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TILLMAN’S
HOT TALK
Be Is For Bryan II
1.900.
MADE 80 MISTAKE
“JI the P iff of Plutocracy and Hell
(annot Beat Him/’
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BILIEVES BE WILL BE 1 WINNER
Senator Harris, of Kansas, Also,
Talks About It.
COMMENDS HIS EARNEST SINCERITY
All Elements Opposed to Republican! nn
Will Nominate Him in 1900 is
Their Idea.
Washington. Dec. 24 —ln comment
ing on the future of William J. Bryan,
Senator Benjamin R. Tillman of South
( Caroliua said:
“I ihink Mr. Bryan has lost nothing
since the election. He has made no
mistake that I know of.
“There might be some criticism of
his apparent constant obtrusion of him
self upon the public, but it is very hard
for so prominent a man t hide his light
under a bushel or retire to anything like
private life.
"Unless some unforseen blander of a
very serious nature should be made, I
cannot now. see any possibility of any
other man than Mr. Bryan being nomi
nated in 1900. I think he will retain
all the elements that for him last
year, and will get 1,000,0j0 or 2,000,000
more votes from disgusted Republicans
and repentant Democrats. In fact, all
the power of plutocracy and hed can
not beat him.’’
Senator William Harris of Kansas
•aid:
“I do not consider that Mr. Bryan is
repeating ‘an echo ess appeal. ’ I be
lieve that most of the people today are
thinking of the silver question. There
is not so much of the brass band cam
paign, but in my judgment if a vote
were taken today it would show a tre
mendous increase for silver over that of
1896.
“Mr. Bryan has, perhaps, done some
things that may provoke a little flip
pant criticism, but his earnestness, sin
cerity, good faith and ability have be
come more and more marked and he is
closer to the heart of the great masses
of the people today than any man
living. Admitting the situation to be
substantially as it is how, his nomina
tion in 1990 will be in response to the
universal wish of all the elements op
posed to Republicanism.”
AN EXPLOSION KILLS TWO.
Big Boilers In a Jersey city Factory Burst
With Frightful Results.
New York, Dec. 24. —A succession of
explosions at the United States Acety
lene Liquifying company, in Jersey
City, caused the loss of two lives and
$20,000 damages to the works.
The dead are: Thomas Fowler, the
assistant engineer; Max Crim.
There were only three other employes
in the building at the time of the acci
dent and they received greater or less
injuries. Their names are Fred Burr.
Fritz Enzoi and Charles Wlnte. James
Leeb. who was working halt a block
away. w.is badly injured by a piece of
the boiler. A fragment of ■ the boiler
tore the root from a trolley car some
distance away. It is said that the first
explosion was due to the borers burst
ing, and as the fire spread to the vari
ous acid tanks there was a succession of
deafening reports.
Nearby buildings, as well as the Cen
tral Railroad of New Jersey trestie,
caught fire, but the lorses were not se
rious in these instances. The machineiy
of the local electric lighting company
was affected by the jar, causing the
electric lights in various buildings to go
out. Max Grim’s body was blown
through a window and torn to pieces.
The body of Assistant Engineer Fowler
was found .in tho ruins of the wrecked
building.
r-liHrinan if a
Corry, Pa.. Dec. 24.—The snow is
drifting at a terrific rate. At Sherman,
N. Y., and vicinity reports say that it
is more than 4 feet and still drifting. It
taxes two engines to pull three cars on
. the Western New York and Pittsburg,
Which goes through that section. Trains
[ on the Pennsylv\uiajue also delayed
THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
ATLANTA SMUGGLER
—...A
R. D. Lee Arrested There Yes
terday After soon
Smuggled. Coal Tar Preparations.
4 First Case Atlanta Has
Ever Had.
Atlanta, Deo. 24.—R. C. Olds,
special inspector from the, treasury
department at Washington arrested
D. H. here today for smuggling.
This is the first genuine case of
smuggling Atlanta has ever had, and
the arrest here prom'ses to be the fore
runner of many cities throughout the
United States.
Lee has been the Atlanta represen
tative of Redcliff, Moore & Co., of
Toronto, Canada, whose specialty is
coal tar preparations, such as phe
nacetine, antikamnia etc.
These preparat.ons are very costly
and through legitimate channels cost
about $1 per ounce. They are made
Germany, and are smuggled through
by the Canadian bouse into the
United 8 ates.
This firm has agencies all over tbi
country, and wholesale arrests will
probably follow.
Lee sold the preparations h-re for
30 cents par once, and bas sold several
thousand dollars worth. He will have a
preliminary trial tomorrow.
MR. BOWIE’S POSITION,
Pronounc s S atement of Striking Iron
Moulders as Absolutely Fulse.*
The Tribune yesterday morning con
tinued a statement from the striking
iron moulders concerning the arrest of
the four non-union moulders on Wed
nesday.
Last night Mr. J. Park Bowie, man
ager of the Rome stove works came to
The Tribune office and made the fol
lowing statement for publication:
“I read the article in this morning’s
Tribune in which the striking iron
moulders repudiate the idea that they
were responsible for the arrest of the
four employes of the Rome stove
works on Wednesday afternoon, or
that they would do injury to the
works or any of their employes.
“I pronounce it as absolutely false
from beginning to end. The facts are
that warrants were issued by Walter
Harris, J. P., at the instance of Will
Martin and others, after Justice Har
ris had twice dissuaded tbem. And
his bill for cost, they having with
drawn the warrants, had to be ap
proved by the union.
“Chief of Police Shropshire also
used his influence to prevent the war
rants fromjbeing issued.
“They have attempted our injury
by intercepting our men going to and
from the foundry, trying by persua
sion, threats and the use of money to
induce them to give up their jobs, and
succeeding in a few instances. We
have employed Messrs. Reece &
Denny, attorneys-at-law, to prosecute
those who may further interfere with
the operation of our business.”
Coal Miners Get Mure Cash.
Birmingham, Ala, Dec. 21—The Co
rona Coal company and Virginia ami
Alabama Coal company, employing
About 1,200 coal miners in Waiker
county, announce that Jan. 1 they will
advance wages from 60 to 70 cents
per ton. The increased demand for
coal ami need of more labor is the causf
of the advance. Other .operators an
expected to follow suiJl
French Cruiser Fur Chin*.
London, Dec. 24. A special dispatch
from Paris says the French cruiser
Pothuan, bas been ordered to prepare
for sea iu Oninese waters. The Poth
uan ie a firstclass cruiser of over 5,000
tons displacement and 10,000 indicated
horsepower. She carries two 7.6-inch
guns, ten 5 5-inch quick firiug guns aud
16 small quick firiug guns.
Klectric Cars Are Burned.
Everett, Mass, Dec. 24 —The Ferry
street car house of the West End Street
Oar company, was destroyed by fire, to
gether with 90 electric cars. The lose
on the building is estimated at SBO,OOO
aud ou the oars $120,000.
A Big Fl re Ht ratsruuii,
New York, Dee. 24 —Fire in the bus
iness portion of Paterson, N. J., de
stroyed property to the value of $50,000,
about equally divided between the
buiiuing and the stock of tenants.
Co«*«ul Sch«»eul*»tk l>e*d.,
Berlin, Dec. 24.—William Schoen
lank, the consul general of the Central
American republics, if dead.
Mrs. Booth Still Very 111.
New York, Dec. 24.—Mrs. Balling
ton Booth, who is ill in this city, passed
a fairly comfortable night, but the ia
still in a critical jtat*.
ROME. GA., SATURDAY. DECEMBER 25. 1897.
SHE IS NOW
AT REST
Funeral of Miss Leila
Herbert Occurs,
AT MONTGOMERY, ALA
The Casket Covered With Beautiful
Floral Tributes.
C .RRII D HOME BY A PRIVATE CAR
Interred in thv Old Fi mily
Burying Ground.
f’IENDS AND RELATIVES PRESENT
In T.ai ge > uinbei s to Pay Thpi • Tribute
Os K«gp«ct—Sle*ps Where Glrl-
Ho <1 Wa« Spent.
Montgomery, AU., Dec. 24.—Hon.
H. A. Herbert and his sou-in-law, Mr.
Benjamin Micou, aud Mrs. Micou,
reached this city in a private car on the
delayed Washington express. They
brought the remains of Miss Herbert
for interment here. A large number of
relatives aud frieuds were waiting at
the station for the arrival of the traiu.
The casket was iu a private car and
was covered with large numbers of the
most beautiful floral emblems. The re
mains were at once taken to the resi
dence of Mr. R. G. Banks, on Moulton
street, and were interred iu the family
burying ground later.
Miss Herbert spent the early part of
her life ia this city and was especially
beloved aud admired. The ex-secre
tary has the sympathy of all Alabama
iu his sad bereavement.
ROPE FOR COLONEL RUIZ.
“panlsh Feaee K„v»y Not Even Permitted
the Deal h of n ’“oidier.
New York, Dec. 24.—A special to
The Herald from Madrid says: Follow
ing upon the expressions of disapproba
tion shown by the American press at
the savage methods of warfare used by
General Gomez in the matter of the as
sassination of Lieutenant Colonel Ruiz,
there is the best authority for stating
that the Spanish government thinks the
moment propitious for approaching that
of Washington aud asking the latter to
use all means possible to repress revo
lutionary societies iu the United States
which are giving active assistance to
Gomez’s forces.
The Spanish government points out
that it has given the broadest measure
of autonomy, which is proving accept
able to the large majority, aud while it
is favorably commented on iu the presi
dential message, it is forcibly opposed
by a piratical n nd reckless minority.
All the Spanish government asks is
the application of the rule laid down by
President Grant as the duty of one
friendly nation toward another. If this
is applied the government considers the
termination of the revolution will occar
within a short time.
The indignation was twice as great
when the news reached here that Ruiz
was not even permitted a soldier’s death,
but was hanged.
The Oorrespoudencia Militar, the
army organ, says:
“Our heroic chief was assassinated by
bandits and adventurers.”
The Correspondencia de Espana says:
“The tragedy of Campo’s Florio will
transmit its influence in the bringing
about of peace in Cuba.”
General Gonzales Monuz, who has
been appointed governor of Porto R co,
is a Cuban and a man of liberal ideas.
For la. ... ~ :
Phil*DEt ”hia, Dao 24 —The O n
nut Street. Trust and Saving- D-p >
company, which closed its doers I nn
day, has tn-uie an assignment for i
benefit of creditors to George K. Ear
Jr., preside"! of tho Tradesmen's N
tioual bank aud Richard Y. Cook, pr
ident of tl-e Guarantee Trust and SuU
Deposit company.
Will Mak« a ■ ut Iu Wa-es.
Lowell, Mass., Dec 24—The treas
urers of the Low.eil cotton mills, at
meeting held here, voted to reduce tin
wages of their employes from Jan. 17.
A Failure at Opel.'k*.
Opelika, Ala., Dec. 24.—F. D. Lee
Taylor & Co., dealers in dry goods here,
have made an assignment. Liabilities.
$3,000; assets, $3,100. Z. Z Black is as
signee. Dull trade is the cause of the
assignment.
FIGHT WITH WOLVES
Han Living Near Caliniun Has
a Desperate Battle.
A Pack Os Fifty Attacked Him and
He Escaped Wien Difficulty.
Killed Seven.
Calhoun, Ga , Dec. 24.—George
Marvin, who lives at the base of the
Cohutta mountains, bad a thrilling
exp rience last night with a pack of
wolves.
During the night Marvin heard his
pigs squealing and went out to invest
igate When he reached the lot he
was attacked by a pack of wolves,
numbering at least fifty.
There in the darkness a terrible
struggle took place. Marvin fought
the ravenous beasts with the despera
’ion born of despair and succeeded in
knocking stv.-n of the animals in an
old well and drowning them.
The rest of the pack were finally beaten
3, but not before Marvin was pretty
badly hurt.
It was not known before that there
was such a large pack of wolves in the
1 ohutta mountains, as only an occasional
nue has been seen in the past few years.
FOR SENATORIAL PRIMARY."
New I lan to Elect Members of the Upper
Br*tich by I’upular Vote.
Gainesville, Fla., Dec. 24.—Colonel
Charles L Fildes, a prominent lawyer
of this city, has addressed a letter to
Hou. W. A. Rawls, chairman of the
state Democratic executive committee,
urging him to comply with resolutions
passed by the last session of the Florida
legislature, providing for a method of
deter|ninuig the -popular choice for
United States senator.
The resolutions provide that at each
primary held for the election of a rep
resentative to the general assembly, the
chairmen of the Democratic county ex
ecutive committees shall provide a sepa
rate box, into which the voters shall
cast ballots naming their choice for sen
ator. The representative is bound to
support the party which may receive a
majority in the legislature.
Mr. Fildes says he understands there
has been a disposition on the part of the
state chairman to misconstrue these
resolutions, and points to the disgrace
ful methods which are resorted to n
some states to secure the e.ection of sen
ators. emphasizing the necessity for an
enforcement of the provisions of the
resolutions.
SENTENCES MADE SHORT.
Chief Executive us Alabem* Grants Far
dons to Several Cou viola.
Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 24.—Gover
nor Johnston has pardoned three more
convicts.
Jacob Cobb was convicted of having
murdered a man named Booth near this
city two and a half years ago and was
sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment.
Booth was a vicious character aud suffi
cient evidence to show that Cobb had
acted in defense of his family has de
veloped since the trial to justify the
trial judge to heartily recommend his
pardon. Governor Johnston accord
ingly issued Cobb a parole aud restored
his political rights.
Ed Brown of Mobile was convicted of
manslaughter three years ago. The
evidence showed he had, in a trifling
scrap with another negro, cut him iu
the hand with a small pock, t knife.
The wound, from neglect, became in
flamed aud several weeks afterwards
produced death. His conduct iu prison
has been excellent and Judge Semmes
recommended his sentence be cut short
several months. * The governor so or
dered.
Henry McQueen, still a youth, was
convicted of burglary in Lowndes
county two years ago. His prosecutors
ana many good citizens of Lowndes
represented that he had served suffi
ciently to expiate his offense aud Gov
ernor Johnston granted him a parole
conditioned ou good behavior.
He Killed the Wrou* Negro.
Montgomery. Ala., Dec 24 —Deputy
Sheriff Haynes of Autuga county,
charged with murder, was tried here on
a writ of habeas corpus. He was ad
mitted to bull in tue sum of $1,500,
which he promptly gave. Several week,
ago he came into this county in searca
of a prisoner wanted in his county. He
had information that the fugitive was
in a certain farm dwelling, aud obtain
ing entrance, called to a negro he
thought he was after to surrender. The
negro offered resistance, ami. thinking
to protect his own lite, the officer killed
him. The victim was not the negiv
wanted, hence tho prosecution.
Fifteen Hundred (let Work.
Pittsburg, Dec. 24. Preparations
are being made to start the tube mill
of the oil well supply company, ou Sec
ond avenue, this city. This plant has
been idie for the past four years and its
starting means that 1,500 men will be
given employment. The resumption
will take place iu about six weeks.
Escaped Lu nat io <'*pture<i.
Buffalo, Dec. 24 —James A. Nolan, a
lawyer of Topeka, Kan., who escaped
from the Kansas state insane asylum
about two mouths ago, was arrested in
thia city aud is being held for the Kan
su authorities. _ «
CZAR WILL
BUILDCANAL
Black Sea to Connect
With Baltic.
A STUPENDOUS WORK
When Completed Io Power Can Cope
With Russia.
WORK STARTS SOON ON WATERWAY
Will Be About 1,000 Miles in
Length.
MAY COST NINETY-SEVEN MILLIONS
Must Be Finished By I,9o2—Complete
Details of the Great War Improv.-
meat as Published. i
New York, Dec. 24.'—A special to
The Herald from Washington says:
The Russian government will begin
next spring upon a stupendous piece of
engineering work which, like the Trans
siberian railroad, will be of great strat
egic and commercial value to her when
completed.
The project contemplates the con
struction of a canal connecting the Bal
tic aud Black seas, which can be trav
ersed by battleships of the heaviest ton
nage at six knots per hour. By means
of this canal Russia will be able to mo
bilize * huge fleet in the Baltic in 167
hours by bringing to that sea the Black
sea squadron, or can collect in the Black
sea in the same time the Baltic und
Black sea fleets.
In case of a general European war
over the division of China at the time
of the comp etion of the canul it would
not be a difficult matter for Russia to
send her fleet through the Bosphorus,
the sea of Marmora aud the Dardanelles
into the Mediterranean, down the Suez
canal, across the Indian ocean to China,
while she could utilize the Transsiberiau
railroad to transport troops. The canal
will remove the necessity of sending a
fleet across the North sea and down the
Atlantic iu order to reach the Mediter
ranean, and through tnat sea reach the
Suez canal aud China and it was pointed
out that iu case of war Great Britain or
Germany would take measures to see
that the Russian fleet did not pass
through their waters without a bard
struggle.
The length of the oanal will be 1,000
miles. It will have an average depth
of 28.4 feet. The cost of the work will
be $97,000,000, aud it must be complete''
by 1902.
It is frankly admitted by the Russian
authorities that the canal is being built
for military purposes, just as the Trans-
Siberian roau is being constructed, bat
they say that the waterway will be df
benefit commercially. Sixteen cities are
situated along the route of the proposed
canal, aud they will be benefited by its
construction.
“Russia maintains a formidable fleet
of battleships iu the Black sea,” said a
well known naval commander, “such
action being in violation of the pro
visions of the Berlin treaty. The con
struction of the canal will mean that
this fleet can be reinforced in seven days
at the utmost by an equally formidable
fleet from the Baltic aud iu case of the
dismemberment of Turkey, or a neces
sity for a large force of naval vessels in
Asiatic waters, Russia would be üble to
get her reinforcements to that section
ahead of any other European govern
ment, which would be compelled to use
the Atlantic ocean and the Mediterra
nean. So far as Turkey and China are
concerned, the onmpletion of the Rus
sian canal will place the czar in a posi
tion which will be envied by all the
other European governments.”
Notorious Burglar Nabbed.
St. Louis, Dec. 24—After’a vigil of
two years, detectives have arrested here
Thomas Hood, a self confessed negro
burglar, who has operated in nearly
every large city in the west and south,
and even now is wanted at Memphis,
Tenn., where a sentence of 14 years
hangs over his head. The crimes for
which Hood was wanted here are three,
which h§ confessed were perpetrated
about two years ago.
Grower Gives Awsy Has fiiinn.
Princeton, N. J., Dec. 24—Grover
Cleveland has returned from his south
ern hunting trip. The expedition was
most successful, and many ducks fell
before Mr. Cleveland’s repeater. A 1
number of the birds were shipped to
Princeton, aud many neighbors and
friends will have at their Christmas din- 1
ner wild southern game, through the
kindnejM of. the fonnerjoruidenk ■ ■
J TELLS ALL THE HEWS. *
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
FROZEN TO DEATH
First Cases of the Kind Re
ported This Season.
Four Hunters Perish Within Half a
Mile Os An Arkansas
Farm House.
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Little Rock, Dea 24. —Passengers
reaching here from Seary county report
that a party of foui- hunters were found
frozen to death by the roadside in Daws
creek bottom, Newton couuty, on Mon
day. The great hunting preserves of
northwest Arkansas are iu Seary, New
ton, Marion and contiguous counties,
and it is believed from descriptions of
i the dead hunters that they are W. H.
Hughes, A. H. Dolphin, John W. Bright
and Sam S. Evies, who outfitted here
tor a deer, bear and turkey hunt up in
that section a couple of weeks ago.
They claimed Chicago as their home
. and it is said they passed through Mar
shal], iu Seary county, early last week,
saying they were going into the Boston
mountains for game. t
They were equipped with a full outfit
of hunters’ accoutrements with a cov
ered wagon which was drawn by two
mules. It rained and sleeted in Newton
and Seary counties all day Saturday,
Sunday aud Sunday night and it is be
lieved that the party concluded to seek
the settlements for shelter Sunday night
and lost their way In the jungle. They
were within half a mile of a farmhouse
when discovered, all huddled up to
gether in the wagon with the mules
frozen so stiff that they could not be
moved for some time after being found.
OFFICIALS’ARE’ GRATIFIED.
Britons Pl.mm! Ov«r th. Kmult ut the
Canadian J?*eitlh.g Aw rd.
London, Dec. 24.—Officials at the for
eign office do not conceal their gratifica
tion over the result of the sealing award
since the amount of the indemnity,
award exceeds that which congress re
fused to pay. The English press has
constantly been reproaching Americans
for not paying their, bill of damages
after the general decision of the Paris
tribunal had gone against them. In
evitably the charge of bad faith will be
revived'if congress should again refuse
to sanction the agreement reached by
the sealing commissioners.
Neglect on the part of congress to ap
propriate the money required for set
tling the compensation for the seizure
of Canadian sealers will naturally in
crease the difficulty of adjusting the
Behring sea question, and this is al
ready serious enough. The foreign of
fice, which is now exposed to merciless
criticism at home and abroad for its po
sition of isolation and helplessness in
dealing with the new and mysterious
Chinese question, would be glad to have
this chief source of contention with
America removed, but it cannot aol
without the support of Canada, which
is not willing to agree to the suspension
of pelagic sealing and the preservation
of the fur seal herd, unless a series of
other contentions and questions are
taken up by the United States and dis
posed of.
What is to be apprehended is a diplo
matic impasse with increased bitterness
between the two nations as a result.
Cbl-.a l-V*eu.«e<l by Cabinet.
Washington, Dec. 24.—This coun
try’s attitude toward what appears to
be an effort on the part of the powers of
Europe to dismember China was the
principal topic of discussion at regular
meeting of the cabinet. While no for
mal action was taken in the advance of
specific information as to the intention
of the powers of Europe, it was deter
mined, as a member of the cabinet ex
pressed it, “to ke>p a watchful eye upon
the situation as it developed in order
that full protectiou may be given to the
interests of the United States iu China
as guaranteed by our treaties with that
country.”
May Leave the Federation.
Louisville, Dec. 24.—The
Labor union of Louisville will probably
decide to withdraw from the American
Federation of Labor at a meeting to be
held Sunday afternoon. Since the an
nual meeting held at Nashville a strong
sentiment in favor of withdrawing
from the parent body has sprung up,
aud the leaders say that the step is very
probable. There is great dissatisfaction
over the ruling made by the Federation
to the effec* that no union can belong
to a branch of the Federation without
being a member or the Federation it
self. • ,
••The I’ardon Caine Too Late."
Pittsburg, Dec. 24.—A. G. Aiii» n
of Sanbury, Pa., convicted lu t
of fraudulent use of the mails, an i s <
fenced to serve 18 months in the we.-,
ern peniteii'iary, has been par-lone., »•
President McKinley. It is fear-.i > ■
ever, that the pardon came io . ,<u, , s
Allison is lying in rhe hospital of
peniientiary critically lli
■umptioa.
Sa>-* a 'o.-iiomrr -uoUty.
New York, De.; 24 —George Man »<
Curtice of this city, who ciaims to i <
the proprietor of 14 designs of religion i
pictures known to Roman Catholics a >
"The Stations of the Cross,” iiat
brought suit in the United States Cir
cuit court against the Missionary Soci
ety of St. Paul the Apostle. He claims
that the Paulist missionaries ape selling
copies of his pictures, and asks that they
be enjoined from infringement upou
his