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I |n PAGES t U TODAY ESTABLISHED 1887. MORE FEVER INMOBILE Seven-New Cases; One .Death in Gulf City. ORLEANS IS BETTER / I Only Twenty-Two Cases and No Deaths Yesterday. 'FOUR CASES AT NITTAYOUMA, MISS Edwards Has Twenty-Two Cases and Two Deaths. 300 SICILIAN EMIGRANTS ARRIVES The Creecent City—They Will Be Put on a Farm Until Scare is Over—Situa tion at Vicksburg. w Mobile, Oct. 4.— New cases: Sister Agues, city hospital; Thomas Fowler, Julia aud Springfield avenues; Marie Peterson, same address; Mrs. Evaline Chisholm, 554 Bayou street; Will.am Chisholm, same place; Alice Eakin, Old . Shell road, near Pine street; John Ells worth, Canal between Scott and Bayou streets. One death: C. F. Moore, 234 Spring hill avenue. Tjiree discharged. Total cases to date, S 3; deaths, 14; discharged, 51. DOZEN NEW Ft VER CASES. No Death* Reported at the Crescent City. Mail Being l>ii«iufecte<i. New Orleans, Oct. 4.—There have; been 55 new cases of yellow fever and two deaths reported since Sat urday. There were 31 cases Sunday and 22 Jtoday. Both deaths occurred • Sunday. i’he board of lie al th is ndlonger send ing its experts to see all cases that are reported. When the fever first ap peared, the experts were ordered to care fully diagnose each case, but the board no longer considers this necessary. To ■ visit each case, the experts would have to abandon their own practice entirely. As matters stand now, the diagnosis of the physician called in is taken as de termining the nature of the case It is, therefore, probable that many cases of a trifling nature will be reported. The marine hospital is disinfecting 128 carloads of freight for Texas via New York. The steam chamber disin fecting plant for mails was tried at the postofflce. Newspapers and fabrics were thoroughly and effectually disin fected. The board of health is discussing the scheduled arrival here of 300 Sicilian* immigrants. An offer has been re ceived by the board to provide a plan tation removed from the city at which the immigrants may be lauded and taken care of until it is safe to let them jingle here or go to the various points . for which they are destined. OUTLOOK AT ED WARDS .There Were Eighteen New Cases Yesterday and Two Death. Edwards, Miss. Oct. 4.-Eighteen new cases of yellow fever have been "* reported here. There were only two death. xv/rs. W. Ur. Redfield, Sr., is reported dying. All hopes for her recovery have been abandoned. Mr. T. P. Martin is still very sick and very restless at times. He is delirious and it requires the combined efforts of two or three good men to keep him in bed. Mayor Redfield is doing so well that every one thinks he has passed the crisis. L. A. Moss, whose name appears in the above list of sew cases, has been acting mayor on account of Mayor Red field’s illness. There is only one mem ber of the city council on his feet today. Father Pendergrast has a tempera ture of 101 and as this is his third at tack he can be called doing well, in deed. The fever seems to grow more violent every day and a relapse is one of the worst features to be feared. Already we have had several deaths caused from them. SITUATION AT VICKSBURG. The MlMlaalppl City I. Now More Tightly Quarantined 1 han Ever. Vicksburg, Miss., Oct. 4.—Rev. Dr. : Samson aud Undertaker T. J. Fisher k have left for Cincinnati in accordance W with the instructions of the state and ; F *pity boards of health. Assponss thqf j ]THE ROITE TRIBUNE. LOFTEN TO RESIGN » Negro Postmaster at Hogans ville Will Quit. Inspector Recommends That He ba Given a Place in Washington. Washington, Oct.4.—All the papers relative to the shooting of the negro postmaster, Loftin, at Hogansville, have been filed with Postmaster Gen eral Gary. The inspector sent to investigate the -case has recommended that Loftin be given some other place, and it is under stood that such is Loftin’s wishes. He prefers a situation in Washington. Lyons is here and called at the white h?use today, but it is not known what disposition will be made of his case. Postmaster Fox’s term in Atlanta ex pires on Oct. 28, and there is a hot fight on for the place between Maj. Smythe and Prof. Wilson. DEATH AT TECUMSEH. Mrs. Frank M. Woods, Most Estimable Lady Passes Away, Tecumseh, Ala., Oct. 4.—Mrs. Frank M. Woods, a most highly respected and estimable Christian lady died yesterday evening. She leaves a husband and two child ren. Her remains will be interred at the Salem cemetery. heard of the nut break at'Siitta Ynuma, which they visited last week, both gen tlemen agreed that it was best to leave town, but they would have none to Ed wards but for the state board’s instruc tions t-, which they yielded cheerful obedience. The city is now more tightly quaran tined than ever. Public health con tinues excellent, with warm,, dry vea'her and no prospect of frost Corrected reports from Nitta Youma say that Mrs. Blum, not Mr. Bium, is ill. It is known that neither Dr. Sansom nor .Mr, Fisher were in contact with any of tiie persons now ill. Excitement caused by the incident has now abated. AT NITTAYUMA Four Cases Have Developed There. Town Closely Guarded, Nittayuma, Miss., Oct. 4—Four cases of yellow fever developed here today. The town is surrounded by a cordon of guards and no one is allowed to leave or enter the city. No trains come into Nit tayuma now. WOMEN BURNED TO DEATH. Mother end Daughter Lose Their Lives as a Resalt of a Lamp Explosion. Columbus, Ga., Oct. 4.—Mrs. F. A. Pomeroy aud her daughter. Miss Mag gie Pomeroy, were burned to death here through the explosion of an oil lamp. Mrs. Pomeroy started down stairs and carried in her hand a small oil lamp. When she was two steps from the boi tom she missed her footing and stum bled, falling to the floor. The lamp ■truck the stairs and exploded, and the oil thrown over her clothes became ig nited. Her daughter, Miss Maggie, ran to her rescue and she also became en veloped in the flames. Hearing the screams of the two women, the neighbors came to their as sistance, but did not succeed in extin guishing the flames until both were fatally burned- Ladies Perish | Escorts Escape. Hamilton, Ala., Oct. A—While re turning with a party here a boatload of people were thrown into the Butta hatchie river and four of the occupants were drowned. ’ Those drowned were Miss Lizzie Smith. Belle Key, Mary Swearingen, and Elia Phillips. Their escorts, Robert and John Wright, broth ers, who caused the boat to capsize by rooking it, saved their own lives. Feel ing is so bitter against the two men that they have left town. Cotton Warohodse Destroyed. Montezuma, Ga, Oct. 4—A disas trous fire occurred here. W. L. McKen lie’s cotton warehouse and entire con tents were destroyed. About 1,000 bales were burned. Lose is supposed to be about (30,000; insurance distributed among the different agencies here amounts to over (39.000 ou the cotton and (2,000 ou the building. sentomr to HMr nr,an. Lexington, Ky.. Oct. 4 —W. J. Bryan wires State Chairman Johnston that he will speak ou four days of this month in Kentucky. Chairman Johnston has decided to have him speak in the First. Second, Third and Fourth districts. Reported Vary Low. Paris, Oct. 4.—The Depeche Colo niale says the pope has been seriously ill for three days past, and that his at , tending physicians fear a fatal issue. ROME. GA., TUESDAY. OCTOBER 5, 1897. CANDLER OVERRDLES McCullough is Arraign ed at Jonesboro. MOTION TO CONTINUE On Account of Col. Glenn’s Illness Falls Consideration. CRIME OF WIFE MURDER IS CHARGED Story of the Tragedy. Which Occurred In June, 1896. KILLEDWHILE PICKING BLACKBERRIES The Husband Claimed in Hit First Trial That She Was Killed boa Tramp—lt Was a Mistrial. Jonesboro, Ga., oct. a.—John Mc- Cullough was placed on trial here for the murder of his wife. Colonel Roun tree, for the defense, moved to continue the case on account of his partner’s ill ness, but Judge Candler overruled the motion, and the work of securing a jury was begun. Mrs. John McCullough was killed on June 27, 1896, while picking blackber ries in a field near her home. She was brained with a wagon spoke, which was found not far from where the body lay. John McCullough was at once ar* rested for the crime, and the feeling against him was so strdng that he had to be carried to Atlanta for safe keep ing. It was alleged that he was enam ored of his sister-in-law and killed his wife in order to marry the former. When McCullough was placed on trial in September, 1896, his defense was that his wife was killed by a tramp who had been seen in the neighborhood several days prior to the killing. The result was a mistrial, the jury failing to agree after considering the case for several days. McCullough has claimed from the first that he would be able to establish his innocence, and expressed much sur prise that he was not liberated at the former trial.. The trial continued until 11 o’clock tonight. Tom Watson appears for the defense and Solicitor Charlie Hill, of Atlanta, for the prosecution. The -evidence introduced tonight has been to prove that McCullough was intimate with his sister-in-law One woman swore that she had fre quently seen the couple in a compro mising position. . . COMER AND THE CENTRAL. Ball way President to Kemaln In His Pres ent Position a Year at Least. Savannah, Oct. 4.—There can be no doubt now that President H. M. Comet of the Central of Georgia Railway company will remain in that position for some time to come. The proxy of the Southern Railway company, or at least whoever owns the stock of the Central, has been sent to Mr. Comer and is now in his hands for the purpose of being voted at the com ing meeting of the directors of the sys tem. to be held here Oct. 12. When Mr. Comer was last in New York he asked that the proxy empower ering him to vote 50,000 shares of stock be sent him. To this the holders of the . stock readily assented and on his return from his western trip he found that proxy here. Every vote on every proposition and for every director will, therefore, be cast by President Comer. The same board of directors as exists at present will be re-elected, and there will be n changes, so far as is known now, in any of the officials. President Comer has stated, however, that he would retire from the presi dency before many months, but it will not be at this meeting. It is believed now that he will remain at the head ot the system for another year. " itole.ale Cl,*tfii«r. *A.3lgn, Cincinnati, Oct. 4.—Sachs & Morri son, wholesale clothiers, have assigned to Max B. May. Assets stated to be (25,000; liabilities, $50,000. Chattel preferences were given to the amount of (8 500. Unexpected losses ou con tracts are said to be the cause of the assignment. Well Known Woiikii Dead. New York, Oct. 4. —Mrs. Mary Poin dexter Speed, widow of John Gilmer Speed, editor of Leslie’s Weekly, aud a well known writer, is dead at her sum mer home iu Mendham, N. J. BOSTON GETS FIRST Selle’s Meo Draw First Blood In Temple Cup. Nichols Batted Out of the Box. Score 13 to 22 in Favor of the Beaneaters. Boston, Oct. 4.—Boston drew first blood in the Temple cup series today but won in a peculiar game. Ten thousand people saw the con test. Nichols was batted out of the box in the sixth inning and Lewis was substituted. At thebeginning of Bal timore’s half of the ninth inning the game was called on account of dark ness. Boston made 12 hits off of Nops, and bad four errors charged to them. Bal timore made 20 hits and four errors, The score: Boston 13, Baltimore 19. HOME RULE FOR CUBANS. Sagaata Wil! Carry Out the Reforms Pro posed by Campus Years Ago. London, Oct. A—A special dispatch from Madrid, published here, gives the substance of an interview between ■ newspaper correspondent and an un named member of the new Spanish cab inet. The latter is quoted as saying that Seuor Sagasta will carry out the Cuban reforms proposed by Marshal Martinez de Campos ten years ago. These include the granting of autonomy to Cuba on condition that she shall take over the Cuban debt, including the war debt, and accept Spain’s customs tariff. Continuing, the new cabinet minister is said to have declared that Premier Sagasta wopld not consent to a customs union between the United States and Cuba, and that if the former were not satisfied Spain was prepared to fight, as the Spanish navy was regarded equal iu strength to the navy of the United States. Further, if necessary, Spain, according to the cabinet minister, would have recourse to privateering. In conclusion, the new minister is al leged to have said it was improbable that Spain would consent to recognizi the insurgent debt, but Premier Sa gasta would not prevent the new Cuban government from dealing with it. THE WOMAN NOT LYNCHED. Virginia Story of a Murder by Net-roe. Io , the Mountain*. Untrue. Richmond, Oct. 4. —From the best in formation obtainable here, there has been no lynching of a white woman iu the Massanutten mountains, in Rock ingham county. A message from Cow an’s Depot, sent by a man who went there to investigate the story, says it 18 without foundation. The report of the killing of the woman was received here by mail from the cor respondent of a Richmond paper at Cowan’s Depot. It seems that he wad imposed upon by hunters, who told him they had found the woman’s dead body hanging to the end of a rope fastened to the limb of a tree, aud that their in vestigations led them to believe that a gang of negroes had lynched her. TRAIN JUMPS THE TRACK. Engineer Seriously lijured and His Negro Fireman U Killed. Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 4.—Passen ger train No. 2, on the Louisville and Nashville railroad leaving here at B:3d o’clock, jumped the track at Riverside park, just outside the city, killed Gnl Boyde, a negro fireman; seriously in jured John Brown, engineer, of Deca tur, and bruised Bill Glascock, postal clerk, of Nashviille. A split switch, it is said, caused the accident. The engine turned over and caught the fireman. The engiueei jumped in time. The mail car wa| badly torn up by a rail, which doubled back and bruised Glasoock. * The dead fireman, it is said, lived here. He has not yet been reached. A Receiving Teller Missing. Denver, Oct 4.—Ralph P. Newton, assistant receiving teller in the Firsl National bank of this city, is missing, He disappeared last Wednesday. Th< circumstances surrounding his leave arß unexplained by his relatives aud friends. Persons .connected with the bank id which he was employed say that all of his accounts are straight. Thursday morning he failed to shew up for worD and up to the present time nothing hal been heard from him. Mistook Him For a Thief. Denver, Oct. 4 —Thomas P. Burch shot aud instantly killed Thomas Mar tin. The shooting occurred about 4 miles north of here on a ranch owned by Burch. Burcli was watching fol thieves who had been stealing apple! from the orchard, and, thinking Marrin to be one of the thieves, he fired at him with a don biebarreled shotgun. ' Burcli is prominent in the city aud well-to-do. He gave himself up. >t«)Ck Yard* C ase Decided. Topeka, Oct. 4.—Judge Foster hal handed down his opinion in the Kansal City stock yards, iu which he decide, against the company on every legal question raised. The opinion is ver> sweeping and the decision is a oompleu victory for Attorney General Boyle- The stock yards company will appeal t< the United States anprennucourt AND NOW Will He Rud For Unit ed States’ Senator. IN NEW JERSEY RACE Movement to Get Him a Judgeship by the Gold Men CLEVELAND IS SAID TO OH WILLING Some Political Gossip Publish ed by New York Herald. EX-SENATOR M’PHERSON TO HELP Get Cleveland in Politics Agsir—lt Jl* Said,That He is Not Averse to a| Seat la Upper Branch of Congress. New York, Oct. 4.—A special to The Herald from Trenton, N. J., says: The rumor that Grover Cleveland is prepar ing to enter New Jersey politics has foundation in a movement undertaken by some gold Democratic alumni of Princeton to obtain for him a position on the bench of the court of errors ano appeals. One report is that Mr. Cleveland thinks favorably of the plan and that his friends are preparing to get up a monster petition in his behalf. Another report makes it appear that Mr. Cleve land is doubtful of the wisdom of such a course. It is a matter of general gossip that Mr. -Cleveland is willing to represent New Jersey in the United States senate as soon as opportunity affords. It is said that John R. McPherson, .ormerly United States senator, who is a personal friend of Mr. Cleveland, is preparing to help him with political honors as a Jerseyman, and for that reason has taken up his residence in a Jersey City hotel. FIGHT OVER YOUNG LADY. Louisville Society Men Go Into a Ring *■» Settle Their Differences. Louisville, Oct. 4.—A 4-round fight with bare knuckles was fought here by two young society men to settle a few differences which had arisen on account of a well known young lady. The prin cipals were Charles D. Jacobs, Jr., son of Charles D. Jacobs, and Feverdy Es till, Jr., son of the Rev. Reverdy Estill of St. Paul’s Episcopal church. The fight took place in a vacant lot on Fourth street, between Belgravia and Hill. The four rounds were gamely fought by both men, and the referee declared the fight a draw. There were about ten witnesses to the “scrap.” It was said that the young lady in question was present, but this is denied. She is one of the handsomest girls in Louisville. Ho Prizefights In St. Louis. St, Louis. Oct. 4.—An attempt was made to bring off a pugilistic encounter on the river between Billy Mahan ol San Francisco and Brownlow Sexton of this city. When the boat that was to take the sports to the ground attempted to leave the dock 20 policemen went aboard and ordered the sports back on shore, threatening them with arrest. This failure will put an end to Agues in and about this city. The sports hoped, on recent decisions in the courts here, to be able to pull off a.fight once in a while. Charged With Euromremeiiii Cleveland, Oct. 4.—Mr. John Shep herd, the local capitalist and a member of the firm of Charles N. Potter & Co., was placed under arrest by Constable Hudson of Justice Bauder’s court. The warrant charges him wilt. embezzle ment. Mr. Frank DeHaas Robison swore to the allegations contained in the warrant. Prominent Politician Dead. St. Paul, Oct. 4.—Licurges Daven port Palmer, for many years a promi nent business man iu Sioux City, la,, and Yankton, S. D.. a leading Demo cratic politician in those two states and postmaster at Yankton under President Cleveland, died at his home iu this city, aged 77. Mr*. Clementine Hall Dead. Anderson, S. 0., Oct. 4.—Mrs. Clem entine Hall, aged 89 years, widow of Aaron Hall, deceased, aud eldest daugh ter of A. O. Norris, deceased, who fol 84 years was ordinary aud master for Andsrsou county, died here. ♦♦♦»♦♦♦»»♦»»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦» | THE BEST ADVERTISING t t MEDIUM IN t I NORTH GEORGIA X PBICE FIVE CENTS THE SEVENTH WEEK Laetgert May ga es He Wit ness Stand Today. New Line of Defense Will Be To Impeach State Witnesses- Trlal Will Last Tnree Weeks. i ~ Chicago, Oct. A—The seventh week of the trial of Luetgert, the alleged wife murderer, opened witbau undiminished crush of people at the criminal court building, luetgert aud bis inseparable cigar reached the courtroom half an hour before the opening hour. The big sausage maker was dean shaven, neatly attired and apparently iu the best of spirits. He greeted his attorneys and friend* pleasantly and grinned at Po lice luspeutor Schaack, who- regarded him coolly. “I can stand this sort of thing a life time, so far as physical endurance is concerned,” said Luetgert when com plimented by Attorney Phalen upon his personal appearance. “But I wish it waa over with,” con tinued Luetgert, as he sent a cloud of tobacco smoke in the air. “It wears ou a man's nervous system, especially if the weather is warm, us it has been at times during my trial. I feel much better since I recovered sufficiently from the injury to my leg to abandon that crutch. A crutch is an insuffer able nuisance to a person who is not used to it?’ “The trial will last at least three weeks longer,” said State’s Attorney Dineen. “When the defense closes we shall have at least u week of rebuttal evidence. Then the state will come along with anotner ot the ssme kind of evidence. If we get through with the speeches in a week’s tin, * we shall be ooing well.” Professor Eckley of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago was recal.ed for cross examination upon several matters in connection with his identification of bones. His testimony was simply a repetition of that of other witnesses along the same line and he was not kept upon the witness stand long. The defense has changed tactics in an effort to impeach the state’s wit nesses. Luetgert will probably go on the stand tomorrow. Named by the Vrealdent. Washington, Oct. 4.—The president has made the following appointments: William R. Finch ot Wisconsin, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipoten tiary of the United States to Paraguay and Uruguay. To be consuls of ths United States—James L Dodge of In diana, at Nagasaki, Japan; Gborge W. Dickinson of New York, at Belleville. Ont.; Alvin Smith of Ohio, at Trini dad. West -Indies, and Percy McElrath of New York, at Turin, Italy. Joseph Perrault of Boise, Ida., to be surveyor general of Idaho An Old Brewing - ouij>auy Falls. Louisville. Oct. 4. The Phoenix Brewing company, one of the oiliest brewing companies in the city, has as signed to O. C. Vogt, with liabilities of (250,000 and assets slightly iu excess of this sum. President O. A. Weber states that the failure was paused by the filing of a number of attach ment suits, aggre gating (13,000, by Goepper & Co., a Cincinnati firm.. Lufton to Get a New Place ? Atlanta, Oct. 4.—L H. Lofton, the negro postmaster at Hogansville, who was shot by unknown parties in that town, it is reported, will soon resign and accept a position in Washington. The friends of the negro have requested the postoffice department in Washing ton to give him a place in the depart ment there so as to get him away from all possible danger at Hogansville. Lof ton will go to Washington in a few days and confer with the officials there. It is thought the government intends to take prompt and vigorous steps to prosecute the suspected assailants of the negro. Before the men are prosecuted it is thought best for.Lofton’s own safety to get him oqt of Hogansville. Commit* SuioMe In uhuroh. Brattleboro, Vt, Oot. 4.—Frank G. Clark, aged 60 years, committed suicidl by hanging in the belfry of the Congve* gatioual church, of which he was sex* ton. He leaves a wife, son and twß daughters. to Judge <-rlsp. Americus, Ga., Oct. 4.—A beautiful and Costly marble will soon mark the last resting place of Hon. Charles F. Crisp in Oak Grove cemetery, this city. The massive shaft, I” feet in height, has jnst arrived and will be placed iu position this week. It will be plain, but very handsome and of massive pro portions. Slain by Hi* Own Son. Montgomery, Ala., Oot. 4.—Ed Sul lins, a worthless negro boy, in a fit of anger over a trifling circumstance, butchered his aged father, Wilsou Sul lins, with a hoe on the Ware place, near town. The elder Sullins was one of the best negroes in the county. The police are after Ed. ana*'bring* Dry. Osceola, Ark., Oot. 4.—Owing to the long continued drouth in this vicinity wells and springs have gone entirely dry and the people are now compelled to buy water lor drinking purposes. Water sells rapidly at 5 cents a quart aud the demand greatly exceeds the supply.