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ESTABLISHED 1887.
THE MASONS
Enjoy a Regular Roman
Holiday. ■
A GRAND GATHERING
In Fraternal Conclave at the Temple
Last Hight.
GRACEFUL GREETING FROM ROME
The Biggest Event of the Sea
son in Masonic Circles
THAT HAS OCCURRED IN GEORGIA.
Addresses of Welcome and Responses of
Appreciation, with One’of the Finest
Feasts Ever Spread in Rome.
Rome was in the hands of the an.
-cient order of Free and Accepted
Masons yesterday.
Representatives of that- grand old
brotherhood were here from all sec
tions of Georgia, Alabama and Ten
nessee, and Rome tendered them a
right royal welcome.
At 8 o'clock p. m. the reception
•committee, which consisted of •
Dr. D. T. McCall, J. W. Maddox, W
M. Bridges, H. S. Lansdell, John
•C. Printup, F. A. Johnson, Thomp
son Hiles, W. A. Knowles, M. M.
Pepper, M. N. Mixon, C. R. Pitner, en
tered carriages and drove to the Arm
strong, as an escort to the visitors.
Arrived at the Temple the distin
guished visitors were introduced to
the Worshipful Master and brethren
of Cherokee Lodge in the following
•order, after the opening of the lodge
and the singing of the ode:
F A Johnson, with John P Shan
non, Grand Master of Georgia.
Dr D T McCall, with A M Wolihin,
■Grand Secretary of Georgia.
Thompson Hiles with John H Jones,
chairman district deputies.
Dr M N Mixon, with L D Carpenter,
district deputy.
C R Pittner, with S E Grow, dis
trict deputy.
John C Printup, with H C Burr,
-Grand Master Council Masons.
W M Bridges, with Henry Banks,
Grand Marshal of Georgia.
W A Knowles, with Julius L Brown,
of Atlanta.
John W Maddox, with Porter King,
of Atlanta.
M M Pepper, with Samuel P Hope,
Grand Chaplain of Georgia.
Hy.S Lansdell, with Orlando Mc-
Lendon, of Newnan.
Next followed the address of wel
come by Worshipful Master Meyer
hardt, who said, among other things:
“In behalf of Jtoman Masons and of
■all the brethren here assembled, I ex
tend to you a heartfelt greeting and a
cordial welcome. Before me are rep
resented three great states—Georgia,
Alabama and Tennessee, the fairest
i gems, the brightest jewels in the
splendid coronet of American state
hood. You, my brethren, have
grandly illustrated these great com
monwealths in war and in peace, and
shed new lustre on their bright es
; cutcheons. But tonight, we look not
to your worldly rank or station. We
welcome you as Masons, as loyal and
zealous followers of the great institu
tion which encircles the world in its
beneficent embrace.
“Need I say more? Do you not see
4 welcome’ written upon the emblems
which adorn our walls? Do you not
feel it in the heart beats of the de
voted Masons that surround you?
From our inmost souls we welcome
you to our city, to our hearts, and to
this magnificent temple erected to
Ood and dedicated to every moral
and social virtue.”
Grand Master John P. Shannon, re
sponded to the toast in his usual
charming style. He spoke of the
pleasure it gave him to meet and 1
with the people of Rome, the
hospitality of whom was of world
wide repute.
He spoke in the highest terms of
Rome, her historic past, her prosper-
THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
ous present and her promiseful fu
ture. His address was, as all his ef
forts are, full of the beauty of rheto
rical earnestness and expressions of
fraternity and good fellowship.
\ Mayor Porter King, of Atlanta, be
ing called upon, followed in a speech
referring to the benefits derived from
such occasions, and his address was
one of the pleasantest episodes of the
evening.
Work in the third degree was very
interesting, participated in by Max
Meyerhardt, W. M.; J. C. Brown, S.
W-; D. E. Lowry, J. W.; S. Funk
houser, S. D. protem; W. L. Collier, J.
D. J. B. Porter and R. V. Mitchell,
Stewards; Rev. C. S. Harris, Chaplain;
Brothers L. J. Wagner, D. T. McCall,
H. S. Lansdell, A. W. Hart, W. M.
Neal, J. W. Hancock, B. F. Clark, R.
H. West, W. J. West, John C. Printup,
E. T. Gilliam, J. P. McConnell, R. A.
Neely, J. H. Lanham, J. D. Turner,
C. L. King, J. V. Kyle, J. T. Tracy,
J. N. Cheney, Isaac May, *C. H. Tol
bert, Pope Wooten, S. L. Wright, J.
M. Andrews, T. P. Arnold, W. A.
Smith, C. Hamilton, R. L. Morris, W
C. Moore, B. E. Kerce,
Prof. B. F. Clark furnished sweet
music for the occasion.
The, committee on decorations, J.
M. Andrews, C. Hamilton and S. L.
Wright, assisted by a number of
ladies, decorated the hall in a beauti
ful and tasteful manner.
Palms and wreaths of evergreens
and plumy ornamental grasses, witn
royal magnolia blossoms, were placed
at intervals around the emblematic
pictures in the hall, and the big “G”
was illuminated with electric bulbs
through silver tissue paper that shed
a solemn and softened glow over the
gathering.
The banquet committee; consisting
of Capt John N Perkins, W L Col
lier, H S Lansdell and J W Hancock,
did t|ie work in great shape.
There were seats for 300 guests in
the banquet hall with tables below
for the acC'ommodation of such as
could not be seated in the main hall.
The long tables were draped with
snowy linen and decorated with cut
glass, silver and vases of fragrant
flowers of the regal magnolia mingled
with the fragrance of. rosies and
geraniums.
Back of the Worshipful Master’s
table was a beautiful pyramid of
frozen fruits surrounding a square
and compass in ice, and beneath a
huge bowl of ice cream.
Sixteen carcasses were nicely bar
becued and added to the munificent
avishness of the various viands,made
a feast fit for a king. The pictures of
the dead masters on the walls were
beautifully draped with evergreens
and under the lustrous incandescent
lamps the tables shown in splendor.
Never was a feast more carefully
prepared nor more elaborately ar
ranged by the skilled hands of taste
ful women than was laid for the
guests of Rome.
The following communications were
received from invited guests who
were unable to be present:
There were toasts and responses of
the most brilliant kind and it was not
until late hours that they dispersed
and one of the most enjoyable gath
ings ever assembled in North Georgia
was ended.
Atlanta, Ga., June 26, 1895.
My Dear Judge: The very dan
gerous and sudden sickness of a mem
ber of my family (my wife’s mother)
forbids my thinking of coming to
Rome, notwithstanding the disap
pointment which I feel. It would be
of great pleasure to me indeed to par
ticipate with my Masonic brethren on
the notable occasion of the 27th, and
I had arranged Ay matters so as to
reach Rome in ample time. I send
the brethren through you my great
regrets and my warmest wishes for
the advancing prospects of Masonry
as well as for the individual welfare
of every Mason.
Clement A. Evans.
Athens, Ga., June 27, 1895. i
Hon, Max Meyerhardt: I regret ex
ceedingly that my presence here will
be necessary for the next two days
upon matters of an offlicial character.
This fact deprives me of the pleasure
of being with you tonight. It would
give me pleasure to be with you.
Hoke Smith.
Atlanta, June 26, 1895.
Judge Max Meyerhardt.
Dear Judge: I have expected until
now to have the pleasure of being
with you tomorrow, but find that it
will be impossible for me to do so. I
am compelled to go to my home at
Greenville tomorrow night to look
after an important business matter
Friday. I regret exceedingly that I
cannot be with you, as I know that it
will be a most enjoyable occasion.
With best wishes, I am,
Yours fraternally,
J. M. Terrell.
BOMB. GrA.. FRIDAY. JUNE 28. 1895.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT
The Bursting of A Water-pipe At Round
Mountain.
AND THE FURNACE IS SHUT DOWN.
Getting Ready for the Big
Alcohol Plant.
AN OLD CITIZEN WAS FOUND DEAD
In Hig Bed Nearl'Cedar Bluff Yesterday
Without Any Apparent Cause For
His Sudden', Dissolution.
Cedar Bluff Ala., June 27th. —
There came very near being a serious
accident at the Round Mountain fur
nace last night. The pipe running
faom the engine to the furnace bursted
and two men had a narrow escape
with their lives. This will cause the
furnace to shut down for several days.
There are twenty-five men at work
clearing off the grounds and putting
them in good shape for the main build
ing of the alcoho plant. The car
penters will be there in a short time
and the building will go up rapidly.
Mr. A. R. Bomar, one of our oldest
inhabitants was found dead in bed
yesterday morning at his house seven
miles south of this place. Mr. Bomar
was eighty years old and seemed to
be in good health for a man of his age.
He ’went to bed as usual, Tuesday
night, and was found dead| early the
next morning by his son Dr. R. R.
Bomar.
His remains will be carried to Fair
brow Ga., today when the funeral will
occur this afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. James F. Burnett left
this morning for Rome where they
will spend several days with friends-
He’s all Right,
Early, Ga., June 2 Corrie
Curry and Annie Green of Gadsden,
Ala., are spending a few days with T.
R. Millican’s family,a good place too.
Tom has plenty of hog and hominy
and is not’ worrying about the silver
biil. '
Baseball Game.
Atlanta, June 27.—The Southern
League games today fresulted as fol
lows:
Atlanta 3, Montgomery 9.
Nashviile 9, Memphis 5.
Evansville 12, Little Rock 8.
The Big League.
Washington, June 27.—Baseball
games were played today with the
following results:
Pittsburg 9, St. Louis 4.
Cincinnati 4, Louisville 3.
Cleveland 4, Chicago 2.
CALCIUM CARBIDE.
A North Carolina Industry Which Is Meet
ing With Marked Success.
Baltimore, June 27.—The company
which is located at Spray, N. C., mak
ing calcium carbide, which furnishes a
new illuminating gas, ascetylene, ad
vises the Baltimore Manufacturers’ Re
corn that it is selling the carbide as fast
as it can be produced.
One ton of the composition produces
11,000 cubic feet of the new gas, which
is equal to 120,000 cubic feet of ordi
nary city gas. It also states that nego
tiations are under way to erect several
factories in different parts of the Uhited
States.
The name of the present company is
the Wilson Illuminating company.
A Church Factional Dispute.
Columbus, 0., June 27.—The supreme
court in the celebrated case growing
out of the schism in the United Breth
ren church and in the suit entitled
Halleck Floyd versus D. L. Rike decid
ed in favor of Rike, who represented
the liberal party, or the party not op
posed to secret societies. The specific
property involved was the United Breth
ren Publishing house at Dayton, valued
at |200,000. The decision, however,
has a wider scope and practically set
tles to which faction all of the church
property in the state belongs.
THE UNIONISTS’ PROGRAM.
They Will Hht« Irish Measures That Will
Circumvent the Parnellites.
New York, June 27.—A special to
The Herald from Paris says: '
Sir Charles Dilke being interviewed
on the English political situation, said:
"The Liberals have not the ghost of a
chance at the coming election. I don’t
think that anybody honestly believes
the contrary.”
“Don’t you think the Unionists will
appropriate part of the Radical pro
gram?”
“Why, of course they will. Among
other things they will adont a con
structive social scheme; but first of all
they will bring in an Irish land bill
and theif probably an Irish local gov
ernment bill Thus they will get around
the Parnellites. Not exactly that I
think of Ireland turning conservative,
but the whole Irish party, not merely
the Parnellites, will vote for any par
ticular measure which they deem fa
vorable, even if the Conservatives bring
it forward.”
A GEORGIAN KILLED.
R. W. Patterson Os Macon In A
Bloody Duel.
AN EDITORIAL CAUSED TROUBLE.
Patterson Was Sent to Okla
homa by the Government.
TO SETTLE SOME LAND CLAIMS.
A Paper Criticised Hi. Official Acts And
He Attacked the Editor and Lost
His Life.
bouth LN id, June 27. —R. W. Patter
son, register of the United States land
office at this place, and City Marshal
Williams lie dead at the city morgue,
while J. L. Isenberg, editor of The
Daily Wave, is badly wounded, the re
sult of a sensational street fight that
occurred here. Isenberg *will recover.
The cause of the tragedy was a criti
cism of Patterson written by Isenberg
in his paper. No sooner had Patterson
read it than he started on a search for
the, editor. The men met on the main
street at 7 o’clock. A prelude of angry
words was almost immediately follow
ed by blows. Several passes had been
made when Patterson flashed a revolver
and began shooting at his alleged slan
derer. Several shots were fired before
Isenberg could seek cover, one ball
taking effect at the outer edge of the
left eye and producing a painful wound.
In the midst of the fracas Marshall
Williams appeared upon the scene when
Patterson turned his gun upon him.
His first shot caught Williams in the
right breast, passing clear through the
lung. Before Williams dropped he
whipped out his revolver and managed
to fire at the wouldbe murderer. Un
steady as was his nerve William’s bul
let hit true, taking Patterson in the
forehead and killing him instantly.
Williams was carried by onlookers of
the tragedy to a doctor’s office near by,
but he was beyond hope and died with
in an hour. Editor Isenberg in the
meantime had himself found treat
ment, and at a late hour was resting
easy.
Patterson’s body was removed to the
morgue where it rests near that of Wil
liams, his murderer and victim.
Pa< ! terson_leaves a wife and three lit
tle girls, williams leaves a wife and
one child. Aii concerned are promi
nent and hitherto had borne good char
acters.
The city is in a state of intense ex
citement over the tragedy.
Hon. R. W. Patterson was a resident
of Macon, Ga., before securing his ap
pointmnet, and since coming io the terri
tory was one of the most popular Dem
ocratic appointees within its borders.
Williams recently shot and killed
two men here, and has a reputation not
of the best.
Isenberg is an old newspaper man,
having published papers in Colorado
and Kansas.
The fact was developed late at night
that before Patterson began shooting at
Isenberg the latter had dr iwn a knife
and made a lunge at Pattersoh.
YALE WINS OUT.
The Harvard Crew Went Down Before
the New Haven College Men.
New London, Conn., June 27.—Har
vard’s freshmen 8-oared crew, confident
of victory, were defeated by Yale, while
Columbia was third in the annual tri
angular race over two miles of Thames
water. ■
Coach Watson of Harvard is said rfl
cently to have stated that if his freJß’i
men could not win there was little
for his ’Varsity eight, which row.<®|s
next. By it as it may, Mr.
ter the race was a severely
Bob Cook, who coached
who has grown used to ®
after New London boating
serenely comfortable, thoughlfl. i/o ■ - '
somewhat surprised after .
the day. isl V <
Mr. Peel, the Rubicund ccfliflflgH
lumbia, saw his white $
beaten witn greater ''
had behind him the ]>restj|||
days victory on the
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LIVINGSTON RETURNS.
The Georgia Chuntplen of Veneanela*g
Right. la On American soli Again.
Washington, June 27.—Congress
man Livingston of Georgia, author of
the resolution which passed the last
congress directing the president to urge
Great Britain to arbitrate the British-
Venezuelan question, has returned to
Washington from an extended trip
through Venezuela, where he went to
make a personal inspection of the mer
its of the controversy. He went as the
guest of the Venezuelan government
and was given an official reception
throughout his atay in the country.
He returns with a fund of informa
tion which promises to have a bearing
upon the action of the United States in
extending the Monroe doctrine to the
British Venezuelan troubles. He also
brings important news concerning re
cent events in Venezuela, including a
rebellion in Valencia, which was quick
ly suppressed by the government and
which was not reported outside of that
country. Also the news that at a re
cent meeting of the cabinet the English
concession for a vast tract of the Ori
noco country, including the famous
Bahai gold mines and part of the terri
tory claimed by Great Britain was re
voked and a new concession granted to
an American company.
The latter immediately sent its men
to take possession of the concession,
and Representative Livingston expects
that if the British occupants refuse to
yield, the American company will make
speedy representations to the authori
ties at Washington.
As a result of Colonel Livingston’s
trip, he is convinced that the United
States will adopt a strong policy on the
British-Venezuelan question, perhaps
through the executive branch this sum
mer, and certainly through congress
when it reassembles.
To an Associated Press representa
tive Mr. Livingston outlined the essen
tial features of his trip.
“The people of this country hardly
appreciate the unbounded enthusiasm
which prevails in Venezuela towards
the United States. As a member of the
cabinet said to me: ‘Tne Americans are
gods in this country.’
“The first thing I hearjl on landing
from the steamer at Laguayra was
‘Hurrah for President Cleveland.’
“The government placed a special
train at my disposal to carry me to
Caracas, where I was met by the presi
dent’s aide and many officials. To
show the Intense Americanism of the
people, I will cite the fact that one of
the entertainments they gave me was a
baseball game—simply because it was
American. The government band was
present and played ‘Dixie,’ and the
crowd kept up a constant shouting of
‘Hurrah for Cleveland and hurrah for
the Monroe doctrine. ’
“Even the small boys in the streets
are shouting for the Monroe doctrine
and the United States. The govern
ment had the action of our congress
concerning British Venezuelan ques
tions printed in Spanish, and it is dis
tributed to all the schools throughout
Venezuela, so that the children mav be
taught the intimacy between the Uni
ted States and Venezuela.” .
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JUST AS EXPECTED.
Warner On the Kentucky Democratic
Convention.
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CLEVELAND AND JOHN SHERMAN.
What A Believer In Silver Alle
ges About Them.
THAT THEY WILL VOTE TOGETHER
In the Coming Election for a President
01 the United States In 1896 on the
Financial Question.
Cleveland, June 27.—General A. J.
Warner, the champion of free silver,
who is at present in this city, speaking
of the Democratic convention at Louis
ville said:
"The outcome of the Louisville con
vention was not unlooked for by the
bimetallists. We know how easy it is V
with the assistance of officeholders to J
pack a convention, but any one who
has visited Kentucky knows that the ■
convention did not represent the senti
ments of a large majority of the people I
of the state who are undoubtedly op- I
posed to the gold standard and in favor J
of the resumption of the coinage of both ’
gold and silver.”
The general then went on to show
that a split of the Democratic party
was almost inevitable at the coming
national convention.
"This is the outlook now,” he said,
and I believe it is safe to predict that
John Sherman and Grover Cleveland
will vote for the same man for president I
in’96.” I
"Will there be a separate silver par- 1
ty?” 1
“The silver men will get together,” I
said General Warner, with emphasis.
“Just how it is too early to vedict.
That will make a silver party, by vhat
ever name it is called. They must get
together or they might as well give up
the fight.”
“I believe there will be a candidate
for whom the silver Democrats of the
south, the Republicans of the west and
the Populists can vote, not because he
is a Democrat, or Republican or Popu
list, but because he is right on
money question. Os course concessions
will have to be made all around to
bring about such a union, but without
it success is impossible.”
WATCHING THE
What Uncle Sam Hhs Expended In X?;
Years In the Bureau.
Washington, Juno 27.—The expen-fl
ditures for tbe four years of civilian
ministration of the weather
ending June
3’ “.090. . ..