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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.