The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, January 03, 1902, Image 8
Henry H. Holmes, Ph. O. Mgr.
fl )LME8 & MvJOK
\W haw just reeeiv d a spec
wood l?.,ti. rv, -nipped direct m
pro;>: i.ttc ior CIk istmas ami Nn
great |) easuie in showing tins r
?rs. *
"Wluit's a more acceptable
We have jns? revived a holiday
HOLMES <& MOOF
I Jndcr Hot
?PHON!
TAX C3 SETTLED CARS MAY RUN. f
Attorney for S.ivarriah Company An
nouncvs Back Money Will Be Paid.
Sa- nnnah. Ga.. Dec. 31.?The city
will not shut down the street railway
power house, ns threatened by the
mayor, and the cars will co~ tinue to
run. Neither v.*ill the company's pow- j
er hor.se and other property on Bolton
street be advertised and sold. i i
Hon. Pope Harrow, counsel for the >
street railway company, announced I
last night that the $<>.500 due by the i
company lor specific city ta<cs will ;
Be paid today and all differences amic- ;
ably settled. j !
The trcuble was that the railway I i
company owed for three years' hack 1
taxes and was indisposed to pay, the ]
matter being in dispute in the courts, i
About tiiree years ago the city Ini- <
pos"d a specific tax ot $10H per mile <
per annum on street railways, dou* i
ble tracks not included. The street <
railway had bet-u paying a smaller '
mileage tax per annum and concluded s
that the new tax was excessive and .
decided to tight it in the couits. j
The city won 1<? case in the superior i
court and before the plate supreme <
court, wijoie the matter was heard by
a full bench. , j
The railway company then appealed 1
to the l.'ni.ed Stales supreme court, t
where the matter now reef?. , f
Should tup street railway company 1
win its case <here Hie city would have
to pay too inc ley bac k with inter>. st. i
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LOST BOTH LITE AND BRIDE. j t
Love Affair Leads to Tragedy In Mis- | t
s'ssippt. j r
Grenada. .Miss.. Dee. 31.?At Rose- ' f
bloom, on the line between Grenada ' t
and Tallnhat' hie counties. Dates Cox .
was killed by W. W. Lowell. Doth are i
white and stand well. b
Miss Pearl Powell, sister of W. W. c
Powell, was engaged to bo married to
Ira E. Tatun;. but in the meantime al- a
lowed the attentions of Cox and be- g
came engaged to him also. They were C
to have been marrieu during the holidays.
Tatum, however, persuaded her H
to marry him.
Cox began to look for the ones he
thought had nss'sted in losing him the 1
prize. He w ut to ilie home of Powetl
and called him out. He struck him u
twice ami threw his nao.d behind him s
to draw his pistol. Tiie latter, how- s
ever, was too f|i;u k and shot cox, kill- e
ing him instantly. 5
The dead man was the cousin of the n
young lady lo whom he was engaged V
and ww regarded as a peaceable man. a
Powell was in no way responsible n
for his sister marrying Tatmn.
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Petition In Bankruptcy. p
Washington, (!a? Dec 31.- A prfi- J w
tion in bankruptcy has been filed with 1 p
George K Calvin against Turner Bros., c
of Washington, a firm composed of M. n
W. and li. L. Turner. The schedule ^
fixes their liabilities at $710. with no
assets. The individual liability of M. j
W. Turnet is returned at $4,214, witn
no ass >ts. Jteff ree Ganahl has set f
Jan. H as the day for hearing the case.
Wife Murderer Captured.
Pome, Gn.. Dec. 31.?James Hill was
captured today. Hill cut his wife's
/tty'nat with a razor. The parties are
#egr?*es. ^ e
1M1" TW W1 W> " f lyW'WfMWI a
Every woman loves to think of the
( time when a soft little body, all her
pwn, v/ili nestle in her bosom, fully
*?-. > fying the yearning which lies in b
the l?e?/t of every good woman. But
yet there ,'s a black cloud hovering
about the pr**ty picture in her mind
, which til*s her yith terror. The .
dread of childbirth takc$ jway much 1
< of the joy of motherhood. AM yet It ?
need not be so. For sometime there ] t-1
has been upon the market, welt known | o
and recommended by physician*, a j
Vn>,merit called I n
Mer's friend '
, c
which makes childbirth aa simple and c
easy as : f.tre Intended it. ft is a a
strengthening, penetrating liniment,
which the skin readily absorbs. It i n
gives the musclcselasticity and vigor, a
prevents core breasts, morning sick- j
ness and the loss of the ?l?Heh n ..? I
? ? .
An Intelligent mother in Butler, Pa.,
says: ' Were I tonecd Mother's 1-riend
av.iin.I would obtain ft bottles if J had j B1
U-> pay $5 per bottle for it." ' j.
Oaf Mother's Friend at the drofc
at'.r*. * I per bottle.
IHL IttttfMIFLO RFGIUIOR CO., b
/.llontd, Ga. ti
Writs fur ear fr-c tl.ustruled book, " P-efors f(
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Maurice A. Moore j
li'JS PHARMACY,;
ial order of Imported Wedge |
ii.s from Kn gland highly apw
Year gifs. We will take
re work of art to our custom-.
present than Huyler's Candy?
shipment, ir^sl) and delicious. .
lE'S PHARMACY,
el Union
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NELLIE CROPSEY CASE.
Citizens Say They Have Much Ev??
dcncc Against Wilcox. i
Elizabeth City. N. C., Dec. 31.?The
excitement over the Croppey case is
dying otit and business is being resumed.
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The talk of lynching James Wilcox |
is hoard no longer, the people having
decided to permft the law to take its
course, The citizens' committee and
Solicitor Ward are collecting evidence
against Wilcox to present to the grand J
Jury when it meets in March next,
There has been a roiwrt for the past '
24 hours that Wilcox liad been '
moved to Norfolk. Va., for safe keeping,
the authorities fearing that the i
people would attack the jail. Lart
night Sheriff (Jrnndy denied t.hi?, \Vil- J
cox is still in jail here and the town .
authorities expect no turther tronbie. ^
Solicitor Ward has insisted that Wit- ^
tox be given a preliminary hearing
Wednesday. H" wag anxious that it
ihouid ee held ystrfdftj', |m? J3. J?\
(Vydlett, who represents Wilcox, de- ,
[purred, saying that ae had not had j
in opportunity to consult with Wil- ^
xix's father, who 18 ill at his home.
It is more than proimbig that Mr.
\ydlett will waive the preliminary
legrfng and allow the case to go direct .
;o the grand jury. Any attcqipt to :
;et Wilcox out ou bftil w.if} be resisted
>y Solicitor Ward.
Chairman (Jreonleaf and the other ' ,
nemberg of the citizens' committee ' (
issert that they have tpuch additional |
svidence of which the public is ?h ?- (
iovaHPA It ifi Ifnnvvn thot nno !* ?c
ant pi >cr of evidence which the com- j
nittee has i? an empty whisky bottle ! j
ound on ttie river bank ib ll'OJit of ! .
he Cropsey home. A local saloon ! ?
Leeper has identified the bottle as hav- j {
ng been sold by him and has also ^
tated that he sold one like it to Wll- (
ox. J
Wilcox is still in Jail and refuses ! s
bsolutely to make any statement r?- j
;arding his conduct on tho night Miss t
Jropsey disappeared. t
KITCHENER'S WEEKLY BUDGET. ! x
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lumber of Boers Killed and Wounded Since
Dec. 23.
London. Dec. 31.?Lord Kitchener,
nder date of Johannesburg, Dec. 30,
ends a weekly budget showing that j
inre Dec. 23 35 Boers have been kill- _
d, 5 wounded, 237 taken prisoners and r
1 surrendered. These, says tire com- i
lander-in-chief, do not include De- | ?
Vet's losses in his attacks on Dargelt '
nd Farman, when, it is reliably esti- j
lated, 10 were killed and 50 wounded. .
DeWet is still in the vicinity of a
angburg. Colonel Spencerd and Colo- t
el Plumor came in contact Dec. 28 ^
dth Britz's commando and took zt
risoners. Oeneral Bruce Hamilton n
ame in touch with Grobelaars' comlando
near Marydale Dec. ^3. lie
illed 4 Boers and captured 21.
EALOUSY CAUSES TWO KILLINGS ?
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atal Quarrel Between . Frank Wilson ^
and Father-ln-Law at Ironton, O. j _
Ironton. O., Dec. 3t.?As the result j,
f a quarrel between Frank Wilson
nd his f'nthr>r.in.1 a?r Pt-onl,
? . .m ?t , i luuu iiiauiiui^,
oar this rtty this morning Manning
i dead and Wilson is fatally woundd.
Wilson, joalous of his stepmother, ^
t whose house Wilson's wife was j
laying, quarreled with his father-in- j
iw, and Manning shot Wilson's right jrm
off with a shotgun. i ^
Wilson, with his left hand, drew a r
evolver and shot Manning through e
le heart, hilling him instantly. . _
Wilson was some hours in getting p
indical attendanee and will die. . a
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SYNDICATE MAY GET ROAD. ' h
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legotiatlons for Sale of North Pa- ^
cific Coast Railroad. j(
San Francisco, Dec. 31.?It is assert<y
according to The Chronicle, that
ie pending negotiations for the sale p
f the North Pacific Coast railroad to Q
tie syndicate of capitalists representd
by James n. Colgate, of New York; C
uhn Martin, of this city, and oth< rs
re likely to reach a successful conclu- (3
Ion i?y the middle of January. a
A rumor is current in railroad cir- |<
les that the Southern Pacific has re- k
ently acquired a large tract of land Ji
t Point Richmond, now the terminus p
f the Santa Fe, and that it may build tl
0pur track to that place. p
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German Steamer Wrecked. I ^
Hong Kong, Dec. 31,-^The German J*
teamer Clara has been wrecked near jM
lot Hu. island of Hai-Nan. Forty- ?
*-o of the ship's company were saved '
y the French steamer Hanoi, but Cap- I
lin Ulderup and three other officers, |
jur European passengers and eleven
ninese are missing.
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Dynamiters Blow Up House. ?
Seattle, Wash., Dec. 31.?Dynamiters 0
lew up a house at Berlin Sunday af- J
ernoon and created an excitement ^
rhich Is stfll at fever heat. The news *
ame in a dispatch asking that a deteo- "
Ive be sent there Immediately. No *
stalls accompanied the message, j *
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CREST OF THE GREAT
FLOOD HAS PASSED
Wild Swirl of Waterc Reported
as Subsiding.
CODIES OF DROWNED RECOVERED
At Columbus the Chattahoochee Has
Fallen Nearly Five Feet and at West
Point Two Feet?Freezing Tempera
ture In Florida.
Atlanta, D*o. 31.?Dispatches from
various points In Alabama and Georgia
tnis morning indicate that the rivers
wnieh did so much damage bunday
pud Monday have fallen. At West
Point, Ga., thq decline in the Chattahoochee
has been only 2 feet in 10
hours*, but it is believed the crest 01
the hood has passed. The bodies of
the three people drowned there Bunday
were found this morning.
At Columbus, Ga., the waters of the
Chattahoochee have fallen neaily 5
feet.
The Atlanta and West Point ra?<road,
which is the connecting i.iik be
tween the Sonthern and the? Louisville (
rih| Nashville systeiha, iK ones o.ilv
[is !?r &n InGronge, Ga? SO 1? a m.il^
of Wont Point. President Wjeuai^iuini,
Df the West Point road, lies been at
the washouts near that point with a
crew ot men ever since Sunday alternoon.
apd it is thought the road will
be open to the Alabama line hy evenlug.
The washout on the same road ai (
\Totasulga, Ala.; ts being repaired hy q
part^ of men sent out from Montgomery.
Freezing temperature is reported
[his niorpipg to the Florida line, with
tieavy frosts in the northern and ceo
Lral portions of that state
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HIGH WATER AT ROME.
Slty Damaged About ?10,000?Street
Car Traffic Partially Stopped.
ftome. Ga.. Dee. 31.?The high water ,
registered 32*4 feet today at 11 o'ciDek
fvtien th? water began tp slowly re- |
:edo.
Parties living near the river on See>nd
avenue and in the fourth ward ^
vers to move. Stores in the
burth ward ar? Hosed,. fhe water beng
several inches deep on the fi;sf J
loor. The O'Neill Lumber company
{tat ssypigj thousand feet of lumber J
>n the imtofs of {he Ktpwah. The ]
Trammell Brick company ?#? d<*r,)RC?f|
leveral hundred dollars. The two gins '
n the fourth ward have been daniged.
The rural mails have not but
tome jlj two days. The Rome train
o Kingston cannot Jje operated before j
ho latter part of this week. Thy ej^?\
ric cars cannot .run loto the various j
vards and have practically suspended, j
The entire loss to Rome will not na- (
fregate over flO,Ut)0.
Situation at
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Montgomery. Ala.. Dec. 31.?Rivera ]
n thia section are still raging torrents. ,
Tie Alabama river Is fining at too .
ate of 7 inches per hour. The highest |
ise is expected here Wednesday night.
Tie wathor bureau advises residents (
long the river banks to move on ac ^
ount of rapidly rising water#. AH
raffle on Western railway has been (
. nulled. Louisville and Nashviilo
rains are now going on regular ached- |
le. All washouts are being filled In ,
,nd trains a. e passing over t?mporary ;
Ines. I'he Seaboard and Plant trains
re running smoothly, I
Traffic Resumed In Carolina. I
Asheville, N. C.. Dec. 31.?The flood
ltuation is greatly improved today,
ml with the exception of trains to ]
lurphy railroad traffic has been again j
esunied. Trains from the west, which i
ave been waterbound for several <
ays, aro running through today.
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HIGH SEAS TOSS VESSELS. ,
>osst of Colombia Swept By "Nsrtlv
er"?Much Damage Results,
Colon. Colombia, via Galveston, Tex., i
)ee. 31.?A strong "norther" began (
lowing at 5 o'clock last night and t
reated a tremendous sea. The stearn- (
rs with the exception, of the Hero I
lanaged with difficulty to leave their 1
lers and reach Porto Hello. The Hero, 1
Norwegian vessel. Captain Peterson, t
rom Baltimore, Dec. 21, for Colon, f
avlng on hoard a cargo of coal intendd
for the Panama Hailrnad company,
ran driven ashore at Christopher, Coimbia.
As this riimintrh ic a*.r>? ?.i? i
eas are still high. (
Much damage has been done to the '
'aoiflc Mail company's docks and to i c
ther property. | 1
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hemical Company Sued as a Trust, c
Columbia. S. C., Dec. 31.?Attorney ' 1
enetal Bellinger has begun suit j p
gainst the Virginia-Carolina Chem- j i
:al company, charging it with being I
trust and monopoly. Six of . tho <
irge South Carolina phospha^ comanies
that have been purchased by c
tie Virginia-Carolina Chemical com "
any are sued in the same action. The B
ttOMIev fAnpral aala f<\rKi ? <?? 1
lrglnia-Carolina Chemical company | E
as a com pie Co monopoly of the fer- i e
lieer trade In South Carolina, through I 9
ontrol of the phppphate lands and p
otton need oil mills. 1
Melting Snow Cause Overflows.
London, Dec. 81.?Molting snow lias
aused the rivers Wye and Dervent to
verflow. and the whole valley of the , '
iervcnt this morning presents a scene ; 0
f desolation unprecedented for 20 , a
ears. Hundreds of business- prein- I ?
i?s, hotels and residences are flood- *
d and the occupants of several had *
arrow escapes so rapidly rose the c
rat?-s. Ten feet of water covers the
latiock football ground.
SEN, SEWEIL HAS
BEEN UI0 T3 BEST
linpoiin^ Fmer; 1 Cereino- .
nies at ?aiudt;ii,* I?, f.
SALUTE n FINED OVE.Pt C. it AVE
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In Addition to the Unit id States So?ia?
tors and Fiepr.-scfTvavi'-oa V'h? At1
tended Funeral .Tl.ore Were Many
Distinjitisi.eci Men ir.o\ otiier States.
Camden, K. Dec. 31.?Tho funeral
of the late Vnitcd States Senator William
Joyce So.veil took place today 1
from the Sewell mansion iu this city. '
The services v/ero conducted by Bish- *
op Scarborough, of* th<? Protestant '
Episcopal diocese of New Jersey, as- '
sisted by Hev. It. A.. Roderick, of this 1
city. At the close of tho services of- '
libera irum inH i nira regiment and 5
battery B, national guard of New Jer- ^
sey, carried tiie rasket to a caisson 8
provided by the war department, and '
the cortege proceeded to'lailoigh cem- 1
etery, where interment was mad?, ''
General Brooke was in command of *
the government troops and Brigadier 4
General William F. Cooper was iu com *
mand of the state troops.
At the grave a salute of 13 guns was ^
tired. After the reading of the com- r
niittal service the body was lowered
into the grave and another salute was *
fired. Among the honorary pallbearers *
were Secretary of 'War Root, Adjutant *
General Corbin, Governor ornees, 1
Governor-elect Murphy, exGInited '
States Attorney General Grig s. A. J. 1
Cassatt. president of tba Pennsylvft- ^
nia Railroad company, ard Clement c
A. Griscom, " president, of the inter- h
national Navigation company. t
in addition to tne United States sen- *
iters and representatives Who came to 4
attend the funeral there wc re present j 1
a large number of distinguished and ^
prominent men from New Jersey and *
adjoining states. s
OUTLAW PORTER SURRENDERS, c
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Reign of Terror In Crawford, Ala., Is d
Now Over. ! fc
Opeilka, Ala., Dec. 31.?:After more . t
than a week of t i ror. bloodshed and 'I
disorder the pee le of Crawford ana , >'
Russell county can now rest safe, for ' v
Ijriah Porter, who. it is sriid, killed r
Joseph Ftnche* a: 1 carried terror in- I
to many homes in Russell county, lia v
now safe in the Lee county Jail in this 1
Ifv r
Porter eami> in yo,*?f^rday morning
ind surrendered to Deputy Sherift S
John L. Moon, who wcs formerly chief |
jf police of Phcni Oily and wlio ^
has once before arrested him. Porter!
Man accompanied by a Mr. Davis, a J
friend of hfs who had Induced him 1q t
lake the step of surrendering to the <=
:>rticiaii,. . j *
A i'r being impiisyu??J l'or(er pcn| *
for Tax Collector Hooker, who was a f
frie".! pf his. When trie collector ar- | v
ri -l he had a long fj>}U wjth nim and j
wis advised that he had doue rj'iut 1
If) giving up to tbu law. Porter claims ^
Lflat he w&?; afraid oi a inol) was ti e c
e >son ho did not surrender and claims I c
that the accounts of Jils doings have >
b< ">n g: ratly exaggerated. *
(r-eot rejoicin:, is felf, it is said, in I
Cia Lord and p.us^cl) county as the '
states highway was not sar-i while 1
he whm ot'leige. Hundreds of peopte I
we-~ stirred up over the matter and *
no ono kiiev what wr iid l.'lipnpb Uext. ?
3ITZEN DID ML1' JEROUS WORK.
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Shot Wife, Sou, Csucjhter and Clerk.
Tvo Di^d, e
Tr-ners Falls. Mase.. Doc. 31.?l.ouis 1
Rltv.en, - leweler, shot his wife, ins r
son. K years ojd: his daugater, lb r,
(rears old. and liiucutloth, >v?iq was q
smployed by him as a clerk, today. J
Tue bo., and IUi*?.-> Cullom tliej soon c
iftcr they were shot. Ditzen-was ar- t
ested. t
Fatally Shot.Wife and Suicided.
Chicago, pec. 31.?Daily today Hen*y
Albert fatally Bhot his wile and c
hen tnrnerl hU r,in,lvui
- f? ,j
md committed suicide. The tragedy j,
jocurred at 1001 California avenue. ?
Mrs. Albert, who liad separated--rrmu j
jer husband, wan in bed when her bus- B
>and entered the house ah'd naked' uer 0
:o return to live with him. She re c
used and the shooting followed.
Well Knpwn Correspondent Dried.
Washington, uw. 0-.. -James S. Van* e
Antwerp, a widely known newspaper j,
:orrespondcnt, died early thtg inorn- h
ng at his home in this city. His v
leath was due to physical and nervous *]
:oil.ipse superinduced by overwork. ^
de was the Washington representative e
?f the Philadelphia Bulletin, Seattle c
rinies, Milwaukee Wisconsin, I.'os Angeles
Herald, Duluth Herald and Richnond
Times.
Censorship on Cablearams Withdrawn. ^
New York, Deo. 81.?The Corf)tner- ?
ial Cable company this morning w
lends out the following notice: "Wo 11
ire advised that the Eastern Tension ^
[ olograph company makes tlip an- "
louncoment. that the American gov- c
irnment has v/lthdrawn the" censorhip
on messages to Manila, but the
ftVernment claims the right to inspect
he messages to which this measure ^
.pplles." *
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"Peg Leg" William* Taken. a
Raleigh, Dec. 81,?"Peg Jeg'VWll- d
lams, so well known as the promoter I
if the great negro exodus hero in 1800
>nd 1891, was arrested yesterday at
ffaxton for having no license. Ho paid
he $60 for license and was discharged. T
fe is. not this time having much sue- ?tt
ess In inducing negroes to leave the di
tato, and It Is asserted that he bus w
tot secured over 860 thus far. ti
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HANNA MID fOSJ.KER
KABSHiW FOHCES
Decisive Fight to Organize
Ohio Legislature.
FRIEND3 OF SOTH CONFIDENT
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Every Possible !nflc?nce Is Being
Brought to Bear Ey Both Factions
Upon Doubtful Members, Who Hold
Key to the Situation.
Columbus, O.. Dec. 31.?While the
Tiends t)f both Senator Foraker and
Senator Hams pro each now claim*
ng that they have the votes to organic
the legislature, the truth is that
leither side has them, though neither
a snort more than four Totes of havng
a majority! of tKeMmilcus. Reprelentative
Willis, of Hardin county,
vhois claimed by both sides, byt who
inserts thai he has not placed bttnself
n either column, says there are nine
nombers of the house who have not
aken a position and that ufton their atitude
yet to^be %nnouh'cqd depends
he result of. 4i>e .^organization in the
iouso. Hvert^>os$ible influence is bents
brought to bear by both factions
ipoii these doubtful members, who adnlttedly
hold the key to the situation.
S^natoi Forakcr in a talk over the
elcphone with one of his lieutenants I
ler'e expressed-the greatest satisfacion
with the present situation an# ap>cars
to have the utmost confidence
n 4 he final outcome, i Senator Han- '
10, oa-tlie other hand, is equally ronIdent
of the ability of. his friends to
irganiso the housb. It is announced
icre that George B. Cox, of Cincinnai,
will come to Columbus Friday and
ake the field for Price for speaker,
'rice'ls the For^er candidate. The
ibt'ent influences behind Price's candilacy
are Senator Foraker, Cox. Chas,
... Kutrz and the State Brewers' a$o
intioii, ltbsideB Congiv ssuen Beic^ed
and on. of Cleveland; Nevin, I>f
Dayton, ant[ pf Tre-\ the later
Oi whom is to reach t u?l i a bus to- |
lay to take up*the fight ot Sneriff |
irnhpv nf Mlnmi /./Min4v ' ?
?j , w?. ,?.a.miui , llfC ruuiivcr |
inndidate fgr clofk of fh? aenate.. ?
8 the general "expression that the Fqukor
people w111 organize the senate,
whatever the outcome in the house
nay he, so that in any event tnere is
iliely fo be.a c^vis ox o the blnors,
vith an op- a chance fl at the Peruke?
teople niaj ?.?a out in the jrgamzatioq
if the house.
IPJJTH ERN DiSTORY DISCUSSED,
r** ?""c?r~v
/losing Session of the American Historical
Association.
Washington. Dec! $1.?Southern hlsory
was the general topic for considiratiop
at the closing session of thfj
tTncrtean Historical associat fun heiq
oday in the National mnseum. The
ollofvjug papers hearing on the topic
vere. read:, ?
'The Records of the London Com any,"
President Lyon p. Taylor, Willam
ami Mary college j "fhe Relations
I the Virglhia Planter and the Lon:
Ion Merchant," Professor John E. Bas:
ipty, Trinity colleger "The Place of
lathaniei Macon lit Southern History,'1
'rot'essor William L. Dodd, Randolph,
Jacon college; "Maryland's First
lourts," Dr. Bernard C. Steiner, Jphns
iopkins pntyersltyj "Sqfithwe^teri}
listory in the Southwest,'' Professor
ieorge P. Madison, University of Tex:
Red From Drinking Lemon Extract San
lord, lud., Dec. 31.?As the result
if drinking eight two-ounce bottles of
emon extract William King, farhrier,
esiding southeast of Paris, died 'last
light. Coroner Roberts held an in?
inest, recommending that the grand
ury investigate and prosecute mer?
hunts for selling -extract for drinking,
his being the fifth death of the kind
o occur in this vicinity recently.
Burglars Frlled to Blew Vault.
Mltford. Com.. D^c. St.?An ensuetssiul
attempt was made early tms
Homing to rob the Milford Savings
tank* The burglars,left alter ?wq exilosions
had failed to open the door of
ne vault. fvo. iT'. - '/ * '.?
nd the combination knob were biowif '
if and considerable other damage '
aused, x
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Lively Fight With Cracksmen. 1
Cleveland. Dec. 31.?i.urglars at an 1
arly hour todqy blew the safe in the '
osiofllec and general store at Notting- I
am, a suburb. Postmaster House, J
dtti seveial citizens, opened Ore on 1
he cracksmen. The burgiais returned
he tire and after a long running fight
scaped. The-value ot the plunder soured
iB unknown.
Nell Cropcey*s Body Interred.
New York, Wee. 31.?The bo^y ot
leu Cropgev arrived heVe today from
Uizabeth City, N. C. With the body
ffts Andrew O. Cropgey, of Hrooklyn,
ncle of the dead girl. The ca?ket
ran removed from the train to a
earso and taken to th?' New Utt^eht
ometery, Brooklyn, for interment.
Public Sale of Property Ordered.
Madison, Wjp., Dec. 31.?Judge
Win. in the federal court, has enterdd
decree directing the public sale In
bout a month of ail the property. real
nd personal, of the Superior Consollated
I .and company, valued at about
400,000, . M
Colonel Thos. Hemdon Dead,
New Orleaifg, Dec. 31,-?Colonel
homns C. Hemdon, manager of the
ijBw Orleans eleartng house, died to*
sy. He was born in Eutaw, Ala., and
as 73 years of agf.. H? served In
le confederate arm/.
5S^MSBSS9B3sis^s!isw ** '
HOW JONE8 GOT JUDGBSNIP.
Around the Apoolntmei\.t of the Af?
bamlan Is a Prbtt|t> 8tory.
Montgomery, Ala.> Deo! 81.?PtApi/ ?
curiosity as to who really secniwdror
ex-Governor ThoroSs 6. Jones the am
pointment as fedei &1 district Judge had
never abated. It will oh at last latio
fled by the following st^rr* '
The man who did It was General
Stewart L*. Woodfdrd, of New York,
formerly United States minister to
Spain. Of course he didn't do It ail
by himself, but he first suggested ft,
long before President McKinley died,
and when It was oxpected that Judge i \
Bruce would retire In February, 180S. V./
He was working UP the matter with
President McKinley and had an easygoing
thing of it with President Roosevelt.
the necessary Influences being already
marshaled.
All that Governor Jones ever bad t?
do vsr to su.y he would*take It.
*T14b .Is. all Ipou^it out.'1 by a silver
loving cut which Judge Jones has
Just R?nt to General Woodford as a
New Year's presunt. The principal Inscription
reads as follows:
"Papa, I'm so glad we didn't shoot
him. Netta."
This Inscription tells JLhe story and
Originated In this way. When Gov*
ernor Jones was appointed judge and
Wen^'up home to dinner, tho children
put after blm to know who got It for
him. He laughed and answered:
"Well, If anybody got It for us, M
was General Woodford."
"What! that yankee who took dnlper
with us that flmeV asked his littie
daughter Netta.
"He is tho man," answered the governor.
, i
"Papa, I'm so glad we didn't shoot
him!" excUfiihad little i?iss Netta.
And that Is the Story of a loving
cup that h&b both sentiment and political
history carved on its shining
surface,
BIG MINING CONgOUDATION.
Un|tcd Bic? Mines Company Organized
With $3,600,000 Capital,
tlenvcr. Dec, 81.?Fipgl Retail" have
beeh arr.iCned -for the organization ofthe*
United Rico Mines company with
|3,C00,000 capital, which will absorb
the Enterprise, Rico," Aspen and all
the other principal pilnep, mills, fineh
tors in the Rico. Colo., district,
The total acreage Included in the
consolidation is over 10,000. The
an ount of capitalization Represents
pr^cihally tfie market valpe of the
properties involved with the hddltioif
of r. sum of cash paid into the treaa*
ury by the various Interests for devel*
opr ->nt. The majority of the mines . *
aio silver properties.
As a result (?f thf cpmhinftlop T$
suits involving variops miofng points
In dispute4)otwee4 the Interests of tbir ^
consolidation were today disiqissed iq
the Inderal court; 1
J. L. Wejph Rtflgpf,
Birmingham, Aja., Dec. 31?A EUh
prisa was had in railroad circles yef.
terday morning when It'wan ahqou.ic?
cd that .T. L, Who. after 17
yearn' service with the Louisville and
NashVllle railroad, had resigned to
take effect Jaq. M, P, ptarVs. h!?
successor-, is npt neW to Birmingham
and was trainmaster here -for the
Louisville and flafhyflik 'or several
vnars and prpmqted and went
from hepe to NrtShVllle. ML Starkq'
return to Birmingham if hailejl witq
pleasure here, where he and'his wiff
lived for niany yoarg,
Suit Against Tamps Electric Co,
Tampa, Fla? Dec, 31.?Mm, Temper,
ahfp Tgv.'f.fiend hap fljed a kuK'or $8,.
000 against the Tampa feleclnc tq :v a.
pany. Tno case was Men in the'circuit
court and is a claim tor persanafdant*
ages aliped t*t h*V?t he<sm fiycelvod
while alighting frppi one of (hp trpj.
ley cars of the compart^,
Plprldp'8 Orange-,Crop,
Tampa. Fta.. Dae. 81.-**W. ft. Fuller,
Jr., or this city, a recognised authority
on orange production, estimates the
crop tor this aeaaoq at 1.260.000, with
a la-ge share of them already k-**
letted.
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Vandals Rob Oakland Cemetery. /I
Atlanta. Dec. 31.?It was fiqpdr^jl to VI
the police yesterday thaf vandalj s*ere
rphbtng the lots in (Yai..^d "cemetery
n ?u* p a< uciep. as coutu- betiutrriof)
pn"P , K?oofr-ifqqj
tepee posts, ornaments from the
graves and even fine flowers n^d baei>
itolen and earred oft by the <fese?rat?
log robbers, 't he stealing Is fetid to
nave sutrter scope two or ffires weeks
kgq, City Sextpn H*rsfle|d aays- he
is willing to pay a reward oM?> for
the arrest of the
look Carefully
To Your Kidneys
Dr. Jenner's
Kidney PilU?
Lm cause
the Sidneys to work<M ^ (JJ
nature intended they ^bo.uldn ;
Th^w hnitil ? ? r. ?1. ? ..?
?^ u|/ %n? HPIiWgH
walls of the kidneys, ss. so
known remedy has been
to dp before. f
An a core for urinary tlotted*
they have UP equal. ,iM *'
o. as. so Centp ir?
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