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Henry M. Holme*, Ph. O. M|r. HOLMES it MOO] Full line of Frej Red and White HOLMES S MOO Under He ?phoi i .11 i ?????? GEN. HUGHES BEFORE SENATE. Relates Facts Concerning Late Maua> ere on Samar. Washington. March 4.?In his testimony before the senate committee on the Philippines today General Hughes related the facts about the massacre at Hallangigi. Samar, last September. He took upon himself the responsibility for the sending of troaps to that post and for the selection of ,t.h.o officer who was placed in eonyfntmd. "I had known liirn S\>.- > " Hn said. "He was a f\yio o'?a r and I had every confidence in hill.. General ttfighes said, however, that he was eymvlnced the disaster was due to ove^-confitlence and he had since heqv-.'i that the officer in command had reposed too great trust in the natives /while serving in Luzon, but he was not / aware of this trait of the man's character before giving him the post at Ballangigi. Speaking of the native soldiers. Gen'enrt llSiglies said they generally did well, hut should not he trusted except under command of American soldiers. PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS. Postmasters Named In Several Southern States. Washington. March 4.?The president has sent the following nominations to the senate: Postmasters? Georgia?Mdtae. Albert J. McRae. Tennessee?South Pittsburg, Robert A_ Patton. Louisiana?Plaquemine, Alexander Salomon. North Carolina?Lexington. J. G. Walser. The senate confirmed the following nominations: Ormond Stone, Charlottesville, Va., member of the hoard of visitors United States naval observatory. Ala'buma?C. F. Rankin. Rrewton. Nav.v: Captain P. H. Cooper, rear admiral; Captain G. H. Wadloigh, rear admiral. TROOPS GO TO CAPITAL. Nothing Heard of Naval Operations on Venezuelan Coast. Washington. March 4?Advices from the seats of war in South America are aaeager. Nothing has been heard of the reported insurgent naval operations on the Venezuelan coast, but reports from Colombia show that the government is thoroughly awakened to the formidable character of the revolutionary outbreak near the capital, and that a large body of troops has been hastily ordered from the north | to assfst in the defense of the capital, i The withdrawal may have a conslderable influence on the campaign on ! the Isthmus of Panama. Suit to Recover $10,000. Nashville. March 4.?In the circuit court the Union Stock Yard company, composed of capitalists in this city, Chicago, New York, I.ouisville and other-dtles havn a..i? : ? - * . .... v. Dim .iKuinsi jonn Cudahy. of Chicago, to recover $100,000 for'breach of contract. woman's ? life.... I is hard enough a9 A it is. It is to her that /\ we owe our world, / i\ and everything should be tuade as easy as possible for \ ner hi ine nine ot \f 7\ \ childbirth. This \ \ is just what yev ^ mother's vm Friend will do. It will make baby's coming easy and painless, and that without taking dangerous drugs into the system. It is simply to lie applied to the muscles of the abdomen. It penetrates through the skin carrying strength and elasticity with ft. It strengthens the whole system ami prevents all of the discomforts of pregnancy. j 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 Bradfield Regulator Co., ATLANTA, GA. Write for our free illustrated book, ' Before Baby is Born." Maurice A. Moore RU'S PHARMACY, sh Garden Seed. ! Onion Sets at IRE'S PHARMACY, >tel Union ne 98.?? r SHOT WIFE AND SELF. Domestic Infelicity Ends In Sad Tragedy at Pelham, Ga. Pelham. Ga.. March 4.?In a neat little cottage on Harrow avenue was found tho body of Harvey Nesmith, shot through the head with a pistol ball. In an adjacent room his wife's body lay with a pistol wound in her head. The only other member of the household, a 12-months-old babe, was found unhurt by those first to arrive on the scene. It is one of the saddest tragedies the people of Pelham have ever been i.auuu uu iu nuucBb. mr. huu i>irs. Nesmith had been living in Pelham for a year or more and had a number of friends here. For some time it was known to friends that the domestic relations of the famjly were not altogether pleasant, but no such fateful tragedy as this was anticipated. About 11 o'clock Saturday night neighbors were attracted by the repott of a pistol and the screams of a woman. Rushing to the scene they found Mr. Nesmith lying on the flood with a bullet hole through his head and his brains slowly oozing out in a pool of blood. Close by his wife lay also, shot in the head. Roth were unconscious. Mr. Nesmith died yesterday morning at 4 o'clock. Mrs. Nesmith succumbed a few hours later. Here and there over the rooms were spots of blood and on the clothing of the baby were blood stains that indicated the efforts of the mother to reach her child in her extremity. It is supposed that Mr. Nesmith shot his wife and then killed himself. WRECK ON L. AND N. Two Freight* Collide?One Man Killed, Three Injured. Nashville, Teivn., March 4.?A collision yesterday afternoon between two freight trains at Pulaski, 80 miles south of here on the Louisville and Nashville road, delayed traffic two hours and caueed the death of one man and the injury of three others. The dead: John Hartley, fireman. The injured: Joe Zanone, engineer. j. n. martin, conductor, Robert Wilson, brakeman. The northbound train was attempting to pasa on the main track, but the switch, for itome unknown reason, was turned wrong and the train ran In on a aiding where the southbound train was standing. Both engines were wrecked. The killed and injured were on the moving train. WORK ON EXTENSION BEGINS On the Line from Tallulah Falls to Franklin, N. C. Demorest. Oa., March 4.?Work on thp extension of the Tallulah Falls railway from Tallulah Falls to Franklin, N. C., will begin this week, the contract for the first miles having been let. j The entire extension of over 4ft miles t will be, it is expected, completed with; In the year. ! Work on the new depot at this place will also be commenced in a few weeks. The proposed removal of the depot from its present site on Georgia street to the new site on Main street gives almost universal satisfaction and wlW be of great advantage to local manufacturers. A new side track will be put in and the new depot will he modern in style and a credit to the road. DOCTOR FACES GRAVE CHARGE, Accused of Betraying Insane Girl In North Carolina. I Raleigh. March 4.?I)r. W. J. Olantz, i who for a long time has been one of ' the most highly esteemed citizens of Buncombe county, is now under a $2,500 bond, and faeed with a very Be- i rious charge. The crime of which he is accused is hertyaing an insane girl and taking her to a western city, where It is said they remained for some time. Dr. Clantz makes little denial of tho accusation and declares it is an attempt at blackmail. A warrant was issued for him a few days after his return from the west and he surrendered himself. His hall was fixed at first at $10,000. Thsy Want Perry To Run. Buford, Oa., March 4.?Many voters In this section of the county are urging Hon. J. A. Perry, of LawrenceviUe, to stand for re-election tn next general assembly. Mr. Perry served in the last legislature with distinction. befng the youngest member of that body save one. If Mr. Perry should decide to enter the race he will receive a handsome vote in this part of tho county. FLOODS IN THE EAST WROUGHT DISASTER Scorea of Lives Lost and Damage of Millions. 10,000 OPERATIVES ARE IDLE Many Mill* Have Been Forced to Close Down, and It May Be Many Week* Before They Can Resume Work? Many Daring Rescues. New York, March 4.?Flood oondi tloos in the east are reported rapidly Improving, although affairs in the Wyoming valley and northeastern Pennsylvania generally and along the Hudson, near Albany, are still in bad shape. Dispatches from Wilkesbarre, Pa., show that more than a score of lives were lost and $5,000,000 worth of property was destroyed in northeastern Pennsylvania. The danger is over, but the full extent of the damage is yet to be seen. Eighteen thousand homeless persons in the Wyoming valley are anxiously watching the backward course of the waters. The water has receded in Paterson. N. J., so that the danger there practically is over, but there were many daring rescues of persons who had stayed in the flooded houses. So many mills were damaged that 10,000 operatives are thrown out of work for an indefinite time. In Passaic six men are reported to have been carried down with a bridge. which was washed away. The current was so swift that it was impossible to rescue them. Cities and towns in almost all sections of New York and in New England states suffered heavy damage to property and delayed trains were report od. Not for marry years have the mails reaching New York been so delayed as during the last three and a half dayB. SOUTHERN LOSS BY FLOOD. Damage Between Moristown and Ashevllle $250,000. Knoxville, March 4.?Superintendent C. 1j. Ewiug, of the Knoxville division of the Southern railway, today announced that the Southern's loss hy the flood between Morristown and Ashevllle will aggregate from $200,000 to $250,000 to the roadbed and bridges alone. The loss by delayed and annulled trains and cutting off of all pas ovubui auu u ri^iu 11 illllC H !1S HOI DOCIl estimated, but It is stated will be a very large amount. About 900 men are now at work rebuilding and repairing the road and bridges on the Ashevllle branch. Trains from Knoxville are now running as far as Del Rio, 75 miles east of Knoxville. and trains are coming through Asheville to Marshall, N. C., 22 miles this side of Asheville. A gap of 32 miles between Marshal and Del Rio is si ill without raiiroad service. The telegraph companies' wires are being rapidly reconstructed. The telegraphic communication to Asheville will, it is thought, be restored sorafe time tomorrow. DAMAGE IN LEE COUNTY. Bridges Entailing Loss of $10, COO Were Swept Away. Opellka, Ala., March 4.?Lee county has suffered another terrible loss in the matter of bridges. The December freshet coat the county over $10,000, besides nearly ruining many roads. The rain of Thursday wrecked or damaged 13 more bridges, entailing a loss of about $10,000 more. This is only the loss of the county. Many small bridges belonging to private parties were swept away and fields were washed and torn. The county Is now staggering under about as heavy a burden as it can carry. and this misforfiinn _ _ v?...V/ V UlllCD Willi unusually heavy effect. Judge Renfro ie doing all he can to get the bridges repaired that traffic In the country be not Impeded longer. Danville, Va., Cut Off. Danville. Va.. March 4.?This city Binre Saturday has practically been cut off by rail with neighboring cities. The river attained a height of 29.4 feet, the highest in 27 years. Nearly half the town is inundated. Allentown Loses Half Million. Allontown. Va.. March 4.?A halfmillion dollars will not. it is estimated, cover the loss in this city and vicinity by the recent floods. A farmer named Snyder was drnwnnd tr> burg while trying to cross a stream with his team. Esterhazy Seen In New Yark. I New York, March 4.?Major Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, who confessed that he forged the Dreyfus borde! reau, has. according to The Herald, been seen In this city. He is said to have spent two hours in a Broadway ! restaurant in animated conversation with a young man and woman. Esterfcazy was shabbily dressed and his features were extremely thin. Infected Ship Returns to Port. San Francisco, March 4.?The United States transport Meade, which sailed for Manila on Saturday last, returned late last night flying the yellow flag and anchored at the quarantine station. The Meade's return was due to discovery of a case of smallpox and account of a case of scarlet | farar among tha recruits an boat4. , TIGHT SCREWS Will BE PUT ONRAILHOADS Interstate and Sherman Laws to Be Enforced. 60 SAYS PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT Decision Has Caused Conste-'iation Among Many Executive Officials of Western Road3?Traffic Must Be Handled Free of Pools, Etc. Chicago, March 4.?President Roosevelt has given the railroad managements of the entire country to understand that the interstate commerce and Sherman laws will he enforced to the letter, says The Record-Herald. The information has been conveyed through the medium of the interstate commerce commission, and it is understood that the administration will not favor any amendment to the law until the present laws have been enforced and, the result noted. The Record-Herald asserts that the new order of things has caused consternation among the executive officials of roads centering in Chicago, and all are engaged in the work of "cleaning house." Hurried consultations have resulted in the decision that all associations and organizations which are in violation of the laws Involved must he done away with, and every effort made to show the commission that the roads purpose hand ling traffic free of all pools, agreements or cut rates. Unless the commission insists upon it, nothing will he done with the western trunk line committee at present, nor with the various passenger associations which are in violation of the Sherman law. Similar action will he taken by the lines east of Chicago, and bureaus in the charge of Chairman Tucker will probably be abolished. Railroad officials are not a unit regarding the character of action necessary, but a large number of them believe that, all organizations should be done away with, as if everything is to be handled on tariff schedules there will bo little use for associat'ons. PIREBUGS BURN COURTHOUSE. Building and Valuable Records Destroyed at Decatur, Tenn. Chattanooga. March 4.?A special to The News from Decatur, Tenn., the county seat of Meigs county, says that the courthouse at that place was burned to the ground at 3 o'clock this morning. There is no doubt that the lire was of Incendiary origin, hut no one is yet under suspicion. The courthouse was built about 15 years ago and was a commodious brick structure. With its contents, it was valued at about $25,000. The value of the records destroyed cannot be estimated, but including the destroyed deods and other valuable papers, this feature of the loss is more serious than the destruction of the building. WIRELESS TELEPHONY. M. Ducrotet, French Electrician, Talks of His Invention. New York, March 4.?B. Ducrotet, the French electrical engineer, has made the following statement concerning the system of wireless telephony Which ho hoc -w mww .??w i.ittvu, ntija a rariH dispatch to The Journal and American: "The academy of science acknowledges the value of my invention. When the instruments are put down deep in the earth messages can he transmitted over enormous distances. Wireless telephone messages can be transmitted through sea from shore to shore or between ships. The voice is transmitted without the least difficulty and the most delicate articulations reach the ear." DUMONT GOES TO LONDON. Aeronaut Will Make Ascensions During Coronation Festivities. London. March 4.?M. Santos Dumont .the aeronaut, arrived in this city today. During the course of an interview he said he hoped to add to the attractions of the coronation festivities by making ascents here. ii i? poHBiuie no win mane a tour of St. Paul's cathedral, as ho did of the Eiffol Tower. Santos-Dumont will afterwards go to Now York, where he will Rive exhibitions. Cattle Growers' Association. Denver, Colo.. Maroh 4.?The Ameriran Cattle Groweru^ association, embracing all cattlemen's associations west of the Missouri river, assembled here today for its second annual convention. F. C. T.usk, of California, president of the association, called the convention to order. Several hundred delegates were present. DeWet Shot In Arm. London, March 4.?A dispatch from Harrismith, Orange River colony, says that Boer prisoners report that Genial DeWet was shot in the arm dur* vng the recent attempt to break through the blockhouse line held by the New Zealanders In the vicinity of Marriamith and VanReenen. Corpse In Derelict Rigging. Victoria, B. C., March 4.?The marine observer at Point Carraanah reports sighting a derelict sailing schooner awash, with her mainmast gone and sails dragging in the sea. What was thought to bo a corpse was I In U# rigging. I A Free Pictui Any veteran, who contemplates April 22nd to 25th, will receive Robert E. Lee, and a copy of I framing), if he will send us his i and address of the Camp to whic Your bom route to J' t'otton Holt operates i rJJFJJIT^fck Memphis to Italia* i jf/vj ohariHO. OTrnliiK. after t ho nrr Snl'lllfll ntferiDK you close con N. B. BAIRB. Tri%rK?i Ft BRITISH STEAMER REPORTED AS LOST Tiber Is Thought to Have Foundered at Sea. HAD CREW OF TWENTY MEN All Are Thought to Have Gone to the Bottom With the Vessel?Supposed Pieces of the Wrecked Ship Have Been Picked Up. Halifax. N. S., March 4.?The British steamer Tiber, from Louisburg, British Colombia, for Halifa% with a cargo of coal, is thought to have foundered with her captain and crew of 20 men. She left Louisburg Wednesday afternoon and should have arrived here on Thursday night ,as the run is only 170 miles. Yesterday at the western entrance to Whitehead harbor lishermen picked up a steamer's house with pieces of deck plank attached and other articles. They also saw wreckage drifting about the bay. Last night the owners of the steamer received word that life buoys bearing the name Tiber had been found. POLICEMEN AS SPANKERS. Novel Scene Witnessed In Police Court at Kearny, N. J. Now York, March 4.?Two policemen. with broad hands and plenty of strength hack of them, acted as masters of ceremonies at a public spanking administered to six youthful delinquents in Kearny, N. J., police court. The boys, whose ages ranged from 10 to 12 years, were brought before Recorder Krebs on charge of opening freight cars and destroying property. Recorder Krebs sentenced each to "a good, hard spanking," as the alternative of a $3 fin". The parents spoke for the boys and chose the spanking. Chief of Police Tolen selected two able-bodied policemen. Each took a boy and placed him across his knee in the approved position, and an instant later the courtroom rang with yells. When the round had been completed the youngsters were again arraigned. They were very penitent, and after the court had admonished them against evil doing they promised to be good ? ),? ... -i ?? ? u ^iiv: iuiuic auu wuic uisruur^cu. LOST PROPELLER AT SEA. Cunarder Etruria Picked Up In Disabled Condition. Now York, March 4.?The agents of the Cunarder Steamship company have received a dispatch from London that the Etruria, in tow of the steamer William Cliff, has heen sighted 400 miles west of Fayal, Azore islands, having lost her propeller. Another report says the Etruria was picked up when 500 miles from Fayal, west-northwest of that port. All were well on hoard the Cunarder, which, according to this report, had her propeller shaft broken. She was otherwise uninjured. Previous to the receipt of the news that the Etruria had been sighted in tow the reinsurance on the Cunard liner at T.loyds today was about 4 guineas per cent. Light business was done at that rate. I exas Independence Day. Houston. Tex., March 4.?Texas inflpnpn/lfin/'A Hov w.?j ?va? nenerany ohserved yesterday as a holiday. The formal exercises were confined to the public schools. At Huntsville the grave of Sam Houston was strewn with flowers. At Austin the university students observed the day with a set program. At Waco the cornerstones for two new buildings for Baylor college were laid. Governor Say res was present, and made an address. The two buildings are to cost $110,000. Found Dead on Highway. Sandusky, O., March 4.?Colonel C. M. Keyes, aged 60, a politician and former steward of the State Hospital for Epileptics at Gallipolls, was found dead on the roadside this morning. Ho was sitting beside a wire fence, with no marks of violence. His valuables were untouched and he was partly undressed. He was on tho way to meet his wife at a aoolal gathering when znlg|. *e of Gen. Lee j attending the Reunion at Dallas m a handseme picture of General jfe his farewell address (suitable for n lame and address, and the name ! h he belongs. II htllas will be via Memphis The stg noun trains (twoeacb day) from ind otbor Texas cities wltboet 3 k leave Memphis, morning and M ivnl of trains via all lines, thus ncctlons and excellent servlee. v M uteqrr Agrst, Atixrti. (u. 4 1 Piarsgrr ait Tktrt Agrst. St. Issis, Ms. DR. WYMAN RESIGNS. Quits Alabama State University?H#b> son May Be Successor. Birmingham, Ala., March 4.?It io announced here that Dr. W. S. Wyman, president of the state university, has forwarded to Governor Jeljcs his resignation as president of the instittt* tlon. Dr. Wyman's only reason for resign* ing is understood to he his advanced age and his frail health. The resign* * i tion, it is understood, will take effect at the end of the present session. Dr. Wyman, who Is the senior professor at the university accepted the presidency two years ago under protest and with the understanding that he would retain the place until a suitable executive head for the institution could be found. Many people here are disposed to think that Dr. Wyman's resignation opens a good chance for Captain Hobson. DEATH CAME AS HE WROT . Body of an Aged Iffan Found In Birmingham Lodging House. Birmingham, Ala., March 4.?The dead body of an aged man, H. C. | Pearce by name, was fonnd seated in I a little room in the third story of the Stewart building, a cheap lodging house on Avenue B. t The man had probably been dead for two or three weeks, as the body ft a* beginning to decompose. On a table at which he sat was a letter which he was evidently writing at the time death overtook him and in which he was asking some unnamed relative for aid. ; The other rooms in the house are occupied by foreign wage workers. The old gentleman, for his clOtheE showed him to have been a man of gentle surroundings, was probably unable to make them understand his necessities. The officials are looking for his relatives. DEADLY DUEL WITH AXES. ?W t Feud Between North Carolinians Hee Fatal Termination, Raleigh, March 4.?Elijah McKinney, a resident of Rutherford county, Is in jail, having surrendered himself to the sheriff for killing Frank Mclntyre. The killing, it is understood, was the result of a feud that for a long time had existed between the two men. They had been out with a gang of men employed in rutting wood. On their way home they started quarreling. Each of the men was armed with an ax. It is claimed that Mclntyre made threats and raised his ax to strike, but McKinney was too quick for him. Like a flash .McKinney raised his weapon and drove it into Melntyre's breast so deep that the head of the ax was covered. Another blow, this time on the head, ended Melntyre's life. Large Industrial Consolidation. Portland, Or., March 4.?The Orego* nian today says that the largest Into* trial consolidation ever Undertaken Ip the Pacific northwest is being qutetfy worked into shape In this oRg and Sap Francisco. The enterprise is an atihM* gamation of the interests ef the gvanf oxport flout milling ims of the ciflc coast. The capital will prbbgblb he in (ho -? ? ? -- -- 1IUUII QI flO.OQP.gty. 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