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THE ROME TRIBUNE
VOL. V. NO. 2.013
NORTHEIM TALKS
He Gives the Boston Register
a Nut to Crack.
MOB NORTH AND SOUTH.
He Writes by Request—Quotes
Georgia Law and Challenges
Other Sections.
Boston, May 12.—The Christian Reg
ister has just published a suggestive
article by Governor W. J. Northen, of
Georgia, upon lynchings in the south.
It is inspired by certain editorial strict
ures upon the people of the south that
appeared in a previous number of The
Christian Register, and it aims to de
fend that section of our land from the
charge of lawlessness, particularly In its
treatment of the negroes; to show that
the black is in reality more strongly in
trenched in his rights there than in the
north; and further, to convict the north
of lawlessness unknown in the south.
“Negroes,” remarks Governor Nor
then, “have far better opportunities to
maintain themselves at the south than
at the north and east. Have you -ob
served that negroes are being put out of
the barber shops in your section? They
have alternate chairs with white men in
the shop where my haircutting is done.
“Have you observed that, with you,
negroes and white men never lay brick
on the same building? At the south ne
groes and white men dip mortar from
the same bed and carry brick to the
same scaffold. Just across the street
from my study I now see a white man
sawing on one end of a scantling and a
negro sawing at the other. Do you see
any such sights in Boston? A few years
ago, when the negro was a ‘fad’ In the
north, many of your wealthy people se
cured them as coachmen. Do you see
any of them as such In your section
now? The negro ‘holds the reins’ at the
south for our very best people. Why
this difference in the sections? Surely
Bds is not the reason why ‘the civiliza
on of the south is a reproach to the
world.”'
Coming to the specific question of
crime the governor gives these compara
tive statistics, which were collected by
Bishop Penwick, of Baltimore:
Georgia—Population, total, 1,837.353;
white, 978,35?; negro, 858,815. Prison
ers, white, 342; 1 to every 3,800 whites;
negroes, 2596; 1 to every 330 negroes.
Homicides, whites, 57; 1 to every 17,104
whites; negroes, 290. 1 to every 2,961
negroes.
New York—Population, total, 5,997.-
853; white, 5,923,952; negroes, 70,092.
Prisoners, total, 11,468; white, 10,745; 1
to every 550; negroes, 701; to every 100.
Homicides, whites, 410; Ito every 14.-
478; negroes, 58; 1 to every 1,208.
“The negro, according to this,” he
pertinently remarks, “is either twice as
bad north as he is south, or else we are
twice as lenient with him. We are pay
ing $3,250,000 a year to educate the ne
gro.
“We have lawlessness at the south
just as you have lawlessness at the
north. We have murders in Atlanta
just as yon have murders in Boston.
Sometimes negroes are lynched at the
south just as they are lynched at the
north. Did you ever hear of a labor riot
In Georgia or at the south? I never did,
and I have lived here all my life—more
than 50 years. Labor riots occur ‘from
week to week’ among our brethren
north of the dividing line.”
“Had yon observed In this defiance of
law and marching against the general
government, that there are now on the
road 18 distinct armies and not one of
them from the south ?
“Have we fallen so far behind the ad
vance guard that the civilization of the
south is a reproach to the world ?
“The following dispatch indicates that
these lawless mobs came dangerously
nekr to your own home:
Boston, Mass., April 22.—Pandemonium
rSged on the common today—pandemoni
um that ran dangerously near the verge
of full fledged riot. During its height the
New England delegation of the Industrial
army made its escape from the midst of
50,000 excited men and started for Rox
bury. This was not. however, until their
banner had been torn to fragments and
several of them pretty severe!* handled.
Speeches were interrupted by hisses,
drowned in catcalls and blotted out of ex
istence with derisive cheers.
“As ther never was a riot in my
state in all i history, tell me, are not
the lives and the property of the people
greatly end igered at such times as you
have just experienced in Boston?”
As to tne matter of lynching negroes,
the governor calls attention to the fact
that within one week last mouth a col
ored man was lynched in Ohio for as
sault upon a woman, and another in
Kansas for murder. Moreover, he says
he learned »at a law and (order league
at Franklin Park, N. J., practically
drove out every negro in the community
As an outcome of the murder by two
negroes of the wife and child of young
Farmer Baker, who in turn killed them
both.
Georgia’s law against lynching, the
governor insists, embodies adequate pro
tection for life and property. The act,
which he sends in full, and which was
passed unanimously by the general as
sembly, pronounces killing through
mob violence murder, and punishes all
citizens who become parties thereto as
murderers; it authorizes tne governor
to summon all citizens to aid him in
suppressing mob violence; declares fail
ure to respond to the call a misdemean
or, and holds any sheriff or other ar
resting officer guilty of misdemeanor
who fails to attempt, in good faith, to
suppress any such acts. Concluding.
Governor Northern says:
“Now, I challenge the north to fur
nish from its statutes and from the ma
chinery of its courts and from the
records of its governors, any more ‘ade
quate protection by law for life and
property,' so far as lynching negroes, or
mobbing Poles, or riotously murdering
Slavonians is concerned, than I have
given you for my state.
“On the face of all you have said
about the ‘civilization’ of the south, I
demand that you make the search
•4>nn« tJ>A atafnfoa nf tba atataa at tba
nortn, ana pumisn my people to your
readers again as a ‘reproach to the
world’ if our record on the law and the
courts is not the best in the Union. Let
ns hear what you can find at the north
or east that surpasses us in law to sup
press mob violence that murders Poles,
or Slavonians, or negroes. I shall await
your disclosures with interest.”
CHANDLER’S TACTICS.
He Tried to Make Democratic Senators
Mad—The Pearl of Great Price.
Washington, May 12.—The first hour
upon the tariff bill was spent by the
senate in a discussion on pending
amendments to make the duty on tannic
acid 60 cents a pound.
Mr. Chandler repeated his tactics to
irritate Democratic senators into some
show of defense, but he did not succeed
in the attempt What he was in search
of, he said, was that •‘pearl of great
price—Democratic tariff reform.”
At 1:30, during the course of debate
on the tariff bill, Mr. Hale made a brief
speech in which he' made a distinct and
unmistakable threat to the majority,
saying that no parliamentary trick could
prevail in securing the passage of any
bill, approaching the Wilson billm com
plexion.
He said he was glad to see conces
sions made, but warned Democrats that
if they gave these concessions simply to
get the bill through the senate and then
in conference attempted to take them
all away the minority would find away
to prevent the passage of the measure.
Industries of the country were encour
aged to a certain extent, he said, by
the changes recently made, and
if at the last moment the Democrats
made an effort showing the autocratic
power of a conference committee to re
store the abandoned provisions of the
Wilson bill, the Democrats would find
a spirit prevailing on the Republican
side of the chamber vastly different
from that which now prevailed.
No such bill, he said, could possibly
pass, and the Republicans would be
watching for any such trick, should
an attempt be made to play it.
In the house a joint resolution agreed
to by the committee on labor providing
for an investigation into the industrial
condition of the country was reported
and placed on the union calendar, The
house then proceeded to the considera
tion of the naval appropriation bill.
On a point of order made by Mr.
Black, of Georgia, that it changed the
existing law, appropriation having been
made for another purpose, the provision
was stricken out of the bill authorizing
the secretary of the navy in his discre
tion to use so much of the
said amount S2OO 000 was ap
propriated for the building of a subma
rine boat by act of 1893, as may be nec
essary for a torpedo boat
Republicans Will Caucus.
Washington, May 12.—The Republi
cans of the senate will hold a caucus
Monday night at the residence of Sena
tor Sherman, to confer regarding the
policy to be persued by them in relation
to the tariff bill.
RANDALL ENTERTAINED.
Studebaker, the Rich Wagon Maker,
Spread a Sumptuous Repast.
South Bend, Ind., May 12.—The
Randall commonwealers were enter
tained by J. M. Studebaker on his pri
vate grounds. The entertainment was
in the nature of a lawn party. There
was music and covers were laid for 300.
The guests arrived from New Carlisle,
hungry and footsore* and expressed ap
preciation of the repast.
Thousands of South Band citizens
turned out to see the army walk into
town and enter Studebaker’s grounds.
The men slept tn an open dance shed on
Studebaker’s Island park. There was a
general order to take a bath in the
river, which was obeyed.
SMALLPOX IN WASHINGTON.
A Negro Arrested Just ae He Gut Off a
Train.
Washington, May 12.—A colored
man aged about 30 years was arrested
at the Baltimore 'and Ohio depot here
late Friday night just after he bad got
off the train from Roanoke, Va.
His appearance was such as to excite
suspicion and Mr. Hammett,‘the health
officer, examined the man and found
a malignant case of confluent smallpox.
He was conveyed to the hospital. It is
learned that he was originally from
Chicago.
Kelly’s Army Movements.
Pella, la., May 12.—Kelly's army
camped at Amsterdam bridge, four
miles from here, and after a light break
fast moved on to the town of Harvey,
a distance of seven miles. Considerable
provisions were furnished by the public
and the army may not move but of Har
vey until late in the evening.
The South Carolina Reorganization.
New York, May 12.—The plan foi
the reorganization of the South Carolina
railway just adopted, provides for the
issue of 5 per cent bonds, each old bond
to receive 10 per cent in new stock. The
accrued interest on the old first mort
gage bonds will be paid in cash.
General Deeherl Dead.
Philadelphia, May 12. General
Robert C. Dechert has j ust died here.
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Jlce Blockade of St. John's Raised,
St. John’s, N. F., May 12.—The ice
has been driven off the coast by the
westerly winds, thus raising the block
ade. Many steamers and sailing ves
sels are now entering and leaving the
harbor.
Two Killed and Two Injured.
Menomonee, Wis., May 12.—Two
men were killed and two badly hurt by
a collision between an eastbound express
and a freight train on the Chicago and
Northwestern railway.
ROME. GA.. SUN DAY MORNING,’ MAY 13.
WANT BREAD
They Defend Their Husbands
Who Refuse to Strike.
THE MINERS CHECKMATED.
Operators Dismantled—Mine
Closed Affairs Serious in
the Coke Regions.
Cumberland, Md., May 12.—The sit
uation in this (George’s Creek) coal re
gion is unchanged, and very few miners
are working. During the morning 800
striking miners from Lon Aconing
swooped down on the village of Echart
and attempted to prevent the men at the
mine of the Consolidated Coal company
from going to work.
The men could not be persuaded nor
forced to abandon their intention ot
working. Wives of miners willing to
work are opposing the strikers. They
assembled in a body at the mouth oi
Elkhart mine and declared to the strik
ers if they did not allow their husbands
to gc to work they would go in the
mines themselves and take up picks and
shovels and work for them.
Excited in Pennsylvania,
Connellsville, May 12.—The great
est excitement prevailed all night in
this vicinity over the threatened attack
on Moyer by 8,000 men, who attended a
meeting there Friday. The company
increased the guard to 125 men and is
sued strict orders to shoot down all who
trespassed on the company’s property.
Neatly every person in town remained
up all night, expecting a desperate bat
tle. An independent military company
of 75 men was also held in readiness to
move to Moyer on a moment’s notice.
The strikers, learning of the large force
of armed men awaiting their appear
ance at Moyer, dispersed.
Five Hundred Men Cnt Out,
Chattanooga, May 12.—Owing to
the action of the miners who persist in
remaining out on a strike for what the
company considers no cause, the Ten
nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company
has decided to dismantle Whitewell
mines, move the company’s store, and
abandon the mines indefinitely. This
means that 500 men will be cut out of
support from this source, and will have
to seek employment elsewhere.
MANEY AGAIN.
He Is Reported to Have Gotten Two
Black Eyes Recently.
Chicago, May 12.—An afternoon lo
cal paper publishes an account of an
alleged fistic encounter between Lieu
tenant Maney, of the Fifteenth Infan
try, who was recently acquitted of the
charge of murdering Captain Hedberg,
of the same regiment, and Major Bald
win, of the Seventh Cavalry, which is
also station- d at Fort Sh ridan. It s
Said that Major Baldwin had incurred
the anger of Lieutenant Maney by com
menting on the killing of Hedberg and
the result of the criminal trial, and that
when the latter officer called at the Ma
jor’s quarters Saturday night words led
to blows. Maney was confined to his
quarters next day by two black eyes
and a cut lip.
The Major was touched, but presented
himself at dress parade in the morning.
He Was under orders to go to Fort
Riley, Kan., but the order has been re
voked, which is taken in military cir
cles to mean that a courtmartial may be
held.
Lieutenant Many and Major Baldwin
both denied that there was or had been
any trouble between them.
MARK TWAIN SAILS.
His Assignee Hopes to Make a Satisfactory
Sale Soon.
New York, May 12.—Samuel L.
Clemens (Mark Twain), senior partner
of the publishing house of Charles L.
Webster & Co., sailed for Europe on
the steamer New York. Before his de
parture Mr. Clemens held an extended
Conference with Bainbridge Colby, the
assignee of the company. Later Mr.
Colby made the following statement:
The liabilities of the firm will not ex
ceed SBO,OOO. The largest claim against
the company is one for $25,000. There
is no truth whatever in the report that
Mrs. U. S. Grant has a large sum of
ttffney due her on the Grant memoirs.
Her claim will not exceed a few hun
dred dollars. I still have hopes that
some plan may be perfected which will
make it possible to sell the stock which
is on hand without resorting to such
a costly alternative as an assignee’s
sale.
Working for Hemming way’s Pardon.
Jackson, Miss., May 12.—Petitions
asking for the pardon of ex-State Treas
urer Hemmingway, aggregating 13,000
names, was filed with Governor Stone
by Judge S. S. Calhoun, who briefly re
viewed the strange phases of the case.
A number of petitions will be presented
later, and it is expected the total num
ber of signatures will reach 20,000. Colo
nel Hemmingway was sentenced for
five years, and has one year yet to serve.
His friends are hopeful of obtaining a
pardon.
A Doctor Shot to Death.
Oswego, N. Y.. May 12.—Dr. J. Ly
man Bulkley, a prominent physician of
Sandy Creek, this county, was called to
the door of his house at 8:30 p. m. by
Gaylord Williams, of Boylston, and
Shot and stabbed twice. He will die.
Brooklyn Will Follow. New York.
Brooklyn, May 12.—Brooklyn will
shortly have a society for the preven
tion of crime such as the Dr. Parkhurst
society in New York.
SWEPT THE FIELD
General Evans Got Eight Del
egates to Four
IN YESTERDAYS VOTE.
Bartow, Telfair and Lincoln for
Him—Clinch and Cherokee
for Atkinson.
General Evans gained a notable vic
tory yesterday. He carried three coun
ties out of five andS votes out of twelve.
In ther words he got two to one of the
delegates chosen yesterday. The counties
which went for him are Bartow, 4 votes;
Lincoln, 2 votes; and Telfair, 2 votes.
Another notabe victory , is in the fact
that the General carried Telfair in spite
of the trick of holding the primary at
Cobbville, seventeen miles from the
county seat. General Evans went down
there Friday and shelld the woods, and
yesterday he captured the county. Bar
tow went by twenty to one.
The following telegrams tell the story:
Cartersville, May 12. (Special.)—Bartow
went for Evans by a vote of twenty to
one and it was then made unanimous
for the general.
The present state house officers, in
eluding Nesbitt, commissioner of agri
ulture, were all endorsed. The national
democratic administration was partially
endorsed.
Atlanta, Ga., May 12. (Special.)—
Bartow went for Evans by over 400
votes, unanimous. Cherokee went for
Atkinson by two to one. Clinch went
for Atkinson by 60 to 32.
Telfair and Lincoln both went for
Evans. Vote in those two counties not
yet received.
the vote to date.
The vote stands as follows up to date:
FOR EVANS.
Richmond 6
Elbert 2
Terrell 2
Bartow 4
Telfair 2
Lincoln 2
18
FOR ATKINSON.
Meriweather 4
Baldwin 2
Coffee 2
Clinch 2
Douglas 2
Cherokee 2
14
IN BROOKLYN'TABERNACLE.
Pat Walsh of Georgia Pays Tribute to a
Noble Man's Worth.
Brooklyn, May. 12.—During the cele
bration of the Twenty-fifth anniversary
of the pastorate of Rev. T. De Witt Tal
mage over Brooklyn tabernacle, Honor
able Patrick Walsh, United States sena
tor from Georgia, was, by invitation of
the tabernacle committee, one of the
speakers, and electrified his audience by
his masterly eloquence and conservative,
utterances.
The following is the way in which he
extended congratulations in the name of
his constituents:
Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage has devoted
his life to the cause of Goa and humanity.
He has been not only a bearer, but a doer
of the word. When the south was pros
trated by the desolation of war: when her
homes were destroyed, her lands and in
dustries wasted; when her sons and
daughters were weeping for the loved and
lost; when despair wrung the hearts of her
people, his voice was heard appealing to
the victors for justice to the vanquished,
and from that day to this he has preached
the gospel of peace, fraternity, liberty and
equality.
In behalf of the people of Georgia, I ex
tend to Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage their
congratulations on the twenty-fifth anni
versary of his pastorate of the Brooklyn
tabernacle. During his long life he has
gone about doing good.
In the Name of His Section-
Continuing, Mr. Walsh said:
As gold and silver are tried in the fire,
so has this republic been tried in the cruci
ble of the mightiest war that has ever con
vulsed the world. The north and south
rushed to arms and contended for princi
ples they believed to be right. Our form
of government was subjected to the sever
est test. Those who wore the blue and
those who wore the gray have won imper
ishable glory. Our government has sur
vived the shock of battle. It should be
the sacredfand the patriotic duty of Amer
icans to transmit it unimpared to those
who come after them. Brave deeds al
ways stir the hearts of men, and so long
as virtue and valor are admired, so long
will be hallowed in our memories the il
lustrious names of the heroes and pat jots
who, by their acts have made their lives
sublime. The name of T. De Witt Tal
mage is inscribed on the roll of fame. It
will live in the hearts of his countrymen.
I am here as a representative of riy people
to rejoice with them, because uis justice
abounded as a peacemaker when they
were reviled and persecuted.
That he may live long to enjoy the re
wards and blessing of a life crowi ed by
noble deeds, is the prayer of one who be
lieves In the principles of civil and relig
ious liberty, bequeathed by the fathers of
the republic and guaranteed to all citizens
by the constitution and by the laws of the
United States.
The people of the south—that leaven
favored land, which is richest in natural
j resources and is destined in he near fu
i ture to become the most prosperous n the
' Union—unite in congratulations to the
Rev. Dr. Talmage, and wjsh him contin
ued usefulness and strength to celebrate
his golden jubilee as pastor of the Ur >ok
iyn tabernacle. They wish him health
and benediction in this life and a crown ot
immortality in the life that is eteri il
. A Herd ol'Steers ri-auipw i. .Illorcn.
| Lancaster, Pa., May 12.--A herd of
'3O steers coining down Duke street
, charged into 100 school children, tramp
ling 10 of them. All of them were paih-
' fully injured, but only one, Florence
E. Kruse, seriously.
DIDN’T GUMt TO WORK.
Ooxey’s Men Constitution!^.ly Opposed to
Handling the Spade and Pick.
Washington, May 12.—A good story
is told of how the commonwealers evi
denced their dislike for anything like
manual labor.
A few days ago, the condition of the
grounds where they are encamped re
quired a trench for drainage purposes
to be dug. Two picks and three shovels
were procured, and the men were asked
to begin work. One protested that he
was a tailor, and could not do manual
labor. Another excused himself on the
ground that he was a carpenter. A
third was a bricklayer, and so the ef
forts ran until finally one man was
found who confessed that he was a plaii
every day workingman. A. pick was
hastily handed him. He went to the
spot indicated and commenced digging.
He worked 10 minutes. The remainder
of the army watched him with grave
interest. At the end of that time he
threw down the implement and said
he’d “be if he’d work any more.”
He added that he hadn’t come to Wash
ington to work, and he made this decla
ration good by throwing up the job
then and there.
The incident was told by one of the
local physicians detailed to inspect the
Coxey camp, and is vouched for as be
ing true in every particular.
THIS GIRL BOSSED.
She Was Fourteen and Her Dover Twenty-
Four—Hunting Marriage License.
Prince Frederick, Md„ May 12.—A
Miss Mitchell, 14 years old, and still
wearing short dresses, appeared, in com
pany with a man about 24 years old,
before the clerk of the circuit court of
Calvert county, Mr. Thomas B. Turner,
and asked for a license to be married.
Mr. Tuxner questioned her, and finding
bv her own statement that she was not
of legal age. refused to issue the license.
The girl says she ran away with the
man from Northumberland county, Va.,
where she resides. They crossed over
in a sailboat to Maryland, thinking t) iy
could get license here. While she was
negotiating with the clerk es the court
the man stood in the background. When
she failed, the pair reembarked, ‘ie
young miss, who seemed to be captain,
saying they would sail up the Potomac
to the District of Columbia, where she
hoped to have better luck.
Don’t Want to Pay In Gold.
Madrid, May 12.—The minister of
the colonies refuses to obey the instruc
tion of the foreign minister to include
in the colonial budget $17,000 in gold as
an indemnity to an American Methodist
missionary unlawfully expelled from
the Caroline islands. The colonies min
ister says it would mean paying one
third over the sum agreed upon. In
consequence there is considerable fric
tion between the two ministries and a
cabinet council will be called upon to
render a decision in the matter.
Revealed the Comet*. Makeup.
Ansonia, Conn., May 12.—John E.
Lewis, who distinguished’ himself a
year ago by photographing a meteor,
has, with the assistance of Dr. Elkins,
of New Haven, photographed the Galo
comet. From Yale observatory they
focussed their camera on the visitor,
following its motion accurately for 109
minutes. The plate when developed
showed that the comet has a tail four
degrees in length.
Gold Found in Mexico.
City of Mexico, May 12.—A party,
including geologists and mining en
gineers, began a systematic search for
gold in the state of Guererro some
months ago. The party has returned
here, and a mine will soon be officially
assigned to them. Reports given out
confidentially among the bankers indi
cate an important gold discovery equal
ing the gold fields of South Africa.
An Anarchist Dead In His Cell.
Barcelona, May 12.—Martin Borres,
the anarchist who was waiting trial
here on the charge of complicity in the
attempt upon the life of Captain Gen
eral Martinez Campos, has been found
dead in his prison quarters. A medical
examination of the body showed it to be
badly bruised, and it is reported that
the prisoner died of violence. An in
vestigation is in progress.
Mrs. Ah Chong Missing.
San Francisco, May 12.—Mrs. Ah
Chong, wife of a local Chinese mer
chant, decamped for China, Tuesday,
on the steamer Oceanic, taking SIO,OOO
of her husband’s money. The robbery
was discovered by Ah Chong shortly
after the steamer had sailed. It is be
lieved that some Chinese Lothario ac
companied t’-e woman.
A Public investigation Probable.
Washington, May 12.—The story of
the wholesale frauds in the manufac
ture of armor plate appurtenances has
given the officials of the navy depart
ment another severe shock, and has al
ready done much to improve the chances
of a public investigation by a congress
ional committee.
One Hundred Nihilists Arrested.
London, May 12. The Exchange
Telegraph company has received ad
vices from St. Petersburg that the Rus
sian police have discovered a vast nihil
ist conspiracy, and that 100 persons con
nected with it have been arrested.
Hungary’s Civil Marriage Bill Dead.
Buda Pesth, May 12.—The house of
magnates has rejected the civil mar
riage bill b” a majority of 21. This ac
tion of the upper house has created
great excitement and engendered a
strong and widespread hostile feeling.
It is expected that the ministry will re
lign.
PRICE FIVE CENT
BLACK RECORD
Fear.’ul Are the Crimes Charged
Against Mrs. Smith/'
HUSBAND DIES OF POISON.
Counsel Deserts Her When He
Hears the Story of Crimes
Laid at Her Door.
Des Moines, May 12.—Michael Smith
was a railroad engineer, and there was
$3,000 insurance on his life. He died
two weeks ago from the effect of poison,
and Mrs. Ida Scoville told the grand
jury that of her own personal knowl
edge her sister gave Smith three ddfees
of arsenic.
The first was in a pie, the second in a
dish of oatmeal and the last in a capsule.
The fatal dose was given in the evening,
and the wife left the house, returning
about midnight almost drunk.
The sister says she tried to send Frank
Belaire, a young man with whom Mrs.
Smith was intimate and with whom she
said she would start a saloon when her
husband was out of the way, for a doc
tor. But the wife went after Belaire
and brought him back, though her hus
band was screaming with agony. He
died five hours later.
Smith was shot in the head a year ago
while in bed and when no one but his
wife was near. He almost miraculous
ly escaped death, but refused to prose
cute his wife and kept on living with
her.
Pete Martin, a 16-year-old nephew of
Mrs. Smith, was before the grand jury
and told more about the crimes of Mrs.
Smith./'Her life, he said, is dotted with
the sudden and mysterious deaths of
persons who have come in her way.
Feurteen years ago a woman named
Adams, wife of Martin Adams, who
kept a hotel at Grand Junction, was
found dead at the Monitor House, in
this city. She was said to have had
much money on her person. Mrs.
Michael Smith was her roommate that
night. Her death was attributed to
herat disease, but it is now thought that
she was smothered for her money.
Three or four months later Mrs.
Smith is reported to have been keeping
a boardinghouse at Centerville. One
day a woman named Maud Williams
arrived from St Louis. She was ex
pensively attired, and seemed to have
plenty of money. Three days later her
dead body was found in an alley in t'.e
rear of the Smith place, and the cause
of her death and the Identity of her
murderer remains a sealed mystery to
this day.
The grand jury is still investigating
Mrs. Smith’s history, but her lawyer
has refused to go any further with het
case.
HUMAN SWEATBOX.
Women Crowded Into a New York Worfc.
room Cost employers a Fine.
New York, May 12.—White, How
ard & Co. make dresses for the women
of the 400, and others who are wealthy
enough to do business with them. Fac
tory Inspector Ella Nagle visited theii
workrooms twice last week. She found
27 women working in a room 19x11,
with a 9-foot ceiling. Girls under 16
were also employed there. She entered
complaints against Mrs. Margaret.
A. Howard, one of the members of the
firm, for violations of the factory law.
In special sessions she was fined S2O on
each complaint.
Strikes Help the Iron Interest.
Cleveland, 0., May 12.—The Iron
Trade Review says: The effect of the
coal and coke strikes upon the iron trade
in restricting production, and, in some
departments, In advancing prices is
more marked. A transaction in Besse
mer pig at sl2, Pittsburg and billets at
$17.75, give some idea of the jump that
has been made in a week. The ar
rangement by which a large number of
coal operators will meet the miners in
conference in this city on Tuesday next
is expected to result in a basis of settle
ment which will give a resumption on
coal mining at a majority of the idle
plants. But there are contingencies and
signs appear here and there that enough
operators will stay out of the confer
ence to make advanced wages by no
means general.
Dr. Smith Pitted Against Dr. Burtsell.
Denver, May 12.—Dr. Smith, of Pat
erson, N. J., has consented to champion
the cause of Bishop Matz, and Dr. R. L.
Burtsell, of Rondout, N, Y., will do the
same for Father Malone, in the contest
between the two in the ecclesiastical'
courts. Dr. Smith is well versed in ec
clesiastical law and Dr. Burtsell is the
one who so ably defended Father Mc-
Glynn. The committee of 25
has raised about SSOO for Father Ma
lone’s defense.
Matron Webber Resigns.
Lancaster, Pa., May 12.—The local
committee of the State Board of chari
ties, which has been investigating
abuses at the county almshouse and
charges of ill treatment against Matron
Webber has concluded their inquiry.
While the charges of cruelty were not
fully sustained, the evidence indicated
the incompetency of Mrs. Webber, who,
to avoid scandal, submitted her resig
nation, which was accepted.
Arthur May Step Out,
St. Paul, May 12.—There is a rumor
afloat among members of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers that, al
though the term of Grand Chief Arthur
does not expire until 1896, he will ten
der his resignation before the end of
this meeting. Nothing official tn that
effect can be gleaned, but con Venation
with several of the Brotherhood men
ellcted the statement that there was
such a possibility.