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ESTABLISHED 1887.
NEW JCDGE
IS NAMED
McKinley Sends io Name
i of Joseph McKenna,
. SUPREME JUSTICE
The Appointment if the Californian Bad
Been Anticipated,
FILLS SEAT VACATED BY FIELD
Charles Dames, of Illinois.
Comptroller of Currency,
SUCCESSOR TO JAMES H. ECKELS
One Tennesseean and Two North Caro
linians Are Given Plums—Pension
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Agent at Pittsburg Appointed.
Washington, Dec. 16.—The president
* has sent the following nominations to
the senate:
. \ Justice —Joseph McKenna of Califor-
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JUDGE JOSEPH J. M’kENNA.
nia, to be associate justice of the su
preme court of the United States.
Treasury—Charles S. Dawes of Illi
nois, to be comptroller of the currency.
Interior—John W. Nesbitt of Penn
sylvania, to be pension agent at Pitts
burg.
Court of private land claims—Joseph
R. Reed of lowa, to be chief justice;
William M. Murray of Tennessee,
Thomas a Fuller of North Carolina,
H. 0. Sluss of Kansas, W. F. Stone of
Colorado, to be associate justices; re
appointments, their terms expiring Dec]
81, 1897.
Lewis Miles, attorney of the United
States for the southern district of Iowa;
Robert Cozier, attorney for the United
States for the district of Idaho; Henry
O. Dockery, marshal of the United
States for the eastern district of North
Carolina.
The president alsw sent in a number
of appointments which were made dur
ing the recess of the senate and which
have heretofore been announced.
solons Have adjourned.
Laat Day of tbe Seanlon Proved to be
the Moat Important.
« Atlanta, Dec. 16.—The present ses-»
■ion of the Georgia legislature came to
an end at midnight. The last day was
the most important of the session, as it
witnessed the passage by both houses of
the convict bill, which had been the
disturbing element for 51 days.
The bill providing for a new circuit of
the superior court, at Savannah. Ga.,
passed the bouse. The prime move
ment was to transfer the Brunswick
circuit to Savannah, but this failed and
the new bill introduced.
The joint resolution calling for a fed
eral supervision of quarantine regula
tions in Georgia and calling upon con
gress to enact such laws as would per
petuate this plan, passed the senate br
a fair majority. The resolution passed
the houie several days since.
The joint resolution calling for the
election of United States senators by the
people, also went through the senate.
To Elect Senator, by People.
Washington, Dec. 16.—The house
sommittee on the election of president,
vice president and representatives in
congress has unanimously agreed to
report a* joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the constitution pro
viding for the election of senators of
the United States by direct vote of t’ r
people. .
THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
WILL THEY PASS IT?
House and Senate In Deadlock
Over Convict Bill.
House Objected to Four Sections
of Bill /s Amended By the
Senate,
Atlanta, Dec. 16.—The house and
senate are in a bitter deadlock over
the convict bill, and the first white
light of dawn may see them still sitting
with sleepy, haggard faces.
The house is supposed to expire by
statue limitation at midnight, but
Speaker Jenkins and President Ber
ner unite in the plan to keep the fin
ger of Father Time turned .back until
the measure has either passed, or the
hope of it so doing tejomes vain.
Four sections of the amended b’ll
as received from the senate failed to
satisfy the house, and they again sent
it back to the senate for revision. The
senate had stricken out the clause in
the oiig in al bill which excepted iron
foundries, machine shops and cotton
factories as places for convicts to be
employed in. Tbe houses again
amended this section.
The senate had also provided that
lunatic convicts should be kept on
the farm but the house killed it.
A committee of six, three from the
house and three from are
in conference trying to adjust the dif
ference so that tbe bill may become a
law.
An Important Bill.
The Berner bill which allows state
banks to issue certificates for mer
chandise was passed by the h use to
night. k ßy this bill the state banks
will avoid the 10 per cent tax.
Hardeman Affair.
The matter of Col. Hardeman’s
right to the $6,000 collected by him
came up in the house, and a rather
sensational debate took place over it.
Upon the vote as to whether the es
tate should be made to pay this sum
back into the state treasury. 46
members voted for it. The motion
was lost, however.
RELIEF FOR KLO'N DIKERS.
Both the Senate and H«ru«e Appropriate
Money—Game’s Financial Bill.
Washington. Dec. 16—The house has
passed a bill appropriating $175,000 for
the relief of people in the Yukon country.
The senate also passed a joint resolu
tion appropriating $250,000 for relief of
the Yukon miners. It will be necessary
before either becomes a law for con
gress to get together on a commou
measure.
The currency bill framed by Secretary
of the Treasury Gage was introduced iu
the house by Chairman Walker of the
banking and currency committee. The
bill as presented to the house is identi
cal with that submitted to the commit
tees, save for a few changes of no espe
cial significance, which were suggested
by Mr. Walker.
The house, by unanimous consent,
took up the administration bill to pro
hibit pelagic sealing by Americans. Mr.
Johnsou (Rep., Mass.) made a vigorous
speech in opposition.
BUSINESS MEN AT CAPITAL.
National Board of Trade Hag Not Discuss
ed Georgia.
Washington, Dec. 13.—The National
Board of Trade convened at 10 o’clock
yesterday to further consider the numer
ous propositions before it.
The Atlanta delegation, consisting of
Messrs. Charles A. Collier, Stewart F.
Woodson, R. D. Spalding, J. G. Oglesby,
Thomas B. Neal and' ex-Governor R. B.
Bullock, were on hand early. No posi
tive action was taken on any important
subject. Georgia affairs have not as yet
been discussed.
CONGRESSMAN MADDOX
Again Represent Georgia on Democratic
Congressional Committee.
Washington, Dec. 16.—Judge Mad
dox was unanimously re-elected Tues
day night to represent Georgia on the
Democratic Congressional committee
during the coming campaign.
WILL DIE TODAY.'
Grady Reynolds and Bud Brooks to Be
Hung for Murd.r.
Jeffersonville, Ga., Dec. 16.—Grady
Reynolds and Bud Brooks, the two mur
derers, will die on the gallows here to
morrow. This place is shrouded in a
pall of sadness by the terrible tragedy
whick took place last night,
ROME. GA., FBI DAY. DECEMBER 17, 1897.
LON IS FOR
CUBA LIBRE
Atlanta’s Pet Is An In
surgent Champion
CUBAN RESOLUTION
Figuring on How to Bring the Question
Before the House.
DOES NOT WANT FURTHER DELAY
“rhe Colonels" Plan to Aid
the Fat. lots
P L’ MENTARIANS CAN’ 1 WORK 1-
No Aggressive Action To Be Taken to
Carry Out Polley of Democra ic
Caucus As Outline*!.
Washington. D-xj. IS. Landing Dem
ocriirio lueiuujrs of the house of repre
seumf. vas say no aggressive action is
anticipated to carry out the declarations
of the recent Democratic caucus on
Cuba, finance stud bankruptcy. The
caucus action will be allowed to stand
as showiug the policy of the minority.
It is said, however, that it would be
useless to force the Cuban question be
fore the house, as the rules would not
permit the minority to bring the ques
tion to a vote. The senate Cuban reso
lution, which was indorsed by the cau
cus, reposes in the committee on for
eign affairs and there is no power under
the rules to get it from that committee.
Representative Livingston of Georgia
has suggested that a resolution be pre
sented directing the foreign committee
to report the Cuban resolution at once.
But this proceedure would be ineffective,
as the resolution directing an immediate
report would be referred to the com
mittee on rules. It is not doubted that
this body, representing the majority,
would not act favorably on a motion of
this character. All parliamentarians
on the Democratic side concede that it
will be impossible for the minority to
force an issue’oa Cuba.
They are more hopeful of giving ex
pression to the caucus action on finance.
The majority will doubtless bring for
ward financial measures on the lines
suggested by the president and Secre
tary Gage and the Democratic policy
will be given effect by the casting of
the solid Democratic vote, numbering
125, against the measures.
On the bankruptcy question, it is ex
pected that the minority will frame a
bankruptcy bill calculated to meet the
caucus declaration for a “wise and just"
measure of this character. The bill,
when framed, will be offered as a sub
stitute to the one to be urged by the
committee on judiciary after the hol
idays.
The Populists have decided to hold a
caucus to outline their policies on pend
ing questions. They will probably op
pose the retirement of greenbacks, the
extension of further privileges to na
tional banks, the annexation of Hawaii
and favor the recognition of Cuban in
dependence and the repeal of the civil
service law.
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Adlai Stevenson Arrives.
New Yoke, Dec. 16.—Among the pas
sengers arriving here on the Kaiser Wil
helm 11, from Naples, were former Vice
President A. E. Stevenson and Mrs.
Stevenson of Bloomington, Ills.; the
Rev. Dr. O. A. Briggs of Union Theo
logical seminary, New York, and Arch
bishop Kaine of St. Louis.
(True Uniformity Will Fail.
Pittsburg. Dec. 16.—The plan to se
enre “true uniformity’’ among the coal
eperators will probably fail. At a meet-.
ix>g here the committee reported that
only 50 operators controlling 75 mines
ont of 124 operators controlling 202
imines had signed the agreement.
Southern Gives Dividend.
New York, Dec. 16. —The directors
of the Southern railway have declared
a dividend of 1 per cent on the preferred
stock payable Jan. 1.
Antiscalping Bill Favored.
Washington, Dec. 16.—The national
board of trade has adopted resolutions
favoring the passage of the autiscalpers
ticket brokerage bill; also a bill favor
ing pooling under supervision of the
interstate commerce commission.
27 Drinks Make One Corpse.
Northville, N. Y., Dec. 16.—Arthur
Waters, aged 26, drank 27 glasses of
whisky. Shortly afterward he dropped
dead. , .
TO TOUR THE SOUTH
Secretary Gage Will Make Us
a Visit.
s
Wanted to Ba at the Bankers Con
vention in Atlanta But Was
Not Invited,
Washington, Deo, 16.—Secretary
Gage is going to make an active can
vass in the south and west for the
financial plan he represents. He does
not think that the question has ever
been properly placed before the south
ern people and he is primed with facia
and figures, which he will soon give
out in a speech somewhere in the
south. He would have gone to the
convention of bankers at Atlanta
which is being held there now, if he
had been invited to attend. He could
not very well ask for an invitation,
but does not feel at all aggrieved that
he was not asked to be present.
It was, of course, thought that he
could leave Washington just at th:s
t : me. Ifislearned that Secretary Gage
does not intend to m ike one set speech
and then quit, but he wants to min
gle with the southern people, get
their side of the question, and give
his views as to what would be to their
interests.
KILLS TWO WITH A'RAZOR.
Negro Slashes the Throat, at Man and
Wife—Cause of the Trgedy.
Montgemehy, Ala., Dec. 16 News
of a thrilling tragedy at Tyson, a vil
lage 16 miles south of here, has reached
the city. For some weeks a systematic
abstraction of tools from the section
house of the Louisville and Nashville
railroad at Tyson has been going on.
A negro ex-convict, a trainwrecker
named Gilbert Giles, was suspected. A
negro named Jackson was detailed by
the section boss to sleep in the tooihouse
in order to catch the thief if he returned
again.
Giles learned of this and became an
gered at Jackson. Arming himself
with a long knife and providing his
wife with an ax, they proceeded to . the
toolhouse. Finding Jackson therein,
Giles made a lunge at him with the
knife. Jackson stepped aside and
avoided the blow. The woman then
raised the ax to strike Jackson, where
upon he quietly slashed her throat from
' ir to ear.
Giles fell when he first struck at
Jackson, but regained his feet and made
another lunge at him with the knife,
which second assault Jackson also
evaded, and in another second he had
brought the sharp blade of the razor
down heavily on Giles’ throat. The
woman is dead; Giles is dying. Jack
son escaped unhurt
FATAL TIGHT AT A FROLIC.
Three Men Killed and Two Women Fatally
Wounded, It Is Thought.
Jeffersonville, Ga., Dec. 16.—At a
party given at the residence of W. H.
Oaliff, a prominent farmer living near
here, a dispute arose between two young
men who were drinking and a fight
with pistols followed. Luther Oaliff,
Olarence Jones and “Short” Griffin
were instantly killed, Mrs. W. H. Oa
liff was fatally injured and Miss Mary
Petty was so badly wounded that it is
thought she will die.
Griffin and young Luther Oaliff, son
of the host-, were drinking, but the af
fair had passed off merrily until a quar
rel arose between the two men. Then
Griffin, who is a farmer living near
Jeffersonville, cursed the young man
and created a sensation among the
guests.
Oaliff did his best to stop the tirade,
but Griffin was enraged and drew a
knife and a pistol, pursuing Oaliff
through the rooms. The father ap
proached Griffin and ordered him from
the house, but when the enraged man
turned upon him Oaliff’s wife dragged
him into an adjoining room.
Young Oaliff by this time had secured
a pistol and. facing Griffin, commenced
shooting. Both men shot at the same
time. Griffin was shot at the first fire
and received four bullets in his body.
He was so drunk that his first bullet
went wide of the mark and instantly
killed young Olarence Jones, who was
attempting to stop the
The next two shots fired wounded
Mrs Oaliff and little Miss Mary Petty,
the daughter of the postmistress, who
was shot through the stomach.
Griffin’s last shot, fired almost as he
expired, struck young Oaliff in the head,
killing him instantly.
Wealthy Turfman Will Wed.
Versailles, Ky., Deo. 16 —Janies B.
Haggin, the wealthy turfman of Cali
fornia, has been here for several days,
the guest of J. H. Amsden. It is re
ported that he and Mr. Amsdeu’s step
daughter, M ; ss Pearl Voorhies, will be
married the latter part of this week.
Miss Voorhies is handsome, 26 years
old, and a favorite in Kentucky’s best
society. She and her mother have been
on an extensive tour in the west with
Mr. Haggin. returning to Versailles
only last week. Miss Voorhies and Ms
Haggin are third ponging.
MORGAN IS
NO MORE
Triple Murderer Swings
in West Virginia.
LEGALLY EXECUTED
He Slew Family Who Had Been His
Bnefactors From Childhood,
COURTS NOT SLOW IN THIS CASE
Captured, Convicted and Hung
Within One Month.
AFTER CRIME WAS COMMUTED
One of the Most Cold-Blooded Crimes
Ever Known—How it Was Committed.
Very Brutal.
Ripley, W. Va., Dec. 16.—John Mor
gan, the triple murderer, was hanged
here.
The triple crime for which John Mor
gan, also known as John Raines, was
hanged, was one of the most remark
able in the history of this state, and at
tracted wide attention, not only on ac
count of the unusual brutality of the
murders, but from the fact that there
was no apparent motive for the deed,
the family he destroyed having been
his benefactor since childhood. The
trial and conviction was notable for the
fact that within three days after the
murder, Morgan had been captured,
indicted, tried, convicted and sentenced,
in pursuance of Judge Blizzard’s prom
ise to the populace, clamoring for a
lynching, that, if the mob would dis
perse, he would promise that there
would be no delay in justice.
Mrs. Edward Greene, a well-to-do
widow, aged 70 years, her two daugh
ters by her first husband, Alice and Ma
tilda Pfost, and her son, James Green,
aged about 20, lived a short distance
Ripley. An intimate friend was
John Morgan, whom Mrs. Green had
token in as an orphan boy and given a
home. He remained with them about
a dozen years, but about three years
ago married, and lived apart from his
former benefactors. He was on friendly
terms with them, however, and on
Wednesday evening, Nov. 4, called at
the house and asked Matilda Pfost to
cut .his hair. She invited him to re
main until morning when she would do
the favor for him.
The household were up about 4 o’clock
the next morning, and the young women
set about to prepare breakfast, while
Mrs. Greene was arranging her room.
Greene went out to feed the stock, ac
companied by Morgan, who soon re
turned to the house alone, saying Greene
had gone to set his traps. A short time
after, while the young women were
busy with the breakfast preparations,
Morgan suddenly picked up a hatchet
and assaulted Matilda Pfost, striking
her twice on the head. She ran onto
the porch, while Morgan turned upon
Alice Pfost and felled her with.the
hatchet. Matilda was in the meantime
(creaming for help, and Morgan left
Alice to quiet Matilda.
This leaving Alice to quiet Matilda
was fatal to Morgan, for Alice managed
to get out of the house and hide and it
was afterward solely on her informa
tion that the identity of the murderer
was known. Alice fled in a half con
scious condition and gave the alarm to
a neighbor. In the meantime Morgan
forced his way iuto the room of old Mrs.
Greene, and after a desperate struggle
on her part slashed her to piecos with a
hatchet. James Greene’s mutilated
body was found near a corn crib.
Morgau was shortly afterward cap
tured in the woods. The following day
he was indicted aiid arraigned for trial
and confessed. A few days ago he es
caped but was recaptured. Morgan’s
correct name was John T. Raines. His
father killed his wife’s lover some years
ago and was himself killed by an offi
cer who was-iu pursuit of him.
Durraut May Kill Himself.
San Francisco, Dec. 16.—Theodore
Durrant, iu an interview, says: “I
will never be hanged. I know that
help is coming once more, as it has al
ways come to me before iu the extrem
ity.” This statement has caused a re
vival of the often expressed opinion that
when satisfied his last hope was gone,
he would commit suicide impossible.
u n!«lded 111 a Billiard Dall.
Chicago, Dec. 16. —Iu view of hun
dreds of men iu Green’s big billiard
hall, near the board of trade, A. G.
Moore, formerly passenger agent of the
Chicago and Alton railroad at Denver,
shot and instantly killed himself. Moore I
was despondent otter the loss of his po-.
Bition and lie was 55 years old-I
x The best evidence that The
Tribune is appreciated by the £
people is the way its subscrip-
4 tion list increases daily. 9
PBICE FIVE CENTS
NO CORNER IN WHEAT
‘■Ridiculous,” Says Leiter,
Supposed Head of It.
Interesting Situation in the Grain
Worli Discussed—How Leiter
Will Protect Himself,
Chicago,'Dac. I'6.—ln an interview,
Joseph Leiter, who is at the head of the
December wheat deal, said he expected
to pay cash for all the wheat delivered
to him and ship it out of Chicago.
“How much do I expect to get? That
is getting a little too exact. The eleva
tor people say I will get all the wheat I
have bought. If I say how much cash
wheat I expect to get then everybody
will know £«s well as I do about how
much wheat I have got bough!
“I will keep that to myself. My play
is to ship my property away. I did
that iu the fall and it was successful. I
can get a great deal cheaper storage
rate at Buffalo, or at New York, or at'
Boston than I can here. The lakes are
closed, but the grain can be sent all rail
about as cheaply as it cpuld have been
sent by lake ana rail. Most of it will
go out. That has been settled.
“Corner talk is ridiculous. There Iff
not any corner; corners have never been
complated. There will not be any.’’
There is still much speculation as to
how much wheat will be loaded upon
Leiter aud his associates. There is an
idea that Leiter has 6,000,000 bushels
bought, aud if these figures are real
ized there will be still left shorts to the
extent of 2,000,000 bushels to help pay
toward the campaign expenses. Leiter
has unquestionably forced some settle
ments already. It is said Armour will
deliver almost 4,000,000 bushels and
-Seavers & Weare and the other elevator
people will probably contribute 2,000,-
<X)O bushels.
The delivery of the cash wheat ou the
December contracts may end the cam
paign and it may not. Leiter may ship
his wheat, sell it aud take his loss or his
profits, as it turns out. But the ship
ment of so large a Hue of wheat would
be pretty certain to bull the January
and May futures and Leiter may turn
up as a holder of those months. That
is the play the crowd expects iu case the
wheat stock is moved away.
TWENTY-TWO LIVES LOST.
Steamer ('leveland Wrecked on the West
Coast of Vancoaver Island.
San Francisco, Deo. 16. Uncer
tainty as to the fate of the overdue
steamer Cleveland, which sailed from
this port Dec. 4 for Seattle, was ended
by the receipt of a telegram from Cap
tain Hall, master of the ship, to the
owner, Captain Charles Nelsou of this
city.
From the rather indefinite details so
far received it appears that the steamer
is a total wreck on the west coast of
Vancover island in Barolay sound, 12
miles north of Cape Beale.
The steamer broke down during a se
vere stoim off the mouth of the Colum
bia river. Captain Hall tried to put •
into Puget sound, but the fury of the
gale aud rapidity of the current com
bined to make the vessel totally un
manageable and when she finally ran
ashore on Barclay souud the panic
stricken crew rushed for the boats.
Despite the warning of Captain Hall,
who advised the men to stick to the
ship until she was beached, 22 men
launched and manned the small boats.
None of these boats have as yet been
heard from and it is feared they are *
lost, although it is possible that they
may have landed on the coast of Van
couver island at some remote point.
The captain, chief engineer, purser,
three sailors and one fireman, who re
mained on board the Cleveland, suo- '
ceeded iu reaching the shore safely.
The only passeuf'ers on the ship were
W. L Deittrick aud Frank Gerthan,
who are among the missing.
Alleged Murderers Arrested.*
Chicago, Deo. 16. —Telegrams from
the Chicago detectives sent to Prince
ton, Ky., say the two men under arrest
there are Chris Merry, the peddler, and
his alleged accomplice, Smith. The
pair are wanted for the murder of Mer
ry’s wife. Mrs. Merry was beaten to
death with a stove poker. Her disap-
Searance was as complete as that of
Irs. Luetgert, the wife of the rich sau
sage maker, now undergoing a second
trial for wife murder, but .after sharp
work by the police the body of Mrs.
Merry was finally discovered in a has
tily made grave in a ditch outside the
city.
‘Black Refuses to Interfere.
Albany, Dec. 16.—The Rev. Charles
Park and J. Rufus Terry of Long Island
City argued in vain with Governor
Black to have him stop the Creedon-
McCoy fight which is scheduled to take
place at that city Friday night. The
governor said that it was not for him to
assume that the law was to be violated,
because the local powers did not choose
to indicate to the public in advance
what would be done iu case the law
should be violated.
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John GaZy Evang -Marries.
Waterbury, Conn., Dec. 16.—Hon.
Johp Gary Evans, ex-governor of South
Carolina, was married here to Miss
Emily Mansfield Piume, the wealthy
and accomp ished daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. David Scott Plume of this city.
The ceremony took place at the bride’s
home. After a honeymoon of about five
weeks the bridal pair will settle down
in thq comfortable cottage selected by
the foveruar in Aiken. 5.,,0. . . .