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ESTABLISHED 1887.
TEN PER
CENT COT
Southern Competition
Causes Reduction.
MILLS AT LOWELL
It Affects 15,000 Operatives io That
City.
OPERATIVES WILL NOT WALK OUT
Will Not Apply to Wages of
Less Than $1 Per Day.
WAGES ’WILL NEVER BE RESTORED
That la the Geaeral Belief— Rome's Big
Mill Figures In Thia
Matter.
Lowell, Mess., Deo. 27.—Tbetreasu
tors of the Lowell cotton mills have
voted a reduction of 10 per cent in wages.
About 15,000 operatives in the mills of
the Merrimac, Hamilton, Tremont and
Suffolk, Lawrence, Massachusetts and
Boott companies are affected.
Following the action of the Fall River
and Manchester treasurers, the an
nouncement was not .a surprise, but
coming at least two weeks sooner than
was expected, it has had a depressing
effect. The indications are, however,
that there will be no strike. The men
are not in shape for it. They have
neither the labor leaders nor the organi
sations that they had a-few years ago.
It is understood that the reduction
will not apply to any earning less than
$1 a day. A similar reduction was
made in 1893. and a restoration was
granted in 1895. though the market aid
not improve as was anticipated.
The cause of the reduction now is the
competition of southern mills. Two
Lowell corporations have buiit mills in
Creergia, and the agents of the others
have made personal investigation of tne
conditions existing in the south. Wages
are higher, fuel more expensive and t e
working day shorter in Lowell than in
any southern city. And in New Hamp
shire, where wages are the same as m
Massachusetts, operatives work6o hours
a week as against 58 here.
There are many who believe that
wages will never be restored again.
[ While this affects the employes of the
Massachusetts mills at Lowell it is un
derstood their big mill at Rome known
as the “Massachusetts Mills in Georgia”
will not figure in the wage reduc
tion.—Ed. Tribune.]
MEET THURSDAY.
New Commissioners for Omaha Exposi-
L tion te Raid a Conference.
Atlanta, Dec. 27.—The Commis
sioners appointed by the governor to
look after Georgia’s exhibit at the
Omaha Exposition will meet at the
capital Thursday. It will be an im
portant meeting, as plans for the ex
hibit will be discussed.
HILARIOUS ATLANTA.
Three Hundred and Fifty Cases Tried Be
fore the Recorder,
Atlanta, Dec. 27.—There were 350
cases disposed of in police court to
day, and the fines aggregated |750.
The cases were divided into three
classes, plain drunks, shooting fire
works and drunk and disorderlys.
LEE ACQUITTED.
Atlanta’s Smuggler Turned Roose—Drug
gist To Bo Indicted.
Atlanta, Dec. 27.—D. H. Lee, the
man arrested several days ago on a
charge of smuggling coal tar prepa
rations was acquitted today. Nothing
could be proven on him. It is ex
pected that several druggists will be
indicted by the grand jury.
Fatal Ending «»f a **ead.
Columbia, S. 0., Dea 27.—At a feiti
val at Double Spring church, Oconee
county, the moonshiners of that section
were out in force Whiskey flowed
freely and an old feud between Charles
Speed and Samuel Wilbanks was re
vived. Pistols were drawn by both men
and Speed was shot dead. There was a
panic atnoug_the children.
THE ROflE TRIBUNE.
(PARDON BOARD MET
New Convict Commissioners
Bold First Session.
Take Up Cases of Tom Cyrus and
Will Hopkins-Bender Decis
ion Today.
Atlanta, Dec, 27.—The new board of
convict commissioners met in its capacity
as a pardon at the capitol for the first
time this afternoon.
The first case considered was that of
T<m Cyrus, the Atlanta murderer, who
was to have hanged last Wednesday,
but was respited by the governor. They
discussed and reviewed the case st
length, but will not render their decis
ion until tomorrow morning at 10 o’block.
They also considered the case of Will
Hopkins, of Rabun county. Hopkins
Jkil ed a man when he was only 15 years
of age, and was sent up for life. He has
served 10 years, and now the board is
asked to pardon him. They will render
a decision tomorrow,
SENATOR MORGAN SPEAKb.
He Thinks If China Is Diainembercti Uno e
?*aui h«*ul<i i'>«k«> a Hand.
New Yoke, Dec. 27.—According to a
Washington correspondent of Tne Her
ald, Senator Morgan of Alabama, of the
committee on foreign relations, saia
that it would be impossible for the Uni
ted States to remain complacent should
European nations undertake the dis
memberment of China Senator Morgan
said:
“If partition involves the abrogatiou
of treaties this conn try will be left to
make terms again with each European
nation separately in the territory to
which its sovereignty extended. There
fore, unless the powers now ambitions
for territorial extension take into ac
count the importance of American com
mercial relations with Ohiua, it will be
necessary for the government to inter
vene in >elf defense.
••If the cession is absolute then Amer
ican interests must be taken care of
through the treaties between America
and the countries to which the absolute
cessions are made respectively. If the
territory is given up merely for a time
there will be a mixed respousibiity and
it is a good time for intervention and
the exercise of American diplomacy.
The German occupation of a part of
Ohina and the prospective occupation of
other parts by various European nations
is an effort to complete a oordou of
offense to American commerce from
Vladivostock to Marseilles or Liverpool.
“That cordon is being stretched to
contract the trade of 600,000,000 of peo
ple who have direct trade and inter
course with the Pacific ocean. There is
a great deal in the Ohiuse problem that
virtually interests Americans and which
demands immediate consideration from
the state department and congress.”
SOCIETY CIRCLES STIRRED.
Cadet Carrie* an Actress to a Swell Ball
and Is -Jousced by Chaperones*
Charleston. Dec. 27.—A ball was
given here by the cadets of the South
Carolina Military academy, to which
the society swells were invited. Hoyt’s
“4- Stranger In New York” was on the
boards at the theater and after the per
formance Naval Cadet Peterson of the
Uuited States trainiug ship Chase called
at the theater aud escorted Miss Char
lotte Crane, the leading lady of the
play, to the ball, Peterson having pre
viously been invited.
When they arrived in the dance hall
some of the 400 proceeded to raise a
furore and demanded of the chaperones
that Miss Grand be sent away. Accord
ing to the story told by eyewitnesses, a
chaperone requested Captain Hamlet
of the Chase to order Peterson to take
the actress away.
There was nothing for the cadet to do
but obey. Miss Crane, whose real
name is Miss Bose of Springfield, Ills.,
was very much mortified at the inci
dent. She had done nothing to call
forth snch treatment aud the gentlemen
who were present are very indignant.
The affair has created a sensation in
society circles and the action of the
chaperones is publicly condemned.
President May Shake Paxton.
Washington, Dec. 27.—Senators Cul
lom and Mason of Illinois called upon
the president again to nrge the appoint
ment of State Senator David T. Littler
of Illinois as the successor of Colonel
Morrison on the interstate commerce
commission. While it is known that
the president has had Judge Paxson of
Pennsylvania particularly in mind for
that place, the Illinois senators believe
that the president has not yet definitely
decided to appoint Judge Paxson.
< übau Chief Raiohu Cadis.
Madrid, Dec. 27. The insurgent
chief Reveira has arrived at Cadiz from
Cuba. He will be incarcerated in a
fortress. In the course of an interview
he said nothing whatever would induce
the Cubans to cease fighting until they
obtained independence. H» justified
the killing of Lieutenant Colonel Ruiz,
the Spanish peace emissary, as a means
of arriving this end.
Mrs. Booth's Condition.
New York, Dec 27.—The condition
of Mrs Ballington Booth, at the Pres
byterian hospital, is reported as un
changed.
SOME, GA., TUESDAY. DECEMBER 28. 1897.
ANGRY AT
OUR ANSWER
That Latest Note On
Filibustering,
THOSE FIERY DONS
Officials at Washington Surprised at
the Feeling In Madrid.
MUCH BAD FEELING IN MADRID
Purely Argumentative State
ment of Our Position.
I
CLOSE PURSUIT OF THE FILIBUSTER*
Great Cost to W hich the Government Has
BeePu —Correspondence Will
Be Seat to Congre.s.
Washington, Dee. 27. The officials
here are somewhat surprised at the ex
hibition of feeling at Madrid over the
latest note of Minister Woodford, de
livered to the Spanish foreign office tha
day before Christmas. While the note
itself will not be made public at pres
ent, it is said that there is no reason
whatever why it should be withheld
save the fact that the preceding steps
in the negotiations have not yet seen
the light in the newspapers and it is de
sirable when a publication is made to
present the complete chain of events in
•natural order. Possibly the correspond
ence will be shortly, called for by con
gress, in which case it is not likely to
be withheld on grounds of public policy.
The last note presented by Minister
Woodford was in answer to the Spanish
note called forth by Mr. Woodford’s
very first note after nis arrival at Ma
drid. In the initial note the Uuited
States minister pointed out the interest
of his country in an early termination
of the present straggle in Cuba, and
asked when snch a conclusion could be
expected. The Spanish government, in
its reply, acknowledged our interest in
the matter, but suggested, after stating
What it intended to do to ameliorate
conditions in Onba, that the United
States could best exercise its good offices
by stopping filibustering. To this Mr.
Woodford responded with his note of
last week.
ft is said to be a purely argumenta
tive statement of the position taken by
the United States and the facts sub
stantially those so strongly drawn in
the president’s message to congress on
which it was supposed the Spanish pub
had been fully advised through the
newspapers. The most forcible state
ment in the note is based upon the facts
collected and published recently by the
Uuited States treasury department, ex
hibiting the great expense to which the
United States had been pnt by reason
of its efforts to patrol an enormous coast
line in the pursuit of a few)filibusters,
and the remarkable success of the gov
ernment officials in stopping these ex
peditions, as contrasted with the feeble
efforts of the Spanish authorities to
maintain a patrol around the island of
Cuba.
All of these facts were included in
Mr. Woodford’s note, and while he put
them in his own language in presenting
them to the Spanish foreign office, it is
said that the statements concern only
events that have already been touched
upon.
sjouruiallat Gets Good Job.
New York, Dea 27. Mayor-elect
Van Wyck has selected John W. Keller
for commissioner of the department of
charities. The place is worth $7,500 a
year. Mr. Keller was the editor of
Truth at the time of the appearance of
the famous Morey letter in the Garfield
Bampaigu. Later he became the man
aging editor of The Recorder, and
when that paper suspended he went on
the staff of The Journal and Advertiser,
writing the column signed "Oholly
Knickerbocker. ”
N*<ro"Sboot. k Ke.t.ur.l.ar.
Charleston, Dec. 27.—Morris A Lo
reuai. a well known restaurant keeper of
this city, was accidentally shot and in
stantly killed by an unknown negro.
Lorenzi waa in his establishment, wtien
a negro came in and began talking to
Inin. They were discussing duck shoot
ing. The negro had a rifle in his hands
He raised it, saying: ‘ This is the way
to kill ducks. ” The rifii went off, the
ball crashing clear through the Italian’s
head. In the confusion that followed
the negro ran off aud has not been
heard of since.
A BAD PEDAGOGUE
Broke Open Trunk of Wife's
Cues! and Took SBS.
North Georgia Manat Blackshear
Turns Thief-Acknowledged
His Guilt and Skipped.
Blackshear, Ga., Dec. 27.—About
one year ago W. T. Asbury from
North Georgia came here to teach
school, and secured a very goid
school near this place. A few days
ago bis school closed.
Shortly afterwards bis wife came
here, bringing with her Mies Orelia
Bell, the well known young lady poet
of Atlanta.
It soon developed that Asbury and
bie wife did not agree. This morning
Mrs. Asbury and Mies Bell came to
Blackshear shopping, when they re
turned Miss Bell found the trunk
broken oped |and SBS and valuable
papers missing.
'I bey accused Asbury of it,and he
acknowledged his guilt. He became
very abusive, and finally skipped out..
He has not been seen since.
COMMISSIONERSHIP CASE.
The Supreme Coart Bauds Down au Opin
ion Defliiit Au Tone.
Raleigh, Dec. 27. Before the su
preme court there were two motions in
the railway commissionership case. One
was by J. W. Wilson, to recall the ex
ecution to the sheriff to put L O. Cald
well in possession, aud was referred, as
was the other which was to set asiue
the writ of error or supersedeas of the
United States supreme oourt.
The opinion as to these motions is de
fiant in tone. It says in conclusion:
“Caidwell is in full possession of the
office and entitled to exercise its duties
aud draw Day from date of his appoint
ment by the governor, Sept. 24. The
judgment of this oourt took effect im
mediately upon Being filed and is not
superseded by the subsequent writ >f
error, regular or irregular, Caldwell be
ing in office by virtue of a judgment of
this oourt. Any attempt by defendant
Wilson to- exercise its functions or to in
terfere with the full and free exercise
thereof by Caldwell and any attempt by
any one else to interfere by alleged leg *1
process or otherwise unless and until
th* Uuited States supreme court shall
reverse the judgment of this court will
be contempt of this court.”'
The attorneys for Wilson, when asked
what steps they would take, said that
as speedily as possible application will
be made the federal judiciary for action
and to vitalize the federal law.
Oaldwell and Pearson the governor’s
appointees, who are in complete posses
sion of the office, were cited to appear
before the United States court Jan. 20.
They drew salaries from Sept. 24. The
case is exciting intense interest
WRAPPER TOBACCO LAWS.
Stated That They Ar* Baine Violated at
Some Fort. In the South.
Washington, Dec. 27 -Unit-ad States
Appraiser Wilbur F. Wakeman of New
York, accompanied by Mr. George
Storm, A. S. Krebs, A. Cohen and
Isaac Bernheimer, tobacco manufactu
rers, had an interview with Assista: t
Secretary Howell on the subject of the
enforcement of the customs laws as to
wrapper tobrcco. The delegation, it is
stated, agree with the assistant secre
tary in the opinion that all wrapper to
bacco in whatever proportion it is mixed
with filler, should pay the wrapper duty.
They complain, however, that the
law is not being strictly and impartially
enforced at some southern ports, a> d
asserts that thereby some of their com
petitors in the trade have an advantage
over those who import their tobaccos at
New York and other northern seaports
where the law is strictly enforced. The
■tacemeuts made will be investigated.
Strikers Meet With Defeat.
New York, Dea 27.—The House
smiths’ and Bridgemen's union has
made a complete surrender to the flrm
of J. B. &J. M. Cornell This is their
third recent defeat at the hands of the
Cornelia Because of the alleged em
ployment of nonunion ironworkers <•■
the syndicate building being erected t
Park Row and Ann street, a strike was
ordered ten days ago. There were 360
men out
D**dly Drink In a D*m John.
New York, Dea 27. —A gang of fur
niture movers came upon a demijohn
labeled “Pure Rye Whisky” in a house
from which they were carting the fr
niture. They drank of the contents and
as a result James Flannigau is dead a»d
Patrick McNulty is dying, while three
other men are recovering after a sen :e
illness. The demijohn contained cor
rosive sublimate.
Captain Draper Is Dead.
Philadelphia, Dec. 27. Captain
Horace T. Draper died of paralysis at
his home in Landsdowne, a suburb of
this city, aged 73 years. Captain Dra
per was born July 4. 1825, at Brook
field, Mass. Throughout the war he
was commander of the Hartford. Ad
miral Farragut’s flagship.
Oldest Preacher In America.
Raleigh, Dea 27.—The oldest min
ister in continuous service in the United
States is Rev. John Needham of Gaston
county, who will be 100 next May. He
has never stopped preaching.
ALASKAN
JDYICES
Conflicting Reports As
to Food Situation
ABOUT DAWSON CITY
Steamer Rosalie Returns From Skaguay
With News to No?, 2,
SEVERAL MINERS REACH SEATTLE
Exodous of Men From Dawson
to Fort Yukon.
IT RELIEVES THE WHOLE SITUATION
Ice- Boulders in Yukon River—Hundred.
Os Comps of Ice Bound Klondikers.
But Is Not Affected.
Seattle, Wash., Dec. 27.—Among the
passengers of the steamer Rosalie, which
has arrived here from Skaguay and
Dyea, Alaska, were six men who re
cently left Dawson City, bringing ad
vices up to Nov. 2. The men are Frank
Ballaine, John Lindsay, Tom Story, R.
Gwynn, W. B. King and P. J. Holland.
Conflicting statements as to the food
situation in Dawson were made by these
men. Lindsay asserts with great posi
tiveness that want already exists at
Dawsou and that unless food is taken
into the camping ground men will suffer
from hunger.
Buflaine, Gwynn and Holland say
that there is more alarm outside con
cerning the Dawsou people than is felt
by the residents of that place. They
declare that there is no food to be
bought in Dawson except when a man is
found coming out of the country aud
With more grub than he could use on
the way up the river. They say, how-
for the fact that some of
the men Will be put on short rations,
thereby diminishing the output of the
mines this winter, the shortage of food
will not be felt. The exodus of men
from Dawson to Fort Yukon aud to
points on the coasts materially relieves
the situation at Dawson.
Between Pelly river and Dyea. the
party passed hundreds of camps where
snow and icebound Klqndlkers have
camped for *4fs winter. Many of them
were well equipped with provisions and
by paying $2 per pound it was possible
for them to procure flour aud other nec
essaries.
From Five Fingers the Yukon is a
frozen mass of ice boulders, running as
high as 12 feet, blocking the canyon
from wall to wall and making travel
difficult. This, it is asserted, will have
to be cut through by government or
other relief expeditions that expect to
reach Dawsou from the coast, and the
belief expressed by Ballaine was that
this task would practically make futile
almost auy effort put forth by the gov
ernment at Washington to relieve the
American miners in the Klondike.
IN HANDS OF A RECEIVER.
Alaskan Geld Mining Companies Embar
rassed—Treasure at Fort Townsend.
Port Townsend, Wash., Dec. 27.—8 y
the steamer City of Topeka, which has
arrived from Juneau, it is learned that
the Newell Gold Mining company aud
Benner’s Bay Mining aud Milling oom
pan y have passed into the handsofa
reci iver. The receiver is E. F. Cassel
of J uneau, formerly of Seattle. Thomas
I. 1 ewell was president and manager
of tne companies, which have been in
operation Since 1888, and which em
braced more property than auy one cor
poration in Alaska.
Besides the Newell mine and Berner
oay mine, tn* companies own large in
terests on Douglas island and 160 acres
of jilacer mines in the Silver Bow Basin.
The heaviest stockholders in the com
pany are eastern men. No estimate of
liabilities aud assets has been made yet.
Bvrty-eight thousand dollars in bul
lion from the Treadwell Miuiug com
pany was brougnt down by the Topeka
aud transferred for San Francisco.
Kepresentatire' Dead.
Atlanta, Dec. 27.—Mr. T. D. Oliver,
a member of the Georgia legislature, I
died at the Grady hospital after an ill
ness of one week. He took an overdose
of morphiue recently aud it was thought
at the time that he would die, but he
recovered from the effects of the drug.
Pneumonia seized upon his depleted
system after he recovered from the
effects of the drug and in two days he
was dead. Mr. Oliver lived at Wayne
boro and was a prominent man in h'c
section Hie remains have been sent to
his home. _
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reaches all classes of people T
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
CLOT FROM BRAIN
Notable Surgical Operation Is
Performed in New York
Man With Appopleetle Stroke Is
Relieved—Remarkable Opera
tion of Interest.
NeW York, Dec. 27.—One of the
most notable surgical operations per
formed recently and oue which may
furnish a precedent for the treatment
of apoplectic cases in which the pressure
of a clot of blood formed on the brain
can be localized, took place at the New
York Post Graduate hospital. The ope
ration wiis that of trepaning, the cut
ting of a hole in the skull of the patient
through wh’ch the effused blood result
ing from a stroke of apoplexy was
allowed to escape, and it was performed
by oue of the visiting staff of surgeons,
a local physician, who lectures and ope
rates at the Post Graduate aud other
hospitals, before a body of clinical stu
dents, doctorts from all parts ofj the
country, who were in New York with a
view to "brushing up” op the latest de
velopments o? work in their
The patient was Henry Ohevallier, a
French dressmaker, 58 years old. M.
Ohevallier is a man of good physique,
not uuusualiy plethoric, au3 at the timS"
of his apoplectic stroke, which occurred
on Dec. 16, was apparently in good
health. When M. Ohevallier was seized
and his family physician had been sum
moned it was discovered that the
patient was dying fast. It was deaided
to perform an operation as quickly as
possible, as that was the only way to
save the patient’s life, and to that end
he was removed to the amphitheater as
the Poet Graduate hospital. The opera
tion was performed as a part of the
usual ciinio, witnessed by the phyai>
cians attending the Post Graduate
school in the hospital.
Some 30 seconds after the brain pres
sure which was killing the patient had
been removed, his pulse aud respiration,
which had almost stopped, began to ap
proach their normal action. From that
time he has steadily improved. Not
the slightest setback has occurred to re«
fleet discredit on the judgment used in
performing the operation, aud the sur
geon who carried it through looks for
the patient’s recovery. Just what hie
state of mind and body for the rest of
his life will be is a matter of future de
velopment.
SLAYER OF FOUR IS SHOT.
Aa Allround D—par.do Assassinate*.
Mall.t Flrad by Hl* Brother, -a-
Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 27.—While
celebrating Christmas by a drnnken de
bauch, at their home at Blue Creek,
John and William Livingston Became
involved in a quarrel, and, according to
the statement of William, Johu threat
ened to kill him before night. The
house was crowded with young men
and during the confusion William left
and going to the home of a neighbor
borrowed a gun, and, returning, broke
a panel of glass in a window aud put
ting the barrel of his gnu through it
shot his brother dead. The murderer
then fled, but was pursued by a deputy
sheriff and arrested.,
The mother was a witness to the kill
ing. The murdered man was pardoned
out of the penitentiary oulyafew weeks
ago, where he was serviug a life sen
tence for the murder of his lister at
Warrior nine years aga Prior to that
time he is said to have killed no less
than three men. though conclusive evi
dence was looking in eaoh case. He
was regarded at oue time an allrouud
desperado.
SAYS HANNA IS DEFEATED
Karts u.olar*. Evan Fusion Yates Cannot
••‘are the Ohio Senator.
Columbus, 0., Dec. 27.—Charles L.
Kurtz, who is leading the anti-Hanna
movement of the Republicans, says:
"We have Hanna beaten. It is as
good as settled.”
He refuses to give the names of the
Republicans who will refuse to vote for
Hanna, but it is understood that he will
make his list public next week. He ex
pects that the, fusion Republicans of
Hamilton county, who were elected on
the Democratic ticket, will support
Hanna, but declares that will not save
him.
Hanna’s friends will unite in asking
that the Republican senatorial caucus
be held on the evening of Jan. 6, aud
that it be open to the general public.
Senator James A. Garfield, son of the
late president, will present the name of
Senator Hanna.
Prizefight Ju Stable Loft.
San Francisco, Dec. 27. Young
Griffo, the prizefighter, and Billy Starr,
who has fought a few battles, met in
the loft of a stable on Golden Gate
avenue, and Young Mitchell stopped
the fight in time to prevent Starr being
knocked out. Afterwards Starr chal
lenged Peter Jackson to fight. The
negro laughed at him. Starr is still ig
norant of the fact that he was fighting
Young Griffo. He had told Mitchell
that he could whip auy man in town
and for that reason Griffo was put up
against him.
<>■•*»•. Li.tor In*.
Longmont. Cot., Dec. 27 —Henry L.
Hayward, editor of the Longmont
Longer, is dead. He was 82 years old
and enjoyed the distinction of being the
oldest editor in Colorado. He was born
at Portland. Jefferson county. N. Y.,
and for 45 years was a preacher in the
Uuiversalist denomination. He came
to Oolofado in 187A