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VOL. VI. NO.
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NEW YEAR’S RECEPTION ■
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At the White House-Standing J
In Line for a Handshake. I
Common People.
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Wawukotom, Jan. I. [Spacial.]
Th* Naw Year’s reception at th* White
kaus* atarta up another social season in -
Ih* national capital. New Year’s is a
peat day in Washington. For the first j
Eai* since the winter of 1888-9 the com
mon people will havo a chance to shako
Mr. Cleveland by the hand. Twice a year 1
during a president’* term of office the ’
aaaeaea have an opportunity to get at him.
These oeeaslons are the Naw Year's day
aeceptlou and the public levea. Tradition '
has ordaiued that a president shall in this <
manner throw open his doors and bld who
aoeyer will to aome. As rn’.y ba imagined,
<h* people need no urging. They asrive
al the White House early ia the moral. ■'•a
and stay aa long as they have to, which |
uaually 1* a long tins. The crowd is so
vast and the line of handshakers *o alow k
ia ID* movement that hours are required
to “work off” the wholo assemblage.
There Is alwaya a great deal of natural ,
and pardonable curiosity to see a real live
yreeideni of the United States, to shake
hi* hand and look him in the eye. This
year proves no exception to the rule. In
fact, the curiosity is greater than usual,
ier xearly every one desires to see how tbe
president looks after nil these stories about
his failing health, and also to have a look
at Mrs. Cleveland, now that jfhe has be
som* a sober matron. The women natural
ly wish to see what changes timo has
wrought in her and to compare the mother
of two fine girls to th* bride of the White
Souse.
Besides, there are the wives of the cabi
net ministers, who always assist the presi
dent and the mistress of tbe executive
mansion at thehr teak. Mrs. Carlisle,
Mrs. Lamont and Mrs. Gresham *nj known
here of old, the last named having been in
society and essieted at White House func
tion* wken her husband was postmaster
general in the Arthur administration.
Mrs. Olney, Mrs. Bissell and Mrs. Smith
are nlwcqmera. and the masses of people,
who
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n is
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is a universal
1* by no means conf.ned to pconW
not in society. Half the social
ths capital is based on
♦ailed tuft bunting—ths d. JH$
yeast, men r.gd wwien, to
printed side by side with th< iBHBHBH
eiety columns of the u
live that actuates the l>aet:'nuMSH
ladies who drive to the White
their carriages on the occasion of cHȣji
aeptions is the same that moves
sands who wwt. nil’c.rd
Year's day and the evening of thWfJs $
As early as 9:80 or 10
Xsernirß people begin arriviugMMH|
White House. They hr.;o v .yi
the doois will net be opened
and that they will n o to
all that But between
10 and securing a front place
promptly admitted to the great houlMH||
th* presence of its great master and ■■
ing at 12 only to stand two or three
is line, now and then moving up a
•r two, there is not much choice. If therto
i* a preference, it is in favor of the earlyj
arrival, for then the affair has the-zsst-of
novelty to all concerned, th* president aud
hi* assistant* are good natured. because
they are not tired, and 'there are not so
much hurrying and jostling as there ere !
later on. Tha reception begins promptly
at noon, when the president and his com
pany sweep down the grand staircase and
lake up their positions in the Blue parlor.
The Marin* band plays “Hail to the
Chief,” and Director Fanclulli swings his
baton with an energy which won’t contin
ue through more than two or three num
bers. Than the doors are thrown open, and
the people are admitted, running thegant
-I*l of a line of policemen, who see that
good order is maintained.
Thy Line of Receivers.
The president stands at the head of the
•eceiving column, with Mrs. Cleveland
next to him. Ladies of the cabinet, in the '
order of their husband’s rank under the
presidential succession law, fill out the
line. Only tha president indulges in hand
shaking, and he merely presses the fingers
which are popped into his and exclaims,
*ol*d to see you.” It is great fun for the
visitors, but tiresome work for the presi
dent. After an hour or so the officials of
She White House go out front and size up
t#i* crowd. If there is still a great num
her of people waiting, orders are given te
“rush ’em through.” Then the Injunc
tion is passed along the line, and “Step
lively,” “Hurry along there,”- “Don’t
•top,” are the exclamations frequently
heard. The president does his best to fa
cilitate matters. It is a very short shake
flhat be gives, not to say a cold shake. The
New Year’s caller who has stood two hour*
in line, with aching limbs and cold feet, is
run through the mill so quickly, gets such
a fleeting glimpse es Grover and emerge* j
with so intangible and shadowy a recol
lection of having see* a big man and a
row of elegantly attired women that he '
wonders why he was *uch an idiot a* to 1
go to all that trouble in order to ■«• aueh i
a dissolving vltov sort of show. ,
A Job Lot.
After all, the people are th* show. They
are an assortment— a job lot. Mlmy of 1
them are as good people as you would care 1
to knew in this world or the next, byt for i
tbe qiost part they are unfashionable.
They ar* of all race*, whit* and black, .
young and old. Five-eixth* of them are
women. Thwmen danot seem to be con
mimed by much of this sort of curiosity. 1
Old women will take their daughters along <
to help b°ld them up during the long wait, j
•nd other women will set off sink bad.
THE ROWE TRIBUNE.
mu evaxa rar two nours in a snowstorm
all for th* p «sur* of having a hop, skip
and jump look at th* president and his
wife. The people who have any social
pretension* at all do not go near these New <
Year’* reception*. To do so is to confess
you hav* not been invited to one of the
card events, and that, you know, is awful, i _
Every winter the president gives five big
receptions, in this order: New Y T ear’s day,
to the public; second, to tbe diplomatic
corp*; third, to the judiciary and congress;
fourth, to the army, navy and marina
corps, and fifth, to the public again. All
but th* New Year’s *v*ut ar* given 1* th*
«v*nlug from 8 to 11.
FIRE AT POWDER SPRINGS:
The store and Stock of D. A. Bennett
Destroyed.
Special to tbe Tribune.
Powder Springs, Ga., Jan. 1. —The
store and entire stock of merchandise,
worth about $3,500, of D. A. Bennett
were destroyed by fire tonight at 8
o’clock. Seventeen hundred and fifty
dollars insurance. Origin of fire un-,
known.
MAY NOT CAUCUS
Representative Oates Gives an Intlmatlox
About the Tariff Bill.
Washington, Dec. 28. —There is some
"doubt yet whether the Wilson tariff bill
will be submitted to a caucus of tbe
I democratic party. Representatives
■ Oates, of Alabama, sasd today in discuss
ing the matter:
“The call for a caucus has been pre
pared and signed by the necessary num
ber of members, and Chairman Holm»n
will probably issue it very soon after the
reassembling of Congress. But this cau
cus is simply for the purpose of consid
ering the question as to whether the
tariff bill shall or shall not be submitted
to another and subsequent caucus. The
discussion "of this proposition will proba
bly occupy the whole of one session of
the party representatives.
“There appears to be a disposition to
push the bill through without a caucus,
as some members of the ways and means
committee think that in open house dem
ocra’io members will be more likely ts
support its propositions without opposi
tion than if they were assured of the se
_ an red of a caucus.
' this they are
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hold Turkey responsible
i for finy overt act made against her by the
I Albanians.—N. Y. Herald.
SUBLIME PORTE AND THE PRESS.
The Rapers Refuse to Submit to Orders ot
tbe Suitau,
Constantinople, Deo. 30.—The di
rectors and editors of the so-called
foreign papers published here refuse to
submit to tbe trade recently issued by
tbe Sultan, declaring that the papers
would be suspended and their editors ex
pelled unh ss they published the names
of the contributors to the papers. Among
the more prominent “foreign”
journals are the Neologos, Greek; By
zantes, Greek; La Turquie, French;
Stamboul, French; Moniteur, Oriental,
Anglo-French; Eastern Express Weekly
Budget, English; Telegraph Tempo,
Italian, and Akhtar, Persian.—N. Y.
Herald.
SAVANNAH COTTON.
The Receipts Show a Great Increase Over
Last Year.
The receipts of cotton at this port from
the opening of tbe season, September 1,
up to the closing of the year last night,
were 732 271 baits, against 605,869 bales
for the same period in 1892, showing an
increaoe of 126,404 bales over last year.
These enormous receipts are owing to
the general advanced movement of cot
ton throughout the south. On account
of excellent weather since the beginning
of tbe season, the crop has been har
vested earlier than usual and the general
stringency of tbe money market has
caused the staple to be sent to market as
soon as possible.
Savannah is holding its own as to the
amount of receipts, being third in tbe
list of the leading ports, and only 69,C00 ■
behind Galveston. New Orleans has ie
ceived 1,250,000 bales and is the first on
the list.—Morning News-
ROVIKWA., TUKSDa* MORNING, JANUARY 2,
MANY MATTERS
Os Interest Before the County
Commissioners.
THE CHAINGANG REPORT i
1
Shows An Epidemic of Grip
and One Death —That
Stockade Matter.
The meeting of the county commis
sioners yesterday was interesting in
many of its features, and a considerable
amount of work was done.
The free ferry matter provoked a great
deal of discussion, pro and con, and it
was finally decided to continue the three
now in operation. G. F. Sardin was
given the contract for Veal’s feiry at $lB
per month. M. L. Troutman was given
the contract at Troutman’s at the same
price. There being two bids at sls tor
i Freeman’s, the contract was not let.
The County Stockade Matter.
The petition of the mayor and council
to build a stockade at tbe rock quarry
’ and put the county convicts there during
the win‘er months, letting the work be
done on the streets of Rome, was taken
into consideration. It was considered
rather favorably, with some changes and
additions, and a committee was ap
pointed to investigate and report. This
committee consists of W. L. Selmsn,
chairman, W. A. Wrightand J. C. Foster.
The matter has attracted a great deal
of attention in Rome aud all over the
county. The idea has been fully given
in The Tribune, and seems to meet
with.almjjt universal favor. About the
only matter of difference yel noted,’.s
the expressed opinion of some that the
city should build the stockade instead of
the county.
That fence Question.
The recant defeat of the fence law men
in Barker’s district brought out a num
ber of petiiitions from peeple in that dis
trict asking to be transferred to the Cave
Spring district, where there is a fence
1 law. Many have been thus transferred
in the with a few more Barker’s
will be lef;’Whout the requisite number
to make aVgilitia district
Report.
The Crawf Moore, su
' K atl K> showed
that ho now two
females in sow d a y H be
i will finish work
It Is Not Believed that the
Stock be Voted.
Says the Savannah Morning News:
“It may now be considered as definitely
determined that so far as the Richmond
Terminal’s 42,000 shares of the Central
stock are concerned, they will not be
votep ',by co-receiver Hayes, as he will
not be in Savannah until after January 4,
on which date he will meet Receiver
Comer in Washington.
“It is the belief among railroad men
here that the stock will not be voted at
all, and Attorney Crawford is taken at
his word when he intimates as much in
the interview with him sent out from
New York.”
A FABULOUS FIND-
A Colorado Vein of Quartz That Assays
87U8 to the Ton.
Cripple Creek, Col., Dec. 30.—The
year 1893, remarkable for gold discover
ies, ends with a find in this camp that
may beat the record. In the Cammiia
mine, between Rave and Guyot bills, at a
depth of 33 feet, a vein of quartz was
struck on Thursday. Eight simpbs
from it were assayed and showed an av
erage of $768 to the ton. The vein is at
least 30 inches wide and there are 1,000
feet of it in the Cammilla.
CLEVELAND AND THE CANAL-
Said to Be Heartily in Favor of the Nic
aragua Canal.
Minneapolis, Dec- 27—The Journal
prints the following story from
ington: ■
‘There are indications which pout to
a possible change of policy on the part
of the administration. ; Hawaii maybe
come a necessary part of a great project
which Mr. Cleveland expects to make
one of the most prominent and conspic
uous features of his last term in the
White House It is nothing more or less
than a determination to push through
the Nicaraguan canal with government
aid. The canal company is practically
brnkrupt, and its promoters have for
several years been trying to induce the
government to come to its rescue. A bill
for this purpose was up in the last con
gress, but the terms were too liberal to
the stockholders, and it did not pass
either house.
President Cleveland has become in-;
tensely interested in this project, be
lieving that the completion of the canal
under the auspices of the .United States
and its control by the tJnited. States
would mark the of a bril
liant foreign trade by the United States.
It is universally recognized here that if
the United States is to control tha Nic
araguan canal the Hawaiin islands imme
diately loom up on our horizon. They
become the strategic point of the Pacific
ocean commanding the western entrance
to the canal. The eastern entrance can
be commanded from our gulf ports and
the Mole St. Nicholas, and Hawaii would
give us the control of the western coign
of vantage. If we are not to assume a
protectorate over the islands, a coaling
station at Pearl river harbor in perpetuity
is an essential; but above all ths inde
pendence of the islands, if we are not to
take them, is paramount. Commanding
the western entrance to at.y canal con
necting the two great oceans of the
Orient and the Occident, they lie in the
direct path of the Chinese trade, if that
is to increase in volume.
THE OLD BOARD RE-ELECTED.
The Terminal Stock Not Voted In the Cen
tral Election.
Savannah, Ga. Jan. I. The old board
of Ceatral directors was re-elected at the
stockholders’ meeting here today.
The Terminal stock was not voted and
nothing was heard from its forty-two
thousand shares.
There, was no opposition to the old
board.
STANTON AND KNOX
Will Bring With Them Joe Johnson, the
Celebrated Imitator.
Seats are on sale for the entertainment
Thursday night when Frank L. Stanton
and J. Armoy Knox will appear at the
opera hous». The attraction is one that
will be patronized by the best people,
and they should see that the bouse is
filled.
Mr. Stanton entered daily journalise
on The Tribune and some of
home of Major and Mrs. R. J. Bacon, oc
curred a beautiful private wedding. It
was the marriage of their daughter, Miss
Mamie Crowe and Mr. J. M. Callaway,
pastor of the Baptist Church at Forsyth.
The ceremony was impressively per
formed by Rev. Mercer Callaway, tbe
father of the groom, in a room beauti
fully decorated and lighted by candel
abra and many handsome lamps. The
bridal party was preceded by Masters R.
J. and Milton Bacon, who formed, with
white ribbons, an aisle through which
the party marched. Mendelssohn’s wed
ding march was artistically rendered by
Mrs. G. M. Bacon, of DeWitt. The bride
was charmingly attired ia a bridardrees
of white silk, trimmed with lace and rib-1
bons, admirably suited to her dainty, ■
flower-like beauty. Her form was en
tirely enveloped in an illusion veil,
caught up with Roman hyacinths. The
bridesmaids, Mrs. H. A. Turner, Jr., of I
Albany, and Miss Laura Bacon, of Bacon-:
ton, were becomingly gowned in even-;
iug dress. The other attendants were
M ssrs. DeWitt and Holcombe Bacon, of i
DeWitt. There were present only the i
relatives and near neighbors of the
family. Numbers of handsome presents
from many friends in different parts of
the country were received. After the
ceremony the guests enjoyed a delight
ful supper. The occasion was character
ized throughout by the well known, cor
dial hospitality of Major and Mrs. Bacon.
Miss Frances Ewing, daughter of tie
United Spates minister to Belgium and
niece of Vice President Stevenson, and
B. B. Beechar, of Memphis, Tenn., were
married at Baltimore, Md.
The 'ce in the river at Burlington, 10.,
went out Sunday night, taking with it
the larger part of the skating rink which
had just been built.
SENEY’S SENSATION.
Her Three Saloons Closed up
Yesterday
BECAUSE OF HIGH LICENSE
Suddenly Imposed by the
Mayor and Council—ls
It a Bluff? ,
The little town of Seney, in this county,
was struck by a municipal sensation yes
terday, and the inhabitants of that burg
are all discussing The matter.
. i Atlanta once went through the throes
; of a high license sensation, so did Rom*,
. - and now Seney follows suit. There are
,: not many stores in Seney—about as many
i ■as you can count on the fingers of one
band, not including the thumb. Os this
; number three are saioons—or were.
i The saloon licenses expire on the last
day of the year. A license brings S2OO
' per.annum, and the saloon men thought
this high enough. Yesterday the mayor
‘ and city council met and decided that
i Seney should get more, and finally fixed
' the figure at S3OO.
I Result—three saloons with olos d doors
■ an;l no licenses taken out.
I If the saloon men stick to
town is out just S6OO, a
for that place. If they
e couucil
icwii is
The question is, isWF* .'■•*.-■’!
work ? or, will Seney
SUDDENLY
Mr', Df'Juurnette'? Death 8
Buried
Mrs. Mary DeJournotte
stricken with paralysis
morning and died in a few hours
residence on East First street.
78 years of age, but has been wonders
fully strong for her age, and was up ana
dressed when stricken. Dr. Griffin wad
hastily summoned but nothing could ha
done to save her.
|1 For years she has been a resident Wjl
Rome, and all knew her
many high qualities and
.'.er gentle ®
Another
Mrs. Katherine Baumgartner died
Sunday at her home on Eigth avenue,
and was carried to Knoxville for inter
ment. She had reached the age of 87,
but until a short time before her death
still preserved a sturdy healthfulneis
; that seemed to predict many more years
iof usefulness. She had many friends in
I the city, who deeply regret to know of
• her death. Her son is connected with
the O’Neill Manufacturing Company.
THE COMING AND GOING
i Os the People You Know and Some That
You Don’t Know.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hamilton returned
■ yesterday from Macon.
Cloud Jones is out again after several
days’ sickness.
Will Anderson, a prominent young
. lawyei of Marrietta, spent yesterday in
I th j city.
I Walter Eckles, of Chattanooge, was
shaking bauds with his Kerne friends
■ yesterday.
Capt. A. B. S. Mosely has returned
from Taladega, Ala., and reports bis
father much improved in health.
Miss Katherine Albert, of Kentucky,
will arrive in a few days and will visit
Mrs. C. B. Hudgins. Miss Albert has
many friends here who will gladly wel
come her.
tha-Fberesgordbreak
Seem* to ba Getting People Into Bet
Water.
That Beresford escapade told of in The
Tribune is being investigated by Gov
ernor Northern.
Th s is from the Atlanta Journal:
•'When the reports were brought to
the governor’s attention, he ordered
Principal -Xceper Jones to investigate
them.
“He did so, reporting to the governor
thia msrning that the reports were true.
“Capt. W. B. Lowe, one of the lessees,
was cited to appear before the governor,
which he did this morning.
“He showed that Beresford was sub-let
to Mr. G. V. Grass, and that he was in no
wise resposible for what had been done,
as he understood it was authorized by
Mr, Gress. He gave his permission to
Berseford to go with Crabb.
“Governor Northern then passed an
order discharging Crabb and another
citing Mr. Gress to come before him and
show cause why he should not be fined
as the law provides.”
TH AT VIOLIN RECITAL.
It II From Friday Until Next
Monday Night.
That vio'in recital of Prof. Buchanan
has been postponed from Friday night
until Monday night, at which time a
large eudience will greet him. The
music-’oving people are all talking about
the affair, and are looking forward to it
with great anticipation.
Those to take part in the entertain
ment are all well known as artists in
their lines, and no one can afford to miss
Died In Texas.
Mr. I. D. Ford received a telegram
Ik»t night from Henriette, Texes, teiiing
him of the death of his brother, Mr. J.
A. Ford. No particulars were given.
The deceased formerly lived in Cave
Spring, and had many friends in this sec
tion who will regret io Know of his death.
He went to Tcxis ten years ago.
Will Leave Today.
Donald Harper, the well known young
lawyer, will leave this morning for New
fork, from where he will sail for France.
As has been told in The Tbibune he has
accepted a position with an American
firm in Paris.
Mixed the Bride*.
While two wedding processions were
fighting for the road at one of the gates
of Hankow the chairs holding the brides
got mixed and each lady was taken to
the wrong bridegroom. The gentlemen
never having seen their brides before, '
according to Chinese custom, knew no
mistake until the mothers of the brides
came to eull upon them. Then it was *
found that one of the brides, who wasJ
rich and intended for a rich husband, had’
fallen into the hands of a very poor man.
The problem remains unsolved.—Han
kow Correspondent.
John J. Ingalls.
Ingalls looked more attenuated than I
•ver when he made his address in Kansas
City the other day. His long frock coat,
closely buttoned, accentuated the gaunt
ness of his figure, and this, with the
streaks of white in his hair, made him
appear to be “a compromise between an
illuminated spook and an animated
moonbeam.” The ex-statesman is said
also on this occasion to have resembled
his cartoons more than fajs portraits.
New York World.
PRICE MVE CENTS.
MORPHINE
Ends th® Life of Miss Nanni*
McDaniel.
WITH ’SUICIDAL INTENT
It Is Believed the Drug was
Taken— 11l Health was
the Cause.
Mira Nannie McDaniel died in North
Rome Sunday morning at the resident*
of her brother-in-law, Mr. F. W. Qnarl**
The death was due to an overdose of
morphine, taken, ■ it is believed, with
suicidal intent.
She was a young woman not quite 86
years of age, and had been with her
sister, Mrs. Quarles, for about eighteen
months. Fcr the past few months she
his not'bren in good he<b, and by many
it was thought that the suffering had
affected her mind. However, thia was
not enough to cause uiiviertal comment.
All were horrified to know- of her tragi*
end Sunday.
Saturday
to w ” ru i ujfl£ X*l ** < i j
j metal on his
shod in steel, i Thus he appears,
6 mighty action, an aureole of
• j about him not to be put in words, "the;
•. Cid,’ or "master”—the terror of the (
1 Moors, the scourge of traitorous kings, ■
marking an epoch and a principle, lift-)
ing him out of the confused chivalry efl "
r the Ooths and standing out clear from
r shifting details into the light of day. !
; Now he is battling with trie Christian*
, 1 king, then he is making tfllianes with)
( ; the Moors, when banished, on his own'
account—to his owrt advantage ever—-j
‘‘Por murzar, ”as he said (to eat). Foe!
in the midst of all his glory the Cid'
was practical at heart, and at all time*,:
■ be it owned, a sad rufflaiv though ever
: tender to his own.—"Old Court Life In
' Spain.” j
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1 Drained a Lake by Boring Eolra.
In Florida Life is an article from the
' pe “. °£ B - W. Partridge of M< nticell.
above title. In it he describ*
drought-pf l£o' L»fc>
ter
The ufu i
water again.
Mr. Partridge conceived the idea that
the lake could be drained by boring holes
in its bottom and organized a company J
to try it.
Experts were engaged to examine and
report on the plan, and the result
that the company has bored a number
holes in the bottom of Lake
and the water is rushing down
them via a subterranean passagelto
gulf. In a fe W months they
permanently drain the lake
cover 10,000 acres of