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THE ROME TRIBUNE VOL. VI. NO. 1.967 MORE TARIFF TALK. The Committee Has Not Yet Finished the Bill. SENATOR HILL’S POSITION He Says It Is Not What is In tended It Shall Be--Other Important News. Washington, March 3.—Hearings be fore the finance committee of the senate are now in order, and until these are 'Completed there is little hope of thetariff hill going to the £ull committee. Senator Vest failed to put in an ap pearance at the morning session, and the Democratic membership was repre sented by Chairman Voorhees, and Sen ators Jones, McPherson and Mills, al though the latter has declined to act as -a member of the committee. Senators Morgan, Proctor and Smith were .before the committee during the morning session, and were heard con cerning the industries of their respective states. Mr. Smith carried into the committee room a huge bundle of manuscript con sisting of data, going to show the number of men employed, the capital and the dangers to be incurred by these industries should the schedules as contemplated in the Wilson bill go ‘into effect. Senator Hill, in his argu ment before the committee, did not con fine himself to New York, but included Se industries of Connecticut and Mas chnsetts, all of which are similar to those found in New York. The New York senator is confident that higher duties will be given on many of these schedules if for no -ether reason than to provide sufficient revenue and make the bill what Mr. Hill says it is not, a tariff Dill for revenue only. Vhe Campaign Committee Meets* Washington, March 3. —The Demo cratic congressional .campaign commit tee met and discussed the question of raising funds for the printing and circu lation of- the documents and the loca tion of headquarters: There was no un certain sound at the meeting regarding the position the party shall take relative to the campain. Tariff is to be the issue. “Democrats,” said one speaker, “have been preaching the gospel of tariff re form for many years, and we cannot af ford now to repudiate the performances of our representatives in congress, no matter what form the pending tariff bill shall take.” The executive committee was author ised to select (headquarters. The house at 12:25 went into a com mittee of tne whole on ths pension ap propriation bill. A 'Ship Disabled. Washington, March 8. Secretary Herbert has received cabled information from Commander Gridley of the Marion Stating that that vessel ran into a severe storm three days out from Yokohama, oh the way to San Francisco, and her machinery became so disabled that he was compelled to put back for repairs to her machinery, and that it will also be necessary to dock the ship. Hearing in the Central Cane. Baltimore, March .3.—The hearing in the Central Trust company, of New York against the Richmond and Dan ville Railroad company, postponed two weeks ago, was confined in the United States circuit court. The Trust com pany asks for a foreclose and sale of the road so that the Terminal reorganiza •tion plan may be fulfilled. Cleveland Goes Further South. Elizabeth, N. C„ March 3.—The president has gone farther south. Early Friday morning the Violet hoisted an chor in Croatan sound and passed into Pamlico (sound and passed Bodies island lighthouse and soon came in sight of Hatteras lighthouse where he landed and inspected the gi*eat lighthouse. Mr*. Cleveland Receives the Esquimaux. Washington, March 3.—Mrs. Cleve land gave a reception to the Alaskan Esquimaux visiting Washington. She was assisted in entertaining them by all the ladies of the families ofthe members of the cabinet and a number of chil dren. A Lynching Report Dented. Middlesborough, Ky., March 3.—A report sent out from Barboursville, Ken tucky, of the burning of the negro Lon Ty by a mob in Harlan county, is be lieved to be false. Nothing oin be learned of any such a tragedy, and if it had have happened news of it would have reached here. _ WATSON STAYS 0 UT. The Georgia People’. Party Leader Will Not Run for Office. Atlanta, March 3.—A special from Augusta to The Constitution says: Hon, Thomas E. Watson will not stand for congress in the next congressional elec tion, nor will he offer for governor. Should the People’s party control tiie next legislature he will be offered the successorship of Senator Alfred H. Colquitt. This is the present program of the party and is the result of a conference of the leaders just held here. This does not|rnean that there is to be no opposition to the Democracy in this district. '1 lie People’s party will have up a candidate. It is i.ot-yet definitely settled who it will be, bnt it is the concensus of opinion now that Dr. West, of McDuffice coun ty, will be asked to make the race for congress. There will also be, of course, a People’s party candidate for governor, It* nn» vat lumn selected. Colo- nel Peck would be willing to inaae race, but it may be that he will not be , put up. The People’s party has come to the con clusion that it cannot hope to secure success without the aid of a widely cir culated newspaper. The leaders hold that had they had the support of such influence they would now be in control of the state. It was developed at the meeting referred to that it is the desire that Mr. Watson stay out of office, even if he could win, and devote himself to the upbuilding of his newspaper enter prise. He hopes to be able to start the daily soon. He expects the necessary capital in a short time and it may not be long now before the paper is started. TEE PRINCESS COLONNA. It Seems That She Did Not Go to Dakota, «s Predicted. San Francisco, March 3.—The Prin cess Colonna has arrived in California and is in strict seclusion at the Hotel uel Monto, at Monterey, where she has so far refused to grant any interviews. The party accompanying the princess consists of her stepbrother, James Mac kay, and a young friend of his, the prin cess’s two children, a maid and Mrs. J. F. Merritt, who is going through to San Diego and came across the ocean with the princess. The identity of the princess became known to the passengers only after the train left Ogden. At every stop a crowd surrounded the private car Traveller, which is the one in which Corbett travelled to New Orleans, and gazed into the closely curtained windows iu the hope of obtaining a glimpse of the princess. When the train reached Sacramento, the private car of the party was cut off from the overland train and it left for Montbrey with one addition to the party, Richard Dey, Mr. McKay's man of busi ness on the coast, having joined them. ABOUI GLADSTONE. Hi* Eye* the Cause of Hl* Retirement Which May Be Temporary. New York, March B.—A special to The World from London says: It seems certain that if Mr. Gladstone did not actually inform the queen at his last audience with her of his desire to resign the premiership he will delay so doing for only a few days. He is forced to take this step reluctantly and after long protesting against the strenuous counsel of his medical advisers. The condition of his eyes is such that the operation for cataract cannot be much longer delayed, and submitting to the operation means subsequent confine ment in a darkened room lor not less than six weeks. This makes resignation of the premier ship imperative, but does not necessarily require Mr. Gladstone to give up his seat in parliament, nor even to withdraw from the cabinet. Upon the best authority it may be stated that he will remain in the cabi net, and therefore his resignation of the chief post will not involve nor will it be followed by the dissolution of parlia ment. Will Accept Gladstone’s Resignation. London, March 3.—The Westminster Gazette says that Henry Labouchere’s “cave” of radicals numbers, at most, 10 members. The following semi-official statement has been issued: Mr. Gladstone has tendered his resig nation, but it has not yet been formally accepted. Tiie queen will, probably, write Monday signifying her acceptance of the premier's resignation. Roseberry Summoned. London, March 3.—The queen has Summoned Lord Roseberry to Windsor Castle, and there now seems to be no longer any doubt that Gladstone has tendered his resignation. Weather Forecast. Washington, March 3.—Forecast till Bp. m. Sunday. North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia—Fair, followed by increasing cloudiness: slight changes in temperature Sunday; easterly winds. Florida—lncreasing cloudiness; easterly winds. Alabama—lncreasing cloudi ness; slightly warmer Sunday; winds becoming southeasterly. Mississippi— Threatening, probably with rain; south easterly winds. I'ari* Papers Surprised. Paris, March 2.—Several Paris news papers remark with surprise that th« United States delegates to the Interna tional Sanitary conference oppose every proposal to relax quarantine restrict ions, and support all measures tending toward more exacting regulations of im migration. The delegates from other powers are said to have become con vinced that the American representa tives wish to use the resolutions of th« conference as a means cf repressing em igration from Europe to America, mccougfis Killed Carberry. New York, March 3.—John Carberry, of Newark, succumbed to the hiccoughs at 3 o’clock p. m. The fit, or succession of fits, of hiccoughs that has literally worn out John Carberry’s life lasted more than 18 weeks. When he was at tacked he was strong and robust; he weighed 150 pounds; just before he died he weighed 80 pounds, and was so weak that he could not stand. Want Work or Money. Toronto, March 3. —Two thousand unemployed men went to the city hall and demanded that the mayor either give them work or money. The agita tors distributed anarchistic literature, and made threats of looting the resi dences of the mayor and aidermen. Gone to Keep McKane Company. New York, March 3.—Judge Barrett, in the court of oyer and terminer, sen tenced John J. Dooley to five years’ im prisonment in the state prison, Dooley was found guilty of a false canvass of ballots in the second ueemblf UKrtet at the last election. HOME. UA„ SUMDAY MORNING, MAKCH4, THE SLOW SENATE. That Body Compared to Nero and His Fiddle. VOORHEES GETS A LETTER An Indiana Farmer Asks Him Why He Should Hold A Seat in the Senate. Indianapolis, March 3.—There is a surprise in local political circles over an open letter addressed to Senator Voorhees by William L. Higgins, of Elevator D, in this city, in response to an inquiry by the senator, addressed to manufacturers, for information relative to tariff revis ion. Altogether 35 questions are pre sented in the inquiry, but Mr. Higgins makes answer to but one, the seven teenth, in which he claims that the main cause of the present depression is an over production of senatorial courtesy, “which has become a byword and re proach in every corner of the land, and which has caused your once honorable body, the senate, to be regarded as a stumbling block in the way of advance ment and reform, and which has caused a widespread feeling that it should be abolished, or in some way made respon sible to the people for its acts. The dis regard which it has shown for the suf fering country, “continues Mr. Higgins, “has ita only historic parallel in Nero and his fiddle.” Mr. Higgins argues that the people have already returned this verdict, and all the senate should do is to give judg ment without stopping to call upon the beneficiaries of a vicious tax system for opinions. Mr. Higgins then assails Mr. Voorhees personally, saying that he, Higgins, is unable to reconcile his pres ent conduct with his speech at the Cot ton exposition at Atlanta, and that the young Democracy of Indiana, to which the writer belongs, is demanding that he show a reason for longer continuance in office. “There are no longer any Democrats in Pennsylvania,” says Mr. Higgins, “and if you and your associates persist in your present conduct there will not be enough Democrats in our next legis lature to caucus for your nomination.” What Mr. Higgins evidently wants is for the senate to do something and to do it quick. BROCKAWAY SUED. Th. Elfcir* Reformatory Ros. In Court on Another Line. Rochester, N. Y., March 3.—Charles W. Boas, of this city, has sued Superin tendent Brockaway, of the Elmira Re formatory, for $20,000 damages for in juries sustained while an inmate of the reformatory. Boas alleges that he received harsh and unjust punishment from the time he went to the institution. He was af terwards placed at work in the foundry and kept there until his left arm was paralyzed. Finally Brockaway wrote to Boas’s father as follows: Your son, Charles, is ready to lie paroled, if you can take care of him. He has lost the use of his left arm. as 1 suppose you know. I write to know whether you want him to come home, and if you are situated so as to take care of him. He is capable of doing good w-ork with his right arm, his left being practically useless. Young Boas was 17 years old when he went to Elmira. The doctors say he is permanently crippled. A Remarkable Divorce Story. Emporia, Kan., March 3.—A remark able divorce suit has just ended iu the district court here. Mary C. Davis sued her husband, John Davis, for a divorce and $4,000 alimony. She got it by con sent, with the alimony reduced t 051,700. This is the fifth time one or the other of these two have sued for divorce, and each time the divorce has been annulled by a remarriage. The couple are among the oldest and wealthiest citizens of the county, with a family of grownup chil dren. Cut the Preacher** Head Open. Holly Springs, Miss., March 3.—The news of the murder of Rev. Stephen A. Wells, a Baptist minister, has been re ceived here. William Gurley commit ted the crime. The trouble between the two men commenced more than a year ago. Gurley cut Wells’ head open with an ax. Wells leaves a large family. An Engine Explode.. Bellaire, 0., March 3.—A report has reached here that freight engine 1210, of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad had ex ploded at Nuzum’s Mills, Virginia. The engine was sidetracked at the time. En gineer Stevenson, Fireman Law and Brakeman Mecue were terribly injured. Details have not been learned. Gift* to an Ohio College. Cleveland, March 3.—At the annual meeting of the trustees of the Western Reserve university, gifts amounting to over $300,000 were received. Os this amount Samuel Mather gave $257,000 for the erection and equipment of a physical laboratory. A Colony of Epileptic.. Albany, March 3.—A bill has been introduced in tiie legislature for estab lishing on the colony plan a home for epileptics upon a site of 1,800 acres in Livihgston county, the state to appro priate $140,000 for the purpose. A Teacher and Three Pupil. Drowned. Wabash, Ind., March 3.—lt is re ported here that a school teacher and three of her pupils were drowned in the Tippecanoe river at Bloomlngsburgj The story hat not been verified and no J par ticulars are forutoM, GEN. EARLY DEAD. Another Confederate Leader Passes Away. HEDIES ATRICHMOND, VA. A Brief Sketch of the Career of this Noted Man Who Had Served in Three Wars. Richmond, March 3.—The passing away of General Jubal Anderson Early, whose demise occurred at 10:30 p. m., removes another of the few survivors who were prominent leaders in the cause i ; JUBAL A. EARLY. of the Confederacy during the bloody Conflict of 1861-64. The immediate cause of his death Were injuries received from a fall a short time ago. At first it was feared that he Would not survive the shock many hours, but he later surprised those who were anxiously watching results, by ral lying to such an extent that he was able to be out again; but it was only for a short time, when he took a turn for the worse, and began to sink rapidly. He passed away quietly in the pres ence of his family and physician and in timate friends. The old general seemed aware of his approaching end early in the day. Before noon ho called for the morning paper, as was his invariable custom, and attempted to read, but found that his sight was failing. Soon after he extended his hand to Senator Daniel and calmly said: “I want to tell you goodby, Major.” He then bade his nephew, Cabell Early, farewell, after which he dropped into a quiet slumber. Later in the day the dying veteran asked Senator Daniel not to leave the room, as he wanted to talk with him about certain arrange ments; but from that time he suffered such intense pain that he did not re vive. General Early was a Virginian. He was born in Franklin county in 1816, graduated at West Point, served with the regulars in Florida, and with the Virginia volunteers in Mexico, and at the first Bull Run led a brigade. In his second battle, Williamsburg, Va., May 5, 1862, he was severely wounded and did not resume his command until the battle of Cedar Mountain. Aug. 19, 1862. He fought at second Bull Run and An tietam and had the good fortune to com mand the line on Marye’s Hill, which checked the Union advance at Fred ericksburg in May, 1863. At Gettysburg he commanded a di vision in Ewell’s corps and led the same troops in the Wilderness campaign of 1864 up to the buttle of Cold Harbor. After that battle he was sent to Lynch burg to oppose General David Hunter's attacks upon that important position. After repulsing Hunt?r he planned an invasion of the border states. General Lee gave him full discretion in the mat ter, and with 12,000 men he crossed the Potomac at Shepherdstown the first week in July. Grant's army lay at that time in front’ of Petersburg, fully en gaged in the effort to inclose the place with beseiging lines. So rapid were Early’s movements that the Washington authorities had no fore warning of the raid. Maryland was in a state of terror. The president called out the militia of the eastern states, and after considerable urging Grant sent the Sixth corps from Petersb irg to Washing ton. On July 9 Early defeated a force composed of the garrison of Baltimore and a division of the Sixth corps, all un der General Lew Wallace, at Monocacy Junction, Md., and immediately marched to the gates of Washington. Meanwhile his cavalry detachments threatened Baltimore and destroyed the railways north of that city, but the de lay caused by those operations was fatal to Early’s plans. It was the twelfth be fore he was ready to attack the Wash ington defenses, and then a reconnois sance showed him that they were gar risoned by veterans of the Army of the Potomac. He abandoned the move ment and returned to the Shenandoah valley. Sheridan soon confronted Early in the valley with troops from the army at Pe tersburg and defeated him in two bat tles, at Opequon and Fisher’s Hill, Sept. 19 and 20. But on Oct. 19 Early sur- Sheridan's camps at Cedar Creek and came very near redeeming the val ley from Union control. Sheridan saved his army by the memorable ride from Winchester and a stirring appeal to his troops. At the opening of the spring cam paign in 1865 General Custer defeated Early at Waynesboro, and Lee was com pelled by public opinion, to select an other commander for the Confederates in the valley. After the war General Early practiced law in Richmond and New Orleans, and was associated with Beauregard in man egiug the Louisiana lottery. He died a bachelor, having had his first romantic love sffair spoiled by the fickleness of a northern girl wbom he rescued from drowning at White Sulphur Springs during his cadet xue rovers were engaged, and the lieutenant was anticipating a happy ter mination to the romance when his hopes were blasted by the receipt of a news paper containing a notice of the marriage of 'his charmer with a northern man. He put aside the uniform, with its hate ful associations, and left the army until war’s alarms summoned him to the battlefields of Mexico. After the Mexi can war he returned to civil life, MUST DUFFERIN GO? A Story That Carnot Has Requested the Queen tp Recall Him. Paris, March 3. —The Cocarde prints a story, which has been denied since upon authority, that President Carnot, by an autograph letter sent to London by special courier, has demanded that Queen Victoria recall the British am bassador, the marquis of Dufferin, stating that otherwise the British am bassador will receive his passport. This ultimatum is said to have been accompanied by documents showing that Lord Dufferin played a leading role in the political intrigue disclosed by the Figaro involving the Princess Marie d’Orleans, wife of Prince Waldemar of Denmark, and the Count d’Aunay, re cently French ambassador at Copen hagen, who are declared to have been merely the unconscious tools of others. President Carnot, it is asserted, knows the sum of money the British Embassy paid in connection with the scheme to obtain the czar’s views of the Franco- Russian understanding. Edouard Ducret, editor of the Cocarde, a Bonlangist organ, went to prison last August for publishing a false story, said to have been based upon documents pur porting to have been stolen from the British embassy by a molatto named Norton. The documents purporting to have been stolen, but which were shown to be forgeries, tended to show that cer tain persons high in official and political life had betrayed the state secrets of France to England. Kindness Killed Madame Paley. London, March 3.—The physicians who examined the body of Madame Patey have certertified that her death was caused by paralysis of the brain, due to the excitement induced by the enthu siastic applause of her audience. Madame Patey was making a farewell tour and had everywhere been received with much demonstrative manifestation, but the strain was greater than she could bear. Inspection of American Meat*, Berlin, March 3. —During a session of the Farmers’ Leaguge Herr Werner, Director of the Agricultural High school, and Professor Mueller, took oc casion to denounce the manner in which American meats were inspected. Thtjy based their judgements upon personal studies made in Chicago. The govern ment may take action upon the reports of Professor Mueller and Director W er ner. MacVeagh Get* There. Rome, March 3.—Mr. Wayne Mac- Veagh, the United States ambassador to Italy, has arrived in this city. He vis ited the minister of foreign affairs to present his credentials and to ask an au dience of the king, which will be granted him in the early part of the week. A Commission to Armenia. Constantinople, March 3. —It is ru mored here that owing to the vexatious acts of the police in Armenia the United States government has decided to send a special commission to Sivas in order to inquire into the grievances complained of. Picked Up Another Bomb. Prague, March 3.—A glass bomb con taining gunpowder, nails, bullets, etc., was picked up in front of the loan office. A half burned fuse was attached to one end of the bomb, indicating that an at tempt had been made to explode it. TWO EXPLOSIONS, Roth of Which Were Attended With Fa tal Results—Three Killed Instantly. Scranton, Pa„ March 3.—The barrel mill of the Moosic Powder company at the village of Moosic, five miles from this city, exploded with a force that was felt several milee in every direction. One man was killed and two so badly injured that recovery is doubtful. The victims are: Thomas Weir, engineer, scalded to death; Wesley Banton and 4xchie Dymond, barrel men, badly man gled and burned. A Fatal Mine Explosion. Kansas City, March B.—Two men were instantly killed, two fatally burned, and five dangerously hurt in an explo sion at the Kansas City Coal and Clay company’s mine, six miles southeast of here. Running Short of Funds In Boston. Boston, March 8. —The relief com mittee for the poor of Boston has Deen compelled to practically suspend work for lack of funds. Soon, less than 30'J men will be employed by the committee. The men who have been employed have almost without exception, according to the committee's repost, done the work sati.-f ictorily. Sales of piolucts of the Bedford street shop. where those receiv i ig permits are employed, have not been at all satisfactory. Drank His Victim’* Blood* New York, March 3.—Federico Coiro killed Giuseppe Blasi, his son-in-law, ir their apartments, 91 Classon avenue, Brooklyn, by plunging a table knife into his heart three times, and then, accord ing to witnesses, placed his •mouth over the gaping wound and sucked the vic tim’s wound. PRICE HVE CENTS. FOUR DEBATES To BeHeld Between Gen. Ev ans and Mr. Atkinson. THEY WILL COME TO ROME. Mr. Atkinson’s Friends Wanted a Series of Debates to Con sume Several Days. Atlanta, February 3.—(Special to Th* Tribune). —Arrangements were mad* this afternoon for four joint debates to be held between General Evans and Mr. Atkinson the latter part of this month. Debates will be held at Griffin, March 21, Athens, March 23, Rome, March 26, Hawkinsville, March 29. Each candidate has three representatives at conference. Atkinson’s were Warner Hill, W. E. Simmons, Hal Wright. Ev ans were D. B. Hamilton, Basin McCor mick, Clark Howell. Atkinson’s friends wanted a series of debates beginning at once and consuming five or six days, called for two months. Evans’ friends would not agree on the ground that joint discussion was not sought by General Evans and his plans for his campaign has been arranged. So the confereno* compromised on four debates with th* privilege of more if both parties agree. WAR IN WEST VIRGINIA. Squatter* Resist the Advance Laud Sur veyors Near Bluefield. Bluefield, March 3.—Twenty-five deputy marshals armed with Winches ter rifles have just left here to aid in forcing the squatters from certain coal lands in Logan county. The Trans Flat Top Laud association of Bromwell, haa been trying for several weeks to survey a valuable tract which it owns in Logan and McDowell counties. A number of squatters have made war upon the sur veyors, and two deputies and one sur veyor have been killed. That neighborhood is in a state of siege. There are about 100 armed men on each side, and both sides are deter mined. The squatters have secured a lot of dynamite to aid them in the fight, which seems inevitable. The land com pany and the government officials have picked their fighting men from the best shots and bravest men in this locality. The surveyors have made several at tempts of late to perform their work. Each time they met with fierce resist ance at the hands of the natives, who have held possession of the tract in ques tion for many years. The squatters now threaten to use both dynamite and Winchesters. The land men are equally determined and declare that they will push the survey iu the face of all ob stacles. More About the West Virginia Troubles. Charleston, March 3.—A mob of over 100 mine rioters burned the Chesa peake and Ohio railroad bridge at Cabin Creek. This cuts off all coal shipments from the Cabin Creek branck, and will compel all the miners on that branch to shut down. Sheriff Billman and posse hurried to the scene, but the rioters had retired be fore his arrival. The sheriff, with 400 militiamen and half as many deputies, are at the scene. It is not thought that the rioters will dare make an open attack. Masked Men Burn a Bridge. Charleston, W. Va., March B.—A special just received states that 30 men burned the railway bridge at Cabin creek, near Coalburg. It is thought the men were doing this to get tramps away from Eagle. Sheriff Silman, with a posse, is in the ground, but he has not reported. The bridge burned was on the Chesapeake and Ohio branch, on Cabin creek. Forty masked men burned it. They then dispersed to the hills. The loss is $3,000. They Have Cut the Wirefc St. Louis, March 3.—A special to the Post Dispatch from Charleston, W. Va., says: The wires have been cut between here and Powellton, and it is feared that a crisis has come. A messenger has been sent to the scene to ascertain the situa tion. Troop. Repair to Eagle. Huntington, W. Va., March 3.—Com pany lof the state militia, in response to the governor’s orders, left for Eagle an 9 a. m. on a special train. Death from Despondency. Camden, S. C., March B.—Ely Peak, a well thought of white farmer, 50 years old, living 10 miles east of Cam den, committed suicide. He blew out his brains with a shotgun. He pulled the trigger with a stick. Despondency from hard times caused the act. On Jenkins’ Order. Milwaukee, March 3.—Argument on the motion of the Northern Pacific em ployes to have Judge Jenkins’ strike or der modified was continued in the United States circuit court here, At torney McNaught for the receivers speaking against the change. An Epidemic of Desertions* Knoxville, March 3.—An epidemic of abandonment of wives by husbands has been reported to Police Matron Wright in the last few days. A police department statistician has kept tab and reports six cases in two weeks. The six women had children.