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1N jH YEAR
moke a “Bill Arp’ warters New Brand
mGISLfITUREI
Kai Orgauiies- Doison
Liedent of Senate.
yiLLIT FOR CLERK.
I I
Speaker »f The House.
Caucus Tonight.
■nta.Ga., Oct. 27.—80th
■of the legislature orgaa-
Kiterday, and both will
■his morning prepared to
■ inegg . One or twoconteets
■ cerg were amicably ad-
and a caucus of all the
■ erF is culled for tonight to
for the va
■bb for judges and solicitor
Sal in the superior court,
■morrow morning every one
■fthe political fights will |
disposed of. and the j
will be able to settle!
to ihe waking of laws. It
to he the rule in the
legislature that a mem
utlei.J to politics first
r.s • 'Arwards, and no
■ who has watched the pre
of the present session
inclined to say that the
been broken this year
organization of the t wo
■es men of unquestioned
were elected to <*' ery po-
of iinportane° lion. W.
n, of Sumo , was elect
president of the senate and
■: John D. Little speaker of
■house. Neither bad opposi
■ For secretary of the senate
■u'..-Unl. ( liarles S. Northern
■m thiough unanimously, and
of the house Hon. John
of Bibb, bad but
opposition. There were
■ne few contests for minor of-
but on ihe whole both
of the legislature seem-
made up their mind in
how to vote, and the
selected are of a character
reflects credit upon those
Be selected them.
■ r l Inexact makeup of the sen
and house organization is as
■ lows:
B the house.
■Sfienker—John I). Little, of
■uecogee.
WSpeaker pro tern—A. O. Bla
■ck, of Fayette.
■ Clerk— John T. Boifeuillet, of
Bibb.
M Messenger— F. M. Durham,
B Bartow.
I Boorkeeper— J. JI. Williford,
B Fayette.
I Chaplain—Rev. G. G. Wright,
•f Putnam.
THE SENATE.
I President—W. A. Dodson, of
Sumter.
1 resident pro tern—J. Render
Ferrell, of Mariwether.
Secretary— Charles S. North
-61 n > of F ulton.
Boorkeeper— R. E. Wilson, of
Murray.
Masaenger— Flynn Hargett,
of Habersham.
1 Rev. J. W. G.
Mat kins, of Fulton.
lb* officers of the house were
e bcted in caucus, but the senate
* ont into formal session without
1 '• formality of a preleminary
(Continued on 3rd page,)
THE ROME IWSTLER-COMMEiiciAL
MRS. BOTKIN.
Coilrt Refuses to Exiadite
Her to Delaware.
AUTHORITIES HOPEFUL.
Claim The Murderess Will Be
Brought to Justice.
San Francisco, Oct. 27 —Mrs.
Coidelia Botkin will not be extra*
dited to the >ta‘e of Delaware, If
she is to be tried for the murder of
*{r John P. Dunning the trial
will take place in this State. Such
was the eonelusion reached by Su*
perior Judges Cook, Wallace, Sea
well, Trout and Borden upon the
writ of habeas corpus sued for by
Mrs, Botkin’s attorneys. The de
cision was ru dared at noon today.
There yet remains the question
whether or not Mrs. Botkin can
legally be held for trial hers, un
der section 27 of tt e penal cods,
which includes among persons a
ble to punishment under the laws
of this State: “All persons who
commit, in whole or in part, any
crime within this State.” Upon the
construction of this section Judge
Carroll Cook alone will hear argu
ment. So no final order was made
on the writ today, Judge Ceok
merely ordering a continuance un
til Saturday.
With regard te the section named
upon hie Honor’s decision wi 1 rest
.Mrs. Botkin’s fate, so far as a
trial ht-re is concerned As, how.
ever, the counsel on both sides of
the case are notified to have tb»ir
witnesses ready, it is fair to as
sume that Mrs, Botkin will not be
permitted to escape the conse
quences cf her crime without a
proper investigation before Judge
and jury
The finding of the Judges in
holding that Mrs. Botkin cannot
under the law be extradited simply
decides that the Legislature has
unfortunately, emitted to provide
for just such a case as that of Mrs.
Botkin, Under the law as it now
stands, she is not a fugitive from
justice having never set foot in
the State of Delaware. Nor is there
any way by which she can be ex
tradited. The Judges sty that this
omission can be rectified by an
act cf Congress, but until this is
done th* law must be held to be
defective in this respect.
All parties interested were in
court when the decision was given
Mrs. Botkin and her sister sat
with her attorneys, Georgs Knight
and Frank McGowan. Mrs. Botkin
looked smart and well. She was
evidently prepared fo l ' the decision
in her favor, but that did not pre
vent her listing to the words ®l
the Court, uttered by ludgiCook
with breathless interest.
She appeared rather disappoint
ed when no order for her rebase,
was made. Chisf Lees, District At
torney Hosm*r and Attorney
Chamberlain sat togsther. Chief
Lees looked troubled So did De
tective McVey, who looked sorrow
fully forward to a lonsesome trip
back to his Delaware home after
a fiuitless sojourn on this coast.
The opinion of the court was
written by Judge Carroll CoA and
concurred in by all hie associates.
Judge Cock read the iecibion,
which covered fifteen pages of type
wntt n matter. When Judge Cook
bad finished reading he said:
“This disposes of the case so far
as extrad’tion is concerned. I
#m now ready to hear argum.ut
upon the question whether Mrs.
Botkin can be held for trial here,
under section 27 of the penal
C Mr Hosmer suggested that Mrs.
ROME GEORGIA, THRUSDAY EVENING, C CTOBR 27, 1898.
WORDTD MCKINLEY
• I
Secretary of Stats Hay. Sends
Confidential Kgent
CABINET TOGITHER
Detectives Guard The Door
Secrecy Maintained.
Philadelphia, Oct. 27. —After
tbs reception to the president
last nigh* at the Uaiou League a
meeting of the chief executive and
cabinet officers "ho are in attend
ance with him at the peace jubilee
was held at the Hotel Bellevue.
I’hose present besides the presi
dent were:
Po Gen, Smith, Secre
tary of War Alger, Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson and Solieitor
Gen. Richard in plaoe of General
Griggs. The utmost secrecy attend
ed the proceedings and it was ide
possible io learn for what purpose
the meeting was called or what
subjects were discussed.fcFrom an
tin official though ordinarily reli
able source it was gleaned that J.
C. Kelogg. private secretary to
Secretary Hay, reached here last
night bearing important dispatch
es from the state department.
N either Secretary Porter nor
any of the cabinet tfficers would
be seen after the meeting had end
ed and no information from other
sources could be obtained.
The meeting lasted neark? an
hour and was held in ihe presi
dent’s room in the hotel Local
detectives prevented any one iruu.
approaching the vicinity. Mr.
Kelogg when questioned about the
matter admitted being the bearer
of a message, but said that it was
purely a personal one from Secre
tary Hay.
That it was more than some or
dinary deliberation was apparent
from the fact that Mr. Kelogg
reached the Union League shortly
after 11 o’c'ock and was immedi
ately taken to the president. He
then left and went to, hotel,
ihe reception coming t® au end
very shortly.
After the president and tl e cab
inet had concluded their delibera
tions Mr. Kelogg left immediately
for Washington in a special car.
It was reported some time after
midnight that the president may
leave for Washington in the morn
ing and may not remain to revew
the military jubilee parade.
BBS g
ANDREWS PICKED UP
Was Attempting to Reach The
Azores in a 1 3-f®et Boat.
Reedy T sland, Oct. 27. The,
bark Frieda passed up the bay
here today and reported that on
September 22, she picked up in
latitude 39 degrees 44 minutes
and longitude 39 degrees 23 min
utes, Capt. Andrews, who left
Atlantic City on August 24 in a
13 foot boat bound for th®
Azores. *The captain was out of
provisions.
Lieut. Howard P. Jack left
today for Chattanooga, where he
goes to wed Miss Allien •riste.
He was accompanied by Messrs
Cubbage, Nat Hoyt and Chas.
Keene.
M II
Botkiu be turned ever to the
grand jury. Judge Cook stid he
was satisfied that if th® allega
tions in the complaint were tru®
Mrs. B-itkin should not be dis
charged.
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f Ten Quarter Blankets, each 17c
Ladies’ Capes,trimmed with braid,l9c
Shoes as.low as, per pair 15c
All-Wool Flannel, per yard, 9c
Bleaching as low as
Everything jXjew and gtylish.
No Old Carnod-Over Goods! •
* The Best Millinery Department I *
THE BEST DRESS GOODSDEPARETMNT
find The Prices are Under fliiy in Rome.
We have the biggest stores in Rome—one at 245
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goods, not an old piece of merchandise in the house;
then we have our Fourth ward stores, and you <an get
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goods and get our prices.
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Beautiful all wool Dress Good*, double 6 Papers Pine for *sc
widfch 9« X £ Coals’ 100-yard Spool Cotton 2c
Pretty double width Plaid" 9c W W Cheap Spool Thread 1c
Fine black Dress goods,worth 50 •»only 29c W V Beat Table Oilcloth J 10«
Pretty double width Casbimere all WM/ Window Shades 10c
wool filled, only 9c M/W Ladies Seamless Hose ’ 5c
75c Corsets for only W Ladies’ Heavy winter Vests 12c
50c Corsets for only 29c /|\ Ladies’ and Children’s Handkerchiefs le
Sheeting, yard w<de 3|c /|\ Hooks rnd Eyes, per card le
Best full standard calico 3| Safety Pins, per card
Beaut ful plush capes, trimmed with Linen Towels, each 5c
bra d and jet, Thibet collars worth Pretty Knotted Fringe Towel. i 18c
$2 25, for only H 50 Good Jean. 10.
We have cvp« and j-ck.ts from 19c upto /ft Ladies’ Fine Trimmed Hat. and Saii
aß high as you care to go, all new. ft ft ors for less money than any other store in
40 Crimped Hairpins for lc # $ the city. Come to our store for your Mil-
18 Bull. Sewing Threat for 5c linery.
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LANHAM’S STORES
OLD STORE, NEW S I ORE,
Fourth Ward. 245 BroadSt
10 CENTS PER WEEK