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I MIDNIGHT SUNDAY
Road Passes From Bands of RecHver
Junes to Recent Pnrcbasers
C B. WILBURN IS THE PRESIDENT
All of Officers Remain Except
W. A. Love, who Resigned.
GOOD MANAGEMENT OF COL, JONES
<He Will Remain Here For Some Time to Wind
*
Up Old Affairs—Work Will Begin
on New Depot Shortly.
At midnight Sunday. September 12th,
'the Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus
> Railroad ceased to be and the Chat
tanooga, Rome and Southern came into
■ existence.
With the change of name came other
important change. The receivership of
Col. E. E. Jones came to an end, and
the road is under the management of Mr.
C. B. Wilburn as president.
Col. Jones, however, remains here
for some time to wind up the old
ass iirs of the line. For three years and
a half he has been connected with the
10 id as receiver and under his able guid
ance it has prospered. He has made many
friends here who will rdgret to see him
leave Rome. He will probably locate in
New York City.
Mr. C. B. Wilburn, who becomes pres
ident under the perfected reorganization,
‘ h is held the position of general manager
unde, the receivership. He has had
nineteen years experience in the railroad
business, beginning his career with the
Central as clerk. He went from that to
the S. A. M. where beheld an important
post until offered the place of general
> manager of the C. R. &C. three and a
half years ago.
Mr. Wilburn is not only a thorough
milroad man, keen and wide awake to
all the interests appertaining thereto, but
(he is a gentleman of refinement, culture
and great popularity. His selection as
.head of the road is a wise one, and one
which pleases Romans greatly.
The officers of the new Chattanooga,
ißorne & Southern Railway are:
. C. B. Wilburn, President.
W. M. Darby, Auditor.
Alex Bonnyman, Roadmaster.
M. J. Connelly, Foreman of Shops.
W. E. Huff, Secretary and Cashier.
J. C . O’Dell, Dispatcher.
C. 8. Pruden, Agent and Com. Agent.
'Rome.
F. L. Russell, Agent.
Mr. W. A. Love, who (has been the
-efficient traffic manager and master
( mechanic under Col. Jones for three
and a half years resigned, Mr. Love has
been offered two excellent positions in
* Atlanta; but has not made up his mind
which to accept.
‘ Rome will regret very much to lose
Mr. Love, bis most estimable wife, and
bright little daughter, Cecil.
One of the first things the new man
agement did was to (cut the per diem of
the section hands from 90 to 15 cents.
This was done in the interest of econo
my. The hands objected to the cut, and
all refused to work yesterday. New
men will take the place of the strikers
today.
It is understood that salaries have
. been cut in other directions also. Just
the extenc and result of this is not given
out yet.
Yesterday "the contract for the
etone work of the new depot of the C.
R. & 8. here was given to Mr. Will
■Gunn, The entire plans; are not yet
complete for the depot, bat work will
probably begin in a few days. The build
ing will face on Second avenue back of
Briants corner. The building will be a
(Continued on Page five.)
THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
ATTEMPTED ASSAULT
Xegrj Caught and One Hun
dred Lashes Given Him.
He Was Released Then, But Cap
tured And Placed in the
Griffin Jail.
Griffin, Ga,, Sept. 13.—Henry
Stark a negro rode horseback into the
yard of Mrs. Gibson here and dismount
ing called her to the door, telling her
he had an important message to deliver.
When Mrs. on came out the brute
seized her and attempted an assanlt.
She screamed and neighbors came and
captured the negro.
He was stripped to the waist and one
hundred lashes administered. He was
then released but a posse caught him,
and might have visited summary pun
ishment had not the officers interfered.
Stark is in jail, but it is feared a mob
may take him out and lynch him.
FUNERALS IN CHATTOOGA.
Mth. 8. C. Martin Burled at Sammerville.
Ed Robinson at Trion.
Summerville, Ga., Sept, 13 -The
funeral of Mrs. 8 C. Martin, who died
Saturday, attracted a very large crowd
of mourning friends today.
Mrs. Martin was a beautiful Christian
character, and greatly beloved by all who
knew her. Her sad death cast a mil of
sorrow over the city.
Mr Edward Robinson, whose remains
were brought from Texas, was interred
at the Trion Cemetery Sunday in the
presence of a very large crowd.
He was a young man of sterling worth
and character with a host of friends. His
untimely death caused great sadness
throughout this section. •
SOLDIERS FLEE
All The Command at New Orleans At Ft.
McPherson io Atlanta.
Atlanta, Sept. 13.—A1l of the
soldiers from Ft. Jackson in New
Orleans, have fled from the yellow
fever plague, and are now at Ft. Me
Frierson here.
They are under commander of Maj
J. W. Skerley, and will remain here
until all danger of the yellow jack is
passed.
CANDLER NAILS CANARDS.
Judge Who Presided at the i'erry Trial
Correct* Some Alisatatementn.
Atlanta, Sept. 13. —Judge John S.
Oandler of the Stoue Mountain judicial
circuit, who presided over the court in
which H. S. Perry, the white man
hanged at Decatur last Wednesday, was
convicted, is in receipt of numerous let
ters from correspondents in northern
and western papers concerning highly
colored sensational reports of the execu
tion sent out from Atlanta by special
correspondents.
These statements were to the effect
that feeling in Perry’s favor ran so high
that the Fifth Regiment, of which
Judge Candler is colonel, was called oat
to prevent him from being rescued, and
that Perry was taken to Decatur in a
special train, escorted by the military,
hommauded by Colonel Candler in per
son. Judge Oandler gave the Associated
Press the following statement in cor,
rection of the widely circulated mis
statements:
‘•There is not a word of truth in
these statements. I was holding court
in Clayton county, 20 miles away,
when Perry was executed. The sheriff
and the deputies took Perry from the
Atlanta jail early in the morning and
conveyed him to Decatur in a hack. It
was so early that few people knew of it
before they arrived in Decatur. There
was no request for a military force and
no need for one. The judgment of the
court and the sentence in that case were
approved by 90 per cent of the people of
DeKalb county
••The story is absurd, as colonels do
not command in such cases. A detach
ment under a lieutenant does the work
when guard duty is to be done. I do
not see how any one could send or a
paper publish such an outrageous lie.”
Read Woman la Identified.
Denver, Sept. 18.—The woman killed
and partly cremated in the Newcastle
railroad wreck, who had a watch in
scribed, "Mamma to Mamie,” has been
identified as Miss Mary E. Johnston of
Pomona, Cal. It is believed the corpse
clasped in her arms was that of her
friend Nellie Davis of Pomona. The
charred remains us seven unidentified
victims of the accident arrived in Den
ver ami wiii he ouneu here.
Terry to Din For Murder. ’
Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 18.—News
has just been received here that the ne
gro, Major Terry, who was charged
with assaulting, killing and horning
the body of Mrs. Mary Thomas, near En
terprise, Coffee county, some weeks ago,
was tried at Elba during the week and
a verdict of guilty was rendered. He
was sentenced to be hanged Oct. 29.
The evidence was circumstantial, but
very strong.
ROME. GA., TUESDAY. SEPrjffiiwBKK 14 1897.
ANOTHER
TOWN NOW
I
Yellow Fever Breaks Out
at Barkley, Miss.
FOUR DEATHS THERE
New Orleans' Seven Cases are Reported
to be Doing Well
CRESCENT CITY IS NOW TRANQUIL
People not Making Away as
Was Expected
NO NEW CASES THERE YESTERDAY
Business Receives a Setback as a Result of
the General Insti-ution of Quaran
tine Regulations—Latest News.
New Orleans, Sept. 18.—New Or
leans has caught its second wind, and
the breeze of excitement that prevailed
Sunday has subsided. At first there
was a disposition to leave town, but
when people summed up matters and
found that there were only seven im
ported cases here, and that they had
been warned as to six of them, they de
cided to wait until the situation should
become more aggravated before making
a break for other parts There was no
heavy outgoing travel and very little
incoming.
The natives here have, contrary to
expectations, become frightened
over the existence of yellow fever, and
whatever depression exists is due to the
fact that business, which is 30 per cent
above the corresponding month of last
year, has received a setback as a result
of the general institution of quarantine
measures against this city. Neverthe
less there were the usual Sunday throngs
at the parks, where concerts were given,
and the theaters were played to stand
ing room only.
Those who expected to wake up Mon
day morning and learn of new cases of
yellow fever were disappointed. Up to
the present there has been no change in
the situation. There are still only
seven cases, as reported in the official
bulletin issued Sunday night. None
has yet proved fatal and the latest bul
letins from the infected districts are of
a favorable charactar. Many prominent
physicians believe that if isolated cases
continue to appear in the city it is quite
possible to confine them and make their
vicinity proof against infection, as has
been done in the St. Claude street and
Gelpi cases.
One of the cases of yellow fever re
norted by Dr. Shannon, of Ocean
Springs, proves to be Miss Goodrich, of
New Orleans, a niece of the lady who
nursed Miss Schultz, the St. Louis lady
who died of the yellow fever. It de
velops that the yellow fever at Barkley,
Miss., was imported from Ocean Springs.
Mrs. Sanders, who was from Amster
dam, N. Y., died in Ocean Springs, and
her body was taken to Barkley in a
wagon. Soon after, her husband and
sou died at Barkley with the disease,
together with two other persons, and
other deaths are expected.
It is daily becoming evident, there
fore, that the first case of yellow fever
originated in Ocean Springs and that all
other points have caught the infection
from there.
MOB WAS AFTER TWO MEN,
Double Lynching Barely Averted at Cam*
den-r-Office re Had Hand* Full.
Columbia, & 0., Sept. 13.—A double
lynching was narrowly averted at Cam
den. The law officers had their hands
full quieting the people in one case and
getting a white prisoner out of their
way in another.
Particulars were not known here un
til after mittnight, when a deputy sheriff
applied at the penitentiary for lodging
for a prisoner. J. H. Stephenson, a
small merchant of Canton, about 40
years old, was'the man against whom
the charge had been made of assaulting
a 13-year-old, half witted girl of that
town.
Stephenson claims there was no as
sault. Under the old law, if his ver
sion is true, he would be acquitted, but
since the constitution raised the age of
consent, the case is different. There
being threats of lynching, the judge ad
vised that the prisoner be brought here.
In the meantime an effort will be made
to get authority from the supreme court
to order a special session of court at
which Stephenson may be tried.
John Watkins, a negro, was convicted
in Camden of assaulting a young rela
tive. There were indications of an at
tempt to lynch him, but it was decided
to let the law take its course. He is
sentenced to be hanged Oct. 22.
LYONS IS HOPEFUL
Augusta Negro Believes He
Will Get Office.
In Washington Pushing His Claim
Result Probably be Known
This Week.
Washington, Sept. 13.—Judson
Lyons arrived in Washington today,
and says he is in the race for the Au
gusta post office to the finish.
He denies that any agreement or ar
rangement has been or will be made
with his consent to put Capt. W. H.
Stallings in the office. Lyons affirms
that he is after the post office and
that nothing less will satisfy him.
W. H. Johnson, whois herer con
firms all Lyons says. A big delega
tion called on the president today to
push Lyons claims. It is provable
that a final decision will be reached
this week.
STRANGE CONDUCT.
Unknown Man Beat Mother. Son and Daugb
ter in Atlanta,
Atlanta, Sept. 13. —Tonight about
9:30 a white man and a negro drove
up to the residence of Mrs. Mitchell
at 389 South Pryor street.
The white man got out and knocked
on the door of the Mitchell home. The
daughter. Miss Nina, answered and
the man said he wanted to speak to
her brother Jean. The boy hadj re
tired but he dressed and went out.
The man, who was an entire stran
ger, claimed his horse wouldn’t stand
and persuaded the boy up a nearby
alley way.
The unknown then began to beat
Jean savagely until he yelled out.
Miss Nina ran to see what the trouble
wa«, and the stranger felled her to the
ground with his fist.
The mother then went, and she too
was badly beaten. The man then got
in his buggy and drove away. Who he
was aad his motive is shrouded in
mystery.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Baltimore Def ated Chicago Twice, Boston
Did Not Play. Other Gaines.
Washington, Sept. 13 - Baltimore
downed Chicago twice today, moving
ten points ahead of Boston. Ram pre
vented the game between Boston and
Philadelphia. Brooklyn and New York
tied. Ths scores:
Baltimore 4, Chicago 2, Ist game.
Baltimore 11, Chicago 4, 2nd game.
Cleveland 7, St. Louis 6.
Washington 1, Cincinnati 2.
Louisville 7, Pittsburg 2.
Brooklyn 8, New York 8.
HAWAII RATIFIES TREATY.
Believe* Our Senate Will
Now Vote For Annexation.
New York. Sept. 18 —A special to The
Herald from Washington says:
"The senate of the national legisla
ture of the republic of Hawaii has by
this time ratified the treaty annexing
the Hawaiian Islands to the United
States.”
This assertion was made to your cor
respondent by Mr. Lorin M. Thurston,
charge d’affaires of Hawaii to the
United States. Mr. Thurston said that
the senate of rhe Hawaiian legislature
had been called to assemble on Sept. 8
and as that body is unanimous for an
nexation he has no doubt that it has
ratified the convention without a dis
senting voice. >
, Both the senate and house of repre
sentatives of the Hawaiian legislature
are pledged to annexation, according to
Mr. Thurston. Just before the adjourn
ment of the two houses last year, a joint
resolution was accepted declaring it to
be the sense of the legislatare that the
interests of Hawaii demanded her an
nexation to the United States. This
resolution was adopted unanimously.
As the complexion of the senate and
house has not changed before the adop
tion of the resolution, Mr. Thurston has
no doubt that, so far as Hawaii is con
cerned, all steps possible have been
taken to accomplish annexation.
It is believed in administration cir
cles that the effect of the ratification of
the treaty by the Hawaiian senate will
be to influence some of the members of
the United States senate uow in the
doubtful colum to vote for the conven
tion next session. All that is uow neces
sary is the approval of that body, and it
is not believed that many members will
be willing to shoulder the responsibility
of defeating annexation and thus throw
Hawaii iuto the hands of Janan.
The uuriiar trial.
Chicago, Sept. 18 —Puffing at a cigar
and smiling in a manner which betok
ened contentment, Adolph L. Luetgert
appeared before Judge Tuthill to begin
the fourth week of his trial f> r alleged
wife murder. The court proceedings
began with the cross examination of
Professor George V. Bailey, mid it was
not long before Atrorner Vincent and
the prisoner were invo.V’d ui a dispute:
over the use of a technical term which
sailed for the .interfereyioi of the court.
JUSTIFIABLE
_KILLING
Officers’ Posse Shoot in
Self Defense.
NEGRO ITHEN HANGED
Fiend Confesses That be Assaulted Miss
Chapman
HE DEFIED POLIECE AND DEPUTIES
Just After He Had Killed Anoth
er Negro For 30 Cents
EX-CONVICT, THEIF AND DESPARADO
T,k a nFroni the Officers After he was Shot
Down and Swung to a
Afeeaulted Mrs. Coach.
Macon, Sept. 13.—Charley Gibson, a
negro ex-convict, was swung to a limt
by a maddened mob near here aftei
having been shot three times in a fight
with deputy sheriffs and policemen.
Gibson confessed that he was the man
who assaulted Miss Chapman last week
and declined to deny that he was Mrs.
Couch’s assailant <>f lust month.
Gibson shot and killed Jun Smith,
another negro, at the corner of Telfair
end Elm streets. Immediately after
shooting Smith, Gibson fled, going up
Telfair street, and soon crossing the city
limits. A number of men with shot
guns and winchesters started in pursuit
and fired at Gibson several times, but
as he continued to run rapidly, it is not
believed he was struck by any of the
bullets. He ran into a swamp beyond
the Georgia Southern and Florida rail
road shops, where he was located by the
posse, who commanded him to halt.
Gibson commenced to run slowly
through the bushes. The party began
shooting at Gibson. Gibson fired twice
at a deputy and then fell to the ground
with three bullets in him, one in the leg,
another in the hip and the third in the
left side, which passed through the
lung.
Gibson raised himself on his elbow
and attempted to shoot, but a patrol
man rushed lorwerd, and seizing Gib
son, threw him upon the ground, and a
crowd of others coming up he was ren
dered incapable of further shooting.
Sheriff Westcott, who had been hot
on the chase all day, was one of the
first to reach Gibson and commenced to
ply him with questions about the kill
ing of Smith, the various robberies and
the assault on Miss Chapman.
Gibson admitted all these things, but
he was so weak and rapidly dying that
he could speak but little.
When asked if he assaulted Miss
Chapman he admitted that he did.
He was asked if he assaulted Mrs.
Couch a few weeks ago, but he made no
reply.
On his right cheek was a scar like the
imprint of teeth.
Mrs. Couch said that when she was
assaulted she bit her assailant on the
cheek and this has been the only clew
or means of icentifying the officers have
had to work on.
Gibson was carried about 50 yards
from where he was shot aim captured to
the top a hill, while a patrolman went
to obtain a conveyance to bring him to
the city.
Before the policeman could return
with a wagon the crowd had fastened
a rope about Gibson’s neck and hung
him to the limb of a tree and riddled
his body with bullets.
Sultiui to HbTp the utfriren.
Constantinople, Sept. 13.—The sul
tan has ordered a commission, composed
of two Mussulmans, three Armenian!
and one Greek, to visit the Armenian
vilayets, which have been the chief suf
ferers from the massacres, and raise
funds to rebuild the Armenian schools,
churches aud monasteries and build
orphanages. The commission will star!
immediately.
McCoy and To in iny Ryan to Meet.
New York. Sept. 18 —"Kid” McCoy
and Tommy Ryan are to fight again and
settle the dispute that the bluecoats so
inopportunely stopped at Syracuse
Wednesday night. George Cochrane,
on behalf of Ryan, and Gus Tuttle, act
ing for McCoy, have posted a forfeit of
(500 each to bind a further deposit of
(3 ,000 for a fight to take place before
the club offering the largest purse.
Yellow Jack Im Nicaragua.
Managua, Nicaragua, Sept. 18.—Yel
low fever has appeared at Leon in west
ern Nicaragua. Several natives died of
the disease recently and it is spreading.
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THE COBANQUESTION
Woodford Will Presenn Docu
ment This Week.
Cites Cleveland That If War Did
End Soon the United States
Must Interfere.
New York, Sept. 13. —A special to
The Herald from Washington saysi
During the coming week the Onbau
question is likely to come sharply to the
front. Mr. Woodford is expected to
present his credentials to the queen re
gent of Spain Monday. Whether or not
he presents also the Cuban note which
he carried with him from Washington
depends wholly upon General Woodford
himself. The time at which the note is
to be presented was left to his discre
tion, the president believing that Gen
eral Woodford would be better able to
judge of the timeliness of that action
than the government here in Wash
ington.
President McKinley has returned to
the capital and a cabinet meeting will
be held on Tuesday. One question
which is to be decided is as to whethet
or not the contents of the note to Spain
shall be given to the public immedi
ately after its presentation to the Ma*
dnd government or whether it shall be
withheld to await the reply of Spaiu.
In order not to have the communica
tion appear in a fragmentary way, sev
eral of the president’s advisers favor
immediate publication in case no good
reasons appear for takiug a contrary
course.
The note which Mr. Woodford is to
present to the Spanish government was
prepared by President McKinley and
Assistant Secretary of State Day and
read to the full cabinet. Its chief sig
nificance is that the United States asxs
to be considered a party to the settle
ment of the Cuban question. The long
continuance of the wars in Cuba, the
destruction of property and of com
merce, the manner in which the inter
ests of the United States have suffered,
the large number of American citizens
involved, the constant anxiety and ex
pense caused the United States govern
ment in maintaining its attitude as a
friendly power, aud above all, the dis
tress inflicted upon hundreds of thou
sands of peaceful people, are given as
reasons why the United States should
take this step.
Mention is made of the large number
of claims of American citizens against
Spain, aud President Cleveland’s warn
ing in his last annual message, that un
less better conditions were soon to coms
to Cuba, it would be necessary for ths
United States to interfere in behalf of
commerce and humanity, is cited, ths
note expressing the president’s great de
sire to continue the friendly relations
between the two nations, and his hops
that Spain will accept the aid of ths
United States in bringing the war to
an end.
The president expresses his willing
ness to co-operate with the Spanish gov
ernment in every proper way in re
storing peace. __
CRACK SHOTS FOR CUBA.
Famou* Life Guard .Men Accept an Oflfet
to Join Gomez’. Fighters.
New York, Sept. 13.—A special to
The World from Atlantic City saysi
Twenty-one members of Atlantic City’s
famous life guard force have agreed tc
stand by their captain, Charles Lake,
and accept a hannsome offer for theii
services, made by the agent of the Cu
ban junta. The agent secured more
than 70 recruits in the country and a
considerable sum of money before com
ing to the city. He offered Captain
Lake (300 bounty and (75 a montn for
every man in the force who would as
sume the risk. The captain was prom
ised an officer’s command over any com
pany he might enlist.
It was explained by the Cuban agent
that an expedition was scheduled to
start from this vicinity this week, and <
the men were ordered to rendezvous
with the other recruits at a nearby
point and await a signal
The volunteers have left the city, as
have also the county recruits. The
guards are all crack shots.
A NOTED CROOK ESCAPES.
Man Who Swindled Maur Rich South
erners Is Free Once More.
Columbus, 0., Sept. 13.—Rev. G. F.
B. Howard has escaped from the Ohio
penitentiary. He was a most famous
United States prisoner from Tennessee.
He was trusted in the front office and
walked away.
Howard was convicted at Clarksville,
Tenn., and sentenced for nine yean and
a fine of (1,200 on 22 counts of using
United States mails for fraudulent pur
poses. His specialty was swindling al
leged heirs to fabulous fortunes in Eng
land. One of the chief witnesses against
him was Robert Linooln, ex-minister to
England.
Howard has many aliases and has im
posed upon some of the best known
families of the south, getting into the
ministry, law and medicine. He is an
Englisiuan, 45 years of age, and was
convicted as Frederick George Bur
goy ue Howard.
Fetal Fight Between Farmers.
Anniston, Ala, Sept. 13.—1 n a
drunken row, Friday afternoon between
Riley Fincher and Acker Hicks, cousins,
and farmers of the White Plains com
munity. this county, Hicks fatally
stabbed Fincher. Fincher has just died,
and Hicks is at large.