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VOLUME 1
AMERICUS GEORGIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1891.
NUMBER 191
IN SILKS, BLACK * FANCY
We show the largest line of Gros Grains, Armnres, Poui De Soi,
Bhadamee, Failles and Bengalines, etc. 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 jost received, large and small
sizes to match.
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
A Grand Reduction in Henriettas!
I All colors. The various lines reduced as follows: You can buy the
[usual 20c goods at 16c; 860 at 26c; 40c at 80c and 60c at 36c. In ad-
I lition, a magnificent all wool Henrietta 40 inohes wide, at 60c.
Remember that Tricots, black and colored, bringing heretofore
| l «, you get for 26c per yard.
Evening shades in LANS00WNE, CHINA AND SURAH SILKS await
lionr call at low figures.
ly SCIU11 and CURTAIN CRETONS
H demands attention, besides an offer of Nottingham Lace Curtains
hards long at the figure of SI per pair, never reached before in this
Yon miss it if yon do not bny your
1^- We are the sole agents for the famous P. & P. BRAND of
) &nd sell as good or better gloves from 75o to $1.25 than others
|° m H.60 to $2.60 per pair. All our gloves are warranted.
HONEY REFUNDED or another pair gloves for eveiy pair nnsatis-
being returned to us.
'Men’s Wear, Scrlven’e Patent Elastic Seam Drawers
and Underwent*, all grades.
& Stock of ODD PANTS at Reduced Prices.
P?' ^member that you get a ticket for the Bicycle drawing for
bought of us up to December 25,1891, when some nice boy
0ew safety for his Xmas present.
I eve rything in the line of Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing,
1D ® 8 * Carpets or Bugs, call every time op
iorge D. Wfleatley
Cor. Lamar St. and Cotton Ave.
PRESIDENT PQLK.
HE ARRIVES IN INDIANAPOLIS AND
TALK8 A LITTLE.
Folk Still Retains Confidence In the Na
tional Organization—A Report c
Great Body to he Circulated—A Resume
of the Order.
Indianapolis, Nov. 16. — President
Polk, of the supreme council, Farmers'
The Boys’ Bicycle Gift having occupied a
prominent place in
060. D. Wheatley’!
double column advertisement space for some
days, resulting in an exceedingly gratifying
increase in my Boys’ and Youths’ Clothing STiS
trade, we are now forced for the time to jay it
aside, that 1 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! '
OPENED THIS WEEK.
Among these may be found Novelty Suits, Serges in overshot
effects, Fiannels, Cashmeres and Henriettas, Bedford Cords in all the
new and desirable shades, such as light gray, modes, ton, eto. ‘
at the Hotel English. He reports the
organization strong id numbers, united
in sentiment and disposed to stand firm
(or principle’s sake, particularly in his
own (North Carolina) state.
The officers of the national executive
committee, headed by President Ha-
cune of Texas, held a meeting at the
Hotel Bates. looking to the preparation
of reports for submission to the supreme
council, the initial session of which will
beheld on Wednesday. All transpor
tation lines have granted reduced ratee,
and the muss of delegatee will begin
arriving on Wednesday, although many
are already reporting.
A history of the Alliance has been
leaned by s special committee of editors,
of which N. A. Donning was the chief
compiler. The honor of the original
society belongs to Lampassas county.
Tex., from which small beginning de
veloped the state organisation and after
ward the national society. It was
originally organised to correct economio
evils as well at a protective measure
against thieves and robbers, with
which that section of Texas at that
time was particularly cursed. The first
meeting of the national association was
held at Waoo, Tex., in Jannary, 1887.
C. W. Macnne was the chief spirit in
that meeting and largely instrumental
in the adoption of a platform, of wbiob
the motto was: 'Tn all things essential
unity, and in ail things chanty." Onl; <
Louisiana and Texas were represented
at this gathering and the delegates were
limited In number. Now the dffleers
report 80,000 subordinate lodges, with
a membership aggregating 0,000,000and
a representation in every state and ter
ritory. The first noteworthy political
acts of the Alliance were the Ocala and
St. Lonis platforms, with their demand,
for the abolition of national banks and
the substitution of treasury curreney;
free silver coinage; prohibition of alien
land ownership: prohibition of specu
lating in agricultural and mechanical
'productions; fractional currency, and
; ;hatthe government should own the
telegraph rail wAy lines.
The Ocala platform also demanded
the removal of the tariff from the neces
sities of life, an income tax, and that
United .States senators be elected di
rectly by the people. While the Alli
ance has continued to conduct itself
neutrally on political questions, yet the
>olicy laid down in these platforms has
Men taken as the basis for partisan
organisation, independent, so far as it
can be, of the Alliance. However,
there is an element which will insist
upon a third party movement, notwith
standing the constitutional taboo upon
such a departure.
There are many, however, believinr
that independent political action wit
disintegrate the order and destroy Its
usefulness at a time when an expected
crisis is at hand, and, in coi
there will be bitter and c
opposition against any attempt to force
the Alliance into each a third party
movement. Chief among the advocat
of the so-called third party men is Ca]
tain Powers, of Terre Haute. He
boastful of his standing in that respect,
and believee a majority of the Alliance
is of a similar view.
Secretary Tillman opposes independ
ent political action. The national os.
sembly of the Farmers' Mntnal Benefit
association will be held in this city this
week. The basis of representation is
larger than that of the Alliance, and a
larger number of delegatee are expected
to attend.
This organization 1 was founded in
Johnson county, Ills., six years ago,
claims 2,000 subordinate
lodges.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
A Fireman Loses Ills Li to and Others
Seriously -Injnred.
Cleveland, O., Nov. 18. —One of the
most threatening fires Cleveland has
had for a long time broke ont at 8
o’clock in the evening, and before it was
extinguished at midnight it had de
stroyed (200,000 worth of property, and
resulted in the death of one fireman and
serious
the
- of two others.
i injury of
iThe fire started in the bis job print
ing establishment of Short & Furman,
fronting on Superior street, at No. 128,
and extending back to Frankfort street.
The building is in the heart of the |
downtown business and bank!
ter, sniyounded by high brick
The fire started in oneof threeb:
fronting on Frankfort street, and
of five minute* the flames were through
the roof.
The first alarm was followed by a
general call for tbs steamers, and ten
engine* were soon at work. One of the
first steamers to arrive was No. 1, and
Captain John Grady and Fireman
Michael Hawley and Charles Ward, of
the same company, carried the hose into
the horning building. An Instant later
one of the floors fell, crushing Captain
Grady to death and seriously injuring
Hawley and Ward. Grady's body was
recovered and tbs other two were sent
to the hospital, where they are reported
in a critical condition. After an hour's
liar<l work the firemen gained mastery
of the fire, saved the two hotels, nnd
confined the flames to the Frankfort
street buildings.
Tlis Fries of Cottwn is Atlanta.
Itlasta, Nov. 10.—At noon tbe
price of Jnnnary cotton was 7.84, a
decline of aix points from tbe opening
S rioe, and of fifteen point* from ttatur-
ay’s closing prioe.
GROWTH OF THE 80UTH,
Ths Industrial Development In tbe
Week Ending Nov. 1*.
Chattanooga, Nov. 16.—The Trades
man, in its weekly review for tbe week
ending Nov. 14, reports 46 new indus
tries, 18 new buildings, t new railroads
and 2 street car lines. Among the most
important new industries established
are tbs following: An agricultural im
plement faotory with (1,179,000 oapital,
st Birmingham, Ala., brewery at Eu
reka Springs, Ark., brick works at Gar
rison, Tex., and Tallapoosa, Ga., coal
and coke companies have been organ
ized at Fairmont, West Va„ Helens,
W. Va., and McDowell, W. Va. Cot
ton gins will be erected at Perry's
Mills, Ga., and Wachoochee, Ala. De
velopment companies have been organ
ized at Petersburg, Va., and Banning
Water, Tex., the former with a capital
of (300,000.
A distillery will be erected at Mount
Eden, Ky„ electrio light plant at Little
Bock. Ark., elevator with a capacity of
1,000,000 bushels at Fort Worth, Tex.,
fertilizer works at Alexandria, Va.. and
flonringmilla at Mangnm. Tex.,Bich-
mond, Ky„ Tallahoms, Tenn., Sample,
Ky., Seqnachee, Tenn,, and Viola, Tenn.
A gun factory with (.’>00,000 capital will
he erected at Covington, Ky., iron
working plants at Flatonia, Tex., and
New Berne, N. O. A lime and stone
company has been organized ati Isbell,
Ala., with (300,000 capital, and a phos
phate company with (790,000 capital at
Atlanta, Ga. A furniture company
with (80,000 capital has been organised
at Texarkana, Tex., boe and handle
frotories will be erected at New Deca
tur, Ala., and 8ample, Ky., a hoop fao-
' ’ at South Carrollton, Ky., planing
u.ius at Ocala, Fla., and Ssqnatchse,
Tenn., and saw mills st Godman, Ky.,
and Ocean Springs. Miss.
Among ths largest buildings reported
are tbe following: Halls at Austin,
Tex., Jacksonville, Fla., and Parkers
burg, W. Va. Churches at George
town, Tex., and Mobile, Ala.,) college
and school buildings st Georgetown,
Tex., and Louisville, Ky., court house
at Anderson, S. C., Floydada, Tex., and
Haskell. Tex., jails st Malvern, Ark.
and Portsmouth, Vs. Opera house ai
Ybor City, Fla., and sanitariums at
Austin. Tex., and Corpus Christi, Tex.
Charters for railroads have been
asked for from El Paso to Sierra Blanca,
Tex., from Hinton, W. Va., up Now
river to connect with tbe Norfolk and
Western railroad and from Wilming
ton, N. C., to Knoxville, Tenn. Street
railroads will be constructed at Colum
bus. Mias., (nd Austin, Tex.
UNDER ARREST.
NOBLE FAMILIES IN RUS8IA CAST
INTO PRISON.
Tbe Alleged Conlplrmcy Mach Wider In
Kxtent Tbe* et First Suppot*d—Hue-
dredt of People In Custody—Almost Im
possible to dot Facts.
uondon, Nov. 16.—Since the arrest at
Moscow Thursday last of about one
hundred members of noble families,
charged with being concerned in
movement looking to the crestion of
populap assembly or parliament simi
lar to the Temsky labor assembliee
under the early czars.
It has become known that this alleged
conspiracy was mnoh wider in extent
than at first supposed, and, it is said,
several huudred people have been taken
Into custody in addition to those men
tioned.
The United Press correspondent st
St. Petersburg wired last night as fol
lows: *
Tbe strictest censorship of press dis
patches is observed. Tbe government
is contemplating severe measures
against newspaper correspondents,
is almost Impossible to get or send facts
regarding tbe arrest of nobles and
others who have been planning tbe cre
ation of a parliament elected by the
people. It is reported that extensive
arrests have been made here, as well as
Moeoow andiother cities. All informa
tion is refused. Tbe police advise your
correspondent not to comment on tbe
arrests, Tbe situation is very grave.
The wildest rumors are circulating."
EX-TREASURER TURNER
NEW8 DISPATCHES CONDEN8ED.
Governor Northen Write. General Wy
man Concerning the Dread Dleenee.
Washington. Nov. 16.—Surgeon Gen
eral Wyman, of the marine hospital ser
vice, has received a letter from the gov
ernor of Georgia calling attention to
the epidemic of smallpox at Harris
Neck, Liberty connty, Ga., and request
ing that ths marine hospital service
take charge of the epidemic, as there is
no organised board of health in that
connty and Harris Neck is remote from
the connty seat or any town. The
country there is populated chiefly by
negroes. The surgeon general has sent
telegraphic orders to the surgeons in
charge of the quarantine stations at
Blackboard island, fifteen miles from
Harris Neck, to visit ths infected die-
let and begin measures st once to
imp ont the disease. A large number
vaccine points have been forwarded.
Fuller particulars are expected as soon
sa the surgeon has reached the infected
locality and thoroughly examined into
the cause and extent of the disease.
TROUBLE IN MEXICO.
Revolutionist Garcia Attacked Guerrero*
An Active Campaign.
Ban Antonio, Nov. 16.—There can no
linger be any doubt that Catrino Gar
da has opened the revolutionary ball in
Mexico in earnest As stated, tbe Mex
ican troops had a brush with the revo
lutionists near Guerrero, and it was re-
r rted that Garda’a forces were runted.
dispatch was received here stating
that Garda mode an attack on Guer
rero late in tbe evening and wsa only
driven off after a stubborn resistance
on tbe part of tbe Mexican garrison.
In the conflict one Mexican officer was
killed and another wounded. Loss on
Garda’s side not definitely known. The
fed is evident that the insurgents have
been quietly increasing their force and
now have begun an active campaf
It is further stated In tbe dispatch _
edved from Bio Grande City that the
Revolutionists are well armed and have
many sympathisers cn this side of tbe
border.
n« Conductors end Biskestn.
Nasuvillb, Nov. 16. — Mr. T. E.
Wilkinson of Galesburg, His., grand
master of ths Brotherhood of Bailroad
Trainmen, and Mr. E. E. Clark of Ce
dar Bapldi, la., grand chief conductor
of the Order of Bailway Conductors of
America, are hare and have called on
]’resident J. W. Thomas of the Nash
ville, Chattanooga and SL Lonis rail
road, in advocacy of tbe demand of tbe
conductors and brakemeu for sn in
crease of wages. President Thomas
positively refused to grant the increase,
'[be Western add Atlantic matter is
•till unsettled.
Banner A Benny, Bankers, failed.
New Orleans, Nov. 16.—The Times-
Democrat’s Tyler, Tex., special says:
After a successful career of twenty
years, during which it had built up a
reputation as one of the wildest and
soundest financial institutions in tho
state, the banking house of Bonner &
Benny is forced to the wall. For some
time past those familiar with i s affairs
have ltnowu that the bank was in a
straight, bat it was thought it would
be able to pull through ail right.”
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Indianan tly Dentes That Bte Account#
With the Knights Is Short.
Philadelphia, Nov. 16.—Frederick
Turner, ex-secretary and treasurer of
the Knights of Labor, who is accused
of being (81,000 short in bis accounts,
has made an explanation that was as
sensational as were the chargee.
These chargee made up the principal
feature of tbe Kuights of Labor conven
tion at Toledo, O., last week, the com
mittee appointed st the lost session at
the request of General Secretary Hayes
to investigate the ex-treasnrer’s books
reporting that Turner had refused to
appear before them or to give up the
bank depoeit books, canceled checks
and other documents in his possession.
Mr. Turner indignantly denied that he
was in any way deficient in his ac
counts with the order, and he declared
the work of tbe committee to be port of
General Master Workman Powderly’*
scheme to deprive him of some danger-
u weapons Hgslnst tbs Knights.
“When I left the order st the end of
the Indianapolis convention in 1888,"
he said, “Thomas Sinexon, the expert
employed by the Knights, made a state
ment before Notary Public J. B. Massy
that my accounts had been caTeiuU;
gone over and fonnd to be all right,
left all the accounts in the treasurer’s
office that conld he needed, including
the vouchers for all the expenditures of
the order during my incumbency.
What I have kept has t|een for my own
protection. They consist principally of
canceled checks. Some of these are
very compromising to Mr. Powderly. I
am going to disclose what is not known
to even members of ths order, and what
will show their general master work
man to be one. who, while preaching
against corporations and dishonesty,
was himself using funds of the order
and resorting to every set to maintain
bis hold on the management
What Mr. Powderly and his com
mittee are so anxions to get into their
possession are two canceled checks
which I have, showing that on June 28,
1886,(1,000 were drawn from the or
der’s fund at the corn exchange national
bank by T. V. Powderly, anil that on
Aug. 20 following (1,600 waa drawn by
him. Powderly was then drawings
S salary as general master workman of
,600. He wanted to bny ahouae. He
dnt have the money, but the order
did, and he wanted to nse tbe order’s
money without anybody knowing any
thing about it. Tbe executive board at
that time consisted of Powderly, John
W. Hayes, Wm. H. Bailey and Tbi
Barry. AJ1 were firm Powderly men
except Barry, who was lukewarm and
whom they were afraid of.
"Barry was sent away on some mis
sion or other find Powderly and tbe two
others held a meeting and loaned (2,600
of the order’s money to Powderly.
They agreed, of course, that the money
should eventually be returned, and, in
order that that might be accomplished
without making Powderly go into his
own pocket, they decided that as soon
ss the convention met in tbe fall his
salary should be increased to (9,000 a
e ar. In that way he conld pay back
to the Knights of Labor treasury tbe
money be had taken ont from the in-
ed money the Knights of Labor
paging him, ThitJ WHS done, fttid
in this andin several other ways which
I conld name, the order was robbed. ”
Texas Trainmen’s Troubles.
Houston, Nov. 16.—Committees rep
resenting all ths trainmen except the
engineers and firemen of tbe Southern
Pacific system and General Superin
tendent Van Vleck held a conference to
adjust existing troubles. No progress
was made, although the meeting lasted
nearly all day. A strike is now threat
ened on tho entire system front New
Orleans to San Francisco.
A Hon Wh* Horn Unto Theme
New Yobk, Nov. 1C.—A sou was born
to Mr. and John Jacob Astor. Jr. It
wa* decided soiaa time ago that if the
expected child was a boy it should have
the now famous Hama of John Jacob.
The infant belongs to the fifth genera
tion which has borne that name in
America, and will inherit (lSO.uOOJWO.
An Epitome of Happening* from Every
Section.
James Gordon Bennett, editor of the
New York Herald, sailed for Havre,
France, on tho steamer La Bretagne.
It is said that tho Japanese envoy nt
Pekin has signed the demand presented
by tbe powers regarding the protection
of foreigners.
Mr. Harold M. Bewail, United States
consul general at Apia, Samoa, has
had a conference with the president in
regard to the condition of affairs in
that country.
The Japanese embassy at Paris denies
the truth of tho report published in
London papers that the Jnpnnetio fleet -
will co-operate with the Chinese against s
European fleets.
W. E. Baird hne been arrested nt the
Palace hotel, San Francisco, on tele
graphic orders from Madeira. The
charge is forgery. Baird refused to
talk on tbe subject.
A dispatch from Dublin says: Timo
thy Healy has become so alarmed by
the active demonstrations against him
that for the past week ho has worn
a coat of mail under the ordinary cloth
ing.
Tbe steamer Bio Janeiro sniled for
Hong Kong from San Francisco, having
on board 400 Chinamen who will not be
legally entitled to return to the United
States unless the present laws are
changed. • ;. >
The papers have arrived at Hunts
ville, Ala,, from Washington for a new
national bank, with a capital of (250,-
000, owned by Dakota capitalists, who
have bonglit out the Huntsville hotel.
Monte Sauo, and otbor valuable prop- '
erties.
Grand Duke Alexis and the duke of
Lentenberg have paid a visit of several
days to Duo de Charters nt Chantilly.
It is supposed their object is to show
that the czar's family maintains social
delations with the royal house of
France.
It is said that Governor Jackson, of
Maryland, will appoint a United States
senator to serve until a successor of the
late Senator Wilson is elected by the
legislature. Mr. Bobert F. Brattan,
esident of the last state senate, will,
Is understood, receive the appoint
ment
M. Besnard, Boulangist member of
tbe chamber of deputies, was arrested
in PariB for connection with the bank-
concern known as Caisse Centrale.
s bank accepted from purchasers
of shares paoments in installments, bnt
the securities, when fully paid for,were
not forthcoming. The procurenr is
proceeding with the trial of the direct
ors of the concern.
Detective Wnnsch, of Beading, Pa.,
Tested the manager of an Indian med
icine snow on tbe charge of running a
lottery in connection with the show.
Numbered prize lists were given to tbe
uitrons of the show, and there was a
rawing each evening, when some ,
persons received bottles of medicine
and others small sums of money, rang
ing from 30 cents to (1. ,
The Snmter cotton compross nt Snm-
ter, 8. C., together with 850 bales of
cotton, was burned. The fire is sap-
posed to have caught from a locomotive
on tho Charleston, Sumter and North
ern railroad. The total loss on com
pross, (30,000; insurance, (20.000. The
cotton belonged to the Carolina Cotton
company, and was fully insured.
A Montreal dispatch says: Antiqua
rian W. W. Snaith has obtained con
clusive evidenco that trunks found on
tbe schooner Marc Victoria which was
wrecked at Bin in the autumn of 1884,
wore the property of J. Wilkes Booth,
the assassin of Presidont Lincoln. Dar
ing that autumn several tranks marked
"J. W. B., New Providence," were
shipped on board the schooner Marc
Victoria ut Quebec.
According to tho official communica
tion sent to the public press, tho lenders
of tho Brazilian colony in Paris have
received a declaration to tho effect that
Dora Pedro, seeing with profound grief
the events in Brazil tending to dismem
ber the country, is roady to return if the
lfsires his preseneo, in order, in
bis old age, to render final servico to the
union, integrity and greatness of his
fatherland.
An attempt to rob the Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas sohth-bouiid train. No.
8, at South Canadian, L T., was frus
trated by the officials of the railway
company by a telegram sent to Musko
gee, notifying tho officers that the Dal-
ions were seen in the vicinity of South
Canadian, hidden in the river bottom.
An extra was run ahead of the regular
train, and guards placed in the postal
and express cars.
FMtolHce Employe* Fired. ‘ -
Oxaha, Nov. 16.—The postmaster
general has ordered that sixteen mail-
carriers and five clerks be dismissed in
tbe Omaha postoffice. Soon after Post
master Clarkson assumed tho duties of
his office the United States civil service
commission called attention to the fact
that in the appointment of clerks nnd
carriers in the Omaha postoffice the
civil service laws had not Wn strictly
observed. The postmaster was notified
that tbe law required that every person
who had successfully passed tho civil
service examination before the local
board here should be given a chance to
take a position in the service in proper
order or in rotation, with reference to
the time of his application and exami
nation.
SUaniliflEt Inspector'* Report.
Washington, Nov. W. -Inspector
General Dumont, of the steamboat
inspection service, has made his annual
report to the secretary of the treiisury.
It shows that forty-four pilots were re-
jected during the year on account of
color-blindness, ont of a total of 1,091
examined. Daring the year but six
accidents to marine boiler* or *teain
>ipei have occurred, whereby fourteen
ive* have been lost, notwithstanding
that at least 300,000 rxuscugeni have
been exposed daring the year to the
possible dunce reduced to a minimum
thorough careful inspection.
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