Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

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. STYLISH TROUSERS. Just now is the time that most every one needs an extra pair of Trousers. Don’t be foolish and pay high prices for Trousers when you can buy them much cheaper from us. We can fit the large, small or tall man in these Trousers, consisting of stripes, plaids, pinchecks and all the latest weaves. Glance at these prices and you’ll be convinced: Swell $2.50 Trousers now for $ 1 67 I Swell 3.00 Trousers now for 2.00 Swell 3.50 Trousers now for 2.34 Swell 4.00 Trousers now for 2.67 Swell 5.00 Trousers now for 3.34 Swell 6.00 Trousers now for 4.00 Needs Cleaning / 1 hat’s what’s the matter with it. It can’t keep good time while lull of dust. Bring it here and we’ll fix it so it will run right, for only $2.00, with one year guarantee. RRFLDMD The Jeweler, Triangular Block. 4* 4* It's All ' 1 JAt the Wigwam I ± . ¥ Everything you need for a pleasant vacation T* X —health, rest, pleasure, perfect table and 2 ■4 service, large, airy rooms, low rates, bathing, bowling, bicycling, riding, tenuis, billiards, 4 2* music. All under perfect management. 4 Write today for reservation of room, as we 4 are about filled up. 4* i T. C. PARKER, Proprietor. X O. E. Hooper, Manager. J City Baggage Transfer Co Prompt delivery of baggage to and from all depots. Office next door Southern Express Co. W. H. ARNOLD, Manager. 518 Fourth St. Phone 20. Reunited I We ask you to forget, erase from your minds, the separation, the division of interests, the disintegration of Eads, Neel & Co. that oc curred one year ago. The partnership has been re-established and conditions at the old familiar store are the same as formerly. Mr. Neel is in his accustomed place. He and his environments are intensely natural. You’d never suspect that his individuality and his influence had ever been missing from this pleasant trading place. The consolidation has been thoroughly effected, finally conclud ed and henceforth it is * inoheu on Hann. Loans oa resl estate. E«wy monthly pay ments. GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man. EqyftaMs Building and Loan Association, Macou. B*.. *Ol Third St.rowt, PRICE THREE CENTS