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£ BRIGHT ANO BREEZY 3 £ "AU The News." 1 $ North Georgia's Great * Daily, ai £ Only 50 Cents a Month. 3 ESTABLISHED 1887. DEATH ROLL OF A DAY Two Deaths and Twelve New Cases IN CRESCENT CITY The 27 New Cases in Last Two Days Very Bild. DREAD DISEASE KILLS A DOCTOR • Four New Cases Are Reported tn Mobile. EIGHT STR CKEN AT EDWARDS, MISS - One Death at Biloxi—Names of the NewQaae* at Edwards, Miss—BOO People Not Yet Affected. New Orleans, Sept. 22 Dr. L>v<i' <died at 9:30 a. m. The death of L'i Lovell makes a total of seveu deatii here. Dr. Lovell is said to have con traded the disease from his attendant" upon sick patients. A second death from yellow fever oc curred here at 10:30 a. m., makiiiiz -eight in aIL It was - Miss Elizabeth Nussbaum, aged 17 years, of 1300 Oai- Vez street. The city has decided to give $25,000 ♦o'the board of health. A bulletin from Biloxi, Miss , reports ♦he death of Michael Levy, aged 17, of > yellow fever. Three cases are under close investi gation. One of these is Mrs. A. T. Wimberly, wife of the Republican member of .the national committee, Cap tain Wimberly, who has been wired of his wife’s illness. Two more cases of yellow fever, Rubenstein, on Poydras street, and the second Gelpi boy, have been discharged. Forty others are steadily improving and are considered out of danger. The camp of detention has been -opened at Oakland park and a large number of Italian men, women and children will be removed thither and given accommodation until the fever is ■tamped out. The camp has been rapidly gotten in sh&pe and the refugees will find comfortable quarters assigned to -them. The spell of cool weather continues and the mildness of the 27 cases in the past two days is especially pronounced. Chief O’Connor has placed another -engine at the disposal of the special vol unteer force and the downtown streets, alleys and back yards are being thor -oughly scrubbed. Mayor Flower convened a meeting of ♦he finance committee and the commit tee will seek to make arrangements to advance part of, or all of the $25,000 which the board of health has requested .it to enable it to pay the large force of sanitary and other help that is required in handling the situation here. There does not seem to be at present much hope that Governor Foster will advance any money, because his ex cellency has no legal right to do so. He would have to violate the written law in giving the board additional money -at this time. Twelve new oases are reported in the city up to late tonight. FEVER IS SPREADING FAST. Eight New Cmm and One Death Ke ported at Edwards. t Edw ards. Miss., Sept. 22.—New cases of yellow fever are reported as follows: Cl. R. Knox, J. D. Boxtel, Miss Down ing. R. M. Perry, W. L. Smith, Miss Rosalie Howell, Harris Howell and Mrs. Rossman. Total, 8. Total to date, 80. Deaths, I—Mrs.1 —Mrs. Anna Henry. To tal deaths, 3. S. Nathan is reported sinking. Doc tors say he cannot live. Mrs. Gravesis dangerously sick. All other cases are reported doing well. The disease is rapidly spreading, and while it is regarded as a mild type, yet it is feared it will become more malig nant, owing to the cool weather now prevailing. We have more than a hun dred families inside our lines unaffected, * total of about 500 souls, and anticipa tions are that nothing but killing frost can allay the disease. Dr. Purnell has apidied to Vicksburg for help, doctors :an<i nurses Tonight four new cases are reported, none of malignant type, ’COTTON FOR CHARLESTON, ■until Carolina Metropolis Raises Quaran tine on Finnoy staple. Charleston. Sept. 22.—The board of health of Charleston has passed the fol lowing resolution: Hrisolv-ul That, t.ha nrnduata or the farm THE ROFIE TRIBUNE. •** • . EAGAN PRESIDENT Io Su cetd Coiner of Central Bailroad. J. Pierpont Morgan’s Big Victory For Bossism of the Road—ln Effect Oct. Ist, New York, Sept. 22.—1 t is announced here that J. Pierpont Morgan has won his long fight for the bossism of the Central Railroad of Georgia. Os the proposed reorganization of the road, the New York Journal says: ‘•On October 1 the big system will un dergo another reorganization. H. M. Comer, now its president, will retire and John M. Egan, Morgan’s man, will succeed him. The Georgia stockholders, who have retained control of the prop erty despite that they were in the mi nority, will lose their grip by this change and will be at the mercy of Mor gan and his associates. ” EGAN COMER. Believed lu Savanuah the Coutral Will Have a New President. Savannah, Sept. 22.—Vice President John M. Egan of the Georgia Central railway was asked about the report printed in the New York Journal stat ing that on Oct. 1 he was to succeed H, E. Comer as president of the Georgia Central Mr. Egan says that President Comer is now on his way home from Texas and the Pacific coast. In the absence of the Central’s president, Egan de clines to discuss the rumor. It is be lieved here on the outside that it is so, Egan says no matter who is president of the Central railroad, he will work for the road, the state of Georgia and the Savannah port. SPAIN ISSUES STATEMENT. Quantiti.il of War Munition, and Men Sent to Rebellion. Quarter.. Madrid, Sept. 22. —An official state ment has been issued showing the num ber of men and the quantitias of muni tions of war sent to Cuba and the Philippine islands during the insurrec tions now in progress in those quarter,--. Between November, 1895, and May, 1897, the Spanish government sent to Cuba 181,738 soldiers, 6,261 officers, of Whom 40 were ge-uerals; 212,542 guns; 820,406 kilograms of powder; 92,088,670 cartridges; 161,712 swords; 91 cannons; 12 mitraiieuses and 29,500 shells. Since the outbreak of the present rev olution in the Philippines the govern ment has sent 27.706 soldiers, 881 offi cers, of whom nine were generals, 43,- 100 guns, 24 cannons, 24 910 kilograms of powder, 21,726,585 cartridges and 30,- 604 shells. Rebels Make Fierce Rushes. Peshawur, Sept. 22. A dispatch from Lakarai says that the attack .which the Haddah Mullah made at 9 o’clock Monday evening with a large and well organized force of insurgent tribesmen, on Camp Nawagai, where General Sir Bindon Blood is in command, was marked by several fierce rushes upon three sides of the British square simul- I taneously. The enemy was so deter mined in the attack that the bodies of the tribesmen were found a few yards 1 from the muzzles of the mountain guns. and manufactured goods, except sugar, rice and molasses, will be permitted to come into Charleston from Atlanta: pro vided it does not originate in any infected portion or places. This raises the quarantine on At lanta cotton. Savannah’s board of health sent * representative to the meeting to submit ■ proposition that Savannah would con tinue to fumigate all Atlanta stuffs and examine passengers if Charleston would not quarantine Savannah. No action was taken on this. A physician has been sent to Atlanta to issue certificates to all passengers coming to this city. FEVER ON THE FINANCE. Cunei of Yellow Jack BrougtiC by a Vassal From Colombia. New York, Sept. 22.—The Colum bian line steamer Finance, Captain Daly, arrived from Colon with 18 cabin and five second cabin passengers. There were two cases of sickness during the voyage. On Sept. 18, Pat Keating, a fireman, was taken ill and removed to the shop’s hospital, and John Endeman, a student from San Jose, Guatemala, aged 20 years, was also taken sick. Eudemaa was isolated from the rest of the passengers and on the arrival at quarantine the health officer had both patients removed to the Swinburne island hospital. They are suffering from yellow fever in a mild form. No Detention < amp Now. Jackson, Miss., Sept. 22. As the United States government would not maintain a camp of refugees at Ed wards, but desired instead a camp of detention, the state board of health, after a conference with Dr. Purnell, at Edwards, decided that it would be in expedient to establish a camp of deten tion at this time. The tents now at Edward, will be stored away until further developments. Past Assistant Surgeon Geddings, who was to have taken charg • of the camp at Edwards, will remain hers and await further in structions. ROME. GA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 23. 1897. CONVICT PROBLEM Many Meas are Pre valent io Many Minds NO SOLUTION AS YET General Joint Committee Leaves it to sub-Committee BILL OF MR. HALL INTRODUCED Penitentiary Commission and Purchase of Farm, or Island. THURSDAY, SEPT. 30 IN ATLANTA The Bub-Committe Will Hear People Who Have Plans. Parras or Islands—Sapelo Island is to ba Inspected. Atlanta, Sept. 22.—This convict problem is one of the greatest that the Georgia legislature has ever tack led, but all the members of the com mittees do not seem to appreciate this fact. There are so many plans, and every committeeman has a different idea so that it will be sometime before a definite plan is agreed npon. At 1:15 this afternoon the big com mittees adjourned referring matters to a sub-committee as follows: From the Senate—Phil Cook, H. F. Dunwoody, Wesley Shropshire and Alex Atkinson, From the House—Hewlete Hall, J. L. Boynton, W. A. Dodson, T.B. Fei der and C. C. Thomas. The first thing done at this morn ing’s session was to table the resolu tion providing for releasing of the convicts. Mr. Duncan, of Houston, and Mr. Berry, of Whitfield, voted against it. Despite this vote there is a very strong sentiment favoring the hiring of the prisoners under state control as Gov. Atkinson proposed in his message which is as follows: Governor Atkinson’s Plan. The governor states to your committee that he does not think it proper for him to enter into a detailed discussion of the proposed legislation in advance of his message to the general assembly. He will, however, take pleasure in conferring with such members of your committee as may desire at any time to discuss the matter with him and to co-operate with you or any subcommittee which may be appointed. He makes to your committee the state ment that in his opinion legislation should be enacted crating a prison commission, which should be given control of our pen itentiary, subject at all times to legisla tive direction. This commission should take charge of penitentiary convicts, con trol and manage them and appoint all officers entrusted with their control. They should be authorized to purchase such land or lands as may be required for peni tentiary purposes, and on it erect such buildings as may be necessary. Raformatiiry For Bnyt In the erection of these buildings pro vision should be, made for a separate de- Sartment for a reformatory, wherein all oys under 17 years of age should be con fined, worked and surrounded by such ed ucational, moral and religious influences as will tend to secure their reformation. A separate department should be con structed. for women. Here the women convicted and sentenced to the peniten tiary should be engaged in making cloth ing for themselves and all other inmates of the penitentiary, and doing such work as may be directed by the prison commis sion. Another department should be erected for the care of men. bince we cannot make an expenditure sufficient to prepare for placing all male convicts in this cen tral prison, there should be confined here only the aged and infirm, or second class convicts, and a sufficient number of able bodied men to enable these to successfully carry on such work as may be provided for them. Prison Hoard Proposed. This will leave most of the able bodied men to find employment at some place other than the central penitentiary. These, he thinks, should not be leased to any one, but. as before stated, worked under the control and management of the prison commission, the party for whom they are worked paying into the state treasury a stipulated sum for their labor, either hav ing authority to control or manage, and without being charged with the responsi bility of clothing, feeding or otherwise caring for this being done entirely by the state. The proceeds of their la bors, under the direction of subsequent legislation, may be used for the purpose of sustaining and extending our peniten tiary, with the view of ultimately so en larging ft that we cun. upon our' own pr-mlees and in our own houses, care for all the...,mat, -s of the iienitantMry. Billot Mr. Hall. Chairman Hall, of the house com mittee, submitted a bill providing for JUDGE SHEFFIELD Says All Fuss About Convicts is Foolish. People Raising Howl Think Con victs Ought to Have Feather Beds andthlcKen Pie. Dawson, Ga , Sept 22.—Judge Shes- in his charge to the grand jury t®jayplaced a new aspect on the con £ WHBd that as far as the illegality of thffTease system was concerned it was well known, but that it had been in vogue many years, and he could see no reason for all this howl. Evidently some thought that the poor convicts snould be given feather beds, carpets and fed on chicken pie. He told the grand jury that they could do as they liked about the mat* ter, just so they did not lease the con victs to private parties. the appointment of three penitentiary commissioners who should investigate and buy a farm or island. A large number probably 1,500 of the convicts are to'be hired out. Mr. ißtone, of Walton, advocated leas ing the convicts again, and said it was childish to object to it. There was lots of other talk and the sub-committee was appointed as named above. At the meeting es the sub-committee this after noon it was decided to meet in Atlanta, Sept. 30, at 11 a. m., at which time per sons having plans, farms, 01 islands are invited, to submit same for considera tion. The sub committee then adjourned. Tomorrow night the members of the subscQmmittee will leave for Sapelo island; to inspect it. No trip to Ossa baw Island will be made now. The sub committee will draw up a bill by Oct. 10 and mail it to each mem ber of the general committee which will meet Oct. 25, two days in advance of the legislature. They will frame a bill to settle the convict problem. CUBANS STILL CONFIDENT. , z Altlioi'sn Fooled Many Time., i’hay Yet Helieve lu Generosity of Americans. Spokane. Wash., Sept. 22.—Captain E. H. Mahoney of the Cuban iusurgent army, who has served on General Go mez’s staff, now visiting Spokane for the purpose of raising funds to help Cu ban patriots, was seen in regard to the probable effect of the ultimatum re ported to have been given by General Woodford to the Duke of Tetuau. “I read the dispatches,” he said, '-and while they do not appear to rest on a very substantial foundation, I trust the news they contain will be verified later on. I believe, however, that the rumor is a clever feint, intended as in fencing, to draw Spain on and possibly to be fol lowed by more serious play. There has been a rumor afloat for the past few weeks that the United States is finally going to do something and that some thing is going to be done in October. "While the Cubans have been disap pointed too often and given mere words where they were led to hopeful action, to pin too much faith on the present administration, they still believe in the generosity of rhe American people." An Eartliquaka In Para. Lima, Pe u, Sept. 23. Reports re ceived from the various towns in the district affected by the earthquake show that the limits of the disturbance were Anoon, on the north, and Pisco, on the south. The center of movement was at Callao. Noted French General Deed. Bayonne, France, Sept 22.—General Bourbaki, who was in command of the imperial guard at Metz during the Franco-Prussian war, but who left that place ou a mysterious erraud shortly before its capitulatiou, is dead. Are Burned. Youngstown, 0., Sept. 32. The works of the Youngstown Bridge com pany have been destroyed by fire. Loss estimated at SIOO,OOO, partially covered by insurance. Two hundred hands are thrown out of employment Declared a Quarterly Dividend. New York, Sept. 22.—The directors of the Chicago, Rock Island railroad have declared a quarterly dividend of 1 per cent This is an increase in the dividend rate from a 2 per cent basis to a 4 per cent basis. MoKloley Sum* Mardarer. Washington, Sept 22.—The presi dent has commuted to imprisonment for life the death sentence imposed upon O. L. Addington .in western Texas for murder. Addington was to Lave been, hanged Sept. 24. Soldiers Fire on Striker*. London, Sept. 22. —A special dispatch from Melzo, 12 miles from Milan, says that during strike disturbances there the troops were called out aud fired upon the strikers, killing one man and wounding eight ACTS ON ANNEXATION Congress of Hawiian Re public Ratifies Treaty TO UNITED STATES Is to be Ceded the Island And All Its Mercantile Property, SENATOR MORGAN LANDS SAFELY He is Accorded a Warm We lcome at Honolulu. FOR THIRTY YEARS HAS FAVORED The Annexation at Hawaii—Portugese Object to it—Provisions of the Treaty for Annexation. San Francisco, Sept. 22. Th" steamer City of Peking, which arrived in port Tuesday evening and was at once placed in quarantine, brought ad vices from the Hawaiian Islands up to and including Sept 14. The senate convened on Sept. 8, but owing to the death of ex-Senator G. Rhodes, presi dent, the legislature adjourned until the next day. The session on Sept. 9 lasted less than two hours, but in that time the annexation treaty was pre sented and ratified without a dissenting vote. Commenting upon the action of the upper chamber, luso, newspaper or gan of the Portuguese residents, of Sept. 15, said: * ■ L . "The senate of the republic of Haw aii has unanimously ratified the con vention -which cedes Hawaii to the United States, not only with all mer cantile property with d< übtful title, but also tying up privileges which about 5,000 voters of the Portuguese colony enjoy and have enjoyed, and which can only be recovered if the con gress of the United States from a sense of justice and equity shall concede to us the privilege to which we have a right- The session was closed on the tenth, to be convened again next March in regular session.” Despite' the action of the senate, ths opponents of annexation are continuing their fight, and the leaders of the move ment express the utmost confidence in their ability to defeat annexation. Be fore the Peking left a call had been is sued for an immense mass meeting to be held Sept. 18 and the indications were that it would be one of the largest ever held in the islands. Some of the annexationists hoped to be able to have Senator Morgan address the meeting with the object of changing the senti ment of the natives, but there was lit tle likelihood of their plan meeting with success. The steamship Australia, having on board United States Senator John T. Morgan of Alabama, Congressman A. S. Berry, J. G. Cannon, H. O. Loudens lager aiid J. A. Tawney, arrived in Honolulu on the fourteenth. They were accorded a warm welcome. Sen ator Morgan stood the voyage exceed ingly well and was in excellent health. The Hawaiian Star of the following day published this interview with him: "I have nothing of a definite nature to say to the newspapers now, as I must first have an opportunity to study the : situation from a new point of view. . You may say that I am predisposed in I favor of annexation. I have been an annexationist practically for 30 years, i ever since the question has been agi- I tated. ’ ’ The following translation or the ar ticle published in The Inso, the organ of the Portuguese residents, shows the alarm with which that section of the population regards annexation: "If perchance the annexation should be consummated, which we doubt, the j Portuguese colony as a political factor ceases to exist, because in the foreign 1 press, both here aud in the United . States, it has been indicated with suffi cient clearness that they fear the influ- I ence of the Portugese vote in case this privilege should be conceded to them. ••Independence and a good govern ment of Hawaii means prosperity for the colony, but annexation without the privilege we speak of means ruin.” The delegates who were chosen to the ; American Union party convention have I completed their platform, which was to ! be presented for adoption at the con- I vention to be held on the evening of Sept. 15. The platform as arranged was short and applied solely to island affairs One of the planks pledged the party to annexation, first, last and all the time. Ths ProvUlons of Treaty. The Hawaiian . annexation treaty, 5 Increase Your Trade/ £ * A Klondike Strike £ jjj By advertisin'*- in The £ * Tribune. ± Best medium in North Georgia £ *h**9*» mmhf PRICE FIVE CENTS NATIONAL_LEAU6E Only One Point Between Two Leaders. ■ / Boston Defeated Brooklyn Easily, While |few York Won 1 From Baltimore. Washington. Sept. 32.—With only six more games to play Baltimore and Boston are separated only by one point tonight, the Orioles having .707 and Boston .706. Such a condition so near the close of the season has never been seen in the big league before. The faithful are kept wrougt up to a fever heat by the closeness of the race. Boston had an easy time with the Brooklyns today, defeating them 12 to 0. New York downed Baltimore 6 to 4. These teams rest tomorrow and Fri day the Bostons will openjin Baltimore for three games and upon the results of which will possibly rest the cham pionship. A big delegation of fans will go with the Bostons to cheer them to victory. The scores: Boston 12, Brooklyn 0. New York 6, Baltimore 4, Philadalpbia 5, Washington 4. Cleveland 18, Chicago 7. . Pittsburg 2, Cincinnati 13, Ist game. Pittsburg 8, Cincinnati 4,2nd game. wmen was sunnnetea to me umreu State-i senate on June 16, but has not yet been acred upon, provides for the cession to the United States of all rights of sovereignty over the islands and all public laud and property. Under it the islands would constitute a territory of the United States with local legislature, subject to a’ veto power, vested in the president. - All the treaties of the United States with other countries would be substi tuted for those now in force with Ha waii. The further immigration of Chi nese to the islands is to be prohibited and our laws on the subject are to be extended to Hawaii. The treaty pro vides for the assumption Dy the United States of the Hawaiian public debt of $4,000,000. The document will probably come up for consideration, rejection or ratifica tion by the senate when congress meets in December. » t 1 VETERAN OF TWO WARS. "Pater RhodM Passre Away In California. His Remarkable Career. Woodland, Cal., Sept. 22.—Peter Rhodes is dead in Guinda He was a veteran of two wars. During the Mex ican war his wife received news in Mis souri that he was dead, and married ■gain. After the war Rhodes returned and the report.came to him that his wife had died in Illinois. In a few years he married a second time. In the meantime his first wife and her second husband, John Dennis, moved to California. Dennis died and the widow married Nathan Palmer, who died in 1887. Five years ago a rumor reached Mrs. Palmer that her first husband was liv ing in St. Joseph, Mo. She located him aud induced him to come to California. For 46 years each had mourned the other as dead. They did not resume their old relations in California, bnt lived only 1 mile apart and were ap parently fond of each other. CHARGES AGAINST CARTER. Board of Inquiry Convene. at Bn<lnoer*s Ofltee In Savannah. Savannah, Sept. 32.—The board of inquiry, consisting of Colonel George L. Gillespie, Major Charles W. Ray mond and Major H. M. Adams, corps of engineers directed to look into the charges preferred by Captain Cassius E. Gillette against Captain O. M. Car ter in connection with the works of im provement at Savannah aud Fernan dina, convened in the United States en gineer’s office in this city. The board examined no witnesses, but proceeded to make a preliminary examination and to familiarize itself with such records of the office as will have a bearing on the case. This con sumed the entire day. The session was secret aud no information of any kind was given to the public. It is probable that the remainder of the week will be consumed in examin ing witnesses and visiting the jetties. Steamer Oaelda I. Raised. New York, Sept. 22.—The Olyde line steamer Oneida, which sank in her ■lip Tuesday, has been raised. The greater portion of her cargo has bee* removed, and after the water is pumped out of her hold she will be docked at the Erie basin to ascertain the nature and extent of the injuries which re sulted in her sinking. Fierce Storm at Fernandina. Fernandina, Fla, Sept. 22.—During a hurricane here a pile driver and a lighter loaded with piles, besides several wood boats, were sunk, some in the rivers and others blown into.the marsh. In one case a captain and his wife from a wood boat, names unknown, were drowned. Many small boats were also wrecked. McKinley In Masaao >u«ett». Adams, Mass., Sept. 22.—President McKinley aud party arrived her* «>♦ 2:30 a in.