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THE ROME TRIBUN
VOL. VI. NO. 1.959
IT WAS HOLIDAY.
Congress in Session on Wash
ington’s Birthday.
A MILITARY DISPLAY.
Mr. Mills Will Remain on the
Senate Finance Committee.
Other News.
Washington, Feb. 22.-*All executive
departments are closed in honor of Wash
ington's birthday-, though congress re-
Itnained in session. Patriotic services
■were held by the Oldest Inhabitants as
sociation and the veteran fire companies.
Meetings were held by the Sons and
Daughters of the American revolution
and there was a parade by the district
Inalitia.
CUMMINGS ON HIS METAL.
'The New York Representative Resisted an
Arrest by the House’s Officer.
Washington, Feb. 22. Mr, Cum
mings, of New York, rose to a question
of the highest personal privilege. He
said at 11 o’clock, while on the floor of
the house, he had been approached by
a deputy sergeant at arms, who told him
•he was under arrest.
He refused, he said, to recognize ser
vice, and warned the official or his
■ bosses not to touch him at his peril. The
record would show that he had been in
'attendance day after day ewer since con
gress met last summer., and he denounced
the arrest as an outrage.
He further stated that -it was a dis
grace, in his opinion, to hold a session of
the house on Washington's birthday;
and in honor of the memory of that pa
triot he moved the house adjourn.
After some parleying the motion was
put, and on a division the house wo ted:
Ayes, 102; nays, 124. The announcement
was received with applause on the Dem
ocratic side. The yeas and nays were
ordered, however, before the question
was decided.
• The motion to adjourn was defeated,
yeas, 117; nays, 140. This is regnrded
as Indicating the practical strength of
Mr. Bland’s supporters, and shows that
he will be able to snake no progress in
the consideration of his bill, the vote
against adjournment being 30 short of a
quorum.
Mr. HoaT on .Lotteries.
In the senate, Mr. Hoar h«S read a
newspaper article alleging the'Circula
tion of lottery tickets in Florida. Sena
tor Pasco stated that the people of Flor
ida were taking steps to put down the
foreign lottery business in Florida, and
denied the existence.©! drawings in the
state.
Senator Washburn inquired how the
senator from Massachusetts, Mr. Hoar,
Intended to suppress this lottery evil
when he had denied in the last congress
the power of the federal government
under the constitution to suppress a
mttch worse form of gambling dealing
in options, and futures, on exchanges.
Mr. Hoar replied that his proposition
- was to prevent the importation of lottery
appliances, a power which congress no
_ doubt possessed. On motion of Mr.
Gorman, the senate agreed that when it
adjourns It be to meet Monday next.
Washington’s farewell address was
read by Mr. Martin, and the senate at
1:35 p. m. adjourned till Monday.
Democrats Will -Caucus.
Washington, Feb. 22.—Owing to the
contention between senators who dis
agree with the policy of the finance com
mittee in the construction of the tariff
bill and the inability of the committee
to concede to the demands made by those
urging higher rates of duty and the
transfer of leading articles from the
free to the dutiable list it has been de
cided to hold a caucus of Democratic
senators Monday morning.
Senator Butler, of South Carolina, be
gan a circular call for a caucus soon af
ter the senate convened, and a number
of senators, prominent for their alleged
opposition to the Wilson bill, gathered in
-the senators’ committee room to discuss
the situation.
reported to have been present
fare Senators Hill, -Caffery. Gorman, Gib
bon, Brice, Smith and Butler. Although
no Special object was assigned in the
.cal 1. the tariff was known to be the mat
ter upon which the .caucus had been
called.
From remarks dropped by senators
after the conference it is apparent that
■the duty on coal and sugar will be in
sisted on, and that iron is not to be
Omitted in the pressure to be brought to
bear upon the finance committee.
While it does not seem possible that
the committee would consider for a mo
ment any attempt to take wool off the
free list, it is said that this is discussed
as a probability. Wool men have been
making a determined fight and have
made some converts on the Democratic
side of the chamber.
Mr. Brice, of Ohio, is said to be urg-
Idg upon the committee the necessity of
putting at least a small duty on wool.
Tne wool men have hope, that they may
receive some help from the senate, but
other senators assert free wool is bound
to be in the bill.
Mills Stays on the Committee.
Washington, Feb, 22.—Announce
ment was made by authority of Senator
Mills that he had withdrawn from the
senate committee on finance. Whether
or not it came about as a result of the
debate in the senate or personal solicita
tion, cannot be said, but at all events.
Mr. Mills, has, however, reconsidered
his action and will remain with the com
mittee until the bill is passed.
The President Will Go Gunning.
Washington. Feb. 22.—1 t is under-
* stood that on Saturday next President
Cleveland and a few friends will leave
Washington for a 10-dava’ arnica- in I
Bounds or JNortn varonna, wnere mere
is good sport gunning. The presidential
pnrty will go on the lighthouse steamer
Violet, Captain Donnell.
Sooth Carolina's Marshal.
Washington, Feb. 22.—The president
sent to the senate the nomination of John
P. Hunter to be United States marshal
of the district of South Carolina.
HOWARD’S VILLAINY,
He Would Even Have Men Murdered to
Cover Up His Crimes.
Atlanta, Feb. 22.—The Constitution
prints the following special from Jack
son, Tenn.
Another dark chapter Was added to
the checkered career of G. F. B. How
ard, alias E. Ross, Joseph Leger and
William Lord Moore, preacher, railroad
president and swindler, when four of
the witnesses in his late trial, E. H.
Brockaway, William J. Gleason, Edgar
E. Smith and George H. Heatly, Ap
peared in the federal court, where they
publicly confessed that they had per
jured themselves when they swore in
Howard's behalf.
The young men told their pitiful story
of how, in answer to a want advertise
ment in the New York World in Decem
ber for young men to go to the south
'west, they first met Howard in New
York and his subsequent treatment of
them. The sympathy of the crowd
went out toward the poor wretches when
Heatly told of the plot which the wily
swindler had concocted in jail and ad
vised three of them to get Breakaway
out of their number and-out of the way
for confessing.
Thedistening crowd was struck dumb
with astonishment. Continuing, he told
of Howard’s plot to furnish them tools
to break jail, and advised them to make
way with Fred Brown, the English
clerk of William Lord Moore, whose
testimony was so damaging to Howard,
and also to slay E. S. Bullock, the at
’ tOTney who so ably prosecuted Howard
in behalf of the government. This
'would have occurred had not- the plot
been discovered and he, Howard, moved
to a steel cage.
The witnesses also told bow Howard
had intimidated them alter he had
brought them to Jackson by laying a
pistol on the table and stating that he
would kill any one who interfered with
his case. In this way he browbeat the
young men until they were in his power.
The confession of -.the witnesses, their
straight tale and the corroborating evi
dence have created much sympathy for
them. Sentence has been temporarily
withheld and it is now quite certain that
the government intends bringing the fa
mous prisoner from the Columbus, 0.,
prison, where he is under nine years'
sentence, back to J ackson and try him
for this last crime.
MORE TICKET SWINDLES.
A Cincinnati Agent Has Discovered Whole
sale Swindling on His Road.
Cincinnati, Feb. 22.—An ingenious
fraudulent ticket has been discovered by
George De Haven, general passenger
agent of the Detroit, Lansing and North
ern.
One thousand tickets .were delivered tc
a Columbus broker for scalping purposes
between Columbus and large commer
cial centres. The ticket would be made
to some point beyond the destination of
the passenger, and the holder would be
furnished with a rebate order, which,
upon presentation and surrender of the
ticket to the broker at such intermediate
point, would be honored. The ticket,
being to a point beyond the passenger’s
destination, would simply be punched
and left with the passenger. On its re
turn to the issuing broker the ticket
would be destroyed.
The tickets and plate are secreted
at .Columbus. The tiqket is so arranged
that the title of any desired road and
appropriate signature can be inserted,
thus enabling the broker to counterfeit
any joad’a ticket.
.Gaynor Would Not Try Them.
New York, Feb. 22.—The 24 minor
offenders with John Y. McKane in the
Gravesend election case were called on
to plead in the court of oyer and ter
miner in Brooklyn, among them being
four justices of the peace, a tax collec
tor, a constable and 18 election in
spectors. Justice William J. Gaynor,
for the first ime since his election to the
bench, presided in the court of oyer and
terminer, and the first cases to come
before him were those of the accused
Gravesend election officials, whose in
dictment he was largely instrumental in
procuring. He refused to touch th«
matter and sent them before Judge Cul
len, who adjourned the matter until
Friday.
Precaution* Against Fever.
Washington, Feb. 22.—Dr. Walter
Wyman, surgeon general of the United
States marine hospital service, stated
that because of the prevalence of yellow
fever at Havana a strict quarantine had
been established between Pensacola, and
in fact all American ports and Havana
and other Cuban ports. Particular at
tention is paid to receiving ballast for
American ports. One vessel, which a
few daj s ago had received her ballasi
for Pensacola, was ordered to discharge
it and receive a new ballast, which
mtt the anproval of the American con
sul.
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Newspaper Men Arrested.
Mount Vernon, N. Y., Feb. 22. AL
vah P. French, Henry O. Sniffen, and
Charles H. Stacker, respectively editor,
business manager, and city editor of
The Daily Argus, of this city, have
been arrested on the charge of criminal
libel, made by Alban S. Gleitsman, also
of this city. They were held in S3OO
bail ea ch for trial in the court of sessions
at White Plain. The same paper was
served with papers in a civil action for
libel brought by City Clerk Elias G.
Pease last week.
ROME. GA.. FkIDAY MOKNING, FEBKuAKY 23, IS9I
ITHE REBELS WON.
The Battle at Armacao Incor
rectly Reported.
THE NEWS SUPPRESSED.
Peixoto Lost 728 Men, and
Mello’s Loss Only 272—A
Big Fight On Hand.
New York, Feb. 22.—The World’s
special correspondent has sent a start
ling piece of news in regard to the recent
battle between the government troops
and the revolutionists of Brazil at Ar
macao.
The dispatch is dated Feb. 16 and
says: The government authorities di
rected Minister Mendonca, at Washing
ton, to claim a victory at Armacao.
They refused also to permit the corre
spondents here to cable the truth to their
newspapers. The World correspondent
thereupon decided that if he could not
send the facts he would not send any
thing, and he didn’t.
But the correspondent is able to tell
The World readers now that it was a
big insurgent victory.
The insurgents exploded or spiked 18
of the government's big guns, and
burned the arsenal and the machine
shop, while the fire from the warship
Aquidaban practically destroyed the
town.
The government lost 728 men, killed,
wounded aud captured, while the insur
gent loss was only 272.
Admiral Da Gama is recovering from
the two wounds that he received in the
battle, but the captain of the warship
Libertade has died of his.
The government is building a barracks
near the city with a view >f using it as
a refuge for the people in the great naval
battle that is expected to come off about
March 1.
Pei xoto has completed the hill fortifi
cations, and it is in daily expectation of
Da Gama’s opening a bombardment.
Herculio de Luz, governor of the state
of Santa Catharina, telegraphs that
Generals Oscar and Lima have cornered
the insurgent General Sarabi at Tu
berato, 200 miles from Desterro, and
that a big battle is expected soon.
Admiral da Gama has issued a circu
lar sayingthat the Republica and the
Marcello Diaz engaged the government
warships Tiradentes, Bahia and Itapu
off Santa Catharina, and that the Bahia
and the Diaz were sunk and the Itapu
captured. The Tiradentes alone escaped.
The Republica, he says, was only slight
ly disabled. Nobody here believes the
story.
Friends of Mello attempted to blow
up the office of O’Tempo, the govern
ment newspaper, with dynamite on the
night rjf the 14th.
Stop Long Enough to Vote.
Washington, Feb. 22.—Mr. Mendon
ca, the Brazilian minister, believes that
an case the war in Brazil is not over by
March 1, the date of the elections, an
armistice will be agreed to for the oc
casion. He feels confident that Presi
dent Peixoto will agree to such an ar
rangement, and, to show his sincerity
and willingness that the elections shall
be fair, will guarantee the safety of
those who may come ashore from tha
rebel ships to vote. Mr. Mendonca says
he has no doubt of the success of the ad
ministration Republicans.
DUN’S OLD MANAGER.
The Mau Who Reported Other People’s
Himself Goes Wrong.
New York, Feb. 22.—Erastus Wy
man, formerly manager for R. G. Dun
& Co.’s mercantile agency,builder of the
Staten Island Rapid Transit railroad
and a prominent advocate of the annex
ation of the Hawaiian islands to the
United States, has been arrested charged
with forgeries amounting to $229,000.
He was arraigned before Judge Martine
in chambers in the general sessions and
committed to the Tombs in default of
$25,000 bail.
The arrest was made by Detectives
von Greichten and Phil Reilly at the
office of Mr. Wyman’s son-in-law, Nor
man S. Miller in the Washington build
ing, No. 1 Broadway, on a bench war
rant, issued by Judge Martine soon after
the grand jury had handed down two
indictments charging Wyman with for
gery in the second degree.
Dun is the principal loser in the trans
actions of Wyman, and has stated that
his firm will be out about $219,000 by
the misdeeds of his old manager.
M’ENERY AND BLANCHARD.
On. of Thea. Two Men Will Succeed Ben
stor White.
Chicago, Feb. 22.—A special from
New Orleans says after the caucus held
between tne governor and his advisers
and the leading representative of the
sugar interests, it was stated by close
friends of the governor that the appoint
ment of a successor to Senator White
would be given to north Louisiana and
lay between ex-Gove.rnor McEnery and
Representative Blanchard.
Birmingham Owns Her Waterworks.
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 22.—At the
council meeting the city of Birmingham
bought all the property of the Birming
ham Waterworks company, the price
agreed upon being $1,400,000. Os this
amount the city assumed $600,000 of 6
per cent 80-year bonds already issued by
the water company, and agrees to pay
the balance in city bonds bearing 0 .12
per cent, payable in 30 years. The pur
chase is subject to the ratification of the
people.
A. fatal Shooting Affray.
Ripley, Tenn., Feb. 22.—News has
reached here of a shooting scrape over
politics at Gold Dust, a river town in
the western part of Lauderdale county,
In which one man was killed and one
probably fatally wounded.
PIRATES ROUTED.
Governor O’Ferrall’s Navy
Does Good Work.
THEIR SCHOONER SUNK.
A Gang Virginia Oyster Pirates
Broken Up By a Spirited
Naval Fight.
Tasley. Va., Feb. 22.—The Maryland
oyster pirates who have been swarming
in the Virginia waters of Chesapeake
Bay for so many years have met with an
overwhelming defeat at the hands of the
Virginia oyster navy.
Captain Hudgins, of the Virginia oys
ter steamer Chesapeake, acting under
orders from Governor O’Ferrall, entered
Tangier sound just after nightfall. Here
he was met by the state oyster boat
Tangier, whose officers and crew were
taken on board the steamer.
Lowering her lights, the Chesapeake
ran up the sound and got among a fleet
of 80 pirate schooners before they were
aware that she was approaching. They
opened a fire on all sides With rifles.
The Chesapeake replied with cannon
and rifles with such telling effect that
the dredging fleet scattered in every di
rection, firing as they ran.'
The Chesapeake poured volley after
volley into the retreating vessels, sink
ing the schooner James E. Stansberry
and putting balls through the cabins
and hulls of several others. Two of
the vessels ran ashore on Smith island,
and were captured with their crews.
The schooners A. W. Stevenson. Cap
tain Howe, and William E. Price, Cap
tain Dize, both of Smith island, ran
aground and were captured with their
crews, 18 men in all. The captains es
caped. Several schooners are reported
to have been disabled. A battle is re
ported to have occurred in Pocomoke
sound. The governor has telegraphed
his congratulations to Captain Hudgins.
RecoinmeiHls a Fleet.
Richmond, Feb. 22.—Governor O'Fer
rall has recommended to the legislature
the construction or purchase of two
steam launches, strong and swift, and
armed with gun. 3 of improved pattern
and long range, to keep the Maryland
oyster pirates off the Virginia beds.
STARVING CATTLE.
The Recent Storms Cange Suffering Among
Kansas and Oklahoma Stock.
Chicago, Feb. 22.—A dispatch to a
morning paper from Topeka, says: The
recent blizzard and snow storm, which
covered the entire state of Kansas, is
the worst on cattle that has visited the
state for years. If the snow remains
1 long on the ground, hundreds of cattle
i will die of starvation. Already they
are dying for want feed in several local
ities, the percentage of range cattle (be
ing at least 10 per cent at this time.
Ten days more will be very disastri
ous to stock in this state.
A dispatch from Guthrie, Oklahoma,
says: The unprecedented storms of Jan
. uary 23 and February 11 and 12 have
wrought dire havoc among the cattle
upon the great ranges in the Indian Res
ervations in this territory. The extreme
cold and the unusual accompaniment of
large quantities of snow, could not well
be withstood by cattle already weakened
by the shortage of Winter pasture, and
thousands of them perished, while those
that remain are in a very shaky condi
dition. The cattlemen who have cattle
in this territory will, many of them, be
badly cramped by their losses, and they
declare that they will market what
they have in the spring and quit the
business.
To Rebuild the Tyhee Road.
Savannah, Feb. 22.—At a meeting of
the bondholders of the Savannah and
Atlantic railroad, property owners on
Tybee island and others interested in
that resort, $19,000 was subscribed to
wards the rebuilding and restoring of
the storm swept Tybee railroad. These
are subscriptions to the receiver’s certifi
cates, which will constitute a first lien
on the property, and will bear 7 per
cent interest. This is more than half
the amount needed to rebuild the road,
and was subscribed by eight members
of the meeting, most of whom were
bondholders.
Mrs. Lease’s Masonry Disputed.
Fort Scott, Kan., Feb. 22.—1 n reply
to a question as to whether Mary Ellen
Lease was a member of Hugh de Payne
Commandery, Knights Templar, of this
city, Eminent Commander A. D. Wil
liams said: ‘‘No, sir, she is not; and I
cannot understand how the report was
started. No woman ever belonged to
any Masonic commandery, unless she
wore a male costume and assumed a
male name. Probably not a single mem
ber of our commandery ever saw Mrs.
Lease, and much less considered her
name as a candidate for membership.”
THE SPAN ISH^CLAI MS.
The Government Admits the Right to
Damages In the Florida War.
Washington,, Feb. 22.—The United
States has conceded to the Spanish min
ister the principle of the Spanish claim
for damages to Spanish subjects who
suffered-during the Florida war.
The Spanish claims against the United
States are so old that they are identified
with the early existence of this govern
ment. They arose through an invasion
of Florida by the American army about
the beginning of this century, when
Florida was a Spanish province. The
troops seized or destroyed some personal
property of Spanish subjects, who, after
the cession of Florida, took up their
residence in Cuba, declining to give al- 1
legianee to the new flag.
J.Q ths .tisatx, of 181# negotiated be- -
tween fipain ana me unned niaies
article was included, providing for tIH
settlement of the damages sustained 1B
these Spaniards. The claims were iB
ferred to the territorial courts of Fkß
ida, and they fixed the damages for t.K
actual loss or distraction of propertß
and in addition allowed the
per cent of the amounts fixed upon tB
the delay in settlement, running
20 years. g®
By rather loose phraseology this stß'
ondary award was termed interest, aß|
from this all of the trouble has
When the claims came before
Woodbury, in 1836, lie took refuge in Eg
old statute forbidding the payment H||
interest, and paid most of the
of the claims, but struck out the alloH|
ances for delayed payments. The mß|
ter has been pending ever since in
form of a controversy between congrß|
and the state department. MM
ANOTHER TRUNK LINeM
The Marietta and North Georgia
Extended to Atlanta.
Atlanta, Feb. 22.—A
sensation has been sprung upon the
railroad world by the report straßgl
from authority that cannot well be qBM
tioned that the Atlanta and Florida MB
the Marietta and North Georgia
joined to form a grand trunk liißlg
railways north and south, with
the central point. aHE
It comes from good authority
there are two surveying parties alr<BE
getting estimates on the cost of
a line from Marietta to Atlanta to IKg
these two roads, ami that they
been placed in-> the field by capitfß '
who have determined upon such a
and who are only waiting for
of the Marietta and North Georgßffl
finish up the scheme. aHEj
The fact that these surveying paß?s-i
are at work signifies that the platßß
go, but it cannot be ascertained j
what syndicate is behind it all. MB
MRS. BLACKBURN’S STCB'
Friends of Colonel Breckinridge
That It Was Garbled.
Washington, Feb. 22.—The fM|||
of Colonel W. O. P. BreckinridgOgg
that the published testimony of Mgß
Julia C. Blackburn, which
here, was given out in garbledE-;'
with a view of injuring Colonel IMe|H
inridge in his race for congress.
They declare that the record shows
that on cross examination Mrs. Black
burn testified that Miss Pollard was in
troduced to her, not by Colonel Breckin
ridge, but by Mrs. Fillette, with whom
: Miss Pollard was boarding at the time,
and that Miss Pollard and Mrs. Black -
. burn became very intimate before Colo
nel Breckinridge knew of their acquaint
ance.
AG Al NST LADY TEAC HERS.
Male Members of a Chicago Congregation
Form a New Society.
Chicago, Feb. 22.—The fear that the
young ladies who instruct the heathen
in the Chinese Sunday school in the
First Presbyterian church will be in
jured by the evil influences of the celes
tials has led some gentlemen of the con
gregation to form an anti-Chinese Sun
day school society, of which Dr. W. J.
Charr is president.
The men point out that a lady teacher
is assigned to each Chinese scholar, the
teachers almost wit'hout exception being
young, and claim that there is great
danger from the close personal contact
of the young ladies with the Mongolians.
Cases of marriage of teacher and pupil
are cited, and a determined effort to res
cue the young ladies from possible peril
will be made.
OFFICERS’ SONS PREFERRED
The President’s Old Policy In Appointing
Cadets at Large Revived.
Washington, Feb. 22.—The president
has informed members of congress who
called in behalf of a candidate for ap
pointment at large to the Naval Acade
my, that all such appointments under
his administration would probably be
given to sons of army and naval officers
who have no congressional representa
tives.
Tnis announcement is in the line of
his policy of eight years ago, when the
president filled all vacancies at both
West Point and Annapolis allowed him
by law from sons of officers of the army
and navy. There are two vacancies
now at the Naval Academy at Annapolis,
Md., which the president will fill in time
for the May examinations.
The Kearsarge Going to Pieces.
Washington, Feb. 22.—There is now
little hope entertained at the navy de
partment that the old Kearsarge, wreck
ed on Roncador reef, will ever again
figure on the naval lists, for Secretary
Herbert has been advised that the once
staunch old hull has yielded to the
pounding of the heavy seas and is going
to pieces.
Three Negroes Killed by an Explosion.
Houma, La., Feb. 22.—0 f seven young
negroes who were fishing on the banka
of the stream on the Laurel Fann plan
tation, near the draining machine, three
were instantly killed by the explosion of
the boiler.
Senator Martin Hanged In Effigy.
Pond Creek, O. T„ Feb. 22.—Because I
of his speech for the Rock Island Rail- 1
road company on the Town Site dejiot j
bill, Senator Martin, of Kansas, was
hanged in effigy in the courthouse square
here.
Surgery Relieved Hiccoughs. ’
Newark, Feb. 22, —John Carberry is '
recovering rapidly from the 11 weeks I
attack of hiccoughs. He submitted to a 1
surgical operation last week to stop the ,
paroxysms, which had almost killed (
! New York, Feb. 22.—Lillie Deis
cheidt, an attractive girl of 15 years, ap
pealed to Justice Welde in Harlem court
i to He committed to the care of the Gerry
, society. She said that her father keeps
a saloon at 252 East Eighty-ninth street,
• and compels her, against her will, to
■ stand behind the bar and serve drinks.
She declared that she would not return
home. Judge Welde placed the girl in
• the society’s care pending an investiga
( tion.
He’s No Prohibition Governor.
• Omaha, Feb. 22.—A prominent man,
1 living near this city, has just received a
1 letter from Governor Frank D. John
son, of lowa, in which he states that if
■ the lowa legislature does not repeal or
• modify the prohibitory law so as to af
ford relief for the river counties, he will
, call the legislature in extra session for
that purpose.
Elected to Office After Death.
Norristown, Pa., Feb. 22.—John Ar
nold, the Republican candidate for jus
tice in the Eighth ward, died on Sun
day. The tickets had been printed and
there was no time to change the name.
The ward is Republican, and Arnold,ths
dead man, was elected.
Suits Involving Many Millions.
St. Louis, Feb. 22.—A suit has been
filed in the circuit court which will b«
the greatest sensation in legal and real
estate circles that St. Louis haa expe
rienced for years. The action was
brought by the Becquette Property com
pany, through its attorney, John M,
Glover, against Mary E. Patterson, and
is the first of a series of suits which will
involve the titles to all the property on
one side of Olive street from Third to
Twenty-third street, aggregating in
value nearly $50,000,000. Over 40 heirs
are interested in the coming litigation,
and in all 00 suits will be brought.
To Protect Catholic Children.
St. Louis, Feb. 22.—Archbishop Kain
has issued a letter to the clergy, wherein
he expresses the desire that the Catholic
children who attend public schools
be prepared for their first com
munion by their parish priests. For years,
it is asserted, some of the clergy have
used coersive measures to force Cath
olic children out of the public schools
into the parish schools. The most potent
means was to refuse to instruct the chil
dren for their first communion unless
they went to parochial schools for two
years. Many parents took their children
rrom the public schools or sent them for
Instructions in another parish, where the
priests had no parochial schools, and,
therefore, were not opposed to the pub
lic schools.
Will Get Hl. 01-1 Job.
Washington, Feb. 22.—H. H. Smith,
the assistant register of the treasury, by
request has tendered to the president his
resignation, to take effect on the appoint
ment of his successor. It is understood
that Mr. L. Wilbur Reid, of Alexan
dria, Va., who held the office during
President Cleveland’s first term, will be
appointed to the vacancy.
A County Site Commission.
Columbia, S. C., Feb. 22.—Governor
Tillman has appointed', in conformity
with the recent legislature act, a board
to select a site for a county seat of the
county of Berkely, as now constituted
after the hard fight made against it in
the legislature. 8. W. Scruggs, of
Greenville, was appointed as an outside
member of the board.