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THE GEORGIA LOAN AND TRUST CO.. O. A. Coleman, General Manager, 356 Second Street. We offer the following money for this weeek: 422.750 to loan on good farm prop erty; 419.475 for city loans. Our rates will satisfy you that we are headquarters. No j delay. Call and see us. ESTABLISHED 1884 DEMAND IIN FRANCE For an Immediate and Definite Statement on the Fashoda Question, ENGLANDTREPARES Everv Sea-Going Warship is Ordered to Make Up Her Full Complement. CABINET MEETING CALLED For Early Next Week and Some thing Decisive Will Be Done- Disloyal Irishman Arr sted on Streets of London. By Associated Press. London, Oct 2 The British admiralty has ordered every sen going warship to have its crew made up to the full cota plemvnt as ordered in the cast of mobili zation. The order of the British admiralty parctlcally means the complete tilling off prospectively of every ships company in detail. Four torpedo boat destroyers, which had ulMHit fitted their war tube boliers, had the orders countermanded and have been Instruct, d to reduce their stores. Officers on leave of absence or unem ployed have been notifh d to hold them selves in readiness for commission on re serve ships if required. The British cabinet has been summoned to meet < arly next week for the purpose of discussing the Fashoda question. It is understood the government proposes to take the steps necesa-ary to insist upon an early and <l, finite stat, ment on the sub ject from France. Excitement over the Fashoda question led an Irishman this morning to smash w nil an umbr, lb. th, window of the office of Punch on Fleet street, where was dis played a cartoon depicting John Bull threatening a French organ grinder, who does not depart when ordered to/ do so. The Irishman shouted "Vivo la France” - ns he broke the window and was arrested. When asked if he was a Frenchman, the prisoner said, “No, I’m an Irishman. Had 1 been a Frenchman I would have blown down the place." FOURTH TENNESSEE Highly Complinr nt?d by Surgeon General Greenleaf. By Associated Press. Knoxville. Oct. 22.—General Greenleaf, asisist.iii't surgeon general, is making a thorough inspection of the camps here. He pronounced the Fourth Tonniss'e the best he had seen tn the entire army. He said the regiment was one of the few volunteer commands in condition for active service. The summary courts are severely punish ing soldiers absent without leave. Private Basil R. Steed, of the First West Virginia, was given six months in the penitentiary ami a forfet of one month’s pay. TO SELL GIBSON HOUSE Bids for the Hotel Will Be Opened on No vember Ist. By Associated Tress. Cincinnati, Oct. 22 —Since the Gibson house of this city has been in the hands of an assignee there has been protected litigation to get control of the property. An effort, to oust the assignee was over ruled by the insolvency court which now has issued an order to the assignee to offer the hotel for sale. Bids will be opined from prospective purchasers on November 1 by Assignee Cabell who will report the result to the insolvency court. CONDITIONS AT JACKSON. Are M ore Cheerful Today on Account of the Frost, ’ Bj' Associated Press. Jackson. Miss., Get, 22 —Jackson has as sumed a more cheerful aspect, with all the quarantine restrictions removed, refu gees returning home and the business men preparing to throw open their closed doors. » Dr. Murray, president of Millsaps col lege. announces that the institution will open on November 3. There has been no sickness in the college. There was a heavy frost last night and the weather continues cold. Fifteen new cases and three deaths was the official record for the entire state V terday. No new cases have developed at Jackson today. PROOFREADER'S SUICIDE- Found With His Throat Cut in the Ohio River. By Associated Press. Cincinnati. Oct. 22- The body of a man was taken from the Ohio river near Au rora. Ind., last night, with his throat cut. The two gashes made in the throat are such that the coroner declares they could not be self inflicted. The body was identified as that of Law rence Treu. a proof-reader of the Com mercial Tribune, who quit his place Wed nesday. His friends believe he su ; e>ded. MR. MATT CULLEN DEAD. No Arrangements for the Funeral Have Yet Been ’Made. Mr. Matt Cullen, brother of Mr. A. A. Cullen, who died recently, died this after noon at 1 o’clock at. the residence of his sister on Oak street. He had only been in the eity about three months, having been in New great er portion of his life. He had been sick for some time and his death was not unex pected. He was forty years of age. No arrange ments have been made for the funeral. ON GRIDIRON j OF OLD NASSAU Princeton and Cornell Will Meet for Great Struggle this Afternoon. i ODDS IN TIGERS' FAVOR Somewhat, Though the Ithacans Are in Good Shape—Will Be An Even Game. I By Associated Press. New York, Oct. 22. —Princeton and Cor nell are ocfifduled to play football on the h -toii ■ gridiron of old Ni.tssau thia after noon, and ■there are those who claim that the struggle will be in doubt until the last whistl, of the referee. Certain it let that ; never before have these two colleges met | Jn mi h a ■doubtful contst nor with so much ' confribm-ce of success. The Tigens have -been quietly at work perfecting their system and eveloping a smooth running machine; they do not ex pect to dash over the five yard lines with ta~e and brilliancy and are fully aware that they must smash and struggle for every foot of advance. Their attention has been given to ground gaining plays, straight-ahead pushes and long twisting punts. Now and then they will spring a new formation or a quick Interfering jab at. an end, but in general her game will bo lacking in what is termed brilliancy and full of useful plays. Cornell has never been so far ahead In football science at this time of the year. Her one aim since her men were gathered together for fall practice has been to de feat. Princeton, and to that end and that alone all of her enegies have been direc ted. The Tigers’ stronghold of plays has been carefully studied and a defenseive system worked up which the Ithacans claim is im pregnable.. At any rate no team so far has been able to do much damage to their attack. While her coach and captain are bewail ing the crippled condition of the team, it may be fair to state that no one or two men can love a game by their absence. If Cornell ; relying upon such a character of play. ■ i beaten. It is jerhaps in this partlcnl hat Princeton has the advant age. for "o man is so valuable to the Prineeto- am that his position can not be filled by a good reliable hard working substitute. Cornell lias the lighter team, and should it be. a rainy afternoon or wet grounds, the advantage lies with Princeton. Heavier men can plow through the mud with less slipping and less likelihood of fumbles. On the other hand Ithaca is heavy where she neodv to l>e heavy—-at the guard and cen lei while .the attacking parte are filled with small, wiry men. quick as a flash at starting and well versed in the science of 'the game. MUST BE EXAMINED. All Candidates for Commissions ‘as Army Surgeons. By Associated Press. Washington, Oct. 22 —An order has been | issued by the war department directing I the surgeon general to convene the board of medical officers to examine the assist ant surgeons now in the service and the candidates for appointments. At the outset of the war and up to the present time the appointments were made by the surgeon general upon professional i and such other indorsements as the can didates have been able to present. This I course was necessary because of the ur gent necessities of the services and the fact that medical officers were not avail able for duty upon the boards. SEVEN DEATHS Have Occurred in Rav’s Regi ment Since Going to Cuba. By Associated Press. (Atlanta. Oct. 22.—First'Lieutenant Frank ; Crenshaw, oommarhling company A. of Ray’s immunes. has returned from Cuba on a furlough. He says the regiment has only lost seven men by death and only four ; were dangerously ill when he left. These four were suffering from malignant typhoid fever. Captain Yancey Carter was stricken with yellow fever about the first week in Sep tember and was very ill, but receovered. Captain Jefferson Wilcox, of Nacoochee, . was desperately ill, but recovered. Cap tain Twiggs, of Augusta, also had yellow fever, but recovered. LIQUIFIED AIR. Exploded and Experimenting Physician Bad ly Hurt. " > By Associated Press. New York, Oct. 22.—Professor Irving W. Fay lectured on liquified air at the Brook lyn polytechnic institute las* night and il lustrated its great freezing power with some experiments. Professor Collins, of the d> pir’ment of languages of the polytechnic and eight stu dents were watching the experiments when 'cur or five ounces of r d phosphorus which Professor Fay had frozen in the liquified air and was stirring with a stick, exploded 1 with a deafening detonation and great force. Professor Fay’s face and eyes v. ere so badly turned that it is probable te will lose his eye sight. L'ncdu Bcrroughs. a strident, was alec bidly burned about the face. QUARANTINE At Nev Orleans Raised by q nird of Health. By Associated Press. New Orleans. La.. Oct. 22 —The Louis iana board < ' health today issued the fol lowing proclamation: Whereas, the weather bureau reports that frost has occurred all over the state; > and whereas, it is a fact accepted by epidemotologists that no focis of fever can ' j be established in any place after frost has shown, therefore: t Be it ordained all quarantine restric tions on traffic are hereby removed by the Louisiana state board of health as far as •j it is concerned. (Signed) Edmond Souchon, President. THE MACON -NE WS. CONCESSION TO EXPIRE SOON ———- Nicaraugua Canal Grant to American Company Goes Out Next Year. DECISION HAS LEAKED OUT Though Commission Was Requested to Keep it a Secret—Had to Be Completed in Ten Years. Corespondence of the Associated Frees. Managua, Nicaragua, Oct. I.—The con tention of the (American company regard ing its canal concession from the govern ment of Nicaragua Is sustained. A commission consisting of Supreme Judge Bonilla, ex-Supreme Judges Aguilar and Solva, and Pedro Gonzales, a lawyer, met here on September 19th, 'by order of ■President Zelayb, to give an opinion on the question, “On what date does the con cession to construct a canal across Nica ragua expire?” The concession, ratified by the Nicaragua congress April 20. 1887. was granted by the Nicaraguan government to the M’aritime Canal 'Company of Nicaragua, chartered by the United States government. The commissioners were asked to keep I their decision secret from everyone except I President Zelaya and the cabinet ministers. 1 but it has leaked out. The commissoners ■ decided, it is said, that the contract ex pires October 20, 1899. This accords with an official act of Octo ber 8, 1898, declaring that the ten years within which the company* bound iteslf to complete the canal (the Cardenas-'Menocal concession,) began October 20, 1889. That act was singned 'and agreed to officially by . the Nicaraguan 'minister of public works | i and by John (Hall, the agent in Nicaragua | ' of the Maritime Oanal Company 'in the i presence of Mr. Minlzer, the United 'States ' minister to Centrad 'America, the document being attested by official seal. LYNCHED HIM. Negro Fiend Met His Just Deserts at Tom kinsville. By Associated Press. Tompkinsville, Ky., Oct. 22—News has reached here of the lynching of 'Arch Bauer, colored, who committed an assault ■on and attempted the murder of Annie Morrison,, the oldest daughter of Henry Morrison, a. prominent farmer of Cumber land county. The crime was committed at the Morri son home yesterday afternoon at. about 3 o’clock. SICK SOLDIERS From Manila Arrived at San Francisco To day. By Associated Press. San Francisco, Oct. 22 —The United States transport stearj<r Rio de Janerio, , arrived today from 'Manila via Hong Kong. The vessel was sent to the quaran tine station at Angel "Island. The Rio brought 150 sick and wounded soldiers from .Manila. On the voyage home eight soldiers died. CHRISTIAN EDUCATION Was the Theme at the Episcopal Convention this Morning. By Associated Press. Washington, Oct. 22. —The bishops and deputies of the Episcopal convention united in joint session today to consider the report from the joint committee on Christian education. The report gave in detail the work In progress indirectly through the public schools and directly through the church, schools and colleges. The public schools were referred to as worthy institutions necessary to the social system. The work in them could be ad vanced, the report stated, by having the teachers grounded in religious principles, ■thus making the public schools anl alley to the church. Theh need of church col leges in the north was pointed out, the present ones being local, small and with out resources. A tentative plan was sub mitted for the joining of the .Episcopal colleges in the academic conference on the theory of the great English universities, having detached colleges. Bishop Whip ple, of Minnesota, spoke of the importance of Christian training. TWO MEN KILLED By an Explrsion of Dynamite at -Oakland, California. l Bv Associated Press. Oakland, Cal., Oct. 22.—One of the houses of the Judson Dynamite works blew up today. The explosion killed two men. PAPERS EXEMPT From Internal Revenue Stamp Tax Accord ing to Decision. By Associated Press. Washington, Oct. 22. —In response to nu inerc as inquiries on the subje V, the com missio.ei of internal revenue h?? held that ' j cersiß.-atry cf nomination aal all other ta- j per* or i: sai'ments necivary to legally i i carry out tie election law* of the United ; S’.tt<s in the several stat.s, are. not sub- , je-t to the sump tax impo-.< d by tne new war revenue law. TOMORROW’S PROGRAM For Gospel Temperance Meetings at Mul berry Street Church. Rev. Mr. Lee, the Irish evangelist, will hold two Union meetings in the big tent tomorrow. The first will be held at 3 i p. m. At night the churches will unite on I ) this meeting. Large crowds are expected j at both of these services. The seating capacity of the tent will be ' increased by about 1,200 seats. Space will I be allotted for all the colored people and they are invited. LEITER HOSPITAL I At Chattanooga Has Been Closed Up—Very Few Patients. Chattanooga. Tenn., Oct. 22 —The Leiter ■ hospital, the largest general hospital at . Chickamauga during the summer, closed ■ today. Only.half a dozen patients re- I mained in the hospital and these were re- i moved to Sternberg hospital. There are now about 100 patients at Sternberg hos pital. MACON NEWE SATURDAY OCTOBER 22 1898. BANK CHECKS NOTWE Where They Are Given to the Bank in the Shape of Re ceipt for Money. WHEN USED AS CURRENCY They Are Subject to the Revenue Tax, But Not When a Man Draws Out His Money. By Associated Press. Washington, Oct. 22. —The commissioner of internal revenue has materially modi fied the previous ruling of his office as to the taxability of receipts given to banke in lieu of checks for money withdrawn from deposit or otherwise. In accordance with the opinion of the at torney general, it is now “held that a re ceipt given to a bank by a person to whom the 'bank in indebted as a depositor or oth erwise, or for whom it holds funds, is no more subject to a stamp than a receipt given for any other debt or demand.” The •commissioner further says: “The purpose of the law is to require stamps upon checks which are commercial, negotiable instruments. A check, however, is not required to be of any particular I form. If it is in a form sufficient to con stitute an order for the payment of money and assumes the character of a commercial •negotiabue instrument then it is subject to the tax. • ' “There is much banking done, especial ly in savings banks, without the use of checks at all; the depositor having 'a book in which the banks denote the amounts de posited on one side and the amounts drawn , out on the other. Os course the depositor i in such cases draws the money out of the bank’, but he does it in such away as not , to be subject to stamp duty, because he does not give a check. So, if a person does not give a Check he does not h'ave to pay tax, and if he goes to the bank and the bank pays him upon its dues to him and he gives a receipt, such receipt does not re quire a stamp; but if he issues his receipt so that it will be good in the hands of an other person to draw upon his deposit for the amount of it, then it loses the charac ter of a receipt and becomes a check and subject to tax.” PROMINENT MEN Who Will Address the Christian Endeavor Convention. The program for the Christian Endeavor Convention, which meets here On the 28th, 29th and 30th, has not yet been made out. • A committee in Atlanta is busy at work on it and they expect to have it completed by Monday. The speaker on the first day here will be (Rev. W. P. Therkield, of Atlanta, who will address the convention on the subject of “Building of a Man.” Among other prominent speakers will be Rev. W. IF. McCauley, the first, vice presi dent of the Christian Endeavor, Rev. A. J. Smith, of Savannah; Rev. C. P. William son, of Atlanta. These gentlemen are well known on the lecture platform and they will add greatly to the entertainment at the convention. Vice President Oliphant, of the State Union, received the badges that are to be given to the delegates on their arrival, to be worn during the convention. The badges are very handsome and have the words “Christian .Endeavor” engraved on them. The rehearsal of the Junior Rally exer cises will be held this afternoon at 3:30 O’clock at the Presbyterian church. On Tuesday and Thursday of next week meet ings will be held at the Presbyterian church for the purpose of organizing a chorus and attending to any other business that may come up before the convention. All of the visiting delgates will be en tertained by the Macon people and every thing will be done to make their stay in the city enjoyable. The exercises of the convention will not occupy much of their time, aznd they will be given an opportunity of seeing the sights in Macon. Every delegate will be given a warm welcome and all of them will find Macon’s hospitality on every side. OFFICERS ELECTED By the Pansy Circle this Morning for the Coming Year. The members of the Pansy Circle held a meeting in the parlors of the Public Li brary this morning and the officers who ■were nominated at the last meeting were elected. The Circle decided to hold their meetings every other Saturday instead of every Saturday as they have been doing. Nothing else of importance was done. Fol lowing are the officers: Miss Lizzie Horne, president Miss Ella Reese, vice president. Miss Annie Jemison, secretary. Miss Lulu Hussey, treasurer. MACON VS. ATLANTA. ♦ The Two Cities Will Meet on the Gridiron cn November sth. Macon will have another football game at an early date. The crack team of At lanta which held the Athens team down to a close score, will line up against the Macon boys on November sth. The At ; lanta team is one of the best in the state. It is composed mainly of old college play i ers and they put up a stiff article of foot- I ball. The Macon team, however, is just las good and the team will be greatly j strengthened for the game. This is Ideal weather for football and it is just the season in which the crowds can enjoy an exciting game. WILSON-CLEVELAND. The Great Aggregation Booked for Macon Next Week. 'When it became generally known in the ; ; amusement world that George Wilson, the i / greatest American minstrel, and W. S. I . Cleveland, the most brilliantly successful I I of minstrel managers, had allied forces ! I after long years of bitter professional 1 ! warfare from Bangor to Olympia and from Tampa to Los Angeles, it was pro phesied by the wise ones that the dual show would mark the culmination of min strelsy in the quality of performance and tl e amount of receipts at the box office. The sage predictions are being borne out . in every detail. Cleveland & Wilson are I losing big green bunches of money just | because the theatres they play at are not ; | large enough to hold the amusement- I i lovers who* want to hear the great min- ■ strels of the country' playing in a sort of j j family party on the same stage. Rival ! > minstrel managers are terrified at the j situation. Cleveland & Wilson represent union and strength as op. -Seed to separa- i tion and Weakness. GIVES PROMISE OF BMCCESS Lecture bv Mr, Geo. Wend ling Before the Lyceum Will be a Hit, TWO HUNDRED MEMBERS Have Already Been Enrolled and it is Probable That This List Will be Doubled. The Macon Lyceum is with us to stay. Four days ago an organization of eighteen men was announced and today there is a membership of 200. This is the minimum upon which the committee proposed to be gin. By Monday night the maximum limit of 300 will be reached. Said an of ficer of the Lyceum yesterday, “We can not this year handle a larger membership than 300. This number means an audi ence of 600 and such an audience will not admit even of the sale of outside tickets. When the membership reaches 300 an an nouncement will be made.” In the meantime applications for mem bership are rolling in by mail and tele phone and everybody is getting ready for the Lyceum’s initial lecture on Monday. Members of the Lyceum will find tickets to this event awaiting them at Harry Jones’ on Second street, and the general public will have an opportunity to buy of the limited number that will be put upon sale. The lecture will be delivered in Wes leyan Chapel tendered free of cost for the purpose. The seating capacity of thr chapcl is about 650; as the membership of the Lyceum will call for more than four hundred and fifty seats it has been de cided to offer for sale only 100 extra tick ets at 75 cents. Everybody connected with the formation of the Lyceum is jubilant today over its remarkable success and its good luck in securing Wendling for the opening night. Eighteen hundred people heard him in Atlanta and in Augusta both nights even standing room was at a premium. Else where in this issue will be found a critic ism of one of Wendling’s lectures by John Temple Graves. One of the most agreeable incidents con nected with the Lyceum’s organization was the prompt action of 'Mercer. Presi dent Pollock wrote at once to the secre tary: “Mercer University notes with great pleasure that the leading citizens of Ma con have organized a Lyceum, which promises to give Macon a course of lec tures from the best talent in the country. This movement unquestionably means much for the nigher intellectual life of Macon. It means even more for Mercer University. We have been bringing to the city the best lecture talent we could af ford for the past three years, in some in stances at even a financial sacrifice. We can now join with you in a lecture course which we hope will be highly advantage-’ ous to the city and the college. In this splendid work you have undertaken, you will have the heartiest co-operation of our* faculty and students. We should even be glad to have you use our chapel, which will seat something like 800 people, at any time that you may desire It.” On yesterday an order for forty annual memberships was received from Professor Mosely, of Mercer. Wesleyan College from the first has in dorsed the movement heartily and offers strong support. Hr. Roberts said over the wires this morning that the demand from Wesleyan would also in all probability cover forty memberships. St. Stanislaus Is yet to come. 'By Monday night the Lyceum limit. 300, will be reached. TRMALCHARGE. Twiggs Countv Man Charged With Neglecting to Use Revenue Stamps. Mr. C. W. Small, of Twiggs county, ap peared before Commissioner Erwin yes terday afternoon and requested the com missioner to swear out a warrant for H. F. Griffin, of the same county for vio lating the revenue law for putting rev enue stamps on drafts and notes. Small • claims that Griffin gave him a draft with out attaching the revenue stamp and that in so doing he wilfully violated the law. The warrant was sw’orn out but it is doubtful whether it will ever be served as Commissioner Erwin thinks that that man was not guilty of any intention of trying to defraud the government. Griffin is a prominent man in Twiggs county and is a member of the legsilature. It Is thought that the matter will be dropped as there seems to be nothing in it except Small’s claim. The friends of Mr. Griffin say that he had no intention of violating the law and that he was not fully acquainted with the law or its con struction on that point. AT POLICE STATION. Busy Session—Fourteen Cases Tried this Morning. The number of cases on the docket at the police station this morning was unu sually large, considering the small num ber of arrests that have been made by the police in the last few days. Fourteen canes were booked and of these seven were fined and seven were dismissd. Joseph Walker was fined $lO for fighting and disorderly. Jesse Roberts was given a fine of $lO for being drunk and disorderly. Ben WhiW’was fined $2.50 for getting on a plain drunk. Wilson Rivers and Alonzo Smith, two small negro boys, were fined $lO each for fighting. Ed Byrd was arrested as a suspect and ' held pntil tomorrow. He was arrested yes terday on the suspicion that he was a car thief. He had too many apples and chest nuts in his possession and the officers grew suspicious and locked him up. The officers will investigate the case and he will be given a hearing tomorrow morning. SCHOOLS IN GOOD SHAPE. Pupils are Now at Work—No MoreJHolidays Until Thanksgiving. The public schools are now in good shape shape and everything is running smoothly. The interruption of the work during the carnival has now been overcome and both the teachers and pupils are hard at work. A few people appeared at the office of the board of education thia morning and applied for admission cards for their chil dren. The schools are all full at present, but room is always made for new pupils , when they come in. ' 4 t WILSON WILL BE HERE W SOON He Was in Lexington Yester day and Mav be Here Any Time Now. TELEGRAM FROM BARTLETT Confirms the Information Sent to Senator Bacon and Published in The News. A telegram was received this morning by Mr. T. D. Tinsley from Congressman C. L. Bartlett stating that the war depart ment says that the officer in command and the board to locate the camp site at Macon is on the way. ■ This confirms the information received by Senator Bacon on Thursday r\nd pub lished in The News. The EMldiiii may come to Macon earlier than was expected. Major James O. Var nadoe, of the commissary department is in the city today and he said that he ex pected the soldiers to arrive here in about two weeks. General Wilson, the officer in command, was in Lexington, Ky., yesterday and it is thought that he will come here from there. A telegram from the assistant adjutant general, received in the city yesterday stated that the selection of the camp would be left to the discretion of the commandipg officer and that the com manding officer at Macon had been order ed to proceed his troops here. Major Varnadoe, who is a Georgian, will be stationed here as chief commissary of iFlrst division. He will remain here until the troops arrive. Major Varnadoe is an old Confederate soldier and surrendered to the same gen eral under whom he is now serving. He. says that he has nothing to do with the selection of the camp as that matter will be left entirely to General Wilson. He thinks, however, that Ocmulgee park would be a good location. It is more than probable that the regiments sent here will be be camped there. If General Wilson comes direct from Lexington here he will probably reach here tomorrow morning. He will select the camp immediately upon his arrival and as soon as they are selected the sol diers will be sent here. The city officials are anxious to know where the camp is to be located so that they can begin work in getting it in shape. General James H. Wilson will be in command of the troops that are to come here. He will be in charge of the First army corps and with him will be Major General Bates as commander of the First division. Macon will have two brigades of the First division and they will be commanded by Brigadier Generals Comp ton and McKee. The troops are expected to coma here about the Ist of November. Macon will have five regiments camped here and all told there will be about severe thousand soldiers. The other Georgia towns will ■ get their share of troops also. Below Is a roster of the officers in command of the troops that will be sent to Georgia. Assistant adjutant general, Lieutenant Colonel George R. Cecil. Inspector general, Lieutenant Colonel Frank D. Baldwin, chief quartermaster, Lieutenant 'Colonel J. M. Marshall; chief commissary of subsistence, Lieutenant Lieutenant Colonel J. J. Clague; judge advocate, Lieutenant Colonel Lucian ,F. Burpee; chief of ordnance, Lieutenant Colonel John A. Kiess; chief signal of ficer, Lieutenant Colonel George O. Squier; chief engineer, Lieutenant Colonel John Biddle; chief surgeon, Major J. M. G. Woodbury; captain and assistant ad jutant general, Captain Augustus P. Gardener. The staff officers of the First division will be as follows: Assistant adjutant general. Major Louis I V. Caziarc; inspector general, Major John G. Balland; chief quartermaster, Major David Campbell; chief commissary of subsistence, Major James O. Varnadoe; engineer officer, Major William O. Skunk; chief surgeon. Major James H. Hyssell; chief ordnance officer. Major John B. Rod man. The assignments of general officers ?.t other points in the state are as follows: At Augusta—Major General W. M. Gra ham, commanding Second corps; Major General S. B. M. Young, First division; Brigadier General Chambers McKibbin, First brigade, and Brigadier General J. P. G. Gobin, Third brigade. (The Second brigade, under General A. Ames, will be located at Summerville, S. C.) At Athens —Brigadier General G. M. Randall, commanding Third division of Socnd corps; Brigadier General W. C. Oates, First brigade; Brigadier General W. C. Cole, Second brigade. At Atlanta—Brigadier General S. Sny der, First brigade, First division. First corps. At Columbus—. Major General W. Lud low, commanding Second division of First corps; Brigadier General J. A. Wiley, First brigade. At Americus—Brigadier General J. p. Sanger, Second brigade, Second division, First corps. At Albany—Brigadier General J. N. An drews, Third brigade, Second division, First corps. NATIVES ANGRY Because of the Seizure of Ag uinaldo’s Steamers. By Associated Press. New York, Oct 22.—A dispatch to the Herald from Manila says; Rear Admiral Dewey's seizure of Agui ' naldo’s steamers has made the natives in ! dignant and their attitude is threatening, j The Chinese and native thieves here are legion and officers and civilians are fre quently robbed. The ailment among the American troops is merely slight, being those common to Europeans newly arrived in the tropics, j The food is of good quality, but the vol i unteers, accustomed to better, are com plaining. RUNAWAY MARRIAGE In South Macon Yesterday Afternoon—Had Been Lovers Some Time. South Macon was the scene of a runa way marriage yesterday afternoon. The parties were Miss Irene Chapman and Mr. .W. C. Simmons. The two young people j had been lovers for some time and yester day they decided to get married. They went to the house of Mr. Thomas Tames, in South Macon, where Dr. Seroven tied the knot. The young peapie are well known and have many friends in the city. ■ They will take up their residence in South I Macon. _ . i t fl DROP 1 You will discover this N uHIIRS to a fact w^en y° u £7 attend our Fire Sale. the leather. Because you can almost $ buy two pairs of Shoes •7 To Buy Here for what you usually pay ‘ for oue pair. The Shoes we offer at fire prices are without defect and fresh £7? from the factories. $7 There Are If you are thinking of buy- 1 None Better ing your wiuter supply of 3 Footwear you will find this 1*77 the best place in Georgia to spend your money. £7 All Kinds For Men, Women, Boys, FlOCSe.*-. bnoes and medium grade Shoes and th< fire price is on all. OuF AlCfl’S One of the nobbiest and best 772 makes to be found in Macon. 772 Fine n T ~ Our Ladies Shoes represent 732 all the popular makes. • 772 — Third St. Phone 819. 7s School Shoes, Dress Shoes. SERVICEABLE AND WORKING SHOES, NEW STOCK, NEW STYLES, PERFECT FITTERS. OUR SHOES ARE FIRST CLASS, OUR PRICES LOW. WE WANT YOUR TRADE. Strong Shoe Co., 368 Second St.. STUART WATSON, Bidderfor your ti ade by offering lowest pi ices. > * Overcoats. Newness is the chief charm of our displays of Autumn and Winter Overcoats. Vast quanti 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 Overcoats from the leading makers, 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. • f money on Hand. Loans on real eetate. Easy monthly pay ments. GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man. Equitable Building and Loan Association, Macon, Ga.. 461 Third Street. PRICE THREE CENTS