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ESTABLISHED 1887.
THE CUBANS
LOSE MEN
- *
Sixty Were Slain in a
Batlie.
SPANISH VICTORS
Gen. Linares Engaged Insurgents in San
ti g i Dt Cub a.
CAPTURED A VERY MiG FORT
Cuban General Estrada,Wound
ed in Both Legs,
LOSS OF THE DONS WAS VERY LIGHT
Spaniards Lost Fourteen Men Killed and
Thirty-Six Wounded—Surprised
tbe Insurgents.
Havana. Aug. 31.—General Linares,
in the province of Santiago de Cuba,
has been engaged with an insurgent
force. The enemy lost two men killed
and the troops lost 13 men killed, in
cludiug two captains. The horse ridden,
by General Linares was struck by two
bullets and killed.
A Spanish column, consisting of 1,200
men of all arms, under the command of
General Luqu and Colonel Sotomayer,
recently left Holguin, province of San
tiago de Cuba, with the intention of at
tacking an insurgent force which occu
pied a strongly fortified position at Sa
bana de Becorro. The troops camped 9
miles from the enemy’s position with
out being observed and during the night
the Spanish commander ordered two
.guerrilla companies and three compa
nies of Spanish infantry to surprise the
enemy.
The Spanish forces approached close
to the insurgent camp and then, rushed
upon it, under a heavy fire from two
sides, and captured it. The insurgents
were completely taken by surprise and
fled in disorder, with the loss of 60 men
killed, according to the official report,
and carried away their wounded.
The insurgent general, Estrada, is said
to have been wounded in both legs.
The troops lost 14 men killed and had
86 wounded.
CUBANS TREATED CRUELLY.
Recently Released IXc.flc. Tell of Their
Prison Life nt Ceuta.
New York, Aug. 31. The Times
says: General Weyler, in issuing a re
cent pronnnciamento declaring that
three of the Cuban provinces were paci
fied, ordered that all pacificos who had
been held in durance as suspects should
be released. This order gave freedom
to 34 young Cubans, among others, who
had been prisoners for two and a half
years at the Spanish penal colony of
Ceuta, on the coast of Morocco. They
were taken across the strait to Gibraltar
and left there penniless.
Jose Prinnelles of this city, provided
with a subscription fund, has just re
turned here with 15 of the released pa
cificos, this being as many as the fund
enabled him to pay pas-age for. The
remaining 19 are still in Gibraltar, some
with friends, and all getting food and
shelter as best they can.
None of them, Mr. Grinelle said, had
ever been allowed a trial or hearing,
and. being only suspects, they were not
subjected to the full rigor of discip
line at Ceuta. They were, in fact, al
lowed the liberty of the town, but they
found it desirable to avoid encounters
with Spanish soldiers or officials, as to
meet one in the street generally re
sulted in their being insulted or knocked
-down. They had to return to the
prison or castle, as it is called, at a cer
tain hour in thp evening and be locked
up for the night. They were fed on
beans, onions and very bad meat, gen
erally tainted. There were over 400
men in tbe prison and many of them
were sick.
The prison they described as being
filthy. No attention was paid to sani
tary conditions The cells were damp,
gloomy holes, pungent with musty filth
that incrusted the floors. Os the mor
tality in the prison, the pacificos knew
nothing.
Many of the returned men do not
know what the fate of the other mem
bers of their families had been. Some
had been killed in battle, others impris
oned and tortured, Valdes learned that
a brother had been killed in battle.
A l'»««ntar Train Derailed.
Tiffon, Ga., Aug. 31.—The Tifton
and Northeastern passenger train was
derailed near Pinetta. wrecking the en
gine and badly injuring Engineer Tar
ver.
THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
PERRY JUST HANG
Governor Refuse to Interfere
in His Behalf.
The Slayer of Bely Lanier Will Die
at Decatur One Week
From Today.
Atlanta, Aug. 31.—The goyernoj
has refused to interfere in the case of H.
S. Perry, and the slayer of Billy Lanier
will die on the gallows Wednesday, Sept.
Bth.
Tr.e governor has been through a try
ing ordeal today in the final hearing for
Perry. There was a dramatic and dis
tressing scene in the executive office
when Mrs. Perry made her agonizing
appeal to him to spare her husband’s life
and save her children the terrible heritage
of the gallows. She clung desperately to a
hope and after long and tearful pleading,
permeated with sobs, went away weep
ing and heart -broken.
This morning she was profoundly
agitated, and seemed to have lost all
control over her emotions. She had
gotten the idea that the governor was
not disposed to interfere with the sen
tence, and her womanly feelings as
serted themselves with full force
when she appeared before the gover
nor. He was courteous and kind,
but non-committal, and she grew des
perate as to tbe fate that seemed to
stare her husband in the face The
thought of such a heritage for her
children almost maddened her, and
she threw herself on her knees, cry
ing out to the governor in agonizing
tones to save her husband.
Her agony made her utterances al
most incoherent, and her distress was
heartrending to behold.
‘ ‘Save him!” she cried. “If he dies
he dies to protect me! It will ruin
my children. Oh, save him, save
him!”
PARROTT’S'WILL.
Tbe Young Suiciie Leaves. Evervtbing Excep:
*1,0,000 to Wife.
/Atlanta, Aug. 31.—A will made by
George W. Parrott, jr., who suicided
some days ago, was filed today.
He bequeathed everything to his wife
except SIO,OOO which goes to his uncle,
Samuel F. Parrott.
COTTON COMING IN.
More Bales Received Yesterday, Which
Bring Good Prices.
Cotton has begun to come in pretty
lively.
The first bale was received Monday,
and was raised by Mr. Redmond, in
this county. It brought the snug
price of 8 1-2 cents.
Yesterday three more new bales
came in, and it is expected that some
cotton will be received every day
from now on.
The first bale yesterday was brought
in by Sam Fletcher, a negro tenant
on the Nichols farm in Bartow coun
ty. It was sold to the McGhee Cot
ton Company for 7 3-4 cents.
Fletcher has a splendid two-horse
crop, and shows what tbe colored
man can accomplish by industry and
perseverance.
The first bale of Alabama cotton
came in from Kirk’s Grove, and was
raised by M. C. Hicas. It was sold to
W. H. Coker for 7 13-16.
TKRRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Furm Q r Floyd County Boy Hu Neck
Broken in Texas*
Asbury Lemaster, the son of W. R.
Lemaster, who lives at the cotton fao,
factory, had bis neck broken in a run
away at Reedsville, Texas, yesterday.
A message was receiued here yester
day by John Fernanders, a friend cf
the family,announcing the sad accident.
The boy’s father was out of the city,
and will probably not receive tbe news
until today.
Young Lemaster was about 21 years
old, and wont to Texas a year or so
ago. No particulars of the accident
were received.
SUCCESSFUL OPENING.
Southern Conservatory of Mnslc Begin, the
Fall Session.
The Southern Conservatory of Music
opened its fall session Monday morning
with quite a large attendance.
Mr, aud Mrs. Fortin are both very
accomplished musicians, aud their work
is of the most finished character.
They have two very highly culti
vated ladies as teachers, Misses Louise
Gomez and Rica Cohen, Miss Gomez
opened with a class of eight, and the
limit is ten pupils to the teacher.
ROME. GA., WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 1. 1897.
MAKE HOT
JEPORTS
Libor Leaders Opposed
to Court-Made Laws,
STRONG RESOLUTIONS
Meet in St. Louis and Create a Big
Sensiiiion.
SAY JUDICIARY IS .NOW SSUPiIEME
Republic Prostrate at the Feet
of the Judges.
THE CAPITALIST GLASS CONTROLS
Declare That Federal Judge* by Legislation
Under Ir junction, Prohibit Common
Rights ot Freemen.
St. Louis, Aug. 31.—The delegates to
the convention of labor leaders were
slow in assembling and it was nearly an
hour after the time set for the meeting
before the body was called to order.
The delay was due to the committee on
resolutions, which sent word that it
was not ready to report It was 10
o’clock when the committee on resolu
tions filed into the hall and the dele
gates were called to order to hear its
report.
Mr. Berger, in presenting the resolu
tions, spoke of the great task the com
mittee had before it'. He said the re
port which was to be submitted was the
best the committee could do under the
circumstances. The platform as pre
ented reads as follows:
“The fear of the watchful fathers of
the republic has been justified. The
judiciary has become supreme. We
witness a political phenomenon abso
lutely new in the history of the worl .:
a republic prostrate at the feet of judges
appointed to administer its laws. They
acknowledge no superiority on earth,
but their despotic deeds recall Milton’s
warning to his countrymen:
• "Who bids a man rule over him,
above law, may bid as well a savage
beast.”
"Under the cunning form of injunc
tions. courts have assumed to enact
criminal'laws, and after thus drawing
to themselves the power of legislation,
have repealed the bilj of rights and for
violations of those court- made laws have
denied to the accused the right of trial
by jury.
“The exercise ot the commonest
rights of freemen—the right of assem
bly, the right of free speech, the right
of traveling the public highways, have,
by legislation under the form of in
junctions, been made a crime, aud
armed forces disperse as mobs peop a
daring, in company, to exercise these
rights.
“Capitalistic Class Controls.*
"Whereas, appeals to congress and
courts for relief are fruitless, since the
legislative, as well as the the executive
judicial powers, are under the contr >1
of the capitalistic class, so that it h,.s
come to pass in tliis "free country” that
while cattle and swine have a right to
public highways, Americans, socalled
freemen, have not;
"Whereas. Our capitalistic class, as
is again shown in the present strike, is
armed, and has not only policemen,
marshals, sheriffs and deputies, but also
a regular army and militia, in order to
enforce government by injunction, sup
pressing lawful assemblies, free speech
and right to the public highway, while
on the other hand the laboring men, of
the country are unarmed and defense
less, contrary to the words aud spirit of
the constitution of the United States.
Therefore, be it resolved,
"1. That we hereby set apart Friday,
Sept. 3. 1897. as ‘Good Friday’ for the
cause of suffering labor in America and
contribute the earnings of that day to
the support of our struggling brothers,
the miners, and appeal to every union
man and every friend of labor through
out the country to do likewise.
"2. That if the strike of the miners
is not settled by Sept. 20. 1897. a
general convention be held at Chicago
on Monday, Sept. 27, 1897, by the rep- •
resentatives of all unions, sections,
branches, lodges and kindred organiza
tions of laboring men and friends of
their cause, for the purpose of consider
ing further measures in the interest of
the striking miners and labor in gen
eral.
Befit Itemed? In the Ballot.
“3. That we consider the use of the
ballot as the best and safest means for
the amelioration of the hardships under
which the laboring class suffers.
"4. That the public ownership of rail- I
roads and telegraphs isoue.Qt. the nqst
FROST IN NOTHWEST
First-Cold Snap of tie Season
Arnvts.
Light Frost in. Minnesota, lowa and
North Dakota Dees blight
Damage.
St. Paul, Aug. 31.—Reports of frost
come from a few points in southern
Minnesota aud North Dakota. Lute
tender crops and garden truck were
killed or badly damaged, but none of
the reports speak of very serious injury
to corn, except one from southern Min
nesota, which represents the damage as
being heavy to corn and late flax.
Wheat is unaffected, being mostly har
vested.
Heavy Frost lu Michigan.
Detroit, Aug. 31.—A heavy frost is
reported to have visited the northern
part of the state. At East Tawes a
great deal of damage was done to vege
tation and the balance of the crop stand
ing was ruined. The frost throughout
that section of the country was general.
lowa Crops Not Injured.
Dubuque, la., Aug. 31.—Alight frost,
the first of the season, has visited this
section, but did no damage.
CUBAN CONGRESS COMING.
Successor to President Cisneros Will Be
Selected Soon.
New,York, Aug. 31.—Tomas Estrada
Palma, representative of the Cuban pro
visional government, has received the
official list of deputies to the next Cu
ban constituent assembly, which is to
meet in Camaguey on Sept. 2, to elect a
new president, the office of the present
incumbent expiring on Thursday. The
assembly will also revise the present
provincial constitution, which was
adopted for a term of two years on Sept.
18, 1895. Each of the six army corps
sends four delegates to the assembly.
According to private advices, which
have just been received here, large
bodies of Spanish troops are being
massed in Camaguey for the purpose of
preventing, if possible, the meeting of
the assembly. The insurgents, how
ever, have a large force in the district
to project the convention.
Proposed Expedition Abandoned.
CufcApo, Aug. 31.—Spanish Consul
Gimonez thinks the proposed army of
volunteers, numbering 200 men and
three carloads of guns and ammunition,
which were to leave this city for Cuba,
his been abandoned. It is reported that
the exposure of the movement in The
Times-Herald has thrown in Chicago a
score of Spanish detectives and secret
service men.
Spain to Banish Anarchists.
Madrid, Aug. 31.—The Spanish gov
ernment is formulating a plan to bring
about the banishment of all anarchists
from Spain. It is announced here that
anarchists will no longer be allowed to
laud in England and that therefore, the
government of Spain must deport them
to some American republic or a distant
Spanish possession.
Southern Case Is Postponed*
Macon, Aug. -31.—The case against
the Southern railway, brought by mer
chants of Macon to test the validity of
the combination, will be postponed from
October to some date in November.
Senator Edmunds is employed in the
Supreme court at the time the case was
set and Judge Speer has notified coun
sel to that effect.
Change at <'leius<»n ’ ollege.
Washington. Aug. 31.—Chief En
gineer W. F. Worthington has been de
tached from the Montgomery and or
dered to Clemson college, Fort Hill, S.
0.. in place of Assistant Engineer G.
W. McElroy, w hose orders are revoked.
Deollnea a College ’'residency.
Colorado Springs, Aug. 31.—Presi
dent William F. Slocum of Colorado
college, in an open letter to the friends
of the institution, has announced his
decision to decline the call to the presi
dency of Oberlin college. ' x
necessity rerbrms for our body politic.
"5 Thar wo most emphatically pro
test against government by injunction,
which p:nys nuvuc with even such po
litical liberty as working men have
saved from toe steady encroachment of
capitalism, and be it fina ly resolved.
■■6. That no nation in wnich the peo
ple are totally disarmed cun long re
main a free nation, and therefore we
urge npon all liberty-loving citizens to
remember and obev article 2 of the con
stitution of the United States, which
reads as follows:
“ ‘The right of the people to keep and
bear arms shall not be infringed.’ ”
As soon as the platform was before
the convention a dozen delegates were
on their feet clamoring for recognition.
One delegate wanted a change of the
date of the Chicago conference to Oct,
1, as the day proposed was too early.
The amendment was laid on the table
to be taken np later.
Delegate Osborn of Atlanta, Ga.,
offered a resolution to the effect that it
was the sense of the meeting that all
unemployed men in the United States
should apply for admission to the poor
house of their respective counties. No
action was taken on this resolution and
the convention went <ff in a desultory
manner regarding the debate.
DEMOCRATS
IN SESSION
<
PeflDsvlYaDia State Con
vewn Opens.
IN CITY OF READING
Mention of William J. Bryans’ Naina
Causes Wild Applause.
THE TUMULT LASTED SOME TIME
Four Hundred and Sixty Five
Delegates Present.
TWO CANDIDATES UP FOR GOVERNOR
Conspicuous Feature of tbe Decorations Was
a Handeome Banner Adorned With
Portrait of Bryan.
Reading, Pa., Aug. 31.—The Demo
cratic state convention to uominate can
didates for auditor general and state
treasurer met in the Academy of Music.
A conspicuous feature of the decora-.
tious was a handsome banner adorned
with a portrait of William J. Bryan
and bearing the inscription: "Liberty,
Justice, Humanity, Equal Rights to
All, Special Privileges to None.” There
were 435 delegates.
State Chairman Garman called the
convention to order at 12:30 p. m. and
announced temporary organization as
agreed upon by the executive commit
tee. Congressman Ermantraut, tempo
rary chairman, received a round of ap
plause when he recived the gavel from
Mr. Garman. He delivered a short
speech'
A wild scene of enthusiasm followed
Mr. Ermentraut’s mention of the name
of William J. Bryan. Delegates and
spectators stood in their chairs and
waved hats and handkerchiefs as they
cheered the name of their leader.
DIES WITH BABY IN ARMS.
Monroe Woman la Killed by Lightning,
bat Her Child E-ioapea.
Monroe, Ga., Aug. 31.—Mrs. Guth
rie, wife of Luther Guthrie, a promi
nent citizen of Walnut Grove, was
killed by lightning at her home near
here.
Mrs. Guthrie had one of her children
in her arms and had just gone out upon
the veranda to get some water for the
infant, when the bolt fell.
It came crashing through the roof
and struck her upon the head. Mrs.
Guthrie was killed instantly and the
child badly burned, but, marvellous to
relate, was neither killed or seriously
injured.
Big Crop of Wheat In Manitoba.
Toronto, Aug. 31.—Advices received
here report that by night all of the 25,-
000,000 bushels of wheat in Manitoba
will be cut. There has been no frost
sufficient to affect the wheat in Mani
toba this season, and next week will
probably see the bulk of the- wheat
threshed. The crop has been the larg
est in the history of the Canadian north
west. The yield will run as high as 35
bushels to the acre, while in Ontario it
is as high as 40. The total wheat erpp
of Canada this year will be fully 60,-
000,000 bushels of prime wheat.
Tennis Tournament Hostponed.
Toronto, Aug. 31. The Toronto
Lawn Tennis club’s annual tourna
ment, which was to have begun Tues
day. nas been postponed until Thursday
on account of the Niagara tournamei.t
not being completed, aud in which
many of the players who have signified
their intention of competing* here are
engaged. _______
Scientist* Meet at Saratoga.
Saratoga. Aug. 21.—At the meeting
of the American Social Science associa
tion Chairman Joseph Anderson, D. D.,
of Waterbury opened the department of
education with some pertinent remarks.
Papers were read by D M. Porter of
Waterbury, Conn., on "The Perversion
of Educational Benefactions.” and by
Rev. F. Stanley Root of- New Haven,
Conn., on "The Educational Value of
the Drama.”
Frenchmen to Hold a F’ete.
New York. Aug. 81 —A special to
The Herald from Valparaiso says: The
French residents here and in Santiago
and other large cities in Chili will hold
a fete to celebrate the official declara
tion of tile Franco-Russian alliance,
which was Proclaimed on Saturday.
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HE MAY BE THE MAN
Red-Headtd Fellow Caught is
Atlant?.
Believed to Be Party Who Made As
sault on Miss Heathcock
at Chickamauga.
Atlanta, Aug. .31,—Sheriff J. C.
Byrd, of Catoosa county, is here to take
Frank Lowden back to Ringgold, where
he must face the charge of assault upon
the person of Miss Eddie Heathcock at
Chickamauga several days ago.
Lowden is thought to be the man.who
assaulted the girl and almost killed her
mother. Had he been caught then he
would assuredly have been lynched.
Lowden is very gloomy and says he
wishes he had been killed yesterday
when arrested.
He was sent to the city stockade sev
eral days ago for loitering, and yester
day escaped.
He nt once attempted assault upon
Miss McDaniel, whose screams caused
Lowden to hide in the house. He was
finally handcuffed by a man named
Mills after a desperate encounter.
It is firmly believed that he is the
man who assaulted Mis’ Heathcock.
MAY BE RELEASED.
Looks as Though Will Phillips Will Be Dis
charged.
LaFayette, Aug. 31. It is now gen
erally believed that Will Phillips, who is
on trial here charged with an assault
'upon a highly respected young lady in
this county several months ago, will not
be found guilty. The state’s evidence has
closed. An old negro man testified that
Phillips confessed his guilt to him imme
diately after the crime was committed,
but a conductor on the Soutnern railroad
has also testified that Phillips was in his
employ on the day the crime was com
mitted,
The young lady testified that she
could not say positively that Phillips
was the right'man, but that he fills the
bill in every way .except in the color of
hair and moustache, which some claim
he had blackened.
Phillips has a bad reputation and in
some countries might be convicted on
general principles.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Boston and Chicago Play an Eleven Inning
Tie—Other Games.
Washington, Aug. 31.—Boston is
making a grand fight for tbe pennant.
The beaneaters and Chicago fought
through eleven innings today, the
game ending in a tie. Cincinnati has
hit the tobogan in great shape, New
York defeating them twice. The
scores:
New York 7, Cincinnati 2.
Now York 9, Cincinnati 1.
Boston 8, Chicago 8 (11 innings?.
Washington 8, Pittsburg 4,
Philadelphia 5, Louisville 4.
Brooklyn 9, Cleveland 4.
Baltimore 12, St. Louis 5.
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.
Two deputy United States marshals
were killed in Hope county, Arkansas,
Sunday, as the result of an attack by
moonshiners. Two others were w ounded
and two are missing.
Farmer R. J. Powell, aged 68, was
struck by a train hear Douglasville and
instafitly killed. He was deaf.
A hailstorm in Oconee county Mon
day evening did several thousand dol
lars worth of damage to the crops.
McLAURIN WON.
Defeated Irby and Evans in the South Caro
lina Primaries.
Charleston, S. C., Aug. 31.—John
L McLaurin was nominated tor the Unit
ed States .senate in the primaries today,
defeating Irby and Gov. Evans
The total vote cannot be given now,
but enough is known to assure McLau
rin’s election.
Floyd County’s Farm,
It is a fact not generally known that
Floyd county owns a good size farm.
But the county owns two lots, 320
acres, near Floyd Springs, and have
owned it for many years. It is not un
der cultivation, and it is said that who
ever chooses go and haul wood from the
land. It will probably be advertised
and sold.
Mr. John N. Hill, a prominent citi
zen of Atlanta, passed through the
city yesterday en route home from
Chattooga county.