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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 <xß • - ■ 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.