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I tiG.il' 1 VBA' { _ : xtra goodand rebel yell eigars _ - - - - - - - ——_ M ! ?, V ..F ly HIS *N FMD I ward of Allan | "i Shot Himself. I , DRINKING j n ■ Va5 Aso ■” Doer Health When ■ he Fired the Shot. L to !», J- 1 ,' 13r1 , toward.a young man employed ■ v Ih( ,>• fnm of GUnn de Seaton ■hot himself in the head yester- | ■ aftorocou in a barroom at the ■ tu r and Ivey, streets ■ 0 one saw the fatal shot fired, as I ■, ot teok effect in ’he temple and ■enei.'ated the brai: . ■ nu; . was n<4 intoxicated Rough he is said to have seen I ■filling more heavily than usua ■.several Is. No cause has I,pen ase 3 )taineo for ’he des ■), rat' 1 deed. ■ beffre he -hot bimseit ■ < (a.waru ludktd into he saloon ■ ( ] asked to be shewn to a toilet ■. ooi. A mao behind the bar ■minted "Ut it place to him and ■’ooTi ird d sippeared- ■ Ti- I 11? I.d-r lost sight < f him Hod thought no more of him until ■ -.it’ • i/'-' -h t Woodward ■ad gum* to the rear of the sa ■n-u :;ini <-i! t,>p of a barrel. p . : in" ;> >'ol against bis : ■ -td, tin ba .1 entering ■ As .- i; u- lb shot was fired ■h' od’.n i oxer • n Ills face . tii :’ from the Grady ■v d b, Patrolman ■) I'Piis aii'l he tnai: was taken ■i>n*. where it wa? said he could ■'. .'" hut a s'? : I mo. ■ H..'• :> M a-h Will Smith ■ou hand badlv ■risked : the R one cot ton fax:- < ■■ rv yes'-rdiy miming at ■ clock, > hile at work at some ■i mbinerv. Rigiex t ix iExsiEiEr.i ■ •'■ uliid, Judo in --Xews received u; rhe Philippine Islands ■I:S<:.!H ,; ;| (jeep j J)) p TOSS ioll. II ■ C ■ 1 miry w culm, but there is. a ■’’'Hio,ity of dissatisfaction 9 o.iiiy on patri ■tie r mmi.. I;; Psy Day . I. mother of ■ ’ ' rat the < ud of a Fh husband may II. 1 13"' 3 " I' 'I home Ins regular ■ ' wages. Sone of the child. ■ ten may be old ■ i , '•>> . enough to earn I - : tin irs. But the ■lk / mother, what is I / l’.< r pay for het I da vs of toil and 1 ■ •«• o' < n nights of ||ll I’G-'n'\ anxiety? Well, I x//" I '' lv ' s e 'thet I Xp.’.id in Iftve ot I '■ GWiT Ghe isn’t paid I v at all. I '' / / Tlie majority ■ x f '-.7Wj of mothers are I \ J vrf. ctly satis Bd.r ii d with the l| in ci:.tio:i ■it- ..... . i receive C at much, Br. . . •' 1 ” the mother comer !■ or '.vor y, or be- ■ .vness or disease has ■ n c< i - to be alarmintr Hl 1 ' ’’w'■'l t, get to this I ■ ' be ieok.'il after right ' ■' ; a b>''f com-.mm sense 9 coarse n. one medi- ■ ’ • A medicine mu#! ■ '.tn: particularpurpose. I ' " 'the liver arc out 1 • >lden dical )>i<- ■ ■ icmedy. s ’ ■ .-'.j ” is specially I '-ml diseases of the | '■ u >■• '.I most pot: nt I trout .vs which tver | < '’'’'lit. ms exist these I ’;’ •' .-1 v constitute I ’■ , r m ’ of treatment, •d.lwith | ' • l - oiots.icd and I m rce.nr.nxendlnir nr I , -.Sion, • 1, n Medical 1.. ■■\ .■ / . wntex Mrs. Jed Law I j «, kidney dis. ■. . "•••. b ' . I,;| d flowinp spells. ■ ... or Pierce's Favorite Pte- I, ''Ollen Medical l>is- Im. .. ■•' V ’ il ’ s of ' I’el'.ets,' The | be,.;... Gi’n'cve 1 ”2* I b- . L: I-.. .'.'? S»*»'"img before I - ■'li».' When I '‘“‘bWuau, I > ’rd mo pounds. Now I ■ * "OU uow do all uiy work." THE ROME HUSTLER-COMMERCIAL BIOODY'DEED. ' Patter Roe Killed by Lilin Evans at | PIEDMONT, MI ! J]tt, • On May 21 Evans Sent to Jail Without Bond Gadsden, Ala - , June 11 (Special)—On May 21st, Parker Roe, a well known dentist o’ Piedmont, was found dead on the roadside,' about ten miles Scutl) of Piedmont at 12 o’clock n the morning, with his throat cut from ear to ear, Ijing in a pool of his own blood. Lum Evans, a stove drum mer. was suspected of vbe awful crime and was arrested on sus picion and afterwards confessed to doing the bloody deed. He was carried to Gadsden and lodged in jail to await a preliminary hearing. lie was tried before a justice of the peace yesterday and sent to jail without bond. In his statement he claims Roe and several of his friends started to Piedmont together from Gadsden. Roe took his >wn cart and horse and a man by the name of McElery, went in a hack with me. Evans says: “Roe asked me for a drink and 1 told him the bottle was broken, but he still insisted on me giving him the bottle. 1 handexl it to him and ae emptied the contents before reaching Piedmont. Roe got too drunk to ride by himself, so we took ’nimin the hack with U 3. He soon went to sleep and when we woke him up to try to get him to stay al! night ata farm house, )<■ got in a rage and said his pocket book was gone and ths he had it before getting in the hack with us. He pulled out a knife and cut me nnder the shoulder. In self defense 1 was compelled to kill him.” McElroy was also sent to jail is an accomplice. Evans is well known in Rome and lived here at one time. Mr. R, L. Chamlee was em plpyed to defend Evans by the Moulders’Union. Mr. Chamlee returned from Grdsden I hurs lay and made a strong light for his client, but the evidence was so strong against him he was sent to jail and will be tried at i lie next term of the superior court, and some sensational de velopments are expected. T— A Painful Accident. —In crossing Broad street yesterday forenoon Cupt Joe 11. Lumpkin, while avoiding a passing vehi cle, sprained a leg which was wounded in the late wos. 1 his caused Mr. Lumpkin to suffer a severe attack of vcwtigo later in , the day. Capt. Lumpkin is ! health officer of Rome and has a ho,t of friends here who re gret to learn of his illness and who join The Jlustler-Commcr ; cial in wishing him a speedy re icoeviy Phayeb Circle. - Dr. R. B. Headdeu will lead the mng Mens Prayer circle this afternoon ai3 o'clock. AU you? «nu ar) Icoidially invited to take part in I the serv'c.e. ROME OEOROIR. EftT&RWIV E VEHthC. .J l INE 1% I S9S. B«HDITS,«T KORK ' ' ■ ■ -''k * Suite Fe Mail Aril' s]ms Train Is in Id tiji; " FIREMAN WAo MURDERED. reported That Several Thous ai d Dollars Was Secured.* • ...... . - Austin, Tex., June 11.—Gov. Cuberson received a telegram from General Manager Polk, of the Santa Fe road informing him that the through train car rying mail and express had been oeld up last night near Coleman tud robbed ; that the fireman had been badly wounded by robbers and asking for state rangers to pursue the bandits. The governor answered that there were uo rangers in the in terior of the state at this time, ill doing Me-xican border duty, indtliat the local authorities would h ive to look after- the matter. Nothing further could be learned about the, rabbijry from the capital officials, but from other sou roes it was learned that the hold .up was.well plann ed and executed. • The place where the, trian was robbed is very lonely ami isolated to that degree that it all >rdtd safety to the riuLbers and left the train crew and’‘pas sengers almost at the mercy of the bandits. It*is said • mmey was frotu'tT#' pas sengers,. The express car was en tered, but there are conflicting statements here as to whether there was any money secured or not, one story thousand dollars were taken and the other that a r small amount was secured# but it is gmerally believed that'Alw ban dits got some money fmni th car - The firemen offered resrstMice to the hatidits and one of (hem fired at bitn wounding him t-atally it i« feared. > In is knowL that while consid iderah e money was secured-none of the pas’tngere wue hurt-and he firemen ’was the* only j nir , m‘- ber of the train crew injured ANOTHER ACCOUNT. . . CoEman, Tex.. June 11.—Tiaet night at 12 o’clock four met)' at tempted to hold, up thefr&wita Fo passenger Johnson got off the to Ujrow the switch, when lie shotguns. The robbers < went’to the express car, but ger refused to open; and they - be gan fn’iig on bino. G’lafitxl' Agen’ Buchanan, who was on the: train, lired with a six shooter fropi the ; pla’fortn, hitting rue of the r b- J hers, who decamped with his pomrades. The bandits secure no mo ey it i iot know Low bally the the rob ber was injured, Fireman John son was shot by the r d bers twice, both bullets going throuh the bow els. The Santa Fe road hasoffeied SSOO reward for the robbers, and several posses are in hot pursuit, fhey will undoubtedly be cap’ur ,,(i - .. •• • fiREWAN Johnson Dead. Houston. Tex., June 11. —A m< ss age from Santa Ana, where F.r mam Johns m was takeo, say he pied at 10:30 last niget. ROME Bombarded « WWPwB ' * “ J ; -a: WITH Bargains. '"ito ' Prb.ty Shier India Linen ,g-> cts . Picture Handkerchiefs o niy 1 ct >■ *• *< >*- • • ’Pretty Folding Fans only let. Coats S 300 l Cotton only ■ 2 els. gj WK ..a. . tgl Paper Pins only 1 ct, Frlut of Loom. Bleached Cotton ' sIA cts e ' Yar d wide Sea Island 3J4 cts ar Calico per yd, only Scents. > ~ * ~ UyLiun Ire J S li-'t Waiot 17 cents M-. ‘Musliii de Soireonly 49 cets- 'j.'oj lari ?>oi>io :r th a . Els 3 vnarj ' • Q rgao di js'From o 3nts a n J u. 3, . MIES MUSLIN UNDERWEAR CHEP. ot* W w* w* Wr w* W* Ti* -•4 .-."ill*'. 4 ! t MILLINERY, 1 .• . * ’ Our nillinery Department aglow with its beauti= fui array of summer Hiliinery and our prices are right TUB MCCALL ixvv PATTERNS. 1 „ - Are the equal of any mado and our pricss are under ’ in Rome on paper patterns. LANUA/'ANSONS. IU CENTS PE R WEEK