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BRIGHT ANB BREEZY 8 ~ -All The News.” $ * North GeorSa's Great Daily. • # Only 50 Cents a Month. $ %c«ec«cice» & ESTABLISHED 1887. HENRY GEORGE DIES SUDDENLY IN NEW YORK .Mayoralty Candidate Passes Away From a Stroke of Appoplexy. fflS DEATH INSURES VAN WYGK’S ELECTION Unless There is a Great Change in Sentiment-Two Republican Can didates Against One Democrat. New York, Oct. 29.—Henry George, the candidate of the Jeffersonian Dem ocracy for mayor of Greater New York, -died in the Union Square hotel at 4:45 -■a. m. Death is thought to have been ■due to apoplexy. Mr. George arrived ’ 'Bq Jr HENRY GEOKGX. •at the hotel about 1 a. m. He had just eome from several large massmeetings .In the borough of Queens and Brook lyn. The work of the night seemed to have told on him. He complained of being tired, but his friends and relatives who awaited nim rronpht it was only the natural fatigue tliut follows such hard campaign weak us Mr. George had been doing. Not long niter reaching -the hotel he retired. Mrs. George 4 awaited him in room 22 of the hotel. It was about 8:30 o’clock when Mrs. George was awakened. She found Mr. George sitting in an armchair. Did Not Feel Wall, f "I am not feeling quite comfortable,” ■aid Mr. George to his wife. “Wont you go back to bed?” inquired Mrs. George anxiously. “I will sit here awhile,” was the an swer. Mrs. George at once grew anxious as to her husband’s condition. Mr. George gradually grew incoherent and lapsed a semiconsciousness. HRkM George was now thoroughly and called her son, Henry George, Jr., from an adjoining room. Frank Stevens was also called in. Mr. George was now unconscious. A call was sent up to Dr. Kelly of 117 East Fifty-ninth street and he came without delay. Mr. George was still uncon scious. All efforts to revive him failed. Without a sign of recognition to those ■round him he passed peacefully away ■t 4:45 o’clock. Mrs. George was prostrated and was eared for by the friends of the family at the hotel Tom Johnson was immediately sent for and arrived at the hotel at 5:10 •’clock. He announced that a meeting of George leaders would be held at the Jiverett House at 11 a. m. to determine pon a course of action. The Fetal Attaek. Frank Stevens, a personal friend of ,Mr. George and one of his campaign managers, was at the candidate’s bed side after the fatal attack came. He said: “I came into the Union Square hotel •t 1 o’clock and found Mr. and Mrs. George sitting at a table m the dining room with a few friends. Mr. George had just returned from the Central Opera House, where he had delivered a . speech. A “After a light meal, Mr. George com- Slained of indigestion. He soon, re rod after bidding us all good night. George found him sitting in an ■rm chair about 3:80 o’clock. Soon after his condition became alarming ■nd she summoned several of us. I went at once for the doctor and on my way stopped at the Waldorf and noti fied Dr. Johnson. He was greatly shocked and lost no time in getting down to the Union Square hotel I then went to Mr. George’s residence on I Ninety-second street. South Brooklyn, I and notified the members of the family ! there. His son Richard and his un- I married daughter were there at the I* time. There were two nieces of Mr. George’s, daughters of his brother Thomas, who resides in Philadelphia. * Fight to Go On. *.O. .XJkwkfiDliK m. trt.lhP c*nu>sin THE ROME TRIBUNE. managers, wks at the union square early. He said: “The movements of the Jeffersonian Democracy will go on as steadily as ever. Mr. George has said that should his election be not possible, he preferred Mr. Low as next mayor. I believe the votes that would have gone to Mr. George will be thrown for Seth Low.” The election law of New York pro vides explicitly for the filling of vacan cies on tickets, whether caused by death, declination or otherwise. It is required by law that with each list of the candi dates, when nominated in convention, a petition shall be filed with the names of one or mor# persons authorized to represent the convention or petitioners in such emergencies as may arise prior to the day of the election, and these committees have authority to substitute a new name for that of any candidate dying or declining, or ascertained to be legally disqualified, for any office for which the candidate is named. In the event of a nomination to fill a vacancy arising after the official ballots have been printed (which is probably the case now) posters bearing the name pf the new candidate are to be supplied as the regular ballots, these posters when placed upon the ballots to have the same effect as though the name they bear had been printed upon the ballots. Story of Hl* Life. Henry George was born on Sept. 2, 1889. He received a common school ed ucation and then went into a counting room. He was also a sailor and after wards learned the printer’s trade. la 1858 he reached California, where he worked at the printer’s case until 1866, when he became a reporter and after wards editor, working at different times on the San Francisco Post and Times. He returned to New York in 1860 and went to England and Ireland the fol lowing year, where he was twice ar rested as a suspect, but released when his identity became established. Mr. George is best known to the World at large through his writings bpon economic questions, notably his work entitled “Progress and Poverty,” published in 1879. His other works are “Our Land and Land Policy,” 1871; “Irish Land Question,” 1881; “Social Problems,” 1883; "Property In Land,” a controversy with the Duke of Argyle, 1884; “The Condition of Labor,” an open letter to Pope Leo XIII, 1891, and a “Perplexed Philosopher,” (Herbert Spencer) 1892. In 1886 Mr. George was nominated by the United Labor party of New York, polling 68,000 votes, against 90,000 for Abram S. Hewitt, the Democratic nom inee, and 60,000 for Theodore Roosevelt, now assistant secretary of the navy. Republican. He Made Things Hot. After his nomination for mayor by the Jeffersonian Democrats, Mr. George made an extremely active canvass, speaking several times every evening, and working from early till late at his headquarters. He gave to the campaign its most sensational incidents, his attacks on Richard Croker and Senator Platt, whom he threatened to prosecute for various crimes, such as levying blackmail upon city contractors and aspirants for office, should he be elected mayor. His candidacy gave to the coming election its greatest element of uncertainty, for according to expert politicians it was practically impossible to estimate how much of Bryan’s vote of last year would go to George instead of Van Wyck. Thursday night Mr. George spoke in the borough of Queens and later in the borough of Manhattan, at the Central Opera House. He was greeted by large and enthusiastic crowds everywhere. In one of his Thursday night’s speeches Mr. George said: “I have labored for years to make myself Known, and now, at last, these things are all written down. I believe that all the needed reforms are summed up in the philosophy: The right of every man to eat, to drink, to speak as he sees fit, so long as he does not trench on the rights of other men.” Roasted Croker Klug. Then later in the same speech he re peated his threats against the Croker ring, saying: “Let him go to the penitentiary. He shall go there.” Newspaper men who have been a part of the George campaign have felt that he was undergoing a strain which was surely and rapidly breaking him down. At times he has been incoher ent. His whole temperament under went.a complete chause. Hissoeeche* ROME. GA., SATURDAY. OCTOBER 30, 1897. OFF ON A JUNKET Legislature Adjourns Until Mon day Yesterday Afternoon. Co-Education Bill is Referred To the House For Action By the Edu cational Committee Atlanta, Oct 29. The sessionof the two houses of the legislature was devoid of any special interest Friday. The senate did not meet until 11 o'clock, and transacted no business of any impor tance, except the passage of Senatoi Gray's celebrated "cattle stealing bill.” This bill was introduced early during last year's session an d was reported ad versely by the general judiciary com mittee. It was defeated by a vote oi the senate, but was reconsidered time and time again. This bill makes the crimes of stealing eattle, whose valuation is under S2O, misdemeanors instead of felonies. The author claims it will save the state SIOO,OOO annually. The house met at 9 o’clock and read bills for the first time. The committee on education made two reports on the bill to admit females into the State university. The minority report was largely signed. The senate adjourned in less than an hour after meeting and the house ad journed at noon. Neither body will be in session Saturday. The general judiciary committee and perhaps half of the house of representa tives left for Nashville Friday night. 00 ..,areu uy me nair dozen eacn day. were often rambling, though their trend was ever faithful to the toilers whose devoted champion he was all his life. Mrs. George and Henry George, Jr„ have been solicitous regarding the effect of the terrible strain of his being bun dled about from place to place each day and during the night, making speeches before wildly enthusiastic gatherings of his admirers, and it has been noted again and again that his faithful wife sat beside her husband on the platform from which he spoke, or watched closely from a point of vantage near by. the Pace That Killed. Mr. George has not been strong for the past three years and his son, Henry George, Jr., has been his companion in almost every enterprise in which he has engaged. Within the past day or two close friends of Mr. George have noted with apprehension marked changes in his appearance and manner. His eyas grew dull. Wrinkles came at the cor ners and his eyes sunk in hollow cav erns. His voice, usually resonant and pleasant, now pitched almost to piping treble in conversations, was queru lous, while he seemed like one whose nerves were so highly wrought that they might snap without warning. The pace of the campaign was harder than this man, high strung and sensitive, could maintain. The Journal and Advertiser contains an article on Henry George, written by Alfred Henry Lewis, who visited the famous single tax advocate at his head quarters in the Union Square hotel Thursday. Os his impressions Mr. Lewis wrote: “The Henry George I found was not the Henry George I had met fewer than two mouths ago. When I saw him last, he was tranquil, quiet, even steady as to nerves, rational, sedately contented, talking of his books and his tax de crease. Today I met a man haggard, pinched, with a face thin and peaked as a pen. If he was the picture of any thing, it was his unfed ambition made desperate. I tell you, it was a shock to see the man.” Croker** Condolences. Richard Oroker sent by special mes senger to Mrs. Henry George, the fol lowing letter of condolence: “Allow me to express my deepest sympathy for you in your great bereave ment.” Richard Oroker said of Mr. George’s death: “Nothing has given me greater sor row during my political life than the death of Henry George. I believe he has been a failing man for some time and I am sorry his friends permitted him to go into this canvass. His family has my most earnest sympathy.” The Thomas Jefferson Democracy has substituted the name of Henry George, Jr., for the name of his father, Henry George, as a candidate for mayor of Greater New York, MAY INDORSE SETH LOW. Supporters of George Urged to Vote For Citiaens* Union Candidate. Chicago, Oct. 29.—Efforts are being made by the friends of Henry George in Chicago to get his son, over his signa ture, to issue an address in which he will urge all the supporters of Henry George in the New York mayoralty campaign to use their votes in behalf of Seth Low, the Citizens’ union candidate for mayor. Secretary Moore of the Chicago Sin gle Tax club has sent Henry George, Jr., a telegram advising him to take this course. In the telegram, after express ing condolences, Mr. Moore said: “Advocate over your signature the election of Mr. Low. Your father’s life has been given to break bossism. ” Mouey For * University. Delaware, 0., Oct. 29.—President Bashford of Ohio Wesleyan university announces that the late Stephen Wat son of London, 0., left a bequest ei $35,000 to the university for ths purpoM of endowing a new professorship. LONGSTREET IS NAMED Old Veteran Gets the Place He Sought, PRESIDENT APPOINTS Him As United States Commissioner of Kailroads. HE SUCCEEDS GEN- WADE HAMPTON Arkansas Negro Gets a Mada gascar Consulship. VERY LONG LIST OF APPOINTMENTS Stillman, Collector of Customs for Pensa cola,Fla. Superintendent of Coast and Geodetic Survey From Mission. Washington, Oct. 29—The president has made the following appointments: James Longstreet of Georgia, com missioner of railroads, vice Wade Hamp ton, resigned. Henry S. Pritchett of Missouri, su- CENTRAL LONGSTREET. perintendent of coast and geodetic •urvey. Mifflin W. Gibbs of Arkansas, consul of the United States at Tamatave, Mad agascar. James E. Stillman, collector of cus toms for the district of Pensacola, Fla. Isaac N. Moffitt, collector of internal revenue for the First district of New Jersey. Zoeth Houser, marshal of the United States for the district of Oregon. Pay Inspector Albert 8. Kenny, United States navy, to be pay director, with relative rank of captain. Assistant Surgeon Charles E. Riggs, United States navy, to be passed assist ant surgeon, with relative rank of lieu tenant, junior grade. Owens Summers of Portland, ap praiser of merchandise in the district of Willimette, Or. Richard L Scarlet, surveyor general of Florida. General Longstreet, appointed com missioner of railroads, is the famous confederate general who has been prom inent in the south since the war as oue of the leading Republicans. He was a devoted friend of President Grant and has before held office under Republican administrations. General Longstreet was recently married to Miss Ellen Dortch, one of the foremost youug women of Georgia. Judge Gibbs, who has been selected aa consul at Tamatave, is a prominent negro Republican. BIG BLAZE IN PITTSBURG. Property Worth Two Hundred Thoumtud Dollar* Is Destroyed!. Pittsburg, Oct. 29. The Union Trust company building, 335, 337 and 889 Fourth avenne, caught fire from an overheated smokestack at 10 a. m. and in less than an hour the structure was in ruins. Oue fireman is reported killed and several others had narrow escapes. The building was occupied by the Union Trust company, Pittsburg stock exchange. Fidelity and Casualty com pany, East Side Land company, execu tive committee for the triennial encamp ment of the Knights Templar, Durr’s case, and a large number of stock bro kers. The fire spread so rapidly that the occupants were unable to save any thing but books, and the loss will be total. For a time it was feared that the flames would reach the adjoining build ings, but after a hard battlejthe firemen succeeded in confining themto the orig inal limits. The loss is estimated at from $150,000 to $200,000, on which there is insurance of about one-half. SHOT FROM AMBUSH Prominent Mississippian In stantly Killed. Shot Down While Riding Along the Public Highway—Slayer is Known. Mbridian, Miss., Oct, 29.—Frank Evridge, an old and very prominent citizen of this place was assinated here a few days since, and the whole country is wrought up over the crime. Evridge was riding along the public highway when he was shat and instantly killed from ambush. At first there was not the slightest clue to the assassin, but it is said that conclusive evidence has fixed oi> a party, and men are following him now with relentless fury. ONE GIRL KILLS ANOTHER. Cotton Factory Operative Throws a Lamp on »er Rival. Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 29. Ella Barnes and Bessie Thomas, two 16-year old cotton factory operatives, met at a friend’s house at a social and quarreled over their mutual regard for the same youth. The Thomas girl advanced on the Barnes girl with a pair of scissors. Miss Barnes threw a lighted lamp at her adversary. The lamp exploded and the burning oil enveloped Miss Thomas. The gathering fled in horror. The Barnes girl walked out quietly, closed the door on her antagonist and laughed as her agonizing cries pierced the air. Miss Thomas was burned to a crisp before succor came. Her murderess is in hiding. An Ex- Alderman Acquitted. Chicago, Oct. 29. —Former Aiderman Frank O. Vierling has been found not guilty of the charge of embezzlement, on which charge he has been on trial all the week. Vierling is charged with having embezzled SIO,OOO of the Klein sorg estate, for which he was manager for several years. The defend was based on the plea that the prosecution failed to establish criminal intent. A number of heirs to the estate in ques tion live in California and other distant states. ofiafter Satiiule. His Report. Washington, Oct. 29.—1 n his annual report to the adjutant general. Briga dier General Shafter, commanding the department of California, recommends the removal of the barracks from the Prisidio to the new works at Fort Baker, where the battery is now unprotected against the approaching rainy season. The infantry company at San Diego should be replaced by a battery of heavy artillery, as the works are nearing com pletion, and the artillerymen should mount the gnus for instruction. British Take Bemps<h» Pass. Simla, Oct. 29.—The British forces under General William Lookhart have captured the Sempagha pass. General Gazele, commanding the Second brig ade, led in the advance upon the en emy’s position. The casualties among the British officers already reported are Captain Debatts of the artillery, who succumbed to wounds during the en gagement, and Major Hand ford-Flood of the West Surrey regiment, who is among the wounded. Senator Moreen Improving. San Diego, Cal, Oct. 29.—United States Senator Morgan is slowly regain ing his strength. He has been free from fever for over 38 hours, but must remain quiet for some days yet His trouble is due to an injury to his knee, which he received while in Hawaii. Tne attending physician is confident that Senator Morgan will make good progress to permanent recovery. New Road to Enter Kansu City. Kansas biTY, Oct. 29.—The deal by which the St. Louis and San Francisco is to take charge of the Kansas City, Oceola and Southern and thereby se cure an entrance into Kansas Oity is reported practically closed. All that remains, it is said, is for the St. Louis and San Francisco stockholders to for mally vote on a proposition to take pos session of the road. Heavy Frost I. Texas. Denison, Tex., Oct 29.—There is a heavy frost in this section and the In dian Territory. It will help the cotton crop. It will kill the bolls and open them and facilitate picking. The cot ton crop in this section and the south ern portion of the Indian Territory is not more than half harvested. The Tan tic In a Collision. _ Quebec, Oct 29. —The United States warship Yantic came into collision op posite Sillery with the coasting steamer Le Oanadienne. The latter boat was badly damaged, and had the Yantic not been a wooden craft she would have out the Le Oanadienne in two. s —wmSmS An Alliance Is froloogod. Budapest, Oct. 29. The house of magnates has adopted without debate the bills prolonging for a year the Austro-Hungarian compact and pro viding for financial arrangement with Croatia. The provisional budget was passed by. the house. ... S Increase Your Trades $ £ A Klondike Strike * jg By advertisin'* in The * * Tribune. $ Best medium In north Georgia* PRICE FIVE CENTS SUSPECTS IN SELMA Three Suspicious Cases in That City. NOFEVERDEYELOPED Nei Orleans Hid 54 New Cases and 5 Deaths. WEATHER IS MUCH COOLER THERE Prevents Spread But Is Bad on Sick People. I SITUATION SOME BETTER YESTERDAY Mobile Has Largest Percentage of Deaths 5 New Cases and three Deaths, Memphis Feels Encouraged. New Orleans, Oct. 29.—The situa tion here shows little change. The last reports show 54 new cases and 5 deaths for the day. •xoXal cas'es of yellow rever here to date, 1,386; total deaths from yellow fever to date, 164; total cases absolutely recovered, 683; total cases under treat tnent, 539. ' Everything is being done to isolate the cases. It is noticed that the disease has been spreading among children whose ages range from 4 to 14 years. The board of health o'fficials are having more work than they can attend to and the disinfecting corps cannot fumigate premises as rapidly as is desired. There is a strong wind from the north, which gives promise of getting colder. While this will have the effect of checking the spread of the disease it will act unfavorably on those who are sick. SITUATION AT SELMA. No New Cases Developed, But Three Sus picious Cases. Selma, Oct. 29. —There were no actual developement of yellow fever here today, but three people are quite sick and it is feared that they have the dis ease. FEVER BULLETIN. The Inroads of Yellow Jack Temporarily Cease Hostilities. New Orleans, Oct. 29.—Reports from the fever districts are more encour aging today. Montgomery—Seven cases and one death, Clinton—Three cases. Kayuga—Two cases. McHenry—One case and one death. Edwards—Seven cases. Three Deaths at Mobile. Mobile, Oct. 29.—Five cases: Ralph H. Hudson, Hallet and New St. Francis; Augusta McKeogh, 507 August; Alex Davis, Dearborue and Maryland: George Hughes, Hallet, near Spring Hill ave nue; Wyndham Lyon, 12 South Broad. Deaths: J. T. Roberts, 4 New St. Francis; Oscar Holman. 104 Knox; A. N. Smith, Royal and Palmetto. Less Alarm at Montgomery. Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 29.—The ex odus has ceased and there is very much less alarm here. The citizens’ relief committee is diligently at work and is accomplishing a great deal of good. Twenty-five or 30 families are being cared for, and a number of indigent sick are being provided with skilled nurses. Memphis Reports Ne Deaths. Memphis, Oct 29.—Three new cases; no deaths. New patients are: Joe Ward, East Trigg avenue; John Mee, city hospital, and Pat Warnock, 159 Rayburn avenue. Total cases to date, 81; total deaths, six. London Press on George’s Death. London. Oct. 29.—The newspapers here devote much attention to the death of Henry George, publishing long sketches of his career and philosophical and economic theories. Crowd at the Centennial. Nashville, Oct. 29 —Thousands of people visited the Tennessee Ooatanaial exposition during the day.