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ASHEVILLE, N. C, JANUARY 20, 1899.
Wolf Bldiz. Ashevi
le, N.C.
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Paragon Pharmacy Co.,
Opp. Post Offl. e. B.VS. Davis, Mgr.
Kigbt Clerk up Stairs,
-if
Laying in Groceries
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Wtnfort iu them, i-o will vou
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if you buy of us.
W ke-p everything usually
kept in a tiist-o!a-9 Grocery
8tore, and l ur prices are as
loV'a the loweJ' , but we don't
e.-trriliee- quality- .for price.
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is a winner.
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32 S. Main St.
30 S. IlerR
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thia ii '.oaln vi Y.v wet-tart tie ball
to ruliiiig faster, thau ver. Our
'a oa this y ar is to do the bst wf
can. for our customers. You know
way tack iu plJ-u times if you
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rrjight lu his beet arid a fast Lorre
was bis b st meaus f a quiik df
livry, uow w have the tel graj 1
tht can travel arouud the world
as qu ck as you cau arou.id youi
house. W kuw not what im
proveiu uts will bsnn- t us thif
vear, but we will do our bst tt
giva you the most tor your riKne
and to mak the Racket Store th
b st p'a:e iu Western North Caro
lina to trade on acccu. t of good
gb diJ, jood salesp ople ad low
prices. rVe have no 'old 'god?-tc
ruu'oir, but instead a;e ouying
new poods that are airiving al
most daily.
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since thristmas and a. lot of othe)
goods equally as desirnble.' I
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EAGAN TO BE TRIED
BY COURTMARTIAL
Mr. Mckinley Has Determined
on This Course.
SO INFOEMS HIS CABINET
The War Investigating Commission
Decides to Accept the Commissary
General's Testimony us Revised and
Resubmitted by linn;
Washington, Jan. 17. President Mc-
Kinley announced to the. cabinet at its
regular meeting today that he bad de
termined to courtinartial General Eagan.
Secretary Alger was not present at the
cabinet meeting, but Adjutant General
Corbiu was at the White House in con
ference wjth the president on the sub
ject just prior to the cabinet session.
The order for the courtinartial probably
will be made today. . , -
Just prior to the cabinet meeting,
General Miles made . a rather unusual
call upon two of the members of the
cabinet. Secretaries Hay and Long. He
had just returned to the city from New
York and when-spoken to with refer
ence to the Eagan case' adhered to his
original declaration that this was not a
time for him to act, if at all, leaving
the implication that if the commission
did not act, or the administration, it
would theu be time for him' to take
some step.
The commissary general was on duty
as usual at his office and business was
apparently sioiiig along in' the usual
way, although it was noticed that there
were more callersupon General Eagau
pf, the official class; namely; officers of
jbis own corps. This is not usually the
case: To the president his morning he
said thatJhe was prepared to accept loy
ally whatever action the president may
decide to take. . ,.
The war investigating commission to1
day decided to make public the amended
statement fifed by Commissary General
Eagau yesterday. The commission per
mitted rthe representatives of the press
to read the statement and it was
formally announced to the newspaper
men that General Eagan had,liminated
all objectionable statements and there
fore the document would - be accepted
officially by the commission as evidence.
As already stated the changes made
by General Eagan in ths document are
mainly in the line of excision, yet the
phraseology has been also altered fre
quently. He refers to General Miles as
"the senior major general, Nelson A.
Miles," and while- keeping strictly
within the line of propriety in the judg-
4 men t of the commission, in a negative
manner at least, he resents any assump
tion of General Miles' superiority and
asserts that he is as good, as old and as
expedient an officer as General Miles.
He also criticizes the latter's attack on
the beef industry as infamous. It is be
lieved that so far as the commission is
concerned the incident is now closed.
VOTE ON BILL IRREGULAR.
Currency Measure Kf submitted to the
li t uk tug Committee.
Washixoton, Jan. 17. Immediately
after the reading of the house journal
today Ir. McLeary, (Rep., Minn ) on
behalf of The banking and currency
committee, niade a statement to the
effect that the vote on' the currency bill
reported at the last session had been ir
regularly taken in 1 the committee and
he therefore asked that, the bill be
recommitted..
"This does not mean that the .bill is
to be abandoned?" asked ..Mr. Richard
san (Dem.. Tenu )
"So. sir." "
The other side" has ; promised cur
rency reform," continued Mr. Richard
son,, "and 1 would like to know if . .the
bill is again to be reported."
"I am neither a prophet nor the son
of a prophet," responded Mr. McLeary.
' Mr. Mitchell (Rep, N. Y.) explained
that there had Jeen some irregularity in
the vote and in order to avoid any show
of uhfairuess to the opponents of-the
bill, this action had been decided upon.
There was no objection and the bill was
recommitted. . .
Xi w Juvenile It. fornix lory.
Tallahassee, Jahr 17. The board
charged with contracting .for the juve
nile reformatory building near Mariana
has entered into an agreement, under a
new bond, with the y. S. Leonard com
pany of Jacksonville for the completion
Of the buildings by, March 15. A. con
tract was madewith this company last
April, but the war brought unexpected
troubles upon it and caused much delay
m tueir operations.
Depositors to Lose Nothing,
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 17. An order
has been received from the comptroller
of the currency, at Washington, direct
ing that the stockholders of the defunct
Chattahoochee national bank be as
sessed 39,000. This is 39 per share of
stock. With the money raised from
this source the remainder of the" depos
itors' money jvill be paid, and the debts
of the institution wiped out.
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Consolidated Gets Franchises.
Atlanta, Jan. 17. Council has
granted the Consolidated Street, Rail
way company franchises, to construct
lines on Lee and Hurt streets. John
Parks, member from the Fourth ward.
Opposed giving corporations any more
rights "until the wishes of the people
naa been complied witn.
Depew Succeeds Murphy,
Albany, Jan. 17. The senate and as
sembly in their respective ' chambers
voted today for United States senator.
In the assembly Chauncey M. Depew
(Kep. ) received 04 votes and tdward
Murphy, Jr., (Dem.) 60 votes. In the
senate Depew received 27 and Murphy
23 votes. " .
Gunboat Machlas Now Ready,
New York, Jan. 17. The gunboat
Machias arrived here today. She wil
join the fleet that Rear Admiral Samp
son is now forming to rendezvous at
Havana for evolutions which will prob
ably take place on the south side of
Cuba and continue about three months.
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For Infants and Children.
the Kind You Have; Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
A NAPTHA
YACHT MISSINQ.
Paul
Jeees, With Prominent People
on Board, alay. Be Last. ..- i
Io-jisvnxK, Jan. io. The naph
tha yacht Paul Jones, which left Louis
ville Deo. 7, with a pleasure party of
prominent society people, bound fc
Pensaoola, Fla., and other porta im
southern waters, has probably! gone
down in a gale in the gulf of Mexico
with all on board.
The party consisted of Colonel
EL O.
Yocum and daughter, Miss Yocum, and
G. M. Yocum, all of St Louis; Miss
Florence Taggart, daughter of Mayor
Taggart of Indianapolis, and Miss Mar
gie Woodland of Chicago. j
Deck Hand John Berry and Engineer
Dadgley were the only two members of
the crew of four known in Louisville.
The last heard from the yact waa
when It left the month of the Missis
sippi river on Jan. 3. It was the plan
of Colonel H. C. Yocum, under whose
direction the yacht was sailing, to coast
along the various ports between the
Mississippi's moutCi and Pehsacola,
Fla., where it was the intention of the
party to make a considerable stay. -According
to weather reports received at
the local bureau, the yacht encountered
a storm wheu three days oat.
I he relatives of those on board are in
a terribly perturbed state of mind on ac
count; of lack of information, j Thy
have been telegraphing every port on
the gulf coast where it is thought the
slightest chance of information could be
obtained. ' I -
The craft was the property of Mr.
Lawrence Jones offthis city, but form
erly a resident of Atlanta, Ga. j
HOT FISTICUFF AT SELMA.
AlilrU'h, It -publican, and liobbiiis,
. Democrat, Clash Over Politics.
. Selma, Ala , Jan. ,16. Hon. William
F. Aldrich, i member of congress from
the Fourth Alabama district, and Hon.
Gaston Robbins, member elect from the
same district, had a fisticuff in the lobby
of the Hotel Albert. . '
Robbins, who is a Democrat, defeated
Aldrich, who is a Republican, in the
recent congressional election in the dis
trict, and it is understood that Aldrich
will contest his opponent's seat on the
ground of ballot frauds. j
When Aldrich walked into the; hotel
lobby Robbins approached hiin,-and di
recting his adversary's attention to a
newspaper which he held in bis hand,
remarked: ' j
"This paper j has published allot of
scurrilous lies about me, and you have
circulated them all over thia district I
am going to hold yon personally respon
sible." , -
.With that Robbins struck Aldrich
with his fist. Several gentemen rushed
up to separate them, but the others
called out to them to stand back and let
the fight proceed to a fair finish.
The fight was prolonged. , It was full
of ginger. - The men were well matched
as to weight, but Robbins proved the
more aggressive, and pummeled Aid
rich in a lively fashion until, it is said,
he cried enough. j . ,
Further trouble may grow out of the
affair. j .; .
AN .INJUNCTION
REFUSED.
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id Ryan
Seaboard Cose Dismissed
Ordered to Pay Costs, j
Baltimore, Jan. 16. -f Judge Wykes
today .denied the injunction recently
asked for in the Maryland circuit court
by Thomas F. Ryan of New York, in
which ihe petitioner sought to restrain
the transfer of 3,000 shares of the stock
of ; the Seaboard Air Line ' held by
trustees under a pooling agreement.
The petition was dismissed and Mr.
Ryan was ordered to pay the costs.
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j.ue siockb in question were recently
sold to a syndicate headed by; John
Skelton Williams of Richmond and its
transfer involves the control of the Sea
board Air Line system. It is under-
tood that the purchasers have agreed
to pay $200 per share for the stock,
which Mr. Ryan claimed had been pre
viously sold to him for $125 per share.
The action of the court in denying the
injunction clears the i way to a transfer
of the road to its new owners. j
BENTON M'MILLIN GOES IN.
Tennessee's New Governor Formally
Inaugurated at Nashville.
Nashville, Jan. 16. In the hall of
the house of representatives today, in
the presence of an immense throng.
.Benton MCMiuin was inaugurated as
governor, lbe nail was decorated with
the national colors and flowers.
After prayer by Rev. John Matthews
of McKendree church, Governor Taylor
delivered nis lareweil address. Mr.
McMillin then spoke, and at the conclu
sion of his address he took the oath of
office, which was administered by Chief
justice bnodgrassoi the supreme court.
lbe benediction was pronounced by
by Rev. W. E. Ellis of the First Chris
tian church.
Explosion In a Gold Mine.
Canton, Ga , Jan. 16. A premature
explosion-occurred at the Creighton
gold mine, 16 miles east of Canton, re
suiting in the instant killing of Dare
Dooley and mangling almost beyond
recognition the face and body of Julius
White, who it is thought will die
Some other men were also more or less
shocked. The accident i occurred about
1,000 feet under the ground, in one of
the tunnels of the mine, where the men
were at work blasting.
.' First Eviction Iu Augusta-:
Augusta. Ga., Jan. 16. The flrsj
eviction from mill houses of operatives
was made today. This is the seventh
week of the strike. The operatives and
operators are as far apart as ever. , The
operatives ask the 'operatives of other
cities not to come to Augusta at thi
time, evictions were Halted alter one
family had been put out, because a cold,
drizzling ram began falling.
Three Hangings Scheduled.
Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 16. Three
legal hangings here are on the program
for this week. John and Henry j Hall,
two negroes, brothers, are to be exe
cuted on Friday at noon, and 8am
Jones, another negro, will be swan
into eternity on the following day at the
same hour. All three of the negroes
have been convicted of murdering whit
men. .
An Uneertaia Dtstaae.
There is no disease more uncertain in its
nature than dyspepsia. Physicians say that
the symptoms of no two cases agree, j It is
therefore . most difficult to make a correct
diagnosis. No matter how severe, or under
whatdiRguisedyspepsia attacks you, Browns'
Iron Bitters will cure it. Invaluable in all
diseases of the stomach, blood and nerves.
Browns' Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers.
Every woman needs Dr. Miles' PalaPflla.
J. RUSSELL YOUNG
BREATHES; HIS LAST
Librarian of Congress Dead
. at Washington.
HAD A NOTABLE CABEEB
Began Life as Copy Boy on an Eastern
Paper and Later Became Managing
Bdttor of Horace Uresly's Mew York
Publication.
Washinqtok, Jan. IT. John Russell
Young, librarian of the congressional
library, died at his residence here at
8:45 this morning after an illness of
several weeks.
John Russell Young has a n
career as journalist, diplomatist,
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JOHN RUSSELL TOUNO.
official and the intimate associate of
distinguished public men. He was born
in Downingtown, Chester county, Pa ,
Nov. 20, 184 L The family moved to
Philadelphia and he was educated in
the public schools of that city. Later
he went to New Orleans, where an
uncle lived, and continued his school
work in the New Orleans High school.
Returning to Philadelphia he secured a
place on the Philadelphia Press in 185?
is copy boy an dt from this dated his
newspaper work. When John W. For
ney came to Washington in 1801 to be
come secretary of the senate, he brought
along Young, who by that time had be
come a fluent writer.
A Grapbie War Correspondent.
While acting as Colonel Forney's pri
vate secretary, Mr. Young continued
his writings to the Philadelphia Press
and it was by his description of the first
battle of Bull Kan that he won his spurs
as a graphic war correspondent. He
followed the army of, the Potomao to
the end of the Chickahominy campaign.
In 1864 he accompanied General Na
thaniel P. Banks on the Red River ex:
pedition. On returning he became man
aging editor of the Philadelphia Press,
which he resigned in 1865 to start The
Morning Post, which, however, was not
a success.
He had contributed to the New York
Tribune and his pleasing style attracted
the attention of Horace Greely, with the
result that in 1866 Young became man
aging editor of the paper with which
Greely had been so long associated. At
that time Young was only 25 years old.
His leisure time he devoted to the study
of law, aud in 1867 was admitted to the
bar in New York city. In 1870 he again
tried the establishment of a newspaper
of his own, this time Tbe Standard.
About this time, however, Secretary
Boutwell, who was at the head of the
treasury department in President
Grant's cabinet, induced Mr. Yoang to
go abroad to look into financial affairs.
While abroad on this mission the awful
days of the Paris commune occurred
and Mr. Young's account of the rise and
fall of the commune and of the stirring
days through which the French capital
passed is regarded as one of the best ex
amples of English descriptive writing.'
In 1872 he became the European rep
resentative of the New York Herald and
spent two years in London and Paris
and another year in work and travel on
the continent
On Grant's MemerabteTrlp.
In 1877 General Grant started upon
his memorable trip around the world
and on his invitation Mr, Young Joined
the party. This made him for two years
almost a member of the family of the
great general, and a .warm friendship
Sprang, up between them. Afterward
Mr. Young wrote "Around the World
With General Grant. "
During this trip Mr. Young was
specially interested in China, to which
country President Arthur sent him in
1883 as. United states minister. He re
mained in China until the opening of
the first Cleveland administration, when
he returned to this country and engaged
-in literary and business pursuits.
When the new library of congress
was completed attention was direoted
to the choice of a librarian embodying!
literary ability and executive manage
ment and President McKinley named
Mr. Young on July 1, 1897. He entered
upon his duties while the library was
still in its cramped quarters at the oapl
tol and saw it expand into the classic
temple of the arts and literature which
it now occupies. The transition in
volved not only a removal of vast stores
of precious volumes, but the complete
reorganization of tbe library staff. Mr.
Young directed all of this, making the
change from the old to the new with
smoothness. His time has been spent
in part in a contribution to literature
which he had hoped to complete as the
chief literary achievement of his life.
Senator Cockrell Rr-Klected.
Jekferson Oitt, Ma, Jan. 17. Fran
cis Marion Cockrell was today re-elected
to his fifth term in the United States
senate by the legislature, the two houses
voting separately. Tomorrow the elec
tion will be ratified by both , houses, in
joint session.
Decided Against Sheriffs.
Columbus, O., Jan. 17. The Ohio su
preme court today knocked out all the
sheriffs appointed to fill the vacancies
created by the act of the legislature
which made tbe regular term of office
of sheriffs begin in September instead
of January.
Beanty is Blood Deep.
Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cassarets, Candy Cathar
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up tbe lazy liver and driving Ml im
purities from the body. Begin to-day to
banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
cascarets, beauty lor ten cents. All drug
gists, satisiaction guaranteed, iue, 2oc, &0c.
Nobody need hi re Neuralgia. Get Dr. Miles
Pain Pills from druggists. "One cent a dose."
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
sort warn wees eo., nw vow.
ROME EDITORS ATTACKED.
They Criticise Publio Officials and
Two Encounters Fellow.
Rome, Ga., Jan. 18. Rome is lm a
fever of excitement over an attack made
on Colonel R i Sawyer, editor of The
Evening Argus, by N orris and. Holmes
Smith, sons of City OUrk Haltted
Smith, and a personal difficulty ia The
Tribune office between W. A. Knowlee,
manager and editor of Tha Tribune.
and Oily Attorney O. W. Underwood.
The trouble between Colonel Sawyer
and the Smith boys grew out of aa artiole
published In Tuesday's- Argus. The
salary of tha city clerk was recently in
creased and Colonel Sawyer published
editorials condemning the oounoiL
Two or Ulerk Smith's eons went to
Colonel Sawyer's home and called him
out, demanding his authority for his
statements, which Colonel Sawyer Rave.
They also said there would be trouble if
any more statements were published in
The Argus about their father.
The Argus printed (another editorial
criticizing Clerk Smith and when Col
onel Sawyer and his I son "Robert were
coming from their home to The Argus
office they were accosted by Norris and
and Holmes Smith, j
Holmes Smith began an attack on
Colonel Sawyer with asteelheaded cane,
striking him several times. Robert
Sawyer started to his father's assistance
when Norris Smith losed with him.
Robert Sawyer drew a pocketkuife and
Norris Smith a pistol, j
Norris Smith was cut six times about
the head and face, but none of the
wounds were serious. ) One blow cut his
collar in half. Young Smith snapped
hia.plstol against young Sawyer's side
once, but it failed to fire.
The difficulty between Mr. Knowles
and Mr. Underwood grew out of an edi
torial in The Tribune criticizing the
city attorney for his opinion on the le
gality of the raise in the clerk's salary.
Mr. Underwood went to The Tribune
office and demanded that Mr. Knowles
retraot the editorial. The hitter refused.
Mr. Underwood then called Mr. Knowles
a liar, and the editor fctruck the city at
torney several times in the face and on
the head with his flstj 1 A diamond ring
on Mr. Knowles' finger cut an ugly
gash In Mr. Underwood's head.
Parties in the office separated the
belligerents and Mr,
Underwood went
may result over
away. More trouble
the affair.
INDUSTRY FOR BIRMINGHAM.
Addyston Pipe and jHssl Company to
Erect Works.
BtRKiNQHAJi, Ala.J Jan. 18. D. Mc
Laren, president of the Addyston Pipe
and Steel company of Cincinnati, which
owns large pipe and steel works at New
port. Ky., and Addyston, O., has closed
a deal for the purchase of land from the
Bessemer Land and Improvement com
pany on which to locate t. e new pipe
works which the company is arranging
to build in this district.
The land purchased; is situated east of
Bessemer between the furnaces nf tha
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad com
pany's furnaces. It lis touched by all
tne raiiroaos that enter the district and
Is well suited for the
purpose for whioh
it has been acquired.
Tne survey of the
tract will commence at once and as soon
practicable work will beirin on the
pipe plane
The plant will cost
$400,000 and will
have a dally capacity
of 850 tons. Next
to tne Howard-Harrison pine plant at
Bessemer it will be the lamest in tha
soutaern states, it will m
steel castings as well as iron pipe, and
tas projectors expect to have it in opera
tion Dy next June.
The foreign trade will be esneoiallv
sought by the company through its
plant here. In fact it is im order to ha
able to enter the foreica markets that
the company is building in this section.
SMALL DIES ON 0ALL0W8.
Murderer of Policeman Ifevs Hange4
at tne Forest City.
Savannah, Jan. 13. Abe Small, a
negro, was hanged in ibis city today for
killing Policeman Jansen O. Neve. He
had been tried and! convicted three
times. Small was a nephew of ex-Congressman
Small of South Carolina, now
collector of the port of Beaufort.
The murder of Policeman Nave created
muoh excitement in Savannah at the
time. The officer was endeavoring to
arrest Small when he was killed.
At tbe second trial Small admitted
having killed the officer. This he de
nied at the first trial, but his own state
ment at the second trial ia what con-
vioted him beyond doubt.
The negro was sentenced to have
been hanged Deo. 9, but as an applica
tion for clemency was pending before
the board of pardons, a respite was
granted until today, when, the gover
nor refusing to interfere, the sentence
ox tne court was carried out.
Schooner Probably Lost.
Newbernx, N.Q., j Jan. 18. Grave
apprehension is expressed for tbe safety
of the crew of tha S-masted sohooner
Susan K. Porter, Captain Oarrom, which
left Charleston Dec-1? bound for this,
her home port. She is two weeks over
due and nothing has been heard of her
since She sailed from Charleston. It is
believed that the crew of five men have
perished. The missing sohooner was
loaded with phosphates. She is owned
by Lupton Bros, and valued at $3,000.
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I Memphis Has 9480,000 lTIre.
Memphis, Jan. IS. Fire broke out In
the J. S. Menken company's
store last night and totally
dry goods
destroyed
that building and contents, causing a
loss of $450. 000, with an insurance of
$845,000. The Gayosb hotel, on the
south of the Menken, although at times
seriously threatened, received little ma
terial damage.
Georgians Board k Transport.
Savannah, Jan. 18.4-The Third Geor
gia regiment boarded the transport
Rouinania this evening and will leave
on tomorrow morning's tide. The
transport Manitoba, with the Seventh
cavalry on board, left this morning.
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Macon to Get at Factory.
Maoow, Jan. 15. X cotton faotory
with a capital stock of $350,000 will be
erected here at onos. The site has been
elected and machinery ordered. Reli
able business man are the head of
the movement.
'API acsoii&
HE BROKE JAIL 20 TIMES.
Capture or a Man Who Has Bobbed
Klre Trains and Many Offiosc
Meridian, Miss.J Jan. 14. The post
office at Enterprise, Miss., was blown
open with dynamite Monday and robbed.
Thrasher Mead, one of the most deper
ate criminals in this country, was- ar-
tested in Mobile and brought to Eater-
prise, but not until after a desperate
fight with the , officers. A large quan
tity of stamps and 11,138 in cash stolen
from the safe in the Enterprise post
office were recovered.
Mead has a criminal record that ia
hardly second to that of the notorious
Rube Burrows. For nearly ten years
he has infested the railroads of Mississ
ippi and Alabama and is known to have
been intimately connected with a band
of negro robbers in Chicago.
Mead ia known to have been impli
cated in five train robberies, and the
Southern Express company has proof
that he blew, open safes in their offices
at Aberdeen and Durant, Miss., last
year. He has escaped from 21 jails and
once from the Alabama penitentiary
since he began his criminal career.
NOVEL SUIT FOR DAMAQES.
Drayman Asks One Thousand Dollars
Because of an Kxploslon.
Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 14. In the cir
cuit court here a suit has-bejen filed by Car
ter Turner,' a drayman, against the McMillan-Lee
company, wholesale grooera,
for 11,000. The suit is a novel one.
Turner alleges that he was hired to go
to East Lake, a suburban town, and
haul a barrel and box from there to
the city.
While coming toward the city there
was an explosion and Turner was Vio
lently thrown, skyward. He was seri
ously bruised and claims that he was
injured to the amount named. -
It is shown that the barrel and box
that was being hauled to the city con
tained torpedoes, which are manu
factured at East Lake, and it is alleged
that on account of negligence in pack
ing them an explosion followed with the
above result.
THIRD GEORGIA
GETS OFF.
Regiment Sails For Neu vitas.
Cuba,
on the Roumanla.
Savannah, Jan. 14. The Third Geor
gia regiment. Colonel Robert L. Berner j
commanding, sailed today on the trans
port Rouinania for Neuvitas, Cuba. A
large crowd was on -hand to see tl
men off. .
This is the first Georgia regiment to
leave the soil tof , the United States to
do duty. The men do not like to leave
Savannah. It is true that a few of
them are anxious to go to Cuba, but the
majority would prefer to stay at home.
The men have had bad weather to con
tend with during the past few days and
not a few of the boys complain of colds.
There is a report among the officers of
the regiment that Colonel Berner will
resign after being in Cuba a month or
so and return to the states. If he should
resign he will be succeeded by Lieuten
ant Colonel Spenoe.
Dropsy Cheats the Gallows.
Grxknvillk, S. C, Jan. 14. James
Williams, under death sentence for the
murder of Charles P. Potts last August,
has just died at- the county jaiL He
had been ill with dropsy since his trial
in November. . His death, was sudden
and unexpected. Williams frequently
said ' long confinement would kill him.
He expected a new trial by order of the
supreme court and was confident of
final acquittal. .Williams was 80 years
old and unmarried. He has been in
business here 15 years. In 1891, he
killed Major Dixie Williams, but was
acquitted. -
Attacked Woman and Babe, y
Atlanta, Jan. 14. AWok Cohen, aa
umbrella mender, stabbed A. Smullian,
clerk in a Decatur street clothing store.
seriously injuring him, and then drove
his knife blade twice into the neck of
Smullian's sister, Mrs. $. Harris, in
flicting probably fatal wounds. Mrs.
Harris had her infant babe in her arms
at the time and the child was also in
jured. The woman's husband arrived
on the scene in time to subdue the
would-be murderer. He was also badly
used up. Cohen was jailed. He is be
lieved to be insane.
Governor Names Trustees.
Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 14. An
nouncement has been made of the gov
ernor's appointment of the board of
trustees for the Alabama Bryce Insane
hospital at Tuscaloosa. Dr. W. O. Som
erville and Hon. R. T. Simpson are re
appointed and Colonel Sam Will John
is named to nil tne vacancy caused by
the death of Dr. Young. The board's
official term will expire on Jan. 8, 1903.
M
. Negroes Fire Upon Whites. '
Fossyth, Ga., Jan. 14. Near Union-
villa, in this county, a gang of armed
negroes made an attack' on' three .white
citizens Bob Head, Woody Edwards
and Sam Maokey. Edwards and Sam
Mackey were shot in the back. Head
was more fortunate, and was not
wounded. The condition of those who
were wounded is said to be serious.
Several arrests have been made.
Talladega Medical Soolety.
Talladega, Ala., Jan. 14. The Tal
ladega County Medical association held
its annual session here. A business meet
ing was held In the afternoon and the
session closed at night with a big ban
quet. Dr. John T. Dixon is president j
of the association. A number of invited
guests were present besides the regular
members ox tne association.
A Depot Safe Blown Open.
OoLCMBU, Ge., Jan. 14 Burglars
entered the depot of the Columbus and;
Borne railroad, a branch of the Central
of Georgia, at Hamilton, Ga., blew
open the company's safe, robbed it of
Jl tha monev In ii. a Small nmonnk.
I and also took some papers of value. No
fine so ne vnievea.
Death Rate la Santa Clara.
Havana, Jan. 14. The mayor of
A. . itS
Santa Clara reports 1,416 deaths there
in 1884 8,947 in 1897 and 4,841 in 1&8,
lose of 80 per cent of the population in
three yean. ; ; i v
J. W. Norwood, President
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A few odd Jackets for $1 each
All. Jackets at a
way off prices.
Woolen Dress
Goods for 25c yd,
up, also at greatly
reduced prices.
New embroideries
just received.
New white goods
to hand.
New Torchoin
Laces.
New Ribbons.
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