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We will have at our disposal during November 375,000 to loan on Georgia farms or city property. We are offering money at low rates. THE GEORGIA LOAN' AND TRUST CO.. O. A. Coleman, General Manager, 356 Second Street. ESTABLISHED 1884 NO FIGHT IN FRANCE Over Fashodd, and Report is that till Differences Have Been Satisfactorily Settled, BUT RUSSIA MAY, And There Is the Utmost Ac tivity Shown in Naval Cir cles at Hong Kong. WARSHIPS ARE COALING UP, Orders Issued for the Mounting of Seige Guns Information Ob tainable is Very Meagre, By Associated I Teas. New York, Nov. The London corres fiondent of the Evening Post cables today that a general and saiisfactory arrange ment Ims tx i'ii reach* d between Great Britain and France on the Fasho’a ques -1 ion. ACTIVE AT HOnG KONG. Warship’s Are Coaling Up an I Ammut t " Goes Aboard. By Associated Press. I long Kong. Nov. 3 Ext raodri nary ac tivity has prevailed in naval military cir cles during the past few days, tint no in formation on tlie subject is art taiuable. Tile British first-class cruiser Powerful has just tnkt n on board 2.00(1 tons of real and ~11 Lite British warships here are tak ing on board stores and ammunition. it is reported that they are ordered to be ready for sen immediately. The 'British second-class cruiser Bona venture, lia been recalled from Manila and arrived lasi night. They tire now coal ’S’' In ill possible haste. It is reported that the British gunboats have bi t n order ed itO rendi zvoiis lure. At tile navy yard the ordnance department i most active and i« engaged in mounting siege guns. ROAST FOR BROOKS Who Selected the Location at Camp Thomas in the Summer. fly Associated Frees. Washington. Nov. 3 Dr. Hartz (Tuff, who is the chief .surgeon of the army tit. Camp Thomason the 21st of April to 27tth of July last, was examined today by Colonel Denny, of the war investigating commis sion, said the park was upon general principles a good camp ground, but some of 'the regiments were located in swampy sections and others on rocky ground where it was impossible to get sinks of suffieien't dept h. In other cases the camps 'were poorly drained and in most instances the tents were too .dose together. Hie said the sites were selected by Gen. Brooke and notwithstanding his own posi tion as chief medical officer he had not been consulted with regard to the loca tion. He had made a formal protest at the time but it was not heeded. DALZELL AND HUFF Are Aboard the Panama on Return from Is land ot Cuba. Tty Associated Press. New York, Nov. 3.—Messrs. Dalzell and Huff, who are aboard the transport Pana ma. went to Porto Rico and’Santiago to make a personal study of the conditions in these new military possessions of the United States, notably with a view to ob taining information which would be use ful to Mr. Dalzell in the house of repre sentatives when questions affecting Cuba and Porto Rico are under discussion, but also for the purpose of looking for oppor tunities for railroad construction in the island. Another member of the party which ac companied Representative Dalzell. was Dr. Ezra M. Gross, of the Keystone Coal and Ooke Company, of Greensburg, Pa. SPAIN’S REFUSAL Os the Proposition of the Americans Is Expected. By Associated Press. ‘Paris. Nov. 3.—The generally accepted view here in the peace negotiations, is that the Spaniards will not agree to the 'propositions submitted by the Americans to take the Philippine Islands and reim burse Spain the money spent upon the permanent improvements of these islands, but there is a conflict of opinion as to whether the Sapnish commissioners will tomorrow present their counter proposi tion. This matter. It is added, is unde cided at 2 o’clock this afternoon. MRS. LEE DEAD Mother of General Fi'zhugh Lee D ed as Re jsult of Fall. Richmond. Va., Nov. 3.—Mrs. Lee, mother of General Fitzhugh D~e died to day. She fell recently and sustained in ternal injuries. GOOD FOR NOTHING. Tennessee ,Regim°nt Will Be Sent Home from West. By Associated Press. San Francisco, Nov. 3 —'The One Hun dredth and Seventy-sixth Tennessee regi ment found unflt for service for one rea son and another, was mustered out today under special orders from the war depart ment. These men will receive pay. and full allowances and will be given money fufficleol to carry them tv Tennessee. PANAMA HAS ' NOT BEEN LOST I Report that Transport Foun dered Has Caused Great Excitement. BUT«IIWt This Mo J ning and All Fears May Be at Rest—Has Many of the Third Regiment on Board. By Associated Press. Havana. Nov. 3 —The transport Panama from Santiago, fears for whose safety had been entertained, arrived here this morn ing. The Panama reached this port at 9 a. m. and landed seven American passen gers, in eluding some military officers. She left Havana at 10 a. m., -her destina tion apparently being (New York. It is ! reported that the Panama has about 400 •ick men on board. STARTLING RUMOR Os the Foundering of the 'Panama at Cape Mayti. By Associated Press. New York, Nov. 3.—A dispatch to the (Herald from Washington says: The transport Panama was bringing back several pieces of ordnance and sol diers who are ill from several regiments, many being from the Third immunes, a .Georgia Regiment, which 'has been the I greatest sufferer from fever of the regi- I ments which went to releive the Fifth | army corps. The regiments now in Santiago are th* ' Fifth United Staff’s infantry, Twenty-third Kam as. Eighth Illinois, and Second, Third, Fifth, and 9th immunes. The Panama also had on board the bodies of those sol diers: Captain W. N. Dickinson and Lieutenant Dennis M. Michie, Seventeenth infantry: Lieutenant Thomas A. Wansboro, Seventh infantry; Sergeant M. D. Russell, first i volunteer cavalry; Privates Fred R. Taft, Silas Undergrave, Jr., F. Hackensen, Jas. Wheeler, Harvey Randall, W. Greene and J. T. King, Second (.Massachusetts volun teer infantry; Private C. C. Caiman, Thirty-fourth Michigan volunteers; Pri vates A. Aeisman and Sidney A. Schofield. S< veny-tirst New York volunteer infan try; Private John Koden, First Illinois volunteer infantry. GREAT EXCITEMENT The Department is Deluged With Telegrams of Inquiry. Bv Associated Press. Washngton, Nov. 3. —The reported loss of the Panama has caused great excite- : ment at the war and navy departments. I ' and both has been deluged with telegrams from the relatives and friends of the per- , sons believed to be on the transport, beg ging for information. Neither department has any information on the subject and each discredits the re port.. To inquiries replies are being sent that the department has heard nothing on the subject and does not believe the story. The principal foundation for the depart ments disbelief is a cablegram from Gen eral Wood, at Santiago, about midnight, treating purely with business affairs and saying nothing whatever of the rumored loss of the ship. It. is assumed that he would have tele graphed if the rumor appeared to be well based. General Wood has been wired re garding the report. Coloned Bird, of the war department, who has has charge of j transportation matters, says the iPanama is regarded as thoroughly seaworthy. MURDER FROM AMBUSH. Two Men at Tennessee Mining Town Fatally Shot. By Associated Press. Knovville. Nov. 3—(An attempted murder from ambush has been reported from Paint Rock, a mining town. James Ash burn and Joseph Raynor were probably fatally wounded. They Wad been in a gambling den and cleaned out the place shooting righit and left. Their companions 'at cards are suspected of lying in rwait and shooting them. POPeIsILL. Physician Has Been Sum moned to Attend Him. , By Associated Press. London. Nov. 3—(A special disipaltch from j Rome says the Pope is ill and his physi ■ cian. Dr. Lapponi, has been summoned. SUDDEN DEATH Os Chief Electrician Surmiors on the Pacific Slope. By Associated Press. Francisco. Nov. 3 —C. H. Summers, chief electrician of the Western Union Telegraph Company, of Chicago, was sud denly seized with heart failure last night while walking. He' expired a few minutes later. Summers was well known throughout the country and was on a coast trip combining business and pleasure. VOLUNTART I IQUIDATION. . Os the Bank of Commerce of the City of Chicago. Bv Associated Press. Chicago. Nov 3 —The Banb of Commerce, a state bank, with half a million capital and one million deposits, has voted to go into voluntary liquidation. The deposits and an equal amount of bills receivable will be taken out by the Union National. The affairs of the bank will be would up by the directors and the proceeds will be paid to the stockholders. ANOTHER BANKRUPTCY BILL Was Filed in the United States Court this Morning. Judge Allen Fort, of Americus, filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition this morn ing for G. T. DeLoach, of Lee county. The assets will not amount to over 3400. while the liabilities are about 31.000. It will be | referred to the referee tomorrow. THE M A CON NEW S. (IMPORTANCE OF imwioN Os Hawaii is Dilated on bv Rear Admiral Miller on Eve of Retirement. MUST IIMSE NAVY And Build the Nicaraugua Canal Are Two Lessons of the War, He Says. By Associated Press. Chicago, Nov. 3.—Rear Admiral J. N. Miller, who hoisted the flag ever the Ha waaian Islands and proclaimed them part of the United States, left this city today after a day's stay for Springfield, 0., his boyhood home. Admiral Miller will retire from service in the navy November > 22. Before leaving Admiral Miller said: “I believe the Pacific station to be sec ond in importance, if not the most impor tant naval station we have. I think so, not because I have commanded our fleets in those waters so many years, but be cause of the rapid growth of the west coast cities indicates that a large popula tion will eventually reside there. I am therefore, greatly gratified that the gov ernment has seen fit to send two magnifi cent battleships like the Oregon and the lowa to the Pacific station.” Speaking of his prospective retirement Admiral Miller said; “I greatly regret the necessity of quit ting the service at a time when I feel -I am well able to fulfill my duty, but I must give way to younger men. I have had my ; innings and must give others a chance.” With regard 'to the lessons gained by the late war, he said: “First and foremost I think the neces sity for the Nicaraguan canal is the thing of prime importance to our navy. A country which has such a vast coast line iin two oceans needs a route by which ships can be transferred from one ocean to the other without incurring the neces sity of circumnavigating a continent. I think the Nicaraguan canal will be built in eight years. It is the only practical passage. “The chief difficulty to be surmounted in Nicaragua is the establishment of a port at Greytown. The shifting sands thereabout render navigation difficult and considerable expense would be incurred in. fixing the harbor up. “Another necessity shown by the war is the necessity of having a large number of first-class battleships, capable of sailing eighteen miles an hour. We must have them and I think we will have them. We want more ships like the recently launch i ed Illinois. | “With regard to Hawaii, it was espe cially pleasant for me to close my long I service by presenting my country with a I large and fertile territory. Ever since my i first visit to Hawaii, in 1855, I have been j convinced that the islands should belong 'to the United States. I have visited Hon ■ : olulu many a time, and have always been accc’ded a ro*al welcoue there It 1s now a y Americai city, and we did right in taking it in.” BIG MONEY Is Being Distributed Today Among the Troops at Huntsville. By (Associated Press. Huntsville, Nov. 3—(Majors Tallie and Marsh, 'paymasters, are here and will dis tribute about $300,000 among the troops in camp. The number of men now here are larger than at any time since the damp was es tablished. The Sixty-ninth New York will vote on Saturday. Private Carrigan, of troop K, Sixth cavalry, died last night of a bayonet wound in the leg received a, month ago. The case was waltched with interest. The femoral artery was severed. (Both legs were amputated and ithe patient was kept alive immersed in hot water. BUFFALO TO MANILA With Seven Hundred Men for Dewey, Sails Today, By Associated Press. New York, Nov. 3.—Everything is now in readiness for the departure of the Buf falo, which will sail for Manila today. The coaling of the ship was completed, last night and this morning Commander J. N Hemphill will receive his supplemental orders. The Buffalo is to go by the waj of the Meditereanean and Suez canal. There will be 70Q men for Admiral Dewey’s fleet on the Buffalo when she sails. They are intended to fill the vacan cies due to illness and other causes on the vessels on the Asiatic station. A large amount of stores will also be sent on the Buffalo. She is expected to make the trip in about fifty days, trav eling at a speed of ten knots an hour. Art effort will be made to get her into Manila harbor by Christmas. Twenty-four officers sail on the Buffalo. Commander J. N. Hemphill is in command, Lieutenant S. W. B. Diehl, executive offi cer and Lieutenant George XV. Logan is navigator. TWO KINDS OF RATIONS. Will Be Issued, According to Station of the f roops. By Associated Press. San Francisco. Nov. 3 —Captain Lee Linn, chief commissary of the army in the Philippines, who arrived here on the Peru says it is probable that in future the gov ernment will have two kinds of rations, one for the men on the temperate zone and another for the soldiers in the tropics. He thinks that more vegetables and meat and practically no fat will be provided for the men on military in the duty of the Philippines. NEGROES QUIET NOW, Sixth Virginia Drilled this Morning Under White Officers. By Associated Press. Knoxville. Nov. 3 —No further trouble has occurred with the Sixth Virginia, the negro regiment which -yesterday declined to drill under the white officers recently appointed. Anticipating trouble, however. General Bates has kept three regiments under arms all night. The regiment drilled today under the white officers. MACON NEW? THURSDAY NOVEMBER 3 1898. WATER m CUN NEVER BE BUILT ■ ' By Private Enterprise, and a Protest Has Been Filed In Washington AGAINST LATEST CONCESSION ! Granted to the Two American Con tractors—lt is Thought the Mat ter Can Be Easily Arranged. By Associated Press. New York, Nov. 3 —A dispatch to the Herald from Washington says: Action has been taken by the adminis tration looking to the maintenance of the . status quo with respect to the concession to the Maritime Canal Company for the ' construction of the Nicaraguan canal. Secretary Hay has cabled instructions to Minister Merry under which, through Consul Donaldson at (Managua, remon strances will be lodged with President Zelaya against the concession s his govern ment has awarded to Messrs. Eyre & . Craigen, representing an American syn dicate the construction of the canal ■ upon the expiration of the contract held by the Maritime Company. Information in the possession of the authorities is of a very meagre character, due to the fact that all information re ceived from (Minister Merry has been by cable and he has been unable to send the text of the agreement entered into with Messrs. Eyre & Craigen. Although it has been represented that the - Nicaraguan congress has ratifie'd the “provisional agreement” 'submitted to it by the presi dent, the authorities are hopeful of pre venting final approval toeing given. : Results of the call, Consul Donaldson ■ will make upon President Zelaya, cannot ' be forecasted by the officials, but in some circles it is not believed it will have any important effect. The president and mem bers of his cabinet are of the opinion that the new syndicate has not entered into the agreemnt with the Nicaraguan gov ernment to build the canal but to make a deal with the Maritime Canal Company, under Which the syndicate will receive a • certain sum for its rights. 1 So far as the administration Is concern ed. its objection to a transfer of the con- L cession at this time lies In the bad effect it will have upon congress which would ' hesitate to vote the government aid nec essary to the construction of the canal. ■ “Private enterprise will never build that * great water way,” said an official last ’ night. “'A government will have to build it and that government will be the United States. So far as the administration is concerned it is not a question of what ■ company has a contract, but the president L is pledged to the construction of the canal. He believes it to be a necessity and re 1 therefore desires that the statue quo be ■ maintained in order that when the subject is discussed by congress no unnecessary 1 complications may exist which could be used to the disadvantage of the proposi tion for the government to build the canal..” Authorities are - gratified at Presndent Zelaya’s announcement that the conces sion of the Maritime Company will not ex pire until October 9, 1899, and it is In tended that every effort shall be directed I to.secure the passage by congress of onto of the measures providing for government aid in the construction of the water way. When ’last year the department learned that the Nicaraguan government was con sidering the advisability of declaring the Maritime Company’s concession forfeited, an instruction was sent to Mr. Baker,. then United States minister at Managua, directing, him to “interpose discreet re- D'erst rances for protection of rights of 'best American corporation.” President Zelaya assured Mr. Baker that n? s ’ch 'ntention existed and that he pro nose 1 to ac' in absolute good faith toward the Maritime Company and United States Minister Baker thus closes a memoran dum which he prepared for President Zelaya, the day' following the interview be had with him. “In conclusion I will express my grati fication at the whole tone of friendliness toward the prosecution of the canal en terprise under American auspices which characterized your conversation with modesty and especially for the personal assurance you were pleased to give me . that the franchise of the Maritime Canal Company would not be interfered with by the Nicaraguan government until it lapses by its own limitation in October. 1899 unless, to use your own words, “the government of the United States may de sire to ftiake a contract direct with this government to build the canal itself.” The canal complication is tangled up to determine whether the greater republic of Central America upon the second stage of its existence, which "occurred yesterday. The republic has now been ’in existence for two years, having had its foundation affairs by what is termed a “diet,” which the United States tacitly recognized by receiving a minister whom it accredited here. The department will now be called upon to determine hewther the greater republic shall be given full recognition, but as it opposed the dispatch of Minister Merry to i Central America and it has been charged, j exerted its influence to procure the con | struction of the canal by Great Britain rather than by the United States, it is doubtful of Minister Merry will be accred ited to it for the present at least. Before such action could be taken con gress would have to specifically make an appropriation for accrediting a minister to the greater republic. Senator .Morgan has violently opposed such action and the attftiorities have no reason to believe he will change his attitude. MRS. KAHN DEAD. Passed Away Yesterday at Her Home on Plum Street. Mrs. Valentine Kahn died yesterday af ternoon at her residence on Plum street, at 4 o’clock after an illness of about two weeks. Some time ago she was stricken with paralysis from which she had never re covered. She was 59 years of age and was highly esteemed by all who knew her and the news of her death will be read with sorrow by her friends. Notice of Meeting. The officers of the Woman’s Anti-Saloon League are requested to meet at the re iderce of Mrs. ; W. G. Solomon on Friday morning at io o’clock. .Important matters will come before the meeting. I Mrs. W. G. Solomon, President. [THIRD GEORGIA ] GOING TO CUBA • . General Order Issued Todav by Department Includes that Regiment. NEURITIS. PUERTO PRINCIPE ■ Is the Place Where the Regiment Wil! Go With Osher Parts of the Seventh Corps. By Associated Press. i Washington, Nov. 3—The war depart ment issued a general order today for the movement of troops to Cuba. : The first detachment will leiave on or about November 22 and will comprise a brigade under Brigadier General Carpen ter. The ibrigade will ibe itiaken from ‘the Seventh army corps and one regiment to go will be the Third Georgia. The brigade will be sent to Neubitas, Puerto Principe. NEGROES PROMOTED For Gallantry on the Field During Santiago Campaign. By Associated Press. Washington, Nov. 3.—The following named officers, recently appointed, have been ordered to Santiago and report to the commanding officer of the Ninth regiment of United States volunteers infantry for assignment to duty: First Lieutenant Alexander Richardson, Edward Williams and William Wilkes. Second Lieutenants Robert G. Woods, Jacob C. Smith and J. W. Broau. They are all colored and were formerly attached 'to the Twenty-fourth infantry or the Ninth cavalry. They were promoted on account of personal gallantry at San Juan and Caney. INVESTIGATION By the Commission Going on Today at Fort Thomas. • By Associated Press. Cincinnati, Nov. 3—General Dodge, Gen eral Seaton and Dr. Connor, of the war in vestigation commission, reached Fort Thomas today at 10 a. m., in company with Major Hall, the surgeon in charge of the hospital at that place. The commissioners proceeded on a tour of inspection through the hospitals. They alt inspected the camp of the Sixth regi ment adjoining the hospitals. This regi ment was cut to pieces in the Santiago campaign and since has been recruited. General Dodge put many quesions to the patients in the hospitals, but found no one complaining. ONLY THE COURTS Can Decide How Much ofTwo States Belong to Georgia. By Associated Press. Atlanta, Nov 3.—The report on the boundary dispute between the state of Georgia and the states of Tennessee and North Carolina has been made to Gover nor William A. Wimbish, the special at torney of the Western and Atlantic Rail road, i-nd the gist of it is that the title to 1,500 square miles of land now in Tennes see and North Carolina, but claimed by Georgia, is an open question, which only the courts can decide. INLAND EMPIRE Is to Have New Railroads and Telegraph Lines Soon. By Associated Press. Portland, Ore., Nov. 3—lncorporation articles of more than usual significance have been filed in the offices of the county clerk of Mullnoma county and secretary o fstate at Salem. The articles incorporate a new concern to be known as the Clear Water Valley Railroad Company with an authorized cap ital of $3,000,000 for the purpose of building and operating several miles of railroad and telegraph lines in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. The incorporators are W. H. Kennedy, chief engineer of the O. R. & N. Co. and C. W. Mulks, J. _C. Havely and Charles Steele, all. of whom are connected with the engineer department of the O. R. & N. Co. This is understood to he another step In a scheme of development for the Inland empire. The line up in the Clear Water is the "chief of those projected in the cor poration articles and it gives name to the company. AT RIPE OLD AGE. Thomas Elder, Well Known in Connection With Relief Work. By Associated Press. New Orleans, Nov. 3.—Thomas L. Elder, brother of Archbishop Elder, of Cincinna ti,, and who was one one of the most prom- i inent figures in the New Orleans auxiliary i sanitary association, started after the epi- | demlc of 1878, and of the Howard Associa tion, which gave "wide relief during that [ epidemic, died here today, aged 81 years. STEAMER BURNED On ZLake Ontario at Collingwood With Freight Sheds. By Associated Press. Collingwood, Ont., Nov. 3. —The pas- I senger steamer Pacific, owned by the Great Northern Transit Company, was burned today. The Grand Trunk freight sheds, filled with Canadian and American goods, were also destroyed. The Pacific is valued at $65,000. The loss from the burning freight sheds will be very heavy. UNDER SEALED ORDERS Flagship New York will Sail for Some South ern Port. By Associated Press. New York, Nov, 3.—The cruiser New I York, flagship of the North Atlantic squadron, has completed coaling and is taking aboard stores for the long voyage. : It is reported today that Commodore Phil- ■ lips is - expecting saiPng orders from Washington to proceed to Southern ports. Her destination is not known,. M DEDICATION OF MEMORIAL Hosoital Donated in Memory of Judge Gresham Will Take Place Soon. 0* FIRST OF THE IF# (Ell : Will Be One of the Best Fitted Hos pitals in the Country When it is All Completed and Furnished. The Gresham Memorial Hospital will spon be completed. The work has been progressing rapidly for the last few weeks and the building is now well under way. The walls have almost been completed and in a few days the workmen will begin on the inside. The building will be finished by the Ist of January and when completed will be one of, the best hospitals in the country. Together with the present hospital the new building will make one of the best hospital buildings in ..the South and the hospital will accommodate fully 150 peo ple. i The laying of the.corner stone has been done awy with and no exercises will ibe held until the building is dedicated on the Ist of January. Judge Gresham, the donor, will come down from Baltimore and be present at the dedication and he will in,all probability lay the corner stone at that time. The new building will be one of the best flitted hospitjals in the state land will have all of the latest improvements. On the lower floor the ward for the white males will be located and the upper floor will be reserved for the white females. The old building will probably be for the colored parents. In rear of the building will be rooms for the nurses, dining rooms and the operating rooms and the kitchen w’ill be in the basement. The hospital will be a great value to the city When it is finished and the city will be able to care for many patients who would now have.to be turned away. GROUND GLASS Used by a Wife to Do Away With Her Hus band. By (Associated Press. Battle Creek, Mich., Nov. 3—ln the ex amination of (Mrs. Rodolphus Sanderson, accused of the murder of her octogenarian husband Marie Robertson, the servant girl "whose disclosures brought albout the arrest was again on the stand, being cross ex amined by Lawyer Crosby. The witness said that Mrs. Sanderson did not secrete the pulverized glass which she had prepared to put in the porridge, ■but left it so that her husband could have found it if he had tried. She said rhe glass was ground in a cellar and was brought up in the condition in which it was fed to Mr. Sanderson and placed on a soup dish in the coal range, where it re mained all day. She said she saw the I glass put in the oat meal next morning. The examination was adjourned until No vember 10, when Miss Robertson’s testi mony will be completed and Dr. Prescott, of the University' of Michigan will testify as to whether the glass was found in the stomach of Mr. Sdnderson at the •chemical analysis. - FRANK GORDON. Ex-Major of the Third is Recovering in Washington. By Associated Press. Washington, Nov. 3—Major Frank Gor don, formerly of the Third United States volunteer infantry (immune®), who ar rived at New York from Santiago, Cuba, on the transport Berlin nearly a month ago, has (been for the past three weeks critically ill at Providence hospital, in this city. Major Gordon contracted malarial fever at Santiago and before he had fully recovered started to the United States, He Buffered a relapse after reaching New York, and by direction of his physicians, was immediately brought to Providence hospital for treatment. At times his tem perature ranged as high as 106 and for a few days his condition was regarded as most serious. However, the crisis has been safely passed and little doubt is now en tertained of this ultimate complete recov ery. CARTER CASE. His Friends Are Hard at Work to Secure a Mitigation. By Associated Press. Washington. Nov. 3.-A desperate ef fort is being made by the friends of Can h’ S ’ C arter and the strong influences that have .been behind that officer to save him from the ignominy of being posted at home and of having to serve five years in the penitentiary. The sentence of the court-martial in the ease of this popular officer of the engineer corps embraced those two penalties as well as dismissal from the service—the combination being the severest penalty that could be inflict ed upon any officer In time of peace. No man in the engineer corps of the army ever rose higher at his age; no man ever had stronger influence back of him; but ■ the finding of the court martial was unan imous. Yesterday Wayne McVeigh, former at ’ torney general, apeared before the presi dent in Carter’s behalf. He made a strong legal argument for his client and a strong appeal in his behalf. Today the army side was presented to the president. The president has announc ed that the case will be decided solely on its merits and that no influence will be al lowed to affect his decision. It is diffi cult to believe, however, that with all in fluences, from Platt down, exerted In Car ters behalf, that his heart will not b« softened to a remission of the features of the sentence. Os course, yap tain Carter will be dismissed in disgrace but perhaps he will not hav-e to go to prison. Most of the men in. the army, bis fellow officers, who stuck to him from the ■ first, have been compelled to weaken in the face of overwhelming proof against him. | They do not attempt to defend his acts but they do try to mitigate the punishment for old friendship’s 6a ke. The president will render a decision within the next few : days. The Domingos stock has been moved to Holt’s old stand, Triangular Block Auction same as usual at 9 a. m. from* day to day until sold. Don’t Wait Too Long Before selecting your OVERCOAT for this fall. The wise buyer comes early, so as to secure among the first pick. During this cold spell we have sold au immense quantity of these Coats, but still have a few hundred to select from, consisting of Beavers, Clay Worsteds, Cheviots, Kerseys and Covert Cloths. Some are Brown, Blue and Black. Others light in color as well as price. We Receive Periodical Tickets Fire Sale of Shoes! Thousands of lucky people have profited by our Fire bale. Smoke and water ruin the sal but not the wear. Ulen’s Patent Calf Hand-Sewedcb O f\r\ • sfofc —————— ■ ■ • All our special lines of Ladies’ Fine Shoes are suffer ing the same reduction. Here are the prices: Ladies’ $4 00 Shoes, $3 00 Ladies’ $3.50 Shoes, $2.25 Ladies’ $2.50 Shoes SI.BO Men’s Rubbers, 35c Ladies’ Rubbers, 25c Misses’ Rubbers, 15c Children’s Rubbers, 10c Mell’s Shoes! We had prepared to show more styles in men’s fine shoes this sersqn than any house in the South. The Fire Came; we were obliged to reduce the prices. Men’s Calf, Cordovan, Vici, Hand-Sewed Shoes, made to sell for $6.00, now $4.00. Men’s Cali and Vici, Hand-Sewed Shoes, made to sell for $5.00, now $3.00. All new goods; latest styles; every size and width. ROFF SIMS & CO. In All That Makes Buying Safe and Easy, Satisfactory and Economical, We mean that this store shall be the best trading place for Men’s and Boys’ Ctothing, Hats and Furnishings that any man or woman can find in the South. Suits for Men. Let one price stand for an example of how much we crow’d into Suit value. Double-breasted Cheviot Suits, satin facing; also double-breasted and single-breasted suits in the plain cheviots, mix tures, grays, browns and fancy effects; also clay weave diagonals— sls will do wonders. Two score patterns won’t cover the choice of this popular price. And what is better still, they are exclusive productions. moneu on Hann. Loans on real eetate. Easy monthly pay ment*. GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man. Equitable Building and Loan Association, Macon, Ga.. 461 Third Street. PRICE THREE CENTS