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2 BRIGHT ANO BREEZY t * "All The New.." t . j North Geor-ia's Great jj Daily. Only 50 Cents a Month. £ ESTABLISHED 1887. REPORTS NOT TRDE Hames of Prominent Dal toiiians Besmirched. WAS EXEGGERATED / -©asperate Leader of a Gang of Robbers Plays Bold Game. THEY ARE ALL ABOVE SUSPICION Drew M, and T. N. Peeples and G- M. Cannon Detended THE SHREWD PLAN OF BOHANNON "Trlei to Implicate These Gentlemen in the Hopes of ▲meliorating His Punishment ment—Constitution's Account. Dalton, Ga., Oct. B—The sensa tional report sent out from here Thursday night to the Atlanta Con stitution by a staff correspondent does grave injustice to three of this city’s best and truest men. So far as the report concerns Hon. Drew M. Peeples, G. M. Cannon, and T. N. Peeples there is no truth what ever in it. The car thieves have been caught by a web of their own weaving and the indictments by the grand jury now in session have them just where the court can handle them successfully. These thieves are now trying to im plicate the aforementioned merchants in order to make their own offense lighter. Bohannon, the leader of the gang, is a desperate, shrewd and dangerous man. He is now resorting to these plans to ameliorate his own offenses. The indictments found by the grand jury are all subject to revision when Judge Fite reaches them and will in all probability be squashed. The grand jury is merely following the charge given them to bring “a bill on just sufficient evidence and the court will try the cases. ” • . Therefore when one of the gang in his desperation says he sold to a mer chant and is corroborated by another one of the gang the bill is found which is no evidence any or those in dicted are guilty. This is the true condition of affairs exactly. From the fact that Capt. T. M. Peeples barn has been burned, his har ness cut into shreds on another occa sion. and the burning of his son’s store is proof that some one has a spite 'at the Peeples’ and are resorting to all sorts of despicable subterfuges to injure the standing of the entire fam ily. The Peeples’ and Col. Cannon are gentlemen of the highest business integrity and are above reproach. Their standing in this community is too well known tq cause the people es Dalton to believe other than that they are the victims of cowardly spite. i There are some merchants ]of small and unimportant standing really sus picioned, which, oi course, remains to be proven. Those so far indicated demand an investigation and freely court the same. CONSTITUTION’S STORI. 'Story Which Appeared Teaterday [and Does Harm to Prominent Men. The story of the arrest of the mer chants, which appeared in yesterday's -Constitution is as follows: The merchants who were arrested last night for receiving stolen goods ;and who gave bond are: John Bender, member of council. Dew M. Peeples, member of coun cil. T. N. Peeples, Jr. •G. M. Cannon. Anderson Giddings. As to the guilt of the actual mem bers of the robber gang there is not the shadow of a doubt. They realize -this, and it would not surprise any .... .(Continued on Page Five.), THE ROHE TRIBUNE. ATLANTA PRIMARY Aldermen and Conncilmen Nominated. Three of Councilman Were Mem bers of the Old Board of , Education. Atlanta, Oct. B.—One of the most heated city primaries in the history of Atlanta came to a close today. Two aldermen and seven council men were nominated. For aidermen Dr. J, D. Turntr and J mes L. Mason were the successful can didates. The following gentlemen were nomi nated for the council, their names com ing in the order of the wards, from first to seventh. M. T. LaHatte. H A. Boynton. H. T. Burns. W. S. Tompkins. N. M. McCullough. T. A. Hammond, Jr. J. S. Dozier. It is significant that three of the councilmen were members of the old board of education. They received the largest votes. HENRY GEORGE IS AHEAD. Poll of New York Voters* Preferences For M»yor by Ki vat Papers. New York, Oct. B—The Journal’s poll of Greater New York voters’ pref erences for mayor includes 123,750 bal lots. Henry George, Jefferson Demo crat, has 40;123; Van Wyck, Tammany, 36,759; Seth Low, Citizens' union, 27,- 596; General Tracy, Republican. 19,- 276. The World's poll includes 100,494 ballots, divided as follows: Vau Wyok, 33,069; Seth Low, 24.526; Hepry George, 21,118; General Tracy, 16,289: Patrick Gleason, Independent, 5,492. Os the 20 Democratic national com mitteemen who have expressed them selves on the New York municipal cam paign, 13 hold that Henry George is the “regular” Democratic candidate for mayor, and seven favor Tammany. Thomas Marcum of Indian Territory, telegraphs to the Journal and Adver tiser: "The Henry George municipal ticket for Greater New York should be sup ported by Democrats.” Whit M. Grant of Oklahoma says: “The Democrats of Oklahoma stand by the Chicago platform and would support no man for any office who did not indorse it.” Alexander Trump of Connecticut says: "There can be but one answer to your querf-y—‘H try George on the Chicago platform.’ Alleged Democratic organi zations who ignore the national plat form are unworthy of confidence.” A Grewaome s tate of Affalrm. Montgomery, Ala., Oct. B.—Farmers coming over the Norman bridge gravel road report a grewsome state of affairs only a few miles out near where Oat oma creek crosses the road. The county road workmen, it appears, in order to secure earth with which to make a fill in .the road, have cut into the Forbes graveyard, in ancient place of burial, and have w'th their plows and scrapers cut through graves and dumped their contents into the fill in the road. Hu man bones are said to be lying pro-, miscuously around where the work is being done. There is talk of prosecut ing the county officials. The Board of Control Meets. Columbia, S. 0., Oct. B.—The board of control listened to tales of woe from county boards respecting the falling off in sales. Advice was asked as to re ducing expenses in local dispensaries so as to partly meet original package com petition. Last month J. St. Julian Yates, who has long been connected with the dispensary, obtained a beer privilege for Charleston. He sold it to J. Blank of Charleston, and the At lanta Brewing company, simultane ously. His privilege will be revoked. Plneiree Sta'e FostuiMter*. Washington, Oct. B.—The following appointments of fourthclass postmas ters have been made: North Carolina— Fines Creek, James R. Silver; Florence. W. D. Riggs; Friendship, John D. Hunt; Lindhurst, O. N. Webster; New ell, J. F. Snider; Rogers Store, William A. Pugh; South Gaston, William Ba ker; Speedwell. Mrs. & M. Watsom Goddard to Meet Sharkey. San Franciso, Oct. 8. —The Knicker bocker Athletic club has received a tele gram stating, that Joe Goddard, who has just arrived in Boston, has signed articles to fight Tom Sharkey in No vember in this city The club expects to pull off the tight in Mechanics’ pa vilion about Nov. 18. Calvert I. Again Chosen. Spartanburg, S. 0., Oct. B.—ln the second primary here, Arch B. Calvert was re-elected mayor of Spartanburg by a majority of jBS, John B. Floyd, his, opponent, receiving 872.- Bridgeman For Bolivia. Washington, Oct. B.—The president has appointed George H. Bridgeman of New York minuter to Bolivia. ROME. GA., SATURDAY. OCTOBER 9, 1897. 49 CASES 6 DEATHS Record is Again Broken in New Orleans. TIS INTENSELY HOT Doctors Take Exira Precautions to Pre rent Spread. THREE DEATHS OCCUR:AT EDWARDS Only Thirty White People Left to Have Disease. YELLOW .JACK RUNS ITS COURSE Mail For Montgomery Delayed Since. Sept. 18’h Omtaine Thousands of Dollar! Bnt Will Not Be Received. New Orleans, Oct. 8. —The fever took another bad spurt today. Up to 11 o’clock tonight 49 new cases and five deaths have been reported to the health authorities. The day has been intensely warm; and the night came on chilly, conditiens favorable to the spread of the disease. Most of the deaths occur from neglect. The number of recoveries is averag ing 20 per day. The death rate has sunk below 10 per cent, owing to the increase in new cases and the decrease in deaths. Policemen had to be sent to Henry Clay avenue and Hurst street to re strain a small colony of Italians from getting out of a house in which they had been quarantined. The first case of the season has ap peared at the police station and extra precautions have been taken to prevent a spread of the infection in that insti tution, in which tramps and other simi lar characters are confined. Four per sons have recently died in the parish prison, some of them charged with cap ital offenses, but the doctors say that they were the victims of dropsical afflic tion, owing to bad drainage and venti lation. The flag that has been placed on the big Canal street store since Wednesday has been removed. The authorities con sider that there is absolutely no chance for the infection to spread beyond the limits of the (pom in which the patient is ill. Captain Kerkam, head of the weather, bureau, occupied a room ad joining that in which this case was found and has had to find other quart ers. Dr. Carter has succeeded in moving considerable freight. He has made a trip into the country and has found a disposition in some quarters to co-oper ate with the authorities in lessening the rigor of the quarantine restrictions. A summary made of the fatalities here shows that 60 per cent of the deaths are traceable to neglect and to complications of disease. THREE DIE AT EDWARDS. Two Whit. Persons and a Negro— Five New Cagns Are Reported. Edwards, Miss., Oct. B.—There have been three deaths from yellow fever here, as follows: J. L. Slocumb, Sr., and W. H. Fuller, Sr., white, and a negro woman named Brown. This makes a total of 18 deaths to date. New cases are reported as follows’ Randolph Nelson, P. 0. Bankston, T. P. Martin’s child and Bert Walton. There are several other cases not yt t Joffl cially reported, some of them being ne groes. Captain S. J. Birdsong and Bert Wal ton are reported dangerously sick. Our present encouragement lies in the fact that there are only about 80 whites left to take the disease, and the cases among the negroes are so easily managed as to create no alarm. Montgomery to W«lt For Moll. Montgomery, Ala,, Oct. 8. Post master Screws has received a letter from Superintendent of Mails Terrell, in Atlanta, advising him there was no immediate prospect for the release of the mail for this city from New Orleans and Mobile, which has been delayed in the latter city since Sept. 18, and which is thought to contain money and cash items footing well up in the hundred thousands. There is a disinfecting sta tion in Mobile, but Montgomery’s quar antiue,.regulations require that po meV CHURCH SENSATION Baptist Deacw in Atlanta Coes Wrong. • . Serious Charges Preferred Against He and Wife of Rev. F. J. / Smith and Both Dismissed Atlanta, Oct. B.—This city has sprung a obureh sensation of the first water. Out at Bellewood is a prosperous little Baptist church presided over by Rev. J. W. Spinks. On last Wednesday evening the dea cons held a conference over the un seemly conduct of R. W. Bennett, who is a deacon and also the super intendent of the Sunday School. It was charged that Bennett and Mr®. Frank J. Smith were guilty of improper conduct. Mrs. Smith is the wife of a minister, who belongs to the Bellewood church. Bennett and Mrs. Smith were both dismissed from the church. Rev. Frank Smith, the husband, was present at the conference, and made a speech denying the charges. He carried a heavy cane, and threat ened to break the head of any one who spoke ill of his wife. Smith was also dismissed from the church. De receivea ner® n;ai i- nm ■ pisnirecteo at some point between here and the infected territory. Surgeon IVymnii’s ”tat«nMnt. Washington. Oct. B.—Surgeon Gen eral Wyman’s yellow fever bulletin covering the progress of the epidemic for Thursday shows the following results at the various infected points; Neiv Orleans, 31 new cases, two deaths; Mo bile, four cases, no deaths; Biioxi, ten cases, one death; Ocean Springs, no cases and no deaths; Scranton, seven cases, no deaths; Edwards, ten cases, no deaths; Nitta Yuma, no cases, no deaths; Henderson’s Point, no cases, no deaths; Clinton, Miss., to date, ten cases and no deaths. New Cases at Mobile. Mobile, Oct. B.—Six new cases of yellew fever and one death have occurred here today. A Bid Accident. Early, Ga. Oct. B.—Mr. Dave Chil ders met with a very serious accident yesterday. He had started with his brother to Rome with a bale of cot ton on a wagon and near the Cathy trestle bis horse became frightened turning the wagon over. Mr. Chil ders’ leg was broken just above the knee. He lives near Randal Landing on Coosa river and is one of the coun ty’s best citizens. Woiiiilii Dead In the Woods. Pottstown, Pa. Oct. 8. Gustave Harkness, an aged hermit, who lives in an old hut along the Schuylkill river, a short distance above this place, found the body of an unknown woman lying in the bushes. The woman had evi dently beer murdered. Her clothing was.torn and disarranged and from ap pearances she had been choked, as her tongue was protruding from her mouth. The bushes indicated a fierce struggle. The woman was about 20 years of age. It is the supposition that she was choked to death and then laid in the bushes. ▲ n Kxplosiou Kills Four. Monterey, Mex., Oct. 8. Advices have reached here of a terrible accident 25 miles south of here. A tunnel is be ing constructed by the Mexican Na tional railroad and a premature ex plosion of a blast occurred, killing four men outright and wouudiug ten others seriously. The accident is being inves tigated by the authorities. -0 Shot and Killed-HI. -sweetheart. Asheville, N. 0., Oct. B. Jonathan Bennett, ,a young farmer of Yancey county, while at an apple paring bee, ■shot Nora Ray, a girl 17 years of age, with whom he was in love, killing her almost instantly. Bennett waa drink ing and tried several times to get a seat by the girl, but each time she moved away from him. Th® last tim® he drew his revolver and deliberately shot h®r twice. Ha is at large. Committed Suicide In a Cab. Vienna, Oct. B.—lt has just been made public that Count Heinrich Wurm brand, the son of Count Wurinbrand, who was minister of commerce in 1895, committed suicide by shooting himseli in a cab owing to his unreciprocated at tachment for the family’s English gov erness, who declined to marry him. Ths count was only 19 years old. Olde.t Sister of Charity. Philadelphia, Oct. B.—Sister Gon zaga, the oldest sister of charity in thi United States and for over 50 years- lid superioress of.St. Joseph’s Orphan asy lum, this city," died at the asylum. Shi was born near Emmettsburg, Md., it 1813. RUN THEIR OWNRACE Chairman Jones to take No Part in Contest GREAT FREE-FOR-ALL Id New York City is now on in Dead Earnest. DOES NOT BELIEVE IN HIS HONESTY “The Chicago Platform is Binding Upon Democrats” MUNICIPAL CONVENTIONS CAN DO As They Like on the Subject— Believes The Battle of 1,900 Will Be Fought on Same Line. Washington, Oct. B.—Senator James K. Jones, chairman of the national Democratic committee, says he will take no part in- the municipal contest m Greater New York. Senator Jones disclaims any responsi bility for the action of Secretary Walsh in indorsing the candidacy of Henry George, merely remarking that as an individual Waish had a perfect right to take whatever action he considered proper. When asked as to what course had been pursued regarding the situation in New York, Senator Jones said: “I do not think it within my duty to assume any authority in this matter for the na tional committee. As the chairman of the national committee I do not propose to be drawn into it, for I have no au thority to speak for the committee, and it would be impossible to act as an indi vidual and divorce my own personality from my position as chairman. ’ 'There is no occasion for me to in dorse or disapprove the nomination of either Judge Van Wyck or Henry George.” In regard to the letter said to have been written by Senator Jones to Sena tor Murphy, in which he is reported as advising against a reaffirmation of the Chicago platform by the New York state convention, the chairman said the publication sounded very much like what either he had written or said to some one in New York, but he said that if it was written it was not his inten tion of having it used as it was in the New York meeting. Chairman Jones said he took the gen eral ground that “the Chicago platform was binding upon every Democrat” and that nothing any state or municipal convention might do could add to or take away from the platform; it could neither be strengthened nor weakened. “I believe,” said the senator, "as firmly in bimetallism and the Chicago platform as I did the day that platform was adopted, and the battle of 1900 is to be fought on the same lines.” bryan Is ’ mT Nashville. Silver Reader Helps to Make Celebration of Nebraska Day a Muoc®»hn. N ashvilli, Oct. B.—The celebration of Nebraska at the Centennial ex >ositi<Hi was. a success. Thou sands of people wer* present, every reg ular and specini train being crowded. Hon. WilliMt Jennings Bryan, Gov ernor Holconib and stzff, Q.ot®pzor Tay lor and staff, prominent citizczfi of Ne braska, Tennessee and adjacent states, formed a procession and paraded to the exposition grounds. Among the features of the procession were detachment® of United States cavalry. Irish laneifs and German cuirassiers from Buffalo Bill’s Wild west show. The exercises nt the Auditorium con sisted of addresses by Hon. James M. Head. Governor Taylor, Governor Hol comb. Col. A. 6. Colyer, Hou. W. J. Bryan, Senator Allen and Hou. W. L. Stark. A publie reception was given the Ne braska visitors, followed by a luncheon. Mr. Bryan spoke at night. Pingree Readmit New York. New York, Oct. B.—Ou the Red.llne steamer Venezuela, which arrived here from Venezuelan ports, was Goveraoi H. S. Pingree of Michigan. Govemol Pingree looked the picture of perfect health. He said it was bis first vaca tion in nine years and he had enjoyed the trip immensely. He met President elect Andrade and dined with him al. his country seat. He was most favor- > ably impressed with Sen or Andrade, , who appeared to boa broadminded, lib eral statesman. I I -,i ( I iIWM * AW * By adveS® * Best medium in North Georgia? PRICE FIVE CEJNTS SESAMOID'S AGAIN Young Professor Says They Are 1 Not Human Bones. Impeaching the Testimony .of , I State’s Witnesses Goes on. De -1 teetives Talk About Case. Chicago, Oct. B.—The closing of the rebuttal evidence of the prosecution in the famous Luetgert trial opened with a continuation of the crisp impeach ment evidence produced on Thursday. I State’s Attorney Deneen furnished a cap sheaf in the shape of the impeach ment evidence of Professor George Dor sey of the Field Columbian museum, chief osteological expert for the state in [ this trial Professor Dorsey was called to dispute the evidence of Dr. W. H. Allport, the principal expert for the de fense. The youthful appearing professor was loaded to the muzzle with information r upon sesamoids, metacarpals, femurs, temporals and other bones which com bine to form the human and animal physical structures. He had some hot shot for Dr. Allport and the other sci j entitle gentiepien whose testimony, if accepted in full, branded him as a stupid novice. As a preliminary to Dr. Dorsey’s on slaught, policemen were called to im peach certain witnesses for the defense : 1 who had identified a picture of Mrs. Luetgert as that of a woman seen in Kenosha. Wis., on May 8, 4 and 5. De tective Edward Wailboum testified that i Matt Scholey of Kenosha had told him some weeks ago that the picture did not look like the woman Scholey saw at Kenosha. According to the Witness, Scholey said he had not noted the ap pearance of the strange woman he saw in Kenosha May 4 to be able to iden ! tify her, much lass a photograph. Deteciives Decelle and Dean gave im peaching evidence Mth reference to 1 other Kenosha witnesses who had said the woman they saw was, to the best of their knowledge and belief, Mrs. Luet gert. Professor Mark , Delafontaine was called upon to impeach the evidence of Professor Long of the Northwestern university with reference to bones. He expressed views upon the subject in ' scientific terms in direct variance with the ideas of Professor Long. ■I—.I- e 111 ■ ■ I _ r ■ ■.5 BEER TRUST IS FORMED. Twelve Big Brewers Hold a Meeting at Philadelphia and Combine, Philadelphia, Oct. 8. —At a meeting here of the representatives of 12 brewe ries located in the central eastern part of the state, practically the anthracite coal mining region, an agreement was Signed for the consolidation of the 13 concerns into one corporation to be known as the Central Pennsylvania Brewing company. The company will have a capital of $10,000,000. ■ The 12 firms which entered into the amalga- ' mation are: * Casey D. Kelley, E. Robinson & Son, M. Robinson & Son, S. Lac ka wan a 1 Brewing company and the Michael > Hand Brewing company, all of Scran ton; the Richard & Weaver Brewing 1 company of Wilkesbarre; the Hazelton Brewing company of Hazelton; the Hughes Brewing company and thol Hughes & Glennon Brewing company’ of Pittstowu; the Hartung Brewing I company of Honesdale; the Krauets Brewing company of Carbondale, and I the Dixon Brewing company of Dixon. A member of one of the firms inter ested said that his firm had been forced-i to this action by the depression in busi- j ness/ caused by the sharp competition, i which has resulted in several bear wars. “Out in Chicago,” he said, “the price has been cut down to $1.50 a barrel. In our section we have had a good market for our production, and a short time ago , we were receiving £3 a banel, but at I C resent the price ha*ueen cut to sll pel arret” An insane Italian*. Act. New York, Oct. B.—When the Amer- , ican ship James Nesmith arrived at, quarantine from Port Natal, South - Captain Bruce reported that on Sept. 14 an Italian seaman named Jose More, who shipped at Port Natal, i stabbed Chief Mate Oronie and Sail I Maker W. T. Morris. The latter was dangerously wounded. More was over .powered by the crew and placed in irons. He is supposed to have been In sane. The prisoner will be handed over ’ to United States Commissiener Powers for trial. , MoLuuriii Calin o*. McKinley. * Oct. B.—Previous to the meeting of the cabinet there were a ' number of callers at the White House, some of whom saw the president for a short time. General William Warner of Missouri talked to the president about I recognition of the negro Republicans of that state. He said there were 40,000 negro Republican votes in the state and that he thought they merited recogni tion by the administration. Senator McLaurin (Dem., S. C.) was another caller. , hanged for KiliTa* • GtrL Omaha, Oct. 8.-- George Morgan wail hanged hero for the murder of Ida Gas kill in November, 1895. Morgan died' protesting his innocence. HL victim was but 11 years of age and had been outraged and choked to death. Evi dence against Morgan was mainly cir-* cumstantiul, but was very conclusive. He was given two hearings iu the so-j Dre me court.. ... ’