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ESTABLISHED 1887.
TAX RATE
INCREASED.
It Will Be $5.21 Per
Thousand For 1897.
WAS $4.56. IN 1896
The S'ump in Tax Returns Not the Only
Cause.
THE INCREASE IN APPROPRIATIONS
Was the Chief Cause of the
Advance-
T MAY BE STILL HIGHER NEXT YEAR
It Is Thought That the Tax Kate For 1898
Will Be For Same Reason as
Present Advance.
Atlanta, The governor and comp*
troller-general met today and fixed the
state tax rate at $5.21 per thousand for
the year 1897.
For 1896 the * rate was $4.56. This
shows an increase of sixty-five cents per
thousand.
The increase is caused by the great
advance over last year in the appropria
tions. The increase is also due to the
Mump in the *tax returns, which'were
• behind those of last year.
It is thought that the rate for 1898
will have to be fixed at $6.21 for the
same reason of the increase of this year.
WRECK ON SOUTHERN,
Several Cars Torn Up But No One Seriously
Injured.
Byrums, Ala., Aug. 20, —A freight
train on the Southern Railroad was
wrecked a few miles from Anniston
last night.
Several cars were torn up badly,
many ditched.
The nearest section crew was summon
ed and the track was soon cleared.
The trains that were delayed, are now
going through.
No one was badly hurt, though sev
eral were scared up a little.
LEGALLY HANGED.
Towaey Lyles, a Negro. Hanged in Colum
bia, 8, C., for Rape.
Columbia, S. C , Aug, 20. —Towney
Lyles, a negro, who assaulted a young wo
man in Newberry county last March,
was today legally hanged for the horrible
crime.
Lyles is the second man legally
hanged for this crime in Newbury
county since the ? ear 1825.
INMAN FOR PRESIDENT.
Mr. 8. M. Imuana Name Mentioned For Pres
ident of Consolidated.
Atlanta, Aug., 20.—Mr. S. M. In
man has been mentioned as the suc
cessor of Joel Hurst as president of
the Consolidated Street Railroad.
Nothing definite can be learned in
regard to the matter as yet.
MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL..
Flanagan’s Case Will Be Argued in Atlanta
Today.
Atlanta, Aug., 20.—The motion for
new trial in the Flanagan case will be
signed tomorrow. Hon. W. C. Glenn
will doubtless make a very strong
argument in the case, as he is deter
mined to get a new trial if possible.
Tug oauutlr*. a’ Sa'vannah.
Savannah, Aug. 20.—The famous fil
ibustering tug Dauntless arrived in Sa
vannah about 11 o’clock at night, slipped 1
quietly into the river and is tied at one
of the city docks. Captain Floyd, who i
is in command, says nositively that the
Dauntless will remain in Savannah dur
ing the winter and work with the Bris- ‘
tol Towboat company in opposition to
the Propeller Towboat company. When 1
the Dauntless left Jacksonville the gun- .
boat Wilmington followed her almost
ftil the way, but the Dauntless was too
•wist for the gunboat. <
THE ROME TRIBUNE.
WHEAT ONE DOLLAR
Most Exciting Day Ever Known
in Wheat Market.
Advance of Over Six Cents and
Closes at 5 7-8 Higher—Reports
From the Different Markets.
Chicago, Aug., 20', —Higher prices
at Liverpool, bullish crop estimates
from Minneapslis and widespread
damage to crops in Hungary were the
main factors when the regular trad
ing began on ’change. First transac
tions were higher even than on the
curb, the regular market at 90 l-2@5-8c
and jumping a full cent in a few min
utes t6"91 1 2c.
The Liverpool advance was equal
to 2 l-2@3 13 cent per bushel in spite
of the break here yesterday, and
tended to make to make the wheat
pit believe that thb foreign situation
was too strong for any opposition on
this side.
The Chicago board’s 4 o’clock Liv
erpool cable at 3 l-2@3 3 4d over last
night’s prices.
The predominating element in the mar
ket. overshadowing everything else, was
the sensational Liverpool advance.
As noon approached, the market began
to soar and at noon passed by l-2c the
early advance. September touched 92c.
It was pointed out that 7,350,000 bush
els of wheat had been cleared at the sea
board in the past five days.
Little or no attention was paid to dis
. patches telling that Paris closed 25a30
Centimes lower.
More attention was found in the -an
nouncement that No. 1 Northern wheat
sold for $1.06 I*4 at New York f. o. b.
i afloat to English Cable advices
- were that the excitement in Liverpool
was partly due to unsettled weather and
shorts covering. Cash wheat at Balti
more touched sl. Later reports from
New York said 110 boatloads were taken.
! Ob such news as this the September
. option here went to 92 l*2c, a jump of
5c a bushel compared with last night’s
closing figures.
. ADVENT OF DOLLAR WHEAT.
Pillsbury Given an Ovation to Celebrate
the Great Event.
.Chicago, Aug. 20. Just as the
market was closing here the tickera
’ were telling that C. A. Pillsbury had
marched into the chamber of commerce
> in Minneapolis at the head of a brass
i band celebrating the advent of dollar
wheat.
The final trading on the regular board
here was 93 cents for September, or
within half a cent of the top price of
the day. The tone of the market at
the close was firm.
Wheat Wild l u Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Aug. 20.—The wheal
market here was the most exciting ever
experienced in the history of the ex
change. Quotations jumped up 4%
cents aud brought the prices beyond the
dollar mark. There were no sales of
No. 2 red at 101 and No. 2 Pennsylva
nia red at tfliie writing is quoted at 103
This is the highest quotation reached
in many years.
Wheat 8o»d For 81.00 In New York.
New York, Aug. 20.—At 1:40 pm.
there was much excitement and noise
in the wheat pit on the Produce Ex
change, when September wheat sold at
sl.o<>. The strength was due to talk of
1,000.000 bushels being taken for export
at New York aud outports.
THE END OF ANGIOLILLO.
TUe Murderer of Canova Pays the Penalty
of His Crime.
San Sebastian, Aug. 20.—Michael
Angiolillo, who shot and killed Seuor
Cauovas del Castillo, the prime minis*
ter of Spain at the baths of. Santa
Agueda, on Sunday, Aug. 8, was exe
cuted at 11 a. m., according to the sen
tence of the courtmarrial imposed upon
him on Monday last after his trial on
the previous Sunday, which sentence
was confirmed by the supreme council
of war.
Angiolillo’* Frlvncl Arrested.
Lisbon. Aug. 20.—Isidorio Ricci, an
Italian friend of Michael Angiolillo, the
assassin of the Spanish premier, Seuoi
Cauovas del Castillo, bus been arrested
here.
TIT FOR TAT.
Atlanta Women Don’t Want Men to go Out
Between Acts.
Atlanta, Aug. 20. —A petition
signed by many prominent Atlanta
ladies was today presented to the city
council, asking them to pass an ordi
nance prohibiting men from ’ going
out between acts.”
This was occasioned, it is thought,
by the recen.t ordinance passed by the
council, prohibiting women from
wearing hats in the theatres.
This ordinance will hardly pass, it
is thought.
ROME. GA., SATURDAY. AUGUST 21. 1897.
THE LAW
VERSOSLAW
Strikers to Sue Sheriff
' For Closing Road.
WHAT IS CONTENDED
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Roads in Plum and Patton‘Townships
Were Obstructed.
SAY IT EXCEEDS HIS AUTHORITY
Ninety Deputies on Guardata
Cost of SIO,OOO to Date.*
HOW THE STRIKERS STOLE A MARCH
On the Deputies By Outflanking Them and
Surprisled the|Miners at Work—Lu -
est Repoits Received.
Pittsburg, Aug. 20.—1 tis reported
among the strikers that suit was to be
entered against Sheriff Lowry for ob
structing the roads in Plum and Patton
, townships. The strikers contend that
he exceeded his authority in closing the
roads to them and the matter will bq
tested in the courts. In regard to re
ports of his impending prosecution, the
sheriff said no change would be made
in his methods for a few days. The
camps of the strikers were slowly disin
tegrating aud he thought, in a day or
two aft the strikers will have gone to
their homes. At present he has 90 depu
ties on duty at the mines These will
be kept there until he is notifigjl that
they are no Longer necessary. The cost
of maintaining the deputies up to this
time amounts to something like SIO,OOO.
Attorney Kauffman, representing the
New York and Cleveland company,
the expense of employing the depu
ties is great and that tne order of the
court will be enforced rigidly and at
once. If the campers do not leave Mr.
DeArmitt will petition court to issue at
tachments for contempt. The sheriff,
howevei, has said that he will not in
terfere with the camps, but will not
permit the strikers on the highways.
Forty-seven coal companies of the
Pittsburg district have signed the uni
formity agreement. Eleven other b g
concerns promised to sign and th ~r
names will be appended to the list as
soon as the directors of the various
companies meet and go through the
formality of instructing their offici 1
heads, the presidents, as is prescribed
by a clause of the uniformity agree
ment.
STRIKERS STEAL A MARCH.
They Outflank the I>c put lea aud burprtec
the Minors ut Work.
Pittsburg, Aug. 20.—The striking
miners encamped at Turtle Creek stole
a march on the sheriff’s deputies guard
ing Oak Hill mine. While the depu
ties were waiting for the detachment of
campers to appear on the roads leading
to the mines and wondering why they
did not come, the strikers were making
a long detour, so as to approach the
mouth of the pit from the hillside, and
they succeeded in getting there without
being observed.
Their appearance was startling to the
few meu wk i were ready to go to work
and the deputies were hurriedly sent
for. While ' they were coming the
strikers told ’the men there would be a
concert in their camp at night and in
vited them > attend. When a posse of
deputies, commanded by Deputy Sheriff
David Hanna, appeared, a copy of the
injunction was read to John Large, the
leader of the strikers, and they left the
place. Ano’-her party of strikers went
to Mouroevi de, but so far as they coc 1
learn no new men were taken into tne
entrances there.
’ Everything is quiet about Plum Creek.
The strikers followed out the progrs m
outlined by Captain Bellingham and
sent out men in pairs to patrol t e
roads. The deputies did not interfi >
with them. In spite of the injunct! i
the strikers claim to have made 30 o -
verts by going to the houses of tne
miners and talking the strike over in a
friendly way. Secretary Warner was
at camp during the night and notified
the miners that any men evicted from
the company homes for striking wouid
be provided witn comfortable houses,
food and clor.hiug.
A Bttuk <’Mils
Mt. Pleasant. Mich.. Aug. 20 —The
People’s Savings bank of this city has
closed its doors and is now in the hands
of. the commissioner of banking. No
statement has been given out. Accord
ing to the Inst statement, made in Jan
uary, the capital stock of the bank was
SIOO 000, with $90,000 in deposits. G.
E. Newell .s president, aud 0. A. Oar-
Uuihtt** ia ruLfihiHr.
NATIONAL_LEAGUE.
Boston Wins and Baltimore
Loses to Cleveland.
This Places a Wide Gap Between
the Leading Tjeams—New York
Loses to Louisville.
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Washington, Aug. 20. Boston is
still gaining much ground on Baltimore
who lost to Cleveland today. Pittsburg
was easy for Boston, and Louisville
“didn’t do a thing” so New York.
The result of today’s games surprised
many enthusiasts who never dreamed of
Baltimore being defeated by Cleveland.
The New York-Louisville game was also
a great surprise.
The scofe is as follows:
Boston 15, Pittsburg 2.
Chicago 6, Washington 2
’Chicago 1, Wash’ngton 11.
Philadelphia 6. Cincinnati 2.
Philadelphia 8, Cincinnati 4."
Brooklyn 12, St. Louis 7.
New York 3, Louisville 9.
Baltimore 0, Cleveland 5.
A. B. (5Un NOLLY 1$ DEAD.
Atlanta's Chief of Police Passes Away
After a Loup illness.
Atlanta, Aug. 20.—Chief of Police
Connolly, after au illness of many
weeks, died at 4a. m., at his residence.
The illness of Chief A. B. Connolly
has been a lengthy one, and upon sev
eral occasions it was thought that death
was immitieut. Each time, however,
he rallied, but each time he lost strength
and despite the efforts of his physicians
has gradually grown weaker.
Chief Copnolly was first elected on
the police force of Atlanta in 1871,
when he was quite a young man. He
was first a patrolman, but by efficiency
and strict attention to duty rose to a
captaincy, and in 1881 he became the
chief of police. This latter office he
has filled with credit to hitnseif and
with honor .to the city, having been re
cently're-elected without opposition for
another term ,of two year.
Ohief Connolly will be buried Sun
day afternoon at three o’clock.
LYNC AI NG NEAR GHIC AG O.
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Enraged Farmers Impale on Pitchforks,
’ Club and Shoot Brutal Peddler.
Chicago, Aug. 20.—1 n Schiller park,
a suburb of Chicago, infuriated farmers
wreaked summary vengeance ou a man
who had choked aud beaten a farmer’s
wife.
Shortly after noon while Mrs. Frauke
was alone with her baby in the farm
house, a man purporting to be a ped
dler called and tried to sell her some
goods. She replied that she did not
want anything but that he might wait
there unt 1 the men returned, as perhaps
they might need something. The. man
accepted the permission aud amused
himself for a time by playing with the
child.
Suddenly as Mrs. Franke was about
to leave the louse the man grabbed her.
She is a large .German woman and put
up a desperate fight. Finally the man
drew a revolver, beat her into insensi
bility anjl jansacked the house. She
recovered shortly a"fter he left aud
dragging herself to the field gave the
alarm. About 30 farmers, armed with
shotguns and pitchforks, started in pur
suit of the miscreant and he was cap
tured in a cornfield.
The enraged men did not wait to give
the law a chance. The object of ther
wrath was shot, impaled on pitchforks
and beaten with clubs until life was ex
tinct, He was left where he was killed
and the coroner was notified.
TO COIN ~s7l VER CO LONS.
Under Cos'a Rloa'* New System the Rate
Is Thirty-Two to One.
Washington, Aug. 20.—Information
comes from Costa Rica that that gov
ernment has asked the United States
mint bureau to coin 600,000 colons under
the former government's new system of
coinage, favorable to gold. It will also
seek to secure gold bars sufficient to
coin an additional 400,000 colons. The
colon is equivalent to 46 cents. The
ratio at which the Costa Rica coinage
is made is 32 to 1 as between gold and
silver.
The Bank of Costa Rica sold its sup
ply of silver before recent declines and
is said to have made considerable profit
thereby.
African Mnthodiflt Bishop Dead.
New York, Aug. 20.—The Rev. Perry
Hopkins, a bishop in the Aineribau
African Union Methodist church, is
dead. He was 75 years old and for
many years was a preacher in this city.
Before the war he was a slave. He be
longed to Robert Gamble, a planter on
the eastern shore, Maryland, but ’’e
bought his freedom ami came to this
city 45 years ago. His last sermon was
on “The Mysteries of Death. ”
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Hl* Life For Hl- Hat.
Yorkvtlke, S. 0., Aug. 20.—Jephtha
Hemphill, a negro, was killed near here
by a falling tree while trying to exhibit
his daring to a number of companions.
A large pine had just been cut, and
while it was falling Hemphill saw his
hat in the way, and with a bantering
remark sprang to get it. The tree fell
on him. bore him to the ground aud
wnahefl his skull to atoms-
CONDITION
OF CROPS.
Agricultural Depart
ment at Washington.
IN OFFICIAL REPORT
Tells About the Crops of Many Countries
• in Other Lands.
FOREIBN WHEAT CROP IS STOUT
’Canadian Fruit Crop Is a Great
Failure.
THE RYE CROP IS SHORT IN EUROPE
This With Famine In India Will Restrict Ex
port of Wheat From European Coun
tries Generally Supplied.
Washington, Aug. 20.—Advices to
the agricultural department from pri
vate, and indirectly from official sources,
confirm the predictions of aconsiderable
scarcity in the European wheat crop,
while rye, which is the chief bread
grain of eastern Europe, is also short.
This fact, a special report of Statistician
Hyde of the department says, as well as
the wheat 'deficiency, will tend .to re
strict the export of the latter from those
European countries which usually have
a surplus of that grain. As to non-
European countries, other than the
United States, their aggregate contribu
tion to the European supply will be ma
terially affected by the fact that India,
denuded by the famine, will have prac
tically no wheat to export.
United States Consul O’Connor, at
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, reports that
early crops in tile southwestern part of
the province"'were mucTi Injured by wet
weather during tbq first of June,
w&icli also prevented planting die usual
potato area. Plums are a failure. Ap
ples are a short crop. Small fruits like
strawberries are abundant with an in
creased acreage. The wild berry crop
is immense Unofficial reports from
Ontario show an unfavorble change in
the fruit prospect, with a probable small
crop of apples. In western Ontario the
fruit outlook is better, but there will be
a poor crop around Quebec, while in
Manitoba the wheat area exceeds the
reduced acreage of last year by 29 per
cent and is 14 per cent greater than the
1895 acreage, until then the year of the
largest.
The agricultural conditions in other
foreign countries follow:
Great Britain and Ireland—Returns
from every county in England and from
piany districts in Wales, Scotland aud
Ireland indicate the wheat crcp will be
considerably, oats and potatoes in a less
degree and barley only slightly below
the average.
France— Conservative commercial es
timates put the total wheat crop as low
as 100,000,900 hectolitres, making it
about one-seventh less than the heavy
crop of 1896.
Germany—An official report, dated
Juiy 15. in which the figure "1” denoted
superior, “2” good and "3” middling
condition, puts winter wheat at 2.3, rye
2.4 and barley at 2.7, oats at 3, potatoes
at 2.7 and hay at 2.6. Thus, none of
the leading cereals are rated as “good.”
According to a report from Hamburg,
rain was sadly interfering with harvest
ing operations.
Russia—Advices from Nicolaieff of
July 25 report an average yield of
wheat, but the quality of spring wheat
has suffered from the hot weather, and
much of it would be light. Rye was
unsatisfactory .in both quantity and
quality. Barley was unsatisfactory in
yield, but its color has suffered from
the rain.
Austria-Hungary—Prices of wheat at
Vienna are reported to be the highest
in ten years and the foreign wheat is
being imported. The weather is wet.
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Opposes EnOHnipwent For Richmond.
Richmond, Aug. 20.—General Brad
ley T. Johnson, a confederate brigadier,
has written a letter opposing the hold
ing of the G. A. R. encampment here
in 1899. He points out that the women
of Richmond would not throw them bou
quets or welcome them as they march
in line us they do riie confederates. He
also suggests that each confederate shall
•’tote” two federal veterans on his bock
in the great parade.
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Work on Tunnel to Be Resumed.
Seattle, Wash., Aug. 20— Active
work on the tunnel of the Great North
ern railroad in the Cascade mountains
will be commenced Friday. The tun- >
nel will be 2% miles long, 60 feet wide 1
and 23 feet high. It will cost $2,000,- ’
000 and require two y ars lu buildirg, 1
It will reduce tjie ascent fay 1,000 feet >
Tali to Your Trade.
The Tribune has the
largest circulation of any
newspaper in North Geor*
gia. It reaches your trade
daily,
PJRICE FIVE CENTS
PREMIUM ON GOLD
Ruining Merchants oi Mexico
Who Cannot Paj It.
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Believed That a European Conspir
acy of Money Lenders is
Causing It.
New York, Aug. 20.—A dispatch to
The Herald from Mexico, Mex., says:
Exchange on New York has reached 1.45
premium. In other words, it takes $2.45
Mexican money to buy an American
dollar containing less silver than the
Mexican dollar. ,
This enormous depreciation of the
Mexican dollar is ruining merchants.
> They are cancelling all orders for im
ports, and many will close their stores,
as they cannot sell their stocks on hand .
at a rate high enough to replenish them.
They believe that the price is unnatu-
I rally depressed and is due to a conspi
racy abroad. ,
Meanwhile home manufactures are
booming, as the depreciation in silver
makes a tariff walk Coffee, sugar, to
: bacco and sisal hemp planters are pros
perous, as they sell abroad for gold and
pay their laborers in silver. Strange to
say, the Mexican dollar buys as much
goods as it ever did, except of the im
ported variety. The government is
hard hit, as it has to pay the interest
on the foreign debt in gold. There is
some talk of repudiation, but there is
no knowing what President Diaz will
da He may refund the 6 per cent debt,
paying only 3 per cent interest here
after.
Capitalists are flocking into the coun
try to take advantage of the high pre
mium and invest their gold. The belief
here is that labor paid in silver will
eventually win against labor paid in gold.
In support of this theory it is pointed
out that tin mines of Cornwall will
have to shut down because they cannot
compete with those in the straits settle
ments and Borneo, where Mexican dol
lars are current Bankers here say a
handful of mon in London are ma
nipulating the money of the world,
which means that they are controlliiiß
the prices of the world aud that it is the ■
old fight of monarchy against society.
Rich Mexicans, accustomed to living
much of tho time abroad, are staying
at home investing their silver in build
ing improvements. All kinds of real
estate are rapidly increasing in price,
and the demand for contractors is large.
Attention is also being directed to trop
ical agriculture, -
YOUNG PEOPLE’S UNIOnT
Tile Second Day of the Convention at
City of Indianapolis.
Indianapolis, Aug. 20.—“ Prayer for
the Presence aud Power of the Holy
Ghost” was the subject of the sunrise
prayeriueeting at the capital grounds.
The delegates to the Young People’s
Union convention were out in force and
the fine weather conditions helped to
make the meeting the success that it
was. At 9:30 a grand praise service in
Tomlinson hall was conducted by the
Rev. D. F. McGill, D. D., general sec
retary-elect. At its conclusion the con
vention divided into sections for confer
ence work.
The conferences lasted until 12 o’clock,
at which hour many of the delegates
went to the Y. M. C. A. hail, where the
Rev. Leslie E. Hawk, evangelist of the
second synod, conducted a midday
meeting for business men.
At the afternoon session the Ren
Thomas H. Hanna, Jr., of Steubenville,
0.. presided at a conference on Chris
tian beneficence, aud the tithes com
mittee reported.
At 4:15 o’clock Booker T. Washing
ton, president of the Tuskeegee (Ala.)
Institute, andressod the convention on.
‘‘The Negro in Relation to our Chris
tian Civilization. ”
DESPERATE CONVICT OUT.
Bin Sworn That He Would Kill Two
Prominent Citizens
Meridian, Miss., Aug. 20.—Reports
from Kemper county, in this state, are
to the effect that Tom Tolbert, a con
vict under two sentences of 33 years
each —one for murder and the other for
assault—escaped from the penitentiary
several weeks ago and has returned to
the scene of his Crimea
During his confinement Tolbert swore
thpt whenever he escaped he intended
to kill two of the most prominent citi
zens in Kemper county, who were
active in securing his conviction, and
the fact that he is at large is causing
these two, besides many others who
were active in prosecuting him, many
sleepless nights.
Tolbert was a member of a band of
brothers who made life a ■terror to the
people of that section for many years
before they were finally taken.
The r oneiuavd* Fall of Silver.
New York, Aug. 20.—A dispatch to
The Herald from Valparaiso says: The
persistent fall in the price of bar silver
has caused a panic among the producers
in Chili. Many of the principal mil is
of the republic will be closed soon, and
if the price continues to full ruin will be
the only result.
The Only Volunteer. *
Anniston, Ala, Aug. 20.—Toussaint
L. Stevens volunteered to assist in re
moving Anniston's first case of small
pox to the pesthouse. He was the oily
ime to step forward when help was
requested. Stevens will have to re
main at the pesthou#e 15 days.