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VOL. VII, NO. 2,153.
THIS IS GOOD NEWS.
A Bill Introduced to Change the Insol
vent Traders' Act,
BT WILL LUMPKIN, OF OUR DISTRICT
The Tribune Has Urged That
This Step Be Taken.
ATKINSON AND THE OFFICE SEEKERS.
I
He Will Make No Appointments Until Next
Week— Legislators Going
to the Fair.
Atlanta, October 30.—The Tribune is
about to win its fight for the repeal of
the insolvent traders act.
Its firm stand against the law as it
stands has received attention, and to
The Tribune beljngs the credit of push
ingthe matter to the front.
This morning Senator Will H. Lump
kin, the sturdy young member from the
42nd district, introduced a bill changing
the law in such away as to put it in
good shape. He wants it changed to
so that a receiver cannot be appointed
unless the creditors so desiring represent
one-third of the amount of unsecured
debts.
This would remedy the law so that
unscrupulous shysters could not take
advantage of it.
The bill will undoubtedly pass.
Atkinson’s Appointments.
Governor Atkinson will not make
known any of his appointments until
the latter part of next week.
He will receive candidates and their
friends until Thursday of this week,
and then he will not hear from them
any more until Wednesday of next
week.
From Friday of this week until Wed
nesday of next week the governor will
devote his time to the written endorse
ments that have been turned in to him
by the different candidates.
He will devote a day or two of the
latter part of next week to receiving
visitors again and then will make up his
list of appointments.
To See the Fair.
Just before the house closed today
there was considerable filibustering over
an invitation from Hon. John T.
Boifeuilett, of Bibb, for the members to
attend the Dixie fair at Macon in a body
on Saturday.
Some wanted to go on Friday, some
on Saturday, some did not want to go
at all and some wanted to stop the mem
bers’ pay while they were way.
This last amendment was voted down
almost unanimously.
The house then accepted the invita
tion to attend the exposition at Macon
on Saturday.
The house then adjourned until to
morrow morning at 10 o’clock.
HAVEBEGUN WORK.
A Large Force of Hands Laying New Rails
on the Rome Railroad.
The N., C. & St. L. railway have
already begun improvements on the
old Rome railroad.
There a: e ovar a hundred men at
work on the road bed between here and
Kingston.
There is a force of thirty men at work
in the yards here putting down new
crossties and laying new rails. There is
another force near North Rome and one
near Kingston.
It will not take long to put the road
bed in first-class shape and then a new
schedule will be put on. Several more
trains will be run.
The Rome Express is already becom
ing a popular train and is quite a
favorite with the Rome people.
IN MYRTLE HILL.
Mr. Sam Sparks Will be Buried This Morn
ing at 9:30.
Mr. Sam Sparks, who died in Atlanta
Monday, was brought here yesterday
afternoon and will be buried in Mvrtle
Hill cemetery this morning.
The funeral serviceswill I e held at
the residence of Mrs. A. L. Sparks on
Fourth avenue at 9:30 and the friends of
the deceased are invited to attend.
The following gentlemen will act as
pall bearers: Messrs. S. S. King, M. R.
Emmons, J. Park Bowie, B. H. Elliott,
M. G. McDonald, C. Terhune, J. F.
Hillyer and James A. Smith.
SENTENCE POSTPONED.
Mr. A. W. Ballew Has Until Nov. 15 to Get
lip New Evidence.
Mr. A. W. Ballew returned from At
lanta yesterday afternoon. He was
given a hearing before Judge Newman
yesterday morning.
His sentence was postponed until No
vember 15, in order to give him time to
get up evidence for a new trial.
Mr. Ballew expressed himself as being
confident of getting a njw trial and
ultimately being released. He said that
if he did not get a now trial he would
carry the case to the United States
supreme court and fight it to the end.
BUR lED YESTERDAY.
The Little Daughter of Mr. J. W. Hancock
Laid to Rent.
Little Ruth, the three-yoar old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hancock,was
buried in Myrtle Hill cemetery yesterday
afternoon.
The funeral services were conducted
by Rev. Dr. Headden at the First Bap
tist church, where a large party of the
parents’ friends were gathered.
THE ROME TRIBUNE.
DEPARTMENT NEWS.
The War Department’s Head Lawyer Call
ed to Taw—Other Notes.
Washington, Oct. 30.—A western
lawyer has made a violent attack on the
head law officer of the war department,
Colonel G. N. Lieber. The lawyer is
the attorney of Captain W. S. Johnson,
a retired army officer, who had previ
ously been the subject of a court mar
tial. His latest trial was at Fort Leaven
worth, Kan., on a charge of conduct
unbecoming an officer and a gentleman,
and on specifications which alleged fail
ure to pay a private debt incurred in
1883.
The lawyer, it appears, had raised the
question of the statute of limitations,
claiming that the debt had become out
lawed, and that there was no case
against Johnson. The question was
submitted to Colonel Lieber by Secre
tary Lamont, and the department law
officer replied that Captain Johnson
was liable to prosecution, and the trial
proceeded The court, it is said, sen
tenced Johnson to dismissal, and this
sentence was approved by Colonel Lie
ber, and is now before the president.
Johnson’s lawyer has submitted his ar
gument to the president, and has backed
it up by such outside influence as he
can command, including the personal
interposition of Congressman John C.
Tarsney, of Missouri,
Johnson’s attorney asks that Colonel
Lieber be not permitted to review the
case, and that the argument be present
ed to the attorney general of the United
States. He charges Colonel Lieber with
being disqualified from judging of the
merits of the points brought up. He
also asserts that Colonel Lieber has pre
judged the matter, and that the ques
tions presented * ‘are too deep for any
one unlearned in law.”
Some how or other the attorney got
possession of the official papers, and dis
covered that Colonel Lieber had
handled the case originally, and that
his attitude was unfriendly towards
Johnson.
The Cost of Bread.
Washington, Oct. 30.—The agricul
tural department has given out a bulle
tin on “the cost of bread” taken from
the forthcoming report of Prof. W. O.
Atwater on the nutritive value of foods.
It says:
“In practice 100 pounds of flour will
make from 133 to 137 pounds of bread,
an average being about 130 pounds.
Flour such as is used by bakers is now
purchased in rhe eastern states at not
over $4 per barrel. This would make
the cost ot flour in a pound of bread
about one and one-half cents. Allow
ing ‘one half cent for the shortening
and salt, winch is certainly very liberal,
the materials for a pound of bread
would nor. cost more than two cents.
“The average weight of a number of
shipments of iO-cent loaves purchased
in Middletown, Conn., was one and
one-fourth pounds. This makes the
prices to the consumer 8 cents per
pound. Tire price of bread and the size
of the loaf are practically the same now.
as when flour cost twice as much.”
The Detroit on the Way.
Washington, Oct. 30.—The cruiser
Detroit, which is to be added to the
fleet of vessels on the Asiatic station,
has left New London, Conn., on her
long journey, Secretary Herbert having
received word of her departure. She
will make the trip via the Suez canal.
The vessel stopped at New London to
obtain a supply of torpedoes before pro
ceeding to her station.
Connected by Electricity and Steel.
Auburn, Ala., Oct. 30.—The Opelika
and Auburn electric railway is rapidly
nearing completien and will be running
trains into Auburn within three weeks,
a distance of seven miles.
Burglar, in South Carolina.
Charleston, Oct. 30.—Burglars en
tered the store of S. Frank Pate, in
Sumter, and robbed the safe of $1,500
in cash. No clue. It. is thought to be
the same gang that operated in Marion,
Bennettsville and Florence.
BRIEFS OVER THE WIRE.
Rev. Sam P. Jones is preaching to
thousand', daily, at Texarkana, Ark.
The indictment against Cain, the dis
pensary constable, charged with murder
in the Darlington, (S. C.) riots has been
nolle pressed.
Evangelist Moody is having tremen
dous crowds at his meetings now being
hold in the Winnie Davis wigwam at
Birmingham, Ala.
In Chattanooga, Jim Curry, charged
with the murder of Riley Hutchinson,
confined in the county jail awaiting
trial, died there Monday morning at 3
o’clock. Mental agony had wrecked his
physical frame.
dr. feltonspeaks
And He is Assisted by Populist Senator
McGregor.
Senator C. E. McGergor, a populist
member of the state senate from the
Nineteenth district, and Dr. W. H.
Felton, populist nominee for congress,
spoke at the opera Jiouso last night to
an audience of about 200.
Mr. McGregor impressed his hearers
as being a straightforward and nonest
man, but his speech did little or no
good for the party be represents.
Dr. Felton delivered his speech while
string down. He arraigned the demo
cratic and republican parties, and said
the populist party was the party of the
people. He says he holds the same views
now that ho did twenty years ago with
ono exception—that being tho govern
merit ownership of railroads, which ho
now bolives in.
Both orat rs made a strong bi I for
tho negro vote,and both were applauded
by populists present.
Dr. Felton spoke yesterday at Floyd
Springs.
ROME, GA., WEDNESS DAY, OCTOBER 31, 1894.
SINCLAIR’S MILLIONS.
A Remarkable Story of the Life of
His Wife.
THERE ARE NUMBERS OF CLAIMANTS.
Eight Heirs in St. Augustine
Will Claim a Share.
MRS, SINCLAIR DIED IN ATLANTA.
Her Handsome Gift to a Catholic Church
in That City—Three Bells
Ring Daily.
Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 30.—The
Mrs. Rosalie Sinclair who, it was said,
would appear in the New York supreme
court to claim a widows right’s in the
$2,000,000 estate left by the late William
Sinclair, died three years ago, but her
eight heirs in St. Augustine will claim
her share.
Mrs. Sinclair lived here up to five
years ago, when she moved to Atlanta,
dying in a hospital there in 1891. She
was Miss Rosalie Perpall of St. Augus
tine before her marriage, and came of
one of the oldest and best families in
Florida. She met and married William
Sinclair in St. Augustine 18 years ago,
but on account of his sneers at her relig
religion (she was a devont Catholic) and
of his ill treatment of her they separated
in New York about 1880 and she came
here to live. She bought a house and
lived in seclusion, her only companion
being a servant. Her husband gave her
an allowance and she was popularly sup
posed to be rich.
About 1888 Mrs. Sinclair went to At
lanta to live. When she was taken sick
there in 1891, she was taken to a hospi
tal at her own request, and there she
died after many weeks of illness.
Some days before her death she made
a will dividing $300,000 among various
Catholic institutions, but only about
$1,500 in cash and real estate could be
found. She was of unsound mind for a
long time before her death, according
to the testimony of the attending physi
cian, who was a witness to her will.
Her nephew, F. E. Perpall, of St. Au
gustine, was made executor, and he
now represents the seven other heirs,
who will contest for Sinclair’s money.
Their attorney is Cromwell Gibbons, of
this city.
There is said to no record of any di
vorce either in Maryland, New York or
Florida.
William Sinclair died intestate last
July in Baltimore, to which city he
moved from Brooklyn 15 years ago.
The other woman who claims a wid
ow’s rights is Mrs. Phoebe Sinclair,
who resides in Baltimore. Sinclair
was formerly in business in Front street,
in Brooklyn, with a residence on the
heights. He owned the Sinclair House,
corner of Hicks and Pierrepoat streets,
and stock in the Brooklyn Gaslight com
pany. The pending suit is one brought
by his Brooklyn heirs tor a partition of
the estate.
Mrs. Sinclair in Atlanta.
Atlanta, Oct. 30. —Rosalie Perpall
Sinclair, who was one of the wives of
the wealty Marylander, passed six or
eight years of her life in Atlanta, every
day receiving the tender nursing of the
sisters at St. Joseph’s infirmary, where
she died, after every effort had been
made to prolong her life.
And now her remains occupy a grave
iu Westview cemetery, where they were
laid by the hands of the sisters, assisted
by the pallbearers and the minister then
iu charge of the church.
But while the grave in which the
body rests bears nothing but a simple
slab of marble to mark it, the life of the
woman whose form fills it is recalled
thrice a day by a.l who an within the
sound of the bells which 101 l the hour
from the steeple of that church and
know the historr of the bells which call
people to work, st; ’ them to dinner and
inform them that the day’s toil is over.
It was Mrs. Sinclair who provided
those bells for the church, and the mon
ey with which the bells were purchased
was realized from tho sale of two mag
nificent diamond rings, the gift of the
recently deceased millionaire.
rrotn Poverty to Plenty.
Randolph, N. Y., Oct. 30.—Jesse
Champlin, a widower, aged 84 years,
has come into possession of a $200,000
legacy from a sister who died in Chi
cago, and $50,000 by the will of a
nephew in the same cit y. From a life
of indigence he now becomes one of the
wealthiest men in Cattaraugus county.
Grand Bodge Ma»om Meet.
Macon, Oct. 30.—The grand lodge of
Free and Accepted Masons is in regular
annua) session here. Large delegations
from all over the state, representatives
of the blue lodges, are there.
GonldS Mattel* Company.
Trenton, Oct. 30.—The Continental
Match company has filed articles of in
corporation with the secretary of state.
This is the corporation of which Edwin
Gould is the head.
i'.xtttiiniiig its Gines.
Anniston, Ala., Oct. 30.—The Chat
tanooga Southern railroad is building a
spur from Blue Pond, one of its sta
tions, to Round Mountain furnace on
the Coosa river, a distance of five miles.
The lino will probably bo extended on
to Anniston m the near future.
Democracy on Tup iu Indiana.
La Porte, Oct. 30.—Lieutenant Gov
eruor Nye, after a speaking tour of the
state, unhesitatingly declares that Indi
ana will go Democratic. He says his
meetings have been larger and more en
thusiastic for tariff reform than in ißiw
COTTON TRUST PLAN.
A Combination That Can Dictate the
Price of Cotton.
SPECULATORS SEE DANGER AHEAU.
The Brokers Say it Would Ruin
Their Business.
A NEW YORKiBROKER’S PROPOSITION.
A Gigantic Trust of All the Cotton Rais
ers of the South Advocated by
Mr. John T. Roddey.
New York, Oct. 30.—Members of the
cotton exchange here and in other cities
are somewhat excited over the proposi
tion to form a gigantic trust of all the
cotton raisers of the south, which is be
ing advocated by Ji hn T. Roddey, a
prominent broker of tins city. The ex
changes are opposed to the scheme. If
such a trust is formed the brokers say
that their business will be ruined, so far
as exercising any control of the market
is concerned. The trust would be able
to practically dictate the price of cotton
in the open market.
Mr. Roddey’s plan is for every cotton
farmer, no matter how small, to become
a shareholder. When the crop is gath
ered each member shall turn into the
trust one bale out of every five or six
bales raised by him, or if cue crop is a
small one, then one bale out of every
seven or eight shall go to the trust The
amount of cotton thus placed iu the
hands of the tru t shall be held by the
latter as a sort of balance wheel to the
market.
The farmer will market his crop, less
the amount turned over to the trust, as
best suits him. The trust supply will
be held until the market price shall be
high enough to warrant its sale and the
return of a good profit. Mr. Roddey
feels sure that the adoption of his plan
and the formation of a trust, as pro
posed, will at once put the price of cot
ton up to about 8 cents from the pres
ent price, which is about 5 cents. This
would be an immediate and material
benefit to the farmer, who would also
benefit by the dividends which it is ex
pected will accrue to him on his trust
shares.
Mr. Roddey suggests a meeting in
New York at an early date of repre
sentatives of all farmers’ organizations
in the south, to consider the matter. He
has received a number of letters from
prominent cotton planters and leading
citizens of South Carolina, who heartily
endorse the plan.
When seen at his office, 80 Broadway,
Mr. Roddey sail, he expected active
steps towards organization would be
taken this week.
ARMOUR NOT WORRIED.
The Germans Do N«»t Buy Enough Beef to
Amount to Much.
Chicago, Get. 30.—The news that
Germany would put an embargo on
Am;-ric.tn beef, does not alarm the big
packers.
“i oon’t see how it can affect the cat
tle tiiteiy sts in this country in the re
ni'test degree,” said P. D. Armour.
“'x li!> exportation of live cattle to Ger
many amouii ted to only 4,000 head in
and it lias h::r<iiy reached that
figure :•.<» far this year.”
The c:iief of the foreign department
in P. D. Armour & Co.’s office said the
German people were receiving their
largest supply of live cattle from Aus
tralia. France had within the last
year taken a great many American cat
tle. and Austria and Hungary were
greatly in r.o.’d of cattle, and were im
portuning American shippers, but so
far as Chicago dealers were concerned
they did not earc to incur the risk of
loss iii transit. Besides, they had their
hands full supplying the markets here.
THE MARSHAL KILLED.
Two York (Ala.) Citizens Engage in a
Deadly Combat.
Birmingham, Oct. 30.—At York a
shooting scrape took place which re
sulted in the wounding of the prin
cipals and the death of Marshall J. W.
Thompson. It seems that S. A. Cam
eron and E. F. Allison had a disagree
ment about a settlement last Saturday,
and had it not been for friends would
have come to blows then. They were
separated after calling each other harsh
names.
Allison called on Cameron for an
apology, but Cameron had his pistol
and did not apologize. A difficulty en
sued, and several parties, the marshal
included, grabbed Cameron to take the
pistol from him, and in the scuffle Alli
son was shot through the side and Mar
shall Thompson through the heart by
the sanvi ball Cameron was consider
ably bruised about the head, but noth
ing serious.
Will Crave the Cotton Untouched.
Little Rock, Oct. 80.—The low price
of cotton is having a very discouraging
effect upon planters throughout this
section. A number of leading planters
who wore in Little Rock elated that
they would be compelled to
their crops, as the price Would not jus
tify them in having it picked. Reuters
throughout tho bottom lanue are threat
ening to do likewise. They can not get
sufficient funds to pay for picking. Sev
eral have already abandoned their farms
and left tho neighborhood.
jiAvgea murderer Arrested.
Tampa, FU., Oct. 30.—Robert At well,
charged with being an accessory in tho
murder of W. E. Whitehurst at Harpon
Springs, hist July, lias been arrested.
REPUBLICAN THUNDER.
Harrison, Depew, Fassett and Saxton Are
<>n the Hail.
New York, Oct. 30.—Encouraged by
the trip of Governor McKinley, the Re
publican managers have besought ex-
President Harrison to do the rear plat
form trick on his way back to Indiana.
They have agreed to provide him gratis
with a special train just as luxurious as
that on which his rival for the presi
dential nomination travelled, if he will
only allow himself to be stopped at
every water tank and cross roads to tell
the rustics why they ought to vote for
Morton.
The ex-president has protested against
making more than the speech at Car
negie hall, but it has been announced
that he has consented to give a few
talks on his way up the state from the
car platform, the first to be at Albany
next Friday afternoon.
While General Harrison is speeding
north and west, Chauncey M. Depew
will be scooting along the Erie line tell
ing southern Republicans of things
done and said on the bowery. He is
down for 50 speeches, which he will be
gin to fire off next Thursday morning.
After going as far as Buffalo, speaking
at intermediate stations, Mr. Depew
will close the tour at Binghampton Sat
urday night.
While Depew is working west Warner
Miller, ex-Senator Fassett, Senator Sax
ton and a hundred or more other spell
binders will storm other districts up the
state and end the canvass, as a state
committee official put it, “in a blaze of
glory and a cloud of dust.”
Weaver Goes Up.
Atlanta, Oct. 30.—1 n the United
States court David Weaver was con
victed of conspiracy and Whitecap
ping, and was sentenced by Judge
Newman to serve 15 months at hard la
bor in the Ohio penitentiary and to pay
a fine of SSOO and costs of the trial. His
offence was complicity in the whipping
of I. H. Montgomery, near Dalton, Ga.,
last April. Eight others are to be tried
for the same offence.
Will Contest Populists' Seats.
Ocala, Fla., Oct. 30.—1 t is said that
the Democrats of Taylor will contest
tho election of all Populists elected in
that county, on the ground of irregular
ities. The majorities were very small,
and a seat in the legislature is involved
in the contest. It is also thought that
the election of the Populist legislator in
Osceola county will Le contested.
ACROSS THE, CONTINENT.
Calvin S. Brice’s Scheme to Control a
Line of Newspapers.
Youngstown, 0., Oct. 30.—1 t is said
here that a syndicate of capitalists, in
cluding Senator Brice and a number of
well known business men in New York
and Bos on, are buying up a line of
newspapers to reach from the Atlantic
to the Pacific. If a paper cannot be
bought in what they consider a desira
ble town, they will start one. By co
operation in the telegraph service and
by arranging for supplies in large quan
tities, they hope to keep expenses at a
minimum. It is said there is no politics
in the scheme.
Arrangements have been made, it is
said, for the purchase of the Boston
Traveller, the Youngstown Telegram,
the Kansas City World and the Colum
bus Press-Post; options have been ob
tained on newspapers in St. Paul,
Minn., and St. Joseph, Mo., and propo
sitions have been made for newspapers
in other leading cities. James J. Mc-
Nally, of The Telegram here, is inter
ested.
DOUBLE THE~SIZE.
An Atlanta Cotton Factory Will Be En
larged and Improved boon.
Atlanta, Oct. 30. —The Exposition
Cotton factory is to be increased to
twice its present size and capacity.
Where there are now 16,000 spindles,
there will be 32,000; where there are
now 400 people, or thereabouts, employ
ed, 800 or thereabouts will be put to
work. On the site of the present ramb
ling lactory, a magnificent building for
cotton manufacturing purposes is to go
up. At least that is the intention of
the executive hom’d of the mills. This
involves a large expenditure of capital,
and will murk the beginning of a new
era in cotton manufacturing in the
south.
Wife Denounces Husband as a Murderer.
Kansas City, Oct. 30.—William La
cey, of lola, Kan., was testifying against
his wife in her suit for divorce on the
ground that he had repeatedly threat
ened to kill her, when Mrs. Lacey
sprang to her feet and screamed that he
was the murderer of William Cum
mings, the cause of whose death at lola
last August was a mystery. Telegraph
correspondence with lola authorities
seems to prove that Mrs. Lacey’s
charge against her husband is true.
Robbed an lowa Bauk.
Malvern, Oct. 30.—The building of
the Farmers’ National bank was wreck
ed and looted by robbers. The vault
and the safes inside of the vault was
blown to pieces with nito-glycerine. It
is estimated that the robbers got be
tween SIO,OOO and $20,000.
Three Killed in a Wreck.
Bristol, Pa., Oct. 30.—A fast freight
train on the Pennsylvania railroad
crashed into the rear end of a work
train at Corydon station, killing three
men and injuring many more.
McKinley In I’rnnsylVania.
Erie, Oct. 80.—Governor McKinley
has cancelled an engagement in order
to speak here Nov. 2 in aid of his friend
ox-Congressrnan Griswold, now run
ning for congress against Congressman
J. C. Sibley, who has the Democratic
and Populist vote back of him.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
THE CZAR IS WORSE.
His Majesty Is In a Very Dangerous
Condition.
COUGHING AND SPITTING BLOOD.
His Cousin, the Queen of
Greece, is Here.
DOCTORS HAVE BECOME HOPELESS.
The Czar Surrounded by His Immediate
Relatives Who Await the Summons
of Their Exalted Kinsman.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 30.—The follow
ing official bulletin was issued at 10
o’clock:
The general condition of the czar has
become considerably worse. Last night
the spitting of blood which began yester
day with severe coughing increased, and
symptoms of the congestion of the left
lobe of the lungs have manifested them
selves. His majesty’s condition is one es
danger.
The bulletin is signed as usual by the
physicians who are in attendance upon
the czar.
Around His Bedside.
Yalta, Oct. 30.—The czar received
holy communion Monday. It was ad-,
ministered by Father Ivan, holy John
of Constadt. The condition of the czar
Is much worse, and all his immediate
relatives are here, including the queen
of Greece, the eldest daughter of the
Grand D»ke Constantine of Russia,
brother of the late Emperor Alexan
der 11.
The children of the Queen of Greece
have also arrived here. The court
minister, Count Verontsoff Nachkoff,
the procurator of the holy synod; Father
Pobiedonostzff and Prince Dolgoskouff,
the grandmaster of the ceremonies, are
also m attendance upon his majesty.
News Received at Washington.
Washington, Oct 30.—The Russian
minister, Prince Cantacuzene, at 1 p. m.
received the following dispatch:
St. Petersburg, Oct. 30.—The condi
tion of the emperor is considerably worse
since yesterday. The expectoration of
blood is increased by strong cough; in the
night symptoms of partial inflammation
of the left lung. Condition dangerous.
Signed, Giero.
CAUGHT IN MEXICO.
An Alabama Doctor Who Is Charged wltli
a Serious Offense.
Anniston, Oct. 30.—Dr. S. J. MuCur
ry, of this city, wanted for manslaugh
ter, has been located and arrested at
Monterey, Mexico, and a telegram re
ceived by Chief of Police Prather to that
effect. The crime with which McCurry
is charged is that of performing an ab
ortion on and causing the death of Miss
Mattie Tucker, a good looking young
woman, the daughter of respectable pa
rents, at Riverside, 15 miles west of
this place, who was betrayed by her
brother-in-law, Joe Beard, and induced
by him to come to Anniston about six
weeks ago and have the operation per
formed.
The unfortunate girl came here, stop
ped with Gussie Wilson, a well known
woman of the town, and it was at her
house that the death, mysterious for a
time, occurred. It was discovered that
a criminal operation had been perform
ed. The evidence was conclusive against
McCurry, and he skipped. Steps are
being taken for his immediate extradi
tion. Beard is already iu jail here.
HORRIBLE HOLOCAUST.
Seven Persons Burned to Death in a New
York Death Trap.
New York, Oct. 30.—Seven persons
were burned to death at 3:30 o’clock a.
m. in a lire in the 5-story tenement at
216 West Thirty-Second street. Tho
names of tho dead are:
Annie Applegate, aged 32.
George Friedman, aged 4.
Levi Friedman, aged 3.
Mrs. Margaret Killian, aged 70.
Jacob Killian, aged 40.
George Lovey, aged 20.
Mrs. Lena Mitchell, aged 24.
Mrs. Lena Friedman, 28 years old,
leaped from a window horribly burned
about the face, neck, arms and body.
She will probably die.
Ex-Premier Mercier Dead.
Montreal, Oct. 30.—Hou. O. R.
Mercier, ex-premier of Quebec, died
here at about 8:45 o’clock. The end had
been expected at any time during tho
preceding 24 hours and hope of his re
covery given up weeks ago. He had
been suffering from a complication of
diseases for years past, diabetis predom
inating. The last rites of the church
were administered by Rev. Father Gar
ceau, S. J. Mr. Mercier was uncon
scious most of the time. Throughout
the night the vital spark flickred, grow
ing lower and lower until the end came.
More Japanese Troops Land.
London, Oct. 30.—The Westminster
Gazette has a dispatch from Yokohama
which says that the second Japanese
army has landed at Talicn Wan bay
and is now marching upon Port Arthur.
The total number ot Chinese troops at
Port Arthur and Kin-Chow is 13,000, of
which 4,000 are raw recruits.
The New Washington Postmaster.
Washington, Oct. 30.—James P. Wil
lett has been appointed postmaster of
Washington by President Cleveland.
He is a member of the firm of well
known hatters and a life long resident
of Washington. He has been one if
tho leaders of the district Democracy.