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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. k ■ 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. *■•**** v 2* Ct*. —xx x J- o* «• 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. C r—— . . —S. 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.