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€s AMERICUS VOLUME 1 AMERICUS. GEORGIA, FRIDAY/OCTOBER 16, 1891. NUMBER 164 Something For The Boys! CALLED SESSION. BRAND NEW SAFETY BICYCLE TO BE GIVEN AWAY I IT WONT COST YOU A PENNY! To stimulate the traffic in our Boys’ and Children’s Clothing department, I will give, with every Boy’s or Child’s suit, between the ages of 4 and 18 years, sold by us from the 1st Jot October past, until ” NEXT CHRISTMAS EVE, when the fortunate one will be determined, A TICKET, (non-transferable) entitling the holder to one chance at a DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMIT TEE OF NORTH CAROLINA MEETS, Important Martin* of Democrat* to Malta Oot a Flan for tha Next Stata Campaign— The Sub-Treasury Schama to Becelrs Their Conalderatlon. BRAND NEW SAFER BICYCLE TO BE GIVEN AWAY ABSOLUTELY FREE OF ANY CHARGE WHATEVER! All you have to do is to BUY YOUR BOY’S SUIT FROM ME and get a ticket These tickets will be numbered, and on Christmas Eve, numbers corresponding with the tickets given away will be put in a box; then a committee of disinter ested citizens will draw out one of the numbers, and the holder of the ticket containing that number, gets the Brand New Safety Bicycle Free of Charge! Now • Word about our Famous Clothing Department. THE NAME OP George D. Wfieatleg has become known far and wide as the synonym of FINE CLOTHC AI FAIR PRICES Our stock was NEVER SO COMPLETE! . Our styles NEVER SO ELEGANT I Our prices NEVER SO MODERATE! And never so great OUR ANXIETY TO PLEASE! Our assortment of Boys’ and Children’s Clothing begins with a neat WASH SATINET SUIT (wool filling) any size from 4 to 18 years, .A.t Per Suit, and includes all the finer materials, such as OASSIMERES, WORSTEDS, TRICOTS, SERGE AND CHEVIOT Suits so, desirable for “BOYS WHO ARE HaRD ON CLOTHES. Wishing you all “good luck” in the drawing, boys, . Your friend, Kaleiuu. Oct. 15.—The Democratic execntive committee of North Carolina hare met here in special called sesaion for the purpose of mapping ont a plan of campaign for next year. It is under stood that the biggest question to be considered is that of indorsing the Farmers’ Alliance and the sub-treasary. This will not be done. The ontcome of tbo meeting will no donbt be to the effect that the Alliance can come into the Democratic party, bat the Demo cratic party will not go into tha Alli ance. American Pork In Italy. Washington, Oct. 15.—The recall of Baron Fava, the- Italian minister to this country, on account of the New Orleans affair has left the interests of Italy in the United States in • peculiar condition. The present Charge d'Af faires in Washington not being invested with the powers "of a minister, and Italian dtisens residents of this country fee-inn the necessity for representation of their interests, have taken matters in their own hands. The president of the Italian chamber of commerce In New York called on Secretary Bask, and it is reported that his visit was in connection with negotiations looking to the raising of the Italian embargo on American pork. It is understood that these negotiations have been in progress for some time, and that they are in such a state that the raising of the embargo will be announced shortly. The Mexican Tariff. Sas Antonio, Tex., Oct. 15—The new Mexican tariff law, which goes into effect Nov. 1, is meeting with strong opposition in many parta of the republic. At San Luis Potosi a protest signed by the principal merchants the city has been forwarded to con gress, now in session, asking that the act be repealed. Similar petitions are being prepared at Monterey, Chihuahua, and other cities in' that country. One of the effects of the new tariff will be to increase the duty on cotton seed oil, which is extensively used in the manu facturing of soap, from 1 cent to 10 cento per kilogram. Daring the past week twenty car loads of tobacco have been shipped through this city to Mon terey manufacturers. The great rash of other goods which will be affected by tbs new tariff into Mexico from the United States, still continues. *' "''Department of Arlsoaa. Washington, Oct 15.—Gen. A. MoD. Cook, commanding the department of Arisona, recommends in his annual re port to the secretary of war that tha Ban Carlos Indians be removed from their preeent reservation to some point east, as the temperature there In mid- Summer Is MO deg. in tha shads, and to keep Indians and troops there it inhu man. He describes the harbor of Ban Diego, CaL, as one of the beet in the World, but its defenseleee condition be considers a disgrace. Mott Faj Tkelr Dace. Nashville, Oct 15,—The American has received reliable information that the Tenneesee Alliance has been sus pended from the national body for non* layment of duee. They have for some line been under the threat of etui ■ion nniets about two thousand dol back dnes was forthcoming, and, the amount not being raised, the Tennessee Alliance has been tamed ont in the cold. Dr. Bakar Oran tad a New Trial. Bristol, Tenn., Oct. 15.—The news reached here (taring that Judge Kelly at Abingdon, had granted Dr. John A. P. Baker, the wife poisoner, a new hear ing, and that the trial will come np at an early day. The decision of Judge Kelly was received with a little sur prise's it was the prevailing opinion iug in Noi . Wfieatley. that Bilker would swing in November. A Presbyterian Centennial. Uniontown, Pa., Oct. 15.—The Lau rel Hill Presbyterian church -have cele brated the one hundredth anniversary of the eHtablishiuent of Presbyterianism estof the Alleghany mountains. About 400 niinisfer.s and memljersof the church ere present, and the exercises were very interesting. A Nu-Intllur ftenten«**<!. San Francisco, Oct. 15.—Bernard Se ville, who swindled ex-Senator Fair out of $500 on the strength of a forged let ter of introduction from ex-Secretary of Stato Bayard, has just been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment at Sau Quentin. Foiir Million Ponod. of FroIL San Jose, Cal., Oct. 15,—Shipments tq the east from this place daring the past week were the heaviest on record, amounting to 4,000,MX) pounds. Over 1,000,000 pounds of this was green fruit, the remainder divided between canned and dried. * Accidentally Killed nimsolf. "Hamilton’, Ills., Oct. 15.—Sherman Knite, aged 18 years, living four miles above Hamilton, was accidentally killed by the discharge of a shot-gun in his own bauds while hunting. CONDENSED news DISPATCHE8. DomeitU nnd Foreign nnd of General Intar.it. The London Times has a dispatch from Shanghai which aays that the for eign ministers in China have broke 1 off negotiations with the government have announced to China that ,2eir own government most oot. Ealsoe Nadar, a large and flourishing village of Transylvania, has been com pletely destroyed by fire, and the inhal>* Hants practically lost all they possessed. The ntinoet distress prevails. Belief is being sent to the sufferers from adja cent town. Figaro at Paris publishes an inter view with Cardinal Manning in which the cardinal is represented as advocat ing the adherence of French Catholics to the republic, and as saying that were he a Frenchman lie wonld support the policy of Cardiual Lavigarie. At Evansville, Ind.. in the superior court the suit of Ella, Martin aguiust Charles Collins for $5,000 damages for a breach of promise of marriage ended by the jury returning a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $2,000. Collins is a mail agent on the Evansville and Terre Hante railroad. A Madrid dispatch says : The papers here quote from a recent circular of the E ivemor general of Cuba that after the pee of commercial treaties in Febraa- ary next," "the most favored nation danse will cease to operato. The United 8tates alone will thus reap the advantage of the concessions granted by the special treaty with Spain. A Berlin dispatch says that the Kaiser has expressed himself as. deeply offend ed by the anti-Jewish agitation which the bestowal of an order on a Jowlivitfg in Bielefield has aroused. In reply to the representations sent through Cban- oellor Cuprivi that the men had a bad character, the Kaiser has replied briefly and poiutedly, rebuking the unti-Jewisn prejudice timt prompted the action. The treasury department has infonn- >d several correspondents who have complained of the strict enforcement of the Chinese exclusion act that the de partment has uo discretion in the mat ter, but must follow closely the deci sion of the United States supreme coart. which holds that no Chinaman can enter the United States unless be has a certificate from the Chinese gov ernment stating that he is not alajborer. It is annonneed at Paris that the danghters of the late General Boulan ger, .who committed suicide on {Sept. 80 by shooting himself through the head on the grave of his mistress in the cem etery or Ixelles, near Brussels, will con test roar of the clause* of his will. It is expected that the legal ‘proceedings will result in the development of. some interesting evidence regarding the deacl man’s inner political and private affairs. Near Mount Sterling, Kv„ George and James Howard, sons of Press How ard, a well-to-do farmer, some time in ’ ;ht went to the house of a man Cnppe, who does not bear a good Nur AS REPORTED. IT WAS A 80HEME TO UNLOAD AT HIGH PRICES. THE ENDING. " ■ I Thi Long-Time Georgia Legislature Ad journed Yesterday. Atlanta, Ga., October 15. — This Th* Weather Still Belnv. AHbonsh the | raorn,n (f Mr. Trammell moved that the Storlee of Great Demace to Wheat Were 0ca,a platform resolution be taken np Greatly MasaUUd-The Situation Not ae | ani1 P at »P°“ It* passage. The speaker ruled that tho motion was ont of order; that the matter would come . . up as a house resolution In its regular Duluth, Mina, Oct. 15.—The weath-1 order K m la sttU rainy In the northwest, tt Is Holtse resolutions being the 12th or- thought here, however, that stories of d „ of bu , !no „ th(j 0ca]a rm * «"**“*• Mother set tack, and tbo house bills, T. D. Swift, a big fanner of OttertaU wIth UBtbs Mnendmenf WBre taken up county, say. the reports of as the regular order of business from rain are greatly exaggerated for T ba flg hton tbe Ocala platform wsc the purpose of allowing the Minneapolis , otlon wu rflnewed at .JJ tWrt min people to unload a grestqtUMity of their ute . pait e , eTen unIllok wheat at high prices. There are thous* I number and. ofIsorreof wheat in Ottortail county M r. l^mmell renewed hi. call for the in shock and be has not yet discovered an pr „| on , queiUon on tbe orlg , nal reso ,„. instance where the wheat is spoiliagand Uon aad hll inb ,titote '} om ‘ n - Mr Kced of Putnam offered a sutatl- cllned to believe the situation Is not *o tnte tb# wboIe tad a. the report, make out. In locaH- QTho priglna , resolution was road, tie. I oppose the wheat 1. con. derably M r. Tremmell’s substitute was read, damaged, and the news about these lo- fkTSiaTSbi'tltuU was read cdUiesl. made to apply to th. whole * Mr . northwest.” 1 ------- QUIET PREVAILS IN URUGUAY. | and helcallod for the ayes and nays on I its adoption.] |The call wasjsustatned. JThe substitute proclaimed allegiance to democracy and was voted [down;by a | vote of 00 to 54. The Trammell resolution was then put Suiidn) 0|Hnlii|r Opimi.,1. St. Paul, Oct, 15.—The Presbyterian ayiio«l of ban adopted resolu tions against the npeuiug of the World’s Fair ou Sunday. and Osages in the next few weeks. II the Cherokees want to dispose of their alleged titles to the strip they most come to the term* proposed. Should they decline to do so Judge Wilson ex presses tbe opinion that congress will open the land to settlement and 1st the Indians seek recourse in the courts. A Goshen, Ind., special says: Early in the morning lire was started in some way in the grass at Yoeman lake, the water in which is at present very low, and in a few moments the entire lake was a sea of fire, the vegetation that towered above the surface of the great er part of tbe lake being inflamable. The fire wui communicated to fence* and straw stacks bordering the lake, and had it not been for herculean work done by the people of that viciuitr, who fonght it against groat odds until dark, the fire would have spread over the en tire neighborhood. A Washington, Ind., special says: The excitement caused by the court house fire was intensified when Pinker ton detectives, assisted by officers here, arrested Sam Harbin orl the charge of being accessory to tin* incendiarism. Harbin is known to have bought two jugs and to have had them filled with coni oil the day preceding the fire. The jugs were found and identified. Other arrests will be marie at one*. The city is in n ferment und sonic startling rev elations are expected. It is known that six patron* are involved and perhaps more. ,V Tallahassee. Fla., special says : In formation was brought to this place that John Henry Wiiite, who kept a little country grocery store near tho line of Leon nud Wakulla comities, had been found dead in tho woods near his store, in Wakulla county, with three or four bullet holes in his heart. Whether be met his death in a personal difficulty or was shot from ambush has not been learned, but a drummer who loft here to see White says that he heard shoot ing while at tho store, and on goiug to the spot from whence it emanated, he saw no one, bnt found the dead body of White. ' Its Leader* or ike R.rolntlnnory Move ment Are Confined la dell. Montevideo, Oct. 10. --The revolu tionists who attempted to create a serf-. on* disturbance hew have failed in a P° a * t, Ps** a ge<' their designs. The rioters were mem- The resolution was adopted by a vote hereof a revolutionary clnb who ex- “ ™ to#. Those voting nay were: pected to be able to subborn the artill- °-V PI ® k ® B ®> Cmwford, colored, of ery corps of the garrison and to take Bullock, Traylor of possession of the city. The conspire- Zl2- P ®’ aD ^ Walker of MoDuffie. tors fired upon the loyal troops and ex- * t mo ** w8a a - ( l llarter *° one pected at this signal that the artillery S^l2? k t and * h ® h<m '' 0 was Lto [adjourn wonld join forces with them. In this !L n ® dl ® ,n fl “ ecn mtaut *«. they were disappointed. The artillery- Mr. Lumpkin of White was called to men remained true to their colors and to® chair, and in a few appropriate re- the conspiracy failed. The leaders of I marks Mr. Sibley, of Cobb, In behalf of ft. itvrffilmrj wryiMt are now the ttember , of tIle house, presented to confined in prison and it is expected I „ ~ ^ -r » ’ l that they will be summarily dealt with. I I * 0D * Howell, a magnificent sll- Iu the exchange of volleys which took w toa sorvlco and Mr. Howell made a place between the revolutionists and feeling and eloquent response, and the a ttSLISS ihXL'T&aS m-e—m—a. e. persons, inclnding the ringleaders of the la the Senate.. oonjplrecy. are held in custody. The The following bills were reconsidered: Uruguay. [or not they will limit the sessions to They Are After B1U. tt ® b,11 u t0 a " ow In Naw York, Oct. 15.-Tbe committee to writo let*re, .nd a bill to eecort Governor HU1 to Atlanta were ^ ) /® gal ‘ te th ® paWloatlon °* , ®« al n< >* met by a party from New York on the ... . .. arrival of the train In Washington, ^ ”“ lt ‘ h ® f®*' where they remained an hour. They ? D ® sowtstheMn to have arrived at New York, and ““ow paUenU to write lettere. The MU ■topping at the Hoffman house. They I regulating legal advertising, passed yee- have been tendered an excursion np tbe^1 terdsy, was reconsidered and lost to- Hudson river. They will pay their re- d . T rritk.ttt/' . The usual resolutions of thanks to the '■ B presiding officers, secretary and assist- The Animal's Tall Disappears. I ants, and the repreaenUtlves of th* Bxklw, Oct 15.—The tall of the press were tendered, hone in the famous equestrian statne I The senate then adjourned sine die. of Frederick the Great at Potedam has I Senator Tom Cablnlss did the hand mysteriously disappeared. Th* citl- some thing this morning. The senate rent are *o astonished at learning ttat l took a recess for a half hour, and daring the statue is not all of one piece that [.u.,. Vl . they have hardly tad Mm* jet to won- “** U “® , 1s , ® nat °rs were his gue^. der how or why the missing fragment I They repaired to a committee room, and oonld have been removed. ' (there sparkling champagne flowed amid s “;s r ,h "““ rollm.t ihsrolllm mill,hi, dotbtog Mwed^thal^ldw. P "* He was instantly thrown across the Ta . . ,, .... rolls, when his tands gnwrtd an Iron I Theoommlttoo on agriculture,of which tar, to which he owe* his life. His | Mr. Ellington Is chairman, presented clothe* were' entirely tom from his him with an elegant gold watch, body, and both shoulders were badly 1 sprained. JUDGE CRISP A Short Lived Strike. Tho American'. I-ok. , Nashville, Oct. 15.-Careful invest igation showed that Tho American loues not less than $15,000 by fire. Tho damage to the building in about $0,000. It will bo several weeks before it can lv occupied. Chief Carr-ll, of the fire department, i* positive that the -fire U of incendiary origin. Tin* fires had n«»t Int-n fltartcil in the boiler nwim. The smarted under the btairway uu tin* firht fi.H»r, and the only way any one the entire building, could have reached the .place w/u* by L mal . q’i lo <j rft dezeending from the third floor, The | u # three MiJarea printers are ilwiug well. GALVESTON. Oct. 15.—The taflors cm- I Left Vfuhinitoa Yeeterdey to Take Pert In ployed by three firms here, organized as I the Ohio Campoign. local branch nnmtar 159 of the Jour- Washington, October 15.-Judge neymen’e Unlmiof America, struck on crisp left yesterday for the west, and snriJk a TBS££Ani3 “• «*• *> **► at the Knights of Labor hall nnd a uni* I on Honday, form price list was arranged to the sat-1 Last night he appeared In tho parlors isfaettun of the workmen and the of the Pre« Clnb, and vory soon was boertw. The strikers returned to work. , nm>nnded by correspondent, from all A Drummer Uon.. | sections and of every shade of politics. Atlanta, October 15.—The Hlrsob- “ Th ® real °° D tost for the spoakor- berg Papor Company would like to know | ’kip,” Judgo Crisp says, “will not begin where'Louls M. Cohen is to-day, J until after the November .elections, and Cohen has been traveling for them for | ^ >en ^J 18 campaign will be short and some time. He started on a trip recent- *' iar P'” ly with a big line of samples. In some I 1,0,11 confidently expcc’Uig a solid way the paper company discovered I vo, ° ,rom * 01 *Mi, and claims to havo something crooked in his manner 0 f I assurances from many korfhuvit and ’ doing business and now they would bo | o^torn members. Ho alUctas gi w . t very glad to bare him come in. Importance to the Ohio elections, and They also want their sample* and aam-1 <,00,ar c* th nt the democrats most win In _ pie trunks, which they say Cohen has I *tote because of the significance sold. He also has a mileage ticket which | that att *ch to the result, they want | He expresses the opinion time Cov- Cohen has borrowed money from j- orn °x C am PbcU is gaining groan. I <Iilly houses In the different cities he has vis-1 M® declared bo did not, know sufficient I ted snd gave drafts on the Hirschberg |°* Mew York politics to say if F’..,wor’s Paper Company for the amounts. He | MeoMonh* governor woulu c-tab' i 'h ulut wasin Danville day tafore yreterday, as a presidential c--i..-li-i.,r, . few! n ® expressed great soUsfaction at tbo latest nows from Penusylvanla, wlficb shows the republican party to be iu a pitiablo condition. Judge Crisp will be absent from homo about thirty days all | told. He will speak In Now York and Mas- Bits after he goes through Ohio. and they hope to catch him in day*. Fire In LaGrence. LaGbavok, Ga., October 15.—Fire discovered in one of tho Southern female college buildings at 4 o’clock this morning. It proved lo bo tho wood and I chicken house, immediately In the rear of the main.building. I Uvlislou-. Only the prompt work of tho Messrs. Prayer meeting will bo held every Cox with the college waterworks saved Tuesday evening in the Union meeting The damage was building on Hampton street, on Bell w:is supposed to have property, and Sunday school exercises been caused from ashes. | at p. m.