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SIXTH YEAR. Lowry Bros , the Hustling Retail Druggist, sells Warters Rome Made Cigars. Best in the Market. ON WHEELS flGoodly Section of Rome's Pop ulalion Yesterday RATTLING good races — I Out on Branham Avenvc. A law ' Crowd Assembled and was Highly Entertainer by The Exciting events A half hundred 'wheelmen strung; cut on Broad St. , opposite echo I Hustle® of Rome office, yesrter dav afternoon, made ®. most, im posing array and one 'that every Roman, who *’ii nessetfl, was-proud of. The procession heeded for the pretty cycle piith,ou<t on Branham ave-Bi.e, where an immense crowd had assembled to see the races. The boys handicap was the first eveut, mid wa« rue from >the Fifth ward end 'f Broad stree t bridge ou* to Ho* kinsons and then around Branham Ave. to’Nixon?s gate. There were a nember ts entries but Emory Morris proved the; nuwter of the course, win mug in -5. 4, -easily. Young' Morris is a beautiful riderand bids fair to become a record breaker in the future cycling -events in this oit.y. He rode a Waverly yesterday. In the next race, ;e -500 yd. straightway two heats rere run, .- the.first won byJL. L. Acwood of : Halton, tibe second by Walter Gardner. These vinner« ran the .final. Arvood winning ir. 28 sec onds. Buy R. West, cf the .Roy R. West Cycle Co., .*\nd Jcfcm Proc tor, of the well ki:own Wheel firm of Rr-octordk Moo»c gave an exhi bition tandem run of 500 yards, making it ir 27 seconds. Then came the third asxl last event, a 5 .mile handicap., road rake, t£ie cowirse being from Nix on's gate, out .Branham Ave.„ down the Blmff road and netura. There were a dozen entries in this evetat which resulted at fol lows: A. L. Aawood, of Daiiton, time prize, time, 14 munutes and 21 seconds.; Hollis M&theny, first prize, and Ben Turner, third prize. I esterdars bieyclc izaeet was a complete tuceeee. It is but a starter, however,, .to that (which th* future holds in store. The prize* ottered were: First Race—Timm prize’ one pair jf Vim Tires, mounted, offer ed by E. E Forbes., S P. Davis, Manager. First. Prize—One pair bicycle shoes offered by S. N. Kuttner. Second Prize—Pocket knife select, ed by West ,& virifilu. Third Prize —Tie, selected, Base Bros. &Co. Second Race—Five hundred yard dash— Time Prize ; Speed ind.ea tor, by R. R. West Cycle Co. First Prize—Box Warterscigar s offered by Thos. Warters. Second I’rize—Negligee shirt, by Park, Brannon & Co. I bird Race—Mau 's handicap— r ■' ,v- a / jiffr fe-A BHEt— -7 >, ■11 -*FVI J p '*l y miiTi ’•- • | v.\> .1: o .;• ’•’ mine tiaxl’ ( J s/i I i with WOQL SOAP ‘ ,tfti 1“*- lt> on v °-ir<iet kr giving it u>you. * 1 - THE HUSTLER OF ROME. Time Prize; gold medal. First Prize Pair Morgan A* " right quick repair tires, by Moore & Proctor. Second Prize— , Pair h cycle shops by Cantrell* Third Prize —Cyclometer! (John M.McClute. i Timekeepers—Klip Williamson , Horace King and Ed Colclough. I Judge—H. C.Harrington.E E. Ma ,gili and W.J. Gr flin, Tinier Well | Coleman. BICVCI. CLTJB OKJANISED. Ihe Rome bicycle c’nzb was or i ganized l*st night itc the s-t«re of | Roy R. West Cycle O«, Mr. \V. M. I rowers was lecced 'presides', Mi. Roy West, Vice F resident, Mr. George Wright. Secretary, Mr. W. j' R. Moore, Treasurer andXr. Willi Jeffries, i!>r. F. A Wyun and Mr. j W. V . Wiles, board of directors. WALTER WRIGHT’S I RIAL Ctawed With the Murder of Dr, .Blacks ell Coknmbus, Ga., June 12.—The tai*'of the car,e of Waiter Wright, •charged with tie murder, was bt- > gun in superior court yesterday afternoon.“V right is the young ' man who recently shut down in i t tie-street. Dr J. T. Blackwell, a patent medkine veneer of this city, whom he c l aims had l insulted his -sister, .'®iiss Mattie- J Wright, a-prei'y young lady of bsixteen years. Among th« testimoKv introdue .'■ed this afternoon was that of Mrs. Bladivrell, Dr. Blackwell’s aged mother, who .was a horrified wir| ness-of the affair at the time it happened. During the cross-exam- I illation she became e® overoomej 'pwith-emotiocßiubat she i.-ad to he. (.-assisted fromithe eourtswom. The trial ofsthe case will eon-i (1 -une a dayoritwo. itlrckdn Duuih Bq Mghtnlnß.il Phoniixville, .Pa., Jsi-ite 12. — ißwiriug a severe thunder storm; that passed ov«r here yesterday; evening., Allen .11. MoeW ler, a .cl«rk in the hardware -store of N. H. Beajamiit Co., wie struck by dightming and knocked sense ie«E to the floor. Pe soon ms- over ed ccmsciaaisness, but his tongue seetrs to he paralyzed so that he canaot utter a soiled. He «at at a telepihone when struck. tFour other men were stßi’ck, but riot badly injured, The storm lotted an hour. Mrola Has a tßattle I Havana, June 12. —General Gasco reports that he evT a party of rebels, under command of the insurgenit- leader Calisto Garcia!} n-iiir Venta de Casane.va >and again' i near Bayamo,in ffie Pre-vines of ' Santiago de Cuba. The Cthane on both occasions occupied strong positions, but after making a strenuous defence w<ere dieoodged. A t irpedo which had beet plac ed in the road by the rebets ex ploded upon the arrival of the vanguard of General Gasco s col umn and eight soldiers were wounded. Perru is Oui. I I Gainesville, Ga., June 12. i I Hon. Henry H. Perry, who for the j. I past few months has beer, making i a pull to represent the ninth con- < giessional district in*lhe national • halls of congress during the fifty- 1 fifth session, has written a courte- j ! ous and dignified letter, addressed i to the democrats of the district in < which he retires from the race. 1 He was an apostle of the single gold standard, and realizing the J fact that there was no chance in the world of his nomination, has ( yielded to the majority. He had no chance of carying a ( county in the cistrict- Ask your dealer for a Winfrey’s ' Hand made cigar . I ROME GEORGIA, FRIDAY EVENING JUNE 12 1896 300 TEXANS Took Thee Black Fiends Hom the Jail at Bryan I DOORS BATTERED DOWN And Quick work "Made of *htt Negroes. Same Hellish Crim? Avenged by Southern Manhood. I Houston, Tex.. June 12.—Izotiis Whitehead, George Johnson fcTid Jim ’Reddick.'ihre negroes, w«ro taVen from the jail at Brvan TOO miles North of here, last uight ; and hanged. i Whitehead and Johnson were [charged w»fh attempting tocrimi j naTly assault the tweTve-y»ear-old i daughter of Dr. R. H. Wilson Snndav night. Reddrek had been convicted of the crime of rape on an Italian girl and snn’tmiced to hang.bnit the decision whs revers ed by u higher court, and He was; 'neld awaiting a new trr.il. The mob was 800 -strong and came from Kurten, nine mile® West of Bryan, where Dr. Wilson dives, and where the attempted ■assault occurred. Tha'Dr. was ab sertt at the time. Tne uegroes "broke in his modi eirre chest and grtt what they thought was ■c’hlcrrdfxyrm, but wlnch ■proved to be creosote , and failed ‘to'produce the desired effect when , ipnt on the young girl’s pillow. “The sheriff of the founty •absent last night, and Jailor Giee. t£bo was in charge-df the jail, *a« unprepared to resist the attack.H« ■ refused to de r iveT‘the kees, but < rhe doors were battered down. 'The mob built a big ‘ fire to furn ,j iffa light to worfk 'by, which gave ; tne people the ’dea that the n> •groes were being burned. The mob was composed if she most promi nent citizens of Kurten, none of -ataiom were iwarfkeli. KaptunedfftKonvlct Deputy Sheriff-J D Turner, this morning, had ;an escaped convict pointed out to Ibim. and picked up his man, th-ereby earning a S2O regard. The negro it seem? is one Tom Johnson, who a few days ago made his<escape from theSJartow chain gang- Deputy Turner teiephened the authorities at Cartersville and was instructed to bring the negro over and get the reward. When captur ed Johnson was on tihe*C. R. & C. i train waiting for it to pull out for fi‘Cedartown. I FUNERAL THIS 4., IYL ftaried F.wn the First Presbyte fUn Chrch This Forenoon. Tiltefuneral of Mrs. W. S. Coth ran oecured from the First ‘Pres byterian church this morning, at 10:30, and was very largely at tended. In the death <of this noble heart ed "ife and Christian mother the community suffers, while the loss to her devoted husband and loving children is irreparable. After a lingering illness death came to her yesterday and tie weary body was at rest, while the sweet spirit was wafted into the great beyond. She leaves besides 1 many relatives and a wide circle of friends, a devoted husband and . four eliildren to mourn her loss. The interment occurred in Myrtle ‘I Hill, the following named gentle men acting as pall bearers : Messrs. J. P. Cooper, Tom Scott, _ C. E. McLin, C. Terhune, W. M. Towers, Park Bowie, Dr. T. R. - Garlington and Dr. Henry Bat fy- Winfrey’s Pure Havana is a peerless cigar. WHICH WAS IT? Murder or Suicide, this Latest Niagta Falls Fatality, AT THE CAVE OF WINDS Anblnknown Man was Eithe Pushed into, or Deliberate ly Plunged to Death, in The Mad Torrent. Niagara Faile, N Y ~ June 12. —While standing on Luna Island j at the brink of the Cave of the Winds, an unknown man last night was eitbtr murdered by being' pushed over the bank, or fell into the ei'e’thing waters and washed away to death in a vain endeavor to get his hat, which had liven blown from his head. At the time of the crime—ortve cidesiir —another man, also un kmj’vci to the local authorities, was standing near the victim of I the torrent’s relentless rage, who is supposed to know a great deal about the affair. He however, is iiot to be found, soon after the oc ciurranoe of the sad and mysteri* -one -affair, which transpired before the gaze of thousands, he immedi ately disappeared. The detectives -are looking everywhere for the in dividual, but as yet have failed to fi®d any further traces of him. Chief ot Police Dinin inclines stToiigl'.y to the opinion that the >uuknewn man was pushed over fine benk by the man standing rx’ar'him, and who has since suc ceeded so well in covering his track-e E. H. Headersfln, of South. Send, Ind., a witness of theaffuir, says he did not see th* men until I his attention was attracted hv the: the-eny of the victim. He then | saw Him put his hand out as if to rx *** y-, yv y. y/ y. y. ■ >-y y< yt y $ BA BY CARBIAGESI J YOU CAN FIND THEM ANY STYLE < AND PRICE AT: | HANKS FURNHURE CO. We are better prepared to serve you in thia line than ever before, as we have bought heav ily and the most magnificent assortment ever brought to the city. All new, modern and right up to date vehicles, in every particular. We will be pleased to show you through this 0. übeautis and will guaranteejthat prices styles, values, designs and everything else will delight you. Our Stock of # MATTINGS. RUGS & S WINDOW SHADES - 0 is replete with bargains--ln fact you will serve your own intere c ts by recognizing our 0 stores as headquarters for anything usually kept In a furniture house. 1 | Hanks Furniture Company. ; Phone 52, Rome, Ga. clutch for his hat and in the same instant fall into the water and be swept over the falls. The point of which he was stand- ( ing, it is significantly pointed out is not more than a foot from the edge of the falls, and a person could easily be shoved over. i The police think that when the I victim threw up his hands, it was movement of a man who had been shoved from behind and that the sudden push had knocked off the hat, which led to the first belief that it had b'own off. Mr. Henderson says the missingi J ! “friend,” handed him a card, I which the victim of the tragedy ♦ gave him in Syracuse throe weeks I 1 ago. 1 It bears the mime of <G>orge j 1 Iback, commercial traveler for the / Indianapolis Hotel Register Co. Mr. Henderson also says the ; ' name of Ibacks companion was J Kessel, and t!i»twhen Iback fell j into the rapids, Kessel was sever lal feet awuv from tiim . Iback’s i body has not been recovered.; There is no clew of Kessel’s loca tion. An loe.herg Bars a Port. tSt. John's N. F., June 12. —A big iceberg ®early bars the Nar rows at the entrance to this haib< r ' and has caused great damage to vesselsenteinig port Over 100 crafts have been forced to anchor off the entrance, m-any bein; seriously jnjiwiied by •colliding with each ' .otber, [informaitkyn has been received p’h-eire (reporting the loss of the !IF rench mission vessel St- Pierre. ■ The •whip was wrecked at Island t Hoad., near Cape St. Mary’s. The crew was rescued and safe'y land ed M Placen&ia. Cetiton mxy be king, all the ' wavne be is dinning bloomers, in ihis neck of (fee woods. 1 O CENTS A WEEK OLD MUSIC Os Progress and Indnsiii to RavUedi THE TIE MILL WHISTLE Will Awaken the Echoes nr West Rome and Horseleg Mountain once Again this Evening For the first time in a cciipie vl years the whistle of theßbrne Ci-te | 1 ton Tie Mills will awaken echoes down the valley and the rocky slopes of Honßsfc’ft I mountain, this afternoons Superintendent R. T. Dowfi-u had a force of men at work rey-sv T ' ing and renovating the tie ns.li machines and furnaces fox weeks. I Seen bv a Hustker of Rowa rc por er 'his morning, Mt. staged that the mills would b* pot ■in operation on. next Monday morning. Quite a number of'msrf* ; will be put to work at) once, from Monday, on the pay col* will be rapidly increased nnt.i tsw mills-will be running on- full timt and at the full capacity. The lessees of these,, the or>y cotton tie mills in the South, r the Ball Stee-l & Iron Co., «»a > i of the most powerful manufactur s'ling Go’s, in the This great concern, ta putlun/ Jat the head of the Rome rtnii* ' I Mr. R. T. Dow have secured II services, to the Rome plaati, » one of the most aggrestave z wi(fc i awake, level headed, conservativ e hustlers, to be.found in thecouxG try. Mr Dow is ' while he loves the city, at | same time he is here for bnsiue* e and its a matter of business wit - him. And its Rome’s good fortuß too. ! The resumption of' work » these mills means an add.’iioa*; 8 I heavy pay roll as ait addiliea- I n i feeder to commercial Rotue- Ti i more the merrier.