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firisTRUSTWORTHY. . Th® one paper that leads— T reaches all classes of people 1 W -give satisfaction to adver- F Users—The Rome Tribune. ESTABLISHED 1887. SPECIAL CHRISTMAS EDITION OF THE TRIBUNE HEXT SUNDAY. DOLL DAY AT CAPITOL Little Business Trans acted Bj Lawmakers PRESIDENT'S MOTHER Both Senate and House Chaplains In voke Divine Blessing. REFERENCE TO HIS BEREAVEMENT Bill For Public Building at. Du rham. N. C„ Passes SHIP ISLAND QUARANTINE STATION Resolution to Have it Removed to Some Central Point in the-Gnlf-Is Where Yellow Fever Started. Washington, Dec. 13.—Chaplain Mil; burn, in his invocation at the opening of the senate, made touching reference to the death of Mrs. McKinley, mothei of the president. He expressed thanks for the assurance of immortality and hoped that this comforting truth might some home to the president and his household as they, stand beside the coffin of the beloved mother who has laid aside tiie garments of the flesh to' stand before the Great Ruler of the universe. Mr. Davis, chairman of the commit tee on foreign relations, called up the bill prohibiting the killing of fur seals in the North Pacific ocean, but upon ths suggestion of Mr. Pettigrow, who said he desired to offer some amendments to it, the measure went over for a day. A bill was passed for a pubiic build ing at Durham, N. C.. to cost $125,000 Mr. Pettigrew called up the bill grant ing to settlers the right to make second homestead entries. He made a brief explanation of the measure. It gave all persons who were not at the time own ers of laud acquired under the home stead law the right to make second homestead entries. Each person would be entitled to acquire 160 acres of land. The bill was passed. Mr. Walthal of Mississippi intro duced a resolution di ectiug the com mittee on public health to investigate the advisability of removing tl\e quar antine station from Ship island to some more remote point in the gulf of Mexico. The blind chaplain of the house, Mr. Couden, in his invocation, referred elo quently and feelingly to the death oi the president’s mother. Mr. Bingham (Rep., Pa.) from the appropriations committee reported to the house the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill, which be gave notice he would call up Tuesday. By unanimous consent a resolution was passed to print 2,000 copies of the testimony of the civil service commis sion before the appropriation committee for the use of the house. Mr. Cannon, chairman of the com mittee on appropriations, secured unan imous consent for the passage of an ur gent deficiency bill, which he explained carried-but three items, $5,000 for the construction of a building at the naval academy, $30,000 for the payment oi the temporary employes of the house and senate and $i 75,000 for the pay men! of the mileage of senators and represen tatives. TO SELL NORTHEASTERN. Charter Bill Adupte.i by the >*on«9—N«. lioital Quarantine F-Voied. Atlanta, Dec. 13.—The house passed the Knowles’ resolution inemoralizing congress to establish a national quaran tine system under the United State* marine hospital seavice. Mr. Carter’s bill providing for the sale of the Northeastern railway was also passed, and by the provisions of this measure the governor is given un limited ti. e in which to lino a pur chaser. .The minimum price is iix-U at $287,000. A busy session wus hold. The house is worsting in earnest now. President Burner’s bi.i limiting the fees of receivers to a scale ranging from 2 to 8 per cent, according to the amount administered, passed the sen ate by a vote of 28 to 5. Senator Fiewellyn’s bill providing drastic fiieasures to raise tax returns was under discussion when Senator Kil patrick asked leave of absence for the penitentiary committee that they might complete their work on the convict bill, which he said they were ,u>vly ready tonport. THE ROHE TRIBUNE. SENATE FIXED BILL Make Hany Radical Changes in in Convict Message. Governor Will Let Three Commis sioners Pull Straws for 2, 4 and 6 Year Tarins. Atlanta, Dec. 13.—The senate lets the convict bill become the law, but demands concessions from the bouse that will materially change the appearance of the bill when it is placed on the statute books. The free labor cause is stricken out altogether. The commission is author ized to employ convicts where they will not conflict with free labor. There are many minor changes, which will to a large extent make it almost a ijew bill. The democrats in the house will support the bill as amended by the senate. The governor is given the power to appoint the commission of three, and will let them pull straws for the two, four and six year terms. WORK IN THE HOUSE. Damolißh Funding; Act of *Bl Submitted By Blalock Committee. Atlanta. Dee. 18.—The house to night killed that part of the Blalock committee report which referred to funding act of ’Bl, by which the uni versity is enabled to create a perma nent and every increasing fund from the state treasury at 7 per cent. . There was a hot fight over it, but it lacked seven votes of passing. This is about the last of the Blalock report all the other measures having been killed. NO COUNCIL MEETING. Only Five Memb rs Present—Will Meet Again Next Monday Night Last night was the regular time for council meeting, but as there was not a sufficient number present to constitute a quorum, no business was transacted. Mayor King was absent and all of the councilmen except Hanks, Turner, Mor ris, Kane and Jones. ’ A goodfleal of in terest centered in this meeting because a sexton was to be elected. Those present decided to meet again next Monday night, and if a quorum is present a sexton will be elected. SCHOOL OUT FRIDAY Public Schools to Huve Vacation Fr:m D cember 17th to January 2d. The public schools will be dismissed for the holidays on next Friday, Dec. 17th. The seven hundred pupils will have holiday uutil Monday, January 2nd —just two weeks. The youngsters are counting the hours until Friday afternoon comes. The at t tndance has kept up remarkably well this fall, and there has been no friction in the smooth manner in which every thing has worked. A bad rainy day affects the attendance at .least one hundred. Yesterday the at s ndance was at least that number below t le average. CITY COURT BEGINS. December Term Opened at the Court House Yesterday Morning. The quiet that has rested about the court house for several weeks was broken yesterday by the opening of the December term of city court. The docket is not crowded, and no oases of very great importance will be tried. One of the most interesting will be Mr. Wyatt’e suit against the city for $2,000 damages for injuries caused by Vaccination. The jury list for the present term is as follows: G. R. Ennis, Jas. 8. Berryhill, [Ed Kanipe, Alex W. Busby, T. R. Ever ett, Robert 8. McGhee, C. E. Gaine", Wm. J. Elrod, J. E. Mullen, W. H. Broach, Lewis Reynolds,® P. Rhine bardt, A. 8. Agan, 8 I). Everett. Henry Powers, Lawrence Cooper, Coleman McKenzie,' W. D. McCul lough, W. J. Camp, W. R. Reeves, B F. Reynolds, John Rackett. The C<»tu>trj*4 " heat Crop. Washington, Dec. 13. The agri cultural department has listed the fol lowing: The special whept investiga tion instituted by the department of ag riculture indicates a crop of 530,000.000 bushels. These figures a e subject to ■light modification in the final report. SOME, GA., TUESDAY. DECEMBER 14, 1897. THE BEBELS USE ROPES Hang Men Sent With Peace Proposals. AGAINST AUTONOMY The Insurg-nts It Seems Will Be Satis, fiel Only With hHepence GEN. PANDO IS AFTER GOMFZ Old Insurgent Chief Made to Flee to Mountains. MANUEL ANGULO FOR CABINET A New York Member of the Cuban Junta Said to Have Been Offered Fort Folio in Autonomy Cabinet. Havana, Dec. 13. —It is officially an anounced that the Spanish forces under the command of General Paudo, in the province of Puerto Principe, have been pushing insurgent leader General Max imo Gomez so closely that he was obliged, with about 209 men of his es cort, to seek refuge in the woods and mountains of Las Delicias. The commissioners sent by General Pando to different parts of the island, ■ with instructions to negotiate with the insurgents for their acceptance of the autonomous form of government pro posed by Spain, have not returned in a single case, which seems to confirm the reports that some of them have been hanged by the insurgents and others have elected to remain with the enemy. It is reported that Juan Delgado, the insurgent leader, has hanged the two commissioners who were sent to him with peace propositions. A dispatch recently received here from Madrid says that the autonomy cabinet for Cuba will not be formed un til the Reformists and Autonomists unite in one party, and it is added that Reformist deputy, Amblard, who is now at Madrid, will on his arrival in New York offer to Manuel Rafael Angulo, a member of the Cuban revolutionary junta, a portfolio in the new autonomy cabient, in order to induce him to re turn to Cuba. The plans of the insurgents to strike a blow near the city have been checked, according to the official account, but the concentration of their forces is such as to make it unlikely that the insur gent band will surrender, as the Span ish authorities have been hoping. The business concerns of the city are much discouraged by the actual situa tion. They do not now look forward to a speedy enu of the revolution. All say they have abandoned the hope that the insurgents will surrender or accept the conditions of autonomy. FEVER EPIDEMIC FEARED. Spain Quarantines Against All Vessels From the Creole State.- Washington, Dec. 13. Secretary Gage is notified that the Spanish gov ernment has ordered a quarantine against ail vessels sailing from .Lou isiana points. Reports are daily being received by Surgeon General Wyman indicating that the United States may be visited with an unprecedented epidemic of yel low fever next year. Experts in the marine hospital service have been sent to Hav.-na to investigate the conditions there and make suggestions as to the best preventative measures. A report just received from Consul Jenkins, at Sun Salvador, says: ••Yellow fever has again decimated the foreign population at this place. So virulent is its character that there are cases where those stricken have succumbed to the malady in three days.” Consul De Cuua, at Mazatin, Mex , announces the presence of yellow fever there. Consul Smythe, at Cartagena, reports many cases of yellow fever, one Ameri can having died from it. There is a strong probability that leg islation will be enacted this session pro viding for a national quarantine system. A biil has already been introduced by Senator Cafiery of Louisiana which in dicates that the doctrine of state’s rights will not prevent southern members from supporting such a proposition. New Orleans, Dec. 13. A small cyclone visited Pointe a la Hache, 45 miles below New Orleans. Seven houses were capsized, A lugger was wrecked and one man lost his life. WARNED FROM GRAVE Girl Rejects Her' Sweetheart and He Killed Himself. In Her Dreams Her Dead Mother’s Spirit Warned Her Not to Marry Neely. Asheville, Ala., Dec. 13.—James Neely, a prominent young man living here, committed suicide at his home near here yesterday. Despondency caused hie rash act. His sweetheart had rejected him from the warniig of her dead mother. In a dream the young lady was having her wedding gowns made, one night recently. She saw the spirit of her mother in her dreams and acting on the warning from the grave she rejected her lover and he killed himself. CHINESE BABY. First Oriental Born In Georgia Arrives In Atlanta. Atlanta, Dec. 13.—Mr. and Mrs. Lum Ling are the parents of a bonne Ing baby boy. Thia is the first Chinese baby ever born in Georgia, so far as known. Lum went to" China more than a year ago and brought back a wife with him. Labor Federation In Session. Nashville, Dec. 13.—The American' Federation of Labor began its seven teenth annual session in this city with an attendance of more than 100 dele gates from different states, and an equal number of visitors. The Federa tion met in the hall of the house of rep resentatives, at the state capitol. Presi dent Gompers presiding.. After the meeting had been called to order, Wil liam Aimison of the local typographical union delivered an address of welcome in behalf of the labor organizations of the city. President Gompers responded to the address. The report of .the com mittee on credentials was presented, after which President Gompers read his annual address. Bram Marder Case Decided. Washington, Deo. 13.—An opinion has been rendered by Justice White, in the United States supreme court, in the case of Thomas Bram, under sentence of death in Massachusetts for murder committed at sea. He was accused of murdering the captain, mate and cap tain’s wife <>f a vessel bound for South America. The opinion reversed the de cision of the court below on the ground that Bram’s testimony should not have been admitted as testimony. Say. LuSrNHit’Wou't Swing. St. Louis, Deo. 13.—A special to The Globe-Democrat from San Francisco ■ays: In ‘an interview published here, Eugene Deuprey, the attorney who is making such a fight for Theodore Dur rant, gives warning of sensational de velopments. He s*ys that Durrant will not haug in January as is generally ex pected and declares that he will event ually go free. The attorney says that revelations are soon to be made iu the case that will cause a profound sensa tion. Deuprey says that they are on the track of the real murderer and says that arrests will soon be made. Greek Murderer Pardoned. Montgomery, Ala , Dec. 13.—Gover nor Johnston has pardoned Ohris Coleas, the Birmingham Greek who killed his wife last year. On the application the governor wrote: "The evidence in this case is that the man on reaching home found his wife violating her marital vows; her oompanion escaped, and Oo leas shot his wife and then attempted to kill himself. His act was not justi fiable, but the facts persuade me that the outrage perpetrated against him upset his mind. ” HJff Pay For Riding; a Goat. Kansas City, Dec. 13.—Lenna Wins low, who sued the Kuights of Macca bees for $25,000 for dislocating one of his kidneys while initiating him into the local order four years-ugo, has been awarded SIO,OOO by a jury in Judge Gate’s division of the circuit court. German »bip« Lem Hayci. Berlin, Dec. 13.—The German school ■hips Charlotte and' Stein, which were engaged in the recent demonstration against Hayti, have left Port an Prince, the former going to San Domingo and the latter sai.ing for Havana Gary Is Not a Candidate. Washington, Dec. 18.—Post mas ter General Gary is out iu an interview an nouncing his intention to remain iu the cabinet and not to make a try for the senate as the successor of Gorman of Maryland. To Teach Deaf Children. Washington, Dec. 13—The housj committee on education has favorably the bill to aid iu the estab lishment of homes in states and territo ries for teaching articulate speech and vocal language to deaf children before they are of school age. FOUL PLAY IS FEARED Old Italian Dies While in Alabama. > - WAS FROM CHICAGO Cai ri d 150 n to B ar, Ala, to Work on Railroad. REMAINS SHIPPED TO HIS HOME Marks Found Indicating He Had Been Foully Dealt With CORONER WILL INVESTIGATE CASE Palldini Was An Aged and Highly Re spected Member of the Italian Colony in Chicago -Details of Story. Chicago, Dec. 13.—The Italian colony was thrown into a state of great ex citement when it was reported that- Charles Paladini, one of the oldest and most highly respected residents in that part of the city, was murdered while on a business trip in Alabama. The remains of Paladini arrived in Chicago over the Burlington road and when examined later by an undertake! they were found to be in such a condi tion that the police were notified and the coroner will be asked to hold a post mortem examination. The body had been shipped from Bear, Ala., where Paladini went with 150 of his fellow countrymen for whom he had secured positions as section hands on a new railroad. The body, according to the under taker, was bloated and terribly discol ored and bore all evidences that death was due to drowning. Several marks on the neck made the undertaker con clude that Paladini’s death was not due to natural causes. He thinks the man was first strangled and then drowned. The police officials are of the opinion that a murder has been committed and the authorities at Bear, Ala., were com municated with in an effort to learn more about the case. SWEETHEARTS SENTENCED, lowa Girl and Boy Gotothn I’en For Kill. Ing the Latter’. Father. Waverly, la., Deo. 13.—Judge Clyde nas sentenced Delilah Failes, aged 30 years, and Will Kern, aged 17, to 20 and 12 years in the penitentiary. Young Kern and the Failes girl were lovers, to which the father of the boy objected. The Failes girl planned to murder the father and persuaded the sou to assist her. On Aug 23. she wrote a note to the elder Kern, asking him to meyt her in the woods about 5 miles from Cedar Falls. When he arrived at the ap pointed place, she shot him three times, and with help of old Kern’s son covered the body with brush, burning it up. Young Kern war arrested for the murder, and a short time ago confessed his part, declaring the Failes girl com mitted the deed. She was immediately arrested, and shortly afterward con fessed her guilt. SENSATION IN A CHURCH. Woman Dramatically Ileolaroa That Dur. rant’* Life Should Be Sparwd. San Francisco, Dec. 13 —Mrs. Alice Hartley, who killed Senator Foley at Reno several years ago, created a great deal of excitement in Emanuel Baptist church. At the conclusion of Rev. J. George Gibson’s sermon she dramat ically declared that she had a message from God to the effect that Durrant’s life should be saved and it was the duty of the congregation to save him. Rev. Gibson, who was Durrant’s pas tor, refused to see the condemned man’s mother when she called with a message from her son asking the preacher to tell all he knew about the murders in Eman uel church. , A final appeal for a commutation of the sentence of death will be made to Governor Budd this week. Pingree ililuU h I'ard’on. Jackson, Mich., Dec. 13. Edgar Rogers, who was sent to the state prison from Saginaw iu August. 1891, for life, has been pardoned by Governor Pin gree. Rogers’ sister will take him to her home iu Ca.iforuia. He had a fam ily iu New-York city, but left home during a drinking spe 1. At Saginaw he became infatuated with a woman whom he killed because she refused to marry him. .. . I TELLS ALL THE NEWS. The best evidence that The Tribune is appreciated by the ' people is the way its subscrip., r tion list increases dully. PBICE FIVE CENTS PRESIDENT’S MOTHER Mrs. McKinley Will Be Laid to Rest Today io Canton. All the Members of the Cabinet Ex cept Gage Will Be Present at the Funeral. CANTON, 0., Dec. 13—Funeral set* Ytces over the remains of Mrs. Nancy Allison McKinley will be held iu the First Methodist Episcopal church oi this city at 1 o’clock-Tuesday afternoon. Interment will follow in West Lawn lemetery. just west of the city, and Tuesday evening President McKinley and wife and officials from Washington who attend the funeral will leave for the capital, reaching there about Wednesday noon. It was first thought by the family that the services should be of a private nature, held at the old homestead. It was soon learned, however, through the pastor of Mrs. McKinley’s church, ai»d> members of the congregation, as well at from other friends, that the number of friends who desired to pay their last tribute of respect to the beloved woman by atteuding the obsequies could not be accommodated with such arrangements and church services were decided upon. Information is definite here that all the members of the cabinet, with the exception of Secretary Gage, will be present. Vice President Hobart has just announced that he canuot come. The officials from Washington will reach Canton on Tuesday morning. Telegrams of condolence are pouring in by the hundreds. The indications now are that the fu neral will be the largest ever held in Canton. Business will be practically suspended in the city. All the churches will be represented and the service and distinguished men will be present,fro.n ail parts of the country. Rev. Dr. Manchester, pastor of Mrs. McKinley’s church, will make a very brief address in order to permit the pas tors of other churches time to express sentiment. WILL GO TO WASHINGTON. Officials Want Tlekets Sold <>,iy by Regu larly Appointed Brokers. New York, Dao. 13.—About a dozen merchants, a number of railroad offi cials and committee* representing the various associations of ticket brokers in the city, are to appear before the rail road commission at Washington Deo. ’ 17 at the hearing on the bill to prevent the sale of tickets by the brokers not regularly appointed agents of a railroad. The merchants who are to appear be fore the commission are members of the Merchants’, association who were in strumental in securing the New York state law. The railroad men, backed by the Merchants’ association and the prominent business men of the city, are determined to have the bill passed if possible. They have t&ken it to con gress because the state law has proved a failure owing to its limited scope and because there is a question as to its con stitutionality with the point that it in terferes with interstate commerce is caused. The lawyers for the ticket brokers have brought up this question already. The law,applies to New Nork state rail roads only and not to railroads that transact business under the laws of other states. A broker who buys or sells a ticket issued by any state rail road can be sent to prison for a term of not less than one year, though the value of the ticket might not be more than 10 cents. .. . For that reason the brokers no longer handle New York Central nor Lake Shore tickets. The law, however, can not touch thein-for buying and selling Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Western railroad.tickets. Steamer <V. K. Phillips Burns. Clarksville, Tenn., Dec. 13.—Ths steamer W. K. Phillips, formerly of the Louisville and Memphis trade, but last week transferred to the Cumberland river trade, burned to the water’s edge at Island Bear Dover, 3d miles below here. The fire was first discove* 3d in the hold. The loss will probably not be less than $40,000. The passengers and crew escaped without injury, but the passengers lost their belongings. “•••*> —C x Terr.b.e J rng.-dy In ‘i'exa*. San Antonio, Tex., Dec. 13 —A ter rible tragedy occurred at Fiddletown, 40 miles north of here. Fred Barth, Sr., a prosperous German farmer, with out warning, took his shotgun and placing it at the back of his wife, fired a full load of shot into her. Then he attempted to cut his daughter’s throat with a razor. When help arrived they found that the old man had eut the throat of bis wife and had also cut both of his arms at the wrist. He was bleed ing to death when neighbors arrived. Barth was arrested. He is apparently sane, but will assign no cause for the deed. Fine Hotel For St. "— ' St. Louis, Dec. 13. It is announced that St. Louis will soon have a new ho tel that will cost $2,000,01)0 and it is said several Chicagoans and a well known hotel man of Indianapolis will furnish the necessary capital. The location se lected for the new hotelry is at the cor ner of Olive and Twelfth streets, Where ■an option has been secured on the prop erty and a company formed. The hotel is to be the most modern structure of the kind west Os the Mississippi river. Construction will probaMy be com menced next sgaspo.