been without food,
walking the streets looking for work. He
was taken to the city hospital.
J. B. FRINK DEAD.
Passed Away at His Res'dence Today at 12
O’clock.
Mr. J. B. Frink, a well known M-aconite,
died at his residence today at noon of ty
phoid fever.
Mr. Frink had only been sick a short
while and his death was entirelv unexpec
ted.
Mr. Frink has been a merchant here for
spme time, and at the time of his death
was chsneejjpr commander of the Knights
of Pythias. He has many friends who will
regret to learn of his death.
He leaves a wife anw two children to
mourn his loss.
The funeral arrangements have not yet
been madp.
three~peoplF
BURNED TO DEATH
Several Bruised and Maimed
by Jumping from.the
Windows.
r —— ■ ~
Chicago. August 1. —The gues’s ot xfce.
B'.ruyc Hotel, at 148 Nortii State street,
were aroused from their slumbers at 3
o’ ioc ktbis morning to find the hotel on
fire.
So rapidly did the flames spread that
men and women found themselves cut off
from escape by the stairs.
Three lives were lost and a number of
pthers were maimed and bruised in jump
ing from the high windows to rhe pave
ment below.
When the fire was discovered it was
burning fiercely on the lower floor. Pedes
trians raised the cry of warning which
aroused the guests and they apepared at
the upper windows ot the hotel in their
night attire
Below them roared the fierce fire, which
gradually increased in fury and the eLtids
of sjooke made uncertain the extent of the
flames.
COTTON FUTURES.
New York, August I.—Futures opened
firm. August 5 S 5. September 5.&0, October
5.94. November 5.M>. December 6.00, Jan
uary 6.04. February 6.07, March 8.10, April
6.13 £ 6.17, , , _ _
MACON NEWS MONDAY AUGUST i 1898.
SITUATION
JT PONCE.
Spaniards Ar e Murdering
Porto Ricans and Com
mitting Outrages.
GEN. WILSON IS GOVERNOR
Until the Arrival of General Brooke
—Spanish Volunteers Continue
to Give Themselves Up.
Ponce, July 30, via St. Thomas, August
I—General Mlles hourly expects the ar
rival of the transports having on boaul
General Schwan’s division of 6,000 man
and also, the Mohawk, with the Fifth
cavalry.
General Henry’s division consisting of
3,400 men and including twenty-six pieces
of artillery, has been ordered to march
immediately from Yauco to Ponce to be
ready to join the movement north to San
Juan.
The Sixteenth Pennsylvania regiment
was sent thi? morning toward Juana Diaz,
eight miles north of Ponce en route to
San Juan. Word reached here this morn
ing that the Spaniards were murdering
native Porto Rican’s, violating women and
indulging in general outrages.
The first real resistance is expected when
the troops reach Aibonito, thirty-five miles
northeast of here. Aibonito has a thousand
feet elevation.
Tlie railroad from Ponce to Yauco is
now in possession of our troops. General
Stone found five mines on the track. These
were destroyed and the track Is uninjured
The troops found seventeen Spaniards in
the Yauco hospital, all of whom had 'been
wounded in Tuesday’s fight. Two of them
have since died.
Proclamations have been Issued by the
authorities of Yauco as a United States
city, expressing delight at annexation and
the administration of General Miles and
welcoming our troops. The mayor of
Ponce has called upon all residents of that
place to exercise calmness and circum
spection under the new and desirable con
ditions. He urges forbearance toward the
conquered enemies. iMuch enthusiasm is
everywhere manifested at the slight of -the
stars and stripes. General Mlles has issued
a lengthy order of instructions to General
AX ilson, who will be military governor of
Ponce province and city until Brooke’s
arrival. It is the same- tenor as the in
structions which General Mlles gave Shaf
ter at Santiago. The local mayor, judges
and police remain In authority Subject to
orders of General Wilson. The custom
house officers .will also be conducted as
formerly for the present. The receipts
amount to a- considerable sum of money.
The Spanish volunteers continue to come
in and give themselves up. The health of
the troops so far Is good, though the
weather is hot.
BRISCOE_STILL ALIVE.
Serious Stabbing; Affair on Fourth Street
Saturday Nitrht.
Liss Brisco, who was stabbed Saturday
night by .Dennis Johnson, is still alive, but
his condition is very critical, and it will
be a mjraele if he lives. >He is at the city
hospital and is receiving the best of med
ical attention.
There is a bare chance for him if pneu
monia does not set in The .physician at
the hospital says the wound is one of the
very" worst he has seen during his ex
perience at the hospital. The third rib is
cut in two, and the left lung was pierced
by the knife (blade. Johnson, who did the
stabbing, la still at large.
There are two versions of the difficulty.
One is that Johnson asked Brisco for 10
cents he owed him and, Brisco not paying
him, Johnson stabbed him without any
attack or word from him, and in fact with
out the slightest provocation. The other
version is that when Johnson asked Brisco
for the dime, (Brisco commenced to curse
him and Johnson cursed back, whereupon
Brisco picked up an iron weight and was
in the act of .striking Johnson with it
when he stabbed Brisco.
The difficulty happened about 7 o’clock
Saturday night in Daly & Lackey's store,
on Fourth street, and was witnessed by a
number of persons, none bf whom, it is
said, made any attempt to catch Johnson,
who quickly left the store and disappeared
before the police could reach the scene.
Johnson and Brisco are colored men, and
married.
THIRDCORPS - .
TO GO NEXT.
Department Has Been Influ
enced for the Third
Corps.
Chickamauga, August 1. —The depart
ure of Geperal Wade leaves Brigadier Gen
eral Frank in command of Carpp Thomas
pending the arrival of General Breckin
ridge, who has been assigne 1 to the com
mand. It is understood that General
M'ade is to command the provisional de
tachment of fifteen regiments from the
states that have the leaot representation
at tbe front. The men and officers of tna
various regiments at Camp Thomas are in
a state of anxiety and will continue in
such uneil it is known who go. The pres
ent indications are that the next troops
to go will be from the third corps. Bow
erful influences have been brought to bear
lately upon the president and war depart
ment in behalf of the First Vermont, the
Eighth New York and the Third Tennessee
these regiments comprising the third bri
gade of the first division of the third corps
Brigadier General Colby commanding.
ALABAMA ELECTION,
Voting is Proceeding Slowly on Account of
General Apathy.
Birmingham. August I.—An election is
being held in Alabama today for governor
and all state house officers, including mem
bers of the supreme court, mebers of the
lower house of hte general assembly, half
the senate and county officers of the va
rious counties.
The weather is clear and factorable tq a
targe vote, but ar 9 p’ejock (he voting was
proceeding very slowly because of the gen
eral apathy which prevails.
The populists have men at the polls
■here to keep tally on the number of votes
cast, as they say. to detect frauds if any
are committed by the Democrats.
Tomorrow morning we will
start moving this stock t«
the store of E. B. Harris &
Co., the ‘‘Shoe Brokers,” but
while moving we will wait on
customers, so come. Fire
Sale Rochester shoe stock.
STROUD KILLED
By IMLAND
Prominent Farmer of Craw
ford County, in Dispute
With a Neighbor.
HAD HIS HEAD SMASHED
With a Piece of Iron Piping —Mc-
Farland Will Plead Self Defence
at Hearing Tomorrow.
Knoxville. July 31 —Mr. John W. Stroud,
a wealthy farmer and one of Crawford
county’s most prominent citizens, was
killed here Saturday afternoon about 2
o’clock. The killing was done py Charles
McFarland at Jordan’s still about a mile
from town.
It seems that Stroud was drunk and at
tempted to cut McFarland with a knife,
when McFarland struck him over the head
with a piece of piping.
The row -started by Stroud coming to the
still and demanding a drink. McFarland
told him that it was against his orders to
let any one have a drink and that he could
make o exception for him. .Stroud pulled
his knife and said that he wasn’t afraid
of anybody and that he would have a
drink if he had to kill somebody.
He advanced toward McFarland with the
open knife and -McFarland retired to the
farthest corner of the still, as there was
only one way for him to get out and he
would have had to gone by Stroud. Mc-
Farland sa.w that he was going to be hurt
and picked up a piece of one-inch piping
and told Stroud to stop.. Stroud did not
pay any attention to what was said and
made a rush for McFarland, with the knife
uplifted. McFarland struck him on the
left side of the head over the eye crush
ing his skull. He died in about fifteen
miutes.
McFarland .made no attempt to escape
but kept on at his work until arrested. He
was placed in jaiil here and will await his
commitment trial which occurs tomor
row.
The coroner held an inquest and render
ed a verdict of murder. The people here
are highly incensed at the verdict of the
coroner’s jury and say that the verdict is
illegal as the coroner went out with the
jury and helped to make the verdict.
It is thought that McFarland will be dis
missed at the trial tomorrow.
MOREI’HAN MET
HIS EXPECTATIONS.
Prominent Merchant Demon
strates the Correctness
of His Theory.
Mr. E. D. Huthnance, of the well known
dry goods house of Huthnance & Rountree,
walked into The News office with a quar
ter page advertisement and said:
“I want to try an experiment. I want
to see if an ad. in Saturday's News will
not have as much or more effect as a Sun
day ad.” Mr. Huthnance had reason to
know that The News covers the local field
almost completely, to say nothing of its
large circulation in neighboring towns—
the towns from which Macon dra-ws her
trade. And he believed that an advertise
ment in Saturday’s News would reach
practically as many customers as would
be reached by both a Saturday and Sunday
ad. #
But Mr. Huthnance did not rely entirely
upon the newspaper to drag people into his
store. He made prices that would draw
them there. He merely depended upon
The News as a medium for conveying in
formation of these offerings to the greatest
number of buyers. The prices would do
the work. And they did.
This morning Mr. Huthnance sent for
a News representative to see the crowds
at his store. A busier scene has not been
witnessed in iMacon this summer. Indeed,
ft was something remarkable for this sea
son of the year. In fact, it was next to
impossible to wait o.n the crowd of cus
tomers that had flocked there to get the
benefit of the summer clearance prices.
The rush kept u.p through the morning,
and the firm of Huthnance & Rountree did
a Monday business that will stand as a
record breaker for summer trading.
Mr. Huthnance has demonstrated the
correctness of his theory when he said
a Saturday ad. in The News would do as
much as both .a Saturday and Sunday ad.
He is more than ever convinced of the
fact. The scene at his store today was
absolute proof of it, for in no other paper
had his bargain announcement appeared.
The News, backed up by low prices, did
the work. Made tremendous business
when many merchants said there -was no
business.
It is always so when advertising span
in The News is intelligently used. The
right sort of ad. with the right sort of
prices in The News will bring the right
sort of results. It never falls
AT ST. SIMONS.
guests Are Plentiful and Are Having a Good
Time.
St. Simons Island, July 31 —St. Simons
has been gay for several weeks past and
people have -been flocking here from all
parts of the state.
Monday night many of the guests went
on a -turtle hunt and after a search of
three hours were rewarded 'by the capture
of a 400-pounder. The lumber mills are
one of the most popular places on the is
land. The mills are the largest in ifet
South and vessels from all nations come
here for cargoes.
A progressive enchre party was given
Tuesday nlghe and the prize, a five pound
box of ca-ndj- was won by Mr. Martin, of
Atlanta.
The surf has been excellent for the past
week and many people from Brunswick
have been coming over on the afternoon
boats anJ returning in the evening.
Among the late arrivals are: C. N
Walker. Macon: W. R. Friend. Birming
ham; L. F. Henniagion and wife, Way
cross: A. S. Bcott, Atlanta; C. P. Lyons,
W. E. Talkitover, Beach; Dr. C. H.
Franklin and wife. Union Springs. Ala.;
Frank C. Boylston and wife. Jacksonville,
Fla.; Henry Hodgson Athens; Sam Cole
man. Atlanta; -Mrs. H. M. Branhad and
family, Brunswick: Walter Pearson Jones,
Macon: E P, Chamberlin, Jr.. Atlanta;
Miss Steyerman, Harry Steyerman. Thom
asville, 'William Lee Ellis.
THE BEST REMEDY FOR FLUX.
Mr. John Mathias, a well known stock
dealer of Pulaski. Ky., says: “After suf
fering for over a week with flux, and mv
physician havine failed to relieve me. I
was advised to try Chamberlain’s Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and one
bottl- cured tn?-” For sale by H. J. La-
* Sows, druggisu.
FOUGHT OVER
OIJ POETRY
Mavor Price and Dr. Young
Had a Sensational En
counter Saturday.
BEFORE THE RECORDER.
Both the Principals Haye Been Sum
moned and Will Be Given a
Hearing Tomorrow.
Mayor S. B. Price will appear before
Recorder Freeman tomorrow morning on
the charge of fightling.
Dr. John L. Young is also on the docket
for the same offense and will be given a
hearing before the recorder at the same
time.
Tiie two were the principals in a sen
sational encounter in I’utzel’s saloon on
Saturday - ning at about o’clock.
•Bc.:h : t bi.iyoCdhd Dr. Young will
carry evidence of the encounter for a few
days. The doctor, however, is marked
more than the other man. He shows sev
eral deep scratches on the right side of
his face. All of these with the exei-ptl>l
of one, he says, he received in falling over
a table during the shont and breezy tight
which he engaged in with the mayor. The
other scratch he says he received from a
knife in the hands of his antagonist.
Mayor Price wears a neat piece of court
plaster in the centre of his forehead cover
ing the place where he was h‘t by a salt
cellar thrown by Dr. Young in the course
of the fuss.
It takes space and time to tell the story
of the very brief engagement which, while
not serious in its actual results created a
breeze in the vicinity of the saloon during
the evening and gave the gossips some
thing to talk about on the street corners
yesterday.
Tomorrow Lt is-probable that the record
er’s court will have a -large audience
According to the combined statements
of all the parties who -were witr>s.-es to
the affair the occurrence was about as fol
lows:
Dr. Young and a gentleman well known
in the city were seated at a table In the
saloon when Mayor Price entered. He had
gone there to get his supper and had to
wait some time for it. As he passed
through the saloon the doctor’s com-panion
called the mayor and asked him to join
them in a drink. This offer the mayor
refused saying that he was about to eat
his supper, but he sat at the table with the
gentlemen and entered into conversation
with them.
The conversaton turned on the right of
an individual to criticise the action of a
public official. The mayor said that he
conceded the right of an individual to
criticise the public acts of an official but
not his private .ifft.
An argument ensued between Dr.
Young’s companion and the mayor which
ended in -the latter telling the other that
if any man criticised his private life ad
versely he would whip him.
Dr. Young then broke into the conversa
tion and said that v- ' thought that a citizen
had the right -to criticise an official
Mayor Price said “Yes, I know you do,
you wrote a -piece of poetry about me once
in the newspaper.”
Dr. Young said that he did not know
that he had written a pi- ?e of poetry
about the mayor, but acknowledged that
he had written it about the Board of
Health.
“And -who are you. to write such stuff
about the Board of Health?” said the
mayor.
“I am as good a man as you are the best
day you live,” was the reply.
Mayor Price, who had an umbrella In
his hand, struck the doctor .over the
shoulder and they clinched.
For a few minutes the bystanders were
unable to separate them but. finally they
were taken apart As the doctor broke
away he seized a salt cellar and threw it
at the mayor striking him on the fore
head. -
Dr. Young went into the wash room to
clean off the marks of the fight but im
mediately afterwards returned saying as
he entered the bar that he would not re
main out iwhi-le the other was Inside.
As he entered th- bar Mayor Price ran
at. him and they fell together. As they
were on the ground-Mayor Price attempted
to cut his antagonist. But his hand was
seized by Mr. Heni-y Hart Ln time to pre
vent a catastrophe.
The two were then finally taken apart
and -the danger of a renewal of the trouble
was avoided -for the present at least.
Dr. Young was seen this morning by a
News reporter.
“I have nothing to say about the affair,”
he said, “except that I deeply regret it.
I have nothing against Mayor Price per
sonally, and had not at that time. The
whole thing may have come up over a
misconception. I am ready to shake
hands at any time. But so far as a state
ment is concerned, I have none to make.”
Mayor Price was seen in his office. “I
have nothing to say,” he said, “except
that I went to PutzeFs where I have
boarded-for two months to get my supper.
I was obliged to to wait and was invited
to a drink. I refu>-.1. In fact I had
refused all drinks that evening. This
trouble was unsought by me. It seemed
to be forced on me and I resented an in
sult as any private citizen or public offi
cial has the right to do. Beyond this I
have nothing at all to say.”
There does not seem to be the slightest
probability of a renewal of the trouble
and the whole incident will be closed up
when the hearing is had before the re
corder In the morning.
BE FORWARDED
IMMEDIATELY.
Spanish Minister Received a
Dispatch from Paris to
that Effect.
Madrid. August I—The minister of for
eign affairs has received a telegram from
Paris saying the reply of the United
States to the Spanish note on the subject
of peace would be forwarded to Madrid
immediately.
Advices from Havana say the Cuban
blockade is maintained in the most vigor
ous manner. An American warship is re
ported to have bombarded Sansevorino and
A dispatch to the Impartial from Ha
vana says a force of 400 infantry and cav
alry under the United States flag recently
attacked a detachment of Spanish en
gineers at Greciozo. The dispatch adds
that some volunteers from Cardenas went
to the assistance or the engineers and “th°
enemy were driven off leaving ten men
dead on the field.” The Spanish loss s are
said to have been an officer ami two men
wounded.
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