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EIGHTH YEAR
Smoke Xtra Good And Rebel Yell Cigars
PEACE
s o Spread Her Whits Wings
J g uer The Situation.
SYNDICATE 18 FORMING
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To Buy The Island Os Cuba,
OuaranteelnK Her Bonds.
Washington, March 16.—A
peace way seems to be making
its headquarters round and about
Ujp white house.
All the belligerency manifested
about the president’s official resi
dence at the time of his refusal
to call General Lee and when he
asked congress for that g'gamic
emergency appropriation seems to
have oozed out somewhere, ,’and
&s the excitement immediately
tollowing those events has died
dowr, so has the tendency to
ward positive action on the line
of the unmistakable sentiment of
the country, I
Today this peace policy breaks
oat in two of three different places
One is in the disclosure of a new
scheme for the purpose of the
freedom of Cuba —in a nutshell,
the formation of a gigantic syn
dicate of American and European
moneyed men, this syndicate to
indorse the bonds rs Cuba in case
Spain agrees to sell her freedom
In connection with this syn
dicate the rallies of some of the
m prominent financiers of the
World are used.
r.x Vice President Levi P. Mor
ton is the man who has gone t<
tliewhiti house with the idf-a,and
the sn.rv wh'ch connects his name
with it also mentions Sir Julian
Paiincefi.t», w; i) whom Goverhor
Morton l as b> en in frequent con
sulta'i'l . hi I also the new Span
ish m'ni-i i
lii- b* i -val that the men who
Bfp ' -t i ack of it are those
1 own the Spanish-Cuban
"ho are naturally
,rv 1 - i sive what they havt
inv olod.
Fol. \V. li Ennis went down to
Abanti t ,day and will attend the
ffipetieg ol the execi tive committee
of the democrat c party of Georgia
tomorrow.
. "Tears, idle tears, J
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mean, ” wrote the poe:
k ■'/■'it Tennyson
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THE ROME HUSTLER-COMMERCIAL.
STEIN BADLY HURT
Thoilglit to 3e Dying Yes
terday But Revived.
BERRY IN POLICE COURT
Looking Glass Editor Had Been
Warned.
Orth H. Stein, who was attacked
by Judge Berry in the Kimball
house dining room Monday night,
was said yesteiday to be in a seri
ouscondition. He is confined to his
room at the Kimball, no one being
sllowed to se him but his physi
cians and attendants. The doctors
admit be is very low. It is feared
concussion of the brain may set
iu.
For a while yesterday morning
it was thought the editor could
not live. He was unconscious the
greater part of the forenoon and
about 11 o’clock his condition was
alarming. He revived during "the
afternoon, and at a late hour last
night was resting some easier.
He has suffered considerably
with the wounds on his head and
is unable to retain food on his
stomach. His face and scalp are
iterly covered with ugly
bruises made by the butt of the
pistol, which was used by’judge
berry. It will probably be some
time before Mr. Stem will be
to leave his room .
Judga Berry held court from 9
un'il 2 o’clock yesterday, as usu
al. About 8 o'clock yesteruay
morfiing he was served with a
copy of charges to appear at the
police court yesterday afternoon
to answer to the charge of disGi
iy conduct. No case was made
against Mr. Stein,
When the police court convened
Judge Berry was present, accom
p inied by Solicitor James 0 Neill,
of the city criminal court, who
had a difficulty with Stein in the
Kimball house lobby some weeks
ago. Colonel W. C Glenn was
present to represent Mr. Stein,
who was of course unable to leave
bis room.
Jndge Berry desired to enter a
plea of guilty to the charges of
disorderly conductand pay his line
but Jud ge Calhoun refuted to try
the esse without the evidence of
Mr. Stein. Judge Calhoun says
he will sift the matter to the bot
tom.
The trial was postponed indefi
nitely, pending Ml. Stein’s condi
tion. If he is ab eto be out the
case mav be called the first of
next week. Mr, Stein will be rep
resented by Colonel Glenn and
Judge Berry by Mr. O’Neill.
Judge Berry’s attack on Mr
Stein was not altogether unexpect
ed, it is said, ‘-ince the publica
tion of The Looking Glass article
last Saturday Mr. Stein has receiv
ed several anonymous letters
warning him tu be on bis guard,
that Judge Berry would attack
him at some unexpected moment
It was on this account, it is
said that Mr. Stein was armed
Monday night, and that he reacb
for his pistol as soon as the first
blow was struck,
A strange feature of the story
is that one of the cartridges fell
to the floor when the pistol was
unbreached was said to be blank,
containing no bullet. Tne other
cartridges contained bullets. It is
said by hie friends that jn pre
paring for such an emergency
the editor had loaded his weapon,
hoping that the first shot might
prove effective without bloodthed.
and holding the other iu reserve
incase of necessity. The cartridges
were picked up from the dining
room floor by one of the waiters
and are stil' in his poses-ion.
When seen last nig'it in refer
ence to the blank cartridge report,
Mr. Stein refused to discuss the
subject of bis weapons. — Consti
tution.
ROME GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY EVENING. MARCH 16. 1898.
BEAUTIFUL XELENfI
Rome's JUalcliless AmateiJr
at its Best.
HATS OFF, LADIES,
If You Please. Splendid Photo
Display by Lancaster.
Zelena!
Beautiful “Zelena.”
Zelena the beautiful.
The box office sheet indicates
that this attraction, which is to
be put on by Rome’s matchless
amateur talent, will be not only
the social event of the season,
but will prove the show-house
of the past two years.
The box office sheet at Trev
itt’s, has already been “blacked
over,” and still they come.
Romans have attended amateur
theatricals before, and they
know a good thing when they
see it.
Ail Manager Nevin wants to
do to secure a packed house is
to announce a Rome amateur
attraction.
In the presentation of Zelena,
Mrs. C. S. Sparks who is man
aging the amateurs for this at
traction, bids fair to eclipse all
former local efforts of the kind.
She requests all ladies in the
audience to remove their hats
upon reaching their seats. In
doing this she merits the praise
of every person holding seats
back of the front row.
She makes the request because
she desires everyone in the au
dience to enjoy fully all the
scenic effects and pantomine
scenes. One two-story hat would
spoil S4O worth of pleasure and
not benefit the queenly head it
graced even a little bit.
Following is the cast:
Father Matheo, with estate
heavily mortgaged —Will Pat
ton.
Zelina, Zaadia, daughters of
Matheo—Miss Cora Clark, Miss
Will Nell Lavender.
Patreo, a poor young man,
who loves Zelina —Ed Wilson.
Olanda, the bashful lover of
Zaadia—William McWilliams.
Captain Dur out, Patreo’s
wealthy rival—J. A. Beall,
Stormy, a stage struck fellow
—Will Darby.
Aunt Ilulda, sentimental
spinster —Robt. Gwaltney.
Pet’te, niece of Aunt Ilulda—
Miss Julia Bayard.
Rocco, the village scamp—
Hunter Smith.
Blabette, the village gossip—
Miss Mitchell.
Guideo, tramp and escaped
convict —Joe Patton.
CHORUS GIRLS .
Misses Celeste Ayer, Florence
Fouche, Sallie Walker, Emmie
Wright, Mary Berry, Hattie
Benjamine, Mamie Rcunsaville,
Emmie Williams, Sarah Simp
son, Eva Camp, Berta Gross,
Daisy Cheney, Lou Fleming,
SOLDIER BOYS.
Sergeant Walter Cothran,
William McWilliams, Joe Pat-
Ivu'i, Hunter Smith, Dudley
ugruder, Sam Hardin, Jack
Wyatt, Clark, Henson, Harri
son, Rob Yancey, Barry Coth
ran, Bennie Hale, Felton Mitch
ell and Jim Smith.
Bugler, aid-de-camps and oth
ers.
The Yellow Asters —Misses
Towers, Ava Printup, Julia
Dean, Nellie Printup, Lucy
Wright, Mattie Hamilton and
Sarah Yancey.
(Continued on 2nd page.)
"TIP" HARRISON
Proposes To Rid Georgia Os
All Rascals.
AN ANNUAL ELECTION
To Be Held And The “Meanest
Men’’ i’o Be Legally Hanged.
Capt. “Tip” Harrison, one of
the cleverest official fixtures in
the State house comes forward
with a splendid plan which if put
in operation would make Georgia
a Garden of Eden with the ex
ception of wearing habits of the
human family.
He wants to hold an election in
every county on the first of Jan
uary of each year for the purpose
of deciding by ballot who is the
meineet man and the most un
conscionable scoundr®!, Cn the
first of February the man receiv
ing the hignest number of votes
is to be hanged until he is dead,
and as there are 137 counties in
Georgia, the state would get rid
of 137 of its worst characters
every year. Mr. Harrison proposes
to introduce woman’s suffrage in
this contest and women will ba
eligible for election.
The merits of this innovation
are betft described in Captain
Harrison’s own language. He
88 yrt
“By holding such an election in
every County once a year we could
do a great deal to rid the state of
objectionable’charactere and create
a healthy condition of public and
private morals. All kinds of mean
ness would be included, and men
in all walks of lite wculd be eligi
ble for election . The tramp whe
steals a dinner from snother tramp
would have as good a showing as a
bank-wrecker who robs the widow
of hnr mite. I propose, also that
women be made eligible and al
lowed to vote. In that case the
tailing busyboddies and tale bear
ers who sow the seeds of strife
among their neighbors not be ig
nored. I have no doubt that many
of the women would vote for their
husbands on personal grounds and
as a closed ballot would be used
there would be a full free and
wholesome expre«si«o of opinion.
“By executing ‘he rascals-elect
we would rapidly get rid of the
worst element of our population.
Justbe f <re the first of January
every year there would be a big
exodus. The rascals would leave
the state as frightened rats fly
from a burning barn. In addition
to that the complimentary vote
many would get could not but
have a wholesome effect. Fellows
who are not J ’living right or
treating their neighbors r ght
would receive 'imely warning,
and many a downward career
would be checked before it got
beyond reformation.
The election would be fair be
yond any sort of cavil, and it
wouldn’t take an Aus’rliian ballot
to make it “o There wou'dn’t be
any e’ectioneering, and there
would not Le any carriage hired to
convey voters to to polls. The vote
would be the free, unbiased opin
ion of the people as to the respec
tive meannesses of those voted
Cor. A very healthy moral tone
would be diffused through the
community, and many a man
would be surprised and put t<
thinking on his manner of life.
The election would hold up to
most men the 'ooking glass tha'
ihe poet Burns talk about, and it
would be good medicine, heroic
trealxnent but none the less effec
(Continned on 2nd page.)
DONLEY SLAIN.
Editor of the East Point
Plowhoy, Shot.
FIVE BULLETS FIRED
By,John C Cox, and a| 1 of Them
Took Effect.
Five pistol balls fired through
the heart and lungs of John L.
Conley, editor of the East Point
Plowboy, by John C. Cox,
brought instant death to the
well-known editor and publisher
yesterday afternoon at 6:30
o’clock in East Point.
Cox is in Fulton county jail.
He is said to have been a tramp
until two months ago, when he
was employed by C. Q. Trimble,
of East Point,a deputy sheriff un
der Sheriff Nelms. He was later
employed by Mr. Reuben Ar
nold to guard some property
that had belonged to Mr. Conley
and which is now in litigation.
The property is said to have
caused the tragedy.
The people of East Point ask
for an immediate investigation
of the killing. They intimate
strongly that Cox is not alone
responsible for the killing and
say that it was an assassination
prompted by a desire of ven
geance. They say that other men
may have been interested in the
crime.
Only two men saw the killing.
They were enemies of the dead
man, it is said. Deputy Sheriff
Trimble was one and ex-Mar
shal Jim McConnell was the
other who witnessed the trage-j
dy. Both men are prominent in
Fulton county. W. B. Callahan,
a third man, reached the spot
just as the tragedy was ended.
He did not see the beginning of
the fight.
Conley’s death is the immedi
ate outcome of the long litiga
tion between the editor and the
heirs of the John Brood estate,
which has already very nearly
resulted in bloodshed and which
caused the well remembered
fight between the Arnolds, of
Hapeville, and Conley. The case
has been in court for years and
has kept feeling at a fever heat
during the entire time.
The killing occurred just one
half mile beyond the Atlanta
and West Point depot in East
Point. Conley’s body fell almost
in front of the residence of Mr.
W. B. Callahan and a hundred
yards from the residence of Mr.
Jim McConnell.
Cox re I uses to tell the story
of the killing, and the only full <
account is given by Mr. McCon i
nell. He says that he and Dep !
uty Sheriff Trimbie were stand- j
ing in front of his gate about i
6:30 o’clock, when they saw '
Cox and Conly walking up the ‘
road together. <
He noticed that Mr. Conley 1
was gesticulating to Cox, as 11 i
excited, but he did not realise ;
that serious trouble was on hand '
until he saw Mr. Conley strike 1
Cox with a heavy hickory stick ,
and knock him to the ground. |
Mr. McConnell states that
Conley then began beating Cox,
and that Cox pulled his pistol
and began shooting.
, (Continued on 7th page.)
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DOCTOR TUTT
The Famous Tilt! Pill Man
Died In Ailgilsta
A SUCCESSFUL GEORGIAN
Spent A Fortune In Advertising
And Left A Fortune.
Augusta, Ga., March 16--Dr.
William H. Tutt. one of
Augusta’s best known citizena,
died yesterday afternoon at his
home atter only a day’s illness.
Dr. Tutt has been in failing
health for a long time, but none
of his family anticipated his death
at this time, and one of his
daughters was in New York and
another left home only a few days
since.
Dr Tutt was born in Augusta
August 21, 1823, and married Miss
Harriet Remsen Bell of Lincoln
county in 1847 . He graduated
from the medical college and went
into the drug business.
In 1872 he removed to New
York for a broader field in wnich
to exploit his proprietary med
icines. He was one of the pioneers
in extensive advertising and made
Tutt’s liver pills one of the best
! known proprietary medicines iu
the world. It is said that the first
' year ne went to New York he ex
) pended over $25 000 in cash in
[ advertising before he began to sea
any returns, but later on reaped a
golden harvest.
By 1888 he had become a wealthy
! man and returned to Augusta to
spend the closing years of hi« life
in comfortable retirement among
the friends and the scenes of his
early life. He sold out his interest
in New York for a fortune and
built the handsomest house in
Summerville. Before it was com
pleted he put it and the Jot into
me Sandhil's Hotel Company
and became the largest factor in
I the building of the Bon Air
hotel, Augusta’s famous winter
resort.
He then purchased one of the
handsomest residences in Augusta
and has since lived in comfort
affie retirement in this city.
He is survived by his wife a id
five married children. Mrs.
Thompson of New York, and
Mrs. Rem Remsen. Mrs. Edge
Eve. Mrs. Andrew Rossignold
and W. H. Tutt, all of this city,
The funaral will be postponed
until Thursday to allow time for
absent members of the family to
be present.
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