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J BRIGHT ANO BREEZY S 2 “All The News.” 2 $ North Geor-ia's Great g * Daily. * X Ohly 50 Cents a Month. £ ESTABLISHED 1887. [ 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 t 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. t t 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. " 7” 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. *• : 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 $ Increase Your Trade. ? a A Klondike Strike £ jj[ By advertising in The Tribune. | Best medium in Norm Georgia* PRICE FIVE CENTS 9,371,532 BALES New York Paper Which Bas 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. ’ e 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.