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MNTH.YEAR NEGRO lyjctd. 4tti Takes Pope's Hssassin From Monticello Jail. MUSH ON THE SHERIFF. Negro Swung up and Hi* Body Riddled With Lead. Monticello, Ga., Nov. 28. About a quarter of a mile south us Monticelb, at the end of a cotton rP pe and suspended from a large tnulbarry tret, bange the lifeless body of Ed Merriwitber, the negro who murdered young Joe Pope last Saturday night. Early yeaterday morning people from the country came teaming j D 'o town until the streets were thronged They were frenzied from the first, but after the funeral pro cession cf ycung Pope passed through t< wu the hitherto well re trained rage I eg an to assert itself iu nnnancas and threats that proved not idle. About 3.30 in the afternoon a determined set approached Sheriff Wiltnru and his deputy, Camp bell, and demanded the j til keys. They were met with a peiemptory refusal, but would not take this for ia'i-fiction. The officers were saught and thrown to the ground and the keys taken from their pooksts. Sheriff Wilburn positively re* fused to reveal the cage combina tion and though threatened, held bn secret. There was, however, lose or.e iu the crowd who by Ber rios as bailiff knew the combina tion. Msrriweth»r was taken quietly from thv jail and led about 800 yards beyond the scene of bis crime and swung up. His body was perforated with bullets. Bsfoie his. death, he implicated three otler negroes. Two of these are under arrest. Kv«ry effort is being made to save them. ■ ■■■ F NEGRO ASSAULTS LAUY- At Point of Death and Police Bearching For Assailant A ?• ” Lynn, Mass., Nov. it. — An un known negro murden u-'y ans> u!t *d Miss Louise Butterick, of this City, yesterday, battering her head •'th a stone. Miss Butterick is at the point of death. Her assail ant escaped to the wood and the police are searching for him. TBE EKKLENCE OF SYRUPOF FMS I* due not only to the origi*l*fy and •‘•nplieity o£ the combinatu*. but also 10 the care and skill with diieh it is “*nufactured by seientiF processe? ■nown to the. Cai.ifornijFio only, and we wish-to npress upon the importance of pfehasing the wue and original reiW- As the t* n »ine Syrup of Figs iKnanufactured the Califohwia I« Co. oßl y. a knowledge ofthat fact will ’**i’»t one in a voidin the worthleaa bnitalious manufact>ed by other par “*g. The high staning of the CALl •obnea Peg Sykup o. with the medi **l Profession, an tbe satisfaction *hieh the genuin Syrup of Figs has Riven to, families, makes t«« name of the oinpany a guaranty the excellenc<°f its remedy. It is **■ in advance / *ll other laxatives, *•it acta on t e kidneys, liver and ••Weis wiihou irritating or weaken •f them, am it does not gripe nor ?i u,ttt *te. In *der to get its beneficial pla*A remember the name' of Compaq— UURtNIA FIG SYRUP CO. ..... VRaMcisca, c*j. wgv r«*c. a »- THE ROME HUSTLER-COMMERCIAL RANKING ADMIRAL A , Rear Admiral Dewey Hill be by ihriatmaa. OFFICE OF VICE ADMIRAL * ■* \ * *i . A Will be Retomm«ndad to Con gress by Mr. McKinley. Washington, Nov. 21.—-Rear Admiral Joseph N. Miller, re cently detaclfcd from command of the Pacific station, was placed on the retired ’ist today on ac count of age. The vacaney thus created is the highest grade of the navy will be filled by the promotion of Commodore H. L. Howison, now commanding the Boston navy yard. Capt. H. F. Picking will be advanced to the grade of commodore, and other promotions will be made all along the line. The naval orders today con tain an announcement of the re tirement of Rear Admiral Fran cis M. Bunae, on the 25th proxi mo. Amiral Bunce is cemmand ant of the New York navy yard generally regarded as the most important shore command in the navy. Rear Admiral George Dew< y will be the ranking admiral in the navy upon the retirement of Admital Bunee next month. It is understood that the president will recommend to congress the recreation of the effice cf admir al or vice admiral for the apecinl benefit of Amiral Dewey. Commodore J. W, Philip, now iu temporary command of the north Atlantic station, ia men tioned as likely to receive the assignment tn either the eom mand of the New York navy yard or the Boaton navy yard HAD LIVED LONG ENOUGH. So This veteran es Two Ware Laid Down and Died. Burlington, N. J.,Nov. 21.—“N<‘ mar sbowld live longer than the time allctted to him,” said John Wmderliu, who has fought in two wire and who was nearly 100 je»r» oti. The old van ou Friday last lought some laudanum at a drug store “to kill rats with,” he said. Then he went out beyond the city, swallowed the poison and lay dawn in a cornfield. Yesterday morning the old man’s body was found lying against a corn stack, with hia bead pillowed on a stone. For two days and two nights he had been exposed to the storm, while h.s family searched high and low for him, little thinking that he had com mitt d suicide. TO SELI floating DOCK Spanish Admiralty to Receive Bids for One at Havana. Havana, Nov 23. —The Spanish admir.dtj today adverise the flue floating dock in Havana harboi for sale or lease. All bide must bt iu before December 8 h. JLBU 'J-AL—-U 1- ■•T* BUCKLEN’S arnica salve The best salve iu tb<* world for cuts, biuiese sores, ulcers, Salt Rheum,Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped hands, Chilblains, CbYus, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or mbiiey refunded. Price 25 cents For salu by Carry Ar ungtpM Co. ROME GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY EVENIN J, NOVEMBER 23. 1898. "J PUT UP JOB" Was Ths Diitrilclion Os lh Maria Teresa ' SAYS SAILOR WEBBER Only Three Feet of Water when She Went Ashore. Naw York, Nov 23. —The steam er Autilla is at present in this port. Her second officer Edward Webbsr, said today that when tbs steamer was at Cat island the Infanta Maria Teresa was lying in about fifteen feet of water and the surf was breaking over her. She was lying easy and not ou tbe rock, but with'her nose in tbe sand. “Had the surf not been so high, I believe that we could have pull»d her off,” said Mr. Webber, “I questioned the natives and iearu* ed from them that the Maria Tere sa first appeared in the offing about 8 o'clock in tbe morning, the Thursday after she was abandon ed “She rede in gracefully, a.id had she been br ugbt under skill ful gaidanee she could not have come ashore at a better place. She want on tbe shore at 11 o’clock the same morning in which she was sighted It is my opinion as well as the opinion of the others on C*t is land that for some reason au at* tempt was made by those on th« Maria Teresa to have her sink be fore she had drifted far in th* storm. “All the square port holes aboye the water line were left epeu, but iu spite of this there was oaly three f et of water in her w hen the came ashore. I believe that the crew when they left her w«re anixous that that might be the last.bf her 1 believe that the'veesel will not go to pieoes, hat will remain where she is for TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. 25c. The genuine has L B. Q on each tablet. THE REV IRL R. HIOKS Annual Almanac and monthly paper, Word and Works, are known from sea to sea. We are pleased to call the attention of our readers to the almanac for 1899, now ready . It is a splon didly printed and illustrated book of 11® pages and the storm forecasts and diagrams and as tronomical and scientific matter are superior to anything that has ever been seen before in a 25 cent book. His monthly jour nal. Word and Works, s one of the best literary, home and scientific magazines in the coun try, besides containing his monthly storm forecasts with explanations. The subscription price of Words and Works i #l.oo per year and a copy es th* Hicks Almanac is sent as a pre mium to every yearly subscrio er. Single copied of Wordsand Works 10 cents. Send your or der to Word and Works Pcb. Co, 2201 Locust Street, St. Louis, Mo. THANKSGIVING. Go down to Atlanta via West rn A Atlantic R. R." and see the foot ball game, Athens vs. Auburn. Cheap rates, tickets on sale NuV. 28rd and morning train Nov. 24th limited ffbv, 26th. Trains leave at 7:30 a. m. 8;25 p. m. C. K. Ayer, P &T» A. \ •PINAL Ksiwseawc? AT ’» WH4M THS WEEK JI & sons ; A”. ; /IA t -Ml T wL/ I’ ( / 1 : i - V1 ■ f J * fe '**■ 1 t/M I .3 /k&Jj Sa l i uti 1 L J i f\- 4 1 f 1 I HO Wr I ■ WM I ; i \ w- W tn I ' ' h 3 9 1 VyO iW Hw - QHf CLOTHING At prices to sell Our second floor on Broad street is a complete clothing store, with a nice new line of men and boys and children’s clothing at prices you can’t get elsewhere, if they do advertise to sell at cost, etc. Our prices are lower than theirs, and all we ask is a chance to show and price and let you be the judge. - ■ > Men’s fine suits, been selling at $9.50, we now sell for 56.50; and anything in'clothing at equally as great reduction., 11 u. -i... 1 ■" . "■grr? ' We i sell shirts llllnhfcmE cheaper than you ’ can buy elsewhere t wfffiv/ • We sell the Stan- H I ‘ lyshirtatsoc,oth- ul ll ; er merchants get j |j j . 75 c a ”d SI.OO for IJi K S them. The sav- fißsMjggfi 5 ing will be yours. ; s " LB ill a M U, ,y Gentlemen’s Heavy Wool Fleece Lined Shirts Something real good at only 50c. They are worth coming to see. We want to close out jrfb a i' ll6 °f Adies’ wrapps '*■ ’ and w’ll name prices that will interest you if X- you care to save mon- < ey, Lad : es wrapps for about what the outing 1/IjM'SfflL flannel cost, and the M J i work thrown in- . >—- • -- - lih.||t|u| b LADIES’ CAPES! Capes as low as, each, *9 C Pretty Plush capes for ...... $1.25 Pretty Plush Capes, handsomely braided and beaded, Thibet trimmed, for only . , .$1.50 Capes and Jackets both cheap and fine, at prices to sell. LANHAM And SONS ■ V ■ z J ■* n . \ • J ‘ 'k -7 .■» ' - x V * \ • ■< < —s so CENTS PER WEEK H