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FEW DEATHS
YESTERDAY
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Yellow Fever Seems to
be Growing Milder.
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Wire All tbe Deaths Reported Over
Fever District
32 NEW CASES IN CRESCENT CITI
Situation a Little More Serious
at Edwards, Miss,
GALVESTON HAS ELEVEN CASES NOW
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None Are of Virulent Type-Only Three New
Cases in Mobile—Situation Seems Im*
proved AU Around.
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New Orleans, Oct. 12.—Up to 11
• o’clock tonight there were thirty-three
new cases of yellow fever and two deaths.
Among the new cases are Mrs. Hunter
O. Leake, wife of the general agent of
the Illinois Central road; Hartwig Moss,
a prominent insurance man, and J. P.
Hecker, a real estate broker. Brother
Philip is among the cases in the Hotel
Dieu.
The news of the fever in Houston,
Tex , has created no large measure of
surprise here, but the same regulations
■will be enforced against that city as
against Gaiveston. However, as rail
road traffic and ocean trade has been
suspended between the Texas ports and
New Orleans, it will not be difficult to
keep Houston and Galveston people
out of his city even if they cared to
.come hither, which is extremely un
likely.
Dr. Guiteras is expected here Thurs
day. Completing his work in Texas,
he is reported to have started for New
• Orleans on a revenue cutter. What his
mission is here has not been learned.
Charges are being made that certain
New Orleans merchants have violated
the quarantine regulations of other
’ states in shipping goods from here and
the boards of trade and health are in
quiring into the mutter.
SITUATION MORE SERIOUS.
Seven New Ce-es Fever et Edwards,
bur. N<» Deaths KciporCed.
Edwards, Miss., Oct. 12.—The situa
tion here is somewhat more serious.
Tbe following new cases are reported:
Whites—D. Brichetto, William Pinfield
and three children, Hiram Cook and
one child
Total cases, Z; total to date, 423. No
deaths Several negroes reported sick,
but no record yet. Three cases are re
v pcrfea serious—Mrs. Keister, with black
vomit, and D. Y. Howell and Randolph
Neison. All the balance are doing, weib
Up to 11 o’clock tonight ten new cases
hive been reported.
Shreveport People Soared*
Shreveport, La., Ont. 12—The situ
ation'here gets more stringent with the
declaration of fever at Houston and
Galveston. Trains are running from
here to Vicksburg subject to special re
strictions, aiso to Marshall, Tex., and
down as low as Boyce on the Texas and
Pacific. The Kansas City road has been
permitted to resume traffic to Kansas
City by agreement.
Three New at Mobile.
Mobile, Oct. 12.—New cases: G. B.
Bonneau, Augusta street near Marine;
John Keefe, 268 South Lawrence street;
Alphonse Goubil, 26a South Hamilton
street. No deaths. Discharged: Mrs.
W. P. White, Eugene Eastburu, L P.
Wuganer, Joe Rierre, Charles A. Girod.
AT GALVESTON TEXAS.
Eleven Cases Under Treatment, One New One
Today.
Galveston, Oct. 12.—There are eleven
cases of yellow fever under treatment
here now. None of them are of a very
virulent nature.
Only one ne& case developed today.
Aa tlffwr to EillUoknlAiii.
Wichita, Kan., Oct 12. Former
Queen Liliuokalani has been offered
r |2,(XX» to preside over a carnival here for
three days in 1898. The invitation was
extended through Dr. Martin, formerly
-of Wichita, who was the queen’s phy
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THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
ELLISON IS GUILTY
Last of Dalton Cai Thieves
Convicted.
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Councilman Bender and Peeples
■ Are Now on Trial For Con
cealing Goods.
Dalton. Oct. 12,—The trial of
Ralph Ellisen, the only one of tbe
car thieves who did not plead guilty,
ended thie afternoon. The jury was
out only a short while before return
ing with a verdict of guilty.
Councilmen Bender and Peeples,
who were indicted for receiving stolen
goods was begun bat net finished. As
soon as their trial is ended the other
merchants will be tried. The crowds
at the court house continue very
large.
COMES U? THURSDAY,
The Supreme Court Will Not Reach Bridge’
Case Until Then.
Atlanta, Oct. 12.—The case of W.
M. Bridges, the former school commis
sioner of Floyd county who was con
victed of embezzlement and sentenced
to five years in the penitentiary, will
probably come up Thursday. The state
will be represented by Solicitor Gen
eral Mose Wright and Judge George
Harris* The defendant’s counsel are
Judge Joel Branham, Rowell & Rowell.
Fouche & Fouphe and J. W. Ewing.
WILL GO INTO LIQUIDATION,
Tie Merchants Bank Issues a Call to Al
Stockholders.
The Merchants Bank of Rome have is
sued a call to a'l stockholders to meet in
the bank at noon on November 15th for
the purpose of voting on voluntary liqu
dation.
The banks affairs are in good condi
tion and will be able to pay every dollar
they owe. It has been very ably man
aged for the past several months by Mr.
E. A. Heard.
NEGRO BOY KILLED,
piling Lumber at Smith & Hortons Saw Mill
L'lmbjr Fell.
A negro boy who was employed at
Smith & Horton’s saw mill at Sand
Spring in this county was instantly
killed yesterday afternoon.
The boys name could not be learned
last night, but it appears that he was at
work on a pile of lumber, when it over
turned, crushing the boy beneath it.
Death resulted instantly.
BOUND OVER
John Corley, of Rome, Bound Over in Atlan
ta—Bond SIOO-
Atlanta, Oct. 12.—John W. Ccrley
the young man who came here recent
ly from Rome, and who shot Bob
Sheridan Saturday night, was bound
over this morning by Judge Landrum
for carrying concealed weapons. His
bond was fixed, at SIOO.
A Trolley Car la Meld Up.
Portland. Or.. Oct. 12.—A car on the
Portland and Oregon City Electric line
was held up about 11 miles south of this
city. Two men boarded the car at Mel
drum station, one on the front end, the
other on the rear platform. When the
country was reached they produced re
volvers. The moterman was compelled
to stop the car and the man on the rear
platform shut off the light Then the
men went though the pockets of 80
frightened passengers, ten of whom
were women. The passengers made no
resistance. The robbers got about S2OO.
McLaurin Appoints Money.
Jackson, Miss., Oct. 12.—Governor
McLaurin has appointed Senator-elect
Hernando DeSoto Money as United
States senator to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of the late Senator J. Z.
George, whose term expires in 1899.
Senator George, before his death having
declined to again become a candidate
for the high office, an election for the
regular term was necessary, • and the
last legislature, a ter a long deadlock,
sleeted Mr. Money for the regular term,
baeiuuinn in 1894
Money For nooks.
Washington, Oct. 12.—The detailed
Mtimates for the yards and docks for
the naval establishments include the
Carolinian Appointed Consul.
Washington, Oct. 12. —William' Q
Decher of South Carolina has been ap
pointed consular agent at Markneu
kirchen, Germany.
r.rye i by Fire.
Bloomington. Ind., Oct. 12. The
hotel at French Lick Springs has been
burned. No particulars are yet known |
and the loss is not estimated.
. ROME* GA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1897.
TWO PEOPLE
MURDERED
Woik of Burglars io
a Jersey Town.
AGED WOMAN KILLED
Mother, Aged 65, and Daughter Aged
40, Assinated.
LIVED AT CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
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Son Who was 11l Alarmed Police
by Shouting.
HE WAS SICK IN BED AND ESCAPED
Inju-y at the Hands of'the Burglar!—Killing
oone For the Purpose of Robb ’ry.
The Details.
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Camden, N. J. „Oct. 12. —Mrs. Emma
Vane, aged 65 years, widow of Captain
Eli Vape, and her daughter, Mrs. Sarah
M. Shaw, aged 40 years, were shot and
killed here, it is believed, by burglars.
Mrs. Vane was instantly killed and
Mrs. Shaw expired in less than half an
hour without recovering consciousness.
The two women lived at 242 Lynn
street, in the lower part of Camden,
near the river frout. It was about 4:30
a. m. when the attention of th* police
was called to the crime. Eli Shaw, a
son of Mrs. Shaw, was seen at the third
story window of the house and was
shouting for the police at the top of his
voice.
The young nfan has been laid up with
typhoid fever and in a statement to the
police said that he'was awakened shortly
after 4 o’clock by a pistol shot. He made
his way down stairs and at the bottom
of the third story stairs found his mother
bleedmg and unconscious. He ran to
the window and gave the alarm.
When the police entered the house
they found the mother of Mrs. Shaw
sitting iu a chair in the sittiugroom
dead, with a bullet wound in her head.
Mrs. Shaw was at once removed to the
Cooper hospital, where she died in a
few minutes without making any state
ment.
The shock incident to the tragedy has
caused a relapse in the condition of
Mrs. Shaw's son and, it is feared, will
result fatally.
An examination of the house shows
that a rear shutter had been forced open
and a bureau drawer ou the second floor
had been ransacked.
CAR STRIKES A CARRIAGE.
The Wife of a Baltimore Grocer I* lu-
Rtantly Killed by a t rolley.
Baltimore, Oct. 12.—Mrs. Kate Heim,
wife of a grocer of this city, was in
stantly killed and her husband and two
children were badly injured by a Mount
Carmel trolley car just beyond the city
limits.
The family were returning in a car
riage from an outing, and just as they
were crossing the track the car came
along at lightning speed and struck the
vehicle. The carriage was dashed to
pieces. Mrs. Heim fell on the track di
rectly iu front of the car and was car
ried along under the wheels and dragged
for gome distance. It was found neces
sary to use a jackscrew to rescue her
mangled body.
The injured are Fred W. Heim, aged
87; Martim Heim, 12, and John Roe, 12.
Mrs. Helm was 33.
Found Dead In a Swamp.
Columbia, S. 0., Oct. 12.—A few
days ago a white man, generally known
as “Old Man Marlow,” was wanted in
Latta, Marion county, for gome offense
against the municipality. He resisted
arrest and went into a swamp nearby.
A posse was summoned and Marlow
pursued. When they met, Marlow
opened fire with a pistol, which was re
turned by the posse. The pursued man
rau back into the swamp. Later his
body was found with a bullet hole
through the breast- He held a cocked
pistol in his hand
Coat of Keeping: <uiiTlct*.
Raleigh, Oct. 12.—The state auditor
reports to thte chairman of the peniten
tiary board that iu the past 20 years'the
total penitentiary appropriation has
been $5,657,000 and total earnings sl,-
400,000, or about $70,000 annually.
There hau also beeu a total cost of SIBO.-
000 for bringing sentenced convicts to
tbe penitentiary. . The auditor says the
net expenditures would have sufficed to
build 1,000 miles of macadamised road
al $1,400 per mil*.
WATKINS IS ELECTED
Chattanooga Has New Demo
cratic Mayor.
Had 900 Majority Over McDermott.
Watkins is Law Partner of f
L. A, Dean of Rome.
Chattanooga, Oct. 12.—C01. Wat-,
kins, democrat, was elected mayor of
Chattanooga today defeating Capt.
McDermott, the republican candidate
by 900 votes. The democrats turned
our in great shape and gave Coi. Wat
kins a handsome majority.
He is a law partner oi Mr. Linton A.
Dean, as Rome, in the Atlanta branch
of the firm. Col Watkins is on of the
city’s leading men, and his election
insured a clean administration.
HG’rMJE S.HOW fN SU. LOUIS.
More Titan Firn TlioUUiml People Attend
lhe Open bi ExercUe*.
St. Louis, Oct. 12.—The new colis
eum at the national stock yards, East
St. Louis; was formally opened wit’
appropriate exercises, and the great
special sale of fancy horses began.
More than 5,000 people crowded what is
the finest and best equipped pavilion
for the sale of horses in the United
States. The pavilion is modern iu all
its appointments and was erected at a
cost of over $20,000.
The horse show is one of the finest
ever held, more than 500 specimens of
the equine race being here for sale. Mr.
Bratton is authority for the statement
that there are more fine horses at the
show than were ever gathered in any
one ring in the United States before.
The exhibition included four-iu-hands,
tandems, pairs and single drivers.
CARNIVAL AT KNOXVILLE.
Prophet of the Great Arrive* and
Makes Some I'rediotions.
Knoxville. Oct. 12.—Over 30,000 peo
ple from this and neighboring states
were hers to witness the arrival of the
prophet of the Great Smokies, which
inaugurated the ogruival season.
The prophet approached from the
mountllins an’d was received on this
side of the Tennessee river bridge and
was tendered the keys of the city in a
speech by Mayor S. G. Heiskell. Ho
then delivered his prophecy as to the
future of greater Knoxville, which will
be a consolidation of Knoxville and
West Knoxville, to be made Jan. 1.
A trades display followed the proph
et’s entry. The carnival lasts four days.
The weather is good.
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Noted Bank Bobber Nabbed.
Kansas City, Oct. 12.—Jerome Mar
tie, alias "Dutch” Weber, one of the
most wanted men iu the country, leader
of the qnartet of men who committed
the sensational robbery of the state bank
of Savannah, Mo., Feb. 7, 1896, has
been captured in Detroit, and is now
under arrest in that city. Weber is
wanted all over the country for bank
and postoffice robberies. In Chicago a
reward of SSOO has been offered for him
by the government for a postoffice rob
bery committed there, and he will prob
ably be taken to that city.
Hennemy ou Pop*’.* Health.
Wichita, Kan., Oct. 12.—Bishop J.
J. Hennessey of this city, who led the
recent American pilgrimage to Rome,
has returned. The bishop spent con
siderable time at the Vatican and en
joyed exceptional opportunities for
learning the exact state of Leo’s health.
Bishop Hennessey said: “I see o
change iu his holiness' since my last
visit four years ago save that he is bent
a little more, but his physical health is
good, his eye is bright, his mind clear,
his judgment excellent and his memory
extraordinary.”
A Tragedy on Staten Island.
New York, Oct. 12. —During an al
tercation at Prohibition park, Staten
Island, Conrad Henselbetz shot and
killed Thomas McSorley, a prominent
business man of West New Brighton,
and afterwards attempted to take his
own life by severing the arteries of his
wrists with a razor. Henselbetz may
not recover from the effects of his inju
ries. The two men were engaged in an
animated discussion at the time, but the
exact subject of the argument is un
known.
Insurance Made Compulsory.
Berne, Switzerland, Oct 12 —The
national eouncil, by a vote of 101 to 9
has adopted a bill making insurance
against sickness compulsory in the case
of all persons not having independent
means.
Ballooning Across a Channel.
Bast Bourne, England, Oct. 12.
Charles Pollock, a nephew of Baron Pol
lock, has started in a balloon fromhere
in an attempt to oross the English chan
nel.
Minority Populists to Meet.
Raleigh, Oct. 12.—A meeting of mi
nority Populists, meaning those who
favored Senator Pritchard’s re-election
and voted sot him, is" called here Oct.
81. It is asserted that the minority
Popniists end their sympathizers num
ber 1.000 iu the state and stand ready
for action. This means a direct attack
ou Senator JJutler aud his motive*
SPAIN TO
PAY TOLON
Our Officials Say Claim
is Just.
A $60,000 INDEMNITY
Woodford to Be Instructed to Demand
.Immediate Settlement.
SPAIN HAS IGNORED THE GLUM
They Will Have to Apply In
Some Way Now.
GULLON'S PLAN TO SETTLE TROUBLE
Says That By Employing Only the
Native Cuban Volunteers Ineurgents
Will Soon be Subdued.
New York, Oct. 12.—A special to
The Herald from Washington says: In.
structions to Minister Woodford are be
ing prepared at the state department
for the presentation to Spain of another
demand for the immediate payment of
the claim for indemnity made by Sam
uel T. Tolon.
The original demand was presented
to the Madrid government by Mr. Tay
lor, who has just retired from the office
of minister. He stated in strong lan
guage that this government woold ex
pect Spain to pay the claimant $50,000
as indemnity for the sufferings he had
endured.
Spain’s reply was that it was under
no obligation to pay Tolon and this has
been followed by another statement
which declares that the action of the
Spanish authorities iu Cuba was u gab
ernative measure aud that Spain would
be unjust to herself sho’uld she indem
nify Tolon.
State department officials insist that
the claim is a just one aud will continue
to press it.
Tolon was naturalized in New York
city in 187 b. He established a general
business in Cardenas, Cuba, in 189. L
He left Cardenas for Havana on Sept. 1
of last year, intending to sail' for the
United States on business. While on
board the steamer Seneca he was ar
rested by the police authorities and im
prisoned for ten days in the interior
porch of the courtyard of the police
station.
He was thrust into a small, hot. filthy
cell on Sept. 13, and depri zed of all out
side communication. He was removed
to the interior porch on April 12 and
was deported to the United States seven
days later.
Mr. Tolon has also pending a claim
for SIOO,OOO arising out of the damage
done to his property iu Cuba by Span
ish soldiers.
SENOR GULLON HAS A SAY.
Spauhh Mlninter of Foreign Affair* Now
Look* For a Speedy Settlement.
Madrid, Oct. 12.—A semiofficial state
ment, issued after the cabinet meeting
of Monday, says that by employing na
tive volunteers in Cuba instead of Eu
ropean troops the expenses of th* cam
paign would decrease and the operations
against the insurgents would be con
ducted more rapidly.
Senor Gullou, the minister for for
eign affairs, has communicated to his
colleagues th* views of the European
and American press in regard te the
new ministry, pointing out that the for
eign newspapers are almost unani
mously of the opinion that the program
of Senor Sagaita, the new premier of
Spain, has caused an important change
in the attitude of the Washington cabi
net, leading to the belief that the deci
sion on the Cuban question will now en
ter upon a more favorable phase and
demonstrate that the step* taken by the
ministry have had an excellent effect
iu showing the government is choosing
practical means to solve the existing
difficulties.
The minister for the colonies, Senor
Moret, announced at the cabinet meet
ing, with a view to proving the sin
cerity of the government’s promise to
grant autonomy to Cuba, he had tele
graphed to Senor Montori, the leader of
the Autonomist party, asking him to
nominate candidates for appointment to
some of the important posts in the Ca
ban army administration.
A Codnly'rrexiurar Ouiitu.
Goshen, Ind., Oct. 12.—The court
has ousted County Treasurer W. H.
Holdemau and his successor has been
chosen. The commissioners claimed
that Goldeman’s accounts were $19,00(1
short and his bondsmen refused to con
tinue longer ou his bond. Mr. Hold*-
piau innocence.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
COMER IS CHOSEN
Re-Elected President of Cen
tral Railway.
Gunby Jordan Succeeds G. M. Wil
liams Deceased—Pat Walsh
Re-Elected.
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Savannah, Oct. 12. The annual!
meeting of the stockholders of the Oen
tral Railway company was held here.
The only stock with voting power is
owned in New York by Pierpont
Morgan & 00. This is $5,000,000.
Mr. H. M. Gomer was re-elected pres
ident and the old board with the excep
tion of Gunby Jordan of Oolumbns,
who succeeds G. M. Williams, deceased.
Jordan was once one of the railroad
commissioners of Georgia. He is a
large banker and railroad builder.
The rumor that Patrick Walsh of Au
gusta would resign was found to be un
true. He was not present, but re-elected
with others.
Mr. Corner will for the present re
main at the head ot the road.
TE N N EJWEE’S C£NTEN N1 *L.
New York Day I* Celebrated at NathvlH*.*'
Speeches bv Prominent Men.
Nashville. Oct. 12.—New York day
was celebrated with very appropriate
exercises in the Auditorium at the Ten
nessee Centennial exposition. The
weather was good and the attenance
Was very large. Music was furnished
by Fischer’s orchestra
Governor ilobet-i L. Taylor delivered
an address of welcome, to which Hon.
Timothy L. Woodruff, lieutenant gov
ernor of New York, responded. Chan
cellor James H. Kirklands of Vander
bilt university spoke next, and A. V.
Raymond, L. L. D-, president of Union
college, delivered an oration. Hon
William O. DeWitt of Brooklyn made
the closing address.
New York State troops and Putnam
phalanx escorted the New York party
from their hotels to the Auditorium.
The addresses were eloquent and well
received.
The visitors spent a portion of the
morning i'j visiting the exposition. Th*
New York building attracted especial
attention. It is admirably located on
Capitol avenue and some of the most
brilliant receptions in the history of the
exposition have beeii given there.
In the afternoon the New YorK party,
accompanied by representatives of the
exposition, the state and tbe city, took
a special train on the Nashville, Chatta
nooga and St. Louis railway for Belie
Meade farm, 6 miles from Nashville,
where they spent several hours in a
very pleasant manner.
ALGER IS QUICK TO ACT.
Secretary of War Looking Into Alleged
111 Tiettiueot of a So'uier.
Washington, Oct. 12 —Secretary Al
ger has telegraphed General Brooke,
commanding the department of the
Missouri, for a statement of the facta in
the case of Private Hammonk, who 11
said to have been ill treated at Fort
Sheridan. So far no answer has been
received from General Brook* and it is
presumed that he is making a personal
investigation into the matter.
Army officers here say that the regu
lations prescribe with the greatest ex
actness the punishment that, may be
meted out for each and every offense,
and that no officer would be sustained
who exceeded the rule laid down, as is
charged was the case with Private Ham
mond. They add, however, that if tn*
soldier resists arrest, or refuses to per
form the task set for him, he is subject
to compulsion according to the-regula
tions.
The matter has not been brought be
fore the war department officially and
Secretary Alger’s interest In it was
probably aroused by the newspaper
publications.
To Advance Dnrraut*. Case.
Washington, Oct. 12.—Attorney Gen
eral Fitzgerald of California in the
United States supreme coart moved to
advance hearing of the oase of W. H.
T. Durrant, under sentence of death in
California. The oase is before the su
preme .court in the shape of an appeal
from the decision of the United States
circuit court refusing to grant Durrant's
motion for a writ of habeas corpus.
Germku In a French Camp.
Paris, Oct. 12.—The Gil Blass says
a German was arrested at the camp of
Challons and that upon being searched
the authorities found upon him notes
regarding the organization and mobil
ization of the French troops at ths
camp. The prisoner was also said to
have endeavored {p obtain specimen
cartridges aud shells df the latest de
signs.
Chief* of Union* at Pearl a.
Peoria, Ills., Oct. 21.—The chief of
ficials of the railroad brotherhood held
their first meeting iu this city, all be- ’
ing present except Chief Arthur of the
engineers, who has not yet arrived.
Grand Master Sargent of the firemen
was elected chairman and Grand Qniel
Pjweii of the telegraphers was elected
secretary. No'other action was taken.
Reek HUI Hh* Hh<l Fire.
Columbia, S. 0., Oct. 12.—1 n Rx-k
Hill, the livery stables belonging to
Kerr & Heath and several adjoining
buildings were burned. Most of the' 60 i
head of horses were saved, but time |
horses and all vehicles and stock were ,
iestroyed. Loss, about $12,000. ’