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THE ROME TRIBUNE.
VOL. VI. NO. 1.937.
KEY WEST TALKS.
Arguments for and Against Im
porting Cubans.
INCOME TAX HANGS FIRE.
’ It Was Partially Read Before
the Full Ways and Means
Committee.
Washington, Jan. 28.--Secretary Car
lisle, Attorney General Olney and Su
perintendent Stump gave a bearing to
those interested in the Key Weat, Fla.,
labor troubles. Those present were
Mayor Perry, of Key West, collector of
the port Browne and Mr. Eichenberg
representing those who favor allowing
Spanish cigar makers to be imported to
work in Key West factories. Mr. Ru
bens appeared on liehalf of the labor or
ganizations in opposition to importing
laborers from Cuba to work in factories.
He contended that it was a palpable
violation of t'.*e alien contract labor law.
The other side contended that material
interests of Key West was involved in
the issue, as cigar factories would be
closed unless outside labor could be ob
tained. Decision was reversed.
INCOME TAX AGAIN.
provisions of the New Law Now Proposed
by the Committee.
Washington, Jan. 22.—The income
tax bill as approved by the Democratic
members of the ways and means com
mittee was laid before the full commit
tee at the morning meeting. It was read
in part, but the committee adjourned be
fore the reading was finished. The bill,
as before reported, provides a tax of 2
per cent upon all incomes of the citizens
•f the United States either at home or
abroad from any kind of property, rents,
interest, dividends or salaries, on all
amounts over and above $4,000. The
bill goes into effect Jan. 1, 1895.
In estimating incomes there shall be
included notes, bonds and other securi
ties, except such United States bonds as
are exempt from federal taxation. A
tax is laid on profits realized within the
year from the sales of real estate pur
chased within the year, or within two
years previous to the year for which the
income is estimated.
Also on sales on live stock and farm
products generally and in addition to
the $4,000 exemption, all national, state
and county taxes paid within the year,
knees sustained from fire, shipwreck
and other causes not covered by insur
ance and compensanted for and worth
leas, are to b > deducted. Every person
having an income sxceeding $3,500 shall
make a return to the deputy collector of
his district of the amount of his income.
The tax shall be collected on or before
the first day of each July and an addi
tional tax of 5 per cent shall be paid on
all payments after that date, and inter
est at the rate of 1 'per cent a month
upon the amount of tax.
Section 11 relates to corporations and
* requires them to make returns before
the tenth day of the month following a
declaration of dividends, under oath by
ths principal officer.
Section 12 requires corporations to
furnish, beginning in 1895, on or before
the first Monday in . each year, a
statement showing the gross profits, ex
penses to the exclusion of interests, an
nuities and dividends, all the net
profits without allowance for the same;
amount paid on account of interest,
annuities and dividends; and amounts
paid for salaries of employes above and
below $4,000.
Section 14 levies taxes upon corpora
tive dividends, interest on coupons and
annunities where and whenever payable
to all parties whatsoever, and the cor
poration may deduct or retain from it
all payments made on account of such
dividends, etc., proportionate to the
share of tax so paid. The bill provides
for a tax of 2 cents per pack on playing
cards, and on and after the second
calendar month after the pas
sage of the act on all distilled
spirits produced in the United States
Ota which tax is not paid before that
day, a tax of $1 per proof gallon is to be
paid by parties in possession on or before
Its removal from the warehouse within
Sight years from date of the original
entry for deposit in any distillery or
bonded warehouse. Except in cases of
withdrawal without payment of tax as
now authorized by law.
Still <>u the Tariff.
■Washington, Jan. 22.—The third and
last week of the tariff debate in the
house opened with a slim attendance of
members and visitors. After reading
Saturday’s Journal and some executive
communications, the house went into
omimittee of the whole to consider the
tariff bill.
Ta the ffenate.
There was nothing of public import
ance in the morning business of the sen
ate beyond the presentation of several
remonstrances against the Wilson tariff
bill. Many industries were represented
in these remonstrances, but particularly
clothing and woollen goods industry.
After considerable discussion Mr.
Call's civil service resolution was agreed
to, with an amendment, submitted for
that offered by Berry, requiring the date
of the appointment to be given, which
would indicate the politics of persons ap
pointed.
The resolution offered by Mr. Pfeffer,
last Thursday, declaring that the secre
tary of the treasury has no authority to
issue or sell bonds, as proposed in his
notice, was taken up, and Mr. Pfeffer
proceeded to address the senate upon it.
Mure About Stanford’s Will.
San Francisco. Jan. 22.—The Ex
amiper says it is rumored that A. I‘.
Stanford, of New York, a brother of the
late Leland Stanford, will contest the
fetter's will. He is quoted as huvinz
Bam coax ne iiau not ms in-
tention of contesting the will, but that
he was not satisfied with the SIOO,OOO
left him. Hr said: "If the other side
manifests a disposition to be fair and
reasonable I shall not bring suit. I
should greatly regret the necessity of
forcing the estate into the courts, be
cause it would air a family matter that
I don't wish to give publicity to.”
COLORADO’S OLD GOVERNOR
John Gilpin, Ha. Jn.t Died In Denver.
Hie Costly Joke.
DiNtRR, Jan. 22.—Ex Governor John
Gilpin was found dead in his bed
here, Three months ago he was badly
injured by falling from a moving street
car.
John Gilpin was 73 years old. He
was the first governor of the territory of
Colorado, being appointed in 1861 by
President Lincoln, prior to which time
he was a resident of Philadelphia. In
1856 Gilpin, then governor, played a
joke that cost him over S3OO. It was
for one of the first cable despatches that
went under the ocean. The first At
lantic cable was completed in 1858. and
it was alleged that a despatch was re
ceived by President Buchanan from
tjneen Victoria over it.
A second cable was laid and completed
on Aug. 3, 1866, and many were as scep
tical of the result as in the first instance.
Among those who couldn’t help laugh
ing over the absurdity of it was Gover
nor Gilpin, and when it was announced
by the company that anybody could send
a despatch to Europe at the rate of $lO a
word, Gilpin thought it was carrying
the joke too far. to he dropped into the
telegraph office in Denver and dashed off
the following message:
Denver. Col., Aug. 4.1866.
To Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor,
Tuileries, Paris. France:
Please let Bohemia alone. No interfet
tersuc* will be tolerated by this territory.
John Gilpin, Governor.
The message was duly forwarded to
New York and transmitted across the
ocean, and no doubt Napoleon received
it. Fortunately, however no internation
al complications resulted. When the bill
earns in it was for three bundled and
some odd dollars.
MURDERED HIS WIFE.
A Columbu* Negro Killed a Woman in
Cu!«l Blood.
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 22. —Thesanctity
of the Sabbath was broken in Columbus
Sunday morning by a horrible mnrder,
at 823 Front street. The tragedy oc
curred about 7:30 o’clock. The crime,
forcO'dness, quickness and barbarity,
lias hardly a precedent in the cataloguo
of murders.
Richard Lightner, a negro about 27
years of age, found his wife in rather
questionable relations with John Green,
another negro, and almost without a
word of warning, jerked a common
pocket knife and began to use it very
freely on the woman.
The first blow would have produced
death, for it plunged straight through
the heart and severed it. The negro
next plunged the blade into his wife’s
throat, cutting the jugular vein, and
followed this cut with a deep gash in
the left shoulder and a cut in the left
thigh. The woman was almost dead
before her busband had finished his bar
barous work.
The negro Green offered no resistance,
but as soon as the murderer had turned
and fled. Green gave the alarm.
After a desperate run for liberty,
Lightner was captured and is in jail.
The Vice President’s Cousin.
Kalamazoo, Mich., Jan. 22.—Mrs.
Bell Hull, a first cousin of Vice Presi
dent Adlai E. Stevenson, and who, in
her early days, was well acquainted
with Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A.
Douglas, has become incompetent to
take care of herself, and is to be taken
to the Allegan County poorhouse. She
has been supported for more than a year
by an allowance of $lO a month from a
sister who lives in Chicago. The latter
is an invalid and unable to contribute
more. Mrs. Hull was born in Kentucky
in 1828. Her mother was Vice Presi
dent Stevenson’s aunt.
ANOTHER NOMINATION.
Mr. Cleveland '‘i ii'ls in a Name Distasteful
to New York Senators.
Washington, Jan. 22.—The president
has sent’ the senate the nomination of
Wheeler 11. Peckham of New York to
be associate justice of the supreme court
of the United States.
Wheeler H. Peekham is a brother of
Judge Rufus Peckham of tho New York
court of appeals. He was appointed
district attorney by Mr. Cleveland when
he was governor of New York but sub
sequently resigned. Although New York
senators decline to talk it is understood
that the nomination is distasteful to
them, but that they would have been
glad to have seen the name of his broth
er then sent in for the place. Indica
tions seem to be that the Hornblower
struggle will be renewed against thia
nominee.
A Minister Got a Whipping.
Syracuse, Jan. 22.—Tully, a village
near here, has somewhat of a sensation
which has grown out of a series of tem
perance meetings conducted by the Rev.
Mr. McGann at the Baptist church. In
his talk against the liquor evil he is said
to have referred to George Goddard’s
hotel in terms which were not compli
mentary. Mr. Goddard’s daughter was
present and broke into tears. Goddard
met the Rev. Mr. McGann, and words
were followed by blows. The minister
got the worst of the fight.
Railroad Wreck.
Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 22.—Passen
ger train No. 5, on the Central road, due
here at 7:55 p. m., was thrown off tho
track near Fitzpatrick, by a cow. The
engine, express and baggage car were
derailed. Engineer Williams and Fire
man Kimball, of Macon, were badly
scalded. No other casualties.
KOiMifiwA., Tuesday MORNING, JANL'AuY 23, ! O b4
A SIMILAR CASE
ToThatof Howard, Just Con
victed at Jackson.
SCANDALOUS FRAUDS
An American Who May Have
Been Duped by 4 Sharp
London Lawyer.
New York, Jan, 22.—The World
prints a story from London which bears
some likeness to the case of Howard,
just convicted at Jackson, Tenn. The
story says:
Developments in the recent trial of the
Rev. Mr. Howard in Tennessee have
been strikingly duplicated in a case be
fore the queen’s bench in London, in
which an American named Jaquess and
an English solicitor were parties.
The question before the court was
whether Solicitor Thomas should give a
bill of costs for the expenditure of over
$75,000 entrusted to him by J. F.
Jaquess.
It incidentally appeared that Jaquess
had come to England in V-86 with’ SBO,-
000 in money anil a claim of one Law
rence, of Troy, N. Y., to tlje Towneley
estates and "$70,000,000 which had
accumulated in the English treasury.”
It appears suit was actually entered
for the recovery of the estate, but no
effort, apparently, was made to get the
$70,000,000. Thomas, the solicitor, car
ried the case up to the house of lords,
and it was finally dismissed as frivolous
and vexatious.
Revelations in the case just tried led
Mr. Justice Mathew to say:
"There appears to have been a scan
dalous fraud.”
And Mr. Justice Collins declared:
"There is a question whether Jaquess
is entitled to the assistance of this court.
That depends on whether Jaquess was a
party to a gross fraud admitted by
Thomas to have been carried out by
him. The master has investigated the
matter, and I do not disagree with his
finding. I could not take upon myself
to say that Jaquess is fraudulent, but I
am not certain that he is clear of fraud,
and I should be sorry by my judgment
to place any obstruction in the way of
persons who may have any right as
against Jaquess. It must not bethought
that this court has absolved Jaquess
from all suspicion of fraudulently com
bining with Thomas.”
A reporter succeeded in locating Ja
quess at London lodgings. He dresses
in black broadcloath, has long white
hair and has a dignified manner. He is
living in Denbigh place. Pimlico, a
shabby genteel quarter of London.
He says he was colonel of the Seventy
third Illinois volunteers during the war,
and was afterwards an official in the
postoffice in Washington. His principal
hope on earth now is that the English
solicitor Thomas shall be made to dis
gorge some of the moneys which Jaquess
has paid him.
Jaquew* Statement.
To the reporter Jaquess made the fol
lowing statement:
"I was asked to go into the case by
Dr. Webb, of Utica, N. Y., a friend of
mine. He collected the pedigree, proofs
of marriage, and everything necessary
to establish a claim to the Townely es
tates, obtained the opinion of eminent
counsel—Blake, Curran & Boyd, of To
ronto, and others —and collected from
many persons money with which to
carry on litigation. Our documents
show that John Lawrenco married Mary
Towneley, daughter of Sir Richard
Towneley, in 1695. In 1807 there was a
failure of male issue in the Towneley
family, and the suc< wssion, we claim,
should have gone to Mary Towneley’s
descendants.
Dow Hager Lawrence, her great
great-grandson, the present claimant, is
a poor ship carpenter in Troy. The
Towneley estate is in the possession of
Lord Norreys, now in the Earl of Abing
don, who married a Towneley—nomi
nally in possession. The estate is of
enormous value. It includes a large
part of the manufacturing town of
Burnley and several coal mines. The
statute of limitations will put our case
out of court unlesss we can prove there
was fraud in obtaining the property,
which is what we hope to do.
"When 1 came to England, six years
ago, we employed Howell Thomas, an
English solicitor. He took all the pa
pers, retained counsel, etc. The case
was dismissed by the house of lords two
years ago, and we failed to obtain per
mission to begin another suit, but the
language of the court led us to believe
we might succeed another time.
"But in the meantime Thomas has ob
tained $75,000 from us and refused an
accounting. This is what we are trying
to obtain. He has had seven addresses
within six months, and we do not know
where he is now. He has many impor
tant papers.
"Thomas informed me that the sum
of $70,000,000, accumulated income of
the estate, was in the treasury. I have
not been able to ascertain that yet.”
To all this may be added that the re
cent report, published in the London
Times, of unclaimed moneys in chancery
sufficiently shows that no really consid
erable sum awaits any claimant there.
_ ” HAVE A PLAN. _
A. New Monetary System Disoussed by For
eign Friends of Silver.
London, Jan. 22.—The correspondent
of the Standard at Berlin says that those
persons interested in promoting a new
monetary conference have prepared a
plan for submission to the governments
most closely concerned with the silver
question.
The plan will propose that the United
States, France, England and Germany
form a monetary union upon the follow
ing basis:
The United States to buy and use for
currency purposes $10,000,000 of silver
vearlv: France, rsnrsaentincr the Latin
union, to purvu..se zu.vou.uou irancs
worth; England and Germany to with
draw all their gold coinage and paper
money under the value of one pound
sterling and buy 750.000 pounds worth
of silver yearly in the mean time and is
sue notes under a pound in value against
the full equivalent deposit of silver coin
age; India to resume tne unlimited coin
age of silver.
The price of silver is to be fixed by the
countries mentioned at, several of the
persons interested say, 4d per ounce
above the Indian rupee price, to be
alterable only at the beginning of each
year. If the average London price of
silver fall at any time 10 per cent below
the convention price, the members of
the union are to have the optibn to
Withdraw and dissolve the union.
This plan will be accompanied by a
document to prove that the acceptance
of the proposed regulations by England
and Germany is perfectly compatible
with their maintaing tbe gold standard
and to explain the height of the conven
tion price of silver by the necessity of
offering the owners of silver mines a
profit sufficient to induce them to form
a liuitt to limit the output.
TO BOOM HILL.
Chicago Take, the First Step In th. Next
Democratic Campaign.
Chicago, Jan. 22.—A call has been
published for a meeting at which will be
organized the David B.’Hill Democratic
association of Chicago. With the or
ganization of the association will begin,
it is said, a mighty movement to secure
for Senator Hill the presidential nomi
nation for 1896. It is said by persons
interested that already over 1,000 Chi
cago Democrats have agreed to assist in
the movement. S. D. Keough, a local
politician, is greatly interested in the
Hill Ixiom.
“The movement has been quietly agi
tated since the last presidential elec
tion,” said he. “We intend to run Mr.
Hill for the presidency on the broad
platform that he is a Democrat. The
movement will also ■be a brake on the
work the Republicans are doing in the
west in Mr. Harrison's behalf. The
matter has been taken up in the east and
great interest is manifest there. In the
west we intend to push it until there is
a powerful organization in favor of Mr.
Hill's candidacy for the presidency.”
SHOT TWO WOMEN,
rini at a Uarke.per, and Tli.n Eltet
Hiiuself Dead.
Chicago, Jan. 22.—Walter I’hipps
shot and dangerously wounded Mrs.
James McCormick and Miss Elma Erick
son in State street and then committed
suicide. Phipps had been drinking and
entered his room, where Miss Erickson
was putting things in order. What was
said no one knows. The report of a
pistol was followed by screams from tho
girl.
Mrs. McCormick rushed to the room
and found the girl on the floor with a
bullet bole in her head, Phipps standing
over her with a revolver m hie hxad. He
fired at Mrs. McCormick, hitting her in
the head. Then be rushed downstair*
and fired at a barkeeper. After that he
killed himself.
Mr. McCormick and Miss Erickson
were taken to St. Joseph'* hospital. The
young woman will die. Mrs. McCor
mick may recover.
Phipps was considered steady and dil
igent. He had boon out of work for
several weeks. This drove him to drink
and he probably became temporarily in
sane.
BRECKINRIDGE WRITES.
He Cannot Leave Hi* Work to Meet Hl*
Political Enemies.
Lexington, Ky., Jan. 22.—Colonel
Breckinridge will make an aggressive
campaign. A circular letter from Wash
ington, which he has just issued, insures
a most sensational campaign. It reads:
Deas Sir: The canvass for congress!
man has, in a certain sense, opened, and
that very vigorously. My enemies are ex
tremely busy, and do not confine them
selves to legitimate methods of canvass
ing. They are attempting to stab me in
the back while I am here attending to my
public duties. I cannot neglect these du
ties and leave the district unrepresented
when important measures are pending;
and I must, therefore, throw myself upon
the indulgence of my friends and ask their
help. I assure you I intend to make this
race, and I do not Intend to make a defen
sive race. I ask your support, and I would
take it as a favor if you would send ms
the names of the Democrats in your neigh
borhood, atid correspond with me from
time to time.
Very truly yours,
W. C. P. Breckinridge.
STONE A CANDIDATE.
He Will Offer to Succeed Senator Walthall
in Congreii.
Jackson, Miss., Jan. 22.—80th the
■enate and the house passed highly eulo
gistic resolutions in the matter of the
resignation of Senator E. C. Walthall.
Each set of resolutions expressed deep
regret at his self-imposed retiracy, and
both endorsed without qualification his
course as senator fropi Mississippi, and
each eulogized his long and brilliant
career. The race for the succession : s
fairly on. Ex-Governor Lowry, Chi I
Justice Campbell and Hon. A. J. Mc-
Laurin are each understood to be candi
dates, and Governor Stone, who has
been eagerly importuned by his friends
in the city and by telegraph and lett- r
to permit the use of his name, has given
his assent to become a candidate.
A taw of I’olsonfng.
Augusta, Me., Jan. 22.—The case of
William H. Getchell, of Sydney, who
died Dec. 9, and the content* of whose
stomach was sent to Professor Robinson
of Brunswick, for analysis, has been de
cided to ba one of poisoning. A county
official said that a quantity of strych
nine sufficient to kill four men was dis
covered. No arrest of Mrs. Getchell pr
any one else has been made, but the
county attorney is taking a mass of evi
rlnnou
TO SEE THE FIGHT.
Nine Sleepers Full of Sports to
See the Fight
PASSED THROUGH ROME.
Charlie Johnson Says That
Corbet Has a Dead
Sure Thing.
The Corbett-Mitchell fight ha* begun
to affect passenger business. Every Cin
cinnati train that passes through East
Rome has one or two extra sleepers full
of sporting men on their way to Jackson
ville. Within the last three days nine
sleepers full have passed through and
more are to follow.
These pilgrim* are of a festive sort,
and among them are many noted sports.
Sunday night Charlie Johnson, the sport
ing editor of the Cincinnati Commercial,
passed through. He is an enthusiastic
Corbett man and will be a
special guest of the champion at
Jacksonville. He says Corbett has
got a dead aure thing in this
fight and Mitchell hasn’t a ghost of a
chance. He thinks the fight will not
come off in Jacksonville, but in New Or
leans. It will be remembered that Cor
bett sent out a telegram a week ago tell
ing his friends to be in Jacksonville on
the morning of January 24th if they
wanted to see the fight. That is the
day before the time appointed, and in
the interval a special train could make
the run from Jacksonville to New Or
leans.
Billy Tate, a noted sport, who was ref
eree in the fight between Sullivan and
McCaffrey at Chester Park, near Cincin
nati some years ago, went down Satur
day night. It is said that in that fight
McCaffrey really got the best of Sulli
van, but the fight was awarded the other
way ou account of the immense stakes
put up. Pete Costello, a Cincinnati
sporting man, and Fred Wilcox, of Chi
cago, the largest cigar importer in the
' sountry, went down Sunday night, on
route to Jacksonville to see the fight.
ANOTHER HANGING AT CARTERSVILLE
Jeff Irby Has Been Convicted of the Mur.
! der of Simon Foster.
Special to The Tribane.
Carters viLi.x, Jan. 22.—The superior
court is in progress here. Jeff Irby ha*
been convicted for the murder of Simon
Foster and sentenced by Judge Thos. W.
Milner to hang, but the date of the exe
cution has not as yet been fixed. This
will, however, be attended to in a few
days.
There are now about fourteen negroes
in jail in Cartersville for stealing meat
and other provisions from various houses
in and around Cartersville.
DIED YESTERDAY-
Mr. John Phelps Died Yesterday at His
Home Near South Rome,
Mr. John Phelps, a well known young
farmer living a short distance beyond
South Rome, died yesterday of conges
tion of the lungs.
He had been ill but a short time. Mr.
Phelps was about thirty-four years of
age, and was married a year ago to a lady
up north. The funeral will occur this
afternoon at a 2 o’clock at the residence,
and the intermedt will be made in Myr
tle hill Cemetery.
THE COMING AND GOING
Os the People You Know and Some That
You Don’t Know.
Mr. L. D. Armstrong, a leading farmer
of Gardon county, was in the city yes
terday.'
Mrs. Hngh T. Inman is spending a
few weeks at the Inman mansion near
the city.
Mr. Rem Crawford, one of the Con
stitution’s bright young men, was in
Rome Sunday night.
Miss Pauline Harris left yesterday for
Augusta, where she will spend several
days with friends.
Miss Annie Garlington, of Reeves’
station, is the guest ofter cousin, Mrs
S. M. Lowry.
Mr. M. L. Troutman was in the city
yesterday. He reports farm work well
begun in his section of the county.
Miss Lillie Armstrong, of Oostanaula,
and one of Gordon county’s most beau
tiful young ladies, is the guest of rela
tives in the city.
Misses Minnie and Eva Langford, of
Rome, Ga.. are viaiting their aunt, Mrs.
Emma Caldwell, No. 78 Richardson
street.—Atlanta Journal.
Mr. Luke Mitchell, formerly steamboat
captain on the Oostaunala river, but now
a prosperous farmer of Gordon county,
is spending a few days with friends and
relatives in Rome.
WILLIE GOODWYN’S HOME-
He is With Mr. P, M. Story Out In the
Country.
One day last week The Tribune
printed a pathetic story about Willie
Goodwyn, a boy who had been left home
less by the efiiiction of his grandmother, [
I who was sent to the asylum at Milledge-
PRICE hIVE CENTS.
ville. His mother was dead and hi*
father was far away and out of employ
ment.
The publication of the story raised
friends for the boy, and he is now located
at the home of Mr. P. M. Story, jr., a
thrifty farmer who is well known
throughout the county.
CITY GLEANINGS.
700 Car*.
“The Tribunk was right in saying we
doubled our output,” said Mr. E. T.
McGhee yesterday, “but it was 700 car*
instead of 300 chat the Chemical Work*
turned out.”
Pansy Chapel.
Mr. Junius Gaorge is moving right
a ong with the work on the new Pana y
Chapel. He got the money and got
started on the work without saying much
about it.
Heavy Machinery.
Lew Wagner was busy unloading the
heavy machinery at the water works yes
terday. Tbe pump, weighing eight tons
was taken off the car without the use of
a crane.
Plana Forte Lecture—Recital.
There will be an interesting piano forte
lecture-recital next Friday afternoon at
the Southern Conservatory of Music by
Edward Baxter Perry. It will doubtless
draw a large number of music loving peo
ple.
Cottage Prayer Meeting.
The cottage prayer meeting has been
held from house to house every week
since October, 1892. Usually about 20
have attended. There were thirty-one
present yesterday afternoon at Mrs. Wat*
• irs.
Sam’* Latest.
Our young friend, Sammie Whitmire’s
latest scheme is a personally conducted
trip down the Coosa river from Rome to
Montgomery. Prof.Sorcho, the great am
phibian, will swim the entire distance
and Sammie will make it in a canoe. If
they will come down the Chattahoochee
we can promise them an ovation.—Colum
bus Enquirer-Sun.
A Rome Negro.
A negro was arrested last week for Bob
Nichols, and it was stated that he was
wanted in Chattanooga. It ha* developed
that the negro’s name is Romus Dowdell.
Dowdell is wanted in Coalburg, Ala.,
where he bas been serving a term of four
years. He says he knocked a man in the
head with a bat at Rome, Ga. Chief Con
nolly has written to the authorities at
Coalburg and expecta to hear from them,
at once. —Constitution.
A Rist at Yelser’*.
The other day in givjng ths names of
gentlemen with whom names might be
enrolled for the Evans club, Dr.
name was omitted. The Doctor has
quite a number of names already on his
list. The other places for enrollmentuke
The Tribune cffice, and witn Hon, M.
A. Nevin, Mr. Max Meyerhardt,.
Sam’l Funkhouser, Major W. F. Ayer
and Mr. Alf. Harper.
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Missioa Society :
The Baptist Mission society had an in
teresting meeting yesterday afternoon.
Besides usual business, Mrs. C. M. Har
per read a mission tract and a letter from
Dr. Powell, the society’s representative
in Mexico. He said he had been on a
600 mile trip through the country bn
horseback, organizing churches. He
wanted SSO to furnish seats and lights
for his congregations, and tho ladies
voted sl2 50 with the understanding that
the young men’s society would furnish
the same amount. They will duplicate
the contributions later. •'
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South Carolina Red Hot.
Mr. H. H. Bacon, of Atlanta, is in the
city representing the Domestic Sewing
Machine company. 1,1
“A wall ought to be built around
South Carolina and labeled Lunatic
Asylum,” said he. “I never saw people
in such a ferment. It is all over the
liquor ,'law. South Carolinians pf the
towns will not patronize the state dis
pensaries. They want to make the ex
periment a failure financially. They
patronize blind tigers instead of the
state. Os nine men arrested in a town
one night, only one had a Palmetto
flask. Ths rest got their liquor from the
tigers. , 4 )t n ....
"Otherwise than politically,, the upper
part of the state is in a fine condition.
The farmers and the people in the small
towns are feeling good. The Id wet part
of the state and Storm" belt are In a
deplorable condition?’- I . mri i
Three killed;' 'riiilitji*' W’<ttln<le'<k ! 1
Stephens, Ark’.,' Jah.-2>.-M)ne iof the
most disastrous accidents, that ever -oc
curred in this.sectfqq,happened, at, Oga
maw, a lumber station three.miles north
of here. Thd triifhf •fr'as 'coming ll itato
the station, from the pattips, yybiwh A’O
located several miles in the country,
and a largiY Hnmber of dPere
returning with it. Passing over a trestle,
when neariug theend, of. tho xqn, tho
woodwork gave way, aiid the entire
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