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AAA 4k di AAAAAAAA liO pages : Il£ today| ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ESTABLISHED 1887. BERESFORD AT IT AGAIN Wily Schemer Does Up New Englanders. 1' WESTER, MASS ‘ The Latest Scene of the Innamous Rogue’s Rascalities. UNEIRTHED BY A SOUTHERN MAN Recognized Beresford In a Res taurant at Springfield. LEFT A TRAIL OF DEBTS BEHIND In Hopes of Staying the-Hnnd of Fate Tried a Wild Klondike Fake—Failing Pt. tery Skipped to Canada. t ———————— i 'Worcester, Mass, Oct. 18. —Lord Beresford, alias Sidney Lascelles, alias Sir Harry Vane, R. N., alias Lord Courte nay, has again proved his right to be ’ called the prince of swindlors. This time under the name of S’. 8. Lancaster. New England has been the clever rogue’s latest scene of operation, and once more he has disappeared, leaving in his wake a trail of bad debts, but fewer broken hearts than has characterized his previous -escapades. The sceue now shifts to Springfield, Mass., and as they say on the playbills, two months elapse. One day during the latter part of August a young man. ■with a southern accent entered a restaur ant and seated himself at one of the tables. He did not notice the gentle man sitting opposite him until their eyes suddenly met. “Hello! Lascelles,” exclaimed the young southerner. “What are you doing here? 1 thought you were in Alaska.” “Pardon me. I think you have made a inistake,” replied the other coolly. , “Nonsense. I met you down at Fitz gerald, Georgia. Don’t you remember?” Byway of reply a card was presented to the southerner bearing the inscription. “F. S. Lancaster, Nos. 716 and 717 1 ‘ State Mutual Building, Worcester, Mass.” The young man, however, refused to be bluffed, and Lascelles finanally admitted his identity. His acquaintance had no object in exposing him, and only told of the circumstance after Lascelles had shaken the dust of Worcester from his feet. He went to Worcester August Ist., as agent of an insurance firm. His flashy methods and ready wit won the way. He made debts by the wholesale. The insurance business was not .good, and Lancaster realized that some desperate means were necessary to avoid a crash. It was then that he decided upon a grand coup and at tempted to raise money on the pros pectus of an embryonic Klondike mining company. This document was remarkable in its character and read as follows: ■“The Worcester-Yukon Mining, De velopment and Investment Company, capital $250,000, in 50,000 shares, $5 per share, non assessable. The scheme , failed, and at his wits end Beresford skipped. ( From Boston Lancaster was traced to Buffalo, where he and his traveling companion registered as C. H Davis * and wife, of New York, ft is believed that he went from Buffalo into Cana t da, and chat possibly he has gone to England. SUPERIOR COURT. Case of McDonald vs. Dougherty begun Yesterday Morning. The second week of superior court began yesterday morning and the civil docket was taken up. The case of McDonald vs. Dougher ty was the first one begun. It is a peculiar suit growing out of the case of Dougherty v B , McDonald. When Mr. A. B. McDonald was proprietor of the Keeley institue here. Mr. Sandy Dougherty’s brother went there for treatment. While taking the course he died- Mr, Dougherty brought suit against Mr. McDonald, alleging that death was produced by ill treatment and brutal abuses. Now Mr. McDonald brings suit against Mr. Dougherty for slander. The court was occupied with the case all day, and will take it up again this morn ing. THE ROHE TRIBUNE. ’ . I FEVER CLAIMS MANY I Uenlgointry Has Two Cases of Yellow Jack. Thirty Cases and Seven Deaths at New Orleans—Disease Spread ing, in Alabama. New Orlrans, Oct. 18.—There have been thirty new cases of fever and seven deaths today here. At other points the following cases are report ed. Montgomery—Two cases and sever al suspicious ones. This is the first official announcement of the disease here. Kiyuga, Miss.—Two cases and one death. f Edwards, Miss.—Two cases, three deaths. Mobile, Ala.—Six cases, one death. Flomatin, Ala.—Twenty one cases. * Baton Rouge, La.—One case, Nanoc Junction, Ala. —Four cases. Franklin, Ala.—Two cases. Patterson, Ala.—Twenty-one cases. THE CONTEST IN GOTHAM. Ex-P'realdent Harrison on Mayoralty Con test-Van Wjok Silent. New York, Oct. JB.—Kx-President Harrison touched upon a truth regard ing the New York municipal campaign in the course of an interview with Murat Halsted, which is published here. This is that, to some extent, the issue is whether there shad be any issue beyond purely local ones. The question thus presented divides Democrats and Republicans alike—the latter, perhaps, more sharply than the former—as to both national and state issues. The strength of the Low inde pendents, or Citizens’ union people, is principally among Republicans who hold to the proposition that local issues should be paramount in the city cam paign, while the Republican organiza tion insists that the fight be made upon the St. Louis platform of the party, and particularly the financial plank of that document. The Democrats, while practically ig noring national issues, are doing some effective work on the subject of the ex cise law, even elevated and street rail way cars bring placarded with queries as to the justice of a law which levies a tax unon the larger districts, a portion tioii of tne proceeds being bestowed upon the country districts. This ques tion of excise will enter also in the elec tion of the next state assembly, of whom 61 in a total membership 6f” 150 are to be chosen in Greater New York territory. The effect of this on the state issue, in the main, is likely to be felt in the vote of the offices of the city. Justice Van Wyck still adheres to his policy of silence and refers all inter viewers to his forthcoming letter of ac ceptance. SHOT BY HER SWEETHEART. Beautiful Young Lady Killed While I’lstol Practicing—Accident or Murder? Albany, Ga., Oct. 18.—Near Fair cloth, Mitchell county, Miss -Hurst, the beautiful 16-year-old daughter of Planter J. B. Hurst, was shot and killed by her sweetheart, Mack Lewis. Young Lewis culled in his buggy at the Hurst farm, which adjoins that of his father, and took Miss Hurst out fora ride. The couple had driven, according to young Lewis’ statement, some 10 miles, when they stopped the buggy and got out to practice pistol shooting at a target. Several rounds had been fired alter nately, when it being Misp Hurst’s turn to shoot, he handed her the cocked pis tol, and in taking it from his hand, he says the pistol exploded and she fell at his feet and expired instantly. He picked the* unconscious form up and placed it in his buggy, and drove hur riedly to the nearest settlement, which > was 4 miles away. . There are all sorts of rumors about I the killing, some of which are very un- i favorable to young Lewis, who, it ie : •aid, is rather a reckless fellow. It is hinted that the tragedy may not be an accident, and that jealousy or other causes may have influenced Miss Hurst’s sweetheart to kill her, although this opinion is shared by but few, the' majority believing Lewis’ story—that the killing was purely an accident. The shocking tragedy lias created in tense excitement. Both- families are of the best in Mitchell county. • Laetffert to Open a Saloon. Chicago, Oct. 18. Luetgert haa finally decided on his plans if he is ac quitted. Instead of exhibiting himself and the middle vat through the coun try, as he had contemplated, he expects to purchase an interest in.a downtown saloon or open one himself if a promi nent location can be secured, and the vat, the steampipe and the great Dane dogs will be exhibited as a sort of side •how while Luetgert passes out ben over the bar. While getting ready to open a saloon Luetgert will exhibit himself in some local museum if he can find a mahager willing to pay his price. Luetgert is now demanding $5,000 for a month’s exhibition. Slict to Death In Dn»?, London, Oct. 18.—A special dispatch from Dantzio says that Arthur Dix, a young journalist, was shot dead in a duel by a lieutenant of hussars. ROME. GA., TUESDAY. OCTOBER 19. 1897. FAME OF DEADDANA Ad American Journal ists Passes Away HISTORY OF THE SUN - f Newspaper Which He Made i Marvel in Sturdy English. OVER SEVENTY-EIGHT YEARS OLD He Was Taken Sick on Tenth of Last June, NEVER BEEN IN SUN OFFICE SINCE Biographical Sketch cf His Remarkable Life He Revolutionized Journalistic MetL oda in New Yorks Nbw York. Oct. 18. Charles A. Dana, editor of The Sun, died at his home on Long Island from cirrhosis of the liver. His family and physicians were at his bedside when the end came, dnh CHARLES A. DANA'. On June 10 he was taken ill and never afterwards visited New York. George William Curtis used to say that if there had been no such thing as journalism in existence Charles A. Dana would have created the business of gathering news and selling it and com menting upon it in such a manner as to attract attention. Os all the men who have gained fame and fortune by news* paper work, Mr. Curtis believed that Mr. Dana was the best equipped for such enterprise both by native ability and acquired endowments. , Greatest American Journal Ist. Although Mr. James Gordon Bennett will probably maintain so long as jour nalism lasts the fame he won as the founder of a modern American journal ism, and although Horace Greeley will stand pre-eminent as the political jour nalist, and Henry J. Raymond as the politician journalist, it is probable that the traditions of journalism as they shall be told in the future, will point to Mr. Dana as the greatest of American journalists. He was born at Hinsdale, N. H , on Aug. 8, 1819, and when he was 16 years of age he entered Harvard college, im mediately giving evidence that he pos sessed unusual nientul gifts. Bun lie was obliged to give up his college course. Soon after Mr. Dana thought of a mercantile career, and he went to Buf falo, then a thriving village, where with a relative he sold goods over the counter. A short experience was suffi cient to satisfy him that his calling wus not in trade. Anxious to put himself in touch with the world, Mr. Dana went to Europe. He had already learned to read French and to speak it fairly well. Be Spoke Kreuoli Mueolly. Soon after- reaching Paris he spoke French with fluency, and as he was there at the time of the revolution of 1848 his newspaper instincts were fully developed, and his acquaintance with French enabled him fully to understand the exciting scenes of that day. He wrote of them in a series of letters pub lished in the New Yo>k Tribune, and his correspondence is even regarded to this day as a model of that department of journalism. Undoubtedly this work brought Mrs Dana in close relations with The Trib une, for soon after he accepted an offer from Horace Greely to become manag ing editor of that paper. Mr. Dana’s* connection with The Tribune gave hijn an intimate acquaint ance with most of the great men of the Republican party, and when in 1861, owing to a disagreement with Horace Greeley respecting the attitude of The Tribune ,wn the oondnut of the was 1 A SUICIDE’S GKAVE? Promiaent Citizen of Columbtis is Missing. Leaves a Note Behind Him Saying That He Was Killed by Lying. Believed to Have Drowned. Columrub, Ga, Oct. 18.—J. D Thomas, one of the most prominent citizens of this city, is missing and it is suspected that he has committed suicide by drowning himself in the Chattahoochee river. His brother, A. P. Thomas, has offers ed a reward of SIOO for the recovery of his body, but so far all dragging has been without avail. The missing man left a note with a neighbor to be delivered several hours afterwards. Upon opening it. Thomas had written that he would commit suicide by jun ping futo the river. “I have been killed by lying” he wrote. •* Without home, friends, money or hope, I die by my own hands.” BRIDGES' CASE ARGUED. Appeal for a New Trial Heard By Supreme Coart Saturday. The appeal for a new trial in the case of W. M. Bridges, ex-county school commissiocer, and. who has been tried, convicted and sentenced for seven years in the penitentiary, was argued before the supreme court in Atlanta Saturday. The case was the 31st on the docket, and the attorneys for the defense and state have been in the Gate City most of the week getting things in readiness and waiting for it to be called. It was reached Saturday morning, and considerable of the day was consumed in the argument. Judge Joel Branham and Capt- C. Rowell spoke for the defense and So'icitor Mose Wright and Judge George Harris for the state. The prin cipal argument of Bridges’ attorneys ,in asking for a new trial were upon the demurrers to the bill of indictment. It will in all probability be two week? be-' fore the supreme-/.court renders a deci sion upon the case. Both sides feel con fident of victory. MADE BOND SUNDAY. AI P. Woodruff Secures Bondsmen and is Liberated Al P. Woodruff, the young man, who was sentenced to eight -years in the penitentiary on Saturday, made bond Sunday morning. His mother, Mrs. Adeline WoodYuff, Mrs. Charlotte McCaffrey, W. W. Wood ruff and P. H. Vandiver signed the $3,500 bond necessary to secure his liber ation The bond was signed, delivered and approved at 5 o’clock Sunday morning. Woodruff went to his home at Silver Creek. The motion for a new trial will be heard soon. he retired/he Was esteemed as oils of the iitfluen ial younger men of the party. Edwin M. Stanton, the secre tary of war. who knew Mr. Dana well, offered him the post of assistant secre tary of war. and he undertook these labors with extraordinary energy. Much of the time he was with General Grant in the west. He was several times under fire, showing great coolness and courage. Take. Charge of The Bae. After the war Mr. Dana might have accepted several offers to re-enter busi nesslife, but the fascinations of journal ism caused him to decline every propo sition of that sort made to him. A company was organized to publish a Republican newspaper in Chicago, and Mr. Dana was offered the editorship, and a small interest in it was given .to him. At that time, however, Chicago was not the great metropolitan city that it is today, and Mr. Dana found diffi culties of various sorts iii establishing the paper. He sold out his interest, re ceiving therefor some $7,000, and that whs the first time in his life that he found himself possessed of any consid erable sum of money. A friend advised him to invest it in a house in Lew York, which he did, and others of his old time Republican friends, notably Colonel Fred A Conkling, brother of Roscoe ( Conkling, subscribed a sum sufficient to | buy for Mr. Dana the New York Sun, which was to be published as a low priced Renuhiican newspaper. Mr. Dana took clxtrge on Jan. 1, 1868, thejiapH. then having al out 40,000 circu lation, an . ii s onspicuops career began with that issue of the paper. He called about him a competent staff, and in Isas than two years had in many re spects revolutionized journalistic meth ods. Those who knew Mr. Dana well have always telt that the single limitation of i his character was that be could not i always control his prejudices. ' He was as stanch and true as steel to his friends, even though others accused some nf - them of abu-ing the friendship, and ne was also persistent, vehement and, his enemies used to say, malicious in his autagonism. i CLOSE OF THE CASE Final Argument in the Luetgert Trial Made THIS IS NINTH WEEK Thousands of Persons in the Crush to Get into Court House STATE ATTORNEY DINEEN SPEAKS He , Defends Several of the Prosecution’s Witnesses. MURDERER SEEMED IN HAPPY MIND Clear and Cutting* Argument of the Eloquent Young Attorney—He Charges the Resorting to Ridicule • Chicago, Oct. 18.—The ninth week of the famous Luetgert tri d opened with the greatest crush yet seen at the criminal court buildjng. It was known that this would be the closing day of the great trial -and that State’s Attor ney Dineen, would make a speech. Thousands of • persons formed in line before the criminal court building as early as 7 o’clock in the morning. Luetgert came into court smiling and apparently in a pleasant frame of mind. He shook hands with a number of his friends and took his accustomed seat. State’s Attorney Dineen promptly be gan his closing, argument. He opened with a defense of several of the leading witnesses for the prosecution. “After four or five days of oratory on the part of Judge Vincent and Attorney Phalen, what have we to answer?” asked State’s Attorney Dineen in quick, emphatic style. ‘‘Simply ridicule. I shall not waste time answering the assertions of orators who assail the reputations of men of learning who are recognized authorities upon the subjects upon which they were called to testify. Statu’.* Witnesses Defended. “Professor George B. Dorsey, a Har vard professor, who has charge of a de partment of the Field Columbian mu seum, is referred to contemptuously as a bird stuffer. And that is all they say in reply to the evidence of one of the most expert osteologists in the country. Professor Bailey, a graduate of Cam bridge and a man of brilliant attain ments, is dubbed a mechanic; Mrs. Christine Feld, who told how Luetgert had borrowed money from her and who identified the rings, is designated as the woman with the alabaster neck; Pro fessor Howse is sneeringly referred to , as a janitor. This is the mode of argu- I ment adopted by the defense. Ridicule is usually the weapon of those who have not fact to support their conten tion. Professor Dorsey did not come , into this case voluntarily. He was sum- | moned by the people of the state of i Illinois. And he was one of the best witnesses among the experts. Professor ■ Delafontaiue is called an owl by the de- ! sense. This mode of attack upon the | witnesses for the prosecution partook of billingsgate in which I shall not in dulge.” < ‘ Tue state’s attorney then proceeded with his argument, promising that it won d be brief. • The state’s attorney saidt “There are three matters of vital im portance which are deserving of discus sion’ in this great trial. . First, the theory of soap. Second, the evidence of the Schrimpke sisters. Third, the mysterious woman at • Kenosha. I will take these points as my text, and may also discuss some collateral matters. The theory that Luetgert desired to scrub his factory in order to sell it to a syndicate has been exploded. If it were true, why should he aesife co make soap at night. “It.has been shown that the sausage factory had not been in operation for several mouths. Luetgert was not busy during the daytime. Why should he make soap at night? It was s town that the middle vat in the < basement Was scrubbed the day before.’’ Kx-Ju<lge Viuoeut Interrupts. "Hold on, Mr. Dineen,' that state ment is incorrect,” interrupted ex-Judge Vincent. "The scrubbing did not occur the day before Mrs Luetgert disap peared, but several days before.” • Well, we will not discuss that point further —there are other things to con sider of more importance. But I want to say a word right here with reference to the police report. The defense has heaped abuse upon Inspector Schaack ana the policemen who have for mouths been connected with this case. They have been called perjurers. Gentlemen, there are 6,000 cases and more tried tn this coqrt each yeip-, and the jtoliqe qr» r## AA A A A Al* ♦ < a ♦ JHE BEST ADVERTISING I ♦ MEDIUM IN ♦ ♦ NORTH GEORGIA* PRICE FIVE CEMTS CUBANSTOCONGRESS Prominent Meo Preparing An nexation Papers. People of Havana, Matanzas and Other Cities Will Send Com mittee to Washington. Matanzas, Cuba, via Key West, Oct. 18.—The business element here, in Ha vana and elsewhere seem to have ar rived at the conclusion that the Madrid government cannot end the war on the basis of autonomy to Cuba, as there are not enough loyalists among the autono mists to hold public office. At least that is the claim the conservative Span iards make. In addition the latter ex-/ press the belief that the autonomists, even if they were placed in power, would not be able to preserve peace and firotect life and property from the law ess elements. In view of this condition of affairs, a number of important merchants and su gar planters of Spanish origin, in con junction with several Cubans of promi nence, have been holding secret meet ings and correspondidg with people in various parts of the island with the ob ject of ascertaining the views of com mercial and planting communities in Pinar del Rio, Havana, Matanzas and Santa Clara provinces as to the future ■ for Cuba {most likely to further their interests and those of the island in gen eral It is expected that, the majority of the replies will be favorable to annexa tion of Cuba to the United States, as the Washington government alone, appa rently. is able to guarantee peace in Cuba and the protection of life and property. Caban Committee Coming. As soon as it is ascertained that this element Os persons appealed to are in favor of annexation, a committee will be sent to the United States, with in structions to lay the case of Cuba clearly before the business men of prominence in the United Scutes, and ask the latter to unite with the business men of Ouba in application to the Washington gov ernment, asking the United States, in view of the failure of the Conservatives ■to suppress the insurrection by force of arms, and pointing out the impossi bility of the Liberals ending the war by establishing an autonomous form of government, to bring about the annexa tion of Cuba to the United States. I . The plan of Senor Sagasta, the new Spanish premier, to give autonomy to Ouba, is far from eatisf action and has greatly increased the feeling of ‘ discontent. The Autonomist party, it is pointed out, exists only in name, the actual majority of the autonomists be ing in the insurgent ranks, and, with # the exception possibly of Senor Montoro and a few other prominent autono mists, the masses of the party are in sympathy with the insurgents. Conse quently it will be seen the Spanish gov ernment, which has consulted Senor Montoro on the subject, is finding great difficulty in obtaining even the sugges tion of* the names of autonomists to fill offices under an autonomist form of government. Anxious For Annexation. It would be imprudent, it is added, to give such offices to the party known as the Reformists, as the more influential Spaniards hate them, and the adoption of such a ppiicy would mean rioting and even worse. Besides, the masses of the resident Spanish are strongly anti-Au tonomists. and there is little or no pros pect of making them change their minds. Recognizing the difficulty of the task before Senor Sagasta, it is not astonish ing that the business community in Cuba is exchanging views on this sub ject of annexation to the United States, and especially as a general uprising ot the Spanish elements is feared if the Spanish government persist in pushing its autonomist ptilicy, business men be lieving that autonomy is only the first step towards independence in Ouba, and the feeling of the commercial classes being that annexation to the United States and the consequent safeguards to life and property is far preferable to the establishment of a new republic in Cuba. tne prosecuting witnesses in aurrr taeiu. Were they perjurers all the time? Ri diculous. "Diedrich Bicknese has also been abused. He is the original man in this prosecution. It was his sister who was killed.. Filial duty inspired him to avenge her death. He has rested neither day nor night to bring the slayer of his Bister to justice. He is deserving ot praise and not cruel and dishonest crit iesm.” State’s Attorney Dineen next devoted • his attention to the bones found in the vat. The members of the jury paid the closest attention to the eloquent speech of the young state’s attorney and the vast crowd that packed the courtroom listened with breathless attention. Out" side in the corridors could occasionally be heard the loud arguments of people who held passes, but who were refused admission by the bailiffs because the courtroom was packed to suffocation. A Hi-Ulmli £telMiiAhi|> Afire. Charleston. Ojc. 13 -—Fire was dis covered in the forward compartment of the British steamship Rotnfield. lying at Adger’s wharf loading cotton for Liverpool. The compartment, which held 1.500 bales of upiaud cotton, was flooded and the .fire extinguished. The damage by fire and water not yet esti mated. The Rothfield was nearly ready ta saiL