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Henry M. Holmes, Ph. Q. Mgr. HOLM fcCS & MOOT TAI LAXATIVE COI AND BE RID OF THAT ..For Sale HOLMES & MOOf Under Hot ?PHONI CnCCH CMIDMCMT AI I rvuoi I vrlliriML.il I VI ?. " ? ON TRIAL FOR WIFE MURDER. Charles R. Armstrong, of Jacksonville, Fla., Faces Jury. Jacksonville), Kla.. Dec. 10.?Charles R. Armstrong, a prominent merchant of Jacksonville and a large property owner ami influential church man, was placed on trial yesterday for murder In the first degree, the crime being the killing of his pretty young wife. Armstrong and his wife had not lived pleasantly together for some time. On the night of May 2 last he called to see her and their children at the home of W. A. Blaisdell, the stepfather of Mrs. Armstrong, near the corner of Adams and Bridge street. While sitting on the veranda waiting for his wife to return, who had gone out a short time before, he raised his revolver and shot her twice as he entered tho front gate coming into the house. Mrs. Armstrong lingered in great pain until June 2. when she died. Armstrong- was arr?stnii and nlnrpd ! in jail and would have been tried at the spviug term of court, which was to have convened the following Monday, but the fire of May 3 destroyed the courthouse records, etc., and left things in such confusion that no spring term was held. Several distinguished lawyers are employed in the case. Insanity at the time of the homicide will be the plea of the defense. The defendant is a native of North Carolina and is 36 years old. RICHEST INSTITUTE IN WORLD. Property Valued at $30,000,000 Deeded To Leland Stanford UnivergJty. San Francisco, Dec. 10.?The deeds of gift executed oy Mi's. Jane L,. Stanford, conveying property valued from $28,000,000 to $30,000,000 to the I.eland Stanford. Jr., university do not affect her control of that Institution during her life time. The total of her endowment is said to be three times greater than was ever before given by one individual to educational purposes. The properties given to the university, now the richest in exist- 1 nco, are enumerated as follows: Interest bearing stocks .and bonds of the highest class, estimated, $20,720, ?00. * I Real estate in 26 counties, aggro- 1 gating about 100.000 acres of land, valued at $12,000,000. Vina ranch, Tehuari county. 65,000 acres, enormous brandy and agricultural place; Grid ley ranch, Butte counts 22,000 acres, largest wheat ranch In the world; Palo Aito ranch, 8anta Ol&ra county, 9.000 acres; onormous tick farms. Stanford mansion, San Francisco; Stanford residence, Sacramento, and extensive tracts of real estate in 17 other counties of the state. Indian Soldier Ran Amuek. Berlin, Dec. 10.?The official report of the affair at Tien Tsin between a company of Punjab Infantry and German troops says that an Indian soldier ran amuck. Invaded the German commissariat quarters, shot and mortally wounded a quartermaster and wounded three others severely, whereupon he was shot down by a Gorman entry. I W'Aman\ if I WW V * <P 11} inc.... I is hard enough as /A it is. It is to her that / Rk we owe our world, [ \\ and everything should be made as easy as possible for Wj^ \ her at tne time of ll\ \ childbirth. This /A. ^,/ \ \ is just what mother's yj <r) Friend will do. It will make \ j./ baby's coining easy and painless, and that without takIticr flancrprnuo rlrnrro ? ?o o. ??w wyw tetn. It is simply to be applied to the muscles of the abdomen. It penetrates through tho skin carrying strength and elasticity with ft. It strengthens the whole system and prevents all of the discomforts of pregnancy. The mother of a plumb babe In Panama, Mo., says: " I have used Mother's Friend and can praise it highly.' Get Mother's Friend at the Drug Store, $1 per bottle. The Bradfleld Regulator Co., ATLANTA, GA. Write for our free illustrated book, " Before Baby is Born." Maurice A. Moore iE'S PHARMACY' <E -D BREAKERS COLD PRICE 25c. Only at . ?E'S PHARMACY. "' I el Union B 98.? 3 HUYLER'S CANDY. TRIED TO KIU- HIS FAMILY. ' Despondent Wisconsin Man Does Awful Work With Razor. < Milwaukee, Dee. 10.?An Evening < Wisconsin special from Calumet, 1 Mich., says: < While in a fit of despondency over I his inability to find work and provide for his family John Kinonen cut ' his wife's throat, the throat of a 16- t year-old son, slashed a younger son 1 less seriously and then committed sui- < eide by cutting his own throat. Kinonen is dead, but the other members 1 of the family, whilo in a serious con- 1 dition, are not fatally wounded, and 1 the attending physicians think that they will recover. 1 The attempt at murder and the sui- 1 cide took place at Copper Falls, 22 t miles from this city at 2 a. m. today. All of the family were sleeping when 1 Kinonen arose from his bed and tak- I ing his razor from the bureau crept 1 to the bed where his wife iay. In a 1 moment he had cut a wide, gaping ' wound in her throat. He then went to the bedroom of his sons and cut ] their throats while they slept. He < then passed the keen olade across his 1 own throat, dying within a few moments. The younger boy, who was less severely injured than the rest, ran to a neiehhor for hi>ln nnrt dno. tors soon arrived and took charge of the wounded. SPECIAL TERM TO BE CALLED. Alleged Rioters at Opp, Ala., To Be Speedily I rled. Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 10.?Nine of the negroes charged with the shooting of J. W. Dorsey and Town Marshal Atkinson at Opp on Wednesday, were committed to jail without bail at Andalusia yesterday on preliminary hearing. Sixteen other negroes were discharged. Six of those held were brought to Montgomery last night by Sheriff Braduhaw, 01 Covington county. The other three negroes were sent to the county jail at Geneva, near Opp. The troops were withdrawn from Andalusia yesterday and the situation there is quiet. Sheriff Bradshaw says, however, that he rears further trouble when the 16 negroos who were released on prliminary examination return to Opp The sheriff reports that Marshal Atkinson is still alive, but that bis condition Is serious. Frank Davis, one of the negroes brought nere tonight, is suffering from two dangerous gunshot wounds, and it Is believed he will die. The governor will call a special term ?f the Covington county court to give the negroes a speedy trial. higdon-kyli courtmartial. Will Work Injury to Alabama Military Interests. It Is Said. Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 10.?There appears to be no doubi but that the approaching Higdon-Kyle courtmartial will prove not only highly sensational, but will work an irreparable Injury to the military Interests Of the state. Fifteen ol the highest ranking local officers have Just held a secret meeting here to discuss the situation with reference to the courtmartial and a motion was made that a committee be sent iQ Montgomery to protest to the governor agaipst having the date for the trial postponed UTltJl Jan. I. The meeting lined up In factions, five of those present voting against the proposition and afterwards retiring from the meeting. The committee appointed, consisting of Lieutenant Brown. Captain Kennedy and Captain Gardner, went to Montgomery yesterday to confer with the governor. conference adjourns. Reports Show Past Year to Have Been Most Prosperous. Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 10.?The Alabama conference concluded Its sessions at Greenville yesterday. All the reports showed the past year to have been the most prosperous In the history of the conference. The resolution looking to consolidating the conference newsnaner nmn ?t - , -- r, [ Birmingham with The Advocate at ! i Now Orleans went over without ac* j tion. : The location of the presiding elder* is as follows: I i Mobile district, W. M. Cox; Greens* I boro, O. C. McQhee; Selraa, J. B. j ' Peavy; Prattvillo, T. Y. Aberaathy; j ( Eufaula, T. J. Mangum; Marianna, J. i H. Roberts: Montgomery, J. S. Fra* i ser; Union Springs, W. 8. Wade; Pe% i eacola, J. M. Mason. i Appointments By Governor Jennings. Tallahassee, Deo. 10.-?Governor Jennings has made the folowing civil appointments: William 0- Munroo, of Penaacola, to be notary public for ths state at large; Daniel Pippin, of West* ville, to be flsh and game warden for Holmes county; Charles C. Martin, of 4tatrlct 6, Alachua oounty, to bo not* ?r vabUo for tho oUU M l|(yt . ATLANTA DEPOT BILL PASSED BY SENATE Vote Resulted 37 In Favor of to 1 Against. KILLS HOWARD CIGARETTE BILL Only One Measure Passed the House Today?Ther* Was Much Filibustering Against the Blalock Resolution In Regard to Interest Account Atlanta, Dec. 10.?The house voted down a resolution by Knight to ex elude all persons from the floor not entitled lo the privileges thereof. Only one bill passed the house, that >f Stubbs, of Laurens, requiring oriinaries or county commissioners to furnish fire, lights, books, stationery, ;tc., to county officers. The vote was 18 to 24. Nearly an hour of the morning sesdon was lost in filibustering against ,he Blalock resolution to transfc- the public property fund to the interest account. The Hardwick bill to make drunkenless in public places a misdemeanor was defeated 74 to t>2, lacking 14 fotes. The vote on the bill of Wright, of Floyd, to require prison made goods :o be marked "prison made," was 03 :o 08 and was lost. The bill of George, of Morgan, was likewise defeated by a vote of 55 to SO, which sought to make it a misdemeanor for a farm laborer to state falsely in applying tor worn that he was not under contract when he was. The senate passed the Atlanta depot bill 37 to 1. It killed the Howard cigarette bill and then passed up e lot of local measures. AT NATIONAL CAPITOL. Large Attendance on Floor of House of Representatives. T*7o oLir.^4^^ 1A ml iiaaiiiu^iuu, ubv. iu.? mere was a very large attendance on the floor of the house today in anticipation of tho announcement of the committees by the speaker. After the reading of tho Journal Mr. Richardson, of Tennessee, the leader of the minority, offered a resolution to place upon the house pay roll the four special implies usually allowed th.? minority. The resolution was adopted with division. Mr. Hemenway, of Indiana, chairman of rho special committee to consider and report a bill to fix the salaries of the officers aud employes of the house, submitted the report of the committee. The house today passed a resolution providing for the adjournment front Dec. 19 to Jan. 6. Hackett's Resignation Accepted. Washington, Dec. 10.?The president has accepted the resignation of Mr. Frank Hackett as assistant secre tary to the navy, to take effect Monday. James H. Darling, of Vermont, will arrive In a day or two to relievo him of his dutios. The correspondence between Secretary Long and Mr. Hackett shows that he was con polled to give up his office and retur < to his law practice. Baker for Vacant Judgeship. Washington, Dec. 10.?It was announced after the cabinet meeting today that Judge Frances E. Baker has been derided upon by the president lor tne vacant judgeship in the Sev nth circuit of Indiana, MINERS NOW IN SESSION Annual Convention of United Mine Workers Begins at Bessemer. Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 10.?The annual convention of the Alabama district of the United Mine Workers be gan in Bessemer yesterday and will continue for several days. The matter Of moat general interest is the election of ofllo-ers. An important question to be settled Jp whether the miners of Tracy City and WhUyell, Tenn.. are to be transferred from the jurisdiction of district 19 to that of district 20. These mines are operated by the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railway company, and for that reason there is a sentiment in favor of tdigpge ?f jurisdiction. A meeting of th? Coaj Operators' association Ot Alabama will be held in this city today, The meeting ol th? operators is said to have no special relation to the miners meeting beyond discussion of the contracts existing between the two sides. The miners have a contract with the operators which does pot p*pire until June 80. Action Dismissed. Edinburgh, Dec. 10.?The court of sessions today dismissed the action brought by the Spanish minister of marine against the Clyde Bank com pany for k 75,600 damages owing to delay in the delivery of four torpedo boat destroyer's, which, it was claimed, were required for the Spanish-Amerlcan war. but were no, delivered within the eontfa** time. The ruling of the court of session* reverses the decision of the lower court, the sessions court holding that as the contract wa# made with a state which was a monarchy, the monarch alone could make a claim. Coronation Date Fixed. Ixmdon, Dec. 10.?At a session of privy council today King Edward definitely fixed June 26, 1902, as the date for his coronation. It was also daelded that parliament ' would meat fen. 16, j ... - ATLANTA DEPOT BILL PASSEDJJ SENATE Vote Resulted 37 ft Favor of to 1 Against. KILLS HOWARD CIGARETTE BILL Only One Measure Passed the House i oaay?mere was rviucn i-iiiDUStering Againot the Blalock Resolution In Regard to Interest Account. Atlanta. Dec. 10.?The house voted down a resolution by Knight to ex| elude all persons from the floor not entitled io the privileges thereof. Only one bill passed the house, that of Stubbs, of Laurens, requiring ordinaries or county commissioners to furnish Are, lights, books, stationery, etc., to county ofllcers. The vote was 88 to 24. Nearly an hour of the morning session was lost in filibustering against the Blalock resolution to transfer the public property fund to the interest account. The Hardwick bill to make drunkenness in public places a misdemeanor was defeated 74 to 62, lacking 14 votfts. The vote on the bill of Wright, of Floyd, to require prison made goods to be marked "prison made," was 63 to 63 and was lost. The hill of George, of Morgan, was likewise defeated by a vote of 55 to 60, which sought to make it a misdemeanor for a farm laborer to sfate falsely in applying for worn that he was not under contract when he was. The senate passed the Atlanta depot hill 37 to 1. It killed the Howard cigarette bill and then passed up a lot of local measures. AT NATIONAL CAPITOL. Large Attendance on Floor of House of Representatives. Washington, Dec. 10.?There was a rery large attendance on the floor of the house today in anticipation of the announcement of the comnmteeB by the speaker. After the reading of the journal Mr. Richardson, ol Tennessee, the leader of the n/nonty, offered a resolution to place upon the house pay roll the four special implies usually allowed Jh s minority. The resolution was adopted with division. Mr. Hemepway, of Indiana, chairman of "he special committee to consider and report a bill to fix the salaries of the officers end employes of tli% house, submitted the report of tho committee. The house today passed a resolution providing for the adjournment from Dec. lit to Jan. 6. Hackett's,Resignation Accepted. Washington, Dec. 10.?The president has accepted the resignation of Mr. Frank Hackett as assistant secretary to the navy, to take effect Monday. James H. Darling, of Vermont, will arrive In a day or two to relieve him of his duties. The correspondence between Secretary Dong and Mr. Hackett. shows that he was compelled to give up his office and return to his law practice. Baker for Vacant Judgeship. Washington. Dec. 10.?It was announced after the cabinet meeting today that Judge Frances E. Raker has been decided upon by the president for the vacant judgeship In the Seventh circuit of Indiana. MINERS NOW IN SESSION Annual Convention of United Mine Workers Begins at Bessemer. Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 10.?The annual convention of tho iloimmo trict of tho Urited Mlue Workers began in Bessemer yesterday and will continue for several days. The matter of most general interest ip the ejectipn of officers, An Important question to be settled is whether the miners of Tracy Clxy and Whitwell, Tenn., aro to be transferred from the Jurisdiction Of district 19 to that of district U<). These mines are operated by the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway company, and for that reason there is a sentiment in favor of change of Jurisdiction. A meeting of the -Coal Operators' gBsqcl^tion Qt Alabama will be held in thip ojty today, 'fhe pisetlng of the operators is said to have no special relation to the miners meeting beyond discussion of the contracts ex luting between the two sides. The miners have a contract with the operators which docs not expire until Jiipe 80. . Action 0i*mi???d. Edinburgh, J)ec, JO.?The court of sessions today dismissed the action brought bv the Rnanish minister <?f marine against the Clyde Bank company for ?76,500 damages owing to delay in the delivery of four torpedo boat destroyers, which, it was claimed, were rwQfiir?f| for the Spanish-American war, but were no. deflybre^ w|th|w J the contract time. The ruling pf the j court of sessions reverses the decision of the lower court, the sessions ' court holding that as the contract was made with 4 ?>ate which was a monarchy, the monarch alpue cpultj make a claim. (pronation Date Fixed. London, Hop, J0r~At a flcsslop pf i privy council today Kiug Hdwarfl definitely fixed Juno 26, 1902, as the date for his coronation. It was also decided that-parliament would moot | fan. 11 . .C ' H, it* ''t v , SOHE riERCHA "Is to sell good goods at big cheapest stuff they can buy, A Our Motto is. "HOI EVERY DOLLA "The finest goods money can buj "cheap goods (sold as chea MOROAN db . PIIOIM I REMARKABLE DOUBLE TRAOEDY. Two Men Killed By Trolley Car* Meal East r'oint. Atlanta. Dec. 10.?A Decullar anA v* markable double tragedy occurred hurt night on the East Point line of the Ah | lanta Railway and Power company. j A farmer, W. J. Smith, waa killed l between East Point and Fort Mo- I Phoraon about 6:30 o'clock, and the ] car that waa sent out to relieve the car that killed him killed a second man whose name is unknown, and hie , horse, when it was returning to the city. The first man ' killed waa W. J Smith, of Palmetto. The man killed by the relief car had not been identified up to a late hour last night. When the news of the killing of Smith reached the city and it was reported that the car that caused the accident had been ditched, another car was sent out to take its place. Tho second eav when coming into the city about 11 o'clock ran into a buggy at a crossing between West End and Oakland City. The buggy was smashed into kindling, the horse was killed and the man was crushed to death. Both bodies were hrought to the city and turned over to Undertaker Pat teruon. NEGRO KILLS BARTENDER. Will Springs Shot By Sol Dunn at Au gusia, va. Augusta, Ga.. Dec. 10.?Will Spring:-, the bartender In Whiteley's bar. at ti. < corner of Marhury and Florern streets, was killed last night by a negro. Sol Dunn. This negro and two ot'iers came lr.to the bar and called .or oae whisk; and two bee s. By mistake the bartender, Springe, s^rvf d throe beers. The negro. Sol Dunn, bet amc ve'ry indignant and abusive over the mistake and curs.-.1 toe ba: keeper for his inattention to orders, whereupon Springs put him out oUlhe door. In a moment Dunn walked back in the door, pistol in hand, and shot Springs through the heart. He and his companions, all drinking and apparently out on a lark, got into a hack at the door and drove hurriedly away. The murderer was subsequently cap tured by the police at a house just outside the city limits, where he was sleeping off the effects of his spree. PASSED BOGUS CHECK. Atlanta Man Gets Into Trouble at C? lumbus. Columbua, Qa., Dec. 10.?W. Rawls Moody, an Atlanta man. was bound over to the superior court In the subs of |250 by the recorder yesterday morning, charged with passing a bo! gus check on Mr. Jordan, a butcher, , on Saturday afternoon. At the trial Moody stated that hs had only recently been released from the asylum at Mllledgeville, where hs had been confined for treatment. Unless the bond Is made Moody will have to remain In jail until court . meets in January. A letter on his nerson wna dir*/> ?.<* | to him care the nineteenth male ward, MillerigevlHe. Moody once traveled j for Brewster St Moody, of Atlanta. I It is also charged that he passed a bogus check for $10 on another merchant Saturday. Farrll Ends His U|f#f Fitzgerald, Oa., Dec. 10,-^Roger Far< ril, aged 6b years, committed suicide ! here yesterday hy shooting himself through the head with a revolver. He told people yesterday morning he had | roceived a letter from hia daughter 1 and that she was married, and from j conversation with him it seemed he was dissatisfied with the marriage. He , lived on a 10-acre tract north of town find easy circumstances. During the || war hp wai? an en?lKn P* Admiral Fanagut* staff, Negro Rock Throwers Caught. Brunswick. Ga., Dec. 10.?Walter Bennett and Charles Anderson, two negroes, wer% brought to Brunswick from Everett, tried and hound over for throwing rocks at a Seaboard Air f.lna traip passing jayeroft. One pf the rocks w?nt thrpugh a Window Iff Superintendent Maker's car, George H. Pltr.walter. of SftVnnnoh mnrliaJ "? . . ....? , - - -?-T . r-r>MTT-f| Mf the < ho?. White Primary at Cedartown. Cedartown, (Ja., Dec. 10.?The white primary held here for the nomination Of HM?n^jPPl Office tar tfcP en??lm year r?f?u!ted p* follows: Opionel J. K. Davis, mayor; A. ii. Vandova&der, alderman second ward; R. O. Pitts, alderman fifth ward; J. W. Judklns, J. H. Dodds, W. S. Shiflett, members t kcliopl ?pard. Cornerstone Laid. Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 10.?The pprperptpne of the Elkif' c|ub%plldip4 was laid with appropriate papmoRtefi Sunday. The officers of the club wsys praaant ana about 75 mexabara wlb nested the ceremonies. I - i i NTS' MOTTO,. profits." Others to pell 'the T SO. CALLED low prices. * . EST VALUE* FOR .R WE SELL." r, at a legitimate f rofit,'' and p goods") in proportion. r. 131. .1 ?IIL? A Glubbimg Offer. ^ We hare received an many ragneda ^ fmtn friends to make a clubbing ariaogement whereby they can get a foreign paper in connection with Tna Timbc that. we have decided to do so. 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Coffman refuses to make a ay slot# ment concerning the again" ThoRnte of his preliminary eiaminatleW' Ada ^ not been agreed upon. The coroner is holding an lngueet at Brookside and many witnesses have been summoned. Sentiment of the people la said to oe divided between Bradford sad Cogman. Augusta Weavers Strike. Augusta, Oa.. Dec. 10.?la the Sib? ley mills, one of Augusta's larsest cot. ton factories, 6ft wMTeri wtHtM but yesterday. They wprr i?e?vlng Ape cbepk fftodft, Mttffffltrft) which h*a been II eent? par cut, ## terday th?> were notlQed of ft redfto. tlon to 1ft eenta and walked out Webbed at Hie Own Gate. M Talbotton, On., Dec. 1ft.?Ton Great wl house, a farmer living near Preltitmif, fh this county, was called out taj^t* gate by two unknown negroea ?b 4 ft nocked down and robbed of $18 <v $40. 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