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EIGHTH year smoke xtra good and rebel yell cigars SI6SBEE TALKS ells How The Maine Was, Wrecked. BSADRSTARD’S plot F ated War Slhp Assigned To A Maine Buoy. Wathingt°».April fi—Before the üße committee on foreign rela ys Captain Sigsbee went fully o tbe details of the deatniction his ship io Havana harbor, end 8 narrative impressed the mem rß of that committee more rongly than anything else has, . gt in making up the case of the jited States against Spain the structiou of the Maine should given most prominent place. 'be point which Captain Sigsbee ought out in hie talk with the imbers of the committee served dnve from their mauds the last naming vestige of doubt as to » direct responsibility of Span-, 1 officials for the explosion) lich destroyed the ship and sent many gallant American officers d sailors to their death. Tim captain repeated what he d explained to the senate com ■ttee about the placing of the Bine at the buoy which was Blon> used for anchorage, show Shat the position had been taken ■er (he instruction of one of B Spanish pilots and established Bionsibiiity by stating that he ■ seen the pilot make his re- Bt to the commandant of the Bbor, the Spanish official in Blest authority in such mat- Buptain Sigsbee showed that the BiMon which the Maine occupied ■ that fatal night was the one Bilim that she would have B< n had her commanding officer Bn suspicious of treachery .From Bt position and that position •ne. could her broadside be ■ned upon the fortresses which ■"ned down upon her on either B. Bfiptain Sigsbte (Xjlaned the B'tiou of these fortresses whose Butguns Were pointed toward ■ f P'Jt where the American Jtleshiplay. He pointed out F 1 for the Maine to be in f' tl " n to train her big guns the Spanish batteries on Iter her bow lights or her stern lots were pointed directly to ll J the house of the commandant I 1 he port lh ? testimony of his ofific. rs |f ' ia d been m charge of the L time to time was that ' f ‘ r before this night had the 11at n ’ght time occi pi d st this [osition. J. 1 ls ?a l-tain Sigsbee’s idea that ' punish mine had been planted * l " absolutely insure the f u ti nos a battleship occupy- KJ 1 '-Position in case the shore ™ were unable to accom -1 er destruction unaided, of that mine ran " ‘ce of the commandant of \ Itß P res “nce was P ito him and dcubtless to 'he Spanish officers at.d 8 ' *ho formed bi ß staff. When silt ? B " UUg into the fa'al tct'o 'h er - llghtß disclo *‘d the fiee Hb " ln the commandant’s J Ms then that mine was fired "’uiZ e c O t ‘ nettlberß ° f the led Uis ’ ptai ° o| gsbee de vs rsh " P " rtt,that Ol>e,,f th( '"ennL l Und a DieCF the them hadd' WraCk ” r that anj £ the ( 18 covered wire show \ e ’bore connection. THE ROME HUSTLER-COMMERCIAL ATTACK ON HAIM Coast Batteries to be First flsseillted. CABANAS H|W JWORRO. Landing Parties Wil! be Placed Ashore to Capture City. Chicago, April 6.—A Key West special to the Chronicle says : “Captain Sampson and the council of officers on board the New York have completed their plan of a naval campaign against Havana. It is being printed and will be given to each command ing officer in the fleet. “Th s campaign will call for the use of the three monitors and the battleships lowa and Indiana with the flagship New York. “Immediately on the an nouncement of a declaration of war the fleet will proceed to Havana, accompanied by torpe do boats and one or two of the cruisers for scout and dispatch work. “The three monitors will form the first line of battle, the cruiser New York, just behind, and the lowa and Indiana flank ing her. “The city and coast batteries will be attacked trom the vest, and as no one battery projects another until Morro Castle and the Cabanas are reached, the work of quieting the guns in the coast batteries to the west should be speedily accompli-bed. “The batteries to the east will hen be attacked and destroyed, and, as they pre equally unpro tected, the fliet will have but slight difficultly. “Finally Muiro Castle and La Cabanas fortress will he attacked “In the meanwhile landing par ties will have gone ashore, both east and west of the city, and the work of investing the town will be bt-guu. The cruisers and the flying squadron will be assembled along the Cuban and South Flor ida coast to announce the arrival of the enemy’s fleet, and to in ercept it and prevent a near ap proach to the American coast.” He was asked about the electric lights on otner ships in the har bor and said hat there were such lights on the Spanish ship Alphon so Nil, that these were not put out by the fr rce of the explosion if the Maine. The purport of this , onion of the testimony was that if the mine had been fired by electricity taken from the city system of electric lighting the connection would naturally have been with that part of the system in that portion of the city where the lights went out. Captain Sigsb.e left no doubtin he minds of the members of the house committee of his belief that his ship was destroyed by a mine, not a floating torpedo: that the mine could have been placed where it was by the authority of the officials of the Spanish govern ment, and that it could only have been fired by one of these officials or s< me one representative for whose conduct this official and his government is responsible and should be so held. Do your eyes trouble you? Wait for Dr. Lowe, the specialsir, will be at Roarks jewelry store od ’ Thursday. ROME GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY EVENING. APRIL 6. 1898. COL. G. WYLIE Right Eminßiit Grand Com mander of T|lE GEORGIA KNIGHTS. Annual Inspection of Rome Commandery. Sir Knight C. M. Wylie, Right Eminent Grand Commander of the Knights Templar of Georgia arrived in the city over the Southern at 4:45 this afternoon. Col. Wylie, for such is the rank of this most genial gentle man, he being commander of the 2nd Reg. Ga. Vols., will in spect Rome Commandery Knights Templar tonight. Col. Wylie lives at Macon. He hasahost of friends in Re me * J however, and though ihe time ol his stay in this city will be brief and will be largely taken with the duties of the high office he hold?, he will be made to enj >y every moment spent in the Hill City. He will find Rome Commandery, No. 8 the fourth Commandery in the sta’e, in print of municii al strength, while from all other stand points’he will discover it be longs to the first rank. The Rome Commandery will show a rank and file strength of ovei 80 among the best citizens of the city and section. Col. Wylie, or rather upon this occassion. Sir Knight C. M. Wy lie, Right Eminent Grand Com mander Knights Templar of Geor gia is here for the purpose of mak ing his annual inspection, As er the inspection tonight work in the Order of the Temple w 11 te done and all visiting Sir Knights in the ci‘y are invited to attend and remain for the bai quet which will be served in lhe Masonic Temple banquet had. The officers of Rome Coin mandery No. 8 are Sir Knight John I. Seay, Eminent Com mander ; Sir Knight Thompson Hiles, Generalissimo: Sir Knight W. J. Griffin, Captain General. Eminent Commander John J. Seap has issued the following call: ROME COMMANDERY, ATTENTION. The members of the Rome Com mandery are requested to meet at their asylum in full uniform this evening at 7 o’clock, promptly, for annual inspection. April 6th, (Banquet.) John J. Seay E. C. Water Ta< Notice- The Water Tax for the quart' r from April Ist to-July Ist 1898 i? now due and must be paid on or before the 10 of April The Board of Water Commissioners order all ordinances strictly enforced and when water has been shut off foi non payment in addition of pay ing the bill all parties will be re quire to pay a fee if sis yeent for turning on. Water depart ment office in city Hall. Offic> hours 8. am to 12 m 2. p. m. to 5. pm. J L. Moore, Sec. & Treas. April 1. Wanted —Christian man or woman to do office work and correspondence here. Salary SBOO. Apply with self addressed stamped envelope to A. r. Elder, General Manager, care Daily liustler-Oommercial. M f 8] <Ubcn the I F Streets will I Blossom as the Rose. W ZA W Tuesday and Wednesday, sthand 6th Easter Opening LANHAM & SONS! ’TewardF As a reward for all who are so kindly waiting for our opening before buying their • SPRING MILLINERY. We are going to show the most beautiful Millinery, at the most reasonable piices ever named on such fine goods. Our display is to be the most U p-to=Dat e in Style, Coloring, Mate= rial,Workmanship and all that goes to make up the very best in Millinery, It has long been the custom with milliners to name high prices on their goods on opening days such high prices that has become a by-word, “Opening Prices.” We are going to change all (his. Going to make prices such low prices as a reward to those who are waiting, that they will gladly buy the goods and feel that we have kept our promise to make it pay them to wait. Two Street Cars Chartered Remember the two days, and that we will have two Street Cars for the exclusive use of our customers, and they will be free to all the ladies who desire to attend the opening. LANHAM & SONS. Miss Emmerson, Our Milliner, is an artist in her line, having worked right up to the time she came to our house in the largest Millinery stores in New York city. She is, therefore, well posted on All that is New in Millinery, and if you want the best and most Stylish Millinery to be had in any city in the land, then come have her make your hats. Fine Sailors. The very latest style, all new and the $1.25 and the 1.50 kind for these two days at 98c All pattern hats marked down to reward prices. Twenty Fine Parasols, worth up to $6.00 each, Reward price 275 Childrens’ Parasols, Re ward price . . Child’s all Silk Parasols, the SI.OO kind, Reward price .... ?p C Ladies Kid Gloves, the kind that sells for 75 cents down to . . . IO CENTS PER WEEK >££&&&££s££s&> SI.OO Kid Gloves, reward price i . . . . ( jp c 1.25 Kid Gloves, Reward P rice • ■ 98c $2,00 Kid Gloves, Reward price .... I#3QC Beautiful all Silk Taffeta, Sash Ribbon, in all the new colors, inches wide, worth up to SI.OO yard, reward price Another lot of Embroid ery, just opened for this sale at reward prices. Fruit of Loom Bleached Cotton, Reward Muslin nnderwear marked o w n to reward prices. Good Sea Island, yard wide Reward price All the White Goods at reward prices. Bookfold, India Linen, the 5c kind, Reward price .• • • Choice of any Percale in the house, sea island and all the newest styles at Reward prices IOC Remember this is no fake “going out of business” or cost sale, but remarkably low prices for these open ing days as a reward for those who are waiting.