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VOL. IV. NO. 1.091.
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NOTHING can be tnr»r than that a differ
ernce in material makes a materia
difference. Look at two men who have
jurt come to the end of a long jour' ey.
They have traveled exac ly the same distance,
but one presents all the evidences of wea> iness,
while the other is as fresh as the proverbial
daisy. There is a difference in their mateiia).
Tronser-undergo exactly the same experience.
Ono pair will travel the same distance as an
ether. and, if it is of the right kind of fabric, it
will reach its journey’s end in excellent shape;
and if it isn’t, it will tell a story of different.ma
terial making a material difference The trouble
is that one pair is apt to look as good as the
other at the outset. It is difficult to distinguish
between them and, unless your judgment is in
fallible, you must see to t that your custom is
given where yer confidence is deserved. You
will certainly not be disappointed if you select a
pair of our
HEAVY WEIGHT
$5.00 or $6.00 Pants
which we are now offering at
the low price of
- $3.50 -
SPOTCASH.
We great sacrifice
in order to close out all our
winter goods before the spring
opens up, for we cannot
to burden next seaso >
gpfcjs season’s goo 's. You
will make if we
Instart our spiing trade with en
tirely new material.
AU $7.00 and SB.OO Pants
—-REDUCED TO
SS>OO
Spot Casli-
This sale wi'l continue fur a
few days o >lv, “A woid to
the wise is sufficient.”
Emmonsj McKee & Co.
j $499
■ —BUI’S CHOICE OF—
lioo MtN’S SUITS
■ That is if you get here in
f time, but you must come on the
a "Lightning Express”, for they
I will go like wild-fire. We have
I culled from our st' ck all the $7,
I SB, $9 and slo winter suits,
| ends of lots 1,2, 3 and 4 of
' a kind, cassimeres, worsteds,
cheviots, meltons and kerseys
These suits must go now, we
don’t want to cirry them
through the summer. You
know it costs more money 7 to
hold sometimes then it does to
sell, even at a great sacrifice.
We have decided to sell. Our
loss is your gain. Take your
choice of this lot of suits
$499
Spot Cash
Emmons, McKee & Co.
THE TRIBUNE-OF-ROME.
HKSD
Eleven Murderers Put
, to Death
W H ’«NS I
Chief Hennessy’s Cowardly
Assassins Slain.
MOB LAW METES OUT JUSTICE.
A Corrupt Court Promptly Rebuked—
Prominent Citizens Lead the Angry
Populace The Parish Prison
Forced—Face to B’ace with
Retribution—Nine Shot
and Two Hanged—
Vengeance Claims
Its Victims.
Special to the Tribunb-of-Romb.
New Orleans, La , March 14 —Eleven
of the assassins of Chief of Police Hen
nessy were killed today by a mob of in
dignant citizens. The following were
shot and killed at the Parish prison:
Scofidi, Marches!, Romero, Monasterio.
Conutz, Caruso, Travins, Geracci and
Macbeca.
Politez and Bagnetto were hanged to
the trees in the Old Congo square, oppo
site the rear end of the prison.
The Acquittal of the Assassins.
Special to the Tribunb-of-Rohb.
New Orleans, La., March 14.—The
city of New Orleans is in a wilder state
BttaAay tftzv AuT #een
since the cruel and tyranical General
Butler occupied the vity. The murder
of Chief of Police Hennessy some months
ago, by Sicilian members of the in
famous Stopagherra society startled the
whole country. Suspicion fastened itself
upon a gang of Sicilians who belonged to
that society.
They wore immediately arrested, in
dicted and tried. The evidence against
most of them appeared to be conclusive,
but to the astonishment and indignation
of the whole community the jury yester
day returned a mistrial as to three of
them; namely, Politez, Monasteiio and
Scofidi, and an acquittal for six of thorn;
namely, Marched, a boy, Macheca, the
e’der Marches!, Bagnetto, Incardona and
Matranya.
The people were furious, and angry
crowds stood about the streets all night,
discussing this outrage on justice, and
demanding retribution for a crime which
the courts seemed too weak to punish.
It was not astonishing, therefore, when
it became known that the Hennessy mur
derers hail been shot and killed by a fren
zied mob.
The Published Call.
This morning every daily paper in the
city published the following call:
“To All Good Citizens:—You are in
vited to attend a mass meeting on Satur
day, March 14, at 10 o’clock a. m., at
the Clay statue, to take steps to remedy
the failure of justice in the Hennessy
case. Come prepared for action.”
This was signed by 100 of the foremost
men in New Orleans, and at 10 o’clock a
large crowd had assemb’ed at the ap
pointed place, on Canal street.
Speeches were made by Messrs. Parker
son, Denegre and Wickliffe. Denegre is
a prominent lawyer, and a member of one
of the old Creole families. Wickliffe is
also a lawyer and was formerly editor of
the Evening News, of. which John Fitz
patrick was the owner. These gentle
men said that the law had been tried but
corruption had been more powerful. It
was now time to resort to the primary
principle of self-protection. The crowd
cheered these sentiments, and demanded
the lives of the assassins.
To the Parish Prison.
Arms had been provided at the corner
of Royal and Bienville for about fifty
men. The members of tbe committee
who had called the assemblage wen
ROME, GA.. SUNDAY {MORNING, MARCH 15, 1891.
there aed secured weapons and then
moved on to the Parish prison.
The mob v.as denied admission, end
when ordered to uulock the big, heavily
barred gate, Captain Davis, the jailor,
said that be did not have the keys. Th.
mob threatened to shoot, but some one
shout, d that there was a side entrance
on Treme stieet, which cou'd be easily
forced, and a rush was made for this
door, but the crowd had no battering
implement, so they had to desist
At this moment a negro with a big
rock and three men with long sticks of
cordwood, came to the rescue, and the
door was soon battered down.
Rushing through the jailor’s bedroom,
the communicating doors were broken in
and the citizens were soon in the corri
pors of the jail.
The mob crowded up the stops to the
third floor where the prisoners had been
kept, but the men could not be found.
Face to Face With Death.
Some of the assassins were afterwards
discovered on a gallery above the con
demned cells, and the citizens made a
rush for them.
Joe Macbeca bad secured a pistol by
some means, and fired on the party,
wounding Sergeant Herron, a police offi
cer in citizens’ clothes who was with the
mob.
As soon as Macbeca fired, the mob
opened up a fusilade, and as it was im
possible to get at the three men on the
gallery, they fired at them through the
bars. Another crowd below fired up at
them, killing Antonio Scofidi, Joe Ma
checa and Pietro Monasterio.
Other portions of the mob were search
ing the prison, meantime, and James
Caruso and Rocco Geracci were shot
in a cell. The mob then set out on along
and determined hunt for the rest, and
some of them were discovered hidden in
the women’s department.
The mob fired on these with guns and
pistols, killing Francisco Romero, An
tonio Marches! and Carlo Trauino.
Bagnetto was shot, but bgia'- ■ F
raised himself to a sitt*-- - -
was askqd—to confess
chief, it> which he replied that he did not
know. He was then hurried forth into
the street and hanged.
Politez was also hanged.
The coroner is investigating the affair.
Following the announcement of the
killing of the men the wildest scenes,
were witnessed in New Orleans. The
streets were filled wjth crowds of people
surging to and fro, and nothing else was
talked of. The police were absolutely
powerless to preserve order. If any
other mau suspected of Hennessy’s death
could have been seen about the streets he
would have been shot down at once.
The members of the packed jury who
mistried and acquitted the Ilennesy mur
derers, can nowhere be seen.
If caught, under the present condition
of excitement, they would be promptly
lynched.
AN IMPORTANT ELECTION.
The Gallant Hill City Cadets to Choose
a First Lieutenant.
The following military order will at
tract a good deal of attention, especially
among the mililtia contingent in Rome.
“Headquarters Ninth Regiment
Georgia Volunteers, Washington,
March 12, 1891.—Special Order, No.
1: An election will be held in
the city of Rome, county of Floyd,
state of Georgia, on March 20, 1891, at
the city hall, between the hours of 7
o’clock p. m. and 9 o’clock p. m., for
first lieutenant of the Hill City Cadets.
“Said election must be held under the
superintendence of two or more justices
of the peace, or free holders, or one
justice and one free holder of said coun
ty, or any two or more officers of volun.
teers not connected with said company,
who will transmit the returns through
this office to the governor. By order of
William F. Jones, colonel commanding
Ninth Regiment, Georgia Volunteers.”
The Cadets, of coarse, look forward to
the election with a great deal of interest.
A Car Coupler Crushed.
Special to the Tribune-of-Rome.
Atlanta, March 14.—Julius Houston,
a negro car coupl.er, while coupling cars
in the East Tennessee yards about 5
o'clock this morning,was so badly mashed
that he will probably die.
The Superior Court.
Tomorrow morning at 10o’clock, Ju Ige
Maddox will be present at tbe court
house for the purpose of setting cases for
the March term of the superior court.
There will be a big docket at this term—
i seventy cases in all, some of them being
very important.
Snyi jr, the Wife Murderer,
• inds for Judgment.
attoi Jets’ tricks fail them.
A Clu eof Venue Denied—The In
san II podge Didn’t Work Worth a
Cent he Case Cal led and the Trial
Begl </- Nine Jurymen Selected
Threw To Be Chosen Monday.
Special tS the Tbibusb-of-R' >mb.
San Marcos, Tex., March 14.—At the
conveu :gof the court this morning, the
attorne’s for the defendant, Snyder, pre
sented o the court a motion for a change
of venu i, which was excepted to by the
state, u >on the ground that it was insuf
ficient law.
It wa| argued before the court and the
exceptions were sustained, but the facts
stated m the application of defendant
were sufficient, in the mind of the court,
to allow him, to hear testimony as to the
prejudi.fe and combination formed
against (defendant; whereupon the court
called inany prominent citizens, who
were interrogated as to the truth of the
statements set up in the defendant’s affi
davits, and, after hearing said testimony
throughout, the court fouud that the
allegations therein were untrue, and de
fendanjwas put on trial.
At t aiP juncture the defendant’s coun
sel moved the court to stay tbe proceed
ings uni; an investigation could be had
as to ’the defendant’s sanity. This
was excepted to by the state upon the
grounds that the same was not warranted
by law,which exception was sustained by
the coat. The call of the special venire
was cwrtinued until 4 o’clock this after
noon, i wlen the same was exhausted, nine
Otving been accepted
i court then ordered
ten, returnable at 9
choose Whe three remaining
After the court refused to sustain the
motiim on insanity, tbe defendant threw
off tbm.cloak of deception to a considera
ble degree.
THE ADVISORY BOARD.
The Encampment Not to Be Made
Permanent Yet.
Special'Vo The Tiibane-of-Rome.
Atlanta, March 14.—The State Mili
tary advisory board decided this morn
ing that the location of the permanent
encampment would be postponed indefi
nitely.
A message was read from’tlie’governor,
calling attention to the inaccuracies in
the resolution providing for the perma
nent encampment.
After the message had been read Capt.
Price fiilbert, of Columbus, the author of
the legislative resolution making the en
campment permanent, offered a series
of resolutions.
These were, in effect, that in view of
the fact that it had passed beyond the
jurisdiction of the governor, the board
felt unauthorized to pass upon tbe legali
ty of the question, and they deemed it un
wise to take any final action at present.
Theso resolutions were adopted.
Captain Gilbert offered as an amend
ment that when the final selection was
made tbe board should proceed as if no
vote had been taken upon any sito. This
was voted down.
It was decided that the adjutant-gen
eral should advertise for bids for the en
campment for 1891. These must be in
the office by noon of March 27.
After transacting some routine busi
ness the meeting adjourned.
THE SHERIFFS BIG DAY.
He and His Deputies Had Their Hands
Full Yesterday.
Yesterday was a field day for Sheriff
Moore, for he aud his excellent deputies
made in the near neighborhood of a hun
dred arrests. The parties were all
charged with illegd voting.
At the September term of the superior
court in ’B9, 418 true bills were fouud
against parties charged with that offense,
and since that time 111 cases have been
disposed of. As Judge Meycrhardt an
nounced last week that he would dispose
of the balance of those cases Monday,
the sheriff began his work of calling the
offenders in.
During yesterday he aud his deputies
made about 150 arrests, but very few of
the parties were locked up, as the ma
jority of them gave bail for appearance.
A big crowd of the accused will be on
hand tomorrow morning to sec Judge
Meyerhardt,
LOVE IN A COTTAGE.
A Correspondent Suggests Some Views
on an Interesting Subject.
To TiieTkibunb-of-Romb.
Rome, Ga., March 14.—1 n your artie’e
on living of young married people you
use these words: “When The Tribune
advised against marriage on less than
SIOO a month, it bad in view that class oi
, oung men who have nothing but theii
salaries and that class of young women
whose parents or guardians provide them
with all that makes life comfortable.”
I desire to notice the above quotation
by saying that this entire discussion i
wrong and decidedly hurtful to tbe
young men aud young women of the
country, unless you get at the facts as
they exist and not present extravagant
statements of the cost of living. If you
advise against young men’s marrying
unless they have a salary of SIOO per
month then you advise four-fifths of our
young men to remain single, as four
fifths of tbe young men of the entire
country are mechanics, and I do not
know one in this city who is earning
SIOO a month. There may be some iron
workers getting that sum, but the car
penter, plasterer, painter, tinner and
bricklayer, can only earn as the very,
best salary S9O. But as be can only
work nine months a year his wages are
reduced to S7O, while the best carpenters
and painters only earn $65, and the loss
of time for bad days to come from that.
I present to you therefore as a fact, that
the average salary of four-fifths of the
mechanics of the entire country will
not exceed $45 a month, the average
carpenter does not get that sum. D >
you mean t > say these young men ought
not to marry?
Let me give you one instance of what
cau be done on half tbe sum you name.
Ten years ago I employed a young man
as a carpenter at a salary of $1.50 pel
day, or $39 per month. On this salary
he married a most estimable young lady,
and one whose father had always provid
ed her with all that makes life comfort
able. Soon after marriage he bought a
lot on time and commenced a cottage.
Soon his salary was raised to $45 a
month. He now has a home that he
values at $3,000 and has had no outside
help except being able to borrow a little
money from time to time to assist in
building. W1 this time the family has
been incri/ \g, until now he has five
children, he has a little or
phaned I -and sister tq.-oJothe-
\ That f
and »ud. .. ...
they live nicely on a salary iievWT
exceeded $75.00 a month. He and wife
and children dress well. His grocery
account, including fresh meats, is $3 50
per week. The sense of it all is that he
is a sensible fellow and married a sensi
ble wife. On this salary he cannot divide
with the barroom and poolroom and bis
wife cannot make many pop calls with
Jimmie Douglas’s match grays, but they
can, and do go to the theater once in a
while, where the good wife gets off a
hearty laugh which puts a new set of
shuttles to work and infuses new life and
enables her to cheerfully meet life’s du
ties. I can give you a number of such in
stances; in fact, I do not
know a sensible mechanic who
has been fortunate enongh to marry
a sensible girl and who has not divided
his salary with the barroom, but has upon
a salary of less than half the sum named,
supported a family aud secured a homo.
While it is preferable to get the home
before marriage, even without the
home yi.ur .statement is erroneous and
injurious. Better to tell the young men
that “there is more in the man than in the
land,” that there is more in the couple
who want to marry than there is in the
salary the young man earns. From my
experience and observation tbe case that
you pronounce rare, is not rare at all,
and I can, if necessary, give you names
without number to prove that it is not
rare. Jay Bek Pea.'"
NEW RULE WANTED.
Meeting of the Bar Association Yes
terday To Consider the Matter
Special to the Tribune-of-Rome.
Atlanta, March 14. —A new rule is
wanted in the calling of chamber busi
ness in the superior court. A meeting
was held this morning for the considera
tion of this matter by the Atlanta Bar as
sociation, Judge Marshall J. Clarke be
ing called to the chair.
Mr. Walter R. Brown thought that the
present manner of calling the docket for
chamber business worked a hardship on
those who had new business to come up,
as under the present practice, the old
cases had precedence.
Captain Ellis moved that a committee
be appointed to prepare a new rule for
the bar association.
Judge the committee,
who are Judge Hillyer, Judge Hopkins
and Judge Hammond.
Rube Burrows’ Slayer.
Special to the Tkiuune-ok-Romk.
Atlanta, March 14. —The slayer of
Rube Burrows is in Atlanta. His name
is Jeff Davis Carter, and he came
to Atlanta for the purpose of having his
left arm treated, which was paralyzed by
a bullet from Burrows’ pistol,
t PRICE, FIVE CENTS.
SMB Hfi
Rev. Dr. A. J. Battle Will Be
the New President.
PROF. I. W. DUGGAN ASSISTANT,
The Arrangement to Take Effect in
June Next and to Continue for a
Term of Five Years—Details of the
Agreement Between the Trustees
and the Officers.
Beginning with June next, Rev. Dr. A.
J Battle will be president of Shorter
college and Prof. I. W. Duggan will be
his associate.
This announcement means that Rev.
Dr. L. R. Gwaltney, who is now presi
dent of Shorter, will not be connected
with the institution after tbe present
term, and that, Rev. Dr. A. J. Battle and
Prof. I. W. Duggan will have charge of it
for a term of five years, beginning with
next June.
The arrange meats to the end here an
nounced have been completed by the
board of trustees of Shorter and Dr.
Battle and Professor Duggan, and the
contract has been duly signed.
As is well known, Dr. Battle is now the
associate president of Shorter. He is
probably the most widely Known educa
tor in Georgia, aud it is certain that no
other in the state has had greater success
than he.
Professor Duggan is from Linton, Han
cock county. He has had long exper
ience as a teacher, his school at Linton
having been for years one of the most
prosperous in the state. He will teach
mathematics in Shorter, and will be the
business manager. He will bring to
Shorter many a pupil from Middle Geor
gia.
The retiring president, Rev. Dr. Gwalt
ney, will be pastor of the First Baptist
church at Athens.
Shorter college is of great value to
Rome, and it is going to be made of still
greater value. With seventy-five young
ladies boarding in the college, and twenty
boarding with families in the city, the
sum of $19,950 is brought here and ex
pended annually. The relatives and
friends of these young ladies who. •’
-them expend at lea-'IS■ i
ex:>eti<. -i ■
merchants of Rome, So
so small a number of boarding p’
they and their relatives and '
pend annually here not less than $20,700.
But Shorter is also one of the best ad
vertisements Rome has, for it is favora
bly known all over the south.
Romans ought to give Shorter an en
thusiastic suppoit and aid in inducing
outsiders to patronize it.
The Tribune wishes Shorter unj
bounded prosperity under its new man
agement.
THE CADETS’ BAZAR.
Preparations for the Soldiers’ Elite
tainment Progressing Rapidly.
The preparations for the Cadets’ Bazar
are progressing rapidly—or at least part
of them are.
Yesterday morning a large number of
the young girls who had been requested
to meet Miss Cade Sparks at the library
were on hand promptly at in o’clock, and
that energetic young lady unfolded her
plans to them in a manner that filled
them with enthusiasm.
Miss Sparks’ plan is a most admirable
one, and her special feature will un
doubtedly at ract a great deal of atten
tion. Her idea is to have twenty-four
young ladies represent as many Aims do
ing business in Horae, the bouses furnish
ing the young lady who represents them
with such articles in their stock as she
may need in arranging her costume. For
instance, a shoe store will furnish its
representative with button-hooks, shoe
strings, etc., with which to decorate her
costume.
This idea will prove a most “catchy*
one, and advertise the business of tho
firms represented in a telling manner.
The young ladies will be furnished
with banners, and will be drilled in some
novel and interesting movements.
The young ladies are requested to meet
Miss Sparks at the library again Monday
afternoon at 4:30 o’clock.
The ladies on the list in Saturday’s
Tribune are requested to meet in the
same place at 3:30 Monday afternoon,
and a full attendance is most earnestly
urged.
A Coming Marriage.
A marriage will soon take place in
Jackson, Tenn., that will interest the so
ciety people of Rome. Oa the 25th inst.
Miss Annie Cates, who is well and favor
ably known in this city, will be wedded
to Mr. Murray McMillin, of Mempb'ft.
The bride will take with her farewell to
girlhood the heartiest wishes for her
future happiness of many people in
Rime.
- • - • ■ ■ I I I.
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go to Lloyd's. Ten years experience of
daily roasting has made him perfect in
the business.
