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'EIGHTH year
smoke a “Bill Arp ’ warters New Bra d
GLORIOUBFOURTH
nititt Wore Glorious by
Sampson's Victory.
DESTROYED ’HE FLEET
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of Admiral Cevera in Santiago
Harbor Yesterday
Washington, July 4-Glori 1
OU s news from Cuba affords the
American people just reason for
sn enthusiastic celebration of
this the nation’s natal day.
Admiral Sampson has accom
plished the work which he was
directed to perform when he left
Key West for the Southern coast
of Cuba. He was ordered to
find and destroy Cevera’s fleet.
Several weeks ago Commo
dore Schley located the fleet in
the bay of Santiago. Yesterday,
after being bottled helpless in
the harbor for weeks, the fl jet
was destroyed. Nothing, now
remains of the Spanish squad ron
but shattered and burning
hulks.
In addition to the splendid
work accomplished by Admiral
Sampson,Gen. Shafter, in com
manu of the land forces before
Santiago, had so far progressed
in the carrying out of his plan s
for the reduction of the city that
at 10:30yesterday morning he
demanded the immediate sur
render of the Spanish forces.
At 4:30 yesterday afternoon
Shafter’s demand had not been
complied with so far as officials
here were able to ascertain
That the demand will be com
plied with, however, Gen. Sbaf
ter fully believes, and that the
s'arsand stripes will on tbi«
F u'thof July be raised over
the former capital of Cuba is
regarded as practically certain.
Shortly after 12 o’clock this
morning, Assistant Secretary of
the Navy Allen left the White
House hastily, and going direct
ly to the department, posted
the bulletin announcing Samp
son's glorious victory.
Ihe information contained in
the statement was received early
in the evening, but it was not
announced officially until sever
al hours later. As a result of its
!*ceipt, however, a conference
prominent officials was held
“tthe White house immediately.
'Hose present besides the Presi
dent were Vice President llo
bart, Secretary Day, Secretary
J, 'ig. Secretary Al /er, Pus tin as
Smith, Gen. Miles,
djt.-Gen. Corbin, Gen. Guy
Henry and Senator Hanna.
1 -ip information was discussed
11 nil its phases. The news sent
J both Gen. Shafter and Lieut.
u Allen was received with in
le,lsesatisfaction. It was taken
’ Olndi cate not only that Admiral
h ac | accomplished
“"gnificently the task to which
,i ‘d been set, but it alsodear
ie pioved that Gen. Shafter was
ai “uch stronger position than
|mr" ar °ft‘ c ' a ' 8 bad been led t<>
be ‘'eve he held.
ue of the officials who attend
I)e ' ecoil f«<encesaid after the
nou„A|
d very mMOT i“iir
11 " r,o “ ra '“ » f ““
fleet ‘ lliedest ™ction of the
1 w uch was nofc C4)nfirmpd
THE ROME HUSTLER-COMMERCIA
until a few minutes before the
news was given to the public,
removes by far the most serious
obstacle to the occupation of
S intiago by the American land 1
faces. During the almost con
tinuous conflict cf Friday and
Saturday, reports show that the
Spanish fleet did awful execution
by shelling the American troops.
The fleet of Admiral (’eive'a
was one of the finest Spain pos
sessed. Three of the vessels, the
Almirante Oquendo, the Vizcaya
and the Cristobal Colon, were
modern armored cruisers of the
first class. The Vizcaya, which
visited this country soon aftei
the Maine was sent to Havana,
and was in New York harbor
whe n the news of the destriv -
tion of the American battleship
was taken to her commander,
was 7,000 tons displacement, 340
feet long and heavily armored,
her belt armor being 12 inches
in thickness a id her deck armor
3 inches. Her armament consist
ed of two 11-inch, ten 5 5-ii’ch
Hontoria guns, eight 1 4 inch
rapid fire guns and two mitrail
lense She had two masts with
military tops, two turrets, two
smokestacks aud a ram bow.
She curried six torpedo tubes,
was capable of a speed rcie of 20
kno s and her comp'etement was
500 men.
Almiiante Oquendo was in a!
most every respect a duplicate o>
the Vizcaya. The Cris obal Col >t«
had a displacement of 6 840 tons
and was 328 f eet lona. She hud fl
inch arm r both at the water line
and at the gun position, and 1 5
inch armor on her deck. Her ar
mameot consisted of two 10 -inch
ten 6-inch rapid fire guns, six 4 7-
meh, ten 2.2-iuch and ten 1.4-ii ch
guns, two mitral lenses and four
loipjdu tubes. She was capable of
sped of twenty knots and car
ried a complement of 450 men. O-<
the remaining vesse's of the fleet
the Furor and Terror were torpe
do boat destroyers and the Reina
Mercedes was an old vessel that
was sunk a short time aio by a
shell from Sampson’s fleet.
The Terror was hot wi*h the
fleet at Santiago, tut is supposed
to be at San Juan, Porto R'co. un
dergoing repairs made necessary
in an encounter with the St Paul
a few day# ano In addition to the
above men'ioned vessels, theie
were two torpedo boats and a col
lier in the Spanish fleet originally.
Whether the collier was at Santi
ago or not known.
RAVING MftNlflG.
Game Milner Tried to Kill
Herself Yesterday
AT THE COUNTY JAIL.
Was Found with Throat cut
Used a Butcher Knife.
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Carrie Milner, the negress
who struck Henry McDow With
an ax several weeks ago, is a
raving maniac in the 1' loyd
county jail.
Yesterday morning about 10
o’clock, the prisoners were
thrown in the greatest excite
ment, aud the whole neighbor
hood was ,aroused by tc earns of
“help! Murder I Fire I”
Deputy Sheriff McLeod went
into the jail ami found Carrie
lying in a pool of her own blood
on the floor of her cell with her
ROME GEORGIA, MONDAY EVENING, JULY, 4. 1898.
ffl. SERB WRIGHT
Almost Murdered by an I J
fdrialed Negress.
FWO UGLY KNIFE WOUNDS
From ;His Cook Who I e V\ as
Ejecting From his Residence.
T ■ M - ——— l
Hon. Seaborn Wright was
badly cut this morning about
6:30 o’clock by his cook, a ne
gress by the name of Cantress
For several weeks the woman
has been very impudent to mem-1
bers of Mr. Wright’s family.
This morning, because of in
sulting language used to a white
servant, Mr. Wright feeling out
raged took the cook by the arm
and proceeded to show her the
door.
’The woman had evidently pre-'
pared herself for just such an
occasion, for, like a flash, she
whipped a keen bladed knife
from her clothin / and with the
fury of an enraged tigress pro
ceed to cut and slash her em
ployer.
In the confusion which fol
lowed, the bloodthirsty cook
made good her escape and at
noon today had not been cap
tured.
Mr Wright lives in the suburbs
bf ihe city. He was assisted to his
bed nud Dr. Henry Batw sum
moned by telephone.
Dr. Battey responded promptly.
He found Mr. Wright suffering
rom tw > ugly wounds, one just
the heart where the keen
blade had p'-i.e’rated the hollow
Ihe other was a wound three in
ches deep in the lett side.
hile these wounds are serious,
the physician thinks they are
not necessarily fatal.
Mr. Wright is one of the most
successful lawyers >t the Rome bai
and a leading po'itician’ of the
state, having run. two years ago li
the gubernatorial nominee of the
anti-demoersts.
Fortunately for Mr. Wright,
the woman ’’aile 1 to make her
crime murder, though there is
but little doubt that she intend
ed to kill.
Mr. Wright has the sympathy
of the entire community and all
join in wishing him a speedy
recovery.
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throat cut and blood pouring
from several ugly cuts on her
head.
In some way she procured a
large butcher knife, and it took
•di die strength of Mr. Mc-
Leod to get it away from her,
and he came near being badly
cut himselfin the a* tempt.
Several times she has tried to
kill herself and she has to be
watched nearly all the time. She
will be tried before Judge Davis
for lunacy and sent to the asy
lum.
.Ji.__J.JL —l.
NEW MAN.
“I was a sufferer from dys
pepsia, gout and rheumatism,
caused by impure blood. I tried
various medicines, but obtained
no relief until I began taking
Hood’s Sarsaparilla. This med
icine has made me a new man
and is the best I ever took. It
has beon a blessing to me.”
William M, James. Brogdon, S.
C.
Hood’s Pills are the only pills
to take with Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
EC and efficient.
LANHAM
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■ I- CLOSING OUT *
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SUMMER DRY GOODS
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Beginning Merrcmy morning, July 4th we willl name
prices on ail Summer Millinery, Dry Goods, Etc,
that will certainly interest every one who
cares to save a dime or a dollar,
Look At These Prices. Ribdcns .'Ribbons !
Summer Calicoes p^r*yard 2c 90 c Sash Ribbon, all silk in
Ladies Shirt Waiscs with de- ’ new colors 6 inches wide 59c
tach -jbie collar and cutis, 75c S ish Rib cn now 35c
laundried. only lOc Sash Ribbon No. 80 was 903
Ladies 50c Shirt Waist now 3Oc now 59c
Ladies 65c Shirt Waist now 40c ‘Ail silk Ribbon 4 inches Wide,
Choice of any Shirr. Waist in red,blue and pink, was 30c
the house ex ept silk now 12 l-2c
wor-.h much more 75c 25c Veiling now 18c
0-4 Sheeting pn’yard 10c Veiling now 3c
Yd Wide Sea Island 3 l-2c LOOK AT THIS !
Ladies* hase double so e high
solico hoel 49 gauge Pilot Beautiful Rich Satin worth 50 to
dye worth 20c now • 10 3 75 now 18c in brown, blue, pink,'
La.d’es low c 111 Bhoes cheao. canarv and orange.
Xl,il 1 iiierv cat Prices to Chose.
Violets ner bunch 2c Trmmed hats woruhsi.sO now 99c
•' i “ ’ •• 3c “ • “ “ $1,25 now 68c
“of 3 dozen, 6c 1 “ “ “$2.75 now 1.50
Large assortment of F owers Children’s trimmed hats 35c
white and colors worth Masses trimmod hats 40c
much more, no w 13c Trimmed hats were 3,40
Shapes worth $ 1.75 now l I.OC “ t \ ‘‘ §§’£2
Shapes were 75c now 380 ( soo3 o'SS
Shanes were bO c naw 2b3 “ . 8/.00 3.80
These aae not a lot of]ast year’s Everything iq Millinery at prices
shapes but this sea-on goods, that cannot be maxaed any
stylish and up-to da ie and we where. . Everybody can atiord a
make these prices to close the n traveling hat, a midsummer hat,
out for cash. We will not an evening hat or anything 111
charge goods at thes > press Millinery .f th?y w.T bring the
This is ach nice you wi'[probably i cash to our store- We wni'not
not get again so on, co 11 3 quic <. ch i”ge good >at thes 3 pric *s,
LANI IAM&SQNS.
IO CETSPER WEEK