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ESTABLISHED 1887.
THEY WORK NIGHTS.
The Legislature Earning Ttoir Salaries
By Lamp Light.
THE APPROPRIATION MEASURES
How the Money Wil! Be Dis
tributed Among Schools
THE GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATURE
Hid Not Go to the Funeral of Colonel
Hardeman-Snow Broke Down Wires
And Theie Was No One to Issue Orders
To the Special. Trip Was Given Up.
Atlanta, Dee. 4.—Peacock, Dun
woody & Haugh assigned toW. E.
.Kagan this morning for $53,000. Mil
ler Bros, in Chattanooga held a claim
for $17,000 and were pushing them.
Their assets will run to $75,000, so it is
stated.
General appropriation bill for 1897,
reported by the finance committee of
the house, carries an increase of ap
propriatious for the present year. The
bill distributes the increased amounts
to the several institutions as follows:
The amounts showing the increase to
the respective institutions over the
appropriations for this year: Com
mon school fund, $400,000; indigent
pensions. $15,000; lunatic asylum, SSO
- military, $33,800; state university,
$14,500; normal schools, $12,500; tech
nological school, $10,000; deaf and
dumb, $5,000; North Georgia agricul
tural college, $43,000: supreme court,
$13,500; girls’ normal school, $6,000.
In addition to these increases several
bills are pending giving appropria
tions to institutions.
Owing to the heavy fall of snow in At
lanta along the Georgia railroad to Au
gusta the railroad and telegraph com
pany's wires were down and there was no
one in Atlanta who could move the
special train today that had been made
up to take the governor and members of
the legislature to Covington to attend
the funeral of Colonel Hardeman. The
train of three cars got out to Butler street
and here was detained on account of no
communication with the train master of
the Georgia railroad in Augusta. The
governor and the committe awaited a long
time out there but finally disgusted they
abandoned the trip. The railroad author
ties are being criticised severely.
The house passed a bill to protect
the wild game of the state by making
it unlawful for any person to hunt,
kill or sell any partridge or dove and
other wild birds during the year ex
cept in November, December. Jan
nary and February. The existing
law allows hunting in March and the
bill passed today, which was introduc
ed by Mr. Reid of Bibb, enacts that
that month shall not baa hunting
month. The bill makes it a misde
meanor for violation.
Mr. Reid made a strong plea for the
protection of game and tinder the
■exiiting law thousands of birds have
been killed in March which are unfit
to eat. He said in Lee county last
March when the fields were being
plowed up a gang of hunters baited
one of the fields and wantonly slaugb
tered 9,000 doves in one day." He de
clared that game is getting scarcer
everv year, and when he asked for the
passage of his bill onlyseven members
voted against the measure while
ninety one votes were east for it.
THE DONS LED INTO A TRAP.
Caban* Enfloed Spaniard* on (o a Point
cl Ground That Had Been Dynamited.
Atlanta, Dec. 4. —The Rev. A. J.
Diaz, the Baptist missionary of Havana
who was driven from Cuba several
months ago on account of alleged affilia
tion with the insurgents, reached this
city from Texas where he has been en
gaged in church work. While in New
Orleans he met se eral Cubans who
gave him an interesting account of
what was going on in the island. These
Cubans had come over from Havana on
the steamer Aranz is and were going to
make the Crescent City their home.
They had been permitted to leave the
island because ot the fact that they were
taking no part in the war.
“I was told,” said Diaz, “that every
thing was at a standstill in Havana.
There is absolutely nothing going on in
the city. As I uiuierst tnd it, everything
is as dead as a door nail. But. General
Maceo seems to be getting in his work
and from what 1 was told by my friends
in New Orleans J suppose that he has
been tho means of exterminating many
of the Spaniards.
“The press reports contained a story
to the effect that General Maceo had
enticed Woyler with many o$ his men
on to a point of ground that had been
dynamited for their especial benefit and
succeeded in killing and wounding
many of them. I was told of a second
mine that had been fired while the
Spanish soldiers were on it only a day
or two ago. I did not got the exact
date, but at the time his men were en
trapped anti led on to the ground Gen
eral Weyler was iu the city of Artemisa
and knew nothing of it until the dyna
mite had done its deadly work.
"This mine was set between the Ru
ble and the Cayajabo mountains by
Maceo's electrician. After it was all
prepared, as in the other case, the Cu
bans and Spaniards outraged in a battle.
The Cubans, of course, retreated and as
they did so, the Spaniards followed,
k«et>ing as.'j»ar them as.possiblo. Whe”
THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
tn’H’fffmy Was between tne two moun
tains the mines were touched off and in
a few minutes the air was filled with
smoke, while dead and wounded men
and horses flew in every direction. My
friends stated,” concluded Mr. Diaz,
“that there was 5,000 Spanish soldiers
killed and wounded in the explosion of
the last mine.”
FOOD FISHES IN FLORIDA.
Gutted States Government. May Do Some
thitjg For Their Preservation*
Washington, Dec. 4. A report is
now being prepared at the fish commis
sion of an investigation made under the
direction of congress into fish conditions
in Florida. The report will take a wide
range, as a thorough investigation has
been made. The object was to ascer
tain more particularly whether sponge
could be successfully cultivated in
Florida waters, and also whether it
would be expedient to establish a ma
rine station at some point on the Florida
coast for the purpose of cultivating
sponges and also for the propagation of
food fishes of those waters. The report
will show that an experimental station,
for the purpose of finding out what
could be done, is all that ought to be at
tempted. The sponge must be set out
like plants and trees. There is no such
things as eggs or seeds.
As to fish, the recommendation will
be made that something ought to be
done at once to preserve the green tur
tle, which is fast disappearing from the
Florida coast. The reason for this is
the destruction of the eggs of the turtle,
which are gathered by the thousands
along the shore. It has been ascertained
that the turtles do not come as fre
quently to deposit eggs as before. Flor
ida has no state fish commission and
nothing has been done for the preserva
tion of the food fish that are common on
its shores.
There are several other varieties of
fish on the Florida coast which the re
port will show can be successfully pro
pogated under the direction of the com
mission. It will be shown that a ma
rine hatchery could be successful with a
sufficient appropriation to establish and
maintain it.
The Situation In Chippewa Valley.
Chippewa Falls, Wis., Dec. 4.—The
water went down 6 inches during the
night, and the fears of the people are
much allayed. Continued cold is also
tending to quiet their f clings and they
are settling down io an all winter com
panionship with the ice gorge. Colonel
Jones started down the branch line of
the Milwaukee and St. Paul road at 8
o’clock, going along the banks of the
river for several miles on a further in
vestigation of the gorge. He does not
believe there is anything to be done and
rather disapproves the use of dynamite
or other explosives as useless or unne
cessary work. The worst is undoubtedly,
over. The people of the valley are be
coming acquainted with that fact and
consequently feel much relieved.
A Hill to License Marder.
Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 4. —Repre-
sentative Pitts, one of the foremost law
yers in the assembly, has introduced a
bill which, in effect, will license a man
to kill the despoiler of his female rela
tive. It is urged that the law making
such homicide murder is a dead letter
on the statute books and that the pro
posed law will enable the juries of Ala
bama to cease ignoring the written law
in order to meet the ends of justice.
Cougrvs’iin’iu Muriou Bro*ius* View*. **
Lancaster, Pa., Dec. 4.—Congress
man Marion Brosius, who is a member
of tho committee on banking and cur
rency, has left for Washington. Pre
vious to his departure he said, that in
his judgment, there would be absolutely
nothing accomplished in the way of cur
rency, tariff or any other important leg
islation outside of the appropriations.
The Proficient of Liberia Dead.
London, Dec. 4. Advices received
here from Liberia announce that the
president of that republic, Joseph James
Cheesman. died on Nov. 11. Vice Pres
ident Coleman was inaugurated on Nov.
13.
Tho I’lagcin Attack* European*.
Bombay, Dec. 4. The plague is
spreading and several Europeans have
been attacked, two of them dying
Thursday.
Fire l*agir»ff In a Maine Town.
Bangor, Me., Deo. 4.—Word has been
received here that East Corinth, a tq,wn
of 500 population, about 25 miles north
of this city, is threatened with destruc
tion by fire. There is no fire depart
ment at the place and the citizens are
fighting the flames with buckets, with
little success.
Tho Alabama W*O. T. U. Moeta.
Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 4. The
state Woman’s Christian Temperance
Union met here. The reports of Mrs.
Spencer, president, and Mrs. Jeffries,
secretary, showed that much good work
had been done during the year. The
body had three sessions and adjourned.
A Knn.a. <'lty Drug Firm Fall*.
Kansas City, Dec. 4 The J. B.
Owens Drug company failed here, as a
result of the Missouri National bank
failure. The bank holds notes of the
firm aggregating $11,250.
Bopubllonn Daily at Halelgh.
Raleigh, Dec. 4 —A meeting of Re
publicans interested in establishing a
daily paper for that party here was held
and arrangements were made to begin
publication Jan. 1.
ROME, GA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1896.
ECHOES OF THE FIGHT
ReLree Earp Still Claims That Sharkey
Was Fouled,
SATS HE HAS BUT ONE REGRET
Wyatt Earp Referee Most
Talked of Man Now
SHARKLY STRUCK NO FOUL BLOW
Sorry He Did Not Leave the King When
Jillian ObJ<?<Bted to Hi* Officiating—Fitx-
Simmon* Dreiares There Was a Plot to
Rob Kim of the Purge—Sensational
Story About the Sailor** Injuries.
San Francisco, Dec. 4.—Wyatt Earp,
the most talked of man of the hour,
takes a philosophical view of the criti
cisms that are being heaped upon him
for his decision Wednesday night, and
says he will -wait for time to set him
right with the public.
“If I had any fears that I erred in my
decision, they would have disappeared
when I saw Sharkey today,” said he
last night. “Sharkey did not strike a
foul blow to my mind. At the break he
struck Fitzsimmons as soon as his arm
was free, but that was following Queens
berry rules. True, it was agreed that
there would be no fighting at the break,
but my instructions from the club were
not to be technical, but to give the au
dience a good fight for their money. I
have one regret about the whole matter,
and that is that I did not leave the ring
when Julian objected to me. I thought
of doing so, but it occurred to me that
it would be showing the yellow to do
that and I would be quitting under fire
and I made up my mind to stay until
ordered off by the club. lam sorry that
I acted as referee at all.”
The only inconvenience Fitzsimmons
is suffering as result, of his* meeting
with the sailor is a painful swelling of
the joints of the hands.
“I have nothing more to say in expla
nation,” he said, “except we knew for
a certainty what we only surmised yes
terday, and that is that the members of
the club were in ties deal with Lynch
and Sharkey to rob us and Avhat is more
we are going io prove it in court. Had
; it not been that 1. was saving my hands
as much as possible, 1 would have put
Sharkey out in the second round. His
head is as hard as a bullet and I must
have landed on him there f ally 40 times.
With my fight with Corbett in view, I
did not think it worth while to punch
my hands out of shape. In a rough and
tumble scrap Sharkey might do a man
some damage, as he is stocky and strong,
but in a boxing contest or a ring bat-.W
no sane man would ever bet a dollar on
him if there was a referee present xvho
knew his business.”
Police Commissioner Gunst is satisfied
that the fight was "jobbed.” So dis
. gusted is he with the general, result that
i he has announced there will be no more
prizefighting in San Francisco if his in
fluence can prevent it.
The mystery of Sharkey’s injury has
not yet been Satisfactorily solved" and
it is intimated that Sharkey submitted
to an operation for the purpose of man
ufacturing the evidence necessary to
back up the claim of foul. Certain it is
. that when Sharkey was taken to his
room at the Windsor hotel, no one Avas
| allowed to even speak to him until
[ “Dr.” Lee had worked on him. When
“Dr.” Lee commenced his examination
of Sharkey the portiers were closely
drawn across the bedroom door and
pinned, so that no one could see in. A
few minutes later, after some low talk
was heard, Sharkey began to groan as
if in pain. Many believe that the “in
jury” Sharkey received was given him
at this time.
For a ? ransp iclfin Line.
Los Angeles, Dec. 4.—E. C Potter,
son of O. W. Potter of Chicago, a large
stockholder in the Santa Fe railway, and
A. H. Butler, two of the leading spirits
in the proposed transpacific steamship
line, held an executive session with the
directors in the chamber of commerce,
the result of which was not made pub
lic. and subsequently left for San Diago.
It was, however, stated that on their re
turn. in a few days, interesting inform
ation will be made public. It is believed
that an entirely new preposition will be
submitted to the Los Angeles people for
a steani'T line with connections that
will form a complete circuit of the
globe.
Entire Block Destroyed by Fire.
Ligonier, Pa., Dec. 4.—Fire broke
out in M. Clifford & Son’s store in the
Van Near block and before assistance
arrived, the entire block was consumed
and $56,000 worth of property went up
in smoke and ten business firms were
cleaned out. The buildings destroyed
were the Clifford block, Murdock’s jew
elry store, Fowler’s tinware store, Wel
ler’s hardware store, Hon. N. W. Mar
ker’s residence and business block, Li
gonier Echo office ami Marker’s general
store. Tho fire was finally controlled
after a number of buildings had been
torn down to prevent the spread of the
flames. William Carnes was badly in
jured by falling walls.
A General Strike Declared.
Hamburg, Dec. 4. —At a meeting of
the central strike committee hero, it
was decided to declare a general strike,
and n pamphlet was issued culling upon
nil quay laborers, engineers, bargemen,
lumpers and car men to quit work in
order to bring the business of the port
to a complete standstill. The majority
of the quay laborers have obeyed tho
call and the remainder will probably
quit work Inter.
SWINDLERS’BIGHAUL
A Jeweler Relieved of SIO,OOO .Worth
Os Diamonds.
SCHEME IS A VERY CLEVER ONE
Said He Had a Sister in a Rome
Italy Convent
TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS REWARD
Two Italian Strangers T«U George Gale
a Pretty Story, Win Kin Confidence and
••Flimflam” Hlin Out of Precious Stones.
Victimized Merchant Offers a Reward
For the Capture of the Thieves.
New Orleans, Dec. 4.—George E.
Gale, jeweler and official time inspector
of the Central railroad, has been swin
dled out of SIO,OOO worth of diamonds
by two Italian strangers, one of whom
had formed the acquaintance of Mr.
Gale about eight days ago. He went
into Mr. Gale’s place of business to have
a cuff button mended and claimed to be
a rich man and in a few days had won
Mr. Gale’s confidence. He said that he
had a sister in a convent in Rome and
that he wished to buy SIO,OOO worth of
diamonds to present a diamond cross to
the pope in order that he might secure
itom him permission to remove his sis
-1 ter from the convent.
Mr. Gale was so thoroughly convinced
of the sincerity of the man that he ob
tained SIO,OOO worth of diamonds from
Adolph Peabody, a diamond importer of
New York city.
The Italian brought a friend along
with him to make the deal and they,bad
a box to put the jewels in. The money
and the SIO,OOO worth of jewels were
placed in the box before Mr. Gale’s eyes
and he was asked to keep the box until
they returned an hour later, claiming
they had business that would take thorn
out for that length of time.
Mr, Gale took the box in which he
had just seen the money and diamonds
placed. It was locked in his presence.
After two or three hours had elapsod
the Italians did not return, and becom
ing suspicious, Mr. Gale broke open the
box and found, instead of the diamonds
and money, a $3 bill ami a silk handker
chief.
Two thousand dollars have been
offered as a reward for the capture of
the men who flimflammed Gale and the
recovery of the precious stones, which
are valued at SIO,OOO.
Mr. Peabody and the,victimized jew
eler were in each other’s company the
greater part of the day, and their busi
ness was in relation to the settlement
for the gems. Mr. Gale being the owner
of much valuable real estate, had no
fear about securing the amount to make
good the loss, and an agreement was
re-.chod by which Mr. Peabody will re
ceive payment- for his property. Mr.
Gale says that since he lias collected his
senses ho cannot understand well how
he was duped, though the men were
apparently very nice and looked gentle
men, every inch of them.
Detectives arrested two Italians vVho
claimed that they were from New York.
Tho officers learned that they were
stopping in a boarding on St. Charles
avenge and took the fellows to the Cen
tral station. While the parties answer
Mr. Gale’s description, tie says that
neither of the men were bis “friends.”
DEMAND FOR OUR PIG IRON.
Large Shipments Are Now Being Sent to
Different Points In Europe.
Birmingham, Ala.. Dee. 4. Local
iron masters say that the demand by
foreign buyers for Alabama pig iron is
unprecedented. The Tennessee Iron,
Coal and Railroad company has just
shipped 2,500 tons to Liverpool, and has
inquiries for prices on an aggregate of
31,000 tons from Rotterdam, Genoa, and
other European points. The Sloss Iron
ami Steel company has booked an order
for 3,000 tons from Calcutta, India, and
the same, buyer wants quotations on
3,000 tons more.
The ability of the Alabama furnaces
to make a high grade iron amd sell it
cheaper than European producers, local
furnace men say, accounts for the phe- ]
nomenal growth in the Alabama export
trade. The only difficulty encountered !
is the lack of boat room because of the
rush in cotton and grain shipments
abroad. Iron masters believe that when
this shall subside, the foreign trade will
assume the proportions of a boom.
LITTLE MAKES HIS REPORT.
Wliat tho Fxpert A«?e<»<i iihint of tho Balti*
more and Ohio Hun to Say.
Baltimore, Dec. 4. —The report of
Stephen Little, the expert accountant
of the Baltimore and Ohio reorganiza
tion committee, has just been made
public. The account finds, among other
things, an overstatement of the net in
crease amounting to $2,721,067, from
June 30, 1891, to June 30, 1895. This
amount is divided as follows: For 1892,
$955,473; for 1893. $413,301; for 1894.
$701,063; for 1895. $621,230. He also
finds that of $6,269,007 paid in divi
dends during the period mentioned,
only $971,446 was earned.
The items withheld from operating
expenses and the methods of swelling
the receipts in each year are given in
detail. By writing up the values of
stocks owned, and other such practices,
the net income was swelled by amounts
that should have gone to profit and loss.
Two improvised profit and loss account*
were opened, one designated “general
afijpstmerj, aeeouut” and the other “ss
curines adjustment account.'” Mr. Lit
tle says there is a miseharge of wornout
equipment to qirofit and loss, instead of
income, amounting t, $2,843,598. .
Charges to income of $2,064,741 were
improperly capitalized under the title
of “construction, main stem,” etc. Im
provements and betterments of leased
and dependent, roads, amounting to
$3.595,453 were improperly charged to
capital account. The total of these im
proper entries is $11,204,858 for the
seven years and two months ending
Nov. 30, 1895.
During the period under scrutiny
there were declared $2,956,920 iu stock
and $3,312,086 in cash dividends ou the
common stock. Concurrent with the
stock dividend of 2 per cent in Novem
ber, 1891, was the sale to a syndicate of
$5,096,000 additional common stock, and
iu February, 1892, $2,161,800 more com
mon stock was issued in exchange for
120.0(10 shares of Pittsburg and western
common stock at $lB a share.
Mr. Little says that the liabilities of
the company of Nov. 30, 1895, were un
derstated by $5,481,834, and that the
floating debt was $10,212,730. The net
increase in the liabilities in the period
under review has been $22,180,073.
THE JOURNALISTS’ TRIAL.
Tl-f Hearing; of tile 1 ase Against Alleged
14 be tors Resumed at Berlin.
Berlin, Dec. 4.—When the trial of
Herr Lackert, Baron von Luetzow, Herr
Ploetz. Herr Berger and Herr Faellmer,
the journalists, who are charged with
libeling Count Botho zu Euleuberg,
Baron Marschall von Bieberstein and
Prince Alexander von Hohenlohe (an
outcome of the czar’s and Emperor
William’s toasts at Breslau) was re
sumed, the public prosecutor announced
that he ‘had instituted proceedings
against Baron von Luetzow on charges
of forgery and fraud.
This latest development in an inter
esting case is the result of evidence
taken Thursday, which tended to dem
onstate that Baron von Luetzow had
forged a receipt for money, while an in
terview with the chief of police showed
that Von Tausch, ’the commissioner of
the detective force, traced the incrimi
nating article to the foreign office. It
was subsequently developed that Baron
von Luetzow was the author of the as
sertion that the false version came from
the foreign office ami it was thus proved
also, that Von Luetzow was an agent of
the secret police.
This led to a clash between Baron
Marschall von Beiberstein and Von.
Tausch. The former declared that the
foreign office, for some time past, and
for good reasons, had refrained from
employing the political police when in
quiring into Mie authorship of the ar
ticles. The minister for foreign affairs
accused the commissioner of detectives
of fomenting suspicions against himself.
This caused Von Tausch to ask for the
protection of the court, pointing out the
fact that he was not in the prisoner’s
dock, but wieuess stand.
The conclusion of the trial is awaited
with great interest, as it is expected to
; reveal the doings of the court clique
; which is dominated by Count Botho zu
I Euleuberg, tne former minister of the
’ interior; the latter’s cousin, the present
| court martial and Richthofen, the ex
-1 chief of police, who is credited with
! causing the downfall of General Count
; von Caprivi, the predecessor of Prince
i Hohenlohe, as imperial chancellor, as
I well as with being the instigator of the
; recent press war against Prince Hohen
; lobe and Baron Marschall von
; Bieberstein.
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: THE GOLD DEMOCRAT WON.
j George E. Nelson Will Represent the In
dinn Territory In tho Next Congress.
I Muskogee, I. T., Dec. 4. - Indian
Agent D. M. Wisdom has issued a cer
tificate of election to George E. Nelson,
gold Democrat of Muskogee, to repre
sent the Indian Territory in the Fifty
fifth congress.
Colonel Thomas Marcum, silver Dem
i ocrat of this city, also received a certifi
cate from the Indian agent showing
that he had received a majority of the
votes cast at the late delegate election,
Imt the omission from his ballots of the
j words “for delegate to iiii existing va
i caucy,” which were placed in the Nel
i son ballots, entitles Mr. Nelson, accord
ing to the decision of the Indian agent,
to represent the territory iu congress,
provided he is admitted.
Colonel Marcum claims he is elected,
and if the territory is given a delegate
he will push his claim for a seat in the
Fifty-fifth congress. Mr. Nelson has
left for Washington.
Au Investment Company Sued.
Wichita. Kan., Dec. 4. —The Anglo
’American Land Mortgage and Agency
company, an English corporation own
ing a large amount of Lombard securi
ties. has filed suit in this county against
the Lombard Investment company of
Kansas, seeking to recover judgment
for about $200,000. This action is a pre
liminary step toward instituting pro
ceedings against the eastern stockhold
ers of the Lombard Investment com
pany, the courts of the eastern states
having held that the double liability
imposed by the laws of Kansas upon
stockholders and corporations can be
enforced outside the state like any other
contracts.
Dynamite Dick Shot and Killed.
Newkirk, O. T., Dec. 4.—Dynamite
Dick, the notorious territory outlaw,
over whose head was a reward of $3,000,
was shot and killed in a fight with a
number of deputy sheriffs. >6 miles west
of this city.
American Killed In Canada*
Tecumseh. Ont., Deo. 4.—A man sup
posed to bo Gus Wilbur of 134 West
Felton street. Grand Rapids. Mich.,
was killed on the railway tracks near
here.
PIIICE FIVE CENTS.
HARLEIN SELF-HUNG
: Connecticut Murderer Dies on me
Automatic Gallows.
► I
>
, SET DEVICE IN MOTION HIMSELF
You Put Yourself On the Plat
form, the Rest Easy
THt MACHINE DOES THE REST
1
The Condemned Man’s Weight on a Plat
form Released a Lever Which Brought
Death—Executed For Killing the Wo
man Who Spurned Him— A Description
of the Hanging Machine's Working*.
Hartford, Dec. 4.—Caspar Harlein
, was self-hanged on the automatic gal
lows in the state’s prison at Wethers
field at 12:26 a. m. The hanging ma
chine employed in the execution was
used for the first time Dec. 18, 1894, in
1 the execution of John Cronin. It is
automatic. By it the victim is jerked
into the air at the end of the rope, and
then drops. There are thus two chances
that the neck will be broken and death
made sure The condemed man steps
upon a platform, raised one-eighth of
I an inch from the floor. Instantly the
platform begins to settle, and sets in
1 motion a lever, which releases a sliding
■ valve at the bottom of a cylinder con
. taining 50 pounds of shot.
I Like the sands iu an hour glass, the
shot runs out of an opening in the cylin
’ der. This allows a plunger to drop into
i the cylinder. As this falls it pulls a
cord, to which is attached a compound
lover, and the index pointer on a dial at
the back of the condemned man is
moved, giving warning to the specta
l tors of the approach of the end. The
mechanism can be set at any time de
l sired.
As tho cord tightens and is pulled
downward by the‘plunger it slowly
t opens the compound lever, which at a
i certain angle, perfectly adjusted, pulls
a bolt and the great dead weight, weigh
ing twice as much as the doomed man,
;I is released. As the big weight falls
down a grooved track to the ground un
der the building, the rope running over
i pulleys on a crossbeam overhead, jerks
i the condemned man 7 feet into the air.
i On the drop there is a rebound of the
body and the victim hangs suspended,
i with his feet about 2 feet above tho
floor.
The machinery is enclosed in a closet
i in a corner of the execution chamber,
i The only part of tho apparatus seen by
the condemned man is the rope and the
> noose. He does not see the platform
! which sets the machine to work by his
> own step upon it. The machine works'
noiselessly and the weight falls upon
I soft dirt. The execution house is n the
> ' prison yard. It is of brick, one story
i [ high. The interior is divided by a brick
i ■ partition. In one room is the steel cage
ij in which Harlein passed his last days
; on earth, and in the other is the hang-
| ing machine.
i ; Harlein killed Miss Trebbe. who was
- '35 years old. and lived with a sister,
i | Mrs Emma Wood, on the farm about a
; mile west of Manchester, on Feb. 29.
II He was employed as a workman aborts
I the place and was very attentive. He
i j proposed marriage, but was refused. He
! renewed his proposal on the day of the
I murder, and when Miss Trebbe told
j him she would never marry him he
| stabbed and killed her. Harlein was 41
' years old and came to this country from
i Bavaria in 1886. He married about nine
' years ago, but his wife left him on ac
j count of his cruelty, taking her little
i girl with her. He leaves also a son. a
lad of 10 years, living iu Wethersfield.
I’v*ests Vf'in J-rom the Bishops.
Dubuque, la., Dec. 4.—The final deci
! sion in the cn r -o of Bishop Bonaeum and
ibis priests, Fathers Mntphy and Fitz
j gerald. has been rendered. The priests
i :<>'e sustained at every material point.
i The case attrated much attention in
| church circles, and has been before the
I public sim p April, 1895, when Bishop
; Bonacum of the Nebraska Catholic dio-
I cose attempted to discipline Fathers
[ Murphy and Fitzgerald for alleged in
| fraction of the church laws.
Death of a Theatrical Manager*
I New York, Dec. 4. —Albert Aronson,
the theatrical manager, died at his resi
dence in this city. He was one of the
Aronson brothers, under whose man
agement the Casino theater in this city
achieved its greatest success. Mr. Aron
son had been suffering from lumbago
for the last six weeks, but persisted in
| attending to the business of the Bijou
I theater, in the case of which establish-
I ment he was prostrated. He was 48
years of age.
Alabama Schoolteacher* to Be Paid.
Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 4. Gov
ernor Johnston has instructed the stat*
treasurer to pay the public schoolteach
ers the amounts due them for the quar
ter ending Oct. 1. It amounts to SIBO,-
000. Up to this time there have not
been sufficient funds on hand to dis
charge the obligations to the teachers,
but during the past few days tax money
has come into the treasury by thousands
and more than s<oo,ooo is now available.
Seventy-Ivii Prr«<»nA Drowned.
Loxd.in. Dei 1 . 4. —An official dispatch
received from St. John's Antigua, capi
tal of the Leeward islands, says that se
rious floods have occurred in the island
of Montserrat. Montserrat, it adds, has
been destroyed and 75 persons have been
drowned. The Leeward islands form a
part ot the British West Indies. Mont
serrat has a population of nearly ti.OOIk