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VOL. VI. NO. 1.920.
THE DOORS LOCKED
• • •
On Mr Bradwell While Prepar
ing Examinations
FOR WOULD-BE TEACHERS.
Insurance on the Old Capitol—
The Banks Making
Bonds.
Special to The Tribune.
Atlanta, Jan 2.—School Commis
sioner Bradwell i< busy today sending
out to county school commissioners cop
ies of the questions upon which the ex
amination of teachers to be held nex
Saturday will be based. Everything is
secret around the department on that ac
count. The doors are locked and nobody
whatever is admitted. These questions
are sent out under seal and every piecau
tion is taken to prevent anybody getting
hold of them.
The Commissioner's Instructions.
Commissioner Bradwell has issued as
circular No 13, a very interesting con
strue ion of the recently passed legisla
tion effecting tbe schools.
920,000 Insurance*
The State Had insurance to tbe amount
of $20,000 on the old capitol at Milledge
ville which was burned yes'erdiy. SIOO,
000 was in tbe Atlanta Home; $5,000 in
tbe Macon Fire and $5,000 in the North
British and Mercantile.
The Bonds Have Been Made.
Those of the state depositories which
desire to keep on hand as much as SIO,OOO
of the state’s money and have therefor
been compelled to make new bonds have
sent them in for approval with the ex
ception of the Georgia Railroad bank,
which bas not yet been received. The
Third National, ot
bond of S2OO 000; the Merch
Janta, SIOO,OOO, the LaGrange
and Trust Company, SIOO,OOO, |K||||i||
Savannah Banking and Trust
SIOO,OOO. All those who had
excess of this amount have
the central treasury, an 1 as the MHg£|||||
tions over the depositories
fully stilled Treasurer HardermatjWjgggS
happy.
THE TRADESMAN MS
Shows How the Southern States
pered In
The Tradesman, of cfttttanooga,
annual report of th? bßi
tablished in the
As would be
than in former total is 2,25 W
for 1893; in 1892 The del
crease is all in thSSt six months, the’
first half year showing an incrdhse. The
principal industries, which were fewer in
number, were b.ijck and tile works, of
which 50 were established in 1893 and 66
in 1892, and development companies, 39
being reported for 1893 and 57 in 1892. Ot
agricultural implements works 15 were
established, the same as in 1892. Twelve
breweries were reported against Id in
1892.
Canning facjpries have inc teased, the
present report giving 84, as against 67
last year, and 55 cotton compresses and
gins, while in 1892 63 were built. Cotton
and woolen mills have increased, 197 be
ing in 1893 ® LS’.te'
electric light and power
companies are reported, against 102 in
1892. Fiour and grist mills, 182 in num
ber, are 10 less than last year, and the
112 foundries and machine shops estab
lished in 1893 are but 5 less than the
number reported for 1892. F.f y-two ic>
factories and 167 mining and quarrying
companies are noted.
Only 23 phospnate mining companies
were' organized, the number for 1392
being 43 and 1891 being 135. This is a
clear indication that speculation in phos
phate properties has died out, and that
the business is now on a legitimate basis
New water works companies aggregat*
111 for 1893; for the previous year 123
were reported. Woodworking plan'*,
always the largest in number, show 642
ne v establishments, while 625 were le
portedin 1892 Miscellaneous industries
established in 1892 being 82.
The reports to tbe Tradesman from the
chief iron producing regions of the south
are of a hopeful nature and a general
feeling is reported that the recent ad vanc>
of 50 cents par ton in southern irons will
be followed by a further advance.
PIEDMONT INSTITUTE-
It Will Open at Rockmart, J muary 4th—A
Prosperous Institution*
Special to The tribune.
Rockmart, Jan. 2. —Piedmont Insti
tute, the prosperous conference school,
located here, opens on Monday, Jan. Bib.
This school grows larger and more sue.
ressful each session. Having been lo
cated and organized by the conferenct
board four years ago, it has grown and
prospered from the beginning. The en
rollment the first year was 143, with 19
boarding students, the second year 172
with 31 boarders, the third year 225 win
63 boarders, the fourth 282 and 87 board
era.
Good board can be obtained on the col
lege campus or in private families fron
$7 to $lO per month. Tbe tuition is ex
tremely low, when the character of the
THE ROME TRIBUNE.
instruction is considered. Healthful Ic
cation, prohibition county, free from the j
temptations and excitement of the city,
first-class buildings and equipments, the
best of teachers, and the cheapest school
of high grade in Georgia.
ATKINSON RESIGNS
His Position as Chairman ot the Demo,
cratic Executive Committee.
Atlanta, Jas. 2 —W. Y. Atkinson,
chairman of the state democratic ex
ecutive committee, has resigned. He
sent the letter to Judge Allen, the first
vice president of the committee. Mr.
Atkinson stated that he resigns because
be bas decided to become a candidate
for governor.
TO THE BITTER END.
A Desperate Struggle Over the Free Lead
Ore clause.
Washington, Jan. 2. [Special.]—
“We have a bigger fight on hand now
than the silver struggle of last summer,”
said Senator Dubois of Idaho to your cor
respondent. “It is the free lead ore feature
of the new tariff bill. We must defeat
that or our country will suffer more than
through the suspension of silver purchases.
Last fall we thought we were about as low
down as we could possibly
il.luk :u.;- wor*. ■' i;ii
the passage of in.- bill sll
a.-es. 101 l
ore is worse than ' 11.- ul<d'
Western men <'m:i'l like to
slant Ly before the world wit
niiads. It is not natural for
ing hard luck stories all the
have a duty to perform for the
sent us here, ami we shall have to
strong a fight as we can against
ture of the new tariff bill.
“I will tell you what I expect is going nM
happen. I think the Democrats who do ||
not like many important features of tIuUJ
new measure will form a
tbe Re[ jll b 1 ical
Frank
"fiatton, editor of the Washington Post. A
fifth member of that cabinet, Mr. Wayne
MacVeagh, has been sent as embassador to
Italy by President Cleveland. This makes
two of Mr. Arthur’s official advisers who
have been honored by high place under this
administration, and now the two senators
and Mr. Hatton are forced to listen to a
great deal of chaffing from their friends. A
dozen times a day they hear the inquiry,
“What appointment do you expect from
Mr. Cleveland?” Or, “It is your turn next.
Mr. Cleveland has fallen in love with the
Arthur cabinet, and you will not be per
mitted to escape. He has you on his list.”
Mr. Cleveland is the only president this
country has had in a long time who would
dare make two such big appointments out
of the Republican independents. In Wash
ington men have ceased to marvel at any
thing Mr. Cleveland does. They would not
be surprised at anything. Even the men
who do not indorse President Cleveland’s
.inde.iie.'.'.<lei>ce of pleasingjhim-
self regardless of party traditions are forced?
to admire his nerve.
Finest In the World.
The new library building is rapidly ap
proaching completion. Xt is so far finished
that every visitor to the capital is able to
see that in this structure the United States
is acquiring a home for the congressional
library that will be worthy tbe nation. It
will be ■by long oddstbeflnest librarystruc
ture in the world. It standsacross the way
from the east or old front of the capitol and
already makes a truly magnificent appear
ance. Four and a half millions of dollars
have thus far been expended upon it, and a
million and a half more will finish it.
An unusual feature of this building en
-1 terprise is tbe fact that it will be complet
ed within tbe original estimate of $6,000,000.
It is now expected the building will be
I ready for occupancy in the autumn of 1895.
I The capacity of the book stacks is so great
I that it is estimated by Librarian Spofford,
who usually knows what he is talking
about, thftt not for a full century will there
beany crowding of books within its massive
walls. To build a century ahead and with
in his original estimates is something alto
gether new in Uncle Sam’s experience, -
Government Structures.
The wonder is that the government does
not build more structures for its use here
at the capital. Uncle Sam is able to bor
row money at 3 per cent a year, yet he pays
about 10 or 12 per cent per annum on sev
eral millions of money invested in private
buildings in Washington. He is the great
est renter as well as the greatest employer
in Washington. Twelvje or fifteen impor
tant bureaus of the government have quar
ters in rented buildings. The annual rent
roll amounts to $300,000 or $400,000. Even
the Washington city postoffice is, and for
many years has been, in a rented building.
The census office, the Indian office and
many other extensive subdepartments are
housed iu private structures. Just now the
government is carrying on two very exten
sive building operations here—the national
library, already mentioned, and a new city
postoffice building to cost $1,500,000. In a
short tinie a third and much needed struc
ture will be under way—anew government
printing office to cost nearly $1,000,000.
“What did you get, popper?” asked
the little fish as he saw his parent mike
• dart at a nice fat worm. “Hooks,”
■nswered the parent And then he
soared to the world above.—lndianapolis
Journal.
KO vie uA., WEDNESDAY MORNIwG, JAN L'akY 3,
I VERY CHEERFUL-
I
Are All Those Connected With
the Central.
SPLENDID SHOWING MADE :
By Receiver Comer, and His
Estimates are Very En
couraging.
Savannah, Ga , January 2.—lt leaked
out today that Receiver Comer made a
showing in a private session of the board
of directors after the annual election yes
terday, which put everybody in a good
humor.
General Jackson is quoted as saying it
was the best New Year’s gift he had.
Mr. Swann, of New York, declared
if this outlook is sus rained the organiza
tion is on the most favorable basis possi
ble.
The directors here decline to talk, but
confirm these bright reports.
Mr. Comer refused to give out figures
today, but it is known his estimates for
1894 are very encouraging. He is confi
dent, for the road now is in good condi
tion, and the
My Dear sW
privilege of ixprw®’
my friends iu r1 o
representatives of the
county, indicating a
foi myself for the high trust and I
of the office of governor. I feel con
strained by such expressions to declare
my continued fidelity to the interests of
our people as they are now involved.
The gentlemen who express preference
for others are good and true mon, whom
I will delight to number among my
friends. lam sincerely yours,
Clement A. Evans.
SERIOUSLY INJURED
Arnie Go.tchlas Badly Hurt--Hi. Father
Goes te Him.
Arnie Yxdetchtuswas seriously hurt
day before yesterday, and from telegrams
received grave fears are entertained bj
his friends as to the result.
He has been attending college] at Da
vidson, N. C. Monday night Rev. Dr.
Goetchius, his father, received a tele
gram stating that Arnie had been se
riously hurt by a fall, but the physicians
thought he would recover.
No particulars were given, but this was
enough to greatly alarm the family.
Yesterday Dr. Goetchius received an
other telegram stating that the injuries
were more serious than the doctor
thought, and telling him to come at once
Ho left yesterday morning at 11
o’clock.
Nothing further has been heard, and
the many friends of the young man and
of the family are tx'rtmely uneasy. He
is one of Rome’s brightest boys, and it is
sincerely hoped that he will soon recover.
BURNED TO THE GROUND.
»
The House ot Capt. Crawl. Moore' at Floyd
Springs Destroyed.
The house of Capt. Craws Meore, in
Floyd Springs district, was destrojed by
fire night before last. Captain Moore
was away at the convict camps.
The fire was discovered about 8 o’clock,
and the alarm given. The neighbors did
their best, and succeeded ip saving most
of the furniture, but the house was de
stroyed.
It was one of the finest residences in
the district and the blow folks heavily
upon the genial captain.
THE SCHOOL COMMISSIONER
Receives Hie Instructions Yesterday—Court
House News.
School Commissioner Bridges received
his instructions yesterday from Commis
sioner Brad well as to bis duties under
the law passed by the last legislature,
which makes some changes in his work.
The payment of teachers will be made
on the 31st of March, the 30th of June,
the 30th of September and the 31st of
December. Each payment will be for
five weeks’ teaching, five day s being con
sidered a week and four weeks a month.
Contracts will be made for five scholastic
months, twenty days each.
The general examination of applicants
for teachers’ places will be held at the
court house next Saturday. The whites
will be examined in the superior court
room and the colored in the city court.
Motion Court Today.
Judge Henry has notified the lawyers 1
that he will hold motion court this morn
ing at 9 o’clock.
Court House Cullings.
Justice court was held in the city
court room yesterday.
The sheriff sale yesterday occupied a
Urge portion of the day, and it was after
3 o’clock when Sheriff Moore’s resonant
voice was hushed.
.The matting and benches have added
much to the appearance and comfort of
the building.
Tax Collector Black contiues busy ac
cepting money from his friends.
Walter Ross is agaih at his place in the
clerk’s office. He spent last week in
Alabama.
DRINK HEARTY 1
The California Exhibit Car Will bs Here
orn i a txui I> i r ca rs
pub ic is ia
will be
■>''» ?.£■'' •i; Yjjyi and ajl
Mrs. Bayard entert
friends Monday aftei
in her always happy m 'JwirfjS
ful time was experienced
Tim Reception »l Col. Yancey
Invitations are out to the
Co). Hamilton Yancey’s FridHSgdSRSK
and those invited are liaokingßH&g2wgl&
the event with much antic
given Complimentary to Miss
Augusta, and Miss D aven
gicia.
Is It ! 11nnit v?
Tl.ie
curious and interesting stiffly inthe case
of Henry M. Cochran of Philadelphia,
who robbed the mint of bullion for a
period extending over three years—from
1889 to 1893. Cochran had been in the
mint 43 years, and at the time of his ar
rest was chief weigher. He had $16,000,-
000 in gold bullion in his charge. He
was well educated, thoroughly respect
able and moral, very kind hearted and a
favorite with all who knew him. Chief
Clerk Cobb of the mint said of his fallen
friend, “He was honest for 40 years any
way, and up to the last minute I would
have trusted him with my life.”
The bars he actually abstracted during
the three years amounted to $35,000.
For this he bartered away all that makes
life worth living. He was an honest
man in the start. His worst enemy, if
he had any enemies, would not deny
that. In 1866 he detected a plan to rob
the mint and revealed it to the govern
ment, thereby saving, as he believed,
millions of dollars. He thought that
for this service he should have received
some large reward. His salary at its
highest was $2,000. He brooded on the
fancied injustice that had been done
1 him till he thought, and said occasion
ally, that the government had been rob
bing him many years. Full of this
gloomy idea, the next mental stage with
him was that in which he familiarized
himself with the thought of getting even
with the government. The next was to
steal the government’s money in order
’ to got even. Years of melancholy harp
ing upon a wrong, real or fancied, dis
torts the moral faculties. The question
is, Is such a person as Cochran insane?
“I wish I could make my collections
as easily as Y’ou do,” said the merchant
i to the strret cir conductor. “Mine may
seem good, but they are only fare,” was
f the reply.—Rochester Democrat.
A GREAT HOAX.
The young Men Interested in
the Russian Princess
AND HER MILLION DOLLARS
Get Information From Paris-
Interesting Letter from
Clyde Shropshire.
A few weeks ago there appeared in the
Chicago Herald a story giving a seem
ingly easy way to make $1,000,000, and a
number of young men in Rome became
deeply interested in the subject.
The story was to the effect that a Rus
sian princess had died in Paris and
placed in a crystal casket, lay alone in a
room built for the purpose. Iu her wilj
she left $1,000,000 to be paid to the man ■
who would spend one year in the vault
with her alone as company. He was to
have one hour’s exercise each day, but !
could have no companion, and his only
chance of speaking to a human was when
the servant brought his meals. The
story went on to say that it seemed easy, 1
but many had tried it, and few remained
longer than two weeks. Oue stayed six 1
mouths and came out a raving lunatic. J
The story was read here with great in- J
terest by a number of the youcg
and was the cause of many
cussions. Someapnr-
--in
shown
match.
The bride is a '
K. Gieen, and is a young
many personal charms have
her scores of friends. The .-
well-known young lawyer for
bright future has been predicted.
The service last night was pretty inW
every detail, and at its conclusion the
many friends present pffered their con
gratulations and well-wishes. The
young couple will reside at Mrs. H. I.
Johnson’s, in South Rome for tbe
present.
THE COMING AND GOING
Os the People Yon Know and Some That
You Don’t Know.
Donald Harper left yester day for Paris
Mias Maggie Williams is visiting
friends and relatives in Plainville.
Walter Cothran, Gordon Hiles and
Montague Gammon have returned to tl e
State University.
Miss Hattie Bass, after spending tie
Christmas holidays at home, returned to
Dalton yesterday, where she is teaching
in the Dalton Female College.
Mias Hattie Phinizy arrived yesterday
on a visit tn Col. and Mrs. Hamilton
Yancey. She is one of Georgia’s most
charming and popular young ladies.
MANY IRON MILLS TO RESUME.
Nearly 3,000 Pittsburg Men Will Soon
Return to Work,
Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 2. —The S'igo
iron mills, on the south side, will resume
operations, double turn, at once. Eight
hundred men will be employed.
I Oliver and Robert’s wire and rod mill
will start up on Wednesday, running
double turn, for the first time since the
summer shut down.
The Tenth street n ill and the Oliver
Iron and Steel Company will resume at
once, double turn.
The mills of Di'worth, Porter & Co.,
and A. B. Myers & Co., which have been
in partial operation, will also resume at
once. A conservative estimate of tbe
number of men that will be employed in
these mills places the number at 3,000.
Carrie furnace No. 2, at Keating sta
tion, on the Baltimore and Ohio railway,
which has been idle almost a year, will I e
putin blast next week, giving employ
ment to 200 workmen.
KIN GSTON’S I BUDGE T
Os News Items-Kome Railroad Conduc
torn.
Special to the Tribune.
Kingston, Jan. I.—A pleasant new
year and perhaps many good resolutions
were made today that each one said, “I
will do better in ’94 than I did in ’93,”
and I trust all good resolutions will be
faithfully performed.
The young ladies and gentlemen have
had several social parties since Christmas
and still going on.
The citizjns and railroad men at King
ston were rejoiced to see Mr. Aden, the
clever
’ .1/.'
Ks mH
1-' r.
'. mi inji
r. 'ruining ’
s'iitc health. ;'.ii
th-rities from*
land: 11 > passei i -
gers from h chol- V -
era ship at the /L
old summer re
sort at Great ' I
South beach, I
while it was vig- \ ’iq **
orously criticised \
as contrary to judge Barnard.
public policy, served* at least to show
that he was no respecter of persons.
Other famous decisions of his were
made in the contested election cases in
1891 and the case of Alderman Flynn,
one of New York’s notorious “boodle”
board. His decisions were invariably
stated in plain and vigorous language, as
homely and easily understood as the
daily life of the man who made them—so
homely in fact that it often seemed to
show no trace of the classical education
of the writer, though he keeps up his
knowledge of the Greek and Latin poets
as faithfully as an undergraduate cram
ming for examinations.
Judge Barnard graduated from Yale
in the class of 1841 and three years later
was admitted to the New York bar. He
first took bis seat on the supreme bench in
1863, and was re-elected in 1871 and again
in 1885, both times without any opposing
candidate being nominated. History will
undoubtedly assign him a position of the
ligbest rank among the lawyers and
"udges of the country.
PRICE MVE CENTS.
UNCLE SAM’S PAY.
The Latest Edition of the Offi
cial Blue Book.
IN TWO THICK VOLUMES.
Some of the Best Paid Offi
cials A Grand Total of
75,000 Employes.
Washington, D. C., January 2,1894. —
This week there comes' from the press of
the government one of the most important
and interesting of Uncle Sam’s long list of
publications. It is the Blue Book. The
publication is so named because of the fact
that years agoit was bound in blue cloth,but
it is in this sense a blue book no longer, being
handsomely bound in Russia leather. It is
in the Blue Book that one finds a list of all
the employees of the government, excluding
soldiers and sailors. This work has grown
to amazing proportions. A few years ago
one volume was large enough to hold all
the names. Now two thick volumes are
required. The book which is to come
out this week contains about 2,300 pages and
is fully 10 per cent larger than the one pub
lished two The “Official Reg
ister,” as it is entlßd, is compiled and
printed every other year. In the first vol
ume are found the
lative, executive tmjß
tb
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ii i. iii i
■ii
p.ee -ar,-
airi-ncifs MniWlW ,
many men to keep
straight, and then they
cred. 'l'lii depart meat of :ignMMMHM
’ cial department and
> office, with the index, complete
> volume
> The index is almost a book in itself. It
i fills uearly2oo pages, with 375 names to
. page, a grand total of 75,000 employees.
Uncle Sam has ’more than a thousand
1 Smiths in his employ, not counting the
post office department. Os these. 6»< r more
are nut down as "J. Smith.” Soin -of the
1 names in this index are peculiar, to say
the leapt. “Harry Three Stars.” “Thomas
i Rast Horse,” “William Hunts Horses, ’
“Amos Red Owl,” "Robert Crazy Bear,”
“Rosalie Black Tongue,” “My Little Bear,”
“Rufus Punch Him,” "Marcellus Redtom
ahawk,” "He Wets It,” “Strikes Two” ani
"Skunk” will serve as samples. .Ja
Pythons and several species
have real legs and feet.