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IXfH YEAR.
3 S. Kmg & Co. the Hustling Retaii Grocers sells Warters Rome Made Cigars. Best in the Market.
Highest of all in Leavening Strength.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report
Rpy&i
absolutely pure
I COLLEGE RAFFLE
k, varied by The Claik
Conn y Jury
rumr”T- ;r mt I?’ ITsir’ue
EXClTehiEiMi hi i4l nrrio
Especially Among Unineksity
People. '“Red And Black”
Innocently Gave the Ae
i-’air Away.
Athens Oct. 15. —This town is
thoroughly worked up today over
the prospect of seeing a number ot
University students indicted by
the grand jury for raffling:
Last week a raffl«? was conducted
in the store ot Herchfieid <fc Blu
menthal, at the conror-uf College
avenue and Lumpkin street. This
is t> cigtr and s- da water estab
lishment, and a favorite resort
with the students, luid therefore
deemed an auspicious place for the
affair to be held. The prizes were
very valuable, consisting as they
did of a gold watch, a brace of pi
tch, and a silver watch, first, sec
ond and third pi z -s, respectively.
There was a large crowd on hand
at the time set, and everything
went off smooth y.
The Red and Black, the Uni
versity paper, in the issue follow
ing the event, contained the fol
lowing paragraph in reference Io
it:
“Bloonues’ raffle was quite ex
citing, and the following men, be
side him, were benefited by it:
Frank Fleming threw highest
and w?n the gold watch; L. M.
Rambo threw next and received
the pistols ; Paul Jones made the
lowest and won the silver watch."’
Whi&e tne raffle was iu no wise
a secret affair, it seems that it was
net until this paragraph appeared
that the knowledge of its having
been held spread aboard.
The grand jury convened yester
day, and the matter was brought
to their attention. Today they
have been examining witnesses in
reference to it, and while none
have yet been found the announce
ment of true hills against the
participants as well as against the
proprietors of the store, are ex
pected with certainty.
i nese young men are University
students, and the incident has
created tremendous excitement at
the University as .veil as in the
city.
BodtUpsst bu a Deer.
Port Jervis, N- Y , Oct. 15. —
Peter Pohren. freight conduct' r
°n the Delaware division of the
Erie, fished the Swamp Mills
Pond for pike Sifturday. He was
in a beat and saw a deer trying to
swim across the pond.
De attempted to head the ani
mal off tut it suddenly raised m
the Water, got its lore feet into the
boat and threw Peter and his|
ca ch of fish overboard.
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° !1 lo Convict Cut§ His Throat.
Columbus, 0., Oct 15.—John'
Smith, a burglar serving « term I
111 lh ' state prison here, commit
icd suicide by cutting his threat
Dis parents live at, No. 1084 North’
Second street, Philadelphia. &° j
Asperate was the stroke that tl e
head was almost severed from the
body.
Big bargains in Men’ l3
Shirts only 29 cents at
Thos Fahys.
- .jiiilt (IF ROME.
uJME GEORGIA, TH JRSDAY EVENING OCTOBER IF>, 1896
J- BRANHAM
ENDORSED
I
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Rome, Ge. Oct. 9th, t 096.1
T he undersigned mem'ersot tbej
Rome ha.- bear ily endorse the I
candid; cy of Judge Joel Branham !
f r i he position of Justice of the
Supreme. Curt of Georgia. Judge
Branham’s high .personal char
acter, great legal ability, iedefati
gabj,'l tnmstry and ; ong experience
a the bar and on the bench
■ eminently fit him for this impor
' taut office. As lawyers anc as citi
zens we urge hi- election as one
that will atld greatly to the effi
ciency of the court and reflect,
credit upon the state.
J. E. Dean, R. T. Fouche,
Junius F. Hid ver, W. H. Enni-s,
I W. T. Tu.nbuli, R. A. Denny,
h\ S. McHenry, W.M. Heur,
Sproidl Fouche, Henry tv alter
■D. B. Hamilton, W. J. Neel,
I W. W. B ookes, Mos°s Wright
C. A. Thornwell, J. W.. Ewing,
iHa sted Smith, Nat Harris,
W.R. Willingham, R.LChaml e
Harper Hamilton, W. H. Smith,
Jno. W . Starling, J H Spullock
IE - P. Trea away, M B Eubanks
T W Alexander, F. G. Govan,
\V J Nunuallv, Jno H ’.Reece,
C W Underwo l d, N. H. Bass,
C. N. Eeatherston, J B. Nevin,
iGeo. A. H. Harris, W. W. tides,
Max Meyerhardt, R. R. Harris,
Horace E. K ; ng, vV 8 'Rowell,
J W C Harris, A G Ewing,
JB F Lumpkin, L. A. Dean,
J H Hoskinson, W. T. Cheney
Alfred S. Harper, Ahner R'Davis
Hamilton Yancey, C . Ro well,
J. Lindsay Johnson, J. Glenn.
Hal Wright.
Another Hold-up. .
Last night as motorman Philips
brought the 9.40 North Rome car
in, three countrymen who were on
the car .as it approached John
Cain’s store on Upper Broad called
his attention to a hold-up then in
progress.
Two white men with pistols
leveled on a white farmer, who
stood with l>o h hands high ov r
his head was the picture revealed
by the lights of the passins car.
Neither motormau Philips, his
three passengers or the boy con
ductor ha 1 lime to ?top, and «o
rusbej their car into the citv .
Political Murder.
Remington, Ind., Oc’. 15.
Frank Holmes, an old resident of
this place, visited ihe home of
Charles Rortholomew, where a
picture of .McKinley hung in the
v -ind w Holmes made a remark
about it which'anger.’d Bartholo
mew, who seized a base bal bat
and struck Holmes over the head
fracturing his skull and fatally
injuring him. Bartholomew Id s
been placed under heavy bond.
NO WEDDING’IF BRYAN LOS-
ES.
M,>s *“n), Pa., Oct-. 15.—S ran
B-rmnann ami Otto Bausch, who
r n ar here, hav agree ! to
be married in November i. Bryan
Present. If he fails,
the / have agre■•<! to post-mme their
wnblin- until-a free silver Presi
ded dhes win. They think tiR)
would-be groom w.on’t be able -to
suppbrt u wife on a <r..hl basis.
PimnsTabules oure liver troubles.
Rinans Tabules: pleasant laxative.
Rppans Tabules cure indigestion.
X. MH CMSH
And hsn Death in Flames d
hi F. C, & P. w fec k
Eh'GIt.EERS FATAL ERROR
Read His Orders “Sweden” In
stead or “Swansea.” I hirty
Mii.es Beeween The two
Statu ns.
Savannah, Ga., Oct . 15. Pas
senger train No. .35 from the
North, tlue here ar 4:50 a. in.. and
tram No. 36, leaving here lust
night at 11:25, on the ’ Florida
Central and Peninsula railroad,
came together near Swansea, 120
miles from her-, this morning at
3"05. It was a head end collision
aud both engines were totally
wrecked.
The combination mail and bag
gage car on tra’in No. 35 turned
over and pinned down in the deb
ris Baggagemaster Lines and Mail
Clerk Th mas. Ihe ear caught fire,
and they being unable to extricate
themselves were burned to death.’
None of the passengers were seri
ously7 hurt, though many were
bruised and badly shaken up by
I the co lieion.
W E. U'mer, flagman, is miss
ing and is undoubtedly among the
kibed. Ulmer was last seen stand
ing between the first and second
class coaches.
Lines’ death was a horrible one.
He was not killed outright, but
was caught under the trunks and
other wreckage. His cries for help
attracted the attention and an ef
fort whs made to rescue him.
The cars burst into flames al
most immediately after the wretk
occured and before help could
reach Lines he was surrounded by
flames. A barred window prevent
ed the rescuers from reaching Lines,
and while they were trying to pry
open the bars he fell back in the
flames. Th- ho«rifled passengers
listened to hisscreams without be
ing able to render any assistance.
The engineers and firemen of
the two trains jumped and escaped
without injuries. Mail Clerk James.
Express messenger T, C. Farmer
ane Extra Express messenger F.
\V. Price suffered slight injuries.
Not a single passenger was in
jured. There were very few pass
engers in the day coaches, nearly
all the passengers being in the two
‘Pullmans, one Pullman being in
he rear of each train. The Pu man
cus were not damaged. Although
the accitient occurred on a high
embankment not a singio car left
the track, not even (he wrecked
cars.
Train No. 35 left Columbia over
an hour late and was instructed to
wait at Swansea, twenty-th lee
mi es south of Columbia, for No
36. The engineer of No. 35 read
his order '■‘Sweden,” a station
thirty miles fu her on, instead of
“Swansea.” Before the conductor,
who read the order properly, could
ring him down,t he collision occur
red.
EXCITE M EJNT IN II EN R Y
COUNTY.
Liielia, Ga. , Oct. 15. —About 4
o’clock yesterday afternoon as
MLs Blanche Gray was returning
heire [rem this village, where sh“
had neen shopping, when* about
two miles from here was assaulted
by a negro man, who approached
her from behind and grabbed her
by the throat.
Poises of men are searching the
woods in "II directions and if he
is c-ught there wid be an in;*
mediate execution.
Kneo Pants woith
SI.BO Biggest Bar
gain of the season o i
ly eOc at Thos, Fahys.
OFFICERS SLAIN.
Two Os Columbus’ finest Shot
Down Like Dr as
A FATHER AND SON i
While in Their Cups Kill two
And Wound Two Other Po
licemen. The Father
Shot to Death.
C jlumbus, Oct. 15.—One of the
most terrible series of the awful
tragedies in the history of Colum
bus was enacted this af'ernoon, on
one of the principal streets of »ho
city, as a result of . which throe
men are dead and iwo others are
woundtd, one very B<-r : ously.
One of the dead men is J. A
White, a shoemaker, who, aid- d by >
his 19-year-old son. Hsiiry, mur-J
dered in cold blood two of the
city’s bravest police officers White
afterwards deliberately sho» anoth
er officer who went to his house to
arrest him, and afterwards, when
his residence was stormed, wound
ed still another man before his
lifeless hanus released their hold
on his Winchester.
During the series of tragedy in-r
cidents, begun by a cold-blooded
double murder a d ended only*
when one of the desperate murder
ers was riddled with bullets, the
entire ci’y quivered with excite
ment and the community is deep
ly shocked over the awful occur
rences which followed each o h-r
in quick succession. The murder
ed officers were Messrs. Richard
M." Adams and William Jacksm-,
two of the bravest men on the Co
lumbus police force.
J. A. White, who, with his son,
did the shooting, is an ex-police
man and for the past few years
has been engaged in the shoemak
ing business. His son also has
be«n engaged in thebusiness. The
elder White was a very eccentric
individual and indications at times
showed that bis mind wrs not ex
actly right, although his peculiar
ities were hardly so pronounced as
to make the publie be ieve he was
utterly crazy.
In the morning at Rumsey’s bar,
at the corner of First avenue nd
Thirteenth street, J. A. White be
came involved in a slight difficult v
with Jam; s Jewell, a Chattahoo
choe*cou:>tv man. caused by an old
grudge of \T hite’s. Officers Adams
and Jackson gave him a summoi".
to appear before the recorder the
next morning for disorderly con
duct.
The giving of .the subpoena t -
him seemed 'o anger White, who
was drinking.- He af'erwards made
threats against theofficers,although
he did not have the slight's 1
grounds f r taking offende. ll
went b<>me, end as he returned
back down the street in the after
noon was heard to mutter threats
against the officers Hethen went,
it appears, to a gun shop on Broad
street, where he purchased a sup
ply of cum idaes. Several persons
noticed him walking up the street
with his Winchester rifle on his
shoulder and his bag of cartridges
by his side. As he left the gun
store he said something about
“cleaning up the police f< rco. ”
White repaired to Rumsev’s bar
where he was met by his sop. Hen
ry Whi’e. The bov w as armr-d
w?h a Colt’s pistol and had a
p’en'iful supply of cartrid o«.
About that time Officer Jackson
and Adams appeared at the front
of, the bar an ’ ns : ’ed the barkeeper
to.tell White i<> st'p ontside '> me
mo t. os th> v wiahe I tn pe° him.
J§Tbe e'.ler White d : d not come to
the front, lull walked nut into the
backyard nf the saloon. From
(I p-p be gain d the side st eet by
going through a. crack in the fence ;
At the other end of the saloon, on
the corner, and in full view, stood
, ihe two officers White flung nis
gun to his shou'der amt uttered
these words: “I to d you to get
1 readv, and if you ain’t ready you |
■ ought to l-e.”
i As quickly as he could manipu- !
’ late th- rifle he fired several shots 1
without stopping. Officer Ad ms
fell, dying at almost tiro first shot.
He expired a few minutes after
wards at the Ternon Hotel, where
!he was earn. Ono of the first
■shots sn •' k . Ti ■ Ju.ros n in tiro
abdomen.
When hi • 'll beg in fl ;ng,
Henry V.’ln; ■ ran through the sa
• I loon and, j" king oui his pi.-md,
i bagan tiring pjint bia, k at Officer
■ Jackson. The officer seemed too
s weak to use his pistol, being .se-
vere y wounded, al hough he en- j
eeavored to do so. lie is said toj
'■ have cried just before sinking toj
| the groutm:
] “Please don’t shoot anymore.”
- In the meantime the elder A bite
: was crossing the street. Both the
. oflietrs were down. Young Whin
called with a curse:
“Pa, shoot him again.
The man turn'd, and deliber-
: ately aiming at the prostrate body '
of Officer J ack son,fired once more. ■
The two murderers, father and
son, then started up First avenue
towards their home on Sixteenth
■ street. This was 2:30 o clock. The
news es the double murder spread
with great rapidity and hundreds
of excited people gathered on the
scene.
To add to the horror, it was re
ported that White had killed unoth
er policeman’ up the street luves
tigaticMi revealed the fact that Of
ficer Charlie Roberts had been se
rious!) and perhaps fatally wound
ed on Sixteenth street. White
lives two doors from the river
bluff. Officer Roberts went to his
home to arrest him. He went
alone, no other officer having ar
rived. The brave discharge of his
duty may cost him his life. He
knocked at the door ami the elder
White called out:
“Come in.”
As'he officer put his hand on
ths knob, White fired at him de- '
thaougn the door. The j
bullet entered Officer Roberts' side '
and passed through a portion of j
his body. The officer fell back se
verely wounded. Several p» rsot.s
m the »ii.ighbo:,')ood buv;
the occurrence and. running to the
seen--, conveyed the bleeding police-j
man across the street They were J
not moleseed by Write, who did
fire any more until his house was
attaci ed. Officer Roberts was car- {
ried to the ho c pital. He is very ■
s ri"usly wounded, but Jhere aie 1
hopes for ins recovery.
Offic-rJackson, lybo w.is also
carried to the hospital, died about
7 o'clock . Three bu'l'-ts had
s ruck him—two in the region of
the abdomen, and the >■ ounds prov- 4
ed fatal.
A large number of the police <
were armed with Winchester ji-<
lies and proceeded to the scene ■
wh< re White was at bay in hits I
house. The shoemaker was known
io be tboughly desperate and it
was thought to be’death to the
man who ventured into his yard.
Several thousand peop e ga h“i -
ed, tilling the neighboring-streets,
although they ke t ,t a respectful
distance from the house.
The house was surrounded by
the police, .but attack upon it was
delayed for a long time as the
mode of procedure coud not be
determine?! upon at first. White’s
family tied from the house and
told the police that it .was d alb
to any man to go to the place**
Kina ’. ■,h •■ > v-r, alum la ■\ h -
six brave men, headed I y office:
Jackson of Girard,, volunteered to
storm the h-m.-- 1 . Takmg six Win
cheete.’S )iey w uli.ed up to ihe place
anti stepping upon th- 1 trout p r"h
deliberately kicked the door down.
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IO CENTS A WEEK
CHASING SPANISH
hnotfiEr Hot Fiaht Wih Gen.
Echague
CUBANS LOSE HEftVHY
While Weylers Men Admit Svf-
FERINCT Beverly IN THE FRAY.
Spaniards Fall Like
Sheep.
Havana, Oct 15. —Still another
. battle with Maceo, resulting in a
< panish victory, is officially re
ported from Pmar del Rio Pro
, vince.
vian. Kchagne was in command
of the Government troops. The
fighting wa’s at San Diego de
Nunez, near Bahia Honda, and
the insurgents are B«id io have
sustained enormous loss.
The; despatches also say that
the Spanish loss was considerable,
that the’fighting c ntinues anc
that no details are obtainable at
present.
It is reported that the insurgent
leader Pancho Verona, died ol
wounds recently in Matanzas
swamp.
A Havana despatch received
Sunday reported that General
Echague won a costly “victory”
over Maceo last Thursday on the
heights of Guayalitos, South of
j Cacurajiqara, in the Southern part
[of Pinar del Rio Province, Bahia
Honda is on the North East.
BERNAL SAID TO BE DISCHARGED
Chicago. Oct. 15.—A Key West
special to the Times-Herald says:
’ I “The sudden return of Gen. Ber
nal to Havana from the Northern
! . coast of the province of Pinar del
Rio, where he was sent by Gen.
’ Weyler to command the Spanish
forces in the recent engagements
against Antonio Maceo, has caused
’ a profound sensation in Havana.
Gen. Bernel has returned on sick
leave and has asked to be sent to
Spain, being thoioughly disheart
ened over the result of the cam
paign just inaugurated against the
| insurgents in pinar del Rio.
1 “The General reports that Maceo
h s thor ughly reorganized his for
■ ces in the last few months and in
j trenched himself m the mostcom
j manding positions of 'he mountain
fastne’sses, and that any attempt to
I dislodge him would be sure to re
sult in dangerous failure and
wholesale sinughterof the Spanish.
“Tl e folly of attempting to dis
lodge Mi.eeo 1 ‘id been fully dem
ot strut .i. <l en. Bi n,U s ild, in all.
the recei t ei)ga<ro;iro’it.-. when
from c ju; manoi: tx>-» the
Spanish oli.ci ■- v ■ p.ck d off by
ai.d the troops, -
lacking It ad'rs, became demoral
ized ui.ii were .-n- uchten «l like
sheep.”
’xr.Y.zt'&aaAZ.-zi'., tbw
lAs the door f-11 in two or three '
< men sprang into the house.
! Ihe elder White, was ready for
j them io his front room with his
rifle, hut one of the officers fired
firs'. The shoemaker fell to his
• w
knees, wounded, and as he did so
fired bis rille..
The ball entered Officer Zeno
Pick tt was oiwe >f the leaders of
the brave squad. Before W hite’could
iireagaiu . -veral bullets had en
tered hes body. fired by .the offi
cers. He died in’ a few moments,
He had ten wounds on his body.
A hankerchief containing a few
penis in small change was, picked
up on Broad street at noon today
t.y Mr. J. A. Buchanan,u young
■ a: rm r of Texas Valley, Mr. Buch
anan left the sanu with the Hus
ili::i oi’ Rome subject to the right
ful nviier.
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