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THE ROME TRIBUNE.
VOL. VI. NO. 1.954
PECKHAM NOT IN IT.
Senator Gordon Pairs Off and
Colquitt Dodges.
CLEVELAND IS RED HOT.
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The Southern Senators Gen
erally Pair Off-The Vote
Was 40 to 31.
Washington, February 16.—(Special.)
—ln the senate today William H. Peck
ham, nominated to be associate justice
of the supreme court of the United j
States, was rejected.
Gordon was paired; Colquitt dodged
the issue. He had received many tele- i
grams from Georgia asking him to vote |
against Peckham, and some urging
him to vote for the New Yorker.
Just before the vote was taken he left
the senate chamber.
Senators from several southern states
divided on Peckham. For instance,:
Morgan, of Alabama, voted for him, •
Pugh against him. George for and;
McLaurin against; Butler for and Irby I
aginst, and so on.
President Cleveland is said to be very I
mad tonight.
ROBERT N. GOURDiN DEAD.
One of the Most Distinguished Citizens of
Charleston Has Passed Away.
Charleston, Feb. 16. —Robert N.
Gourdin is dead. He was one of the
oldest citizens of Charleston, having
been born in 1812. He was educated at
the South Carolina college and admitted
to the bar. but never practiced. He
was a member of the firm of Gourdin,
Mathison & company, tor many years
One of the leading business establish
ments of Charleston. Mr. Gourdin
never filled but one office, that of aider
man of this city, though he was fre
quently urged to go into politics.
He was a member of the secession
convention of South Carolina in 1860,
and signed the ordinance of secession.
He went to Washington in 1860 at the
urgent solicitation of Major Robert An
derson, commander at Fort Sumter,
whose intimate personal friend he was.
to see what could be done to compose
the unhappy differences between the
north and south, but failed in his mis
sion.
He was lieutenant colonel of regiment
stationed in Charleston for home defense
and was active in the support of the
Southern Confederacy. He was a man of
high character, generous, courteous and
of fine literary tastes. He was presi
dent, for many years, of the corporation
of the French Huguenot church of
Charleston, and an earnest worker in all
charitable enterprises.
A BROKEN RUDDER.
The Steamer, City of Paris, Has to Return
to Port.
London, Feb. 16.—The American line
steamer, City of Paris, which sailed at
2 p. m., February 10 from Southampton
for New York, was sighted lying at
anchor off Roche’s Point at the entrance
to Queenstown harbor. She returned on
account of her rudder being disabled.
It is stated that on Monday last a
heavy sea struck the rudder of the Paris,
snapping the trunk off. The steamer
held’her westward course until Tuesday
afternoon, whan it was decided to put'
her about. One of her engines was'
stopped and little difficulty was expe
rienced in turning her around.
Weather Feraoast.
Washington, Feb. 15. —Forecast till 8
p. m., Saturday—For North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Eastern Flori
da and Western Florida—Fair, decided
ly warmer Saturday, northwesterly
winds, becoming variable. Alabama,
Mississippi and Louisiana-Fair, decided
ly warmer tonight and Saturday, winds
shifting to southerly.
Schooner Sunk—All Saved.
London, Feb. 16.—The British steam
er Falls of Inversna ; d, Captain Wilson,
from Norfolk Jan. 27, ran into and sank
the schooner Charles E, in Mersey river.
The steamer was proceeding up the
river to Liverpool when the accident oc
curred. Everybody on board the schoon
er was saved.
f A Distinguished Virginian Dead.
Fredericksburg, Va., Feb. 16.—Ma
jor J. Harrison Kelly, one of the Cali
fornia forty-niners, and for many years
editor of the Virginia Herald, and a
leading Democratic politician in this
state during the stormy reconstruction
period, is dead. He was 73 years old.
Wheat aa Collateral.
New York, Feb. 16.—A number of
banks and trust companies have started
out to loan money on wheat, and are
offering four months' loans on easy
terms, say 3 1-3 and 4 per cent, taking
wheat as collateral, the same as stocks.
This is a new departure.
The Richmond and Danville.
Richmond, Feb. 16.—The house of
delegates after a long debate passed the
bill for the reorganization of the Rich
mond and Danville railroad. The only
material amendment is one requiring
that the general offices of the company
shall be kept in Virginia.
Stone Hanged.
Jeffersonville, Ind., Feb. 16.—J.
E. Stone was hanged at 12:03 a. m. for
the murder of the Wrattan family on
the night of Sent. 18. 1893, The family'
consisted or six persons, ivir. ana m: .
Wrattan, their three children, and Mr.
Wrattan’s mother.
A Murderer Hanged.
Frederick, Md., Feb. 16.—William
Leonard, the Englishman who shot and
killed Jesse Anderson in September last,
was hanged in the jail yard here. Be
fore dying Leonard confessed that he
murdered his third wife and her newly ‘
born twins.
BAD BLOOD IN FLORIDA.
Property Owners Plant Dynamite Bombs
to Prevent Work On a Railroad.
Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 16.—Spa- 1
cials to The Times-Union from Titus
ville, Fla., indicate an alarming state of
affairs in the Indian river country. H.
M. Flagler, owner of the Ponce de Leon
at St. Augustine and Royal Ponciana on
Lake Worth is engaged in building a
railroad to the latter hotel.
The road cuts through many of the
prettiest places on the Indian river, and
there has been much trouble about the
right of way, property owners not think
ing that sufficient remuneration was
offered. So bitter has become the feel
ing on the part of the property owners
that 30 of them have combined and
placed dynamite along the proposed
route of railway through their lands and
• these bombs are placed so that they will
■ explode at the stroke of the spade.
Signs warning all engineers have been
I posted and property owners have notified
j the railroad officials of the steps taken
I to protect what they conceive to be their
rights. This action has brought work
on the railroad to a stand still for the
present.
The authorities have taken active steps
in the matter, and Janies Holmes, a
banker of Jensen, Florida, and J. F.
Wooten, tax collector of Brevard coun
ty, have been arrested for complicity in
the dynamite plot.
Holmes’ lawyer has advised him to re
move the dynamite and it is reported
that he has agreed to do so.
According to the last reports the rail
road officials were calling for volunteers
to go ahead with the track laying.
IN WASHINGTON.
A Motion to Close General Debate on the
Seignorage Bill.
Washington, Feb. 16. —On Bland’s
motion to close general debate on ths
seignorage bill at 3 o’clock, there were,
on a division of the house, 99 votes in
the affirmative, none in the negative.
Tracy, of New York, made the point of
no quorum, and yeas and nays were or
dered.
The house is still without a quorum.
Peckham in the Senate,
Washington, Feb. 16.—At 13:25 the
senate went into executive session to
continue the consideration of the Peck
ham nomination.
Shot Himself Through the Heart.
Charleston, W. Va., Feb. 16.—Henry
Driden, a young man 24 years of age,
teller of the Citizens’ National bank
here, has committed suicide by shooting
himself through the heart. There is no
shortage in the bank accounts. He was
corresponding with a young lady in
Kentucky, but no one knows who, and
it is supposed he received a letter from
her last evening. He burnt all letters
and photographs, and left no explana
tion of his death.
A Pitiful Story of Want.
New Castle, Pa., Feb. 16.—Italians
in the settlements near Ell wood City are
said to be starving. Dogs and cats are
being eaten, and the fences are b,eing
torn down for fuel. They are now en
deavoring to get help from the poor an
' thorities, but are meeting with little suc
cess. as the treasuries have been emptied
for the relief of American citizens.
Tire in Norfolk.
Norfolk, Va., Feb. 16.—The Norfolk
Cereal company’s mill on Water street,
has just been destroyed by fire. The
loss is about $20,000. Insurance slight.
J. A. Bryant, captain of company No.
1, and Fireman Richard East wood were
injured, the former seriously by a fall,
and the latter slightly by being cut on
the head by falling slate.
Miss Pollard and Breckniridge.
Lexington, Ky„ Feb. 16.—The work
of taking testimony in the suit of Miss
Pollard against Congressman Breckin
ridge for $50,000 is in progress here.
Politics enter into the case and the op
ponents of Mr. Breckinridge are moving
heaven and earth iu their effort to find
witnesses for Miss Pollard. Both sidei
are. confident. _
A Fiendish Mexican.
Lerdo, Mex., Feb. 16.—A shocking
deed is reported from the Hacienda at
San Isador. An old man named Er
nesto, Zavalla, took two goats from a
herd under the care of a little boy.
Upon the boy threatening to tell, Zavalla
overpowered him, and, after tying him
down, cut the boy’s tongue out. The
boy was subsequently found and taken
to the office of the Jefe Politico, where a
scene was presented which made by-
Btanders'turn away with horror. With
blood flowing from his mouth the boy,
by articulate sounds and motions, tried
to make himself understood, and suc
ceeded sufficiently to satisfy the officials
of Zavalla's guilt. But for Correctional
Judge Fernando Reys Zavalla would
have been killed by the people.
Temperance People Jubilant.
Emporia, Kan., Feb. 16—Charles
Williams and James Robinsou, ;ouvict
ed of violating the Murray Prohibition
law, have been fined S3OO each and sen
tenced to undergo terms of imprison
ment. In the case of Mann Ray, con
victed on two counts, sentence was de
ferred. The temperance people are
jubilant, as these are the first cases for
the violation of the liquor law that have
been successfully prosecuted for a long
time. ,
HOME. UA. SATUaOAX MOKNING, FEBRUARY 11, IS»4.
GEN. EARLY HURT.
The Battle-Scarred Hero Seri
ously Injured By a Fall
HE IS STILL UNCONSCIOUS
He Is Upwards of Eighty Years
Old and It Is Doubtful If
He Will Recover.
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dispatch from Lynchburg, Va., says:
General Jubal A. Early, ranking officer .
of the late Confederacy, met with an ;
accident, which in all probability, the
attending physicians say, will prove :
fatal.
He was ascending the stairs of the
pcotoffice when he fell heavily, the ice
on the steps rendering them slippery.
He struck on his head, and the concus- 1
sion was so severe as to render him un
conscious. I
Owing to his advanced age—the gen
eral having passed his eightieth year—it
is hardly possible that he will ever get
up from Ins bed again. At a late hour
he had not regained consciousness.
General Early has been a familiar
figure on the streets of Lynchburg where |
he has resided since the war. He has I
never taken any part in politics, being i
by inclination and education a soldier, I
whose occupation was gone with the fall I
of the confederacy he so valiantly de
fended. He had the reputation of being
a hard fighter during the war.
Since the war he has never worn any
thing but confederate gray, and with his
long gray beard and shoulders stooped
by the weight of years presented a pa
triarchal appearance.
A JOURNALIST DISAPPEARS.
But He Was Known as --The Milan Liar/'
and May Be Playing a Joke.
Memphis, Feb. 16.—Frank Chambers,
the well known journalist and politician, |
and known far and wide as “The Milan ;
Liar,” has either committed, suicide or |
perpetrated the greatest fake of which
he has ever bean guilty. He was seen ;
! last about 8 o’clock Thursday morning. |
i At that time he cashed a check for S2O.
! At noon a letter was received by a I
friend of his, stating that he was tired
of life and wanted to rest. It went on
to say that his life had been one long
mistake; that in looking back over his
career he could not recall a single act of
which he was proud, and that it was
best for him to seek that oblivion which
comes with death.
I “I don’t know what will become of
me after I cut loose,” the farewell says,
“but I cannot believe that I can find a
place more terrible than this world.”
Prior to Chambers’s disappearance, he
had been drinking heavily of absinthe.
Chambers had many friends all over
> Tennessee. He was best known as the
| editor of the Milan Hustler. Chambers
I was a young man, being only about 22
years of age. Some of his friends hope
! that he has merely perpetrated a joke,
I but their hopes have small foundation.
A man answering his description is
. known to have crossed the river in a
I skiff after the hour at which he disap
i peared.
Coal Mine On Fre.
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 16.—Mine
No. 2, of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and
' Railroad company, at Blocton, is on fire
I and is burning fiercely. Only one man
| is known to have been suffocated, al
, though others may have been. Will
West, a pumper, was the victim. A
I searching party got his body out. The
mine has been flooded with water, but
the flames are still raging. From pres
ent indications, the monetary loss will
be great. About <SOO miners will bo
thrown out of employment for several
weeks, probably longer. The mine is the
largest in Alabama.
Attorney General Olney.
Boston, Feb. 16.—Attorney General
Olney is in Boston. Whether the “pri
vate business” which his friends say
calls him here grows out of the very
important railroad matters now attract
ing the attention of commercial bodies
and the still more important railread
legislature does not appear. Mr. Olney
has been seen only by proxy, and he
has not spoken at all. His legal asso
ciate, Mr. Amory, professes to know
nothing of his movements. Sigourney
Butler, his intimate friend, says he
thinks the attorney general will leave
in a day or two.
New Faster at Elberton.
Elberton, Ga., Feb. >. —Rev. H. W.
Williams, of Gadsde. . Alabama, has
been chosen pastor of the Baptist church
here. He was notified of the call by
wire, and has accepted, and will begin
his work about March 10. Mr. Wil
liams, on the invitation of the church,
preached two powerful sermons here,
and completely captivated his audience
with his deep piety and wonderful elo
quence.
Left a Large Estate.
Columbia, S. C., Feb. 16.—The will
of Mrs. H. P. Clarke, who died here lasi
week, has just been probated. She was
a grand daughter of the late P. T. Bar
num, and inherited a large part of his
estate. Her estate is worth $700,000,
and is divided equally between her hus
band and their two children—one a girl
5 years old and the other an infant. Mr.
ClLike Is sole administrator.
Has Vasques Surrendered.
Managua, Nicaragua, Feb. 16.—Pres
ident Vasquez, of Honduras, it is Said
made a proposition to surrender on terms
unacceptable to General ’Oritz, who de
mands unconditional surrender. He is
reported to have refused to guarantee
the life of any one.
FEVER AT RIO.
The Pestilence That Wastes at
Noonday Raging in the City.
FORTY CASES REPORTED.
It Is True That It Has Broken
Out in the American Squad
ron-Poorly Cared For.
London, Feb. 16.—A dispatch received
here from Rio states that yellow fever
continues to spread in that city. An
average of 40 cases of the disease are re
ported daily, aud 20 cases of other fe
vers. The dispatch further states that
there is only one case of yellow fever on
the United States cruiser Newark. The
patient was taken to the shore hospital.
All vessels of the American squadron,
except the M ewarlr, which, as before re
ported, has gone to Montevideo, remain
off Rio de Janeiro.
Confirmed in Washington.
Washington, Feb. 16. —The navy de
partment confirms the report of yellow
fever on board our fleet at Rio, which
was officially denied. Secretary Herbert
makes public the following cable mes
sage:
“Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 16.
Secretary of Navy, Washington, D. C.:
One man on Newark ill with yellow
fever, have transferred him to hospital. 1
I shall send Newark to Rio De La
Plata. Benham.” |
An outbreak of yellow fever at Rio '
only what might be expected at the
esent season of the year. Its germs
iurk in the foul courtyards and in the
narrow passages of the crowded portion
of the city west of the arsenal, and at no
time of tfie year is there freedom from
danger of infection. The horrible sani
tary condition of the city warrants the ]
frequent epidemics which occur.
W ith the advent of the Brazilian Bum
mer, of which February and March are
the hottest and dryost months, the fever
is rampant. The native adult popula
tion is immune. It is stated by high
scientific authority that all residents are
infected in childhood, when the disease
’is so mild as to be as inoffensive as
simple malarial attacks. In the case of
non-acclimated persons the mortality is
very high—about 60 per cent in epidem
ics. The newly arrived Portuguese,
Spanish and Italian immigrants die like
sheep sometimes.
Among the shipping the mortality is
terrible. The merchantmen—there are
usually several score ships in port—lie
either at the wharves, which form the
water front of the worst portion of the
town, or else are moored in the bay in a
position to receive the poisonous land
breeze wafted over the seat of infection.
The percentage of deaths among seamen,
especially Scandinavians and Germans,
runs as high as 70.
When a sailor or a stranger who can
not be cared for in a private house is
taken ill he is quickly bundled into
a steam launch and transported
across the bay to the pesthouse at Juru
juba, which is in a little bay behind a
point of rocks, between Nictheroy and
Fort Santa Cruz. The horrors of this
rendezvous of human suffering are a
stock theme of comment among humane
visitors to Rio.
Indifference to human life is charac
teristic of the people. Brazilians disre
gard yellow fever, and assert that Rio
is not as dangerous to life from the epi
demic disease as New York is to a stran
ger with its pneumonia.
The warships now in Rio harbor will,
if they remain, have more or less of
sickness on board. If the germs of yel
low fever find lodgment the crews will
surely suffer. The naval anchorage is
in a healthier portion of the harbor than
where the merchantships lie, but no
portion of Rio bay is free from danger
when the fever assumes an epidemic
form on shore. There are no good an
chorages outside the harbor for large
men-of-war at a convenient distance.
The coast is bold and rocky, with a
heavy sea rolling in.
Allianceinen Endorse Tillman.
Lancaster, S. C., Feb. 16.—The Jack
sonham suballiancemen declare that
“the alliance is a political organization,
standing upon the Ocala platform,which
was formed by the alliance in open con
vention.” They furthermore decide that
in endorsing and approving Editor Con
nor’s course in condemning the acts of
the recent legislature, that they were
hasty, and after mature deliberation
thej T resolved to discard the review and
express their approval of the dispensary
law, the state printing bill, and com
mend Governor Tillman for the fearless
and manly way in which he is endeavor
ing to enforce the law and uphold the
majesty of the state of South Carolina.
They recommend that he proceed in his
course against those turbulent and re
fractory cities that have dared raise
their hands against the majesty of the
law.
LOVE, TnTRIGUE/’dEATH.
The Sequel to tho Ki 11 inc R» C. Ross
la a Thrilling Story.
Stevenson, Ala.. Feb. 16.—Behind
the story of the killing, Sunday morn
ing, Feb. 4, of R. C. Ross, a wealthy
banker of Scottsboro, by the four Skel
ton boys to avenge their sister, there is
a thrilling story yet untold, of intrigue,
plot, love, life and death. It involves
some of the most prominent people in
Alabama, and is interesting to many
others in Little Rock, Arkansas, Bir
mingham, Alabama, and Chattanooga,
Tennessee, where Miss Skelton, who is
a strikingly handsome and uncommonly
talented young girl, has often visited
and been feted by the finest.
The first chapter in this story was told
in the preliminary trial of the four Skel
ton boys before Probate Judge Bridges.
[ Colonel Clift, of Chattanooga, was the
leading lawyer ror trie prosecution, ana
Judge Shelby, of Huntsville, was the
leading counsel for the defense.
The prosecution produced three eye
witnesses to the killing, and brought out
damaging testimony.
The defense followed, and to show
the cause for the killing introduced 15
letters written to Annie Skelton by Ross 1
while the young lady was visiting ,ier
sister, Mrs. Judge S. B. Kirby, a promi- I
nent society woman of Little Rock. ’
Mrs. Kirby had suspicions, and inter-1
cepted two of these letters. The others I
she purloined from her sister's trunk,
and then forwarded the whole lot to her
brothers, at Scottsboro, which precipi
tated the tragedy.
Owing to the lateness of the hour at
which the defense opened, only one of
these letters was read in open court.
The immense crowd fairly stood on
tiptoes, breathless. It was dated at
Scottsboro, Dec. 15, 1893, and began
“My Sweetheart.” The writer then un
folded his scheme for their mutual hap- ■
piness. He was suing for the recovery
of timber lands in Wisconsin, worth
$20,000, he said. He thought he would |
get $75,000 out of it at least.
“Now,” he added, “I have always
tried to be an honorable man. but my
wife is so wrapped up in her household
cares and children that I am little more
than a boarder in my own home. She
is a good woman, but I don't think she
would miss me much if 1 left her with a
comfortable income. My scheme is to ■
leave her well fixed; get my other money
together; get you; go to South Dakota;
get a divorce from my wife and marry .
the little sweetheart whom I love better
than anything in the world. Will you
carry out your part, dear?”
Other letters will he read by the de
fense and the defense has two written bv
Miss Skelton to her brother Bob, which
W-.l also come up and may be read, giv
ing in fine detail, it is said, the story of
her downfall.
Redwiiiu in Columbus.
Macon, Feb. 16.—Deputy Marshals
who have returned from the Columbus, |
Ohio, penitentiary, where they went to i
carry prisoners, saw Lewis Redwine, 1
the Atlanta bank defaulter. He was
sitting at a desk writing in the office
where new prisoners are registered. He
was acting as a recording clerk. Ha
seemed to be well. The Macon officers
had no talk with him. They also saw
Luther A. Hall and Lancaster who
were sent to the penitentiary for alleged
conspiracy in the assassination of John
U. Forsyth, at Normandale, a few years '
ago and whose trial excited so much in
terest in Georgia. Hall has fallen off 60
pounds since imprisonment. Lancaster’s
term will expire in eight months. Hall
is in for life.
Cattle Perishing in the We»t-
Denver, Feb. 16.—Assistant Secreta
ry Zell, of the Colorado Cattle Growers'
association, who has arrived here from
Fort Worth via the Gulf railroad, brings
, the report of great losses to the cattie
; growers of the Panhandle country. “It
took three engines to pull one Pullman
car through the drifts, said he, “and
the snow fell to a great depth. The wind
was terrific and the cold intense. The
! Panhandle country has been stocked
pretty heavily, and thousands of cattle
will perish before a change of weather
comes on. The cattle of Texas cannot
stand cold weather or deep snow, and
this storm is probably the worst ever
experienced there.”
Temperance People Win.
Richmond, Va., Feb. 16. —The tem
perance people of the state won a tri
umph when the house committee, by a
vote of 12 to 2, decided to report a sub
stitute for the Miller Local Option bill
passed by the senate ten days ago. The
Miller bill, which has stirred up the
temperance advocates, so amended the
general local option law passed some
years ago as to exempt cities of more
than 50,000 inhabitants from its opera
tions. The substitute continues the
present law, and only amends so as to
provide that no elections shall be order
ed in cities except upon a petition of 50
per cent of the voters instead of 25 per
cent, as now.
Warmed a Viper.
Atlanta, Feb. 16.—Agnes King, a
pretty girl of 16, who disappeared from
her father’s house Feb. 7 has been found
at a boarding house in the city, where
she passed as the wife of A. G. Wilson,
aged 48, her aunt’s husband. Wilson
came to Atlanta last June out of work
and with his wife resided with King,
without paying board, up to a few weeks
ago. Wilson has been held on the
charge of kidnapping, and Agnes, heart
broken and repentant, has returned to
her father’s house. She says Wilson ac
complished her ruin while in her
father’s house and afterwards persuaded
her to leave home.
Miners'- Houses Burned.
Knoxville, Feb. 16.—Tho trouble be
tween the receiver of the Mingo Moun
tain Coal company, at Middlesboro, and
the miners, seems to be nearing a seri
ous crisis. The story has been printed
of the imprisonment by a United States
judge of 13 miners for contempt of court
in refusing to move out of the company’s
tenement houses after being ordered to
do so by United States deputy marshals.
Nine of the houses have been burned to
the ground. They caught fire so nearly
together as to remove any doubt that
they were incendiary, and it is believed
that the tenants had been warned. At
any rate, however, their household goods
were out of the flames before any dam
age could bo done. The Knights of La
bor and the Mingo company have boy
cotted each other and the mines are run
by non-union men. The matter will be
brought immediately to the attention of
the United States court.
Capetown, Feb. 16.—A dispatch re
ceived here from Buluwayo confirms
the report that Lobengula, king of Ma
tabeles, had died in the bush, presuma
bly from the effects of gout and expo
sure to which he was subjected while
flaawa from British forcaa.
PRICE MVE CENTS.
ARE YOU IN IT ?
There Are 1,380 Tax Defaulters
in Rome.
TAX FOR 1593 FAR BEHIND.
Mr. Black Has a Big Job to
Prepare the Executions.
What Will Be Done?
Are you in it?
That is, are you on the list of tax de
faulters?
Mr. Meyerhardt, secretary of the board
of commissioners of roads and revenues,
completed the list of tax defaulters for
the Rome district yesterday. They ag
gregate the astonishing number of 1380,
equal to about two-thirds of the voters.
This does not include the defaulters
for 1893, as that record is not complete.
Tax Collector John J. Black is now
making out fi fas against the tax default
ers for the Rome district. It is a big job
aud it will be several weeks before it is
done.
In this connection there is a good deal
of speculation as to the course that the
officers will take with reference to the
city election. It has even been ru
mored that the tax fl fas were to be
ready in time for the election, but up to
date the lawyers continue to differ and
no official action has been taken which
would set the process in motion to stop
voting in the city election by people
who owe state and county taxes. Both
sides seem to be a little nervous about
the matter and no one can tell which
would be most affected if the law were
enforced as interpreted by the city at
torney. Back of the year 1893, the
amounts due' the state and county by tax
defaulters are comparatively small—
only a few dollars each—but of the tax
for 1893 a very large proportion remains
unpaid, and of those in arrears, many
are large property owners. To clear
the record it will take a big pile of cash
—a bigger pile than is likely to come in
before the election. On this account
there seems to be a general disposition
on all sides to hands off the matter for
the present.
The agitation has had one salatory
effect, and that is to cause the payment
of some of the tax in default. Mr.
Meyerhardt says several parties have
been uo to inquire about their arrears
and settle them. He thinks the default
ers’ list will bring the county consider
able sum of money.
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DENIED HIS LIBERTY.
Mr. Frank R. Hewitt’s Application for Ha*
bea. Corpus Not Granted.
Atlanta, Feb. 16.—An interesting
case has been decided in the United
States circuit court. Judge Newman
presiding, which involves a nice point of
law, bearing as it does on interstate o 4
national law.
Some time in last November Mr,
Frank R. Hewitt was arrested in North
Carolina for libelling W. S. Saul. He
was brought to Georgia and released on
SI,OOO bond. When the case came to
trial before the state court two weeks
ago unexpected complications arose and
Mr. Lewis Thomas had the suit nol
prossed and Mr. Hewitt rearrested,
whereupon he applied for a writ of ha
beas corpus before the United States
court, asking that the United States
judge order his release.
The case was heard before Jud go
Newman and he refused to give Mr.
Hewitt his liberty and ordered him t<J
remain in custody.
The action of the governor of North
Carolina in honoring U overnor Northen’s
requisition promises to become an issua
lin the politics of that state. The presa
of the state holds that Hewitt should
not have been given up so readily and
criticises Governor Carr for want of
diligence in having so easily surrendered
a citizen of the state to another jor ra
diation.
CUBAN CIGAR MAKERS.
So Far Only Two Have Been Served With
Warrants.
Washington, Feb. 16.—Immigranf
Inspector Deshler, of New York, da
! tailed for special duty at Key West*
| Fla., is on his way here to make a per
sonal report to Superintendent Stump.
Out of 93 warrants of deportation sent
him to serve upon alien Cuban cigaj
makers, but two have been served and
two cigar makers are now subjects of
tho habeas corpus proceedings in Flori
da courts.
The case of the two men will come up
next Monday, and much interest is felt
here in the outcome of the trial. Local
sentiment is said to be strongly in favor
of allowing the Cuban cigar makers th
remain in Key West.
Superintendent Stump says he will
see these cases through to the end. Tho
department of justice is backintr up the
bureau of immigration in these cases.
Meetzo Improving,
Columbia, S. C., Feb. 16.—The condi
tion of W. B. Meotze, who was shot by
Miller during the dispensary trial here
recently, continues to improve, and the
probabilities are that in a short t>me he
will be up nod about again. The bullet
has not been extracted, but it is not
thought that it will interfere with Lh
recovery.
Barely Escaped With The'r Lives.
Huron, S. D., Feb. 16.—Gue of the
dormitories at Rosebud Indian agency,
South Dakota, has been burned. The
loss is $50,000. The building accommo
dated 200 children and some narrowly
escaped with their lives.
Willie Holland, a New York newsboy,
was kept alive 16 hours by artificial res
piration.