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NINTH YEAR
INTENSE HATE
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JITUATIOI ISCRITOikJ
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Spanish Soldiers Farad » straete
And P/laka Thr«»is
'* De. 14, Key West,
l)ec. 17- The situation here is
most uritiaal. Tne city is con
trolled by Spanish soldiers who
crowd the streets, animated by
jatause hate against Cubans and
Americans, though they try by
fear of punishment to conceal
their ill feeling against the lat
ter.
They are ill paid and therefore
undisciplined. It is not a long
time eince they revolted against
Blanco. They are, besides, we a
rule, ignorant Spanish peasants,
®*rrying ball eartridges and
r,Je9, and are mostly uuofficered
or insufficiently so. Yet they are
the trusted police of this city.
I An ordinary trivial dispata
a Cuban and Spanish
officer was made by these sol-;
di re an ex use to rush into an
adjoining hotel, mount the stairs
and shoot wildly in all sides.
The •outage and sense of Gen.
Groane on this occasion savad
many innocent lives. There is
na doubt that women, children '
and peaceful residents are in 1
danger ot their lives. They are
panic stricken. «
U. 8. MARINES TO HANANA I
Will no Police Doty And
> Suppress Riots.
Washington, Dec. 17. —A de
tachment of 48 marines left the,'
Marine Barracks this morning
for the League Island navy yard,
'/hey will sail on the Resolute
Havana, where it is stated they
will do police duty. The govern
ment ie determined to prevent
riots in that city.
M’’ Will K. West, a elever
C»’d»T cwn yctn g nat , has »c*
C'pt»d a position with W H.
Coker in Rome. —Cedartow Sand
erd.
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Imitated -
TH ncaiENCE OF SYRUP OF FlfiS
S 3 4u« not only to the originality and
•Unplicity of the combination, but nUo
ta the care and skill with which it i«
Manufactured by eeientific proceeaef
known to the California Fig SrntZ
Ca. only, and we wish to impress upos
*ll the importance of purctasi*ff th®
tone and original remedy. As the
gwine flyrup of Figs is manufactured
W the California Fie Syrup Co.
••ly, a knowledge of that fact will
•Mist one in svoiding the worthless
Citations manufactured by other par-
Baa. Tho high standing of the Cali-
F*Uia Fie Sykup Co. with the inedi
«•! profession, and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup of Figs has
IF«a to millions of families, makes
• name of the Company a guaranty
the e*ellence of its remedy. It is
in advance of all other laxatives,
*» It note on the kidneys, liver and
without irritating or weaken
ing them, and it does not gripe nor
••esoate. In order to get its benefleial
please remember the name as
•vmpany
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SA* »HA.ICUCS. C»L
MWsvn*» w aw r <muk> A. x.
THE ROME HUSTLER-COMMERCIAL
ROMt
TO STRONG CASE
i« Bttn Msdc by the state.
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WITNESSES ON BTANI
Disclose Damaging Evlelence
Against the Defendant.
San Francisco, Dec. 17.—The
defense in the Botkin trial today
received the weral setback it
has t xperienced since the case
ooened. 1 lie evidence of two of'
the witnesses examined today
was of such a convincing nature
that the chagrin caused by its
introduction was plainly written
upon the faces of the accused
woman and her counsel .
The evidence clearly showed
that Mrs Botkin wrote the
anonymous letters sent to Mrs
Dunning from this city appris
ing her of the alleged miscon
duct ®f her husband and inform
ing the dead woman that she
had grounds for commencing a
suit for divorce; ths handker
chief which was enclosed in the
box of poisoned candy was prov
en to have been purchased in
this city by Mrs. Botkin, anotb
er link in the ch tin of prosecu
tion.
The first important witness
was Mrs. Grace Harris, who was
employed in the City of Paris
dry goods store during May ahd
June of thia year. Mrs. Harris
told of the purchase of the hand
kerchief and identified the arti
cle whiah she sold, and stated
positively that Mrs. Botkin was
the purchaser.
She was certain of the identi
ty of the weman, as Mrs Bot
kin so resembled Mrs. Harris’s
own mother that the similarity
cassed her to wonder. She was
certain of the handkerchief, be
cause it bore a price mark which
sh® herself had stamped upon
the article. Cross-examination
rather strengthened her evi
dence than otherwise, as it
brought out the fact Mrs. Harris
took Mrs. Botkin's address,
which the purchaser gave as the
Victoria hotel, where she resid
ed up to the time of her arrest.
Mrs. Rouff, an aged woman,
told of her acquaintance with
the plaintiff, which was that of
an intimate. She also knew
Dunning very well.
Mrs. Rouff said that on one
occasion when she called od
Mrs . Betkins at her rooms the
defendant showed her a hand
kerchief, asking her if it was not
a beautiful one for the price.
Mrs. Rouff recognized the band
kerchief sent to Mrs. Dunning
as being exactly like the one
Mrs. Botkin showed her.
The witness identified Mrs.
Botkin’s handwriting in the
anonymous letter sent to Mrs.
Dunning. Mrs Rouff was famil
iar with Mrs. Botkin’s writing
and pointed out its peculiarities
When shew the note which wae
inclosed in the box of candy,
Mrs. Roufl stated that she be
lieved tt to have been written by
Mrs. Botkin. She discussed the
samples of writing shown her
with the ability of an expert
She recognized the language of
the letter as being that es Mrs.
Botkin also.
Witness then teldof a conver
sation she had with the defend
ant on the different poisons and
their qualifications for killing
mice . Later Mrs. Botkin was
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UEORGIA. SUNDAY MORMINO, DICEMBIR. 18. !•»«.
BLUE AND GRAY .
T* h Uiiled is Soldiiri’l
Hint.
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In Adm ttin» Ex-Ca >tad rile
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Washington. Dec. 17. —Th
tp nt the opening hour to- .
dey in onnaideratira of private
till and iniaof resolutions, and
then resulted debate «■ the Inter
ust oual American Bank bill.
Rixey. of Virginia, intioduceb
in the House a regulation provid
ing that all so'diers and sellers
hones sheltering the veterans ot
the Unioa army and navy sbal. be
open to the admission «f Confed
erate veterans, without discrimi
nations as to terms aad condi
tions.
Bell, cf Colorado, opposed the
bib as inimical to the national to
banks. Cretnpaoker, cf Indiana,
adveeatad the bill as a great help
to the extension of American oom
m»roe. Ridgely, ot Khhii, pro
posed a su' strata, authorizing the
Secretary of the Treasury to open ,
bank offices in all towns of B<XX>
population and over where th.-
United atat-s has consular offices
for aoceptpipns issuing
bills of exchange, &t.
Newlands declared that with
over 11,000,000 new papulation,
we mast provide for a more ex
tended bankiLg sjstaju.
Diagley gave pr act cal il ustra*
tiens of the difficulties Central and
South Americans haye in money
exchanges with tho United States
A back in Rio draws eu a bank
in London, and a bank in Loudon
draws on a bank in New York, to
pay for a sale of American goads
iu Rio. Thia costs a premium of
1 per cent, which is a profit it
self.
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taken sick, and while
treatment discussed poisons
with her physieiaus She thoaghf
the actioa *f strychnine too
harsh, and spake of arsenic as
being mild in its action, and
seemed well informed upon its
other symptoms. She told of a
visit made to her home by Mrs.
Betkin shertly after the perpe
tration of the crime.
Mrs. Botkin was greatly ex-i
cited, and talked about poieon*,;
anonymeus letters, and made]
other remarks that puzzled Mrs
Rouff. On ene occasion Mrs. ;
Botkin talked to the witness'
about bleaching hats, and re- ]
marked that she had heard that
arsenic was used for that pur
pose.
Defendant became agitated
when informed by Mrs. Rouff
• hat she would have to give her
name when she purchased the
poison. Upon cross examination
Mrs Reuff intimated that she
thought M’s. Botkin’s illness at
the time she asked so many
questions of the doctors about
poisons was a sham. She stated
that at the time Mrs. Bo ; kiu
visited her af.ei tho crime had
haen committed she felt certain
o. Mrs. Botkin’s guilt in the
matter, but explained her sym
pathy for hor and her eare of
her during the brief illness aa
being impelled by Christian
spirit.
Several other witnesses were
called, bet nothing of great im
portance was brought out. The
court then adjourned until Mon
day.
W ftW IfllVl
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SHOW
ON TUESDAY
Everyday and evening till Christmas
we will have the greatest display es
all New Holiday goods ever shown
in Rome. We are the only house In
Reme scading a buyer to the mar
kets for Holiday goods only, and
therefore, have the greatest display
I of new and beautiful goods, especial-
I ly for holiday trade.
I New Dolls, New Toys, Doll Car-
I riages, Wagons, Go Carts, Engines,
I Fire Wagons, Hook and Ladder Truok
I with horses and drivers, Horns,
■ Masques, Books, Games and ten
thousand things to make your gift*
givingeasy.
Come to the show and bring the
little ones with you.
W The second floor of our Broad
■ Street Store one
I \Great Exhibiton/
I of all New Toys and Dolls, not a lot of
I old out-of-date, fall«to»pieces. cheap
I toys of by-rone years*—but the very
I best to be had in the great cityjof
I New York, and they are new and
I priced down.
BESIDE TOYS AND DOLLS WE HAVE
NEW GLOVES NEW CAPS
Fosi’s Kid in the Just received and
bast black and colors, priced down to sell, a
and pticesdownat S «at lot of the very
bottom. newest and beek fin-
HANDKERC IIEFS fants’headwear. You
in a|l the dainty, rnowy should seetthem be
seal op and embroid- f orQ they fare picked
ir_ entd edges, from thsu
cneap to the fine one J| ovei •
LAIHAM AND SONS
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