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A MERIC US T1MES-REC0RDER
VOLUME 1
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1891,
NUMBER 177
Something for The Boys!
THE RAIN MAKER.
BRAND NEW SAFETY BICYCLE
TO BE GIVEN AWAY!
IT WONT COST YOU A PENNY!
To stimulate the traffic in our Boys’ and
Children’s Clothing department, 1 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 wil
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 a Word about our Famous Clothing Department.
THE NAME OF
George D. WItealleg
has become known far and wide as the
synonym of
FINE CLOTHING AT FAIR PRICES!
An Answer to President Harrison's Ds-
, mends Received from Kfie.
Wabhinoton, Oct. 80.—'There was
-Lpome excitement in official circles here
Melbourne's Return to Canton from tbo over tha Santiago press cablegram an.
FRANK MELBOURNE TELL8 OF HI8
WORK IN THE WEST.
West—Hie Big Deal with Fort, Co on ties
In Kens sc—ills Surprises In Store, HU
Statement! About Ills Future.
Our stock lyas NEVER SO COMPLETE I
Our^yles'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 fillin^any size from 4 to 18 years,
-AJt #1.3^ Per Suit,
and 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 aU ‘‘good luck” in the drawing,
boys, -
Your friend,
Canton, O., Oct. 80.— Frank Mel
bourne, the rain king who has been in
Wyoming, Kansan and Nebraska for the
past two months, has arrived in thia
city. His appearance is about the same
as when he left the city last Angnst,
except that a neatly cat beard and a
new suit of dnrk clothes give him a
more prosperons air. His general de
meanor emphasized his statement that
he was glad to again reach home,
left Omaha," said the rain king, "and
came direct to Canton, with the excep
tion cf a two days’ visit in Chicago.
My western trip has been a highly suc-
cessfnl one. When I went to Cheyenne
at the reqnest of prominent citizens, I
had no idea of remaining over a week.
My successes in ruin producing resulted
in letters and offers from various parts
of Kansas. I had no difflcnlty in se
curing proper terms. In all my work I
was successful except a day at Good-
land, Kan. I had brought rain at two
different times, and had promised an
other rain for the benefit of some skep-.
tic, but the temperature changed and t
failed.”
"What prompted you to dispose of
your secret to a bundred-thottsand-dol-
Iar syndicate at Goodland, Kan. ?” was
asked, " I haven’t done anything of the
kind, ” said the rain king emphatically.
"I can’t understand why the Associated
Press man at Omaha should send out
such reports. I have not sold and nev
er intend to sell my secret. There
conld not be sufficient money raised In
the west to bny it. All that has beeh
done was the consummation of a deal
wnereby I am to bring rain in May,
Jnne, July, Angnst and September of
next year, sufficient rain to raise orops
in forty counties in Kansas. I am to
receive ton cents for each cultivated
acre. As the average for the past three
years has been 2,000,000 cultivated
acres. I am to receive, if successful, the
modest sum of $200,000. I have had
many strange experiences since my ab
sence. When in Goodland, Kan., I was
forwarded through the courtesy of Gov
ernor Humphrey, a copy of a letter sent
him by u Dr. Cahill of Stockton, Cal.
"The doctor among other things
charged me witli having stolen a por
tion of his secret for producing rain,
at the time lie alleged he had applied
for a pateut in Australia. The letter*
caused me much amusement, inasmuch
as I hud never before heard of the man.
My rain-prodneing machine is of my
own invention. It is oil I represent ft
to be. I will have a few surprises in
store before the winter is over. I can
not tell how long I will remain here. I
am expecting any mail word from Mex
ico. The government there is consider
ing the advisability of having me con
duct some experiments there this win
ter. I have written that, with a view
of closing an agreement for rain at sta
ted periods. I would go to Mexico and
bring rain if wy expenses were paid.
"I think my offer will be accepted,
have a petition from a large number of
residents of western Nebraska, aiklni
that I meet with them with a view o!
arriving at terms for producing rain
there next year. My friend, B. F,
Jones, the cfvil engineer of Cheyenne,
has gone ont to confer with them. Cer
tain parties in eastern Colorado are
anxioDS to make terms with me for rain
next year. The matter will soon be
closed 1 think. While in Salt Lake Oitjr
I met a number of delegates to the Ir
vington congress. They were from
southern California, and we got along
famously together. They want rain
there the last part of November and the
first part of December this year. I am
expecting word from them. There is
one thing sue. I will carry on no rain-
prodneing experiments this winter, un
less it is in the southern states. lean
tell yon better about my future move
ments in a few days. ”
THE CHILIAN AFFAIR.
.nooncing the receipt «f the unsatisfac
tory response from the junta to repre
sentatives of the United States, and
saying that the Baltimore’s crew were
practically "boycotted" at Valparaiso.
Naval officials discredit the latter state
ment and believe its foundation lies in
the prudent course adopted by Commo
dore Schley, respecting the granting ot
liberty to his sailors during the preseut
coudition’of excitement. No word has
been received at the navy department
from the commodore respecting any
taew phase iu the situation.
At the department of state a cipher
cablegram from Minister Egan was re
ceived. The cablegram was translated
and laid before the president about
noon. Secretaries Blaine and Tracy
were immediately summoned, aud there
was a long conference. At 6 o’clock
the following official statement of the
contents of Minister Egan’s despatch
\yas made public. The department of
state received a telegram from Minister
5gan, dated Santiago, Oct. 28, in which
he gives the following as the reply of
tlie Chilian government to the presi
dent’s cablegram, Oct. 28, askiug repa
ration for the recent murder of Amer
ican sailors in the streets of Valparaiso:
"The minister of foreign affairs re
plies that the government of the United
States formulates demands and ad
vances threats that, without being cost
back with acrimony, are not acceptable
nor conld they be accepted in the pres
ent case, or in any other ot like nalnr^
Matt Qesj Baton Salt for Libel.
Pittsburo, Oct. SO.—Senator Quay
retained counsel to institute libel suits
against ths Pittsburg Post and othsr
papers thronghoat the state that pub-
listed a fas simile of Bardsley's certifi-
of deposit, said to have been given
by Bardaley. The attorneys
_ _ are Hon. Thomas M. Marshall,
Major E. A. MontMth and John Robb.
Mr. Marsh* stated to a reporter that
civil action would be brought against
The Post far $100,000 damages sod
criminal suits entered against the edit
ors, Suit will also be entered, he said,
against Chairman Kerr of tha Demo
cratic stats committee.
Thi OhNttvl Ask for Money.
Paris, Tex., Oct. *0.—Ths Choctaw
council adjourned until Nov. SO. Thia
was dona at ths suggestion of Chief
Jones in order that the delegates may
to Washington and see what con be
oe in regard to getting money for the
leased district which was sold at the
last session of ths conned. A good
deal depends, in a political way, oujths
present administration getting tha
money. If it fails, it will be used by
the Bmall wood cr the national party as
material in tha next campaign. It is
not believed the delegates will get tbs
money.
Thought to Bm Boom Murdered.
Paris, Ills., OcL 80.—The coroner
wu summoned to Cbrisman, in the
north part of this county, to hold an
Inquest over ths body of George W.
Pierdue. a wealthy lumberman of that
town. The body was found on the rail
road track with an ugly wound on the
mad and. the skull fractured. The man
had probably been murdered aud
- pliimnill ths track, as tbs wounds
I oould not have Veen inflicted by strata.
nize only the jurisdiction and authority
of his country to jndge and pnnish the
y in Chilian territory. He says the
inistration and judicial authorities
have been investigating ths-affair. A
S idicial investigation under the Chilian
w is secret, and the time has not yet
arrived to make known the reeult.
When that time does arrive he will
communicate the resnlt, although he
does not recognize any other authority
competent to judge criminal cases than
that established by the Chilian people.
Until the time arrives to disclose the
result of the investigation, he cannot
Admit that the disorders in Valparaiso,
or the silence of his department, should
appear as an expression of unfriendli
ness toward the government of the
United States, which might pnt i” peril
the friendly - relations between l . two
countries. ”
No reply has been made to this dis
patch yet. What will be its nature is
altogether conjecture. The most plausi
ble theory advanced is that suggestions
Courteously and diplomatically convey
ed in Acting Secretary Wharton’s dU-
intcli, that this government had no
oaht investigation would he made and
reparation afforded, will now bo renew
ed iu the shape of a stern and forma)
demand for some immediate assurance
of proper action on the part of the junta,
ana that if these be not forthcoming,
Minister Egan will take passage on the
Baltimore for the United States, tbna
severing the diplomatic relations be
tween the two countries.
FIERCE FIRES.
DAMAGING FLAMES DESTROY PROP,
ERTYAT MANY PUCES-
Nashville Gets a Severe Storthing-The
Loss Reaches Dp Into the Thousands
Town In Madagascar Goes Down In Ashes
—An HpMemlo of Sweeping Confl aeration
Nashville, Team, Oct. 80.—About
o’clock, a. in., fiye broke ont in the
Nashville Gas company’s four-story
bnildiug. The third and fourth floors,
used for offices and sleeping, were bum
ed ont, and the rest of the building
drenched in water. The loss will prob
ably reach (30,000.
The Vendome theater building, in the
rear and entered by a long passage way
through the gas company's building,
was saved without material loss. Some
of the persons rooming in the gas com
pany's building had narrow escapes,
but so for as known no lives were lost.
A Town Completely Gutted.
Chahfaiqn, Ills., Oct. 80. -Tim busi
ness portion of the town of Loda has
been completely destroyed by fire. Ev
ery business house in the town was
hnrned. No residences were destroyed.
The loss is estimated to be more than
$75,000. .
Inclndlary Work.
Bloomfield, Ind., Oct. 80.—Nearly
the entire business part of the town of
Newberry, ten miles south of here, was
bnrned, together with a score of dwel
lings. The fire was the work of an in
cendiary, and was started in a saloon.,
Ths sraount of insurance is unknown.
The loss is estimated at $50,000.
nUastrour Prerle Fire.
Bbewbter, Neb.. Oct. 80.—A disas
trous prairie fire is raging in this coun
ty, aud thousands of acres have been
bnrned over. Several ranchmpn have
lost their entire hay crop, but so for no
buildings have been destroyed. Thefire
is entirely beyond the control of the set
tlers.
Only Ten Houses Left.
Paris. Oct. 80.—The Petit Journal
publishes a dispatch from Madagascar,
stating that Majunga, an important
town on the northwest coast Of that
island at the entrance of Rembatooka
buy, has been almost entirely consumed
by fire. Only ten houses are reported
standing, and the loss is estimated at
about $200,0*10. Majunga had nu ex
tensive trade in cattle products.
AMERICAN CITIZENS SHOT.
THE ALLIANCE IN POLITIC8.
Ipeesl
President Polk.
Norfolk, Va., Oct. 80.—Colonel L. L.
Polk, president of the Farmers* Alliance,
in opening at Elizabeth City, said in
part;
"I have known farmers to leave their
crops knee Ugh in. tha grass to go to
the courthouse and for hours set in a
hot room to bear a pot-boose polil
speak,aud toil them to stick to the j:
They stick and the dance of death
on sifter election day. The sticker says:
■AU is darkness down here, what of ths
night ?’ and the answer comes, ‘All Is
wall; plow on.’ They talk about poli
tics. The Alliance is as full of politics
as an egg is full of meat. Yes. sir, ws
are info politics a > in there to stay.
They talk about party: what i» party?
It is a nice little collar with a chain, I
don’t care who ia nominated, I will
vote at I please Who hat a patent
right on polities? It depended on
whether either party recognized tha
fanners as the balance of power wheth
er there would be a third party. Tha
people have risen in their might and as
sert that they have the right to help
rule this country, and they are going to
doit.” Mr. Polk then advocated the
sub-treasury bill, and when he called
for pledge* to support it, nearly every
band went up. He said thirty-one
states were pledged to its support.
Prohltillloa Pall tie# Agitated.
Indianapolis, Oct. 80.—Soma months
ago J. A. Pollock sold tbs Indiana
Phalanx, tbo reoognixed Prohibition
organ, to Wm. T. Clarke, the latter
paying part cash with notes secured by
collateral shares in the Harriman, Tfcnn.,
land company, owned by Hasan H.
Clarks, who was represented to be-bis
sister. Recently Pollock sued to re
cover $500 overdue, and Clarke made
answer that Pusan H. Clarke was his
wife (not bis sister,) and the contract
by which ter land oompany shares was
held as collateral was therefore void.
This reply caused a decided stir in Pro
hibition circles, and the Pollock fao-
tion is exceedingly bitter in reflecting
upon Clarke’s peculiar action. Tha
fight will probably lead to a disruption
of the Prohibition party in this state,
as it is only held together by s very un
certain tenure.
Premium OS Halted Slates Notes.
Washington, Oct. SO.—Commissioner
Baum of ths pension' bureau, baa re
ceived a letter from Minister Ryan at
the City of Mexico, in which he states
'that national bank and legal tender
nates ot ths United States bear a pro,
i In Mexico of >0 per cent. In
words a legal tender or national
aoto ot tbf United States of tha
M bay thirteen
General Garcia’* Actions May Cause the
Mexican Government Trouble#
Rio Grande Citv, Tex., Oct. 80.—
Two of the men who were shot at mid
night, Oct. 10, at Gnardodo de Atrib
ranch so snmmarily, by order of Gen
eral Garcia, because of their alleged
revolutionary proclivities, are now
known to bs Juan Bazan and Jose An
gel Vera. It is also settled that they
were American citizens and voters in
this county. It is admitted that Vera
was not angelic by nature, though by
name. But be died under a fuallade as
s revolutionary suspect. Bazan was
brother of a lieutenant in ths Mexican
army who was on duty at ths time of
Baton's execution between Camargo
and Matamoras. Last Thursday Lieu
tenant Bazan left Han Miguel, the ter
minus of the Matamoras railway, for
Camargo, commanding a detachment
of soldiers." The detachment reported
at Camargo without the lieutenant,
who crossed to this, side a few miles be
low here, declaring he would no longer
remain in a service tn which a general
had so foully murdered his brother.
John B. Richardson, American consul
at Matamoras, Mexico, has announced
that be will make a thorough investiga
tion of the killing, and if the men were
American citizens he will take further
legal steps. Three men have been put
in jail at Meir, Mexico, during tho past
few days. Of those arrested Louis Y.
Bagulrre is the only one who baa es
caped speedy execution. The citizens
on the other side of the border are ter
rorised by the recent action of General
Garcia? The whereabouts ofCstarino
Garza and hit alleged army is not
known hers.
right lit on Undertaker’* Shops
New York. Oct. 80.—The Volk-Von
Thsden family of Jersey City, fought
in an undertaker’s shop there. Frank
Volk was making estimates for a funer
al when his mother and brother Charles
Same in and interrupted him. He re
quested them to leave. Mrs. Von Tha-
den promptly overturned a sllver-
monnted rosewood casket lined with
satin, the market price of which is $125.
Frank protested when Charley hit him
In the eye with a coffin plate. In the
rangh-and-tambie which followed can
delabra, glass cases and wax flowers
and staffed white doves were need as
weapons. In the midst of u all Frank’s
sister • Emma came in, and Charles
struck her on ths head with a bottle of
embalming fluid, ruining her new dress.
All were put under peace hood*.
Gmail for Ihe United state*.
San Fbanoizco, Oct. 80.—"When the
Hawaiian cable is built and the United
States ntillzss Pearl Harbor as a coal
ing and naval station, Hawaii will be
as much a port of ths United States as
[ndia is a port of-England." said Dr.
Mott Smith, minister of France, of the
Hawaiian Kingdom: "The islands are
drawn to America in every way, and
the United States need fear nothing
from England's effort to obtain a foot
hold. There is some amicable under
standing between the United States and
Englsud whereby the latter government
does not' even math lain a coaling sta
tion on tha islands. The completion of
ths cable will be a grand thing for ths
United States, as well as Hawaii. ’
CONDENSED NEWS DISPATCHES.
Domestic and Foreign end or Gonornl
Internet
The press of Vienna declares that a
meeting between the czar and Kaiser
William has been definitely arranged.
At Pittsburg, Pa,, about 330 skilled
mechanics of the 2,000 men employed
by the Westinghouse Air-Brake com
pany have received notice that their
services will not bo required after Fri
day next. Slack business at present is
the cause.
A Goshen, Ind., special snys that
John McMeans, an old and wealthy Bet-
tier of Noble county, was found dead
iu his bed, and a subsequent post mor
tem revealed the fact that he had been
choked to death from swallowing his
false teeth.
A San Francisco special says: Among
the passengers no the Alameda from
Australia, were John L. Sullivan aud
party. Sullivan expressed himself as
glad to return to thia couutry. He had,
he said, formed no plans us yet fur re
turning to the riug.
A New York special says: The H.
G. Allen company, dealers iu subscrip
tion books at 789 and 741 Broadway, is
asking for an extension from its credit
ors, which, it is said, had generally been
granted. Liabilities abont $180,000 and
nominal assets considerably larger.
At New York the Abe C-mkley jury,
after an absence of forty-five minutes
from the conrt room, brought in a ver
dict of guilty. "Nibey " Williams, who
helped (Joakley rob Henkovitx of $315
on a Grand street car, looked satisfied.
His former pal was convicted ou his
evidence.
A Wichita, Kan., special says: Ru
dolph Miller, an old bachelor, was
found dead in bed in his house here. It
is supposed to be a case of suicide by
poison. In the bed was fonndanote
to the effect that the writer was old
and uuabls longer to earn a living and
he were better dead.
At Chicago a man supposed to be a
negro nutned Charles Browning, was
bnrned to a Crisp in a fire at Third av-
nne, and James Henderson, another
negro, was so badly burned that he will
die. The men were lighting a fire with
kerosene when the can exploded. The
property loss is $1,500,
An Ottawn special says: Court ren
dered a decision la the Manitoba school
appeal. The decision condemns the act
If the local legislature abolishing sep
arate schools in that province as ultra-
vires, and asserts the rights of the Cath
olics to have their children educated in
separate schools if they so desire.
A St. Petersburg dispatch says:
Owing to the great increase of leprosy
in the Khnnalu of Bokhara, and especi
ally in the town of Bokhara, which is
,‘tlie hotbet of leprosy in Central Asia,
the Emir baa decided to segregate nil
leepcrs und to establish a hospital for
their treatment, to be, directed by
specialists.
A Constantinople dispntelisnys: Tho
Yemen 'insurgents are 40,090 strong,
and they have the Turkish troops be
sieged in the capital of tho province,
whence tho Turks have sent an urgent
(lea for reinforcements. There are
wenty Turkish regiments altogether
in the territory, no more than sufficient
to occupy tiie fortresses that have not
yet fallen into the hands of the rebels.
A Berlin dispatch states that the al
loyed "Jack, the Ripper” Schultz is
much broken down by his imprison- '
ment and it is believed that he may
confess his criminal career. The Lon
don police have made a request for the
official documents, including the testi
mony at the inquest, to he forwarded
in tlie original, or in copies, to Lbndon,
on the ground tbatthe crime of Schultz
closely resembles the East End horrors.
A London dispatch says: Mr. Joseph
Chamberlain, in a letter replying to
Mr. Morley's recent criticisms, repudi
ates the idea that cabinet responsibility
precludes an admission that mistakes of
policy havo been made. He says that,
as a matter of fact, he did present his
resignation when s member of tlie cabi
net, and only withdrew it at the earnest
request of Mr. Gladstone in view of the
national interests involved in connect
ion with the franchise bill.
A Danville, Va., special says: A re
ligious revival is in progress here, con
ducted by ■ Bill Fife, known as the
"Drummer Evangelist.” At Fife'sre-
S st twelve of tne leading women in
citv visited the saloons and asked
the saloon keepers to close up during
the religious services. This is the first
time sue): a crusr.de has boon made
here by women, and their visit to the
saloons has caused a great sensation.
A London dispatch says: Additional
advices received here from Tunis show
that the thirty natives who were buried
by the collapse of a large wall under
mined by the recent storms and floods,
have all perished. The rescuing parties
at work in the hope that some of the
buried men might have escaped death,
have recovered eighteen of the bodies.
The whole ill-fated party had just at
tended two weddings and were taking
refuge from a storm at the time of the
catastrophe.
Tunuelcd Out ef ths Penitentiary. I
Jackson, Mich., Oct. 80.—John Don
ovan, Walter Briquiet and Chas. Keen
escaped from the state penitentiary here.
1 riiey tunneled forty feet. Each secured
overcoats, blouse and dinner pail. While
the other convicts were at dinner, these
three entered the tunnel, changed the
prison garb for the stolen clothes aid
mrde off. The guards saw them bat
supposed they were laborers.
rale or a 4-Year-Old Buy.
Newark, O., Oct. 80.— Thomas J.
While, a 4-year-old hoy, was found in a
vault in the rear of his home, on Wil
son street. He was almost buried in
the filth. The hoy had been in the
place an hour, his mother being away
at the time, and when taken ont was
about dead.
Met a Horrible Heath.
San Antonio. Oct. 30. —Thomas Nolan
met a horrible death while working on
a bridge of tha Southern Pacific road
over the Pecos river. A Urge rock
which Was being hoisted by a windlass
toll apod him. JioUn lived in San An
tonio i qsv« a fcmUr
