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THE ROME TRIBUNE.
VOL. VI. NO. 1.945 /
COME TO A VOTE.
Hawaiian Resolution to beVoted
On In the House.
WILL THEY FILIBUSTER?
It Is Thought That the Repub
licans May Refrain From
Voting.
Washington, Feb. 6.—The house at
11:10 a. m, took up for consideration the
resolution of foreign affairs. The com
mittee censured J-Uinister Stevens and
Mr. Ouihwaite addressed the house. As a
preface to his remarks he said he should
have nothing to say against President
Harrison or Secretary of State Foster,
and had no doubt that Harrison made a
good president from a Republican point
of view.
There is some doubt as to the action of
the house when the hour is reached for
taking a vote on the Hawaiian resolu
tions. Some of the Democratic leaders
. believe that the Republicans will refrain
from voting in order to break the quo
rum. If this be done a motion will be
made to adjourn for a day, at which
time it is believed a quorum of Demo
crats will be in attendance.
Opposition to the resolutions among
the Democrats seems to have disap
peared and Mr. McCreary, chairman of
the foreign- atfairs committee, said that
he Relieved the resolul.oii.-f will receive
the- support of every meipber of that
party in the house wlieh the Ivote is
reached.
The Tariff Bill in the Senate.
/ Washington, Feb. 6.—At a meeting
of the senate finance committee, Mr.
Sherman asked that hearings be given
to the wool industry, but it was object
ed to on the ground that if onq industry
was permitted to be heard, the commit
tee would have to admit all. At 11:30
• o’clock the; Damoprats
' they would like to confer together, and
the Republicans retired to Mr. Sher
man’s conference room, where they
agreed to meet.
*Tho Democratic members of the sen
ate finance committee have ■ decided not
to have any hearings and Voorhees will
"• issue a statement giving reasons for this
action.
More Pension Frauds.
Washington, Feb. 6.—The pension
bureau has been notified by Special Ex
aminer Davis, at Jacksonville, Fla., of
the.arrest of Ben Davis, of Pensacola,
Fla 1 ., for conspiracy'in transmitting false
papers, and making false affidavits in
pension claims. He has been committed
to jail in default of $2,000 bail. Martha
Spiers was also arrested at same place
and commiteed to jail in default SI,OOO
bail on the charge of transmitting false
affidavits in her pension claim.
To Reinstate Railway Clerks.
Washington, Feb. 6.—A bill to te
sters 1,000 railway mail clerks dis
mi§sed from service in the spring of 1889
to their former positions was ordered fa
vorably reported by the house judiciary
committee. Vote 6to 3. Street party
vote.
Peckham's Case Postponed.
Washington, Feb. b.—The » senate
committee on the judiciary have reached
no conclusion and the nomination of
Peckham to be associate justice of the
supreme court goes over until Monday
Federal Election Rill In the Senate.)
Washington,, Feb. 6. —The bill re
peaftdg the federal election laws
up immediately after the preliminary
business in the senate, and Senator Haw
ley took the flodr in opposition to tare
bill. [
A Marine Officer Dead.
Washington, Feb. 6. Captain Danfrel
Pratt Manning, commanding officer of
the marine barracks in Washington,
died here Tuesday morning from can
cer of the stomach.
North Carolinian Appointed.
Washington, Feb. 6.—J. S. Bell, of
North Carolina, has been appointed ex
aminer of the Chippewa Indians, in
Minnesota, at a salary of $6 per day.
TRAGEDY IN TENNESSEE.
Banker Henion Shoots and Instantly Kills
J. B. Wert at Chattanooga.
Chattanooga, Feb. 6.—At 2:30 p. m.
was enacted a tragedy that appalled and
horrified this community beyond meas
ure. J. B. Wert was shot through the
right lung while descending in the ele
vator cage of the Richardson building
by G. N. Henson, president of the Citi
zens* Bank and Trust company. Death
claimed its victim within 10 minutes af
ter he was shot.
Wert entered the elevator on the aiec
ond floor with Lavens Thomas, chief
clerk in the clerk and master's office.
Henson spoke to Mr. Thomas, then drew
a revolver from his overcoat and fired
twice at Wert. The first ball passed
through the fleshy paftt of Thomis’s
arm, but the second shot sped true.
Medical attention was given the wound
ed man at once.
Henson coolly climbed the stairway to
his attorney’s rooms and asked to have
the sheriff summoned. He stated that
Wert made a suspicious movement to
ward his hip pocket, and he shot him,
but Wert was found, on search, to be
unarmed. The terrible affair is the se
quel to a dark story of social scandal in
high circles, in .Inly, 1893, G. N. Hen
son filed suit for divorce from his wife,
Rosa Henson, naming Wert as the co
respondent. Wert was then a leading
insurance man and a steward and treas
urer in the Methodist church. The suit
was withdrawn from the courts lest the
pjiadow of a mother's shame might'
uxignt'tne nappy lives or an interesting
family of little children. Nevertheless,
the church cited'Wert to trial, found
him guilty and expelled him from the
society.
Wert leaves a wife and six children,
all nearly grown.
AROUND THE WORLD.
Dr. TAI mage ‘Will Go on an Extensive
Lecturing Tour.
New York, Feb. 6.-^Dr.' Talmage
expects to preach his last sermon at the
Tabernacle the first Sunday in March,
preparatory to beginning his trip around
the world, with his wife and two daugh
ters. In speaking of his itinerancy, the
doctor said:
“We hope to set out-about April 1, by
way of California, with Honolulu as our
first objective point. We intend making
only a short stay there, however. Ido
not think I shall investigate the Haw
aiian imbroglio. Leaye statecraft to
statesmen. I am satisfied to see that
picturesque volcanic . land, .and set sail
thence for the tropical seas of New Zea
land and Australia. We may catch a
brief glimpse, of the Fiji Islands on the
way. My anticipation, ‘ however, car
ries me swiftly on to New Zealand, Aus
tralia, and. then India. These are lands
of historic . interest to me, and I spall
there see the sights I have longed for
through many Years. This trip, 'you
know, is no new dream of mine. I have
thought of it f6r years, and now I shall
enjoy the .realisation of those hopes.
" “My trip is a vacation, a rest, and yet
not altogether so. I have never taken a
trip yet which was not educational in
its infldence upofi me. So thiS will be.
My desire especially for this tour is. to
-secure the opportunity of studying the,
religions’ of the world, not as they are
stated in the parliaments, puch as we
.have recently witnessed in Chicago, nor
in books. I wish to see these religions,
which are so vague to us, in their own
homes, to find out by domestic study of
them what are the elevhting or depress
ing influenced which thfey! exert Upofi
the people who haVe faith inithem, and
the statasl which are ifeared .upon thqir
foundations. • How grand are Delhi,
Madras, Calcutta!
, “Thesb are the 'seatsbf puddhism,that
belief tvhich has exerted a world-felt
force for good and for evil, I shall count
my time well speht If I can bring home
again with me a true comprehension of
the inner life of a part of these people
and an ide t aos the pr.fqtidal result? that
their religion has exercised oter their
physical lin'd spiritual welfare and their
social characteristics.”
. Dr. Talmage will, frequently occupy
the lecture platform and pulpit on his
tour. He will return to America via
Europe, and expects to be in. Brooklyn
again October. »
EPISCOPALIANS SHOCKED.
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i A Minister Advises the Confessional—Lai
i Aiea Favyr jt.
' Quincy, Ills., ( Feb. 6.—Father Hunt
ington, of New York, came here two
weeks ago to conduct a mission which
has just closed. He claims the Episco
pal church Is the true Catholic Church—
tjie American Catholic church—and
seeme to think that the confessional is
heoeesary. He does not exact compul
sory confeeaionj but he commendfa and
advises it and assumes the func
tions of a priest ke the mediator between
the sinner and his Saviour. So farjobly
ladies have attended '.the confessional,
and these have usually ‘beeg the younger
The introduction of the confessional
has caused no little consternationemong
the Episcopalians. “If yso are to go
over to Romanism, I belfeve in dbing it
at once and being frank about it, said
a member of fche church. (‘Wefcaft get
a monk fromrVipe street at a moment's
notice who carrise a stouter flagellation
cord than Father Huntington ever dared
to wear. Our Catholic friends
to welcome us, doubtless, but if we .are
to be with them I want at Ipast 'the
fcrqdit of going ftankly and fairly; to
them and acknowledging that they jar®
wholly right and we are partly Wrong.
I am satisfied we ate in danger, and I
am afraid it Will not wholly subside
when our missionary friends Irak’s
gone.” A young married woman ip
marked: “I think it is perfectly
that we should tell our troubles find
naughty needs to some one Who can
eympathizo with us and extend spiritual
consolation. I know when we do wrong
we feel better when we' tell some' one
about iti” >■
“Ironelads” Terrorizing Citizens.
Hazleton, Pa., Feb. -6.—Officers Zel
ler and Lash, of Shepton, have arrived
here with six prisoners, on their way to
Pottsville jail. The meq are aocused of
murderously assaulting August MichMfi,
who now is at the point of death, Mich
els keeps a saloon at Shepton afid, tt
seems, incurred the enmity of fire gang
to which the prisoners belong. They
visited the saloon omnsibly. to drink,
bnt it was not long after before a fight
commenced. Officers succeeded in cap
turing the men before they left the town.
Michels is now in a critical condition
and cannot recover. The prisoners, it is
believed, belong to the gang of "Irsn
elada" who have been terrorizing the
people of that community. The citi
zees are arming themselves for protec
tion, and a vigilance committee will
likely Reformed.
A Divided House.
Charleston, Feb. 6.—The hostilities
anent the whisky war broke out here in
a new place, when two of the constables
had a scrap, greatly to the edification of
hundreds of spectators, The scene of
the battle was on the Clyde steamship
wharf, where the constables had gone
to look for contraband liquor. The Com
batants were Thomas Whipple, of Edge
field, and John Stroeble, of Barnwell.
They quarreled aboiit something and
W hippie gave the lie direct to Stroeble
and then knocked him down in one
round. Stroeble failed to show up for
a second round. Both the combatants
are, in the words of Governor Tillman,'
“gentlemen.” Both were heavily armed,
but neither pdfled his gup.
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ROME GA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 7, 18'j4.
A STAR CHAMBER.
The General Council of Atlanta
Criticised.
ORTH STEIN’S NEWSPAPER
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Gives Some Picturesque Views
of Politics, Atkinson in
Curl Papers.
Atlanta, Feb. 6.—The general coun
cil is coming in for a good deal of criti
cism on account of a caucus they had
yesterday afternoon. The caucus was
held in the shape of an 'executive session
of the council to discuss candidates for
the position of police commissioner. The
people generally are jumping very hard
on the council for-going into secret ses
sion without any regard whatever to
'what they discuss. Atlanta* people are
against anything that looks like star
chamber action upon municipal affairs.
They believe that if these gentlemen
have anything to say about the different
candidates they ought, to let the people
hear it. 1 ' ; ,Z
It seems in this case that Capt. Bill
Brotherton is anxious to get the
police commission, r The Ceptain is a
yery clever gentleman, but it was rather
notorious during bis term of office that
to secure a position on the force he had to
trade at Brotherton’s. - He was beaten
and now he wants to have another
chance. He is one of the agitating kind
of prohibitionists, to begin with, and the
people have no use for anybody who is,
going to stir up that-prohibition question
on either side. If left to the people
Captain ,Brotherton would not get on
the commission fork thousand years and
the people are veiy inxiqus to know who
it is in the council that stands up for
hi,m. About* two years ago they were
gfeatly stirred up by fi aimi ar caucus
and they though, that the caucus system
had been killed forever but it seems it
will require another revulsion to accom
plish that. The people see no no use for
‘caucuses. If the membets of the coun
cil are foror.against afiy jnac let him say
so and stand the consequences.
.Berry Will Oonie BacK- ,
A requisition has been issued for Jos.
N, Berry, who. escaped from the , Hall
county jail some time ago. Berry is
wanted for burglary in White county.
He is a white map and is said to be a
hard chateqter. H 4 is now undet arrest
at He escaped from the jailer at
Tampa Saturday but-Was recaptured and
is now in irons waiting for Sheriff Mundy
who will go there today or tomorrow.
Stein's New Paper.
Orth Stein, who is more or less knoWn
in journalism throughout the state and
who ran a sensational paper at Savannah
before he went into a morning paper
there, has revived hie Looking Glass ky
publUhrngit here in Atlanta. The first
isfiue was quite lively and interesting.
He shows a tendency to become a free
lance, without dealing in scandals,
makingit sensational of course but hit
ting everybody. One of his cartoons ,1a
at the top of a poem, “And the Wind
Blew Through His Whiskers on the 24th
of January,” The illustration is pf
course the Governor in his uniform pf
cammander in chief of the forces pf
Georgia. Another cartoon with political
turn shows Bill Atkinson with his hajir
in furling papers andris used with an in
dignant denial that Bill's ambrosial locks
receive snob tender treatment. He
touches up a number of local subjects pn
the same light in an airy way and, judg
ing from appearances, the Looking Glafes
has come to stay.
Mr. vmias naried.
Philadelahia, Feb. 6.—The remairis
of George Wt Childs were laid at rest in
the Drexel mauseleum in Woodland
cemetery, beside those of- his closest
friend and business companion Anthoqy
J. Drexel, who died but a few months
agp. Almost* inseperable in life, it was
dfipmed fitting that they should rest to
gether in death, although it was not
known that any request to that effeit
had ever been made by Mr. Childs.
A Ijrfef service for the family and im
mediate friends vyis held at the house
before the services jit the church. At its
conclusion those present Were* given an
opportunity to take a last look at the
face of the one they loved. Then the
casket was tenderly borne out from the
-white marble mansion and acrossmthe
street to the church where it was placed
on the bier in front of the chancel mil.
Services in the church as well as those at
the house.
Ohio Wants No State Currency..
Columbus, 0., Feb. 6.—Chairman
Doty, of the House Finance committee,
will introduce a bill this week to repeal
the Ohio laws governing banks of issue,
so that in case congress should remove
the 10 per cent tax on state bank issues
there could be no state money in Ohio.
Let Thein Have It.
Seattle, Wash., Feb. 6.—A special
from Everett, Wash., says the president
of the athletic association of this city
wired W. A. Brady that the Everett
club would give <50,000 for the Corbett-
Jackson fight.
Killed in Bed.
Bristol, Tenn., Feb. o.—At Glade’s
Springs, Va., 30 miles east of here, Bob
Branch shot and instantly killed Ed
Hughes while he slept in Branch's
bed.
OLNEY MUSTCHOOSE
He Must; Give Up His Private
of Hi§ Office.
CAN’ rSERVETWO MASTERS
Shall He Retain Hid Corpora
tion Connections While
Attorney General ?
New York, Feb. 6.—A Boston special
to The World says:
Attorney General Olney’s former bus
iness associates in this city are anxious
to see what course he will pursue when
his one year in 'office ends. !
Mr. Olney confided to several of them
the understanding upon which he as
sumed the office of legal adviser to the
administration, which was that he
should retain his corporation connections
while acting as attorney general of the
United States for one year, and at the end
of that time he was to make his choice
between the two.
It seems almost beyond belief that any
man should be permitted to hold the ex
alted position of attorney general of the
United States upon any such terms; but
Mr. Olney was himself the authority for
the statement made last spring, and
which has never been denied.
Mr. Olney declared to Mr. Cleveland,
according to his own story, that he
could not afford to surrender his prac
tice, which was worth about $40,000 a
year, to accept the office offered him.
Hefsaid Mr. Cleveland was so anxious to
have him in bis official family that this
arrangement was made.
This explains why, since HJarch 4 last,
Mr. Olney has been attorney general of
the United States and has also been
counsel for the Boston and Maine Rail
; road company, for the Chicago, Bur
lington and Quincy Railroad company
and for other interests which would
seem to place his private practice in di
rect antagonism to his public position.
Now Mr. Onley's associates —for Mr.
Onley has no friends that care to avow
themselves—are curious to see which in
terest will be sacrified.
Recent developments indicate that Mr.
Onley, having withstood the shock of an
exposure which would have humiliated
a different kind of man, intends to brazen
the thing out, unless he is forced out of
office by public scandal. For mere pub
lic opinion here cares nothing.
' What can be said of an attorney gen
eral of the United States who has so lit
tle sense of the fitness of things that he
demands, receives and uses passes over
other railroads of-the country, made out
to him as the general counsel of the Bos
ton and Maine Railroad company?
What can be said to excuse an attor
ney general of the United States who
remains trustee of an estate which con
sists largely of the control of a transpor
tation company which extends through
many states, and which is in frequent
conflict with the government?
What can possibly be said in excuse
of an attorney general of the United
States whose close business associates
continue to be the active managers of
the sugar trust and the whisky trust,
and of other relentless enemies of the
governmsnt he has taken an oath to de
fend?
These are a few of the things that
stand against Mr. Oney as a public offi
cer in any capacity, and especially as
the legal defender of the United States.
And now for a few particulars, giving
Mr. Olney all the benefit of any doubt
that may exist.
It is claimed that after Mr. Olney be
came attorney general es the United
States he demanded, received and used,
and may yet use, passes over the New
York, New Haven and Hartford road,
made ont to him as counsel of the Bos
ton and Maine road.
He now accepts ijo salary as general
counsel fpr the railroads with which he
is connected, but the understanding has
been that he should be paid for services
rendered. Mr. Sigourney Butler, his
former clerk, was made clerk to the
board of directors of the Boston and
Maine road, with all the emoluments.
,It is claimed that Mr. Price, of Bos
ton, who engineered ths coup at Spring
field. by which the Boston and Maine
captured the Connecticut River road,
a competing road, paid Richard Olney
SIO,OOO for his advice, which led to the
lease.
In the report of the Massachusetts
Railroad commissioners, recently issued,
this deal is denounced in unmeasured
teems, and both houses of the legislature
have ordered an investigation, which
will begin at once.
It is claimed that Mr. Olney, as a di
rector of the Boston and Maine road,
approved a contract with the Pullman
Palace Car company by which they re
ceive thme cents a mile, while the Wag
ner company was ready to perform the
service for less.
These are a few of the things which
shake public faith in Mr. Olney in this
part of the country, where it is claimed
that Mr. Olney never, since he was ad
mitted to the bar, prepared a brief
against a corporation, nnless in the in
terest of a rival. This is why Mr.
Olney’s announced determination to
carry the sugar trust cases to the su
preme court may be regarded with sus
picion.
To Examine the Books.
New York, Feb. 6. —Ths books of
the Nicaragua Canal Construction com
pany will be open to the inspection of
the stockholders. This was decided
Saturday at a conference between the
attorneys for the Bartlett reorganization
scheme and the opposing Hatch commit
tee. The Hatch committee will put an
expert accountant at work on the l>ooks
and expect within |3O days to have
a (report showing the mismanage
ment of funds which they charge.
At a recent meeting in San Francisco of
tlie stockholders of the Nicaragua Canal
Construction company tlie following
resolution was adopted: “Resolved that
the Pacific coast stockholders of the Nic
aragua Canal Constrnction ennmanv I
I
irom tneir present inrormatiofi, aecnne
to accept the Bartlett reorganization,
and protest against being forced to sur
render any, portion qf their stock; and,
furthermore, demand that a full and
true statement of the affairs of the com
pany be furnished.”
une ot Lincoln's Advisers Dead.
Mankato, Minn., Feb. 6.—Ex-United
States Senator Wilkinson is dead. He
was 75 years old and heart disease was
the immediate cause of his death. He
was elected United States senator in
1859 and served through the war. He
was a confidential adviser of President
Lincoln and when he was defeated for
re-election to the senate the president
said it was a national calamity.
CLEANINGS.
Did Not Materialize,
geman that was to have be in given
at the Armstrong hotel last night, did
not take place owing to the absence of a
great many young men from the oity.
Fixing to Move.
Mr.' Grantham and Mr. Knox, of the
Postal Telegraph Company, are in the
oity fixing to move into their new office
in the Armstrong building.
Calaboose on Fire.
The roof of the East Rome calaboose
caught on fire yesterday morning at 9
o’clock. The flames were discovered by
a negro man, who soon extinguished
them with a backet of water. The origin
ot the fire could not be learned.
Justice Court Meets.
Justices Lumpkin and Harris con
vened their court in the city court room
yesterday morning. Owing to the ab
sence of a great many lawyers, who are
attending the supreme court in Atlanta,
not much business was transacted.
Another Horse Sale.
Another big horse sale occurred
at Green & Rhudy’s stable yesterday. A
great many horses have been sold in
Rome of late, mostly to farmers, which
is an indicatiod that the agricultural in
terests of Floyd connty is on the increase.
A Card From Mr .Harvey.
Editor Tribune:
I am told that it is rumored on the
streets that I am not a candidate for
councilman. This is not true. When
my name was officially announced I had
decided to make the race and I shall stay
in it until defeated or elected.
Henry Harvey.
Sheriff Sales Yesterday.
There were more goods sold at sher
iff’s sale yesterday than there has been
at any one time in about two years. This
fact was verified by those who have at
tended afl the sales looking for bargains.
Sheriff Moore was kept busy nearly all
day "crying off” household and kitchen
furniture, wagons and horses and mules.
About Refreshments.
Editor of Trb Tribune: Will you
please say in your paper, that the yonng
ladies who gave the dance to the young
men at the Armstrong Thursday evening
last, had nothing to do' with the refresh
meat part of it, and knew nothing of it
till it was announced during the evening.
Citizen.
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A Lively Meeting.
There was an unusually interesting ati
tendance at the Mt. Alto lodge K. of P,
Monday night. The second degree was
conferred upon several candidates. For
some time past the members of this
lodge have been oa the ebb-tide, but they
have awakened with renewed energy, and
are now hustling things. The new offi
cers are discharging their duties beauti
fully and faithfully.
Woman’s Auxiliary R. K. L.
The Woman’s Auxiliary of the Rome
Keely League will meet at the residence
of Mrs. M. L.*B ine, No. 102 Fourth ave
nue, this afternoon at 3 o’clock. Every
member is earnestly requested to be
present, as there will be business of im
portance. Every lady who is not a mem
ber will be gladly welcomed into this
little band of workers. Join them and
do what you can to help in this great
and good work.
Miss Terrell’s Reception.
The reception tendered by Miss Olive
Terrell at her mother’s home Main street
South Rome, on Thursday Feb. Ist., was
very much enjoyed by her many friends.
Receiving with her were Misses Gailliard,
Albert and Katherine Perkins. The
home was beautifully decorated with
hot house plants and delightful refresh
ments were served.
Miss Terrell is a very graceful and hap.
py hostess and made the afternoon one of
continued pleasure to her many friends.
Destitution In Our Midst,
At the end of 4 th. avenue in the old
Tubbs house near the water works lives
a family of seven; five of whom are
children living on an income of fifty
cents a day, without provisions, clothes,
fuel, and necessary house-hold effects,
needing the immediate attention of all
able to extend charity. One day last
week the children cried for bread all day.
Those who can lend a helping hand c:n
readily, find what is needed by visiting
the family.
One Who Visitedthe Family.
PRICE UVE CENTS.
PRINCESS COLONNA
Has Become Reconciled to Her
Husband
AND SAILED FOR AMERICA.
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He Squandered Her Millions
and Then Abused Her.
Same Old Story.
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Paris, Feb. 6.—The rumor that ths
Princess Colonna had become reconciled
to her husband has been put to an end
by the princess sailing for America.
The princess found her position un
bearable after the French courts granted
her husband permission to see his chil
dren twice a week.
It was believed from the utterances of
the French press tliat the action of the
French court, in the pending suit for
divorce, would be unfavorable to her,
and the fight will be resumed in Ameri
can courts.
It was necessary for her to use strate
gy to get away, as her children were
under the jurisdiction of the courts and
she was closely watched by spies of the
prince. . She succeeded in eluding them,
her mother remaining behind at their
hotel to allay suspicion. It is rumorea
that her husband has also sailed for
New York.
Princess Colonna is the daughter of
Mrs. John W. Mackay by her former
husband, Mr. Bryant. She met Prince
Colonna in Italy 12 years ago, while on
a tour with her mother. He followed
her and proposed marriage, although in
formed that Miss Mackay was only a
step daughter of the millionaire, and
would therefore have no legal claim to
his fortune. The prince, nevertheless,
persisted, and as he came from a family
that rivaled the royal family itself, and
insisted that it was a case of love, and
not money, he was accepted.
Tn 1883 they were wedded in Paris,
and the event was a brilliant one. After
the ceremony an income of $175,000 a
year was settled upon the princess by
Mrs. Mackay, in addition to valuable
presents. The couple settled in Naples,
and in.six months the prince began de
manding money. It was then learned
that he was not only dissolute and a
gambler, but a cheat as we’d. He was
expelled from the Jockey club, in P '
for hiding cards, and it is fjiat Mr’.
Mackay settled ni_s gambling debts to
the amount of SI,OOO,QQO.
Colonna finally pecaine abusive and
brutfij, • -US conduct was endured until
October last, when the Wife left him in
Paris and brought suit for separation.
As sooh as the princess left him, Colonna
sold all the household furniture and
gamljlcil the money away.
Three children were the result of the
union—Andrea* aged 8; Blanca, 6, and
Marco, 4, all three having been named
by the prince. <>
SWEATING FACTORIES. M
New Y'ork State Board Investigates the
System in Shirt Establishments.
Troy, N. Y., Feb. o.—The state board
of factory inspectors is to investigate
the sweating systelh in this city, and its
findings promise to make interesting
reading.
Scattered about in little dilapidated
rookeries are colonies of Armenians who
work for the big collar, cuff and shirt
factories. These tenements contain, in
seme cases, from six to 10 families each,
huddled together like worms in a Bait
box. These Armenians de the finishing
work on collars and cuffs for just half
what an American girl demands and le
ceives for the same work.
There are a uiimber of thgse Armenian
factories and sweating establishments in
the allej' between Seventh and Sixth
streets, on Ninth street, and around
Division street downtown. It is esti
mated that there are from 200 to 250
Armenians in Troy who work for the
collar shops. This means idleness for
500 girls and women. There are 1,000
girls in Troy now who are without Wrk,
and have been for months, and
many cases, are depended upon for sup
port by large families. Not a single res
ident Armenian has applied to the char
ity board for assistance, while scores of
American families here are almost en
tirely dependent upon the county for
food and fuel.
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Senator Butler at Home. S
Columbia, S. C., Feb. 6.—United
States Senator M. C. Butler made an
address here before a large audience
from various parts of the country. He
was introduced by President Evans, of
the state alliance. He declared his
course in national politics, stating that
he had advocated free silver since 1881.
He made a splendid impression and
seemed to have many friends among the
Marlboro farmers in his race for re
election.
Collision In Birmingham.
Birmingham, Ala., 'Feb. 6.—A pas
senger train on the Kansas City railroad
and an electric car on the Avondale line
collided about midnight, on Thirteenth
street. The electric car was badly bat
tered up. It contained four passengers,
none of whom were injured. The crews
of both trains were arrested.
French Wine Again. *'
Paris, Feb. 0. —Since the inauguration
of the McKinley tariff the French wine
trade with America has been almost
ruined, but as a result of recent negotia
tions between tlie two countries the
French dealers have been enabled to re
sume operations. ,
Silver Convention Put Off.
Washington, Feb. 6.—The silver con
vention which was to have been held at
Des Moines. la., Feb. 22 and 23 has been
postponed to March 21 and 22.