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romans HONORED,
Col. HI W. Walton Elected
Grand Commander
Os KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.
Dr R. b Headed Elected
Grand Preiat®-
Maron, Ga., May 18.-The sec
ond day’ B session t^ie l^ ir ly*
uvoDth annual conclave of the
Grand Com oandery of Knights
Templar convened yesterday
morning at 9 o’clock, and at 12;3O
tne conclave adjourned to meet
next year in Augusta. .
The most important business
transacted today was the
the election of officials for the
ensuing year. Grand Command
er C . M. Willey declined reelec
tion. He has been oue of the
meat popular and efficb nt grand
commanders the commandery has
ever had.
The elect’on resulted as fo'iows;
A. W. Walton, grand command
er. Rome.
Jnhus L Brown, deputy grand
commander. Atlanta.
T.' E. Fletcher, grand gei eral
ieamo. Forsyth.
E. A Cutis grand captain gen
eral, Savannah.
Rev. R. B. Headen, grand pre*
late. Rome.
W. E. Staley, grand senior
warden. Americus.
George V. Whitesides, Jr., junior
warden. Columbus.
Robert H. Smith, grand treasur*
er. Macon.
Samuel P. Hamilton, grand re
corder, Savannah.
F. 0. Miller, grand standard
bearer. Fort Valley.
William Sweigort, grand sword
bearer. Augusta,
R. B. Barron, grand warden
Macon.
1 his afternoon the members of
the commandery and visiting la
dies were entertained at an elegant
barbecue served at Ocmulgee park
by St. Orper Commandery of
Macon. The entertainment coin*
inenced at 3 o’clock and contin
ued until 6.30.
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THE ROME HISTLEIi COMMERCIAL
, ONE MORRO LESS.
I Sampson's Fleet Bombarded
Porto Rico.
I T
FOUND AN EASY MARK.
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Had Nine Warships. Lost but
One man Killed.
St. Thomas, West Indies,
May 13.—Shortly after daybreak
1 yesterday the American squad
ron, under Admiral Sampson,
‘began the bombardment of San
Juan de Porto Rico.
It was one of the great 12-
inch funs on the lowa which
started the music.
“Fighting Bob” Evans was
in his element at last.
Then the Indiana opened
from its foi w ird turret with a
13 inch projectile, and the ef
fect of the siiot was like that of
the famous first effort of a great
modern gun at Alexandria.
The Morro fired but three
shots from her heavy guns.
There were but seven shots fired
from the big guns of the Ameri
can quadron.
These left Morro castle a
crumbled ruin. Her guns were
mute, her gunners killed or in
flight.
SAMPSON’ 9 WARSHIPS.
Spanish Fort Made Little Ef
fort to Respond.
Port Au Prince May 13.—The
American fleet under Rear Ad
miral Sampson bombarded San
Juan de Porto Rico yesterday.
The bombardment began at
sunrise. Rear Admiral Sampson,
with nine warships, arrived be
fore San Jaun just before sun
rise. At a signal the battleship
■lowa fired the first shot, which
took effect. Then the battleship
Indiana opened fire. In a few
minutes Morro fort was reduced
so a heap of ruins.
The fort made little effort to
respond and was silenced almost
im mediately.
r l he Spanish steamer Rita
was captured by the United
States auxiliary cruiser YaJe,
which took her crew on board.
Thousands of the population
and the foreign consuls sought
refuge in the interior of the is
land.
BLANCO INFORMED.
Havana, May 13, Bp. m.—
Governor General Blanco re
ceived a cable message at 9a.
m. from the captaiw general of
Porto Rico which says that this
morning an American fleet of
eleven vessels opened fire upon
the forts, which answered vig
orously, and little damage was
done.
SPANIARDS ANXIOUS.
Believe The Hostile Squadrons
Are Near Each Other.
London, May 13—The Madrid
correspondent of the Daily News
telegraphing Thursday night
says:
“There are signs of mani'est
anxiety at the government office
One high personage is convinced
that the hostile squadrons are
in sight of each othea and that
an encounter is probable within
|a tew hours.”
ROME GEORGIA, FRIDAY EVENING. MAY 13. 1898.
DEWEYS THIRD
I Adris Anotlier Spaniard. to
His List
TAKING THEIR STORES
Maintaining A Strict Blockade
At Manila.
Washington. May 13—The fol
lowing teltgrain was received at
the Navy Department this after
noon:
Hong Kong, May 12--To Secre
tary of Navy: Th .re is little
change in the situatiou since my
last telegram. I am transferring to
transports stoel breech-loading
rifles from sunken Spanish man
of-war. Also stores from arsenal
in my possession. I am maintain
ing strict blockade. Add Argos to
list of destroyed vessels.El Correo
probably El Cono. Dewey.”
In Commodore Dewey’s official
report of the battle of Manila he
reported the-inking of El Correo,
and this dispatch is by w-ay of
correction of ths name of El
Cono
ANOTHER SPANISH VESSEL
Reported Destroyed By One of
Dewey’s Ships.
New York, May 13 —A Hong
Kong special of this date says that
a trading vessel fr m the Phil
ippines reports having witnessed
ihe destruction of a Spanish wor
ship by the United States gun
boat Concord at Hi 10. The fight
is said to have lasted two hours,
at the end of which time the
Spaniard went down with flying
colors. There were no casualties on
board the Concord and no damage!
was done the gunb< at. There are, '
it is a'leged, only two other Span- j
ish war vessels in Asiatic waters'
and one of these is in dry dock at
Hong Kong, while the cruiser'
Boston is searchi g for the other !
under order to engage and sink it !
D. OF A. R.
Ex pres'’ a Wish To Be Os All
Possible Servk e.
Washington, May IB At a meet
ing of the national board of mana
gement of the Daughters ol the j
American Revolution the follow
ing resolutions were adopted:
“Resolved, That the board of
management of the National Socie
ty, Daughters of the American Re
volution, desire to express to the
president of the United States their
earnest wish to be of all possible
service to the government and to
our soldiers and sai'ors in the
prosecution of the present war
against the kingdom ol Spain.
“Resolved, That We rec num aid
that the members ot our s >cmty in
every portion of the U non t ike
immediate s'eps to the end that we
be ready to serve our conutry in
this grave national cri-is.
“Res Ived.Thita copy of these
resolutions be delivered to the
president with the assurance that
the members of our s< ciety are
ready and anxious to do every ihing
,r their power to support and assist
him in the responsible work with
which he is charged, and ready and
willing to respond to any sugges
tions he may be pleasedjo make.
( Signed)
“M. Makoarittx Manning.
“President G<meial N. S. D. A R
“Alice Pickett Akers
“Recording S cretarv ('eneral.
H.,ward’s Heuake Cure is garan
teed. 25c and 10c at Frank
Wright’s Farmay.e
LANI laA ASONS.
THOSE BEMTIF-i SUITED FRINGE SASHES
In all the new plaids and stripes.
inches wide, yards long, worth and sold for |
$2.75 each, now as long as they last, $1.90.
All the $3.25 sash, as long as they last for $2.10.
Knotted fringe scarfs, worth and sold for $1.75, now 1.25
I hose worth 1.50, now 1. i
The 1.25 scarfs, now 80c.
The 1.10 scarfs now 75c. J
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MILLINERY DEPARTMENT
is turning out as fine work as any in the land and our
prices are always a little lower than eltewhere. Bet
ter come and see our line before buying your midsum- i
mer dress hat. ||
ORGATTDIBS
in white and colors.
DUCK
in white and colors.
PERCALES, LAWNS, AND BINGHAMS
all at prices that please.
Ki!
New lot of ladies, belts just
received. Come and see them. 11
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little cheaper than others. s
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you more good than if spent elsewhere, for we give !
more for it than others.
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