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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