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VOL. VI. NO. 1.960
CRISP SICK.
Had to Appoint Richardson
, Speaker Pro, Tem.
A DISAPPOINTED CROWD-
They Were Expecting a Lively
Time On Account of Mr.
Bland’s Hot Words.
Washington, Fob. 23.—Clerk Ken
■called the house to order. He read a
Communication from Speaker Crisp,
who was suffering from a severe sors
throat and was confined to his hotel, ap
pointing Mr. Richardson, of Tennessee,
_ speaker pro tem for the day.
The peculiar circumstances under
Which the house adjourned and the an
ticipation of a repetition of the disor
r- derly scenes had attracted great crowds
I to the galleries.
I When the Adams case came up, upon
motion to discharge Mr. Adams, Mr.
V Bland spoke with great intensity and
J bitterness, asserting that the forenoon
■ proceedings constituted afiarchy and
revolution. He asked how any of the
members who openly declared that they
would not obey the orders and rules of
t the house, he could not expect the peo
» pie of the country, suffering from want
of food and shelter, to ot serve the laws
HF of the land with greater respect. (Hisses.)
f He proceeded to lecture the Democratic
L members for their failure to keep up a
K quorum in their seats; “the people will
K (ead riot acts to them in November
H next.” he said. Republican cries of “if
■ they will.” Said Mr. Bland: “Oh, but
K you must answer for your actions under
B some conditions.”
B Proceeding in this strain Mr. Bland was
p called to order by Mr. Dunn, who said
| the gentleman from Missouri had not
k been constituted the lecturer of the
« Democratic party, to which Mr. Bland
V responded that if it were the lecture
F party would repeat it to Mr. Dunn and
|- his friends in away that they would re-
■ r spect it.
1 Continuing Mr. Bland said the Demo-
L crats ought either to discharge their du-
■ ties in the house or yield their powers.
K Applause. Mr. Bland moved the previ-
Rt Utts question and declined to withdraw
E it so as to enable other gentlemen to
B speak id their own right, but offered to
E yield to any one who wanted to speak.
! Reed and Bynum, who were called on
k by their associates, dec lined to accept
K the offer.
K House Democrats Will Caucus.
I Representative Holman, chairman cf
B the Democratic caucus of the house, will
m call a caucus for an early day to consid-
K er a change in the house rules by which
members may be compelled to vote to
f make a quorum. The call is in response
■ to a written request signed by 104 Dem-
E ocratic members.
y Au Alabama lawyer’s Luck.
F Walhington, Feb. 23.—Attorney
■ General Olney has appointed Samuel A.
K Putnam, of Birmingham, Ala., assistant
attorney in the department of justice at
$2,000 per annum.
L THE POPULISTS MEET.
A Big Fire Proved a Stronger Attraction
in St. Louis.
St. Louis, Feb. 23.—The Populists
' held what was intended to be a grand
B mass meeting at the Central Union hall,
B but a destructive conflagration which
B occurred at Twelfth and Locust streets
K proved the stronger attraction. When
■ the meeting was called to order by
K Cl a rman J. B. Follett, of St. Louis,
B about 30 men were present.
B The proceeding commenced with a re
st view of the situation. For the strength-
B ening of the cause it was resolved to
K form an organization to be known as a
■ Populist party central club with Follett
ft aS temporary chairman. A meeting
B will be called at an early date to com-
H plete the organization and elect officers.
I NEWSPAPER~PUBLISHERS.
■ Eighth Annual Convention of the Asso-
B$ ttr " elation Held in New York.
K New York, Feb. 23.—The eighth an-
H nual convention of the American News-
K paper Publishers association held its ses-
B sion at the Hotel Imperial in New York.
■ In the absence of Mr. J. W. Scott, of
the Chicago Herald, who is the presi-
dent of the association, and of Colonel
F. H. Woods, of Boston, vice-president,
gW Mr. C. W. Knapp, of the St. Louis Re-
' public, vh> is chairman of the execu
tive committee of the association, pre-
sided. Nearly 100 hundred members
registered, coming all the way from
M Maine to Texas, and as far west as Den-
■
The question of the libel laws was in
troduced, and, on motion, a committee
of three was appointed to get the co
operation of the New York state mem-
M bers toward effecting a change in the
BB New York state law. A discussion was
held as to the property of granting com
mission direct to the advertiser.
M The greater part of the afternoon was
Ms taken up in discussing the rates of ma-
•*chine composition, and it was the unan-
Bg imous verdict of the association that, a
|M time rate was fairer to both the office
M and the operator and was productive or
flg the best results.
THE KEARSARGE LOSS.
Secretary Herbert Will Try to Find Out If
M| Blame Ke.-.is Anywhere.
■ Washington, Feb. 23. Secretary
Herbert has appointed as the court of
inquiry to investigate the wreck of the
Kearsarge Admiral Gherardi and Cap
tains Miller and O’Kane, Lieutenant
(■p/’Kelly was named as recorder. The court
RHE *iP* ll meet in tllO Brooklyn navy yard on
"Monday.
Th a tmrnoaa of the couri is to fix the
THE ROME TRIBUNE.
responsibility for the wreck upon some i
one or more of the officers if the facts I
justify it, and to make out a prima fa vie ■
case for the courtmartial, which will
follow if it shall be shown that the cast
ing away of the Kearsarge could have
been avoided by the exercise of proper
precautions. To this end every one of
the officers, beginning with Admiral
Stanton, will be called upon to tell
everything that may have any bearing
on the case, and they will he invited to
mention any complaint they may have
to make against the management of the
ship. The crew will also be examined,
and it is probable that this work will
begin as soon as the court can be gotten
together.
TO SAVE NEW YORK
Senator Hill Is Said to Have Agreed to
■— Kun for Governor,
Albany, Feb. 23. —A report is current
here that a majority of the leaders of
the Democratic organization in the state
have agreed to nominate Senator Hill
for governor as the only man who can
save the party from overwhelming de
feat this fall. The Maynard affair, they
hold, has put the nomination of Flower
out of the question.
At a dinner given here a few nights
ago by a leading Democrat, it was as
serted that Senator Hill had agreed to
accept the nomination for governor if
the leaders of his party were unanimous
in advocating this course. There is said
to be no doubt of the unanimity of these
leaders and that, if necessary, they will
insist that he accept. It is claimed that
he will not lose anything by being a can
didate for governor, and that if he wins
the fight no power on earth can prevent
his nomination for the presidency in
1896. If he fails of election he can still
remain a senator.
SHOT THE JAILOR.
Five Prisoner. Escaped from the Thomas
ville Jail and Are at Large.
Thomasville, Ga., Feb. 23.—This
city is under great excitement over the
escape of five prisoners from the jail,
among whom was -Henry Spencer,
the noted desperado, who was sentenced
to be hanged on March 1.
Mr. Tom Singletary, tiie jailor, un
locked tlie jail door, when the negro
made at him, knocking him down, and
one Jim Kennedy, a negro who had been
put in jail tor wife beating, succeeded in
getting his pistol from him and shot him
twice, once in the breast and once in the
shoulder, and then handed the pistol to
Henry Spencer, who shot him in the
face, and the negroes all made their es
cape, running right iffio the arms of a
man who happened to be passing.
Spencer drew the pistol on him and
told him if he didn’t leave lie would kill
him. The man was unarmed and of
course could do nothing. Sheriff Doss
was notified as soon as possible, and he
took a posse, auit w#»it- -in-pursuit of the
escaped prisoners. 'The prisoners are
said to have gotten about 35 minutes
start of the posse. Tiie doctor was sum
moned to Mr. Singletary, and it is be
lieved his wounds are not mortal, but
he is very dangerously wounded.
The Jailer Is Head.
Thomasville, Ga., Feb. 23.—Deputy
Sheriff Tom Singletary has just died of
the pistol shot wound inflicted by Hen
ry Spencer, the convicted inurdiior.
FIRE IN FORT WAYNE.
Oue Hundred Thousand Dollars* Worth
of Property Already Gone.
Ft. Wayne, Ind., Feb. 28.—At 3:30
a. m., fire broke out in the large shoe
establishment of Vondermark & Bro.,
on Calhoun street, and destroyed the
building and stock. Loss SIOO,OOO, The
adjoining building of Meyer & Bro.,
hatters, was also destroyed. Mergent
heim’s millenery and notion store was
flooded with water. The fire is still
burning and threatens the entire square,
bounded by Main, Columbia, Harrison
and Calhoun streets. Clay street school
building, in another part of the city,
was also destroyed.
Fire in Chattanooga.
Chattanooga, Feb. 23.—At 2 o’clock
a. ni. the wholesale grocery house of J.
A. Wardlaw & Co. was destroyed by
fire. The loss is estimated at §14,000,
fully insured.
DIED OF GLANDERS.
Unhappy Fwte of a California Dairyman's
Wife 3he Family Exposed.
San Francisco, Feb. 23.—Mrs. Sophia
Beresford, wife of a prosperous dairy
man, has just died of glanders. Four
weeks ago the woman’s husband unwit
tingly purchased a diseased horse for the
family to drive. A few days later while
Mrs. Beresford was standing near the
horse’s head the animal sneezed in her
face. Soon afterward she was stricken
with chills and pains and swelling of tiie
forehead. She finally became so bad
that she was removed to the hospital,
and there the true nature of the disease
was discovered—the whole upper por
tion of the woman’s "ace was eaten away
by the dread disear .-. The husband and
children have also been exposed and
their condition is being closely watched.
The health authorities killed the horse
and will cause the arrest of the traders
who sold it to Beresford at a price which
was ridiculously low.
hye Will Leave the Platform.
Buffalo, Feb. 28.—8i1l Nye, speak
ing cf bis illness, said. “It was heart
disease, but only an attack that came
from over work. lam trying to do too
much. My writing is only a small part
of my work. It is the traveling about
and strain of lecturing, combined with
late nights that is pulling me down.
My season closes the middle of April,
and I believe I shall then give up lec
turing for good. Mv health is of too
much importance to take th? risk.
ROME. UA.. SAIUKDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 24, la»4
I JERSETSJVIiJDDLE.
Governor Werts Wants the Two
Senates to Explain.
WHY ARE YOU SITTING?
The Chief Justice Will Bring
the Matter Before the Entire
Supreme Bench.
Trenton, N. J., Feb. 23.—Attorney
General Stockton. R. V. Lindabury and
Fred Stevens appeared before the su
preme court and asked for a rule to
show cause why the attorney general
should not be allowed to file a bill of in
formation in quo warranto proceedings
on the relation of George T. Werts, gov
ernor, directed to Robert Adrian and
Maurice A. Rogers, requiring them to
show cause by what right they are pre
siding over the bodies claiming to be the
senates of New Jersey.
The attorney general said the senate
composed of the hold-over members
claims to have organized as the senate
of New Jersey and notified the governor
to that effect. Subsequently another
body notified the governor that it had
organized as the senate of New Jersey.
Tiie uncertainty of such a condition of
affairs is a very serious matter in the
state government.
All the judges of the court were pres
ent. except Justices Abbett and Dixon.
The chief justice stated that it was the
custom of the court to have all motions
in ordinary cases go before the branch
■ court, but he thought this an extraordi
nary case, and it would be better to dis
regard custom and have the case come
before the whole court. He would even
object to having the case go on unless
all of the nine judges were present, as it
might subject the court to the criticism
, of having selected the judges. But if
the whole court should sit this could
not be charged.
The other judges agreed with the
statement by the chief justice. The ar
gument will be heard Monday, March 5.
DENOUNCED BY HIS WIFE.
' A New York Swindler Whoso Crimes
Have Been Exposed.
New York, Feb. 23.—Several days
ago a woman called at police headquar
ters and inquired for Inspector Mc
' Laughlin. Sho informed him that her
husband, John Sharpe, who was em
ployed as bookkeeper for the National
Cigarette company, was stealing from
his employers, and had probably got
away with several thousand dollars dur-
■ ing the past two years.
, The inspector detailed two detectives
on the case, and the woman’s story was
found to be truthful.
In a trunk at his residence, was dis
covered the evidence of his guilt. The
detectives recovered 100 certificates,
worth 35 cents apiece, which the com
pany gives away to customers. With
this evidence in their possession and the
wife as a witness, a warrant was obtain
ed, and the husband was arrested while
ut his desk.
There was a dramatic scene in court
when the case was called. Sharpe had
come well recommended to the company,
which now believes that it is out about
$20,000 by his larcenies. He had been
under suspicion before the wife made her
charges.
Four Arrests for Murder.
Columbia, S. C., Feb. 22. Tovernor
Tillman has received a telegram from
Solicitor Nelson at Lexington statingthat
four persons had been arrested charged
with the murder of the negro, Gage
Roberson, near Gaston, Friday night.
The murdered negro was a reputable
and an honest citizen, and there is con
siderable indignation expressed at his
murder. It is said that Roberson was
told by a son of Mr. Wesley Hawsey
that he “would fix him in a few days.”
The murder is described as brutal. Rob
erson fell dead in his wife’s arms from
bullets fired by masked white men.
Help for the American University.
New York, Feb. 23.—A lady in New
York, whose name is for the present
withheld, has presented to Bishop John
F. Hurst for the American university at
Washington $100,750 in cash. It is un
derstood that this is an endowment for
the chair of history, which is the first de
partment contemplated by the trustees
of the university. A few days ago a gift
of equal value was contributed by an
Ohio gentleman.
Must Not Fight in Delaware.)
Wilmington, Feb. 23.—State Detec
tives McVey and Witzel have arrested
Frank Mullin, one of the prize fighters
who had a glove fight in an old school
house near this city on February 15. He
was hel 1 in SSOO bail for a further her r
ing. Edward McConnell, the other
figliter, has not been arrested. Six oth i
men, accused of aiding and abetting the
fight, were arrested and put under bail.
Teller Baker Pleads Guilty.
Philadelphia, Feb. 23.—Theodore F.
Baker, the former paying teller of the
Consolidation National bank, plead guil
ty before Judge Butler in the United
States district court to the embezzle
ment of $17,000 from the bank.
A Monument in Bonaventure.
Savannah, Feb. 23.—A monument
erected by the police of Savannah to the
memory of General Robert H. Ander
son, for many years chief of police here,
was dedicated with imposing ceremonies
in Bonaventure cemetery.
Will Have Butter Water.
Roanoke, Va., Feb. 23.—The town oi
Martinsville, in Henry county, has con
traded for a system of waterworks t<
cost $27,000, the work to be completed
and paid tor “■ no dav".
' FOREIGN NEWS.
Germany Awakened On The
Sliver Question.
ALARMED OVER MONEY.
The Currency Commission at
Work—Anarchists Yet Dis
turbing Paris.
Berlin, Feb. S3.—The currency com
mission appointed by the government to
appease the bimetalists and agrarians,
has held its first sitting. Count Posa
dowsky, secretary of the imperial treas
ury, presided. In his speech he said
that owing to the recent action of India
and the United States in currency mat
ters, and the continued depreciation of
silver, the subjects to come before the
commission were of the greatest import
ance to the commerce and trade of Ger
many and the world at large.
The questions to be considered by the
commission demanded earnest and ex
haustive co-operation. The commis
sion s task would be to ascertain whether
or not the value of silver could bo
raised; if it could be raised, what were
the best means to the end; how silver
prices could be kept stable and what was
the best basis for measures that would
tend to solve the problem of an effi
cient agreement of states.
The Brazilian Batteries Restored.
Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 23.—The Ar
macao batteries, which were destroyed
by the rebels during the battle of Feb
ruary 9, when the government lost, it
now appears, over 700 men, (have been re
stored. During the continued disability
of Admiral Da Gama, owing to the
wounds which he sustained in the neck
and leg at that battle, -Alexandrine de
Alencal has been in command, while
waiting the return of Admiral de Mello.
The latter is said to have reached here
on board the Republics, though consid
erable secrecy is observed on the sub
ject.
Heavy Loss on a Favorite Depositor.
London, Feb. 23. —The Standard says
that Adrian Hope, one of the largest de
positors in the Bank of England, was
permitted by that institution to overdraw
his account to the amount of 420,030
pounds, Hope having lost all his deposits
in speculation. Subsequently the bank
made a demand upon Hope for 350.000
pounds, which was not forthcoming,
and finally settled with him for 150,000
pounds, to protect Hope against abso
lute bankruptcy, which would have in
volved the total loss to the bank of his
indebtedness.
The Duty on Wheat in France.
Paris, Feb. 23.—The commission of
the chamber of deputies, charged with
discussing the question of an increasel
duty on corn, has announced that it has
accepted the government’s proposals by
which the duty on wheat will be fixed
at seven instead of eight francs. The
chamber of deputies later adopted the
report of the commission accepting the
government’s proposals by which the in
creased duty on wheat is fixed at seven
francs instead of at eight francs, as at
first proposed. The vote stood 872t0171.
Threatened by Anarchists.
Paris, Feb. 23.—Police court officials
are receiving violent letters threatening
in the name of anarchism to avenge the
death of Auguste Vaillant and the pros
ecution of Emile Henry. M. Rouiller
Was informed by letter that he had been
marked ever since ho helped send Vail
laut to the guillotine and that his fate
had been finally sealed by his conduct in
the case of Henry.
“You will be the first to go,” was the
last sentence of the letter.
Glbert and Santa Maria to Flcht.
Paris, Feb. 28.—A duel has been ar
ranged to take place next week between
Mr. Audinet Gibert, of New York, and
Senor Bon Manuel del Pilar de Santa
Maria, who went to New York from
this city to testify in favor of Mrs. Annie
T. Gibert, who brought suit against her
husband for legal separation. Mr. Gi
bert had previously accused his wife
of improper intimacy with Santa Maria.
The New York court decided in favor of
Mrs. Gibert.
The Czar Is Going to France.
London, Feb. 23.—A dispatch to The
Chronicle from St. Petersburg says: “It
has been definitely decided that the czar
will go shortly to San Rome or to the
south of France, and that he will not go
to Kief. His journey is regarded as
likely to have important results, as he
may meet some of the rulers or chief
statesmen of Europe.”
The Faris Will Soon Rail Again.
Liverpool, Feb. 23.—The American
Line steamship Paris, which put back
to Queenstown last week on account of
the breaking of her rudder, has been
docked In Laird’s shipyard, at Birken
head, for repairs. It is expected that
she will sail for New York direct in a
few days.
An Farl After His Jewelry.
London, Feb. 23.—The Morning says
a lawsuit is impending in which an earl
is the plaintiff to recover valuable jew
elry he intrusted to a burlesque dancer.
The jewelry is now in the hands of a
usurer. No name is given.
A Russian .Statesman Seriously 111,
St. Petertburg, Feb. 23.—M. Nicho
las de Giers, Russian minister of foreign
affairs, is very seriously ill with asthma
from which he has been for some time
past a sufferer. His illness has now as
sumed an alarming phase.
MINERS RESUME. WORK.
The Eaßtern Ohio Mines Are Getting Down
to Business Again.
Chicago, Feb. 23.—A dispatch to a
morning paper from Cleveland, 0., says:
About 1,500 miners have returned to
work in the eastern Ohio district. The
district includes the county of Belmont
ajone. The Wheeling creek miners and
all those along the Cleveland, Loraine
and Wheeling railaoad went to work
under the terms agreed upon at the joint
conference held in Columbus a few days
ago. Meetings were held by committees
of the miners at the various mines and
the operators decided upon the rates to
be paid for day labor.
Under the reduction in the mining
rate the price for consjuon labor about
the mines would be about $1.43, but the
conferees of most of the mines agreed
upon $1.45. The mines along the Balti
more and Ohio, as far west as Quincy,
have gone to work, and the Gaylord
mines, above Martin’s Ferry, have also
resumed. The mines along the Wheel
ing and Lake Erie, in Jefferson county,
aid still idle, but it is thought they will
get matters fixed and resume about
Monday.
LEE OFFERED A BERTH.
It Is Said That Virginia’s Ex-Governor
Refused to Go Abroad,
Lexington, Va., Feb. 23.—A personal
friend of ex-Governor Fitzhugh Lee
says that a few days ago President
Cleveland, through Secretary of State
Gresham, tendered the ex-governor the
position of minister to Stockholm, Swe
den, and that it v; as promptly declined
with thanks.
General Lee, it is said, has no desire
to enter the diplomatic service, at least
by the acceptance of anything now at
the disposal of the president. In fact,
General Lee will not accept anything
that will take him out of this country.
He is devoting all of his time now to the
preparation of the manuscript of the
life and character of General R. E. Lee,
his uncle, which is far advanced toward
completion. The work, which will go
to press this spring, will contain much
of the heretofore unwritten history of
the Confederacy.
THE NEW BONDS.
A New York Bank Got the First Hundred
That Were Issued.
New York. Feb. 23.—The first of the
new $50,000,000 issue of the 5 per cent
government bonds have reached this
city. There were 100 coupon bonds,
numbered from Ito 100 inclusive. In
accordance with the letter accompany
ing them they were assigned by Assist
ant Treasurer Jordan to the Chase Na
tional bank. The bank was the first to
get in its bid for coupon bonds, and it,
therefore, received the first bonds struck
off. The new bonds is of simple design,
but very handsome.
To Burn and Loot Gadsden.
Gadsden, Ala., Feb. 23.—A diabolical
plot to burn and loot the city of Gads
den has just been unearthed. Chief of
Police Hughes arrested Will Smith, Ben
Oakes, Jack Holcomb and Frank Cas
sels for stealing and killing hogs. From
facts ascertained Smith was the ring
leader. At his suggestion he was to cut
off the water at the reservoir at noon
and by night all the water in the pipes
would be drained out. Then they were
to rob stores in the city and apply the
torch, and the fire company would bo
powerless to cope with the fire, and the
city would be wiped off the face of the
earth.
Evans Caj;od at Last.
Folsom, Cal., Feb. 23. —Evans, the
notorious bandit, is at last within prison
walls. In charge of the sheriff of Fresno
he arrived on the morning train from
Sacramento, where he spent the night in
jail. He was placed in the prison wagon,
his wife accompanying him, and was
taken to the penitentiary. Evans con
versed freely on the way here, and de
nied, emphatically, that he kicked or
even laid hands on Mrs. Brighton, as
slated in the San Francisco papers.
To Blow Up a Bridge.
Lancaster, Pa., Feb. 23.—An attempt
has been made to blow up the Cherry
street bridge over the Pennsylvania rail
road. The instrument used was a bomb
made of gaspipe, sections of which were
found embedded in the substructure of
bridge 20 feet from the point of the ex
plosion. The bridge is not badly dam
aged, although the concussion smashed
windows and broke open doors of neigh
boring houses, and tore down telephone
and electric light wires.
Because They Wouldn’t Strike.
Providence, Feb. 23.—Because a
number of the men employed by the re
lief committee on the streets of this city
refused to join a strike to resist an in
crease in their hours of labor, they were
hammered with shovels and picks in t)ie
hands of the strikers and severely in
jured. The police were called upon to
quell the riot, and more trouble is ex
pected when another gang attempts to
go to work.
Two Murderers Caught.
Raleigh, Feb. 23.—Last month Rose
Haywood, a colored centenarian, was
murdered in bed in her house near here
by her niece, Mary Smith, and Orange
Page, an ex- ■onvict. A reward for tae
murderers was offered. Tuesday ■’light
they were captured near Rocky mount,
by two negro detectives. Page and the
Smith woman had changed their name
and were working on farms.
Cutting Oft* Work at the Smelters.
Denver, Feb. 23.—The rapid falling
off in ore receipts, combined with the
steady decline in the prices of silver and
lead, has resulted in a general reduct on
mnrV at. all tha smelters.
price uve cents.
A CHANGE
Made By the Many Friends and
Supporters
OF THE SEAY TICKET.
Mr. Walter Harris Is Sup
planted By Mr. Hiram D.
Hill--He Is a Good Man.
Mr. Walter Harris is no longer a candi
date for councilman from the Fourth
Ward on the Seay .ticket. It seems that
Mr. Harris was first the Seay ticket, but
later became a candidate on the Moore
ticket as well. Last night he was re
quested by the friends of the Seay ticket
to withdraw from the Moore ticket and
come out wholly for Seay. This he re
fused to do. The supporters of the Seay
ticket at once held a caucus, adopted as
their motto, “whole hog or none,” and
by their earnest solicitations, Mr. H. D.
Hill consented to be substituted in his
place. Mr. Hill is one of Rome’s most
j prominent citizens and has for many
years done much toward the upbuilding
of its interests. A better man could not
possibly have been selected to fill the va
cancy, and the Seay ticket will gain
many friends by the addition of his
name. Below is the announcement
made by the friends and supporters of
the Seay ticket:
ANNOUNCEMENT.
To the Public and Voters of the City
of Rome:
Inasmuch as Mr. Walter Harris first
agreed to make the race for councilman
with the Seay ticket and subsequently
became a candidate on the opposing tick
et; the friends and supporters of the
Seay ticket have thought it advisable to
run only a straight ticket, and as Mr.
H. D. Hill, at the solicitation of many
of the best citizens and business men of
the city, having consented to become a
candidate for councilman, the commit
tee of citizens appointed to look after
the matter are authorized to announce
the following as the straight Seay ticket.
For Mayor—John J. Seay.
For Councilmen—First Ward—Henry
Harvey.
Second Ward—H. S. Lansdell.
Third Ward—J. A. Gammon.
Fourth Ward—H. D. Hill.
Fifth Ward—l. Henley Hoskinson.
All citizens and voters having the best
interest and welfare of Rome at heart
are earnestly asked to give the ticket
j their support,
-Desperate Battle with Six Burglars.
St. Louis, Feb. 23.—George Eder
sleeps and works in Specick’s & Simp
son’s tailor shop. The door was broken
in and six mon crowded in. Eder was
driven back by a blow on the head from
the bar used in opening the door. He
finally reached a hatchet and blows
were exchanged until the hatchet was
wrenched from Eder’s hand. He then
reached a pair of shears which he used
as daggers, ultimately driving the crowd
away. He then fell unconscious and
now probably lies dying from a frac
tured skull. Two of the burglars were
captured.
They Will Now Come to Terms.
Columbus, 0., Feb. 23.—Members of
the Ohio general assembly who presented
themselves at the state treasury to draw
their salaries were refused. The treas
urer states that but $31,000 remains in
the treasury, and this will be needed for
other purposes. The depletion is caused
by the failure of the legislature to
the appropriation bill. The bienpial
session question, made an issue by Gov
ernor McKinley, has been made a riaer
iof this bill. The senate and house can
' not agree upon it and the bill is dead
locked.
Prohibition to the Front in Staunton.
Staunton, Va., Feb. 23.—The local
optionists of Staunton, after remaining
quiet for a month, have again become
aggressive. They have served notice on
Judge Charles Grattan, of the corpora
tion court, that they will, on March 15,
apply to the supreme court for a writ of
mandamus requiring the judge to order
an election on the license question.
McKane May Get Out.
New York, Feb. 23.—A special to
the Brooklyn Citizen from Albany says:
Justice Newton, of Gravesend, who is a
friend of John McKane, is in Albany
for the purpose of securing the latter’s
admission to bail pending an appeal
from the decision of Justice Bartlett.
Wlman Will Try to Give Bond.
New York, Feb. 23.—Erastus Wiman
has reconsidered the determination not
to seek release from Tombs through
bail and will make an effort to secure
bondsmen for $25,000 bail. Wiman’s
pason is his anxiety to reach the bed
side of his son, William Dwight Wiman,
who lies at the point of death from
pneumonia at New Brighton, Staten Is
land.
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A North Carolinian Commits Suicide.
Asheville, N. C., Feb. 23.—A special
to The Citizen from Hendersonville, N.
C., says Savage Trenholm, of Flat Rock,
committed suicide there. He was well
connected, his brother being W. L.
Trenholm, Cleveland’s first comptroller
of tho treasury. The cause is not
known.
\u l.upc for VcKanf.
Albany, N. Y., Feb. 23. Justice
Furman, of tho supreme court, has re
fused to have anything to do with the
McKane case.
Phelps’ Condition 31 ore J'aiorable.
New Y’okk, Feb. 23.—The condition
of Professor Edward J. Phelps is more
favorable, though he is still in a critical
condition.