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THE GEORG-TA LOAN AND TRUST CO.. ‘ O. A. Coleman, General Manager, 256 Second Street We offer the following money for this weeek 922.750 to loan on good farm prop- i erty; 119.475 for city loans. Our rates will satisfy you that we are headquarters. No delay. Call and see us. 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