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THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDEK.
TWENTY-SECOND yeah.
LEE ALLEN’S
New Cash Prices on
«SH O E S.^
Ladies’ Shoes.
x quality Liulies Kid
s | RM .s' button or lace, patent tip,
plain tip, or common sense toe and
old lady's comfort: old price, qn n
sL/Jo: now cash price
Kin,- quality Ladies’ genuine
1 )o!iu>la. all solid: button or lace;
• •atent, plain or common sense toe.
:lll d old lady' scornlort. old * r q
prices, sl.To; new cash priced* *
\ very'superior quality Ladies
Line kid Shoes, butt an or. lace,
patent tip. plain tip. or common
louse toe. all sizes. 1U to .8; old
price s-J.25 to *2.50; new /y jr
cash price /# / &
Post quality kid Shoes, button or
lace, patent tip, plain tip or com
mon sense toe; all sizes. 2 to 7; old
price new cash price gQQ
We challenge any shot 1 dealer to
produce at these prices as good,
smooth, snsf, tine, uniform uppers,
with ilevible bottoms, leather in
soles and outsoles. 1 hese are ab
soluteK the host shoes ever offered
for t he price.
BOYS’ SHOEsT
(bn* lot Hoys' Heavy N eal Calf,
si/cs .> to ♦>; former price mbs-?
si.2b. new cash price '
< hie lot Ho vs all solid JJult Hals,
plain or cap toes, sizes to 5,
former prices $1.50; new .
cash price * • ■ Lr
One lot Hoys’ Black and Tan
Dongola. cap toe, .'> to 5,
old price $2: new cash preo I»s^
Oiu* lot Little Gents Shoes,
sprig heels, all sizes, SU to 2, old
price 1.75; new cash price . .
I 4 jLL
this is the best line of boys"
shoes ever sold for the price in
A merieus.
Hr-jV-Prives subject to change without notice.
Ijs©o Allen,
Your Money’s WortL
You don’t know where you can get so
much value for the money you spend for 4
groceries as right here. We only want
you to deal with us a few day s before you
will appreciate how fullyjwe supply your
grocery wants.
You May Be Sure of Good Quality andnFair Dealing.] i
■* —xxnjsm
We make a specialty of *the best ser
vice At a reasonable price
W. H. GLOVER, Manager.
Under Opera House. ’Phone No. 123.
hbnh
THE MAN WITH A GOLD
"** is a nuisance to others as well as suffer
er himself. Kb Id inexcusable when he
\ZsjS|r, ! X r pan find so many excellent remedies
/'vi' trir* Hudson’s drugstore. True, if lie
'Yy<4§ 1 I asthma, it’s doubtful if he can ob
j / y V tain a I ,er f e °t cure. But it’s rather late
-—(T ~ ) for ast hma, and there is relief for even
!/>*/YnIaIIIi t^at aunoving ailment * Stop sneezing
V s v !' Kv'V" and coughing. Stop at Hudson’s and
co* rs ;|'li W j| (jfS set something to help you out.
GLASCOW & LEWIS, Tailors.
(OVER SCHUMPERT SHOE CO,)
Suits made to order by us on short notice from our FalQand Winter sampler,
othßß cleaQ ed, pressed and almost made new.
Men’s Dress Shoes
Out* lot Men’s Hals., good quality,
old price $1.50; new cash *
One lot Men’s Buff Bals, abso
lutely all solid; old price
£1.75; now cash price
Several lots of different styles, all
solid, light, medium or heavy
weight, black or tans, leather or
vesting tops; old price $2 to
£->: new cash price ® # 7s
Big line light and heavy weight,
blacks or tans, leather and vesting
tops; former price £2.50 to
*2: new cash price 2.00
A great line of Gents’ dress shoes,
never sold for less t\ cn o n "7C
than £2.50; now Z»OU 66 ZifJ
_ as a new cash price price
'7 takes the choice of any.
shoe in our house. Old price £4,
though you have paid £5 many
times for shoes no better.
Men’s Heavy Shoes
A good all solid Brogan
' tor ' 75C
Men's all solid, full stock Brgan,
old price 1.25: new cash
price 05C
One lot Men’s high cut, all solid
Plow Shoes; oh 1 price 1.50;
our new cash price 1. 5 U
Best quality made, Oil Grain Ore
ole, old price 1.50; our new
cash price 1.14/
One lot No. 12s, for the big-lbol
ed; old price 1.50; new cash
price *«j
This is the farmers and laboring
man's opportunity to shoe them
selves at right prices.
AMERICUS. GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 6, 1901.
An Excellent Combination.
The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
Syrup of Figs, manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co., illustrate
the value of obtaining-the liquid laxa
tive principles of plants known to be
medicinally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. It
is the one perfect strengthening laxa
tive, cleansing the system effectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per
manently. Its perfect freedom from
every objectionable quality and sub
stance, and its acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing figs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from senna and
other aromatic plants, by a method
known to the California Fig Syrup
Co. only. In order to get its beneficial
effects and to avoid imitations, please
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front of every package. .
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAT..
LOUISVILLE, EY. NEW YORK, N. Y.
Forsale by all Druggists.—Price 50c. per bottle.
Kodof
Dyspepsia Cure
Digests what you eat.
It artificially digests the food and aids
Nature in strengthening and recon
structing the exhausted digestive or
gans. It is the latest discovered digest
ant and tonic. No other preparation
can approach it in efficiency. It in
stantly relievesand permanently cures
Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn,
Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea,
Sick Headache, Gastralgia.Crampsand
allother results of imperfect digestiou.
Price 50c. and sl. Large size contains 2% times
small size. Book all about dyspepsia mailedfree
Prepared by E C. DsWITT &>CO , Cl)lcago<
. W A RKMBERT,
AMERICUS. GA,
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PENNSYLVANIA PUIUS RVK, !
EIGHT YEARS OLD.
OLD SHARPS WILLIAMS
FOUR FULL QUARTS OF THIS FINK
OLD ,PUHE RYE.
C-> EXPRESS
PREPAID
We amp on approval In plain, sealed boxes,
with no marks to indicate contents. When
you receive it and test it, if it is not satisfac
tory, return it at our expense and we will re
turn your $3.50 We guarantee this brand to
be eight years old. Light bottles for 86.50,
express prepaid; 12 botties for 19.50 exprets
prepaid; 1 gallon jug, express prepaid, 83.00;
2 gallon iug, express prepaid, 85.50. Nrf
charges for boxing.
We nanrtie an tne leading brands of Rye
and Bourbon Whiskies in the market, and
will save vou 50 per ceut. on vour purchases.
.yuart. Gallon.
Kentuck Star Bourbon 835 81 25
Ktkr’dge ljourbon 40 f l5O
Goon Hollow Bourbon 45 1 60
Mellwood Pure Rye 50 190
Monogram Rye 55 ;2 00
Mcßrayer Rye 60 2 25
Baker’s AAAA 65 2 40
O. OP. (Old Oscar Pepper).. 65 240
Old Crow 75 J 2 50
Finches’Golden Wedding— 75 .2 75
Hoffman House Rye S>o 3 00
Mount Vernon (8 years old).. 1 00 £3 50
Old Dillmger (10 years 01d)... 1 23 4 00
The above are only a tew brands of the
-many we carry in stock. Send for catalogue.
All other goods by the gallon, such as Corn
Whiskey, Peach and Apple Brandies, etc,,
sold equally as low, from 81,25 gallon upj*
wards.
We make a specialty of the jug trade and
all orders by mail or telegraph will have our
prompt attention. Special Inducements of
fered
The Altmayer &
Flatau Liquor Co.
|£y-Mairorders shipped ol
508, 508, 508, 510, 512 Fourth st.
Near Union Passenger Depot
Phone 265.
Macon. - * Georgia,
Barney qrain
ALL’S D READ
Made of Purina Health Flour,
Nutritious, Pure; Easily Digested.
Gives Health and Strength.
’TWAS ONLY THISi
NOTHING MORE
Recent Visit of the Kaiser
to England.
WAS AN ACT OF HUMANITY
The Chancellor of the German .Em
pire Officially Declares That No Po
litical Significance Whatever Was
Attached to the Incident.
Berlin, March 5. — Replying to a
question of Herren Seliaedler, Centrist,
in the reichstag today, on the subject of
Emperor William’s recent visit to Eng
land, the imperial chancellor, Count
Von Buelow, declared:
“The visit was neither of a political
nor 01 a courtly character, but was pure
ly of a humane character. Tne emperor
merely hastened to the deathbed of his
grandmother. Ir is easy to understand
that the act evoked the gratitude of
Great Britain and aroused there a de
sire for peaceful and friendly relations.
This wish was shared by Germany, a
full equality of rights between the Ger
man and British nations being of course
a condition sine qua non.”
The statement of the chancellor was
made during the debate on the foreign
office estimates. Herr Schaedler, in
putting his question, asserted that dis
satisfaction was rife in Germany, and
that the country desired information
regarding the political significance of
the emperor’s visit to England and the
effect of the accession of the new sov
ereign, King Edward. The decoration
of Lord Roberts with the Order of the
Black Eagle, he further asserted, caused
wide discontent. The Germans were
afraid that a hyper-friendly policy to
ward Great Britain would create ene
mies for Germany on the continent.
The speaker wanted to know, therefore,
how Germany stood in relation to the
other powers, especially the powers of
the Dreibund. The tie with Russia
must not be touched.
Count Von Buelow then replied, as
already cabled.
MR. M’KINLEY’S CABINET.
President Reappoints His Incumbent
Official Advisers.
Washington, March 5. —Tlife presi
dent today sent the following nomina
tions to the senate:
John Hay of the District of Columbia
to be secretary of state.
Lyman ,T. Gage of Illinois to be sec
retary of the treasury.
Ehhu Root of Now York to be secre
tary of war.
John W. Griggs of New Jersey to be
attorney general.
Charles Emory Smitlrof Pennsylvania
to be postmaster general.
John D. Long of Massachusetts to be
secretary of the navy.
Ethan A. Hitchcock of Missouri to be
secretary of the interior.
James Wilson of lowa to be secretary
of agriculture.
Session of the Senate.
Washington, March s.—The senate
confirmed all the cabinet nominations.
Senator Morgan of Alabama intro
duced a resolution declaring the Clay
ton-Bulwer treaty abrogated. It went
over until tomorrow. The discussion of
the rules of the senate was continued in
executive session. At 1:45 the senate
adjourned
WHY COUGH
Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup cures Cough
or Cold at once. Conquers Croup,
Whooping-Cough and Measle-Cough
without fail. All mothers praise it.
Doctors prescribe it for Bronchitis,
Hoarseness, Grippe, Pneumonia and
Consumption. Quick, sure results.
Price, 25 cents. Refuse thedealer’s substitute.
Dr.BulKs
COUCH SYRUP
Always cures when others fail.
Dr. Bull’s Pills cure Constipation. s' Mils 10C.
A. K. HAWKES,
THE _FAMOUS;ATLANTA OPTfCIAN,
."..RECiSIVED..)
GOLD MEDAL
Highest Award Diploma of Honor
For superior lens grinding and excellency in
the manufacture of spectacles and eye glass
es. sold in over 8,000 cities and towns in the
United States. Established 1870. These fa
mous glasses for sale by
J. R. HUDSON.
Eyesight tested free. Be sure “HAWKES”
is stamped on frame.
■ HAIR^BALSAM
Cleanses and beautifies the -half.
Promotes a luxuriant growth.
Never Fails to Hestore Gray-
Hair to its Youthful Color.
Cures
fCSgt CHICHESTER’S ENGLISH
Pennyroyal pills
n /T.-v Original and Only Genuine.
' *®\SAFE. Always reliable. Ladies, ask Drufrgtit
for CHICHESTER’S ENGLISH
in RED and Gold metallic boxes, sealed
with blue ribbon. Take no other. Refuse
a Hangeross Substitutions and Imlta*
t Jr Ilona. Buy of your Druggist, or send 4e. la
Jr stamps for Particulars, Testimonials
sad *• Relief for Ladles,” in letter, by re-
P torn Mull. 10,000 Testimonials. Sold by
/ all Druggists. Chichester Chemical Co.,
Mention this pnper. Madison Park, PUIJLA., PA.
IS CATARRH
AND HEALING
CURE FOR
CATARRH IMS]
VitatogHMj
Easy and pleasant to L. Sfj§
use. Contains no in
'n head
It opens and cleanses the Nasal Passa Res
Alt ay’s Inflam ation, Heals and Protectsthe
Membrane, Restores the Senses Taste and
■Smell. Large Size, 50 cents at Druggist or
by mail; Tnal Size, 10 cents by mail.
ELY BROS. 56 Warren Street, New York.
RICHARD CROKER
IS EXASPERATED
“Fake” Newspaper Interview
Excites His Indignation.
“TISSUE OF LIES,” HE SAYS
He Proposes to Discover the Fakir
arid Whip Him Out of Journalism.
Afraid to Talk With the Reporters
Without Witnesses.
London, March 0. —Richard Crokoi
has seldom expressed his indignation at
unauthorized newspaper interviews in
such strong terms as he used today
when shown a copy of a New York
newspaper of Feb. 18, containing an al
leged exclusive statement of his views
regarding New York politics.
“You know how frequently I have de
clined to talk, even to the Associated
Press, ou current events in New York,’'
Mr. Croker, this morning, “and tc
find myself committed in the cola in ns
of any paper regarding matters I never
have mentioned to a person is enough to
exasperate any one.
Tissue of Lies.
“Not a single line of the entire inter
view has a foot to stand on. It is a
tissue of lies from beginning to end.
The newspaper has been frightfully itn-’
posed on by r some one; and that person
I propose to discover and whip out of
journalism. If he tries to perjure him
self I am ready to declare that I was no
where near Wantage on the day he is
alleged to have seen me.
“I have absolute proof of the whole
sale falsehood of the allegation that. I
made the declaration announcing the
forthcoming majorities in New York.
I don’t think I have ever been accused
of being such a fool as that. The state
ment that I have bought 115 acres of
property here is equally as untrue as
my alleged statements regarding Dev
ery, Color and others.
Afraid to Talk.
“As I have frequently told the Asso
ciated Press, when I decided to talk
American politics I would talk to the
Associated Press alone, and no one can
draw me out by any subterfuge. Ifrhas
come to such a pass that 1 am unable to
talk with reporters except iu the pres
ence of witnesses. All kinds of fiends
have been photographing"'my place,
dogs, stables, etc., using the pictures to
give a semblance of truth to their libel
lous statements.
“1 ask the Associated Press to say to
my friends in New York tbat I am con
stantly improving in health and believe
my strength will gain faster here than
in America the next few months. lam
not talking politics to any one, and sen
sational reports to the contrary may be
set as a ‘fake.’ lam only talking
now because indignation compels me to
set mvself right with my friends in
New York. ”.
THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
National Council of Fraternal Insur
ance Order In Session.
New Haven, March 5. Delegates
from 25 states and from the District of
Columbia aud the province of Quebec
are attending the annual session of the
national council, Knights of Columbus,
here today. The session will probably
consume three days, during which ac
tion regarding the rate of insurance for
members may be taken and other busi
ness of importance to the order trans
acted.
The report of Daniel Colwell, nation
al secretarj' of the order, showed the
financial condition to be as follows:
Balance on hand, Jan. 1, 1901, $461,-
160; increase for 1900, $387,761; total,
$738,913.
Disbursements were as follows:
Death benefits, $183,800; other ex
penses, $56,400; net balance, $482,235.
During the year 78 councils were in
stituted. aud West Virginia, lowa, Wis
consin, Kansas, Colorado and Tennessee
were added to the list of states in which
the order operates. The membership
consists of 30,436 insured members and
88,265 associate members, a total gain
having been made during the year of
12,108 members, of whom 4,100 are in
sured, The total net gain iu assets
during the year was $147,265.
There are iu the United States and
Canada 589 councils of Knights of Co
lumbus.
Against Gambling.
Raleigh, March 5. —The senate has
passed a bill against gambling in bar
rooms, and the measure will doubtless
be passed by the house. It provides
that if a barkeeper is iudicted and con
victed of gambling iu his place then he
shall be deprived of his license for all
time in this state, and further, if a po
liceman is aware of such gambling
places and does not do his duty then he
is deprived of the right to hold office
for all future time.
Dispensary Must Go.
Baunesville, Ga.. March 5, The
Barnesville dispensary has been ordered
closed and the debt of SB,OOO hanging
over the city for liquors purchased for
the dispensary, aud which has been
fought ou the ground of its being an il
legal obligation, has been ordered paid.
These decisions were handed down in
Forsyth by Judge E. J. Reagan of the
superior court of the Flint circuit, be
fore whom the case was argued.
Died on 101st Birthday.
High Point, N. C., March s.—Rich
ard Kidd, “the three century man, ” died
today, ou his one hundred aud first
birthday. Mr. Kidd came to this place
from Petersburg. Va., after the surren
der. He has attracted a good deal of
attention iu the outside world owing to
his remarkable vitality, until recently,
for one-of his age.
Fatally 81iot While Hunting.
Waycross, Ga., March 5. Harry
Dixon, aged 10 years, and Willie Folks,
about the same age, were bird hunting,
when Dixon was accidentally shot, an
entire charge of buckshot entering his
shoulder, tearing muon of it away. The
wound will likely prove fatal.
Expunged From the Records.
Peking, March s.— ln an edict the
emperor of China annuls all decrees
and reports rendered from June 20 to
Aug. 14, 1900, in order that no trace of
them be preserved in history.
PROPOSED NEW RAILROADS.
Northwestern North Carolina Kxcited
Over Railroad Rumors.
North Wilkesboro, N. C., March
5. —A party is now surveying for a rail
road in Watauga county. No one knows
exactly what it means. The north
western part of the state has never been
so disturbed and excited over railroad
rumors. Three different roads are talked
of in Watauga, two good main lines are
talked of in Ashe, and Alleghany ex
pects the New River Valley. The only
one of these roads that seems certain is
the Norfolk and Western, which is cer
tain to be built into Ashe county to the
famous Ballou mines.
It is also understood that the New
River Development company will build
the road to the Ballou mine and there
is talk now that the road to Maynard,
Term., may go on and meet it. .
The attention of railroad men has for
a long time been attracted to the 1C .
miles tbat can be saved on Pocahontas
coal to North and South Carolina, should
a connecting link be made between
Chestnut Yards, Ya., and North Wilkes
boro. The only building that would ba
necessary would be 60 miles. Tliia
could be easily built, with the exception
of the Blue Ridge crossing, and there
are several low gaps.
It is understood that West Virginia
parties are already interested in a prop
osition to build a straight new road
from the coal fields to this point, via
Cut Laurel and Reddie river gaps.
A DRUNK-CRAZED NEGRO.
Will Gordon Ivills His Wife and
Wounds Her Sister.
Atlanta, March 5. While in a
drunken rago, Will Gordon, a negro,
shot his wife and sister-in-law, tried tc
shoot his mother-in-law, set fire to the
bedclothes where his wife’ lay bleeding
to death and then escaped.
The affair occurred last night about
11 o’clock on McMillan street, near Ma
rietta, just outside the city limits.
Janie Gordon, the man’s wife, was
shot through the small of the back and
cannot live. Celia Spikes, the sister-iu
law, was shot through the left arm aud
the body, but the wound may not prove
fatal.
Gordon had been drinking, and when
he returned home last night he found
that his wife had been to town and pur
chased a new hat. This made him
angry, as he wanted money with which
to buy more liquor.
THE CnICACO DEMOCRACY
Carter H. Harrison Nominated For
31 ay or For Third Term.
Chicago, March 5. —Carter H. Harri
son was placed in nomination for mayor
of Chicago for the third term by the
Democratic city convention today.
There was no opposition to his renomi
nation either at the primaries yesterday
or in today’s convention, aud there was
no ballot taken, the nomination being
made by acclamation amid great cheer
ing. ’
The platform as adopted strongly fa
vors the ultimate municipal ownership
of “all public utilities,” including street
railways and lighting plants, and in
cluded a resolution of sympathy for the
Boers. The extention of street railway
franchises is expected to be the most im
portant question of the campaign.
B>ent to Jail For Contempt.
Macon, March s.— Judge Candler to
day ordered that R. C. Tindall, receiver
of the Macon Hardware company, iu
default to the amount of $6,000, be sent
to jail for contempt of court and held
until the full amount should be paid
aud the receiver be sufficiently punished
for contempt. A supersedeas was ap
plied for by his attorney.
Given Fourteen Years.
Columbus, Ga., March s. —John Me-
Gough, recently found guilty of volun
tary manslaughter in the superior court
of this county, has been sentenced by
Judge Butt to 14 years iu the penitenti
ary. Notice was given by his attorneys
of a motion for a new trial to be argued
during the May term of court.
The Old Familiar Story.
Talbotton, Ga., March 6.—Lettie
Leonard, a negro, living on A. B. Wim
berley’s place, 6 miles from this place,
had hor house destroyed by fire and
three children were burned to death.
She was not at home and did not know
that her house was 011 fire until sent
for.
I’ure Invention.
• Paris, March s.—The reiterated ru
mors that General Horace Porter, United
States ambassador here, intends relin
quishing his post and returning to
America are authoritatively denied at
the embassy as pure invention and with
ont any basis on fact.
Restricting Cotton Production.
Berlin, March s.—The South Ger
man cotton weavers held a meeting at
Stuttgart and voted to restrict 25 {er
cent of the production April, May and
SALT RHEUM CURED BY ]
Johnston’s Sarsaparilla
QUART BOTTLES-
*
JUST SEEN IN TUB.
Slight Skin Eruptions are a Warning of Something More Serious to Ooaa
The Only Safe Way le to Heed the Warning. Johnston’s Sarsaparilla
Is the Most Powerful Blood Purifier Known.
Nature, in her efforts to correct mistakes, which mistakes hare come front
careless living, or it may be from ancestors, shoots out pimples, blotches and
other imperfections on the skin, as a warning that more serious troubles (per*
haps tumors, cancers, erysipelas or pulmonary diseases) are certain to follow if
you neglect to heed the warning and correct the mistakes.
Many a lingering, painful disease and many an early death has been avoided
simply because these notes of warning hare been heeded mid the blood kept
pure by a right use of JOHNSTON’S SARSAPARILLA.
Miss Abbie J. Rande, of Marshall, Mich., writes:
“I was cured of a bad humor after suffering with it for fire years. Thfi
doctors and my friends said it was salt rheum. It came out on my head, neck
and ears, and then on my whole body. I was perfectly raw with it. What I
suffered during those five years, is no use telling. Nobody would believe me if
I did. I tried every medicine that was advertised to cure it. I spent money
enough to buy & house. I heard JOHNSTON’S SARSAPARILLA highly
praised. I tried a bottle of it. I began to improve right away, and when 1 had
finished the bottle I was completely cured. I have never had a touch of it
since. I never got any thing to do me the least good till I tried JOHNSTON’S
SARSAPARILLA. I would heartily advise all who are suffering from humors
or skin disease of any kind to try it at once. I had also a good deal of stomach
trouble, and was run down and miserable, but JOHNSTON’S SARSAPARILLA
made me all right.”
The blood is your life and if you keep it pure and strong you can positively re
sist disease or face con tagion fearlessly. JOHNSTON’S SARSAPARILLA never
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For Sale by Davenport Drug Company, Americus, Ga.
“ “ “J. B. Kinard & Co., Plains, Ga.
AMERICAN KILLED *
BY RUSSIAN COUNT
They Fought a Duel About
the Count’s Wife.
RUSSIAN WAS WOUNDED
The American, Who Was Engaged to
He Married to a French Lady, Had
Insulted Wife of the Man Who Kill
ed Him.
Pauis, March s.—John Mac Wilson
Durant of New York, who has been
living for the past two years in Paris
with his mother, at the Hotel Le Fonde
Tremoilie, has been killed at Ostend in
a duel with a Russian count.
According to the best information ob
tainable, Mr. Durant had written let
ters to the wife of the Russian count.
The latrer’s nephew came to Paris to
settle the matter, where he met Mr.
Durant in a restaurant, where a vicious
tight resulted, inwhieli Mr. Durant lost
his front tooth. "He struck the Russian
with a heavy glass bottle, and the latter
died, but the doctor’s certificate gave
congestion of the brain as the cause of
death.
This occurred during January. Later
the count took the matter up, sending
his seconds to Mr. Durant.
The latter went to Ostend with his
mother, who afterwards departed for
and is still at Glasgow.
The duel was arranged and was prob
abl3' fought yesterday. Durant was
killed and the count was seriously
wounded.
Durant registered as Charles Neville
Carter. His mother has been notified.
Durant was well known in the Ameri
can colony here. He wa* a frequent at
tendant at official receptions given by
the American officials. His engagement
to a young French lady was recently
announced. They were to be married
March 8.
The names of the Russians in the case
have not yet been ascertained.
Duel on the Tapis.
Madrid, March 5. Doroulde and
Marcel-Habert have arrived here from
San Sebastian. They intend to proceed
to Genoa, in view of the proposed duel
between Deroulede and Andre Buffett,
the Paris agent of the Duke of Orleans.
SLAVERY IN SOUTH CAROLINA
Astounding Revelations Are Expected
In Anderson County.
Columbia, S. C., March 5. —Astound-
ing revelations are expected Thursday
when the grand jury of Anderson coun
ty reports to a special sitting of the
court upon the investigation ordered on
Feb. 15 by Judge W. C. Beuet.
It was brought to the attention of the
court that in the convict pens in Ander
son county were confined negroes guilt
less of any greater crime than refusing
to comply with labor contracts which
demanded absolute slavery. The con
tracts could not have been held lawful,
and the negroes, though n. ver taken be
fore any magistrate, were, by physical
force, kept in bondage and made to work
as felons. This state of affairs obtains
in no other county.
Tne contracts signed by these negroes
were negotiable paper. A land owner
having a negro bound to him for a
year’s work could sell such contract to a
third party.
Judge Benet, in calling the attention
of the grand jury to its duty in the
premises, sternly excoriated such a sys
tem of conduct. The people of South
Carolina were amazed when existing
conditions were given publicity by
Judge Benet’s charge to the grand jury.
The entire state supports him in his ag
gressive undertaking, and the people of
Anderson county will no longer tolerate
the farm labor contract system if it be
proven that it is so basely perverted.
The attention of the court was direct
ed to this “slavery” by evidence in the
trial of A. T. Newell, a planter, whose
farms are worked by convicts. Newell
was charged with murder, having shot
Will Hull, a negro, trying to escape
from his stockade. It was shown that
the negro had never been convicted of
any crime before any magistrate or
judge.
Young Actress Murdered.
New York, March 5.—A 15-year-old
actress, by the stage name of Mattie
Cirelli, was shot and killed early this
morning by Antonio Triolo, ;J0 years
old. The murder was committed at the
corner of Mulberry and Bayard streets.
Triolo was arrested.
“Floater” Identified.
New York, March 5. The corpse
found in East river yesterday by the po
lice and reported as possibly that of
John Armstrong Hanler has been iden
tified as the body of James Boyle, a
street car conductor, who disappeared
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