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gIGHTH YEAR smoke a “Bill Arp ’ waiters New Brand PEACH JOBBERS. ▼ W o Senators Decline The Honors With Thanks. OTfiKR COMMISSIONS Were Easily Made by President McKinley. Washington, Aug. Ih— Mc- Kinley’s Paris peace com mission is a source of worry to him just now. Yesterday two United States senators declined plaees in that body. They wera Gorman. of Mary land, and Allison, of lowa. Senator Allison could not see his way clear to accept the hon or, and explained that the inter est of his state in the senate, and his desire to continue his former vigorous participation in the shaping of legislation in that body and other interests, would preclude his taking up the ar duous duties at Paris that would demand so much time and seri ous work. During the day the president tendered to Senator Gorman, ol Maryland, a place on the peace commission, but he has declined the ofi'er. The president now, it is stat ed, is looking for another Demo cratic senator to take the place of Senator Gorman. The appointment of Gen. W. W. Gordon as a member of the military commission for Porto Hico was a surprise, but was welcome to the Georgians. I he president firstofiiered one of the places to Gen Lee, who thought he had rather remain at thd head ol his corps ; and then looking around for a Southern man to serve, he himself,thought ■of Gen Gordon, for whom he has expressed the highest admi ration. II was the president's idea to have the regular and volunteer arms equally represented on the commissions, and the South and the North. I he two commissions, as now constituted, stand thus: ' Ol Cuba—Major General James F. Wade, Roar Admiral Milliam T. Sampson, Major G«nwd Matthew C. Butler. For Porto Rico—Major Gen ei’M John R Brooke, Rear Ad lnllal Winfield S Schley, Brig “dler General William W. Gor don. Senator Allison, after a talk II li the president, expressed ‘U'inion that there should be e xtia session of of Congress. not say that the presi dent had expressed a determina -1011 to call such a session, but ,e >»dicated that he had given J l ) 'ni , >n to the president on the subject. declined a place on the 8 duties as chairman of win ?! 1,1 “P 1 nitions committee «o heavy at the short that he would not have to become a member of the and do his duty as cll airman, too. 7 i i *^ e<l that Congress °“ ,d be called together ta-ly and should en tiotln rt ? pUt t,l ‘ rou 8 h »ome. if d .of the appropriation bills, THE ROME HUSTLER-COMMERCIAL ROME GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY EVENING AUGUST 17, |BJB. JAPAN OBSERVES Has Ker Naval Agents at Points of Vantage AMBITIOUS LITTLE MEN t Want to be The Yankees of The Orient Seattle Wash ~ Aug. 17. Rear Admiral Matsuiiaga Oki of th* Imperial Japanese Navy, has ar rived in this, city on the steamer Rio Jan Moru, on his way to Lou don, where he will superintend the construction of two cruisers ami a battleship tor his Govern ment. With him were two first puymas’ers of the Japanese Navy, Fakucbi Jujaro, who will go with the Admiral to London, ai d Shimizu Nuke, who goes to San Francisco to jNa the Japanese cruiser now building there. Admiral Matsuuagawis greatly surprised that peace was to be made and was vtry much interests ed in the terms. Wh n told that the dispositiop of the Puilippines was to be left to a commistjon. In expressed his surprise that the United States had not demanded the islands ns P ,rto Rico was de manded. He declined, however, to ■'•• Tiythii gas to his or his <’ . .cry’s , inion on the question. He said: “Japan has learned many things fr m the war America ha* been waging ag nnst Spain . The Amer ican Admiral’s fight at Manila has taught us that a fine ironclad and heavy guns alone would not win a battle. We wil. p .y m are attention than ever to target practice, and with that the Japanese will be come a powerful naval nation. “We will have a fine navy if the present policy continues. In this country several warships are about ready to go into commission aad in Englund we will build three large vessels. I am going to Lon don and will be there tnree years. During that time I wid superin tend the construction of the vessels that are to be built and at the same time study the navies of the world. ( ‘lt will not be long until will be able to build her own war ships. ” so that the regular session could be devoted to the great amount of necessary 1 »gislation that will come as the result of the new territory acquired as the result of the war. It is regarded as very likely that this will be done. CROWDING TORAL’S MEN. The Lla de Luzon Goes to Stain ith 2287 Souls. Washington, D. C., August L It ip quits evident from this dis patch, received by General Corbin tonight from General Shafter, that the Spanish Transatlantic Company, in transporting the Spanish prisoners from Santiago to Spain, 's economizing space ir its ships: “Luzon sailed this afternoo for Spain, wi ; li 2056 soldiers, four priests, 1(1 women. 34 children and 137 officers, total, 2237 ’’ BITTEN BY A MAU DOG. Athens, Ga., August 17. —This morning at the home of hie parents u' Princeton, two miles from Athens, E'mer Waters, aged three years was badly bitten by a mad dog, and it is feared hydro- I hobia will result. CORBETT TRAGEDY Pugilist's Aged Fattier Slay? ’His Wife MUST HAVE BEEN INSANE O d Man Then Put A Ball In His Own Brajn, Sau Francisco, Aug. 17. —Pat- rick J. Corbett, father of James J, Corbett, the pugilist, shot and killed his wife at an early hmr y«st >rd ay morning. Thx hypothesis accept d by the family and by inti mate acquaintances and friends ol the household is that Mr. Corbett was laboring under the eif ic's of temporary insanity. T.ie terrible tragid yoecurred at the Corbett home 52 1 H iyes street over tne livery stable owned by the older Corbett As near as the time can be fixed the shots rang out at 4:50 o’clock a. rn , Mrs Corbetct being killed as she was lying asl-ep in her bed . So far as can be ascertained, ther«i was not the slightest reason why the husband should have sought to wreak such awful veng. eaive upon his wife, as for nearlx half a century the «onp!e has lived isppily and in perfect content ment together . Indeed, during th> last evening they had chatted pleasant'}’ together about th ir fireside with two of their daugh ters, and at an early h ur had r ired without the slightest indica cion of having been given of wha was to follow within the o xt few he urs. With Mr. and Mrs. Corbett reside their two unmarried daughters Cuthenn and Esther, and a mar ried daughter, Mrs. A. Klug, with her husband. When Mr. Corbett puchased the pistol no one seem-d to know Apparently, as he was never known to keep a weapon in the house be fore, he had purchased thi* withan object. Whe'her duu< his temporary spe! Is of insa m,y h< had contemplated the deed no on" can tell. There is little doubt but what Mr. Corbett was temporarily in sane when he com mitted this horri ble deed, and he inherited the mania from his ancestors . His sis ter, Margaret Griffin, is now an inmate of the Hepe Insane Asylum having been confined there six years. Both the old people were natives of Ireland, Mr. Corbett being six-' ty-six years of age and Ins wife four years younger. The funeral ceremonies will i. t be delayed until Jim arrives fr m the east, but the bod'es will be p aced in vaults. Corbett Leaves F> r ’Frisco. NiW York, Aug IG. —Corbett and his wife left on a late train tor San Francisco . IN DANGER OF LYNCHING, Negro in Newton County Is Ahead ok The Dogs. Covington, Ga . August 17 r ohn Powell, a negro, is just ahead f the dogs in a chase tor lite, oc casioned by his felonious assault upon th# daughter of Mr. J. W. Wagner a respectable farmer. Mr. Wagner >ent two shots after the misci earn as he ran. There wil! be a lynching if the negro is caught Police Court —Only one lone sinner was tried at ’his morning’s police court. He was charged witli the usual offense drunk and disorderly and was quickly dis posed of by the recorder. LANHAM & SONS, SENSATIONAL Ml OF SAILORS * have just o )ught th 2 on ire stock of Ladies aad Missas Fins Vw Sai 01 s o’o is of the st Millin'ry houses or No,vyork and now place them on sal? at a price thatis certainly most remarkable. While we know the people of Ro me ?hav 3 bsen fre ed time and again, yet we make the IsTARTLISa ONOWEMEKT, "W That these Sailors are worth $l.O J. $1.53 aid $2.93 each alj v ) will sell the n at th ? astonishing Io v price of 5 A GTS. fl AHI ! *£IAWUi There Is Twenty-one Ca les or Jne Thousand and Eleven Hats and ♦ notaplug in the lot, but the prettiest and latest thing* in Sail?.’ $ Some fine Milan,some fine sp it stra .v,some r ?ugh brim and smooth crown, some colored brim and white crown,so me of all colors of rainbow. Bell crown, straight cro an, wide brim, narrow brim, soma <®kfine white and in fact all kins d ax cep t c ie ip and tnose we do not want. This is a ch ance to buy fine sailors at a price ♦ that will probably not come again, > & & % JiINHJJM GND Sons. 10 CENTS per week