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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. - - : 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