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VOL. VI. NO. 1.900.
NATIONAL ISSUERS
Figured Again in the Legisla
ture Yesterday. J
ENDORSED BACON’S
Yesterday’s Work Was In
teresting—Some Jury
Legislation.
Special to the Tribune.
Atlanta, Dec. 6 —Resolutions bearing
upon national issues which have been in
troduced in the house and senate, were
introduced this morning and at the aftei
noon session the matter came up for dis
cussion.
The substitute of the bill is practically
the Bacon resolutions. When Mr. Hodges,
chairman of the committee, made his re
port Mr. Bacon made a strong argument
in favor of the adoption of the resolution.
Other speeches were made on the same
line and the resolutions were adopted.
The School Booh Trust Wins.
The bill providing for a uniform sys
tem of school books was up before the
house this morning aBJ created a lively
discussion. Os cours© the school book
. trust had its way I dojjpot mean to say
that the action olaaay member
of the legislature iifluneed by
the Na ional School and es
pecially its agents the states
and it has very many MBHMtedflWHfl
not known to the publiH • '"-J-?}. i
to say that things
gentlemen desired it. I.- 1 /.
The committee of
Mr. Hara is
to the passage of jflL'4
JGade to
• ommittt" ' ■ii
about 50 to 70.
As lb a *• ' ,l:
The report of the
ciary committee,
gau’s bill, was nude a
today and called forth
speeches.
Those speeches were
line of the necessity'of _g l; : X
able representation.
Bibb, made a strong, cl
favor of holding a
it may be said, one of 1
that the legislature has
Reagan, the author of
ceedingly, cleat headed
eloquently for bis mean®. .
ham, of Columbia,
and several other membfl-.. j/*|
position. A good
opposed, declared 'flß.*/.
the repteseiitatiou * ■/>•?>■
but they thought the
vention it this time was
passage of the bill it failed
constitutional two-thiids majority.
The Jury Laws.
Senator Persons made a gallant fight
for his bill, doing away with all exemp
tions from jury duty. The matter had
been before the senate general judiciary
committee, who reported the matter ad
versely and the report carried, the vote
being 19 to 18. Senator Persons will en
deavor to bring the matter up again to
morrow. He does not think he can se
cure enough votes to carry the report,
but he does think he can get the senate
to disagree with the report of the com
mittee.
THREE MORE GUNBOATS-
Virginia Company to Build Two Os Them
at 8280,000 Each.
Washington, Dec. 6. Her
bert awarded the contract fortwJfl the
three gunboats for the
which bids were recently the
Newport News Ship and J)iy
pany, of Newport News, Va., bid
of *280,000 for each vessel. The award
for construction of the third gunboa',
which differs somewhat in design for the
others, was held in abeyance until some
addition il information concerning the
character cf the bids offered by the
Union Iron works. San Francisco, couj|l
ba obtained. *
LIGHT PUNISHMENT.
Clarksville Jury's Surprising Verdict In a
Bad Case. 1 I
Clarksville, Tenn., Dae. 6. —Some]
surprise was created here this mor bid
by the verdict of the jury that has bel j
engaged for three days trying Jam Ek
Northington, colored, on the charge «•’
attempting rape on a white woman m
the eastern portion of the county. TA
evidence wss dead against him in tlferi
‘Opinion of the judge and spectators, bifl
the jury assessed a fine of *IOO. It ww
plain that the verdict suited neither tlfg
court nor the spectators, and much u»
favorable criticism has been made at tbfl
result of the trial.
SOUTHERN COTTON CLAIMS- tt
Bill To He Introduced to Pay The Sum
£11,000,000.
Washington, D. C., December sfl
The house committee on judiciary baß
. about decided to report favorably a bill
{relatinAo Southern cotton claims. Thera
Xis the treasury about *11,000,00<1
been set apart to pay cotioJ
money was originally id
THE ROME ■KIBUNE.
tended to pay the claims of those whose
loyalty could be properly established.
The proclamation of President Johnson
and a decision of the supreme court, it is
claimed, is plain that proofs of loyalty
once demanded are no longer required.
The Republican members of the commit
tee have agreed that the bill shall be re- 1
ported favorably, with a proviso that no
more money than the *11.000,000 now in
the treasury shall be paid, and that all
claims for destruction of cotton shall be
presented within a year fromtbe passag
o' the bill; the money to be divided pro
rata among the claiman t who establish
the facts of their losses.
MUTATIONS OF A TOWN. 1
i
A New York Suburb Where Millionaires
Delight to Dwell. i
[Special Correspondence.)
Greenwich, Conn., Dec. 5. —It was when |
William M. Tweed was in the zenith of his j
power as “boss” of the city of New York i
that he discovered this pretty town on the '
shore of Long Island sound from the deck '
.of bis yacht. He was looking for an attrac- '
tive place within easy distance of the city 1
of which he was dictator where he might
build a summer residence to his liking, and '
he fell in love with Greenwich at first sight. 1
Further acquaintance with the place con- *
firmed his first impressions and as soon as !
possible he located himself within its bor- '
ders, to the great advantage of the town, '
which straightway began to shake off its 1
purely provincial characteristics.
The Greenwich of today is largely a place 1
of suburban residences. The' homes of !
scores of New York business men, many of
whom~~are ainqiig the city’s financial mag- 1
national repute, are lo
the evolution of the
have included Green- '
Tweed’s help, (
illfilleni 1 >ll 1! ' 1
years, '
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Mr. Mil
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to
his amazeuWlflkfleed gave him a check
for the *63,000 753,000 more than Mead
asked) the next day, and the farm passed
from the possession of the family that had
held it for so many years. The place was
at once put in good order, and has ever
since been one of the show places of Green
wich.
More interest is nowadays shown in the
deer park and trotting track that were laid
out by William Rockefeller than in the old
Tweed place. When the Standard Oil
company decided that it would be best that,
one of its founders should live in or near
New York, Mr. Rockefeller was chosen to
come east, and Greenwich looked as good
to him as it had some years before to
Tweed. He built a fine residence here, and
being fond of horses laid out the. track of
which I have spoken. Every morning be
fore breakfast the petroleum magnate used
to devote a half hour or so to speeding his
most promising horses, and his place and
his manner of amusing himself attracted
a good deal of attention, which was doubled
when he established his deer park. Mr.
Rockefeller determined a year or two ago
to make his permanent home in Tarrytown,
N. Y., where he still resides, but he retained
bis summer home here and his deer, which
last are the admiration of the entire town
and its many visitors.
Henry O. Havemeyer, president of the
Sugar trust, is another prominent resident
of Greenwich. Mr. Havemeyer has been
most open handed ever since he settled
down here. Mr. Havemeyer’s most muni
ficent gift to Greenwich is the handsome
new schoolhouse that is being erected at a
cost of over *IOO,OOO. The smaller taxpay
ers of the place agree that it is a mighty
fine schoolhouse, but they are worrying a
good deal about how they are going to pay
the taxes when the educational, machinery
l of the district_isje»laTge<l to meet the re-
BhfUifetlients of the house, and its expenses
are correspondingly keyed up. The school
house at one time threatened to cause a
lasting rupture between E. C. Benedict,
“the president’s friend,” and Mr. Have
meyer. Mr Benedict discovered one morn
ing to his surprise that the roof of the new
building when completed would shut off
I his view of the sound. There was a very
r earnest conference between Mr. Benedict
I and Mr. Havemeyer, and a compromise by
r which the roof will be built six or eight feet
1 lower than was intended-.
I E. H.-Johnson, ex-president of the Ed-
L ison Electric company, is also a resident
| here, and his house is one of the marvels of
| the town by reason of the numerous and
I expensive electric appliances with which it
| is fitted up. Its system of burglar alarms
H is so perfect that cracksmen are said to
Ji steer quite clear of the town for fear of be-
■ ing shocked to death, and its lighting is so
I elaborate and so brilliant that it is an ob-
■ ject of rare beauty at night. It may be
|j seen for miles up and down the sound and
I is a landmark to all who navigate these
I Waters. CHARLES APPLEBY.
H Emigration from European Russia to
■ Siberia is on the increase and reached
■IOO,OOO in 1892.
ROME, GA., IHUkDAY iviOßNll^G,^ I 893 *
JAPANESE MIRROR.
A Wonderful Device That Puz
zle Scientists.
HOW A MOTHER LIVED.
A Japanese Fairy Tale Will be
Enjoyed Around Every
American Fireside.
Yokohama, Nov. 14.—Among the many
marvelous things Jo be seen in this
country of marvels that first attract the
attention of the foreigner is the Japanese
mirror. Its peculiarity consists in the fact
that it is made of metal—generally of
bronze—coated on the front with an amal
gam of tin and quicksilver, and so highly
polished that but for its weight it might be
mistaken for an ordinary looking glass.
The back is adorned in relief with flowers,
birds or Japanese characters which extend
to the handle, and the general appearance
is that of a handsome metal fan.
That which is most extraordinary about
the mirror, however, is the quality it pos
sesses of reflecting a luminous image of the
design on the back. In other words, the
sunlight seems to penetrate the metal and
display the figures that are otherwise hid
den from view. The attention of men of
science has long been attracted to the phe
nomenon, but no explanation heretofore
given has proved satisfactory. The consen
sus of opinion is that the effect is produced
by an unequal convexity resulting from
the manipulation of an iron tool accompa- 1
nied by the application of mercury. ;
In connection with these mirrors, the ,
Japanese have a pretty fairy tale and be
cause of the poetical thought it conveys, 1
and the pleasure it may afford to young as .“■
well as old, I send you the following free ]
translation as it has been given to me by ]
one of the English residents here: ,
A long time ago there lived in a quiet ‘
spot a young man and his wife. They had *
one child, a daughter, to whom they were i
greatly attached, and their home was ,
known as Matsuyama, a beautiful village
in the province of Echigo. It so happened
that the father was obliged to go to the ’
great city of Tokio, the capital of Japan. <
The mother, never having been farther from
home than the next town, could not help
being frightened at the thought of her hus
band making such a long journey, yet sLe 1
«as pAud of the fact, for he was the firs u i
V>at country
I
brought this. It is called a mirror. Look
and tell me what you see inside.”
He gave to her a plain, white wooden
box, in which on opening it she found a
round piece of metal. One side was white
like frosted silver and ornamented with
raised figures of birds and flowers. The
other was as bright as the clearest crystal.
The young mother looked into it with de
light and astonishment, for from its depths
was looking at her with parted lips and
bright eyes a smiling happy face.
“What, do you see?” asked the husband,
gratified at her astonishment. “I see a
pretty woman looking at me. She moves
her lips as if she was speaking, and —dear
me, how odd, she has on a blue dress just
like mine!’ “Why, you silly woman, it’s
your own face that you see,” said the hus
band, proud of knowing something that
was new to his wife. “That round piece of
metal is called a mirror, and everybody in
the great city has one, although we have
not seen them iu this country place before, ”
The wife was charmed with the present.
But the wonderful thing was far too pre
cious for every day use, so she shut it up in
its box again, putting it away carefully
among her most valuable treasures.
Years passed on and the husband anil
wife continued to live happily. The joy of
their life was their little daughter, who as
she grew up became the very image of her
mother. The latter, mindful of her own
passing vanity cn finding herself so lovely,
kept the mirror carefully concealed, fear
ing that the use of it might breed a spirit
of pride in her little girl. She never spoke of
it, and as for the father he bad quite forgot
ten the circumstance. So it happened that
the daughter grew up as simple as the
mother had been, knowing nothing of her
own good looks or of the mirror which
would have reflected them.
After awhile, however, a terrible misfor
tune occurred in this happy little family.
The good mother fell sick, and though
waited upon with loving care by day and
night she grew worse and worse until at
last the sad announcement was made that
she must die. Calling the girl to her, the
mother said: “My darling child, I must
soon pass away and leave you and your far
ther alone, but I want from you a promise.
Here isjvhat iS'Called a mirror,” taking it
from its hiding place and handing it to her
daughter. “Promise me that you will look
into this mirror every night and morning,
for there you will see me and know that
your mother is still watching over you.”
The child promised with many tears, and
the mother, being now calm and resigned,
soon after died. Obedient yid dutiful, the
daughter never forgot her mother’s last re
quest, and each morning and evening took
the mirror from its box and looked at it
long and earnestly. There she saw, as she
supposed, the bright and smiling vision of
her lost mother. Not pale and sickly as in
her last days, but the beautiful young
mother of long ago. To her at night she
told the story of the trials and difficulties
of the day, and to her iu the morning looked
for sympathy and encouragement in what
ever troubles might be in store for her.
So, day by day, she lived as if in her
mother’s sight, striving still to please her
as she had done in her mother’s lifetime,
and careful always to avoid whatever might
give her pain or grief. Her greatest joy
was to look in the mirror and say, "Mother.
I have been today what you would wish me
to be if you were by my side.”
Thus geeiug his little daughter every
night and morning looking into the mir
ror holding converse with it, her father one
day asked her the reason for the strange be
havior. “Why, father,” she said, “I look
into the mirror every day to see mv dear j
motner ana caiK wuu tier. 'men sM
him of her mother’s dying wish
she never hail failed to fulfill it. Tcß
by so much simplicity and such fafl
loving*obed:ence, the father shed tM
pity and affection; but he could notfljl
in his heart to tell the child that the®
she saw was only t.he reflection of htM
sweet, face, which by sympathy and
tioti had become more and more liMKfl
dead mother's day by day. And so shSMOK
on, happy in t he thought that t hough
in the flesh, the one she loved best
ways present in the spirit and alwayM
ing on her from the depths of her cheH
mirror! G. vB
Tariff Bill.
The new tariff bill which congiH
expected to masticate if not dige.®
ing the coining winter has by thiMMS!
been read by everybody who
thing about it specifically. SoineM®®®
reductions the ways and means c<HHU|
tee have recommended are iioriflsflES
others appear to the
slantindieular. The distinctionsHßH
between the producer of
rial and Hie manufacturer
tically the same as they haviß||||||i
One of the chief and ,A)
tries of this country is the dair®".*,' d
ness. We would like to call
tion of our congressmen
At a rough estimate it
much as the manufacturing
The United States creameries anflNfl|«|
farmers are at present engaged iiKSMfI
perate struggle against oleomaß|l||||
and Canadian dairy products atfl'"’’".
and the Swiss and Danish butter®|!ll|S
ries abroad. Yet while the
means committee recommend a
45 per cent on woolen clothing
per eent on woolen cloths, they
rate on butter at 4 cents a )><>nn<.lKHH|
25 percent and condensed milk
cent. The coielensed miih
in this country amounts to milKflflfl
dollars a year.
Then, there is rice, on the
of which so many thousand
citizens depend for a living in tlifl|MH|||
ern savannas. A duty of
of a cent a pound is levied on nMMBI
rice. These are some of
which, in jJ\Pn.mtere.«ts cf their
sl'oii' itnteiifl||||||yi
■ I
sheep k< epit g .h ..
tlieir attefitio’i
bill, however, provides
ering of the rates on
and wooL n clotlipso
five years there will lie
of a Utile more than 30 pifl^'^^e^^
them. In r.-turn for
tlie ci iliiinitt: e propose
farmer's onions at the
bushel and dried peas at the same
Salt will come in free. The rateHH
sugar is lowered, and the sugar
will be gradually extinguished.
bill will reduce the customs
*50,000,000 a year.
Stop Coughing.
Coughing is useful in the British house
of commons. It is employed to such good
effect there in silencing a tedious speaker
that many persons have even wished it
could be made the fashion in .America.
Except for such purpose, however,
coughing is thoroughly objectionable.
Don’t do it even when you think you
have a cold on your chest, It rasps the
tender mucous membranes of your throat
and bronchial tubes, sets up an irritation
■jyhich results in inflammation and makes
your case ten times worse than it was be
fore. It will bring on consumption.
You are apt to think you must cough
when yon have a cold, but you are dead
wrong. In nine cases out of ten when
we think we must cough we do not
need to at all. When you are at church
this time of year, observe how still the
members are while the minister is at
prayer. The congregation has too much
respect for religion tpjeugh at such a
time, -But when the prayer is over it
breaks out all over the building bark,
hack, hawk! If this was necessary, why
did not the people do it during the pray
er? On the contrary, if it could be con
trolled then it can nearly always be con
trolled, and the petson will cure his cold
all the sooner.
Said Emperor William to his subjects
when he enlarged the German army:
"It will now be your foremost task and
common labor to care for the raising of
means to cover the increased expense
caused by the increased peace footing of
the army.” "Increased peace footing” is
good.
Sallie McAllister, who died at Spring
field, Ky., lately, weighed 695 pounds,
yet she was only a private citizen.
Sallie neglected her opportunity. She
ought to have made a fortune in a dime
museum on exhibition as the Matabele
queen.
Charleston, W. Va., will now have a
boom. ' Natural gas has been struck
near there rnd will be piped to the city.
The Kanawha salt works will reopen,
, and 500 men will find employment.
■ING WEST.
jipe of Emigration to
■ Texas.
A WEEK.
Os Over 100 Left
Tuesday—Many
■thers Going.
jratioc movement to Texas
Ify up, but increases.
FI jfcny farmers from Northeast
jflit Tennessee and North
to the Lone Star State
was caused
riSWFSWfIt 1 u u t
111 III)
■ii’' i uB
;'■ i. i 1.. w
Was Very 11l Yesterday, to the Swßfl
jf His Many Friend*.
Mr. Emmet Watson, of the drug firm
of Messrs. Crouch & Watson, one of
Rome’s most popular young men was
very ill yesterday, and his many friends
in the city were very uneasy about his
condition.
He was resting well last night, but was
still quite low. All wish for him a speedy
recovery.
PRIZE COTTON SOLD.
That Bale of Hamilton & Co.'s Brought a
Good Price.
That bale of cotton raised by J. H.
Fisher, of Chattooga county, and sent to
the Augusta exposition by Hamilton &
Co., which took first prize for short sta
ple cotton, has been sold.
After the premium was awarded, the
bale was turned over to Cot Wilberforce
Daniel, who has informed Hamilton &
Co. of its sale. It brought cents a
pound.
THE METHODISTS
Os Rome Talk of the Appointments—Dr.
Bays Will Recuperate.
The appointments of the Methodists
ministers for the Rome district, as pub
lished in yesterday’s Tribunk, caused
the members of that denomination to do
much talking yesterday.
While it is with great regret that the
members of the first church part from
Dr. Bays, they feel that as they must
lose him, they.have been given a splendid
successor in the person of Mr. Gibson.
The Second church is more than
pleased at the return of Mr. Duval). Mr.
Jamison, to the regret of bis many
friends here, will not remain, and goes
to Monroe.
Concerning Dr. Bays the following
communication was handed in yesterday,
® h r °* d iDg ho,r his work ha s been appre
“It is a mistake about Rev. D. Bavs
( being sent to Cartersville. The confer
ence granted him a year from active ser
vice in order that he might recuperate I
h.s health. The Doctor is an able
preacher and the First church loses a
mental and spiritual giant. All hope the
Doctor will greatly improve in hea’th
and be able to enter the active ministry
vigor.” eM WHh renewed strength and
DEADLY GRIPPE AGAIN-
At Leavenworth Halt the Homes Have
Been Visited.
Leavenworth, Kan , Dec. 0.-Twen- '
deaths from grippe have been <
The dis- L
hL
tim.- in (he 11
Insurance For
Tho failureof a largo
insurance companies that were
pay 10 per cent dividends a year to all
who put money into them will perhaps
call attention to the admirable systems of
life insurance among certain large cor
porations, notably one or two railway
organizations. For seven years the Penn
sylvania road has had a system of in
surance which provides for the care of a
sick or disabled employee, and in.ca.se of
his death for his burial and a sum of
money to his family, in case of acci
dent, free surgical attendance is provid
ed for the injured man. The family of
a deceased employee receives §1,250 as
the maximum sum. The money for the
insurance fund is contributed partly by
the employees, partly by the company.
The English railway corporations have
a system of insurance for their workers,
which they are extending to take in the
humblest day laborer. Each man con
tributes 2| per cent of his wages annual
ly, and the company pays as much more.
The money thus raised is called the su
perannuation fund. The maximum pe
riod of service is 45 years. After a man
has served one company that long he is
retired on two-thirds pay for the rest of
his life. If he stays so long as 10 years, he
receives one-fourth his pay as a pension.
If he leaves the company under 10 years’
service, he gets back all the money he
put into the fund, with 4 per cent inter
est. This is a good rate of interest for
England.
Judge Fitzsimmons of New York city
has decided that pool selling and book
making on horse races in the state of
New Yojk is not illegal.
trice pBBKzI
A GRANcHHH
The Dedication
mauga PatVHHHHH
during next sepWl||PF
The Bloodiest Battle of W *
Was Fought There Thirty
Xears Ago.
Says Yesterday’s Chattanooga Times-
Washington, Dec. 5.—A bill ws in
troauced in the House this morning by
a d roß J en ° r ’ Ot ° hi0 ’ Providing for
the dedication of the Chickamauga and
Chattanooga National park on Sent 10
and 2° ! 894 . The idea P iß
dedication one 'of the grandest ante-bel
lum events m the history of the South.
Chattanoogans and residents of th s I
lectwn generally will note with interest jfl
the dates selected for the dedication wl
dny
As*/
city today,
unique and.something of
will be out about noon. ’ MMHbB
THE COMING AND
Os the People You Know
You Don’t Know-
Mr. J. Monroe Ogden, of
the Armstrong.
Mr. E. N. Marsh, of Atlanta, was reg
istered at the Armstrong last ntght,
Mr. L. P. Pairo, an East Tennessee
official, with headquarters at Selma, is at
the Armstrong.
Miss Alias Printup has been quite sick
fot>several days, to the regret of her
many friends.
Mr. Will C. Battey, formerly ot Rome,
now a prominent real estate dealer
Fort Myers, Fla., is in the city for a fevß
days. .
Miss Cora Llewellyn,
nooga’a most charming young ladies,
has returned borne after a pleasant visit
to Mrs. 8. B. Bennett.
THE WHIST CLUB
Will Meet Tonight With Mlse Gallllard at
9 O’clock.
The whist club will meet tonight with
Miss Patti Gailliard. Owing to the fact
that a number of of the members are to
take part in the Oide Folks’ concert, auj
must rehearse tonight, the hour fß|
meeting has been changed to 9 o’ clcckfl