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Henry M. Holmes, Ph. G. Mgr. HOLMES ii MOOI rull line of Fres Red and White HOLMES & MOO Under Flo PHOl> ' SENATORS HAVjE HOT WORDS. Sensational F'enitentiary Charges Bring on Spiritcc! Debate. Jackson. Miss.. Jan. 21.?A spirited del.'.tn ...UK ~ tl * Mru.U'. , llllllplVU V* 1111 I1VJ MIKlii rtlUUUIll of bitt? rnoss and factionalism, occurred on the iloor of the senate yesterday afternoon over the charges of fraud, corruption, mismanagement and juggiiug of bookkeeping brought against the officers of the Mississippi penitentiary by the legislative investigating committee. Senator George openly charged that Warden Parchman now occupies the attitude of an accused thief; that a political attempt is being made to side- [ track tlio charges, and particularly the ; Adams resolution, which demands an Immediate suspension of the warden; that a large amount of lobbying is In progress to quash the matter, and that the senate owes it to the people as a duty of common decency to take Immediate action. I Senator Dulanev took the floor and claimed that Warden l'archnmn has cleared himself of the charges brought, and in his statement ho was llatly contradicted by Senator Moore, chairman of the investigation committee, who declared that the committee would amply substantiate all charges brought. senator Adams, author of the resolution. insisted that the rottenness be probed to the bottom, regardless of who may be effected. The debate at several junctures was quite threatening, there N\as great confusion in the lobby and the presiding officer was compelled several times to call the senate to order. It was finally decided to make the matter the special order of Wednesday afternoon. BODY KEPT KOR WEEK8. New York Woman Had Horror of Being Buried Alive. New York, Jan. 21.?For more than two weeks the body of Miss Julia White has remained unburied at the home ol' her parents in the village of Gaines, says a Rochester. N. Y? special to The Journal and Advertisor. Her dying request was that burial should not take place until It was absolutely certain that she was dead. How soon the interment will ocour has not yet been announced. Her death took place Jan. 4, and two days later the funeral services were held at the family residence. Friends of tlio family say the face of the dead woman beam an extremely lifelike appearance. notwithstanding the fact that the family have not permitted the undertaker iu charge to use any embalming fluid or other preservative. During her life of about 30 years Miss White often expressed great dread and fear of being buried alive. Homicide at Welborn, Fla. Welborn. Fla.. Jan. 21.?News has reached here of the killing of one Dave Padgett, living about 8 miles ' southwest of here. The particulars of the killing are not known, only that it was the outcome of an old neighborhood feud that had been existing for several years. Pretty Children " Wc have three children. Before the birth of the last one my wife used four bottles of MOTHER'S FRIEND. If you had the pictures ui our ciiuurcn, you coum see ai a glance that the last one Is healthiest, prettiest and flnest-lookingofthcm all. My wife thinks Mother's Friend Is the greatest : and grandest Z7#Nflf IBreM t world for expect- ' Written by a Kentucky Attorney-at \ Vo- ^ jAH j PBHTlW rniryn prevents nine-tenths of the I li * LalU suffcrlnK Incident to chlld" birth. Tbecomlng mother's disposition and temper remain unruffled throughout the ordeal,because this relaxing, penetra^ng liniment relieves the usual distress. A good-natured mother Is pretty sure to have a good-natured child. The patient Is Kept In a strong, healthy g condition, which the child also inherits. Mother's Friend takes a wife through the crisis quickly and almost painlessly. II assists in her rapid recovery, and wards off the dang-ers that so often follow delivery. Sold by druggists for $ I botUo. THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. ATLANTA. OA. ond for our freo Uluotrotod book wrlttet mi n 11 j (or MpMtaat MUtn., % .. ? . . ?m . ?? ?? Maurice A. Moor RE'S I'HARMACY ;h Garden Seed. Onion Sets at RE'S PHARMACY, tel Union IE 98.? LUuAN, 1 UK. I K AI IN KUtlUtK. ^ Knox County Grand Jury Return Throe Indictments Against Him. Knoxvlllc. Jan. 21.?The Knox coun ty circuit court grand Jury today rc turned three indictments against Har vey Logan, the alleged Montana trail robber in jail here. The Indictment! charge shooting Policemen Dinwiddh and Sailor with intent to kill on th< night of Dec. 13, and with felonious assault on Luther Brady. This assail! led to the shooting of the policemer and his subsequent arrest at Jeffersor City, near here. Logan will bs tried in the circuit court on these charges, perhaps a( the present term, which sits about three weeks. It is still a question an to whether he will be taken west or tried In federal court here after the state authorites are through with liim for these three ofTcnscs. REFU8ED TO LET HIM SELL. Woodstock People Decline To Allow Physician To Go West. Woodstock, Ga., Jan. 21.?Dr. E. 15. Roberts appointed a day to sell his property, with the intention of going west, hut the people of this place could not well afford to give up the physician. When the day came they refused to let him sell and he will remain here. Since ?ho Woodstock Mercantile company, under the management of W. W. Benson, failed and went into bankruptcy, the town has not been doing much. Pobbs & Ilaney have just finished a large brick storeroom and Crowley, Weaver Co. have opened up a complete line of general merchandise, and the town is now regaining its trade. MINING STOCK 19 SOLD. Stowers Buys 16iy2 Shares Wills Valley for $6,000. Gadsden. Ala., Jan. 21.?East Friday In Gadsden there were sold 1C7V> shares of the Wills Valley Aiming and Manufacturing company stock by 0. R. Hood, as administrator of the estate of J. S. Stewart. The property was purchased by W. Fred Stowers for $0,000 cash. All the stock in the Wills Valley Mining and Manufacturing company in now owned by C. E. Ruck, of Birnilng ham. and W. Fred Stowers, of Attalln These two men are the operators ol the crudup mines, among the best fos siliferous iron ore to be found in the state of Alabama. This is one of the largest industries in Etowah county. Former Atlanta Suicides. Atlanta, Jan. 21.?Paul Kroeber, a soldier of the United States army and a former citizen of Atlanta, hung himself in Omaha Sunday night. His body was not found until last night. Kroeber leaves a wife and five children, who are now living in Atlanta on East Georgia avenue. Kroeber'B last request was in regard to his trunk, as ho wished it sent to his family here. The only paper found about him wan a note which read: "There being no key to lock it. fasten my trunk with a rope and ship it to Atlanta, Qa." Moore Is Released on Ball. Gadsden, Ala.. Jan. 21.?James H Moore, Sr., who was tried several days ago before Judge Pickard for making wildcat whisky and bound over to the April term of the United States grand Jury at Huntsvllle in the sum of $1, 000, made his bond Friday and was re leased. Moore was arrested near Boa? on Jan. 11. He was in custody ol Deputy Marshal lIol3enback when the latter was shot and killed by L. E. alias "Shug," Huffman. i wo acnicncru ror v^mia iviuraer. Chattanooga, Jan. 21.?Dr. J. L. D Walker, of this city, and Milton Lewis of Sequfflchie valley, were convlctef of murder in the circuit court hen today and sentenced to ten years eacl in the penitentiary. It is chargbd tlicj conspired and killed a child born t< Mrs. I^ewis at the Wisdom house ii this city In the year 1900. The crinu di(\ not develop until several yeari aiter that time. Guard Exempted from Tax. Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 21.?The vex ed question of whether members o the national guard are exempt fron poll tax was settled in their favoi yesterday by Attorney General Browi in a formal opinion to the adjutant gen eral. They were exempt under th( old constitution and the exemption ii continued nnder the new. Under thi opinion about 3/100 men are relieve* of the tax. Lord Kitchener'# Report. London, Jan. 21.?Lord Kitchene reports that since Jan. 13 31 Boeri were killed, 13 were wounded, 17* were made prisoner* and 41 surras ! NERVE FAILED WHEN NOOSE WAS ADJUSTED For Wife Murder John Lutz I Pays Death Penalty. j CRIME PARTICULARLY BRUTAL Had Quarrel With His Wife*. Left Home, but Returned at Midnight and Brained Her With Ax as She 8lept. - Wllkesharre, Pa., Jan. 21.?John Lutz was hanged today for the murder of his wife. The drop fell at 10:17. Lutz kept his nerve until the noose was placed over his head, when he gave way and would have collapsed had he not been supported by the sheriff. The crime for which Lutz paid the 1 extreme penalty was particularly bru' tal. On the evening of Nov. 28, 1899, ; he became enraged because his wife did not desire their daughter to play upon an organ as the child was ill. Lutz left the house and returned at 1 midnight with an ax. Proceeding to 1 the room wnere Mrs. Lutz and her daughter were sleeping he brained his wife and then retired to his own room. ; where he was arrested'the next day. ' At the first trial the jury was out 1?> | days before returning a hrst degree verdict. One of the jurors informed the Judge that lie had been impelled uy sickness to sign the verdict, which was against his conscience. Lutz was given a new trial and was promptly convicted. CONVICT CRAFT HANGED. Dies on Gallows for Murder of Henry Speiker. T? TP fin.. >? wcucio^n vu/, iviu., jun. 1 j. Craft, ?a convict at tlie state penitentiary, was hanged in tho county jail here today for the murder of Henry Bpeiker, a member of a posse who tried to arrest him after lie had escaped from prison. Craft was sent to tho Missouri penitentiary from Lawrence county in 1R96 for train robber}. At the timo of his arrest lie was a fugitive from justice in Texas, where he had committed train robbery. On Saturday, May 9, 1899, he escaped from the Missouri penitentiary in citizen's clothes, obtained in the factory where he was working. At a farm house he Btole a Winchester rifle, and when Henry Speiker, a member of the posse, came suddenly upon him Craft shot and fatally wounded him. Craft was finally shot and recaptured. He was formally tried aud con -ylcicrt Uf tnui del lu lliw OWlC CUUlltj court and sentenced to hang. Yesterday Governor Dockery pardoned Craft 1 | of his prison sentence in older that ' he might be hanged. Two Hanged in Mississippi. New Orleans. Jan. 21.?Two murder1 ers paid the penalty of their crimes at Mississippi City, Miss., at noon today. | Both were negroes. Lewis Johnson, the assassin of City Marshal Richardson, of Gulfport, and Victor Johnson, who brutally murdered a little girl at Pass Christian, were hanged from tho 1 same scaffold in the presence of a large crowd. Lewis was seized wita religious fervor and shouted from tho trap, while Johnson was too b&dly | i frightened to speak. Garth Pays Death Penalty. Kansas City. Jan. 21.?Alhert Tlarfb a negro, who killed Minnie Woods, a negress, here on Dec. 22, 1899, was hanged at the county Jail at 9 o'clock this morning. Garth slept fairly well last night and walked bravely to the scaffold, maintaining comparative calm to the last. Garth was a laborer ' and was 26 years old. Several movements wero made to secure executive clemency. WILL FREE MISS STONE. Brigands Agree To Accept Ransom , ' | * Raised. J I Constantinople, Jan. 21.?The Unit- I ed States minister, G. A. I.eichman, says the brigands who abducted Miss i Ellen M. Stone and her companion ' Sept. 3 have agreed to accept the I amount of ransom raised by subscrip' tion. The- place of payment is now the only question unsettlod. ' Governor Murphy Inaugurated. Trenton, N. J., Jan. 21.?The inauguj ration of Hon. Franklin Murphy as , governor of New Jersey took place ' at Taylor's opera house at noon today in the presence of an audience which filled the building. The members of the two houses of the legislature oc, cupled seats on the stage. The oath ' of office was administered by Chief Justice Oummore, of the supreme , court. , | French Deputy Sends Challenge, f Paris, Jan. 21.?In the course of debate in the chamber of deputies today r on the foreign estimates M. I.asler j (*nti-a?mite) took offense at words spoken by M. D'Estourneller de Con9 stant and sent a messenger to him will, M "*? j ttivii a. unaneu^e. i ne seconds are B discussing the question whether a duel j is necessary. Suicide of Hoffmeister. St. Louie, Jan. 21.?William H. Hoffv meiBter, of St. Louis, ex-supreme res eorder of the Legion of Honor, comD mitted suicide at the Planters' hotel i- today by shooting himself with a rei rolrsr, ,, _ COMMISSION A UNIT FOR PANAMA CANAL Urges Acceptance of French Company's Offer. PROJECT STRONGLY INDORSED Commission Regards Panama Route as Preferable In All Respects, Provided Satisfactory Diplomatic Arrange| ments Can Be Made. Washington, Jan. 21.?The full text of the report of the Walker canal commission concerning the Panama otter shows that the commission gives strong indorsement to the Panama project from all standpoints providing that it is possible to make as good diplomatic arrangements v.dth the government of Colombia as have been made with Nicaragua and Costa Rica. The state department has every assurance that such can be doue, and the wors 01 ioriauiatlng a protocol to that effect will bo entered upon by Secretary Hay and the Colombian minister, Senor Silva, at once. The commission shows that it regards the Panama route as preferable in all respects, provided these diplomatic arrangements can be made. While the report points to the unsatisfactory charac- i ter of the Panama com pony's concession, it is the belief in state department circles that this will make no i difference as this government v. ill now deal with Colombia direct. < The commission unanimously recommends that the offer of the new Panama Canal company to sell all of its rights, property and unfinished work i to the United States for $10,000,000 i be accepted. * ] i CONFIRMATIONS BY SENATE. I Favorable Action Taken on Several 1 Georgia Postmasters. 1 Washington, Jan. 21.?The senate in executive session has confirmed the following postmasters: Florida?Olivo E. Stout. Fort Myers. Virginia?Samuel M. Yost, Staunton; John W. Dudley. East Radford; John M. Griffin, Fredericksburg; Eli8ha G. Dardeu, Hampton; Cuarles P. Smith, Marsnalvillc; Herl^rt H. Woodflu, National Soldiers' home, Elizabeth City; Fred Read, Newport News; May Mosby Campbell, Warrentou; Robert L. Gillespie, Graham; Samuel H. BIobs, Farmvllle; Hamilton W. Kin* zer, Frout Royal. Georgia?John M. Duff, Tifton; Thos. M. Ray, Valdosta; John T. Stillwell, Montezuma; Lulu M. Pearco. .uomson; Alice C. Fall, Senoia; JVU' nam n. c.. i arc, uanionega. The president has sent the following nominations to the senate: Postmasters: Vireinia?Ren i am in R. Welnieer Manchester; William H. Faulkner, . South Boston; Sydney S. Trevett, Glen Allen. I Florida?James Harden, Bartow; John McDougal, Tallahassee; Dennis Eagan, Jacksonville. ^ Georgia?Charles It. Jackson, Darien. m Schley Back at Washington. Washington, Jan. 21.?Rear Admiral and Mra. Schley arrived in Washington today after a ton days' visit to Savannah. The date of filing of tho admiral's appeal from the recent decision of the court of inquiry, which tho president lias consented to hear, has not been determined upon. Messrs. Raynor and Teague, of counsel for Admiral Schley, have completed the drait of the appeal and are expected from Baltimore today to submit It to tae admiral for his approval. Approves Commissioners' Report. Now York, Jan. 21.?The appellate divison of the supreme court, Brooklyn, has approved the report of the commissioners appointed by that court to pass on the route and style of construction of the rapid transit tunnel from Manhattan to Brooklyn. The work of formulating the contract under which the tunnel is to be built will now he rapidly pushed forward. 'trains Collide In Snowstorm. Topeka, Kans., Jan. 21.?Passenger trains No. G and No. 7, on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad collided at Syracuse, Kans., in a blind- , j ing snowstorm. Syracuse is the regu lar passing point for theso trains. No. | 6, eastbound, had stopped, but the engineer of No. 7 lost his bearing and plunged into the other train. Nobody was hnrt. I ? Will Not Wed Marconi. ! Npw York, Jan. 21.?Mrs. H. B. Homan .of this city, announced today that her daughter Josephine had asked William Marconi, the developer of wireless telegraphy, to release her from her engagement to marry him, and that Mr. Marconi had complied with her request. West Virginia Town Doomed. 1 Wheeling, W. Va., Jan. 21.?The town of Shinnston, CO miles down the state, is burning, and from last accounts scorns doomed. A big lire la also reported at tho lumber camp at Davis, W. Va. Seven bodies are reported to have heen taken out. To Search for Lost Warship. Victoria, B. C., Jan. 21.?The cruiser Pnaeton will put to sea tomorrow t6 Search for the missing warship Con4or, of which no mwi haa boon reI*** -I.IA ii', ?* ?" ?M??????? QUIET PREVAILS IN THE CITY OF PANAMA Naval Battle In Bay Gomes to an End. CASUALTIES <"?m *?r\-rci ?"*? - ? _ W a#v I It Is Thought Tnat the Death of the Colombian Leader May Bring Many to Government 8ide to Avenge His Loss. Panama, Jan. 21.?All is quiet here today. General Horrerra, the revolutionary leader, informed Captain Mead, of the United States cruiser Philadelphia, that he came here to prevent the Colombian government using the steamer Lautaro against the Ldbcruls. He bad accomplished this, and therefore retired. The revolutionists had 17 Wounded in yesterday's engagement. The number killed cannot be precisely ascertained. Of the government troops five men were killed and four wounded. Alban Perished In Fight. New York. Jan. 21.?The Colombiaif consul, Mr. Bugard, received the following dispatch today from Panama, dated Jan. 20: "General Alban attacked the rebel fleet today aud perished on board the BteamHhip Lautaro. Have turned over command and am prepared to defend city with 1,000 men." The dispatch was signed by Arjona, who was General Albnn's secretary. It is asserted that the death of tho Colombian leader may have the effect of bringing to the government side large numbers of men anxious to avenge his loss. Some of the men killed on board the government ship Lautai'o have been brought ashore, where they are being buried. RATE8 TO PYTHIAN8. Trans-Continental Roads Announce Fare to 'Frisco. San Francisco. Jan. 21.?General James B. Caralian, commanding the United Rank Knights of Pythias, announces that the trans-continental roads have agreed to make a rate ef &50 for tho round trip from Chfcago Lo San Francisco and return for the biennial meeting of the Knights of Pythias, which opens in San Francisco >n Aug. 12 of this year. From St. I>ouis, Memphis and New Orleans the round trip will be $47.50, 'T* V'QR1 Missouri river points $45. The dateu v. . . ? " ; . Colorado and El Paso "will 'be"from A.ug. 3 to Aug. 8. inclusive, 'the final limit on returning will be Sept. 80. Stop-overs will be permitted. TO LICENSE TICKET SCALPERS. Bill. Introduced In General Assembly ef New York. Albany, Jan. 21.?A bill to license ticket scalpers has been introduced by Assemblyman J. E. Smith. It provides that all Dersons who desire to traffic In railroad tickets other than duly authorized agents of railroads shall file a bond with the railroad com* mission. The bond is to be in the sum of $2,000, and if the railroad commission issues a license fee the cost of same to be placed at $500. All ticket sellers, other than authorized agents of railroads, must stamp their names and address on all tickets thus sold. This is designed to give the purchaser a' cause of action should such ticket be not as represented. Vlzolek Dies of Wounds. Pittsburg, Jan. 21.?Vincenzo Vlzolek, the Pole who fatally assaulted his wife and three children a week ago, died today of the injuries inflicted by Mrs. Vlzolek. Three deaths have ho far occurred as the result of the tragedy. They are: Rosa Laic, the wife; Anna, aged 2 years; Vincenzo Vlzolek, aged 42 years. Of the remaining victims Delia, aged 9 years, is expected to die at any time. Her brother Francis may recover. Butchers' Convention. St. Louis, Jan. 21.?The National Butchers' Protective association, organized in local, state and national bodies and having a membership of 23,000, was represented by 166 delegates in a national convention in St. Louis yesterday. In the course of the proceedings resolutions were adopted calling an international convention of butchers in St. Louis in 1WU3. + Six Men Instantly Killed. Walsenburg, Colo., Jan. 21.?A courier has reached here from Plcton, a coal mining camp located 3 miles from Walsenburg, bringing news that a terrible explosion occurred in one of the mines operated by the Colorado Fuel and Iron company at that place, in which six men were instantly killed and ten or more wounded, many of them perhaps fatally. The mine caught Are and is now a seething fA-nace. Union Men To Be Reinstated. Pottsvllle, Pa., Jan. 21.?The Reading Railway company has issued orders that all the car repair men and brakemen belonging to labor unions who were discharged last year during and after the strike, will be rein- i stated upon their application for work. Several hundred brakemen In the anthracite region will be restored to tketi ffOliUou Uftdai Oil WILL SOON BE LAUM6MC3 . Work on Two Now Torpedo I?lo Nearly Completed. San Franclaeo, J?L 21*- The enbsao* rine torpode boata Pfko and Orwn^ which bar* beea butfdlng at tho UrJaM > Iron works for the/United SUtoo nay . for some tlmo poet, ard now soalf & completed, and It Is expected thoy ' be launched about the iret of tho ceding month. Their trial trips, both submerged and on the surface, are sehednted to take plaee a few days later, as the boats will be practfeaTly completed and ready for service when they no# launched. The transport Thomae. which has been nndefgotag i synlin ~ at the Union Iron works for the poet ^ two weeks, has had the work oa her completed and returned to the trexe* port docks. Work is progressing en me transport Sherman, and It 10 expected she will soon be ready for oo?> vice. THREE WILL 8WINQ TODAY. j The Next Thirty Daye Will See Tew Executions. " Jackson, Miss., Jan. 21.?Three legal hangings take place In Mlsslsslppf baday and Governor Longlno has re fused to extend eleasency la sfthaB case. Albert Lewis will be hanged at Mississippi city for the murder ef Mnr-_ hal Richardson, ofGuilfort. Victor Johnson wilt be banged fee committing a criminal assault ea bla step-daughter. Lee Poliet will be hanged at Tazon City for murder. All are negroes. Ten hanging* gag scheduled for the next tf days. . - -*; ' UNCLE SAM'S OFFICE ROBIM. , . . rp&nif Tramp Believed te Have Commuted Burglary at Wslferd. Greenville. 8. <?., Jan. Sl.-VTh* psgb office at Welford waa entered Sunday night, the robbers gaining entfswi through the rear window. The wk/$ pouch for the Tucapau mills wen sSe y cured and cut open a short jisftsnr from the postofflce. No money was neoured. *<v Tramps were seen la the neighborhood on the previous afternoon amd the general supposition Is that they did the work. ' Officers ars now on trail of the robbers and the prospects are they wtll be locatedsnesr Greenville. Monument at Anderson Unveiled. Anderson, 8. C., Jan. 21.?The ts*. A- - - * " " * xeaeraie monument, Wbicl htm HH been erected on the public iqttte 4b this city by the Ladled' UwMtal a#aoclatlon, was unveiled SahMsy 2,500 persons WTtneSdea of IliRlpa and the day was a gala on* tor AM- derson. Addresses were made by Csls- JR nel James Armstrong, mt Charl?ata|y \JT Colonel James A. Hoyt, of Ormrllkt and Colonel Sam W. Wilkes, of At-' lanta, a son of Colonel 8. W. Wtikes, adjutant of the old Fourth South Cask Una regiment. Lightning 8lingtrs' Contest* Atlanta, Jan. 21.?The telegraphese of the south will hold a fast ssadkm tournament In Atlanta Feb. If. 'It'll the desire of the promoters that tftf contest be strictly representative, SMt the tournament therefore Is opest ooVy to those south of the Ohio river. The prizes, ss far as decided upea, StM to a gold medal and 956 Is cash te the winner; 935 as second'prise and 920 to the third best man. The jhdges wtt >' be announced later. ? ? i . , I Jacksonville's Rapid Recenotmshas, ' Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 21.?Ns sMy in the goiith can show imefc a resnavto* ble growth as Jacksonville bee mode since the lire of last May. FUlees hundred and forty-one permits have been issued for permanent asd substantial buildings, and^ nearly all tt them are far superlgr to these dsetesgr ?' On all aid** th? annar lia >ta ^ aer is heard and the thaoeatfda of worklhgmen are industriously on*psggg in the city's reconstruction Kyle Verdict Filed. Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 21.?Judge Advocate Hubbard has tied ta the > governor's ofllce the verdict aad record in the Kyle courtmartlal case. The governor Is ta Beaumont, Tex., where | he is largely Interested la an oil welt, I and the verdict will hot be epeae# na-* til his relorn. Look Carefully To Your Kidneys Dr. Jenner's Kidney PUIa * cause the kidneys te werk an nature intended they should. They build up the shrunk** walls of the kidneys, as an known remedy has bet* kssl to do before. As s curs for urinary trwUn they have no eqaal. loV SOLD BY UWIOB DftlQH *