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[ FEVER IN
1 NEW PLACES
i Flomatin Junction. Ala.,
j Stricken.
EIGHT CASES
wt Hew Cases and One Death at
R Yager. Ala,
K&flßm SPATE IS ALARMED
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gYellow Jack Seems to be
F. Spreading There.
•('MONTGOMERY DON’T LIKE RUMORS
W Say They Have no Yellow Fever There . Thirty
Four New Cases and Three Deaths in
New Orleans.
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New Orleans, Oct. 14.—Thirty-four
new oases of yellow fever and three
death have been reported today. Two
who died were Allen Dile and Henry
Haas.
The situation is considered to be im
proving here and the general public is
beginning to believe that with thtf ap
pearance of cold weather the fever will
be quickly stamped out and the avenues
of trade reopened.
An error was made by the board of
health in reporting the death of Edward
O. Ray us a boy of 16 Mr. Ray is 42
and is manager of the big drug firm of
.li. N. Brunswig. He was taken sick
after several cases in his house had re
• Covered.
The uptown people have been com
plaining because the Touro infirmary
has been treating patients.- The Topro
hospital is in the center of a thickly
populated community, and there has
been fear that infection would spread
from it.
Dr. Loeber. head of the institution,
. and Rabbi Lencht, say that the infir
mary is working for humanity and that
it will continue to treat patients.
„ FEVER IS OF MILD FORM.
State Health Officer Swearingen DiscussM
the lexM Sitnation.
Houston, Oct. 14. —Dr. R. M. Swear
ingen, state health officer, was seen by
* an Associated Press representative be
fore he left for San Antonio. Dr.
Swearingen was requested to make a
Statement for publication regarding the
general situation. He reported that he
did not think he could add anything to
what had already been said on the sub
ject of yellow fever.
‘•When I brought Dr. Guiteras here,”
said he, "I apprehended that he would
find the same conditions here as he
found in Galveston and there is nc
-doubt in my mind that yellow fever
prevails in both Galveston and Houston.
‘•lt is, however, of a remarkably mild
form and instead of being a calamity, 1
believe it is going to be a blessing. If
the disease is scamped out and it is
found that there have been very few
fatalities, as I believe will be done, it is
going to result in a blessing to the com-
Annuity and the name ‘yellow fever’
will have lost its potency and its hor
ror.’’
AT NEW POINT,
* Fl. matin J auction, Alabama, Reports Eight
Caaas of Yellow Jack,
Flomatin Junction, Ala., Oct. 14.
Eight cases of yellow fever have develop
■> ed here. It has been feared all along
that this city would be afflicted as it is
near the infected districts. None of the
cases appear to be of a serious nature.
l*iwe New Cmmwa Kiiwerde.
Edwards, Miss , Oct. 14.—Five new
•oases of yellow fever are reported, all
negroes, as follows: Mack Shear! u, Cal
vin Anderson, Rachel Graham. Pinck
ney Johnson. J. Scott. All cases previ
ously reported seriously sick are doing
t well, but two others are very serious
now, Mrs. T. N. Askew and D. T. No
blin. The latter is a case of long stand
ing and great stubbornness, and much
anxiety is manifested in behalf of these
two patients,.. _ _
Five Ca.sr, One Death at Mobile
Mobile, Oct. 14,—Five new cases of
yellow fever and one ' death have oo
• curred here today. »
’ Growing Worse at Wager.
Wager, Ala., Oct. 14. —Ten new
•cases of yellow jack have developed here
, today, and one death occurred. The
fever is spreading here rapidly.
THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
KILLED IN THE DARK
Frank Bank Shot Down by As
sassin.
Selma’s Latest Tragedy—lt is Be
lieved To Be the Outcome Os a
Bitter Vendetta,
Selma, Oct. 14.—Frank Banks, a
well known young farmer near here, was
shot down in the dark last night and
instantly killed. There is no clue to
the murderer.
Banks was a cousin of Charles Nel
son who killed Eldridge sometime
ago. Eldridge killed a |man named
Coleman, It is generally believed
that these killings are all the results
of a bitter vendetta that exists among
some families here. More trouble *is
looked for.
DEATH OF MR- CONNALLY.
Th# Proprietor of The Rome Tannery Died
Thursday at Everett, Pa.
Mr. B. A. Connally, proprietor of
the Rome Tannery, died at his sum
mer home in Everett, Pa., yesterday
afternoon at 3:3Q o’clock.
Mr. Connally had been ill for a
week or ten days, and was attended
by his wife and other relatives during
his last sickness. This information
was received here last evening by Mr.
E. L. Ledbetter, superintendent of
the tannery. It is not known where
he will be buried.
From His Home In Tennessee
Jellico, Tenn., Oct 14,—8. A. Con
nally, proprietor of the Jellico and
Rome Tanneries, died at his summer
home at Everett, Pa., this afternoon
at half past three o’clock. He will
be badly missed here as he has done
more for Jellico- than any other of
her citizens.
A SPECIAL ENGINE.
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Convict in Floyd Chaingang Wanted as a
Witness in Dalton.
Sheriff J. H. McConnell received a
telegram requesting that he bring Jim
Stewart, who is working out a sentence
in the Floyd county chaingang, to . Dal
ton at once. He was wanted as a
witness in one of the car robbery cases.
Bailiff Bryan was sent out to the
chaingang about seven miles from the
city with an order’for Stewart. Here
turned at 4:30 and Mr. McConnell took
his man to East Rome, where a special
engine was in readiness to carry them to
Dalton. It is not known what Stewart
knows about the case, but he is evident
ly an important witness.
Montgomery is Free of Fever.
. Montgomery, Oct. 14.—The board of
health issued a notice today denying the
reports circulated relative to yellow fever
in this city. There is no fever here now
and has not been. Montgomery is in a
very h<a*thy condition now. The board
promises to notify the world as soon as
a case develops here.
Appointed by the President.
Washington, Oct. 14.—The president
has made the following appointments:
Michael Nathan, New York, assistant
appraiser of merchandise in the district
of New York; Edward -T. Wheelock ot
Wisconsin, register of the land office at
Wausau, Wis.; Henry G. McOrossen of
Wisconsin, receiver of public moneys at
Wausau, Wis.; T. Jay Buford of Ore
gon, agent for the Indians at Siletz
Agency. Or.
McCreary After Lin di ay’s Seat.
Frankfort. Ky., Oct. 14.—Ex-Con
gressman McCreary of Richmond, who
served on the international monetary
conference by appointment of Preaident
Cleveland, but who has since developed
into a free silver leader, will, it is said,
be a candidate to succeed Senator Lind
aay. Ex Senator Blackburn is alio a
candidate.
M dlddle«r»f‘>th«> Holders*’ Win.
Des Moines, Oct. 14.—Judge Spur
rier, in the Polk district court, has de
cided the election ballot contest in favoi
of the “middle-of-the-road” Populists,
and their name will go on the ballot
The secretary of state has certified the
ballot to the county auditors, with the
People's party ticket included.
Fall* H«|r to a Fortune.
Seattle, Wash., Oct 14.—8 y the
death of his father in Scotland, George
Burns, until recently a fireman ou the
revenue cutter Grant, receiving a salary
of S2B per •month, became one of the
four heirs to an estate valued at $1,000,-
000. He will return home and secure
his portion of the estate. .
Snakn'e Kite Prove* Fatal.
Jacksonville, Fla., Oct 14.—Mr.
Lod Hull of Jupiter, formerly of Kis
simmee, was bitten by a moccasin in
the Everglades. He had little or no
treatment, being remote from medical
aid, and sank and died a horrible death
within 43 hours.
. ROME. GA., FRIDAY. OCTOBER 15, 1897.
SPANIARDS
ARE SLAIN
Ambush of a Skirmish
ing Guerrilla Column
CUBAN INSURGENTS
I Number of Spanish Soldiers Killed
and Wounded, ,
WEYLER’S RULE ENDS TflIS WEEK
Becomes Gracious and Grants
Amnesty to 46 Prisoners.
MILITARY EDICT ABOUT CISNEROS
It Calls Up in Evangelina to Present Herself
Fdr a Term of Fifteen Days in Jail,
Cabin Naw3. ’
New York, Oct. 14.—A dispatch' to
the Herald from Havana says; Cap
tain General Weyler’s rule in Cuba will
end with the present week. General
Castellanos will act as captain general
until General Blanco’s arrival in Ha
vana from Spain on next Saturday,
when he will immediately take the oath
of office. •
General Weyler, although expressing
regret that he has been recalled before
he had succeeded in crushing the re
bellion, takes the matter philosophically,
and is making preparations to sail on
Oct. aO.
In the meantime the rebels show no
signs of willingness to negotiate for
peace on the basis of autonomy. On
the contrary, they are preparing to take
the aggressive. The large' force that
started westward last week, it is re
ported, includes an effective company
of artillery. The intention is evidently
to join General Ciistilhi and make a
demonstration in Havana province.
In Pinar del Rio the rebels have been
active during the past few days. They
again attacked and raided the town of
Cangre, killing several Spanish soldiers.
They also ambushed a column of skir
mishing guerrillas near Mangas, killing
more than 20.
The rebel brigadier Llorento attacked
the old trocha of San Antonio and blew
up one of the forts, badly wounding 26
soldiers. The rebels then passed through
the trocha, driving a herd of cuttle.
GEN. WEYLER IS GRACIOUS.
Retiring Captain Grant. Amnesty to Pris
oners—Filibusters Land.
Havana, Oct.. 14. —General Weyler,
the retiring captain general, has granted
amnesty to 46 more political prisoners,
including several women, who have
been incarcerated on the Isle of Pines.
It is reported in official circles that a
filibustering expedition, Including Jose
Loreto Ceperi, an American citizen, and
14 others, has been landed at the en
trance of the river Arimao, province of
Santa Olara, and has succeeded in join
ing the insurgent forces commanded by
Regi
The Official Gazette publishes an edict
signed by the military judge calling
upon Evangelina. CosAio y Cisneros to
present herself for a term of 15 days in
jail, and ordering all civil and military
authorities to endeavor to apprehend
her, and if captured to send her to Ha
vana jail. z
CABINET CRISIS IS COMING.
Spilt In th. British Ministry Over Open
ing of Mint* to Silver.
New York, Oct. 14. —A dispatch to
The Herald from Paris says: The Her
ald is informed ffom a trustworthy
source that the answer which the In
dian government has forwarded to the
British cabinet declining to reopen its
mints until an agreement with France
and the United States' is’ causing con
siderable difficulty in English circles.
A majority of the cabinet is disin
clined to override the opinion of its
Indian advisors on a question which
principally affects India, but several
members ot the cabinet feel that the
government is too near committed to
the policy of an international settle
ment of the currency question to with
draw.
At the present moment it is impossi
ble to foretell the outcome of the differ
ences of opinion, but the resignation of
at least two influential cabinet minis
ters is not improbable.
Pu.tma.ter at Thoma.vllls.
Washington, Oct. 14.—The president
has appointed A. D. D. Rike postmaster
i kt Thomasville, Ga.
EATON . BEAT BALD
Big Bicjle Race io Atlanta Last
Night.
The Result Was a General Sur
prise—Lots of Money in
Contest,
Atlanta, Oct. 14—The result of
the big bicycle race here tonight be
tween Eddie Bald and Jay Eaton,
Was a surprise to everybody.
Eaton beat Bald handily,and nobody
seemed as much surprised as Eaton
himself. The race was run in three
heats,, mile, two mile and mile. Eaton
won the first in 2:03. Bald won the
second in 4:18 aqd Eaton the third
in 2:06. . .
The sports all'baoked Bald and big
odds were given. The betting was
lively, and some of Bald’s heaviest
backers looked dazed. Bald offered
to bet SI,OOO tonight just before the
race that he would win, but found no
takers.
JUDGE TURNER’S REPORT.
Th« Principal Keeper of the Penitentiary
Gives Bome Facts and Figures.
Atlanta, Oct. 14.—Principal Keeper
of the Penitentiary Turner has com
pleted his annual report. It differs
from the usual run of documents of the
sort in that it has been prepared with
the special view to supplying the mem
bers of the legislature with full emer
gency information on the convict ques
tion.
These members will have to devise
and adopt some plan for the disposition
of the state’s convicts at the expiration
ofthfc present lease, and inasmuch as
the l?ase expires on April 1, 1895, it is
plafirthat the present legislature will
liayw to make final settlement of the
vexed problem.
In his report Judge Turner gives facts
and figures which will be of tremend
ous value in shaping the course of What
ever convict legislation may be finally
•nacted into law. ,
The number of convicts now in the
penitentiary_is 2.235. At the same time
last year the number was 2,857. Since
then there have been 506 new commit
ments, one transfer from the asylum
•for?the insane aud 17 recaptures. Dur
ing the same time there have been 454
discharges, 61 pardons,*s6 deaths, 70
escapes, three returns for new trial aud
two transfers to the asylum for the in
sane.
EIGHT PRI'S'ONERS ESCAPE.
Jail Delivery at Brunswick—Posse Is Now
In Hot I’ursuit.
Brunswick, Ga;, O;t. 14.—Eight des
perate prisoners escaped from Glynn
county jail at midnight. Within 30
minutes their escape was detected.-
Bloodhounds and officers are now on
the trail. /
* How they got the lock off their cage
is a mystery. After getting out of the
cage they removed bricks from the outer
wall, making an opening large enough
to escape.
A posse is still ou their trail with
bloodhounds. None of them have yet
been captured.
A Hl< Reductionln'Rates.
Chicago, Oct.' 14.—The Milwaukee
and St. Paul railroad has made a sensa
tional out in secondclass passenger fares
from St. Paul to New York via Chicago,
in connection with eastbound steamship
business. It took $10.50 off the rate.
The action was taken to meet Soo line
competition. The Milwaukee and St.
Paul will meet whatever rates the Soo
line may make. The cut will undoubt
edly be met by the other Chicago-St.
Paul roads.
A Victory For Arbitrstlon.
Pittsburg, Oct. 14.—The 300 miners
of the fiver district, who have been idle
for two weeks owing to a dispute over
the differential, resumed work pending
a settlement of the trouble by arbitra
tion. The resumption was made with
the understanding that a decision is to
be reached within ten days so that the
first pay received by the miners can be
baaed on the rate decided upon by the
arbitrators.
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Schooner Naomi Is Lost,
Wilmington, N. 0., Oct 14.—The
small schooner Naomi, Petersoh, mas
ter, from Wilmington to Beaufort, with
80 barrels of kerosene, stranded at
Wrightsville inlet. The crew was
saved; the vessel and part ot the cargo
lost. ,
Shot Her Lorer and Saif.
Chicago, Oct. 14.—John Peters was
shot by Sophia Kionger and died soon
after he had been removed to the hos
pital. The girl, after the shooting,
committed suicide. The tragedy re
sulted from a lover’s quarrel. .
Tralß'lVreoU Fatal to Three.
Ottawa, Oct. 14.—The Toronto ex
press on the Canadian Pacific railway
collided with a freight at Stittsville.
An engineer, one mail clerk and two
tramps were killed, >and many were
injured.
Rate of Dlsonunt Raised.
London, Oot. 14 —The Bank es Eng
land has raised its rate of discount from
% to 8 per cent.
LEDTGERT
SHEDTEARS
Millionaire Sausage
Maker Breaks Dowd.
HE IS WORN OUT
Utile Sons of the Wife Murderer Nut
Allowed to Remain.
INFLUENCE JURORS’ SYMPATHY
It He Is Convicted He Will To
tally Collapse,
FEARS DENEEN’S CLOSING SPEECH
State's Attorney is a Rapid Forceful and
Eloquent Speaker and His Style Elec
trifies and Impresses a Jury.
Chicago. Oct. 14.—The little sons ol
Adolph Luetgert, who were removed
from the side of their father by order of
Judge Tuthill, were not in court when
Attorney Phalen resumed his address t«
the jury. The absence of the children
was taken by the prosecution as con
firmation of the assertion of the prose
cution that the little boys were brought
into court after an absence of several
weeks simply to play upon the sympa
thies of the jurors. When this scheme
was balked by the order of the court
there was no longer necessity for the
presence of the children and they were
kept at home.
Luetgert shed tears in parting from
his children. It was the first genuine
display of emotion the sausage maker
has displayed since his arrest. The
alleged wife murderer brushed the tears
from his cheeks with his big hands and
kissed his fairhaired boys goodby.
Whatever may be the man’s disposition
toward others, there can be little doubt
about his affection for the children oi
the woman he is said to have murdered.
The expression upon the face of Luet
gert indicated more than words could
express that he spent a restless night.
“He is breaking down,” was the com
ment of those who know the man welt
The strain is at last wearing out the
overtaxed nerves of the prisoner, and ii
will not be surprising if total collapse
follows in case of conviction.
Dark rings encircled the swollen eyes
of the prisoner aud his manner was sub
dued in comparison with the spirit he
displayed some weeks ago.
The argument of counsel, which bring
up in view all the details of famous
trial, affect Luetgert more tbau did ths
varied testimony of the witnesses. All
the events of May 1 and the develop
ments since that time ate marshaled
into line and paraded before the jury,
recalling to Luetgert’s mind the vast
amount of evidence which is welded
into the circumstantial chain.
Most of all, Luetgert, it is said, fears
the closing speech of State’s Attorney
Deneen. The state’s attorney is a rapid,
forceful and eloquent speaker. He is
resourceful and his style of the ordei
that electrifies and impresses the jury.
SEC. SHERMAN IS SCORED.
St. James Gazette Takes Occasion to Roast
the Buckeye Statesman.
London, Oct. 14. The afternoon
newspapers take the same views of Sec
retary Sherman’s latest dispatch to the
Marquis of Salisbury on the sealing
conference question as expressed by the
morning papers. The St. James Ga
aette says: .
“It will be a relief if this transatlan
tic polonius is restricted in tne future to
playing the fool in his own home and
the foreign affairs of his country are
transferred into more capable hands.
But we need not count upon this too
confidently. We, ourselves, allowed an
elderly statesman to play tricks in the
national name with national interests
for many a long year. ’ ’
The St. James Gazette taunts Mr.
Herbert Gladstone with “copying Sec
retary Sherman’s manner” in a speech
in which Mr. Gladstone declared that
the Venezuelan question would not have
been peacefully settled if there had been
bo United States concerned, adding th t
in the latter case “our ironclads wouid
have been lent there and our treops
would have made short work of the
Venezuelan question. But the United
States appe. red ou the scene and the
virtues of arbitration became obviously
apparent.”
Bride, OOi’Grouin, oo
Rochester, Oct. 14— Benjamin F.
Hunt, a former resident of Rochester,
now in his eighty-eighth year, is about
to wed Mrs Julia A. Sherman ot
Water town, whose-age is given M Q 0
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9,371,532 BALES
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Been a Close Cuesser.
Estimate Which If True Should
Make Cotton Go Higher. Re
markable Estimates in Past
New York, Oct. i a—The Daily Dry
Goods Record says;
“Working on those lines by which
each close estimates to the actual cotton
crops of the last two years were ob
tained, the figures just now obtained
indicate a crop for 1897-98, which va
ries from 8,953,788 bales to 9,871,582
bales of 500 pounds each. i
"For the last crop, or 1896-97, oar ee*
timate was 8,722,901 bales, against b,-
114.011 bales as the actual returns, ■
Vhile the estimate for the previous
year, or 1895-96, was 7,142, JOO bales
compared with 7,162,473 bales.
“The closeness of these estimates to
the actual returns has stamped them
with the imprint of correctness, and ’ r
the current crop year our estimate is 1
submitted with a degree of confidence
that, barring unexpected happenings,
the yield for 1897-98 will not exceed tne
maximum figures of 9,371,582 bales of
500 pounds each.”
MANY PAPERS ARE READ.
The American Humane Society Is Still In
Solon at Na.l,vllle.
Nashville, Oct. 14.—The American
Humane society met in Watkins hall
with a larger attendance than at the
opening session. The proceedings were
opened with the reading of a paper M
the “Withcraft of Today,” prepared by
Miss Georgiana Kendall of New York
city. This paper treated of hydrophobia
and cruelty to dogs.
Rev. Jenkin Kloyd Jones of Chicago
delivered an address on “The law of
sacrifice versus the law of cruelty.”
The question of vivisection was brought
up by Dr. Jones’ addresss, and was
briefly discussed. Secretary Rowlev
read a paper prepared by Mrs. Sarah K.
Balton of Cleveland, O. The subject of
the paper was “Homes for dogs.”
A discussion on the “Interesting of
Children Through Already Existing
Church Societies” closed the program
of the morning. At the afternoon ses
sion addresses were delivered by E. E.
Barthell, Bishop O.» P. Fitzgerald and
Dr. T. A Atchison of Nashville, W. H.
Dalrymple of Baton Rouge, La., aud
Rev. Dr. Lord of St. Paul, Minn.
THE DISCIPLES OF CHRIST.
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National Conventions of the Christian
<-Lurch ei« Begins at Indfkaapol Is.
Indianapolis, Oct. 14.—The national
conventions of the Christian churches
(Disciples of Christ) began here and
will continue until Oct. 22. There are
a series of these conventions, begiqfiing
first with the Christian Woman’s board
of missions, Oct. 14 16. followed by the
Foreign Christian Missionary society,
Oct. 18-19, aud the American Christian
Missionary society, Oot 19-22.
The local committees on arrange
ments have already received applica
tion for accommodation for about 2,000
delegates and the committees expect the
largest nutobsr of delegates that ever
met in the church’s interest.
The meetings this week are being
held at the Central Christian church,
and after Sunday Tomlinson .hall Will
be used. Among the important sub
jects to be discussed by the delegates is
that of consolidation of the missionary
interests of the church. Legal obstacles
have heretofore prevented this actiofi.
Mason* Hud Kuifhcs at Nashville.
Nashville, Oot. 14.—This was Ma
sonic and Knights Templar day at the
Tennessee Centennial exposition, and
there was a very large attendance of
members aud their friends. The exer
cises of the day were held in the Audi
torium, where 4,000 people assembled.
Sir Knight W. J. Ely, grand com
mander of the Knights Templar of Ten
nasseee, was master of ceremonies. The
address of welcome was delivered by
Sir Knight Morton S. Howell. The re
sponse was made by A. N. Sloan, grand
master. Remarks-were made by other
prominent Masons and a very enter
taining program was rendered by the
children of the Masonic Widows' aud
Orphans’ Home.
Two More Tears For Taggart.
Indianapolis, Oct. 14. —At noon,
Thomas Taggart, mayor, concluded his
first term, aud was immediately resworn
for another two years. Every appointee
of the old administration, including
City Comptroller Johnson and President
of the Board of Public Works Downing,
resigned to the mayor, and every sub
ordinate of the various departments re
signed. The mayor announced that he
would make no appointments just now.
but it is thought that he will reappoint
all the heads that resigned.
marinh n -car..
Decatur. Ala.. Oct. 14 —An hegira
in the Louisville and Nashville shops
was narrowly averted by prompt action
on the part ot Master Mechanic Beckert.
William Saddler foolishly started a re
port that a case of smallpox had been
takjn out of the coach shop. Beckert
promptly ferreted out the originator of
the report and suspended him. The re
port -was baseless.
Killed by mi* i£*«ghi«.
Charlotte, N. 0., Oot. 14.—0. M.
Coffin, a street oar conductor, was killed
by a switch engine here.