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THE ROME TRIBUNE
VOL. VI. NO. 1.964
THE CAUCUS.
Democrats Are Determined to
Settle the Tariff Question.
SENATE IN SHORT SESSION
The President Sent in a Batch
of Nominations—Work in
the House.
Washington, Feb. 28.—1 n 10 min
utes after the hour fixed for the Demo
cratic senatorial caucus, the Democratic
senators had a quorum and went to work
with a seeming determination to finish
their self imposed task be.’ore the day
was over. The early hours of tho cau
cus were consumed in a further discus
sion of the tariff bill, anil up to 11:30 a.
m. no action had been taken of any sort.
Mr. Vest, of the subcommittee, left tho
caucus shortly after 11 o’clock and went
to his room where he remained some
time.
Senator White, of Louisiana, emerged
from the caucus room with a smile of
apparent satisfaction on his face, as if
the result of the day’s work presaged a
victory for sugar. A short session of
the senate was held, and the Democrats
again went into caucus with the inten
tion of reaching a conclusion before
they adjourn.
The caucus at noon adjourned until
2:30 p. m. without taking a vote or
reaching any conclusion, but the under
standing is that at 3 o’clock a vote will
be taken upon the general proposition of
whether certain articles named shall be
placed upon the free or dutiable list.
This, of course, may be charged to a
divided vote by the separation of the
schedules. If it is decided that these
articles shall l e made dutiable then a
subsequent vote will be taken on tho
rate.
The schedules thus to be disposed of
are cotton, fabrics, coal, iron and lead
ores, lumber, salt, sugar, and one or
two other disputed items. z
Voorhees Wants Mills On.
Washington, Feb. 28. —In the senate
Mr. Voorhees offered a resolution ap
pointing Mr. Mills a member of the
finance committee during the absence
and disability of Mr. Vance. He asked
immediate action upon it, but Mr. Hoar
suggested that it had better lie over and
accordingly it went over. Mr. Frye
then addressed the senate on the Ha
waiian question.
In the House.
Mr. Kilgore offered a resolution ask
ing the sergeant at arms if he had with
held the salary of the members for the
time they were absent without leave, if
not why not, and whether in his opinion
the law could be enforced. It was ruled
out on a point of order. Mr. Bland
moved to takg up the seigniorage bill
and limit the debate to 3 p. m. tomor
row. No quorum voted and a call of
the house was ordered.
Before the result of the vote was an
nounced, Mr. Livingston, of Georgia,
moved that Mr. Tracey, of New York,
be brought before the bar of the house
and asked why he had refused to vote.
The motion was supported by Mr. Boat
ner, of Louisiana.
The speaker declined to put it to the
house, declaring that he would never
make a rule not authorized by the house.
rostmasters Nominated.
Washington, Feb. 28.—The presi
ient sent to the senate the following
nominations 'of postmasters: Virginia—
Wm. A. Ashby, Culpeper; John S.
Grayson, Luray; Wm. P. Dupuy, Roan
oke; Richard L. Herbert, Portsmouth.
North Carolina—Geo. W. Knott, Ox
ford. Mississippi—Mat Mahomer, Ma
son.
No Football tor Cadet*.
Washington, Feb. 28.—Secretaries
Lamont and Herbert have decided that
there shall be no contests at football be
tween the cadets at Annapolis and West
Point. This action is taken because of
a conviction that the interacademic
matches are detrimental to discipline
and to the studies of the cadets.
Judge Long's Pension Reduced.
Washington, Feb. 28.—Judge Cox
in the equity 3ourt declined to issue a
mandamus to prevent the pension com
missioner from reducing the pension of
Judge Charles D. Long, of Michigan,
from $72 to SSO a month.
SHOT BY A CONSTABLE.
Fatal landing of n Difficulty With a Negro
in CuluinJjus.
Columbus, Ga., Feb. 28.—An excit
ing tragedy occurred here, and for a
while it looked as if an uprising by the
negroes of this city would be the result.
At about 8 o’clock p. m., as Mr. W. S.
Davis was passing down First avenue he
was insulted by Green Thomas, a noto
rious, impudent negro, and a personal
altercation ensued.
The two men clinched and went to
the ground, Mr. Davis falling under
neath the negro. The negro is a black
•mith by trade and>s a powerful man,
weighing 225 pounds, while Davis is
very trail. The negro began striking
Mr. Davis in the face as soon as
tho two fell. The latter realized that
he was considerably ov< rmatched an I
resorted to the use of a 41 calibre Co :'s
pistol to save himself. So firmly was
he fastened in the negro’s gra-p that it
was with great difficulty that he drew
his weapon, which he placed against bis
antagonist’s breast ami fired.
This seemed only to enrage the big i
negro, whoimmediately seized the pistol. I
wrenched it from Davis, and when
Officer Laytield arrived upon the scene
he was in the act of firing. It was with ■
difficulty that the officer wrested tho '
waanou from the neuro, who. though.
"'~~7 i tings, Wc*S onuaimg
he would kill Davis.
A large crowd assembled about the
place and it was not generally known
until Davis and Thomas reached police
headquarters which did the shooting.
News of the shooting spread rapidly.
Thomas began sinking and Dr. Griggs
was summoned. When the doctor pro
nounced Thomas’ injuries fatal, the ex
citement among the negroes grew in
tense, and officers began taking precau
tionary steps to prevent an insurrection.
Thomas died within 30 minutes after he
was shot.
The difficulty arose over a very trivial
affair, Thomas having taken another
negro’s part in a friendly dispute with
Davis. Davis is a constable.
COLORADO AND SECESSION.
Silver States Want Leave to Withdraw
From the Union.
Georgetown, Col., Feb. 28.—Tho
petition for secession of the silver states,
which has been in circulation here, but
afterwards withdrawn, recites {that the
undersigned declare the government of
the United States in the establishment
of an infamous banking system that
eats out the substance of the people, in
creases all forms of indebtedness, cen
tralizes wealth and has resulted in tho
building up of a plutocracy tliat aspires
to govern the nation.
That in the demonetization of silver
and the destruction of the paramount
industry of many of the states in refus
ing to regard the petitions of the people,
or to afford relief other than issuing ad
ditional bonds, evinces a determination
to reduce tho people to a condition oi
absolute servitude;
And believing that submission to such
a government is not the duty of patriots,
or of those who love independence;
But for the sake of peace we respect
fully request the federal government to
allow us to peacefully withdraw from
the union of these states and enter into
an alliance with tho government o
Mexico.
ATE POISONED MEAT.
Two Farmers Dead and a Number o'
Others Are Hick.
Somerset, Pa.. Feb. 28.—From the
best information obtainable here, tvo
farmers are dead, 10 or 12 others may
die and 50 more are suffering from the
effects as eating poisoned meat. Jere
miah Ringler, a prominent citizen of
Queenmnhoning township, has died from
the effects of poisoning, and Alexander
Rhoades a leading citizen of Jennen
township, is reported to have died from
the same cause.
Last Thursday some 250 farmers at
tended a sale of property in Jenner
township, and, according to custom, a
cold lunch was served. Among the ar
ticles of food prepared was a lot of beef
that had been boiled the previous even
ing m a copper kettle and had been per
mitted to remain in the vessel over
night. Shortly after eating the meat
Mason Person took sick and the sale waa
adjourned.
Guilty of Election Frauds.
New York, Feb. 28. Michael Cady,
Joseph T. Ferris and Roger Jackson
were tried and found guilty of election
frauds in the court of oyer and terminer,
and Patrick Dougherty, Frank Allen
and Patrick Callahan pleaded guilty.
When the cases began District Attorney
Fellows announced that so long as juries
could be found who were willing to up
hold the election law by convicting -ts
offenders he would go on presenting the
cases for trial. Since then there hasn’t
been one who escaped conviction.
They Bow Before Royalty.
London, Feb. 28. —Queen Victoria,
accompanied by Princess Beatrice and a
large suit, has arrived in London to be
present at the drawing room. Miss
Roosevelt, a cousin of James R. Roose
velt, Secretary of the United States em
bassy, and Mrs. Ludlow, wife of Major
William Ludlow, military attache, will
be presented in the diplomatic circle.
Miss Bayard will be presented by Mrs.
Thomas F. Bayard after the latter has
been presented by Lady Spencer.
Benham Changes Flagship..
Washington, Feb. 28. Admiral
Benham cal les from Rio that he has
transferred his flag from the San Fran
cisco to the New York, in order to al
low the San Francisco to go outside ths
harbor for fresh air. The ships are
taking turns at duty in the harbor, and
it is now the New York’s turn. Admi
ral Benham and his staff are the only
persons in t'.ie fleet who cannut have a
change of scene and atmosphere.
AFTER COLONEL SWOPE,
rhe Breckinridge Exnuiinatlon Uns Stirred
Up a Hornet's Nest.
Lexington, Ky., Feb. 28.—The last
witness wanted in the Pollard-Breckin
ridge case was not examined here, for
the reason that the defense was unable
to get him into court. He is Captain
Charlton Morgan, a brother of General
John H. Morgan.
He was superintendent of the Eastern
Kentucky Lunatic asylum here when
lames Rodes was its gardener. Ro es
was his friend, and ho accompanied
Rodes when tho latter went to try to
induce Miss Pollard to marry him. This
he was unable to do. and it was then
that Miss Pollard threw Rodes over
board.
Although Captain Morgan bis been
interviewed on the scandal by nearly all
tho newspapers, he does not wish to tes
tify in court. Tho attorneys'for the de
fense are determined to force him to tell
what ho knows.
Ho is expected to testify that Colonel
Swope once had a conversation with
him about Rodes, remarking that he
heard lie was jealous of him, t wore.
Dr. Lewis stirred up a hornet's nest
when he testified that Colonel Swope
came to him to perform an operation oa
Miss Pollard.
ROME. GA.. THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 1. >al>4
ELLEN’S MASONRY.
How She Came to Get Into the
Mysteries.
MRS. LEASE’S STORY-
She Said She Was Behind a
Door When a Candidate
Was Put Through.
Chicago, Feb. 28.—“ Yes, I am a
Mason,” said Mrs. Mary Ellen Lease, in
her room at the Palmer House.
“It is surprising how that assertion of
mine has been sent all over the country,”
and Mrs. Lease laughed. “Why, do you
know, I have received telegrams from
several New York newspapers offering
ma sums from SSO up to tell the story of
how I became a Mason. When I was
IB years of age I was living’in Lockport,
N. Y., and a friend of mine who was a
prominent Mason put it in iny way to
witness a Masonic initiat'on, and I saw
the three degrees administered to a can
didate.”
“Were you admitted to the lodge
room?”
“No; I was behind a door that had a
sliding wicket in it, and i saw the whole
procedure through the wicket. So you
see that is ihe way I became a Mason.
For, to be in possession of the secret of
the craft is to be a Mason.”
“Might it not have been a mock initia
tion?”
“No, it was not a mock affair. I
have tested my knowledge of the secrets
of the craft. I tried to find out from
my husband, who is a Mason, but he
has never given me any satisfaction. I
once told him how I came into posses
sion of the secrets of the order, and his
only answer was to term the gentleman
who placed me at the wicket a fool,
emphasized with a very strong adject
ive.
“How did I come to make the an
nouncement after so many years of si
lence? Under rather peculiar circum
stances. It was while the decision of
my suit with Governor Lewelling was
pending before the supreme court. A
gentleman said to me: ‘You will lose
your case; the governor is a Mason.’
‘So am I,’ I retorted, ‘and knowing him
to be a Mason, I gave him the grip.’ He
looked astonished, and remarked that I
certainly knew something about Mason
ry. I then told him I was going to or
ganize a woman’s branch of the order,
and so the story got out.”
KILLED BY ELECTRICITY.
The Carelessness of a Negro Lineman Cost
Him His Life.
Selma, Ala., Feb. 28.—A horrible
accident occurred at 6 o’clock, p. in., in
which Ed Martin, a negro, lost his life
He ascended the electric light pole to
cut the wire to remove one of the boxes
when, although twice warned by Mr.
Smith, the foreman, who was on the
ground, of his carelessness, he applied
the pliers to cut the wire and laid his
other hand upon the transformer, which
caused the 1,105 volts to pass through
him.
Mr. Smith having at the moment
turned Ins eyes, heard a peculiar utter
ance, looked up and saw Martin drawn
to the pole with feet extending in the
air and a stream of fire gushing from
his mouth and not t ils. The current
causing his grasp to relax and he fell,
striking across the half open iron shut
ter with the small of h’s back. When
picked up he was to all appearance dead,
but three hours later he was still breath
ing, but with no hopes of recovery.
Arnold’s Confession Bring Others In.
Lockport, N. Y., Feb. 28. —The con
fession of John Jacob Arnold, ex cashiei
of the wrecked Merchants’ bank, ha
stirred up the stockholders of that insti
tution, and W. H. Higg has sworn out a
warrant for the arrest of Josiah S. Hel
mer, its president. He is charged with
knowingly and wilfully making a state
ment to State Examiner Clark that the
cash on hand last September was $lB,-
745.47, when the truth was that Helmer
as president borrowed $7,000 from neigh
boring banks to bear out the statement,
and that on the departure of Clark the
$7,000 was returned to the banks, leav
ing tho actual cash $11,745.47.
For Field'* Release.
New York, Feb. 28.—A motion will
be made before Judge Patterson in the
New York supreme court to release Ed
ward M. Field from the county jail,
where he is now held on. the Nette
claim of SI,BOO, on the ground that
when the order of arrest was granted in
this suit, Field had been pronounced in
sane, and that, therefore, the order
could not go into effect. Nette or bis
attorneys. Kellogg, Rose & Smith, will
be required to show cause why an ord<"
should not be granted superseding the
order of arrest, and directing the sheriff
to discharge Field from custody.
“Sisters’* in the Public Schools.
Pittsburg, Feb. 28.—The board of
directors of the Riverside school, in the
west end have determined upon a neu
departure in their management of the
public school. Five Sisters of Mercy, oi
Catholic nuns, now teaching in the St,
James’ Parochial school, will bo trans
ferred to the public school and the par
ish school closed. The Sisters havi
pasied an examination and received cer
tificates from the central board of edu
cation.
Big Convention In Detroit.
Detroit, Feb. 28.—The second inter
national convention of the student vol
unteer movement for foreign mission!
has begun here. Fully 1,200 delegate!
are present. H. O. Williams, state sec
retary of Virginia, and 30 delegates iron
the state have arrived, besides other
from North and South Carolina, Ken
lucky. Tin lessee, Georgia and othei
southern states.
IT IS TRUE.
Gladstone Will Retire From the
Head of Government.
HOME RULE BILL DOOMED.
Both Roseberry and Vernon
Are Talked of as His
Successor.
London, Feb. 28.—The Edinburgh
Evening News repeats emphatically that
Mr. Gladstone has resigne I the premier
ship and that it has been offered to Lord
Roseberry. The Times declares that
whatever is done about the leadership it
JIM
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WILLIAM E. GLADSTONE.
is certain that home rule will be
dropped and neither Lord Roseberry
nor Sir William Vernon Harcourt is
likely to revive it. The Times adds:
“However much they may differ upon
other points, they know perfectly well
that the British public is sick of paying
blackinal to criminal conspirators.”
Though the condition of Mr. Glad
stone’s eyes is regarded as a sufficient
reason for his wishing to lay down tho
cares of office, it is not believed to be
the real reason for his resignation. Ow
ing to his great age and waning phy- ! -
cal power, he is unable to stand tie
shafts of criticism hurled at him as was
a few years or even only a few months
ago.
W here then they would glance from
him as from an armor, they now pierce
him. It is also true that he has recently
been deeply affected by the comments of
his political friends and allies on bis
course in regard to several party meas
ures. These evidences of ingratitude
have pained him severely.
His course in withdrawing the em
ployers’ liability bill, when many of fail
followers were clamoring for a fig.it
against the house or lords with tha ulti
mate view of compelling tha abolition
of the hereditary body, has driven the
more radical oi’ his adherents to declare
that his Democracy .has undergone a
change and this accusation that they
have taken great- pains should reach Ins
ears. All these things, it is believed,
have made him simply tired,
Mr. Gladstone's colleagues wish him
to postpone his resignation of the pi ■
miership until the latest possible mo
ment, and to keep a secure seat in tiie
cabinet, such as by taking the office of
lord privy seal.
The liberals are divided in opinion as +«
whether Mr. Gladstone’s retirement w-.i
be temporary or permanent.
Affairs in Honduras.
New York, Feb. 28.—A special dis
patch from Managua says that General
Ortiz has formally turned over the city
of Tegucigalpa to Policarpo Bonilla, whe
has already arranged for an election foi
members of the general assembly a I
president. The Nicaraguan troops w.i
remain nntil order is completely re
stored. Villela’s and Gutierrez’s troops
have disbanded and the chiefs are try
ing to join ex-President Vasquez in San
Salvador. Policarpo Bonilla has beer
recognized by Salvador, Costa Rica and
Guatemala.
The Seige Abolished.
London, Feb. 28.—A dispatch froir
Buenos Ayres dated Feb. 27, says: Ths
government cruizer Nictheroy has land
ed 500 men at Cabo Frio, 75 miles north
east of Rio. The other government
vessels are making their way towards
Rio as rapidly as possible. The state ol
seige of Rio has been abolished.
From the Gallows to a Light Sentence
Little Rock. Feb. 28.—At Arkadel
phia Willis Holder, who was convicted
of wife murder and sentenced to be exe
cuted March 2, had a rehearing on a
mandate from the supreme court, en
tered a plea of involuntary manslaugn
ter, and was sentenced to one year in
state’s prison. The supreme court re
versed the decision of the lower court
because of reprehensible language used
by the prosecuting astorney to the trial
jury. The case is a novel one, the crim
inal stepping out of the shadow of the
gollows into a short term of imprison
ment within one week.
MR. SMITH’S CHARGES.
Tho President of the Louisville and Nash
ville Writes a Sharp Letter.
Cincinnati. Feb. 28.—Railroad cir
cles are greatly agitated over a letter
from President Smith, of tho Louisville
and Nashville, to seven members of the
executive committee of the Southern
Railroad and Steamship association,
telling why his road withdrew from the
association.
President Smith makes specific charges
against the agents ol the receiver of the
Queen and Crescent lor indirectly and
surreptitiously cutting rates, and asserts 1
over his own name that all receivers ap- i
pointed by tho federal courts being gov- i
erument agents, are flagrantly and per- i
sistently violating the interstate coin-1 i
merce law. .Railroad men now .think ( ;
sue vrtSa v»iii ax«_»u nt va Me-
tween the roads, but will extend to a
personal settlement by some means
between Receiver Felton and President
Smith. Meantime the interstate com
merce commission will be asked to
vestigate the methods of all receix s
acting by the appointment of federal
courts.
A FATAL SPREE.
William Fairer, While Drunk; Mistaken
for a Burglar and Shot.
Little Rock, Feb. 28.—William Far
rer, with several friends from St. Louis,
had been in the neighborhood of St.
Charles, on White River. Ark., for sev
eral days on a hunting and fishing expe
dition, and for the past two weeks Far
rer had been bordering on delirium tre
mens. Early Saturday morning Farrer,
in his drunken condition, broke down
the doors of two or three stc-res, and was
proceeding to demolish the door of the
store belonging to Wilber Parker when
the alarm of burglars was raised. Mr.
Walter A. Ball ar 1, who slept in the ad
joining store, heard the noise and ran to
see what it meant. Just as he reached
the front door, Parker, who slept in the
back room of the store, rushed out with
a gun in his hau l and fired a load of
of Lu.'kshot into Billard's breast, from
the effect of which he has died. Parker
then turned the other barrel of his gun
on Farrer and fired, killing him instant
ly. The coroner's jury has exonerated
Parker from all blame.
Victoria Woodhull’s Damages.
London, Feb. 28.—The trial of the
case of Mrs John Bibbelup Martin (Vic
toria Woodhull) against the trustees of
the British nusemn. the plaintiff charg
ing the trustees with exposing upon the
shelves of their library books containing
statements libeling her character, has
been coaclu cd. The jury brought in a
verdict awarding Mrs. Martin 1 pond
damages, but the court reserved judg
ment pendi ; argument of the conns 1
upon points arising from the jury’s an
swer.
A Duel That May Fall.
Paris, Feb. 28.—The prospect of a
duel between Audinet Gibert, of New
York, and Senor Santa Maria is slim.
One of the seconds informed the Asso
ciated Press correspondent a few days
ago that one of the principals was suffer-
I ing from influenza and that the duel,
consequently, was postponed. This sec
ond started .'or London, saying he was
tired of tho whole affair, which, he de
clared, is making no progress. He thinks
it will “end in smoke.”
A Prominent Citizen Under a Cloud.
Waseca, Minn., Feb. 28.—Jcsiah L.
Claghorn, a leading citizen of this place,
is $15,000 short in his accounts, and un
der arrest for embezzlement on a war
rant sworn out by the Hartford Insur
ance company, which claims that he, as
agent, collected premiums and failed
report them to the company. Thespi
cific charge is the theft of sllO. Clap
horn has been one of the most piominent
citizens of i outhern Minnesota lor 20
years.
Decided to Take His Dose.
Kokomo, Ind., Feb. 28.—Calvin
Armstrong, Tipton county’s ex-deputy
treasurer and $43,000 embezzler, who es
caped from jail two weeks ago, after
having been sentenced to three years'
imprisonment, surrendered to an officer
from Kokomo at the Palmer House, in
Chicago, and will be lodged in the peni
tentiary at Michigan City.
Port Louis Accident Exaggerated.
London, Feb. 28.—Dispatches from
Port Louis, Mauritius, say the report of a
railway accident there was exaggerated.
A train of nine cars was blown into thj
river, but only five, instead of 50, per
sons were killed. Ten were wounded.
The huricane did only slight damage to
the town.
150til Eyes Gone.
Toledo, Feb. 28.—At Clyde, 0.,
while experimenting with chemicals, Dr.
A. A. Hutchins, of that place, had both
his eyes blown out and received othei
serious injuries. He will probably die.
The building in which ho was conduct
ing his experiments was almost com
pletely wrecked.
A-Serious Railroad Wreck.
Durant, Miss., Feb. 28.—A train on
the Illinois Central railroad was de
railed three miles from here. Tha
smoker struck a broken rail and with
the ladies’ coach was thrown down a
high embankment and severe injuries
were inflicted upon nearly all tho pas
sengers.
Contract Labor Prosecution*.
Buffalo, Feb. 28.—Shantz cfe Co.,
button makers, will be prosecuted foi
alleged violation of the Alien labor law,
a discharged workman charging that the
firm imported 21 button niak rs from
Berlin, who are paid $9 a week, whereas
American button makers receive $2.75 a I
day. *
Something New for Naval Apprentice*.
Newport, R. L, Feb. 28.—The
United States steamer Essex. Command
er Dickens, has arrived to take the pla™
of the Monongahela in the training
squadron. The apprentices were trans
ferred. and will start on a cruise to the
West Indies soon. This is the first steam
vessel used by the apprentices and th i
first with modern guns.
India Wants International Agreement.
Calcutta, Feb. 28. —At, a crowdc i
meeting of natives and Europeans in tin'
town hall, resolutions were adopted urg
ing the government to try to settle th:
silver question by international agre
mint, and to appoint a royal co n ini •-
siou te include residents of Indi.; whe
are not government officials.
PRICE MVE CENTS.
OUT FOR DUCKS. >
The President and His Party
in Virginia.
THE VIOLET SIGHTED.
The Distinguished Duck De
stroyers Have a Fine Field
for Sport.
Norfolk, Va., Feb. 28.—Lighthouse
steamer Violet, with President Cleve
land, Secretary of State Gresham and
Captain Evans, ofc the United States
navy aboard, passed through this harbor
bound south, and a steamer just in re
ports passing the Violet in the Virginia
section of the Albemarle and Chesapeake
canal.
The president, Mr. Gresham and Cap
tain Evans were standing out on the up-
I per deck forward as the two steamers
met. The distinguished gentlemen were
passing the time leisurely. The captain
of the northbound steamer saluted tha
president, who returned it with marked
politeness, a lady being at the side of the
former.
Another steamer later reports tha
steamer Violet tied up at 11 o’clock
p. m. at the lighthouse station at Long
Point in the North Carolina division of
the Albermaile and Chesapeake canal,
about 60 miles from this city. If the
party wanted to hunt ducks in that sec
tion Long Point is just tho place.
The Violet would be left while sports
men took a launch and returned into
Curnstuck Sound. When the last
steamer above referred to passed tha
Violet everybody aboard of the. latter
was apparently asleep.
FOUR UNDER THE ICE.
School Children Go Through in Ohio—Two
Dunkirk Skaters Drowned.
Massillon, 0., Feb. 28.—Fred Fisher
and Katie Betscheider wi re drowned a
few minutes after being dismissed from
St. Mary’s Catholic school. A party of
children took a short cut home across
the Ohio canal. The ice was weak and
gave way, and seven children were in
the water. They shrieked for help, but
only one man heard them and he rescued
five. The other two went under the ice,
and their bodies have not yet been recov
ered.
Went Trough on tho Bay.
Dunkirk, N. Y., Feb. 28. —August
Kresse, aged 24, and Miss Alice Relzt,
aged 17, were drowned while skatting
on the bay. The girl broke through the
ice and Kresie trie 1 to save her. The
bodies have not been recovered.
Receivers fora Woolen Mill.
Auburn, N. Y., Feb. 28.—Receivers
have been appointed for the Auburn
Woolen company, to forestall a suit of
the Auburn National bank, which holds
$2i).000 of t.:e company’s paper. Samuel
Laurie, president and superintendent of
the company, and Captain John Martin,
of Geneva, who represents the Swift es
tate, wero appointed.
congressman Wil on Is Better.
City of Mexico, Feb. 28.—Advicel
from Guadalajara say that Congressman
Wilson’s condition is somewhat im
proved. It is still grace, however,
though not necessarily hopeless. final
dalajara is the healthiest city on tha
plateau.
IfintH of a Cabinet Scandal.
Montreal, Feb. 28.—The Liberals
intimate that at the next session of ths
Dominion parliament charges will ba
brought against members of the cabinet
of a similar character to those brought
against the last postmaster general.
Weather Forecast.
Washington, Feb. 28.—Forecast till
8 p. m. Thursday. For Virginia—Gen
erally fair, warmer Thurs lay, variable
winds. North Carolina and South Caro
lina—Partly cloudy and warmer, easterly
winds, becoming variable. Georgia.
Cloudy, probably rain tonight oi Thurs
day morning, warmer, easterly winds.
Eastern Florida—Fair, warmer in the
northern portion tonight, easterly winds.
Western Florida, Alabama and Missis
sippi—Cloudy with rain, warmer to
night, easterly win Is, becoming varia
ble. Tennessee—Ruin in the western
portion, fair in the eastern portion,
warmer in the eastern portion tonight,
variable winds.
A JEianNns van for vunvetnum.
Topeka, Feb. 28.—At a meeting of
the fusion Democratic state central
committee a call was issued for a
state convention to meet in Topeka
J uly 8, to place in nomination
candidates for state offices. The com
mittee ignored the proposition of the
stalwart committee for a compromise of
differences between the two factions of
the party, and it is possible that two
Democratic state conventions will be tho
result. Ail of the members of the fusion
committee favor a combination with the
People’s party if practicable.
Must Not Drink on Dufy.
Augusta, Ga., Feb. 28.—The police
commission has accepted the proposition
of the guarantors, of Pennsyvania, for
policy on the police force of Augusta.
It is an indemnity of wages in case of
accident and $1,(100 in case of death, A
resolution was also passed asking tho
city council to pass an ordinance fining
and revoking the license of any bar
keeper who gives or sells liquor to a
policeman on duty.
New York Peach Crop Bart._ _ .
Rochester, Feb. 28.
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