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i BRIGHT ANB BREEZY 5 $ "AU The News." * j North Georgia's Great £ * Daily. * jj Only 50 Cents a Month. S 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. 8 Increase Your Trade. ? * A Klondike Strike * * By advertising in The jj W Tribune. e Best medium In North Georgia * PRICE FIVE CENTS 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.