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Descriplin of tie Asylun Fire While
. m4 Wtf U uoewnd.
THE LOSS AM) FNStJK'OPCE FIGURES
*A Wild Lunatic on the Roof of the Build
ing Creates Consternat : on Among
the Guards of the Asylum.
The Macon Telegraph’s Milledge
ville correspondent furnishes that
paper with the following thrilling de
scription of the scene during and after
the fire that consumed the negro de
partment of the state insane asylum:
The very thought of a fire in an in
sane asylum is enough to make one’s
blood run,cold and the anouncement
of it always carries to the mind one of
the most horrible picture imaginable
but the, sight must be seen to be taken
in all of its horrible details. Just
think of 680 human being bereft of
reason and responsibility suddenly
thrown into a state of terror and pan
ic with a mere handful of guards or
attendants to hold them in check.
The S':ene is absolutely beyond, de
scription and no human pen can de
pict—and yet, atter all, it was not
near so bad as it might have been, for
in this vast crowd of lunatics were
many of the most desperate criminals
known in the history of the state,
whose fury and violent disposition
has not been tempered by confine
ment and who would not hesitate to
slaughter a hundred men to satisfy
thirst for blood Among this crowd
Were hundreds who might be classed
as maniacs and others in all the va
rious stages of insanity, and all ot
them would have been turned loose
had the fire occurred in the night
time or had the asylum offlcals been
lees coolheaded and careful. Os
course the guards and attendants
could not completely control this mad
dened horde, and while they were
corraling them, many ran wild, but
by tact and force they were taken in
custody and to places of safety with
out serious damage.
Throughout the night and all day
yesterday their wi'd shrieks were
heard. They are now huddled to
gether in any manner possible t
keep them in’cbeck, but as the annex
is only slightly damaged many of
them can be cared for there and the
crowded condition now existing can
be somewhat relieved.
A sight this morning that froze the
blood in the veins of the stoutest
hearts was the appearance of one of
the wildest lunatics in the asylum on
the roof of the main building. This
lunatic is a half breed Indian and is
from Houston county. He is a per
fect Hercules and tore the lightning
rods from the building with the great
est ease. The pieces of lighting rod
he would throw as a spear at the peo
ple in the yard below, and when they
ran out of the way he would shriek
out loud peals of maniacal laughter
and then run about on the roof, along
the edges and tear up the tin roofing.
Those who watched him expected
each moment to see him hurl himself
from the building to the ground, a
distance of 150 feet. • He evidently en
joyed the fright of the people below,
as he would sometimes run to the
edge of the roof and suddenly throw
himself into a sitting position with
his feet dangling over. A sane man
would have been dashed to pieces in
the court belw. Whenever he was ap-
z^-~ \ rpHE old man who
I J- looks out at the
world with clear
and healthy eyes
cannot help feeling
great gratification at
the thought that his
I children and his
r i tjffilljML' uk \ children’s children
I k »a K have inherited from
! i wEflSwPj iffli I ' him no weakness nor
/ ijßMiffjßlb ( tendency to disease.
The healthy old man
}'is the man who has
V throughout his life
J kept his digestion
-I I good and his blood
I< I /pure. Oncein
\ / / a while vou find such
I'/' a man who has never
¥ 1 taken any medicine.
I B That man has lived
[/ /Ila perfectly natural
U ill life. Not one in a
f ? I J thousand does do it.
.» I I I Sometimes very
1 /Il slight indiscretions
ill or carelessness pave
V fl •*'r I the way for serious
*l' I sickness. The germ
/l| i| pl ’ theory of disease is
W' \k J> I ( well authenticated,
Jn»\ wZ r and germs are every-
MLmj where. This need
make no difference
to the perfectly
healthv man. Germs go through the
healthy bodv without effect. They are
hurried along rapidly and thrown off before
they have time to develop or increase. Let
them once find lodgment or let them find a
weak spot th?v will develop by the million
and the h <»-d will be full of them. Instead
of rich. li I ™ ving properties, the blood will
be a sir. nutnd tide of impurity. In
stead of 'i'< strength to the tissues, it
will force up-.n them unwholesome and
innutritions >atter, and the man will
lose flesh. Th ■ more flesh he loses and the
weaker he be omes, the more susceptible
he is to disease. His trouble will become
complicated uid serious consequences will
follow. Dr. Tierce’s Golden Medical Dis
covery is the - nly medicine that absolutely
and infallibly cures all blood diseases, and
almost all diseases are blood diseases. It
isn’t a medicine for some one particular
so-called disease. It is a medicine for the
whole bodv. It forces out all the germs of
disease, replaces impurities with rich, red
blood, feeds the tissues and makes strong,
healthy flesh.
A NECKLACE OF PEARLS PIWT
Is a beautiful possession. If a woman owns W “’
one, and if a single pearl drops oft the string, BT
•he makes haste to find and restore it. ■
Good health is a more valuable possession 1 BmPT
than a necklace of the most beautiful pearls, Ajltr I
yet one by one the jewels of health slip away, BREST* fN. /
and women seem indifferent until it is almost Y /
too late, and they cannot be restored. I 'A
To die before you are really old is to suffer jfMSsk
premature death, and that is a sin. It is a sin ' IWmH'SS'S''
because it is the result of repeated violations JMMjBMT'- *"-■ -
of nature’s laws. w
Pain, lassitude and weariness, inability to aMgay IhkUSf
deep, dreadful dreams, starting violently from ■jEsf
sleep, are all symptoms of nerve trouble.
You cannot have nerve trouble and keep
your health. In ninety-nine cases o‘ut of a I *
hundred the womb, the ovaries and the bladder 7 /
are affected. They are not vital organs, hence / /
they give out soonest. ’ I &’
Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- ■ I
pound, by building up the nerves and restoring woman’s
organism to its natural state, relieves all these trouble
some uterine symptoms. In confirmation of this we, by
permission, refer to the following women, all of
whom speak from experience: Miss Celia Van
* Horn, 1912 Sharswood St., Philadelphia, Pa.; Miss
Grace Colcord, 1434 Eastern Ave., Cincinnati, O.;
Mrs. Newell, 50 Ryerson St., Brooklyn, N. Y.; Mrs.
V.jM l I I BABKL Oberg, 220 Chestnut St., Woburn, Mass.,
Q / Mrs. A. H. Cole, New Rochelle, N. Y., and many
others
For special symptoms Mrs. Pinkham has prepared a
88L.."!® Sanative Wash, which will cure local troubles. Give these
I medicines a trial.
f Write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., if you are not quite
* I satisfied; you can address private questions to & nanan.
pealed to be would laughingly
act as though he would jump off. Fi
nally some of attendants got on
the roof with him and after much
persuasion and the promise of a pair
of shoes, a jug of whiskey find permis
sion to return to Houston county, he
reluctantly came down and was locked
up. It was afterwards learned that
the lunatic had been on the roof all
night, having crawled up through
the skylight.
During yesterday’s confusion sever
al of the lunatic, both male and fe
male, stripped themselves of their
clothing and ran about the grounds.
The total insurance by companies is as
follows:
Southern Mutual $ 5.C00
Queen 4,250
Commercial Union 5 000
Royal 2 000
St. Paul 5,009
Georgia Home 10,009
I’boenik
Palatine . 4 500
Northern 5 011
Atlanta Home 5.00 i
North British and Merca tile 4,003 ,
Glenn Falls 2 5»)
Phoenix of Brooklyn •••• 2 000
Continental 2 500
Liverpool, London and Globe 6.000
Aetna.. 5.000
Hartford 6,000
Atlanta Home. 7,100
Home of New York 6,500
Firemen’s Fund 2,500
Sun Mutual .' 2,506
Total $97,250
The loss will not fall short of S2OO 000.
Catarrh is a Disease
Which requires a constitutional rem
edy. It cannot be cured by local appli
cations. Hood’s Sarsaparrilla is wonder
fully successful in curing catarrh because
it eradicates from the blood the scrofu
lous tsints which cause it. Sufferers
with catarrh find a cure in Hood’s Sarsa
parilla, even after other remedies utterly
fail.
Hood’s Pills are prompt, efficient, al -
ways reliable, easy to take, easy to
operate.
BICYCLIST AFTER.GOLD.
Briegel Started o*» an Overland Run to
the Klondike.
J A. Briegel, a Chicago wheelman,
recently departed for the Klondike on
his bicycle. He is riding a bicycle of
his own make. It is furnished with a
telescope valise, bearing the word
“Klondike” in big letters. The valise
is equipped with clothing and cooking
utensils and a cyclist’s tent. Another
satchel on his handle bars is supplied
with repairs for the wheel and an extra
pair of tires.
Briegel will follow the line of the
Santa he railroad to Los Angeles. He
will ride 40’ miles each day until he
reaches San Francisco. From that city
he will ride to Seattle, where he will
stay until March. Then he will board a
steamer tor Dyea Briegel is married
and leaves a wife and two children He
was formerly a soldier in the United
States army, having served three years
as a member of Company G, Tenth in
fantry He says he is well posted on
. the route to the Pacific coast byway of
the Indian Territory, Texas and Ari
zona. He apprehends no difficulty in
gaining the coast and anticipates re
turning to Chicago inside of two year?
with riches —Chicago Times-Herald.
Bl.w to Loan A—oclationa
Frankfort, Ky., Nov. 11.—The court
of appeals has overruled a petition for
rehearing the ca?e of Simpson versus
the Kentucky Citizens Building and
Loan association, which hi.lus unconsti
tutional the act of 1893, under which
tlie association cannot charge more than
6 per cent. Under the decision, bor
rowers who have heretofore paid in ex
cess of 6 dW cent may bring suit to re
cover. The decision is declared to be a
Hard blow to the associations.
City Registration List For Elec
tion March Is*. 1898.
f Colored.
Smith. Amos.
TUJK ROMK TRIBUNE. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 12. 1827.
RESULT OF A KIND ACT.
Tramp Made His Benefactor Half Owner
of His Gold Mine. =
Police Clerk Edward Gridley of Los
Angeles is having practical results from
bread cast upon the waters. Some
months ago a one armed tramp called
at Gridley’s home and asked for some
thing to eat. The good natured clerk
gave him food, had a talk With the man
and was convinced that he was deserv
ing. The tramp’s name was McNellis,
and, his first meal at Gridley’s home
was followed by others He also receiv
ed clothes. He expressed his gratitude
and said some day he would reward his
benefactor. At length the tramp disap
peared.
Some weeks ago Gridley was aston
ished to receive a letter fropi the man
postmarked in Lower California. The
writer said he had discovered a rich
gold mine, aud he wished to take Grid
ley in as equal partner. The police clerk
paid little attention to the letter, but
later letters from McNellis confirmed
his original information. What finally
awakened Gridley’s interest was a tele
gram from McNellis at Ensenada, say
ing that a large price had been offered
for the property by a wealthy company
and asking what Gridley intended do
ing with his interest. Then the police
clerk secured a leave of absence and re
cently started for Ensenada to meet Mc-
Nellis.
Gridley has a brother in the Klon
dike, whom he expected- to join in the
spring, but he feels assured now that he
has a better thing in Lower California.
—New York Sun.
How’S Tnls!
We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward fir any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Care.
F. J. Cheney & Co. Props. Toledo O.
We the undersigned, have known F.
J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and be
lieve him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligation made
by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, O.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Drug
gists. Testimonials free.
Airsiiip Kone Cue I'hoiteanu Feet.
The Schwarz aluminium airship, fit
ted with a benzine motor, was tested
recently in Berlin on the Tempelhof
field ni the presence ot a number of
generals and the chief ot the army air
ship department. The airship rose 1,000
feet, floated in the air for 12 minutes,
and at first obeyed the man steering it,
but, later a strong wind rendered the
ship unmanageable The experiment
was considered partly successful.
RELIEF IN SIX HOURS.
Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis
eases relieved in six hours by the “New
Great South American Kidney Cure.”
This new remedy is a g. eat surprise on
account of its exceeding promptness in
relieving pain in the bladder, kidneys,
back and every part of the urinary pas
sages in male or female. It relieves re
tention of and pain in passing it
almost immediately. If you want quick
relief and cure this is your remedy.
Sold by Carry-Arrington Co., druggists,
Rome, Ga. th-fr-sat & w.
To Winter.
Let not thy sleet begin.
Know not a little bit,
Until m y eoai is in
Anil i have paid lor Itt
not a blizzard note
Houini trout the land or sea
Until mine overcoat
Comen home ana in to met
O winter tie not ripe
devils Alas.
Thmii ot the plumber s bill tor pipel
Think ot the tails tor gas'.
Let not thy sleet begin
la-t not thy snowflakes tall.
Until the cash is in
To settle up tor all'
—F I. Stanton tn Atlanta Constitution.
You can't cure consumption, but you
can avoid it and cure every other form ot
threat or lung trouble by the use of One
Minute Cough Cure. For sale by C’urry-
Arrington Co., Rome, Ga.
Having OfvefeUp football the-lHudent*
TakMfltlp Sporitg. -tr
ATfflOt. W-FootllJl Wvilgr
been abandoned bvtbe students of
the University of Georgia, they have
non turned their attention to other
formaof athletics, and it is said that
a strong movement wilt be started to
secure a fine gymnasium at the uni
versity.
The students have decided to hold
field day exercises on Thanksgiving
-day on the campus. Elegant priz s
will be offered and there will be quite
a number of contests. The contests
will be as follows: One hundred yard
dash, 520 yard dash, 440 yard dash,
880 yards run, mile run, throwing 16
pound hammer, putting 16 pound
shot, pole vault, running broad jump,
running high jump. 120 yard hurdle
race.
• Manager B. C. Yancey of the uni
versity tennis team, is now arranging
for a fall tennis tournament, in which
there will be quite a number of en
tries.
The students have started playing
base ball. Capt. Moore of the base
ball team says that thia year’s team
will be the strongest the university
has ever bad. It is reported that Ar
thur Richardson, who made such a
reputation as pitcher here last year,
will return to college next spring and
pitch for the ’varsity nine.
The University Literary Club met
Friday evening and perfected organi
zation. Next Friday the club will dis
cuss Rudyard Kipling. Papers will
be read by A. Akerman, Pratt Adams
Garrard Glenn and L. A. Cotbran.
The Chi Psi fraternity has leased
the residence of Mrs. M. A. Lipscomb
on Milledge avenue and is fitting it up
for a chapter house. It will be ready
for occupancy on Dec. 1. This makes
five fraternity club bouses now in
Athens.
The November number of the
“Georgian,” the university magazine,
will be out in a few days. Among
the most interesting articles will be
the second of the series of letters writ
ten by Judge A. B. Longstreet, while
pt elident of Emory College, to Dr.
Henry Hull of this city. This letter
will deal with politics. At that time
Henry Clay wa« the only candidate
for the presidency. Judge Longstreet
calls Clay “an old rake and gambler,”
and remarks that ‘‘it is a pity that
such brilliant talents should be jonied
to such low vices. ”
The university boys are now agita
ting the reorganization of the Uni
versity Oratorical Association. The
debates will soon be chosen for the
intercollegiate debate with University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill next
May. The subject has already been
chosen, and is: “Resolved, That the
United States should annex the
Hawaiian Islands.”
Evoryuody Says So.
Cascarets Candy Cathart.’c. tl.e most won
i'erful medical discovery of the age. p’.eas
ant and refn-slimg to the taste, art gently
and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels,
cleansing the entire system, dispel colds,
cure headache, fever, habitual constipation
and biliousness. Please buy and try a box
of C. C. C. to-day; 10.25. 50 cents. (Soldand
guaranteed to cure by al), druggists
NEARLY 100 PONIES,
The Finest Collection] in the World to Be
Seen in Sipe & Blake’s Show.
Lovers of fine horse flesh will find in
Sipe & Blake’s America’s greatest dog,
pony and monkey show, which will be
seen here in two performances on No
vember 13 the finest collection of Shet
land ponies ever presented to the amuse
ment world. The herd comprises 98
little horses ranging from 24 to 42 inches
in heigth, and as they are all kind and
gentle all the children are invited to
visit and p'ay with them free of charge
in their pony tents that will be located
adjoining the exhibition tent on the
Hunt lot at the corner of Second avenue
and East Second strefet.
All of the.ponies appear in each per -
formance in conjunction with the dogs
and monkeys, but after the show is over
the children are cordially invited to ride
the ponits free of charge. ,
envious Tiienomenon.
Messrs H \V and .1 M Cornelison
report- a curious phenomenon on the
farm of T .1 Smith, two miles from
Richmond, Ky On cutting down a
large elm tree they were astonished to
see a stream of water gush out of the
stump and tall in sparkling spray like
water from a fountain This was a few
weeks ago. and there has been no cessa
tion in the flow The supposition is that
there is a spring beneath the tree, to
which tree worms during the drought
made an artificial channel, and when
the tree was cut down the water found
away to escape
Blood poison
A SPECIALTY£»&
tlary BLOOD POISON permanent!,
cured in 15 toßs days. You can be treated at
homeforsame price tinder same guaran
ty . If you prefer to come here we will con
tract to pay railroad fareand hotel bills,and
nocharge. If we fail to cure. If you have taken mer
cury, iodide potash, end still have aches anAi
FUns. MucousTatches In mouth. Sore Throat,'
iinples. Copper Colored Spots, Ulcers on
any part of tlie body, Hair or Eyebrows falling
out, it la this Secondary BLOOD POISON
we guarantee to cure. We solicit the most obsti
nate cases and Challenge the world for a
case we cannot cure. This disease has always
baffled the skill of tho most eminent physi
cians. 5500.000 capital behind our uncondi
tional guaranty. Absolute proof, sent sealed on
application. Addr<>.«a COOK REMEDY C(k
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w GLASSES.
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For superior Jens grinding and excellence in the manufacture of spectacles
and eye glasses. Sold in 11,000 ci ies and towns in the United
States. Most popular glasses in the United S'ates
Coining’.
A W. UAiVKES, the famous Atlanta Optician, diiect from the
hotni- < tfice ot this Great Optical House, or one oi his special Opticians
who win remain at the store of his agents, Curry-Arrington Co,
Five Days Only
beginning November 15ih This will give the itizens of Rome and
vicinity a rare opportunity of having lheir
Eye Sight Tested Free.
By One of the most renowned and succfSst’ul as well as r liable Opticians
in the United States. Mr. Hawk.s has the modern appliances for scien
tific adjustment of glasses t*> r.l.e eye There is no Optician in the United
States who enjoys >he confidence of the people more than Mr. Hawkes.
This firm was established in 1870, neatly thirty years ago,
EYE STRAIN
Is often th) cause of headache, dizziness, nervousness and dimness of vis
ion This can be cured in many cases by the conevt fitting of our Crys
talized lenses to the eye. Call early, we positively remain bu’, a iew
djys, as we have other engagements tor later dates.
CAUTION -I would <aution the public against buying spectacles
from peddlers going from house to heme with a lot of spe-ciades tepre
senting them to be Hawes’, or eel ing the same grade of noods 1 posi
tively do not einpliy peddlers Hawkes’ spectacles are NEVER peddled.
Many’ of t e inferior glasses that flood the market are positively injurious
to the eye,
O STORE. NEW GOODS’
Attractive Prices!
Rome China and Stove Co.
Have just opened and are receiving the most beautiful stock of import!d
China, Glassware, Lamps and general Housefurnishing Goods
ever brought to Rome. Everything elegant, useful' and cheap!
TEA SETS J COTTAGE DINNER SETS
of 56 pieces, oainty decoration * just the thing for small families,
border pattern, fine porcelain body, yj In blue, green and brown; lovely
real China finish, choice of three JjJ border decoration, new shapes,
colors. $2 48 per set. These sets m China finish, porcelain body; real
are new and real elegant goods. elegant goods. Only $3,74 per set.
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Our dainty open stock pattern is the newest and prettitst thing out
this season in porcelain; real China finish, border decoration, in three
colors, green, blue and brown. In these go ds you can get anything you
want and make up your own sets at. small cost. Tea plates 21 cents per
set: break last plates 33 cents per set; dinner plates 41 cents pt r set;
soup plates 44 cents per set. Fruit saucers 24 cents per set; individual
hunters 15 cents per set; Cups and saucers, Haviland’s latest shapes 45
cents per set. Meat dishes, all sizes, deep vegetable dishes, cake | lates,
sauce tureens, oatmeal bowls. Oyster bowls, tea pots, s-gur dishes, cream
pitchers, etc. We have a most complete assortment of Harviland’s China
in plain white and decorated —bvtbe single piece ori ifull sets Dinner
sets, game sets, fish sets, berry sets, ice cream sets, tet a tet sets, dainty
little odd sets and bric-a-brac in the newest and prettiest things known to
the ceramic ait
ilii
Charter Oak Stoves New Enterprise Stoves
with wire gauze oven doors, the most jj have been sold in this market 20
perfect ccokirg stoves in the world * vears, and never fail to give satis
faction. We have tnem in all sizes.
We have them in all BlZ es, for wood ; of every ahape
and coal; they never scorch, never variety. Stoves for parlors,
burn the food, but cook everything <0 dining rooms, offices, stores, lodges
nice S and churches.
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Our new line of table glassware, surpassed anything ever produced
before, every piece is a perfect crystal and can only be told from real
cut glass bv expeits. Examine our immense stock, learn our pricesand
eave money on every purchase.
Rome China and Stove Co.,
No. 213 Broad Street, Rome, Ga.