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ESTABLISHED 1884
HIDEOUS
FESTIVAL
Leaders of the Rebellion in*
China Beheaded, and Chil
dren Played Among
bleedinF bodies.
Made Sport with the Black
Disfigured Heads of the
Rebels in the Streets.
BANQUET OF BLOOO
Was Ordered to’Be Held Afterward
Foreign Consuls Object to a
Repetition of the Horri
ble Scene.
By Associated Press.
Vam-oiirvcr. H. C., Oct. 20. —According to
the lutes advices by mail from China, eight
subordinate leaders of th,’ Kwangski rebel
lion were beheaded at Wurhnw.
They were carried through the streets
as a warning spectacle, amidst. the laugh
ter and jeers of men, women and children.
Ten thousand, people witnessed the de
capitation and made it a gala day. When
all was over the children play, d among
the -headless bleeding corpces and made
K|H>rt with the black, disfigured heads.
The mandarines and headsmen improvis
ed a sort, of May pole and the heads of the
rebels .wore placed on the top in tiers,
the children dancing around them.
The governor advised the mandarins to
make the beheading, as f<-stive as possible
no as to inspire disgust for the rebels in
the hearts of the people. A banquet was
afterwards held.
A petition has been sent to the govern
ment by the foreign consuls requesting
that, the -beheading be discontinued.
BATTLESHIP TEXAS
Will Take Part in the Great Peace Jubilee at
Philadelphia.
Hy 'Associated Press.
New York, Oct. 20. The battleship
Texas passed out of Sandy Hook this morn
ing for Philadelphia." She is to take part
at the peace Jubilee there and then go into
t.he dry dock to -prepare for the long voy
age -to Manila.
She is expected to be ready to go to Ma
nila in six weeks.
The transport. Berlin sailed this morn
ing bound for Santiago and Porto Rico with
q u art erm as tors’ st or <s.
AT SAN JUAN.
Everything Orderly Under the United States
Government.
Ry Associated Press.
San Juan, -Oct. 20.—The ci'ty remains or
derly and all is quiet, elsewhere.
General Brooke is installed at. the pal
ace and Brigadier General Henry remains
as commander of the district of Ponce.
(Brigadier General Grant has been ap
pointed commander of the district of San
Juan.
Sen-ores Rivera. Blanco Lopez, and Car
bonnet. the ministers of the insular gov
ernment. have tendered their resignations
<o General Brodke, stating that they will
I>erforni their functions, if desired, until
their successors are appointed.
The first general order issued by Gen
eral Brooke is a diversified. fair document,
and has Ivoon well received by the people.
The postofflee here under American au
spioees is being established with all pos
sible haste. United States Special Com
missloner Carroll arrived yesterday on the
Panama.
IN DIFFICULTIES.
Japan’s Life Insurance Com
panies Cannot Pay Out.
By (Associated I Tess.
Vancouver. B. C.. Oct. 20. —The Hyougo.
Japan. News says with the exception of
one -company, every life insurance company
in Japan is in difficulties owing to the bas
ing of the actuary tables too closely on
British and American lines. None of them
can even pay their bills.
INCENDIARY.
Cause of Fire at Thomaston Will Be Thor
oughly Sifted.
Special to The News.
Thomaston. Oct. 20.—The residence of
Mr. James Matthews was burned last •
night. It was heavily insured. The exa.-t
cause of the fire has not been located. but j
there is a strong suspicion that it was of
- origin and the insurance com
panies propose to sift the matter to the '
■bottom. Everything possible was done to ,
save the burning building, but the fire had ■
such headway that nothing could be done
that was effective.
SEASON’S GOLD.
Reports from Assay Officers Show a Very
Large Output.
By Associated Press.
Seattle, Wash.. Oct. 20.—The receipts of
the Seattle assay office and the San Frrun
cieeo mint of the deaq-up of the season’s
output of Klondike golds are 98.090,000.
Superintendent Wing, of the former,
said that his office had taken in 94,400.000
and the San Francisco mint 93.800.000. Be
sides this, it is estimated that dust equal
ing 9500.000 was sent’to Philadelphia. Den
ver and Helena The local assay office has
advice*. of a single consignment of 9663.-
000 now en route here.
Attention, Ladies’ You
should take advantage of the
auction sale at Domingo’s.
DID HUNG CHANG
MARRYDOWAGER?
Report to this Effect is Pub
lished in a Newspaper
in China.
BURNED RAILROAD TRACK
Behind Them Because They Feared
Pursuit, and Now the Emperor
is Famous.
By Associated Press.
Vancouver, B. Oct. 20 —Regarding
the rumored marriage of Lt Hung Chang
and the Empress Dowager the “China
Mail" which arrived on the steamer Em
press of Japan says:
“Li Hung Chang and the Empress
dowager are reported to have been mar
ried at Sinfa Temple on the morning of
September 22. They at once proceeded to
Tien Tsin, destroying the railroad track
behind them as they traveled to prevent
pursuit. The Emperor was furious. The
happy pair will, it is surmised, spend the
honeymoon at Port Arthur. Pavilot’f is
jubilant.”
The very wording of the supposed dis
patch proves that it is a Joke and a poor
one at that. *
W. C. Jack, of the Hong Kong and
Whampoa I lock Company, has left. Hong
Kong for Manila for the purpose of re
porting on the possibility of raising some
of the Spanish vessels.
Great (Britain is strengthening her posi
tion. The China Mail learns that four
new gunboats will shortly be sent out to
Hong Kong in pieces to be fitted up in
the dock yards. The names of the gun
boats are The Woodlark, Woodcock, Sand
piper and Snipe. One boat will make her
liea fquarters at Shanghai and one at
Canton while the remaining two will be
rated in the fleet reserve at Hong Kong.
Two thousand Amur gold miners who
wer reported by the last mail as being in
active opposition to the Manchurian
railway being built by Russians have
been reinforced by 5,(100 disbanded sol
diers and a rising appears imminent.
A dispatch from Taipeh says: On the
night of September 25 about 400 rebels: at
tacked a district office at Sankauyu but
wer repulsed after an desperate fight. On
the 26th. 300 rebels advanced to Dojo with
a view of at tai king Ransho but Japanese
trops have already arrived at Bansho the
rebels began to retreat.
The Japanese soldiers .advanced from all
directions and attacked the Anko head
quarters of the rebels and burned a num
b. rof villages. Many rebels were killed.
Tokio was recently invaded by a hun
gry army of 6,000 distressed farmers from
the Ashio copper mine district who peti
tioned for an extension of the period of
tax exemption and for a national subsidy
to their village exchequers.
Prince Henry, of Prussia, is being well
received in Siberia.
THPHOONSIIT EAST
Have Caused Great Loss of
Life and Property.
By Associated Press.
\ ancouver. B. C.. Get. 20—Disastrous
typhoons sandstorms and floods have-caus
ed a fearful loss of life and property in
the orient.
In the district watered by the river
Feng in Japan, hundreds of villages have
bet n swept away and 2,000 people have
been drowned.
Another report says 250 towns .are un
der water. Thousands of refugees are
flocking to the cities.
The Tshikari river has alos overflowed,
drowning over 1,000 people. Seven prefec
tures were destroyed.
In a terrible .typhoon off Formosa hap
pening the same time as the floods great
damage to shipping done. At Teremi eight
junks were wrecked and a hundred lives
lost. The Junks were driven to sea and
lost. The steamer Rensi 'Marti .was piled
up on shore.
■Among the ships wrecked was the
American bark Comet. The ship was
abandoned and the crew saved. The
st earner .Cowrie is partially wrecked. The
French steamer Hoihow is wrecked on the
beach near Amry. The German steamer
Trinidad, foremerly of the Cunard line,
was abandoned in the open sea.
Homeward bound passengers state they
passed through twenty miles of abandoned
wrecks, chiefly Chinese Junks. The loss
of life must have been enormous.
TRAIN ROBBER
Confessed His Crime and Then Pleaded Not
Guilty.
By Associated Press.
Kansas City. Mo.. Oct. 20.—Wm. L
Lowe. the self-confessed train robber, has
been arraigned before the criminal court
and pleaded not guilty.
Tais plea, however, is a mere formality,
that he may .be held for the trials of the
men he says were with him in tie Mis
souri Pacific robbery.
Ivowe’s bail was fixed at 93.000. He was
unable to furnish it.
BIT HYPNOTIST.
Tried to Put.a Lion’s Cub Under the Influ
ence of His Spell.
By Associated Press.
San Francisco, Oct. 20.—J. Franklin I
Brown, a hynotist. is dead here from blood
poison contracted several months ago when
he attempted to put a cub lion under the ■
spell of hie power.
The cub rebelled and bit Brown’s hand.
He was confined in a hospital for some \
time and had been discharged as cured. ;
but rhe. other day a sligh scratch brought j
a reoccurrence of the trouble which ended I
in his death.
JOE OTT HANGED.
But it is Not the Popular .Comedian and
Singer.
By Associated Press.
Granite Falls. Minn.. Oct. 20.—Joe Ott. |
who pleaded guilty to killing his wife, was
hanged in the jail this morning.
The gold bug may object to being meas
ured by the silver yardstick, but his lady
friend never objects to the silver tape ’
nie.Kure, if he buys it at Stevens' jewelry
store.
Auction sale 9 to 12 A. M.j
2:30 to 5:30 p. m. Balance of
Domingo’s stock.
THE MACON XEWS.
HOUSES SLIDING
INTO J ABYSS.
Terrifving Situation at Van
couver Island, British Co
lumbia, Causes Panic.
WHOLE TOWI UNDERMINED.
Coal Mine Operations Have Made
the Place Uninhabitable—More
Residences Will Go.
By Associated Press.
Vancouver, B. C., Oct. 20.—The coal min
ing town of Wellington, Vancouver Island,
has been the scene of several subsidences
and there Is general there now
owing to indications! -that another Is likely
to take place.
The whole town is undermined through
the extensive operations of the local mining
company, and a few weeks ago a house
slid down into an abyss.
There is every sign, now that thia expe
rience is likely to be repeated on a large
scale. The people are panic-stricken.
judgeTclarke,
Well Rnown and Honored in
Macon is Living.
By Associated Press.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 20—. Fudge 'Marshall
Clarke, for years Judge of the superior
court and one of the most prominent law
yers in the state, was stricken with
apoplexy this morning.
He was preparing to try a case when
the stroke came. He was taken home.
His condition is critical.
ON YUKON STATION.
•
Distribution of the Troops for the Coming
Winter.
By Associated Press.
Seattle, Wy„ Oct. 20—The Post. Intel
ligencer says:
The distribution of -United States troops
in the Yukon forts to winter will be as
follows:
Lieutenant Edwin Bell with thirty-five
men at Rampart City; Lieutenamt Mc-
Manus. with seventy-five men at. Circle
City; a company will be left at Fort
Yukon and Captain Richardson will make
his headquarters with forty-five men at
Eagle City.
Captain F. S. Watkins will remain St.
Michael with seventy-three men. He will
keep in close touch with the Golvin bay
new mining district and should any call
for relief be sent from Kotzebue sound
he will co-operate with the reindeer su
perintendent in alleviating the trouble.
There are ample stores at St. Michael
for all purposes and it is believed that the
winter will pass without any destitution.
About 300 men employes of -the different
transportation companies will winter at
St. Michael.
LIGHT FINGERED.
President of a Klondike Steamship Company
Arrested.
Seattle, Wy., Oct. 20—James P. Light,
vice president of the defunct Seattle and
Yukon Steamship Company, who has re
turned here from Alaska, has been ar
rested upon the change of embezzlement.
The warrant was issued on the com
plaint of I. B. Griffin, cashier of the com
pany, who accuses Light of having ap
propriated over 913,000 worth of money
and goods belonging to the company.
WANTS BIG DAMAGES
And Says His Attorney Wanted to Settle Too
Quickly. J
By Associated Press. /
Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 2(l—Charles
Evelt-h, a resident of lowa, has brought a
suit in the United States circuit court here
for 950,000 damages against the Southern
California Railway Company for injuries
received when the company’s train was de
railed at Delmar, on 'March. 7, 1896. He
was injured internally.
He alleges that without 'his consent the
attorneys who had been entrusted with his
case, entered into an agreement with the
railroad attorneys to acept $1,500 and with
draw the suit, bu-t he refused to accept
the money, and he asks the court to set
aside the former judgment and re-enter
the original case for 91,500.
GEN. ROBERTS DEAD.
One of the Oldest Military Of
ficers in United States.
By Associated Press.
Philadelphia, Oct. 20. —Brigadier General
I Joseph Roberts is dead at his home in this
! city, aged M years. He entered the West
I Point military academy in 1835. He was
1 made brevet lieutenant in the Fourth ar
tilery June 10, 1836. and first lieutenant
July 7, 1838. On August 20 of the same,
year he was promoted to a captaincy in
‘ the Fourth artillery.
| He served at Fort Hamilton, New York.
. In 1835-36, and took part in the operations
against the Creek nation of the Indians.
He served in the Florida war of 1836-37 as
captain of a regiment of mounted Creek
volunteers. He also served as assistant
professor of natural and experimental phi
losophy of the military academy in 1838-39.
He was afterwards re-transferred to Flor
ida. and took part in the Indian war. In
-1853 he commanded Fort Miffin. In 1857
he was transferred to Fort Leavenworth.
Kan., and afterwards assumed charge of
: Fort Monroe.
He served throughout the civil war. In
1861 he was in command of Fort Monroe
and in October of the same year was made
, chief of artilery in the Seventh corps. On
March 9. 1863 he was made colonel of the
Third regiment. Pennsylvania heavy artil
lery, and afterwards transferred and put
in charge of the Fourth artillery corps. On
April 9, 1865, he was made brigadier gen
eral of volunteers. On May 13, 1865. he
, was breveted a bristlier genral of reg
ulars. Since the close of the war he had
held the office of assistant inspector gen
eral of the department in Washington and
superintendent of the artilery school at
Fort Monroe.
MACON NEWS THURSDa f OCTOBER 20 1898.
SUICIDE BETTER
THANJSCOVERY
Unknown Man May Have Been
Nobleman—Kilted Him-
Iself in Omaha.
COLLECTION OF OLO COINS
Tempted Him and it is Thought that
It Was His Intention to
Steal It.
By Associated Press.
Omaha, Oct. 20—An unknown man has
committed suicide at the public library
here under mysterious circumstances.
Everything points to the faet that he
had secreted himself in the building the
night before with the intention of rob
bing the priceless collection of coins in
the Byron Reed donation. When detec
tion and capture confronted him he cooly
placed a revolver to his temple and fired
a bullet into his brain.
When the watchman rushed upon the
scene the man was The body ap
pears to be that of culture. There is
nothing by which it might be identified.
He was evidently a Russian and some
slight marks on the clothes would seem
to indicate that he was a nobleman.
The police believe the man was a visitor
at the exposition who possessed technical
knowledge and was perhaps a collector of
rare coins himself. Recognizing the "value
of the treasure, separated from him only
by a glass ease, he determined to seize
it.
Early this morning the watchman no
ticed the burglar alarm leading to the
Reed collection ringing violently. ,An in
vestigation followed and then the suicide
weapon exploded and the man fell dead.
The door leading to the Reed collection
had been tampered with. This Is the
fourth time burglars have attempted to
remove this collection. Thousands of gold
coins of all nations are included and rep
resent a large fortune.
The coroner Is investigating the case.
The suicide was a fine looking man. -He
was not seen around the building pre
viously and the police can learn nothing
concerning him. He was probably j 5
years old.
The name John Schmidt was fouud
written on the margin of a small map of
Europe found in one of his pockets. The
map was torn from a Russian geography.
A pair of sun glasses, the case of which
bore the label “Riga, Russia” was also
femnd. On the corner of a pocket hand
kerchief in red silk were the letters,
“J. K. R,” The dead man, from the cut
of his clothing, had not been in this coun
try long.
NAVAL NEWS.
Court Martial Approved—Will
Schley Go to Brooklyn?
By Associated' Press.
New York. Oct. 20. —>A dispatch to the
Herald (from -Washington says:'
Secretary Long has approved the findings
of the court which tried and sentenced
Chaplain J. P. Mclntyre to dismissal from,
the naval service for criticising the con
duct of Rear Admiral Sampson and Cap
tain Evans.
Secretary Long denies the report that
-Rear Admiral Dewey will come to the
i United States on leave of absence. It i-s
. expected that Rear Admiral Schley will
return from. Porto Rico on a merchant
steamer, as the -Newark is wanted at St.
Thomas to make an investigation of the
coaling question existing there.
'Admiral Schley’s name has been con
nected to the succession to Rear Admiral
Bunce, as commandant of the Brooklyn
navy yard, but it is not at all certain that
he -will have the assignment.
Rear Admiral Howell is his senior, and
as the department generally considers se
niority in making selections for impor
tant positions, it is regarded as likely that
Rear Admiral Schley will be ordered to
duty as president of the examining and re
tiring board, -while Rear -Admiral will go
to New York or some other important navy
yazrd.
Eighty-four per cent of the enlisted men
of the navy are now Americans by birth
or naturalization. 'Five years ago little
more than half of the enlisted force were
Americans either by birth or naturaliza
tion. _ ‘ 1 „
HAVANA BANK
Will Welcome the Relinquishment of Spanish
Sovereignty.
By Associated Press.
New York, Oct. 20—A dispatch to the
Herald from Havana says:
One institution which above all others
will welcome the relinquishment of Span
ish sovereignty over Cuba is the Banco
Espanol. Because of its semi-official con
nection with the government the Banco
Espanol has been mulcted out of millions
of dollars.
No longer ago than last Thursday, the
government called for $200,000 in gold.
The bank protested and did not give the
cash until it received a notice that force
would be used if necessary. Today" an
other hundred thousand was advanced but
in this case the city revenues were
pledged as security.
All arrangements have -been made for
reorganization as soon as the American
flag floats over the city. Shares have al
ready been subscribed to the amount of
eight millions and two millions more will
prabably be issued, making a total capital
of ten millions on a gold basis.
SPY ARRESTED.
'■ Russian Officer Found Making Plans at Van
couver.
j By Associated Press
Vancouver, B. C., Oct. 20 —Ivan Kraus,
an officer of the Russian army at Port
I Arthur, China, w-ho arrived here on board
of the Empress of Japan as a stowaway,
has been arrested. Kraus was discovered
making maps and plans of the fortifica
tions at Port Arthur and fled.
Have you ever noticed how much more
"ha.ndy” the umbrella of today is, than
thaf of a few years ago? The bulky
wooden rod and whalebone riba have given
place to hollow steel; cotton gingham, to
, silk; bulk and ugliness to grace and beau
. ty. Stevens’ jewelry store is where best
i and latest examples are found.
Ladies, you can’t afford to
. miss auction sale at Do
mingo’s.
FIVE PER CENT
WASJECLARED
As a Dividend bv the Direc
tors of the G. S. 4 F. R.
R. this Morning.
; SAME OFFICERS ELECTED
: Stockholders Also Held a Meeting-
One New Director Elected—
Regular Business Transacted.
The stockholders of tke Georgia South
ern and Florida railroad held a meetlag
this morning at the railroad building
and elected the directors for the coming
year.
The directors elected are as follows:
F. M. Edwards, Boston, Mass.; T. B.
Gresham, Baltimore, Md.; J. F. Hanson,
Macon; J. M. Johnston, Macon; W. A.
Meryday, Palatka, Fla.; G. W. Parrot,
Atlanta; A. S. Pendleton, Valdosta; R. iM.
Rogers, Macon; W. C. Shaw, Macon; H.
P. Smart, Savannah; Samuel Spencer,
New York; H. -H. Tift, Tifton; T. D.
Tinsley, Macon; Skipwith Wilmer, Balti
more, James H. Dooley, Richmond, Va.
The board of directors held a meeting
immediately after th<|t of the stockholders
and elected the officers of the road for
the coming year. The officers are the
same as before.
Samuel Spencer, president.
W. C. Shaw, vice president.
John I. Hall, general counsel. •
Ben C. Smith, secretary and treasurer.
R. D. Lankford, assistant secretary and
treasurer.
The directors declared a dividend of 5
per cent on first preferred stock and a
dividend of 3 per cent on the second pre
fered stock. The other business was of
the regular kind and nothing of impor
tance was done.
CONQUEST IS COMPLETED
Final Evacuation of Paco the Last Suburb of
Manila.
By Associated Press.
New York, Oct. 20—A dispatch to the
Herald from (Manila says:
The insurgent general, Pio 'Pilar has
agreed to evacuate Paco, the last suburb
of Manila held by the Filipinos on Octo
ber 25. This completes the American con
quest of the city.
The last rebel has left Cavite. The
Americans now hold Caivte and Manila,
the rest of the island of Luzon being in
the hands of the insurrectionist factions.
How kittle power Aguinaldo possess an
is-Bhown by his refusal to grant passes to
visit the interior on the ground that the
northern provinces are held by General
Makaboulas. who is in revolt against the
Malolos government.
Aguinaldo has ordered the release of
I Spanish civilian prisoners taken at Iloilo.
' The steamers under the American flag are
forbidden to load by the native -authori-i
ties unless they pay a tax of 5 per cent,
ad valorem on the cargo and 20 per cent
on their freight to the local government.
A large stock of tobacco was seized at
’ -Cagayan from the Compania Generale and
from insurance factories. Aguinaldo ra-
J fused to return the prize -as he requires
funds.
1 He is preparing for the posible refirn
of the islands to Spanish rule and will
entertain no proposals from Spain. Every
native is sworn in to join his ranks in
' such an. event. Os the southern islands,
Mindanao would combine against Spain.
There" are two new cases- of smallpox
this week although the health of the
troops show a slight improvement, there
being few cases of typhoid fever auid
’ dysentery." There is still need, for more
women nurses.
! Red Cross workers after some slight
hitches are starting an ably managed aux-
‘ iliary hospital for serious cases, likewise
hospital for the California troops. They
contemplate opening still another home
for convalescents,
Drugs, food and supplies In the Red
[ Cross society’s hands have been gjyen to
' ailing soldiers without stint as the neces
’ sities of the situation demanded. There is
' great need now for money to aid in the
r extentsion of the work and the fact can
not be strongly imposed upon the peo
ple.
1 The British warships Powerful and
‘ Rattler have been ordered to Hong Kong,
it is said, on account of the number of
cases of malarial fever aboard. There
have been three deaths on the Powerful.
WAVEDOLDGLORY
British Troops at Halifax In
troduce a Novel Feature,
1 By Associated Prese.
New York, Oct. 20.—A dispatch to the
1 Tribune from Halifax says:
The regimental sports of the Royal Ca
-1 nadlan battalion of imperial troops -were
1 marked by an unusual incident.
At the conclusion of the sports 100 men,
» the pick of the garrison, formed a pyra
mid fby mounting upon one another#
! shoulders, an-d the man at t'he apex, a fine
! speciman of the British soldier, stood wav
ing in one hand tbe Union Jack and in the
other the Stars and Stripes.
; This finale was cheerd by the large num
ber of spectators present.
■ It was the first time in the history of
1 Halifax that men of the British regiment
had displayed the flag of another nation.
R
i FLAT REFUSAL
Os American Propositions by Cubans is
Possible.
By Associated Press.
Paris, Oct. 20 —The Spanish peace com
missioners have not yet received from
Madrid either instuction or. permission
to bid adieu to Cuban sovereignty with
out further seeking to attach to this sov-
> ereignty some condition providing for the
1 assumption of the Cuban debt by the
United States.
j If there are as at present disposed and
instructed, the Spaniards will not at to
morrow’s meeting recognize affirmatively
the United States’ position and will stop
e on the point of results. Should they flatly
reject American insistence, the Spaniards,
while recognizing the physical power of
the United States against unaided Spain,
will Dumbly extend their palms upwards
and shrug their shoulders. They regard
t the situation pitiable and are averse to
any sympathy they may excite.
> Great bargains in house
- hold goods at the auction sale
of Domingo’s.
E« ROUTE
TO MACON
Officer in Command of Troops
Io Lie Stationed Here
y Is Coming.
« TOWT
In All Probability, if He Comes
Here Direct from Wash
ington.
KSKn»ffllini
Says that the Officer in Comma d at
Macon Will Arrive Here Proba
bly Today—Good News for
the People of Macon.
The following telegram Was received this
■afternoon by Senator Bacon:
Hon. A. O. Bacon, Macon, Ga. —The of
ficer in command at .Macon is en route. He
will probably reach trere today.
(Signed.) H. C. Corbin,
Adjutant General.
This, it ie to be presumed, means that
General Wilson and his staff will be here
today and that the work of locating the
camps will commence at once.
This will be good news to the people
of Macon, as the coming of the soldiers is
mo*st anxiously looked forward to.
Two sites were offered to the military
commission that visited Macon some time
ago for the purpose of selecting sites for
the location of the troops to be sent to
this state for the winter. While informa
tion has not been officially given out that
the site at Ocmulgee park, about two
miles from the city, will be the one on
which the First and Third brigades will
be located it is a foregone conclusion that
this will be the" point at which the sol
diers will spend, the winter, or such iiun.
as they are to remain here.
Possibly there is no more advantageous
site for the encampment of large bodies
of men to be found in the South. Situated
on the high hills to the north of the city
the drainage is perfect. The camp pl' the
different regiments making up the bri
gades that are to be located here will be
on a magnificent plateau, the highhhest in
the county, from which a view of four
counties can be obtained. A beautiful
stretch of rolling country clad in the vir
gin forest, with here and there a hamlet
and a homestead can be seen from almost
any point of the lands on which the camp
is to be located.
Several years ago the lands now offered
as a camp site were purchased by the
Ocmulgee Land Company, made up of
local people, who saw an opportunity to
build up here one of the most desirable
suburbs to the city. A street car line,
known as the Macon and Indian Spring,
was built running the entire length of the
property, and sufficient clearing was made
to afford building sites. Some of the lands
had been already cleared by the original
owners in the olden days for cotton plant
ing. The large mains from the pumping
station that supplies the city with water
have just been laid through the lands,
and it will only be necessary to tap them
and run the lateral pipes to give the en
campment a full" supply of most excellent
water. The Southern railway runs within
a quarter of a mile of the camp site, and
it Is possible that a spur track will be put
In for the purpose of "unloading the men
and the camp material and supplies. A
street car line runs within a quarter of a
mile on the other side of the camp. Thus
with two street car lines and a railroad
it will be seen that the facilities for
transportation are ample.
Thirty-three years ago when General
James Wilson and his cavalry raided
Macon he camped with his command at a
beautiful spring situated in the middle of
the lands offered for the encampment..
The soldiers will not be more than a mile
and a half or two miles from Macon,
where ample facilities are afforded for
amusement and the profitable spanning of
their spare tjrne. 'Macon, the central city
of Georgia, has a health record unsur
passed by any city in the country. Its peo
ple are prepared to extend a most hospi
table and hearty welcome to the soldiers
and officers who are to be here.
There are many,.points of latr/cst about
the city.
Pio Nono College, a Catholic institution,
famous the country over, Mercer Univer
sity, under the Baptists, and Wesleyan
Female College, the oldest female college
in the world, are among the points of
educational interest. One first-class thea
tre will offer the best atraetions that come
to the Southern circuit, The public li
brary is a most excellent institution and
is well supplied with current literature as
well as books of reference. The general
postoffice is about a mile and three-quar
ters from the camp site. Old army of
ficers say that the Ocmulgee park site is
perhaps as good as any in the country,
and It is believed that the soldiers who
come here will coincide in that opinion.
Auction sale of fine China
glassware, stoves, etc., at Do
mingo’s.
REPARATION
Will Be Demanded bv French
Government from China.
By Associated Press.
Paris, Oct. 20—>At the cabinet meeting
today the minister of foreign affairs, M._
Delcasse, read a dispatch from the min
ister at Rekin, M. Gerard, announcing
that a French missionary and several
Chinese Catholics were massacred or
burned to death in the chapel at Pakung
by a mob. Gerard immediately demanded
reparation from the Chinese government.
Auction sale of Domingo’s
: stock daily 9 to 12 A. m , 2:30
to 5:30 p. m.
THE KEY TO WEALTH
Is right buying at the right place. We do not hesi
tate in the least to point out OUR PLACE as
THE RIGHT PLACE to secure your fall outfit
irom. \\ e have positively made strongest efforts for
this season to show Fall Hats, Fall Neckwear
and Underwear, which do truly represent the
very latest, unique and attractive novelties.
e positively guarantee our prices to be just
and correct. We also guarantee absolute satisfaction
to every customer. Your patronage respectfully
solicited.
A BURST OF New s,ore
Everybody knows GARDEN to be
the most liberal merchant in Ma
con. We are fixed up in tip-top
shape in our new store,
454 Third Street.
Have You Been In?
All those elegant new Cooks
and Heaters made by the cel
ebrated JBl
Buck’s Stove
. and Range Co.,
who made St, Louis famous.
Your Wife
ought to come this week K
and pick out her new Stove. O w .Tl nr
/ jffl I" El* 1
We have a * **"7
Spec ia J Price
Fvirinttire
For the remainder of this month.'
Don’t fail to see me before you
invest in Stoves, Furniture and
Carpets.
0. T GARDEN,
The busiest and most liberal Furniture and
Stove House in the South. Os course!
IPS YOUR FAULT "
IF YOU FAIL TO
TAKE ADVANTAGE
Os this Grand Special Sale of Men and Boys’
HIGHGRADE CLOTHING.
It Will Be Your Loss if you fail to get our
prices.
We can sell better
CI fOTZTTISrCS-
for less money, than any house in Macon ; and
at this sale we are going to sell them for less
than any other house can buy them.
We call special attention to our Suits at $6.50, $7.50,
$8.50, and $lO 00.
The Great Clothiers.
Overcoats.
Newness is the chief charm of our displays of
Autumn and Winter Overcoats. Vast quanti-j
ties in the aggregate come and go almost daily,
but many lots of exclusive styles are not large.-.
This gives an individuality to garments bought
here that is much desired by ultra dressers. .. ’’
High-class Ove; coats from the leading
thoroughly complete in details of finish and fit,
and moderately priced, are among our special
showings. Fabrics are right, linings, sewing and
style have to pass our rigid inspection. They,
satisfy good taste and all kinds of incomes.
money on Hann.
Loans on real estate. Easy monthly peg
meats.
GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man.
Equitable Building and Loan Association,
Macon, Ga.. 461 Third Street.
PRICE THREE CENTS