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VOLUME 1 AMERICUS. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1891. NUMBER 181 The Boys’ Bicycle Gift having occupied a prominent place in Geo. D. Wheatley’! double column advertisement space for some days, resulting in an exceedingly gratifying increase in my Boys’ and Youths’ Clothing trade, we are now forced for the time to lay it aside, that I may bring to the attention of the ladies, the many novelties now in store await ing their inspection. Remember that these are new and stylish goods of this season’s buying to be sold at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES New Selecflons in Dress Goods OPENED THIS WEEK. Among these may be found Novelty Suits, Serges in overshot effects, Flannels, Cashmeres and Henriettas, Bedford Cords in all the new and desirable shades, such as light gray, modes, tan, eto. THE RETURNS. IN SILKS, BLACK & FANCY H e show the largest line of Gros Grains, Armures, Poui De Soi, Rhadames, Failles and Bengalines, eto. ever seen in the city at aston ishingly low prices. . Velvets to match all styles of Dress Goods Trimmings in Nail Heads, Gimps, Cords and Passamenteries, together with a new line of NOVELTY PEARL BUTTONS just received, large and small sizes to match. CHIFFON, The new trimming—so desirable in all colors, at 40o per yard. Call and see us for anything needed in the way of new Dress Goods and Trimmings. We offer for the coming week II Grand Reduction in Henriettas! All colors. The various lines reduced as follows: You can bnj the usual 20c goods at 16c; 35o at 25o; 40o at 30c and SOo at 35o. In ad* dition, a magnificent all wool Henrietta 40 inches wide, at 60a Remember that Tricots, black and colored, bringing heretofore 36c, you get for 2fio per yard. Evening shades in LANSDOWNE, CHINA AND SURAH SILKS await your call at low figures. % SCRIM and CTJRTAQT CEETONS still demands attention, besides an offer of Nottingham Lace Curtains :i yards long at the figure of $1 per pair, never reached before in this makei. You miss it if you do not buy your kid gloves We are the sole agents for the famous P. & P. BRAND of Aids, and sell as good or better gloves from 76c to fl.26 than others hom $1.50 to $2.50 per pair. All our gloves are warranted. !R MONEY REFUNDED or another pair gloves for every pair nnsatis* faetnry being returned to us. p,r Men’s Wear, Serlven’s Patent Elastic Seam Drawers and Underveets. all grades. Nle Mot ODD PANTS at Seduced Prices. Boys, remember that yon get s ticket for the Bicycle drawing for suit bought of ns np'to December 23,1891, when some nice boy a new safety for Mb Xmas present. p everything in tho lino of Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing, lna wngB, Carpets or Bugs, call every time on George D. Wheatley Cor. Lamar St. and Cotton Ave. THE DEMOCRATS ARE VICTORIOUS IN THE EMPIRE STATE. Russell la Elected Governor of Hauaeliu aetta f>j a Safe Majority—towa Goes Hera ocratio Agoln—Ohio and Fannaylvaiila 1 .publican—»wo from Otbar Stataa .NEW York, Nov. 4.—Boswell P. Flower has been elected governor of New York to succeed David B. Hill by t plurality estimated between 18.000 POSWKLl. p. Fl.OWr.H and 24,000. Not only has Flower been elected governor, but the Democrats have secured both branches of the legis lature. Flower’s majority in the city reaches 57,000. New York, Kings, Queens and Richmond counties give him 72,000 majority. Fassett’s majority above the Harlem river can hardly ex ceed 47,000. Fassett did not carry El mira, his own city, Flower beatiug him there by 504 votes. Flower's gains on the decreased vote were ahead of Hill’s. The full vote of Hornellsville, which is Fassett's senatorial district, shows a Democratic gain of 52. Watertown’s four wards show a gain of 500 for Flower. McKinley Curries Ohio. Cincinnati, Nev. 4.—Wm. McKinley has carried the day in Ohio and his elec tion is assured by a majority of 15,000 to 20,000 votes. Unexpected Republi- WtLUAM U'l INLET, JR. can gains were made throughout the state outside of Cincinnati, while the latter did not give the expected Repub lican plurality. The legislators is Re publican by a safe majority. j Massachusetts D.mocratlc. Boston, Nov. 4.—Massachusetts has again gone Democratic and the returns give Russell the state by about 5,000. A large vote waa polled throngbont the of the legislature in this state. The majo"*yon joint ballot will be abont 23, |i.,..nibly the largest ever held by either party in the legislature. Th« Republican. Carry Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Nov. 4.—The Repub licans have carried the state by 83,000 to 40,000 majority, and the city by pro bably 20.U0J. The contest has been a warm one anil n greut deal of money has been spent. CONDENSED NEWS DISPATCHES. W. E. RUSSELL, state. Boston gave Russell a majority of over 13,000. The governor received the returns without the least excite ment and calmly fignred out the rela tive gains and losses as the figures were | placed before him. Drown Klect.il Governor. ■Balthcobk, Nov. 4.—The entire Dem ocratic state ticket has been elected by increased majorities over the vote of two yean ago. The Democrats will have a majority In the senate and the bouse of delegates, making sure the re- election of Senator Gorman and of a Democratic United States senator in the place of Wilson, deceased. Boles Is Ke-cl.el.tL Des Moines, Not, 4.—The Democrats have won a victory in this state. Boies has been re-elected governor by a ma jority of 2.500. The legislature will be controlled by the Democrats. The to tal vote of the stote will reach 410,000, against 404,000 in 1888, which was the heaviest previous vote in the history of the state. Domestic unit Foreign and of Gan.ral Interest. Tiie newspapers iu Roms are unani mous in the opinion that the opera, "Amico Frit,’’ surpasses "Cavallerla Rnsticana,” and that it is the work of a born geinns, A Constantinople dispatch states that the ravages of cholera in Damascus show an alarming increase. The rec ord for the week post shows 180 cases and 90 deaths. At Midland, Out., four boys between 12 and 15 years old, named John Clark son, Peter Hewis, Leo Johnson and William Allison, were drowned by the upsetting of u sail boat in a squall. A London dispatch says: United States Minister' Lincoln and the mili tary attache of the American legation, Major Post, will' leave this city for Italy and the east. They will be w for a mouth. A Loudon dispatch stntea that the strike of the New England engineers, which had its centre ou the Wearable in Dearham, has lieen settled by compro mise. The strike compelled the idle ness of 80,000 men. The Chronicle's Berlin correspondent says that a sanitary inspector at Dnssel- dorf hits fonnd a consignment of 100 sides of American pork which is badly infected with trichinosis, although offi cially certified to be wholesome, A Los Angeles, Cal., special says: The Itata case has come to an end. Judge Rose of the United States court, ren dered a decision granting the motion to dismiss the case against the defendants. The decision is a Very lengthy one. A Poston special says that President Potter of the American bank, was ar raigned before United States Commis sioner Hallett and pleaded not gnilty. His bail was fixed at $200,000 and that of Jonas French at $100,000. Dana is ont on $80,000 bail. A Rome dispatch says: Pope Leo has summoned Futher Anderledi, chief of the Jesuits, to Rome to consult with him regarding the state of the church. The pilgrim party at the Vatican has been completely discredited and super seded by the Jesuit*. A Damariscotta, Me., special says that the announcement of the failure of the Maverick bank, which bad $10,000 of the funds of the First National bank of that town, caused a run by depositors and the hank has temporarily suspend ed payment. The bank is perfectly solvent. At Boerae. Tex.. Frank Bishop was on trial for cattle'stealing. Daring the noon recess Ernest Pfeiffer, one' of the ; iuryineu, went into an outhouse and tanned himself. He also stabbed him self several times with a knife. When found be was dead. He was a prosper ons fanner. No reason is known for the deed.' An Owensboro, Ky., special tayat William Worth and Miss Alfred Kin- cheloe eloped to Rockport, Iud., where they were married. The bnde is a daughter of Peyton Kincbeloe, and Worth has been in his employ for sev eral months. The father was enraged when be beard the news, and entered an oath that he would kill the man who stole his daughter. A Fort Worth, Tex., special says: W. L. Malone severed his connection with the Fort Worth Gazette, his re signation as vice president of the Dem ocratic Publishing company being ac cepted. Mrs, Sullie Huffman, the pres ident of the company, assumed the management of the paper, with no changes in the staff. Rumors of the sale of The Gaxette are witbont founda tion. A Mandan, N. D., special says: Per sona living here have just secured pos session of thp cabin in which Hitting U spent the last yean of his life, ana which he was killed lost winter. It their intention to take it to the World’s fair and exhibit it. World's Fsir Commissioner P. B. Wickham of this county, says the men who have the cabin paid for it $1,000, a 2-year-old eteer and two silk dress patterns. A Leavenworth, Kan., special says: Albert Benson, who murdered Mrs. Theresa Mettman on the Government reservation, north of Leavenworth, upon the night of March 28, 1800. has been respited for ninety days by Presi dent Harrison, Benson was to have been hanged Thursday. When the lit tle murderer waa told of the reprieve, he langhed and said with some bravado: "Ah, well, I get my Christmas dinner now." A St. Petersburg dispatch states : A harrowing story come* from the pro vince of Samara. The peasants are so reduced by starvation and want that many of them are nnsble to go even to the government distributing points for a supply of food. In one village no less than forty-two have perished, and the nnmber of dead in the whole province will amount to not lees than 1,000. The survivors in most instances are too weak to attend the burial of the de parted, and officials are compelled, much against their will, to inter the remains. PRESS COMMENT. WHAT THE NEW YORK PAPERS SAY ABOUT THE ELECTION. Tb« World Bmy» the BieeUon of the Dem ocratic Ticket In New Xork It n Victory for Good Ghrernment—The tribune Bey* the Republican* A re Gaining Strength. Tha Na* Jersey Elect Ion. Trenton, Not. 4.—The Democrat* have elected * majority in both branches • , . Fean of a Kovolt fn Spain. ■ Madrid, Nov, 4.—The Queen Regent has directed tho authorities throughout Spain to make diligent search for all persons suspected of treasonable de signs. The Spanish, government is said to have received information to the ef fect that a plot is in progress for the overthrow of the monrrchy anil the es tablishment of a republic, and that this plot is shared in by persons of promi nent standing. While no arrests have been made, the government ia keeping a vigilant watch for any aignt of open disaffection. NkwYobk. Nov. 4.—The World saya that the election is a momentous victory for Democracy and good government. The World assumes tuat the election means that New York is soundly Dem ocratic in national affairs. Th. Press. The press says that Fassett was de feated because the Republican* above the Harlem bridge failed to do their duty. Tlie Advertiser. The Advertiser says that the load of Plattism which Fassett was compelled to carry was too heavy. It made many Republicans indifferent and caused bis defeat. The Recorder. The Recorder says that the people in many of the iuterior districts were ap parently affected by misrepresentations abont the World's Fair. In New York City, it says, Tammany met with an emphatic popular rebuke. Th. Tribune. The Tribune says that the elections show that the Republican party is handsomely regaining its strength, bnt not gained qnite enough to make sure of its success in a presidential contest next year; The Sun. The Sun says the Democratic ticket developed above the Harlem a strength which npset all previous calculations and mounted to nothing less thnu a po litical revolution. Th. Times. The Times says the resnlt of the elec tion in this state is unmistakably a ver dict against the Republican party nnder the leadership of Thomas C. Piatt. The resnlt is something more than a verdict against Plattism. It is a defeat of the Republican party on the tariff issue, and will have a controlling force in tha contest tiext year. Jumped from the Train Aalecp. Burlington, la., Nov. 4.—James 8. Claque, a stock raiser of Greeley, Col- walked into the police station here bat less, costless and generally braised up, and told s remarkable story. He said he bad left his home to visit friends in Galva, Ills., and had taken a sleeper at Denver. The last thing he remembers was retiring to his ccmoh. When he awoke h» waa lying in the ditch at the side of the track not far from Burling ton, badly braised and half frozen. He walked to the polioe station from there. His theory was that he kad.jntnped from the train while asleep when it was running at full speed. An investiga tion by railroad authorities proves the trnth of the man’s assertion. He is now in the hospital at this plsce, quite ill from his terrible exposure. TO HAVE A HEARING. The llorton Brother. Who Are Chirfid With Bridge Burning. Atlanta, Nov. f—The Horton broth ers, William and Fred, who were ar rested for burning the Central’s trestles, will have a preliminary hearing lwfore a magistrate nt Sondersville. It was reported in Atlunta that some of tho state's witnesses have been scared off. One of the most important witnesses, a railroad employe, was said to have dis appeared. The Hortons are now in jail at Macon. William’s handwriting will proabably figure in the case to a con siderable extent. One o( the threatening letters which the Southern Express company received offered $1,000 for every detective sent into Washington county. The infer ence was that the detective would be killed. One detective spent a week around the home of the Hortons and lie reported that there seems to be a big conspiracy there with as many as fifty people concerned in it. 8o far as the . investigation lias gone, the sitnatiou seems to lie similar to that which exist ed in Dodge county np to the time Luthrr Hall and his associates were arrested, A gentleman whu tuts just arrived from Handersville says that if the Horton hoys are released there will' likely be some shooting ontside the courtroom. The friends of the Hortons will be ont in force. SEVERAL MEN INJURED Say. H« Kissed and Bngg.il H.r. Plymouth, Ills., Nov. 4.—Dr. M. M. Hooten, a physician who has taken an active pert with the citizens’ vigilance committee in securing evidence against the violators of the liquor law, has been arrested, charged with nssanlt upon Miss Santa Greene, an employe In Mid. dleton’s restaurant. Miss Greens claims the assault was committed in Dr. Hooten’. office. She says the doctor hugged and kissed her. It is also claimed that a nnmber of ladies resid ing near or nt Plymouth wifi testify to similar ‘ treatment at Dr. Hooten’s hands. The doctor .denies these charges and says tiiat he will not only prove his innocence, bnt will send the chief con spirators to the penitentiary. Forced Her to Drink Pot. m, Denver, Nov, 4.—Information comes from Boulder of a most horrible crime committed there by which a lover com- pelted bis sweetheart to commit snioide. Dora Anderson, a handsome yonng girl of 17, went out walking with Geo. He!- derholt, her accepted suitor. When i short way from the honse he asked her her to drink from a small bottle. She refused, but he threw his arm around her ueck, held her nose and compelled the girl to open her month and swallow laudanum. As soon as the crime was known, every effort was made to save the girl, but to no no pnrpose. anil she died. The murderer has been arrested and placed under $10,000 bail. There is no known reason for the boy’s act. Nltr L’aril stii Army Milskrt. Indianapolis, Nov. 4.— Alexander [Scott, colored, and bis new made wife are gardenem at Broad Ripple. While intoxicated Scott tried to brain his wife, laying bare her sknll for several inches with a board. The woman lxirrowed an old army musket from Scott’s broth er and returned. Scott made a second assault, whereupon she blew off ids thumb ami lodged a tremendous load of .shot in his groin and thigh. Part of - his fiaunel undershirt was carried into the wound. There is tin puH.iliility of recoverv. The woman surrendered to the authorities, but the officers declined to hold her under arrest. quarantined Against I ail is. Gibraltar, Nov. 4.—The health au thorities of this port have declared a vnarautine against vessels arriving from Cadis. Thi- act is taken on aouonnt of the foot that an outbreak of small pox at Cadis. tin m Rear End Collision on the Western and Atlanntlo Railroad. Kingston, Ga., Nov. 4.— Just before daylight n heavy freight train pulled Into the siding here to wait for another train to pass. The freight train was going north, and when it pulled ont of the Bide track the brukeuiun failed to replace the switch. At 5 o'clock another freight train, north bound, pulled into the siding from tho south end. for pas- songer train No. 8, south bound, to pass. This train wus in charge of Condnctor Thomas J. Whitehead and Engineer Charles Jackson. A few minntes after the arrival of the freight train the pas senger train came speeding around the carve and dashed itfto the opeu switch and the waiting freight train. The re salt was disastrous, but fortunately no lives were lost. Engineer Dave Bnssey and Fireman Ayrwood were hurt. Fire man Ayrwood’s leg was broken half av between the knee and ankle. Four uitul clerks—Q. H. Bntts, D. W. Dnn- can. J. W. Brown nnd S. H. Saul—were slightly injured. Beyond a general shaking np the passengers were not hurt. No. 8 was carried to Atlanta by a special engine. OUTLAWS IN MISSISSIPPI. 8tat. Senator Byrd Narrowly Escape, lieatli by a Mob. ■ Meridian, Nov. 4.—Neshoba county is undergoing a reign of terror and law lessness. On Monday night a mob, by firing a volley from gnus and pistols and battering down the doors, effected a jail delivery a Philadelphia, releasing three prisoners sentenced liy the federal court for unlawfnl retailing. Twelve killings have occurred within the past twelve months. A few days ago State Senator Byrd, editor of the Neshoba Democrat, was called to his door, and. bnt for an accident which frightened off the mob, wonld have been killed. “Th. Gooil Yankees.’’ Rom, Noy. 4.—The Italia pnblishes leading article headed "The Good Yankees," during which that paper taytt "The United States lias one dip lomatic rale for Chill and another for Italy. It has virtually closed, by the McKinley bill, the markets of the United States to Italian wares and pro ducts and now the United States seeks to be lilgh suzerain over all America. All ynnkpe* unscrupulously follow poli tics as u bnsiness, even wIibii interna tional affairs are concerned. But the time inny come when Europe will lay aside petty differences ami call the United States to a wore exact and pre cise uotion of the law of nations." I United State. Minister Married. London, Nov. 4.—General E. Buril Grabb, Units! States ministertoSpuin, was married at St. Stephen’s church. South Kensington, to Miss Violot Sop- with. Tlie bride was given away by her fattier, Thomas Sopwortb, recently elected a director of the Bank of Eng land, The bridesmaids were six sis ters of tlie bride and the ushers six uni formed members of tlie famous City- Troop of 1’hilndelpbia. Tho church, which was beautifully decorated with flowers, was crowded with Americans. Minister Lincoln, Consul General New and tlie Spanish ambassador wero otnong those present. Confessed 111. Gnltt. Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 4.-Jim Ad ams was arrested, charged with th* murder of Enoch Tate, another negro, near the city a week ago. Several daya ago another negro was arrested, charged with the tnnrder. and notwithstanding he protested his inuocenceother negroes identified him as the guilty person. While the officers were on the way to jail with Jim Adams, he broke down and acknowledged his gnilt, saying that he did not want to see an innocent punished. The other suspect was at once relensed from jail. . llrRerred What B. Gal. Indianapolis, Ind.. Nov. 4 —A spe cial to The Newts from Martinsville, lad., says: Word baa just reached hen that William Bowman, aged SO, living twenty miles southwest of here, on? raged his 10-year-old granddaughter Thursday night and was afterwards ridtad by fifty white caps and bsotau into insensibility with be op pole* Bow man is in a critical condition. It Is h*. tiered tbs girl will l a: V