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fi AFRICA
Surrenders 4,000 Men and
Supplies Unconditiorially.
-rp,. :: r (Tice has received the follow-
: ■ r;i from Lord Roberta:
<-Paa: i'i'BEKG, Feb: £8. —General
.-oid islr of his force capitulated
b; v iuiii::onaily at daylight and is now
GENERAL P. A, CRONJE.
a prison r in my. camp. The strength
of h;; force will be communicated later.
Ih :that her majesty’s government
wil 1 •. ai-ider this event satisfactory, oc-
enrrinc as it hops on the anniversary of
ilajaba.”
‘M'ijnba avenged,” “Cronje surren
ders,” "Great British victory.”
Tttese are expressions being shouted
all over L aiuon today, yet there are
few outward signs of the natural joy
that Lord Roberts’ dispatch has realiy
caused. The capitulation of General
Crouj ■ has been looked upon as almost
a certainly for a week past and now
that 1 uas come enthusiasm finds itself
disc unted bv auticipaiion.
Toe mgificeuc success of "Little
Bobs” is amiosc overlooked in the fact
that it svnonronized wirh the anuiver
8a:y i.i hi ijuba hill and wiped out a dis
honor oi a 1) years’ standing.
Wntie tbi a ernoou pa.pers all com-
meat up' n. mis happy coincident, they
do not t'i rgec the sp.enaid bravery of
the enemy. Tiie Sr. Jam.es Gazette
says:
“The splendid courage of the Boers
has no; been able to withstand any
it.ii or ihe b mbardment which lew
nt . .11 -o,(iters cud have supported
for - many Hours as they have days.
The in fin .me of the surrender not onlv
upon ti"> ituatiou at Ludy-mith, but
on ill' whoie c. nduct of cue war will be
immense
me news of the reffef of Lady
smith only reaches Eagiand, and it is
pos.-ib.e inis may be tno case, the cup of.
national happiness wouid be fall.”
Ri-mi-inbered M.jnbn.
The Globe, under the heading of
“Sic lina Avenged,” says:
“Wo sualt not jump at the conclusion
that mo war is over, but that a victory
has i.eru gained wbicii br.ngs the end
web 111 sigut. General Cronje. no
doni.t, succeeded in colaving Lord Rod
in s’ entrance into Bloemfontein, but
t ■ • is ail he has been able to ac
complish. ”
Westminster Gazette, which is
inoi - d to be pro-Boer, says:
“ :m'.ration for the desperate valor
ofL 11 ra. Cronje is mingled wirh au-
the 11 • le-.-ity imposed upon ns of
tun - victory at ibis cost. Let as
reinein >.-r Pa irdeberg, if we like, but
lor-.v M juiia :• na have done with the
w ■ .11 .f misleading associations
a: fi arsciiicv.-us ideas which gathered
an uu.i mat unhappy memory.”
Ti.e news was received with uu
bouiiaed satisfaction at Windsor. The
q Pimm diately telegraphed her con-
imi Dilutions to Lord Roberts and the
tn ' ps, and rhe inhabitants seized tbe
orca-.ou i f her majesty driving through
tue town oil her way to take a train for
a T i--r to ihe wounded South African
soiamrs at the Netiey hospital, to give
Vent to heir deiight.
The queen showed evident signs of
deep -a isiaction, smiling continually
and bo itig 111 response Co the congratu
iaiurv cheers. Pier majesty took quan
tities oi flowers to distribute to the
Wounded.
A ie.;or has been received from a man
in the F rst Dragoons now in South
Africa confirming the report that sup
pip transports reached Ladysmith dur-
hur tee engagement at Spion Kop. He
tars the Dragoons were the escort of
the transport which was V miles long,
and tides "that is whv Bailer engaged
the enemy at Spion Kop. Oia Buller
knows what he is doing and all are will*
'ng to follow him in spite of his re
verses. ”
Will Jie Sent to Cape Town.
The secretary of state for the war,
the Marquis of Lau-downt, annonneed
in tiie bouse that the prisoners cap
tured with General Cronje numtered
ni'tt 4 000 men. General Cronje will
he sent to Cape Town. No one who aid
u u it..uii ot General Crouje’s surren
der wouid suspect from the appearance
°* tiie town that London was today cel
ebrating the chief victory of the war.
^ot a flag is flying and in front of the
Peaces wiiere bulletins are displayed to
'he public scarcely more than a dozen
People stop at a time io read the news.
On;side or the war office there is the
Eame absence of enthusiasm, which is
due doubtless to the drizzling rain.
In the war office lobbies when a clerk
posted the news of the surrender quite
it crowd was awaiting and the bulletins
Were hailed with considerable enthusi
asm and in an incredibly short space of
bat: the news had spread ro all parts
01 London. At the Mansion House,
when the news was posted, it was re
vived with great excitement by the
crowds of business men harrying to
their offices and cries of ‘‘Bravo Rob
erts” and "Majuba” were heard.
The lord mayor of London said to the
correspondent of the Associated Press'
that while the surrender of General
Cronie was a foregone conclusion, the
news was received with a great sense of
relief and the general result of the ca
pitulation, he thought, would be the
rapid conclusion of hostilities.
One Minute Cough Cure, cures, i
That is what it was made for.
ABOUT LABYSM!
Lord Roberts’ Victory Cannot
Allay Bread of Losses,
BULLLR over sanguine
3: Ja Thuuglir, HiAVi-v r, That Roberts
Is Planning to Assist Eu4?r In the
Ki-ii-f by i>:\ivytng Oil' the Boers
From Natal.
London, Feb. £8.—General Buller’s
account of the tremendous resistance
he is encountering in hR efforts to
reach Ladysmith has brought pnb ic in
terest with a short turn, from compla
cent contemplation of Lord Roberts’
victory to a realization of the seiioas
conditions still existing in Natal.
Though General Builer’s lengthy dis
patch is construed as a victory bravely
won, the commander of the forces in
Naial has so often reported similar vic
tories without achieving his main ob
jeenve, that the public has learned to
contain itself until Ladysmith is realiy
relieved, while t_he long iitt of casual
ties invariably following any apparent
gain by General Buller is always men
tioned with dread and anxiety which
temporarily rob his partial successes of
its acclaim.
However, it is tli9 generally accepted
belief that General Buller is determined
to reach General While this time and
though the stages are disappointingly
slow, the nation confidently awaits-
news of the relief of those 8,000 be
sieged troops.
General Builer’s report shows there
is urgent need of Lord Roberts exert
ing every effort 10 draw off the Boers
from Natal to tbe Free State. That he
will do so, and quite likely, is already
doing so by marching on Bloemfontein,
is regarded as almost certain by the
military critics here. With the addi
tional 600 Boers reported prisoners at
Kimberley, it seems that the number of
men captured by Lord Roberts nearly
reaches 5,000.
The afternoon newspapers comment
on the hero of Kandahar’s achievement,
laying special stress on the gallantry of
the Canadians, who, according to a
Paardeberg special were actually fight
ing hand to hand in the Boer! trenches
when General Cronje surrendered,
though this scarcely agrees with Lord
Roberts’ dispatch.
Lord Roberts has forwarded an addi
tional list of the British casualties dur
ing the three days’ fighting at Paarde
berg, showing 12 killed, 52 wounded
and four missing and including seven
officers and four Canadian privates
wounded.
BRITISH UNCOMFORTABLE.
Boers 5 Remarkable Tenacity and the
Meager Nt ws Are Trying.
London, Feb. 28.—The war expert
of the Morning Leader writes:
Four thousand Boers and five 13-
pounder guns. On one side three and
a haif divisions and an enormous in
creasing force, with a mass of heavy ar
tillery. Yet the Bo8rs have kept up
their contest for more than a week after
General Kelly-Kenney caught thorn and
al ter General French headed them off
their iine of retreat.
Many of Croaje’s men got away and
saved ail their artillery. Those heavy
guns which were made to make Me
thuen grind his teeth in impotence
have disappeared. Where are they
now?
Why, of course, on the way to Bloem
fontein.
The fact.that one third of the prison
ers were Free Staters does not mdnee
confidence that General French will be
able to spare many of his mounted
troops for the relief of Mafeking.
It wouid not be surprising if word
had already gone ordering Commandant
Siiyman to concentrate back of Preto
ria^ or rather m Klarksdorn ana Protch-
efstroon districts. For Colonels Baden-
Poweli and Pmmer, when they join
forces, can threaten the rand ana the
capiial from ihe rear.
Ladysmith had not yet been relieved
and the very latest news last night is
far,from meeting what we would wish.
Are ihe -Boers, presumably retiring,
being reinforced? Are tuey actually to
on flank us?
It is iikely enough that, if tiie enemy
has got away his big guns, h9 has also
sent back to the next front the men who
were engaged in removing the guns.
If General Jonbert, too, can deliver
what an American general might call
"a male’s kick,” Joubert will not onlv
get away easily, but will give ns some
trouble before he Clears the passes.
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SIGNIFICANT COMPROMISE
ACCIDENT. ALMOST
FATAL.
Passengers on Wrecked Decatur Car
Narrowly Kse.ipe.
Atlanta, Feb. 26.—So far the in
juries to noue of the persons hurt in the
trolley car wreck yesterday have proved
Ural, although two of the meu.w stiff
mi a dangerous condition.
The accident occurred at the curve on
BIRMINGHAM’S BIG BLAZE.
Destructive Fire in the Magic City
Caused From Explosion.
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 24.—The ex
plosion of a gasoline stove in the base
ment of the Metropolitan hotel was fol
lowed by a fire which burned that build
ing aud the Hewlett block adjoining,
both three stories high, causing a loss
East Fair street, turning to the north : estimated at §100,000. the insurance on
BLOODY BATTLE IN THE END.
British Losses In Railway Hill Con
flict Wi re Appalling.
New York, Feb. 28.—Bat for the
surrender of General Cronje, which
overshadowed the news from Natal,
England would be shuddering over the
British reverse at Railway Riff, where
the Inuiskilliug fusiliers were con
in a Boer trap aud Slaughtered. The
Loudon Mail’s correspondent, under
date of Pieters, Feb. 24, describes the
engagement:
•‘Last night the Jnniskilling fusiliers,
mixed with somo of the Dublin fusiliers
and the Connaught rangers, attempted
to carry Railway biff from Pieters.
They were unde, a continuous fire,
through which they passed up the
heavy broken ground to the first Beer
trench. Haif way up the hill the Boers
retreated to the crest and then came
back on either flank of the Irish troops,
enfiiading the captured trenoues with a
savage cross fire as well as a direct fire.
“Ail night and until 9 o’clock in the
morning our men held the position un
der a ceaseless lire and at terrible cost.
At rollcall only live officers ana lOCfiien
answered to their names.
Colonel Thackeray aud Major Sander
of the Inniskiiliugs, Colonel Sitwell of
the Dublin Fusiliers, Captain Maitiand
of the Second Gordons and Colonel
Thorold of the Welsh Fusiliers were
killed. Two hundred aud fifty-two of
the rank and file - were killed and
wounded.
"Major Littleton’s brigade relieved
them at 1 o’clock this morning! when
the Boer artillery pounded the troops
hoidmg the center kopjes without
pause.”
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers,
The famous little pills.
on the Decatur line of the Atlanta Rail
way and Power company.
The car leit the city about 1 o’clock
to carry to their homes some of the em
ployes of the railway company. Sev
eral policemen boarded the car at the
police barracks, bat all got off before
the accident, except Policemen Coker
and Coogler.
Two passengers, E. W. Wallace aud
Herschei DeLaoerrier,, were also on the from that city,
car. George Maddox, amotoriuan, who
was not in charge of the car, was riding
as a passenger. The other occupant
was a negro named Stepleu, who works
for the street car company.
The motorman who was in charge of
the car claims that there was some ob
stacle across ihe track, as the car
bounced high into the air before reach
ing the curve and then jumped the
track.
lne body of the car broke loose from
the rrn ks. leaving them some 20 feet
behind, while it rolled down an em
bankment and turned over.
Officers Coogler aud Coker we're sit
ting on the seat. Coogler fell turough
a gjass window with Colter on top of
him. The latter was cur on the lace
and had his knee and back hurt. Coog
ler escaped with only a slight injury to
his wrist.
Wallace and DeLaperriere were the
most seriously injured, cut and bruised
about the head and body. DeLaperriere
is on a visit to Atlanta irom Hoschton
Motormau Maddox was injured, but
nor dangerously.
The negro had a hand crushed and
may lose his fingers.
which amounted to about three-fourths
of the loss.
The fire spread rapidly, and great
difficulty was encountered in reaching
it. After two hours’ hard work by the
firemen, fearing that the entire block,
including the Potter buildings and the
Morris, the handsomest hotel in the
city, would be swept away, a telegram
was sent to Montgomery asking for aid
A number of the guests in the Metro-
j politau narrowly escaped, soma having
I to be lowered from their rooms by
J means of ropes.
The fire was the second largest that
has occurred in Birmingham in ten
years
Jacobs’ pharmacy was destroyed, not
a thing being carried out of the place.
Ic was believed that the Berney Na
tional bank building was also going,
aud 18 sacks of silver and a trunk full
of gold and paper money was carried
away on a dray, under heavy guard, to
the Birmingham Trust company’s vault.
The firemen prevented the Berney bank
building from burmug.
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wealthy Farmer Suicides.
Sandersvillp, Ga , Feb. 24 — W. J.
Jenkins, a prominent farmer of Harri
son, Washington county, has commit
ted suicide by shooting himself in the
head with a shotgun, Several weeks
ago he disappeared from home and
search was made for him without avail.
Last week he returned home. His sui
cide is attributed to aberration of mind.
He was one of the wealthiest farmers of
his section.
Military School at YorkvUle.
Yokkville, S. C., Feb. 27.—Prof. B.
A. Davis, Jr., president of the Virginia
• Business college at Richmond, Va., has
leased the old King’s Mountain Miff,
tary school buildings and proposes
A lab III i Coni Mi piilt-iits.
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 27.—State
Mine Inspector Hooper has completed
his final repot? on the onti nt of coal in
Alabama list year. The total output
for the year ami unted to 7.484.763 tons
as against 6,547,706 tons for .’898, show
ing an increase of 936 997 tons. The
following is the production by counties:
Bibb, 904,867; Biount. 12,699; Cnilman,
8,009; Etowah. 9.378; Jackson. 150; Jef
ferson, 4 700,982; Marion, 359,213; St.
Ciair, 07,97i; Shelby, 359,213; Tusca
loosa, 241,740; Walker, 1,117,872; Win
ston, 19.970; smaller mines, 25,000.
Grand total, 7,484,703 This is the
largest year's production in the history
of the state by almost 1,000,000 tons.
Tbe prospects are that the output of
1900 wiil exceed last year’s showing.
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Large Audience Thronged tiie Gailr- ■
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the 1‘nrto Rican Dili—Number of ;
Opposing Speeches.
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Washington, Feb. 28.—The last day
of the struggle over the Porto Rico
tariff' bill in the house ODened at 11
o’clock with almost every member in
his seat and a large attendance in the
galleries. The leaders on bo:h sides
were actively engaged in rallying their
forces and making computa'ions upon
the final vote to be taken under the or
der at 3 o’clock.
Mr. Underwood of Alabama, the
Democratic whip, said the result wouid
be very close and turn upon the vote of
two or three men of the Democratic
side.
.Mr. Tawney, the Republican whip,
said the bill would have five votes to
spare. He said the main danger lay in
tne motion to recommit.
When section 3 was reached in read
ing, Mr. Payne offered the following
substitute ior that section:
“That on and at ter the passage of this
act ali merchandise coming into the
United States from Porto Rico aud com
ing into Porio Rico from the United
States shall be entered at the several
ports of entry upon payment of 15 per
cent of tne unties which are required to
bo levied and paid up in like articles of
merchandise imported from foreign
countries and, in addition thereto, on
articles of merchandise of Porto Rtcau
manufacture coming into the United
States and withdrawn from consump
tion or sal9 upon payment of a tax equal
to the internal revenue tax imposed in
the United States upon the articles of
■ merchandise of domestic manufacture;
such t x to be paid by internal revenue
stamps or stamps to be purchased aud
provided by the commissioner of inter
nal revenue and to be procured from
the collector of internal revenue at or
most convenient to the port of entry of
said merchandise in the United States,
and ro be affixed under such regulations
as the commissioner of internal revenu 1
with the approval of the secretary of
the treasury shall prescribe; aud oil all
articles of merchandise of United States
manufacture coming into Porto Rico
in addition to tbe duty above provided
in payment of a tax equal in rate aud
amount to the internal revenue tax im
posed in Porto Rico upon like articles
of Porto Rican manufacture.”
Mr. Payne explained that the substi
tute did two things—it reduced the duty
from 25 to 15 per cent and it also re
moved some confusion regarding double
taxation. He stiff adhered to the opin
ion that 25 per cent would be better
than 15 per cent because it would raise
more revenue, but 15 per cent was better
than nothing. In answer to a question
Mr Payne said the estimate for the
original biff was about $1,700,000. If
that estimate was correct the amended
biff wouid raise about $1,250,000 per
annum.
Mr. Payne took occasion to reprove
some of his critics who had complained
that he had given no explanation of his
change of front. His speech and his
report, he said, gave a full explanation.
The bill was opposed in short speeches
by several members.
The Payne amendment was adopted
without division.
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SNOW
THREE FEET DEEP. TRIES TO CUT HIS THRQAT.
Fiercest I31izzttriJ For Year* In the
Southwest.
Kansas City, Feb. 28.—The whole
Eonthwest is a mantle of snow from 2 to
8 feet deep on the level. Trains are
late in all directions, telegraph and tel
ephone facilities are badly interrupted,
and at some points in Kansas, where
the wind has a- clean sweep and piled
the snow in high drifts, outside busi
ness has been abandoned.
In Kansas City street car service has
been almost at a standstill since last
night and ouly the efforts of an army
of snow shovelers this morning made it
possible to get about. In the immedi
ate vicinity of Kansas City a high tem
perature prevailed and no serious suf
fering is reported.
From Kansas and the territories,
where the snow was accompanied by a
Spectators Beiieve Attriupted Suicide
Is Result of an Assault.
Pensacola, Fla., Feb. 26. — Will
Johnson, a 15-year-old negro boy, had
his throat cut in the office of the Ver-
ranlt Lumber company this morning at
7 o’clock.
gSThere i3 a mysterv surrounding the
case which makes it difficult to say
wuether it was niuraer or suicid'.
George A. Verranlt, president of the
company, says he had just finished eat
ing his breakfast in the office and went
out. Finding that he had left his
pocketbook he went back and found it
in the hanas of the boy. Ho took it
away and (old the boy that he would
have him arrested.
He tnen started out and as he wa3 go
ing ont oi the door he heard a gurgling
sound, turned and saw that the boy had
cut his tnroat with a bread knife.
The boy, in a crazed condition, rushed
Deepest For Years In Kansas.
Wichita, Kan., Feb. 28.—The deep
est snow that has fallen in this section
for many years covers the ground this
morning. It is a foot deep on the level.
SNOWSTORMS IN THE WEST.
Trains Delayed, Street Cars Blocked
anil Business Almost Paralyzed.
St. Louis, Feb. 28 —The snow that
fell yesterday to a depth of several
inches was followed last night by sleet
and rain that froze as it came down and
covered everything with a thick coat
ing of ice.
As a resnit of this storm, which ex
tended for a distance of 20 miles about
the city, the conditions are worse than
at any time this winter. Wires and
poles in every direction are down with
the weight oi' ice
Most of the wires of the telephone
companies, being underground, they
did not suffer so' badly, except in the
outlying districts. The electric light
ing and power companies suffered con
siderably by crossed wires, bat were
able to keep their systems in operation
today.
For several hours street car traffic
was almost entirely blocked and many
persons had to walk to their places of
business. lee covered the rails and
broken trolley wires caused the delay
to every street car line in the city. So
for as known there were no casualties,
but several horses'were killed by live
wires and a number of persons had nar
row escapes from death.
sleet and a strong wind, come reports
of dafenage to stock. It was the fiercest . , , ,
storm experienced in the southwest for ° owa stairs, ana bystanders assert that
several years. he said Mr. Verranlt had cut him. The
| boy ran into Hanney Bro3 . drugstore,
I grabbed a druggist’s knife and a bottle
and went out into the back yard, where
| he made desperate efforts to hack his
| throat with the knife.
! This makes it look like attempted
j suicide, but examination of the room
where the cutting took place, shows a
trail of blood around the room where
it had dripped from the point of the
knife. There are also bloody mark3 on
the knob and side of the door leading
into an adjoining room aud blood on the
floor in that room. The bloody bread-
knife was lying on the tabie beside the
breakfast dishes and a brick on the floor
is bioody, looking as if it had been used
to pound the boy on the. head. Mr.
Yerrault has been arrested aud the boy
ha9 been sent to the infirmary.
It is thought the wound will prove
i fataL It is alleged that for several days
Verranlt has shown signs of losing his
■ mind and many believe that while in a
mentally deranged condition he cut the
| boy’s throat.
Militia to Cruise..
Raleigh, Feb. 27.—The Wilmington
division and most of the Southport di
vision of naval militia leave Wilming
ton Saturday under command of Cap
tain George L Morton for a cruise to
Charleston. It is a-voluntary cruise
officers and men paying all expenses.
Captain Morton says there will be two
summer cruises, in which all the re
serves, seven divisions wiil be taken,
on cruises to the northward as far as
New York.
Prevented a Tragedy.
Timely Inforpiation given Mrs,
Geo. Long, of New Straitsville.Ohio
prevented a dreadful tragedy and
saved two lives. A frightful cough
had loDg kept her awake every
night. She had tried many reme
dies and doctors but steadily grew
Deafness Cannot be Cured
by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
ouly one way to cure deafness, and that is by
constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused
by an inflamed condition of the mucous lin
ing of the Eustachian Tube, hen this tube
gets inflamed you have a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely
worse until urged to try Dr. IvlDg S | Closed deafness is the result, and unless this
One bottle Wholly inflammation can be taken out and this tube
restored to its normal condition, hearing will
New Discovery.
cured her, and she writes this mar
velous medicine also cured Mr,
Long of a severe attack of pneumo
nia. Such cures are positive proof
of the matchless merit of this grand
remedy for curing all throat, chest
and lung troubles. Only 50c and $1.
Eyery bottle guaranteed. Trial
bottles free at H. B. McMaster.
Killing In Tennessee.
Clarksville, Tenn., Feb. 27.—At
Dover, Stewart comity. Bob Anderson
opening a military aud business college ! shot and instantly killed Jim Adams.
The shooting, it is alleged, was done in
cold blood and was the result of an old
fend. Both men w re employes of the
Dover fum’oe. Anderson surrendered
and is in jail.
Question Answered.
at this place. Such a school, for the
larger boys, is very much needed at
this place and wilt no doubt be well
patronized.
N
-wnun to Have Sewers.
Newnan, Ga., Feb. 24.—The work of
putting in sewerage in this city is about
completed, all the mains having been
laid. The county commissioners have
awarded contracts to connect the court
house and the county jail with the sys
tem and in a short time it is expected
the entire city will be taking advantage
of the conveniences afforded.
Vanderbilt In Thotnasville.
Thomasville, Ga., Feb. 24 —Mr. Cor
nelius Vanierbilt and wife have arrived
in a privats car of the New York Central
and Hudson River railroad and will
spend the remainder of the season in
Thomasville. They are guests of the
Piney woods hoteL
Mrs. Harriet Evans, Hinsdale,Ili.,
writes, “I never fail to relieve my
children from croup at once by us-
iDg One minute Cough Cure. I
would not feel safe without it.”
Quickly cures coughs, colds, grippe
and all throat and luGg diseases,
T--nui-.-st-t-.iii Appointed.
Knoxville, Feb. 26.—Dr. Charles W.
D.ibney, president of the University of
Tennessee, has received notice of his
appointment as a member of the com
mittee or international awards at the
Paris exposition. The appointment came
from the French government.
Politician Dies In Florida.
Palm Beach, Fla., Feb. 26.—Edward
Kearney, a weil known sportsman and
Tammany politician, is dead at his ho
tel here, aged 69 years. He was promi
nent in the horse and carriage trade in
New York.
M. B. Smith, Butternut. Mich.,
says, ; ‘DeWitt’.s Little Early risers
are the very best pills I ever used
for constiveness, liver and bowell
troubles.” H. B. MCMaster.
One Minute Cough Cure, cures.
That is what it was made for.
Yes, August Flower stiff has the
largest sale of any medicine in the
civilized world. Your mothers and
grandmothers never thought of us
ing anything else for indigestion or
biliousness. Doctors were scarce,
and they seldom heard of appendi
citis, nervous prostration, or heart
failure, etc. They used August
Flower to clean out the system and
s^ttp fermentation of indigesteo
food, regulate the action of the liver,
stimulate the nervous and organic
action of (he system, and that is all
they took when feeling duff and bad
with headaches and other aches
You only need a few doses of
Green’s August Flower, in liquid
form, to make you satisfied there is
nothing serious the matter with
you. Sample bottles at H, B. mcmas
ter, Waynesboro, Ga., and H. Q.
Bell. Millen, Ga.
Fri’igllt Rati- C is II -‘a rd.
Chattanooga, Feb. 2G —The cham
ber of commerce of this city has been
officially advised that the Chattanooga
freight rate case will b9 heard by the
supreme court of the United States m
Washington today, Mr. A. H. Shaver,
attorney for the interstate commerce
commission, being in charge. The mer
chants of Chattanooga are endeavoring
in this suii to secure tbe Nashvilie basis
of freight rates from the east.
Crowds at Alariii (iras.
Memphis, Feb. 24.—Crowds are be
ginning to gather in the city to attend
the mardi gras carnival and festivities
which begin Monday. It is expected
that 20,000 strangers will be housed in
Memphis tiff after the conclusion of the
reign of the king of misrule. Monday
his majesty wiil arrive and Tuesday
and Wednesday the merrymaking wili
take place.
Job Printing promptly oxocutod.
be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten
are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but
an inflamed condition of ihe mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of deafness (caused by catarrh) that we
cannot cure by taking Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free.
F. J. CHEXEY & CO.. Props.,
Sold by Druggists, 75c. Toledo, O
N< iv Court house Dedicated.
Atlanta, Feb. 26.—The new court
house at Decatur, which has been in the
course of construction for the past two
years, was dedicated with appropriate
ceremonies today. Immediately after
the exercises the DcKalb county su
perior court was organized by judge
John S. Candler, to bold until the end
.of the term. The ne w courthouse has
cost in the neighborhood of $50,000.
Work was commence 1 on it fully two
years ago, and the finishing touch was
added late Saturday afternoon. The
building is complete in every particular.
MuIti-lIillionair<- In Gi-orgin.
Macon, Feb. 23.—Mr. Cornelius Van
derbilt and wife of New York are ex
pected to arrive in Macon next Monday,
where they will be joined by Miss
Martha Johnston of this city and go on
a visit to Thomasvilie and Florida
points. Mrs. Vanderulit was Miss Grace
Wilson, daughter of R. T. Wilson of
New York. Her mother is a sister of
Miss Johnston’s father, J, Marshall
Johnston of Macon, Mrs. Vanderbilt
and Miss Johnston thus being first
cousins
,ouis SehSer
CASTORIA.
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