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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.