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SIXTH YEAR. Lowry Bros , the Hustling Retail Druggist, sells Warters Rome Made Cigars. Best in the Marked another storm Wring o«er the Devoted City of St-Louis io, THE POOR NEGRO He who would Make a Presi dent tor This Nation,’Has Not Where to Kover His Kinks, St. Louis, June I’o. —What shall be done with the'colored delegates and alternates to the National Re publican Convention is a question which ie puzzling the members of the national committee, who have arrived here, as well as the Busi ness Mem's League, which secured the convention to St. Louis. Every hotel end boardiwg house fame out flat-footed and -declared that it would entertain no negro as t guest or customer. Money is nc object. Threats of prosecaation have no effect, and from the pres ent oatiook ’ft would seem that unless tents are secured the color edmen will have io go hungry and Kirhuueed. U I am thoroughly disgusted and discouraged/’ said National Com miteeman .1. G. Long, of .Florida, last night, in speaking of the matter, “1 have locking all day long for a hotel, boarding house or case that would axincit negroes, but it has been a fruitless search. I even went so far t-s to try to charter a steamboat, but when the owner learned for what pur pose it was wanted they found an excuse f«u* refusing me the use of the vessel, ill is the Er-st time in the history of the Republican party where such an'embarrassii g predicament has arised.” MAiY J3KIL A .HALL IWIRTH COTS. aaked what the national cunmittee-would dodn the matter ■Mr.Long replied : “d have consult ed with the members *who are here and we Jaawe .decided to offer a resolution, us soon as.ths commit tee meets condemning the hotel and inn keepers, and for the set ting aside of a fund for renting a hall in which cots shall be placed for the acconamiodatien of the ne groes who may come to the con vention, We wf.ll also request the ■employment of cooktqetc. to sul - ply their with food. "This trouble has Ibsen brewing for nearly a week.. A number of ago it was learned by the business Men s League that so tn e oi the leading hotels had been can celing agreements with certain ,s ute delegations. when the land lords learned that the negro dele gates were numbered among them. It became apparent that the ne groes were being discriminated a gainst that the Le agues issued tbe following manifesto' "1 he Business Men’s League, t*uon in Washington, securing the National Republican Conventoin for St. Louis, promised that col ored delegates and members of the National Republican committee should receive the same recogni boti Irom the hotels that any oth <r delegate to the convention "°uld receive. ith this it was implied that, I* l - citizens representing the ci’y °l ‘'t. Louis for securing the con- ( '• ask and endeavor ,u induce public hotes, boarding I’onses and bath rooms, at least | I" 1 convention week, to accord to II"' reputable and respectable col -1 r ‘ d men who will come here re l’r( senting their sections and their 1" "ide in (-pg Republican party, ' l,l " treatment as any reputab e ai ’d respectable persons would re- CblVe - It is not belived that a great 1111,IV would want to accept the I' 11 '! eg Pg) but it will be very hu- In 'latingif one of them,with their ’"'b’agups and friends, or alone, ' present himself in any! I”' 1 de place and be refused ad- 1 THE HUSTLER OF ROME. nnttmice or service. h is hoped., expected and de sired by the gentlemean represent ing the citizens, who secured the 1 convention, that all will endea - ( i to meet the situation as jus tice and propiiety require. Any parties ta'lii g io reserve accom niodaiious will please report to the general hotel committee, C. €. Rainwater, chairman, or the bureau of information. ’’ hotel men are wrathful. At hen the ho'el men read they ; were wratlifu'. r l hey said it w s hn I invitation to the colored deLgat?®! to prosecute them for damages ; 1 hey went to the League commit tee on hotel accommi d itiorn and made a vigorous protest. Concerted action then followed, with the result that the negroes cannot find lodging places, or even a reputable place to eat.' Major C- C. Rainwater, a mem-1 her ot the Busirtes-’ Men’s Leagtv , and of the local entertainment committee, ’s quite as much dis pleased with the turn the affairs have taken as any member of the national committee. He, wi’h sev eral other luenilrtufi cf th-e local committee has been hunting for a place to entertain the negro delegates, but without success. Ferry Heath and Ex-CXingreas man Thompson., of Ohio, who are here in the interests of McKinley, are quite -#.s mueh disturbed as ihe national 'Committeemen. They have been in telegraphic com munication with Marcus A. Han na aid day, but as yet no solution of’t he proHema Sias been reacted. In no former Republican com mittee has the sge.iae.ral committee had so heavy ajdu/y to perform in making up the roll for tne te«|x.- rary orgauixation as the pr-osen . 1 committee has before ’t. T&fw are ' 153 contested seats ficma Hahcein States and one Territory, aiwf of these the entire ae legation is con tested from fire States and the Territory of Arizona THE TIME FOR BUILDING •Up the system is at this season. The cold weather has made .unusu al drains upon the vital forrees. The blood has become impover ished and impure, and all the func lions of the body suffer in conse quence. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is the great builder, because it is the one True Blood Purifier and nerve i tonic. I Hood’s Pills become the favor j te cathartic with all who use them At all druggists 25m Knichts of Honor In Session. Louisville, June 10.—Yesterday in the C’ty of its. birth, the su preme ledge Knights of Honor, after an absence of 22 years, opens its 23rd annual session in its “Old Kentucky Home.’’ Delegates from all parts of the country are in attendance. Ac cording to Supreme Dictator Mul-j I'gan, the meeting will be the most important held in years. The session will in all probability ex tend over 10 days. ( The first session of the supreme lodge will be held at Music ball at 2 o’clock this afternoon. When the supreme lodge last met here it represented only 5b lodges. At. this time there are 3,917 lodges. To Tro To Beat M'Klnleu- Indianapoli o , Ind.. June 10. One hundred and fifty member of the Columbia Club, of this city, will at once go to St. Louis to I work for the nomination of Har- j rison. It is believed here that | Harrison in confident that Me- | Kinley cannot be nominated at | St. Louis, in which event he ex- j pects to see it come to him. The Columbia Club will work • on the delegates who are contest- !| ing their neats. A member of the I Club gave it out yesterdas that I Morton would throw his strength j | to Harrison, The McKinley men I are alarmed over the situation. ROME GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY EVENING JUNE 101896 MANJMISSING And Scorns bounded, Some Fa-! tally Injured ALABfiNia CYCLONE Almost wlpee out a Town of 300 People Yesterday Heard of, also, over the Tennessee Border 1 . Pl I i Gadsden. Ala., June 10 The pretty little town of Wyeth Cit', 'in Marshall county, on the Ten -1 nessee river, and Sunie thirty ■ miles West of Gadsden, with a population of some three hund red souls, was completely wreck ed ac 11 o’clock yesterday morn ing by a cyclone. Early in the morning a dark and thieateuing cloud canne up in the Southwest with considerable wind, and all of a sudden the wind made a swoop and struck the town, almost completely demolish ing it. Eighteen dwelling houses were destroyed, five being sw r ept completely away and not a stick • of the timber left- The cyclone lasted fully five minu’es and then passed o‘fi in a Northeastern direction. Trees as large as a man’s waist were taken down like weeds. After the storm .passed tke - w’ork of rescue was oomwenced-. It is known that 'fifteen «re . wounded, and six a-f them fatally, j Mis.. Ricketts, and a naan 'named .Bundby, were badfjy hurt and will . di;. 3 Mrs. Clarke, M<rs. dirowm and ! several children will probably die. A ten-year-o-ld boy was found half a mile away in a dying con a j difioiß. Others are-badly wounded, i The path of the ■cyc-lwue was f about one hundred yards wide and - total dovaettttion marks its path. ’ Had the storm stwaok an hour later fully fifty people would have been killed or wounded, as at that time the operators of the basket factory would have been at din ner. Fortunately both factories es j caped- • The scene of the storm is a • desolate one now. The work of ’ rescue goes bravely on and every ! few hours a fresh victim is found. I The cloud had the regular fun [ nel shape, and when it struck the I town there was a loud report as of a cannon and soon the air was full of flying timber, trees, houses, anitnals, etc. Several persons are missing and it is probable that they will be found dead. A meeting of citizens, held at Guntersville, raised sever al hundred dollars for the suffer ers. Fully a hundred people are acting as a relief corps. Ed Long and an unknown wom an were killed by lightning. STORM IN TENNESSEE. Knoxville, T^nn., June 10.—A small-sized cyclone swept across Coke county yesterday fifty miles [ Don’t Feed I i The Moths I With Your Best f AV inter Garments 3 t . . s J? when a few dimes will save 3 I them. A Dime’s worth of fe 3 E the article may save I ' E do'lars, and the right nr- 3 H tide is Caim hor or E s Camphor Balls TO BE HAD AT | Jervis & Wright, | Druggists | from Knoxville, searing the na-j tive almost to death, but no deaths are reported. The wind completely cleared tl space about a mile long and a quarter of a mile wide. Every tree j in this space was uproot'd and! carried away. '1 here was one house j in the course of the storm, that of! Mike Hoover. The family rushed | out of the house in time to escape death, for the house was complete ly demolished. Mr. Hoover was struck by flying timbers and badly i hurt. I A new telephone line to New-i port was completely carried away j for one mile. From A Prison To Parliament. Rome, June 10-.—<Signor Gius eppe de Felice-Giuflrida, the well known Socialist leader, who was recently refused from prison, was today ejected to the Chamber ■of Deputies from the Fourth dis trict of Rome. He formerly repre sented <ihi9 district but was un sea ed because of his impris nuient for hrs connection with the Social ist riots in Sicily in 1893 and 1894 He was sentenced for 18 yaars, bet was given his liberty under a decree of amnesty. His opponent «today was Prince Odescalchi. Heart Dlsoase The Cause. San Francisco, Cal; June —10 Miss Mayne Worrall,a young Eng lish girl, who arrived here from Australia last Thursday, died of heart disease in her apartmens at the Palace Hotel, worrell arrive 1 here unaccompanied and said,that sie was making a tour of the world Her visiting cards bear the iiaoid “Miss Mayne W orrall’ Chester Lodge, Gilston Road, South Kens ington In the dead woman’s room were foetid S2OO in cash » letter of cred it for SSOOO, an extensive wardrobe and about $2,500- worth of jewels. | BA BY CARRIAGES! f YOU CAN FIND £ THEM ANY STYLE > - AND PRICE AT: . > HANKS FURNHURE CO. We are better prepared to serve you in thij line than ever before, as we have bought heav ilyandthe most magnificent assortment ever brought to the city. All new, modern and Y right up to date vehicles, in every particular, % We will be pleased to show you through this Y übeautis and will guarantee’that prices j styles, values, designs and everything else ’ 2 will delight you. Our Stock of > MATTINGS. RUGS & ' WINDOW SHADES I is replete with bargains--ln fact you will -C serve your own intere c ts by recognizing our stores as headquarters for anything usually kept In a furniture house. j Hank? Furniture Company, j Y Phone 52, Rome, Ga. > « « ft n-Wftaonfto Annn n n n Aft it RE-ELECTED The Board of Trustees at the Regular Meeting Last Wight u ELECTED THE TEACHERS 1; Who are to Serve the Public Schools of Rome tor The Ensuing year. A most Harmonious Session. ! B , 0 ■ The Board of Trustees of th" ! Rome Public Schools held their | j I regular meeting last night ami elected the officers and teachers for the following year, as follows: I Sup’t. Prof. J . C. Harris. Bth Grade Teachers: Principal ' Prof. R. J. Gwaltney Assistant ' Prof. K. M. Gammon. 7tn.GradeA, Miss Kate Rober- son 7th. Grade B,Miss Helen Omberg 6r.h.Grade A, Mi®s Laura Hume 6th. Grade B, Miss Georgia Pep- - per sth. Grade A, Miss Mary Wil liamson , sth. Grade B, Miss Bettie Led- i better. t 4th. Grade A, Mrs. Mary Shrop- shire, 4th. Grade B, Miss Annie Per kins. 3rd. Grade A, Miss Battie Shrop shire. 3rd “ B, “ Annie Neely. 1 2nd “ A, “ Floy H. Baiiey. 1 2nd “ B, “ Ada Jenkins. 1 Ist “ A, “Zoe Eastman. 1 Ist “ B, “ Ruth Norton. Ist “ C, “ Callie Spullock. Music and drawing, Miss May rs Clark. SUPERNUMERARIES. Miss Fannie Pressly. a “ Leila Pennington. “ Lottie George, e “ Nannie Wood. “ Mary Jeffries. IO CENTS A WEEM “ Hattie Bass. “ Leila Williamson- COLORED suirooi L. Principal, T. M. Dent, 6th, Grade, f Mtsj V.Lucilm I uels, 1 sth, Grale. ( Mis-a) Angus** <TL*-| Hams, i 4th, Grade ( Miss) I uii ilay- 3rd, “ ( M’ss) EstelleTai r- 1 2nd, “ (Mis )'Fannie Tty! r.sx, ■ Ist, “A. (Mrs ) Ell I Ist, “ B(Mrs.) Clara Sarah Teague, Janitrese r.t I school, Stephney Garrett, Ju of Colored school. I President Camp, Secret try ''L H . SteeP and trustees J K. I liamson and Phill G.. Byrd I present. The meeting, while- I longed to near the midnight hojcr I was one of the most hainouidtS’ ever held by the board. C IRE LAST NIG hT About 11:30 o’clock last a fire alarm that was seni'irr failed to ring the tower bell, e»3>- ed the department to N&<- Fifth Ave.. the brick tw c-eiery store that belongs to Mr. J- i 1 Ward law. The blaze was an ugiyjoiw, Lxa was finally controlled by the fix men after it had destroyed Dr. BIS A. Thedfords stock of mediemrr* which were in the part . the building. I Dr. Thedford has $2,000 idsut 1 ance which amply covers h is lo??* Mr. Wardlaw had enough ina jr ance on the hui'ding t®/ cover loss to it, but he will fosep per haps $250 on some goods stores on the first floqr and damaged i l ' y water- , , 1 a». ‘J! Wanted : —Agent to sella fe°? choice specialties. To see » to bis- Good Pay.HERRICK Seed Co*. Roe best er- N. .’fi 6 Lamp Chimneys- for 2S& & 'Holmes Grocery Company)