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THE ROME TRIBUNE.
VOL. VI. NO. i.»44
MORSE’S ATTACK
On the Wilson Bill Which He
Does In a Rough Way.
1 A PREMIUM ON PERJURY.
The Consideration of the Wil
son Bill Taken Up Without
Waiting for Committee.
Washington, Jan. 30.—The house
Very promptly went into committee of
the whole to consider the tariff hill on
motion of Mr. Richardson, of Tennessee,
. having dispensed with the call of com-
Lmittees for report. Mr. Morse, of Mas
sachusetts, gave notice that he proposed
to offer an amendment to the title of the
Wilson bill, -so as to make it read: “A
bill to increase taxation, reduce revenue
for the government, and to fine honest
men, and .pay a premium on perjury,
■and for other purposes.”
It was agreed that debate on the bill
to repeal'tiie federal election law should
be closed -at 4 o’clock Tuesday next with
the debate on amendments under a five
minutes’ rule until disposed of. The vote
to be taken on that day.
Slierman Defends Carlisle.
Mr. Stewart’s resolution condemning
the treasury bond policy being up in the
senate, after a speech by Senator Stew
, art. Mr. Sherman made a strong speech
in support of the secretary's power and
dutv to issue and sell bonds.
He expressed his regret that Any
body should be found now to question
■that authority. It was almost unpa
triotic to do so, at a time when the re
sources of the government were insuf
ficient to meet expenditures. Without
regard to party or feeling, he felt like
Standing up for the honor of the country
and for the power of the secretary.
That power, he contended, was given
in the strongest, clearest, and most di
> rect language that could be used, and it
had stood unchallenged and uncontra
dicted from that day until a few days
~ since, when the senator from Nebraska.
Mr. Allen, offered a resolution denying
the authority of the secretary of the
treasury.
Mr. Sherman complained that that
had been done at the very time when
bidders were preparing their bids.
Settles Keeps His Seat.
Washington, Jan. 30.—The report of
the house committee on elections in the
Williams-Settle contest. zom the fifth
district, North Carolina, has been sub
mitted.
The majority report was prepared by
Mr. Paynter, of Kentucky. The allega
tions of Williams were that Settles’ ma
jority was obtained by irregularities.
The report admits irregularities, but
say they were not sufficient to change
the result. Settle is the only Republican
from North Carolina and the youngest
member of the house, being but 27 years
•Id.
Injunction Granted.
Washington, Jan. 30.—Judge Cox
has denied the application of the Knights
of Labor for an injunction to restrain
Secretary Carlisle from issuing bonds.
. The principal ground of his decision was
that the applicants had no proper stand
ing in court.
LONG DELAYED LETTERS.
A Man Who Contemplated Suicide in Au
fftista Wrote Them.
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 30.—Three letters
have been found in the Augusta Hotel
which should have been posted several
years ago. They were dated April 6,
1687, and were sealed and stamped, but
for some reason did not go te their des
tination.
» The writer of them was a man named
Harry Hutton and had penned the epis
tles on what purported to be the eve of
his self-destruction. The letters were
all directed to Baltimore—one to his
father, another to a friend and another
to a relative.
They all expressed the deepest contri
tion and in the first and last named he
asked forgiveness, while in the other he
held himself up in the light of a warn
ing to his friend. The records slww the
name cf no such suicide in this city and
it is supposed that either he decided to
linger » this vale of tears a little longer
or that his purpose was accomplished in
soma other place.
SAVES DAVENPORT.
Xu Old Omo Is Settled in Faror of the
Defendant.
Washington, Jan. 80.—The secretary
of the navy has approved the findings
and opinion of the court which inquired
into the conduct of Lieutenant Richard
S. Davenport, of the Nipsic, during the
time of the hurricane at Samoa. It is
long, and recites many mitigating cir
cumstances, giving high praise to the
conduct of the applicant up to the time
of the stranding of the ship. As to the
time and maimer in which he left the
ship, the court finds adversely to him,
but recites nine considerations in miti
gation of his conduct, all going to indi
cate his courage and the permission that
had been given to leave the ship, and
indicating the biased character of the
testimony against him.
Secretary Herbert has prepared an ex
haustive review of the whole case and
most of the circumstances attending it.
He says of Lieutenant Purcell, who filed
charges against Davenport with the New
York Yacht club, that bethinks Purcell
was actuated by malice, and his conduct
is strongly reprobated.
Secretary Herbert thinks that Lieu
tenant Davenport did not lose his pres
ence of mind, but that he was cool and
courageous, and that he was justified in
leaving the ship at the time he did and
under the prevailing circumstances. The
secretary thinks that the lieutenant did
not set a gooa exampie to ms men ny I
stripping himself as soon as he did, but I
he finds mitigating circumstances, and
subjects his approval of the court's find
ings to his remarks upon them.
Needs New Vaults.
W ashington, Jan. 30.—The commis
sion of experts appointed to report on
the best method of safe and vault con
struction with a view to the improve
ment of the treasury facilities report
that the vaults of the department would
not be considered desirable by a country
banker. “They are absolutely discredit
able to the nation and to its mechanics
and to the department,” it says. It fin< s
the real safety of the funds of the gov
ernment in tiie police system of the treas
ury department.
The commission made many experi
ments upon safes with burglars’ ap
pliances, and in only one instance failed
to effect an opening sufficient to permit
the robbery of the safe’s contents. It
recommends, therefore, the construction
of laminated steel vaults of the most
modern pattern and of the most, perfe -t
construction, and of suffi. .ent size to
meet all requirements for at least 10
years to come.
J. Scott Harrison's Chances.
Washington, Jan. 30.—J. Scott Har
rison, whose nomination to the Kansas
City surveyorship was rejected by the
senate, is in town to confer with the
president, it is said, about the future.
Mr. Cleveland is credited with the de
sire to do something for the brother of
his predecessor. He may send his name
to the senate for some other office,
guided by the assertion made in certain
quarters that the rejection of Mr. Har
rison for the collectorship of customs at
Kansas City was due less to prejudice
against the nominee than to a desire on
the part of the senate to express the
right cf the Missouri senators to be
' heard with regard to that office.
FAI R’S“HI dTn G PL AC E.
Death Revealed How He Had Eluded the
Law.
Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 30. —The
announcement of the death of Mr.
Thomas Fair was. quite a surprise, and
’ everyone was asking the question,
“Where did he come from?” On Aug.
15, 1874, Mr. Fair became involved in a
dispute with Mr. Oliver Ell.son, which
resulted in the death of the latter, and
since that day there has been an indict
ment for murder hanging over him. Mr.
Ellison's relatives have been endeavoring
, to locate his hiding place. Futile would
be the effort to picture their surprise
when it was learned that he had been
right in the heart of Milledgeville for 13
years, without allowing the citizens of
this place, except his immediate family,
ever to see him.
Mr. Fair served in the civil war in the
Ninth regiment, and bore to the grave
ecars received in defense es the south.
He was buried in tire cemetery here.
Ellison was killed 20 years ago in the
southwestern portion of the city. Fair
was jealous of Ellison, awl stabbed him
about a woman. Ellison started to re
turn to the business portion of the city,
but fell in the street, where he was
found and carried to his house. He was
dead in a few hours. Fair, unwilling
to cause his family grief which his trial
would bring on them, immediately left
for parts unknown. Every effort was
made to locate him, but to no avail. His
whereabouts since that time have been
unknown. It is said he went to a swamp
near this city, where he spent seven
years, but returned to this city about 13
years ago. Since which time he has
been hiding in the home of his brothers,
very near the heart of the city.
FOR THE WEEK.
Tradesman'!! Review of the Industrial Sit.
nation In the South.
Chattanooga, Jan. 30.—The Trades
man, in its review of the industrial situ
ation in the south for the week ending
Jan. 29, reports that the condition of
southern manufacturing industries con
tinues to be favorable, and that the de
mand for machinery is larger than for
some time past. Plants which have
been shut down are now starting up,
especially in the lumber industry. Also
the southern textile mills report a fair
amount of business. A feature of the
situation is the considerable increase in
the number of enlargements of manu
factories reported each week.
It reports 55 new industries as estab
lished or incorporated during the week,
together with 14 enlargements of manu
factories, and 17 ibiportant new build
ings.
A Sulcido in Lowei Georgia.
Albany, Ga., Jan. 30.—A tragic sni
cide took place at Newton, Baker coun
ty. Bruce Grant, a young man 28 years
old, ran bis hand into the overcoat
pocket of Marshal John Griffin, secured
the latter’s pistol, asked him if it would
shoot, received an affirmative answer,
and, placing the weapon against his
own temple, pulled the trigger. The
bullet went thtough Grant’s head and
death was almost instantaneous. A
year or two ago he was sent to the acy
lum for a short time, but soon regained
his equilibrium and returned to his
home. No cause is assigned for the sui
cide.
Alaskans up in Arms,
Port Townsend, Wash., Jan. 30.
According to advices brought per steam
er Topeka pretty much all of Alaska is
up in arms over the recent edict of
United States Marshal Porter regarding
the enforcement of the Edmunds act.
Judge Hoyt, ex-commissioner, who camo
down on the Topeka on his way home
after three years of service, says Porter
means business, that He is backed up by
the attorney general, and moreover half
the white population of Sitka and Juneau
will be under arrest shortly unless they
observe the law and cease their unlaw
ful relations with the Indians and half
bred women, who are practically their i
slaves. _ _ f
KO-VLE UA., WEDNESDAY MOttNING, JANuARY3I, 1«)>4
FIRED AT THEM.
Insurgents Got Admiral Ben
ham’s Blood Warmed Up.
FIRST WAS A SCARE SHOT,
The Next Was Fired Point
Blank—“ Don’t Shoot Any
more, I’ll Stop.
(Copyrighted, 1394, by the United Press.)
Rio De Janerio, Jan. 30.—Saturday
the American bark, Amy Captain Black
tord, from Baltimore; American bark
Goodnews, Captain Myrick, also from
Baltimore and The Julia Rollins, gave
notice that they were going to Saudre
piers. Admiral flaGama learned of this
Monday and he notified Admiral Ben
ham that if the three vessels attempted
to go to the piers referred to he would
fire on them.
Admiral Benham at once replied that
the vessels would go to the piers if they
wanted to, and that he would send the
Detroit to protect them, and if the De
troit could not furnish sufficient protec
tion every vessel of the American squad
ron would be employed in the work of
protection.
Early in the morning five insurgent
tugs and armed merchantmen proceeded
to the place where the American vessels
were lying at anchor, and hovered about
them, apparently waiting for them to
get under way, when they would fire
upon them.
There was great activity displayed on
board the American warships, and soon
the sharp tones of the boatswain’s whis
tle could ba heard piping crews to clear
the ships for action. At five o’clock the
Detroit hoisted her anchors and with
shotted guns steamed in beside the in
surgent warships. Trajor and Guana
bara. both of which were lying close to
the Goodnews.
As the Detroit took np her position a
shot from the Guanabara was fired at
the Goo Inews. (The Detroit at once
fired a six-pound shot across the bows o’
the Guanabara, whereupon the latter
vessel replied with what is supposed to
have been a blank caitridge.
The Detroit then turned one of her
gunsfupon the Guanabara and sent a
small shell into her stern post and was
on the point of delivering a broadside at
the insurgent ship when the Guanabara
signalled that she would stop firing.
They Didn’t Go Far Enough.
Washington, Jan. 30.—At the navy
department it was said that word had
been received from Admiral Benham
announcing his purpose to protect Amer
ican vessels from the insurgent firing,
and of his intention to pursue the course
outlined in the Associated Press dis
patches from Rio already published.
The department had not yet received
word from the admiral that he had car
ried out the program he outlined to the
department. The navy department later
received despatches which, it is stated,
fully confirmed the despatches from Rio.
The official who made this statement
added very significantly: “They, the
press despatches, don’t go far enough.”
From tins, inference is drawn that later
developments have been more serious.
- Rothschilds Confirms It. -
London, Jan. 30.—Baron Rothschild,
upon being questioned as to the source
from which he had received the dispatch
announcing the surrender of Admiral
Da Gama, said a cable message came to
him from what he considered to be a
most reliable source, and that he had no
reason to doubt its accuracy.
News Via London.
London,'Jan. 30.—Despatches received
here from Rio de Janeiro dated Jan. 30
state that 10 o’clock this morning Ad
miral Da Gama having opened fire upon
one of the American warships, a sharp
engagement followed with the result
that Admiral Da Gama surrendered.
Has Da Gain a Surrendered?
London, Jan. SO.—The Rothschilds
banking house has received a dispatch
from Rio de Janeiro saying that Admi
ral Da Gama has surrendered.
DR. BRYANT’S VISIT.
He Can't Bet Foot in Washington Without
Setting Oonslp Going.
Washington, Jan. 30.—The arrival
here of Dr. Bryant, of New York, Presi
dent Cleveland's physician, has given
rise to reports that the president is again
in poor health and in need of the doc
tor’s advice. These rumors have been
emphatically denied by Secretary La
mont, who said:
“There is absolutely no truth in the
statement that Dr. Bryant’s visit here I
has any connection with the president's
health. Dr. Bryant’s wife and daughter
have been guests at my house for a week i
past and the doctor simply came to '
Washington to take them home. He ,
was not summoned by the president, j
who is in no need of a physician’s care.”
Dr. Bryant made a short call at the ’
White House, but it was stated that his i
errand was “only to pay his respects” to I
the president and Mrs. Cleveland.
GAuni Goea to Jail. <
Atlanta, Jan. 30.—William Givens, 1
charged with the shooting of his wife. (
was given a preliminary hearing before 1
Justice Landrum and committed to jail <
in default of a bond for SSOO. i
English Cotton Mills Burned.
London, Jan. 30.—The Rye Cotton
mills at Oldham, county of Lancaster, 6
seven miles northeast of Manchester, 5
have been destroyed by file. Loss, 80,- 1
000 noundi.
VIVE LA COMMUNE!
The French Chamber Was a
Scene of Rioting.
PRESIDENT IS POWERLESS.
The Ranting Socialists Held
Full Sway Until the Sitting
Was Declared Closed.
Parts,
the chamber of deputies was tame until
M. Chaudey ascended the tribune. He
is the eon of the journalist whom the
communists arrested and imprisoned in
1871 and who was executed in the Con
ciergerie by order of Raoul Rigault.
With glowing indignation he protested
against the intolerable audacity of par
tisans of the commune, like M. Clovis-
Hugues, who dared to pose as champion
of individual liberty.
This aroused the anarchists and so
cialists to frenzy. They started to their
feet, gesticulating wildly aud shouting
frantically. M. Chaudey stood with
outstretched hand pointed at the Left
and Radicals. The Moderates and the
Right seemed to be hurling anathemas
at the Left.
Then, out of the hubbub of noise and
recrimination, came the shrill cry, “Vive
la Commune!”
At the same time the president was
seen fumbling for the book of rules.
Finally the secretary thrust it into his
opened at the right page. In his
loudest voice the president said:
“1 call upon you to withdraw that cry.
It is a most odious one, and I shall not
tolerate its utterance in this chamber.”
The words were cheered to the echo, ■
but many socialist continued to cry
“Vive la Cumninne!” and M. Dupuy,
despite all his efforts, found himself
powerless to check the demonstration.
Finally silence was restored, and the
diminutive figure of Tbivrier, the de
puty from Montlucon, appeared in the
tribune.
“My friends and I,” be said, "cried
'Vive la Commune!' In the presence of
the infamies just uttered, I have the
right to say I am not like Auvergnat,
who changes his mind. I abide by all
that 1 have said.”
This disgusted all except a handful of
Thivrier’s friends, who encircled him,
an<l “Vive la Commune!” was cried
louder than ever by them when seven
eighths of the chamber responded to M.
Dupuy's appeal and voted for censure of
Thivrier, with temporary exclusion from
the chamber.
Jaures and other socialists then crowd
ed, around Thivrier, warmly shook him
by the hand and cried once more “Viva
la Commune!"
The president said: “I call upon M.
Thivrier to withdraw."
Thivrier responded : “I decline to go.
I shall only yield to force."
The president then suspended the sit
ting.
MAY GET THE BOY.
The Little Fellow Who Was Stolen in
Wilkesbarre Last Week.
W ILKESBARRE, Pa., Jan. 30.—The po
lice on Saturday discovered a due which
led them to suspect an Italian organ
grinder named Rocel of kidnapping lit
tle Eddie Brotherton, of Ashley, who
disappeared from his home last Friday.
They found three school children who
claim they saw the organ grinder’s little
girl, a child of 13, pulling the boy along
the street.
Detectives were put on the track of
Rocel and they located him in Scranton.
He and his daughter are now locked up
in this city. The quarters where the ar
rest was made were thoroughly search
ed, but there was no trace of the miss
ing boy. Rocel was questioned and de
nied seeing the child. His daughter ad
mitted she took tho child from a group
of children.
Later, when talking with Mayor Nich
ols. she said she had never seen thelli n e
fellow, but she contradicted herself si -
eral times when explaining the move
ments of herself and her father. When
the father was searched he had sls inhil’s
besides some small change. The detec
tives hope to compel the Italian to con
fess the whereabout of the boy.
Want the Corbett-Jaekson Fight.
Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 30.—8 y car
rier pigeon from Avalon, Catalina island:
“Leading citizens have subscribed $5,000
for the purpose of getting Corbett and
Jackson to meet here next June. This
sum is to he supplementary to the $35,-
000 offered by the Santa Catalina Ath
letic club of Los Angeles. A petition
will be circulated for signatures all over
the state in view of the determination
of Corbett to withdraw from the ring
after his next contest, requesting him to
fight his final battle in his native state.”
WAR TO THE KNIFE.
The General Electric and Professor Thom
son Going into It Right.
, Lynn, Mass.,(Jan. 30.—Professor Elihu
Thompson, the inventor and main reli
ance of the Thomson-Houston company
in defending its patents, has declared
war upon the Genera! Electric company,
and according to his associates, is to be .
a number of the original Thomson-
Houston people to try to secure the big !
West Lynn plant for a new corporation 1
which will manufacture under his i
patents.
It is understood that Professor Thomson .
declares he never sold his arc lamp to
the General Electrij people, and hi ’
claims to have another incandescent J
lamp which will dtive the one now man- i
ufactured by the General Electrict out .
of the market.
Soon after the consoldation the Thom- 1
son-Houston people claimed the Edison 1
people had misrepresented their assets, t
and they brought suits in this state, un- .
der various pretexts, to discover whether
it were nossible to divorce lhe original (
i nomson-Houston trom me w-enerai
' Electric. They did not find a legal way
to do this and determined to start anew
followed. John Pevear, a local capi
talist, is mentioned as the probable pres
ident of the new corjioration.
The original contract made with the
General Electric made it obligatory on
Professor Thomson to offer ail of his
inventions to that company first, Lut it
appears that the company has not kept
its part of the contract and that the pro
fessor prefers cash to promises. This is
why he has not prepared to follow the
caravan to Schenectady, and this is the
reason why, he says, he “will makethem
sick.”
The factories of the General Electric
here will close Feb. 1 for an inventory,
Lut it is not believed they will open
again as announced. Eighten months
ago there were nearly 4,0u0 persons em
ployed at the West Lynn plant, but now
only 500.
The Thomson program is war to the
knife un the old concern, aud uo alliance,
friendiy or otherwise, with any other
corporation.
LAW AND~ORDER LEAGUE.
| The Jacksonville Fight Will Go Through
the Courts.
Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 30.—The
Law and Order league has resolved to
make it lively for the principals and the
aiders and abettors in the Corbett-Mitch
ell prize fight. Rev. W. N. Connolly,
local agent of the league, called on the
Southern Associated Press correspond
ent and asked that the following state
ment be made:
“In the matter of the prize fight, we
hold that the injunction granted by
Judge Call was an evasion of prescribed
statutes, and if the state authorities
don’t very soon bring the matter up for
review in the supremo court, the league
will do so. I have heard that the gov
ernor has instructed the attorney general
to follow this line of action.”
“What provisions h«ve been made to
prosecute this matter?”
“The international league has placed
ample funds at the disposal of its local
agents for this purpose, and has given
instructions for the suit to be pushed
forward at the first sign of weakening
on the part of the state. The league is
' determined that such an exhibition as
i took place in this city Thursday shall
not be repeated in the country if means
can be found to prevent it. It was call
ed a 'glove contest,’ but Mitchell was
' rendered entirely unconscious from the
terrific force of a blow, and that it
i would end in this manner in favor of
. one or the other of the fighters was fully
foreseen, as I understand that a ‘fiu'.sh
f fight’ means a fight until one of the n.en
i is unable to respond when the time is
called,"
( It Is Stokes Versus Stokes.
) New York, Jan. 30.—Edward S.
Stokes is very angry over the appoint
' ment of his cousin, W. E. D. Stokes, as
commissioner to Antwerp, and tele
graphed President Cleveland that his ap
. pointee was under indictment for libel, t
criminal offense. He said: “I think the
friends of W. E. D. Stokes Lave de
ceived the president. I have written tc
him explaining the case and the nature
i cf the indictment, and stated that 1
would forward to Washington a tran
. script of the charge. With these facte
before the president he will probably
1 withdraw the appointment.” Mr. Stokei
i added that he thought W. E. D. Stokes
. would have to stand trial despite the
I efforts on the part of his friends to side
track the indictment.
1 The Richest Find Yet.
J Cripple Creek, Col., Jan. 30.- John
Harman, who sold a third interest in the
’ Poorman mine to H. K. Deveraux a few
days ago for $50,000. has found on the
1 , Dead Shot claim, which is an extension
of the Mary Navin vein, ore which as
says 86.85 ounces of gold and 1,920
ounces of silver to the ton. It is the
richest discovery ever made in Cripple
Creek.
Burglar* Broke In a Bank.
Ellaville, Ga., Jan. 30.—The Plant
ers’ bank of Ellaville was robbed of $7,-
585 by cracksmen. They drilled holes
in the safe and filled the holes with
powder and blew the door off. There is
no clue to the identity of the burglars.
The county commissioners have offered
SSOO reward for the burglars.
An Express Company’s Victory.
Chicago, Jan. 30.—The directors of
the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Railroad company and the United States
Express company have ratified the con
tract giving the United States company
the business on the St. Paul lines to the
exclusion of all other companies. The
contract is for 10 years.
Didn’t Intend It But He Did IK
Toledo, 0., Jan. 30.—Frederick Leah
thought to frighten his wife on her re
turn from church aid, fastening a
clothes line to a nail in the wall, put a
loose coil about his neck. He acci
dentally fell. His neck was dislocated
aud he died.
MR AND MRS. HILLS
Two Former Romans Arrive In the City
Yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Hills, of El Paso,
Texas, arrived in the city yesterday and
are the guests of their nephew Mr. Paul
Reese, at Mrs. Gailliard’s on Second
avenue.
Mr. Hills is very pleasantly remem
bered by many of the older citizens of
Rome, having resided here abou; twenty
years ago. Ha was at the time of his
residence here engaged in the law prac
tice with Capt. John H. Reese. Since he
left Roma he has acquired a handsome
fortune, and for several years he and his
wife have been traveling through all thn
principal cities of Europe. They wi>'.
remain in Rome about three months.
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PRICE hive Cents.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I
j
The Citizens of North Rome to
Vote on a Bill
CALLING FOR SCHOOLS
To Be Established in the Town.
The Election Will Occur
on March 6th.
Tne public school question is at issue
again in North Rome.
Mayor E. P. Treadaway has ordered
an election to be held in that town on
March 6 h to decide whether or not a
system of free schools shall be estab
lished.
A school bill was presented to the leg
islature in 1892 which was passed by the
house, but when it reached the Senate
it was laid o i the table until the last
session when it was finally approved on
December 9, 1893.
The objection of the election to be held
is to ascertain whether or not the people 1
will ratify the bill.
> The bill provides that the mayor and
council shall be authorized to levy a tax,
annually, not to exceed one-fourth of
one per cent on the real estate and per
sonal property of said town for the pur
pose cf establishing and maintaining free
, schools in aud for said town of North
Rome, provided the sum so raised shall
be used only for the purpose as set forth.
1 The entire tax, including the said one
fourth of one per cent for school pur
poses, shall not exceed three-fourths of
, one per cent on real and personal prop
erty of said town as provided by the
' charter.
The bill further provides that the
i County School Commissioner will be au
i thoriz d and required to pay over to the
I mayor and council for the use of free
> schools under such rules and regulations
’ as maj be prescribed by the proportion
I of the common school fuzd arising from
3 any source belonging to said town to ba
" by them expended in the establishment
® and maintenance of said free schools as
t 1 authorized and directed by the consticu
f ' tion and laws of the state.
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a NEW PATENTS <
ti •
3 8 veral Romans Were Included to the List
Last Week.
Among the long list of patents that
I. were granted last week, several Romans
k. were included in the hst. Mr. R. B.
a Morrison, who is the patentee of a brick,
j. kdi', eevenl of which are being very sue
>- [ oassfully used by the Rome Brick Co.,
a has received a patent on. another brick
® kiln furnace. This new patent is a slight
o improvement on his brick kilns. Ths
e Morrison brick kilns are being used all
I over the United States and Canada, and
they are proving very successful.
y Mr. W. A. Bays has also received ■
lg patent on an automatic rain water cut
is off and filter. The invention is a simple
e device, but accomplishes with satisfac
•* tion the work for which it is intended.
THE CLARK RECEPTION 5
1 Very Largely Attended Yexterday Afternooa
e and Evening.
r The afternoon reception of the Misses
B ! Clark in honor of Mrs. R. G. Clark was
’ very largely attended. Misses Jones, of
) Selma; Mrs. Rogers, Miss Minnie Scott,
9 o’ Atlanta, and Misses Florence Fouche
i and Ruth Norton and Mrs. Charles King,
of Rome, and Mrs. James U. Jackson, of
Augusta, assisted in receiving. The
parlor and dining room were brilliantly
lighted and the decorations of the latter
( were in white and silver shades, prodac
! ing the soft white light of a snow scene.
! Dainty refreshments were served at
small tables. In spite of the arrange-
I ment for a succession of early and late
callers, the parlor was fall to overflow
ing during the whole afternoon and car-
, riages in large numbers were packed in
the yard and lawn.
The evening reception was attended
chiefly by young people who made merry
until a late hour.
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ELECTED NEW OFFICERS. >’
The Rome Society of Medlelne Held an Tn
terestlng Meeting Last Night
The Rome Society of Medicine held an
important meeting at their rooms over
Crouch & Watson’s drug store last night.
The object of the meeting was to elect
new officers for the ensuing year and the
following was the result:
Dr. H. H. Battey, president.
Dr. W. A. Johnson, first vice-president.
Dr. J. N. Cheney,second vice-president.
Dr. R. P. Cox, secretary.
Dr. L. P. Hammond, treasurer. 5
None of the old officers were re-elected.
Dr. Robert Battey was elected president
of the society when it was organized one
year ago, ami under his able direction, it
has flourished and done a great deal of
good. It was regretted that he was un
able to accept the re election.
The society is composed of the leading
physicians of the city, and while one of
their objects is for mu'ual enjoyment,
they meet and discuss points relative to
their profession. Young physicians more
particularly derive great benefit from
these discussions.
The society meets every second and
j fourth Tuesday nights in each mon h.