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VOL. VI. NO. MAKES HIM TIRED. I; ' Tl But '"n President has to En- ; »<ure the Handshaking. ; < NEW YEAR’S RECEPTION ■ I 1 At the White House-Standing J In Line for a Handshake. I Common People. I ' 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 ■ .? * >•*>&< $? 1 ' ‘ - V H n is ® it! ’.Z ! »'<■»* T!.o V"’ is a universal 1* by no means conf.ned to pconW not in society. Half the social ths capital is based on ♦ailed tuft bunting—ths d. JH$ 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 cH»£ji 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 Ss. a i”'- ’‘i' l ’ ! v:tlj le ' vute r. u. ’ij s: »'h<>;- : u be v /-?■ >*'* ,* r.o " ' A „ . ~d»ar.d 1 shah sc hired 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&ltb, 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 . -.. - 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