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NINTH YEAR ROME GEORGIA, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 18. 1898. smoke a Bill Arp ’ warters New Brand EARLY MOVEMENT ~ ' 1 Os I'rijops to Cuba has Been Ordered. . y ■ ■ OKU. SNYDER GOES FIRST > 0 Unless, as is Customary, the Order is Changed. Washington, Nov. 18.—The movement of United States frwpt to Havana *AII begin within ten day*. The exact date .? r ■ of their arrival will be deter mined by the reports of Major Gsi ertd Greene, who commands a division of theJ3eventh s corpfc, end ts now in Havana on busi ness connected with garrison ing that province, and of Gen. Charles F. Humphrey and Col. Hecker, of the quartermaster’s department. . t These officers have authority to complete arrangements for the reception of the troops, the quartermaster’s officers ' being engaged in the supervision of the construction of wharves and depots to be used by the army. The occupation of Cienfue gos is also receiving attention. Oeu. Snyder will command the first brigade which lands at that prov hce. He will be followed soon af terward by Major General Wil son and the First corps. Noth ing has I een heard of the de tachments of the Eighth caval ry, winch sailed for Nuevitas and Puerto Principe, but as there is no telegraph communi cation with that part of the is land, no surprise is manifested at the war department. The conduct o' the volunteer regiments in Santiago province may result in a transfer of some of these troops t > corps where a more rip I discipline can be en force<J ami vliere regiments un der comm mJ of general officers can be u < d to quell any distur bances of the immune regi ments. JMPuBTANT ADDITIONAL ORDERS Camp Poland, Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 18. —Additional orders, relative to the equip ment of troops here for the movement to Cuba, were receiv ed today. Chief Surgeon Mejor Hysell was ordered to make re quisitions for a complete medi cal squipment sufficient to sup ply the demands of the division after it • • reaches the foreign clime. Brigadier General W. J. Mc- Lee, who will command the Third brigade, First division, First corps, was ordered to pro ceed at once to Macon, Ga., and there establish his brigade head quarters. One regiment of his command, the Peqth colored in fancy, is already in Macon. The HixUi Virginia, colored, also of his Command, will leave here tomorrow. Gpn. Simon Snyder is prepai- TOUURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Lax atjve Bromo Quinine 1 ablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to’cure. 25c. The genuine has L. w B. Q. ou tach tablet. THE HOME 111 STLEBUOAiMEki 111. ing to surrender the command of the di' isien to Major G neral J, C. Bates, who is orders 1 here from Macon. Gen. B>tes will make au inspection of the regi- here, to ascertain their for Cuban service. 1 OMINOUS PROMISE Made By Aguinaldo T» His Men. •K< t • r Seattle, Waith. Nov. 18. —An in terview has been secured here with Captain John Barneson, of the transport Aiizona, which has just arrived from Manila. Captain Barnescn while in the Philippines made a study of the situation there. He says that onr army officers firmly believe that war with the natives will surely come if wo in s st on taking the islands. “Admiral Dewey told me.” says the captain, “that Aguinaldo was not only unreliable, but treacher ous. Aguinaldo, it is said, has promised bis men that immediate ly upon the withdrawal of the Spaniards be will declarq War against the United States, and kill off American soldierk • faster than th«y can be sent.” Captain Barneson says that our naval officers Manila strongly favor holding the islands, while the army officers take a different view. LEPER SCARE AT MANILA Spanish Officers Have Allowed Nearly 200 To Escape. .. . - Vancouver, B. C. Nov 18.-The steamship Empress ot China brings advices which tell of a leper scare in Manila. Through the neglect of the .Spanish cfficers nearly 200 .'epers have escaped from confine ment. For a time this whs un known to the American authorities and the outcasts were allowed to wander at large. Orders navo been ieeued to the effect that all lepers will be ar rested and se’nt to a small anin habitcd island ou tho southeast el Luzon. On this island the Ameri. can government will establish harborage for the lepers »f the Philippines. They will be fed and cared for at expense of the govern ment. As far as can he ascertained about sixty lepers are still at large on the streets and in the suburbs •f Manila. FROM CONTEPT ‘ • Standabd Oil Witness Mat Havk To Answer, Columbus, 0., Nov. 18.-At torney General Mouuett and B. B, Kinkead were engaged today in preparing papers for use in con tempt proceedings in the Supreme Courtngpinst recalcitrant witness es in the Standard Oil case Mon* nett satci today that he would call thj matter up in the Supreme Court tomorrow and had notified Virg'l P. Kline of the fact and Kline has responded that he will be present to defend the witnesses. IMPORTED negroes Have Taken the Places of Strik- • ing Miniers. I •Henderson, Ky., Nov. 18- The strike at the Greeu-R'V«r Coal and Mining Company’s mines, at Spottsville, is Still on. there being 50 or more white miners out whose places have been taken by imported negro laborers, who are not suffer ed to work in peace. Several times recently tL*y have been by unknown parties w ’ th and stones. Further thanjhWthere has been little if any troubfe-. • WON’T RISK IT. i f I Tolbert Proposes to Protect ■ His Hille. f•. , • i TO REMAIN AN EXILE. • _ He Is Only an Assistant Post master of The Fourth Class. «•• * I Washington, Nov. 18.—John W. Tolbert has received Gov Ellerbe’s answer to hit telegram asking whether the governor w’ould afford him protection from mob violence in returning to his home at McCormick. The governor’s reply, ie regard ed by Tolbert as a practical ad mission that the governor oannot afford to give him protection and therefore, it is said, it is not likely he will jeopardize,his, life by returning to his home in the present excited feeling. Up to this time no definite plans with respect to the prose cution of the participants m the riotous proceedings against J. W. Tolbert have been decided upon. ,The fact that Tolbert is the assistant postmaster at Mc- Cormick, and not the postmas ter, may have an important bearing ou tlw Assistants to fourtbelass postmasters are not recognized by the law as officers of the government, they being appointed and paid by the postmaster. In the postoßce de partment they are reeoguiz d fl miscellaneous employees. Assistant United - States At torney Cochran, from the Tolbert district, has been ordered to Washington for conference with the officials of the department of justice, and upon his arrival here tomorrow the whole South Carolina situation will be gone over and a line of action decided upon. The case of R. H, Running, United States commissioner at Wilmington, N. C.» it said to present none of the difficulties which have appeared in the Tol bert case, and it i» thought tn at instructions will soon be given the United States attorney there to make j,n investigation of the facts with a view of beginning proceedings." ' 1 »' BLOODYBLOT Upon His Soul Drove a Murder er to Suicide- New Canaan, Conn., Nov. 18. — A murder of the Guldensuppe-type is believed to have been committed here. The aupposed victim ia Mrs. Susan Anderson, an aged yrpman worth 160,000, who disappeared freua her home two weeks, ag e * She lived alone, attended only by Fritz Hahnan, her hired man. Yesterday the Anderson home stead was discovered to be oa fire. Peeple who flocaed to the scene found the body of Hahnan swing-, ing from the limb of a tree, close to the burning house. Then the villagers remembered that Hahnan had recently taksn a midnight trip, and hid several bundles in bis wagon. u lt is beFieved Hahnan murdered his mistfess, cut up the body and c.on cealid it m the woods. Rem arse and fear, it is thought, drove him to arson and suicide. ..■ ■ f € •-. q . 7 > ’l* LANHAM&SONS TH BEST PUCE IN 10ME TO MB THAKING ®® ■ -A"-' ■ ' *——■ .... _—— igßto. ; Ten Quarter Blankets, each I7 C ■Ste 1 LadleS’Capes,trimmed with braid,ip Hp Shoes as.low as, per pair 15c All-Wool Flannel, per yrad, , qo HHp Bleaching as low as .-<■ Everything |\|ew and Stylish. ) No Old Carried-Over Goods! ' • 'Y -I b *1 kJ '■ * * * p, * The Best Millinery Department 1 • THE BEST DRESS EODDS DEPARETMNT find The Prices are under flnu in Rome- We have the biggest stores in Rome—one at 245 Broad street,Bass’ old stand, filled with the very newest goods, not an old piece of mer'chandise in the house; then we have pur Fourth ward stores, and you «an get these goods at either store. Our line of FINE DRESS GDDDS. Is the newest and most complete in the city. We have from the cheapest to the best, and the price is righton every piece. Dan’t buy your Winter Dry Goods, Mli nery, Shoes, or anytning in our line till you see bur goods and-get our prices. “ 11——ht # O < —rr < i Beautiful all wool Dress Goods, double 6 Papers Pins for .5* width /<’*•" w ’il/ Coats’loo-yard Spool Cotton ’ 2c Pretty double width Plaids • 9c W W Cheap Spool Thread le Fine black Dress goods,Worth 50c,only 29c Vr Mr Best Table Oilcloth lOe Pretty double width Cashimere ail Mr Mr Window Shades 10c •. y 00l filled, only v i 9c Ladies Seamless Hose 5c 75c Corsets for only 49c sl/ SiZ Ladies’Heavy winter Vet 12c 50c Corsets for only • 29c Ladies’and Children’s Handkeichiefs le Sheeting, yard wide . \ k 3jc Hooks rnd Eyes, per card 1c Best full standard calico ,3| Safety Pins, per card 2c Beautiful plush capes, trimmed with Linen Towels, each 5u braid and jet, Thibet collars worth j Pretty Knotted Fringe Towels 13c 12.25, for only ’ 11.50 Good Jeans 10c *x* *X* We have capes and jackets from 19c up to Ladies’Fine Trimmea nats and.'Sail- as high as you care to go, all new. ors f° r eßs money than any other store in 40 Crimped Hairpins for Jlc jP T the city. Come to our store for your Mil- 3 Bills Sj via* Tara id for 5j linery. Clothing, Shoes. Hatsl .. Big StoCk, All New and Prices Right. Comedo See us Before You Buy. LANHAM’S STORES OLD STORE. NEW S I ORE, Fourth Ward. 2 45 BroadSt I , ■ I a I 10 CENTS PER WEEK