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ESTABLISHED 1»87.
BRYAN IS ALMOST
SORE TO BE NAMED.
POPS IN CONVENTION
ThfStraigMout Element Realize That
They Will Lose.'
NOW TALKING OF A COMPROMISE
Nothing of Importance Was
Done Yesterday
' MUCH SINGING AND SPEAKING
••Middle-of-the-Roaders” Want a Division
of Electors and the Privilege of Noml
, Dating Bryan’s Runningmate—Williams
of Massachusetts Wanted the Convention
to Repudiate the Utterances of Those
Who Had Threatened to Bolt, but His
Resolution to That Effect Was Tabled.
Greater Part of the Second Day Given
Over to Speeches and Songs.
St. Louis, July 23.—The “middle-of
the-road” Populists, at least the leaders,
began to realize Thursday morning for
the first time that they could not con
trol the situation and though the rank
and file still favored absolute independ
ence, most of the leaders were talking
compromise on the basis of a Populist
vice presidential* nomination and a di
vision of electors.
They have made many mistakes, and
perhaps none will prove more com-
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pletely disastrous than the ignominious
dumping of Ignatius Donnelly, whom
they had selected as their candidate for
permanent chairman, for a man named
Champion from Maine, who is most
bitterly opposed to Sewall. Donnelly
was selected Wednesday evening and
was jettisoned before midnight. His
friends are very disgruntled, further
more, the “middle-of-the-roader?” can
not get Control or the Committee which
will formulate the action bf the con
vention.
The JJryan men consider they have
Bryan’s nomination practically assured
and they are now working like beavers
to save Sewall. Should they be beaten
in this latter regard, the chances seem
to favor the nomination of A. L. Minims
of Tennessee.
A “middle-of-the-road” meeting was
scheduled at the convention hall at 8:30
"Wednesday evening, but it did not ma
terialize. The delegates were either top
tired to come together, or it was evident
to them that nothing could be accom
plished.
The Populists began assembling in
convention shortly after 9 o’clock. The
, air in the hall was extremely oppressive.
The delegates, with their coats slung
over their arms, stood in the sultry « -■
mosphere discussing the situation, t >
advisability of indorsing Bryan, the
platform and kindred topics.
The “middle-of-the-roaders” could Le
» ' heard vociferating everywhere. Their
voices could be heard above the rnumc
that floated out from the gallery. J. J.
Crandall of Camden, N. J., was about
distributing circulars in favor of ratifi
cation of the “platform of the ‘new
born Democrats’ lately christened at
Chicago. ’ ’
“The trouble wll soon begin," he
shouted, “we don’t want harmony.”
Shortly before 10 o’clock Senator
Stewart of Nevada, Kyle of North Da
kota. joined Senator Allen and General
Field of Virginia in the platform. The
tall form of "Cyclone”‘Davis of Texas
could be seen everywhere on the floor
towering above the delegates. “Stump”
Ashley of the south state, who distin
guished himself Wednesday night by
making a dozen or more speeches while
• the convention was in darkness, held
forth>from tne rostrum of the chair.
The Texas delegation contains some f
the most uncompromis ng men in ti i
convention and they were mad to the
bone at the prospect of being balked in
their “middle-of-the-road” policy.
Convention Called to Order.
At 10:05 Senator Butler, the hand
some temporary chairman, appeared on
the platform. Simultaneously the band
struck up “Dixie” and the delegates un
corked some of their pent up enthusi
asm. The attendance in the galleries,
as on the previous day, was very thin.
. Not more than 500 people were in the
balconies. Five minutes later Chair
man Butlet called the convention to or
der. and the Rev. Mr. Smith pronounced
THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
Che invoca'ion for a blessing upon the
common country.
After an unheard and unnoticed an
nouncement by an Illinois delegate, the
report of the committee on credentials
was called for, but no one responded
and the states were called for members
of the committee on permanent organ
ization and resolutions. The delegates
sat in the sweltering heat while the an
nouncements were being made. Almost
every one in the hall had supplied him
self with a palmleaf fan and a thousand
or more fans waved convulsively in the
pit like the wings of myriads of yellow
butterflies hovering over a clover patch.
Big sunflowers adorned the fans of the
Kansas delegation. There were at times
long delays and the delegates grew per
ceptibly impatient. The “middle-of
the-roaders” were extremely suspicious.
They intimated that it was part of the
plot to defeat them.
After the announcement of the com
mittee on permanent organization the
members retired. Whi e other an
nouncements were being made the
“middle-of-the-road” men attempted a
demonstration. It was dramatically ar
ranged, but it only served to demon
strate the hopeless minority of the
straightouts.
A squad of “middle-of-the-roaders,”
headed by Delegate Branch of Georgia,
suddenly plunged into the hall through
the main entrance and came whooping
down, the center aisle. Branch bore
aloft a big white banner with the
inscription: “ ‘Middle-of-the road,’ a
Straight Ticket.”
At the sight of the Georgians, the
Texas, Maine, Missouri, Mississippi and
Michigan delegations mounted their
chairs and yelled at the top of their
voices. At the same time the “middle
of-the-road” delegates, stationed in the
gallery over the platform, hurled out
through the air about a peck of small
green tickets, which broke and fell like
a cloud of stage snow over the pit.
These delegations gave cheer after cheer,
but the others sat stolidly in their seats.
The green tickets when examined con
tained the following:
We demand that the national treasury
note issued by the general gowrnment re
ceivable for all public dues and a full le
gal tender in payment of all debts, public
and private, loaned direct to the people
through postal and other governmental
banks at cost, for the benefit of the people.
And the purchase and coinage of such
amount of gold and silver bull’dfi at the
rates of 16 to 1 as may be necessary to pay
the debts of the government be made pay
able in coin. We demand that t,he volume
of money shall be increased to an amount
necessary to transact the business of the
country on a cash basis.
Respectfully submitted for the consid
eration of the Populist convention.
(Signed) George M. Jackson, J. W. Rol
lison, Isaac McCracker, Arkansas.
General Coxey's Name Clieered.
There was a ripple of applause and a
few shouts when the name of Jacob S.
Coxey was announced as a member of
the committee on platform for Ohio.
There were also demonstrations for
Governor Holcomb of Nebraska, Gen
eral Weaver of lowa and ex-Governor
Lewelling of Kansas as their pames
were shouted out
Conspicuous on the floor was a lady
who sat with the Kentucky delegation.
She was dressed in virgin white, and
above her dark tresses flowed several
long, white plumes. She proved to be
the newly wedded bride of Delegate
Taylor, editor of the Paducah, Ky.,
Herald.
The announcements were completed
at 11:45 a. m. Delegate Dixon of Okla
homa then mounted the stage and after
abjuring the delegates to be quiet and
not interrupt, introduced Clarence Com-’
ley of Oklahoma, who regaled the con
vention with some campaign songs. He
was small of stature, but he had a bari
tone voice and the words of his songs
tickled the delegates immensely and
they applauded at every opportunity
despite his deprecating gestures. The
words of song dealt with the wonders
of the Roentgen X rays. They made
several allusions to Mr. Cleveland’s
fishing and duck hunting trips and con
cluded with a prediction of the defeat
of the “gold bugs” in November.
.An Alabama delegate then introduced
“Mrs. Pennington, the sweet campaign
singer of Arkansas.” She sang in a
pleasant soprano voice “Yankee Doodle,”
each yerse of which concluded:
Yankee Doodle, get your gun,
Shoot, the goldbugs as they run,
Yankee Doodle dandy.
Delegate Crawford of Kansas moved
that the delegates of the silver conven
tion be admitted on exhibition of their
badges. There were many cries of
"no, no” from the “middle-of-the-road
ers,” who evidently thought they saw
in this a move to pack the galleries
with Bryan shouters. Sergeant- at- Arms
McDowell got on the platform and said
it was impossible to carry out such in
structions. Thereupon Jerry Simpson
mounted a chair and said it was no
more than common courtesy to extend
to the other convention, which was here
in a common cause, the same privilege
which it had extended to the delegates
to this convention. After some wrang
ling, Chairman Butler, amid howls of
delight from the straightouts, ruled the
motion out of order.
VVasburn’s Important Resolution.
Mr. Washburn of Massachusetts, from
the stage, announced that he had an
important resolution to offer. It proved
to be one deprecating the talk of a split
in the convention.' It was intended to
bind the convention and it was as fol
lows:
Whereas, We are all Populists and dep
recate the talk which has appeared in
some of the newspapers that there is a dis
ncaitlon oalhe PATtof any portion of tljij
THE ROME TRIBUNE, ROME. GA., FRIDAY, JULY ‘24, 1896
convention to rei use co aoiae oy cue ac
tion of this convention, therefore
Resolved, That we repudiate all such
references as are a reflection upon the fi
delity of the members of this convention
and of the People’s party.
Mr. Washburn said the question of
preserving the organization of this
"grand party” was vital and called for
a full discussion. A storm of protests
came from the “middle-of-the-roaders,”
and one of them made the point of or
der that before the convention was per
manently organized no such resolution
could be acted upon.
An angry Connecticut delegate named
Henry Baldwin jumped upon a chair
and shouted:
“If the papers say we are asses, shall
we pass a resolution saying we are not?”
Chairman Butler ruled that during
the temporary organization a resolution
could be passed expressing its sense.
Thereupon Congressman Howard of
Alabama moved to refer the resolution
to the committee on resolutions.
The Resolution Tabled.
Delegate Branch of Georgia followed
with a motion to table the whole sub
ject. There was a great deal of confus
ion as the vote was taken, viva voce,
Chairman Butler deciding that the mo
tion was carried This disturbing ques
tion out of the way, Delegate Willis of
North Dakota moved to take a recess,
but the crowd desired more music and
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JERRY SIMPSON.
speeches, and promptly voted the mo
tion down.
The Arkansas member of the com
mittee on credentials sari it would take
until 3 o’clock for this committe to make
a report and moved to adjourn until
that time, but the motion was ruled out
on a point of order. Many complaints
were made by delegates on account of
their inability to hear anything where
they were seated. One from Wisconsin
wanted repeaters placed where the outer
wing of the gallery could hear the mo
tion.
A motion to that effect, however, was
promptly voted down. There was some
squabbling as to the time to adjourn,
and although the further announcement
was made that it would b< 3 o’clock be
fore the committee on credential could
report, the convention refused to take a
recess and another song was sung from
the platform,
The band then occupied the time,
while the delegates fanned and sought
the water barrels.
At 12:42 another motion to take a re
,cess until 3 o’clock was made and it
In the afternoon Senator Allen, of Ne
braska, and James C. Champion, of
Maine, were nominated for permanent
chairman.
The vote was close, and much excite
ment prevailed.
Georgia went for Champion.
The vote stood, Allen, 758; Cham
pion, 564. Allen made a lengthy
speech tonight, and was loudly
cheered.
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THE SILVER CONVENTION.
Rev. Niccols Failed to Show Up and Pro
ceedings Were Opened Without Prayer.
St. Louis, July 23.—When Chairman
St. John calved the silver convention to
order he said he was sorry to be com
pelled to announce that tqe Rev. Dr.
Niccols, who was to open the conven-
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tion with prayer, had been called from
the city.
Congressman Newlands moved that a
committee on ways and means be ap
pointed to raise funds with which to de
fray the expenses of the convention.
Charles A. Towne, vice chairman,
was then introduced, xie s.;m in,-.: ....
press of the country had apparently lor
gotten the sacred duty and had been
pliant to the money power. Money
was the god it worshipped. But the
day of regeneration was at hand. His
tory was being made today. The peo
ple had been lax, but h d determined to
manage tnetr own affairs. They had |
suffered grievously at the hands of mo- :
nopolies and trusts, but hereafter they
would look after their own affairs.
He concluded by denouncing the per
niciousness of the present money sys- ,
tern. The single gold standard would
ruin the masses of the people. In No- ■
vember they would relegate the parties
of the monopolies to oblivion and put in
power men who had the interests of the ,
people at heart. The. speaker referred
to the bolt of Senator Teller from the I
Republican convention and spoke of the
“heroism and patriotism of the Colo- ;
rado senator” to the delight of the dele
gates.
Next he referred to the nomination of
Mr. Bryan, who, he said, was born the ;
year of the election of Lincoln. He
then eulogized the Democratic candi
date in glowing terms. This evoked
the biggest demonstration which has
thus far characterized the convention.
Referring again to the money ques
tion, he said it was backed by men who
use epithets and abuse instead of argu- ;
ment. In speaking of Chauncey M. De- ;
pew, he said that Mr. Depew was a
man whose jokes were sought for on
this side of the water and his opinions
on the other, where he was not so well
known. Dr. Depew was a gold stand- i
ard man and a monopolist and waiited
to impose the English yoke of gold upon
the necks of the people of America.
The speaker next explained the free sil
ver question, and he attempted to show
hard times would vanish when silver
appeared.
When the free silver party got control
of the government the robbery or theft
for the benefit of idleness would cease.
Three months ago the man who would
have dared to predict that free silver
would win in the coming election would
have been set down as an imbecile.
Now the movement had grown to such
proportions that victory was not only
possible but certain, if the silver forces
united. Sacrifices must be made on all
sides. Factions must unite and the pa
triotic people would be relieved of their
burdens.
There was loud and uproarious cheer
ing by the delegates when Mr. Towne
ended.
Ex-Governor St. John Speaks.
Ex-Governor John P. St. John was
then called upon to speak. He was
greeted with cheers. He told how corn
was worth 10 cents a bushel, oats 8 cents
a bushel in Kansas and potatoes 6 cents
a bushel in Minnesota. This was one
of the reasons so many farmers believed
in free silver."
A few months ago nearly every one
believed that nothing on earth could
defeat William McKinley for president,
but the surrender of American interests
<.o Great Britain at the Republican con
vention had fallen upon McKinloy like
a bolt of lightning. It changed the sen
timent < £ the whole country. Free sil
ver at Iwto 1 would sweep w the nation.
The people had arisen and would defeat
“the cortupt gold power.” But to do
this a vast deal of missionary -work
must bo done. There were thousands
of voters who had been misled by the
“gold bugs.”
Never in the history of America had
it been so hard to keep the gold here as
under the present system. Under it
$265,000,000 worth of bonds had been
issued and the working people plun
dered by the Wall street syndicates and
English bond sharks.
At the conclusion of St. John’s speech,
Mrs. Helen M. Gongar of Indiana ad
dressed the convention, after which a
jrecess was taken until 2:30 p. m, _„ ;
In the afternoon the convention ac
complished nothing and adjourned to
meet again at 10:30 tomorrow.
NORTH STATE’S RAILWAYS.
Nearly Four Thousand Mlles of Road In
Operation—The Commission's Report.
Raleigh, July 23.—The railway com
mission’s report, just prepared, says
there are 3,700 miles of road in opera
tion in North Carolina.
The aggregate valuation by the com
mission for taxation is $26,316,320. The
increase of mileage is 84. Increase in
valuation $1,850,0p0.
The Atlantic Coast Line system has
722 miles valued at $6,882,000, an in
crease since last year of $193,000. The
Southern has 1,000 miles valued at SB,-
393,000, an increase of $1,362,000. The
Seaboard Air Line has 676 miles valued
at $5,295,000, an increase of $172,000.
Miscellaneous roads have 1,210 miles
valued at $5,776,000.
The commission makes the rate of as
sessment of the North Carolina railway,
between Charlotte and Selma, $12,000
per mile, which is $2,000 per mile greater
than that of any other road in the state.
There are in all 71 roads and branches.
China and Japan Sign a Treaty.
London, July 23.—A dispatch from
Peking says that a commercial treaty
between China and Japan was signed
at that city Wednesday. It is based
upon the treaty of Shimoneski. Tfrdnr
its provisions China grants to JapW fa
vored treatment, but Japan does not
reciprocate. Japanese factories may be
established in China, but the duties that
may be laid against their output has not
been fixed.
Will Hold Council of Armenia Responsible.
Constantinople, July 23.—An impe
rial irade has been issued, notifying the
council of. Armenia and the patriarchiate
that they will be held responsible here
after for any treason on the part of Ar
menia.
A Champion Bicyclist Dead.
London, July 23.—Arthur Linton,
the Welch champion bicyclist, is dead.
Absconder Myers Arrested In New York.
New York, July 23.—Joseph Myers,
the Charlotte, N. 0., absconder, is un
der arrest in this city. .
| A WHOLESALE KILLING.
Madison County Farmer Shoots His Wife,
Four Children and Himself. .
Royston, Ga., July 23.—Dave Berry
man, a well known farmer, murdered
his wife, shot down his four children
and then blew out his own brains, at
his home in Madison county, five miles
south of this place, and between Elber
' ton and Toccoa, late Tuesday afternoon.
| The tragedy has no parallel in the
criminal annals of the state. Just what
; caused the awful deed is not known,
■ and perhaps will never be, as no eye
| witnesses lives to tell the story. But it
is supposed that Berryman, inflamed
i with intoxicants and enraged by the
' chiding of his wife because of his atten
tions to another woman, became sud
denly insane and decided to annihilate
his whole family.
When the neighbors rushd in after the
awful discovery was made, three of the
little children were found on one side of
j the room piled in a mangled mass, their
I heads blown from their bodies. A few
' feet away lay the lacerated corpse of the
mother, and across her breast was the
; body of her infant, its baby fingers
' clutching in death its mother’s hair,
I matted with gore.
I On the bed near by was found the
body of Berryman. After killing his
• family, he had deliberately reloaded his
• gun, walked across the room, viewed
■ the result of his horrible work, sat
down upon the bed and emptied the
| contents of his breechloading gun into
his own head.
| An examination of the bodies of his
i victims showed that the throat of the
eldest boy was gashed with the blade of
a small knife. It was thought that
Berryman began his work of annihila
tion with a knife first, but finding it too
slow, decided to use his gun.
Berryman was a man well known in
this section. He had many relatives
who are prominent in Madison county
and belonged to a family of six brothers
and six sisters. His father is one of the
oldest citizens of this county, and neither
to him nor to his aged wife has the
news of the crime been made known.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
Ueutenent Peary's Private Secretary Tried
to End His Earthly Existence.
West Union, 0., July 23.—Walter
Swain, who was the private secretary
of Lieutenant Peary on his arctic expe
dition, is in the county jail here at the
point of death.
Swain’s story is pitiful and romantic.
While on the expedition he contracted
sciatic rheumatism, and his pain was so
awful that he becamS a morphine fiend.
Upon his return to Indianapolis, where
I his father is a prominent citizen, he be
j came, after a time, comparatively well,
i and wrote much excellent matter about;
I his voyage. Later on he came to this,
county.
| Last fall heart disease in a very pain
: ful form attacked him. He was taken
! to Portsmouth, 0., and remained in the
i Legler hotel all winter. During his
' stay there he married the daughter of
the landlord. Last spring they moved
' to Otway, O.
I One day he disappeared and was not
located until a month ago at Peebles, O.
At Otway he had committed forgery
and the sheriff arrested him and brought
him to jail here. Dr. Coleman, the
prison physician, undertook to cure
Swain of the morphine habit The
prisoner began to be normal, and one
day Jast week he gent his guard to the
fdf S(WftedlciffA
The moment the man disappeared
Swain proceeded to hang himself with
his suspenders from the top of his cell.
He was almost dead when Sheriff Mc-
Kee came along. In getting him down
McKee slipped, and both men fell heav
ily, and Swain-was so badly injured he
remained unconscious for a day.
When restored he said that when the
effect of the morphine had been de
stroyed and he appreciated the fact that
he was in jail for forgery, and had de
serted his wife, he realized the shame of
his position and attempted his life.
His injury received in falling is so se
vere it is thought he cannot recover.
He asked to have his wife brought back,
and she came willingly. Her presence
is a great comfort to him.
TIE TRUST CONDEMNED.
Members of the Selma Cotton Exchange
Are Angry—A Suggestion. •
Selma, Ala.', July 23.—The advance
in prices, made by the cotton tie trust,
has angered the members of the Selma
Cotton Exchange. At a called meeting
the following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That the action of the cotton
tie trust is unqualifiedly condemned, and
that we consider their action robbery of
the cotton planters, and suggest that the
cotton exchanges in the south bind them
selves together and purchase from auy lo
cal tie manufacturer the ties sufficient to
pack the crop at a fair and equitable price.
We also invite the co-operation of all
other exchanges in the south by electing
delegates to meet at some point to be se
lected and take such action as may be
deemed advisable.
STRUCK BYA bTcYCLE.
Catharine Booth-Clibborn, Head of the Sal.
ration Army In France, Badly Injured.
Paris, July 23. —Catharine Booth-
Clibborn, commonly known as La Mac
chela, head of the Salvation Army or
ganization in France, was knocked down
by a bicyclist in this city and was con
siderably hurt.
Mrs. Booth-Fucker Also Run Down.
New York, July 23.—1 n connection
with the foregoing dispatch there is a
coincidence in the fact that Mrs. Booth-
Tucker, a sister of Mrs. Booth Olibborn,
suffered serious injury at East Orange,
N. J., one evening last week, by being
run down by a bicycle ridden by a Sal
vation Army woman, who was taking
her first lesson in wheeling. Mrs.
Booth-Tucker’s wrist was broken and
she sustained other painful hurts.
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General Gomez Threatens the City
Os Havana.
ANYTHING TO DEFEAT SPANIARDS
The Insurgents Who Live in
Towns are Helping
AND THE SUMMER CAMPAIGN ISON
Families of Cubans Advised to Abandon
the City—Some Claim the Proclamation
Is a Spanish Forgery—Many Dons Killed
In the Recent Battle at Macagua, Prov
ince of Mantanzas.
Tampa, Fla., July 23.—Late advices
from Cuba bring the following circular,
which some claim is a copy of a procla
mation issued by General Gomez. Most
of the Cubans assert, however, that it is
a Spanish forgery put forth to excite a
bitter feeling against Gomez in Havana,
where a great many strong sympathy
zers reside.
“The summer campaign that Is about
to begin will be ably seconded by the
insurgents who reside within the towns,
jTo realize our plans, we will be com-
Selled to use that terrible agent known
s dynamite.
“The inhabitants of Havana know
full well that this is not an idle threat,
for we have already given them proofs
as to the use of this explosive in that
city. The doomed buildings have al
ready been selected, and one after an
other will be destroyed. The patriots
cannot recede from their resolutions,
and were it necessary, in order to de
feat Spain, to blow up the whole city of
Havana, the entire city would be blown
up.
“To the families of our countrymen
we say, abandon the city; and to those
that are not in a position to do so, we
advise them to be always on the look
out, and take all of the precaution? that
men would take who were constantly
walking over a mine loaded to the mouth
with dynamite.”
Weyler's Account of the Battle.
Havana, July 23. —According to an
account that is given out here the re
cent engagement at Macagua, province
lof Mantanzas, afforded a splendid ex
, hibition of Spanish valor against over
i whelming odds. The garrison num
bered only 50 men, while the insurgent
force, which was commanded by Clo
tilde Garcia, was <6OO strong. Form
ing themselves into a square,’* the i
Spaniards fought back to back, ask
, Ing no quarter, but seeking to
' find away of retreat. The struggle
was a one, but the little band
of Spanish soldiers made a gallant stand.
Sixteen of them were killed, 18 were
wounded, and 14 are missing, supposed
( to have been made prisoners. The in
■ surgents took 34 Mauser rifles. Major
Najera, who commanded the garrison,
was one of the wounded. Since the en
gagement two of the brave soldiers who
were wounded have died.
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De Lome Says Inclau Was Not Defeated.
Lennox, 23.—Senor Du
puy de Lome, the Spanish minister to
the United States, in an interview with
a reporter, said that the Key West news
■ reporting a battle with the rebels in
| Pinar del Rio and a small force under
General Suarez Inclan in which the lat
ter was defeated, part of his command
killed and himself made prisoner, was
; purely imaginary. Senor de Lome ad
i ded to this statement the following:
I "Suarez Inclan, the hero of the engage-
I ment at Cacarabicara, in Pinar del Rio,
! where he defeated and dispersed 600
| rebels with 1,100 men, is well and is
operating with a column near Bahia
: Hondia, in the northern part of Pinar
del Rio.”
J Governor Mitcbell Appeals For Help.
Washington, July 23. Governor
; Mitchell of Florida has appealed to the
navy department for help in protecting
. his state againfet the introduction of
i smallpox from Cuba. Secretary of the
| Navy Herbert has, accordingly, tele
graphed instructions to Captain Crow
inshield of the Maine, now at Kqy
West, to aid the local health authorities
in the work of boarding steamers and
passing upon bills of health. The Maine
will soon be superceded by the cruiser
Montgomery, now of Admiral Bunce’s
B juadron.
Shot His Wile and Dinis.ll.
Cincinnati, July 23. —Early Thurs
day morning six shots were heard at
the residence of William T. Wiley, lar
dies’ tailor and furrier, on West Second
street. When his room was entered
Mrs. Wiley was found bleeding from
five bullet wounds and her husband un-
I conscious with a bullet hole in the right
temple. The woman died on the wajr
to the hospital. Wiley’s wounds were
superficial, the ball glancing off his
skull. They have had frequent quar
rels and were separated but began to
live together again about three months
ago. Wiley says his wife styot him and
he then seized the revolver and fired at
her. He came here from Louisville
about .15 years ago.
Will Not Accept Romero s Resignation.
City of Mexico, July 23.—The gov
ernment will not accept Minister Rome
ro’s resignation, holding him in too
high esteem as a successful diplomat to
allow him to retire at present, and re
gard him as possessing the good will of
the American government and the peo
ple. Romero will start for Washington
at once.