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a* • * h I BRIGHT ANB BREEZY $ "All The News.” * £ North Georgia's Great J Daily, * * Only 50 Cents a Month. £ ESTABLISHED 1887. CHANGE IS PERFECTED ' 0. R. & C. Becomes the C. R. & S. I. 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. J Increase Your Trades | * A Klondike Strike * * By advertising in The jg » Tribune. * ± Best medium in Norin Georgia $ PRICE FIVE CEINITB 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.