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ESTABLISHED 1887.
SLANDER
DENIED
Associated Press Sends
Ont a Correction.
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THAT FALSE REPORT
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About :he Lynching of Two Negroes
Near Snmm rville.
THE TRIBUNE’S COURSE APPROVED
Sensational Correspondents
Must S op Libelling Rome.
MAYOR KING EXPRESSES HIMSELF
He p ayg the Tribane Did NJt Mike it Strong
Enough on the Sensational Cor
reepondent.
>
The Associated Press denied the lynch
ing story in yesterday morning’s papers
as requested by Mayor King.
The following is the denial as pub'
lished: ,
WERE NOT LYNCHED.
NEGROES TAKEN FROM OFFICERS NEAR
ROME WERE RELEASED.
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Chicago, Oct. 10.— MayorS 8. King,
of Rome, Ga., wires the Associated Press
tonight that the report handled last night
that two negroes were lynched for arson
near Summerville, Ga,, was an error. The
negroes were taken from the officers last
I Friday night and an attempt made to
| extort a confession from them, but they
were later released.
B II Was Approved.
■ The Tribuns’s action in the matter was
■ heartily approved by all classes of
K citizens yesterday.
■ • You did not make it strong enough
■ against the sensational correspondent,’>
| said Mayor King yesterday. “We must
h stop the work of those who would injure
g our city by spreading false reports.”
B The newspapers continue to come in
I with headlines from which a hasty reader
I would suppose the lynchings had occur'
g red in Rome.
B The only trouble is that not al I the
H newspapers which printed the story of
H the lynching will print the denial.
The Tribune hopes the sensational cor-
M respondent will not be heard from again
■ GIN BURNED.
■ Capt, George Gould Looses His Giu and Con-
■ tents by Fire Monday
Early, Ga., Oct. 20,-y-The big gin
I house oi Capt. George Gould in Fos
ter’s Bend was totally destroyed by
| fire Monday night,
I There were thirteen bales of cotton
in the building, which were burned.
The fire is supposed to have caught
, from a match. There was no insur
ance. ~
t- , SUPERIOR COURT
McDona’d vs. Dougherty Case Conies up To
day—Cases Disposed of Yesterd y.
Business dragged along in city
court yesterday in a dull and uninter
esting manner. The following oases
were disposed of in superior court yes
terday.
Dr. James Ivey, vs. A. B. Hedden,
suit for professional services. Verdict
of SBO for the plaintiff with sll inter
est.
M. F. Johnson vs. Lace Jones, suit
dismissed for lack of prosecution.
D. W. Barnett vs. Champ, Riley
and Frank Whitehead. Suit dis
missed.
Watters & Garland, vs. Rome Street
Railroad company. Suit dismissed.
The case o's McDonald vs. Dougher
ty which was to begun Monday, was
postponed until this morning on ac
count of the illness of Hon. Seaborn
Wright, one of the attorneys interest
ed in the ease.
THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
PEEPLES ACQUITTED
Capt. T. J. Peeples Cleared o[
Second Charge.
Dalton Grocery Company Placed
in Hands of Reeeivei— Col.
Wat Harris Fined.
Dalton, Oct. 20 —Capt. Tom Pee
ples was acquitted on the second
charge today. Last week he was con
victed of receiving a roll of carpet
from Bohannon. The charge of which
he was acquitted today was of receiv
ing tobacco. The jury was out three
hours.
The Dalton Grocery company,
which was operated by the missing
Peeples brothers, was placed in the
hands of a receiver today.
Col. Wat. Harris, of Cartersville,
was fined $5 by Judge Fite. Col.
Harris remarked that it seemed that
Capt. Peeples had been singled out
for prosecution. Judge Fite told him
that if he persisted in such remarks
he would be fined. Col. Harris per
sisted and it cost him a V.
The case of Mack Cannon was called,
but counsel for the defense asktd for a
continuation on account of the illness of
Silas Clements, his principal witness. It
was postponed.
KING SPARKS MARRIED.
A Former Rome Boy Weds a Pretty Girl of
Salma A Runaway Match.
The Tribune received the following di*-,
patch from Selma last night.
Selma, Oct. 20.—1 n Marion, thirty
miles from Selma, in the parlor of the
King House, Miss Lillian O’Neill Scott,
of this city and Mr. King Sparks for
merly of Rome were married last night.
The marriage came as quite a surprise,
the young people not being missed from
their respective homes until a telegram
was received announcing their marriage.
Mr. and Mrs. Sparks will return to Selma
tomorrow and will for the present reside
at the home of the bride’s father Maj. D,
M. Scott.--Selma Journal.
This news will prove quite a surprise
to the Rome friends of young Sparks.
But all will unite in extending he and
his bonny bride hearty congratulations.
MANY REFUGEES.
Two Train Loads Pass Through Rome From
Montgomery. Bound For Pointe North ,
Two train loads of Montgomery refu
gees passed through Rome yesterday en
route for Nnshvil e, Washington and
other points north.
The train from Selma brought up a
1 rge crowd. Selma has very rigid quar
a itine regulations against the Alabama
cipital. Over one hundred Montgomery
people were compelled to leave Selma a
few days ago.
It is said that several people from
Montgomery stopped over here.
No More, *p i.>li.(iue iL, Now.
Washington. Oct. 20. —The president
has determined not to consider any new
appointments until congress meets,
owing to the many requests that have
come from senators ami representatives
that consideration be held up until th
can see the president. There is nisi a
great pressure of otner business, whi n
is occupying the president’s rime. Air.
McKinley has begun to collect material
for his annual message, and ulthougii
he is yet far from beginning his work
upon the message, he is making notes
and jotting down suggestions from time
to time as they occur to him.
Made h Law For tlin t’comlon.
Omaha, Oct. 20. "lf there is not a
law to cover this case I will make a
law,'’ is the sentence with which Judge
S. R Scott closed a decision granting a
peremptory writ of mandamus against
the board of police to reinstate 16 po
licemen recently dismissed. The grounds
for the dismissal was that thecily funds
would not support so large a force.
Scott holds that tne board has no right
to dismiss these men for that reason,
that once employed, they must be re
tained and paid until removed, for causa
Loan *unce' ii t<» L, qu
Chicago. Oct. 20 —The stockholders
of the Mutual Union Loan and Build
ing association have decided to let that
organization go into voluntary liquida
tion. The assets are $82,130 and the
liabilities are about the same.
HankGm of Indiana Meet,
Indianapolis, Oct. 20 The Indiana
Bankers’ association began a two days*
session in the Commercial olub assembly
rooms, this oily. Over 100 financial in*
stitutioiu were represented.
HOME, GA.. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 21, 1897.
MAY YET BE
A MISTRIAL
Announced That Luet
gei t Jury Can’t Agree.
MINORITY IS FIRM
Rumors of Attempts Made to Bribe
the Jurors.
ONLY FOUR ARE NOW HOLDING OUT
Other Eight Stand For Con
viction and Hanging.
ANOTHER REPORT SAYS ONLY TWO
Are Causing the Disagreement—Wife Mur
derer Expects An Acquittal, But His
Bon Says it Will be a Mistrial.
Chicago, Oct. 20.—The jurors in the
famous Luetgert wife murder trial,
after being out 48 hours, stood: For
conviction and death penalty—Boyd,
Heickhold, Bibby, Mahoney, Hosmer,
Shaw, Franzen and Fowler. For ac
quittal—Barber, Hollabird, Harley and
Beh miller.
The minority have argued since the
beginning that there is an element of
doubt in the case. The corpus delicti
was not established with sufficient di
rectness to convince them that Mrs.
Luetgert is dead. Therefore they con
tend that they possess a doubt. They
are in duty bound under the instruc
tions of the court to give Luetgert the
benefit of it. For that reason alone it
is said these jurors have cast their votes
for an acquittal.
Juror Harley is a German and the
claim is made that he sympathizes with
Luetgert on the score of nationality.
Harley was once indicted in the crimi
nal court in connection with the cofinty
commissioner’s boodle scandal of ten
years ago. He was never tried, the case
being dismissed by ex-Judge Longe
uecker, who was then state’s attorney.
The state’s attorney is free to confess
that had he known Harley’s record.with
reference to the boodle scand'al of the
county board, Harley would never have
been permitted to serve on the jury.
The prosecution is now convinced that
the matter of procuring a jury to try
this noted case was pushed along too
vigorously. Only one week was re
quired. At the time the matter of get
ting the jury was under way it was
thought the case would not take over
three weeks in its trial. The magni
tude and importance of the great case
was not fully realized.
Luetgert is still confident of an ac
quittal.
"I will be acquitted, I am sure of it.”
he said. “Yes sir, the sweetest music
I shall ever hear will be that verdict of
not guilty. It will be a just verdict,
too.”
Arnold Luetgert, his son, shared the
enthusiasm of his father to a degree.
He was not as positive in his declara
tion of his belief that his father would
be acquitted. <
"But they will not convict him,” as
serted young Luetgert. "I look for a
disagreement, and that is not so bad.”
It is rumored that Judge Tuthill
opened three letters offering bribes to
the jury. Tin- .eport cannot be veri
fied, as the judge and those connected
with the trial are absolutely inacces
sible.
The announcement is given out from
State Attorney Deneen’s office tonight
that no verdict in the case will be made
public before 10 o’clock tomoirow.
Judge Tuthill will not dismiss the jury
before Saturday night at the earliest.
The trial has been so expensive that he
wishes all doubts of a verdict to be gone
before letting the jury go.
Emprron Kl»< Kan II Other.
WeisbaDen, Oct. 20.—The czar and
Grand Duke of Hesse arrived here nt
12:20 p. m., on a visit to Emperor Wil
liam. They were met at the railroad
depot by bis majesty and the Prince of
Schaumberg-Lippe. Tne two emperors
cordially embraced and kissed each
other. After the usual presentations,
their majesties drove to the castle,
warmly cneered by the crowds lining
the route. The czar will return to
Darmstadt after luncu.
A Protest Iroui Union Men.
Chicago, Oct. 20 —Chicago labor or
ganizations have protested against the
appearance of the Marine band at the
horse show and have anpealed to Mayor
Harrison to use his influence to prevent
the appearance of the band on the
ground that it will deprive union men
of employments
YELLOW JACK’S DAY
Sixty Cases and Six. Deaths io
New Orleans.
Montgomary Has Five Cases and
one Death—Disease at
Other Points.
New Orleans, Oct. 20.—Today saw
the largest number of new cases report
ed since the outbreak of yellow fever.
There were sixty cases, and six deaths.
Tuesday’s record was greater than we
have had any day. But people here
have not been much affected by the re
port. It is conceded that there are nu
merous cases that are unreported daily.
If the list runs up. it simply indicates
that physicians have been more prompt
in bringing to tne attention of ths
board new cases that have come utidei
their observation.
r Canes lu Montgnmeryt
Montgomery, Ala , Oct. 20.—This ii
the second day s nee the existence oi
yellow fever has been officially declared
here and only about one-fourth of the
entire population has left the city. The
state quarantine prevents people from
infected districts inside the state from
stopping at prints in the state and that
kept many people at home. The United
States government has agreed to estab
lish a camp of detention at Mount Ver
non and also one near this city if an
av.ii abie site can be round. Five cases
have been reported and no deaths. Ali
of those cases are ooieg well.
Later. —One death occurred fmm
fever tonight.
One I>en; n .. w»uif City.
Mobile, Oct. 20 —New eases follow:
George Schifflm, Scott street, corner
Spring Hill avenue; Denny and Joseph
Betancourt, 207 Royal street; Maggie
Birch. Pine, corner State street; W. D
Scott. 4:3 South Conception street; John
V. Fiquet, Pine, corner Dauphine street;
Lange Finley, a negro. Walnut, cornet
Morton; A. O. Sibley, 565 Wilkinson
street. One death: Carl Blonner, i
North Charleston street. Recoveries,
Robert L. Carter an I Fuller Henderson,
negroes. Deaths to date, 23; umier
treatman t. 3ft 5
Later, —Another death -occurred to
night, making two for the day.
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Da'.vson, Ga., Oct :0-.-At a special
meeting of the city c■•uni .1, the quaran
tine wa- rene.veo against Montgomery
and ail in.eeted points, ow.ng to rhe
aim uin eiue.it of yellow fever in Mont
gomery.
Fever at Other Pointe.
New Orleans, Oct. 20.—The follow
ing cases of yellow fever reported in
neighboring cities.
Edwards. Miss. —Four cases.
Queen’s Hill, Miss. —Two cases.
Clinton, Miss.—Two cases.
Kaynga. Miss.—Five cases.
CATHOLICS IN WASHINGTON.
The U’»‘ver*hy Board of Director* An Kem
ble*—Cardinal Gibbon* Bre*ides.
Washington, Oct 20—The board of
directors of the Catholic university as
sembled in annual session at McManon
hall. Cardinal Gibbons, chancellor of
the university, wearing his robes of
office, presided, and there was a full
representation of the members of the
board.
Among those present were Arch
bishops Williams of Boston. Corrigan
of New York, Ryan of Philadelphia,
Ireland of St. Paul, Chuppelle of Santa
Fe, Riordan of San Francisco and Bish
ops Keane, Maes, Foley, Hortsmann
and Farley.
Unusual interest attached to the meet
ing in view of the presence of Arch
bishop Keane, who came recently from
Rome to attend the session, and in view
of the fact that questions affecting the
personnel of the university and of the
status of Professor Schroeder, the cham
pion of the German element in the
church, were to come up.
The meeting was behind closed doors
and much secrecy was maintained by
members of the directorate. The first
question considered was the financial
affairs of the university.
Michael h.kl 'tnrbuck Hatched.
Philadelphia, Oct. 20.—Frank J.
Starbuck and Jimmy Michael, the mid
dle distance bicycle riders, have been
matched to race 25 miles, paced, at
Madison Square Garden, New York, on
Thanksgiving night. The pacemaking
will be done with tandem teams, the
number of which is limited to 12 teams
on each side. The terms of the race are
that Michael is to get a guarantee of
SI,OOO and Starbuck gets a guarantee of
SBOO and 50 per cent of the gross re
ceipts over that amount.
Alger Protect* the Alaskans.
Washington, Oct 20.—The secretary
of war has issued an order creating a
military reservation in that part of
Alaska lying within a radius of 30 miles
of St Michaels. The purpose is to con
fer on Lieutenant Colonel Bardall the
necessary legal authority to preserve or
der and protect property in this section
of the country, both ot which are be
lieved to be jeopardized by .the large
number of lawlee* characters gathered
near the mouth ,of the Yukon.
LAST DAYS
OF SHOW
Tennessee Centennial
Will Close Soon.
IN ONLY TEN DAYS
West Virginia Day Was Celebrated Yes
terday.
GOVERNOR ATKINSON WAS ON HAND
Today Will Be Known as Di
rector General’s Day.
ALABAMA DAY COMES TOMORROW
Florida Tobacco Growers Welcome Visitoii
to Their Exhibit—State School
Childrens Day.
Nashville, Oct. 20.—West Virginia
day was celebrated at the Centennial
exposition. Governor Atkinson and
party, of that state taking part in the
exercises, which were held in the New
York building. The Virginia Military
institute cadets ei-corted the governor
and his party from their hotel to the
exposition. There was a good attend
ance at the New Yorn ouuding.
Hon. John M. Thompson, speaker of
the senate, delivered the address of wel
come. and after Governor Atkinson had
made a response there were brief ad
dresses by other prominent West Vir
ginians. The visitors were given a
luncheon at the woman’s building, and
a review of the military took piace dur
ing the afternoon. The West Virgin
ians will remain in the city several
days.
The Florida tobacco growers assem
bled at the exposition and received and
welcomed all who cared to view the ex
hibit of Florida tobacco in the agricul
tural building. The exhibit is a most
creditable one.
Thursday is Director General’s day
and an excellent program has been ar
ranged, including one of the handsom
est parades yet seen at the exposition,
and a grand display of fireworks at
night. The city and public schools will
be closed in order to allow the pupils to
attend the celebration.
Next Saturday will be State School
Children’s day, and ihousands of chil
dren will be present Friday will be
Alabama day and Farmers’ day.
THE NATIONAL CHRISTIANS.
President Hagermnu on "Bible Example*
of Mlftßionm and >1 iasiouarie*.
Indianapolis, Oct. 20. —At the morn
ing session of the National Christian
church President B. O. Hagerman spoke
on "Bible Examples of Missions and
Missionaries,” Jabez Hall on "Our Plea
to American Christianity” and A- M.
Atkinson on “Ministerial Relief.”
Reports were submitted by the fal
lowing boards: "Church extension;”
"Negro evangelization;’’ "Education.”
A statement of the national secretary,
Bible superintendent and Christian en
deavor.
The statistical report showed gains,
but that the increase in states of larger
membership was not equal to the in
crease in the weaker states.
The following are the gains for the
year: Churches, 422; communicants,
47,407; in bible schools, 627; scholars and
teachers in bible schools, 36.418; minis
ters. 420. The total number of commu
nicants is 1,051.079. The value of church
property is $16,586,677.
Anaefica is ’’orjjliic Ahead.
London, Oct. 20.—The Pall Mall Ga
zette, during the course of a long article
on American competition in the iron
and steel industries, says: "Today we
find the United States not only chal
lenging our supremacy in neutral mar
kets, but even obtaining a foothold in
England. The causes which are giving
the United States such a favorable re
ception are permanent, and everything
points to the United States remaining
the cheapest steel producing country in
the world. ’’
Mrs. Pullman RexO tn* < li c»fo.
Chicago, Oct. 20 Mrs. George M.
Pullman, accompanied by her son San
ger, arrived in Chicago on the Pennsyl
vania limited from New York city. She
was mer at the union depot by her son
in-law. Frank Lowden, and was driven
at once to the family residence at Prai
rie avenue and Eighteenth streets it
was stated at ths bouse that no arrange
meii'i for the dead man’s funeral have
as yet been made or hardly even dis
ooued
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PKICE FIVE CEJNTB
CROKE IS CONFIDENT
Predicts Election oi Vaa
Wyck by a Big Plurality.
The Tiger’s Candidate For Mayor
Makes Publie His Letter Accept
ing the Nomination,
New York, Oct. 20.—The letter of
Robert A Van Wyck, Tammany candi
date for mayor, accepting the nomina
tion, has been given out. It discusses
municipal affairs solely. A part
of the letter arraigns the present admin
istration for extravagance and calls at
tention to the discomforts the people
are enduring through delay in street
improvements now in progress.
Mr. Van Wyck then takes up the
city’s alleged grievances against the
State legislature, saying:
"The flagrant violations of the princi
ples of home rule, by the Republican
majorities in recent legislatures, have
challenged the attention and excited
the indignation of our citizens. The
usurpations of the rights of our mu
nicipality and its people has become
such an intolerable wrong that it can
not be too strongly rebuked. A cosmo
politan constituency exceeding the pop
uation of the United States at the time
of the adoption of the federal constitu
tion should not be required to protest
against sucn interference with the
purely domestic concerns as attempts to
dictate even its harmless customs, habits
and pursuits. And yet again and again
we have been subject to legislation con
ceived either in ignorance of or con
tempt of th ■ wishes and sentiments of
our people and enacted as a revenge
upon our politics or an assault upon our
revenues.”
Judge Van Wyck condemns the
Raines liquor law and favors its prompt
repeal. He pledges himself to favor
increase of schoolhouses, the establish
ment of a rapid transit system, more
bridges across East river, more parks,
better docks, $1 gas and enforcement of
the eight-hour law.
Much Bitterness Displayed.
Politicians of all sorts are greatly in
terested in the probable effect of the
bitterness displayed in municipal poli
tics upon the results on the state at
large.
The questions principally discussed
are those affecting the chances of Wal
lace and Parker, respectively the Re
publican and Democratic nominees for
chief judge of the court of appeals, and
those of the legislative candidates indi
vidually. It is conceded that the bitter
ness developed between the partisans of
Low and Tracy, if not stronger than
that between George and Tammany, is
more in evidence and likely to be more
widespread in its results.
The straight Democrats claim, though
they can give no substantial basis for
their assertion, that Parker will run so
far ahead of Wallace in Greater New
York as to assure his election.
Already there are charges of trading
in legislative candidates and the unus
ual length and complexity of the ballots
eanuot fail to confuse the more illiter
ate voters.
Henry George's Strength.
Conservative men are beginning to
comment upon the belittling of the
George vote by the leaders of the regu
lar Democratic party, and recall to at
tention the vote of 1886, in which the
single taxer received more than 63,000,
when before election no one would con
cede him a third of that total. The
deduction the conservatives make U
that George will surprise the minimi
sers of 1897 as he confounded those of
1886.
The straight Republicans left no
means untried to make the massmeet
ing at Lenox lyceurn noteworthy for
attendance aud influence. Secretary of
Interior Bliss presided aud General
Tracy and Governor B a i spoke.
Richard Croker is credited with the
prediction that Van Wyck will have a
plurality of 75,000 and that 50,000 is
"safe to bet on. ”
Meanwhile there is much more talk
of wagers and odds than there is
outward aud visible signs of betting,
and the actual placing of money has
not as yet begun to any marked extent.
The Cabinet Crisis lu •**ervla.
London, Oct. 20. —The London papers,
dealing with the crisis at Belgrade, va
riously attribute it to the political disa
greements between King Alexander add
his ministers, to the arrival of ex-King
Milan at the Servian capital, and to the
disclosures made during the recent
trials of 200 brigands and receivers of
stolen property at Tschaischak, where !
the evidence has revealed systematic
plundering and murdering of members
of the Liberal party at the instigation
of Radicals, under protection of the
Servian Radical minister of justice. ~
Why the Cabinet Resigned
Vienna, Oct. 20.—The Nene Freie
Presse publishes a dispatch from Bel-,
grade, Servia, which says the Servian
premier has declared the cabinet re
signed because of differences with King
Alexander and owing to the strained
relations existing between the premier
ami ex-King Milan, making the conduct
of business impossible while the latter
remains at Belgrade.
L«»ui* Hh* « * hooting. _
St. Louts, Oct. 20.—Thomas Y. Rey-]
Holds, aged 30, for many years court
reporter for one of the local papers, shot
aud killed Joseph Kirby, aged 29, a
clerk in a railway office and a talented
singer. The shooting was the result of
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