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VOLUME 1
AMERICUS. GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1891.
NUMBER 170
Something For The Boys
CAUGHT LX OMAHA.
Omaua, Out 39, —Theodore Doerflin
ger, (or fourteen years treasurer of the
school board of Pittsburg, Pa., who
stole $33,000 and fled last ipeek, has
been arrested here. He admits the
truth of the charge, und that lie is a
fugitive from justice as well, but cheer
fully asserts that ho iB not wholly to
blame for it, as the committee which
was supposed to audit his accounts wo-
fully neglected its duty and allowed
him to steal without let or hindrance.
He further declares that he is the vic
tim of a polical job, and says that per
sons of national political repute of
Pennsylvania will now be exposed. !
The prisoner insisted at first that his
his name was Jones, but soon admitted
that the officer was right, and that he
was the Pittsburg defaulter. At the
station he talked freely, and admitted
that there was a shortage of about $35,-
000 in his accounts. Ho said that his
stealings had extended over about the
whole time that he had been treasurer,
and that the auditing committee- had
never done anything more than to casu
ally examine ids accounts, while for the
past three years they had not looked at
them at all. He said he could not tell
how the money had gone, but thought
that he had been too accommodating,
and let every one have money who had
asked for it.
Doerflinger is a druggist and is ths
president of a retail drug stock com
pany, which he organized some time
ago. He is also engaged in manufac
turing. He said the drug business had
always paid, and he had not lost the
money in his business. He claims that
he gambled but little, drank even less
and was not particularly partial to the
society of fast men. He thinks he can
fix up the matter, as he says he has
about $20,000 worth of property, and
' (eases to believe that his friends
indsmen will make np the bal
ance without cunsing him trouble.
His bondsmen are his mother and his
brother-in-law, ex-Mavor MeCallan.of
Pittsburg. . \,
He sayr that he did not want V
leave home, bnt that his attorney anc
friends told him they could not safe
him from the penitentiary and advised
him to skin. This he did, after first
shaving off his moustache to disguise
himself. He went to Cleveland and
from there to Alliance. He then went
to Chicago and after a half day’s stop
there left for Omaha. He had but $80
in his pocket when he left home, and
only $10 of that amount was left
when ho found himself in tile clutches
of the law on the west bank of the
the holder of Ihe ticket ?containiug that fnxtt^oS*
"* who
BRAHD NEW SAFETY BICYCLE
TO BE GIVEN AWAY!
IT WONT COST YOU A PENNY
To stimulate the traffic in our Boys’ anc
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 ot October past, until
NEXT CHRISTMAS EVE,
when the fortunate one will be determined
A TltKET, (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 will
be put in a box; then a committee of disinter
ested citizens will draw out one of the numbers,
number, gets the
Brand New Safety Bicycle Free of Charge!
Now a Word about our Famous Clothing Department.
THE NAME OF
George D. Wheatley
has become known far and wide as the
synonym of
CLOTHING 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 fUling) any size from 4 to 18 years,
At |1.25 J?ei* Suit,
*Qd includes all the finer materials, such as
CASSIMERES, WORSTEDS, TRICOTS,
SERGE AND CHEVIOT Suits so desirable for
boys who are hard on clothes;
Wishing you all ‘‘good luck” in the drawing,
toys, •
Your friend,
George D. Wheatley.
THE DEFAULTING PITTSBURGHER IS
ARRESTED IN NEBRASKA.
Theodora Doorfllnger, Who Skipped from
Pittsburgh Leaving a Shortage of •S.1,000
In Hit Accounts at Treasurer of tl
School Board Is In the Law's (Hatches
TIN MINES IN DAKOTA.
They Will Satisfy the Home Drill mill In
Five Tears.
Cincinnati, Oct. 39.—E. H. Wells,
who has returned from an investigation
of tin mines in the Black Hills of Da
kota, says : "I saw large quantities of
tin ore, evidences of vsst expenditures
of money, numerous mills with costly
machinery, long tnnnels bored through
solid rock and hnndreds of men em
ployed. Engineer Wilstee states that
over $3,000,000 had already been ex
pended by the Harney Peak Tin com
pany, which owns moat of the valuable
claims near Hid City. Hiue Expert
Childs, famous on the Pacific coat as
the manager of Hearts's and Hagan's
mine interests, has recently taken charge
and a complete change has taken place
in the running of the affairs, and now
half a dozen large plants are operating
day and night, and a 230-ton reduction
mill is being erected. Next spring the
first ton of American tin will, it is said,
be smelted at Harney’s Peak.
When asked how soon this Black
Hills tin could be mined in sufficient
quantities to satisfy the home demand,
Mr. Childs replied: "Within fire years.
Yon see, we don't want to commence
reducing the ore nntil our shafts and
tunnels are all running and things are
in proper shape. We might have com
menced smelting a great while ago, bnt
the quantity of ore would not have
been sufficient to keep the concentrators
working. When I do start to taking
out sire I propose to make that 230-ton
mill hustle. People on the outside,
however, cannot understand why there
is so long a delay in producing the tin.
They do not realize how hard the rock
is through which we have to blast, nor
the time it takes. In Cornwall the
shafts have gone down over 3,300 feet,
while ours are not yet down 800. * Do
.you think the ore is improving us you
go down?” "It is holding its own. On
the surface yon know how rich it is."
the arrival of the officer who will es
cort him back to Pittsburg. Doer-
flinger was required to give only a $7,-
500 bond, although he had as high ai
$90,000 of the school district's money
in his hnuds at one time. He told of
one trip he male to Pbiladelp lia to qell
lot of bonds for the erection of new
buildings, returning home with over
$80,000 in his pocket.
Fell from » llalloim.
Ralkioii, Oct. 29.—At the exposition,
in the presence of 3,000 people, a thrill
ing accident occurred. A balloon was
inflated and men were holding it down
by ropes. Among them was Anthony
Jordan, colored, of this city, who, in
stead of holding the ropes with his
hands, was standing on it. Suddenly
the balloon, with a parachute, in whioh
was Mrs. Hawkins, rose high in the air.
Anthony’s foot was canght by the rope
and be was carried np between the bal
loon and the parachute. There were
cries of "Drop!" "Drop!"and at u height
of about sixty feet lie "dropped,” and
came down headforemost. His shoul
ders and hend struck, nnd he is, per
haps, fatally injured. His jawbone was
crushed, his wrist dislocated, and he
sustained wounds on his head as well as
internal injuries. The balloon rose to
an immense height, nnd Mrs. Hawkins
descended safely in the parachute.
While Cape After Him.
Tuscola, Ills., Oct. 39.— Latent night
•bout fifty unknown men, calling them
selves White Caps, attacked the store
of John Miller, a harness maker of Gar-
rett, wishing to secure the proprietor,
it is said, for the purpose of lynching
him. They tore out one end of the
frame building, when the hiding mau
leaped throngh a window and ran. A
volley of twenty or thirty shots from
shot guns and revolvers, was fired at
him, but it was dark and ft is thought
he was not hart. The mob then return
ed to the store and completely over
turned it. throwing his goods out. Mil
ler is said to be a bad citizen, and ruled
Garrett in cowboy fashion when do got
on ■ spree. Beoently be took the mid
dle of the street with two revolvers sod
fired a dozen shots at people on the
streets. This wss too much for the
citizens sml they resolved to -eml bis
career. . __________
Tired of Ibe Alliance.
Canton, Miss,, Oct. 39.—County Sec
retary D. E. Wood states that the three
tub-Alliances in this county have re
fused to pay their quarterly dnes, and
are ready to snrrender their charters
upon demand. Reliable authority states
that another has wheeled into line,
making four in thiscoonty. They have
in the nast ten days practically decided
to withdraw from Alliance organixa-
sub-treasury and third party scnemi
Macuniem and corruption are assigned
as reasons for this action.
EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN.
The Destruction of Life eml Property la
Very Great.
London, Oct. 29.— A private telegTam
dated at Hiogo, reports a disastrous
earthquake in Japan. A severe shook
was experienced at Osaka, a seaport
town of 350,000 inhabitants on the
island of Hondo, and in many things
one of the first oities of Japan. The
destruction of life and property was
very great. So Bevere was the shock
that a number of houses were thrown
to the ground and many ooonpuits
canght* in -the -falling buildings' and
crushed to death. A large number of
persons succeeded in escaping from
their tottering homes only to meet death
in the streets. At present there is no
means of estimating the total loss of
life; iu fact, details of the catastrophe
are very meager, as all the telegraph
wire ill the districts affected were
broken by the falling of poles. A dis
patch, however, Hlatea that it is known
that in Osaka alone the death list con
tains the names of 800 of the residents
of that city.
THE PENNSYLVANIA SENSATION.
IN ARKANSAS.
AN ALLIANCE MEETING ENDS IN A
BLOODY RIOT.
Several Persons Are Injured la ths Ex
citing Affair—The Fight Follows the
Speech of an Alliance Lecturer—The Re
sult of a Qnartel Among His Andtenoe.
Chicago. Oct. 39.—A special from
Little Rock says: News has reached
here of n terrible hand to-hund encoun
ter at Bncksport, twenty miles from
Eldorado. Union county, at a Farmers’
Alliance mass meeting.
State Lecturer Bryan of the Alliance,
was the principal speaker of the even
ing. Shortly after he had concluded
bis speech a quarrel took place among
several spectators, which was soon
taken np by many others in the audi
ence. Winchester rifles, shot guns and
pistols were used with deadly effect.
Bnrt Manning, J. H. Town and three
others whose names could not be learn
ed, were killed. Several were slightly
wounded. Red hot politics was the only
and sole cause of the trouble.
Senator Quay Mixed Up In the Herd
ley Defalcation Matter.
Philadelphia, Oct. 89.—A sensatioi
was created in the state senate when
Attorney Genral Hensel attempted to
connect Senator Quay with the Bards-
ley defalcation and division of public
moneys. In the bauds of Receiver
Yardley, of the Keystone bank, was
fonnd a check for $8,877 from John
Bardsley to M. 8. Quay. It contained
Quay's indorsement and w»» paid at
Beaver, Pa. The Democrats have not
proved the connection of the money
with Bardslev'a wrong-doings. The
fact that Anditor-General McCamant
two days previous to the date of the
check, November 39, 1889, made a big
payment to Bardaley on account of po
lice magistrates leaves a wide margin
for comment. Republican state sen
ators declare Quay loaned the money
for campaign purposes.
Indiana Hanksrs Win a Victory.
Indianapolis, Oct. 39.—Judge Taylor
of the superior court rendered his de
cision in the case at issue between
the state board of tax commissioners
and the Indiana bankers, iu which the
tax board attempted to compel the
banks to furnish a list of depositors
and the amount to the credit of each
depositor April I. The decision is in
favor of tlie bankers on every point,
it b.-ing held that the statute, rightly
construed, does not confer inquisitori
al powers; that the tax board is not a
conrt, and therefore, cannot fine or
commit to prison, that the const Ra
tion protects the citizen against un
reasonable search and seizure, and
that the (auctions of the tax board
confine it to the assessment of tele
phone and railroad property, etc., and
to eqnalizing assessments as between
the counties. The case will be ap
pealed to the supreme conrt.
Minister tram Chill.
Washington, Oct. 29. — Secretary
Blaine received Don Pedro Montt, Chil
ian provisional minister, who was ac
companied by Senor Asta Burr nag a,
charge de affaires, left here by Senor
Lazcano. The meeting was arranged
on representations that Montt had re
ceived a cablegram announcing his ap
pointment as minister from Chili to the
United States, and adding that his cre
dentials hail been forwarded. The in
terview lasted three quarters of an
hour. Afterwards Senor Montt posi
tively refused to state what had beta
said, and Secretary Blaine left the de
partment immediately for bis house. It
a understood that Montt baa beau re
cognised in a provisional way only,
which puts him in the same status aa
e* that now occupied by Minister ban la
Chili.
Maxing at a Haptlst University.
Jackson. Tenn., Oct. 29.—The stu
dents of the Southwestern Baptist Uni
versity are enjoying a sensation. Twen
ty-six students masked themselves,
went to the boarding house of young
Allen, a ministerial student from Mem
phis, carried him to the campus grounds
of the university and bumped him se
verely against a tree. Allen recognized
some of the hoys, and when they bum]
ed him the second time he proposed I
fight them, bat he was too mnen in the
minority to accomplish anything or
cape from them. The young men claim
that Allen volunteered his services as a
M ainst the other students and re-
their tricks to the faculty. The
faculty is investigating the matter.
Uv«ll« Gets a Change of Venue.
Washington, Ind. Oct. 89.—Ex-Auditor
James C. Lavelle and his accomplice,
Barr Hawes, who are charged with as-
assisting in the burning of the court
house, appeared in court and asked that
their case be sent from this county on
• change of venue. They allege that
public sentiment is so strong here
against them that it will be impassible
to get a fair hearing. Tbe cate was
changed to Pike county, and Will be
tried tbe second week in November.
Tbe work of investigating Lavelle’s
books is now in progress, but the re
calls are kept secret by the experts
Two. Skeletons Found.
Seymour, Ind., Oct. 29.—In making
a street excavation .here, two human
skeletons, both well preserved, were
discovered in a bed of pure sand several
feet b.-lnw the surface, under conditions
indicating that the bodies bad been
hastily aud carelessly buried. No one
here has any knowledge of a burial at
that spot, once a very lonely epot, and
the belief is general that the skeleton*
ate relics of people murdered during
the exciting times preceding tbe lynch
ing of the Rena gang of train l-obben
in 18118. A t investigation will be made
aud the mystery may be explained.
Juries Crisp In Wsshlnglsn.
Washington, Oct. 89.—Judge Crisp
arrived very unexpectedly in Washing
ton. He la direct from Ohio, and it on
his way to Americas, where hie 10-year-
old eon, Walter Crisp, is lying danger
ously ill. Urgent telegrams to hasten
home to lee his sick boy catised Judge
Crisp to cancel bis remaining engage
ments. He did not have much to say
about Ohio matters,, but said tbat
Campbell had a good chance to win and
that the Democrats all over the state
are pulling together with zeal and en
thusiasm.
(slight a tvifs and a Million
New Youk, Oct. 29.-There was a
marriage oat of the ordinary ran in
this city. Tbe groom, who is on tbe
shady side of 80 years, was Rev. B. W.
Chidlaw, D. D., of Cleveland, O., and
the bride was Mrs. Manninng, aged 70.
She it worth $1,000,000 or more. Tbe
ceremony took place at the residence of
tbe bride's daughter, Mrs. Aaron Peck,
808 Madison aveuue. The marriage
settlements were made several day* ago
aud are perfectly satisfactory all aronnd.
Tbe couple will go to Ohio to live.
How He Killed His Man.
PiTT-KiELD, Mass, Oct. 29.— Mur
derer Coy was taken to the scene of hit
crime aud pointed oat to theofficera
where he bad bnried Whalen's coat aud
veat. The articles were unearthed by
the officer* and fonnd to be covered
with blood. Coy then took the officer*
to tbe homo where the mnrder occurred
and abowed how the crime had been
committed. No new point* were re-
tsealed by tbe trip to the scene of the
crime. '
Wirin’* Finish ihe Job. *
Shabon, Pa., Oct. 39.-A daring at
tempt to burglarize the Iron Banking
company’* bank at Sbarpaville, has
been discovered. The cracksmen bad
drilled four boles throngh the steel cov-
ering and had exploded a large charge
of powder without accomplishing any
thing more than springing the doors.
The safe Was left intact, the burglars
evidently having been frightened away.
All .A I lia nr* 4.’and id at*
Washinoton, Oct 29 — Represents-
ti*a Jerry Simpson was here for a fsw
boars. He said the Alliance members
of ths next house wonlil not go into the
Democratic canons, but would nomi-
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CONDENSED NEWS DISPATCHES.
Domestle anil Foreign anil of General
Interest.
A Loudon dispatch states that the
health of Mrs. Parnell, widow of Charles
8. Parnell, now shows some slight sign
of improvement. She is able to par
take of food.
A convention of militiamen havo de
cided to hold a national encampment
near Chicago, Aug. 5 to 30, during the
World’s Fair. Congress is to be asked
for appropriations for expenses.
A London dispatch Bays: A scientific
investigation has been made as to the
cause of-the explosion in the office of
The National Express, the McCarthyite
paper, and experts are satisfied that it
was caused by natural gas.
A convention has been signed by the
postmaster general for the establish
ment of money orders between the
United States and the British colonies
of Trinidad and Tebago, West Indies,
which is to go into operation Jnu. 1.
A New York special says: The H.
G. Allen company, dealers iu subscrip
tion books at 789 and 141 Broadway, is
asking for an extension from its credit
ors, which, it is said, bad generally been
granted. Liabilities about $130,<W0 und
nominal assets considerably larger.
A Washington special says: The Ar-
E aitine government has sold a tract of
nd in the Grand Chase—tile northern,
part of the republic—to Baron Hirucb
lor the establishment of a Jewish set
tlement. tiue million dollars iu gold '
has been puid for 1,000 square miles of
territory.
A Limerick dispatch says: Two boys
of this city quarreled wuile discussing
the question of the leadership of the
Irish parliamentary party. Finally one
i>f them struck the other over the hend
with u stouo fracturing his skull, for re
fusing to answer whether he was in
favor of the late Mr. Parnell or Mr.
Heoly.
A Spokane special says: It is re
ported on the streets that Governor-
Ferry intends appointing Banker Jus.
N. Glover of this city to the United
States seuatorsbip. United States Sen
ator Allen, of Walla Wulla is about to-
be appointed United States circuit,
judge. Glover it now president of the.
First National bank. ,
A Cisco, Tex., special says that the
riBlngStur aud Frisco mail coach was
robbed about three aud a half miles
north of that placo by a masked man.
The carrier was made to stop, cat the-
mnil bags and empty the mail on the
ground, the robber taking only tbe
registered matter. The amount taken,
is not known. There is no clew.
A Raleigh special says : News woe
received here of a terrible crime in
Wayne connty. Two brothers named
Rogers attacked and killed a man by
the name-of Snmmerfield because he
had maltreated his wife, their sister.
It appears tbat the conple quarreled,
and that Snmmerfield, who was a deaf
mute, hit his wife. Her brothers were
called on tor help, and killed him In an
encounter.
The Berlin Tngeblntt publishes ad-'
vices from the Cutholio mission at Vic
toria Nyanxa, saying taut Emin Pasha
and Dr. Steinmann crossed the Albert
Nyanzaon -July 24, and that it ia ex
pected they bad already arrived at Wa^
delai. Dr. Peter* writes from Kiliman
jaro, under dato of last August, that
that district was very populous, and
that its inhabitants are capable of great
developments.
A Xenia, O.; special says: Mr. Chas.
Vorhees, while working at the Gallo
way cider mill, near this city, had a
most thrilling and Unpleasant experi
ence. His sleeve caught on a shaft, and
be was about td be drawn into the ma
chinery, when he tore loose by a dex
terous movement of hi* arm. Bnt the
clothes kept on going into the machiue
and Charlie had to keep np liis swift
and dexterous movements nntil he had
not a stitch of clothing on hi* person,
standing in that laugimble plight until
the incident was over. .
At bnissela The Courier publishes a
decree alleged to have been issnedby
the late Pope Pins XIL frith reference
to future conclave*. The decree con
firms the excltuive right of the cardin
als to elect a pope free from any inter
vention on the part of the powers. It
alto declares that the cardinals in Home
at tbe time of the death ot a po|>o ought
to decide whether the election of a new
pope shonld take place outside of Italy,
and tbut if any attempt shonld 1m made
to interfere with the conclave, It should
be transferred beyond Italy.
A Knoxville, Tenn., special says:
The curtain," according to the miners’
committee's report, "has been rung
down on the lost act of the Uriceville
drama.” A monster mass meeting was
held at Bricevilie to hear the final re
port of the committee. Their failnres
are rehearsed. Then they recommend
further fight in the courts of justice.
They counsel peace among the men and .
ask them only to wait, for divine provi-
deuce will right things. At tiie concln-
of the report tbe committee was dis
charged.
A New York special says: The Her
ald’s Santiago despatch says the Span
ish minister has transferred five of
the political refugees under his pro
tection from the old to the new S|ian-
lsh legation. He conducted them in
lerson to insure their safely. He op
ioids the action of Minister Egan in
regard to political refugees. The Ger
man admiral visited Captain Schley of
the erniser Baltimore at Valparaiso
and personally denounced to him the
attack upon tho American soldiers.
At Washington Judge Matthews, first
comptroller of the treasury, in his an
nual report, recommends legislation by
congress in the matter of donble com
pensation to federal officials and says:
"There are many cases where a United
statee official is paid daring the calen
dar year more tlsan $7,000, and such
payments appear '
view off