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VOLUME t
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1891.
NUMBER 171
Something For The
INDIGNATION.
BRAKD NEW SAFETY BICYCLE
TO BE GIVEN AWAY!
IT WONTCOST 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 ot 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 wi
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 Mew Safety Bicycle Free of Charge!
Now • Word about our Famous Clothing Department.
THE NAME OF - ' '
IT IS EXPRESSED IN ATLANTA ON
ALL SIDES
1 he Shameful Account of the Unveiling of
the Uradjr Monument Published In the
Mall and Kxpreas HI* eta With General
Condemnation.
George D.
has become known far and wide as the
synonym of
FINE MING AT FAIR PRICES
Our stock was NEVER SO COMPLETE!
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,
&1.2& I>er &uit,
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,
boys, ,
Your friend,
Atlanta, Oct. 23. — Ui'ci.t indignation
has been expressed here on all sides at
the shameful report of the unveiling of
the Grady monument, publirhel in Tho
Mail and Express, a partisan Republi
can newspaper in. New York. People
from all parties alike join in pronounc
ing the “rot” account the most disgrace
ful exhibition of sectionnl hatred and
prejudie • against the south that even
Eliot Shepard has ever been guilty of.
Among other things equally as false
tnd extravagant the . outragenns report
in The Mail and Express said that the
unveiling of the Grady statne was made
the occasion for flaunting Confederate
flags and pictures of Jeff Davis; and in
stilting the union flag. It stated that
the Confederate Veterans in the parade
all wore their old rebel uniforms and
carried rebel flags, while tho Grand
Army of the Republic post was relegated
to the rear of the line and insnlted and
ignored. The whole affair is denounced
and belittled throughout the entire
special, without any attempt to give the
real facts.
That such- partisanship should excite
the denunciation of people everywhere
is not at all surprising. Specials re
ceived here from New. York ftate that
the papers there are roundly scoring
The Mail and Express for its deliberate
and unreasonable distortion of the facts
attending the nnveiling ceremonies of
the monument to the honor of one of
the world’s greatest and noblest journal
ists. That Eliot Shepard deserves the
condemnation be is-receiving is left for
sensible people to say. ,,
DEN OF SNAKES. '
A Seething Mbii of Iteptlle* fa IHbc.it-
•rod Near a Town.
Topbka, Kan., Oct. 23.—The people
of Holton are excited over the discov
ery near that town of a den containing
thousands of saakes, including many
species and all sizes of the crawling
reptiles. The vicinity of the den is
alive with snakes seemingly, aottiing.ia
from all directiona. They ere'thick in
the grass and > underbrush, and black
and bine racers an seen running among
the trees all headed for tbe spot. Tbs
different varieties of snakes ard hard
to determine, as tbe most careful count
and examination each time reveals a
new kitpl. So far there hate been forind
to dwell in this den tbe garter snake,
blue racer, Muok snake, rattle snake,
copperhead and many more or lass noted
•peoies. Every coaceiveMe vehicle wee
made to do service in conveying curl-
osity seekers to the den. Bren the om
nibuses end baggage wagons were em
ployed, and the whole town was out to
see tbe snake den, which ie now the ait
absorbing topic of- conversation. Those
Tho hare dared h» gn out and witness
tbe scene awake at night from horrible
dreams, and ttfany nervous woman re
frain* from going to aee the eight upon
the advice of their neighbors, who are
unable to get e good night’s sleep stz
—*— upon this wild, seething mass
DI8TbRBgp FASSETT.
A Lively Ties# as e FeUtleat Muting
Hate laNeir Verk.
New York, Oct. 38.—While Senator
Fassett, the Republican candidate for
governor, was addressing a large con-
coarse ha this city, he wm frequently
ihterrnpted by boisterous talk. At
lengm a melee sprang up laths rear of
the house and the police hurried down
the aisle to quail it. "This jlfostrates
Tammany methods,” began Fassett.
"Tammany is trying to break up tbs
meeting, ” shouted many men, spring
ing to their feet. But the speaker
commanded attention, while the polloe
secured quite and then he spoke thus:
"The methods of Tammany are beet un
derstood by personal experience," said
Mr. Fa**-itt, excitedly. "They here
tried to smother honest voting for
thirty yean end now they try to
smother honest discussion. It is the
method of the coward and brute; it is the
method of the thngand assassin; it is the
method of the biuglar end umrderer.
It is tbe method of men and beasts who
shun the light of day and go abroad
enjy with dark lanterns. *
They STIIl Me Uniter Oronml,
Ban Antonio, Tex., Oct. 38.—A des
perate stabbing affray between John T.
Moulton, an American, and Leando
Rodriguez and Antonio Ventro, Mexi
cans, occurred qt the San -Pablo mine
near Buena Ventnra. state of Coahnilta,
Mexico. The Mexicans were drank and
itchets and the American wield
ed a b&wie. Ventro was killed, Rodri-
nes badly stabbed in four places, and
foultonia so backed and slashed he
can not live. Before tho week ends all
parties to the affray will be under the
ground.
Ska Got Bin.
Austin, Tex., Oct. S3.—Mrs. Hannah
srgoeon, a married lady, walked into
• fruit store and inquired for a man
named Cole. Being told-tbat bowse
in a rear room lying on'a sofa she said:
"I’ll get him!" ' She walked ip. and be-
NRsaw**™*
Ojp ~ ’
from
sralked out into tbe street Shaabm*
that Cole taauitod her.
ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES.
Major General Krlinfleli! Makes Ills An-
Uttul Report to tho War Secretary.
Washington, Oct. 23.—Major Gen
eral Schofield,- commanding the army,
has made his annual report upon the
operations of the army to the secretary
of war. He review's the Indian dis
turbance of last winter, and recalls
that nearly one-luilf of the infantry and
cavalry of the army was concentrated
at the scone of disturbance He then
says that this campaign teaches the
lesson that the entire military force of
the United States would be wholly in
adequate to prevent great loss of life
and damage to property if a general
Indian outbreak should occur. How
ever, he believes that no considerable
number of the Sioux intended hostili
ties against the United States unless
driven to it by hardships. He says :
"There is, lienee, a well grounded be
lief that, by the constant exercise of
discretion in the management of the
Indians, coupled with justice in ail
dealings of tne government with them,
and the presence of a sufficient military
force to overawe tbe tnrbulent minority
among them, there need be no serious
apprehension of an extended uprising
of the Sioux, and, probably, not of any
Other Indian tribe.
It is also well worthy of the moet
serious consideration that by the addi
tion of a few thousand men to the en
listed strength of the army, whereby s
sufficient force might at all times be
stationed in the vicinity of the great
reservations, the damage of an uprising
and resulting destruction ot frontier
settlements would be entirely removed
and the great expense of transportation
of troops from distant parts of the
country entirely avoided. ” Major Gen
eral Schotield then makes a strong plea
for a reorganization of the army. The
report notes with satisfaction the adop
tion by congress of a definite policy of
improvement of the coast defences.
Touching tbs enlistment of Indians in
the army, the report eays that the pol
icy has not yet progressed very far in
its execution, bnt the results have been
entirely satisfactory and it should be
adhered to.
Complimentary reference Is made to
the high state of efficiency of the artil
lery, infantry and cavalry schobls, and
of the new system of examination for
promotion. The report says it will in
the eiffi undoubtedly serve to improve
largely the general state of military ed
ucation. Reference is made to the
number of military posts abandoned
during the past year, a* serving to mark
the advance of settlement and the snb-
jngation of roaming Indians, and liber
al allowances are reoommsnded tor
larger and permanent poet* as being in
the intereita ot true economy.
General Schofield indorsee General
Crook’s recommendation concerning tbe
fortication of San Diego, Cat. Touch
ing tbe discipline of the army the report
says: "All tbe reports show that ths
general, state of discipline in ths
arsiy ie excellent,- the one lkioentable
exception being that of the cavalry
at Fort Walla Walla. Ths measures
which hsvs been adopted for tbe
improvement of tbe condition of the
enlisted men and tor ths exclusion of
undesirable characters from enlistment
have worked together to elevate ths
Character and increase the contentment
ot tbs soldiers, without, in any meas
ure, it It bettered. Impairing their efll-
jrhe .winter campaign against
« developed most cheerful en
durance of the jnpetest hardships, as
wvQas greet gallantry la action end a
total slncnos of desertions while in ths
field in the presence of the enemy.
LEAGUE OF PEACE.
IT IS FORMED TO COUNTERACT THE
DREIBUNO AGREEMENT.
A Dispatch Announces the Formation ot
the "Leangeof Peace" Dcrlnc the Impe
rial and Royal Gatherings at Piedens-
burg—Countries That Are In
r'ARis, Get. 23.—A dispatch to tue
Figaro from Copenhagen says that dnr
ing the imperial anil royal gatherings
at Frcdeasliiirg, tbe palace of the Dan
ish royal family, where the emperor
and empress ot Russia have made long
visits tliis autumn, th • formation of a
league of peace" was discussed at
length among the titled nobilities there
assembled.
According to tue Figaro’s correspond
ent this league is to include Russia, Ser-
via, Montenegro. Greece, Bweoden, Den
mark and France. He adds that it was
agreed that the league should be formed
and that its constitntion be publicly an
nounced in January.
This league ot peace, should it tnm
out to be an actual fact, will naturally
be regarded as a counter move to the
renewal of the driebund agreements
openly announced by the emperor of
Germany previous to his recent visit to
England,
"ITALY AND THE POPE.”
NEW ROUTE FOR MACON.
GREAT DAMAGE TO 8HWPINQ.
A Fierce flats Ragtag to Orest Britain—
Ths Thames Overflows.
London, Oct. 23.—A gale is again
ragtag fiercely over England, Ireland,
Wales and tbe aonth of Soodand, and
more stories are coming to band of ves
sels ashore and' distress in various ways
and in many localities. The Thames
baa risen so high that it floods Windsor
Meadows, the race conn# and play
grounds at Eton and great itretohgs of
country around Marlow and Maiden
head. Instances are abundant of
dwellings surrounded by water and cut
off from all communication except by
boats. Mailboata creasing the English
and Irish channels report rough times
and considerable danger. Fourteen
people were rescued from a bark ashore
at Sandgate. Vessels in tbe dovns are
dragging anchors.
Rovoaeo Caller Oateeetoa
Galviwton, Get. 33,—The new rev
enue autter, Galveston, which was built
in Baltimore at a cost of $180,000, ar
rived ia port here and was received
with a national salute of twenty-one
pins by the Halveston Light Artillery,
t will be placed In servioe at once, amt
take the place, of tbe revenue cutter
Dix, which was transferred to Mobile
and subsequently sold. This ia the first
inatanco in the history ot the naval de
partment of a revenue cotter being
earned after a city.
Oil Car Explosion.
St. Louis, Oct. 23.—A special to The
Poet-Dispatch from Milab, Tenn., says:
Two freight trains running at fall speed
ran into each other at Bard well Hill,
Tenn., on the Illinois Central road. A
car of oil exploded, setting fire to the
train. Three car* of merchandise were
destroyed, two engines demolished, the
track on both aides of the wreck burned
for 500 feet, and the woods for amiie.
The loss is estimated at $300,000. One
of tbe engineers was badly hart.
Italy’s Ez.Premlsr Writes on ths Beta-
lion of Rom* lo tho Vatican.
New Yobk, Oct. 28.—Tbe North
American Review for November prints
tbe first of a series of articles by ex-
Premier Crinpi of Italy, entitled "Italy
and the pope. ” - After tracing the
canses und events which led to the uni
fication of Italy and the various oonflicts
between civil authority and tbe tern
poral power of the pope in the -last 100
years,.Signor Crisp! says: "Rome un
der tbe pope, was a gangrene spot which
must have poisoned ths whole body of
the uatiou. From 1800 onward it had
become the asylum of the fallen dynas
ties, a cave ot brigands who inflated
the southern provinces of the peninsula.
This being stated, the redemption of the
Eternal City waa not only a logical
consrqnence.of ths restoration of Italian
rights—it was necessary to the pacifica
tion of the country.
"For a people, the right to exist in
freedom and indepennsnoe long ante
date* any reason of nrinoes or any In
ternational treaty. Oonqnast, usurpa
tion, the Insidious good luck of a despot
may suspend the exeroiaes of this right,
but they do nol diminish it, much less
can they iHur it. Eternal, indestructi
ble within its natural limit*, the nation
resume* its autonomy almost as soon
a* it has freed Itself from the grasp of
saceadotal and civil tyranny.
"TImi onauMnn fka * —- -
The question of the temporal power
of tbe Pope baa trembled for many years
the minds of all ttatfau states rap*; %er-
taloly it bo* bean (of ua the most diffi
cult to deal wife iu.oonsequetiue of the
wtw of uofcrinwdity which the
. «* £u.ch*tvS; pm*«e* intirtue
at hik UMBoa. Whan Usrour d+
tor mined that th* temporal power must
aiguatoaa and threads pacific means
arrOuueot With fbe Catholic
efiloatri/ra* minister wm 11m
find in om time to undertake seriously
the study af mesus to achieve this end.
S’JfXraaara.*’ ‘* 5 ™
from cutting the Gordian
Without tbe oannon th# Porta 1
never bay* baan opened to tbe natii
take possession of it* capital. ”
TO MARRY A COUNTESS.
Why Cantata Talk Gels Bid of His Res
seal Wife.
Faiiflo, N. D., Oct. 38.-Mr*. Emma
M. York of Spa girt, N. J„ will doubt-
lea*-be surprised to learn that tbe is ,a
(livorord woman. About a week ago
Oapt. Lewie A. York, for thirty year*
assistant paymaster in the United
States navy, was married at Bismarck
to Evelyn, Countess Desaahlinaka of
Busaia. Th* countess bad lived for
several months at Dawson, N. D„ and
met Captain York at Bismarck by ap
pointment. Now cornea th* sensational
Uenoument. The Forgo divorce court
records show that a decree of separation
was granted Captain York September
15. The papers In th* case ware nil re
moved from the files and were not re
turned there nntil recently. They
show that an affidavit has been made
that Mrs. Emma York oannot be found
in this country. Tbe summons waa
mblisbed in an obsonre weekly paper
me. and there is not a particle of evi
dence that the defendant ever saw the
complaint, which gravely charges her
with improper intimacy with E. Dea-
piuvilie Pivot, probably a fictitious
name. It is stated that Mm. Emma
York has an income of $10,000, and
when this meets her eye# she will
doubtless make the fur fly.
tVhst President Hswklus Sey* About tho
Wonderful S. A. M, ltuad.
Macon, Go., October 23.—[Special.]—
President Hawkins, of the Savannah,
Americus and Montgomery railway,
passed through Macon to-day In liitt pri
vate car, “Louise,” on Ms return homo
from a trip to Atlanta. He was accom
panied by his daughter, Miss Nannie Lou
Hawkins, and Miss Jennie Hollis, two
very charming young ladles of Amer
icas. > .
At present the-Savannah, Americas
and Montgomery road it being fast
extended to Montgomery. Of this
extension President Hawkins talked In
terestingly.
He said that only a' small portloa of
the work remains to bo done before tho
Savannah, Americus and Montgomery is
running into Montgomery. Now that "tho
bridge acres* the Chattahooohee la about
oomple the timbers needed In putting
up several trestles oa the Alabama side
can be hurried forward, and there need
be no other delay In tbe work. It la
expeated that the Savannah, Amoricua
and Montgomery will be ruanfng regular
sohedules Into and out of Montgomery by
December 1st.
When this connection la made the Sa
vannah, Americus A Montgomery will
be a lively competitor with other road*
entering Macon for western businesal
Tbe Savannah, Americus A Montgomery
will have from Montgomery to Oordole.
From Cordolo the Georgia Sonnthern A
Florida will bring freight on to Macon-
It is understood that these roads are-
now figuring on a tariff, and that west
ern freight coming over this route will
be considerably cheaper than the same
freight ooming by another route.
Fast freight sohedules will be put on
and tbe time will slso be an important
consideration for Macon poople.
It is said that tbe Savannah, Amerieus
A Montgomery when its western exten
sion is completed, will join issues with
one of the roads wbiob will be built from
Mason to Savannah, the Macon A Atlan
tic or Macon A Dublin, and go into Sa
vannah. Colonel Hawkins says tbe pa
pers seem to know more about this than
be does. ,
He says the Savannah, Amerlcug A
Montgomery la doing a good business,
and that the road is In goodcondltloru
, ASSAULTED!
An Idles Rant (ate Fire,
_ Hotter Gaovr., Tax., Oct. 33.—Th*
residence of Mrs. Mulliken was de
stroyed by Af* from a defective Ag*£
a*it* worst ran into the flamei.sad
waa bonred te <m»V .
allot tlie Wroan Mae. .
Louisville, Oct. 23 —Charles E.
Scott, a brakeman on the L. and N.
railroad, was shot and almost instantly
killed by Jerry Festhentone, a hunch
back who is a worthless character
abont town. Scott was shot by mistake
for Frank King, a Louisville and Nash
ville conductor, who had an hour before
knocked down a brother of Feather-
stone in a aaloon quarrel. When th*
hunchback heard of the affair lie pro
cured a pistol’ Slid proceeding to the
scene s-kcj for King. He was pointed
oat, standing near by talking to Scott.
Faatherstone immediately opened fire,
bat mistook Scott for King.. A by
stander colled, "Tfaat’a tbs wrong maaf*.
Two Young Men Visiting Atlanta Are As
saulted on Peachtree Street.
Atlanta; October 23.—Thore was a
daring attempt to rob and murder two
young men last night.
Mr. Wilkinson of Hogansville and Mr.
York of Dalton cam* to Atlanta yester
day for the purpose of visiting th* expo
sition.
Lost night they witnessed the perform
ance of the King Solomon show and left
tba grounds oa a Peachtree street car as
soon as th* performanae ended.
They reached th* city about eleven,
o’clock a faw minutes before that
hour, and got off the car on l’aaohtraa
street near the governor's-mansion and
proceeded to their place of-hoarding.
They had bean off th* ear bnt a faw
minutes when Mr. York was struck on
the bead with a rock and he fell late Me
friend'* arms. -vw-vi-
A shower of rocks followed, and to.
Wilkinson saw across thejatrest a eruard
of five or six men who were. advancing
upon hlm.>
Mr. Wilkinson called for tbe police,
and the.sound of footstep* approaching
down Peachtree could be heard.
The gang of toughs retreated and dis
appeared around a -turner.
The parson* who came up ware ton '
Atlanta gentlemen and not policemen.
Mr. York bad by this time recovered
sufficiently to be able to walk with the
assistance of his friend.
Mi. Wilkinson and Mr. York ware
seen safely to their boarding house by
tbe gentlemen who. had come to their
rescue. ,j {pff t
Mr. York woe all right' this moraiag
with tbe exception ot a severe headache.
Mr. Wilkinson was struck by three or
four ot tbe rocks, but escapod with only
a faw bruises abont his body.
It woe evidently tbe intention of tbe
tcughe to rob Mr. York and Mr. Wilkin
son and to kill them If it became neces-
W»t- ' -s: . : ' ..
A NKW MOVE.
The Attorneys Will More to Dismiss tho
■■III ot Exceptions la tho Ryan Cato.
Aalanta, Oct 28.—The attorneys for
tbe creditors in tbe Ryan ease made a
new move to-day.
The case will come up in the supreme
court this afternoon.
Several days ago tbe lawyer* for the
creditors filed a motion to dismiss tbe
bill' of exceptions, and a notice was
served on the attorneys of Mr. Ryao.
This means that when tbe ease comes
up for argument in the supreme court,
the motion to dismiss the bill of excep
tions will be beard, and if this Is sus
tained the Ryan case will be ended, aad
tbe appointment of tbe receiver will be
sustained. The second bill of excep
tions, which applies not to the appotat-
mant of a receiver, bat to the contempt
charge.
Th* grounds for th* motion to dts-
mie* the bill of exceptions is that Ike
full evldenoe la tba earn and tba fan
court proceedings have bsaa taken up to
tba supreme court luntaat s*a Maiau
respired by an act of IMS.
~ The arguments on I Mat will bn ,
decidedly intaeaeting from -• legal