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RATS MEN
MAYFIGHT
Cubans Threaten to Enter
Guantanamo and Hoist the
Republic's flag,
THIRD TmMUNES
Mav Yet See Active Service
Should Threat Be Carried
Into Effect.
II IS AMERICAN SOIL
Says the Colonel, and He Will Call
His Regiment Out if the Cubans
Attempt to Interfere at
that Point.
Santiago, August 31—Colonel Ray, of the
Third regiment immuncs reports from
Guantanamo that the Cubans there, con
sisting of two battalions, have intimated
their Intention of entering the town and
displaying the Cuban Hag.
Colonel Ray said that as Guantanamo
is United States territory, lie will look
tuwm this action as hostile and will call
out his men.
SPANISH COLORS
Floated at Masthead of Two Vessels that
Sailed Today.
New York, Aug. 31. -Two steamers fly
ing the Spanish flag sailed from this port
today. They were the former prizes, Mi
guel over and Catalina,
A few days ago the Washington authori
ties decided that the steamers should not
have been seized and ordered their release.
Tin Jover and Catalina cleared for Spain
via, avana ami manned by .their old crews
went to sea this morning.
COMPLAINTS JUSTIFIED.
Secretary Alger Says that He Was Sur
prised at Camp Wickoff.
New York, August 31 —Secretary Alger
Is hero. In an interview he said:
‘‘l did not find the condition of Camp
Wlkoff nearly as bad as 1 expected. I can
pot see that there is any justification in
the talk that either the ill or the well sol
diers are not properly treated. I think
th< re are sufficient accommodations for all
soldiers who will go to .Camp Wikeff, and
especially -pow that so many there have
been given a furlough. Thursday I re
ceived offers from New York and .Brooklyn
hospitals to take at least 300 of the sick
from the camp.
"To a person who knows but little about
sol liering there may appear to be much
confusion and privation in camps, but. it
is only what Is to be expected in roughing
It. On many occasions I myself have been
tn camp and have encountered these
things.
"I found my soldiers lying with nothing
but a blanket between them and the
ground. Still there were thousands of
bags in camp. 1 asked the men why they
did not fill tile bags with straw, of which
there was a large quantity in camp, and so
make beds for themselves. They said they
had not thought of such a thing.
"The first day 1 went through the de
tention hospital, and later the general hos
pital, and 1 talked with nearly every man
who was awake. I said to all of them:
IBoys. is there anything you want?’ They
all answered. 'Nothing; we are quite eorn
fortabh ’ A few of the men had no cots,
but this was soon remedied. There are
some few sick men. but there is no yellow
fever. There Is some typhoid. 1 saw some
men there as yellow as any paint you ever
saw, and nothing remained of them but
skin and tones,”
cerverTancT
HIS OFFICERS
Will Return to Spain Immedi
ately and Without
Parole.
Annapolis. August 31.—Orders baye been
received here from the president directing
Admiral Oervera to make arrangements
to proceed with his officers and men back
io Spain immediately in accordance with
the instructions issued by the Spanish
minister of marine.
The officers were very enthusiastic when
they received the pews.
It is understood that they will return
without giving parole. Captain Euhate
left this afternoon for New York.
COURT WAS ILLEGAL.
War Department Has Set Aside the Action
on the China.
Washington, August 31.—The secretary
of war, on the recommendation of Judge
Advocate General Lieber, has declared Il
legal and set aside the proceedings of the
general court’martial convened by Briga
dier General Greece on the steamer China
at sea on June'lSth.
General Green was then In command of
the second detachment of the Philippine
expedition.
The men tried were privates, for minor
offenses.
General Green’s detachment has net
tooen designated as a separate brigade and
the court martial, therefore, is illegal.
FRANK TAKES COMMAND.
Washington, August 31.—Brigadier Gen
eral Royall T. Frank has been assigned to
command temporarily the Third army
corps, formerly commanded by General
Wade, the latter having been relieved to
become a member of the Cuban military
conunissiou. s . . z
MINERS MEI
BI MOONLIGHT
Serious Affrav Between Strik
ers and Deputies Was
Narrowiv Averted.
ALL ARMED WITH REVOLVERS
Union Officers Succeeded in Stop
ping the Trouble by Asking lor
Delay Until Investigation.
Pana. 111., August 31—More outside re
inforcements for the locked out white
miners here have been arriving today. By
tonight fully 3,000 extra miners are ex
pected to be on the scene.
Ou the other hand the operators say they
will have fully 300 mor. negroes here be
fore the close of the week.
Sheriff Coburn has been hourly increas
ing his forces in anticipation of trouble
and is bringing deputies from Taylor
ville, sixteen miles distant.
A serious encounter has been narrowly
averted b< tween the locked out union
miners and one hundred deputy sheriffs
guarding fifty-four Alabama negroes who
h ive taken the places of the locked out
men at the Springside mine. The clash
could not have been prevented had not
the state and national officers of the
United Mine Workers of America inter
ferred by wiring the district president to
postpone action until after this morning
pending the investigation of the condition
of the Springside mine which is alleged to
t>e in danger of being operated without a
boss and registered engineer.
At the time the message was received
the local miners were reinforced by sev
eral hundred miners from outside the min
ing towns. They were in secret session
in a large gulf between the near north
end of the city laying plans to march on
the deputies and the negroes at Spring
side and forcibly compel the negroes to
leave. It was only by the most persistent
sh ading and rmr-oning by the leaders that
the miners wore pn vented from marching
to the .shaft.
The meeting was ittended by 10,000
miners the only light being of the moon
nr! with gue-.-ls and pickets doing duty
o keep out all save the United Mine
Workers.
it was pointed out that, the deputies at
Springside w, re armed with Springfield
rifles and Winchesters There were only
two Winchesters and a few shot guns in
the miner’s crowd, the men being armed
with revolvers.
WHEN YOU RETURN
From Your Summer Outing Fake Acme Malt
Tonic.
An exclamation that is heard every day
is:
“I’ve just returned from my summer
vacation and I feel worse than before I
went."
Here is where the value of Acme Malt
Tonic manifests itself. Two dozen bottles
of this pleasant, refreshing liquid food
works all the marvelous results that one
usually expects from a month’s stay at the
springs or seashore, and the cost is less
than a day’s expenses at cither place. All
people returning from summer outings
should drink two dozen bottles of Aobe
Malt Tonic. Telephone the Acme Brewing
Company for it and it will be delivered at
the door.
FOUR CASES ARE
MYSTERIOUS.
Not Known How New Out
break of Fever Originat
ed in Mississippi.
Jackson. Miss.. Vug. 31. —The state
board of health is unable to locate the
origin of the four eases of yellow fever
reported at Orrwood, a small village in
Lafayette county.
The place was not infected during the
epidemic last year and the board finds it
impossible to discover the origin from any
outside source.
Dr. Gray, the local physician, died at
Taylor’s station four days agio and the
doctors who attended him say that he
showed symptoms of black vomit.
Orrwood and Taylor’s Station are both
tightly quarantined and the members of
the state board of health are hurrying to
the scene.
WILL BRING THEM HOME.
Kentucky Wants to Bring Its Soldiers at
State’s Expense.
Frankfort. August 31—Governor Bradley
has wti*, ,1 Secretary Alger asking leave to
bring Kentucky’s sick soldiers from Chick
amauga back to their homes in the state
and to equip a special train for the pur
pose. He also wired Gen. Breckinridge
asking hex many soldiers from his state
are sick at Chickamauga.
The state has no money available tor
this purpose but Governor Bradley declar
ed his intention of borrov.’lng sufficient
money in behalf of the state to accomplish
it.
CZAR’SUTOPIAN
PROPOSITION.
Will Be Sent at Once bv Mail
to the President.
Washington . August 31.—Ambassador
Hitchcock, at St. ePtersburg. has cabled
the state department that he has been han
ded by the Russian minister of foreign af
fairs a copy of the identical note addressed
by order of the Czar to all representatives
tn St. Petersburg of foreign governments,
proposing a joint conference to consider
the question of general disarmament.
The full text of the note will not be
cabled by Hitchcock, but will be sent for
ward by mail.
Its character is such as would require
something more than a mere acknowledge
ment of its receipt, and as the proposition
is one the acceptance of which would in
volve a radical change in the foreign pol
icy of the United States, it is sure to re
ceive the most earnest attention at the
hands of the president and Mr. Hay when
the latter assumes office.
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THE MACON NEWS.
SAVANNAH IS
STORM SWEPT,
City and Coast Swept bv a
Storm that Floods Planta
tions and Coast Towns.
TVBEE IS CUT Off
And No Communication Can Be Had
lmpossible to Tell Amount
of the Damage Done.
Savannah, August 31 —A heavy storm is
sweeping along the coast.
The wind here has blown a gale since 9
o’clock last night, reaching a velocity of
about sixty miles an hour.
Telephone connections with Tybee Is
land are cut off. The low lands are flood
ed and heavy damage to rice and cotton
will result.
The railroad tracks are washed out and
trains on all the roads are delayed.
The streets are filled with debris. On
last report from Tybee the wind was blow
ing at seventy miles an hour.
TWELVE POSTOFFICES
Established in Alaska—Many Letters Were
Delayed.
Seattle, Wash., August 31 —United States
Postal Inspector Clum arrived last night
from an official tour of Alaska. He estab
lished offices at the following points:
Pyramid Harbor, Canyon City, Eagle,
mouth American Creek, Starr, mouth Mil
mlle River, Rampart City, Tanana, Auvik,
Sun Rise City, Cook Inlet, and oPrt Val
des. He found 10,000 letters at St. Michael
awaiting delivery to the United States, and
5,000 addressed to Dawson. No mail has
been sent from St. Michael thus year, ex
cept by private farrier. He made arrange
ments for the mail to leave Juneau for
Tanana biweekly, -and for a monthly de
livery between St. Michael’s and Tanana;
thence establishing a through service from
Juneau to the mouth of the Yukon, to be
maintained the year round.
SOLDI ERSGOING
TO HUNTSVILLE.
Indiana Regiments Went
Through Today and
Ohioans Last Night,
The Third Indiana regiment of United
States volunteers passed through the city
this morning en route to Indianapolis,
where they will be mustered out of service.
The train was in six sections and they
were passing through all the morning.
The officers gave the men permission to
come up town and the city swarmed with
soldier boys all the morning.. The men
were a fine looking body. Several of them
were asked if they wanted to be mustered
out and they said that there was not a
hundred men in the whole regiment who
wanted, to be mustered out.
One of the officers, in Speaking of their
being mustered out, said:
“A majority of the officers want to get
out, while the privates wish to stay. We
are going to Indianapolis to be mustered
out. I have seen enough of the service
and am axious to get out. I did not mind
staying in the army if there was any
chane of getting in a battle, but as that
chance has now gone by I am anxious
to get out.”
The One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Indiana
passed through early this morning in a
train of four sections. This regiment will
go to Huntsville. Ala. The Third Ohio
pass* d through the city last night. They,
too. will go to Huntsville. All three of
regiments belong to Gen. Coppinger’s
corps and have been camped at Fernan
dina. Fla., for some time past.
The One Hundren and Fifty-fifth Indiana
is one of the largest regiments in the ser
vice. ’lt has the full number of men and is
said to be the best drilled regiment in the
north.
Ocher regiments will be passing through
the city for the next few days, as the
government has ordered all the regiments
in the south to be moved north.
ACCOMMODATIONS
Are Still Inadequate for
■ the Sick Men Ar
riving.
New. York, August 31. —The 'transport
Alleghaney arrived at Montauk today, hav
ing on board 500 men of the Ninth Massa
chusetts and the remainder of the First Il
linois, who sailed from Santiago on August
25th.
The hospital accommodations are still
unequal to the demands and last night 150
sick soldiers were obliged to He upon bare
floors.
. WEIRD SCENE.
Fantastic Parade Among the Warriors of
the Nile.
London. August 31.—A dispatch to the
Central News from the Wady Hamed
camp depicts a striking desert scene on
the Nile banks before the Sirdir Friday
evening. A motley horde of Jaalins and
emits from other friendly tribes paraded
before their commander, Major Stuart
Wortley. The tribesmen acted In the most
elated manner possible at the prospect of
revenging themselves upon the dervishes.
Their evolutinos were strange and pictur
esque m the extreme. In a circular forma
tion they swept across the sand waving
their weapons. Then came a deafening
noise from a number of tom-toms con
cluding the weirdly fierce war dance. The
tom-tarns rumbled away into silence and
the scene changed. Ln single file and in
across the field. Each man as he reached
the Glare where Major Wortley stood
stopped and impressively saluted the
Egyptian colors.
Most of them had fought the Egyptian
forces determinedly for year®, but now
showed their devotion in common cause
against the dervishes. After the
a squad of camel men, armed With great
double-edged swords, such as had been
used in the crusades, also paraded. All
sought to show their devotion to Wortley,
who was delighted at the physique and
appearance of his wild recruits. His ranks
are swelled daily, many coming from a
great distance. Their equipment is motley
and their discipline is all their own. but
they are all fighters. Several deserters
from Omdurman have joined the British-
Egyptian forces.
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MACON NEWS WEDNESDAY AUGUST 31 1898.
DREYFUS CASE
MM-OPEN,
Toe Famous Life Prisoner on
Devil’s Island May Get
New Trial.
HENRI WROTE 1 LETTER
Which Figures in the Case, and that
He Was the Author Will Nullify
Much Evidence.
Paris, August 31.—The arrest of Lieuten
ant Oolonel Henry on the discovery that he
was the author of a letter which figured In
the Dreyfus case, is one of the most sen
sational developments in this whole affair.
Colonel Henry has been throughout the
’champion of the army against Colonel Pi
quard, with whom he fought a duel.
The new developments appears to alter
the aspect of both the Dreyfus and Zola
cases and will practically nullify the evi
dence of Generals Pellieux and Boisdeffre
and the declarations of Minister for War
Cavaignac in the chamber of deputies.
Some believe the turning point in the
Dreyfus case has been reached and the
arrest of Colonel Henry will lead to a new
trial of the prisoner of Devil’s Island.
It appears that as soon as Cavaignac as
sumed the office of minister of war he
charged the official bureau to make a
thorough research of the 'Dreyfus ease and
it was this inquiry which resulted in the
discovered documents, recently read in
the chamber of deputies by Cavaignac,
showing that the proof of the guilt of
Dreyfus was forged. When Henry was
summoned to the ministry of war and
questioned in the presence of Gen. Boi.se
deffre he first affirmed itne authenticity
of the incriminating document, but when
diserepanies were pointed out he at first
admitted adding the sentences and finally
confessed to the fabrication of the wnole
letter.
It is affirmed, however, that while this
discovery is not changed by Cavaignac's
belief in the culpability of Dreyfus the
minister is determined to punish all the
guilty parties no matter what their rank
or position may be.
Col. Henry is to be tried by court mar
tial.
BOUND FOR NEWPORT.
Nurrber ot Vessels Have Left Porto Rico
for Northern Port.
Washington, August 31 —The navy de
partment has received a cablegram from
Ponoe announcing that the Puritan, Am
phritite, Terror, (Hannibal and Montgom
ery sailed from Ponce this morning.
They go to Newport, R. I. The main
object Is to get the crews of the vessels
away from the tropical climate.
The citizens of Newport have been mak
ing efforts with the navy department to
secure a rendezvous for the larger vessels
in the navy at Newport.
The department could not do this but
agreed to send some of the smaller types.
GOING HOME
From Chickamauga—A Number of Regi
ments Leave.
Chickamauga, August 31—The Eighth
New Y’ork leaves for New York, the Third
Tennessee for Anniston and the Second
Nebraska for Omaha tomorrow.
Seven batteries of light artillery loave
for home on Friday and Saturday. No
regiments left today.
Governor Black, of New York, after
thoroughly investigating the condition of
the camp, left today for Huntsville and
from there will go to Lexington.
DOCTOR DRUNK.
Charged that He Refused to Give Medicine
to Soldiers.
Chambersburg, Pa., August 31.—Dr. J.
S. Kennedy, first assistant surgeon at San
tiago. writes regarding camp conditions
as follows;
“There is an utter lack of suitable med
icines to combat disease. There has been
so much diarrhoea, dysentery and fever,
and no medicine at all to counteract 'them,
that the men have acually died for the
want of it. Four days after my reporting
here there was but a single medicine in the
entire hospital for the first two named and
nothing but quinine for the fever and no
tonic save the preparation of iron for the
convalescents. The preparation of iron will
not agree with nine-tenths of the cases
and when the soldier or officer cannot
take quinine he has simply nothing to take.
“A captain sent to the Olivette for dys
entery medicine for his dying son; there
were quarts of it on the ship, but the
drunken officer refused to give the medi
cine because he might need it himself.
The doctor went down to the Olivette and
says it was packed with the stores for the
hospital under Red Cross seal and not one
package ever got to he hospital.”
WILL SHUTOUT
NEW YORKERS
If They Endorse a Gold Man
for President, Savs Gov.
Stone.
New York, August 31.—William J. Stone,
former governor of Missosuri, was here
yesterday on business. Mr. Stone, who
is now perhaps the closest friend and pol
itical adviser of AV. J. Bryan, made some
significant remarks on the national situ
ation, and with regard to the contest in
this state. He said that if the Syracuse
convention, which meets next month,
should ignore the last national
as he had heard it might, and nominate a
gold standard man, the Democracy of New
York would place itself in opposition to
the party in every other state in the union
and practically be without standing In -.he
next national convention.
“I don't ■believe,” continued Stone,
that the Deuiycr«ts of Missouri have un
dergone any change of sentiment on the
money question, and the same may be
said of all the Western states. They are
more determined than ever to force that
issue until what they believe to be right
shall have been obtained and bimetallism
shall be come a fact. With us it s not a
a conviction that it is neees
country.”
With' reference to Bryan, Stone thinks he
will certainly be renominated in 1900, un
less there shall be very decided changes
in party sentiment and conditions.
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SHERMAN SAYS
IT IS HORRIBLE,
The Old Statesman Thinks
that Someone in Office
Around Washington
OUGHT JO IE IMPEACHED
The Story to Horrible to Talk About
and the Officials Are Responsible
for Soldiers’ Deaths.
‘Washington, August 31.—The interview
with Hon. John Sherman, charging neg
lect and mis-management upon the War
Department, created a sensation in Wash
ington.
To another interviewer he reiterated
some of the criticisms and spoke with deep
feeling of what he termed “monstrous mis
management.” He said:
“I don’t see how there can be any mis
take or misrepresentation as to the con
dition of affairs among our soldiers in
Santiago or in the camps. The official re
ports, the statements of responsible of
ficers and of the men who suffered in that
campaign are to the same effect —that
there were horrible suffering and great
loss of life resulting from inadequate pro
vision for the care of the sick and wound
ed, and that suitable food was not pro
vided for those whose condition of health
would not admit of their eating army ra
tions. They were short of medicines and
suitable food and did not have surgeons
enough to perform the services which the
army demanded.
“The whole story is too horrible to talk
about and there can be no possible excuse
offered. I cannot undertake to sav what
individual authority is responsible, but
the facts themselves are monstrous, and
whether the fault lies with the officers In
the field, or those in the department of the
Secretary of IWar himself, the responsi
bility should be fixed and the person re
sponsible should be severely punished. It
was known that there was going to be a
battle; our army was sent there for that
purpose and it was nothing short of crim
inal to neglect those preliminary prepara
tions for the care of the wounded and sick
and to provide for the sustenance of the
army.
“The president might order an investi
gation, but I doubt whether the matter can
be adequately dealt with, except by Con
gress. The persons responsible should be
Impeached and Congress alone has the
power of impeachment.”
SUGAR MADE FROM
A Peculiar Industry Now in Operation at
Marengo, 111.
A Marengo, (Ill.) special says: Illinois
Is now producing sugar from milk. The
great dairy district of the Fox River Val
ley has another and novel method of dis
posing of its product. A queer-looking
factory is in operation in Marengo. A
barbed-wire fence is stretched around it,
so that the over-curious are kept at a dis
tance. The owner is F. W. Patrick, who
owns a large number of creameries
throughout the valley. The secret of re
fining the sugar is well kept, and seems
to be in the possession of the one
about the premises.
The cream is separated from the milk
upon being brought to the factory the for
mer being churned into butter. The skim
med product is curdled and then dried, af
ter which it is ground as fine as cornmeal
and shipped away to the East, where it is
converted into a liquid and used for glaz
ing purposes. The whey left from the
curd is the substance from which sugar
is produced. It is boiled down to a syrup
and reboiled until sugar of a dark brown
hue is formed. It is then trucked to the
refinery where it is sent through the secret
process, after which it is as fine and light
as any of the granulated grades purchased
in the stores.
Milk sugar is not destined to compete
with the product of the best because the
former Is intended only for medicinal pur
poses, and sells for something like 50 cents
a pound. The industry is in its infancy
and it is not known at present what its
manufacture will lead to.
CHEAPER WATER
WILL RESULT.
Committee Has Decided that
Macon Is Paying too
Much Monev.
The committee appointed by the Cham
ber of Commerce on water, gas and elec
tricity met at the Chamber of Commerce
yesterday afternoon and the rates on the
above named subjects were discussed,
The committee decide to take up the
water rates at once as it was more Impor
tant than the others. The chairman of the
committee was given the authority to re
quest the mayor to appoint a committee
from the council to act with them about
the water raites. The rates have already
been agreed upon but the members refuse
to give them out.
The two committees will confer about the
rates and H Is probable that a few
changes will be made. The Chamber of
Commerce committee considers the rate fa
vorable as compared to the rates of other
cities in the state,
The committee still has under considera
tion the gas and electric rates, but they
have not yet come to a conclusion about
them. They will be brought up at the
next meeting and it is probable that they
will be decided upon.
■lt was the opinion of the committee that
■the city was in need of a meter inspector.
All other cities have such a man and the
committee thinks Macon should have one
also. •’ t » 9 9
The meeting w very satisfactory and it
was adjourned subject to the call of the
chairman. ± a *
COMPLETELY ISOLATED.
No Communication Can be Had With Any
Point.
Atlanta, Ga., August 31 —The storm
which swept up the Atlantic coast last
night has interrupted communication with
Savannah and several other cities near the
ocean and the extent of damge is not yet
known.
The officials of the Western Union Tele
graph Company report that Savannah is
completely isolated, no connection being
made with that city from any point.
No news as to the extent of the storm
has yet reached this city from any point.
Forecaster Marbury, of the weather bu
reau, had no advices and the regular
weather reports of that territory are miss
ing.
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SUNK AT
BERJOCK
Hospital Ship Olivette Settled
this Morning in Thirty
Feet of Water.
CADSEDNKNOWN.
Every One on Board Had a
Very Narrow Escape, But
No Lives Lost.
SICK WERE NOT ABOARD
But the Crew Sand Hospital Corps
Barely Got Away Before the
Ship Went Down.
w
Fernandina, August 31. —The hospital
ship Olivette, which has been lying nea r
the qusiantine station , through some mys
terious agency sank this morning at 2:30.
Aboard her was the hospital corps of
thirty-five and a crew of forty-five persons
all of whom escaped without injury.
The roustabouts sleeping in the lower
hold had a narrow escape. Fortunately for
those aboard, there was a schooner near by
anil some of them took shelter on her,
while others sought refuge at the quaran
tine station.
The Olivette went down in about thirty
feet of water, her main deck being sub
merged at high tide.
No one knows how the calamity occur
red.
CORPSES ROT
IN THE HOUSES.
Yellow Jack Is on the Increase
in Havana and People
Are Starving.
Key West, Fla., August 31—Reports
from Havana are that yellow fever is in
creasing, caused by the concentration of
Spanish troops, the bad sanitary condition
of the city and the large number of half-,
starved people yet wandering about the
streets.
The iDiario de la Marina calls attention
of the health officers and civil government
of Havana to the poor people who are dy
ing daily of fevers and other illnesses. It
says:
“Corpses are left without burial hour
after hour, some remaining over forty
eight hours in a state of decomposition;
others lie in small houses where fifteen
persons are living, full of misery, having
to be in constant contact with the sick or
dead."
The Cuban general, Mario .Monocal, has
taken charge of the troops and the com
mand of Havana province. The Cuban
government has appointed 'General Rodri
guez as general inspector of 'Havana and
Pinar del Rio provinces.
The situation in Havana is better as to
provisions, but prices are still high. Pota
toes sell at sll a barrel, onions at sl4 a
barrel and boxes of eggs at $21.75 each.
GARCIA RELEIVED
Os His Command by Gomez Because Per
sona Non Grata.
New York, August 31—A dispatch to the
'Herald from Santiago says:
"Garcia has been relieved of his com
mand by Gomez acting under instructions
from the provisional government.
"This is owing to the disapproval of his
action during the Shafter incident and in
view of the fact that Garcia's persona non
grata to the American government.”
AMATEUR SOLDIERING.
London Says, Is Blamable for
Our Wretched Camps.
London, August 31—The Spectator says
today:
"The United States is learning with in
dignation the details of what Its troops
had to endure before Santiago, and is in
clined to make a scapegoat of Mr .Alger.
Obviously Mr. Alger is not a Carnot, but
it is hardly fair to put all the blame on
him. The real cause of the misery and
muddle was the absurd belief so widely
entertained in America that you can make
war without preparation. Amateur sol
diering, especially amateur transport and
commissariat, is cruel work.”
NEWCOMB STILL
MANAGER.
The Hotel Man Savs He Has
Not Resigned at Hotel
Lanier.
The statement in The News yesterday
to the effect that Manager Newcomb, of
the Hotel Lanier had resigned is incorrect.
Mr. ‘Newcomb is still the manager of the
hotel and the lessee. He says that he has
no intention of resigning unless someone
can be found who is prepared to take the
hotel off his hands at the price that he
asks for It.
Mr. Neweomb has made many Improve
ments at the hotel at his own expense and
doing his best to give Macon a flrst-class
hotel. The traveling people say that the
house is better now than it has ever been
and that the table is equal to that of any
hotel in the South.
Youman’s Hats.
Fall styles ready.
Harry L. Jones Co.
We Can_<-
Positively convince yon that the exceptional values
we otter through our Mid-Summer Clearing Sale de
serve your earnest consideration. Certainly you
cannot be aware of this, unless you look over and
examine our line of bargains.
Here you will find stylish suits of substantial make at
l /3 Less than Regular Prices.
Big bargain drives in Underwear, Hats, Neckwear,
etc., etc. 1 o reduce our stock is our main and sole
aim. Call, see, and be convinced.
Your Watch
Needs Cleaning /
That’s what’s the matter with it. It can’t keep good
time while full of dust. Bring it here and we’ll fix
it so it will run right, for only $2.00, with one year
guarantee.
BEELHND,
Mercer University,
MACON, GEORGIA.
A high-grade institution, with goo <1 equipment and with an excellent fac
ulty. I nil course in Latin language and literature, Greek language and
literature, English language and literature, modern languages, mathematics
and astronomy, natural history, physics and chemistry, history and philos
ophy, the Bible, law. Many students finish the college year at a cost of SIGO
for all expenses. For catalogue or further information address
P. D. POLLOCK, President, Macon, Ga.
City Baggage Transfer Co
Prompt delivery of baggage to and from all depots.
Office next door Southern Express Co.
W. H. ABNOLD, Manager.
518 Fourth Street. Phone 20
J COOL NIGHTS |
| PLEASANT DAYS-> |
In the fall of the year when the long summer &
has tired nature out INDIAN SPRING is f
X the most delightful health resort in the South. T
t THE WIGWAM,X
Under its new management, is pronounced by 4*
4* all the patrons of the hotel this year as equal 4-
J* in every respect to the best hotels.
You can find rest, health, comfort and pleasure T
at the WIGWAM J
* T. C. PARKER, Proprietor. J
i C. E. Hooper, Manager. j
TT’t it-H t TT iirH*
Crump’s Park Bulletin
Tonight==“Woman vs. Woman.”
This Business Rests
On a SuDstantlal Basis
It is not false, inflated or unreliable. Its advertising
is not fiction. With us labor has been the parent of
prosperity. The whole tendency of our enterprise is
salutary and beneficial. We hope it will continue;
we hope it will increase. Not the prosperity of law-*
less speculation and reckless sharpers; not the pros
perity of wild schemesand haphazard adventures; not
the prosperity that sacrifices honesty and puts Mam
mon on the throne of Integrity; but the true pros
perity of earnest, hearty and hard work —the work
that lives and thrives by patience, endurance, steady
aims and steady steps. We profoundly trust that
such prosperity will multiply manifold. We know
it will.
X
Hioneu on Hann.
Loans on real estate. Easy monthly pay
ments.
GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man.
Equitable Building and Loan Association,
M»eon, Ga.. 461 Third Street.
PRICE THREE CENTS