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VOL. VI. NO. l.»0' POLITICAL CHAT. General Evans in the Lead for Governor. CORPUT Fleming to' Presi ?° n ‘ Senate-Some Interest ing Gossip. S^X“ 9 .- S peaker Atkinson was in the city yesterday and bis pres- »- erable following is also true. He won nave as strong a following as Steve Clay, perhaps for he lacks Claj’s P OtBJ “ A ' popularity. The sentiment among the younger politicians that the young men ’ought to be chosen may assist him very materially. There is no doubt t hat.sue a sentiment (Joes exist and it is not only the young men who hold it. Senator Corpus for instance was talking las niofat at the Kimball about the race I wdl never vote in primary at least for a man who has not taken ftciive part in the aid of Democracy in the last few years when the struggle has been so bitter. I-t when every man talk at all volunteered to uo wnar, ue t could on the stump, that is every patri- f otic democrat, Gen. Evans was not heard ( from. While Clay was my first choice I shall vote for Atkinson whose splendid services to the party are unquestioned and who is a brainy, progressiva young j “oi’course that is only one man but I find a great deal of this talk. J uß . tn °" X Evans seemed to have the inside track and all Atlanta hopes that he will win There is not a better man gia, a man more thoroughly hke.d by everybody who knows him and he is a splendid handler of men, too. He made many warm friends where he was a fre quent visitor and if anybody doubtstbat he is a very strong man they to fin I themselves badiv Frefei<l<‘nt of the I hive beard very little senate pn J| e a?l same an dersta id be nude by the Augusta people to get! Hon. W. H. Flemming to make the race | for the senate, and if he does he will doubtless be chosen to preside over that body. Bill Fleming is one of the brainest men of his years in Georgia. Yes, and the expression of his years might be eliminated. He is undoubtedly one of tte strongest men in the state, and woo d mike a splendid running mate for Geo, Evans. The Georgia Code. Just now there is a good deal of talk among lawyers especially, about the probable appointments as codifiers of the laws. It will be remembered that the governor and the supreme court judges are to appoint three lawyers to that posi tion. The bill has not yet been signed but as soon as it is the appointments will be made. It is the intention or the gov ernor and the judges to select three of the most eminent lawyers in Georgia and tender the position to them. Who they will be, of course nobody has any idea, but I have heard mentioned such men as Col. Nat Hammond and Judge Jno. L. Hopkins, of Atlanta, Capt. Rowell, of Rome, Walter B. Hill, of Macon, who were among the last revisors, with Col. Little and Lewis Garrard, of Columbus, Major Joe Cumming, Hon, W. H, Fleming and Hon. Joe Lamar, of Augusta, and otheis of equal prominence. It is not seemed to be generally known but there has been no codification of the laws of the state since 1853 when the original code was published. Three re visions have taken piece but they have been done by private parties. This mak ing of a new code is one of the most im portant acts of the last legislature. For Commissioner of Agriculture The announcement comes very direct that Hon. Martin Calvin will be a candi date for commissioner of agriculture at lhe election next year., President Wad dell, president of the State Agricultural society, was a candidate, but I am in f u rned that be will not be in the race, but will do what he can to assist Col. Calvin. Col. Calvin is one of the ablest men who have represented Georgia on the fl >or of the general assembly in the last few years. He has been in the lower house for i everal terms, and Richmond county would send him just as long as he would c onsent to take the place. He has, how ever, had strong influences to make the iace against Captain Nesbitt, and I learn has definitely decided to go into into it. T hey will make the race lively. EAST ROME ELECTION V. ill Occur on the S.cond Monday in January. Etstßome will elect a mayor and two councilman on tbe second Monday in J.uuaiy. Mr. O. H. present in- ml' ROME TRIBUNE. cumbent, has been mayor so long: that t | people can hardly think of anybody else in the place. He is a good one and is a progressive citizen, and the people elect him whether he wants it or not. The registration books have closed, and thirty-one voters are registered. Here is the list of voters # • For the Years 1893 94. O. H. McWilliams, J. H. Reynolds, :8. U. Lindsay, Bruce Harris, , \ W. M. Dunn, Henry Hine, . iH. A Dean, • B. W. Given, J B. I. Hughes, A. M. Dunn, W. M. Gammon, H. M. Hays, W W C. Smith, D. T. Barclay, C. Terhune Harry Rtwlins, W. G. Gammon, H. Yancey, J. A. Bowen, B. J. Ragan, A. M. Weatherly, Joe Veal, IR T. Connally, J. B. Patton, | C E. Patton, C. T. Clements, 1 Q. D. Hanna, H. B Parks, N.J. Steele, Barney Welper, George Wyatt. PIEDMONT! ELECTION- Municipal Officer* Chosen-The Town Is Growing. Piedmont, Ala., Dec. elected the following municipal officers yesterday. Mayor W. J. Brock. _ v W Councilmen, J. J- Eubanks, Ledbetter, B. F. Hughes, Lon Ferguson, John Craig and John P. Wolf. They are all good citizens, thoroughly identified with the interests of the city. The election was held under the n Sayre election law, and would have worked satisfactorily but for some defect in the registration list furnished the man agers, which did not contain the names of many who had registered. These parties were all denied the privilege of voting on account of their names not being on the certified lists in the hands ,of the .. anagers. This mistake is unac countable. _. Piedmont is moving on nicely. ine shoe factory is being overhauled and wi resume operations soon. .. The seminary has a large roll of pup and new ones are coming in every day. The cotton mill is prospering and run ning on full time. . I There are no vacant houses in Fiea . I mont. - U MARRIED thirty-three YEARS- Have a Qul« The governor was at his office all the morning, but in the after noon bad a family gathering at the man sion. THE WILSON BILL Reported to Congress Yesterday—Demo crats Support it Cordially. Washington, Dec., 19.—“ the Ameri can people after the fullest and most thorough debate ever given by any people of their fiscal policy, have de liberately and rightly decided that the existing tariff is wrong in principle and grievously us just in operation.” Such is the opening paragraph of the maj irity report today, submitted by the democratic members of the ways and means committee. The full committee report was written by Chairman Wilson. It was laid by him before the democratic associates last night and received their cordial approval. The bill declares for revenue only. SHE CONVINCED THEM That She is a Very Remarkable Little Woman. Annie Abbott was given a larger bouse last night than the night before, but it was not such as might have been ex pected. It was a rather skeptical crowd, and those on the stage did their best to solve the mystery, while the audience had lots of fun at the expense of the committee men. Among those on the stage were Capt. J. J. O’Neal, W. M. Towers,.Ar thur Word, T. O. Hand, Ed Colclough,' Ed Bawsell, John Reece, Lee Byrd and others. Tbe little magnet gave about tbe same program as the night before, and satis fied every douter that she possesses some wonderful power. The members of the committee did their best, and all agreed that tbe force she exerts is a mysterious one. It was an interesting exhibition from beginning to end. Many called on Miss Abbott at tbe Armstrong yesterday, including severs physicians, and tbe entire city has become interested in her. MRS- HENRY DOSS Died Yesterday at Her Home in the Fourth Ward. Mrs. Henry Doss died yesterday morn ing at 3:30 o’clock at her home in the Fourth ward. 1 For many months she has been a mar tyr to consumption, and her death was not unexpected by her friends. She was a joung woman of many high character istics, and her death is the cause of much | mourning among those who knew her. Her husband is left with a young child , to grieve over the loss. She will be ( buried at Pleasant Valley this morning. The Illinois Horticultural society has ■ j ust closed a session at Springfield. present in- adfafsdffafs A D ! r AULTER. * ' Late Chafe Arnold, of Atlanta, / Man. hi Was Found to Be Short Several Thousand F Dollars. Special to The Tribune. W Atlanta, Dec. 19.—Charles MnWg whose death a few days ago brough the most flittering notices from tm newspapers, was a defau ter to the exW tent of many thousand dollars. I This has just been discovered, and has created a sensation here. At the time of his death Mr. Arnold . held three positions in which he J™ 8 trustee of funds. He was the BMretMy and treasurer of the Georgia Hedge com pany; the secretary and treasurer oi n« Piedmont Exposition compi ny, and secretary and treasurer of bt. Phihp Episcopal church. He had also been secretary and treasurer of «he tempora y carnival last year. With the Georgia Hedge companyr his shortage is something over SI,OOO. With church not over SIOO. The books o the Piedmont Exposition company n-ve not been examined, but it is thought the shortage will amount to several thousand “ There are rumors now that his sudden death may have been caused by himsetf. He had many friends here who ire ing the mantle of charity over the faults > of the old man. _ THE COMING AND COING Os the People You Know and Some That You Don’t Know- Miss Louise Gomtz is up, after an a tack of the grip. Mr. B. T. Hargrove is at home again, after spending a week down the river. Ed Shropshire, an old Rome boy with many friends the city for few n from Floyd county, came down from Rome yesterday and spent a few hours in the city on his way to Augusta. THE NIGHT SCHOOL- Registration of Pupils Will Begin on Next Friday. Friday and Saturday Prof. Harris will register those who desire to attend the night school to be opened in January. He will be at tbe public school building on the tower hill from 9 to 2 o’clock on these days for that purpose. The registration will be continued on the following Friday and Saturday, dur ing these same hours. It is impelative that ail who intend to become pupils reg ister at the earliest bonvenience. CHEROKEE LODGE Held Its Annual Election of Officers Last Night. There was a large and enthusiastic at tendance at the meeting of Cherokee Lodge No. 66, F. & A. M., last night. Tbe brethren were out in force, many coming from different homes in the countiy to be present. Tbe annual election of officers occurred with thefollowingresult: Max Meyerhardt, W. M. James C. Brown, S. W. •James B. Hill, J. W. B. F. Clark, treasurer. ’ R. H. West, secretary. THE FATHER OF THE HOUSE. Representative O’Neill’s Death Transfers the Distinction to Silver Dollar Bland. Distinction as “father of the house,” which was enjoyed by the late Repre sentative Charles O’Neill of Philadel phia since the death of his colleague, Judge William D. Kelley, has now de scended to the paternal progenitor of the silverbill known as the “Bland act,” or the “dollar of the daddies” bill. In continuous service the Hon. Richard Parks. Bland of Missouri is the father of the house, although in age and length of experience in congressional affairs sev eral other members are his seniors. Mr. Bland is 58 years of age, is now in his eleventh consecutive term, and at the end of his present term, March 3, 1895. he will have served 22 years. In years of service in the house, however, “Ob jector” Holman of Indiana exceeds all others who are now members of the house. Mr. Holman is 71 years of age, entered the house in 1859, and with the exception of three terms (six years) ho has been in congress ever since. Another member of the house entered that body earlier than Mr. Holman, but served only four years, and after aw ab sence of 32 years returned to the houso this year. The latter is General Daniel E. Sickles, who first entered the house in 1857. —Washington Post. Illinois State Gr mze, in session at Springfield, elected officers yesterday. CITY GLEANINGS. returned <ro» oon.tr, borne, where he b„ bee. -etch, ing the progress of a saw mill he has been putting up. The “ill « now fin ished, but will be run as a private affair. He has four large farms, and decided to saw his own lumber. He is a progressive farmer as well as business man. W the Y. M. C. A. night “Resolved that America red man.” It was lie next sub- T $ the < » Th i I™ in r . f Be .A > %l , .'“(J aO« 1 Medical BiM ■'* eral ' rooms there, Died In Atlanta, . / Tne m luy fr i e n BaWSiSfiOISRS Durant, of Atlaut^Hp>s^' J i j of’fte death, day their little rant is well known Ross, and Mr. lanta newspaper friends in Rome. In Captain Rowell s O(Ii < e - J. B. Neviu, the latest legal fraternity, has placed the office of Rowell, Under* ell and will swing bis breeze along with the many leHg who inhabit that building. BURIED YESTERDAY. The Last Sad BBeS Over Captain Ja Carey. i Captain James Carey was buried fcarday afternoon on Myitle Hill honors, and many hearts oe reßal *• were held at the Captain Carey was a high qualities were who knew him, and they more than ever as they know of parture from earth. He was a üßp Rome can ill tfiord to do without, and the loss of such a citizsn is the cause of universal mourning. A SISTER’S DEVOTION. Nine Years of Hard Work to Secure the Release of a Michigan City Convict. A touching story of sisterly devotion has been brought to light by the visit of Miss Kate L. Kennedy to her brother, Charles Kennedy, a life term convict at Michigan City. Kennedy was received at the penitentiary in 1884, convicted for murder. Nine years have elapsed since Miss Kennedy entered upon what she declared to be the mission of her life. There has been apparently no obstacle too great for her to overcome, no sacri -1 fice that she would not make in the 1 cause to which she has already devoted ' the best years of her young life. With i tears in her eyes she has appealed to gov ernors, United States senators and con gressmen. There was none who did not give heed to her sorrowful plea, but the letters which she has obtained in. support of her appeal for executive clemency have apparently been without effect. Her purpose has been persistent ly pursued through every administra tion since that of Governor Gray. Hope long deferred has only given her strength to continue her efforts. , Her travels have taken her to Wash ington, where, in the capitol building, she found many who were touched by . her simplicity of manner and the ear . nest prayer which she breathed for as sistance to swing open the prison gate and bid a disgraced brother once more ' enjoy liberty. Senator Hill was visited at Albany by the youthful petitioner. From New York Miss Kennedy traveled to Harris ■ burg, where Governor Pattison freely - granted her an interview. Thence she went to Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky and other states. Prominent newspaper men, preachers and lawyers have supplement ed her pleading for mercy. Her belief in her brother’s innocence has prompted work in other directions. Soon after Kennedy entered upon his term of imprisonment Miss Kennedy adopted masculine attire, and for weeks tramped about the slums and frequented , the gambling bouses of Cincinnati in , search of evidence which could be made the basis for an application for a re hearing. She found it a hopeless task to . establish her brother’s innocence, though her faith never wavered. Governor Mat , jbews has promised careful considera tion of the case.—-La Porte (Ind.) Cor. Chicago Record. Mrs. Eleanor Floyd and both her sons ; were indicted for complicity with Phil Scheig in robbing tbe Minneapolis bank. - • \ > ■’ rW*T* DUMB AS AN OYSTER l ; fi Newspaper Men Complain of ] Secretary Thurber. , 1 he is AFRAID The Most Devoted and Se !. f " i sacrificing Friend the President Had. Washington, D. C., December 19 - •rS state department strange and delicate duties to P er J or ! 1 ’ Not long ago information reached e partment that a newly arrived fomignj minister was being ' I taiu plana the president has made for celebrating Christmas, there does not seem to lie any good reason why the private sec etary should not enlighten them. When the president decides to slip away to New York on private business, the newspaper men cannot imagine why Mr. Thurber should tell them fibs about it and throw dust in their eyes. Evidently Private Sec retary Thurber has not yet learned the pri vate secretary art of which Daniel Lamont was so great a master—the art of satisfy ing newspaper craving for news by telling the little things while all the big things are kept as mum as extra dry. A case in point occurred not long ago. Joe Jefferson was in town, and as he and Mr. Cleveland are warm friends nothing could be more natural than that the presi dent should make up a box party and go to see Old Rip. There was no great state secret about this, and yet Private Secre tary Thurber was afraid to tell the news papers that the president was going to the theater! The Venerable Senator Palmer. Poor old Senator Palmer! That’s what the gossips are saying in Washington. The old senator has been one of the most de voted and self sacrificing friends President ' Cleveland ever bad, and he has bad a good many. Senator Palmer’s friends wanted to send a delegation from Illinois to the last Democratic national conven tion to boom him for president, but the senator himself objected and declared he was for the nomination of Mr. Cleveland. When the convention came on and a crisis was reached, there was a movement to bring the old man forward and if possible to nominate him with a rush. Senato* Palmer put a stop to it, and when called out in the convention declared for Cleve land. As a senator he has always been one of Mr. Cleveland’s stanchest supporters. He stood hard and fast in the silver fight, in the Hawaiian debate, in everything. But whenever there is a big office to be given out in Illinois, an appointment really worth having, it is Senator Palmer’s po litical enemies who are consulted by the president, not Senator Palmer. The sen ator’s ill success in the matter of appoint ments has become one of the standing jokes of the camtal. It is now a well un derstood tradition among the office seekers that the indorsement of the aged senator who has loved Mr. Cleveland so well and served him so loyally is sure to be fatal. Therefore the expression, heard on every hand, “Poor old Senator Palmer!” An Awful Lapsus Linguie. Senator Cullom was guilty of an almost unparalleled offense against the dignity of the senate the other day—an offense which would have sent John J. Ingalls or George F. Edmunds into a conniption fit had either of those old time guardians of ' the senatorial dignity been present on the floor. Some little bill or resolution had come up for consideration. As it was a matter tai which Senator Palmer was known to be interested, Senator Callom, eager to follow the rule of courtesy which a senator extends to his colleague from i the same state, glanced around and saw that Mr. Palmer was not in his seat, and I then exclaimed: ( “Mr- President. I think this matter had better go over u» toe oxa genueman gets Cullom sat down all uncon scious of the fact that in speaking of Mr. Palmer as “the old gentleman instead of as “my colleague,” or ““v coHeague the distinguished junior senator from nil nois,” he had committed a great crime, and continued unaware thereof until he saw the smiles on the faces of senators all about, him for an explanation. Uijuuv _ FOOLING THE BIRDS. They Are Drawn from Their Hiding Places In the Forests. I havShJieard young women whistle mimicking the songs of the birds ‘the blackbird and the thrush They simple instruments by the fireside, which were XfljHiLried' in the pocket, the whole which they mimicked! the It is seldom gets such a searo as force received the other row in front of the policeman has made himself to the newsboys who the postoffice. He seemed take delight in moving them oi®ESMh boys had no redress, but at IdM®® took up a scheme which has afffflK® pleasure to small boys more than They secured an old pair of trousers, together with a coat and a hat, which they stuffed with straw. Waiting un til the policeman was looking in their direction, two of them, with the dum my between them, boldly walked out of Beekman street and started across Park row toward the postoffice. The sight of the two boys in charge of a man who apparently could not take care of hiin self interested the policeman, and he started to follow them. The boys walked on until they reached the mid dle of the street, when they threw the figure on the track before an approach ing horse car and fled. With a pale face and an involuntary cry of terror the policeman ran toward the body. He had gone but a few feet when he tripped and fell. The driter of the car put on the brake just as the horses reached the body. Just then two boys rushed from the postoffice, seized the body by the legs, one on each side, and ran down Beekman street with it amid the shouts of their companions, who had been silent but much amused witnesses of the joke. The policeman did not fallow.—New York Sun. A Maine Stase'Llne. There is a cross country stage line from Abbott Village, Me., on the Pis cataquis river, to Bingham, on the Ken nebec, the only intervening settlements being Kingsburg and Mayfield, both such small villages that they are scarce ly distinguishable from the surrounding country. The length of the route is over 25 miles, and it is doubtful if there are many more than 50 occupied dwell ing houses on the main road along the line. —Lewiston Journal. An Observant Michl<ander’a Dtacovery. “Did you ever notice,” said M. B. Church of Grand Rapids at the Nor mandie, “that the Washington monu ment has the exact dimensions of an ocean steamship? It has. It is 550 feet long and 55 feet at the base. Just com pare these figures with those of the lead ing Atlantic liners, and you will find that they are just about the same— length 10 times the beam and depth. It is the outcome of symmetry. ”—Wash ington Post., * " -Jg ****** PRICE UVE CENTS. HE HAS THE NERVE. ■ Daring of Stambuioff, Bulga ria’s Prime Minister. fl THE DIPLOMATIC AGENT. ||BH Single Handed He Has Heid k|S| the Russian Empire at ||iflS| Bay for Yeart. For what Bulgaria is today she is debted almost solely to the valor wisdom and indomitable will of ' Stambuioff. the prime minisUa- For years he hasjheblfl L siaq empire at I>ajfl ~.s gr< i As t ' ■' ''J lost his tfir® j/?"' “ ' ’ ■,' , - heed»<he prime ininist Prince Ferdiifand is more puts himself fufly in the hands buloff, making the latter the real of Bulgaria amPthe chief guardian throne. How daring and vigorous the is in his great work has again been in striking incidents. ' There was, for example, the arrest of Major Panitza, who was at the head of the most dangerous and powerful plot ever organized against the prince. Stambuloff finally settled the matter by making the arrest himself alone. At midnight he knocked at Panitza’s door. ’ The major’s wife, with a loaded pistol in her hand, admitted him. Recognizing him and divining his er rand, she raised the weapon to fire. Ha looked at her, and her arm fell, and she * turned away. Then Stambuloff went up to Panitza’s room. He found him in bed, a loaded revolver at his side. “Major Panitza,” said the minister calmly, “get up, dress yourself and come with me.” The desperado grasped his revolver. The minister folded hjs arms and looked at him as Marius looked at the slave who came to slay him. Panitza laid down the weapon, rose, dressed himself and foliowe<l his captor to prison.—Mel - bourne Argus. SflN State Ownership or toiepuones. 1 The proposed agreement between d®l||M| postoffice and the National Telepl®"- 'J company, by which the former wdjdHg®® all the trunk lines, has not signed, although it has been completion nearly six tion will shortly be called > J in the house of commons, the house will refuse to cation of the scheme end committee the question office or municipal i«>d>®;'K the telephone business ®„ > , Public opinion is speed® , favor of state ownership. New York Sum