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THE ROME TRIBUNE.
VOL. VI. NO. 1.971
THE TARIFF BILL
The Finance Committee Has
Finished its Task.
HOW THE MEASURE LOOKS.
Several Changes Were Made
After it Left the
House.
Washington, March B.—The Wilson
tariff bill which passed the house of rep
resentatives Feb. 1, was laid before
the full membership of the senate com
mittee on finance at 11 a. m., in the
amended form upon which the Demo
cratic majority of that committee finally
agreed after one whole month's consid
eration and numerous changes upon all
the more important objects of taxation.
Simultaneously with the presentation
of the bill to the full committee it was
given out for publication through the
press. The chief features upon which
public interest is centered w< re the pro
visions in regard to tariff on sugar, iron
ore, lead, wool and its manufactures,
cotton manufactures, and the internal
revenue taxes on whiskey and tobacco.
The sugar provision is as follows: All
sugars, tank bottoms, syrups of cane,
juice, or of beet juice, melada. concen
trated melada, concrete and concen
trated molasses testing by the polariscope
not above 80 degrees shall pay a duty of
1 cent per pound, and for every
additional degree or fraction of a
degree above 80 and not above
90 degrees shown by polariscope test,
shall pay one hundredth of a cent per
pound additional, and above 90 and not
above 96 degrees for every additional de
gree or fraction of a degree shown by
polariscope test shall pay a duty of two
one hundredths of a cent per pound ad
ditional, and above 9S degrees by polari
scope test shall pay a duty of one and
four tenths cents per pound.
Molasses, testing not over 56 degrees
by polariscope shall pay a 2'ity of 2
cents per gallon. Molasses testing above
56 degrees shall pay a duty of 4 cents
per gallon.
Iron ore, including manganeferous
iron ore also dross or res>d>.iem from
burnt pyrites 40 cents per ton.
Coal is taken from the free list and
made dutiable also at 40 cents pjr ton
and coke at 15 cents.
Lead ore, which in the Wilson bill
was 15 per cent ad valorem, is as fol
lows: Lead ore and lead dross, three
fourths of 1 cent per pound; provided,
that silver ore and all other ores contain
ing lead shall pay a duty of three-fourths
of 1 cent per pound on the lead contain
ed therein, according to the sample aiid
assay at the port of entry.
Raw wool is left on tne free list exact
ly as in the Wilson bill, the provision to
go into effect Aug. 2, 1891.
The whisky tax is raised to sl.lO, and
the bonded period extended five years,
that is from three to eight years.
Cigars, $5 a thousand; cigarettes in
paper, $1 a thousand; cigarettes in to
bacco, 50 cents a thousand.
Lumber remains ou the free list.
The income tax provision of 2 per cent
remains on the bill, but the tax on non
residents is stricken out.
The woolen schedule shows a few
changes. Where changed, there is about
5 per cent reduction. No changes are
made in the cotton schedule. Collars
and cuffs are increased from 85 to 45
per cent ad valorem. The date for the
going into effect of the bill is changed
from June 1 to June 30, and a duty is
levied on articles imported or withdrawn
for consumption.
In the internal revenue section is a
new provision directing the president to
immediately notify the Hawaiian gov
ernment that the United States will ter
minate in 12 months the treaty with
Hawaii made in 1875.
No change is made in the rates fixed
by the Wilson bill on imported tobacco.
The resignation of Senator White, df
Louisiana, to take effect March 12, was
laid before the senate at the morning
session.
Several bills of local interest were
passed under unanimous consent.
The civil service committee was au
thorized to sit during the sessions of the
house.
The conference report on the urgent
deficiency bill was presented and agreed
to. The bill carries $768,268.
A bill prepared by the directory com
mission abolishing the offices of commis
sioner and assistant commissioner of
customs and transferring their duties to
the first and fifth auditors was taken up.
Presidential Nominations.
Washington, March B.—-President
Cleveland has sent to the senate the fol
lowing nominations for postmasters:
South Carolina—A. A. Gandy, Darling
ton. Mississippi—Frank H. Foote, Port
Gibson. Alabama—G. W. Dugger,
Greensboro. Georgia Sylvester B.
Price, Macon.
SUICIDE IN ATLANTA.
Samuel Cheek's Checkered Career Sudden
ly Brought to a Tragic Close.
Atlanta, March B.—Samuel Cheek, a
contractor, well known in the city and
surrounding country, died at the Grady
hospital from the effects of two bullet
wounds in the left breast; and those
wounds were inflicted by his own hand.
For a number of years Cheek has
maintained relations of the most amica
ble nature with his wifo and children;
not a jar of discord ever marring the
domestic felicity of wife and husband;
each appearing to have perfect confi
dence in the other, while the sequel
shows that, during all these years, in
another part of the city, there has lived
another woman known as Mrs. Sam
Cheek. And this woman has borne him
two children.
How much longer this dual existence
of Sam Cheek would, have gone on can
n»lv Im conie<-.tni*ad. but for the far*
iuai tiieex oecame mvoivea’in litigation
which resulted in a warrant being is
sued for his arrest; his having to hide
out from the officers and, finally, in a fit
of desperation, admitting all to his wife
and taking his own life.
The woman with whom Cheek had
been living was, when a girl of 16—
some 10 years ago—taken to the horns
of Cheek and cared for a long time, she
having no home, and later a permanent
home was secured for the girl witli
Mrs. Cheek's sister living a few miles
away from the Cheek homestead, which
was then in a village about 20 miles
from Atlanta.
After a stay of nearly a year, the girl,
who had given her name as Bertha
Cross, but whose real name was Blanche
Clayton, left her new home and after
visiting the Cheek family, where she
spent a few days, left them, declaring
her intention of returning to her home —
somewhere in South Carolina.
Ami here begins the dual life of Sam
Cheek. He had become infatuated with
the girl; brought her to Atlanta and set
up a second home. And, notwithstand
ing his family (afterward moved to this
city, for years Sam Cheek has managed
to keep up his relations with this woman
without ever exciting a breath of sus
picion, either in the breast of Ids wife,
or among those with whom ho came in
business contact.
Reiaorse and reverses, however,
finally so wrought him up, that he con-'
fessed all and wandered away m the
night, ft hunted criminal, and was after
ward Rama by bis son in an old house
in the outskirts of the city dying from
the self inflicted wounds.
The boy had his father removed to the
hospital where he died without regain
ing consciousness.
ADMITTED PERJURY.
An Old Man Walked Many Miles to Undo
a Wrong.
Augusta, Ga., March B.—James Wal
den, of Jefferson county, was arrested a
few days ago and brought to Augusta
and carried before United States Com
missioner Calvin upon a charge of run
ning an illicit distillery. The men who
swore against Walden have since con
fessed to Commissioner Calvin that they
had perjured themselves.
They are J. F. Brazells and Steve Car
roll, both white men. Walden was re
leased upon the confession of the perjur
ers, who will be prosecuted. Brazells
testified that he told an untrue story on
the former preliminary trial. He said
that Jim Walden, whom he said before
was connected with a still, was wrongly
accused by him. He said he had given
in his former testimony under threats
from Mr. Mann Padgett, believing that
Padgett would kill him at his fireside if
he did not do so.
Carroll, a man 65 years of age, stood
up in the commissioner’s court to say he
had actually walked from the wiregrass
section back to Augusta to “undo what.
I have done and to beg pardon of God
and the court for thajalse statements to
which I swore bs|Bß.” He expressed
the most contrite penitence for the
wrong he had done. He proved con
spiracy and exonerated Jim Walden.
His rendition of his testimony was very
pathetic. Remorse had stricken his con
science and he was eager to correct his
former statements.
LOVEMAKING BY~LETTER.
An Indiana Girl and a Young Georgian’.]
Romantic Courtship.
Cincinnati, March B.—A special from
Anderson, Indian:, says: Anderson's
social circles are agog with excitement
occasioned by the announcement of a
romantic engagement of Miss Cora
Daugherty, a charming young lady o
this city, and Mr. Frank Delatour, o.
Atlanta, Ga. The acceptance and eu
gagement was brought by an advertise
inent two years ago. Since that time
they have been carrying ou a corre
spondence. Saturday night, by agree
ment, he arrived in the city. Shortly
after his arrival Mr. Delatour dispatcher
a boy to Miss Daugherty's home.
The boy carried a box of roses and a
note. She gave him a prompt reply
and it was not long after that until tin.
two met. It was one of those eases oi
love at first sight. Sunday morning
they attended church, and Sunday af
ternoon was passed as only true lovers
know how.
In the meantime Mr. Delatour was in
troduced in the Daugherty home, and
with one exception—that of the girl’s
brother—a pleasant reception was ten
dered him. Miss Daugherty could no
longer keep the secret of her heart. She
took Miss Pauline Smith into her confi
dence.
Miss Smith was not able to keep tho
secret, and soon spread it. Then the
whole thing went off like a skyrocket.
Miss Daugherty was seen at her home
by a reporter. She admitted that the
correspondence had its origin from a lit
tle “ad,” but did not want it known.
Then she produced a photograph of the
Georgia lover.
Mr. Delatour has been around Atlanta
and Americus, Ga., for some time. Miss
Daugherty is about 18 years age. She is
well known in social circles here and at
Lebanon.
An Outraged Ilusbund Shot.
St. Joseph, Mo., March B.—About
10:30 p. m. Jacob Dunsmore, a well
known restaurant keeper, went to his
home on Messanie street, and finding the
doors locked became suspicious and
started to break in. While he was kick
ing in the door George Haer, a noted
gambler, who was with Dunsmore’s
wife inside, suddenly opened the d6or,
and thrusting out a pistol, fired two
shots, both piercing Dunsmore’s heart,
and he fell dead.
nignwnymen m.nunaio,
Buffalo, March B.—Shortly after 10
o’clock two shabbily dressed men mount
ed the seat of a driver on a Richmond
avenue ’bus, and when between Bryant
and Utica streets, covered him with
their revolvers and forced him to give
up what money he had. about $6, and a
silver watch. None of the passengers
was molested.
ROME. UA„ FttIDAY MORNING, JMA&CH9,
TURNER CALLED.
Formally Nominated by a Con
vention at Thomasville.
TWENTY-ONE COUNTIES
Represented at the Conven
tion-Resolutions Present
ing His Name.
The'Atlanta Journal has the follow
ing:
Thomasville, Ga., March B.—At a
meeting held here last night in wihch
twenty-one counties in this section of
the state were represented, the follow
ing resolutions were unanimously
adopted:
“Resolved, That, while we recognize
the fact that the friends of the Hon. H.
G. Turner will insist on his renomina
tion iand re-election too ongretss form
mthe eleventh district, sitll we believe
it is the desire of a large portion of the
people of Georgia, an account of his
great ability and long serivce in public
life, to proomrte him to the senate of
the United States, .we, therdefore,
without his knowledge,suggest his name
to the democracy of Georgia for the
high office of United States senator, and
that we pledge ourselves to work to
secure his election and ask the co-oper
ation of the people of Georgia.”
J. H. Scaife was chairman of the
meeitng, which as composed of repre
sentative men of south Georgia.
Mayor Hopkins, a Reformer.
Chicago, March B.—Mayor Hopkins has
come to the conclusion that many of the
police justices of Chicago are corrupt,and
has called for the resignation! of every
police justice, clerk and bailiff in tho
city. Mayor Hopkins said: “I think wo
have more police courts than we need.
1 see no reason why police magistrates
should be employed iu courts where the
.trial of the whole docket does not take
more than an hour or I v.P.” There aro
16 justices and t wice as many clerks atld
baliffs. The chief cause for the remov
als is the charge that the justices will
not drive crooks Jut of town or send
them to jail,
in. Jesuit, must «.«,
Hidalgo, Mexico, M..rch B.—The first
step towards the expulsion of the Jesuits
has been taken, it is said, by the expul
sion of the Jesuits in the college of this
city by Bishop Montes de Oca. The
Jesuits are all out of power in San Luis
Potosi, and have been ordered to leave.
Bishop de Oca has as yet assigned no
official reason for his action.
AFTER ~TI4E~ 'SGALPE R.
A Bill to Amend the Interstate Commerce
l4w Introduced.
Washington, March B.—SenatorWjl
son of lowa, has introduced a bill to put
an end to ticket scalping. It provides
for an amendment to the interstate com
merce act so as to require railroads to
supply all their ticket agents with a
certificate of appointment, which is to
be exposed, to public view. All tickets
sold must have the name of the agent
and the date stamped on them.
It is made unlawful for any one to sell
tickets of a road from which he does not
hold such certificate. The penalty is a
fine of $5,000. Railroads aro required to
redeem unused tickets at the principal
office, or any ticket office, for the pride
paid, and partly used tickets for tho
price paid, less the schedule faro for the
portion used, if presented within 90 days
after purchase. The sale by any person
of a partially used ticket otherwise than
is indicated is made a violation of the
act. Railroads which place tickets in
the hands of an unauthorized agent are
made liable to a fine of $5,000.
An Associated Press Extension.
Chicago, March B.—The Associated
Press has extended its leased wire sys
tem to Galveston and to the other prin
cipal cities of Texas. The entire Texas
system embraces nearly 1,200 miles of
wire, leased from the Western Union
Telegraph company, extending from
Memphis to Galveston on the south, San
Antonio as the farthest southwestern
point, with Dallas the central point. The
list of papers embraced on the circuit is
as follows: Galveston News, Houston
Post, Dallas News, Fort Worth Gazette,
Waco Day Globe, Austin Statesman and
San Antonio Express.
Students Down on a Professor.
Cambriege, Mass., March B.—Archi
bald M. Howe, a lawyer and member of
the First Parish church, found an offen
sive inscription in red paiut on the side
of his house, beginning, “Davis,” apd
concluding, “the students are all down
on you.” The sentence undoubtedly re
fers to Professor William G. Davis, pro
fessor of physical geography at Harvard
and a neighbor of Mr. Howe. It is prob
able that in their hurry the students
painted the wrong house.
Jeffersonville's Reign of Terror.
Jeffersonville, Ind., March B.—Ste
phen Goen, a milkman who was believ
ed to be quite wealthy by the neighbors,
was awakened by the barking of hia
dog. He opened bis front door and was
shot through the heart by a man who
escaped. The chief of police has tele
graphed to Seymour for bloodhounds.
Burglars entered the houses of Frank
Briggs, William Quick and Frank Bayer
and chloroformed the families of each.
Then they ransacked the houses and
carried off a good deal of plunder.
Miners Agree to a Cut.
Pomeroy, 0., March 8. —The miners
and operators of the Pomeroy Bend had
a joint meeting in this city, at which it
was agreed that work will bo resumed
next Monday on a 2 per cent basis, a cut
of 1-4 of a cent. The mines have been
Idle for the past thyeo
BRECKINRIDGE.
- He Answers to Madeline Pol-
lard’s Charges.
5 JURY NO TROUBLE TO GET.
- A Continuance Not Attempted,
As Was Expected-Much
Interest in the Trial.
Washington, March B.—Congressman
William C. P. Breckinridge, of Ken
a tucky, has been placed on trial for his
11 social reputation and political life, in a
f beginning of the suit which Madeline
Vinton Pollard has brought against him
to determine whether he shall pay $30,-
e 000 for alleged seduction and breach of
\ promise.
' At 10:10 a. m. Judge Bradly, who will
p preside at the trial, entered the court
e room and after the crier had called the
s court to order the judge announced the
e case of Pollard vs. Breckinridge, the
f first case of the panel. The center of
attraction in the courtroom was the
e white haired defendant who did not
e seem to show any trepidation at being
j stared at and discussed. He looked well
„ and was neatly dressed in a black suit.
. There was no trouble in securing a
jury, which is composed of white men.
3 At 10:55 court adjourned for the day, to
. allow the new counsel in the case to
familiarize themselves with it.
Claims Similar to Miss Pollard's.
a Milwimkre, March B. Benjamin
3 Skidmora, a member of the firm of Skid
-1 more & Yriedlich, has been made de
t fendant in a suit for a breach of prom
a ise. Ths plaintiff is Mary Fox, a young
o woman vA-11 known, and the sum de
. manded is $25,000. Tho complaint
s charges that the defendant six years ago
a ruined the plaintiff. Miss Fox also
o claims that Skidmore promised to marry
a her but instead married a young society
1 belle. SJddinore’s answer has not yet
. been filled,
I
1 THE JURY CHARGED.
Dau Coughlin's Fate in the Hands of
Twelve of His Peers.
Chicago, March B.—ln the presence
8 of a throng that tested the capacity of
the courtroom to its utmost Judge Tut
-8 hill delivered instructions which will
g guide the deliberations of the jury that
i. for four months has listened to the evi
□ dence and arguments for and against
Daniel Coughlin.
The cn'Wre county building was guard
ed by police officers, and detectives in
e plain clothes mingled with the crowd.
n Na one not supplied with the necessary
'credentials was admitted to the court.
t A SUGAR INVESTIGATION.
s ,
Are Some of the Senators Manipulating the
New York Exchange?
0 New York, March B.—A Washington
‘ special to The World says:
a The fluctuations m sugar on the Stock
t Exchange, which have b< :>n caused in
part by various rumors fi in la-re as to
what disposition will be made of the su
gar tax question, have given ri oto rti-
Q mors that tho market is being ninnipula
* ted by certain senators. A report wa -
J'in circulation lata today that, in view of
the upward movement in sugar since the
B tariff bill reached the senate, a resolu
tion would be introduced in the senate
for an investigation of the whole mat
a ter '
An evening paper says that “the mar
a ket is being manipulated from the capi
„ ital by statements given out with the
pretense of authority. It is a matter of
common talk among tho members of
both houses, and the market reports are
watched with the greatest eagerness and
3 excitement.”
i- One of the Havemeyers has been here
. and it is regarded as quite significant
by those who have heard the rumors
. that the sugar stock should take another
big jump. All sorts of rumors about
big turns being made in sugar by sena
tors are in circulation.
8 bavannan interested in
3 Savannah, March B.—Savannah mer
-1 chants aro anxiousily awaiting the ar
> rival of the steamship Elliott, Cap
-1 tain Brown, commander, running
regularly between this port and
Blueflelds in the Mosquito reserva
tion. Savannah has large interests
‘ at Bluefields aud each year receives 150,-
f 000 bunches of bananas and 250,000 co
. coanuts. Savannah merchants ship
9 large quantities of groceries there. Sa-
I vannah capitalists put up an ice plant
j there, and the government printing is
done in Savannah.
Jealousy Caused a Killing,
Savannah, March B.—A special to
s The Evening Press states that William ;
Culpepper, a white man, was killed by
a pardoned- negro convict at Pelham,
Mitchell county, Georgia. Jealousy is
' supposed to have been the cause,
MCKINLEY AND DEMOCRATS.
I
■ They Disagree About the Election of a
J Successor to Houk.
’ Dayton, 0., March B.—Governor Mc-
Kinley has indicated his intention of or
: dering a special election to be held in
this congressional district to elect a suc
cessor to the vacancy caused by the
death of Honorable George W. Houk
May 1, despite the protests of the Demo
cratic congressional committee. The
. latter desired that the election be held
. on the same day of the regular spring
election, thereby saving large expense.
: The governor's answer is that sufficient
time is not allowed to meet all the legal
requirements. This proposition, how
ever, is contended.
In final corresnondenoe on the subiect ’
•
colonel r rauK i. nuirman, cnau man or
the Democratic committee, suggests to
the governor that “there seems to be no
good reason why the vacancy in this con
gressional district should not be permit
ted to remain until next November,
when it can be filled at the regulhr elec
tion. We therefore suggest this course
to you iu the interest of the taxpayers
of the district, to whom you will save
SIO,OOO.
ROBERT E. LEE, JR.
Hia Marriage Has Just Taken Place iu
Washington City.
Washington, March B.—Robert E.
Lee, Jr., of Virginia, and Miss Juliette
Carter, daughter of Colonel Thomas H.
Carter, of King William county, Vir
ginia, were marriod at 10:30 a. in. at the
residence of Mrs. Roseier Dulany, sister
of the bride, on Washington Heights in
this city.
The wedding was very quiet, only rel
atives and intimate friends of tho Lee
and Carter families being present. There
were no attendants, and the simple cero
inony of the Episcopal church was per
formed by Rev. Dr. McKim, of Epipha
ny parish. Colonel Carter gave his
daughter away.
After the ceremony there was a wed
ding breakfast, and later Mr. and Mrs.
Lee left for New York. Among those
present at the ceremony were cx-Gov
ernor Fitzhugh Lee, Mrs. W. H. F.
Lee, of Fairfax county, and her sons;
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page, Miss
Mildred Lee, sister of the groom, and
Thomas Carter, of Richmond, the bride’s
brother.
THE ENGINEER KILLED.
The Norfolk and Western Railroad Had a
Fatal Wreck in Virginia.
Roanoke, Va., March B.—The vesti
buled train on the Norfolk and Western
railroad, between Washington and Chat
tanooga, was wrecked at 6:40 a. m. by a
landslide, 45 miles north of this city.
Engineer Jake Hardy, of this city, was
killed, and Fireman Noftsinger was
thrown into James river as the engine
rolled down the embankment and swain
out. He is severely injured. None of
the passengers were hurt.
The International Art Exhibition.
London, March B.—A dispatch to The
Chronicle from Vienna says: The Arch
duke Ranier, on behalf of the emperor,
has opened the International Art exhibi
tion. Americans, whose works are seen
collectively for the first time in this
city, are not largely represented. Most
of the works in the exhibition bear
marked evidence of the influence of the
French school.
A Newsboy Crushed Under a Dummy.
Birmingham, Ala., March B.—Eugene
Cook, a newsboy, was run over and
crushed to death in front of the First
National bank by an East Lake dummy
in this city. The bey attempted to step
from one car to another while the train
was in motion, but ho fell between the
trucks and was killed in a moment.
A Riot iu a Mine.
Williamsburg, Ky., March 3. —A riot
has occurred at the Bird Eye mines.
About 100 union men went into a mine
where non union men were at work,
armed, and compelled them to with
draw. The sheriff .and a posse of deputies
aro there now. All is quiet, the leaders
having fled to Tennessee. .
Despondent and Wanted to Die.
Indianapolis, March B.—Mr. Rhodes
Thompson, of Georgetown, Kentucky,
visiting friends in this city, on Wood
ward avenue, attempted suicide by
swallowing morphine. Ho offered no
explanation except that he was out of
work and the future looked gloomy.
Weather Forecast.
Washington, March B.—Forecast till
Bp. m„ Friday. For North Carolina,
South Carolina and Georgia—Threaten
ing but probably without rain; variable
winds. Florida and Alabama generally
fair with variable winds. Mississippi,
in the interior stationary temperature;
•lightly warmer in the afternoon, fair,
variable winds becoming southerly.
Mrs. Lease Suddenly Becomes men.
Wichita, Kan., March B.—Mrs. Lease,
the reform agitator and orator has re
ceived word from Dundalk, Ireland,
that by a will made by an aunt of hers
10 years ago she is an heiress to a large
fortune, which has been accumulating
in interest ever since. The Irish rela
tives did not know what became of the
Clines, one of whom Mrs. Lease is, till
her fame spread over the continent and
re-echoed back in the county of Louth,
in which her aunt and old neighbors
lived. The amount of the fortune is
not stated.
Looks Brighter for the Lost Miners.
Scranton, Pa., March B.—The Truth
has a special from the Kingston Coal
company’s mines which says: The res
cuers clearing the gangway of the Gay
lord mine at Plymouth, in which 13
men have been entombed for about three
weeks, came upon the car which the
buried men were using. The car was
not crushed at all, and was in as good
condition as before the great fall of the
mine occurred. The mine officials are
now confident of the early finding of
some of the men.
Harrison’s First Appearance.
Menlo Park, Cal.,’ March B.—The
first of the series of six lectures to bo
delivered by ex-President Harrison be
fore the students of Leland Standford,
Jr., university, has been given in the
university chapel. Only students hav
ing law, economies or history as major
subjects were admitted. The seating
capacity was taxed to the utmost. All
the faculty and their wives were present,
they and Mrs. McKee, the presnlent’s
daughter, being the only guests.
PRICE UVE CENTS.
A CASE IN ENGLAND
Something Like the Breckin
ridge-Pollard Case.
CLAFLIN’S HUSBAND SUED.
Sir Francis Cook is the Gay Old
Deceiver That is Asked to
Come Down for Deceit.
London, March B. Action for breach
of promise has been l;ronght against Sir
Francis Cook, who marriod Tennis Claf
lin, of New York, sister of Victoria
Woodhull. This case will be perhaps
the most extraordinary one of its kind.
Sir Francis is one of the merchant
princes of England. The woman who
brings the action has been married seven
years, and the alleged promise to marry
was given 25 years ago, when Sir “Fran
cis’s first wife was still living. He mar
ried Miss Claflin nine years ago.
A press correspondent went to Doughty
House Richmond, where the baronet
resides, to ask for his version of the
strange charge. Sir Francis said he was
too tired and unwell to talk, but Lady
Cook aud her secretary unfolded this
tale:
Twenty-five years ago Sir Francis
met in a train coining from London to
Richmond a handsome young woman.
Ho asked permission to call upon her,
which was readily gianted, amt alter
each call he gave her money. She then
went by the name of Mrs. Richmond.
Since then Sir Francis has learned that
she has been the mistress of a man
named Richards, and that her maiden
name was Susan. After a short time Sir
Francis endeavored to drop her, but she
continually bothered him for money. He
therefore paid ner 1 pound weekly. Sir
Francis declares that ho never promised
to marry her and that he never enter
tained any idea of such a thing.
After pursuing her evil ways for sev
eral years she married one Holland.
This man repeatedly came to Sir Fran
cis on behalf of his wifo, for money,
causing painful scenes at the door of the
Cook mansion. About six months ago
she threatened the present action. Sir
Francis, though an old man and in need
of rest, thought it his duty, said Lady
Cook, to fight this attempt at blackmail.
The case is set down to be tried this
week in the court of queen’s bench.
Mrs. Holland claims 12.000 pounds
damages. In addition to breach of
promise to marry her, she alleges that
Sir Francis caused a criminal operation
to be performed.
Lady Cook steadfastly sustains her
Venerable husband.
A WOMAN’S BODY.
Frozen to n Cake of Ice, It Went Over
Nii’gara Falls,
Niagara Falls, March B.—A big
cake of ice floated down tho river to
ward the Horseshoe falls, whirling in
the rushing current and on it lay the
body of a woman, her head hanging
half over the edge of the cake. As it
swept past Loretto convent the nuns
were notified by a sister who discovered
the dead woman, and as the ice floated
by with its dead burden tho nuns prayed
for the dead and dying.
For an instant only the ico paused at
the brink of the falls and then it was
swept over into the seething mass of
water below. The body must have been
frozen to the ice, for several hours later
it was seen in the rapids near the Amer
ican shore by a number of people. The
only way it would hijve gotten down
there was by passing under the big ice
bridge which has formed. No attempt
was made to reach tho body, for it could
not have been secured under any cir
cumstances. It will not be rescued be
fore the ice melts. It is supposed the
woman’s body came from up the lake
somewhere. It was clad in a dress of
dark stuff.
ANOTHER FAILURE.
Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock Reese
& Whitehead, prescription druggists,
made an assignment to Capt. A. B. S.
Moseley, for the benefit of creditors.
The cause of this action was their ina
bility to sustain themselves these dull
times. They were not pressed by cred
itors, but seeing this end would come
sooner or later, did not delay the matter
until driven to it.
The asset about $2,000, and the liabil
ities about $1,200. The business will go
on as before, until the stock is closed
out. It will be sold all at once if I possi
ble. The many friends of these two
popular young men will be surprised to
learn of their failure. It was generally
supposed that the firm was in a pros
perous condition.
It would be impossible to find two
young ■ men more highly respected..
Mr. Paul D. Reece, the senior
member of the firm, is doubtless
one of the most popular young men
in the city,besides being one of the finest
prescription druggist in the state. He
is the son of Dr. J. C. Reece, of Floyd
county. In January, 1893, he went into
the drug business for himself, and has
up to this time, by his persistency and
natural business ability, kept the firm on
its feet. If such a thing had been possi
ble he would have made a success of the
business, but dull trade has proved too
much for him. His many friends sin
cerely hope to see him soon establish his
business aagin.
Mr. W. E. Whitehead, a son of Mr. IT.
S. J. Whitehead, has for the most past
few years been bookkeeper for the firm
of Carver & Harper. He is now travel
ling for the hat house of J. W. & E. C.
Atkins, of Atlanta.
Mr .Whitehead has scores of friends iu
Romo who recognize him a sober,
steady, industrious young man, who
had by his own efforts established t
most enviable reputation.