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About The Hustler of Rome. (Rome, Ga.) 1891-1898 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1896)
SIXTH YEAR- brothers jut One is Dead And' h3 fl!lier a Murderer. 1 CHAPTER OF CRiN!E - - - . v/tAiAnra Death Rides A £h d e Gale A* The Victims T Crowd the Gates of the Great: Beyond. Columbia, S C., Jan. 18.--Two others, James and Cab m Price {arm near each other in the tipper ~a rt of this, Richland county. They came hereon Saturday, and Jim, who is a hard drinker, got full of corn Ou his way home he quarreled w ?h bis brother about the divisr n of the estate of their father who died a week ago, and Jim fired fb® t ime< at his brother without hitting him. He was loading up his pistol again, when Calvin gave him a slight flesh wound in his arm . James then went off swearing he would “get Calvin and hie family. ” Ahout midnight last night, Calvin heard stealthy steps in his yard Opening ihe door h* sew a figure crouched by the side of the house. He fired the contents of a shotgun into it. ki ling his brother Jim, who was armed with a double-bar irlgmnand was presumably in tending t<> carry out him threat. The sheriff and coroner are tonight at the scene of ths killing. SLEW 1118 QUIST. Cades. ?■ C. Wil lain 11. Cad 8 aged 20, shot and killed his guests W ,L. Saunders, * one armed young wan. Cades is in jail and says that he slew his guest in self de fense. after finding bis young wife asd Saunders in a compromising jx/sition. Mrs. Cades denies the charge. A DKBPBRATB BATTLE. Maysville,Ky., Jan . 13. —Hiram Harder and John Vinegar met on the streets of Orangeburg, this county, yesterday afternoon. Both men were armed with double bar rt'ed shotguns. Vinegar attempted to fire on \\ arner and the cap snap ped, but the load was not discharg ed W arder fired at Vinegar, the buckshot taking effect in his stom ach, side and biPast. Vinegar fell to the ground hut raised up on his knee and fired the second barrel of his gun. and r- - t ‘ l ppii J g the first barrel, fired, it al j 60 ’ both slmts missed. Vine gar wiiJ dip. I P,II - 1( F. SERGEANT MURDERED. Bufialo, N. v., Jan, IB.—Ser feeant Tim. thy Cantlin, ot the seventh precinct, was shot and lbP( l by J a t ro ] ni6n Michael Sam -lUon ’ a, 4 o’clock this morning. * l1 '" he found the latter off hi at and intended to report him therefor. FOU R 1,1E,i and daughter killed C. Jan. 13,-Yes the a L nft *, nfi,,n a freight train rn rails h ?° RlVer and Charleston o ? Waß Shiftil ‘g when X which were asred ti • f’ er two daughters, X hlrt " n a,,d a Thetr. PPr ° aG ‘ led tl,e Hothrout 'v '''" ""'l-rtonk on the track t W toa ' n Waß Wf *ver, the engine ~^^ c KAche CURED spSt PkiStcr THEHUSTLER OF ROME. backek, bringing the, cars tegether with fatal results m two of th*; occupants of the vehicle. The elder i daughter wus killed outright; the J mother received injuries which 1 caused her death in two hours. Refused *ro Surrender. Jacksonvi le, Fla., Jan. 13..- Newnativill®, in .Vlauhua country a posse chased Harry Jordan re fused to suYrender and fired on the puss® The building was then fired and the negro perished. Killed His Assailant. Grand Rapids, Mich.. Jan. 18, — Albert Johnson, was killed this morning by hi® fellow boarder J. L. Holm*s* Holme® if a Graduate of the Michigan University, John son provoked th® fight and beat Holmes up very badly- BOYS KILLED BY ELECTRICITY. St. Louis, Mo., Jan 13—Lee Lewis, aged fourteen years, and his brother Joseph, aged, twelve, were killed while playing with a small wire which became accident ally fastened to an electric light wire yesterd;y afternoon. TRAGBDY IN TENNESSEE. < 1 Knoxville Tenn. Jan. 13.—Dep uty Sheriff Tilley, of Campbell county, in self defense shot and killed Charles Hawkins this after noon at Careyville on the Knox ville and Ohio railroad. The offic er had r. warrant for Hawkins and went to serve it when the latter a'tempted to full a gun, but the officer w»is too quick. f KILLia BOTH. New Orleans. La.. Jan. 13. — A iuhu naim-il Pat M<»rri«on and a negro woman have been living fclgek&fij Jt? r some time od a flat boat in th® vicinity of Southport. Recently Morrison moved hi® boat to the neighborhood of Westwego, Jefferson parish, on the opposite side of the river. Ho had been warped to send Vfie wbman away. He wop Id n«t', u or he did not and las’ night unknown parties fired a volley into the boat and fired it. The Charred remains are in the coroner’s hands today. BURNED WITH HIS BUILDIN®- Cleveland, 0., Jan. 13.—Early this morning fire broke out in the bouse of 1 atrick Mangan, at 46 Old River street. Mangan his wife and little daughter were in bed a' t ie time. Awakening by the crack ling wood, Mangan he roicui iy rescued the two females who were entirely overcome by the smo. e. Then he re entered the house in an 1 attempt, to obtain his clothing. The effort was fatal. DETAILS OF THcRftID Related by One of Jameson s men who Escaped- London, Jan. 13. —A special dis* patch from Cape Town, published today, says that many details < f Jr Jameson’s raid have been brought there by Capt. Thatcher who fought against the Boers with Jameson’s free hooters and then es caped, disguised as a reporter. The captain says'that 4 hen Dr. Jameson tried to get round the Bcter position, his men were drop ping off their horses from exhaus lion and hunger. The raiders abo suffered terribly from lack of wa ter and the Maxim rapid fire guns became overheated and jammed . The flag of truce hoisted by the free hooters was made from a por tion of the .shirt of one o the 5 wounded men and was waved over I their heads from the barrel ot a rifle without Jameson’s consult, i Th® latter cried like a child when the raiders surrendered, and the men loudly cursed the Rand I it— ! landers for failing to ®end them ti epr raised assistance. I Hood’s Pills act easily, yet premptlv and ®ffeotively, on the liver and bowels. 25/. ROME GEORGIA, MONDAY EVENING JANUARY 13, 1896 IT IS JUDGE HINKY The Gov- Anooints The Ex-Judge to Pies'de Ow The Ram - Circu i TENDERED TO JUDGE BRANHAM. Friends of The Various Candi dates to Deluge The Gov ernor With Telegrams-- Leaves Monday* Governor Atkinson has giveu the Rome circuit a new judge— and yet one not new . The governor has filled the va cancy caused by Judg® Turnbud’s resignation, his appointed b ing Hon. W. M. Henry, ex-judge of that circuit; Judge Henry was appointed and sworn in last night, and on Mon day he will hold his first court and under this new term at hi® old Home, Summerville. There was nodearth of applicants for this position, ner was there any lukewarmnes- in the support these applicants received. The gov ernor had many callers yesterday and the telegraph offices at Rome must have done a rushing business as several hundred messages at the executive office attest. What did not s eni to be known was that the governor had already made a tender of the position. That was t<> Judge Joel Branham. It was made shortly after Judge Tumi nil’s resignation reached here Ti e appouitiumt was in reo ognition of Judge Branham’s eD.j nent ability as a judge and a trib— we ot friendship. Judge Branham would not accept. His declination was for business reasons. He has a magnificent practice and he did not car® to give that up in return for the small salary of the superior court bench. Judge Henry held the judgeship* of this circirt from Augusta. 1992, when he was appointed by Govern or Northeu to take the place of Judge Maddox, who bad been elect ed to congress, until Jan. 1, 1895. He was iu the race for re election to the bench, but retired from it. Judge Turnbull was elected as h ; s successor. Judge Henry is a native of Walk er county. He is a university man and was at Athens at the same time Governor Atkinson was there. He read law with Hon. J. C. Clements; was admitted to ibebar in 1877, and in 1878 moved to Chatt oga county. He ed that county in the house in 1886 and 1887. Governor AC. ison was one of his fellow memb . Judge Henry now lives it Rome. He is an able and subst i lial man and his appointment wil’ .robably I give as general satisfaction as that of any other of the app’ican's would. Reserves Increase Npw York, Jan. 13. —The week ly bank statement shows tne so owing changes: Reserve, increase $1,408,324 Loans, decrease 7,372,300 Specie, increis® 2,391,500 Legal tenders, increase 4.925,400 Deposits, increase 346,100 Circulation, increase 49,700 The banks now hold $27,183,100 in excess of the requirements of the 25 per cent rule. Child Burned to Death. Bristol, Tenn. , Jan. 13. —The little daughter of J. Gilmer Breck inridge, aged 11 months, was bum el to death at.Lyndale, Ya. Jves terday while sitting before the fire in a rocKing chair. Her body was completely enveloped in flames, and she lived only a little whil®. The child’s father is a cousin of Col. W. C. P. Breckinridge of Ken tucky . CHIEF SOLANO Os Ths Havana Polio? Force Sent, as Prisenor, tn Snam INSURGENTS MARCHING W siwa-d and Destroying the - Crops in Pina del Rio Cam pos Ccnsentrating more Troops. Havana, Jan 13. —Gomez and Maceo are still moving to the Westward. They joined Delgado’s force near San Cristobal. A few in surgents remain in the province of Havana. The t -wn of Cryajabos, twenty five miles from there, was burned yesterday. During last week there has been enormous destruction of of towns and plantations iu this part of the island. The city of Havana is undisturbed and un alarmed. Little excitement pre vails except among th® Cubans. • The steamer Villa Veide arrived today loaded W'th troops from Manzanillo. The government is massing its forces in the rear of Gomez. , It ie reported that Jose Maceo has left Santiago and is moving West to aid Gomez. FI FETN’G FOR SAFETY. Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 13. —A cablegram to the Times Union, from Key West. Fla., says: “The steamship Olivette brought rom Havana la® night over one hundred pafseugers, who report that all itsidenls of the island of Cuba who ar® able ar® leaving. Farms are being deserted, and most all large business houses out side of Havana are closed. '‘The/® was great excitement id •Havana yesterday over the arres. Solano, chief of police. A mob assembled and wanted him shot, but the officials protected him and sent him today, as a prisoner to Spain. “It is also reported that Marti nez Campos is making strenuous efforts to surround the insurgents HANKS furniture co. • f' i Leaders in low prices, Furniture, Mattings, Car pets. Rugs, Shades, Lamps, Pictures, Stoves, Ran ges, Tinware, et. V ) )i / ) i cds for cas as cheap as the cheapest, and sell them Than rhe Cheapest-*- We never letour Stock run low, or old goods accumulate e We have no old stock Our goods are all new and well select ed, althoughthe youngest Furniture house in Rome. Honesty fair-dealing and perfect satisfaction always given by our goods have placed Us in front with any house IIST THE SOUTH. We are now offering some rare and unprecedented bargains, and or Jially invite the people of Rome and vicinity to call and inspect our goods before buying, either for cash or onjthe installmen UNDERTAKING AND EMBAI MING Our line of Coffins and Caskets isnthe largest in theZcity. Our prices are the lowest. Our perfect. Give us a call and be convinced*" Yours forjbusines.*, HANKS KTTBJNTTLTRE CO Undertakers anJ Emba mers. PHONE 52 - ROME GA so tbit they will he unab'e to re treat. Thousands of Spanish troops from adjacent ports have been re called to Havana, ami at once sent out into ihe country. ‘ Reliable reports show Gomez and Maceo in Pina del rlio pro- , vine®.” MILITARY STORKS FOR CUBA. Raleigh, N . C.. Jan. 13.—News' Irom Wilmington gives the parti culars of the removal of all the military stores from tn® alleged filibustering steamer Commodore. They were, it is said, placed on board a schooner from the Ba hamas, which had brought fruit und which sailed the day before Christmas, apparently only in bal last, and which w®nt direct to Cu ba. Th® steadier Commodore will be sold. A Woman Burned to death. Lynn, Mass., Jan. 18.—Mrs. La Moire, aged 53 years, was. burned to death in her home today, and h' r daughter-in-law, Annie La Moire aged 28, was so terribly burned that she is lying at the point of death at the hospital. Af ter the fire was put out the father and son were found in a clotc. almost unconcious from intoxica tion. Both war® considerably burn ed. The police say that a larnn was up set during some sort of a fracas and that the inmates of the house were too drunk t<> put out the fin. . not r The Earth Tremblei i r ' -i Teheran, Jan. 13.—Eleven hun dred lives ar® reported to have beep lost by two earthquake shocks in the Kbalkad district. On® on Thursday completaly destroyed the yillage of Zanahad and partly destroyed other villages Three persons perished in the villages. Sunday there Jwas another shock, which destroyed the town of Gol and did great dam age in many of the villages of the district. Eight hundred persons were killed in Gol alone. O CENTS A WEEK 50.000 VICTIMS Armenians Butchered by Hundreds And Thousands THEIR PROPERTY BURNED And Their Count y Devasted And Laid Waste by the Fa ntaical Aid Cruel Turk. London, Jan. 13.—The Constan tinople representative of the Uni ted Press telegraphing under date of yesterday says that mor® com plete tables of the persons killed and property destroyed in the pro vinces of Harpoot and Diarbekir show that 176 towns and villages containing 8,050 Armenian house® were burned. The Armenians in these towns and villages numbered 92.000, and of these 15,845 were killed. This excludes the uncertain reports of killings. M. Cumbon, the French •mbassador, estiina’es the total number of Armenians killed iu Anatolia nt 50,000. It is stated that the French gov eminent, through the influence of Munir Bey, the Turkish ambas sador. will agree tc surrender to the sultan. Turkish subjects in France who ais wam.d by th® porte. Baron vpu Calice, f’; <■ Austrian ambnssado?, nfld Bar ’.T *<>n Saur ma-Jelts* h, the German ambassa dors, had pnva'e audience with the kul an tn Friday. The government is trying to fore® th® resignaticn of the Ar- and is compell ing Armenians t > Sign paper® ex pressing dissatisfaction with him. The n®w conaulv for’ interior points have not left Aleppo yet. ■Have you r In Mouth. UjUr Write COOItM BiWI.'K EBI CO., BOV Mm»l. Ttarlili SlMktf*. 111., tar rraaft at aurw. Went eaM* nr.4 IB J pjf** bBB® fr«»i I
