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FAYNE IS GOCD Says She is a Moral Yotfng Wonai. HER DIARY IN COURT. Counsel Asked Her Embaras sing Question New York, Dec. 24 —Fayne Strahan Moore, the pretty Worn-1 an accused of conspiracy inj working the badger game on M d'tin Mahon at a hotel here, | was on the stand night in i brawn belnlf. The court liasj been holding night sessions to j get the sase through before the ' holiday recess. Mrs. Moore said she was bom in 1877. She went abroad to fin ish her musical education When she returned to this coun trpin 1896, she decided to stay m New York. She met Mahon at a dinner and frequently there after he was a visitor at her rooms. At his suggestion she took a room at Mrs. Fannie Johnson’s house. She said Ma hon took her driving and accom panitd her oftento the theater. Lawyer Hill, the Augusta (Ga.) attorney assisting in the de fenso, at this point asked a quastion which would tend to show that Mahon was responsi ble for her downfall. The ques tion was not allowed. Speaking of the night, last raoath, when Malien accompa nied her to her rooms in the • Hotel Grenoble, and when 1 Moore broke in and got mono} from Mahon for traducing hi wife, she said she saw no orom- i isory note, as alleged was given by Mahon to Moore, and she deniedemphatically that she had any knowledge of a “game” to be worked on Mahon. She also denied the statement made by Detective Cuff that he saw her lying in bed smoking cigarettes. The cross examina tion began today. Mrs. Moore was on the stand again today in her own behalf. This time she underwt nt a sh iro examination by Prosecutor Mc- Intyre, One corner looke 1 like a bet ting ring. Several even wagers were made by spectators that •‘Pet” Moore weuldbe acquitted. Two women were in the crowd . Fayne Moore entirely self possessed and answered the prosecutor’s sharp queries promptly and with apparent truthfulness. She denied that she had ever made a confession of guilt t® Mrs. Fannie Johnson in the Tombs prison. She said that Mrs. Johnson had gone to bar, in behalf of Mahon, to say that ho did not think she was guilty of any wrongdoing. Then Mr. Mclntyre began a rapid fire of questions. “Do you know a man named Ryan, in Atlanta?” “Yes.” “Doyou know he is a gam bler?” “I do not.” “Is it a fact that you came to New York with Ryan?” “No.” “Did you not arrange a game of billiards between Moore and Ryan in which Moore got SIOO6 from Ryan?” Mrs. Moore denied this indig nantly. Mrs. ft core was sharp in he' an were to Mclntyre, but meek with Recorder Gift. Mclnt\r» Lad some of the w< mail’s dia ries, and they told with great bluntuess the kind of life Faym rd the names of many men, in-1 eluding Ellis and Count Batoni. “Pet” admitted that she knew them all, but merely as friends. Mahon was brought up again, and witness said she knew lie was a maniedman. “I want to get your idea of morals.” Mclntyre interposed at this point. “Do you think it is right to go with a married man simply because he is separated from his wife?” Prompt and pert came the an swer from Mrs. Moore : “1 don’t think it makes quite so much difference-” “Was there anything particu larly attractive about Mahon that made you go with him?” “1 appreciated his kindness.” Mrs. Moore, in answer to questions regarding the woman said to be William A.E.Moore’s first wife, said she knew that Moore had relations with her, but there had been no marriage ceremeny • “She was not his wife,” she said, “she t®ld me so herself.” Getting back t© the diaries, Mclntyre read from the entries there and asked what they meant One entrie that he read: “Mr. Ellis.” “What does that mean?” ask ed Mclntyre. , “I wrote flirt to remind me that I had met Mr. Eliseo at a party that day.” Ellis, or Elisoe, as Mrs. Moore calls him, is the Cuban broker who has frequently been men tis ncd in the case. “Whatis Moore’s business?” Mr Mclntyre asked. “Ho has a private income.” •‘Has he wo:koi a day since you knew him?” “He has not had to do so.” The witness then said that Moore had re il estate in Cle.ve -1 tn.l ami interests in Seuth Af rica. “Didn’t you have to send to E lis to get money to pay your counsel foes when you were ar rested?” “Certainly nor.” “Do you swear that you did not get SBOO from him?” “1 do.” During the reading ot the en tries from the diary the Record er excluded all the messenger boys fiom the court. Fayne Moore denied that her husband and she had badgered a Russian nobleman in Paris. She also denied having stolen silverware from the Waldorf hotel. She#aidher husband was West while she was going with Mahon. She said Moore and the bad disagreed. “He drank and beat me and tore my clothes up,” she said, and then she cried, % New York, Dec. 24.—The fate of Mrs. Fayne Stiahan Moore is now in the hands cf the jury. Argument in the case was concluded at 11 o’clock iast night and upon the reas sembhng of court at 10:30 o’clock today Recorder Goff be gan his charge. The jury retired at 12: 45 and it is generally be lieved that a verdict will be reached not later than tonight. Tomorow being Christmas day renders it certain that the jury will not bo long in coming to terms. The recorder’s charge was in most respects, unfavor able to the defendant. A great portion of it was devoted to re futing the grounds advanced in Mr. Hill’s speech for the de fense. MOGBIi Nt T SENTENCED. New York, Dec. 23. —Wil- liam A. E. Mo< re, convicted last week of robbing Martin Mahon, •vas not sentenced today as ex pected. Sentence will not be passed until his wife’s trial is DANGEROUS BLAZE. Big llulesak Dry Gaeds and Shoe Hedse of MESSRS. BABS XHEAh’B Suffers Heavily, Thobeh Cov ered by Insurance. At about 11:30 on Friday night an alarm rung in by a police offic- r from box 3G, called the dpartment to the big whole sale dry groods nnd shoe hou?o of Bass & Heard, corner Rroad and Second avenue. While the alarm was still ringing, Assistant Chief F. Hanson dashed into Broad St , 1 at Fourth Ave., and seeing ths j flare of light from the Bass A Heard building, and recogniz ing the great danger, promptly rang in the general alarm. The department responded nobly an Iby heroic work con quered the flames and controled the fire in a couple of hours’ time. When the department arrived the flames had gained fearful headway, basement, first and second floors being seething furnaces. Windows were smash ed, however, and in an incredi ble short time five powerful streams were playing on the fire. The damage is a matter of ‘ pure guess work just at this present time, as the stock was smoked and flooded. The stock was between $47,- 000 aad $50,000 end the insu rance is $37,000, ample enough to cover the damage to the stock Os course the firm will have to suspend business pending an adjustment with the insurance people,which may be consumat ed next week. Then, too, the stock, when inspected, may turn out to be damaged to such an I extent that the big business of i Messrs. Bass & Heard will nec essirily suffer. But. be that as it may, the firm will be ready to push busi ness again Immediately after the adjusters finish and these are expected ou Tuesday or Wednesday of this week. The big building, the property ol the Battey estate,is consider ably damaged, especially in the basement, ou the first floor and on the stairways and the second floor but it is also covered by insarance. The fire must hate originated from coals rolling down from «v the grate in the office and burn, ing through the floor to the basement, where it spread rapid and then mounted the stair ways. The porter al ways makes up the fire in the office grate when leaving the store, as Capt Heard always, and Cipt. Bass generally returns to the office alter supper. Friday night, however, these gentlemen attended the Rey nold’s reception in East Rome and neither were at the office after tea. The fire probably rolled down ■ and burned its way to the base meat as suggested above. There is not a finer pair, or two more enterprising business men in the state than E. A. Hear 1 and J. L. Bass. The good people of Rome sympathize with them in their loss ami hop* it will be speedily adjusted and that the firm may soon bo sub jrcting new territory to the sway | of commercial R me. 3r- -Li. j i WHOLE FAMILY POISONED. m tire family of Post masterWitl row and Grace Fate were poi soned last ii'ght by eating here cheese which was made in a brass kettle. The members of Withrow’s family are in a critical condition. DOCK AT HAVANA. War Department i_et A SSOO,- 000 Contract. Pittsburg, Pa , D e 21 —The Drake & Stratton company o f Pittsburg has just received a con tract from the Unit'd States Gov ernment thr< ugh the War Depart m°nt for the construction of a great d< ck at Havana. Cuba, and a abort railroad to M<>rro Castle, costing, all together about $500,- 000 The company has already dis patched 500 laborers and two ship loads of machinery to ih: island and th- work will be ru-h>M to completion by nxt -May. The wotk is being done io enable the War Department io reseqmp the famous cattle overlooking Ha vana Hai l or. ■ ?.U»LJ IJ!L - DOUBLE DAILY' SERVICE TO FLORIDA VIA SOUTHERN Railway. The Southern Ri Iway, in con nection with the Florida Central and Penimular R, R., o| erates two trans daily Rome to Jackson ville, Fla., both of which carry baudsom Pullman Drawing Room Sleeping Cars. Train leaving Berne 8120 p in arrives Jackson ville the mxt mornii g at 8:55 a tn. This is a solid train carrying Baggage and Express car, Bay Coaches, and Pullman Drawing R "’in Sleeping Car through to J cupi.nvilie without change, Train leaving Ran- a’ 9.1a a. m. a: rives Jae-s nvillo 9:55 p, in , -fi m j day, tuH < :• elegant Pu'lmai: S >--p : g t’ar through without ch-s e nnection it mad.-: al Jacksonville for all points in Florida For farther information call on J N. Harrison, C. T: A. Arm strong H 'tai. Telephone No 34, - . —■-*— x. ■ PchSOL NINTiON. I Mr. P, S E.heridg', of Ailan a, was here yesterday. Messrs. L. A and K. Lit d av> of Crystal Springs were gues •: of the Central hotel yes erday Warter’s “twofers” the f. - mous “Terrel! Speed” cigars are growing more popular each day Mr. \V, G. M. Simmons, a prominent citizen of Center, Ala., but who will soon make Cedartown his home, was here yesterday. Assistant Secretary of Stat' John W. Cain pa-sed through the city yesterday enroute from At lanta to his hotne in Su nrm rvilh to speed the hoiid iys, Edttoi Cain has a cf frmnds and ad mirers in the Hill City: ¥ Mr. Lou Wagner, the genial and successful builder of cit\ water systems, accompanied bj his pretty daughter, Miss Jessie, arrived home Friday night from Greensboro, Ga., and will re mam here until Tuesday. NO FAKE— BUT SOLID'FACIS. « Mrs. A. 0. Garrard will, from today, begin an actual cost sale to close out her large win ter stock. Choice Felts for ladies and children at prices that cannot be found elsewhere, Beits, HairOrnanr enls ana Buckles,a Ito go ©t cost to close them out. uon’t fail to call and get prices before PROSPMS L S H, Full Rtsloialien of Wages Io s iflade ON JANUARY NEXT. Thu 5 anti IO Percent Reduc tion Caiculed. Louisville K\-., Dec. 23. —The 18,000 emp’.iyvs of the L. <t N., R R.. will tliH yea" enjoy the most pleasing lii lid iy season they have known for years, and certainly the most ph a-ant ol the jiast five. ’According to the promise that if the earnings of Ihe r< ad war 'ranted it the re naming 5 per cent-br tlie 10 per c nt reduction made’in Augu-t. 1892, would be restored at the first of the year the employes wiil, on Janu iry 1 begin to receiv - ‘-be same wages and salaries that were paid them before the dark davs of 1893 The earnings of the road in the past few months have been such as to leave li tie doubt that the promised restoration would be made. A reporter was inform cd at the office of the general manager of the ro: d t day that the restoration would be made. The L. N. is acting in perfect good faith with its employes. When the reduction was first an lounced in ci culars of Au gust 7 and August 14, 1893, the men were prom -ed that as soon as the earnings j i-t-fied it the Cut w udbe r> >r- I The r - d'm-ii l - affected a I fr.irn Presi <!eui Milton H S -itih m the humblest mos-i-:;_.< r. ’The em ployes acted witii r.ire good sense. There was scarcely a grumble. They ec-pted the de crease as inevitable and trusted to the road to restore it as soon as possible. Early in 1898, the employes had hopes that the restoration was but a matter of a short time. The first ddi lite stat“- inerH, however, was that mado by General Manager MetcaUe,.*! the meeting of the E iginen-s’ and Firemen’s Bro:herbood held here last Februny. Mr. ftßt calfe m.d th -m iit p irt of the reduction would b« restortd in J fly and the .es..,:> so >u as pos sible. LtfC»» ffIFPENIfXS.; Wanted To P::.\r -A five oi | six m <n house in ‘ha Second or i Third Wyrds. Addr-ss I X5' Z” care of Hustler-C' inno-rcial, spy ing description an I price 2-t. Win ly Smcke ’--That is to say, tl'.at if you want the best 'cigar on the market and th <ne that gives the most fragrant smoke, you should ask your dealer tor one of tin Warters’ Rome made bran is. Is Your; c ca p Bad? —If so go ro 1; i Taylors parlor, tn the t’nioy building ou Second Avenue, :nd kt him cure it by applying Taylor’s celebrett d dandruff ex orm na!or and hai•’ regenerator. Fie will cure you i very time. A Beautiful Day —Yester day con'd not have been more perfic' a day had it been made to order, so far as weather was concerned. The streets were thronged from early until late and never was there a jollier, happit r throng o f shoppers on the street* of Rome that) were seen in the city yr*!- iday. Fiked Tpk Hand—Last night at about 6 o’emck some misclm vous b.>y or re< kless miser act touched off a cemrnou cracker on a fireworks table in front of the S. S. King & Uo., .tore with ‘Lo result tI, M rom ■andles, CMck-ra, rocket, a „ d ■ll other tiroworkeo,, lllc •wentolf.-’ Damage with no insurance. The fired/ oartment was not calkd out. * Don’t Forget T 1U <_ Noth ng affords more pleasure than he childaen’s Santa Cla U 8 w s;. -g'”ive a mamm.juti] y st( 'Ck of nuts, sane. " 1 nits ’ Ol '“nges,hQ rfl caries , llld works, at rrice( made to sell them Lloyd & Harper, Christmas Eatins —The Gotnez ; case is preparing to do some tall t. eding auring the ho iday 0 . Mr torn z secured a big supply >f the best game that the sports man’s gun can command, and with fat oy*ter« and plump turkeys he le at your service. If jou expect, to have a swell . reception or an entertainnientof any kind, you can get every thing needful and up to date at Lloyd’s, and at prices no small dealer can ass >rd. L-ige fancy celery, fancy new Nuts, cluster Raisins, colored Wax Candles and other nice things. City Offenders Released Late yesterday afternoon Mayor John J S ?ay went to police headquai tors and had the of fenders who were behind the bars released. 1 here were about a half dozen of them and they were the merriest gang that ever marched out of “chokee.” The officers Inst night arrested quite a number of offenders and lock ed them up, and this morning the mayor will hive to di his job over again—or keep a num ber of people away from church. • SPANKED HIM |N COIKT An Unusual Sentence to Cura a Boy of Stealing. NewYo k, Dec. 23.—Police Justice Nevin, of Jersvy City, ordered the mother of 12 year old albert Truggeit, of 211 Griffith street, Jersey City,to give Lima wliippiug today in court with a strap for stealing several cans of succotash from a grocer. The mother obeyed an 1 car ried out lhe sentence, mimh to the delight of the usual crowd of court loaleis. POPULAR PRICES bora Spk"Gid Attraction For Three N ghts. Eunice Goodrich and L® r i company of high class actors •■’nd specialty artists conies to Rome for 3 nights commencing Dec. 29, with Saturday matinee. Novelty is certainly what miuscment S'( kers are locking for nowadajs, anJ Manager Pottle promises an CAteftam naent as unique and novel as one could wish fi r. Bright and ie freshing comedies, excellent sp e ’ cialties, which include the won derful serpentine, fire, st» tue ’ phantom and other. dan'Cb given bv Miss Goodrich "it the snme degree of succese tba at tended L uie Fuller’s Dibits in that line. A perfect moving picture m a chine, the vivascope, introduc iug late war vitws and com'‘7 scenes. Therdvia, the wonder, will introduce her own character and costume Bon^j lt 'l he bill for Thursday will be the charming 5 act co edy •■’l hat Girl. ’ . 'Tiie admission for this gagonent will be 10, cents. As customary P ular pri'fcd attractions the' l’ s ing performance will be iiii'ht.” 1 p Seats can be secured a< y, Trevitt’s new drugstore " 1 extra charge.