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{IT IS TRUSTWORTHY. J r The one paper that leads— X reaches all classes of people V 4 —give satisfaction to adver • Users—The Bome Tribune. # ESTABLISHED 1887. fi MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL THE READERS OF THE TRIBUNE.' 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/’ i 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. * The best evidence that The x V Tribune le appreciated by the V V people is the way its subecrip. w • tlon list increase* daily. * 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. V- 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