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ESTABLISHED 1887.
MANY JUICY
PLUMSFALL
But No Georgians Get
a Smell,
MANY NOMINATIONS
President McKinley Hands Out a Lot ot
Slices of Pie,
LUCKY LIST IS UNUSUALLY LONG
Mains Man Minister to Norway
and Sweden,
CONSULS FOR FOREIGN CIHES
Only One or Two Southerners in the Lis c
Agents for the Indians—Registers
Os Land Offices.
Washington, Dec. 17. The presi
dent has sent the following nominations
to the senate:
State—Wiiliam W. Thomas, Jr., oi
Maine, to be envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary of the United
States to Sweden and Norway; Hamil
ton King of Michigan, to be minister
resident and consul general of the
United States to Siam; James O. Mc-
Nally'of Pennsylvania, to be secretary
of legation and consul general of the
United States at Bogota, Colombia; Ed
gar 0. Achern of Massachusetts, to be
secretary of the legation of the United
States at St. Petersburg, Russia.
Treasury—Nathan B. Scott of West
Virginia, to be commissioner of internal
revenue; John Peterson, collector of
customs for the district of Minnesota:
Edward C. Duncan of North Carolina,
to be collector of internal leveuue for
the Fourth district of North Carolina.
To Be United States Consuls.
To be consuls of the United States—
George H. Moulton of Colorad , at Deni
erara. British Guiana; Robert P. Doo
ley of New York, at St. Helena; Louis
H. Ayme of Illinois, at Guadaloupe,
West Indies; W. Stanley Hollis of Mas
sachusetts, at Lourco Marquez, Africa;
Levi S. Wilcox of Illinois, at Hankow,
China; Chester Donaldson of New York,,
at Managua, Nicaragua; Robert P.
Skinner of Ohio, at Mai seilies, France;
Frank W. Mahin of lowa, at Reicheu
berg, Bohemia; Marshall Halstead ot
New York, at Birmingham, England;
Harlan W. Brush of New York, at Clif
ton, Ont.; Charles W. Merriman of
Wisconsin, at Brockville, Ont.; Dauiel
E. McGinley of Wisconsin, at Athens,
Greece; Lemuel W. Livingston of Flor
ida, at Cape Haytien, Hayti; John 0.
Billheimer of Indiana, at Zanzibar,
Zanzibar; John K. Pollard of Ohio, at
Monterey, Mex ; Lewis Dexter of Rhode
Island, at Leeds, England.
Treasury—John Mel of California, to
be third lieutenant iu the revenue cut
ter service.
Interior—Richard Lebert, surveyor
general of Colorado.
Te be registers of land offices—J 1 . H,
Battenfield, at Dardanelle, Ark.; Jacob
B. Friedheui, at Camden, Ark.; Jarnos
A. Layton, at Montrose, Colo ; J. Gor
don, at Miles City; August DeOnitz, a«
Ashland, Wi j .
R. covers of I'ubllc Moneys,
To be receivers of public moneys—
Jehu G. Chiiwood, at Dardenelle, Ark.;
Edward A. Sollicker, at Camden, Ark.;
George W. Warner, at Akron, Colo.;
Rudolph B. Welch, at Topeka, Kan.;
George M. Laing, at Marshall, Minn.;
James M. Rhoades, at Miles City, Mou.;
William R. Akers, at Alliance, Neb.;
Albert W. Thompson, at Clayton, N. M.;
Nels Auiey', at Ashland, Wis.
To be agents for the Indians—Harlan
O. Baird, Santee agency, iu Nebraska;
William 11. Sinead, at Flathead. Mou.;
Thomas P. Fuller, at Black Feet, Mon.
Navy—Past Assistant Surgeon Fran
cis W. F. Wilber, to be a surgeon; Pay
master George H. Grilling, to be a pay
inspector; Assistant Naval Constructors
Robert Stoeker, Frank W. Sibbs and
Elliott Snow, to be naval constructor.;
Also a large number of recess up
pointuients.
Aii ioucimeu; yuuatwd.
Norfolk, Dec. 17.—Judge Goff has
quashed the indictment against John
Anderson, charged with the murder of
Captain Whitman of the schooner Ol
ive Packer on a technicality due to a
defect iu the indictment.
Find For Giving- Trading Stamps.
Pittsfield, Mass., Dec. 17.—Judge
Tucker decided that the trading stamp
system was illegal, and fined W. T.
Pathorbridge S2O and costs for giving
stamps with u purchase. The cate wuj
a test otiii
THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
“LORD BERESFORD”
The Festive Swindler Turns Up
in the City of Mexico.
He Is Trying to Get Franchise to
Build Waterworks and Sewer
age System in That Place,
Atlanta, Dec. 17.—Sidney Las
celles better known as “Lord Beres
ford,” has turned up in the city of
Mexico. A telegram from there tells
that he is cutting a wide swath.
It seems that Lacelies has been try
ing to get franchises to build a water
works and sewerage system for the
city of Mexico. He has been ingratiat
ing himself with some of the most
influential citizens.. It was thought
that Lacelles had fled from Maessa
chusetts after the Fitzgerald fiasco in
another direction but this was a
mistake.
LYONS IS OUT.
Stated That He Has at Last Been Induced
to Retire From the Race.
Washington, Dee. 17. —It is report
ed here on what seems the best au
thority that Judson Lyons, With the
advice of his colore I friends, has de
cidfd to withdraw from the race for
the Augusta postofflee and ask the
president for an appointment here in
Washington.
It is also further stated that Col. D.
R. Dyer has again entered the race,
and that he will be urged as the com
promise candidate.
One of Judson Lyons’ close friends,
who has been here backing him for
the postoffice is authority for this
statement of the case. Said the friend
of Lyons:
“We have come to t the conclusion
that neither Lyons nor any other col
ored man could make a satisfactory
postmaster iu Augusta, owing to the
prejudices there, and so we have ad
vjeed Lyons to withdraw and accept
another post. There are two places,
one here and the other out of the
state, pne of which we think will be
given to Lyons.
“There is a strong probability that
Col. Dyer, owing to outside influences
together with his local endorsements,
wiil be taken up as a compromise
man.”
Judson Lyons refused to corrobor
ate this report when §een, but neither
did he deny it.
THE F REIGHT MEN MEE T.
Permanent Organization Wiil Be Formed.
Objects of the Association.
Washington, Dec. 17.—The first reg
ular meeting of the National Associa
tion of Freight Commissioners was held
here for the general purpose of affect
ing a permanent organization. The
members of the association represent
commercial bodies iu their respective
cities and are charged with the duty of
securing equal justice for shippers in
their dealings with transportation com
panies.
It is not, it is said, essentially antago
nistic to the transportation Hues, but
acts in the capacity of mediator between
such lines and shippers. Another pur
pose of the organization is said to be
the proper representation of the shippers
on questions of importance which may
be at any time under consideration by
congress.
Confederate Bill Not Counterfeit.
Waycross, Ga., Dec. 17.—An inter
esting case came up fora hearing before
Judge J. G. Spottswood, United States
commissioner for South Georgia. J. H.
Bed, a white man from Wayne county,
was charged w*th passing counterfeit
money. He was brought here in chains.
At the hearing it was discovered that
the SSO bill passed by Bell on J. M.
Spence, Jr., & Co., at Waresboro, was
confederate money, whereupon Com
missioner Spottswood ruled that a con
federate bill was not counterfeit money
and no law was violated by Bell. The
prisoner was released.
A Big Sale of Cotton.
Columbia, S. 0., Dec. 17,-yThe state
penitentiary will sell next Wednesday
1,000 bales of cotton. Samples of tha
cotton can be seen at the office of the
penitentiary Monday morning. The cet
ton will be sold in a lot.
<l*ll on National Bunks.
Washington, Dec.' 17. The comp
troller ot the currency has issued a call
on national banks for a statement of
their condition at the close of business
Wednesday, Deo. 15.
Antifootball Bill Dead.
Richmond, Dec. 17.—The antifootball
bill was defeated in the state senate by
a vote of 21 to 12.
Floyd County Postmaster.
Washington, Dec. 17.—Today W.
A. Shores web named as postmaster
at Byrd, Floyd county.
ROME, GA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1897.
GAGE TALKS
FOR GOLD
Secretary of Treasury
on Currency Scheme
JOHN W. MADDOX
Is a Member of the Banking and Cur
rency Committee.
BEFORE WHOM HE IS TALKING
Secretary Gage’s Definition of
Bi-Metallism.
SLMI-POLHICAL QUESTIONS A'. KID
Stated That the First Purpose of the
Measure Is To Commit il-.e.County
to a Gohl Standard.
Washington. Doc. 17. Secretary
Gage resumed his exposition of his com
prehensive currency bill before the house
committee on banking and currency.
Chairman Walker had left the city ami
Mr. Brosius (Pa.) presided.
Before the bill proper was taken up
some semipoliticul questions were asked.
Mr. Hill (Rep , Conn.) called Mr. Gage’s
attention to the statement made Thurs
day that the first purpose of the bill was
to commit the country to the gold stan
dard.
“You are recognized as a Republi
can,” said Mr. Hill, addressing the sec
retary, "and you are familiar with the
financial platform of the Republican
national convention at St. Louis. Do
you consider that this purpose of more
firmiy flxi.<e the gold standard on the
country conflicts with tha principle oi
the St. Louis platform?”
“No sir,” responded Mr. Gage. Not
as I look at the principle of bimetallism
Bimetallism must mean one of two
things; either it is two kinds of money
of equal value, circulating side by side
by reason of the exchange of the less
valuable for that of greater value, or
else two kinds of money of such in
trinsic quality of value that they will
circulate naturally side by side. We
have a biinetalliccurrency iu the United
States now. A firm establishment of
the gold standard, with such inter
changeability with silver as will make
it acceptable t>u an equality with gold,
will maintain this bimetallism, the
same as it has existed for the lust Id
years.”
Steps to Help Silver.
The secretary went on to state that
this in no way prejudiced any steps that
might be taken to bring silver up to a
higher standard of value. The bill,
however, was designed to give such
confidence in the financial ability of the
government that the discriminations
against silver would largely decrease.
Mr. Cox (Dem., Tenn.) asked if the
result of the Gage bill eventually would
not lead t-o one kind of paper money
bank notes —and no silver except sub
sidiary silver.
“There is nothing in the plan to ope
rate to that extent now,” answered the
secretary. “It is in that direction and,
with further legislation developing it.
it might ultimately lead to such a re
suit. But I .would not say that silver
would be restricted to subsidiary silver.
I wouidjeay a system of silver which
woqld be subordinate. It is subordi
nate nov?. ”
After this diversion to the silver ques
tion, the consideration of the bill by
sections was resumed.
Section 7, providing for an increase
of national bank note circulation, to be
secured, not by the deposit of bonds or
notes, but. by the assets of the bank and
the government guaranty, was taken
up. Mr. Gage referred to the advantage
of this additional unsecured circula
tion in giving an elasticity to the coun
try at points where it was most needed.
He showed from the returns of the
comptroller’s office how small a per
centage of loss came from national
banks, and urged that this unsecured
circulation would entail a considerable
obligation on the government by reason
of its guaranty, and this would be over
come by the small tax on the bank, con
stituting a safety fund.
In answer to a question of Mr. New
lands of Nevada the secretary said the
amount of refunding bonds under the
biil would reach $1.138,000,000 if all of
them were issued. These being the ba
sis for calculation, bank notes could be
issued to that amount. By these the
additional 25 per cent of unsecured cir
culation Would give a further issue of
bank notes of about S3OO 000,000. But
that vast issue was merely the creation
of a spectre, and was not a reality.
'Die banks could, uot tret all the bonds
COPELAND AFTER IT
Announces Himself As a Can
didate For ledge
Os the Superior Court of the Rome
Circuit—That is What He Told
Tribune’s Correspondent,
Atlanta, Dec. 17, —Hon. F. W. Cope
land, representative from Walker county,
announced to The Tribune’s correspond
ent that he would he a candidate for
judge of the superior court of the Rome
circuit at the next election.
Mr. Copeland has made an able repre
sentative of his section during the present
session of the legislature. He has been
prominent in all important matters be
fore the body.
THE POPS’ CANDIDATE.
Announced That They Will Nominate
Walter Hill for Governor.
Atlanta, Dec. 17.—1 t is semi-oflicially
announced that the populists will nom
inate Walter Hill, of Macon, as their can
didate for governor in the next campaign.
He is a prominent prohibitionist, and
should he accept the nomination, it
would lay the populist campaign down
on the same lines as when Hon. Seaborn
Wright, of Floyd, was their candidate.
M’COY WON.
Kid Beat Dan Creedon in the Fifteenth
Round in New York.
Nkw York, Dec. 17.—Kid McCoy
punched Dau Creedon out in the fif
teenth round tonight. McCoy’s real
name is Norman Selby. He will prob
ably have to fight to hold the heavy
weight championship now, since neither
Fitzsimmons nor Corbett seemed in
clined to fight. The odds were 100 to. 80
on McCoy.
A Banging iu Tviauessee.
Covington, Tenn., Dec. 17. —William
Johnson, a negro, was hanged here
The crime for which Johnson surren
dered his life-was the coldblooded mur
der of Farmer Walter Boyd of Idaville,
Tipton county, Tenn., Aug. 5 last. The
only justification the negro offered was
that he heard boyd had threatened him.
The prisoner has been confined in the
Memphis jail, because lynching was
feared had he been permitted to remain
in Tipton county’s prison.
Ihe Florida Tourist Season.
Savannah, Dec. 17.—President H. B.
Plant of the Plant system arrived in
Savannah from his winter headquar
ters at Tampa, and will be here several
days inspecting this end of his big rail
road property and business. President
Plant says there is an outlook for a
firstclass tourist season in Florida, iu
spite of the fact that no considerable
number of tourists have yet put in their
appearance.
Ex- Fuglllst Daly Imi io ted.
St. Louis, Dec. 17.—The grand jury
has returned au indictment charging
Daly, the ex-pugilist, with murder in
the first degree, and on a bench war
rant issued by Judge Zachritz, Daly,
who has been on bail, was arrested ami
taken to jail. Daly shot and killed
Lulu Clark, with whom he lived iu this
city. •
Fay For the Union I’aeflc.
New York, Dec. 17.—The payment
to the United States of $8,500,000 on ac’
couut of the purchase of the Union Pa
cigc railroad by the reorganization com
mittee has been made through the me
dium of a check for that sum deposited
iu the United States subtreasury iu this
#ity.
A Child Murderer Hanged.
Kansas City, Dec. 17.—William Carr,
the chdd murderer, was hanged at Lib
eity, Mo. Carr was an ignorant back
woodsman, who sought to please bis
second wife by drowning his 3-year oid
daughter by his first .wife.
afid use’ liltin' Tor'iss.ing "bank notes.
On the contrary, government bonds are
always taken largely by private invest
ors, trust companies and insurance com
panies and parties across the water. Any
effort of the banks to absorb all the
bonds would so affect the price as to de
feat the object iu view. And this also
would serve as a check to the expansion
of bank circulation.
Mr. Newiands referred to “gold con
tracts,” and asked the secretary’s view
of them.
Mr. Gage said he did : not consider it
desirable to interfere with private con
tracts of this character any more than
was necessary. To Mr. Prince of Illi
nois he explained that his expression
“gold and other legal money” used in
the bill, meant no reflection on silver or
other classes of money. The other legal
money included silver and the expres
sion merely served to cover a well un
derwood term.
The extent to which drains on the
governnien stock of gold would result
under the operations of the bill excited
much discussion. Mr. Gage stated that
all redemptions would be male iu gold
or its equivalent.
TWO HANG
TOGETHER
a-■
Reynolds and Brooks
Swing.
KILLED A MERCHANT
Peculiarly Brutal and Coldblooded
Murder This Was,
AN ATROCIOUS CRIME IS AVENGED
The Murderers Were White
Men and Moonshiners,
KNEW THEIR VICTIM HAD $1,200
Reported That Merchant Hunt Had Gone
to Carson City to See Corbett-Fitzslm
inons Fight—Story of the Crime.
Atlanta, Dec. 17.—Bud Brooks and
Grady Reynolds, who together mur
dered Merchant M. O. Hunt of Belton,
Ga., were taken from the county jail at
Jefferson and privately hanged on a hill
a few hundred yards distant.. Both
made statements from the gallows. The
drop fell at 1.2:17. Both men died on
the same gallows.
The crime for which Brooks and Rey
nolds paid the extreme penalty was one
of the most atrocious in the history of
the state. They ki.led M. O. Hunt, a
prominent merchant of Belton, Ga.
Robbery was the motive. Brooks and
Reynolds were white moonshiners and
had made a great deal of money. The
ease with which they made it led them
to hatch the conspiracy by which they
could secure the $1,200 known to have
been in the possession of Hunt.
It was just before the Corbett-Fitz
simmons fight in Nevada when the
murder was planned. Reynolds nego
tiated with Hunt for the purchase of
his stock of goods. When the trade was
consummated Reynolds told Hunt that
the money was in the bank at Harmony
Grove and invited him to ride to that
place with him, a distance of 12 miles.
Midway between the towns, at a
rreek, Brooks met the pair and the two
committed the murder, robbed their
victim of the money iu his possession
and buried the body in the water. Rey
nolds returned to Belton, displayed a
forged bill of sale, took possession of
the store ami sold the stock below cost.
This reckless procedure aroused sus
picion.
Reynolds explained in the meantime
that Hunt had gone to Carson to see the
fight. The Hunt brothers of South
Catolina were not satisfied with this
statement and had Reynolds arrested.
He confessed to the murder and impli
cated Bro. ks, who had escaped to South
Carolina, but was arrested a few days
subsequently.
There was much talk of lynching at
the time, but the enraged people finally
decided to allow the law to take its
course.;
LABORERS DISCUSS CUBA.
Federation Delegate, Dake Some Fiery
Speeches on the .Subject.
Nashville, Dec. 17. Wheu the
American Federation of Labor met, the
report of the special committee on con
vict labor.was brought up and the
recommendations of the committee were
read. The report was adopted, after
some discussion.
Several spirited speeches followed the
introduction of a resolution relating to
the situation iu Cuba. The resolution
declares “that it is the sense of this
convention tiiat the United States con
gress should waste no more time iu use
less < ebate and diplomatic chicanery,
but should take such immediate actiou
as may tend to put au end to tne indis
ciimiuate murder of the common peo
ple of Cuba by Spanish soldiery.”
The following substitute for the reso
lution was introduced:
“That it be the sense of the conven
tion that Cuba should have industrial
freedom from which it will receive po
litical freedom.”
A motion was made to table the sub
s’itute und the question was brought
up whether or not the tabling of the
substitute inc.uded tlie original resolu
tion.
A vote was taken after a halt hoer or
more had I een consumed and tiie con- I
v utiou adjourned to he.ir the result at
tue afleruuun session.-
s teatn»hfp K >giheen» Strike.
London, Dec. 17.—A dispatch from
Glasgow says the engineers of six of the
Allen line steamers now at that port
have gone out on strike. The dispatch
adds that the Surinitan, which was duo
to sail Friday, was unable to start and <
that a serious disorganization of the
fleet is feared. I
■IE NEWS, f
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* PRICE FIVE CENTS
POPS HOLD A CAUCUS
Resolutions About Cuba, Cur
rency and Civil Service
Will Resist Any Effort to Change
Civil Service so That Partisans
• Will Fill Officers,
Washington, Dec. 17.—A caucus of
the Populist members of the house of
representatives was held at the Na*
tional hotel. The following resolutions
were unanimously adopted, except that
referring to the civil service:
Resolved, That it is the sensg of thii
caucus that we will resist, all efforts to so
modify the existing civil service law as to
enable any party that may be in power to
fill the different positions iu civil service
with partisans.
Risolytd, That we are opposed to and
will resist all efforts to destroy our green
backs and treasury notes, which are, by
direct legislation or by the subterfuge of
refusing to reissue the same exoept in ex
change for gold.
Resolved, That we are opposed to any
scheme of enlarging the powers of na
tional banks; that we oppose the con
ferring of the powei to issue notes de
signed to have the same functions as
money to any bank, corporation or indi
vidual.
• Resolved, That, we favor the early con
sideration and passage of a joint resolu
tion recognizing the independence of tho
Cuban republic. •
Resolved, That we are in favor of the
early passage of an equitable voluntary
bankruptcy bill.
COREANS AS COMPETITORS.’
Th® Japanese Empire Now Forinliliu
bl® Rivals In Its Ovrn Borders.
Washington. Dec. 17.—1 tis a curious
fact that while Japau is making efforts
to find outlets for her surplus labor by
emigration, she is being threatened aS
home with a competition of even
cheaper labor.
Horace Allen, United States consul
general at Seoul, has sent to the state
department an extract from a native
paper showing that the C-oraan laborers
are much prized in Japan and that con
siderable numbers of them are being
taken there to work in the coal mines,
at which they are superior to the Japa
nese iu many respects.
It has also been found that in work
upon the Seoul-Chemulpo railroad, uow
being constructed by Americans, the
Coreans are superior to the Chinese as
laborers upon earth wosks and the en
gineer in charge reported that they,
were quite as good as the labor in
America,- though they are paid oniy 15
cents in gold per day and feed them
selves.
NOT WORK OF WRECKERS.
Garrisons Disaster VI as Caused by the
« Embankment Giving Way.
Albany, Dec. 17. —The board of rail
road commissioners has handed down a
report of its investigations into the
cause of the accident on the New York
Central railroad at Garrisons on Oct.
24, last. The commissioners arrived at
the conclusion that the train was
wrecked either by derailment, which
destroyed the einbaiiKment, or that tho
embankment gave way and threw the
train into the river.
The board recommends that the force
of track walkers on the Hudson river
division of the New York Central bo
increased so as to provide a constant
and sufficient system of watching and
warning along the line at all times.
Owners of the Tug Win.
Pensacola, Fla., Dec. 17.—1 n ths
United States court a decree was ren
dered in favor of owners of the tug
Monarch for $2,018 against D. G. Brent,
late collector of customs at this port.
The suit was* brought to recover dam
ages for the seizure and detention of tha
tug mi the ground that she was en
gaged in filibustering, but as the col
lector was able to show that he acted by
express order of the secretary of tha
treasury the government will have to
pay the judgment.
Ml People Perish In a Fire.
Ottawa, Dec. 17.—The residence of
Patrick Leahy was burned and Leahy
and five of his children, Thomas, Marie,
Katie, Maggie and Patrick, the oldest
but 9 years of age, perished. Mrs.
Leahy and a boy named Frank, aged 5
years, were saved. It is supposed that
Leahy dropped a lighted mutch, which
he was accustomed to carry around tha
house.
No Cuiniul.Goiters -Named.
Atlanta, Dec. 17.—Governor Atkin
son denies that he has tendered the po
sition of state penitentiaiy commission
ers to Hon. R. T. Nesbitt and Judge
Turner, as has been published. It is
generally conceded that Judge Turner
will be one of the commissioners, but it
is not known just wheu the appoint
ment will be made.
Oov New Mluloter to Russia.
St. Petersburg, Dec 17.—The retir
ing United States minister to Russia,
Clifton R. Breckinridge, was received
in audience by the czar and presented
his letters of recall. Mr. Breckinridge
presented to his majesty his successor,
E. A. Hitchcock.
l ewis George < lark Dead.
Lexington, Ky., Dec. 17. Lewis
George Clark, the original George Har
ris, of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s famous
novel, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” died here,
aged 86.