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AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER VOLUME 1 AMERICUS. GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1891. NUMBER 105 The Greatest Midsummer Sale Dry Goads, Notions, CLOTHING EXFRESS--TELEGRAPH IN AN ASILUSl COMPANIES PLACED UNDER THE RAILROAD COMMISSION. The Exprett, Telegraph and Pullman Com panies Under Rules of the Railroad Com mission—They Must Lower Rates—An Interesting Debate. Grandest Reduction in Prices Ever known in the history of our trade, commences to-morrow (Monday) morning GEORGE D. WHEATLEY’S Cor. Lamar St. and Cotton Ave. We are determined to make a CLEAN SWEEP OF ALL KINDS OF SUMMER GOODS, And in order to do this, YOUR PRICE will be OUR PRICE for anything you may want of us this week. WE ARE GOING TO GIVE AWAY DOMESTICS TOGETHER WITH ALL OUR Calicoes, Ginghams, Muslins, Challies, AND OTHER SUMMER DRESS GOODS AT COST And LESS THAN COST if CLEAR OUT. necessary, to Prices will be cut “FINE AS FROGS’ HAIR.” If you don’t believe this, OTHERS WILL, so just come and see the crowd this week at Geo. D. wneatley’s. L All our 8c Flfurad Challies to go at iHc per yd, All our 12J*c “ " “8c per yd, All our 8o Standard Calicoes “ Sc per yd. All our 7e Printed Vletora Lawn, at 8^0 per yd, All our 8e White Lawn. (yd.vide) at Sc per yd, AU our 80 White Check Nalsaook at Se per yd. Stock of above will not last long at such prices, so come early or yon will be disappointed. NOW LOOK! 5c This is the Biggest FIVE CENT Bargain Ever You Saw. 5c CURTAIN LACE. We got “scooped” some _me ago in the purchase of a big lot of Nottingham Lace for cur tains: We have been asking from 20 to 40o per yard, but the goods linger with ns longer than we like, so in order to move them right ont and at-the same tfme give yon an A No. 1 BAR6AIN we part with the .entire lot at 5c PER YARD THIS WEEK. We cannot mention here any SPECIAL PRICES on everything we have to offer, but remember in reading the foregoing, that PRO PORTIONATE and SWEEPING REDUCTION IN PRICES will be the order of this week in every department of our store. OCR STOGK OF Handkerchiefs, Hosiery, Ribbons, Laces, Em broideries, Corsets and Gloves We guarantee the best in the city, and our prices beyond the reach of petition. Housekeepers will find it to their interest to inspect our line of TABLE LINENS, DOYLIES, NAPKINS, TOWELS, Before buying elsewhere. A WORD ABOUT Clothing • and - Gents’ - Fixings. We carry the VERY FINEST ASSORTMENT TO BE FOUND, and OUR PRICES always have been simply UNAPPROACHABLE from the standpoint «f compe tition. Our determination to reduce stock APPLIES WITH FORCE hero, and we will refuse NO REASONABLE OFFER for anything you may need in our line. Cannot you save something by trading with A. GEORGIA. ... Atlanta, August 0.—The first thing the house did this morning was to con, sider the bill introduced by Hr. Atkin, son of Coweta, to increase the powers of the railroad commission, so as to regu late the charges of express, telegraph and sleeping car companies. The bill was referred to the general judiciary committee, and they reported it back to the house with the recommen dation that it do not past. To this re port Ur. Atkinson moved to disagree, and upon that motion he made a lengthy argument in support of his hill. He said the telegraph, express and sleeping car companies had their lawyers before the committee—all able and learned gentlemen. They were not there to represent their private opinions, bat were there as attorneys for these corpo rations. Two yoars ago thia bill was be fore the senate, and Hon. F. G. DuBIg- non (now attorney for the express com pany), was a member, and yet true to his oath and to hia people, he did not raise ids voice against It, but now he Is against It in hia capacity as an attorney. Each of these corporations are monopolies, and it is the duty of the state to regulate them, because they have no competi tion to force them to reduce their rates. Every railroad in Georgia Is interested in the defeat of this bill, for the express companies are used to evsde the opera tions of the law regulating railroads. He concluded by saying he was “a plebian and was glad of it, and that the pleblans must control the extortions of these corporations. The railroads of late have become very liberal. Thrir private palace cars were exclusively for millionaires and tbelr friends, bnt now they are riding the people around, and if they can’t go they lend them to some people.” Ur. Hogan, of Lincoln, offered the fol lowing amendment: “Provided further, that all licensed lawyers in Georgia shall also be placed under the railroad com mission and said railroad commission shall have foil power to fix and regulate the fees and tariffs whloh lawyers shall charge for the several kinds and classes of service whlob they may perform; said railroad commission to keep in view al ways the prevention of monopoly and the preservation of competition." “There seems to be a disposition to put everything under tbs control of somebody, so I hope my amendment will pass. Lawyers are good fellows and I like them, bnt they will eharge a poor man anywhere from (100 to (5,000, and I want the railroad commission to regulate them. Thevars the monopo lists of this country.” Ur. Everett favored the passage of the bill. Ur. Smith of Decatur favored the passage of the bill, and he gave number of Instances going to show the excessive charges made by the express companies. Ur. Boifenlllet was opposed to the bill. He had seen no extortions from either of the companies. “While I am no lawyer, I do not believe the state has any authority over the telegraph, ex- >ress or Pullman ear companies, and -hat If yon pass this law It will be un constitutional and be so declared by the courts.” Ur. Clifton urged (he boose not to pass the bill. He said the law was not needed,and that If the bill was pass ed the railroad commission would not have the time to attend to it unless the legislature gave them more clerks. Ur. Sibley, of Cobb, epoke In favor of the bill. On motion of Ur. Clifton, the yeas and nays were called, resulting in 113 yeas, 25 nays. So tha motion to disagree to the report of the committee pre vailed. The yeas end nays were called on the isssage of the bill, resulting In 118 yeas, 12 nays. So the bill was pasted. The following Is the bill as passed: Section 1. All companies or persons owning, controlling or operating, or that that may hereafter own, control or op erate a line or lines of express, sleeping car or telegraph, whose line or lines Is or are In whole or In part in this state, shall be nnder the control of the rail road commissioner* of Georgia, who shell have full power to regulate the price to be obarged by any company or person or persons, owning, controlling or operating any line or lines of express, sleeping cart and telegraph* for any ser vice performed by each company, per son or persons, and all the powers given to said commissioners over railroads In this state, and all the penalties pre scribed against railroad companies or K irsons operating railroads by existing ws, embraced in sections of the code of 1882 from section 710 (a) to section 710 (b), both Inclusive, ere hereby de clared to be of force against corpora tions, companies, or a person or persons, owning, controlling or operating a line or llnee of express, sleeping cars and telegraph doing business In this state, whose line or llnee It or are wholly or In part In tbit (tats, to far at said provis ions of the code can be made applicable to any corporation, company, person or persons owning, controlling or operating a lice or lines of express, sleeping cars and ^olographs. Section 2. lie it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the powers of the commissioners to regulate charges by corporations, companies and persons herein referred to, shall apply only to charges by express for transportation from one point to another in the state; to eharge* for sleeping ear feres., for passenger* in sleeping ears, going from one point to another in this state, and to miss* point to AND THE WIDOW OF A WEALTHY NEW YORKER. A Case Surrounded With Romance end Mystery—Evid.no. in s Will Cut- Unknown end liuao. Wife Comes in for a Fart of ■ BIch Estate. New York, Aug. 6.—It has finally been settled that Mrs. Isabella Jen nings, who, has for many years been In an insane asylum in New Jersey, is the widow of Wm. Alfred Wiechers, the wealthy sugar refiner, who died in 1888. A good deai of romance and mystery surrounds the case, which, however, U not likely to become p blic property for the reason that the only person able to throw light on it—Mrs. Jennings—is hopelessly insane. Mr. Wiechers’s es tate amounted to abont (2,500,000. and his trustees were on the point of distrib uting it among his sisters and brothers, trho be directed in his will should re ceive it, when in some of his private papers they found documents in a suit for divorce brought by the Jennings woman. There was no mention of her in the will, and the trustees supposed that her clHiin to be a widow was not very well founded, bnt nevertheless they did not dare to go on with the dis tribution of the estate until the matter had been investigated. _ Accordingly they brought suit to have the standing of Mrs. Jennings judicially determined. General Davis was appointed referee in the catg, and the enquiries that he made established the fact that Mrs. Jennings's claim was exceedingly well founded. He found that Mr. Wiechers bad. m 1877, ordered a ring made at Tiffany’s bearing ths inscription, "April 7,1887, W. to B." After that be and Mrs. Jennings had lived at several places in this city as husband and wife, although nnder the name of Mr. and Mrs. Jennings. They had also traveled abroad. Mrs. Jennings sued Mr. Wei- chersfor divorce a little over a year after their marriage. 'While it we* ling and jnst sifter the papers hac l served on the sugar king, Mrs. Jennings went suddenly insane and the divorce dropped ont of sight. Referee Davis considered that what he had discovered satisfactorily estab lished the fact of a marriage, and that Mrs. Jennings was entitled to her dower interest in Mr. Weicher’s estate. His report to that effect was confirmed by Judge O’Brien of the supreme court. Mrs. Jennings will be entitled to (11,800 as her dower in the interest in the real estate of Mr. Weichers, but her rela tive* have agreed to pay her an annual Income of (1,800. The income will be derived from a fund of (30,000 that has been deposited with th- Central Trust company. Upon her death the fond will Decor TEN PEOPLE DEAD, MANY OTHERS WOUNDED AND DYING. A Wilt Shore Freight (Train Breaks In Two at Night, and Before n Signal Could be Given a Passenger Train Dashes Into it. ome a part of the estate. CLARK SWEARS VENGEANCE Hecnnse Bo Wes Compelled to Take a Woman’s Cowhiding. Versailles, Mo., Ang. o.—A sensa tion was created here by Mrs. W. 8. Tuck giving John Clark, a restaurant man hen, a severe cowhiding. It ap peals that Mis. Tack, who is the yoang wife of a school teacher and photogra pher of this city, learned that Clark had made a statement reflecting upon her virtue, whereupon she summoned her husband and ber father and went to John EL Price’s livery stable and se* cretod themselves, and then sent word to Clark that some one wanted to see him. Clark came. Tuck and Tom Cbesne, Mrs. Tuck’s father, appeared, one with a knife and the other with some kind of missile, and ordered Clark to stand, which he did. Mrs. Took then appeared and gave her traducer a severe castigation. Clark swears ven geance. Determined to Here a Wire. London, Ang. (.—The Prince of Boo- mania has determined, nnder the ener getic prompting of bis father, to take a wife as soon as possible from among the royal houses ot Europe. The young man is still madly in love with Mile. Vacaresco, and it is certain that he will have no heart to present to the princess whom he will take as a wife; Marie, the daughter of the Duke of Edinburgh, whose name has been mentioned as a possible wife for the fntnre King of Ronmania.is only abont 16 years of age, believed that her father and it is not would agree to let her become the wife of any one, at that age. To Bead Off the Alliance. Chattanooga, Ang. 8.—The millers of this place have formed a league to purchase wheat from the west. They say this is done in self defense against the farmers ot middle Tennessee, who, backed by the Alliance, are bolding their wheat for a higher price, with the result that it has risen in the past week from 821 cents to 80 cents. East Ten nessee grain will ran the mills for a time, until a western supply gan be pro- cored. Syracuse, N. Y., Ang. «.—A freight train on the West Shore railroad, going west, broke in two between Port Bryon and Montezuma, and the fast train, No. il, dashed into the rear. The brakeman went back to wurn the passenger train, bat the night was so foggy that he was not seen. The fireman of the passenger train and ten Italians en ro..te to Niagara Falls, in tho smoking car, were killed, and thirty or forty others in the same car injured. The sleeping cars were burned, and it is supposed nearly all tho passengers were rescued. The injured were brought to Syracuse and are being cared for. Also bodies of the killed have been brought here for Identification. Among the injured is a member of an opera company who died on the way here. The scene of the accident is four miles from Port Byron and two from Montezuma. The trainmen say more were killed and are in the wreck. Phy sicians and others were sent from Syra cuse, Auburn, Montezuma and Port B ^The scene at the wreck is described as terrible. The wrecking team brought the killed and wounded here, and am bulances, police patrol wagons and hack* made a mournful procession as it passed through the crowded streets in L/umUnl anil ntldnwfaVolNl' nYiTtll A BIG BLUNDER. THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR IN MISSIS SIPPI HANDICAPPED By tbs Organisation of New Assemblies— White Knights of Labor Decide They Do Not Want th* Colored Brother “In It” Under any Circumstances. to the hospital and undertaken' rooms. Of the twenty Italians in the smoking car only one escaped injury, and he was on the platform, usually considered the place if greatest danger. Seventeen of the injured Italians were brought to Syracuse, some of whom will probably die. All passengers who were able were brought here on the Central train. PALMER ELECTED Commandcr»ln*ChIef of the Grand At of tbf Republic. Detroit, Aug. 6.—Palmer was elected commander-in-chief on the second bal lot. The recommendation of the common- dcr-in-cblef of the Grand Army favored the creation of a provisional department for the colored veterans has met with a storm of opposition from un expected quarters, and after adjourn' ment scores of delegates are in re ceipt of dispatches, a majority from the east and west, urging, and in some cases demanding that an encampment should declare Itself in no uncertain way on the right of black men to meet sen them white* on an eqnal basis under the shadow of their post. Considerable emphasis was placed upon the fact that the Commander-in- chiefs report virtually asked the en campment to reverse the precedent es tablished by General Alger while com mander-in-chief by his commanders’ or der in which he compelled the Louisiana posts to recognize colored veterans a* on a level with themselves. The session was called to order at 0 (/dock, bnt the committee’s report was not ready, and the encampment pro ceeded with the regular business on the programme for the day. Thsy ’WiU Not Show Up. TtrriN, O., Ang. (.—Barrack, the Ut. Vernon "Tax Inquisitor" who caused a few Seneca county people to sweat blood a few months ago, is again in the city, accompanied by a retinae of at torneys. Several wealthy residents of hnvA Twin "(nf«yv(ntFAi1 * the county have been "interviewed, and considerable of a furor has boon created in financial circles bylhe state ment that, a demand will be made of the cashiers ot the several banks to show np the deposit accounts of certain wealthy patrons. It is stated that ail the banks here have consulted attorneys and will resist the demand should it be formally made. To Command the Sham Battle. Atlanta, Ang. 8.—General Fitghngh Lee,- southern gentleman, ex-Confeder- ate general and ex-governor of Vir ginia, will be in command at the sham battle to be held in Atlanta on Oct. 28. The ex-governor and bis family will be the guests of Mr. Clarence Knowles during their stay in Atlanta. To Try Again. London, Ang. 6.—Mr. John H. Atkin son, the suspended member of the house ot commons, announces that he will stand for election in Speaker Peel’s di vision, and also in thoso of Chancellor Goecbens and Sir.William Harconrt.' Mr. Atkinson will be a delegate to the International Wesleyan council at Hal. timorc in October. From Prison la lha Boose of Commons. London, Ang. (.—Dillon and O’Brien appeared in the honseof commons for the first time in many months, their ab sence having been doe to their impris onment in Galway jaiL They were met in the lobby of tho house by members of both sections of the Irish parliament- To Follow Up HcKluley. Chicago, Ang. 8 —Mrs. Helen M. Conger, the Iowa Prohibitionist, an nounced here that she proposed to start ont in October and follow McKinley all over Ohio, and answer all tho high pro tective tariff arguments he makes. Bhe proposes to preach low tariff and high wages ull through the campaign. A Snooting Negro. Atlanta, Ang. 6.—The coroner’s jury have returned a verdict of murder in ary party, and wore tlio reciple hearty congratulations frftu tea ipiento of the Irish representati i city. Tho negro man who he shot at theMino tune is thought to br fatally AuotsrA, «a., Aug. 6.—At the re quest of Sheriff O'Conner, the colored troops of Angusta will be on guard at the execution of Frank Danforth, the wife murderer, on Sep. 4. Here- have always Wire Here—All Well—Peary. Oodiiaven, Disco Island, Greenland, via Copenhagen. Jane 28.—The Kite sr- Godhaven June 27, and «»He for Upemarick. All well. (Signed,) Peaky. ■ service to tb* state Vicksburg, Miss., Ang. (.—Mr. A. W. Wright, member of the National executive board Knight^ of Labor, who is now here on his annnsl tour, will have to report to the national authori ties of the order a complaint from tha white assemblies similar to that which the white Grand Army posts are now making to the national encampment of that order. Each organization claims to bo hnmli- sapped by the organization of negro as semblies and posts, and white men aro numerous in each Who say that tho or ganization of the negroes was a big blunder, and that its consequences can not longer be endnted. The Knighbv of Labor have several thousand memb-rs in this place, and the negroes are large ly in the majority. Experience daring the late striko bos shown that the negro assemblies are a harden to carry, and the whites avow their determination to shake them off. A frank statement of the case has been made to Hr.. Wright, who will return north folly informed on the subject. THE DIVORCE COLONY At Sloes Falls Is Stirred tip Over tho Decent Interpretation of the Law. Sioux Falls, S. D., Ang. 8.—Tho flatter in the divorce colony hero, owing to the probable stricter Interpretation of the state law by the courts, is una bated. As already stated in these dis- paeches, one of the most noted of the colonists is Mrs.' James G. Blaine, Jr. Mrs. Blaine occupies a suit of rooms in the Cataract house with her son James, the third. She is accompanied hv her sister, Mrs. McLean, of New York. They have made arrangements to occupy a cottage on Dakota avenne, the prin cipal residence thoroughfare, ami will move there in a few days. Her sister. Miss Annio Nevins of Columbus O.. lias arrived to spend the summer. Mrs. Blaine is in poor health and is prostra ted over tho probable action of Judge Alkena. It is the common talk of the legal fraternity that it is doubtful if she secures her divorce. An Unknown Mu Crneltcil to Death. SlOUX CITY, la., Aug. 0.—A qnocr accident occurred near Mapleton. A train on tho Northwestern ran off the track and tho way car was tamed over. None of the train men were injured and thero were no passengers. The work of clearing out the debris was commenced at once, and, to the surprise of everyone, the remains of a man were found beneath tho wreck. He had been crashed by the car, but no one knows who he was, and it is supposed he was walking along beside the track at the time. Arrmtetl for Kidnapping. Keokuk, la., Ang. 8.—Isaac Lambert, an old soldior and pensioner, was ar rested here on a charge made by his divorced wife that on Jnly 28 he car ried away from Louisiana, Mo., their 10-year-old boy, who,during tho couple’s marital troubles, has boon a cause of contention. Tho wife is remarriod and hod been awarded the custody of the boy at tho time the decree was granted. Ofllccrs came from Louisiana and Lam bert accompanied them to that city without demanding a requisition. Thu Notorious Hammond Dying. Seattle, Wash., Aug. 6.—Charles P. Hammond, made notorious through the operations tn Cleveland street, London, is thought to be dying. Eight months ago ho was committed to tho city jail for grand larceny, and afterwards sen tenced to two years in the penitentiary, bat tho case is now on appeal. Ham mond is Buffering with pneumonia, and also afflicted with a complication of A Cur of a Police. Plainfield, N. J„ Ang. 8.—John Reody of Bound Brook, is a patient at Muhlenberg hospital, suffering from an ugly pistol wound in the knee and an other wound tn the head, caused by a Bound Brook officer. He happened along when Marshal Whitehead was trying to arrest Timothy Dorn. Dom was choking the officer, who called for help. Reedy separated the nnm. and really saved Whitehead's life. Dorn then ran away, anil Whitehead club!-.-! and shot Reedy and haid him put under arrest for "assisting a prisoner to es cape. * Reody will always carr. the Against the Subtreasury. /- Bismarck, Mo., .Ang. 8.—T!. • tenth congressional Alliance convention held here unanimously adopted the resolu tions endorsing President nonneing tho sub third party elected < To Take Care of t London, Ang. 6,-Lord Tennyson, in letter to tho papers, appeals to the public not to forget General Gordon’s project for a Boys’ home, and says that funds ale urgently needed. JudK»ni«st Agaliut m New York. Aug. #.—f erts, a broker, has in the supreme < phis, Little railroad