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* Only 50 Ceatse Month. £
ESTABLISHED 1887.
BLAZE IN
: THE TEMPLE
Narrow Escape From
. Total Destruction.-
. THE MASONIC TEMPLE
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With Paraphernalia and Tenants’ Prop
erty Damaged $6,000.
SUPERB WORK OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
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Great Excitementand Immense
Crowd Gathers.
FIRE ORIGINATED IN THE SECRET PIT
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From Electric Wires—Fine Ex.inpie of the
Aerial Ladder Work—Names of
the Tenants
3The handsome Masonic Temple
the corner of Fourth avenue and
'Broad street, had a narrow escape
from destruction last evening.
This is the third fire that ha« oc-*
curred in this building within the
past six months.
But that yesterday evening was by
far the most menacing.
. The supurb work of Rome’s splen
did volunteer fire department alone
saved it from utter destruction.
Immense Crowd Gathered.
An immense crowd gathered quick
ly about the building, and watched
the firemen work.
• All the lawyers in the building
moved their books, and they were all
more or less damaged.
The estimated damage to the build
ing and its occupants, mostly from
water, is $6,000, and the total insur
. ance carried by the Masonic lodges
$17,000.
Fire Discovered.
Mr. George Trammell saw smoke
issuing from the roof of the building
at 6:15.
He rushed up the stairs to the third
floor, accompanied by several others.
He pulled open a door leading into
a shaft, and the flames rushed into
bis face,
“Close the door, George,” some one
shouted.
The gentlemen hurried down to
turn in the alarm, but Mr. E.'P.
Treadaway had sent in a telephone
message from W. H. Ennis’ office,and
the companies were already en route,
when the brazen clamor of the fire
alarm bell startled the city.
Flames were spurting from several
windows in the front of the building on
the third floor before the firemen had
• reached the scene.
Fire and dense volumes of smoke
rolled from roof and windows, and in
stantly a great panic seized the ocou
pants of the building. The streets con
gested with people in a few minntes,
and everyone felt sure that the magnifi
cent building was doomed.
Conquering the Fire.
Every Are company in the city re.
sponded to the call, and in a very brief
time the streets were a net work of hose.
For the first time since it has been here
the big extension ladder of the hooks
'Was brought into use.
The serial ladder was run up the front
of the temple and Fitzpatrick mounted
it first. A hose was carried up it and a
stream was playing on the blaze shortly
afterwards. There were five streams
used constantly until the fire had been
conquered. The firemen swarmed over
the roof and every section of the front.
(Continued on Eighth Pago.)
THE ROME TRIBUNE.
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ROAST FOR JOHNSON
Republican Heeling in Atlanta
Hit Chairman.
Demand That He Call State Conven
tion to Appoint His
Successor.
Atlanta, Aug. 26.—There- was a
meetingof redublicanshere today and
thirty-nine counties were represented.
The meeting was rather a surprise as
no inkling of it had become public
before they assembled.
They adopted some red hot resolu
tions in which a corking roast is ad
ministered to W. H. Johnson, chair
man of the state committee.
The resolutions state that the re
publicans assembled are outraged at
the manner in which patronage is
distributed by those in power in the
state. That democrats should be
turned out and good republicans ap
pointed in their places. That the
civil service business should not in
terfere with thisproeeedure.
They go on to give a healthy bast
ing to Johnson and say that be is in
the place by his own scheming and
that he hasn’t the interest of the par
ty at heart. They demand that he
call a state republican convention
withifa sixty days to meet in Atlanta
and appoint a successor to Johnlon
for chairman.
BAD WRECK.
Head on Collieion on Southern and Several
Injured—Engineer Dead.
Birmingham, Aug. 26.—At 6:15 this
morning a head on collision occurred on
the Southern Railway three miles west of
Eden and thirty miles from Birmingham.
’ . Freight tiaiu No. 45 bound for Birm
ingham collided with an extra. Both
engines were smashed up, and ten curs
were wrecked. The following were in
jured :
John Cheeves, Atlai.ta, engineer on No.
45, died from injuries tonight,
J. C. Shemttre; Btrrrrfß^fcatn, -engineer
on extra badly hurt.
Z. C. Pipkin, Austell, conductor on
extra, badly bruised.
Parley Strong, Heflin, brakeman on
45, cut and bruised.
Joe Hall, Birmingham, flagman, severe
ly hurt.
An unknown tramp was mortally in
jured. ,
GAFFORD TO SURRENDER.
The Slayer cf Rufus B. Lloyd Will Give
Himself Up.
Greenville, Ala., Aug. 26. —John
A. Gafford, the slayer of Rufus B.
Lloyd, the writer, will surrender to
morrow.
Gafford charges that Lloyd was in
timate with his (Gafford’s) widowed
sister. He had warned Lloyd that he
would kill him on sight, which threat
he carried out.
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.
Hot wave is predicted for Georgia.
Whiskey war is on in Columbus,
Ga. Anti-prohibitionists claim they
will win. by 500 majority.
Miss Ellen Dorch refuses place of
first assistant librarian under Gen.
Clement A. Evans.
Atlanta has excitement about a
horse with hydrophobia. It was
killed yesterday morning.
The county commissioners have
fixed Chatham county’s tax rate at
$6.99 per SI,OOO. This is a big in
crease over last year.
Compulsory vaccination is being
enforced in Atlanta.
Colonel HII<«« Orowlng Wealcer.
Narragansett Pier, Aug. 26.—Col
onel George Bliss of New York, who is
very low at Shadow Farm, has passed
a comfortable day, but is constantly
growing weaker.
Alien Tmx Law Unconstitutional.
Pittsburg, Aug. 26.—The alien tax
law has been decided unconstitutional
by Judge Acheson of the United States
court.
<'hol||"H Attaoka British Troopw.
London, Aug. 26—A special dispatch
from Bombay says that cholera has
broken out in the Northamptonshire
regiment.
Dutlew on ( hi uhlb Ktniid.
Paris, Aug. 26.—The cabinet has de
cided that there is no ground at present
tor modifying the duties on cereals.
ROME. GA. FRIDAY. AUGUST 27. 1897.
MEET AT ■ i
HARRISBURG 1
Pennsylvania Repub- 1
licans in Session.
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SAME OLD PLATFORM ■
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Declares “Dollar Wheat Has Knocked
• Out Free Coinage.’’)
M’KIXLEY IS HIGHLY COMMENDED
His Administration Has Mat
Highest Expectations.
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TWO CANDIDATES ARE TO BE NAMED
Men For State Treasurer and Auditor Gen
eral to be Nam d—Senator Penrose
Given an Ovation.
Harrisburg, Aug. 26.—The state Re-.
publican convention met in the opera
house to nominate candidates for state I
treasurer and auditor general. The hall■
was filled when the proceedings began. ;
United States Senator Penrose was
greeted with loud applause from the
galleries when he entered the hall and
took a seat at the- head of the Quaker 1
City delegation. The convention or- '
ganized, on motion of Senator William
H. Andrews of .Crawford, by the elec
tion of State Chairman Elkin as tem
porary chairman.’ State Chairman El
kin congratulated the party on its vic- I
tory last November and its prospects of
succcess in Pennsylvania this fall. He
laid every ante-election pledge was re
deemed.
Referring to the state issues and the
action of the legislature on the reform
bills presented, he closed by saying: .
“With more gold on the Klondike, I
gold in the harvest fields, the Republi- :
can party directing the administration
of national affairs, the Dingley bill on
our statute books and McKinley hold- |
ing the reins of government peace and
prosperity shall dwell within our bor
ders, let us hope! forever. ”
The platform adopted* is in part as ,
follows: •
“The Republicans of Pennsylvania
ratify and reaffirm the doctrines enunci
in the national platform adopted at St.
Louis in 1896 and approved by the peo- i
pie in the last presidential election.
rejoice with the people of the nation
upon the passage of the Dingley tariff
bill. Its enactment redeems the pledges
made by the Republican party to our
prostrate manufacturing, commercial
and business interests and holds out to
them the bright promise of prosperity
and material development, such as has
ever attended it upon legislation de- I
signed for the protection of home in
dustries and the preservation of home
markets.
“ ‘Dollar wheat’ has sounded the
death blow of the ‘free coinage’ heresy. I
In the late presidential campaign the
strongest bid made for the agricultural i
vote by the Democratic party was the
promise that their success in that elec
tion would raise the market price to $1
per bushel—payable in silver. They I
met overwhelming defeat at the polls
and the farmer now receives for his
wheat $1 a bushel—payable in gild. I
We pledge ourselves anew to the Re- ,
publican doctrine of sound money and
an honest dollar.” j
The platform then declares in favor
of a just and reasonable civil service
system, denounces President Cleveland’s
‘‘unjust and partisan abuse of the spirit
of the law” and requests congress to
remedy the wrong done. The follow
ing tribute is paid to President McKin
ley’s administration:
“We heartily and cordially indorse
the administration of President McKin
ley. Although but a few months have
passed since his induction into the high
office to which he was chosen he has
proved himself worthy of the confidence
reposed in him by the American people. ,
Firm us an executive officer; diplomatic |
and dignified in his official relations
with other countries, he has met with
the highest expectations of the Repub
lican party and of the American peo
ple.”
Charged Will, an Awful Crime.
Atlanta, Aug. 26.—A special to The
Journal from Abbeville, Ga., says that
Martha, the daughter of J. A. Outlaw,
a farmer living 8 miles west of Abbe
ville, swore out a warrant for her 60-
year-old father, charging him with com
mitting an outrageous assault on her per
son. A sister of the girl corroborates the
charge. Outlaw is now in jail at Ab
beville. There is great indignation in
the community, but no prospect of mob ■
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Baltimore is Crowding Boston
Very Close.
Orioles Only 10 Points Behind Lead
ers—rhe Race is Getting
Exciting.
Washington, Aug. 26. —Baltimore is
again crowding Boston close for-first
place and are only 10 points behind the
leaders. Another win and lose like to
day will place the Orioles near
them. New York knocked Chicago
down badly. The scores:
New York 19, Chicago 6.
Brooklyn 8, Louisville 16.
Boston 1, Cleveland 7.
Philadelphia 3, Pittsburg 4.
Baltimore 3, Cincinnati 2.
Washington 6, St. Louis 1.
SNOW BEGINNING TO FALL.
Gold Seekers Cannot Reach the Klondike
Before Next spring.
Victoria, B. C., Aug. 26.—More good
news has come from the Klondike. The
steamer City of ’i’ipeka left Juneau just
after the arrival there of J. B. Reach,
James McKay and Archie Shelp, who
made the trip from Dawson City tc
Dyea in 20 days. They did not come
auy further than Juneau, but intended
to go back to the mines. They had a
rough trip,' having to paddle and tow
their boat up the rivers.
Shelp, in conversation with one of
the passengers who came down on the
Topeka, spoke very highly of Stewart
and Indian rivers, although there have
been no sensational finds, from SIO,OOO
to $15,000 being taken out of these
rivers. Close upon $2,000,000 in dust
j had gone down on river steamers, oth
ers intending to take the steamer Port
! land at St. Michaels. Gold passed at
1 sl7 an ounce at Dawson City.
j Shelp gives a list of Juneau men who
; struck it rich. They are Dick Law’,
$120,(100; J. Smith, $50,000; Oscar Ashby
and W. Leak refused SIOO,OOO for their
claims; Joe Brant, $10,000; Cornelius
Edwards, $25,000; A. Whipple, $10,000;
1 Harry Ash. who left on the last boat for
■ San Francisco, has SIOO,OOO, and an old
man, who a few months ago was cut
ting wood around Juneau, $60,000.
The trail from Skaguay is now en
tirely blocked. On the Dyea trail pack
ers are charging 40 cents a pound. This
| is, of course, prohibitory as far as a
poor man is concerned. All are unani
mous in saying that the men cannot get
their outfits over before winter closes
in, and that snow is already beginning
I to fall on the summit, the first flurry
having come down last week. The
men are selling their outfits for what
I they can get for them.
CONVICT LEASES ILLEGAL.
Private Contractu Said Co Be In Violation
of the Lnw, .Trr-?-*-
Atlanta, Aug. 26.—The stir which
followed the publication of Colonel Phil
G. Byrd’s report showing the horrible
condition of misdemeanor convicts
leased by the county authorities to
private individuals, has just been suc
ceeded by a big sensation. It now de
velops that every convict so leased has
merely to appeal to the courts to secure
prompt release, owing to the fact that
his incarceration under such circum
stances is as much in disobedience to
the law as was the original offense
which led to his conviction.
Prominent attorneys say that, accord
ing to a recent decision of the supreme
court, every man employing misde
meanor convicts for private gain is
breaking the law, and that every county
official who leases or permits to be
leased a misdemeanor convict for other
than public work does so in violation of
the plainest statute in the law books of
the state, and in addition is probably
liable for personal damages.
T.IUIIC Girl Burned to i<eath.
Buffalo, Aug. 26. —A distressing fa
tality occurred in this city. The Giles
residence was burned between midnight
and day. The family awoke to find the
house in flames. The flames were all
around them, and the inmates of the
house who escaped, ran out in their
night clothes. The escape of three of
the children was cut off by the flames.
Miss Florence Giles was burned to
death, the body being almost cremated.
Two of the other children were horri
bly burned and cannot recover from
their Injuries.
Fort Lu<»dl-hTotal Has Fallen.
Pkshawur, Aug. 26.—Fort Lundi-
Kotal, situated at the extreme end of
the Khyber pass, and garrisoned by 300
men of the Khyber rifles, has bean at
tacked and burned by the Afridis. The
famous Khyber pass, leading from Af
ghanistan to India, has now fallen com
pletely into the hands of the insurgent
tribesmen.
No Wholesale Lynching as Yet.
Little Rock, Aug. 26. -jThe reported
wholesale lynching in Cleveland county
proves to have been premature, though
it is liable to occur at any time. It
seems that the ring leaders in Satur
day’s riot at Kendall’s mill have not yet
been captured.
Alabama State Alliance.
Jemison, Ala., Aug. 26.—The Ala
bama State Alliance convenes here Sept.
22 and 23, and large crowds are ex
pected from all points of the state.
WHEAT AT
IT AGAIN
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September Sells for Dol
lar and Three Cents.
THE HIGHEST POINT
Yet Reached Was Touched By Grain
Market Yesterday,
ALL PREVIOUS RECORDS BROKEN
Within Five Minutes After
Opening Prices Shot Up.
MARKET WAS VERY MUCH EXCITED
Recession of Prices Was Almost ae Rapid as
the Upward Rush—Market Closed
at 98 1-2—The Fluctuations.
Chicago, Aug. 26.—Wheat shot up
ward as if a volcano had burst under
the market. September, which closed
at 96%, started on the regular board
with rates all the way from 98 to sl.
Within five minutes it was selling ‘at
$1.03.
The market was very excited, but not
broad. Before the upward rush ceased
the quotation was $l.O3J£. September.
This was the first time the bulls had
carried the price past the dollar mark in
Chicago, dollar wheat having only been
. just touched for a moment a few days
ago.
Opening quotations at Liverpool
showed an advance equal to
per bushel.
The fact that the French government
took action contrary to expectation
proved a strong bull card. Later ad
vices from Liverpool, timed 1:30, showed
a recession in prices there, and Chicago
followed suitj September declining al
piost as rapidly as it had advanced.
The price at 9:50 a. m., 20 minutes after
the opening, was 98>2- There was heavy
selling of December wheat and this
helped to pull down the September
price. Later a rally carried September
up to
BATTLE NEAR BIRMINGHAM.
White Farmers and Negro Miners Fight*
Three Blacks Killed.
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 26.—Re
cently the farmers near Martin’s ore
mines, in Bibb county, found themselves
without sufficient negro labor to gather
their crops. The farmers concluded
that the ore mines, which began opera
tions a short time ago, had monopolized
all the available negroes by paying
fancy prices, and they determined, if
possible, to conipel tne mines to close
down.
The mine operators refused to shut
down the mines, but the whites suc
ceeded in persuading a number of the
negro miners to quit work. The strikers
went to the mines and endeavored to
drive away those of the negroes still at
work. A battle was fought between
the two negro factions. Pistols, guns,
clubs and knives were used, and as the
result William Page, one of the men
who insisted upon working, was shot
dead; Ephraim Davis and John Alexan
der, two of the strikers, were shot and
cut so badly that they afterwards died.
White men armed with guns went to
the mines and ordered those negroes
who persisted in working to leave. The
negroes refused to obey. Another bat
tle was fought. In this fight six men
are reported to have been wounded;
two negroes, it is said, fatally, two other
negroes severely and two whites slightly.
The whites were finally driven away.
The scene is remote ftom telegraphic
communication and in one of the wildest
■actions of Alabama.
A New German Anib4„<dor.
Berlin, Aug. 26.—The North Ger
man Gazette announces that Dr. Von
Hollben, the Prussian secretary at
Stun ..art, Wurteinburg. has been se
lected for the post of German ambassa
dor to the United States, made vacant
by the appointment of the minister to
tjje United States, Baron Von Thiel
inuu.us minister of the imperial treasury.
American Bar Association.
Cleveland, Aug. 26. —There was a
large attendance! of ladies and members
of the local bar at the meeting of the
national association in the Y. M. O. A.
hall in anticipation of the .discussion on
the arbitration treaty, which had been
promised. However, the discussion did
not materialize. As soon as the meet
ing was called to order President J.
M. Woolworth introduced Governor
Griggs, who made a short speech.
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KILL WITH BAYONETS
Alter Assassination of Burda
Soldiers Charge Crowd.
Personal Hate Drove Man to Kill
President of Uraguay—Crowd
Was Very Much Excited.
New York. Aus. 26.—A dispatch to
The Herald from Montevideo, via Bue
nos Ayres, gives these details of the as
sassination of President Idarte Borda:
Montevideo was in gala attire in cele
bration of the independence of Uru
guay, which was proclaimed on Aug.
25, 1825. The day, according to the
program mapped out, was one replete
with festivities and feasts. Os the offi
cial Ceremonies, the singing of the te
deum was the most impressive.
President Borda had gone to the ca
thedral attended by a military escort,
the members of his cabinet and diplo
matic representatives from other coun
tries.
His party started to leave the ca
thedral about 3:15 o’clock. Hundreds
had gathered in fron of the cathedral
and the president was well received as
he passed out of the door. He had
walked only a few steps when Arre
dondo stepped forward out of the crowd
and raised a pistol. Before any one
could stop him he had fired two shots
at the president.
The first bullet went wild, but the
second struck President Borda in the
left breast. He fell back into the arms
of Bishop Soler and sank to the ground.
Slayer Seized by Soldiers.
For an instant there was an awful
silence, then a frightful uproar. The
crowd poured forward with cries and
shouts, and while Arredondo was seized
by several soldiers the other troops were
thrown into line to keep the crowd from
tramping upon the prostrate body of the
president.
Sharp cries for “order” from the of
ficers were unheeded, as the crowd con
tinued to push and struggle. The of
ficers, impelled by the belief that the
lives of the other officials were in dan-
■ ger, gave the order to force the crowd
back. The soldiers attacked the crowd
i with bayonets and finally drove it back
‘ after many had been wounded and sev
eral killed. The president, still breath
ing feebly, was then removed under
military guard to the city palace, wht -e
:he died in a few minutes. The body
was then wrapped in the flag of Uru
guay and removed to his late home..
When .shot down the presSeut was
on his way to review a body of troops,
which would have closed the exercises
of the day prSper. Great 'excitement
was caused all over the city bythe as
sassination. The assassin is Avelinp
Arredondo, an officer of the Uruguayan
army. He is a Uruguayan and only 27
years old. Now that Uruguay’s chief
is dead, he is calm and declares that ne
. is content with his action.
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Canae or the Crime.
| Arredondo, who is now in prison un-
■ der close guard, declares that his crime
was not inspired by anything more than
a personal hatred for the president. He
had. he said, no accomplice, and is will
ing to take upon himself all the conse
quences of the deed.
Jose Cuestas, president of the senate,
was nominated for president ad interim
j by the chamber of deputies. He imme
' diately dismissed all members of the
cabinet except General Luise Perez,
who will continue at the • head of the
war department.
As the ministry ceases to hold office
on the death of the president, Senor
! Cuestas, president of the Uruguayan
senate, who assumed the presidency of
the republic, ad interim, has appointed
General Perez to be minister of war.
The city is quiet, but fighting contin
ues in the country.
NO FOOD IN MINERS’ CAMP.
For the First Time the Strikers Feel the
the Fangs of Hanger.
Pittsburg, Aug. 26.—There was no
food in Camp Isolation at Plum Creek
for the strikers’ breakfast and for the
first time since the camp was inaugu
rated the miners experienced the hard
ship of doing without anything to eat.
The absence of provisions, however,
will not continue. It is due to a break
in the arrangements rather than to any
helplessness on the part of the commis
•ary department. Captain Bollingham
of the Plum Creek camp sent two men
into Pittsburg to purchase supplies.
They were expected to arrive during the
night, but failed to show up until late in
the forenoon. Dinner will be served in
tne camp as usual and there was no
marching indulged in by the men at
Camp Isolation.
Both sides are confident of victory
and are resting, awaiting developments.
The miners are satisfied with the work
which is being done by the men who go
over to Center every night and have
not marched since last Monday
The men at Center were out early do
ing active missionary work. The depu
ties were not taken out to the cross
roads at 4 a. m. as usual and the roads
Were left completely unguarded.
A Killing »ar ‘Gainesville.
Gainesville, Ga, Aug. 26.—James
M. Pool was stabbed to death by W. P.
Cape, at Lula, in the Upper edge of
Hall county. The coroner held an in
quest over the dead body and the jury
returned a verdict of voluntary man
slaughter. Cape says the killing was
done in self defense. Thecause of uw
trageqp is due to Cape’s love for a young
woman, and Pool was jealous.