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AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER. VOLUME l AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1891. NUMBER 199 FREE ADVICE! Look Here, Boys I Are yoc Between the Ages of A and 18 Years ? Then don’t put your hands in your pockets, whistle “Annie Rooney,” and expect to keep warm these cold November days. You had much better select a nice, warm suit from our fine new stock. Get a Free Ticket -TO OUR- Boys’ Safety Bicycle Drawing! Which you know occur§ on next Christmas Eve, and be happy.. We are going to give away a brand new Safety Bicycle, absolutely free of any charge whatever. Every boy who buys his suit from us before Christmas Eve gets a sure enough bargain and a chance at the machine for abso lutely nothing. The time is drawing near! It is going to be a daisy I Everyone will have a fair, square showing, and you may be the lucky boyl > There is nothing small about our stock of TOE EARTHQUAKE. DIRECT NEWS FROM JAPAN TELL8 OF ITS AWFUL WORK. tin Hat T.rrlb!. Ca'smlty 8inos 1835— Mor* Thu 4,000 FSople Kilted lad Thou- nodi Seriously VouM—Bhm. Top pled and Caught Fire. San Francisco, Nor. 85 -Farther de tails of the awful earthquake in Japan hare been received: Yokohama, Nor. 8.—A severe, pro longed shock of earthquake occurred October 88 a few minutes before o’clock in the morning. It was the most severe experience since the terri ble catastrophe of 1855 and most be ranked as a national calamity. The greatest damage to bnildings and loss of life occurred. In the prefectures of Achy and Qifn nearly 4,000 people were killed outright and 4,000 seriously wounded. In those two prefectures 42,000 bouses were totally destroyed. The number of provinces throughout, which the disturbances were strongly felt number thirty-one., The center seem* to have been in Miuo and Oawari, but even as far south as Hio and Bikuabu in the north the disturbance ns sensibly felt The destruction of 40,000 houses means 800,000 people to be rendered homeless. Up to November 5 the earthquakes still continued, but with intervals between them gradually lengthening and the intensity of the shocks diminishing. From the com' mencement of the disturbance up to this date it ia estimated that 5,000 shocks, or more than one every two minntes, were felt. The town of Gifn on the Tokio rail way, with a population of 15,000, was almost totally destroyed. Thirty-five hundred, ont of a total of 4.400 houses in the town, were over turned or burned. Seven hundred and forty-seven people were killed. lathe town of Kano 600 booses were over thrown. The Gobo temple, belonging' to the Shin sect of Buddhists, was' crowded with worshippers when it fell, burying at least fifty people. The rains took fire, end the shrieking victims were consumed before the eyes of the horrified onlookers. Mr. and Mrs. VanDyke, English mis sionaries, and one other white person were dangerously hnrt. The inhabitants of the rnlned towns MINNEAPOLIS CHOSEN. The Northwest Gat* the Bspnblleaa Convention. Washington, Nov. 25.—The Repnb- Mean national committee has selected Minneapolis, Minn., as the place, and Jane 7, 1893, as the date of holding the next Republican national convention. There was bustle and confusion at tho Arlington hotel before the meeting of the Bepnblican national committee. t The headquarters of the various dele tions representing the cities desirous being the meeting place of the next national Republican convention were thrown open and oonanltations were going on In every corner. The leaders of the delegations had prepared them selves for the presentation to the com mittee of the superior qualities of their respective cities and were engaged in canvassing in the list of committeemen and holding up tho hope of their dele gations. After a recess Senator Washbnrne •poke for Minneapolis and promised a hall for 14,000 and plenty of hotels. He said that the northwest was beginning to feel a grievance against the party in power. Tlie coining fight would be won or lost in the northwest, and the convention should go there as a stimu lant. C. F. Johnson, a clerk of the United States senate, said Ohio was safe, but the enemy had made inroad in tho northwest, and the convention should go beyond the wheat pit of Chicago. Governor Merriam followed. He said the Republicans had lost Wisconsin, Iowa and Nebraska, and the Dakotas were tinctured with Alliance, bnt the convention in Minneapolis wonld go far to redeem the region. After considerable wireworking and debating, pro and con, Minneapolis was chosen. RICHMOND AND DANVILLE. Boys’ Suits, Overcoats, • v *. .* Odd Pants, Except the price, and that we make exceeding ly small. We can fit you perfectly, and by selecting now you secure the pick. Don’t for get the place. Cor. Lamar Street and Cotton Avenue, described the shock as conveying an im pression that the houses were first Tuised and then suddenly lowered through a space of from two to three feet. The fact that there was a marked, subsidence o{ the earth’s surface for a considerable area about Gifn indicated that the latter town was the center of disturbance. Shortly After the shock bad leveled thousands of houses in the town and hundreds of people were lying bnried in the debris, flames burst from the ruins of the silk factory in Gifn and in a short time spread to such an ex tent that ths citizens were compelled to desist in their work of digging ont the wonnded and dying. The conflagration burned ont in one direction, bnt three other fires imme diately broke ont, and joiuiug into one, swept from street to street, using fan ned by a strong northwest wiud, which began to blow at 8 o’clock in the after noon. By 8 o’clock in the evening al most every part of the town of Gifn was wrappml in fire, and the inhabi tants, abandoning all hopes of staying the conflagration, saved what few arti cles they were able and fled the town, taking refuge in the woods and on the hillsides. The fire was not subdued until the forenoon of Oct. 88, when it had been burning for twenty-eight hours, and almost the whole town had been burned over. Potteries in the prefectures of Owari and Mino, great centers of the porcelain manufacture in Japan, at Seto and other towns, were almost entirely destroyed, and there is reported to he no prospect of resuming the industry daring the present year. The top of the Sacred Mountain - of Fmiyama has been rent asunder for e distance of 1,800 feet in width and 600 feet in depth# A lake 000 yards long and 60 yardI wide was formed et the foot of Hoktuan mountain, in Gifn prefecture, big rocks beside Gongen hill, Inaba hiu and several other hills in Gifn gave way and water sprang from the cracks in the ground. Water in wells was changed to a brownish color and rendered unfit for drinking. The embankments of most of the rivers were destroyed, and in the city prefecture 850 miles of embankments must be bhilL Trouble With the Xfleers. Paris, Nov. 85.—A dispatch from Lena, one of the center* of the coal miners’ strike in the department of Pas do Calais, says a body of strikera at tacked the engineers who were in charge of machinery in the factory at that place. The fsctoiy had been able to se cure a supply of coal which rendered it independent of the mines in that vicin ity, and this condition of affaire en raged the strikers, whose evident desire is to bring all industries of tbs place to a standstill. The military authorities bad an idea that the strikers wonld make an attempt to compel the factory tosbntdown, and they, therefore, or dered the detail of a small body of troope to protect tho property and em ployee. The strikers were very deter mined in their onslaught on the en gineers, despite the presence of soldiers. Finally the troops took a hand in the matter ond after a sharp fight drove the strikera away. Many of the leaders of the attack were placed nnder arrest. FoRid Ftomr U Vsfttb. Winnipeg, Man., Nov. 85.—Ths 16- year-old sen of L. B. Cochran and 10-year-old son of E. Walton, were lost in tbs storm Saturday, have bssn found froaen to death by a search party. Tho boras* wore bseido thorn. 3 The Part of Wisdom Not to Pay a Divi dend at This Time., New York, Nov. 85.—There have been several meetings of the security holders of the Bichmond Terminal sys tem, who have been in conference with the officers of t|ra First National bank, who represent about $500,000 of the Bichmond Terminal bonds. Overtures have been made to the bank people with the view of getting them to accept proxies and take an active interoet In the management of the conjunction with a number of the prominent men whose influence is directed toward pre serving the Bichmond Terminal prop erty intact . The directors have informally dis cussed the question of a dividend on the preferred stock and have reached the conclusion that inasmuch as the Bichmond and Danville company has so large a flea ting debt, they do not con sider it the part of wisdom to pay a dividend on the preferred stock at this time. Formal action, however, has not been taken on the matter, and this informal action may be reversed at a formal meeting of the directors. It is current rumor that some of the old Richmond and Danville interests are soliciting proxies for the next meeting of Rich mond Terminal, bnt it can't be learned whether it is trne or not. ST0R.ll SWEPT. DEATH AND DEVASTATION REPORT ED FROM NUMEROUS PLAOES, The Storm King left Kemsntoea of Its Powsrln Highways and Bywsys-Dark' ness Prevailed For Bolt on Hoi Cleveland. Hod Dynamite In nii Trnnk. Pittsburg, Nov. 25.—A trunk con' tsining dynamite exploded in the bag gage car of the western mail on the Pennsylvania railroad as the train wi passing Irvin, Penn. The explosion tore ont one side of the car and wrecked the trnnk, scattering the contents over the tracks. The baggage master, who accidentally hit the trnnk while palling Hdown, thereby causing the ex- jW»s bsdlv frightened, but raped injury. The trunk was shipped from Phlilipsbnrg, Penn., by Michael Gody, a Hungarian, who was on his way to Cambridge, O. He was arrested, with hie wife, when the train reached Pittsburg. Hs denied that the trnnk was his, but when confronted with the picture of his wife, which was found in the car. he acknowledged the owner ship. He wonld assign no reason for catrying the dynamite and was locked np. It is the intention of the railroad company to prosecute him. The Chicago Presbytery. Chicago, Nov. 25. — The Chicago Presbytery ha* taken advanced grounds in the matter of creed revision. By a vote of S3 yeas to 18 nays it passed • resolution to overture the general sembly "to tom entirely from the pro ject of revising the Westminster confes sion and to take diligent steps to have proposed to the cbnrch such a simple scriptural declaration of those things which are most sorely believed amoni ns as shall be for the practical help anu edification of all onr members and for a testimony to the world nf the faith Which was once for all delivered to the saints.” From ths Frying Fan Into tbs Fire, Columbus, 0., Nov. 25.-John Cur tain, a United States prisoner from Alabama, will complete a two years' sentence for representing himself a xatofflee inspector, and upon his re- ease wilt be immediately arrested by Deputy Sheriff W. M. Erskine, of that state, and taken to Hnntsviile to an swer a charge of bnrglary and general larceny. Curtain robbed an express office, freight depot and dry goods store at Unrley, Ala., securing several hun dred dollars worth of plunder. Johns/ BfcGnlro D««d. Leipsic, O. Nov. 25.—At Miller City, a small town weet of here, has occurred ths death of Johnny McGnire, the smallest man in the world. He was 48 years old. weighed fifty-nine pounds and was only forty-one inch** tall. Johnny traveled with the Barnuni show far yean and aleo with the BoMnsoo •how. He has bees on exhibition in city ia the United States and h There is no other man in the New York, Nov. 85.—The storm which has been so remarkable in it* varied characteristics, so disastrous in its effects, and far-reaching in the area of Ita sweep will be reoorded. especially In the log-books of theseveral telegraph and telephone companies as at once having equaled, if not exceeded, .the otter paralysis wrought by the great blizzard of 1888. In troth, this has been • storm king’s carnival, and, the sequel may prove, in many instances the carnival of death. Already from numerous points come reports of damage, destruction and death, and when a cessation of the.war- ring elements permits of a restoration of telegrapbio communication with points at present inaccessible by pros tration of the wiree, the extent to which the seemingly wild rumors will be borne ont by actual facta is wholly con jectural. Originating near sonthern Georgia or northern Florida, this resistless wave of devastation swept northw rd and easterly, bearing down in its paui the wires, snapping off like reeds the trees and telegraph poles and topping over chimneys, bearing off roofs and crash lug like play-houses of card board ap parently substantial bnildings. Bound ing over the Alleghenies, it fell upon Baltimore, Bichmond, Washington and Philadelphia in turn, scattering through the highway and byway mementoes of its tremendous power. In this city early in the day wires south and southwest failed, often sev eral at a time, until at last all communi cation outside of a oomparativelysmnll territory was shnt off from na. Straggle as they wonld, the moat expert electri cians conld not with all their ingenuity devise means of getting over or- around the trouble, even to tbe routes via Montreal and Toronto having been rendered useless. The storm seemed to divide itself into two tremendoos arms, branching from a center in North Carolina, one arm bearing down the coast, the other sweeping northward and veering north of Washington, describing a tremen dous circle, Bearing down northwest it passed successively over Lakes On tario and Erie, and finally passed away to the north, disappearing in Baffin’s Bay. Meager reports continue to be re. ceived of cyclones, to the south and southwest. From eastern Ohio ami western Pennsylvania reports osyst are meager, outlining tho destruction iu every direction, accurate reports of which can only be secured when the storm subsides. The Storm at Hesdvllle. Meadville, Penn., Nov. 25.—The storm atrnck this town with terriffio force about noon. Ths roof was blown from the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio railroad freight honso and the roof partly torn from the passenger depot. Shade trees and chimneys were blown down all over town. Telephone reports from neighboring towns tell of. serious damage. 8evsrsl Rentes Blown Down. Wheeling. W. Va., Nov. 25.—A ter- rible blizzard passed over this city, and the rain, snow and wind played havoc in Wheeling. Little dnmage was done, thongh telegraphlo wires were some what interfered with. From, points ontside of tho city, however, come re ports ' of considerable damage. At Moandsvilla. twelve miles east ’ of Wheeling, the most damaging stonp for many years prevailed. The carriage works were completely wrecked, ; tho building being leveled to the earth,' -It was lifted bodily off the foundation, and several men were on the second floor, and all were seriously bat not fatally injured. The west gable end of the glass works was blown in and con siderable damage done. From other surroundings news of mere or less damage is comingin. The wind, daring the height of the storm, attained a fear ful velocity. In' Darkness for Half a a Hoar, Cleveland, 0„ Nov. 33.—The storm here was tbe worst in a long time. About noon it became so dark that lamps and gas were lighted all over the city. The darkness lasted bslf an hour, when the wind shifted to the west and ths rain came down in torrents. The wind was blowing a gale at sundown, hut it hus somewhat subsided since. It is growing colder. A railroad man who came in over tbe Erie road in the even ing said there was two feet of snow twenty miles south of this city. A Perfect tlurrlcan*. Canton, O., Nov. 25.—A veritabls blizzard swept down over this city, and at a late hour it is contlnning with un abated fury. For two days rain has fallen almost incessantly. From 9 a. m. Sunday to 7 a. m. Tuesday the ba rometer registered a fall of over half an inch, the greatest in nine years. The wind that began before noon blew a perfect hurricane, and it is driving snow before it at a fearful rate. Blown from n Slits Track. 6t. Joseph, Mo., Nov. 25.—The Kan sas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs train from Creston, Is., to Kansas City collided at Arkoe with a freight car, which, daring the storm, was blown from s aide track at MazyviUs and ran six mils* before it was ctraok. The •ngins wss demolished, the freight oar NEWS DISPATCHES CONOENSEO. An Kpltome of Happenings from Zwry Section. President Da Fonseca of Brazil haz resigned in favor of Floriano Pcizotto. Spanish club excursionists were roy ally entertained at San Luis Potosi, Mexico, A girl at Brenham, Ter., was found to be alive after having been placed in a coffin. Four deaths were caused by a fire in the Old Homestead hotel, Jamestown, N. Y. H. C. Walters of Tacoma Is accused of elaborate swindling schemes in Gal veston. Tex. The National Protection society of Bloomington, Ills,, lias been debarred from doing turther business. A Chicago woman was detected by the police while on her way to drown herself and little boy in the lake. Colonel AmosC. Babcock's allegations in the Terns state house litigation were answered by the Farwells and others in Chicago. Attorneys for Dr. Grnvesi accused in Denver of the murder of weulthy Mrs. Burnaby of Providence, B. L, are plead ing for a continuance. Minneapolis was selected by the Re publican national committee as tlis place of bolding the next national con vention and June 7 is the day fixed. The Chicago Presbytery adopted res olutions opposing the attempt to revise the Westminister confession anil favor ing the adoption of an entirely new creed. Banker Seligmn, who was sent to Europe as tiio representative of the United States to arrange for an inter national monetary conference, has met with indifferent success in France. Tho report in Gonniny that a synodi cal of buukers bad been formed, with the object of purchasing Swiss railroad shares, 1ms created a sensation at Berne. Tho belief is that the project covers political designs. Hunters’ Corners,' a small village near Fort Recovery, O., is greatly de ceased over an epidemic of typhoid ever, which Is causing many fatalities. Tho physiciuns have been, unable to check it thns far. The heaviest blow of tbe fall occurred at Cape May, N. J. The lower deck of the ocean pier was washed away by the breakers. The surf is beating heavily again st the beach at Cape May Point and is cutting down tho bluff. The Standard Wire and Ironworks property at Cuicugo has boon placed in the bauds of W. J. Andrews, as as signee. The assets and liabilities are each placed at {25,(100. blow collections are assigned as tbe cause of tbe failure. Word - has been received from Inde- lendence, Colo,, that a man wus frozen ;o death. A physician went to the scene and found Murk Currier, a minor, terribly frozen, but not dead. Hu may recover, but will lose both legs and hands. Billy Plummer, who Is to fight Tommy Kelly for $1,(A)0 a side und a parse of $700 Dec. 21, is training near Newark, N. J. Ciiurley Non on ami Benny Murphy are looking after tbe English lull and they believe ho will whip Kelly ia five rounds. Charles Crow, the manager of the People's Detectivo association, of Lin coln, Neb., who wus shot a week ago, hits died. A few boors after the shoot ing. before lie lest bis power of speech, lie said tliut ills wife snot him, but she denied it, and said tiiat he first tried to shoot tier, then fired the shot into him self. She is now iu jail. Nicholas Ellens, an old-time resident of Houston county, Minn., aged 12, died from the result of a peculiar acci dent. While currying swiii to his hogs and smoking the while, lie slipped, and fulling, drove the stem of his pipe into bis throut. It broke off and wus with difficulty extractnA Blood poisoniug resulted from ths nicotine and death resulted as stated. Albert E. Pierson, a middle-aged fanner of wealth ami prominence and rend master of the L O. O. F. of Fair- eld, Ind., shot himself st his home in that town. He put three 88-caliber bullets through his head. Four years ago he qua relied with his eldest son and the latter left home. Pierson ex hibited remorae at times and the trouble irobably drove bim to suicide. He eaves a wife and five children. Influenza is spreading in France end Germany. The epidemic has closed several schools in the department of Gere, France, and one school in the Pare le Chaise quarter of Paris. Tbe epidemic has eztended all over Berlin, where the painter, Spangenberg, with many others baa succumbed to the dis ease. It is also very prevalent in Posen and West Prussia. The death rate in Hamburg ia 200 above the normal average, tho increase being chiefly duo to influenza. A. F. Starr of Wellington, O., has for the post two weeks been negotiating for a tract of land on Chino ranch in south ern California, on which to settle a col ony, and an agreement has been reached by which he will make a purchase of 640 acres. Among the terms of pur chase is one that not less than fifty families will sett!* on the land immedi ately and improve it. The colony, con sisting of Ohio people, will more on and take {mssessiou aa soon as house* can bs built, work to commence imme diately. •legates of various labor organiza tions in Brussels decided that anises the government shortly fulfills its premia* to grant universal suffrage in Belgium, they would again begin a general strike to for os the granting of their demands. Soma months ago there was a great strike of Belgian workmen for univer sal suffrage and it l Ms of the cabinet, i grant universal ■ “ wra called •«. •f dire gMMtjsryMr I