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SUPREME BENCH
Row Occupies ihe Kunast Attention
01 ihe While People
JUDGE BRANHAM IN THE FRONT
Rome Hasa Strong Dilegation
In Atlanta
GENERAL HOBNOBB NG LAST NIGHT
-Every Candidate H is a H.»s: of Workers a t
the Scats Capitol Doing the Great
Beaver Act -Saw ng a Heap of Timber
and Doing a Heap of Ta king.
Atlanta, Nov. 17.—The various
candidates for the supreme judgeship
are here, and with their backers a e
working every possible scheme,prom
ise and combination that can be
thought of to further their ends and
aims.
Judge Branham smiles serenely and
has a knowing look. His friends are
numerous and arrive on every train.
Captain Seay, Col. Halsted Smith and
a cohort of splendid workers are here
from Rome, and in the parlance of
the day, you may expect to hear
something drop—and it will be for
Branham—undoubtedly the strong
est delegation here is the Branham
one, and they seldom go after a vote
without the owner of it “coming
across.’’ **
The attitude of Judge Gober is
compared by some to that of Atkin
son. He came here with a big vote
but combinations may sweep them
away from him in lots of two’s and
blocks of fives, and he may find that
like Atkinson, he will have to draw
out.
Then, again, it is urged that Cobb
county has gotten the United States
senatorship and they should not want
the earth.
Captain John J. Seay may announce
for the chairmanship of the conven
tion in the morning.
Hon. A S. Clay was elected to the
United States senate today. He se
cured 161 votes of the 198.
The Seaboard Air Line deal is off,
the pooling committee having de
clined to deliver stock which is held.
W.C.T.U. ELECTS OFFICERS.
Miss Francis E. Willard of Illinois Is
Again Made President.
St. Louis, Nov. 17 This, next to the
last day’s session of the twenty-third
annual convention of the national W.
C. T. U., was the most important of any
yet held, as officers for the ensuing year
•were elected. The following resolution
was adopted without much debate:
Resolved, That while we recognize the
right of women to make commentaries on
t e Bible, as men have done from the be
ginning until now. we regret that the
name "Women’s Bible” has been given
to any volume and we further deplore the
misapprehension of the press, secular and
religious, in styling this commentary on
those parts of the Bible only relating to
women as "a new version of the scrip
tures.” We further disclaim any con
nection whatever of our society or of our
national president with this work.
A number of letters and messages of
greeting were read, one being from
Clara Barton of the Red Cross society.
A delegate reported that it was an
nounced that the house in Washington
in which Abraham Lincoln died was to
be turned into a saloon. This caused a
flutter of excitement and a protest from
many persons. As a result a resolution
was adopted memorializing congress to
take the necessary action to prevent it.
The next order of business was the
election of officers for the ensuing year,
Mrs. Stevens, vice piesideut-at-large,
taking the chair. While the ballots
were being distributed and collected
Rev. Wilbur T. Crafts of Washington
made a short characteristic address to
the ladies.
There being no opposition, all the offi
cers were re-elected, with headquarters
in Chicago:
President, Francis E. Willard, Illi
nois; vice president-at-large, Mrs. Lil
lian M. Stevens. Maine; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. Katherine Lente Steven
son, Massachusetts; recording secretary,
Mrs. Clara O. Hoffman, Missouri; treas
urer, Mrs. Helen Barker. Illinois.
DUELING IS TO BE LIMITED.
The German Government Preparing Regu
lation* Which Will Stop Fight*.
Berlin, Nov. 17.—Chancellor Prince
Hohenlohe, replying to the interpella
tion of Herr August Munckel, People's
party, on the Brusewitz incident of
Oct. 13 last, when a lieutenant ran a
sword through a workman named
Siebemann, who had accidentally
pushed against the officer’s chair while
entering a case, stated that the military
department was preparing new regula
tions with the object of limiting duel
ing as much as possible. A commission
of officials, he said, would meet within
a few days for the purpose of consider
ing and reporting on the regulations
proposed.
Continuing, the chancellor said that
the chief change in the regulations as
proposed was that if an officer insulted
another the matter should be left to the
of a court of honor, but ;th«>
THE ROME TRIBUNE.
THE ROME TRIBUNE, ROME, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1896.
judgment or the court snouici never be
worded in such away as to make a duel
a necessity or even to imply the recog
nition of such means of settling a dis
pute.
The government. Prince Hohenlohe
added, was preparing an amendment to
the civil law, and in its preparation the
measure had met with considerable diffi
culties. But it was hoped that this
would be ov rcome with the help of
those interested.
ALABAMA’S NEW SENATOR.
General E. W. Pet tin Nominated by the
Democratic C'aucii* on Fimt Ballot.
Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 17.—General
Edmund Winston Pettus was nominated
for United States senator by the caucus
of the Democratic members of the as
sembly by a vote of 67 to 26, Governor
William O. Oates being his only com
petitor.
General Pettus was born in 1821, in
Limestone county, Ala. After having
secured a good education at the oldfield
schools in Limestone he was graduated
at Clinton college, Virginia, and began
the study of law in Tuscumbia, Ala., in
1840. He was admitted to the practice
in 1841, and settled at Gainesville, Sum
ter county, where he practiced until
1848, when the gold excitement in Cali
fornia attracted him there. Two years
later, however, he returned to Alabama
and located at Carrollton, Pickeus
county, where he lived and practiced
law until 1858, when he removed to Ca
haba in 1866. In 1814 he was elected
solicitor of Sumter county, and in 1852
was elected solicitor of P.ckens county.
Three years later he was elected judge
or the Seventh judicial circuit, being
then only 34 years of age.
I He was living at Cali aba when the
war broke put, anil euteied the con
federate service as major o. the Twelfth
: Alabama. He fought hard during the
; four years of hostilities, and was pro
moted by degrees to a brigadier general
ship in October, 1863. He was a coura-
■ geous soldier and a gallant leader, and
the men he led love to recite his acts of
bravery and fearlessness. At the close
of the war he located at Selma, where
he has since practiced his profession, be
ing at the head of the bar of the state.
Hv-siiig In the Race For Mayor.
Chicago, Nov. 17.—A new candidate
has entered for the mayoralty contest
next spring in the person of Postmaster
Washington Hesing. His candidacy is
regarded as the first mov. in the forma
tion of a citizens’ ticket. Mr. Hesing
was prominent as a gold Democrat dur
ing the recent presidential campaign.
Campaign buttons bearing the postmas
ter’s features have made their appear
ance as an informal announcement that
the postmaster was in the fight. Mr.
Hesing confirms his candidacy and says
he will make a vigorous fight if nom
inated.
Inspecting the Battleship Oregon.
San Francisco, Nov. 17.—-The mem
bers of the United States battleship
Oregon’s inspection board, which had
been ordered by the secretary of the
navy to inspect and report on the fitness
of the vessel for active work, convened
on board the ship. The inspection will
cover a period of several days, two of
which will be at sea. On her return she
will lie here for a couple of weeks and
then go to Port Richard to try the new
government dry dock there.
The Dreibund Has Been Strengthened.
Vienna, Nov. 17. —The newspapers
here express satisfaction at the minis
terial statement made in the German
reichstag. The papers say they think
the government utterances on that oc
casion have imparted fresh strength to
the dreibund.
Chicago anti Northern Pacific Sol'd.
Chicago, Nov 17. —All the franchises
and real aud personal property of the
Chicago and Northern Pacific railroad
was sold at auction here for $8,000,000.
The sale was conducted by Henry
Bishop, master in chancery and was un
der the judgment issued by the United
States circuit court, June 20, 1896. The
sale was made to William Allen Butler
on behalf of the bondholders’ commit
tee, J. Edward Simmons, Henry Judge,
Robert Martin, Simon Sterne, William
Mertens, A. S. Heidelbach.aud himself.
Mr. Butler was the only bidder. The
bondholders have not declared their
plans of organization.
Frynti Urges Formation of Clubs.
Kansas City, Nov. 17.—Hon. Wil
liam J. Bryan, iu a statement printed
in The Times, urges the formation of
clubs to continue the fight for free sil
ver during the next four years. To
avoid jealousies that might arise he sug
gests that such clubs refrain from nam
ing themselves for him, merely calling
themselves a silver or a bimetallic club.
“The cause,’’ he adds, "is greater than
any man aud will travel on its own mer
its.”
Woolen Mills Resume Operations.
St. Joseph, Mo., Noy. 17.—The Buell
woolen mills have resumed operations
on full time. This is one of the largest
woolen mills iu the west. About two
weeks ago it closed down owing, the
owner said, to the uncertainty of the
money question.
H intan Named to s uccee<i Waldo.
Chicago, Nov. 17.—E. J. Hinton,
general agent of the Pacific Mail Steam
ship company in San Francisco, at one
time general freight agent of the Texas
& Pacific, has been named by the South
ern Pacific as the successor of the late
J Waldo, on the board of administra
tion of the Southwestern Traffic associa
tion. The Southern Pacific company
has made a change in the rates from the
east that will enable California jobbers
to have a larger buying field.
HAWAII UP AGAIN
Auuexilijn Qaetiiun R.opened By
McKiuiey’o Election.
A COMMISSION WILL BE APPOINTED
The Motto is Now to Go For
ward Not backward
THE PARADISE OF THE PACIFIC
Fresh Agitation to Begin Soon After the
Retirement of the Present Administra*
tlou A Recent Arrival Talks of the
Social and Political Conditions on the
Island—Queen Lil Satisfied.
San Francisco. Nov. 17.—A new ef
fort to secure the annexation of Hawaii
to the United States is likely to be made
j as a result of the election of McKinley.
Passengers from Honolulu report that
there was as keen an interest in the re
sult of the recent election as if the is
lands were in fact a part of the United
States. Since President Cleveland with
; drew from the senate the Hawaiian an-
I nexation treaty framed by President
j Harrison, and since Commissioner
! Blount pulled down the American flag,
i no effort has been made to advance an
j nexation. It. is predicted that a com
i mission will be appointed at Honolulu
j to reopen the whole question soon after
McKinley’s inauguration. The Ha
waiian government is strong and busi
ness on the island is prosperous and
peaceful.
Captain Nathan Appleton of Boston
has just returned from two months in
Honolulu and Hawaii, observing with a
trained eye the social and political con-
I ditions. “Honolulu,’’ he says, “has the
stamn of the United States about it.
“The Panama canal takes us at once
to this group of islands. A glance at
| the map shows what they are and mean
i to the great nations of the world that
| will use the canal. .
“Another want greatly felt there now
is telegraphic communication with the
j rest of the world, and the beginning of
supplying this need should properly be
j a cable to our California coast. After
I recommending such cable communica-
I tion with the islands during his first,
term in the White House, Mr. Cleve
land so changed his views during the
second term that he actually recom
mended that we cede one of the unin- '
habited islands to Great Britain as a
place for a cable to be landed. If this
were granted them it is pretty certain
that one of their first acts would be to
hoist the British flag there, and that
done it is not probable they would haul
it down in a hurry, as Mr. Cleveland
ordered to be done with ours.
“So now the question is presented:
What is to be the future of this group
of islands known as “The Paradise of
the Pacific?” They cannot go backward
—their career must bi forward, march. I
You hear nothing unkind said of the
former queen. Liliuokalani, but she is
no longer a factor in the problems of the
country’s future. She has taken her
place among the many ex-crowned
heads that have taken part in the
' world’s history.”
MR.VOORHEES HAS PARESIS.
j “He Is Totally Oblivious to His Snrround
a Friend Says.
Indianapolis, Nov 17 —The an
nouncement is made by friends of Sena
tor Voorhees that, they will not ask a
complimentary vote for him from the
minority in the legislature at its com
ing session, for the reason that his facul
ties are so much impaired that he would j
be insensible to the honor.
It is said that he is suffering from ;
paresis, and that, while his physical
condition is not alarming, his mental
condition is such that his friends have
no hope of his recovery. Friends at
Terre Haute are not permitted to see
him, and no one but a nurse, who is
with him constantly, is admitted to his
presence. |
Those in the confidence of the family
say that his death is only a matter of
time, and that it is not probable that he
will ever leave his room. In the words
of a friends, “He is dying by inches, but
is totally oblivious to his surroundings. ” i
BIG FLOOD IN WASHINGTON. I
The Whole Slraglt Valley Is Under Water
and Farmer* Will Suffer as a Result.
Seattle, Wash., Nov. 17.—The pres
ent flood in the Skagit valley is the
worst in its history. The whole valley 1
is under water and great damage will
ensue to the farmers through loss of
hay, stock and fences. The country be- I
tween Mount Vernon and La Conner is
submerged, while to the south there is
one vast lake.
At Mount Vernon the water is 15 i
inches higher than ever known, and the |
town has been saved only by great ex- ,
ertions of the citizens. The dykes were
manned all night, and it was not until
morning that the flood began to recede.
The Cowlitz river is higher than ever
and still rising. AU log booms have
broken loose and millions of feet of logs
and thousands of cords of shingle bolts
have gone out. The valleys of the
White and Black rivers are covered with
water and the loss to farmers will be
large.
Not a railroad train reached Seattle
during the day.
Superintendent Riton of the Great
Northern wired here that between two ■
aud three miles of track were under i
water near Sultan. No estimate can be I
made until the water subsides. Reports ‘
from all Dojnt&au the Northern Pacific .
mow tliat the rani has ceased ana tiiat
snow has taken its place. There was
4 inches of snow at Black Diamond.
The conditions are regarded as favor
able and railroad men are hopeful.
Spokane has been practically cut off
from railway communication with the
outside world for 24 hours. No North
ern Pacific trains rau either east or west
during the day. The trouble on the
Rocky Mountain division prevented the
westbound overland from arriving, and
the .carrying away of a span of the
Natchez river bridge, near Yakima,
prevented any train arriving from the
west. The Great Northern is tied up
in a similar manner. The traffic of the
Coeur d’Alene country is suspended by
reason of the high water.
THE FRATERNAL CONGRESS.
Tenth Annual Session Hegins at Louisville.
The First Day’s Work.
Louisville, Nov. 17.—The tenth an
nual session of the National Fraternal
congress began here at Music hall. Rep
resentatives.are present from a constitu
ency of nearly 2,000,000 members. The
present congress will deal with ques
tions of greater importance than those
which have come before its predecessors,
although the sessions are not legisla
tive. Mutual benefit Is the prime object.
Mr. J. T. Funk, president of the Ken
tucky Fraternal congress, delivered an
address of welcome to the visiting dele
gates and President W. P. Spooner of
the National Fraternal congress re
sponded. Routine and preliminary
work was transacted at the day’s ses
sion aud at night an entertainment was
giveh. j
The session of the congress will con
tinue three days. The meeting on
Wednesday will be tbe only one not
open to the public. Secret business will
be considered. New officers will be
elected on Thursday. It is probable
that Vice President J. G. Johnston of
Peabody, Kail., will be elected president.
REPUBLICANS TO CONTEST.
They Declare That Frauds Were Practiced
In the Tennessee Elections.
Nashville, Nov. 17.—The Republi
can state executive committee, with 200
leading Republicans from all portions of
the state, closed a session here after
having unanimously resolved to investi
gate alleged election frauds in this state
and inaugurate a contest for the gov
ernorship and endorse a contest upon
the part of candidates for congress who
were, defeated by alleged frauds.
The Republicans claim that these
frauds are fal reaching and surpass any
thing heretofore practiced, and that in
five West Tennessee counties alone
enough votes Svere transferred from the
Republican to the Democratic column
to overcome the alleged Democratic ma
jority in the state.
It is known that Mr. E. B. Stahlman,
who managed the Republican campaign,
feels keenly the disappointment of a
failure to carry the state, and believes
with a fair count the state would have
been placed in the Republican column
by large majorities.
A Famous Arkansas Juiist Dean.
Fort Smith, Ark., Nov. 17 Judge
I. C. Parker, the famous Arkansas
jurist, died at his home in this city of
Bright’s disease. Judge Parker was fa
mous all over the country for his fear
less administration of justice, having
imposed the death penalty upon more
criminals than any other jurist in the
United States. For 21 years he had
presided over the court without missing
a day. In last June he was seized with
an attack of heart failure, but rallied.
Friday, Nov. 13, he was again taken se
riously ill, but withstood the attack and
improved until noon Tuesday. Fatty
degeneration of the heart was the cause
of the first attack and was augmented
by Bright’s disease with complications.
Passengers on Board the Mobile.
New York, Nov. 17. —On board the
steamer Mobile, which is expected here
during the day, are Mr. and Mrs. Enoch
Wishard and W. D. Duke, Jr. Mr
Wishard is one of the few Americans
who has raced successfully in England,
having been there siive the first of the
year. Mr. and Mrs. Wishard and Mr.
Duke had with them the following
horses: Wishard, Ramapo, Helen Nich
ols, Hugh Penny, Mac Briggs and
George H. Ketchan. Os a total of 42
starts, they won eight firsts, seven sec-'
onds, eight thirds and were unplaced 19
times. Before sailing the entire stable
was disposed of at auction. It is under
stood that Mr. Wishard brings back sev
eral horses purchased in England.
Manufacturers Meet at Nashville.
Nashville, Nov. 17.—The national
convention of agricultural implement
and vehicle manufacturers convened at
the capitol. No business was transacted
except the reading of President Strav
er’s annual address. Addresses of wel
come were made by John J. McCann
for the Tennessee centennial and Cap
tain A. J. Harris for the chamber of
commerce.
Tlia Steamer Tanrlc Agroaud.
New York, Nov. 17.—The White Star
line freight steamer Tauric, southward
bound, is reported to be aground on the
south side of Gedney channel. The
weather is calm aud there is little prob
ability of serious results.
Articles of Incorporation Issued.
Springfield, Ills., Nov. 17.—Articles
of incorporation have been issued by the
secretary of state to the Farmers’ Na
tional Chautauqua association. The ob
ject of the association is the advance
ment of the study of all matters relating
to farm life and the establishment and
maintenance of the necessary buildings
and grounds for the accommodation of
said association.
MANY CASES PENDING
Interstate Commeice Commission W L
Be Kept Busy.
! RAILROAD RATES ARE INVOLVED
Discriminaticn Against Savan
nah the Cause *
A CASE COMES FROM OUT IN TEXAS
Complaint of tbe Savannah Freight A**o.
Cittioti, In Which It I* < h'-trged That
There Ila* Been Discrimination Against
the Forest City, Being Thoroughly lu
re*! igateil - <>l her Case*.
Washington, Nov. 17. —There are a
number of important cases pending be
fore the interstate commerce commis
sion, some of which may be decided
soon, while others are yet being investi
gated by the commission.
One of the most important cases be
fore the commission is the complaint
made by the New York Produce Ex
change against trunk lines to the Sea
board charging discrimination against
New York city and in favor of Boston,
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Newport
News. A similar question was decided
a quarter of a century ago by a commis
sion of arbitration consisting of Judge
Cooley, Senator Thurman and Elihu B.
Washburne.
In the southwest there are several
complications, and one class which is
considered importantis that of the Texas
common point rate from Yrarious points
on the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.
It involves rates on carload and less than
carload lots to distributing points in
Texas. Nearly all these distributing
centers in Texas get. the same rates from
all points. Galveston and other sea
board points generally are not included.
The complaint is made by the Busi
ness Men’s league of St. Louis, which
wants a rate on less than carload lots to
points outside of distributing centers
the same as on carload lots. It is claimed
by them that by reason of the carload
lot rate being less than rates on broken
carload lots, the distributing points are
able to compete with St. Louis and
other large wholesale centers. The Dal
las people in the Same cases bomplain
against this Texas common point rate,
and want a lower rate where the haul
is much longer.
Another case coming from Texas,
which has behind it the entire cattle
shipping interest, is the terminal charge
on cars of live stock shipped into Chi
cago. Formerly the roads entering
Chicago charged a rate to that city
which included delivery of the car at
the stock yards. In 1894 the railroads
established a terminal charge of $2 per
car on live stock in addition to the rate
to Chicago. It is of the additional
charge that the cattle mon now com
plain. The importance of the case is
increased by reason of the fact that in a
decision about two years ago Judge
Grosscup of Chicago held that charges
in a case of this nature were illegal.
Since then, however, the court of ap
peals reversed that decision. But the
complaint of the cattle men is predi
cated upon grounds differing in some
respects from those involved in the case
decided by Judge Grosscup.
From the Southern Atlantic seaboard
comes a case before the commission on
complaint of the Savannah Freight as
sociation, in which it is charged that
fertilizer rates from Charleston to points
in Georgia, Alabama and Florida dis
criminate against Savannah. It is as
serted that the roads make the same
rate from Charleston as from Savannah,
over a longer haul and where the haul
Is made over several different lines,
while the haul from Savannah is made
over one or two roads.
COONEY AGAIN IN CHICAGO.
Man Who Was Accused of the Cronin Mur
der Return* to Hi* Old Haunt*.
Chicago. Nov 17. “Cooney the
Fox.” of Cronin murder fame, is back
in town. He returned to Chicago of his
own free will. Cooney reached the city
Saturday night. His first public appear
ance was Sunday night when he visited
north side resorts, which used to be fre
quented by the leaders of the anti-Cro
nin faction in the Clan-na-gael. He re
fused to say any thing about his journey
ings or movements during the half
dozen years which have elapsed since he
fled after the discovery of Dr. Cronin’s
body in the manhole of the Lakeview
sewer.
Cooney is stopping at a house on the
north side, near his former haunts. His
friends say he is here to stay. The po
lice do not want him, and there is no
reason why he should longer avoid
Chicago.
Patrick Cooney, better known as
“Cooney the Fox,” is the man whom
Mrs. Andy Foy accused of being deeply
implicated in the Cronin murder. Iu
her story of the crime, Mrs. Foy told
how the conspirators had selected her
husband, by lot, to perform the murder.
Cooney, she claimed, being unmarried,
agreed to take her husband’s place, since
Foy had a wife and large family of
children.
PROGRESS OF THE SOUTH.
Industrial and Business Conditions In
Dixie Are Very Encouraging.
Chattanooga, Nov. 17. The re
markable change for the better that has
characterized trade since the election
shows no signs of abate lent and ad
vices received from The Tradesman's
large coterie of Foutheri! correspondents
PRICE FIVE CENTS,
*s to industrial conditions are very en
couraging. The number of idle mills
resuming increases daily, and many
concerns already in operation are work
ing longer hours and adding to their
forces. The wages of employes are also
being increased.
The change of feeling in the iron trade
is fully confirmed and the tone of the
market is decidedly stronger. The de
mand is good and prices continue to
have an upward tendency. The output
at the iron turnaces has been largely in
creased, but there seems to be no imme
diate danger of an accumulation of
stocks.
The lumber industry is also feeling
the good effects of the bus’uese --ev’vol
and conditions ~e reported favorable
for a more active trade, both among
manufacturers and dealers. Yellow pine
prices have been slightly advanced and
a still further advance is exuected.
Cotton goods are firm, the tendency
in print cloths being upward. Wool is
higher and a more active demand is
noted.
The prospects of further advance in
prices has brought many orders into the
markets during the past week that
would not otherwise have been received.
USED TOO MUCH COCAINE.
Mr. George A. Merritt Explain, the Cauae
of His Wife’s Sudden Death.
London, Nov. 17. —The management
of the Hotel Cecil continued making tbe
greatest mystery over the sudden death
of Mrs. Alma Merritt, the wife of Mr.
George A. Merritt, who died at the
hotel on Saturday night under-circum
stances which led to the circulation of
a report that she had committed suicide.
A representative of the Associated Press
had an interview with Mr. Merritt, who
said:
“I am glad of the opportunity of sta
ting the facts in the case, as the reports
published are entirely wrong. We have
been traveling on the continent for the
past six months and our New York res
idence is at the Barkeley, Ninth street
and Fifth avenue. My wife, who was
a Roumanian, arrived from Paris last
week. She was suffering from an ul
cerated tooth and a dentist furnished
her with some cocaine, which indirectly
caused her death, as it induced epilepsy,
which was chronic with her. We pur
posed sailing for New York on Satur
day next. I shall return home as soon
as possible.”
SHERIFF CHAINED A TRAIN.
Fastened tbe Engine Wheels to the Track
aud Demanded Satisfaction.
Wadesboro, N. 0., Nov. 17.—Three
trains o£ the Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta division of the Southern rail
way, filled with passengers. United
States-mail and Southern express mat*
ter, were seized by a sheriff here for an
unpaid judgment. One of the engines
had killed a horse about a year ago.
As the local from Augusta reached.
Wadesboro the sheriff ran up and
chained the wheels of the engine to the
track. Producing his documents, he
called loudly for settlement of the sll9
judgment against the company. The
passengers streamed out in no amiable
frame of mind. The sheriff offered to
release the mail car, but the railroad
men refused to accept this offer.
The northbound vestibule, the south
bound local from Charlotte and the at
tached train were delayed for several
hours before the company’s agents gave
a satisfactory bond for the payment of
the claim. Then the sheriff took off
the chains and trains moved op.
Three Burglar* Torture a Miser.
Cleveland, Nov. 17.—Three burglars
broke into the house occupied by John
Mirka, a miser, at 448 East Prospect
street. Mirka is 72 years old. He lives
alone and has generally been credited
with having large sums of money se
creted in his house. Upon his refusal
to tell where his money was hidden, he
was beaten in a terrible manner. This
punishment failing to force the infor
mation from the old man, he was bound,
gagged and a lamp flame applied to his
feet until the flesh was literally cooked.
The old man writhed in agony, but pro
tested he had no money. The fiends
then applied the flame to the suffering
man’s hands and body until he finally
sank into unconsciousness, in which
condition he was found. It is believed
the burglars got nothing. There is no
clew to their identity. Mirka was taken
to the hospital.
To Prohibit Football I’lay‘ng.
Lawrence, Kan., Nov. 17.—Citizens
who are opposed to football held a meet
ing to discuss the killing of Bert Seif,
the quarter-back of the Done college
eleven. It was decided to ask the next
legislature to pass a bill making the
playing of football a misdemeaner. It
was stated that Florida had such a law.
A committee was appointed to wait on
Governor-elect Leedy and ask him to
embody such a recommendation in his
forthcoming message to the legislature.
Romautlo Marriage at Des Motuea.
Des Moines, Nov. 17.—Clara Dawson
Scott, the widow of Walter Scott, has
married Willard McKay. Dec. 24, last,
the girl, now only 19 years of age, was
married to Walter Scott, after a ro
mantic courtship, who was killed by her
father. The latter is now in the peni
tentiary. Willard McKay had been
Scott’s intimate friend and had helped
them in their elopement. The marriage
is the conclusion of the romance.
Director Holden Is Decorated.
San Francisco, Nov. 17. E. S. Hol
den, the director of the Lick observa
tory, has received from the minister of
foreign affairs of Denmark the decora
tion of Knight of the Royal Order of
the Dennebrog. This ancient order was
founded in A. D. 1219 and was con
ferred in the present case for services to
sciences.