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MNTH year
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luilsi States Commissioners
Notifu Spaniauis. Will
E |MD the islands.
M si O n Must be Completed or
W ar Will be Kesumed.
■ Paris, Nov. 21.—The Spanish
have been
Kothieh that the United States
■commissioners will be ready to
■c rea t "ith 'hem in joint session
a'le noon. Unless the Span
|(j.liave an M(lc( l uate r e aßOn
■f, r further delay the two com
■juissioiis will join in the most
■important meeting thus far held.
The American commissioners,
a written communication, will
that the third artice of
■ the protocol legardmg the Phil—
BHjppine- is capable of ®idy one
construction, that no arbi-
needed to elucidate its
and that the United States
admit any other power
r e here purely as a lexi
cologitt.
■ They will maintain that the
two cunmissions ate charged to
■ whether Spain or the
■ VmtHi States shall in future
own the Philippines.
S This will he accompanied by
the char d<claration that rhe
■ United States will possess the
■ Philippines.
following this dedartion, the
M American commissioners w ill
■ lay before Spaniards two alter-
■ natives.
First—To accept a sum of
B money from tlie United States
and to cede end evacuate the
Philippines.
S Second—To lose the Philip-
pines to the United States by
■ cgi, quest with the possibility of
M other territorial 'ossesto indem-
H nity the United Sta'es for the
■ aided expense of conquest.
■ Tbis communication nr y not
B be h i nihlly designated as an
B ultiii tum, but it will lack
B nau/it i.f the conclusiveness in-
B dicatu. I y that wt rd. This will
I b» -(> ] lain that the Spanish
k counuißkioneia will scareely
■ baggie for money on the first al-
■ ternative nor cherish any doubt
| of American action under the
I second, should the irst be de
t dined.
I No one here, except the Amer
ican commissioners knows how
much will be tendered Spain as
the cheapest and most humane
Wfl y of settling the difficulty.
Sb* is exceedingly anxious to
escape the Philippines debt and
possibly the sum offered may be
•n analysis o r that debt, which
I consists of $40,000 000 in bonds
ou which she realizeds36,ooo.ooo
”1 the latter amount she is be
lieved to have expended some
’10,000,000 or $11,000,000 in
lighting the States and
& part in attemptimg to quell
tbs Philippine insurrection.
A reasonable guess at the sum
for tender would be $20,000,000,
though it may falQ’below that.
1 he Cuban question may come
U P again tomorrow. The Ameri-
Cau commissioners bad thought
tlie discussion on that point fin
ished. but the Spanish commis
• ’ioners are reported to have de
c’ared last week that the mort
gages imposed by Spain on the
»a well as on tho Philip
-1,1116 revennea must not be im
paired or questioned.
Ibis would compel the Amer
ican commissioners soon, and
THE HOME HUSTLER COMSIZLCLiL
SMASHED HIS BAR.
Savanna!) Woman Dismantles
tho Whiskey House of
HER DRUNKEN HUSBAND.
She set Him up in Business and
he Drank too Much.
Savannah, Ga., Nov. 21
Mrs. Harry Bradley, of New
York city, went to her husband’s
saloon, on Congress street, in
this city, Sunday morning about
3 o’clock, and after a short de
liberation, took an empty bottle
and smashed every glass in the
place and poured out and threw
away every bottle of liquor.
She gave her husband SB,OOO
some time ago to set him up in
the bar business Ila has been
on frequent sprees since he has
been here, and has made her
numerous promises that he
would reform.For the last week,
in spite of an oath he took be
fore a justice of the peace, he has
been drunk most of the time.
Saturd heay left the keys to
the place at his home. Mrs.
Bradley found them, and with
ht r baby, nine months old, in
her arms, went out about three
o’clock in the morning. She first
told the burglar alarm-people
that they need not come to the
place, as she was going in. She
went ’n, put her child on a ta
ble and sat down for half an hour
to deliberate, and then took a
heavy bottle and smashed every
piec* of glass in the place and
poured out every drop of liquor,
leaving nothing but the empty,
shattered bar.
Bradley was arrested today for
disorderly conduct and beating
his wife, and ie now in the po
lice barracks.
Mrs. Bradley says she will
leave Savannah at once to join
het people in New York. *
KNIFE BLADE
It: Woman’s Hand Found a Vi
tal Soot
Hamlin, W. Wa., Nov. 21.
Meager details of a tragedy which
occurred yesterday have just
reached here from a point about
15 miles West, near the Mingo-
Lincoln county line.
Miss Sarah McClellan, 28,
was killed by Mrs. Stephens, a
neighbor woman, lhe cause of
the trouble is not known. Ac
cording to reports the Stephens
woman used a knife.
probably tomorrow, to demand
whether Spain means t» repudi
ate the plain compact of the
proctocol to relinquish sover
eignty over and title to (. üba.
Three weeks ago the Spanish
commissioners accepted the Cu
ban article in-the protocol with
out condition, save that its em
bodiment in the treaty should
depend'only on an agreement
here 011 all articles in the pro
tocol. f
Recently, however, Spain s
representatives have said that
the Cuban matter has been only
temporarily passed and was still
111 obeyance.
TO CURE" A COLD IN ONE
DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
Tablets. All druggists refund
the money if it fails to cure. 2oc.
The genuine has L. 4 B. A Q- »o n
each tablet.
ROME GEORGIA, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21. 1898.
EMPTY HO|W>l
Will cailse fl Lively Fiylit In
Concress
BAILEY FORLEADER
Strong Opposition Has Sprung
Uy Against Him.
Washington, Nov, 21. —Although
the Democrats failed to capture
the House, the indication are that
the contest for leader of the mi
nority will be an animated one.
lha fr.eiids of Bailey, of Texas,
are reported to be at work already
trying to eecurj his nomination in
th -s caucus for the empty honor of
being named as the candidate for
Speaker against Reel.
The bringing out of Bankhead,
of Alabama, by his delegation, is
regarded here as a direct blow nt
the I t Xd'i
Ihe Northern Democrats will
De much more numerous in the
next House i han f r f <ur years,!
and the talk is that they wil be |
pretty solid against Bailey.
The beli» sis that they will favor ’
De Armond, of Missouri. Some of
Bailey's friends are reported as
trying to win support for hnn by
the claim that he is a consistent
I
silver advocate. In this par icular i
he does not differ from either De
Armond or Richardson, both' of
whom ar<» known to be opposed to
the continued leadership of Bai
fcy-
MONEY FOR BLAN;O
Captain-Gmneral Will Draw On
Paris F. r $2,000,000
Havana, Nov. 21 —Capt. Gen
Blanco received from Per- t> day
a cable authorizing him dia* on
Paris for $2,000,000 gold to be ap
plied in the payment of the Span
ish tro >ps in Cuba.
This amount is in addition to the
draft for $250,000 by the Madrid
government On London which was
sold last week.
The Spanish authorities are
making strenuous efforts to com
plete the evacuation by the end
of the year.
The remains of Gens Santoci d*
es and Vara Del Rey arrived this
afternoon from the south const
and were escorted ti the captain-*
general’s summer residence, win re
they were deposited pending inter
ment.
The remodeled police force was
formally constituted t?day aid
armed with rifles and mathetee. It
will-begin active duty immedia’e
iy-
This af'ernoon thirty-two dele
gates from tne Cuban assembly ar
rived from Baia’oono,
A matine? concert was given 'o
day by the Havana Yacht slub at
Playa de Marianna in aid of the
Cubans. _________
ffASY FOR DREYFUS
French Mod fies Prison Rules
And Allows Exercise.
Paris, Nov 21,—The government
•ctording to Thu Tempts, ha, or-'
dered a modincat.on of the prison
treatment cf former Captain Al
bert Dreyfus.
Dreyfus is to he allowed to pro
menade and exercise eix hours a
day over an area of eight acres.
It is still unknown whether
Dreyf .s wi'l be brought back, and
the most conflicting statements i
are cuirent.
Comte Es erl azy’s bock, “L’
Affaire Dreyfus,’’ is to be
an attempt to throw ncys’e;y on
the Esterhazy case rather tnau
light on the Drevfus affair,
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That beautittil roll-top walnut;
desk, mahogony finish, for sale,
very cheap, can be seen at Mrs.
lA.O. ftarrards
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At prices to sell Our second floor on Broad street is a
complete clothing store, with a nice new line of
men and boys , and children’s clothing at prices
you can’t get elsewhere, if they do advertise to sell
at cost, etc. Our prices are lower than theirs, and
all we ask is a chance to show and price and let
1 you be the judge.
Men’s fine suits, been selling at $9.50, we now sell for
$6.50; and anything in clothing at equally as great
reduction.
We sell shirt s irafirsi
cheaper than you I
- J can buy elsewhere 'H'lffhU
- We sell the Stan- I f
er merchants get I; I' It
75c and SI.OO for .. 41 |l | M
E E them. The sav-
Bizßbl’U? h ing wifi be yours. 1'
C iv eLSS . i fed r
Bmrniwm ” iTTHr 110
Gentlemen’s Heavy Wool Fleece Lined Shirts
Something real good at only 50c. They are worth
coming to see.
We want to close out
a *‘ ne °f lac *ies’ wrapps
* k anc * w ' l! name P r > ces
’ that will interest you if
you C3re to save mon- w
ey, Ladies wtappsfor
about what the outing TZ /fjll’ffll'imwk
flannel cost, and the fmW aTOW
work thrown in. A
LOUIES’ OAFESI2
Capes as low as, each, >9C
Pretty Plush capes for ..... .$1.25
Pretty Plush Capes, handsomely braided and
beaded, Thibet trimmed, for only . , . $1.50
Capes and Jackets both cheap and fine, at prices
to sell.
LANHAM And SONS
10 CENTS PER WEEK