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BUSHWHACK CHJVIMERCE
By Fitting out Privateers. Lon
don Opinions.
Madrid, March 14.—The view
held in official circles is that
Spain will not provoke war. be
cause if she did, she wortkt find
herself isolated, but if America
this provocation, fepain
wilfnot be alone in the struggle.
The general opinion is that in
the event of war, Spain will not
need to attack American territo
ry It will suffice her to pursue
a war of privateering. As Amer
ica’s commerce is seven-fold
greater than Spain’s, American
interests would suffer most. War
would be madness, benefiting
neither nation, and good sense
therefore counsels peace.
The Spanish torpedo squadron
has not yet left Cadiz.
Senor Lion Castillo, Spanish
ambassador *o France has re
turned to France.
ARBITRATE THE MATTER.
London, March 14.—The Dai
ly Graphic editorially suggests
thh morning that there is time
still remaining that can be util
ized to negoti de an agreement
to refer the Maine matter to ar
bitration to ascertain the “true
facts,” and to decide as to the
nature of the indemnity if any
be due to the United States.
"Englaul,” says the Daily
•Graphic, “would sympathize for
the liberation of Cuba, but if the
United States goes to war, it
roust be in a just cause and af
ter every effort to secure an
honoiable peace has been ex
hausted. ”
lhe lunes, commenting upon
the cordiality of the interview
between President McKinley
Mid Minister Bernabe, the new
Spanish minister to Washington
Cupid, the Beggar.
I A How Love
\ X"*'- gtoes a beg-
P'ng for a
v little kindly
treatment!
wfik How many
• ;Sk women turn
their backs
W " — ely
°f their time
/jHI I -\ an d attention
YHt I llSy to fashion or
X/ Lrilr social pleas-
WJ \ P / 'ires, but
V < \ IST sce m to re-
I /Al Rard happy
'Jn j7 a wifehood and
/v i motherhood as
Y IJ \ a mere second
’ / —a considers-
J (UKJ>\ tion -
\ t They take
no end of
fit of a trouble over
i’Wv.b-n tl^„, or tl ’ e successof a dinner
•Pwi’al 'F d ' seaa « of the delicate
man to be", wit' ' er SCX totally unfits a wo-
Wmarv dutv t.', I” ’’’other. Jtisawoman’s
*°”>anlv w av A?'. slr<l |W.and healthy in a
treatment will , rc , . Jlv >ng’ and judicious
'radicate these a rytainly and completely
coni t, ~7 d ? lcau ‘ complaints. ’
•’"’jvet uith e.- 1 "/}, V r: * c tical treatise on this
* u K«stions for l’ ri,fessl °nal advice and
’""The f <' trcatnient are contained
Adviser ” b,. o v o """ on Sense Medical
Co "'ultn l? - P’crce, M. D., chief
*"d Sulcal o'™ of , tbe Invalids’ Hotel
ilh s7 ” \ ,:uffal ?' N ' Y - This
P er bound ahsoiL/i k will be sent P a
J, ' 1 el / fret for cost of mail
for I' stamps Id'? stan ’P s - or cloth-bound
hr. Pierce h J lr - 8R Dr Pierce, as above.
women’s S i'- Ven a i’fe tinie to the
’ Beases : and . ilas had a »
s tl(i asanv;j v .. '. ene .nce in this particular
“! sc ription ” 1,1,y5,cwn His “ Favorite
for diseaset oTtht'V Bcientific
II is the onlv „ ?' I he feminine organs.
2' Ued PhS n - an educated and
.P'2’ a, ”‘nt cure as ao “ , a .P osl tive and
** tt J thousand crater-^* 1 more than
“ grateful women.
THE ROME HUSTLER COMMERCIAL
ENGLAND OBJECTS
And Enters Protest Against
Russia’s.
OCCUPYING PORT ARTHUR
Poor Old China Seems Perfect
ly Helpless
Pekin, March 14—The British
Minister, Sir Claude M . MacDon
ald visited the Chinese Foreign
Office on Tuesday and lodged a
strong protest against the cession
of Port Arthur to Russia saying it
would destroy the balance of pow
er in China.
The Chinese officials however
declared tLeir inability to with
stand the Russian demands. M.
Povloff the Russian Charge
d’Affiires wished the cessions to
take place within five days inorder
to forestall the arrival of his suc
cessor M. Speyer but China re
quired a longer time to consider
the matter and therefore the ne
gotiations were transferred to St.
Petersburg.
Russia is still exerting pressure
to bring about the dismissal of
the British railroad engineers.
The Tsun-Li-Yamen referred the
matter to the Director of Rail
roads who declared their services
to be indispensible regardless of
their nationality.
BRAZIL FEARS REVOLUTION
Precautionary Measures Taken
By The Government.
Rio de Jeneiro March 14—
Tranquillity prevails here but
the Government has called an
extraordinary session of the
Legislature to consider the finan
cial situation caused by the fall in
exchange and the repor s origin
ating in the military clubs of a
coming revolution.
FOR RENT.
The office lately • occupied by
he Rome Commercial will be
>r rent after April let. Apply to
Mr. Thos. Fahy.
and commencing the president’s
policy, says:
“Mr. McKinley cannot more
surely tranquilize American
opinion and secure a fair field
for his pacific endeavors than
by convincing the American
people that he is prepared for all
contingencies. ”
WHEN WAR MUST END IN CUBA.
London, March 14.—The
Madrid correspondent of the
Morning Post says : “I am able
to assert on the best authority
that United States Minister
Woodford originally intimated
that the United States hoped
and expected that Spain would
re-establish peace in Cuba before
March 1 of this year. Recently,
in response to Spanish repre
sentations, the United States
extended the time to May 1.
Both governments refuse to de
scribe this intimation as an un
imatum to Spain. It has been
given entirely irrespective of the
Maine affair or of any other com
plications which may arise in
the meantime,” continued the
•orrespond nit. “There was no
suggestion as to what action the
United States would take on
May 1 should, as is certain to be
the case, the rebellion be still be
unsuppressed/’
ROME GEORGIA, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 14. 1898.
■ THE FIRST TENTH
Os Ths $50,000,000 Will be
Expended Now
3 NEW battle ships
Families of Soldiers Ready to
Quit Sandy Hook.
Washington, March 14. —Prep-
arations to spend the $50,000,000
appropriated by Congress are go
ing on rap : dly, as the following
will show:
Expenditures projected or made
by the Navy Department under
the national defense act.
Projectiles and powder. $30,-
000,000.
Torpedo tubes, small arms am
munition. $50,000
Assembling aud coverting guns
at the Washington foundry $2,500
000.
Coal, nautical instruments and
other ,-quip ments, $2 500.000,
Repairs on the Newark, Char
leston, Philadelphia Atlanta,
Chicago, Yorktown, Puritan and
for torpedo boat?, $1 500,000.
New coal sheds at Key West and
other miscellaneous expenditures,
$1 500,000.
Total, $10,000,000.
THREE NEW BATTLE SHIPS.
To Cost About $5,000,000 Each
io be Built.
Washington March 10—The
House Naval Committee late this
afternoon voted to authorize the
building of three new battleships
in the appropriation bill to be re
ported to the House.
They will be first class sea fight
ers and will cost at least $6,000,
000 apiece.
The same committee today plac
ed in the naval bill provision
for an increase in lhe number of
nava’ marines of 473. This in
crease has been especially a«ked
by the Secretary of the Navy, and
was not included in the regular
recommendations. This brings
the total number of marines up to
4,073.
FAMILIES OF SOLDIERS.
Ready To Quit Sandy Hook On
Short Notice.
New York March 14—Orders
were issued today at Sandy Hook
for the wives and children of all
Government employes to hold
themselves in readiness to leave
the Hook at a moment’s notice. So
strong was the order that ma.iy of
the soldiersand laborers emp'oyed
by the Ordinance Department in
the construction of new buildings
and fortifications arealready seek
ing limitations in Atlantic High
lands, the Highlands of Navefink
and other New Jersey towns.
fighting maygars.
Governor of Pressburg Shot In
Ihe Knee in a Duel-
Budapest, March 14—. Ina
duel just fought Deputy Ivaank
shot Pi-ivy Councillor Szalavsz
ky the Governor of Pressburg,
in the knee.
Jervis & Wright, the up town
druggist, have in old etale stuff to
otter you. but their slock is clean
and f.esh and they will do as
much for your in their way of
ewrvii e, prices, etc., as any < ne.
BearthH in mind and you will.be
glad of it. They allow uo s ouej to
undersell them.
AUTONOMY
Says Spain, But Cuban In
dependence, Neuerl
FROM WHITE HOUSE
President Wants Peace.
Army Officers Are Awake,
Washington, March 14.—1 t
comes from a source very close to
the white house that the new
Spanish minister has given this
government unofficial assurances
lha» Spain stands ready to make I
every possible assurance of prac
ical autonomy for the Cubans,
and every concession toward peace
which does uot involve the loss of
the i-land.
Spain is willing to withdraw
htr troops and to give to the Cu
bans the control of all internal
affairs.
This offer is accompanied by
assur.i nces from Spain of her de
sire to continue at peace with
this country and carries with it
a strong intimation that under
no circumstances will she consent
to Cuban independence.
The officials of the state depart
ment deny that any such sugges
tions have been made, but the
statement tn the contrary cornea
from so high a source as to give
every reason for belief that there
have been these assurances.
When Senor Quesade, the Cuba
charge d'affairs here, was told of
this proposition from Spain he
refused to discuss it further than
*o say that the Cubans who were
fighting for their liberties would
consent to nothing short ot com
plete freedom.
There is no doubt, however,
that the president and his advis.
ors hope for some peaceful solu
tion of the present complications
and believe that the only possible
chance for such solution lies in
real autonomy.
In all their considerations of
the situation they have never lost
eight of the autonomist govern
ment for Cuba and have endeav
ored to impress the country with
the fact that there are Cubans out
side of those who affiate with the
insurgents who want to be con
sidered in any settlement that
may be made. Unless there can be
some solutionn on this line there
is practically no chance of avert
ing war. Armed intervention can
not mean peace.
The troops at all army posts
are nww prepared to receive orders
to move in any direction at three
hours’ notice, and the most ample
transportation facilities for the
purpose have been arranged.
MILLIONS OF GOLD COMING
A Total of $1 5,660,000 on The
Move to America.
I
New York, March 14.—L.
Von Hoffmann & Co., have en
gaged $150,000 additional in
gold for import.
Lazard Freres have $500,000
additional in gold on the way to
New York.
The National City Bank has
added $85,000 in gold to their
engagement for import.
The Guaranty Trust Company
has added $250,000 in gold to
its engagement for import and
the New York Produce Exchange
Bank has engaged $200,000 in
gold. This makes the total on
the movement thus far $15,660,-
000.
Have you seen the newest fad,
chose plaid hose atCoker’s.
BOWERY FIRE.
Eleven Bodies Taken From
Sleeping House.
OTHERS BADLY BURNED.
Firemen Had a Hard Fight to
Save The Living.
New York, March 14.—Eleven
men lost their lives in a fire
which swept through the Bow
ery Mission house, at 105 Bow
ery, early vesterday morning
and left it a blackened shell.
A thorough search of the
premises at 105 Bowery, which
were partially destroyed by fire
at an early hour yesterday morn
ing, discloses the fact that elev
en persons were burned to death.
At first it was rumored that the
loss of life was much greater,
but after searching the ruins
very carely the policemen and
firemen found eleven charred
bodies and removed them to the
morgue.
No. 105 Bowery is one of the
best known lodging houses on
that thoroughfare. It is called
the Bowery mission lodging
house, and it is conducted by
the Christian Herald. In the
basement of the building there
is a cheap restaurant, while the
ground floor is used exclusively
for mission purposes, gospel ser
vices, having been held there
daily for several years. The four
upper floors were fitted up as a
cheap lodging house with ac
comodations for 150 males, who
paid 15, 20 and 25 cents each,
according to the location of the
rooms.
Saturday night almost every
bed was occupied. At half past
1 o’clock yesterday morning one
of the lodgers discovered flames
issuing from a washroom on the
third floor, but before he had
time to alarm the house the fire
was noticed by passers by on
the street. By this time the
flames had eaten their way to
the top of the building and were
bursting through the roof.
When the alarm was given
and the inmates aroused a
scene of wild excitement ensued.
Many of the ledgers became
panicstricken. they rushed into
the hallways and fell over each
other in their efforts to reach the
street. Those on the lower floors
got to the street safely by the
stairways, while those on the
upper floors groped their way
through the blinding smoke to
the metal fire escape in front of
the building. The majority of
them succeeded in saving only
portions of their clothing, while
several of them were naked.
Those who made their way to the
street by the fire escape were
superficially bured by the exces
sive heat of the fire ladders,
which in many places had be
come red hot from the flames
within,
Y M D. C Attention!
Regular meeting of the Young
Men’s Democratic Club tonight
at 7:20. All members will please
be present. Meeting will be held
in the Knights of Honor ball,
Medical building.
M. P. Word, Sec’ty.
Smoke Waters “Extra Good’*
ba-t sraoke on the market.
10 CENTS A WEEK
THE RAILWAYS
Making Ready to Handle an
Army.
WORKRUBHEDINATLANTA
A Quick Movement of Troops
Is Expected.
Atlanta, March 14.—Acting
under instructions from the
government, the Western and
Atlantic road is overhauling ev
ery bit of its rolling stock pre
paratory to moving troops.
i The orders came yesterday
i and the officials here were in—
i structed to hold themselves in
■ readiness to move at a moment’s
notice. It was instructed also
. that preparatory to moving the
i road should inspect every bit of
, its rolling stock and find out
i just how much of it was availa-
I ble.
Ir Consequently there wascon
jjsiderable activity yesterday at
the Western and Atlantic round
j house, and it is said that several
i engines that have not been in
I constant use for some time were
> overhauled. All efforts to verify
j this, however, were futile.
? It is known that there was a
? conference of railroad men in
j Washington yesterday and that
1 arrangements for the transpor
tation of troops were discussed.
? The roads represented at the
r conference were:
i The Southern, Seaboard Air
. Line, Atlantic Coast Line, and
> the Chesapeake and Ohio.
, Arrangements have already
i been made by which there are
three troops of artillery to be
■ brought to Georgia and one ta
ken to Alabama and installed in
i forts.
The artillery companies will
number sixty men each. They
will be transferred from Fortress
Monroe. One will go to Fort
Caswell, on the Cape Fear r.ver;
one to Tybee and another to
Fort Morgan, near Mobile.
The great movement of troops
(Concluded on 7th page.)
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