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THE ROME TRIBUNE.
VOL. VI. No; 1.U34
WALTHAI L RESIGNS
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His Health Compelled Him to
Adopt That Course.
HE WRITES A LETTER
Resigning His Position Which
Expires In March, 1895.
Another Term.
Washington, Jan. |B.—Senator Wal-
Mhall, of Mississippi, has resigned. The
following is his letter of resignation:
• ‘Senate Chamber, Washington, Jan.
17,1894. To Hon. J. M. Stone, Gover
nor of Mississippi—My Dear Sib: The
•ondition of my health compels me to
seek a milder climate for the remainder
as the winter season. The alternative is
i presented to me of resigning my present
position or absenting myself, from my
post of duty at a time when it is impor
tant that our state should have two sen
s ators in their seats.
. “It best accords with my sense of
’ public obligation to pursue the former
bourse and I trust that it may seem to
Jny constituents, as it does to me, that
,‘th adopting it I am affording them the
highest proof of my appreciation of their
confidence and good will. I am indebted
* to the people of Mississippi for the high
est honors in their gift, repeatedly be
stowed under circumstances which
greatly enhanced their value in my esti
mation.
“To hold the high trust which they
• have committed to me, when unable
from any cause to discharge its duties
according to my own standard of ' faith
ful public service, would be an unfit re-
‘ turn for their generosity and fidelity.
Theretore I inclose you my resignation,
and beg through you to repeat to the
people of the state an expression of my
gratitude and obligation for their kind
ness, constancy and support.
“1 can take no action now in relation
to the senatorial term beginning with
March 4, 1895, for which 1 was elected
in January, 1893. Eminent statesmen
and lawyers here, to whose conclusion I
pan find no answer, advise me that I
neve no such present connection with
that term as warrants me in dealing
With it before it commences.
‘ “When I may lawfully act in that
natter I shall be governed, as I am now
tn surrendering my commission for the
Current term by what shall appear to be
my duty to the people of Mississippi un
der conditions existing at the time.- -Your
friend and obedient servant,
(Signed) E. C. Walthall.”
The present term of Senator Walthall
would expire March 3, 1895.
In the Senate,
' Washington. Jan, Jfl. —A note to the
vice-president from Senator Walthall,
stating that he had sent to the governor
<rf his state his resignation, to take ef
fect on the 24th instant, was laid before
the senate and placed on file. A resolu
tion was offered by Mr. Peffer and laid
over for a day, declaring that, in the
. opinion of the senate, tne secretary of
the treasury has no lawful authority for
issuing and selling bon Is as proposed in
his notice. A somewhat similar resolu
tion, offered by Mr. Allen, was also laid
over.
In the ITonse.
After the disposal of some routine
business the house at 11:25 went into
committee of the whole to consider the
Wilson bill.
The House Caucus.
Washington, Jan. 18.—A caucus of
the house Democrats w.ll probably be
held after the income tax bill has been
reported, to consider what action shall
taken with reference to that measure,
e Democratic majority in the house
seems to be pretty evenly divided re
garding the proposition. The purpose
df the caucus will be to talk over the
matter and to decide whether it is best
to consider it as a separate measure or
to incorporate it in the tariff bill.
Southern Senators in Caucus.
Washington, Jan. 18.—The southern
ynfitoni mot in caucus to consider mat
ins connected with legislation now be
fore the senate, and agree upon some
Concerted plan of action. No definite
ionclusion Was reached and the caucns
fidjourned after having transferred the
question to the usual committee, which
will consider the matter further and re
port to a future caucus.
AN IMPORTANT"RULING.
CUs* of the Iteoont Decision of Judge Cole
Abost Race Tracks.
Washington, Jan. 18.—Winter racing I
in the District of Columbia received a'
hard blow through the decision of Jus
tice Cole, of the criminal court, sustain
ing the indictments brought by the grand
jury against the bookmakers of the Ivy
(Mty race track, where George H. Enge
man and others had started a winter
meeting.
Counsel for the racing men had moved
to quash the indictments against George
B. Marrin, otherwise known as “Ben
nington,” Otto Townsend, Edward C.
Smith and Bert C. Claypole, contending
that the laws against gambling did not
apply to bookmaking at race tracks.
The indictments charged the book
makers with setting up a “gaming table
and gambling device for playing a game
of chance of bookmaking on the horse
race” which occurred on Dec. 26, and of
enticing persons to bet by these devices.
Attorneys for the defense argued that
the device mentioned by the indictment
was not within the meaning of ffw ac.
of congress relating to ganAling, and
that if it were it was repealed so far as
racing was concerned, by a later act.
Justice Cole, in ruling, said that the
ousstion of violating the statute de
. aa the aatatvwaf the —teieeaae
ana not us name, and tnat tne Taw ap
plied mainly to keeping places for gamb
ung. He h.dd that the latter act' had no
repealing effect.
The racing men requested an early
trial, and they will probably be ar
raigned next week. Tuey have given
up the idea of resuming the sport
‘George H. Engeman, of New York, the
pres.dent of the Ivy City club will also
be tried.
The officials of the Bennings club,
which gives a meeting in the spring and
autumn, fear that this decision is so
broad that it will prevent them from
conducting races in the district here
after.
A DOUBLE MURDER.
A Little Lawsuit Ends in a Fearful Trage
dy Near West Point.
West Point, Ga., Jan. 18.—A double
murder was committed near West Point
mills. B. Y. Foster shot and instantly
killed H. C. Hudson, a neighbor, and
John Tripp, colored. Foster had sued
Hudson ih a justice *toutt about the lo
cation of a fence. The case was tried
Saturday an I went against the plaintiff.
About 9 o'clock Wednesday morning,
armed with a gun loaded with buckshot,
Foster went to Hudson's home, and
finding him overseeing work in the field,
called him from the hands. Hudson,
unsuspicious and unarmea, responded to
the call.
When within 20 feet Foster fired. The’
load entered the back of Hudson’s head,
killing him instantly. Turning, Foster
went to the house of John Tripp, who
lived on Hudson’s farm. Tripp was a
w.tness in the case Saturday. Finding
John in the house, Foster shot him above
th : heart, killing him instantly.
Foster is still at large, but the officers
are after him. He has threatened the
lives of two other negroes and his own.
Hudson was a prosperous farmer of
Chambers county, Alabama, and was
highly esteemed.
HE WENT IT HEAVILY.
The Heavy Lons of a New York Clothing
Firm Discovered.
New York, Jan. 18.—The expert ac
countants who, for the past five weeks,
have been going over the books of N. J.
Schloss & Co., the big clothing firm,
have completed their work. The result
was laid before Assistant District Attor
ney Vernon M. Davis, preliminary to its
being presented to the grand jury.
The result shows that the firm was
mulcted to the extent of over (125,000
by its confidential manager, Joseph Herz
Louis, who was arrested Dec. 4 for at
tempting to kill himself in a room in the
Union Square hotel. Louis was also
arrested for stealing from the firm at
the time. He is now out on bail. The
firm assigned Dec. 6. '
The Doctor Can Hardly Recover.
Wheeling, W< Va-; B.
C. Ashbrooke, who was murderously as
saulted in the outskirts of this city, is
still alive, but the physicians say he has
but one chance in a thousand for recov
ery. The police have been active, but,
so far as the public is informed, they
have learned nothing definite. The as
sailants made a pretense of robbing ths
doctor, but they did not take nearly all
he had with him, leaving more than
half his money and a gold watch worth
(200.
Fighting in Mexico.
El Paso, Tex., Jan. 18.—It is impos
sible to get details of a conflict between
the soldiers and revolutionists, but it is
certain that there has been a battle near
the Mexican Central road, between here
and Chihuahua. Trains to Chihuahua
from the City of Mexico brought 600 ru
rales from that city. These are the fa
vorite troops of President Diaz and are
famous as fighters, especially fitted for
mountain warfare. Just where tl >se
troops are bound for cannot be learned.
He Get the Limit.
New York, Jan. 18.—James Bradley,
the alleged crank, who, in October, shot
and dangerously wounded Superintend
ent Fred C. Matthes, while the latter
was directing his men at work on a
Broadway insurance building, has been
sentenced to five years’ imprisonment in
the state prison by Recorder Smith, in
the court of general sessions. The sen
tence imposed is the extreme limit of th*
law.
Ochoa Seams to Bo Fro. Tot.
El Paso, Tex., Jan. 18.—The authori
ties at Chihuahua hare received nows
from what seems to be reliable sources
that Victor Ochoa and his band of in
surgents have reached the country west
|of Chihuahua, and in a fight with the
I federal troop* killed three officers and
i captured their provision train. It was
reported a few days ago that Ochoa had
been captured and executed.
Settling Hi. Brother’s Shortage.
Lockport, N. Y., Jan. 18.—Joseph
Arnold, of this city, a brother of the de
faulty ex-county treasurer, J. J. Arnold,
has confessed judgment to the amount
of (17,217.85 to W. C. Greene, tempor
ary receiver of the Merchants’ bank, of
this city. The Merchants’ is the bank
which the e.. county treasurer wrecked.
Pas .ed Fennies for Dimes.
Little Falls, N. Y., Jan. 18.—
Chauncey Weaver was caught by Chief
Harris as he was trying to pass pennies
for dimes. He had silvered the pennies
and had passed about (3 worth of them
when captured. Judge May sentenced
Weaver to three months in jaiL
After the Old People,
Reading, Jan. 18.—Nicholas Andrew,
who served three terms in the legisla
ture, died of grip, aged 78. John Gier
ling, formerly poetmaster of Emaus,
died of the same complaint, aged 91.
John Bechtel, a wealthy tames, ■(**
tied of grip, aged Wk
JLtO viifiuA.. FttilMi MUKINI«G. JANUARY 19,
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SENSATIOKAL CASE.,
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’ A Woman Is Shot In Atlanta
While In Her Bed. T
i HER HUSBAND ARRES*BE.D
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The Husband and Wife .Had
i Slept All Night, and Befog©
> Day Three Shots FirecL I
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Atlanta, Jan. 18.—A shooting Wat
has a great deal of mystery about! it,
and which is likely to develon into a »n
--, satiop of no small magnitude, took wee
at the Exposition Cotton mi Ila in -tho
, western part of the city just before day -
; light.
. Tuesday night Mr. and Mrs. Willjfm
[ Givens retired, as usual, for the nig&t,
[ and Mrs. Givens slept, without diStir-'
. -banco, until after 3 o’clock, whew sue
I was awakened by the loud report. of ia
pistol in her room, followed in qui|k
succession by twa other shots, one.Jlf
' which took effect in her head.
j At the first shot, Mrs. Givens screamed
and reached out to her husband, who
was, she supposed, lying by her side,
j But search revealed that he wasnot, aod
i'ust then she beard his voice calling to
er to be quiet. JI
’ Exhausted and faint. Mrs. Givens fell
1 back on her pillow; the firing ceased,
( and her husband produced a light, ana
k very much excited, walked over to het
, side and discovered that she was shot.
’ He helped her to stop the flow of blood,
and after daylight went in search of.a
( physician. A physician was found and
went with Givens to the cottage, which
is located in the rpw qf cottages at the
j Exposition Cotton mills. No- *9.
( It was not until 9 o'clock that Givens
telephoned to the police. Officers Barrett
and Bone placed him under arrest, and
carried him to police headquarters, sus
pecting him of having done the shoot
, Ing. Givens protested his innocence,
and said he was awakened by the shots.
He sprang out of bed at the sound of the
■ first shot, and could distinctly see that
, someone was firing through the win
dow from the outside. He tried to
shield himself from the flyinir bullets,
* and not until the firing censed did he
1 make any noise. Then he called to his
. wife, admonishing her to quiet herself
i and stop screaming.
He says he made a thorough inyesti
j gation after daylight, ands found foot
) prints under the window .And also found
, where a horse had been tethered just
. outside his gate. He announced the
, theory that some assassin had crept to
, the window to kill him, intending to
t make his escape oh horseback after the
, deed was done. The motive for the kill
ing he believed to be jealousy.
Mrs. Givens indicated to the officers
her belief that her husband had done
the shooting. She felt morally certain
' of it/albhough the evidence was mainly
* circumstantial. She was suffering too
i' much from her wound to make a full
i statement to the officers.
Officer Bone believes there is no doubt
, of Givens’s guilt. He says he carefully
' measured the footprints beneath the
. window arid compared the measurement
, with the dimensions of Givens’s feet,
arid the two correspond exactly. He
, also accurately measured the horse
tracks in the yard and afterwards meas
ured the feet of a horse in Mr. Ennis’s
lot which adjoins Givens’s home, and to
his surprise found that the feet and the
, tracks were of the same size exactly.
Officer Bone says he thinks that Givei s
took the horse out of the lot and tied it
i outside his gate, intending to make his
- escape on it after killing his wife.
An exhaustive search was made for
, the pistol, but it was not found. Givens
. was locked up on a charge of assault
with intent to murder, and if Mrs. Giv
> ens dies it will be changed to a more se
rious charge.
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Howard Must Hung.
JLfferson, City, Mo., Jan. 18.—Gov
ernor Stone has refused to interfere with
the death sentence that was imposed up
on Willis Howard, the Kentucky despe
rado, who is charged with 30 murders.
Howard will be hanged at Vienna, Mar
ies county, for the murder of a deaf
mute. He is believed to be the wont
criminal ever convicted.
Abducted by Father, Then by Mother.
Uniontown, Pa., Jan. Iff.—Little
Harry Fowler wa* abducted by his
father last July and taken to West Vir
, glnia, where his father was diving. Mrs.
Fowler made an unsuccessful effort in
the courts to recover her boy, and Mon-
1 day went to Lanrel, W. Va„ took the
lad from school and brought him back.
Chtougo’e New Raee Court*.
Chicago, Jan. 18.—Chicago is to have
a new race track. It will be located on
the west side, near Waldneim cemetery
and Hawthorns. William Martin pur
chased the property, but it is generally
believed that George Hankins, the well
known sporting man, is the backer of the
project.
Will Cat Wages or More.
Glovkbsville, N. Y., Jan. 18.—Louis
Myers & Son, one of the largest manu
facturers of glovss in this city, have no
tified their employes that if thsy would
not go to work at the reduced scale of
prices the plant would be removed to (
, New York city.
i A RACE RIOT.
Giving Trouble to tho White® la
South Carolina,
Atlanta, Jan. 18.—A special from
Augusta says:
News has reached Augusta from ,
Rouse bridge, eight miles from Jackson,
S. C., 20 miles below Augusta, on the :
Port Royal and Augusta railroad, of a
race riot there. Infarmation was ;
I brought by Mr. J. C. Hankinson, of Ca
therweod. wl»o to a reUaMe nartr- Mr- ]
.Den Denuinrc anu jiiue, a uniiger
ous and notorious neggo, got into a diffi
culty au<l the negro got 'the best of Mr.
Beaufort-
Last night a party of eight white men
startud out to go to Jade’s house, to g.ve
-him a whipping. The negroes learned
of the whites’ program and they armed
themselves and hid in ambush for them,
and when the whites were walking along
the road through a dense wood, they
were fired upon by the negroes from be
hind trees. The white wen could not
see the negroes and they were compelled
to leave to protect their lives. Three of
the white men Were wonnded.
Mr. Pat Chisholm was shot in the
arm, Mr. Rhett Green was shot in the
eye, and his brother, Paul Green, was
seriously wounded in the stomach, and
it is apprehended his wounds will result
fatally.
Mr. Paul Green was so badly wound
ed that he fell on the roadside and laid
there all night without any one knowing
where he was.
Another account of the riot is that a
party of whites went to Jude’s house
and when they attempted to break the
door down the negroes fired upon them
from both inside and outside of the
house. It is thought there will be more
and worse trouble there and that this
time the whites will outnumber the
blacks and that there will be many lives
lost.
Another Train Ueld Up. *
< Br. Joseph, Mo., Jan. 18.—Train No.
V, on the Kansas City, St. Joe *nd Coun
cil Bluff railroad, was held up and
lobbed at 12:20 a. m. by five masked
men at Roy’s landing, just above this
city. The train was stopped by a tor
pedo on the track, and when the engi
neer slowed up he and the fireman were
covered by revolvers and forced to go
back to the express car and demand ad
mittance. The express messjnger was
covered by revolvers and the robbers
plundered, the car. It is not known how
much money they got. . . .
Coleman Flead, Nut Guilty. -
New York, Jan. 18.—Matthew Cole
man, the ex-president of the Mutual
Brewing company, who was indicted
for embezzling the funds of the compa
ny, on the complaint of the receiver,
Major Duffy, pleaded not guilty. His
counsel will make a motion that they
be permitted to inspect the minutes of
the grand jury.
An Important Arrest*
Meridian, Miss., Jan. 18.—Sam Spen
epr, a notorious thief and desperate char
acter generally, was caught in the act of
burglarizing J. B. Garner’s residence a
few miles from this city. He was
brought to jail at this plac* for safe
keeping. The officers think this will
prove an important capture.
Ipgham University Balldlngs Seized. ’
Buffalo. Jan. 18.—The sheriff of Ge
nesee county has levied on the buildings
W the once famous Ingham-univeraity to.
satisfy a judgment of (20,000. There
has been a movement among the alumni
of the university to raise funds te save
it, but this is taken ai proof that the
movement has been unsuccessful.
Must Mind How He Writes.
New York, Jan. 18.—Albert Barkley,
of Brooklyn, has been sent to the island
for six months, for sending improper
letters to women who advertised for po
sitions in the daily papers. Complaints
were sent to the central office and De
tective Titus trapped Barkley by means
of a decoy letter.
Weather Forevast.
Washington, Jan. 18.—Forecast till 8
p. m., Thursday—For North Carolina,
fair, preceded by light local showers in
eastern portion, easterly winds, warmer
Friday morning and colder Saturday
morning. South Carolina and Georgia,
fair, except local showers on the coast,
easterly winds, becoming variable,
warmer Friday morning, colder Satur
day morning. Eastern Florida, local
rains on the coast, generally fair in in
terior, westerly winds. Western Florida,
fair, southerly winds shifting to north
erly, colder Friday night. Alabama and
Mifleissippi, fair Friday, preceded by
light local rains today, wind* ahifting to
northerly.
naiiroad* Want it.il.f.
Cincinnati, Jan. 13.—President In
galls announce* that th* railroads h*r*
will this Week petition eongrees for the
amendment of the interstate commerce
law. He says the roads are doing a big
business, and yet they must set up
nights and figure how to reduce ex
penses in order to get along. The chief
thing that will be sough twill be aclanse
making the road* amenable to the gov
ernment in case they are guilty of an in
fraction of agreements entered into be
tween two or more roads.
They Threaten te Bolt.
Ottawa, Ont, Jan. 18.—It is learned
from conservative sources that a num
ber of Tory members of parliament have
notified Sir John Thompson that unless
Borne step is taken to secure the release
of Connolly and McGreevy before par
liament meets they will feel at liberty to
give substantial proof .of their disap
proval of the government’* action in the
matter. This mean* that they will bolt
on the first government measure voted
on, thus wrecking the present adminis
tration.
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A Baby*® Adventure.
Chester, Pa., Jan. 18. —A baby found
in The Times building, in this city,
three years ago, was adopted by Mr*.
Sallie Mitchell, who subsequently went
to live in Maryland. Mrs. Gustav Hop
man, formerly of Philadelphia, died a
few weeks ago in Germany. She gave
her husband a written statement to the
effect that she had placed their baby in
th* hallway of The Times building, and
had falsely told him that the child had
died in a hospital. Mr*. Mitchell is be
hutevucht. ’
I “DON’T WHIP HIM”
Says Gress Abdut Beresford,
“But Shackle Him”
AT THE POINT OF A GUN.
Let Him Wear the Tiger
Stripes and Have No
Privilege.
That well-known aristocrat, “Alias
Lord Beresford,” the gentleman who has
done *o much in the few mouth* of bi*
penitentiaiy life to e’evate prison society,
i* now working under the muzz e of a
double-barreled shotgun at the Gres*
lutnoer camp*.
And to even fnrther’oomplete his’dovn
lall, instead of the linen collar that Ben ■-1
foi d was wont to wear, there will be |
about hi* lordy neck the tiger-»’riped [
sack-cloth of a felon’s clothes, while I
about his leg he will wear a single
■hackle; with all this to bear down hi*
i royal feelings, lately wounded by a more
rigid discipline, which has come on siooe
the discharge of hi* favorite gua d, L *rd
Beresford narrowly escaped a good whip
ping.
Having caused so much trouble in. the
oatnp.it was rumored that Mr. . V.
Gress would try to rid himself of the ex
pensive lumber checker, but *uoh is not 1
the case. i
Mr. G -eas said that Lord Beresford !
' was too valuable a man to let go, as in |
i hi* capacity of lumber checker he was
i moat faithful and accurate. He also
said that he int* nd d to keep the En
gliebman closer in the future.
. ’ “Hen’s a tel. gram that I sent to the
. camp*,” said Mr. G V. Gress. It read: 1
I “Do “not whip Beresfoid. Work him
. under the gun and put a single shackle on
him,”
“No,” continued Mr. Gress, “I am not
i going to ask for Beresford’s removal —he
’ has cost me too much, alteady. He is a
' veiy correct and reliable lumber checker,
and has always heretofore been trust
worthy. He is now no longer a trus>y,
. but will work under the very point of the
. gun. If he attempts another escape he
[ will rnn tho risk of a load of buckshot*
, He will also wear a single shackle, as the
i telegram indicated.
I “I suppose that Beresford ran away be
cause the rnlee were made too rigid for
him with the new guerd., He and Crabb
were as thick as two peas. I don’t see
- how it could have got out that I wanted
> to be relieved of Beresford, for I don’t ”
L »Uso now the gentleman from Ragland
i will come down to the level of a common
‘ convict and will no longer enjoy the
k privilege which appears to be connected
with the title of “load,” and that seems
to have remained with him, despite the
gaib he was supposed o have assumed
when convicted of an offense against the
. laws of the state and the United States,
' and sentenc d to a term in the Georgia
penitentiary.—Yesterday’s Constitution.
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O'BRIEN COMES OUT.
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The Alleged Chattanooga Defaulter Ee
capes on a Technicality.
Chattanooga, Jan. 18.—In the crim
' inal prosecution of M. J. O’Brien for
embezzling $75,000 from the Catholic
Knights of America, while supreme
treasurer of the order, a plea of abate
ment of indictment was filed by the de
fense, which claimed that the knights
Were not a chartered organization under
the laws of Tennessee.
By the legislative act of 1881, unchar
tered associations are denied the right to
own property in the state, and ore rank
ed as benevolent institutions. In conse
quence. there could be no embezzlement
where no rights of ownership existed.
On refusal of the prosecution to join
issue on the plea, the court discharged
the prisoner.
This is one of the most significant de
cisions ever given from the state bench.
O’Brien was allowed to make bond in
the sum of (15,068 pending an appeal to
the supreme court.
Why Kid Clove. Were Cheap.
Montreal, Jan. 18.—The customs au
thorities have made a heavy seizure of
gloves at the Canadian headquarters in
this city of Perrin, Frere & Co., of
Grenoble, France, with branches in
Paris, London, Melbourne and New
York. For some time past the kid
glove trade has been practically killed
among the large wholesale firms that
formerly did a large business in this
line. The merchants wer* unable to ac
count for this. They were being greatly
undersold in every line of the trad* tmd
this branch of their business was en
tirely demoralized. The authorities
claim that the French firm was entering
goods at prices fully one-third lower
than they are sold for at the factory in
France.
Shot While Out of Hi. Plaee.
Birmingham, Ala, Jan. 18.—A sensa
tional killing occurred at Carbon Hill,
Alabama. Bethel Cole, who lived in
the Carbon Hill hotel, left his room af
ter supper, telling his wife he would be
absent several hours. Instead, he came
back in an hour. Through a window
he saw George Creamer, a man whom
he had suspected, in the room with his
wife. ole fired twice, and Creamer
broke .rough the door, ran up a flight
of steps and dropped dead with a bullet
in his brain. Cole was arrested.
Found Strangled to Death,
Grand Rapids, Jan. 18.— Mrs. Mile*
McKsndrlok was found by • g»c«r’s d*-'
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PKJCE HVE CeNTB.
livery man lying aemi on the floor of her
home m south Grand Ranids hav££
thenilht b H n Rt . ran^ le<l to death during
the night. Her hands were tied behind
her and her feet tied together wrth
ropes. Appearances indicate that tho
house had been robbed. No clue ““
A TEXAS TRAGEDY.
Two Detectluea Have a Deadly Fa nd After
a Partnership.
Houston, Tex., Jan. 18.—John F.
Morris was shot and killed here by
James McCane. Both men ran private
detective agencies and furnished watcl>
men for property. Some time ago they
were in partnership, but dissolved, Mo-
Cane buying Morris out and working up
a good bus.ness. Recently Morris
opened up a new agency and ttib rivalry
between the agencies became bitter. For
the past month lieen of
nightly occurrence, dozen single
. houses being entered ma singlenight.
Morris went to McC’aneis office and
accused him of instigating'the robberies
.to ruin his (Morris’) business. Then he
| abused McCane and was ordered out of
the office. Both went out into the hall>
, way, Morris still cursing McCane. bud- ‘
denly three shots were fired and Morris
was seen to fall, wounded. He wee
taken into an office across,the hallway
and died in a few minutes. McCane
immediately gave himself up. and says
he did the shooting in self defense. ,
To Bell the Klchinond and Dauvllte. 1
Richmond, Jan. 18.—A bill has been
introduced in the state senate authori
zing the purchase of the Richmond and
| Danville railroad, their and
i assigns to become a corporation, .adopt a
i name there.or, and possess and exercise
1 general powers and authorizing the con
solidation therewith Vitb other corpora
tions.
Fouad a Crippled Ve*seL ’
London, Jan. 18.—The Norwegian
1 bark Adolf, Captain Anderson, from
Pe.isai ola Dec. 1, for Deadrecht, ha*
been towed into Gravesend with, her
1 ■ 'wsprit gone and her stem damaged.
She was in a collision Tuealay morning
with an unknown steamer off the Isle of
Wight.
Thu Crew Is Safe.
Gloucester, Jan. 18.—A dispatch
just received here says that the crew of
the schooner Maggie E. Wells, reported
in a sinking condition by the steamer
Amsterdam, at New York, were rescued
schooner Magnolia, and landed a*
Hude Bure Work Os It.
Montgomery. Ala., Jan. 18.—Porte*
Davis, a negro, killed Goodwyn Jone*,
another negro, six miles from this city.
Davis shot Jones and then ent him with
an ai, after which he hitched him to a
mule and han led him to a creek, a mite
away, into v rich he threw the body.
A Prominent Doctor Dead.
Raleigh, Jan. 18.—Dr. E. Bnrke
Haywood, of this city, a physician of
prominence and a during the
late war, has just died hdre.
She Perished in the Snow*
’ i
Ipswich, 8. D., Jan. 18.—Mrs.
of the Sherman ranch, started out t*
round np some horses. The horse she
was riding stumbled and threw her t*
the ground, slightly injuring her. The
horse immediately started for the ranch
and the lady tried to follow on foot a*
best she could. There was a strong
wind blowing the snow from the north
and she finally brought np at a deserted
shanty where her body was found.
Produce* a Happy Fueling.
Cortland, N. Y., Jan. 18—The offi
cial announcement that all of the im
portant industries here will bo started
on full time between now and Feb. 1
has caused much gratification. All
the big manufactories of wagons, wire
cloth and door and window screens have
been shut down to a great extent eo fay
tliis winter. New life and prueperity
are looked for, and the entire commuM
ty is el4*J over the prospect. Abotti
1,500 hands will be given work. ”
They Paused Without Trouhte.
Middletown, N. Y., Jan. 18.—A
number of counterfeit (5 silver ertift,
cates have been put in circulation here*
Four of them were offered for deposit as
one of the banks. As yet efforts to trace
the source from which the bills came
have been unsuccessful, none of th* mer
chants who received them being able to
tell from whom they got them. The
bills are well engraved, but are printed
on thinner paper than the genuine.
Thsy Dlscussud Evolution
San Francisco, Jan. 18.—There wa*
a unique gathering at the bouquet of the
Church club in this city that was neve*
before equalled in this country excepting
the congress of religions at Chicago.
There were present rabbis, priests and
n inisters of every Protestant denomina
tion, several prominent freethinkers and
representatives of western nniveiaitiss*
Evolution was the subject discussed.
TELEGRAPHIC ~ TIPS. ]•
The bell in historic Old jouth Church,
Boston, is cracked.
The Right Rev. Edward J. Dunne has
been instullad as Roman Catholic bishop
of Dallas, Tex.
Rnilrond men at Milwaukee say th*
English locomotive, James C. Holman,
is a failure, as she is “short on steam”
when considerable hauling is neceesary.
The Rev. Henry E. Hovey, rector *f
two Episcopal churches in Portsmouth,
N. H., was asked to resign one of hi*
charges. He refused and Bishop Nitas
is considering the matter.
Most of the chappies carry elaborate
pocket mirrem
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