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f BRIGHT ANO BREEZY S <* "All The News.” 2 I $ North Geor-ia's Great $ >« Daily. * * Only 50 Cents a Month. « ESTABLISHED 1887. FEW DEATHS YESTERDAY - . I Yellow Fever Seems to be Growing Milder. ♦ . 2 AT NEW ORLEANS *J* ' * 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 I None Are of Virulent Type-Only Three New Cases in Mobile—Situation Seems Im* proved AU Around. « 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 -Sidun *| Qoqplpl.a THE ROHE TRIBUNE. ELLISON IS GUILTY Last of Dalton Cai Thieves Convicted. I~‘ • - • 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 I 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. .ii * > 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. . : > « 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. £ Increase Your Trade. $ « A Klondike Strike *! * By advertisin'’ in The * Tribune. w £ Best medium in Norih Georgia* 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. $ 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. ’