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AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
VOLUME 1
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1891.
NUMBER 105
Something For The Boys!
BRAND NEW SAFETY BICYCLE
TO BE GIVEN AWAY I
IT WONT COST YOU A PENNY! ^r^tL.r^T'2
To stimulate the traffic in our Boys’ and
Children’s ClothiDg 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
BRAND NEW SAFETY 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 wit
be put in a box: then a committee of disinter
ested citizens will draw out one of the numbers,
and the holder of fhe ticket containing than
number, gets the
Brand New Safety Bicycle Free of Charge I
Now a Word Qbout our Famous Clothing Department
THE NAME OP
WAS HUNG TWICE.
A MURDERER IS AT LAST SLOWLY
STRANGLED.
Sickening Seem Attending the Hanging of
WllUnm Rote-The Film Attempt n Mt«-
•rabto Failure and tha Nonna la Again
Adjnatad—Horrlbla Death.
Red Wood Falls, Oct. 18.—A dread
ful scene was enacted here at the exe
cution of William Hose. The prisoner
was awakened at 4 o’clock, a in., ate a
hearty meal and heard the reading of
the death warrant with ranoh coolness,
and mounted the gallows with a firm
atep. He made a short speech in which
he protested his innocence and accttaed
a man named Stover of the crime. The
trap was sprung at 4.08 a in. There
was a doll crash and tha rope parted
threat feet from the neck. Without
has become known far and wide as the
synonym of
FINE CLOTHING IT FUR PRICES!
Our stock was NEVER SO COMPLETE I
Our styles NEVER SO ELEGANT!
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,
At $l.j35 Per £tait,
and includes all the finer materials, such as
CASSIMERES, WORSTEDS, TRICOTS,
SERGE AND CHEVIOT Suite so desirable for
“BOYS WHO ARE HARD ON CLOTHES.”
Wishing you all “good luck” in the drawing,
Your friend,
platform and laid down face npward
upon the readjusted trap. The second
noose, dangling from above, was palled
dowp, adjusted qniokly, and the trap
again sprang without any attempt to
raise him from his feet. Then ensued
a slow process of strangulation. The
trap was sprang the second time at ex
actly S o’clock.
SHE WORE SHORT DRESSES.
Ths Hniin Why a Woman I. Not Con
tent to Make* a Will
New York, Oct. 18.—Before Surro
gate Ransom was begun the taking
testimony in the contest over the will
of Mrs. Anna Cora Ross, who died
this city Inst January. Mrs. Ross waa
the daughter of Alexander White,
Chicago luwver, who died in 1878, leav
ing an estate said to he worth about
83.000,000. After her father's death,
she bad some disagreement with her.
mother and left Chicago and came to
this city. Alexander Boss was an old
friend of the White family, and he was
asked to look oat for Annie. He mar
ried her March 30, 1880. By his wife’s
will be ia to have her entire estate.
The contest is made by Mrs. Ross'
brothers and sisters, James B. White,
Alexander White, Elsie and Mary S.
White, The gronnd of the contest ia
the allegation that Mrs. Ross was not
competent to make a will. By the tes
timony that was given it appeared that
she was peculiar in her ways. She was
probably abont 35 at the time of her
death. It waa her desire to appear
younger, however, and her dressmaker
testified that ahe wore dresses that
were proper for a school girl rather
than a married woman.
EXPLORING PARTY HEARD FROM,
They Have Completed the Object
■ Tbslr Trip.
Seattle, Wash., Oct. 16.—The friends
of Professor J. C. Russell iq this city
are advised that bis party will arrive
from Alaska next week, on the steamer
City of TopekA When (be steamer
Mexico, nowin the harbor, left CbUieat,'
Alaska, they received word that the
party were on the sea coast at Glonr
Bay, having completed the object of
their trip to the seal reef at the month
of St. Ella.
The party is' composed of Professor
Russell, Thomas Hantiy, Thomas White,
J. H. Cramback, Neill McCarthy and
M. Warner. They left Seattle for Alaska
May 83, on the (Jolted States steamer
Bear. It will* be remebered that Llen-
tsoant Robinson of Bear, and W. C.
Moore of Seattle, were drowned at Icy
TWO KILLED AND MANY INJURED.
’A Passenger Train Wrecked Nsnr Mingo
Junction, O.
Pittsburg, Oct 18.—The east bound
passenger train on the Psndhandle rail,
road, baa been wrecked near Mingo
Junction. Two persona were killed and'
many injured.
Sopot Gets on Flro.
Cordele, Go., Oct. 18.—The Savan
nah, Americas and Montgomery railroad
depot caught fire,at 3 o’clock p. m., and
waa considerably damaged. The fire
department responded promptly to the
alarm and the fire waa soon under con
trol, bat not before almost the entire
roof- had been horned. The loss ia
light and folly covered by insurance.
CONDENSED NEWS DI8PATCHES.
Do mottle and Foreign and of General
Interest.
The Georgia legislature has adjourned
its session sine die.
An extraordinarily heavy demand for
flonr from Europe is keeping American
mills busy.
A moiinmi nt to Red Jacket, the Srii-
ecu chieftain, nos been unveiled ut Wa
terloo. N. Y.
The New York Recorder hu-i been
sued by Governor Campbell of Ohio for
♦10.001. for libel.
The Grady monument committee to
escort Governor Hill to Atlanta, have
arrived in New York.
Timothy Healy in an address to the
Irish National Federation, stated that
jie had forgiven Parnell.
James Harrington was cut in two by
ear wheels at Armonrdale, Kan., just
as his sister dre med be would be:
The czarina has given 30,000.000 ron-
bles from her private parse for the re
lief of the destitnte Russian peasants.
The Russian government bos closed
the Umversiay of Kieif, and placed 500
students nnder arrest for revolutionary
behavior.
The Manufacturers’ Record reisirts
<he sale to a Belgian syndicate of 150,000
acres of coal, iron and timber lands In
eastern Kentucky.
A Chicago school teacher became sud
denly insane, and began flogging her
stndenta. She has been granted a leai
of nbseucc from her duties.
The breaking of the shaft of the free
zing engine on the steamship Ports
mouth, bound for London, caused the
carcasses of 30,000 sheep to spoil.
Thomas H. Hnnt robbed his employ
ers, Keunett, Hopkins & Co, of New
York, of |40,000, and wrote them so.
They disbelieved him then, bnt have
found out that he told the troth.
A Constantinople dispatch says: The
Porte has ordered the governor of Scu
tari to' disarm the Albanians of their
Martiu Henri rifles. The governor
says' it is well nigh impossible and
would require thirty battalions of troops
and result in revolution.
. jTlie birth of a little girl to Mrs. A.
Nf Fase -if Kansas City, brings out a
peculiar tact. The mother is 16 years
►Id. Her mother, Mrs. M. Spangler, ia
at the house, a grand-mother at 83, and
Mrs. G. M. Redman of St. Louis, is also
there. She is the child’s great-grand
mother, aged 53 years.
Miss Bird Howell, a Finleyville, Pa,
school teacher, attempted to punish an
incorrigible pupil, when the boy shot
her fifths eye with abean shooter and
she has entirely lost her sight as a ra-
snlt. The lawyers say Miss Howell
con recover damages from the hoy’s
father, and she Will bring suit.
. At Pittsburg, Pa , Rev. Dr. Robinson,
president of the Sabbath Observance
association, stated that no move would
be made this week against the 8nnday
newspapers, ns reported.- "He refused
to sav what would be done next week,
and intimated to the reporter that it
Was none of the public’s business to
know what they intended to do. ..
_ irton, Ala., special says: The
desWaction by fire of 100 hales of cotton
on the depot grounds of the Central
railroad occurred here. Eight hundred
boles were on 1 Tha grounds, most of
Which was moved. A train load of the
hurtling eottonwaa hauled three miles
to the millpond, damped in and parti
saved. The fire was caused by a spar]
from oil engine.
At Omaha, Neb., a warrant has been
issued by the county attorney for the
artist of E. F. Morearity, a member of
the dty council, for murder, ho having
bten as active leader in the Smith
lynching. David Mahoney, Bob Ward,
Jiimes Trsinor and Wm. F. Bloom com
plete, with Morearity and Farris, are
arrests, sixteen men who havo thus far
been arrested and chargod with murder
in the lynching case.
A special cable dispatch to the New
York Herald from Managua, Nicaragua,
says an attempt was made by a corporal
of the palace guard, named Carlos Pe
rea, to assassinate President Bacas*.
Perez waa caught on the top of the roof
over the president’s sleeping apartment
He had already made an opening in the
roof. Bscosa waa awakened by the
noise, and called the guards, who placed
Pena nnder arrest He wtU be court
martlalled.
Secretary Rusk assured a committee
from the New York produce exchange
that pork products stamped at abat
toirs in the west oonld be re-examined
at the port of export, when such reex
amination seemed necessafy, and that a
, government Inspector would supervise
be inspection and restamp any pack
ages that were opexed, so at to guaran
tee foreign importers against any possi
ble substitution- of the products after
the examination at the time of packing.
Broke ills Nsefc.
Brunswick, Ga , Oct. 16.—Joe Barnet,
[a young white man, while-drnnk, fell
[down a flight of stairs in the Loenatein
» L breaking his neck. He died
in bonr after the accident. He
I was a house painter, and leaves a wife
and two children in New London,
Conn.
Ktv lagw ProceM.
Washington, Oct. 18.—Secretary
Rusk has a number of sample* of
sorghum sugar manufactured by a new
process by which he says about 300
pounds of sugar is obtained from a ton
of sorghnm cane. When asked what
the new process was, he said: "It is
called the alcoholic process. Alcohol is
mixed with the sorghum sy rap and af
ter treatment the former is recovered
by redistillation, so that there is no ap
preciable loss. The sugar is nearly
white, and it ia strong in saccharine
qualities above 90 degrees. I hare re
ceived a dispatch from Mr. Swanson,
who bos'been trying the sicoholio pro
cess, and he says that about twice at
much crystalized sugar per ton of cane
can be obtained as can os obtained by
the prooaaa heretofore in 1
ROASTED ALIVE.
HORRIBLE FIRE IN A LONDON TENE
MENT HOUSE
An Old Woman, a Youne Woman and Three
Children Charred by Flamee—ktforta
tha Firemen to Save Prove Froltleea—
The Fire Burns Bspldlj.
London, Oct. 18.—A tenement house
oanght fire in the morning in the dock
district of London known as the mill
wall. The fire originated in the lower
part of the house with the reenlt that
the rickety wooden stain leading to the
upper floors were almost immediately
burned away, thug catting off escape
by that means of a number of inmates
of the house.
When the firemen reached tha spot
they found the bnilding in a mass
flames, and learned that there were
still several people on the upper floors.
With commendable promptness the fire
men made several gallant efforts to
reach the endangered people, bnt all
each attempts wore repelled by the vol
ume of flames which ponred ont of the
lower windows and which wore fast
eating tbtdr way upward.
At last when fire waa Anally sub
dued sufficiently to enable the firemen
to mount to the top of the charred ten
ement, they fonnd the bodies of an ohl
woman of 70, a young woman and three
children, all huddled together as they
tried to escape from the smoke which
had suffocated them.
TO Get Kven with BowelL
Chicago, Oct. 16.—A #5,000 damage
■nit for libel waa begun in the circuit
court here by William D. Boyce, agniuat
George P. Rowell & Co. of New York.
Plaintiff is fhe publisher of The Satnr
day Blade, while defendants issued the
American Newspaper Directory, which
purports to give the circnlstion of news
wipers throughout the county. Mr
Joyce alleges that he went personal I,
to New York and gave proof to' Mi
Rowell thut his paper had a circnli
of between 150,000 and 300,000 a weelc,
Notwithstanding his evidence the de
fendants rated his paper below 159,000,
and then added that information re
tarding the circulation of TheSatnrdav
Slade was not satisfactory. Plaintiff
says the defendants have acted mali
cionaly, and have injured The Blade as
an advertising medinrn.
Buying Corn for Peasants.
St. Petebsburo, Oct. 16.—The gov
ernment is bnying corn for the purpose
of feeding the famishing peasants of
the stricken districts daring the winter and pleasing response followed from one
TBE BARS OPEN
At the Exposition Grounds—They Have no
City License. v I
Atlanta, Ootober 18.—The selling of
liqnor ont at the exposition grounds be
gan to-dsy.
■And a big kick Is being started abont It
It is claimed that those who have
charge of their privilege, merely bought
the privilege from the exposition com
pany, and have secured no license from
the city.
If the grounds are not considered In
the city and nnder city jurisdiction, no
liqnor can be sold at all, because of the
law preventing It to be sold within three
miles of a church.
If It is considered In the city on ac
count of being Incorporated for police
purposes, then a llopnse must be had
from the city.
That’s thofause of the kick, and now
that the selling of liquor bat begun, an
effort will be made to have esses mode
for selling liquor without license.
At least thst’sjwhst Is olslmsd, and
Mr. Atmon A*Morphey is looking for
Chief of Polios Conolly to have hlm ln-
"**“*— tha matter.
. ; a. w • --
months. The sufferers in the Volga
district will be the first to receive as
sistance, os it is considered absolutely
necessary to sucoor them before the
Volga is frozen over. Twenty pounds
of wheat will be given to each person.
Medical councils have been summon
ed in the distressed provinces of the
empire. Scurvy and typhus are raging
in the wake of tne famine. The Novost
aays the famine prevails in thirteen
different provinces of the oonntry, and
that 14,000.000 persons are in argent
need of saccor.
Fifty Builders Strike.
Charleston, W. Va.OcL 18.—Abont
fifty man belonging to the bnilding
trades went ont on a strike. They are
trying to force Henry Ditcher, one of
the planing mill men here, through the
contractors, to employ only onion la
bor, and every onion workman employ
ed oil buildings in which lumber pur
chased from Ditcher was need quit
work. The contractors are powerless.
They claim the right to bay material
where they please, and the workmen
refuse to return as long as Ditciior's
lumber is used. Bricklayers, painters
and all are ont. On other buildings
work is progressing as usual.
The Great Southern Play#
Louisville, Oct. 16.—The new and
brilliant southern play, "Alabama, ” has
just started sooth, opening the to nr
with an engagement here. It has
scored a triumph in Louisville and is
turning away people every night
GIBIAN * CO. HABD VP.
Nineteen Mortgagee, Amounting to Over
*130,000, Filed Agmlmc Them.
Macon, Ga., Ootobor 18.—Nineteen
mortgages, amounting in the aggregate
to one hundred and fifty thousand dol
lar* were filed In the office of the clerk
of tha superior court this morning In
favor of the creditors of A. QlbianA
Co.
It to not yet known that an assessment
will be made, and it it possible that this
may be averted.
One mortgage for 810,000 to secure a
note payable one day after date, and
dated yesterday, it in favor of Lilllen-
tbal A Gostenbelmer, of Montgomery,
la.
It bat been foreclosed and the execu
tion issued. Glblan A Co., Is a well-
known . and highly respected firm.
Their failure is due to slow collections,
and they have the sympathy of the en
tire-botinest community.
Death of An Infant.
Mr. J. B. Parker’s intuit, nine months
old, dltd on Thursday night lasL He
was buried at the family burial gronnd
on Friday morning in the 38th districL
The Lord glreth and tha Lord takath
away. W* deeply sympathise with the
bereaved parents, snd point to tbs way
the little one has gone.
BACK FOR LIFE.
Experlenra nf tha Ship “Allan! i—Weath
ered tha Severest Gale Ever Known.
New York, October 10.—The United
States steamer Atlanta anchored in the
bay hers last night after the severest
straggle with tbs elements that any
ship of the new navy has ever expe
rienced. •
The vessel left here early last Sunday
morning for Aseate3gne Shoals to help
the Despatch.
Near the Delaware breakwater sheen-
countered a terrible gale and drifted at
the mercy of the wind and sea, only
twenty miles from the coast until day
light Wednesday morning.
On Monday night her decks were
swept by terrific teas, which smashed
the port hswse hole, cracked tho sheath
ing of the mein deck and flooded the
berth deck.
An enormous wave breaking on her
quarter flooded doable compartment be
tween hold and bertb deck.
Thl* deck Is divided by a partition,
the forward being the provision depart
ment and aft the store-room.
In the provision department was stored
a quantity of Japan drier. The bails,
which Is a naptha pump rigged to re
lieve the vessel of water and light, was
lowered, when the naptha gna oxplodod.
7. C. James end Jamoe Monahan wore
badly burned about tho hands, nook and
arms, and fatally Injured by breathing
the Ignited vapor.
Others injured ere Henry lTelja, Alolc .
Nowae, J. E. Ell end Joseph Merriam,.
ell severely burned.
On Wednesday the storm abated and-
the vessel run Into the Delaware break
water.
Captain John W. Phillips said the ship
behaved splendidly, end believed the At
lanta capable of weathering any storm,,
and of standing a gels which would seud
many inferinr ships to the bottom.
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
The District Cnalmr* of ths Society
Opened Tbnredav NIeht—Interest
ing Meeting.
The opening meeting of the District
Conference of the Woman’s Missionary
Society waa held at the M. E. Church on
Lee street Thursday night and the atten
dance wee very largo.
The address of wolcomo woe delivered
by an Amerieue young lady and tho
effort was masterly and highly compli
mented by the audience. A suitable
of tho visiting ddegatos, and thon wore
addresses from various members setting
forth tho objoot of the Society and the
good results to bo obtained from tho
present gathering. Matters of impor
tance were discussed and great luterokt
was manifested by all present.
This work in which the society is cm
gaged te ono of vital moral Importance,
and these noblo, Christian women who
have banded themselves together to
labor on the sido of right and - truth,
should recolvo the most hearty support
and co-operation of every inhabitant in
this civilized land of ours. May divine
blessings attend them and attest their
endeavors with a bright fruition of their
hopes. Tiie Times-Recorder will give
a detalledtsynopsU of tho duliberat'on*
of the body as for as they havo proceed
ed In the Issue of to-morrow.
ISO EDITOIW.
The Wisconsin Press Aseoelstlon Reaches
Atlanta.
Atlanta, October 16.—Abont 150
members of the Wisconsin Frees Associ
ation, headed by'President Hegg, ar
rived In Atlanta late this afternoon.
The members of the association ere
taking tholr ahnual outing. They are
editors end owners of nearly all tho
weekly papers In Wisconsin end a num
ber of dally papers.
They left Chattanooga, where they
were hospitably entertained, at 8:20
o’olock, and reached hero late this after
noon.
They will remain In Atlanta until to
morrow night. If they can be Induced
to‘do so thoy will remain until the open
ing of the exposition Monday.
The editora are heartily welcomed, to
Atlanta. They will be shown every
possible conrtesy by the citizens end
will bo entertained by the Northern So
ciety. '•
BROKE JAIL TWICE.
With a Piece of Brick, a Broken Nall, and
a Broom Handle,IU» Makes His Kaeepo.
Chattanooga, Tenn., October 18.—
William Carden escaped from jail at
Cleveland, Tenn., last night. He Is an
old man, formerly a school teacher, and
under sentence of death for assaulting a
little daughter of a preacher at that
place two years ago.
Moat of the time since then Carden
has been in jail. He once before es
caped, but waa reoently caught.
The case was belore. the state su
preme court, which confirmed the de
cision of the lower court, and the sen
tence of death was passed a few weeks
ago by Judge Trsyner.
Carden picked bis war ont of jail with
nail, a piece of brick and a broken
