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■the yellow
A FEVER NEWS
New Orleans Bas Forty
New i Cases.
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> . FOUR DEATHS THERE
- <Hy Vis Fed By Heavy Rains Which
Flushed AH Sewers.
' !T TEMPERED HEATED ATMOSPHERE
Mobile Has Six New Cases But
No Deaths.
TWO DEATHS AT NITTA YUMA, MISS
That City Has No New Ca as, Or’y Five New
Cates and Two Eeatha at EdwUrt’l.
A Scare in Texas.
New Orleans, Oct. 11.—The board
H , -of health reports 40 new cases of fever
IH and four deaths up to 11 o’clock tonight.
JW A Heavy raiii and thunderstorm pre
f * vailed during the night and completely
■ flushed the cutters and cleaned the
| atreets while tempering the atmosphere.
■ There are now 31 patients in the iso
f lation hospital. Forty-seven have been
received since the opening of the insti
tution, but there have been several
deaths and several discharged.
Governor Foster is in receipt of more
assurances from country members that
’ they will support him if he secures
jnouey from the banks here for the use
of the board of health. It is thought a
sufficient number of favorable replies
■Will be received to enable the governor
to act during the coming week.
I DEATHS NEAR EDWARDS.
Two People Kxi»ii*e of ♦‘evnr In the Vicin
ity of the Missinslppi lowu.
Edwards, Miss., Oct. 11. —We have
only four new white cases of yellow fe
ver to report, as follows! T. N. Askew,
Mrs. S. C. Wimberly, Mrs. S. M. Rob
’ erts and R. S. Withers, the latter in the
• country. Several negro cases are re-
I ported, but not officially confirmed.
There have been two deaths in the
-county, Mrs. S. R. Withers, who refu-
I • geed when fever was first announced,
and Mr. R. E. Farr, near Queen’s pit.
Total deaths to date, 25; total cases to
date, 410.
The physicians all report none seri •
ous enough to create any alarm at pres
ent and the general situation is more
encouraging, but the disease is so treach*
erous it is h'ard to tell what a day may
bring forth.
THE SCARE HITS TEXAS.
■ Towns Quarantining Against Galveston
Because Fever Exists There.
Dallas, Oct. 11.—Several places in
the state have quarantined against Gal
veston because of the report that yellow
fever exists there.
At Beaumont the county board of
health quarantined against both Gal
veston and Houston and all communi
cation is cut off between Beaumont and
these cities.
> Rigid quarantine has been re-estab
lished in Bryan and that county against
the Gulf Oity, and three persons who
• went there from Galveston several days
ego are being detained. The Marshall
board of health has quarantined against
, Gaiveston, Houston, Beaumont aud
Bun Antonio.
Two Deaths at Nitta Yama.
Nitta Yuma, Miss., Oct. 11.—There
were two deaths' from yellow fever here
today. No new cases were reported.
He KHIM Hi. AMaltaht.
Anderson, a 0., Oct. I].—A negro
employe of R. W. Pruitt, a prosperous
farmer living 5 miles south of here, as
saulted Pruitt in his own lot with rocks.
Pruitt met the assault with a pistol
shot, killing the negro instantly. An
* inquest is now being held.
Ward on Trial at Memphis. •
Memphis, Oct. 11.—After a delay of
•ver 18 months, A. K Ward, who is
Under 96 indictments, charging forgery
and embezzlement, securing thereby
<250,000, has been placed on trial in the
Criminal court of Shelby county.
B*l<l to Meet
Memphis. Oct 11.—Eddie Bald and
R FredLonghead have been matched set
a race in this city neat Monday night
a purse of <SOO.
THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
THEY PLED GUILTY
Dillon Car Thieves on Trial
Yesterday
Ralph Ellison was the Only One
to Demand Trial—Courtroom
Packed With People.
Dalton, Oct. 11.—Bohannon and
eight more of the famous Southern
Railway car thieves pled guilty today
to the charges.
* Bohannon went on the stand and
told the whole story of their system
of robbing cars. The court house
was packed to hear the trial. Bohan
non’s wife was present.
Ralph Ellison wr- the only member
of the gang to Jplead not guilty, and
his trial was begun. It was not
finished and will be taken up again in
the morning.
TERROIZED WOMEN.
Negro Boy Caught at Athens Who Attacked
Ladies on The Streets.
Athens, Oct. 11.—The mysterious
attacks upon white women on the
streets of Athens, which created such
a furore of excitement several weeks
ago, were repeated last night, and the
alleged offender is now behind the
bars.
Just after the exercises at the Chris
tian church had ended Mrs. Shewell
aud her daughter were walking home
when they were set upon by a negro
and both of them were stuck. The
assailant then made his escape.
A few minuses later Mrs. Katie
Thomas, who was leaving the First
Presbyterian church, was attacked
by a negro. She succeeded in ward
ing off the blows with her umbrella.
The posses were organized and a
search for the negro was made.
About-11 o’clock Will Henry Cole
man, a negro 18 years old, was found
in hiding on the outskirts of the town.
He fulfilled the general description
of the assailant of the three ladies
and was placed under arrest.
, He was brought back to town by a
circutious route to avoid the possibil
ity of mob violence and lodged in jail.
He was identified this morning by
Mrs. Thomas as the negro who at
tempted to strike her, and by a negro
who claims to have seen him lurking
about the jail.
This afternoon Mrs. Sewell will be
asked to identify him.
There is considerable indignation
over these repeated attacks, and
lynching is freely talked of. Should
it be shown beyond a doubt that Cole
man is the negro wanted a lynching
is confidently expected.
COMMITTED SUICIDE.
Mrs. G, J. Harm!Bun. Formerly of Bcm'
Shoots Herself Through the Head,
Anderson, S. C„ Oct. fl.—Mrs. J.
G. Harmison, wife of Professor J. G.
Harmison, who came from Rome, Ga,,
about three years ago to Anderson, took
her own life here, shooting herself
through the head, the ball entering the
right temple and coming out the left
side. She had been in ill health for
some time.
Lady Killed'by Llglitnlt.g,
Winston, N. O, Oct. 11.—A most
distressing tragedy occurred at Union
Ridge church, situated about 2 miles
south of here. E. P. Huntman, with
his wife, drove up to church in a wagon
to attend Quaker meeting, which has
been in progress here about three weeks.
As Mrs. Huntman was alighting a bolt
of lightning struck a tree under the
wagon, giving her such a severe shock
that she died an hour afterwards. Many
others were seriously injured and are
not expected to live.
GIRLS IN NATIONAL GUARD.
Proposed That the Organization of Young
Lady Soldiers Be Herpetuated.
Atlanta, Oct. 11.—At the Grand
Opera House last week 200 of the pret
tiest aud most popular girls of the state
took part in a military drill for a char
itable purpose. The feature made a
hit, and the suggestion was -made that
the organization be perpetuated aud
that the company apply for admittance
into the Nr tional guard of the state.
They had been well drilled with regu
lation army muskets by the drillmaster
of Fort McPherson, and were as well
versed in army tactics as any company
at the post, and so the idea caught.
Application has been made for a char
ter, aud recruits to the number of 50 ox
60 will be added to the ranks.
The young ladies appeared in white
duck uniforms last week, but a blue
uniform dress will be designed for win
ter aud drill nse.
**Fr reunt Dincnkrgva,
New York. Oct. 11.—A dispatch tn
The World from Oolon says: The Pan
ama Canal company has paid off and
■ shipped back every African laborer. i
ROME, GA., TUESDAY. OCTOBER 12, 1897.
EVIDENCE
IS ALL IN
Speech Making Begun
in Luetgert Trial. ■
DRAWING TO AN END
Witnesses For Defense in Rebuttal Were
Not Present.
CURIOUS PEOPLE IN COURTROOM
Sudden and Unexpected Close
of Famous Case.
GLAD IT ;IS NEARING THE END
S'.ateß Attorney Denr n Expressed Himself
That Way and Everj body Says Amen.
Another L'.ve Mrs. Leutgert.
Chicago, Oct 11.—The Luetgert trial
came to a sudden and unexpected close.
Witnesses which the defense had called
in sur-rebuttal failed to respond when
their names were called and finally
ex-Judge Vincent announced to the
court that the case of the defense was
all in. “We rest,” concluded Luetgert’s
chief counsel. A sigh of relief was
heard in the courtroom.
After a brief consultation by the coun
sel in the case, it was agreed to begin
arguments to the jury at once. Assis
tant State’s Attorney McEwen opened.
He will be followed by Attorney Ph a
len.
Ex-Judge Vincent will close for the
defense and State’s Attoi ley Deneen
will close for the prose, ution. The
case will go to die jury probably next
Saturday night.
More than a third of the members of
the crowd which poured into the big
court building were women. They were
attired as it' tor a matinee performance,
but the rain drops had iusome instances
played havoc with the flowers and feath
ers of their hats. The injury to their
plumage did ruffle their tempers and
they chatted spiritedly as they stood in
line waiting for the chief bailiff to or
der the doors leading to Judge Tuthiil’s
courtroom to be opened.
When this order was finally given
there was a rush for the courtroom.
Which the officers in charge were un
able to check, and in a few minutes the
room was packed and the guards closed
the corridor doors. Then followed the
usual flow of original and grotesque
profanity from those who were shut
out. The oft repeated cry of favorit
ism on tne part of the deputy sheriffs
aud court bailiffs was raised, but had
no effect and the crowd slowly sought
consolation bv going into other court
rooms to listen to the trials of less
noted cases.
Luetgert expressed bis pleasure over
the fact that this was the last week of
his trial. He was not alone in his ap
preciation of this fact. Every one con
nected with the proceedings is tired of
it
“It has been a long drawn out and
hard trial,” said State’s Attorney De
neen. “I am positively elated over rhe
fact that we are so close to the date
when the case will be given over to the
jury.”
A letter addressed to Chief of Police
Kipley and purporting to be from Mrs.
Leutgert has been received at ponce
headquarters. The letter is dated Or.
9 and was sent from New York city.
Little if any attention will be paid to it
by the police. The signature is spelled
“Lutrigart” and this alone they say is
enough to brand the letter a fraud.
The letter is quite long aud is written
in English, while it is said the missing
woman was unable to speak English.
It says the writer is now living with a
family at 304 Palisade avenue, Jersey
Oity, and that she was doing chamber
work at the Metropole hotel.
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Alleged "Thlef'ArrazCad.
San Francisco, Oct 11.—John H.
Ooville has been arrested on a tele
graphic dispatch from Boston. He is
accused of embezzling <1,500 from Mar
shal H. Pollard of that city. When
learched <4OO was found on his person.
He is held awaiting the arrival of ex
tradition paper*.
Bi< Firp at Bennettsville.
Bennettsville, S. 0., Oct. 11.—A
large part of the business portion of
Bennettsville has been destroyed by fire.
Estimated loss, <15,000; insurance, <3,-
000. The origin of tne fire is unknown.'
North < arollee's Hanke.
Raleigh, Oct. 11.—The statement of
•7 banks in North Carolina shows re
sources aggregating <19,621,582, a de
crease of <337,000 as compared with a
/ear mo. Tke stats debt is <6,086.250
BALTIMORE GETS CUP
Take Fourth Slnight Lame
From Boston.
Both Teams Disbanded For Winter.
Jennings and Kelley to
Be Married.
Baltimore, Oct. 11.—The Temple
cup will still remain Vvith Baltimore the
Orioles winning the fourth straight game
today by a score of 9 to 3. Hoffer and
Clarke were the battery for Baltimore;
Hickman, Sullivan and Yeager for Bos
ton.
The two teams disbanded here tonight
and many of the players left for their re
spective homes tonight. Jennings and
Kelley of the Baltimore’s will be married
in a very short while.
KILLED HIS OWN SON-
Man Living Near Clarkston Mistook His Boy
For a Burglar.
clarkston, Oct. It.—Mr. John Bran
yon, who lives near Mechanicsville, shot
aud killed his 16-year-old son last night
about 9 o’clock.
Mr. Branyon, his wile and two sons
slept in one room. While a train was
passing the oldest son got up and went
out unobserved by anyone in the room.
A little later ?,Ir. Branyon heard some one
at the stove room door. Not knowing
his son was out, he got up and looked
and saw some one coming through the
door.
He stepped back, thinking it was a
burglar. Recalled, ‘-whois there?” and
not getting any answer, fired.
The load entered his son’s head behind
the left ear, and the boy died without
speaking a word.
Just as the shot was fired the younger
son said: “Papa, where is brother?”
It ,was then the father knew he had
killed his son,
The parents are heartbroken over their
sad misfortune. They bury their boy
today at Mechanicsville.
GONE TO MACON
Governor and Staff Will Attend Big Carni
val in That City
Atlanta, Oct. 11.—Governor Atkin
son and staff left to night for Macon.
They go down to participate in the
big carnival which opened in that
city this morning. They anticipate a
verypleasant trip.
GERMANS” FAVOR GEORGE.
Canvaas of Vnt«r« as to Their Choice For
Mayor of the Greater City.
New York, Oct. 11.—TheNew Yorket
Herold and the New York Herald have
together made a canvass of the 175,000
German voters as to their preferences
for mayor. Henry George, Jefferson
Democrat, is the Choice of 49,201 Ger
man voters; Seth Low. Citizens’ union,
48,282; Van Wyck, Tammany, 44,039;
General Tracy, Republican, 27.678; Pat
rick Gleason, Independent, 5,605.
The Journal and Advertiser’s poll of
198,359 voters of Greater New York
shows:
Van Wyck, 61,592; Henry George,
61,416; Seth Low, 44,401; General Tracy,
30,951.
Fe Has a Shakeup.
Fort Worth, Tex., Oct. 11.—Assis
tant General Manager Morton of the
Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe says that
until further notice the location of the
following officers of the road will be at
Fort Worth: General Manager L. J.
Polk and R. W. Morton, assistant;
Chief Engineer O. F. Felt; General Pas
senger Agent W. S. Keenan and Gen
eral Freight Agent P. H. Godwyu.
The other officers removed from Galves
ton are at Cleburne.
Nd Deaths' at Mobile.
Mobile, Oct. 11.—New cases: Lucy
A. Bucdley, 5 Kennedy street; Matilda
Smith, 260 North Brood street; Mabel
Bidgood, 207 North Brood street; Mrs.
A. L. McDonald, Warren street, corner
Delaware; Emma Disher, Marinajtreet,
near Charleston. No deaths.' Dis
charged: Marie Peterson and Thomas
Fowler. /
Lon* Drouth Broken at Last.
Chicago. Oot. 11.—Rain is falling
throughout the parched belt the
western states, aud the long, disastrous
drouth has at last been broken. Reports
from Kansas, Nebraska, lowa, jUiuois,
Missouri, Arkansas and Miiinesoteashow
quite general rains are still falling.
Find, a Car. lUr Frver.
London, Oct. 11.—A dispatch to The
Times faom Montevideo says that Pro
fessor Sauarelli, who discovered the
yellow fever bacillus, announces the
discovery of a curative serum.
Condition of the Cotton Crop.
Washington, Oct. 11.—Average con
dition of cotton 70, as compared
78.3 on Sept. 1, a decrease of 8.3 points,
reported by agricultural department fox
October.
CLAD SHE
JSCAPED
Spain Does Not Care
About Cisneros' Girl
CUBAN SITUATION
Consul General Lee and Minister Taylor
at Washington.
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EFFECT OF GEN. WEYLER’S REMOVAL
Also That of the New Spanish
Cabinet Discussed.
NO INTERNATIONAL COMPLICATIONS
Likely to Arise From the Aid Reader, d by a
New York Journal Correspondent to the
Cuban Girl,
» Washington, Oct. 11—Consul Gen
eral Fitzhugh Lee arrived here Sunday
aud was at the state department Mon*
day morning in conference with Assist*
ant Secretary Day, leaving later for
Warrenton, Va., to attend the funeral
of a friend. He returned Tuesday
night to advise further with officials as
to the Cuban situation.
It is understood that the state depart
ment is going over with General Lee
and Mr. Haunis Taylor, ex-minister to
Spain, the effect of the recent cabinet
changes, the result of General Weyler’s
withdrawal and his succession by Gen
eral Blanco and other new phases de
veloped by the accession of Sagasta
The escape of MISS Gisneros.. from a
Havana prison, through the efforts of a
representative of the New York Journal,
has been talked over also, the prevail
ing view being that it will not lead to
an international complication. General
Lee said that he did not think any seri
ous question would arise over the inci
dent. Ex-Minister Taylor, when asked
if international complications were
likely to arise, answered:
“I think apt, and the probable result
will be that Sagasta will give a royal
decoration to those who have been good
enough to rid Spain of this troublesome
subject. ”
Mr. Taylor will not discuss the pres
ent situation at Madrid. He is en
gaged, however, in writing a review of
the political, economic and diplomatic
phases o' the Cuban problem, with his
own views drawn from experience at
Madrid, and refuses to make any com
ment in advance of his carefully pre
pared review of the case.
BROOKLYN HAS HER DAY.
Citizens of the City of chnrohes Visit the
Tennessee < entennlaf.
Nashville, Oct. 11.—Brooklyn day
was celebrated at the Tennessee Oen
nial exposition with very interesting
exercises, which were held in the Audi
torium. The attend mce was large and
the program was grc.tly enjoyed.
Herbert 1A Gann: ton, president of
the Brooklyn commit-ion, made the in
troductory remarks, i .'ter which Mayor
William M. MsCarth/ delivered the ad
dress of welcome on tne part of the city,
to which Mayor Frederick W. Wurster
of Brooklyn responded.
Major J. W. Thomas, president of
the exposition, welcomed the visitors in
behalf of the exposition company and
William Redfield, secretary of the
Brooklyn commission, made the re
sponse. A poem was read bv Mrs. Mar
garet E. Sangster, and an oration was
delivered by St. Clair McKelway, editor
of the Brooklyn Eagle. An andress by
Mrs. Bernard Peters closed the exer
■cises.
In the' evening the wives of the
Brooklyn and New York state- commis
sioners gave a joint reception at the
New York building. The affair was
one of the most brilliant yet held at
this building.
McKinley Names Three Meo,
Washington, Oct. ll.—The president
has made the following appointments:
H. N. McGrew of Phenix, A T., to be
register of the land office at Salt Lake
City, Utah; Fred B. Spriggs of New
York, to be agent for the Indians at the
Nevada agency in Nevada; Edward
Goldberg of Wichita, Kan., to be agent
for the Indians of Quapaw agency, In
dian Territory.
Animal Inspection Tour.
Philadelphia, Oct. 11. President
Frank Thomson of the Peuusylaniu
railroad company, Vice Presidents Green
and Pugh and several of the directors
and executive officers of the company
have left here on the annual tour of in
epeotion of the property of the compa
ny’s vast systepr.
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Federated Trades to Call Ont
Half a Million Men.
It Will Begin Friday—Sympathetic
Strike to Help the Engineers in
Their Fight For Wages.
London, Oct IL—The secretary of
the federated trades, comprising 80 im
portant industries, announces that the
executive committee has definitely de
cided to call out ail Rs members in
sympathy with the struggle of the en
gineers against their employers, on next
Friday, when it is estimated a total of
400,000 men will be out of work on ac
count of the great labor dispute.
CHAINED TO THE CEILING.
Bennflolnry < a<iet at' Sooth Carolina Mili
tary Academy Treated Badly.
Charleston, Oct. It.—P. W. Way, a
beneficiary cadet at the South Carolina
Military academy, broke ranks and fled
to his home in Berkely county with black
bruises on his neck. According to his
story a crowd of cadets severely beat
him and afterwards fastened a chain
around his neck aud swung him to the
ceiling. He dangled above the floor
until his face was black, when the
crowd became frightened and lot him
down.
Fear of other attacks prevented the
boy from reporting the outrage. At the
first opportunity, however, he gathered i
up his effects and slipped away from
the institution. He cannot be induced
to J
He says a cadet has already left the
gcademy because of rough treatment.
The matter has been reported to the
board of visitors, and an investigation
is likely to result.
KILLS SEL’r WITH KNIFE.
South Carolina I'hyziclan Goes to Atlanta
anti <o in in its Suicide.
Atlanta, Oct. 11.—Dr. J. T. Monroe
of Union, S. O , committed suicide at
the Hotel Alvin by cutting his jugular
vein with a small pocket knife. He
bled to death in less than ten minutes.
Dr. Monroe was one of the most
prominent physicians in his section, but
for several years had been a victim of
both the morphine and whisky habits.
The fact that he was addicted to these
habits brought him to Atlauta and
finally caused him’to take h‘s life.
CENTRAL CITY’S CARNIVAL.
The Annual Trades Display Opens lu the
Presence of thousands.
Macon, Oct. 11.—The grand annual
carnival and trades display commenced
here with a floral parade, and will close
Tuesday night with a grand German at
the Volunteers’ armory, which will bo
danced to the music of the famous Ala--
riue band of Washington city.
The floial display and parade was one'
of the most beautiful and elaborate af
fairs of the kind ever held in Georgia. *,
Many lovely women with handsome
and gaily decorated equipages were in i
line. Tne parade was along the main
streets of the city. The procession was
headed by the Marine band. An infor
mal reception was tendered Governor
and Mrs. Atkinson and staff on Monday '
night.
On Tuesday morning a grand recep- ’
tion will be given Governor and Mrs. I
Atkinson at the Hotel Lanier. At noon t
Tuesday the great trades display pro
cession will commence to move. It will
make a parade of the principal streets
of the city and will pass in review be- 1
fore Governor Atkinson and staff and!
the mayor and council at the Hotel La-1
nier. I
On Tuesday afternoon the head-end
collision between two locomotives will
take place on a mile track at Oentral *
Oity park. It is expected that this will
be witnessed by 20,000 persons. Tues- 1
day night the grand carnival German '
w.ll be danced at the Academy of Mu-1
sic: Governor and Mrs. Atkinson and
staff will attend the German.
Acquitted at Third Trial.
Reidsville, Ga., Oct. 11.—In the fa
xnous Wrye case here the jury brought!
in a verdict of acquittal W. W. Wrye i
-was under indictment for the murder of]
A P. Stallings at Olaxtou, this county,!
some four years ago. This is the third
time the accused man has stood before ■
the bay of justice to answer to the -
charge against him. At the first trial
the jury brought in a verdict of guilty
with . a recommendation to mercy.'
Wrye obtained a new trial and he was
found guilty of voluntary manslaughter
and sentenced to ten years in the peni-1
tentiary. Again a new trial was ob-1
tained. and this time the jury returned'
a verdict of acquittal. *
A Ne K ru Lywih.J l n Texas. J
Brenham, Tex., Oct. 11.—Bob Car-?
♦er, a negro, killed James Burch in ak
saloon aud started for the jail to sur- i
render. Later his b idy was found rid- i
died with bullets and buckshot, lying |
about 100 yards back of the jail. A
mob of unknown persons had pursued
aud kilted him.
After I'lHCt) of AnnistiAii t.
Atlanta, Oct. 11.—Now that Majorl
William H. Smyth has been appointed
postmaster of this city, the race for as
sistant is on. Among the applicauts
for the job aie Colonel James P. Averill, ]
Captain J. O. Hendrix aud Mr. Ed'
Blodgett. ’