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OURTH YEAR TROUBLE The Well known Firm of Lanham f Sons ofTlis 4th Ward. CAUSE SERIOUS TROUBLE To the Merchants of this en tire Section. Theycutprices S o low that Competitors are knocked out. Start ling Figures. The well-known firm of Lan ham & Son, of the Fourth Ward, are causing serious trouble to the merchants of this city. They cut prices so low that none dare compete witli them. Just think about it! large heavy blankets 20c EACH. A GOOD COMFORT OR QUILT FOR 25c. ladies all WOOL HOSE, 12 and a half cents per Pair. Jeans as low as 1 Oc. Ail Wool Flarmell 10c. Sea Island yd wide 4 8l ahaif cents. Yd wide Bleached Cotton 5c CHECKS3I-2C SHOES! SHOES! SHOES! Baby shoes as low r as 20Zcts. Clothing cheaper than anywhere else in the city. dress GOODS. No tions and everything else in propotion. Sugar Coffee Flour and Groceries at whole sale or Retail below the regular price. Tinware, Stoves, Crockery etc, at hard time prices. LANHAM &SONS 3| 6TO 326 STH AVE. BROAD STREET THE HUSTLER OF ROME. HE SLEEPS Alexander I!!, the Czar of all the Russians HAS CROSSED THE RIVER Into the Great Beyond and his Poor Olay is now Food for the Worms. With his Family Around him he Passed Away- London, November I.—The for eign office has received a dispatch from the British embassy at St Petersburg, stating that the czar’s death occurred at 2:20 o’clock p,- m. A dispatch from Livadia says ?«">'• nj V. b'*'. '-■‘■-I "?• »v ' V a x if •■■ ■ ■••• ■ THE LATE CZAR that at noon the action of the czar’s heart began to enfeeble rapidly. About half past 1 o’clock uncon sciousness supervened and the ac tion of the heart became intermit tent and scarcely perceptible until its pulsations ceased altogether. Announcement of the death of the czar was officially communi cated by wire from Livadia to Marlborough house, the residence of the prince of \\ ales, but no par ticulars were given. LAST MOMENTS OF THE CZAR. Yalta, November I.—The czar S.M STARK 1 desire to inform my Friends and Patrons and the Public gen er |y, that my elegant line of Fall and Winter WOOLENS Has been received,and are now o pen for n spection, And 1 willfur ther state that I am now better prepared than ever io turn out FIRST CLASS WORK AN» FIT CLASS GOODS, At prices never before heard of in Rome, S. M. STARK, HCWT UM 16 ARMSTRONG ' H6TJZ ROME GEORGIA. FRIDAY EVENING NOVEMBER. 2 1894. was told Tuesday that he could. live only a few days more. He lis-1 * * tened composedly. Dining the rest of the day he passed most of his time in disposing ofjiis personal I and family affairs. Then he calmly awaited the end I with his consciousness broken only I occasionally with short periods of I coma. Yesterday morning he look-; ed for the last time from the win-1 dows of the palace. He was long! silent: then he said it was pleas ant to feel that he could pass his last hours on Russian soil. Last night lie had no sleep. He was racked constantly by violent coughing aral hemorrhage. Bia heart grew so weak that it often seemed to have stopped beating. These distressing symptoms In*, ■cime accentuated at 10 o’clock thia morning, butshortly afterward the czar rallied sEightly. He was fully conscious. He wished tka sacrament to be given him in the presence of the family and he Deceived th# viaticum with greatful fervor. An hour and a half later he was seized with vio l-ant spasms. It seemed the end had come, but he rallied again and at 12:30 .-.''clock he appeared to be free from pain—even comfortable. But the weakening heart beaks and breath ing told hcs physicians that the •end »as earning fast. He was con scious almost to the last moment. .At 2:15 o clock his <eyes closed ■slowly and he ceased breathing. THE .’BODY To BE EMBALMED . The body will be embalmed in L-ivadia tionight and w ill be expos- *WVvw'V Lj\ THE YOUNG CZAR. ed iu the palace chapel for a day or two. Several state officials left. St. Petersburg for Livadia this evening. According to the tentative ar rangements made tonight the body w 11 be conveyed aboard the impe rial yacht. Polar Star, to Odessa- It will be -seorted by the whole Black sea fleet, which has orders lo assemble at once off Yalta. From Odessa the body will he taken on a special train to St. Petersburg and will be placed in the cathdral of Sts. Peter and Paul. The final cere, monies wili be held probably in about two weeks THE NEW CZAR, It is understood that Czar Nich olas II will be proclaimed tomor row : that the Grand Duke George, Alexander Ill’s second son, now ill in the Caucasus, will be declar ed the heir and that the troops and state officials will take the oath of loyalty and allegiance on Satur day State Jmourumg is expected to begin on Saturday. CALLED FOR HIS FAMILY. Loudon Novombep I.—The Dai ly News correspondent in 5 alta, who throughout the czar’s sojourn there has obtained the most trust worthy and interesting informa tion has sent this dispatch : The czar died at 2:15 o’clock this afternoon. He was fully con scious. When he felt that his last hour was approaching he asked for extreme unction. This was admin istered by Father Ivan, who after ward conversed with the dying man for some time The czar next asked that his family should gather round SENATOR BAGON The big man From Bibb Pulls the ' Plumb WON ON FIRST BALLOT Garrard and Walsh Tender Congratulations Turner Flocks off all by his self Free Silver wins the Day. Says this morning's Constitu tion : The caucus yesterday afternoon was short and quick It acted well and it sated quickly .There was no time lost in lengthy discussions. Mr Branan bad some resolutions, of the hidden hand order, which were suppressed. Then Speaker Fleming put Senator Walsh in nomination for the short term and it went through unanimously. Mr. Hodges wanted to make a speech in putting Major Bacon in nomination forjlhe long term, but his oratory was suppressed by Chairman Jenkins and be simply permitted to propose the name, Mr. Bastle put forward Mr, Ga rard’s name, Mr. Rockwell pr<- seuted Mr. Turner’s name, ano Speaker Flemming launched that of Senator Walsh. Then the sonorous voice of Mark Hardin was beared through the sealed doors as he <r . d out the names of the legislators on the roll call. While this was going on the cor ridors of the capstol were crowded. Ihe managers and friends of all the candidates were there. They crowded about tlx? doors, had their ears to keyholes, looked through windows, listened and guessed and talked. All was excitement. A few enthusia tsp it up their money on desires rather than judgement, and had not long to wait to lose. Soon the caucus vote was polled and Major Bacon had'93 votes to bis credit. Turner received 37 and Garrard got 22 while Walsh ecored bu 10. • Macon bore the message to M jor Bacou in his quarters at the Kim ball house and iu a few moments ladies and gentleman crowded his apartment and overwhelmed him him with congratulations. WALSH AND4LARARD Hardly had the room filled be fore Senator Walsh's genial face appeared in the doorway wearing a smile. He extended his congratu lations. Major Bacon grasped his hand, and, turning to the crowd introduced him and proposed three cheers for Senator Walsh. 1 hey given with great enthusiasm. Then came Mr. Garrard, who him. He spoke with each member s parately, but at greater length with the czarina. He then gave all his blessing. Finally he hade all farewell. Little by little he grew weaker. His voice at last became hardly audible. Soon after he pass ed away quietly. The oath of al legiance to Nicholas II was then administered to the whole family and at 4:30 o’clock cannon were fired to announce the fact to the world. ’ After confirming the death and funeral arrangements already de scribed, the correspondent says: ‘•The entire Seventh army corps will pay military honors to the dead emperor when the body shall be embarked at Yalta. “The train from Odessa to St Petersburg, will stop at every im portant local station, where the local garrison will be drawn up to reader military honors to their dead commauder. “The Czarina is quite broken down and the doctors are again fearful that her health may not withstand the weight of her grief.’’ tendered his congratulations to his sti cessful opponent lik»* the noble fellow that h« is. ah he did so the crowd yelled vocT r ously f>r Garrard. He and S-mn tor Walsh entered and remained with the rejoicing crowd for a full hour. TURNER NEVER CAME. Bul Hon, G. Turner never came. Major Bacon’s friends. Mr. McCur rv and Mr. Wade, went to him | and invited him. Mr. Turner re ceived them with a smi'e and re plied that he was preparing to leave the city, but he hoped they would extend his congratulations to Maj T Bacon. It was then 5 o’clock, Mr. Turner’s train left two hours later. SLEW HER CHILD. The Mad act of an Insane Moth er in Tennessee. .Jackson, Tenn., November 2. New* reached this city this after. no< n of a most horrible murder a Bolivar, Tenn., a few miles so ith of Jackson. Mrs. Georg; Sheets gave her seven-year-old daughter a pi< t ire book to amuse h r, a d while the child turned the pages the mother stepped out and came in with a footadze. The fitstblow thechild’s brains weie scattered over the floor and the crazy woman showered tin m >re upon the little innocent. Af ter the murder she<’oolly laydown upon a cot and went to sleep. When asked about the crime she confess'd it , and said that she ex pected to die soonand did not want to leave the child alone in the world. The mother is under arrest. There is no doubt of her insanity. I JUST RECEIVED One of the most con? plete assortments o TOILET SOAPS AND I TOILET ARTICLES Ever brought to the city. See our line of fine IMPORTED TOOTH ES They have no superior on this or any other market SOLE AGENT CANDIES J. T CROUCH & CO. Medical Building. 1 3 CENTS A WEEK BURNEY TAILORING Ci Is the place to gets Fir Class Tailor made suit at a most reason able price. WE BUY MORE WOOLENS. Than any firm in Rome hence can make you a suit to order for less money than you can get the same from any other Tailor in this city or section. WE BOAST THAT WE Do turn out finer work, and better fits than any of our for we are better pre paired to do that things WE CAN MAKE YOU A pair of pants for less money than any body, Our pants are acknowledged to be the leaders of the town. They are the standard as to fit, workmanship and quality of goods. Dont forget that we are the tailors- BURNEY TAILORING G 8„ 220 BROAD STREW ROME GA. • , r •* 'J F I