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Newspaper Page TextTIMES-RECORDER. VOLUME 1 AMERICUS. GEORGIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1891. NUMBER 118 The Greatest Midsummer Sale Dry Gonfsjfollons AND TUB Grandest Reduction in Prices Ever known in the history of our trade, commences to-morrow (Monday) morning GEORGE 07 WHEATLEY’S Cor. Lamar St. and Cotton Ave. We are determined to make a GLEAN 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. 1 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 necessary, to CLEAR OUT. 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. Wheailey’s Cjj -v 9, J * \ f. T T ? \ All our Sc.FifUrcd Challies tO; «o At p«r fd. AH onr 12}*c ** “ •* 8c per yd. All our 8c Standard Calicoes 11 5c per yd. All our 7c Printed TIctom Lawns at 8J*c per yd. All oir 8c White Lawn* (yd wide) at 6o per yd. All our 8c White Check Nainsook at 5c per yd. Stock of above will not last long at such prices, so come early or you will be disappointed. This is the Biggest FIVE CENT Btwls Ever You Saw. NOW LOOK! 5c NOTTINGHAM CURTAIN LACE, we got- time ago in the purchase of a big lot of riottingnam 5c Wb got "scooped” some ..u.d ago in the purchase of a big lot of Nottingham Lace for cur tains: We have been asking from 20 to 40c per yard, but the goods linger with us longer than we like, so in order to move them right out and at the same tfme give you an A No. 1 BARGAIN we part with the entire lot at . 6c PER YARD THIS WEEK: We cannot mention here any SPECIAL f PBIC we have to offer, but remember in reading PORTIONATE and SWEEPING REDUCTIC be the order of this week in every department of our store. y: Em* OUft STOCK OF . Handkerchiefs. Hosiery, Ribbons, Laces, broideries, Corsets and Gloves We guarantee the best in the city, and our prices beyond the reach of competition. ■ ; i, ft Housekeepers will find it to their interest to inspect our line of TABLE LINENS, DOYLIES, NAPKINS, TOWELS, Before buying elsewhere. A. WORD ABQ,BT, Q Clothing - and - Gents’ - Fixings. We carry the VERY FINEST ASSORTMENT TO. BE FOUND, and OUR PRICES always have been simply UNAPPROACHABLE from the standpoint of compe tition. . Onr determination to reduce stock APPLIES WITH FORCE hero and we^lTreCe NO REASONABLE OFFER for anything you may need in our line. Cannot you save somethin t by trading • with Geo. D. Wheatley Cor. Tftmar St. and Cotton Ave., AMEEICU'S, GEORGIA. 4 TJIAIX* . sJ ji —I TUB EXHIBITION AT TREVES. (; THAT CHALLENGES RUBE* BURROWS’ BOLD RECORD. Daring and Successful Robbery of an Ex press Car on Central Railroad-He- tween 31 aeon and Atlanta—A Sfessenger Forced to Deliver np His Cash. Atlanta, Anjr21. —A-iold uni dur ing train robbery bus taken place tnthe very heart of the empire state of tbe south. The express car Attached to the regular passenger train,. No. 18, on the Central railroad wus Held bp by Threq Mukel Men between Collieis and Atlanta, a few miles from the former place, and a large amount of money wan taken from the safe. The train left M aeon on schedule time and arrived at Colliers at 7:10 p. m., when three men boarded the cars. The train dues not usually stop at this station unless a passenger wishes to get off. A negro woman who had got on at Macon told the conductor .She to Stop There. The traiu halted at the station, the woman wus allowed to get from aboard, when the engineer pulled tile throttle and begun the run. After the train had gone about lialf a mile the bell cord was palled vigorously, and the engineer pnt on the air brake3 and came to a stop as qnickly as possible. It was not the con dnetor who had pulled the cord and stopped the train, bnt it was one of the three (hiring robbers, who, ' At thn Point of PlstoU, had forced the express messenger to unlock the safj and give np the express company's money. The train reached Atlanta at 11:45 p. m., and the crime waa at once reported to the authorities ot the express com' puny, who at once secured officers and a special and Harried to tb* Scene. Messenger Bynes is a young man abont 25 years of age. He came from Augusta, where he bore ou excellent reputation. He has been running be tween Atlanta and Macon some months, and has given satisfaction. Superin tendent Owens says then Is not in the service a more careful and alert and trustworthy messenger, and he acquits him of all blame in the matter. Bynes tells the. following -*•--* Graphic story of the Bobbery. Of course I was scared. It was time to he frightened- It happened this way': Just us the train was pulling out from Colliers I saw three men enter the ex- trees car, in which -I was sitting ulone. Jne of the men wus a good deal in ad* vance of his companions, and rushed npou m« with a cocked pistol in his baud. It was s weapon of the largest pattern. lustnntly the other men with their pistols drawn were near me. ‘Hel. In r one of them cried,' addressing me, We want yon to be quick, and Mo EoolHhncM About It. Oat with those keys and open that safe. Quick! Do you hear?’ I had no time to dally, but had to 'get • move on me. It was not the place or the occasion to argue the matter with those armed and masked bandits. All three wore musks, and I could not see whether they were White tneu or negrot*. Due of the men quickly went through the safe, his com rades all the time keepiug me covered Wtth pistols. The men were of medium size, and wore as masks pieces of some thing resembling old black bats. They were farther disguised by work aprons or overalls, which they wore over ‘ clothes. Immediately after their through the wir and taking ' Ihdugnt was all the money they palled the bell cord, and when the tram was nearly at a stand still they jumped and run off." Conductor Road Knew Nothing r T abont the robbery till aD vfaS over. The sndden stopping of the train, without his having pulled the cord, caused him to think that something was wrong. He was making his way to the smoking car where he feared a row was going on, when he saw the men running. He thought one of the fugitives had cat someone and was making his escape. The idea of robbery did not enter the eptMOctort bant Just How Much Money was stolen is a matter of conjecture. The officials are positive that not more than ft.000 was in the safe at the time the men riSed it; although it was re torted that fTi.OOO was taken, and later ! 00,000 was isid te be the loss. Until the express officers can go through their lists carefully and check np the various amounts, it will be impossible tossy exactly bow much money tbe rubbers made way with. But they certainly The Cervuioutcs in the Cathedral Grand In the Extreme Berlin, August 20—Tbe garment known as tbe “boly coat’’ was exposed to view this morning in tbe cathedral at Treves. Two Knights of Malts, in full costume, with drawn swords in their bands, stood on either side of the shrine enclosing the “boly coat” case, which was surrounded by tall lighted candles on handsome candlesticks and surmount ed by a large gold cross. Then was an impressive scene in the sanctuary, over one hundred priests assisting in tho cer emonies, which were grand in the ex treme. The cathedral was richly decorated for the occasion, and was packed to the doors with people. Bishop Korum, dur ing the course of his address to the as sembled multitude, earnestly urged the faithful to unite in venerating the gar ment from which power and virtue pro ceed. The nave of the cathedral was then cleared so as to allow the municipal au thorities and parochial societies to march up to the shrine of the "holy coat” and venerate the relic. • Much comment has been caused by tbe remiirks of Bishop Korum in his opening address, when he refqfred pointedly to tbe spiritual significance of the “holy coat” as being a seamless ves ture aud the symbol of tbe unity of the Catholic church. There were many Roman Catholic members of the Iteich stag present, and It is said that the bishop particularly, and in a manner not to be mistaken, addressed his re marks to these members. The “holy coat” is distinctly visible In tbe body of the cathedral, anil is much more plainly seen than upon any former occasion of its exbibition. Tbe old silken covering being almost entire ly worn away, it appeared to-day to be of n brownish yellow color. The scene In tbe cathedral was a motley one. Eng lish tourists in light tweed salts and Prussian officers in uniform, stubbornly refuting t > kneel before the relic, and burgeoise citizens In evening dress were prominent in the crowd. The service, with the monotonous Gregorian chants snd administration of the eucharlst to representatives ecclesiastics, seemed of the chfifcte/ o' a medlteval ceremony. Many persons were overpowered by their feelings and several women fainted. { The procession of pilgrims past the shnne, most of whom banded a rosary or crucifix to the attendant priests for contact with tbe relic, was accompanied by a low hum of paternostera and aves. Among the pilgrims are aged cripples and sufferers from almost every com plaint. There were some scenes of dis order, owing to tbs somewhat violent attempts made to gain access to the ca thedral. At 10 o’clock to-nlgbt pilgrims were still filing In to behold the relic, and an eager throng waa besieging the doors of tbe cathedral. The police bad some trouble to preserve order. The whole town le In commotion. TERRIBLE RESULT OF AN EXPLOSION OF GIANT POWDER AT A MINE. Four Men Suffocated and Others are Mist-- Inc—Two Hundreds Pounds of Giant Pow dor Explode* si tho Month of tho Tunnel of Black Bear Mince. Burke, Ida., Aug. 2L—Two hundred pounds of giant powd-r exploded at the mouth of the tower tunnel at Black Bear mine, near here, with terrible effect. Four men were imprisoned ut the breast of the drift by a rock, which cared in, and were suffocated. The bodies of four other minera are not yet found, bat all hopes of finding them ulive is given up. The explosioa wus terific, tearing np the earth and caving In the tnnnel for a distance of 100 faet. The retcuing party recovered the dead bodies of Q. McNeil, general manager, John Jones, assistant manager; Robert Block barn and John Barrens, miners. Jones's brother wns one of the propri etors, and Blackbnrn wns secretary of tbe Central Miners' anion at Bnrke. Just bow the explosion occurred cannot he ascertained; bnt it is supposed that a lighted candle or fire from a pipe was dropped into a box containing powder or fuse, by some one passing, was the canse. Four cases, 200 sticks each, ex ploded simultaneously. The bodies of the men recovered were found at a dis tance of 150 feet from the mouth of the tuuuel, LOOKING AHEAD. TO Bo SHOWN TUB SIGHTS. Programme forth* Reception of the Gen- - Savannah, August 21.—;The commit tee of arrangement* for the entertaln- mentoftbe general assembly on tbe ng vfhstTthey occasion of Its visit to Savannah next tf in the safe, Friday snd Saturday met at tbe city ex- got off with considerable 1 Deputy United States Marshal Barney Connelly was killed In the Cherokee na tion Wednesday looming by ex-Depnty xi.rsl.nl Bushy. Connelly had a war rant for Bushy’s arrest, and, when he attempted tbe arrest was shot through wtth the above result. A posse is in The report that yellow fever had bro ken out in Gnaymas, Sonora, baa been officially denied. Dispatches from tbe dronth-striekeo districts brings the in formation that heavy rains have fallen within the past few days, and that n partial crop of corn baa been incpred. At Lon easier, Pa., Lemon Ellsworth. _ widower 28 rears old, shot snd killed Mrs. Amanda Eitnier, a widow aged 48 ; rears, in tbe Franklin hotel, and then ilewhis brains out. Both parties bad been old, lovers. Tbe canse of tbe tra gedy is not known. chani grumble- "3LR «„ rr_ Gov. Nortbso, the Justices of tbe *6- premo quart, Mayor Hemphill and tb* board of aldermen of Atlanta, the mem- bere df the railroad commission, Presl- dent S. H. Hawkins, of -tbe Savannah, Americus and Montgomery railroad, and many others have been Invited. The legislators will leave Atlanta Fri day at 2 o’clock on a special train, and will arrive in Savannah at 11 o’clock tbe same night. They will be met by Mayor HoDonougb, the members of tbe board of Aldermen knd prominent citi zens, and escorted to tbe DeSoto. At KilO o’clock Saturday morning the visit ors will be given n complimentary ex cursion to Tybee, where they will be en tertained at tbe Chatham*’ Club home, after which they will be shown through Hotel Tybee. Tbe party will return to tbe city about 1230 o'clock snd will be taken to the extensive wharves of tbe Ocean Steamship Com pany. After dinner at the DeSoto the visitors, accompanied by the mayor and aldermen, and representatives of tbe commercial bodies, will take the Nacoo- ebee at the foot of Boll street for a sail to the sea bnoy and back. At night tbe DeSoto will be brilliant ly Illuminated from cellar to dome, and n public reception, beginning at 0 o’dtock, will be held by Gov. Nortben and members of tbs senate and bonne. The Chairman of the Ohio Democratic Committee In Columbus# Columbus, Aug. 21.—Chairman Neal and Secretary Cole, of the Democratic executive committee, arrived here and will spend a day or two at headquar ters making tbe necessary arrafigomonte to open np, which will be formally dote next week. Chairman Neal will call meeting of the state executive commit tee. Probably for next Wednesday. This meeting will be for consultation, after which state headquarters will be permanently opened here for the cauipuigu, the chairman remaining here to personally direct matters. Colonel Neal is sccomponied by Mrs. Neal, and the two are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Meeker. Governor Campbell is tnnch better, bnt- even if be should continue to im prove as be bos the lost two days, it Is not likely he will be able to resume his official duties before the middle of next week. His physicians may yet prevail on him to go to tbe mountains and take a much needed rest, and the governor’s trouble. Dr. Loving says, is due wholly to overwork. Hlii Tongue Torn Out* Milwaukee, August 21.—Win. Had ley, a wealthy business man and pArtner In tbe late firm of Bosworth & Sons, Ybolesate druggists, is dying of wonnds inflicted upon him abont midnight by parties wbo set upon him in tbe open park directly in front of the anion depot in this etty. Passers-by found Hadley lying in e pool of blood, where tbe thugs had left bun for dead. During a lucid spell be tried to name bis assailants, whom be evidently knew, bnt bis tongue had beeo nearly torn from bis bead, and the name he wanted to utter will never be known. Tbe doctors have'given up very. Tbe clew on which MOKIIV DENOUNCES THE COUNT. Re Ears He Would Not Hove Missed Him Had He Fired the Shot. , SAN Fiiancisco, August 20. — Col. Mosby was very angry when dispatches were shown him In which Coant Mitkie- wlez Insinuates that the ex-confederate lied. “1 wouldn’t have missed tbe scoundrel ae my son did,” said Mosby, trembling with passion. “Mltklewlcz Is a tbief and a scoundrel, aud bis rec ord bee been fully published In the 'Frisco papers. I never beard of Mickey —we will call him that for short—until four years ago, when he returned from Chins. He gushed over me and said bis wife was under great obligation! to me. He explained tbe princely concessions he had secured In China, but t noticed In tbe papers be showed me that bis name did not appear. Wharton Barker alone was known. “Later I met Barker In Washington, and be confirmed all I had read about Mickey os a swindler and a thief. In Washington I lived with my mother and family almost opposite Mlokey’s house, and on bis wife's account, and ber’a only, oonsented once, and only once, to dine there. That timo and a fire minutes’ Interview at tbe Palace Hotel here ere the only times Mickey end I met. ■Millet was introduced to me under respectable colors, but I took a dislike to him from tbe foot that when he wrote asking my daughter's band In marriage, he said: 'I am a gentleman.’ With that assertion he killed himself forever with me. A man who has to assert that he Is a gentleman Is, In my estimation, like a woman who goes around asserting that she Is virtuous. Those things are self asserting aud do not require shout ing over tbe house-tops, or. else the; give rise to suspicion.” Engineer Power, who reached here yesterday on a mission to Corea, gave some curious facts about Mltldewloz’a methods. He said tbe Russian employ ed certain Chinese In bis household who were good actors. These fellows played the part of tbe Chinese minister and hla attaches, when Mltklewlcz bad guests whom be wished to Impress with the ides of his confidential relations with the Chinese authorities. In tbis way Mltklewlcz Induced many solid business man to engage In his schemes. Power' says tbe count has lived on Ills wits for fonr years, snd that he bss absolutely no concessions from the Chinese gov ernment snd no standing In China! AGAINST THE SUB-TKEABIIBY. hope of recovery, tire detectives are world] or more very prominent involves two TkeCesspeayBeblsd. Mr.. Asker—They tell me that tbe bookkeeper of your firm Is behind In bis accounts; Is that so? Mr. Tasker—Far from It. He came ont ahead, It’a tbe company that’s behind. Decapitated by tbe Can. Mahony City, Pa., Ang. 18.—An un known man was ran over and killed while walking on tbe Lehigh Valley track at Park Place. Hie bead waa cat off and bis body gronnd to pieces be neath tbe wheels. He was abont 85 years old, and well dressed, CONDENSED NEWS DISPATCHES, Domeetlo sod Foreicn aad or oeneral Interest. Edward Blair, wbo killed Arthur Henry at Harteburgin 1890, was banged at OcUumbos, O. A meeting of southern fanners at Memphis adopted resolutions to protect themselves against exorbitant labor. The London Telegraph says' Emperor William baa grown a beard snd whis kers. It is believed he will shave his chin and retain the whisker*. It is reported that the Prince of Wales, Emperor William of Germany, and tbe Shall of Persia all seriously contemplate visiting tbe World's Fair In 1808. Senator Morgan is ont in a salty let ter on President Adams, of the Ala bama State Alliance, and tbe snb-tress- nry schema It is being widely dis cussed. A Borne dispatch states that tbe gov ernment lias announced that it la obliged to stop the building of the Vic tor Eiiiunoel monument on tho Capitol- ine bill, owing to lack of fnnde. At Arcadia, O., Otis Peter, while pluytng in an elevator bin from which wheat was being drawn, was carried beyond his depth by tbe section and smothered to death before he could be rescued. The stockholders of the Opelika, Ala., Millnu coui|suiy met on the 17th in stant and increased the capital stock from 825,000 to $45,000. The mill is do ing on excellent business and finding a ready market tor all its products. Nordenbamm, Oldenburg. A scaffold, on which a large number of aoeo were working, collapsed, dragging with it in its foil a lower scaffold, with more men. Ten were killed and forty seriously in jured. Tho American Wheel company, hav ing works throngbont Indiana, Ohio, •Michigan and other states, has foiled. Tbe assets are *4.100,000, liabilities 800,000. Judge Blodgett, of Fayette dis trict court, has made Noble CL Boiler receiver. Senator Morgan Replies to the Attacks of President Adams. Bihmikuhau, Ala, August 21.—At ths recent meeting of the state alliance, Presidents, it. Adams, In a speech, at tacked Senator John T. Morgan, alleg ing that Morgan bad severely ridlonled the alliance and tb* sab-treasury* scheme a speech before tbe State Press Asso- / elation at Anniston. Tbe daily News today publishes a column and a half reply from Morgan, In which be refutes Adams' charges, and denonnoc* him bitterly, donator Morgan takes occasion to thoroughly expore tbe sob-treasury scheme snd de nounces It as a humbug. He lays tbe men who support the scheme are being led Into something that to unjust or dangerous In legislation; being deceived , as to Its merits, they will soon notify their opinions, and the scheme will pass away ae thousands of snob fallacies have. Morgan adds: “I would be glad to except Adame from tbe class wbo know tbe right and yet tbe wrong pursue, bat bis latest utteranoes and performance* indicate that. In excepting him, \ would either underrate ble good sense or I would overrate hit honesty. The sab* treasury scheme Is ot republican ori gin, and was imported to tbe south as a sub- to a whole, and only for the purpose of mischief. It has nearly accomplished Its mission, which I* to divide tbe peo ple snd ferment strife.” Morgan predicts the early death of tbe snb-treasnry. He says Adame’ course Is dangerous to tbe Alliance, and that tbe attack mode by Adams upon him was unprovoked. Morgan’s letter has erreted a profound sensation, and already the allisncemen boast he is marked for defeat. Cotton Review. . Nxw Yokk, August 20 — Futures opened at a smart decline, quickly ral lied, made some advance and presently declined, dosing quiet and steady at a decline of 1 point on September and Oo- tober. Other' months are unchanged from yesterday’s closing prices. There was a very unsettled market today. The Liverpool market disappointed tbe bulls, it opening at a decline of 6 to 7 points wee the result. Then the Sa: nab News was found to contain an ema- A horrible accident is reported from (nation from Dr. Hnnnlentt, of the Geor gia bureau of agriculture that the cottoa crop in that state was declared to be late, and Its condition 20 per cent below last year, yet the yield may be 65 or HO per cent, of the full crop. These some what contradictor; figure* gave the bulls fresh vigor, and not only was the early decline quickly recovered, but some further advance was established, January selling at hlc. Then dullnesa, and some selling to realize, under which values weakeneu a little.