The Rome tribune. (Rome, Ga.) 1887-190?, November 27, 1897, Image 1

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JIT IS TRUSTWORTHY. $ The one paper that leads— x T reaches all classes of people v ♦ —give satisfaction to adver- W * Users—The Rome Tribune. * ESTABLISHED 1887. TROOPS GO TOGETHER '1 French and English Sol diers in a Battle. ♦ DOWN IN WEST AFRICA Twtble is Said to Have Started Over Thirty Years Ago. ICLABB OVER DISPUTED COUNTRY Town of Niki Said to Be Cap tured By French THE CONFLICT WAS ANTICIPATED Reinforcements of English are Rushed to the Rescue—How the Trouble Originated. * Berlin, Not. 28. —A dispatch to the Frankfort Zeitnng from Rome reports , -that a sanguinary conflict has taken place between the French and British at Nikki, in the Lagos Hinterland. A conflict between the French and British forces in the Lagos Hinterland has been anticipated for some time past. Both countries have been hurrying troops into the disputed territory. The trouble is of about .SO years standing. In 1870 France and Great Britain opened negotiations for the settlement of their respective frontiers in West Africa and it was decided tn substance that French influence and authority should be con fined to the north of a certain line and that Great Britain should have a free hand south of that line. The outbreak -of the Franco-Prussian war interrupted the negotiations. There was oonsiderable opposition in both countries to the cession of any ter . ritory and during the next five years difficulties frequently occurred. Finally it was resolved to appoint a commission tto reconsider the whole matter, and as a result in the course of the next ten years four separate agreements were concluded. Later in the day a rumor was received . from the British colonial office to the effect that there had been a collision'be tween the British and French forces at Nikki, which is said to have been cap tured by the French troops. The officials of the British colonial office, however, regard this report as highly improbable, as they explain the British police in the Hinterland, who are in very limited numbers, had strict orders to avoid any collision with the French. It is also understood that the French forces had been instructed not to come in conflict with the British. The British forces in the Hinterland,, it is further stated, are being reinforced . considerably. NEW QUaRaNLITmE DOCTOR. Dr. Henry Goldtliwaits Will Hereafter Have Cliarga In Mobile Hay. Mobile, Nov. 28.—The quarantine board of Mobile bay at their meeting here elected Dr. Henry Goldthwaite quarantine physician, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Dr. Ceoige H. Fowler. Dr. Goidthwuite is a graduate of the Medical college of Alabama in this city, and was the agent, of the quarantine board at Bocas del Toro dur ing the past summer. It was he who announced the first case of yeliow fever at Bocas, and who stood out with Dr. , Wallies of the Louisiana board against the local medical man at Bocas that their diagnosis.was correct, Subsequent , events proved the correctness of Dr. | Goldthwaite’s assertion that the case " was yellow fever. The board of health is convinced by the weather conditions that it can no longer bo unsafe for absentees to re turn. The board will cease holding daily meetings and will issue no further bul letins. The Kentucky .Matron Stake. X Louisville, Nov. 26.—The event of Fthe trotting meeting to be given by the Louisville Driving and Fair association •in 1898 wiil be the Kentucky Matron stake of SIO,OOO for foals of 1898. This •take has been divided and will be con tested both next year and the year fol lowing. Os the money offered $2,000 Will go to the 2-year-olds that trot and SI,OOO to th«2-year-olds that pace, while the remaiug $7,000 will go to the 8-year' olds that trot in 1899. The entries have been remarkably good and the stake next year will be one of the best favored . .of the season. THE ROHE TRIBUNE. DELEGATES CHOSEN I I Charges Against “Certain Mem bers" Must State Names. Methodist Conference Has Inter esting Session—Bishop Gallo way After Rumor Circulators- Athens, Nov. 26.—Just before the close of today’s session the delegates to the general conference were chosen as follows; Dr. Warren A, Candler, Dr. John B. ‘ Hammond, Dr. W. P. Lovejoy, Dr. W. M. Glenn. Dr. R. G, Bigham, Dr. M. J. Cofer, Dr, W. W. Wadsworth. i Lay Delegates—Rev. Sam Joues, E. H. Dozier, L. A. Quillian, R. M. Mc- Intosh and H. S. Willingham. Tbe hour of adjournment came before the election was completed. r Dr. 8. R. Belk received a good num ’ ber of votes for delegate, but not enough to elect him. This morning Rev, Mr. Timmerman ' r jse to a question of privilege and read a statement to set himself right. He ■ lid his circular was not intended for the public eye, but for member! of the con* I ference. He disclaimed responsibilty for the statements quoted in the circular, saying he thought some of the language > in them too harsh. Some of the matters alluded to, he said, were known to the entire conference. He believed in the purity of the great body of the confer ence, but if there was any corruption, if there were any rotten spots, they ought s to be cut out with the surgeon’s knife. 5 The matter, he said, should be settled in 6 righteousness, and he offered the follow ing resolution-: j “Whereas, the purity and integritv j of our conference bave been publicly challenged by sundry publications in j the religious and secular press, and. ’ whereas, we are satisfied that many of these charges are not founded in fact, t but are baseless rumors; and, whereas, r it is due every innocent man lying I under false report that he should be t vindicated; and, whereas, it is due the conference and church that all t false imputations cast on it should be 9 removed; and, whereas, we have no - desire to shield any member of the I conference who may be guilty of crime; therefore be it “Resolved, That we deem it due j ourselves and the cause of Christ to ’ make a thorough and impartial exam -1 ination of the characters of the ( preachers of this conference and to in > state an investigation of every case in which moral delinquency may be J charged.” The resolutions were signed by J. ; A. Timmerman, W. O, Butler, and J. E. Rosser. Dr. Warren Candler offered the fol i lowing substitute: i “Resolved, That general statements ' affecting the character of ministers ’ tend to put all members of this body , | under suspicion and are therefore not ; to be approved and that if any broth -1 ■ er has complaints or charged to make let them speak on the call of individ ual names.” There were several amens as the substitute was read and it was adopt ed with only one dissenting vote which was a loud “No” irom Rev. C. ' C. Cary. This puts Mr. Timmerman, ’ and Mr. Cary squarely on their mettle. ' If they have evidence and have the courage to prefer charges against in dividuals there will be more of this matter If they have not this vote closes the incident. Bishop Galloway in lecturing the , young preachers on diligence, told ' how Mrs. Wesley, tbe mother of 19 children, found time to write three . books for their instruction. Then he ' gave them this rare bit of two-edged humor: “Down in another state I heard a , rumor. It was vague, and no one vouched for it; no one khew where, it came from. (Laughter.) The broth , er who heard it and told it hoped it wasn’t true (laughter.) but he had heard it and wanted to know what was in it (laughter,) and it was to tbe effect that a presiding elder had preached a new sermon. ” At this the conference broke into applause and laughter, and as they caught the full significance of the bishop’s humor, tbe laughter rolled up again in renewed volume. Dr. Hammond asked for money to pay a debt which Wesleyan College owes to citizens of Macon, and Dr. Candler came to his aid, leading the collection, which amounted to about $3,000, and this is the largest at any conference since Bishop Pierce raised $5,000 for the Anglo Chinese college. Dr. H. C. Morrison, general mission secretary made a brief address, announc ing that a debt of SIBO,OOO had been paid during the past year. Tomorrow a very lively day is antici pated at tbe conference. It promisee to be sensational. ROME. GA., BAIUKDAY. NOVEMBER Sfi7. 1897. STATESMEN ARE AT SEA Land Not Sighted On Convict Question, “CAPTAIN” JENKINS Tells “His Crew” They Must Get Down to Wort. AUSTRALIAN BALLOT IS THE PORT That • Sailor” Wants the Ship of State to Reach. • 4. f BY MONDAY NEXT AT 10 A. M- In the Senate the Bill to Select Judges and Solicitors by the People Goes Over Until Wednesday Dec. 1. Atlanta, Nov. 26.—The house is at sea ou the convict question. Speaker Jenkins made such a remark before that body and the members did not hesitate to echo his opinion. The house has progressed no further than the first sec tion of this perplexing bill and have been considering it for 11 days. It has been decided to arrange a cate chism consisting of six questions and the members will be asked to answer each of them. This, it is thought, will give the house some idea as to how the representatives stand ou the matter. Just after the opening Messrs. Polhill and Stapleton, the Democrats who were successful iu the Jefferson county elec tion contest, were sworn in, and are now fullfledged members of the house. Mr. Felder’s Australian ballot bill was the special order lor 10 o’clock, but on motion of the author was carried over and set for Monday next at the same hour. The minority report on the bill to re duce the salaries of railroad commis sioners from $2,500 to $2,000 was sub mitted by Mr. Little of Muscogee, chairman of the finance committee. The majority report of the committee is iu favor of the bill, but the minority re port is signed by 38 of the most promi nent members of the finance committee. Senator Gray’s bill to reduce cattle ■tealing from a felony to a misde meanor, where the value of the animal is under S2O, was taken up for final con sideration. The measure passed the senate some time ago. The bill met with strong opposition in the house and on account of the unrertain issue was, upou motion of Mr. Duncan of Hous ton, who favored the passage of the bill, temporarily laid upon the table. The senate had just enon h of its members in the chamber when the roll was called to begin business. The first thing in order was the consideration of the bill of Senator Hopkius providing that the people should have an oppor tunity to say whether or uot they de sired to elect the judges and solicitors of the superior court. Owing to the exceedingly light at tendance. Senator Hopkins moved to displace the bill and make it the special order for Wednesday, Dec. 1. Senator Battle objected, but the motion was carried and the bill went over. Senator Gray introduced a joint reso lution memorializing congress to refund the cotton tax collected during the war. The resolution was adopted. NEW ARMOR PLATE - PLANT. Congresunaii Underwood Is Trying to Se cure It For Birmingham. Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 26.—Con gressman Underwood, of the Ninth Ala bama district, is the leader of the move ment for the location of a government armor plate plant in the southern states, and it was largely through his influence that the secretary of the Davy was in duced to send the special armor plate board south to investigate this section’s qualifications in favor of the production of armor plate. Congressman Underwood will en deavor to have a provision attached to either the naval appropriation or to the sundry civil bill for the erection of an armor plate plant to be located at Bir mingham. He has been in correspondence with numerous western and southern mem bers of congress and says he finds that a vast majority will support a measure of this kind. Mr. Underwood is very ■anguine of success in his undertaking. Young Man In a Tration. Brunswick, Ga., Nov. 26.—At a holi ness meeting, now in progress near Brunswick, William Hickman, a well known young man, went into a re ligious trance. After his body for 48 hours lay iu a cataleptic ssate, phy sicians were summoned, but have failed ■o far in bringing tym to. KILLING AT SELMA One Negro Shot Another Dead Yesterday. Demanded His Money and When Refused Killed The Negro, Selma, Ala., Nov. 26. -News reached here this afternoon .of a foul murder and robbery near Marion Junction in th ■ county. A crowd of negroes were gams bling in the woods when Will Jenkins displayed a sack of silver. Bunk Morizette demanded the money, but Jenkins refused. Morizette then seized a pistol Jenkins had and shot the man dead. Three negroes have been arrested since, but Morizette is still at liberty.. MEYERS FOUND? Report That He Has Been Caught In Mus eogee, Indian Teraltory. Atlanta, Nov. 26.—A letter and photograph have been received here from Muscogee, I. T. The letter says that Will Myers has been captured there, and the photograph looks very much like > him. Requisition papers were for warded to Muscogee today. Diamonds Recovered. Atlanta, Nov. 26.—Detectives to day recovered SSOO worth of diamonds and jewelry belonging to Mrs. H. H. Cobb of Washington street. They were stolen by the cook, who has been arrested. A negro man to whom tbe jewelry was given has also been placed under arrest. . WILL SAVE THE WHALERS. Revenue Cutter Hear Gt mm to the Rescue of the Icebound Vessels. Seattle, Wash., Nov. 26.—The reve nue cutter Bear has sailed to the relief of the whalers who are frozen in the Arctic ocean, north of Point Barrow, Alaska. Just before leaving. Captain Tuttle, in discussing the probable point Where the sled, or laud party, will be landed for their dash north, said that it I all depends on the state of the ice pack. I "No vessel,” he declared, "has gone before in that part of' the sea to which : the Bear is bound later than the month of October. The ice condition is un known, except within sight of the shore. The natives have been able to report on the ice formation only so far as they have been able to see it from land. As a result of this winter’s work in Behring sea I hope to throw some ; light on the ice subjects by the time I return.” He then added significantly: “As far as steam and sail will drive the Bear to the northward she will go. ” . Captain Tuttle will shape a course at , the the outset from the Straits of Fuca to Unalaska. He hopes to make the run across to Unalaska in seven days’ time. This is about 1,850 miles. “Five days’ good running from Una laska,’’ he says, "should take me to Ledge island, provided that the nortn point can be reached at this time of the year. I hope to be able to leave Una laska on Dec. 8 next.” At Unalaska the Bear will take on coal and such eupplfes as the overland party will require. These supplies will be augmented later on should the Cape Prince of Wales reindeer station be reached by the sled party. As soon as the Bear has landed the sled expedition she will return to Un alaska and winter. She will start out from there in the spring as soon as there is the slightest chance of pene trating the ice. Her objective point will be Point Barrow. • BIG STRIKE IN NEW YORK. ! Cloak Makers Quit Work Bather Thau Accept a Waje Reduction. New York, Nov. 26.—A strike which involves 2.000 cloak makers occurred at a Delaney street shop. The cause of the strike was a threat alleged to have been made by the employing contractors to reduce wages. This is the first result of the expiration of the peace contracts en tered into three mouths ago between the 800 contractors and 9,000 organized workmen in the cloak making industry According to the agreement these contracts became obsolete Friday. A series of meetings will be held to out- i line plans to avert, if possible, a general conflict between employes and em ployers. More Arrears Are Made. New York, Nov. 26. The Herald’s correspondent in Rio Janeiro, Brazil, j telegraphs that four more deputies have I been arrested in connection witn tbe at tempt on the life of President Moraes. Greek Crisis Ended. Athens, Nov. 26.—The cabinet crisis which grew out of the defeat of the government in the boule on Monday over the question of the recent war with Turkey is ended for the present. Wealthy Tobacconist Dead. St. Louis, Nov. 2..—John B. Liggett, the millionaire tobacconist of thia city, * died here, aged TO. LENIENT ON LOVERING Courtmartial Finds Him Guilty of Cruelty. ONLY A -REPAIMAND Wbat Is Believed To Be the Autborative Finding of the Court Martial. SURE HE WILL NOT BE BOUNCED Good Character Enables The Captain to Escape. » BRUTAL TREATMENT OF A PRIVATE Was the Charge Against Him—Decision Which Was Rendered Was .Made In One Hour. Chicago, Nov. 26. The Tribune prints the following: The finding of the courtmartial is that the accused is guilty of the charges in the specifica tions and that he be reprimanded by the prosecuting authority. The court is thus lenient, in view of the good character of the accused, as shown in the evidence. The foregoing is, according to the statement of a man who knows, the ex act verdict of the courtmartial which has just its labors in the case of Captain Leonard A. Lovering of Fort Sheridan, charged with brntal treat | meat of private Charles Hammand. It | took the courtmartial one hour to reach its decision. The first ballot resulted in i seven members of -the courtmartial Voting “guilty’’ and five “not guilty.” The usual courtmartial is composed of 13 members, but Major Randolph, who had been detailed to attend, was unable to do so and 12 men sat as a jury to decide the fate of Captain Lovenug. ; There was a vigorous effort made to j havs those parts of the specifications accusing Captain Lovering of “cruelty” and “brutality” struck out, but it was finally decided to consider the charges as they were set forth in the specifica tions, and the decision was reached Without making the changes. A majority is conclusive in courtmar.- tial findings, and so after the fact of guilt was established, the thing to be considered was the measure of punish ishment. The officers had made up their minds that Hammond’s career as a soldier was most creditable, and this weighed strongly in bringing them to an agreement as to the punishment to be meted out to Lovering. The evidence showed th,it Captain Lovering had been connected with the United States military service for 25 years and that his record had been a good one. A number of officers came out plainly and said that they would not vote for a finding of guilty if Cap tain Lovering was to be given a humili ating punishment. It was argued that Hammond’s record, which was traced by the attorneys of Captain Lovering, was such as to gain the latter some I sympathy. The finding of the courtmartial is se ' cret under a solemn oath. The mem bers were not to divulge the decision or discuss it until the propdfr authorities made it public. The courtmartial is the result of a direct order issued by the president and he will be the reviewing officer in the case unless he surrenders the responsibility to General Alger, secretary of war. Lieutenant. Colonel Hunter, judge ad vocate of the court, has his record completed, and this, with the finding, has been forwarded so Washington. It will probably be placed in the hands of tbe president on Monday, and after its inspection by Generals Alger and Miles the finding will be given out officially. | The public announcement will proba bly be made by Thursday of next week, but it is of course known that the presi dent may change the sentence recom mended by the courtmartial Croker a Senatorial Candidate. New York, Nov. 26 —Richard Cro , ker is a candidate for the United States ’ senate. He desires to succeed Senator I Edward Murphy. That was what all sorts of politicians were saying after reading Croker’s interview attacking David B. Hill and recognizing Senator Murphy as the Democratic leader in New York state. As one of the best known Democrats in New York city politics put it: “Croker is crazy for vindication. Murphy has no desire to I go back to the senate owing to his con tinued ill health. Croker believes that | by creating a division between Hill and Murphy he, by using the tremendous I patronage of Greater New York, may i go to the Mnate. ! TELLS ALL THE HEWS, J J The best evidence that The 5 Tribune is appreciated by the T F people is<the way its subscrip. p P tion list increases daily. O PRICE FIVE CENTS THE TRIAL OFiTHORN t Slayer of Culdensuppe Listens to Damaging Testimony. Blue Outlook For the Barber—Mrs. Nack Yet to Tell What She Knows About the Case. New York, Nov. 26.—The jurymen who were selected last Monday and Tuesday to try Martin Thorn, charged with the murder of William Gulden suppe, resumed their places in the Queens county courtroom at Long Island Oity promptly on time and a few min utes later the accused was brought into court. The first witness called was the Bar ber Keohne, whose examination had not been concluded when the court ad journed last. Wednesday evening. In reply to Mr. Howe’s questions, the witness admitted that the stilletto which he had showed Thorn had a poisoned point, and seemed very un comfortable after having made this ad mission. Then he said he kept it as an ornament, afterwards explaining that his brother had made him a present of it. David W. Speck, a bartender, test!- ?ed to seeing Thorn in a saloon at East ’hirty-fourth street on Sunday, June 24. Thorn was showing a watch to a driver named Ferder. Thorn also ex hibited some money and said: "This s what I got out of my carriage ride last Saturday.” Carl Meirich, who keeps a barber shop, testified that Thorn told him about liv ing with Mrs. Nack and having a row with another boarder, (Guldensuppe), at whom he fired a pistol, but did uot hurt him. This row occurred in March or April last. This witness said that he had sent to Thorn for a bottle of “shampoo mix ture” on Wednesday. It will be re membered that according to Police Cap tain O’Brien, the accused man had told him that he was iu this barber’s place on Friday, June 25, the day of the mur der. The witness did not see Thorn on Friday, June 25. He had received a letter from Thorn in which the prisoner asked him to say that he was sent for the bottle of shamoo mixture on June 25 and had been in the place to get part of that Friday. Witness gave the letter to Captain O’Brien the day after Thorn was ar rested. Meirich identified the letter when it was handed to him by the prosecuting attorney. In answer to a question of Mr. Howe witness said he had known Thorn for a long time and the prisoner always bore an excellent reputation. SEVERAL TOWNS SHAKEN. Great Damage Is Doue by an Explosion of Nitro Glycerine. Louisville, Nov. 26. —A special from Andersonville to The Evening Post says: Chesterfield, Ind., was almost wiped off the map at an early hour by the ex plosion of 80 quarts of nitro glycerine which had been brought overland from Montpelier and placed in an open field half a mile from town. f Marion Mansey and Sam Maguire were working a gas well near by when the explosion occurred. Mansey was thrown 50 feet, but not fatally injured, Maguire was also thrown 100 feet in the air and badly lacerated, but will re cover. Mr. James Gold’s house, 300 rods distant, was blown to pieces. The explosion tore a hole in the ground down to tbe water line and so far as it is learned it was spontaneous. A 8-ton engine was torn to fragments and every living animal was killed instantly. The little town of Chester is a mass of ruins, everything being moved from its foundation, windows shattered, doors smashed in, every light put out and the plastering shaken from the walls. Sev eral people were shaken out of bed. At Dalesville, 2 miles away, and at Yorktown, 5 miles distant, the damage was almost as great. Many people were injured and it is a miracle that none were killed outright. The jar of the explosion was felt in all directions for 15 miles distant. The gas in the well was blown out and a workman named Cooper lit it and caused another explo sion, in which he was fatally burned. The damage cannot be estimated. Guilty of a Double -Murder. Knoxville, Nov. 26.—The jury at Sevierville, iu the case against Pleas Winn and Catlett Tipton, charged with the murder of William Whaley and wife in that county last December, brought in a verdict convicting Winn and acquitting Tipton. The crime for which the men were' indicted was a ghastly one and an outgrowth of the whitecaps’ organization existing in that county. In order to secure punishment of whitecaps, the state legislature at its last session made a new judicial circuit annexing Sevier county to Knox, so that Judge T. A. R. Nelson cou.d try the cases. Prairie Fire In New Mexico. Clayton, N. M., Nov. 26 A prairie fire is sweeping over the country south of this point. The grass is very high and there has been no lain for weeks. The course of the fire is through the great cattle range belt, und for over 209 miles there is no barrier in its path. Thousands of sheep are in danger and are being rushed to places of safety. So far, only two ranches have been de stroyed, bat many are now exposed. .