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FOOTBALL
PROHIBITED
91 For the Bill; Only 3
Against It.
LEGISLATURE DOESIT
The ole Anti-football Bill Goes Through
Almost Unanimously.
DODSON ; WAS IN THE CHAIR
•Chancellor Boggs invited to
Address the House*
TURNER BILL IS BROUG IT TO LIFE'
Action on It Is Reconsidered—Bill to
Make Attempt to Rape Punishable
With Death,
Atlanta, Nov, 8. —The Cole anti'
football bill, which passed the house
■by a vote of 91 to 3, without discus'
sion, is as follows i
."Section 1. Be it enacted by the
general assembly of the state of
Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by
the authority aforesaid, that from and
after the passage of this act, it shall
be unlawful for any person or per/
sons to come together and play a
prize or match game of football in
any park or other place in this state
where a fee is charged for admission
to the game,
"Section 2. Be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, that each
and every person violating the pre/
visions of this act shaU be guilty of
a misdemeanor, and on conviction
therefor shall be punished as press
cribed in section 1,039 of volume 3,
of the code of Georgia of 1895,"
ANTIBALL BILL ADOPTED.
Legislature Kill* the Game In Which Von
Gamtuou Lost Hl* Life.
Atlanta, Nov. B.—When the hous.
was called to order there was but a lit
tle over a quorum present. The many
members who had taken advantage to
go to their homes Saturday had not re
turned and the hull presented a gloomy
appearance. In the absence of Speaker
Jenkins, Speaker Pro. Tern. Dodson
•called the body to order.
The most important business trans
acted was the passing of the antifoot
ball bill by Mr. Cole. The bill came up
with a favorable report from the gene
ral judiciary committee with an amend
ment striking out “games of like char
acter” and-passed by a vote of 91 to 8.
The bill provides for the prohibition of
match oi prize games of football, or
games of football where admission fees
are charged.
Chancellor William E Boggs of the
State university wus, by joint resolu
tion, invited to address the general
assembly at 11:30 a. m. on Thursday,
Nov. 11.
Mr. Moore of Carroll called up his bill
changing the age of exemption from
road duty from Id-co 50 to 21 to 50. It
was adversely reported by the commit
tee on county matters, and Mr. Moore
moved to disagree to the report of the
committee. On this motion' he ad
dressed the house, arguing that on boys
between 16 and 21 years of age it
•mounted to a heavy per capita tax, and
it was against public policy to burden
the youth of the state, a large propor
tion of whom are poor during those
years, when they are seeking to educate
•nd fit themselves fur the duties of life
Mr. Dodson of Sumter opposed the
Sotion in the interest of good roads.
e thought the burden a email one, *o
heavier than young men of that age
should bear.
'Jfte motion to disagree was lost on a
vote of 49 to 62.
The roll was ca led for new matter
•nd a number of bills were introduced,
among them the following:
By Mr. Charters of Lumpkin, a bill to
authorize county school boards to use 25
per cent of the funds in their bauds for
the erection of schoolhouses.
By Mr. McConnell ot Towns, a bill to
make the compensation of cenngy aohnol
eonsmissiotier* 4 per oast ap tn H.OOO
county fund. per eent on $0,006 te
fiICLOOO. and 8 pas’ cent an larger fund*
Mr Mr, -<sal»iu ot BtotaMud, • bRi
THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
A POLICEMAN KILLED
Officer Ponder Shot Io An At
lanta Saloon.
Place Had Been Closed and He Saw
Parties in the Place—When
Told to Halt They Fired
Atlanta, Nov. B.—Policeman Pon»
der was shot and instantly killed in
L. Steinau’s saloon, opposite the Union
dapo', at 9 o’clock tonight.
Steinau failed today and the sheriff
closed him up. Tonight Officer Pon
der was walking by the saloon and no
ticed several men inside. On the door
was the notice of the failure.
Ponder suspected that something was
wrong and opened the deor. As he
did so he asked the men what business
they had in the saloon. They began
running towards the rear door and
Ponder called to them to halt.
The men then opened fire on the
officer, and he fell dead with several
pistol balls in his body. The men
escaped through the rear exit.
In a few seconds three thousand
people had congregated about the
place, and detectives began a search
for the murderer but without suceess.
A bunch of keys was found on the
floor which may prove valuable as
sistance in detecting the guilty par
ties. Parties interested in the saloon,
which was a wholesale house, are sus
pected.
•mending the act relating to tne ped
dling without license by confederate
and other veterans.
Also a bill relating to exemption of
veterans from license fees as insurance
solicitors.
By Mr. Niles of Macon, a bill to pre
scribe the compensation for county
school commissioners 10 per cent up to
Si,ooo disbursed, 7 per cent on SI,OOO to
$5,000, 5 per cent on $5,000 to SIO,OOO,
and 2>* per cent on all over SIO,OOO.
By Mr. Felder of Fuiton, a bill to
amend the charter of the Germania
Loan and Banking company so as to
authorize that concern to do the busi
ness of a trust company.
By Mr. Felder of Fulton, a bill to
make assault to commit rape punish
able with death.
The Turner bill, which was killed in
the senate a few days ago, bobbed up
serenely in that body again and war re
considered. This action was taken to
prevent several bills of a similar nature
now pending in the house from beii
barred from the senate. No other busi
ness of importance came up in the sen
ate. »
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TOO SOON’FOR SUCH TALK.
tough Grant on the Prediction of Bryan
For Three Year* Hence.
New York, Nov. B.—The Journal and
Advertiser prints the following letter
from Mayor Hugh Grant concerning
Mr. Bryan and the recent New York
elections:
“The conclusion of Mr. Bryan, that
the results of the recent New York elec
tion indicate popular dissatisfaction
with the policy of the Republican party,
is undoubtedly correct. His declaration
that they ‘presage the overthrow of the
Republican party,’ is not entitled to the
same credence as his other conclusions.
“I heartily hope that the Republican
paity will be overthi. ,/n in 1900, but it
is early for any one but an enthusiast
like Mr. Bryan to take up his mind with
what will happen three years hence.
“Most of the George men were en
thusiasts, who believed that if a theory
to which they subscribed could be put
Into operation upon the affairs of life,
the condition of life would be made bet
ter. Others of them were believers in
the 16 to 1 theory, who were led astray
by their enthusiasm. All of them—sin
gle tax enthusiasts and 16 to 1 enthu
siasts—ought to have been Democrats.
The latter would have been with us if
Mr. Bryan had not deterred them He
was sufficiently acquainted with the lo
cal situation in New York city in 1896
to talk about it with complete assur
ance. He ought to have been able to
make himself acquainted with it in 1897.
“He did nothing for the local Democ
racy this year. The secretary of the
Democratic national committee, who is
presumably very close to him in sym
pathy, repudiated the candidacy of
Judge Vau Wyck on the ground that
Judge Van Wyck did not stand upou
the silver plank of the Chicago plat
form, and gave to Mr. George whatever
support he had to give, although Mr.
George distinctly' repudiated the silver
theory.
“The trouble with Mr. Bryan and the
secretary of the national Democratic
committee is that they oannot adapt
themselves to changing conditions.
They insist upon following certain theo
ries and disregarding peculiar condi
tions of life,, which must atfeot the in
fluence of those theories in the various
parts of the country.
“We are Democrats, and we insist
upon taking things as they are. We
would be happy if three years hence
Mr. Bryan’s prediction is verified; but I
do not take much interest in predica
tions that have so long to run. Many
things are likely to happen between
now and 1900. If they happen as Mr.
Bryan thinks they will happ-sn, they
will justify hie assumption of the role
•f a prophet. If they do not, Mr. Bryau
will be grieved. In any event, the
Democratic party wifi remain ”
ROME, GA„ TUESDAY. KOVjIMBEK 9, 1897.
THROWN ON
TRIALNOW
Slayer of Goldensuppe
is Arraigned.
MYSTERIOUS GRIME
In. Augisti lack, the Woman, Who
Lured Victim to Lonely House,
OFFENSE CHARGED, AN AIFUL ONE
Shot the Man and Dismembered
the Corpse.
DISPOSED OF REMAINS IN VARIOUS
Ways—Full Story of the Heinous ,'Crime.
Goldensuppe Had Been Supplanted
in Womans Affections By Thorh.
——————
New York, Nov. B.—To unravel the
ta 'gled skein of one of the most myste
lioui as well as heinous crimes of the
C’ ntu y is the task set for a jury, the
leleociou of which has been begun in
nr e '
MARTIN THORN,
the Queens county court of oyer and
terminer at Long Island Oity. The
cause, officially known as the people
versus Marti* Thorn, is based upon
the discovery in June last in East river
and in Ogden’s woods, north of this
city, of portions of a human body. The
head was missing.
By a series of curious links in the
chain of circumstantial evidence, the
dismembered remains have been identi
fied by a number of witnesses as por
tions of the body of William Gulden
■uppe, a rubber in a Turkish bathhouse
in this city. Goldensuppe had not been
at his work for several days before the
ghastly discoveries of his supposed re
mains, nor has he since that time, but
it was alleged he was in Germany,
though no one appeared to know.
The postulate of the identity of the
corpse being conceded, the next thing
to be done was to look up Guldensuppe’s
connections, and from them ascertain a
possible motive for his murder. It was
easily ascertained that he had lived on
terms of intimacy with Mrs. Augusta
Nack, a midwife, but that some tune
before the di“ •nnearaneg of Grjieu-
Wife B
WILLIAM GULDEN3UPPE.
suppe, tne pair naa quarreiea, ana tna*
in the woman’s flat Goldensuppe had
fought tfith and beaten the man who
bad supplanted him in his mistress’
affections. Martin Thorn, a barber,
smarting under the beating he had re
ceived, was overheard to threaten to get
•ven with Goldensuppe
Mutirea For the Marder.
Here, then, were motives that might
have caused murder—-a woman desirous
•f being rid of a diaemrded lover whose
proximity might at any moment be
come troublesome and the enooMsful
r(val who had ouoe experienced the an
■prior übvaicil nrewMs of nis uredeoas-
•OTln the worn all’s affections and might
again be made to suffer the pain and
humiliation of a beating.
The arrest of Mrs. Nack was followed
a few days later by that ot Thorn,
whom the police had some.difficulty in
finding, but whose whereabouts were
disclosed by John Gotha, another bar
ter, and a relative by marriage of the
accused man. Gotha has made the
statement upou which the police rely to
aid in Thorn’s conviction, that Thorn
admitted his guilt to him, and since
Thorn has been confined two men, who
•hared his cell M different times, have
told of incriminating admissions by the
•censed man.
There have also been at intervals re
ports that Mrs. Nack had virtually ad
tnitted her guilt, but all of these state
ments have been more or less conclusive.
Dead Body Dismembered.
Briefly, it is alleged that Mrs. Nack
fared Goldensuppe to a cottage in
Woodside, Long Island, where she said
•he was about to establish a “baby
farm"; that in a room in that cottage
Thorn waylaid and shot Goldensuppe.
afterwards severing his head, dismem
beriug his comae, and disposing of the
•■mains in various ways.
. In the trial of this case. Judge Wil
mot M. Smith will preside. District
Attorney Young* will conduct the pro®-
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i » AUGUSTA NACK.
eeution, assisted by ex-Surrogate Au
gust N. Weller and Assistant Attorney
George W. Davidson.
William F. Howe and George Moss
Will defend Martin Thorn, whose triai
will precede that of Mrs. Nack, and
Emanuel Friend and W. H. Hirsh will
act as counsel for the woman.
At the opening of court a list of 200
names of special jurymen were sum
moned to appear and then Sheriff Doht
was directed to produce the prisoner.
Thorn, handcuffed to a deputy sheriff,
walked briskly to the table at which his
legal advisers were sitting. He was
cleanly shaven and showed no signs of
. nervousness or apprehension.
Both sides were prepared for the trial
and as Thorn stood up and the clerk ex
plained to him his right to challenge
•ny of the jurors summoned, he bent
forward, listening to every word. When
the clerk had finished the listener in
clined his bead slightly and sut down.
During the examination of talesmen a
faint smile played around Thorn’s
mouth and he anp>iired to be one of the
most unconcerned persons in the court.
WILL SAVE THE WHALERS.
Banns* Cutter Bear I* Ordered to Ice
bound VeSHeU* Rescue.
Washington, Nov. B.—There was a
conference at the White House attended
by Secretaries Gage, Long and Alger,
Commodore Melville and Commander
Dickens of the navy and Captain Shoe
maker, commander of the revenue ma
rine service, to consider measures for
the relief of the American whaling fleet
said to be destitute and icebound in
Behring sea.
It was decided to send the revenue
cutter Bear to the relief of the whalers.
She is now at Seattle, Wash., having
just arrived from Alaska Orders have
been issued to put her in condition for
the voyage at once and Captain Shoe
maker says she will be ready to sail as
soon as she is provisioned, which will
take but a short time.
Durrant Win rarely Die.
Washington, Nov. B.—The United
States supreme cout has affirmed the
decision of the circuit court for the Cal
ifornia circuit, refusing a writ of habeas
corpus to William Henry Theodore Dur
rant, under sentence of death for the
murder of Miss Blanche Lamont in San
Francisco in April, 1895. The case has
attracted attention throughout the
whole of the United States and this de
cision permits the law to take its course
with ths condemned man.
Eight Italians Ar« Killed.
New York, Nov. B.—A dispatch to
The Herald from Buenos Ayres says:
Advices have reached Rio de Janeiro
from Santo Spirito to the effect that 40
Jacobins attacked a parly of Italians,
killing eight. The Italian minister has
made a formal protest and demands
that troops b» sent to the scene, as it is
evident that the police are unable to
maintain order. » *
A British Asharo.
London, Nov. B.—A dispatch from
Flushing says that the British steamer
St. Cuthbert, Captain Fitzgerald, from
New York to Antwerp, is ashove ar
Paardemarkt Wialingaa.
Dautal llaaieat i* Bomb.
Portland, Or., Nov. Daniel S.
Lamont, vice president at the Northern
Pacific railroad, has arrived here on a
tour of inspdoMoa of his road. He re
fused positively to apeak of the secern
qi»ot|oua, daeiaririg he had abandoued
HUNTER TO
HONDURAS
Kentucky’s Star Re
publican Gets a Job,
IT IS A GOOD PLACE
His Unuccessfnl Attempt to Get Into
United States Senate.
MADE MINISTER BY MR. M’KINLEY
President Distributes More
Political Pje.
INTERNAL REVENUE COLLECTORS
Named—Kentucky and New Hampshire
Are the Two States—Other Ap-J
pointments Made.
Washington, Nov. 8. —The president
has made the following appointments:
W. Godfrey Hunter of Kentucky, to
be envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary to Guatemala and Hon
duras.
To be collectors of internal revenue:
James A. Wood, for the district of New
Hampshire; Edward T. Franks, for the
Second district of Kentucky.
Thomas O. Thompson, to be collector
of customs tor tne district of New Lon
don, Conn.
Edwin M. Yerian, agent for the In
dians at Lemhi, Ida.
Edward W. Bartlett, register of the
land office at Lagrange, Or.
To be receivers of public moneys of
the United States: Tnouias Burns, at
Mitchell, S. D.; Robley D. Harris, at
Sydney, Neb.
Military: William L. Marshall, corps
of engineers, to be a member of the Mis
souri military commission.
Dr. Hunter is one of the leaders of
the Repub. lean party in Kentucky. He
served as a member of congress in the
last house, and has given notice that he
would make a contest for a seat in the
present house, claiming that be had
been elected. He was the candidate of
his party for senatorship, but after a
l.oug struggle he had to give way to
Senator Deboe, a few Republicans re
fusing to support Dr. Hunter.
ANDREWS MAKES ADDRESS.
Prealdeut of Browu Eulogize* • Henry
George In a Speech Providence.
Providence, Nov. B.—President E.
Benjamin Andrews of Browu univer
sity and James A. Hearne, the actor,
spoke at a Henry George memorial
meeting here. It was the first time the
president had spoken in public on po
litical matters since he withdrew his
resignation as the head of Browu uni
versity, which he tendered last June on
account of criticism of his attitude on
the silver question.
His address was one of high eulogy
to Henry George, which, he said, he
came to pay as a “taxpayer and citizen
of Providence.” He characterized
George as “the most influential political
economist in the world at his death,”
and as "certain to exert a great in
fluence on the days that are sure to
come. ”
Dr. Andrews said he thought every
thing Georue wrote well worth read
ing. He elicited applause when he de
clared that in his belief George’s theo
ries touching land issues substantially
true. The most interesting part of the
address was when the president of
Browu denounced the present svstem
ot taxation as unjust, saying that “if
the people knew really how bad it is
they w uni rise up and sweep the gov
ernment away.”
ALL HAVE DEPARTED.
Last Party of Smela Refugees Left for
Home Sunday Morning.
All the fever refugees from Selma
have departed this City of Seven Hills
with a diffident air, half apology, half
a fear that the saffron scourge may
yet be lingering in the Alabama city.
When the news went forth to the
world that Selma had been touched
by the terrible plague, a mad rush
began out of the city. Romans at
first shrank from the idea, of admit
ting the refugees, but that feeling
soon wore away.
For about two weeks this city had
as its guests some 150 of the most cul
tured and refined people of Selma,
but Sunday the last party left for
home. All were lavish in their praise
of Rome’s hocpitallty In J receiving
them, jaw
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FEYER IS DYING OUT
Crescent City Has Only 13
Cases.
Situation Far More Hopeful, and
One More Good Frost Will
Kill Disease.
Fever Bulletin.
New Orleans—Thirteen cases and five
deaths.
Mobile—Four cases and two deaths.
Nobite County—Three cases.
Edwards—Three cases.
AT NEW ORLEANS.
The Situation ia Much Brighter—The
Disease Has About Run Its Row.
New Orleans; Nov. B. There ia no
doubt that tne backbone of the fever ia
broken. Another cold spell will kill all
further infection. Sunday's record
showed only 13 new cases, and judging
from the looks of things every day’s
record from now on will be smaller. It
was 10:30 a. tn. before a new case was
entered on the board of health books.
Two cases came in at one time and
strange to say from the extreme ends of
the city. Two deaths, which occurred
Sunday night, were reported at the
same time, making the record two new
cases and two deaths, the smallest for
the hours since Sept. 24.
While the board of health officials do
not officially state that the end is in
sight, nevertheless they feel safe and
unofficially say that it would not sur
prise them if not a new case waa re
ported after the end of the week. All
that is needed to cause yellow jack to
bid adieu to New Orleans is another
frost, and predictions are that there is
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ALL ALABAMA IS AROUSING.
Removal of the Quarantine Regulations
Has Good Ke*ult*.
Birmingham, Ala., Nov. B.—Since the
quarantine has been raised in the
northern part of Alabama, business in
terests in almost avary line has im
proved over 100 per cent. It is acknowl
edged on all sides that all that was
needs d was commerce between the sec
tions, and as soon as the lines were
withdrawn so that the commercial
world could go and come as it chose, the
conditions improved, and it is believed
that in a short while everything will be
running as smoothly aa could be de
sired.
The hotels report trade picking up
wonderfully. The railroads which have
been able to resume their traffic state
that the travel is improving considera
bly, while a heavy freight business is
now being done to clear the block which
was caused by the quarantine.
The state of Mississippi is slow in re
moving the quarantine against Ala
bama That stare has removed rhe ban
from Tennessee, Arkansas, Georgia,
South Carolina and other states, but
Alabama is being held on as tightly as
Louisiana. It is common talk that Mis
sissippi has a prejudice against Ala
bama and is showing partiality to other
states.
FORGER THOMAS IS FREE.
Make* III* Second K-ope From the Jail
In the City of Mrmphls.
Memphis, Nov. 8 —J. A. Thomae, the
forger, made bis second escape from the
jail here by sawing the bars of his cell
and afterwards sawing the bars of the
window in the rear of the jail.
Thomas made himself famous by his
previous escapes from jails here and at
Chicago and hi* subsequent marriage
with Miss Fannie Rutherford of Minne
apolis at Sc. Louie.
Three other prisoners charged with
minor offenses also escaped after Thomas
had made the way clear.
< ompetitor Trial Postponed*
Havana, Nov. B.—The second trial
by courtmartial of the crew of the
American schooner Competitor of Key
West, Fla., captured by the Spanish
gunboat Mesagera, near Berracos, on
the north coast of Pinar del Rio, on
April 25, 1896, which was to have taken
place Monday, was postponed owing to
the sickness of the president of the
aourt. i
Hie Botel I* learned.
St. Augustine, Fla., Nov. B.—The
Hotel San Marce, one of the finest and
most commodious hotel properties in
this city, has been burned to the ground,
entailing a loss ot about $200,000 with
less than $50,000 insurance.
'oar* I* Bndad a* Mamphl*.
Memphis, Nov. $. The board of
health reports no new oases and no
deaths from yellow fever. Buainaaa has
almost resumed its normal condition
and the fever scare ia a thing of the
past.
Four N«*r oa«e* la Hobtla.
• Mobile, Noy. B.—Deaths, none; new
cast a, four; recoveries, 12.
KeV. !>fi»n Daffy Weafiraw.
Kansas City, Nev. 8 —The Rev. Doan
Duffy has resigned the reeterabip as St.
Panl’a Episcopal ehumb, Kanaaa Ofty,
Kan., and ia oonsldaring oolla fro* New
Tank and Brnklyn. 6 is vary ptwba
■a flu* te Wi» aoabp4 au*t Mta taau
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