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ATHENS DAltjjf BANNER.
ESTABLISHED 183:
LEON CZOLQOSZ
PAYS THE PENALTY
“I Am Not Sorry for Mv
Crinle,” He Said.
1,700 VOLTS DELIVERED
I
Ass.isaiu of Vrea:,lr„t McKinley Kl. !
bibUe.1 l.ltlle I in,lion Winn the
Furuplirrnalin 1 hat Was to l.auuc.'i !
Him Into Kl, roily U ns A.ijn.ied. j
At mn\. X. Y , Oct. 29 'il ls morn- !
log Leon Czulgo-z. tin- murderer of
President William M.-Kmley, paid the
exacted by tin: law for his crime. i
Bimtrtis shocked to death by 1,700 volts '
af«ectri try. Ho \r*-ur to the chair in '
CZOT.C.o*/. i\ the death ih.uk.
cxaotl • ti.e same manner a« l ave the
major ry of the murderers i:: this state,
■bowing no particular sign of fear, but
in fact doing what but few of them have
h.ber headn
...- fore he
bo>iy.
I bo \m
* 01
again
the
to bo it
WOB being strapped to the chair.
Czolgonz retired last night at l n
o'clock and slept so sonjnily that when
Warden Mead , wont to call him this I
morning shortly before 5 o’clock the
guard libido had to shake Czoigo^z to j
aw aken him. He sat up on the edge of |
the cot and made no r< piy to the war- j
den’s "Good morning.”
The prison official took from his |
pocket tin- death warrant and read it j
ilowly and distinctly to the assassin,
who hardly raised ins eyes during tne
perfunctory ceremony.
Just as the warden stepped away |
from the ceil door Czolgo>z called to
him and said:
"I would like to talk with the super
intendent.”
The warden responded:
"He will Ik? down presently.”
Thor, the condemned man rolled over
on hii cot anxious to sleep again.
l)ons Death < oMuine.
At 5:16, however, the guard brought
to him a pair of dark trousers with tin*
left leg slit, so as to allow the free ap
plication of the electrode, and a light
gray outiug shirt. He was told to got
tip and put these cu, which he did.
Contrary to the usual custom, lie was
S Lven a new pair of shoes. When
ressed he laid down on the cot again
and in this attitude Superintendent Col*
llns found him at 5:30 when he went
down to visit him.
The superintendent stood in front of
the cell and when the warden had called
Ceolgosz’s attention, he said:
•*I want to make a statement before
yon kill me.”
•‘What do you wish tosav, Czolgo?z?”
naked the superintendent.
"I want to make it when there are a
lot of poopl present. 1 want them to
hear me,” said the prisoner.
"Well, you cannot,” said the super
intendent.
•'Then I won't talk at all,” said the
prisoner.
After the superintendent left the
guards brought Czolgosz’s breakfast,
consisting of coffee, toast, eggs and ba
con and ho ate with quite a good deal of
relish. While he was partaking of this
%ha witnesses were gathering in the
offices of Warden Mead and at 7:09 the
K ocesslon marched to the death chain
r, going through the long south cor
ridor.
Arranged Chair l est.
Xn the chamber Electrician Davis and
former Warden Thayer of Dannomora
hud arranged the chair test, placing a
bunk of 23 incandescent* across the
arms and connecting the electrode wires
at either end. The witnesses wave or
dered seated and then Warden Mead
briefly Addressed them, saying:
••You are here to witness the legal
death of Leon F. Czolgosz. I desire
that you keep your seats and preserve
absolute silence in the death chamber,
So matter what may transpire. There
are plenty of guards and prison officials
to preserve order and attend to the
proper details."
Tne prison physicians, Dr. Gerin and
Dr. Charles F. MacDonald of New York,
look a posiri'M to tho left of the ohair,
Warden Mem stood directly in front,
and Electrician Davis retired to the lit
tie room containing the electrical switch
board.
i Layer gave the signal and the cur
rent was turned through the electric
lights, flooding the chamber with bril-
XJjLgt light Mid dramatically showing
>t«aps that
th.y c:--ikci \ p - Ely. The hau<i>
clinched m: i.y and the wl.eie atti
tude wa< one o! t- n^enecS. For
43 m con s the tail current wa* kept on
and thou .■<lowly the el *ctrioiaa threw
the switch back, reducing the current
volt by Voi; until tne current was cat
off entirely. Then ju.«: as it had reached
that point, ne tnrew the lever back
again for 2 or 3 seconds. Tho body,
which had collapsed as the current was
reduced, stiff ened tip against the straps
Donald stepped to the chair and put hi*
hand over the heart. He said he felt no
pulsation, but suggested that the cur
rent bo turned on for a few seconds
again. One- more tho body became
rigid. At 7:15 tho current was turned
off for good.
From the time Czolgo.-z had left hi-
cell until the full ptna'.ty was paid, les-
thau four minutes had elapsed. The
physicians present us d th * stethoscope
and other tests to determine if any iife
remained, and at 7:17 the warden, rais
ing his hand, announced:
"Genthm u. the prisoner is dead.”
The witnesses fi'.ed m ui the cham
ber, many of tusm visibly affected, ami
the nody was taken from the chair and
laid on the operating table.
When the body of Ez hgo z had been
rem ived from tire room where he was
killed to tne autopsy tub’e, Auburn
prison returned to the routine of i:s o:
ainarv life. The prisoners who ha.
beer, kept locked iu their cells w re re
leased at 7:43 o’clock and prison work
was resumed at once. There was no ex
citement among the couvicts. Scarcel;
100 people had gathered outside th
prison gate to watch the witnesses enter
and wait until they reappeared.
Greatest Precautions Taken
Prison Superintendent Colhus made
the following statement:
‘•The execution was one of the most
successful ever conducted iu the b:l
Extraordinary care had to be taken
th«? case, be can S'■ both tho warden and 1
received hundreds of threatening let
ters, many of them ass rriug in violent
and intemperate language that
prisoner w uid never be put in the
chair.
have (1 oided to bury the body of
Csojgo z iu the regular prison plot in
the local c» mi tery. Tne funeral wil
place some time within the next 4
hours. We will keep the grave guarde
md night unui sum time as th
quicklime which will be plac*. d aroun
the body ssiall have entirely destroy.*
her Sh w, Lit! I
tlon Over Hi*, Death.
Ci.evki.axd, Out. 29 —X’, xt to the
scone in tile death chamber at Auburn
prison, where Leon Cz ilgu.-z’a life wui
shocked out of existence, there were no
more interested witnesses to the far
away vindication of justice than a lit
tle proup of men who had gathered iu
tne local office of the Associated Pres,
to iiarn of the final act early today.
This jtro. p luclmkd ills lather ami two
brothers and half n dozen of his former
neighbors in this city.
Tne same seeming indifference that
has characterized the members of tne
Czolgosz faintly was maintained to the
end, and when the statement Hint Uzol-
S"'Z imii been nut to death was told the
old man in Polish his lingers twiteheo
nervously for a minute or so and a sus
piciou of a tear was such to come iut«
nis dark eyes ami he made a reply .in
to a friend woo acted as inter
nivur. 1 lit* old man’s statement wa>
mat inasmuch a- it h
better that it was ail o^
\\ neii told of Leon’s regret that he
nati not seen ins father, the assassin’.**
parent replied pathetically that had he
been asked to go to Auburn he wonlo
have done so. but trie news from Au
burn was never assuring and the futm r
felt that he was not wan\;
remained at home.
Tne old man siii.i finally that he
would not have been a witness to the
Killing of his son, for the scene would
have been too much for his paterna.
heart. Other than a suspicion of a tear
111 the father’d eye there was no sD-n <»;
grief, ami the two brother?, both y-miig
er than Leon, b*gau to ass as to th
probable painfulness of tin: eleetrocu
tiou, he did not wait to liear the details
and soon left for his home.
Czolgo-z of Sound Mind.
Auburn*, N. Y.. Get. 29.-The physi
cians who held the autopsy decided,
after a critical examination, that Czol-
gosz s brain was normal, if not abovi
normal.
Doth a Made Narrow K cape.
Pkktokia, Ocr. 29. — Commandaut
General Botha’s recent escape from the
British ‘columns pursuing him was n
close affair. Maj >r Remington marched
on the coummuder-in chief’s quarter at
night only to find* that Botha had got
off with a few hundred yards’ start,
leaving his hat, revolver and papers be
hind. Ten prisoners, including Com
mandant Hans Botha ami former Labd
rust Schutte, were captured.
!‘MlCe
Deafness Cannot be Cured
by local applications as they canmt
reach the disease^ portion of the ear.
Deafness is caused by on inflamed con
ditiou of the mucous lining of the Eus
tachian Tube. When this tube is in
flamed you have a rumbling sound
,ir imperfect hearing, and when it is
ntirely closed deafness is the result,
ind unless the inflammation can be
aken out and this tube restored to its
normal condition, hearing will be de
stroyed forever; nine cases out of ten
are caused by catarrh, which is nothing
hut an inflamed condition of the mucom
urfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollar?
for any case of Deafness (caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall’s
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO ,
Toledo, O.
Sold by Drugg’sts, 75c.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best
ROYAL WELCOME FOR
POKE MD DUCHESS.
Their Journey to End In Blaze
of Glory.
MOST ELABORATE PLANS
lab.
CcrrespondenUAyho Acornp
Tourists Are Loud In 1'lielr
Canada, but Don’l Like
They Dot of United Mutes.
London, Oct. 29. — Most
plans have been made for the reci
of tho Duke an Tie.-s of for
umi York at Portsmouth ami I, .
It is not generally felt that the m
the duke and duche-s has been ti
.-ess, as, on the whole, comnara
iittle interest has been taken in n
war and ottier events haviiigcnnt:
ivershadowed the royal journey,
ifilc.ftls, however, are determined
t shall end iu A blaze of jtlory
Portsmouth na active naval dl
ms been arranged.
T if teen battleslmps and crus, r
IN DENSE SMOKE
PEOPLE SUFFOCATE
A SOUR STOMACH
il .omorrow to meet the
iihir amt escort her t<> Port
ie royal party jpill take the tr
ha.
ami reach . Loi
ae afternoon. Her 10.000 troops w
i' **p the streets alear for the pr sc«*-M
•• a Victoria station to Marianeu
lOU-'C. -
w?pnper correr'iHmdeiit* wno vm
vitii the Dukc and Duchess of Cornw:
uid York partyfcontribute some i
imrkable letters,\to their p-apels hei
uglily appreciative of Canada, but th
lo not like the gl:aipse th *y gor of rl
Jnited States. Thus the morning ci
respondent writes:
“Som ? of us crossed to Buffalo to s
:he exposition, which was iii>:ippou
ug. Buffalo is a slovenly looking,
jrosperous city, m great contrast wi
he handsome Cs^idiail cite
recently visited*'*£
WRECK ON" SOUTHERN.
Ilttflalu Hill LojS One Hundred and
kiftJtHorsei.
Sai.isbi-rv, N. CfeOct. 29.—A thronyh
tnutnbopud troigit on tho Southern
•ail-wav and the' noond section of 15uf-
talo Hill’s wild \vrit;#ow collided near
Lluwood, 12 milosSh>0B he^ihis morn
mg. Train Master
boro was iutcrUr
b^l'mjC.rvTt
killed, aim
saddle horse, pr
ral Nelfm Mil
Tiio collision
giueu
look:
New Oki.kans,
paugh Seils c
city last night wa
side of Baco
Four cars loaded
were badly wive
cages weto t<»rn
animals allowed t
of elephants wore
tho wreck, but u’t
YOU HAVE HAD
Unpleasant experience with other 5c
igars, now try the Roman Kuight cigar
G. H Hulme& Co., Distributing Agents.
KtPCtrio blue to DahlonegH.
Daiilonkoa. Ga., Oct, 29.—Dahlone-
ga at last is to have a railroad. For
several weeks actual work has been pro
gressiug on a dam across the Chestatee
river at Bull Suonls, 6 miles south of
Dahlouega, where the electric powei
plant for tut* road is to bo established
Contracts for rails, crossties and other
materials have been made, and work is
expected to begin ou tho Gainsville end
not later than N >v. 1.
HeJKept His Leg.
Twelve years ago|J. W. Sullivan, of
Hartford, Conn., scratchei his leg with
a rusty wire. Inflamation and blood
poisoning set in. For two years he suf
fering intensely. Then the best doctors
urged amputation, "but,” h9 writes, "I
used one bottle of Electric Bitters and
11-2 boxes of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve
and my leg was sound and well as ever.”
For Eruptions, Eczema, Tetter, Salt
Rheum, Sores and all blood disorders
Electric Bitters ha9 no rival on earth.
Try them H. R. Palmer & Sons and W.
J. Smith & Bro. will guarantee satis
faction or refund money. Only 50 cents.
•ug** at noon
with animal cag--s
od, but none of tn»*
on and none of the*
> e-cape. A carload
urned loose through
r tnc-y had wandered
about the country a short time, were
driven into Baton Rouge and corralled.
Three men were badly hurt. The
wreck was caused by the front section
of the circus train running into the rear
end of a freight train.
Is Often the Cause of a
.Sour Temper
Ihat the condition of the digestive
organs has a marked * ff**ct upon th*
characti r or di-position is a trnisrn a-
•Id as tht* hilN. Old Ben Johnson wise
ly Raid, 4 the pleasure living d pends
ft -
upon the liver, ’ au t it is a fact which
none may dispute that a sunny disposi-
■ion more often results from a healthy
digestion than from any other canse.
Acid dyspepsia, commonly called sour
stomach or heartburn, is caused by slow
digestion of food; instead of being
promptly digested and converted into
blood, bone and muscle, it lies iu the
stomach for hours, fermeuting and de
cay in g creating gases which cause press
tire on the lungs and heart, short breath
and general discomfort and irritation.
Such half digested food is indeed poor
nourishment for the body, brain and
nerves and the result i3 showu in irrita
bio tempers, nnaccoautabi
and that d: pressing
ibej/tyaes,” but ho^KTcf
Fatal Blaze in Eagle Flat
at Chicago
LIST OF THE CASUALTIES
Several Were Injured by Jumping
From Uoof—kata.ities Would Have
Ueeu Greater but For Quick Work
of Firemen.
Chicago, Oct. 29.—Two persons lost
their lives and three were injured and a
score were overcome by smoke m a Are
in the Eagle flat building, Lyttle and
Taylor streets, today.
The dead:
Mrs. D. Ryan, 50 years old. suffoc nod.
Mrs. Anna King, daughter of Mrs.
Ryan, suffocated.
The injured;
Elsie King, 12 years old, rescued while
unconscious from inhaling sm< ke, in
jured slightly.
M Otis, jumped 40 feet from roof.
badly brui
E Hegg. jum
G:h<r oceuna
who wen ov *rc
rescued In- fir i
1 from ro ?f, bruised,
s of the bulling
t‘ by :in* Mnoke wero
rs of their
ow’u family and all recovered _
open air. Frank Thompson, the jani
tor, was among the tirst rescued and
wh a hi? revived he rush *d hack into
rl'* hnildiug and assisted in the rescua
Work.
hie biaze originated in the basun^ut
and was extinguished after $1,500 dam
age had been done.
St. Joseph, La., Ha* $.*»(>,<>0(> Hr«.
Natchfz, Mi-s.. Oct. 29 — Fire de
stroyed the entire business section of
Sc. Joseph, Uv., this morning at 2
o’clock. Approximate loss $50,000.
SCHLEY INVESTIGATION.
Cross Kx i mi nut ton of «lie Admiral
>titl Under Way.
Washington, Oct. 29. —Judge Advo
cate Leiuley lost no time in beginning
the interrogations of Admiral Schley
after the ouurt of inquiry convened at
Qjcl^ijk.liiday.
Don’t Let Them Suffer.
Often children are tortured with itch
ing and burning eczema and other skin
diseases but Bucklen’s Arnica Salve
heals the raw sores, expels inflamation,
leaves the skin without a scar Clean,
fragrant, cheap, there’s no salve ou earth
as good. Try it. Care (tnarauteed. Only
25c at H. R. Palmer.&.Sons and W. J.
Smith & Bro.
THE PACE MAKER
For other cigars to follow where the
Reman Knight cigar leads. G .H Hulme
& Co., Distributing Agents.
DeWitt’s Little Earl; Risers search
the remotest parts of the bowels and
remove the impurities speedily with no
discomfort. The; are famous for their
efficacy. Easy to take, never gripe. H.
R. Palmer & Sons and W. J. Smith &
Bro.
To tirow ( ilrtl, Krult.
Miami, Fla., Oct. 29 —The Kverglad
Improvement company of Orange Glade
nas commenced clearing a 10-acre tract
which will be planted ln citrus trees a:
soon as the work is completed. Later
they will clear 10 acres more and plaut
iu tropical and citrus fruit trees. John
M. Townley is at the head of the com
pany.
To iloont -chley tor President.
Rich Hill, Mo., Oct. 29.—A Schley
club has been organized here by some ol
Admiral Schley’s Democratic admirerji.
Strong resolutions indorsing him for the
next Democratic presidential uomiua
tion were passed.
When yon cannot sleep for coughing,
it is hardly necessary that any one
should tell yon that you need a few
doses of Chamberlain’s Congh Remedy
to allay the irritation of the throat, and
make sleep possible. It is good. Try it
For sale by H. R. Palmer & Sons and
Smith Bros.
IT COSTS YOU
No more than the ordinary cigar yon
bay every day, bat costing twioe as much
to manufacture; it is twice as fine, the
great Romau Knight cigar. G. H.
Holme & Co , Distributing Agents.
Pyny-Balsam Relieves Right Away
and makes a speedy end of coughs and colda.
I have been suffering from dyspepsia
for the past twenty years and have been
unable after trying all preparations and
ahysicians to get any relief. After
akiug one bottle of Kodol Dyspepsia
Care I found relief and am now in bet
ter health than I have been for twenty
rears. I can not praise Kodol Dyspep
sia Cure too highly.” Thus writes Mrs.
O W. Roberts, North Creek, Ark. H.
R Palmer & Sons and W. J. Smith &
Bro.
BEWARE OF IMITATIONS,
None so fine, comparison always proves
its superiority, the Roman Knight cigar.
G. H. Hulme & Oo., Distributing Agents.
already irritated stomach and bowels
and have no effect npon actual digestion
of food.
Tne sonsibl« courso to follow is to
m ike usj of simple natural digestives
like Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets after j
meals uutil the stomach has a chance to
recuperate.
The natural digestives which every I
healthy stomach contains are peptoues, j
diastase and Hydrochloric and lactic |
icid sand when any of them are lacking !
the trouble begins. The reason Stuart’s j
Dyspepsia Tablets are so valuable and
successful in curiug stomach troubles is
because lh**y contain, iu a pleasant con
centrated tabl-t form, all these absolute
ly necessary essentials for perfect diges
ion and assimilation of food.
Henry Kirkpatrick, of Lawrence,
Mass., sirs: *‘M<*n and women whose
occupation precludes au active out door
lift' should make it a daily practice to
use Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets after
meals. I have dene so myself and I
know positively tbu* I owe my present
health and vigor to th**ir daily use
“From the time I was 22 when lgrad- I
uated from school with broken health
from overwork, until I was 54,1 scarcely
knew what it was to be free from atom
a *h weakness. I had no appetite what
ever for brtak'ast aud very little for any
other m-ai.
"I had acidity aud heartburn nearly
every day and sometimes was alarmed
by irregularity aud palpitation of the
heart, bat all this grviually disappeared
after I began using Smart’s Dyspepsia
Tabb-ts and I can eat my meals with
relish and satisfaction which I had not
known since I was a growing boy.”
The success and popularity of Stuart’s
Dyspepsia Tablets is enormous, but it is
deserved, and every druggist iu the
Uuited States, Canada and Great Brit
ain has a good word for this meiitorious
preparation.
day where he left off yesterday, askinga
number of questions relating to tho
weather on May 25 and 26. He also re
verted to tiie detaching of the Eagle
from the flying ?qua*iron and brought
the witness to the consideration of sev
eral otiier hup or details of that move
ment beiore coming to the meeting with
the scout boats, 25 miles south of Santi-
ago on the evening of May 26, when the
retrograde movement toward Key West
in search of c*»ai was begun.
The intention was to go into this ret
rograde movement later iu the day aud
n.so to consul- r in detail the reconnois-
sauce of May 51. tne coaling question
ami the famous loop of the Brooklyn ou
July 5. Captain Lemley was hopeful of
completing his questioning today, but
admitted that the outlook iu that direc
tion was not altogether promising.
The largest attendance lias been in
the past few days, and eager as was the
interest manifested, the utmost discip
line and good order has prevailed about
the courtroom.
INCREASED VALUATIONS.
Tax ICeturn* From Florida Counties
Show Up Well.
Tallahassee, Oct. 29 — Notwith
standing the fact that real estate to the
value of more than $230,000, covered by
tax sale certificates, has
been excluded from this year’s tax books
by Comptroller Croom, the tax books
coming from the counties for the cur
rent year show a very gratifying in
crease in the valuations for purposes of
taxation.
Of the 22 tax books, approved and
filed in the office of tne comptroller for
1901. only three counties show a falling
off from the valuations for 1900. The
aggregate valuation, as shown by the
tax l*ooks of 22 counties, is $50,098,916,
aud tiie net increase over 1900 in tne
same counties is $96),879.
If people only knew what we know
about Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, it would
be used in nearly every household, as
there are few people who do not suffer
from a feeling of fullness after eating,
belching, flatulence, sour stomach or
water-brash, caused by indigestion or
dyspepsia. A preparation such as Kc-
dol Dyspepsia Cure, which, with no aid
from the stomach, will digest your food,
certainly can’t help but do you good.
H. R. Palmer & Sons and W. J Smith
& Bro.
Dr Bull’s Baby Syrup tor Teething Babies
Price 10 cts. Cures Wind Colic, Diarrhoea. Dys
entery, Griping Pains, 8our Stomach, Fever,
Cholera Infantum. Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup pro
motes the digestion and soothes the baby.
THE ROMAN KNIGHT CIGAR
la unlike other cigars—they are better,
the flavor more full and delicious. G.
H. Hulm* & Co. f Distributing Agents.
BIG MONEY EXPENDED.
Electric Railway Work at Asheville
Consuming $.*>00,000.
Asjif.vii.i.k, N. C., Oct. 29.—Half a
million dollars is being expended in
electric railway impr»>v»*m**uts, mainly
by the General Electric company. The
Asheville Electric company has bought
out tho recently chartered company,
which has built dams and a largo plant
on Ivy creek, 20 miles from Asheville,
and will use the power for operating its
now quite extensive system.
Winston capitalists were largely en
gaged in constructing the great plant on
the Ivy, which they nave just sold, the
buyers thus cutring off proposed compe
tition. Iu a few days tne Ivy plant will
be in operation.
For sprains, swellings and lameness
there is nothing so good as Chamber
lain’e Pain Balm. Try it For sale by
H R. Palmer & Sous and Smith Bros
Judge Makes New Hilling.
Nashville, Got. 29.—United States
Circuit Judge Clark yesterday declared
his intention of consolidating the First
National bank oases, in which there
are seven defendants, and fix* d the date
of trial for the second Tuesday of next
April term He also announced that
after Jan. 1 he would not permit deputy
marshals to have any connection with
internal revenue cases except iu the
wav of serving process. This will re
duce the number of cases and also the
compensation of deputies. Ho will
recommend that they be placed ou a
salary.
Ford changed to Poison.
Putrefying food in tho intestines pro
duces effects like those of arsenic, but
Dr. King’s New Life Pills expel tho
poisons from clogged bowels, gently
easily bnt surely, curing Constipation
Billiousness, Sick Headache, Fevers, all
Liver, Kidney and Bowel troubles Only
25c at H. R Palmer & Sons aud W. J.
Smith & Bro.
THE ROMAN KNIGHT CIGAR
Smoothes and soothes away all sorrow
and care. G. H. Holme & Co., Distrib
uting Agents.
I Know One Sure Remedy
for au obetiaate cold. Ita name U Pyny-Balaam.