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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. — . - ° !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 I 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. ‘ y 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. 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