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GREAT RALLY!
Democrats in Rome
Next Monday.
GOVERNOR ATKINSON
■Vill Como and Will Be Given a
Great Ovation
U'DEIMITS OF IBIS SECTION
Hon. N.J. Hammond, a Splen
| did Orator, Will Also Come
'GENERAL GORDON MAY BE HERE
pAnd the Day Will Be One Long Reiuem
b red In the Annals of Democratic His
tory-Hundreds of Voters From Out of
the City Will Be Here, and the Welcome
Will Be a Warm One.
( Monday, October sth, will be a gala
I day in Rome.
And an ovation will be given Georgia’s
governor, Hon. W. Y. Atkinson.
He will be here that day, and with
him will be Hon. N. J. Hammond, of
Atlanta, and possibly General John B.
•Gordon.
Gov. Atkinson is making a vigorous
-canvass over the state, and his speeches
yiave aroused the greatest enthusiam. He
Wui make a speech in Rome that no dem
ocrat can afford to miss and that should
' be heard by every interested voter <_f
whatever faith. He will tell the people
about his administration, and what the
democrats have done for the state. He
will show how the best interests of the
people have been looked after, and how'
foolish it would be to take from the dem
ocrats the affairs of Georgia and place
them in the hands of the untried populists
whose well-known vagaries would make
such a step exceedingly unwise. He will
answer such charges as have been made
against him and his administration, and
show how his actions have been;domina
ted alone by right and fairness and a
desire to do that which is for the greatest
good of the greatest number.
His answers to such charges as have
been made in the Duncan and other par
doning cases are full jmd complete and
are such as will satisfy any reasoning man.
Gov. Atkinson will be given a cordial
welcome by the true democrats of Floyd,
and his reception will be in the nature
of an ovation. He has many istrong fol
lowers and friends here, and as a sturdy
democratic stronghold Floyd will see to
it that he is a greeting he will ne t
soon forget.
Hon. N. J. Hammond will also speak
fend an opportunity will be given the
of this section to hear one of the
kmost noted and eloquent orators of
LGeorgia expound true democracy. He
’stands in the front rank of Georgia
speakers, and will delight all with bis
log’c, sound reasoning and eloquence.
It is an opportunity not to be missed,
and his presence will add much to the
attractiveness of the day’s program.
A strong effort has been made to secure
General John B. Gordon for the same
day, and no man in Georgia would re
ceive a warmer welcome than he. He
is one of the most noted of the union’s
orators, and holds a place high in the
affection of the people of this section.
With such an array democracy will
have a great day. Hundreds of voter 3
from out of the city will be here and a
tremendous crowd will hear them.
Bear in mind chat the time is next
month, and that this will be the last
great democratic rally before the elec
tion.
Be on band and bring your friends
with you.
The railroads running into the city
have agreed to give special salts for that
.day and it will be easy for those out of
town to be here.
It is an opportunity which they desiie
to embrace to hear these eloquent demo
crats, and they will come in la.-ge num- I
bers. I
From up the Chattanooga, Rome and
'‘Columbus railroad lot of people will come,
THE ROHE TRIBUNE. I
THE ROME TRIBUNE, ROME, GA., WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 30, 1896.
and Chatto >ga county will be well repre- |
sent d. Over the other roads good crowds
will also come, and it now looks as if the
governor will be greeted by the largest
number of people any public speaker has
been accorded here in a long time. He
and Mr. Hammond|will not disappoint
their hearers, and this meeting will be
one long to be remembered.
Don’t forget to be here next Monday
and bring your friends with you.
SERGEANT HAMILTON SHOT
He Did Not Obey the Hickel** Order to
Halt—The {Situation at I«eadrille.
Leadville, Colo., Sept. 29. As a
scouting party of mounted militia was
approaching the Emmett mine during
the night, Sergeant Hamilton of Com
pany G, Cripple Creek, riding ahead,
he was ordered to halt by a picket. He
did not obey quickly and the picket
bred, inflicting a wound which will ne
cessitate amputation of the left leg.
The Scandinavian section of the Min
ers’ ouiou held a meeting which was
addressed by Colonel Hogle of the mili
tia and other officers, who counselled
peace and order.
President Boyce of the Western Fed
eration of Miners then spoke, counsel
ling the miners to staftd firm as the
strike must win. He bitterly denounced
the citizens for organizing militia com
panies, saying they were acting as tools
of the mine managers. He said the fed
eration would stand by the strikers and
keep them and their families from suf
fering and told them not to speak to the
militia unless they wanted to, but not
to antagonize them. He advised the
strikers to go home early and stay there.
From present indications a bitter
struggle is in progress in the miners’
union between the leaders who wish to
continue the strike for uniform wages
of $3 a day for all the men in all the
mines, and the conservative men, who
think the time has arrived when over
tures for peace should be made to the
mine operators. It is believed that in
-the general meeting called for Wednes
day evening, the union men will re
solve to treat for peace or make provi
sions for making a more aggressive war.
J. M. Ambury, president of the union,
has not been seen on the streets since
the riot occurred here over a week ago.
It is reported that he was slightly
wounded in the fight at the Emmett
mine, where he had been attracted by
the shooting, and that he has since been
in hiding in this city under a doctor’s
care.
The mine operators remain firm in
their determination not to concede the
demand Os the union and not to give
employment under conditions to the
officers of the union and the leaders of
the strike.
DIDN’T KNOW ’TWAS LOADED
A Young Lady Accidentally Shoot, and
Kills a Prominent Alabamian.
Courtland, Ala, Sept. 29.—August
Gilchrist, a prominent young man of
Courtland, was shot an 1 instantly killed
by Miss Annie Ruffin of Sardis, Miss.
Miss Ruffin, GilcLrist and a party of
friends had been out in the woods shoot
ing with target pistols and the killing
was accidental.
The party had returned to Mr. W. D.
Gilchrist’s house, four miles from Co .rt
land, and Miss Ruffin, taking up a tar
get pistol, which she supposed to be un
loaded, pointed it at August Gilchrist
and playfully said: “I am going to
shoot you.”
She pulled the trigger and the young
man fell dead, with a bullet in his
heart
Miss Ruffin was almost crazed by the
tragic turn her carelessness had taken
and fainted from hysterical exhaustio-i.
It was some time before she recovered
consciousness and she is prostrated with
grief.
Watson Will Not Be Taken Down,
Raleigh, Sept. 29.—W. A. Guthrie'
will not become the joint candidate of
the Democrats and Populists for gov
ernor instead of C. B. Watson. "There
is not a word of truth in the rumor,”
said Chairman Manly. "I never heard
that such a thing as the taking down of
Watson was in contemplation.” State
Auditor Robert M. Furman said: “It is
an utterly unfounded rumor. There
will be no further change of tickets, so
far as Democrats are concerned.”
Prospects of a Lynching; In Louisiana.
New Orleans, Sept.-29.—The people
of Amite Oity and the parish officials of
Langipahoa parish are still apprehen
sive of mob violence on account of the
action of Sheriff McMichael in sending
John Johnson, the murderer of the Cot
ton family, to New Orleans, in order to
save him from the mob. Governor Fos
ter ordered the Sixth battalion of this
city to Amite City to reinforce the com
pany of state troops now there fr >m
Hammond.
Porter Take. Tliacher’s Place.
New York, Sept. 29.—The regular
Democratic ticket of the state of New
York, revised by the state committee on
account of the withdrawal of John Boyd
Tbacher, is: For governor, Wilbur F.
Porter of Watertown; for lieutenant
governor, Frederick C. Schraub of Low
ville; for associate justice of the court of
appeals, Robert C. Titus of Buffalo.
Charged With Murder and Bobbery.
Perry, O. T., Sept. 29.—James Mc-
Gee of southern Kansas, charged with
killing and robbing Robert Maulding,
near Gray Horse, three months ago,
has been brought here*, being arrested
at Pawhuska. Osage nation. Maulding
was a rich bachelor, 75 years old. One
night he was taken from his home and
murdered and SIO,OOO, it is said, was
obtained by the murderers.
TOM WATSON TALKS
Tiis Vice Presidential Nominee on the
Political Outlook.
GIVES CHAIRMAN JONES WARNING
Telegraphs a Review of the
Situation to the N. Y. World
HE SAYS POPS ARE CHEERY
the Georgia Populist' Tel la the Manager of
the Democratic Campaign That Under
Present Conditions Bryan Cannot Get
the Full People’s Party Vote—Points Out
Weak Places.
New York, Sept. 29. —Thomas Wat
son. the Populist candidate for vice
president, telegraphs to The World a
review of the political situation, in
which he says:
"Under present conditions Mr. Bryan
cannot get the full Populist vote. .He
cannot get it in Kansas or Colorado. He
cannot get it in North Carolina or Ne
braska. In the friendliest spirit I give
Chairman Jones this warning. He will
make the blunder of his life if he listens
to the fusion leaders and believes that a
full Populist vote can be had for Bryau
and Sewall on the ticket.
"If McKinley is elected, the responsi
bility will forever rest upon those man
agers who had it in their power to con
trol by fair means 2,000,000 votes, and
who lost them by violating the terms of
the compact. The writer of this has
stood loyally by Mr. Bryan throughout
the campaign, and will continue to do
so, and it is out of a sincere desire to see
him elected that he points out the weak
places in our lines in time for them to
be strenghtbened. Chairman Jones can
do it. and should, for Mr. Bryan’s sake,
lose no time in doing it.
“If the Democratic managers had rec
ognized the necessary conditions to com
plete political union and accepted the
compromise we offered, the fight would
now be won. Instead of meeting the Pop
nlists half way and making them feel an
, interest in Democratic success, they did
everything possible to dissatisfy, dis
courage, and arouse the snspicions of
the very men whose votes were essen
tial to victory. Intent on destroying
Populism at the south and absorbing it
at the west, the Democratic managers
made the mistake of supposing that any
deal they could arrange with our ‘lead
ers’ would be cheerfully supported by
the rank and file.
“As a gravedigger for Populism fu
sion, with Sewall on the ticket, may as
well be recognized as a distinct success.
If not disturbed in his work, the digger
will have the hole ready by the time the
funeral procession arrives.’’
AMERICAN PLAN ADOPTED.
The Connular Serv.ce of Great Britain Im
proved-Consul Meeker's Report.
Washington, Sept. 29.—The British
chambers of commerce jointly made
representations some time ago to the
foreign office with a view to the im
provement of the British consular ser
vice, particularly citing the excellent
work being done by the United States
consul service in the collection and
rapid dissemination of trade statistics
and the speedy report of matters occur
ring in their respective districts that
might be of interest and value to the
commercial and manufacturing world
in extending foreign markets.
■ United States Consul Meeker at Brad
ford, has supplied the state department
with copies of correspondence which
passed between the chamber and the
foreign office on this subject, showing
that the latter, while entering; into a
general defense of the British service,
promised to make certain reforms, p r
ticularly iu the line of appointment of
commercial agents according to the
American plan, calculated to better the
service.
Ex-President Montt Receive, an Ovation.
New York, Sept. 29.—The Herald
publishes the following dispatch from
Valparaiso, Chili: Admiral Montt, form
erly president of the republic, has ar
rived here from Santiago. Throughout
his journey he received a genuine ova
tion, the people everywhere, showing
by their acclamations, that they thor
oughly approved of his course as their
official leader. It is reported that Ad
miral Montt would be appointed direc
tor of the naval school iu Chili, now re
garded as one of the best colleges of its
kind in South America.
Dean Harris Leaves Liverpool.
Liverpool, Sept. 29.—The White Star
liner Britannic, which has sailed from
this port for New York, takes among
her passengers, Dean Harris of Toronto,
who was one of the Canadian delegates
to the Irish national convention, and
Governor Blake of the island of Ja
maica and Mr. Blake.
Awarded a Contract For Caraylng Mall.
Washington, Sept. 29. The post
office department has awarded a con
tract for carrying the mail between Ju
neau and Circle City, Alaska. The
distance is 898 miles, and the contract
ors are to make four trips between Nov.
1, 1896, and May 31, 1897. They receive
$1,700 for each trip.
Bringing Two Million Dollars In Gold.
Sydney, N. S. W., Sept. 29.—The
British steamer Nenewai, Captain Ca
rey, sailing for San Francisco, Cal.,
took $-.’,375,000 in gold.
MR. WHITNEY WEDS
Ex-Secretaiy of the Navy Takes Unto
Himself a Wile.
MRS. EDITH RANDOLPH THE BRIDE
There Were no Bridesmaids
and no Best Man
GROUNDS THRONGED WITH PEOPLE
The Wedding Was an Unostentatious Af
fair, There Being No Bridesmaid*, No
Best Man and Few Spectators—Honey
moon Will Be Spent at Bar Harbor.
Cleveland Sends Congratulations.
Bar Harbor, Me., Sept. 29.—A bright
sky and an autumnal sun burned away
the fog that hung like a pull over the
island early in the day and a fjirer day
for a wedding never came V.an that
I $
I gtegfr s?
WILLFAM C. WHITNEY.
which greeted Hou. William Collins
Whitney and Mrs. Edith S. Randolph,
who were married at 12:30 p. in. in the
pretty little stone church" of St. Saviors
by Rev. O. S. Leffingwell, the pastor.
It was an informal affair. There were
no bridesmaids and no best man. The
church and grounds were thronged with
people long before noon and there was
no formal invitations to the affair. The
townspeople and society contentedly
shared seats With each other. The in
terior of the church was a moss of roses,
laurel, hydrauges and potted plants.
Promptly at 12:30 the bridal
tered. The bride was accompanied by
her brother, Frederick May, and with
Mr. Whitney walked M. Bruin, the
Danish minister to the United States.
The bride was dressed in blue and white
silk adorned with pink roses and wore
a bonnet of forget-me-nots and roses.
Mr. Whitney wore a black Prince Al
bert coat The service was over lift Wj
minutes and Mr. and Mrs. Whitney
walked down the aisle and were driven
to The Anchorage, the home of the bride,
where a wedding breakfast was served
to a few intimate friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Whitney will remain
here a week or so at The Anchorage,
and Mr. Whitney informed the Asso
ciated Press that further plans were in
definite.
"I may go to Hot Springs, as we in
tended going some time ago. I cannot
say about an European trip, which was
broken off by the Chicago convention.
I became engaged to Mrs. Randolph but
last Friday,” said Mr. Whitney, “and
we thought that we would take time by
the forelock. I wished the wedding to
be private on account of the death oi
ex-Senator Henry B. Payne. My sou
Harry starts ibis morning with his bride
for Japan on a continuation of the
honeymoon trip, and a congratulatory
message was received by me from them
this morning.”
Hundreds of telegrams have been re
ceived by Mr. and Mrs. Whitney. One
of the earliest was from President
Cleveland.
BIG RAILROAD CONCESSION.
Chicagoans to Build a Now Lina In the
State of Chihuahua, Mexico.
City of Mexico, Sept. 29.—Frederick
Bartlett of Chicago left Tuesday for
that city, having secured a most import
ant railway concession; in fact, the
largest since that of the Mexican Cen
tral.
The charter covers 2,000 kilometres,
with two maiu branches, and provides
for a standard gauge road to run from
some point in the state of Chihnahua, on
the Mexican Central railroad, west to a
point on the Senora road, with branches
running north into one of the richest
mineral regions on the globe, and south
ward along the Pacific coast, thus in
suring the development of the north
west and west coasts of the republic.
The line will traverse a fine timber
country and open up a very extensive
mineral region, which is now difficult of
access, abounds in gold and silver prop
erties, and which was recently favor
ably reported on by .an agent of the
Rothschilds, who explored the country.
It is believed it will add a new gold pro
ducing district equalling the most fam
ous in the world,-Us independent miners
are now, with the most primitive appa
ratus, taking out large quantities of
the metal.
The total extent of the road is greater
than the Mexican Ceutral’s main line
and is the only great road the govern
ment has been willing to give a charter
to, with subvention, which on the main
line amounts to $13,600 net mile, but
tne necessity of the road from a com
mercial and stragetical point of view,
and desirability for opening up the
northwestern portion of the country and
completing the railroad system, was
readily discerned. Practical railway
men consider that the line has excellent
prospects.
THE TROCHA IS ATTACKED.
Cubans Fire on Government Forts Between
Mariel and Maj an a.
New York, Sept. 29.—A dispatch to
The Herald from Havana, Cuba, says:
Pinar del Rio official advices say that
on Sept. 25 and 26 rebel groups attacked
the western trocha along the entire
line, firing on almost every government
fort between Mariel and Majana. A
heavy train, carrying troops to rein
force Artimisa, was fired upon between
Las Canas and Alquizar. The sergeant
and ten privates were wounded. Gen
eral Bernal has started for Pinar del
Rio to assume command in the field and
be in active operation.
The commander of the Spanish gar
rison at Batabaue reports having raided
a rebel position on the coast near Bio,
capturing an insurgent camp and seiz
ing horses, cattle, arms, ammunition
and medicines. The commandant also
captured 25 men as being the agents of
filibusterers. .
Cuvere, who retreated to the interior
with the remnant of his forces, has since
been attacked and routed by the Span
ish troops near San Nicolas.
THE HORRORS"OFLIBERIA,
Returning Negro Colonists Tell of Fearful
Sufferings and Death.
Philadelphia, Sept. 29.—The steam
ship Waeslaud, which arrived here from
Liverpool, brought back six of the negro
colonists who went out to Liberia early
in the springon board the famous steam
ship Laurada.
They tell horrible tales of sufferings
from disease and destitution by the un
fortunate people who gave up their
homes in this country to journey to that
distant republic to accept what appeared
to be liberal offers of the authorities
there.
Forty members of the Laurada’s ex
pedition, consisting of 315 people, are
already dead, while the entire number
taken out previously on the Danish
steamship Horsa have been* carried off
by what is kuowu as John Bull fever.
Among the party returning is Taylor
Smith of Forest Oity, Ark. He says
the country is unfit for civilization, and
that those who went on the Laurada are
now penniless and almost naked. They
have not sufficient money to get back to
the states, and certain death awaits
them. The fever is carrying them off
rapidly. Several times they joined to
gether and called on the president of
the republic for help, but he gave them
none.
When the expedition was made up it
was represented that each married man
would be given a plot of ground and a
house, and other grants were to be given
the single men. Strips of land were
given them, but no houses, and they had
no shelter for months after their arrival.
Provisions command such high prices
that they cannot be secured by the poor
creatures, and there is absolutely no
way to earn a living.
Panic at the Depot In Kansas City.
Kansas City, Sept. 29.—LaFayette
Meade, traveling agent from New York
to Cripple Creek, created a panic at the
union depot in this city by firing off a
revolver in the midst of several hundred
waiting passengers. Miraculously, the
bullet was buried in the wall and no one
was injured. Meade was accompanied
by his wife and two dogs, and had been
requested by the depotmaster to convey
the dogs to the baggageroom. This he
flatly refused to do, and when the depot
master, a moment later, made an effort
to carry off the pets, Meade draw his
revolver and fired. Dozens of people
had crowded around the Meades while
the scene was being enacted, and when
the shot was fired, the greatest conster
nation prevailed. Meade was arrested.
Comment on Prince Bismarck’* Letter.
London, Sept. 29.—Commenting upon
Prince Bismarck's letter to Governor
Culberson of Texas on the silver ques
tion. The Chronicle points out that the
letter is evidently anti-English because
England’s trade would be the sufferer
by the election of Mr. Bryan. “Should
free trade come with free silver,” The
Chronicle continues, “Prince Bismarck
believes that Germany would secure the
bulk of the uew trade. Any way the
letter will not help Mr. Bryan, much be
cause the Americans, and especially the
German-Americans, resent European
advice as to how to vote. ”
'The Ra'llrbadßate War Ended.
Atlanta, Sept. 29.—The old estab
lished rates in and out of Atlanta have
been restored by all the roads. On Oct.
20 Judge Hughes will hear argument
on the injunction which he granted at
the request of certain holders in Balti
more. Even if he dissolves the injunc
tion, the Seaboard may not immediately
renew the war. Judge Speer’s injunc
tion will still be in force unless some
move is previously made, and no inti
mation has yet been given of any mo
tion for a hearing. Ten days’ notice
must be given when a hearing is asked
for.
Mistook Hi* Father For a Burglar.
West Point, Ga., Sept. 29.—Steve
Powers, a resident of Lanier Mills, over
in Alabama, was fatally shot by his
sou, Joe Powers. The same bullet
which may end the life of young Pow
ers’ father instantly killed Cinda Cot
ton, a negro woman, a cook in the Pow
ers family. Both the elder Powers and
the negro woman were in the’ kitchen
when the younger Powers, mistaking
them for burglars, fired, the fatal shot
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THE ELECTION
For Officers of State
and County
OCCURS WEDNESDAY
Democrats Must Pile Up a Hardsome
Majority
AGAINST THE VAGARIES OF POPULISM
No True Democrat Can Afford
to Stay Away
THIS IS NO TIME FOR HOLDING BACK
And Populism Must Be Given Such a
Crushing Defeat as Will Show Unmistake
bly That This is a Democratic County and
Will Remain so-Every Democrat Must
Do His Duty. *
Next Wednesday is election day.
At the head of The Tribune’s editorial
columns will be found the ticket to vote
—the straight democratic ticket, only, of
course, national candidates are not voted
for on that day.
And that it is the ticket a good ma
jority of the voters of Floyd county are
tor there can be no doubt.
The people are not deceived by the
populistic chaff, and in spite of all in
fluences Floyd will remain’solidly dem
ocratic with a good margin to spare.
Every democratic nominee should and
will go in. This is not the time for
breaking away from the great party that
has done so much for Georgia and her
people, and the people are determined
that only nominees of the democratic
party shall be elected.
The thing to do is to roll up such a
majority in October as will warn the pop
ulists that they need not hope for any
con' olation in November. Populism has
ruined Kansas and Colorado, and the in
fluences that are stirring up strife in
Georgia have set the state of South Car
olina back at least a decade.
Earnest, honest, progressive people are
tired of these cantankerous politicians
who care not how much dissension or dis
organization follows so that they can
reach their own selfish ends. The peo
ple have gone to work and will weed out
these pernicious influences and restore
the reign of reason and common sense.
Georgia is a conservative state, and it
will remain so.
Let every democrat put his shoulder to
the wheel and let him labor for the
greatest majority possible. Principle is
at. stake, and the bigger the majority the
better it will be.
The election is next Wednesday, and
no democrat can afford to remain from
the polls.
BRYAN’S NARROW ESCAPE.
Queer Story About a Plot bv Yale Boy. to
Abduct and Haze the Candidate.
Hartford, Sept. 29. —A rumor spread
here and iu New Haven that a party of
Yale students planned to abduct Wil
liam J. Bryan after his meeting here on
Thursday night.
According to the report the students
arranged to drug the driver of the pres
idential candidate’s carriage and replace
him with one of the conspirators, who
was to whip up the horses and drive out
into the suburbs, where a party of stu
dents was to have treated Mr. Bryan to
an oldfashioned college hazing. The
report has it that the plot failed through
the backing out of the student who was
to have impersonated the driver.
Yale students are indignant in their
denial of the report. None of the pro
fessors gives it any credence. Felix
Smith, who drove Bryan’s carriage
from the station to the Hotel Henblin,
from there to the capitol and back again,
says he was approached by no student,
nor any one else with suggestions that
he take a drink.
No Yale students were seen in Hart
ford during Bryan’s stay, and, so far as
it is possible to ascertain, the report has
absolutely no foundation in fact.
Di*tinsuishe<l liters on the New York
Southampton, Sept. 29.—The Ameri
can line steamship New York, which
has just sailed for New York, took
among her passengers Mr. and Mrs.
Stuyvesant Fish and Mr. and Mr*.
Drayton Ives of New York and J. H.
Mapleson, the oneratic manager, and
Mrs. Mapleson.