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THE ROME TRIBUNE.
VOL. VI, NO. 1.946
PASSED THE HOUSE
The Wilson Bill Goes Through
With a Rush.
VOTE STOOD 203 TO 140.
The Income Tax and All—The
Senate Will Pass It Too.
Exciting Times.
The debate on the Wilson bill closed
yesterday at 3 o’clock when the vote be
gan on various adverse amendments,
which were defeated, whi e Wilson’s
amendment on oarley went through.
The final roll call on the bill resulted in a
vote of 203 to 140, giving a m >j irity of (53,
whio r is 29 more than the committee had
calculated on.
There is now every indication that the
bill will pass the senate and become a
law.
Special to the Tribune.
Washington, F.'b. I.—Never in the
history of congress has the house held
such an audience as crowded into it
today to hear the closing speeches in the
debate on the Wilson tariff bill. Tom
Reed and Speaker Crisp championed the
cause of their respective parties. Reed’s
speech dealt in generalities. He declared
that one thing apparent in this debate is
that the Wilson bill is odious to both
parties—'.he lepublicias want m >re pro
tection and the democrats fee trade. “If
this bill passes,” said he, “it will not
last long Republicans will seek to alter
it to get it brck nearer the MeKinley bi>l
and the democrats will try to further re
duce the duties. As a result, there will
be a state of uncertainty, and uncer
tainty will be bad for trade.’’
Reed received great baskets of 11 iwers
When he concluded.
Speaker Crisp made the greatest
speech of his life in reply. He knocked
Reed’s generalities out and brought ict >
line many wavering democrats. Burke
Cochran voted for the bill, income tax
and all. Amis Cumming voted against
it on account of his opposition to the in
come tax feature. The vote stood 203 to
140
The Debate.
Washington, Feb. I.—lnterest in the
closing hours of the tariff debate was
shown in the attendance in the house.
At 10 o'clock the galleries were filled
with spectators, although the session did
not begin until 11 o'clock and it would
be 30 minutes after that hour before Mr.
Reed, of Maine, could speak. The pub
lic galleries were thrown open at 9
o’clock and within five minutes they
were packed to suffocation. Meanwhile
the corridors in the vicinity of the pri
vate galleries were filled with an ex
pectant crowd, in which ladies chiefly
predominated; and when these were
opened it was seen that their capacity
was not sufficient to accommodate the
fraction of those present. It was a mis
cellaneous crowd in more senses than
one, for it contained, in addition to the
usual number of respectable sightseers,
certain representatives of the light
fingered gentry.
One of the victims of the pickpockets
was Mayor Wilson, messenger of the
house agricultural committee. Mayor
Wilson escorted Mrs. Hatch, wife of
Representative Hatch, of Missouri, to
the members’ gallery, and when he re
turned to the floor he was minus his
watch and chain, which had been deftly
abstracted during his brief absence from
the committee room.
The members were slow in gathering,
and when the gavel fell there was not
more than a score of representatives on
the floor. Mr. Reed put in an appear
ance at 10:45. As his portly figure el
bowed its way through the crowd of
pages, messengers and others grouped
about the speaker’s desk, he was recog
nized by the spectators in the galleries,
who rose to their feet and cheered him
wildly. Mr. Reed wore his conventional
suit of black, his Prince Albert coat
tightly buttoned. He wore a scarf of a
bright color, which relieved, somewhat,
the sombreness of his attire.
He seemed embarrassed by the plaud
its of the multitude, and, handing his
top coat nervously to a' page, he hastily
left the floor and sought the seclusion of
a private corridor in the rear of the
chamber. He did not reappear until
the session began.
A generous round of applause greeted
the arrival of Speaker Crisp, who came
in at 11 o’clock, and immediately as
cended to the speaker's chair.
At 12 o’clock the committee rose and*
the tariff bill with the amendments was
reported to the house and Mr. Reed, of
Maine, took the floor in opposition to it,
(amid loud cheers).
Mr. Wilson, chairman of the ways
and means committee, is reported to be
in a very nervous and exhausted condi
tion, as a consequence of his severe la
bors in connection with the preparation
of the tariff bill during the past four
months. He spent a restless night and
is suffering from a severe cold. It is his
purpose to start within a few days for
the city of Mexico, his expectation being
that a change of scenes and rest will re
store him again to health.
Immediately after reading of the joui J
nal Mr. Lockwood made a point of no
quorum. The roll call disclosed the
presence of 221 members.
The house went into the committee of
the whole and took up the question pend
ing.
Mr. Wilson’s motion to close the de
bate on the barley amendment and the
house so decided. Wilson and Warner,
of New York, theii took their places as
tellers, and the motion was agreed to,
179 in the affirmative, none m the nega
tive.
The question then recurred on the
Amendments to the barley schedule.
These were the amendments bv Wil-
son, raising me uuty on oariey irom zu
to 25 per cent, and on barley malt from
25 to 30 per cent.
Mr. Tracey, of New York, had offered
an amendment to this raising duty on
barley to 35 per cent.
In the Senate.
The bond resolution offered by Mr.
Stewart, some days ago, having been
laid before the senate, Mr. Sheyman read
an extract from an recent' letter of
Charles Foster, late secretary of the
treasury, explaining that the only prep
aration which he had made for issuing
bonds had reference to 3 per cent bonds,
a bill for which had passed the senate
about a year ago, and which it was sup
posed would pass the house. Mr. Stew
art argued against the secretary’s au
thority to issue bonds under the provis
ions of the resumtion act.
Has Made Overtures.
Washington, Feb. 1. —It is said that
the president is making advances in the
interest of Peckham to Democratic sen
ators who voted against Mr. Hornblower
or were paired. Senators Vest, Cocker
ell, Harris and Bate, who warmly op
posed the president's financial policy last
fall and since then have seldom visited
the White House, have been asked to
call at the White House and it is thought
they will do so. The construction put
upon these advances is that the president
is anxious to remove the impression that
in the nomination of Mr. Peckham he
had any other object than toplace on the
supreme bench an entirely competent
and worthy man.
Two Were Convicted.
Washington, Feb. I.—The Pension
bureau has been aroused by a teiegram
from Supervising Examiner A. D. Al
bert. now at Norfolk, Va., in attendance
upon the United States court in session
at that place for the trial of the indict
ments found against persons charge 1
with fraud in pension cases, that John
Ward was convicted of perjury and
Eliza Ward of making false affidavit
and personation of claimant.
It Was Officially Denied.
Washington, Feb. I.—The report that
Archbishop Ireland is to succeed Mon
signor Satolli as the pope's abligate in
this country and that Monsignor Satolli
is to be recalled was officially denied at
the residence of the abligate.
BURNING SIX WEEKS.
An Underground lire Started by Parties
Burning Brush Miles.
Richmond, Ky., Feb. I.—There is an
underground fire raging in the vicinity
j of Rice Station, in Estill county, which
has been burning for six weeks. The
blaze wass started by parties who were
burning brush heaps, and the fire spread
rapidly through the timber, reaching a
slate cut on the;R., N., I. andß. railroad.
The state at this point contains a good
per cent of sulphur and is combustible.
When the fire first began its progress
in the mountain side nothing was
thought of it, but as it continues burn
ing under the mountain it is feared by
residents of the vicinity that the hill
may cave in. There is no way to ex
tinguish the blaze, as it is so far under
ground as to be out of reach - . Reports
from the fire sav the flames have worked
a pathway under the railroad track, and
it is feared great damage may result.
The air is laden with the sulphuric odor
which has been exhaled at Ford and
othee places 25 miles away.
Weather Forecast.
Washington, Feb. I.—Forecast till 8
p. m., Friday—For North Carolina and
South Carolina, with threatening weather
with light showers will confine today,
followed Friday by fair and decidedly
cooler tonight, warmer Friday night:
northerly shifting Jto westerly winds.
Georgia and Alabama—light showers,
followed by fair weather tonight and
Friday decidedly cooler, northerly winds,
Eastern Florida—light showers in north
ern portion, followed Friday by fair and
cooler in northern portion Friday: winds
shifting to northerly. Western Florida—
showers followed Friday by fair and
cooler Friday, winds shifting to north
erly. Mississippi—cloudy weather, show
ers today, will be followed Friday by
fair, decidedly cooler tonight in central
and northern portions, northerly winds.
Bob Kaiiisry Calient.
Dalton, Ga., Feb. 1. —Bob Ramsey,
the young man who shot D. W. Deck
here last Friday night, was caught at
Dennis, Murray county, by Sheriff Sam
Frazier, and Sam Britton, of this county,
and Detective O. P. Nicholson, of De-
Kalb county, Alabama. Ramsey was
located in a barn on the farm of Dennis
Johnson and was very slow to surren
der. Several shots were fired and he
was convinced that resistance was use
less. He was brought here and placed
in jail this afternoon. There is a good
deal of excitement, but no danger of any
trouble, although sentiment against
Ramsey is still very strong.
They Will Stay in Richmond.
Richmond, Feb. I.—At a conference
held here between the representatives of
the various lines composing the associa
ted railways of Virginia and the Caro
linas. and a committee from the Rich
mond chamber of commerce, the associ
ated railways agreed not to remove
their offices from this city to Baltimore,
as had been determined upon.
Had to Have a Substitute.
Charleston, Feb. I.—Circuit Judge
Simonton designated Augustine S. Sey
mour, of the western district of North
Carolina, to hold the February term of
the United States district court, which
convenes at Greenville. S. C., on Mon
day. Feb. 5. Judge Brawley, the new
district judge for this state, has not, as
yet, qualified.
No Danger Attends the Czar.
St. Petersburg, Feb. I.—The health
of the czar has so far improved that his
physicians pronounce him to be entirely
out of danger. . ?
ROME. GA.. FIUDAI MOKNING. FEBttuAKYS, ISU*
BENHAM’S STORY
He Tells of the Trouble With
Admiral Da Gama.
WHY THEY DID SHOOT.
The Vessel Commanders Were
Ordered to Fire Under
Certain Conditions.
Washington, Feb. I.—Secretary Her
bert has made public a despatch received
from Admiral Benham Monday night]
telling of the trouble with DaGama as
follows:
Dated Rio, raeeived Jan. 29, 1894.
Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D.
C.-—Two American merchant vessels
Saturday were prevented from going
along side of the wharf. Today at 6 a.
m. 1 sent the Detroit to take a position
that would protect the vessel’s gang
alongside the wharf and if fired upon to
return the fire. Aly vessel got under
way and cleared for action. After the
Detroit took her position a boat from one
vessel running a line preparatory to haul
it was fired upon with muskets trom the
insurgent ship.
The Detro.t returned the fire with a 1-
pounder, the shot striking under her
bow. Ihe insurgents fired a broadside
gun oyer the American merchant ves
sels. The Detroit returned the fire with
muskets, striking the insurget's stern
post, and passing by the insurgent he
was hailed, saying: "If you fire again I
will return yotir fire, and, if necessary,
will sink you.” The Detroit then
anchored to the command of both vessels.
One merchant vessel having been carried
to a new position near the wharf and a
tug having offered services, gratuitously,
to discharge the cargo. The insurgent
leader was notified that these vesiels
would discharge from their present posi
tion, but that my determination was not
changed, to give American merchant
Vessels full protection to the wharf if
they desire to go.
Minister Thompson’s detailed report
of Admiral Benham's action was also
received. An abstract of it shows that
the Detroit did fire into the insurgents
and that the commander Brownson
threatened to sink the insurgent ship if
the fire was returned. Everything is
now quiet at Rio and matters are pro
gressing smoothly. The Blockdale has
been broken and all merchant vessels
can be unloaded at the wharves.
Admiral Benham has informed Da-
Gama that any attempt to search mer
chant men will be considered as an act
of privacy and insurgents will be treated
as privates.
THE HARRY HILL CASE.
Other Disclosures of This Sensational
Case Brought to Light.
Atlanta, Feb. 1. —The Harry Hill
forgery trail was continued here and
continues to be the one absorbing topic.
The case is replete with all the ele
ments of comic opera. The story of the
' floating of the whisky company which
was to make all the parties concerned in
it rich beyond the dreams of avarice, its
final collapse, leaving no trace behind,
and the subsequent disposition of some
parties in Atlanta high life, whe had
indorsed the paper of the concern to n -
pudiateit being highly of the serio-comic
order.
Among the testimony of the morning
was that of a cousin of Harry Hill who,
as he testified, was for a day or two, the
sole representative.
Os the concern having been left in
charge by Harry, he testified that Harry
had induced him to indorse certain obli
gations of the company to the amount
of $2,500, giving him collateral security
for the same, two notes signed by Mrs.
Fannie Lowry Porter, and offered to
drive out to Mrs. Porter's house and
get her to verify the notes
as being genuine. This he declined
to do as he said Harry's manner was so
earnest that he believed him to be telling
the truth, but afterwards when he had
placed these notes in the hands of col
lectors they were declared to be for
geries.
Mr. G. Sellman, president of a bank
in Monroe, Ga., testified to having
handled a note for $2,000. signed by Mrs.
Porter, and which his bank had dis
counted; of his having taken it to Mrs.
Porter in Atlanta ami of her having pro
nounced it as genuine. Tho note was
paid at maturity.
Mr. Lod Hill, uncle of Harry, testified
as to how Mr. Echols came to him and
proposed that he influence his sister to
sign a note jointly with Mrs. Porter for
$20,000 to float the Wilson whisky con
corn on to success.
Mr. Hill declined Mr. Echols’ propo
sition, he said, on the ground that
the fact of Mrs. Porter going
into this venture without the knowl
edge of her husband and brother
would bo sure to get out. and would
make trouble, but Colonel Echols insist
ed that Mrs. Porter was a woman of
enough spirit to carry out what she had
set her mind upon in spite of any oppo
sition.
In Inhuman Act.
Muncie, Ind., Feb. I.—James Lenning
came here from Portland and caused the
arrest of his divorced wife. Ethel Boyce,
on the charge of inhuman cruelty. It
is alleged that the woman held the fin
gers of her 3-year-old son against a red
hot stove until they were fairly cooked.
The woman says she burned the child's
fingers to chastise him for throwing
burning paper on the flooa. The case
has caused much indignation.
Wool Growers* Convention.
Denver, Feb. 1. —At the request of
many wool growers of the western
states, Governor Waite has reissued his
call for a wool growers’ convention in
Denver, Feb. 5. He has received notice
that the governors of Pennsylvania and
Montana have appointed delegates to
the convention.
HARD ON DOLE.
Reader Tells What He Knows
About Matters.
PROTECTORATE ARRANGED
He Says the Provisional Gov
ernment Was Recognized.
Thurber a Disturber.
Washington, Feb. I.—Mr. P. W.
Reader, of Cedar Rapids, la., upheld the
administration and Blount's report in
the Hawaiian inquiry. Mr. Reader,
who was in Honolulu at the time of the
revolution, testified that it was made
possible by the connivance and willing
assistance of the representative of the
government of the United States. There
was quiet when the marines landed, and
no danger threatened American inter
ests. The troops were stationed at Arion
hall, evidently because it was a strate
getical point. There were certainly no
American interests there to protect.
Commenting upon the statement of
witnesses favorable to provisional
government that the Boston was absent
from the harbor together with Minister
Stevens for 10 days before the queen’s
attempted coup de main, Mr. Reader,
said that the Boston steamed into port
when needed. He said, upon the au
thority of Minister Peterson, of the
queen's government, that Minister Stev-'
ens gave assurance to Thurston that he
would recognize a provisional govern
ment when it should be formed, and had
declined to aid the queen’s counsellors,
saying he could give no counsel to the
queen's party while Marshal Wilson was
at the head of the police. As confirma
tion of this statement, he actually recog
nized the provisional government when
it had been proclaimed by only a handful
of men and when but an hour old. The
provisional government was without
men and without money to procure their
services. Stevens kindly stepped in and
proffered the valuable help of the United
States navy.
He spoke of Minister Thurber as a
radical disturber of the peace, aud said
that he and Stevens were in perfect ac
cord. He saw no excuse for the declara
tion of a protectorate. The ills of the
queen and preceding monarchs he
charged to the Americans who were
their advisers,and who were substantial
ly the same class of men who now have
charge of the government—a grasping,
money getting, unscrupulous set, who
would continue to run the government
for their own interest in the future, as
they had run it in the past.
WHERE IS THE CASH ?
Actor Crane Lost Him Money and llis
Friend Im Suspected.
New York, Feb. I.—William H.
Crane, the cpmedian, now playing at
the Star theatre, has called upon In
spector McLaughlin to assist him in
finding $1,815 lost by him on Monday
afternoon. The money—Mr. Crane’s
share of the previous week's receipts in
Washington—was in an envelope ad
dressed to himself, and Mr. Crane put it
in the inside pocket of his overcoat be
fore leaving his house, in Fifty-ninth
street, for the theatre Monday morning,
intending to deposit it in the Bank of the
Metropolis. As there was a rehearsal at
11 a. m., and Mr. Crane was somewhat
late, he went to the theatre first, and
forgot all about the money.
After rehearsal he noticed that there
was a button off his coat, and told his
colored valet, William Bell, to take the
garment around to a tailor and have
another button sewed on. The boy care
fully took some change out of the side
pocket and gave it to Mr. Crane: then,
folding the coat over his arm. he took it
to the tailor shop of William Heaney, in
Thirteenth street, just opposite the the
ater.
Henney returned the coat shortly af
ter, and it was not until then that Crane
remembered the money. He felt for the
envelope, but it was gone. Bell was at
once dispatched to the tailor, but the
latter denied any knowledge of the
money. So did the boy. The matter
was brought to the attention of the po
lice, and Detective Sergeant Trainor was
detailed on the case. Mr. Crane offers
a liberal reward for the return of the
money, but so far he has heard nothing
of it.
The still Hann Up.
Jackson, Miss., Feb. 1. —Tho senate
and house met in joint convention at 12
o'clock in. to compare the votes taken
separately for United States senator.
No one candidate having received a ma
jority of all the votes cast, a ballot was
taken in joint convention with the fol
lowing result: McLaurin, 32. Taylor, 31;
Campbell. 28: Lowry, 26; Burkitt, 20;
Stone, 12; T. M. Miller. 2; scattering, 12.
For a senator to succeed Wathall stood:
McLaurin, 47; Campbell, 29; Taylor, 36;
Lowry, 26.
VICTIMIZED MERCHANTS.
A Mother and Daughter Wanted Badly in
Jacksonville.
Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. I.—Deputy
Sheriff Vinzant left for St. Louis, Mo.,
with requisition papers for Mrs. Town
send and her daughter, Miss Armstrong,
who have been victimizing the people of
this city for the last three weeks. Their
scheme was to secure goods from mer
chants on trial, to be returned if not sat
isfactory. They invariably kept the
goods but never paid for them.
When they skipped a few days ago,
they had secured goods to the amount of
nearly SI,OOO, nearly all of which they
had sold for less than half their value.
It is thought that the women, who are
said to be very handsome, were decoys
for certain crooks who infested the city
prior to and during the week of the prize
tight. The women ran an alleged
boarding house while here, and it now
devaions that Cnvivannnßant Matthawr-
son. or me Boston Journal, wasdrugged
and robbed near their place. Matthew
son is crazy from the effects of the drug.
Three men were with the women and
disappeared with them. The women
have been arrested in St. Louis, but will
fight extradition.
EAGER’S DREAM.
A*Perslstent Rumor Regarding the Mari
etta and North Georgia.
Knoxville, Feb. I.—A persistent ru
mor is current here to the effect that the
sale of the Marietta and North Georgia
road on March 3 the Norfolk and West
ern will buy it in. This will be followed
by building from Bristol to Knoxville
and from Marietta to Atlanta. A
branch will be constnhcted from some
point in the Marietta and North Georgia
into Chattanooga.
This is the old scheme of George R.
Eager. It was his dream. It is known
that the Norfolk and Western has en
couraged the building of furnaces on its
road without any adequate ore supply,
and it is thought if the report proves
true the Virginians are after the rich
| mines in the Ducktown region. For
I some time past General Passenger and
Freight Agent Bradley, of the Marietta
and North Georgia, has been chaperon
ing a number of men of solid aspect and
business manner in that ore region, and
this adds color to the story.
ONLY WANTED MONEY.
That Explosion in Rome Was the Work of
Thieves Wanting Money.
London, Feb. I.—A telegram from
Rome says: The burglary at the Amer
ican legation and consulate remains a
strange mystery. No explanation what
ever has been offered. An attempt was
made to burn the papers, but the fire
was extinguished before much damage
was done.
It will be remembered that this is the
second recent attempt. It is apparently
directed against Minister Potter, as it
follows by only a few months the explo
sion in his courtyard.
“The Italian government is taking ac
tive measures to apprehend the mis
creants. They are believed to be Amer
icans.”
HUNTING WIVES.
The very Peculiar Mission of a Man on
I the Road.
Topeka, Kan., Feb. I.—Mr. Emmet
Whitmer, of Perry, O. T., stopped in
this, city en route for Boston and some of
the factory districts of New England,
ilia mission is a singular one. Among
the business and professioaa men of
Perry, and of all other territorial cities
and towns, are a large number of young
men, who, at their former homes in dif
ferent sections of the country, were ac
customed to the society of young ladies.
There they hardly dared think of matri
mony and the heavy expenses it would
add: but since they have located in these
new fields they have suddenly found
themselves at the head of a profitable
business, enjoying unexpected success.
The life of the ordinary man in these
new towns is lonely, but their prosper
ity has added t<> this lonely condition,
and these young men are in searcA not
only of the company and society of
young ladies, but of those who would
make good wives to cheer their homes
and enjoy their sudden prosperity. There
are no young ladies—desirable or other
wise—to speak of in these new towns,
and the absolute scarcity of them has
has caused Mi. Whitmer to be sent East
on this singular mission. He hopes to
negotiate for the immigration of a colony
of about 100 fairly good looking, lively
girls to the territory.
Mr. Whitmer showed the photos of
over 30 fine looking young men from
whom he held special orders, while from
over half a hundred others he had gen
eral instructions as to the class of girls
which would be desirable. He said that
many of the young men in that country
would return to their old homes to se
cure wives, but that a large number
were not disposed to follow that plan.
He said that he would be absent till
March 1, and would visit some of the
New England towns where the mills
were closed, and would quietly select
and confer with such girls as he believed
would suit the men who had sent him,
but that he could assure the young la
dies that there would be no risk in any
fair looking, sensible girl going to this
country and personally attending to the
business of the selection of her own kind
of a husband, as she would have her pick
from many promising young men who
would provide a comfortable, happy
home. Mr. Whitmer's romantic mission
will be watched with a great deal of in
terest by the people of that new and
promising country.
The Jacobites in Meeting.
London, Feb. 1. —The Jacobites held
a memorial service in this city at mid
night in order to commemorate the an
niversary of tho execution of Charles 1.,
who was beheaded in 1649. The Jacob
ites also decorated the statue of Charles
1. at Charing Cross.
Named as Assignee.
Greensboro, N. C., Feb. I.—lt is re
ported here that Messrs. W. E. Patter
son & Sons, tobacconist, of Mt. Airy, have
assigned. It is estimated that their lia
bilities will amount to from $25,000 to
$50,000. Spranger Bros., are named as
the assingees.
She Refused Him and Both Died.
St. Louis, Feb. I.—Charles Dreher, a
grocery clerk, asked Miss Bertha Honeke
to marry him. She refused and he drew
a revolver. She seized the weapon and
shot him, when he got hold of it again
and killed her. He will probably die.
Herz Hurries Them Up.
Paris, Feb. 1.--The Figaro publishes
an interview with Dr. Herz at Bourne
mouth, in which he says that unless bis
extradition can be arranged he will pu. -
rush all the documents in his dosmb*’""
price hve cents.
THE C, R. & C.
Passes Into the Hands of a
New Receiver.
AN INDEPENDENT LINE
With Headquarters in Rome
and Better Schedules Prom
ised for the Hill City.
Yesterday at noon the Chattanooga,
Rome oi Columbus railread passed out
of the Central system and became once
more and became an independent line.
This was accomplished by the action of
Judge Newman, of the United States
district court, who appointed Mr. Eugene
E. Jones, of New York, receiver for the
Chattanooga, Rome & Columbus railroad.
The receiver will make Rome his
headquarters, and the general offices will
be here.
Tais is an event of no small impor
tance for Rome. During the Central
receivership, the Chattanooga, Rome &
Colqmbus has had small place in the af
fections of the Central management.
One of rhe receivers was quoted a few '
days ago as saying that the road earned
SB,OOO less than expenses last month, and .
a Central railroad official was quoted a
day or two ago as saying that the C. R. &
C. road consisted of “two streaks of rust
and a right-of-way.” The policy of the
Central receivers seems to have been to
shake off this member of the late system
and they asked the court to appoint a
separate recsiver. As this coincided
with the wishes of the C. R. & C. bond
holders, who bad instructed proceedings
for a foreclosure of their mortgage, the
Central was easily accommodated.
Who the Receiver Is.
Mr. Jones, the new receiver, is under
stood to be a representative of the Cen
tral Trust Company of New York, which
institution is trustee for the C. R. & C.
bondholders. Mr. Jones has been con
nec ed with the Mechanics’ Bank of New
York, which has bandied a great many
railroad loans. Mr. Jones has had con
siderable experience as an exp< rt in rail
way finance, though not particularly as
sociated with tho physical operation of
railroads. The Tribune has it from a
gentleman in close touch with the C. R.
I& C. bondholders that Mr. Jones will
make Rome his
A Better Scheduler.
The same parly says that the present
outrageous schedule will soon give place
to another which will be favorable to
Rome. The management, it is thought,
will be more friendly to Rome than the
Central receivers were and this policy
will soon manifest itself in many ways.
Prospects of the Road.
There has been a good deal of com
ment among railroad men on the disposi
tion of Central railroad officials to dis
parage the Chattanooga, Rome & Colum
bus as a property. These pessimistic
views are not shared by some gentlemen
who are personally familiar with the C.
R. &C. Among there is Mr. W. I.
Brooks, president of the Rome railroad.
! Said he:
‘ I would like to say in reply to some
disparaging remarks which I saw quoted
in the Atlanta papers, as coming from
officials of the Central rai Iroad, that the
Chattanooga, Rome & Columbus railroad
has a far better territory than any other
division of the Central, excepting that
between Atlanta and Macon. Consider
for a moment what this road has. There
is the Chickamauga coal mine, which
furnishes 660 cars of coal a day ; Trion
Factory, an immense concern, recently
doubled; the Raccoon factory and the
new Lafayette factory; the heavy ship
ments of chert, for which 600 cars have
just been contracted; Summerville, a
thriving town; Cedartown, one of the
most promising communities I know;
Carrollton, a fine town in a county which
raises a big cotton crop; the ore mines at
Cedartown, Dirlseller Mountain and
Lyerly; and last, but not least, Rome, a
city of 15,000 people, with a tonnage in
1893 exceeding that of Birmingham. Be
sides these items and many smaller
towns, there are undeveloped resources
of immense importance.
“The country traversed is one of the
finest farming regions in the south.
Where will you find anything to compare
with this, e’ther in tho country or
towns, on the Central, except between
Atlanta and Macon ?
“I cannot help thinking the road has a
good future. The property has magnifi
cent possibilities.”
Was Not Mr. Brooks.
It was rumored in Rome yesterday that
Mr. Brookes had been appointed receiver
of the C. R. & C. but it proved to be a
mistake. In a short time the report bad
spread all along the line, and as a comi
cal result, Mr. Brookes was approached
by a conductor, who hoped the old crews
would not be discharged.
Mr. Brookes only returned yesterday
from Chickamauga, where he has been
engaged for some days, foreclosing a
$600,000 mortgage on the Chickamauga
and Durham railroad, a line 18 miles
long, running from Chickamauga across
the Chattanooga Southern road to the
coal mines.