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THE HUSTLER OF ROME. THIRk VEAR onrm PV iiii. Hmm, • i tnt Night- at 8:40 o'clock- The funeral will BE FRO 7~THE FIBST M. E. u , (,-«k ni. »' nhM.ciw"" i> > «’ * sk "" lier E „ Lire - . , p >[. Sheibley passed .% a way last night at his qIU , East Second street at 11 ,]. Col. Shiebley had ( n i n bad health for a W tim<s*nd his deatii while a se vere blow to his friends and relatives waP not altogether a surprise. SKETCH OF HIS LIFE. Col.SI«il«'l'™ 3 ““ tiv,,<>l r ?“ but «•”<> Bom6 " hen H.hasbMU apron..- “■> U h, “ j”l slide «1 paralysis- H president of the board of education for a long while, and was a member pf that board for a number of years He was also postmaster here for !wo term , several _< a s ago. Col > die ibly is well known in Roms and Floyd county and was highly esteemed by every one, His brother, Mr, John Shiebly of Pennsylvania, and his daughter, Mrs, McCoy, of Mobile. Ala , were present at his deatn. Mr. St. Clair Sheibley, his son, was expected to arrive from Wash iugton at four o’clock yesterday afternoon, but missed connection in Atlanta and did not arrive un lil 2:30 this morning, Col. Sheibley leaves a wife and three childred ; Mies Mattie Sheib ey, St. Clair Sheibley, of Wash inglon and Mrs: McCoy, of Mo tile, Ala. Dr. Gibson will cor.Jnrt the fu neral service at the first Methodist ;his afternoon. SNATO’S TRIAL IS ON. ’resident Carnots Assassin Tells The Story of his Crime, Lyons. August 3.—The trial of Santo Caseriofor the murder of ’resident Carnot bsgan this morn ng. He is a mild-faced, common Mace vouth His complectiuu is fair ind there is no faint suspicion of iown upon his upper lip. Al- Jirough his appoarence is effemin— he and the remark of one of the P-ctators that he “looks as though 16 would not hurt a fly,” pretty lecurately describes him. He told the story of his bloody rime, without the least hesitation 111,1 Reined to glory in the deed le had committed, he most em- Aatically denied that a band of inarchist had drawn lots, to see »ho should kill the president and Piffled the whole responsibility or himself. A SAD AFFLICTION. tHE WIFE OF CONGRESSMAN MOSES HAS probably become blind. J" rin ' ,? a - Au g 3. Mrs. Blanche L ) ° f H ° U - Charles L - Moses iis£ ? C , for the fourth X7 haß i been Buff ering for the ol 7? Weekß witba B *nous affec h? si o \ eyeß - Dr ' W - F her J uT'f K Called “ Dr * Thomaa 7 ofNewuan and D r A W lh ->' Aink ~d. „ h i'P' g ‘“;, e “ lirel y- Mrs Moses Kev - Dr - J - A a* ll <■> oia " eßlly Sht0 P’ h i« ot Sum- 18 m the city today. i J/T Sans ° ld - Os Li ™gston froia con- V1 Ar Cent ° f tlle Fifth lt Sen ey Ga. 108 Emm Ci ‘ a y tcn HER REPUT YITjN BAD. AND WHEN TOLD T'‘ LEAVE SME SWALLOWS LAUDANUM. Nashville, Tenn, Aug 3. Mrs. Richard Roberts, 18 years old, at-- tempted suicide last night about 7 o'clock, at the reei lence of her sister, 1220 North Summer Sheet. by swal lowing asmall quuitity o' laudai urn Miss Maggie Copeland, the attempt ed buicine’a sisti r, witnessed lire rash act and imm 'diatel. sent for Dr. George Higginson, who used restora tives before the poison had taken if feet sought by the unhappy woman Miss Copeland stated that her sister came to the house about two weeks ago to see her mother, who was dying, and lias staid since the latter’s death, which occurred a week ago. As Mrs. Roberts is a wo man of questionable character her sister objected to her staying at the house. The woman showed no inclina tion to leave and yesterday morn ing she was told that she could have the house to her.-elf, for Miss Copeland had determined to move. This enraged her to such an ex tent that she drank heavily of in toxicants during the day, and while under the influence decided to end her life by taking poison. Mrs Roberts has been married about a year and is better known as Nettie Copeland. Prior to her visit to her dying mother, she was an inmate of Nellie Summer's house of ill-fame on North Front street. Her mother and sister have always borne good reputations and it was only at the mother's death that the woman was permitted to visit the house. She will recover. SPECTACULAR SUICIDE. City Clerk of Omaha, Neb , Rt.owh Out His Brains. Omaha. Aug. 3.—William Wake, ly, Omaha s City Clerk and a well known political), was the principal in a speatacular suicide to nighr. He accompanied a select party ot ladies to a local bathing resort, ami after seeing the ladies to the wafer’s edge, dimed into the ropes marking the danger line and sac ing a large crowd of sight eers slow ly drew a revolver and with a smile on his lace blew his brains out and dropped into. the lake. His conduct, had not been uuusu al up to the moment when he drew rhe gun. dis affairs are suppos ed to be in good order, and his family, one of the most prominent in Omaha, can assign no reason lor the deed. CHOCTAW ELECTION. TEN INDIANS ENGAGE IN A FIGHT, BUT ON LY A FEW FLESH WOUNDS RESULT. Caddo, I. T_, Aug. 3.—Nothing will likely be known of the result) of the territorial elections which were held throughout the Choctaw Nation today and tomorrow. The candidates for principal Chief are Jefferson Gardner and Jacob Jackson. Jackson heads the national, or Buzzard party, while Gardner is a Conservative, being al lied closely with neither party. What threatened to be a serious row occur red here this evening when ten Choi - taws engaged.in a fight. Marshals interfered, however, and prevented any further damage than a few ugly flesh wounds. NEGRO KILLED AT MEMPHIS DISCOVERED IN THE ACT OF BUR GLARIZING A RESIDENCE. Memphis, Aug. 3.—John Bon ner, a negro, was shot and killed this afternoon by Dan O Donnell, a well-known politician. Ihe ne gro was in the act of burglarizing a residence when O'Donnell dis covered him and emptied both barrels of a shotgun into his body. O'Donnell was arrested, but was released on $2,000 bond. ROME GEORGIA. FRIDAY EVENING AUGUST. 3 1894. IH.ITM Is row the 1 Jeinaurati ■ • Nom inee for Governor. CONVENTIO N YEo ER nY W s th“ Greatest 11. h! in flit' Sr.i l<>r Many Years. The * Plough Ivo of Pigeon Roost’ Defeats the War Horse u 1 Chat ham. The democracy of Georgia has met, has named its candidates a.ii has selected th) platform up.m which they are to m -ke the can vass which is before th j rn. It was a msgnifici-ut convention and a maguificieut days work. Never in the history of the par ty has there been gather, d such u convention in Georgia, nev.-r m deed in G ’ ngia’s history has there been such a gathering of the mmi b rs of any political party. From Rabun gap to Tybee light they came-a thoroughly representative gathering of representative men. There were men who, in their life’s business represented not one calling alone, but all walks of life] were represented in that conven-i Hon. W. Y. Atkinson of Coweta County. Dem cratic Nominee lor Governor. tion which filled the hall of the ; house of representatives to much more than the overflowing stage. It was notable the large number of sterling representative farmers who had left their farms and their plantations to lend their presence | to the party ’s councils. There were doctors jtnd merchants and law yers —prominent men all of them —and all were filled with true en thusiasm. As somebody very apt ly put it, “that convention could of itself carry an election in Georgia.” The remark may not have been literally true, but it il lustrates the great and true repre sentative character of the body. As for the work of the convention, the nomination of the state ticket consumed but little time, save in one instance and that was in the contest for secretary of state, Hon- William Cf< i‘or, the “warhorse of Ca ham,’’ had many enthusiastic friends in the convention, bat the gallant “Plowboy of Pigeeon Roost” had more and was selected as the party’s nominee. Ihe contest was quite close and exciting however, and formed one of the in teresting features of the convention. Ttien there was the platform. The committee appointed by Chairman Clay snent all tho afternoon and part of the night in arranging the difler ent features of this important docu ment. When the j eport was made, it bore the endosrement of every member of that committee and proved to be just what it was expected that the com mittee would make—a thoroughly excellent platform upon which everv Miliiiik "■ '.'i i J A . % lIM W * wa / n 'J A / J true rleieocrat in Georgia can stand an I with it as a basis can make a gal Hut fight for p.i>ty supremacy. As er the platform bad been sub mitted to the uonveation, there was a little ripple over an effort to substi tute a different endorsement of the administration fhaug that which the committee recommended, but this •ff >rt f.iiled and the convention, by a pracae.illy unanimous vote, endorsed • the work oi the committee. Im. ''.ppsrauoe of M;s.Atkinson, the brilliant and energetic wife of i the parts s standard-bearer, at the . <0 <r of thb* convention hall was . the first signal lor applaus.. Mrs. Aikrusot. came up from . Newnan on the special tram which brought several hundred enthusi , astic Atkiusoniaus to the conven tion to help crowd the honors on Coweta's favorite son. Mrs. Atkinson was loth to ap pear upon the floor of the conven tion, but could not escape the eu ihu-iastic crowd that gathered about and urged her down the aisle towards the speaker's desk. She was escorted by Mr. Tom Atkinson, brother of the next gov ernor. At the door Mrs, Atkinson, who was an ineetmable assistant s o her distinguished husband in | the conduct of»hia campaign, was i presented with an immense bou- quet, which was held above her an she passed down the aisle, a sig nal for ch er after cheer from gal. lery and floor. Judge Allen Fort, called the meeting to order and after a few well chosen and timely remarks proceeded to organize the conven tion. Mr, Tom Cobb, of Atlanta, and Ex-Governor Boynton, of Griffin, were nominated for temporary chairman and after an exciting contest Mr. Cobb, in an eloquent speech withdrew leaving the race to the gentlemen from Spaulden. Hou. Mark Hardin, and Harris of Worth were made temporary secretaries. Then the name of that gifted youg statesman Hon. Steve Clay, was placed in nomination for par manent’chairman and though Trox Bankston, of Ringold sprung his usual mine, and caused a storm of resentment and termoil, the young demosthens came through with unanamous vote and flying colors. The Convention then took a re cess uutil 3 o'clock. NOMINATIONS MADE. Promptly at the hour of 3, the’ Convention was called to order and during the afternoon session the following ticket was nominated and a number of most eloquent speechi s were made. . THE TICKET. For Governor —William Y. At kinson, of Cowetr. For Secretary of State —Alien D, ChandI**', 1 **', of Hall. For Comptroller General —Wil- ! liam A. Wright, of Richmond. L For State Treasurer—Robert U. Harden) in, of Newton. For Attorney Geu.eial—Joa°ph M. Terrell, of Merriwether, , For Coniinissioner of Agricul. ture—R. T. Nesbitt,of Cobb. The committee on platforms did ! not report until the night ses-'ioi, but when it did com rt m and sub- > ni t i s report, that repuri wa agreed to almost unanimously ■<! imid enthusiasm the Co e tiou adjourned. The Platform “We th) representatives of the democratic party of Grorgia, in convention aHse.rbled, declare ou* uufalterii.g faith in the priacipi- s which brought, the party into ex istence under the wise leader-hip of Jefferson, and which gave vic tory to the democratic party in 1892, under the masterly leader ship of Grover Cleveland. We de clare anew our devotion to ttio fundamental principles of sound democracy; that the federal gov ernment 18 one of limited powers derived only from the constitution, determined oppossitiou to all cen tralizing tendencies • a strict ad heteuce to the doctrine of self-gov ernment, and of the rights of each state to govern itself and ex rcise all functions of government not delegated in the constitution t federal government; taxation only for the purpose ofgoveument hon estly admiuistraied ; gold and s.l ver. the money of the constitution as primary money ; equal and <x aet justice to all men. and the courageous and faithful discharge of official duties. A’e denounce the socialistic, pa ternal and centralizing ideas now sough- to be propaf a e I in our midst as dangerous and destructive heresies which, if successful, wculd dethrone liberty and enslave the people. • ‘While it is true that only state officers are to be nominated by this convention, and only state officers are to be elected at the approaching Oc question upon which the people art now to pass whether or not the de n - ocratic party should be entrusted with and continued in control of our st it e government—makes it a state ami not a national contest, yet, we ch . not ignore the fact that we are deepb and vitally interested in those nation al questions which can only ba solv'O by the federal government and which challenge the earnest attention and patient thought of every patriot. “We hereby approve of and reaf firm our allgiance to the principles O| the Georgia state platform ol 1892. and of the platform of the democratic party adopted by the national con vention in 1892, and especially do w e insist upon those, parts relating to ■ he tariff and currency. Upon the gieat question of currency, we reiterate the principles and purposes of our nation al platform, endorsed with such un parellelled unimity by the people of 1892, and urge upon our senators and representatives in congress, and upon our president, a speedy repea. of the prohibitory tax upon the issue of state oanks. “We demand the immediate passage of such legislation as will restore silver to its constitutional position as a money metal, and will secure at once the free and unlimited coinage of gold and sil ver on a parity, and give to every dollar in circulation, whether coin or paper, the same debt-paying aud purchasing power. “We further demand a just aud equitable tax on incomes. ‘•We guarantee to the people of Georgia a continuance of a wise i and honest administration of state affairs inaugurated and maintain ed by the democratic party and which has secured to the people of Georgia for so many years the blessing of good government. “We are opposed to governmental ’ ownership of railroads, but we fa vor and will enforce laws provid ing for rigid and just control. “While the present contract for the lease of the state’s convicts IO CENTS A WEEK has not expired its approaching termination demands the consid eration ot this grave public ques tion and we pledge the democratic party to take such steps as will enable the state, when this ques tion does, arrive, to ditpose of the convicts m such a manner as to secure them proper treatment aud iinoose upon them legal punish— meut without their becoming a ourden to the taxpayers of the state and without permitting them t>» come in competition with free labor. "Recognizing that the education of the people is neccessary to the elevation of the citizen aud to the maintenance and preset vat iou of tree g >verument the democratic party obligates itself to maintain its system of common schools for t’ie education of all the children of he state in the elementary branch 's of an education free uud to con tinue to improve the same and in crease the fund; as rapidly as the financial condition of M the people will permit. •’Obedience to law is the first duty of a citizen a faithful speedy aud impartal administration is the hithest duty of Hie-state and we condemn every form and species >f mob violence and lynch law, and appeal to citizens of every class and condition to assist in ;heir prevention and punishment '‘We congratulate the entire country upon the repeal, by this congress of the federal election bi’As and now urge upon that hon orable body the necessity for the speedy enactment of the pending tariff bill in such form as will in sure for it the united support of all democrats in both branches of congress and its approval by a democratic executive. “We especially commend the president and the house of repre sentatives and the senators from hftir. patriotic endeav possible, a tariff for revenue only. THE RESOLUTION SUBMITTED. “In addition to this platform,’’ continued Mr. Cabaniss, committee submits these resoluj tions, which submits these resolu tions, which are separate from the platform The re., lutiois he then read, as follows: “Resolved, That we tender the president our special thanks for calling to his cabinet that eminent Georgian, who, in the discharge of his arduous duties as secretary of the interior, lias rendered invalua ble services to the people of the country at large, and awakened the particular pride of his fellow citizens of Georgia® “We have an abiding faith in the courage, wisdom, honesty and patriotism of President Cleveland and appreciate the difficulties con fronting his administration in its efforts to remedy the evil effects of republican misrule and extrav agance. “Resolved, That the democratic executive committee of the state be and is hereby clothed with the p<iwer of <irderi ng primary elections or mass meetings as the county executive committees may deter mine, for governor and statehouse officers, on the same day through out the state, under such regula tions as said state convention may prescribe. All of the features of the plat, form were cheered, and when the reading had concluded Mr. Berner was again recognized. In a strong and eloquent speech he presented the different features of the plat form, Mr. John Vandiver after spend ing a day at the State Convention returned to the city this forenoon. County School Commissioner Bridges after putting in a couple of days work with the democratic convention returned home today.