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VOLUME 1
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1891.
NUMBER 207
Look Here, Boys I
Are you Between the Ages of 4 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.
Special to Th b Ti xeh-Rbcokdu.I
Washington, Dec. The Demo
cratic caucus met at 10 o’clock, aud it
Which you know occurs on next Christmas became evident that tbe nut* between
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! Everyone will have a
fair, square showing, and you may be the lucky
boy! .
There is nothing small about our stock of
Boys’ Suits,
Overcoats,
»
M Odd Pants,
The Eagles of Victory
Perch Aloft.
CRISP WIELDS THE GAVEL
A Drawn Game For a Good
While Until
HIS FOtiCES STOOD SOLID.
His
Consummate Leader
ship Triumphs.
EXCITEMENT HIGH IN AMERICUS
The Hill* of the Lone Star State
Ground too Slowly.
Tb. Town la T.m From Cntar to CIrcam-
f.ranc* With Demonstrations la Hoot
of HU Behalf—Sprlnc.r, Hatch aad
McHlIlInTurn Th.fr Tow
to th* Deletes.
■the speakership candidates were drawn
with the painful intensity that charac
terised the work of Saturday evening.
The Democratic party, with the big
gest majority it ever had in the house,
is going into session with the confessed
inability to agree on a speaker. This
fact ia already being commented on to
the detriment of the party, and the
longer the deadlock continues the worse
it will be.
'Th. caucus adjourned till 3 o|clock,
and ths fight will be renewed frith the
same stubbornness that has charaotsr-
Except the price, and that we make exceeding
ly email. We can fit you perfectly, and by
selecting now you secure the pick. Don’t for
get the place.
George D. Wfieatleg,
Cor. Lamar Street and Cotton Avenue.
■ rtust^i s=3»»»nt cmsp.
Used it from ths start. We regret tossy
that ths bitterness between tbs Mends
of the different candidates is increasing,
land this may be a very ugly fight.
Th. Opening of Congrree.
Congress met at 13 o’clock and the
galleries were sardined as completely
as the corriders had been before. Many
handsome florsl tributes adorned the
desks of old and new members. Amos
Cummings is complimented with a
boqnet as big as a door, and represent
ing a harp of a thousand strings. The
strings, t suppose, are indicative of
Tammany votes.
Private John Allen, of Mississippi,
cheerily sat/down under a fonr-story
bank of flowers intended for Tom
Campbell. Private John pnt every
body in a laugh by quietly remarking
that this was the beginning of the Allen
boom for the speakership, and that h#
would soon be in the race to stay.
The n*U’Call.
Daring the monotonous calling of the
roll, Mr. Tom Reed of Maine sat uncon
cernedly in the rear of the Republican
side with a snake-like black tie and a
shirt front nearly as big as a sheet. As
the whanging echoes of his clearly ut
tered "here" floated over the ball his
lonely comrades cheered him lustily.
The Ho... Adjonra*.
ft was by motion of Holman of Indi
ana, that the house adjourned at 13:30
the days’ session. Hsuce, the candi
dates’ faithful spikera renewed their
efforts at proselyting for the caucus
which reconvened at 5 o’clock.
Thfl Democratic m. ioritv is SO large
that it ia noticeable that many of their
members have to occupy seats on the
Republican side.
Ia the Senate.
At 13 o’clock the vice president took
the chair and welcomed the senators to
a resumption of their official duties,and
called the senate to order. The vice
president then laid before the senate the
credentials of tbs new senators and let
ters of resignation received by him dur
ing the recess.
There was an unusually large num
ber of new senators to swear in, count
ing up seventeen without the senator
from Florida, ueither the names of Call
nor that of Dawson being on the printed
list of senators at noon.
Th. Battl. of th. Ballot*.
The caucus met at 10 o’clock. First
ballot, Crisp, 04; Mills, 00; MoMIllIn, 10
8prioger, IT; Hatch, 5; Stevens, 1. This
Is the same as the last ballot Saturday
night, except that Terry, a Mill’s man,
did nut vote.
After taking the second ballot, which
was the same as the first, exoept that
Terry voted for Mills, the caueus ad'
jouraed to 3 o'clock. Crisp Is as serene
as a May morning and his friends are
still confident
Upon reassembling the third ballot
showed no change.
The fourth ballot of today was Crisp,
04; Hills, 01; MoMlllin, 10; Springer, IT
Hatch, 5; Stevens, 1.
Fifth ballot—Crisp, 05; Mills, 01
Springer, 10; MoMIUtn, 10; Hatch, 4
Stevens, 1.
Sixth ballot same as the fifth.
Seventh ballot: Crisp 101, Mills 05,
McMillan 10, Springar 13, Steven* 1.
Eighth and ninth, ballots same as the
seventh^ •
530 pTm —Tenth ballot: Unchanged,
ecess till 8 p.m.
8:18 p. m.—Eleventh ballot: Crisp ittl,
Mills 08, MoMlllin 10, Springer 8, Ste
v,ens 1.
Twelfth ballot: Crisp 105, Mills 04,
MoMlllin 10, Springer 8, Stevens 1,
Ballots from thirteenth to twenty-
ninth showed no changes up to 030
o’clock.
Th* Final Ballot.
Thirtieth ballot—Crisp nominated.
Crowd gone wild. ,
. Official figures: Crisp, 110; Mills, 105:
Springer, .4; Stevens, 1. It was then
made nnanimons; the other fellows .take
their defeat gracefully. Crisp was taken
bodily and carried into the hall.
SITTING BULL
Tb. Si.ax chl.r »V« Tr.«ch.roaitr Mare
ilersil by lmllaii J’olirrmeh.
Sr. Paul, Dec. T.— Sitting Bull was
murdered. Conrad Dins tier,' who made
the sixty mile inarch across the deadly
sand plaint of the Sioux reservation,
from Fort' Gates to Grand river, with
Troop F. Eighth cavnlry, on the Oth of
lost December, told the whole story of
the killing of the aged chief here the
other day. He was ahown the affidavit
if Sitting Bnll's wives, charging that
Ball wa« murdered, and said it was
substantially correct. Disstler, who
was an eye-witness of the killing, said:
"Bed Tomahawk nover liked Ball,
and be was glad of an opportunity
into hia camp under government'
_ Troops F. C, and G, Eighty .Cav
alry, under Captain Frecht, arrived at
Grand River at 6 o'clock on the morn
ing of Dec. T. The Indian police were
somewhat ahead of ne and Red Toma
hawk, their leader, found aud entered
the tepee of Sitting Boll.
"When he told the chief that he had
to go with him, Ball made no resist
ance, bnt came out. He was surround
ed by woman, and they, alarmed, mad*
an outcry. Tomahawk suddenly drew
ills pistol and shot the aged chief in the
hip. Ball fell to the ground wounded,
bnt not mortally, white Tomahawk and
his party made for a log cabin, where
they were qi.-ckly besieged by. the hos-
tils*.
"Captain Frecht brought the two
field gnns into play at once. He and
Troop G protected them, while we of
Troop F were dismounted aud sent
do wn the bill on a charge into the camp.
Aa w* started the Hotchkiss and Gat
ling gnns began their fire. The hes-
tiles fled, with poor offer of resistance.
They crosaed the Grand river and ran
up one of the mauy gullies opening
from it.
"Sitting Boll, after receiving his
wound, had crawled into a hash, and
there with his rifle was making a fight.
He was dragged forth, nnd an Indinn
xriiceman sprang forward, and with a
>roken pole nsed on the side of wagons,
best in his bend; another broke his rifle
over hia head, aud still others slashed
his face 'horribly with their knives. In
this manner he Lieutenant Slo
cum did all that he could to prevent
this brutality, but th. police were in
furiated, and having lost five or six of
their number in the scrimmage they
were not to be pacified. ”
A Fatal Accident.
St. Paul, Dec. 7.—A force of men
were .employed in clearing away the
debris of the burned building formerly
occupied by Farwell, Ozum 4k Co. and
Griggs, Cooper 4k Co., when one of the
walls fell with a terrific crash, killing
five men instantly and injuring twenty
others, some of them severely. Five
bodies have been taken from tb. ruins,
and it ia thought five more are under
the walls.
KilMdMl HU .Trip.
Tbinton, N. J., Dec. T.—John T.
Stapler, a wealthy cracker manufac
turer, estimated to be worth $150,000,
committed suicide by slgmting himself.
He has been sffiicted with melancholia
for some tim-. He and his wife were
ireparing to go to Bermuda. While
lie wife was packing bis valise he pnt a
ballet in hie brain. His debts are said
be lees than $10,000.
ONE FIUNDRED KILLED
BY A MINE EXPLOSION IN RUSSIAN
POLAND.
Many More Woundtd, unit Forty tlur*«»
Killed—Striking Mintr* Want to Return
to Work In Indian*-Disasters and Cmu
altloft In Various Farts of the World.
Bt. Petersburg, Dec. 7.—A most ter
rible catastrophe has occurred in the
colliery located at Nfaka, in Russian
Poland. Ho details of the affair hare
yet been received here, bnt it is conjec
tured that the accident was the result
of an explosion of fire damp.
Farther intelligence is nnxionsly
awaited, and hopes are expressed that
the loss of life; which the first dispatch
places at 180, is overestimated.
In addition to those 180 men who are
said to hqve lost their lives, forty horses
were killed.
STRIKERS’ FAMILIES SUFFERING.
Ths Millers or Hrnsll Coal District Want
to Iteturn lo Work.
Brazil, Ind., Dec. 7.— A majority of
the miners of the Brazil district of the
Block coal fields believe that the strike
is breaking, at least in the Block dis-
triot. They say that they were assured
When they strnck that their demands
would he granted within ten days or
two weeks, and were also promised
sufficient funds to live as well during
the strike as when they were at work.
After waiting fire weeks their demands
have not been granted, and they have
received bnt 15 cents per head thus
far.
The miners of the Brazil district hnve
several times petitioned the executive
board at Terre Hants to call a lauas
meeting and give all of the miners a
chance to vote on returning to work,
bnt this was refused them. They now
assert that a meeting will be called
within the n»xt few days for this pur-
ixe irrespec'ive of the board, and that
the voice of the meeting is for return
ing no action of tho board will stop
them. They say that mauy families of
miners are penniless, and even without
a rrnst lo eat, and their suffering is be
coming alarming.
Coal Dust Sot an Ksploalva.
Topeka, Kan., Dec. 7.—The supreme
conrt decided that coal dust Is uot an
explosive, and that the 100 people who
were killed in the mine explosion at
Frontenao mines, hear Pittsburg, Kan.,
in November, 1888, did not come to
their death bv the carelessness of the
Cherokee and Pittsburg Mining com
puny, owners of the mines. The ad
ininistrntors of Richard Wilson and
Daniel Limb, two of the miners killed,
secured judgment for damages against
the compHu.v in the lower court, which
was reversed. It. is said Unit the rela
tives of the other miners wore wait
ing the result of the cases decided, aud
had they been against the company over
100 mure suits would have been filed at
once.
HEW BISHOPS
Will Be Chosen For the Catholic Church la
Amarioa.
St. Louis, Dec. 7.—A new archbishop
and five new bishops are due the Cath
olic chnrch of this country, according
to the late council of prelates in this
city, and the appointments are toon to
come from Rome, This ie a certainty,
and it is equally aa certain that no co
adjutor to Archbishop Kenriek will be
appointed.
An archdiocese is to he established at
Dubuque, Iowa, and Bishop Hennessy,
of that place, is to be the archbishop.
Bishops will be appointed for Dee
Moines and Sioux City, Ia.; Monterey,
Cal.; St. Joseph, Mo., and Concordia,
Kan. Des Moines and Sioux City have
believed for some time that they were
entitled each to a bishopric, mid form
ing them into a diocese has made way
for the new archdiocese.
.Monterey lias been a part of the Sac
ramento diocese, of which Right Rev.
F. Managua is bishop. It wiui formerly
the seat of the diocese, bnt a change
was made to Sacramento. Monterey's
bishop is to be Very Itev. J-mchin Adam.
Bishop Hogan of Kansas City, lias bad
included in his diocese St. Joseph,winch
is to hnve a bishop of its own, and Con
cordia ie to be made the seat of a new
dioceBe. It is idle to speculate on the
names of the new bishops. The priests
of each diocese will select three names
to lie sent to Rome, and the selection
will then be made.
When the council opened in this city
there was a strong feeling in favor of
Bishop Hennessy, of Dubuque, for the
office of coadjutor to Archbishop Ken-
rick, and had not the turn of affairs de
stroyed the plans he would have been
nominated. Rev. Ph. P. Brady, vicar
general was spoken of by many in con
nection with the office, but tile feeling
of the council was for Bishop Hennessy.
A bishop may be transferred, bnt an
archbishop never, so that Dubaqae will
have tiie appointment.
Mgr. Obryt-n, of the papal house,who
came to this country to be present at
the golden jubilee and to visit friends,
has left for Europe. He bears with him
church papers relative to the new ap
pointments. It boa been maintained all
along by prominent clergy that his visit
had no official significance, but it is
very certain that he did not oome
wholly for pleasure.
-A Tale at a Whale.
Snow Hill, Md., Dec. 7.—A sperm
whale was fonnd on Green Run bench
by Surfman Jessa G. Stanford, of tlie
North beach life saving station. The
point where the auimal was fonnd ia
about fifteen miles from where ths
United States steamer Dispatch foun
dered, The monster is thirty feet fcmg
and weighs aliont 10,000 pounds. Tlie
sttrfmen have cat it np, and will re
duce it to oil. Inside of the whale
were fonnd a number of empty bottle*
and a five gallon demijohn, sealed np
and fnll of good old rye whisky. Thia
may apjiear incredible, but the demi
john was brought herewith its contents
:ntact
• R«Ml»n Train Robbery.
Sr. Petersburg, Dec. 7.—A new
method of robbery occurred on the rail
way line between Warsaw aud Craoow,
in Russian Poland. A gang of men
btopped a goods train near Woolsey's
station, overpowered the train handa
and loaded themselves np with booty.
They then made off with all possible
speed. The trainmen immediately no-
t lied the authorities and a detachment
of troops was sent in pursuit of the
robbers. After long chase tlie soldiers
tot so near to the fleeJng robbers that
i he latter, to escape capture, were com-
dled to abandon a part of tlieir spoils.
Jiis was taken possession of by th*
soldiers and carried back to Woolsejr.
The robbers escaped.
Burnett Pcr«iaped.
Paducah, Ky., Dec. 7.—James Bur
nett, recently. a prominent tobacco
bnyer of Fulton, Ky., has decamped,
leaving many creditors and a young
wife behind. He is charged with forg
ing several checks on neighboring
towns, and these are what drove him
away. Whisky and cards are said to
have wrecked him financially and
driven him to forgery.
ZfflitRM la Hflnbarf.
London, Dec. 7.—It is estimated that
1,000 were ill with influenza in- Ham
burg the past week. Fatal cases, how
ever. were few in number. The eldest
ton of the Crown Prince of Den march
ia seriously ill with influents at Copen
hagen. The epidemic ia mild in that
city, but is spreading. The supreme
conrt ha* been closed on account of
the illness of the judges.
Orlaf at Dots Fsdro's Dealt,.
Rio Janxiro, Dec. 7.—The monarch*
ia this city are disheartened by the
death of Dom Pedro. The support***
of the monarchist idea will bold a pub
lic meeting in Rio Janeiro to pnbUeiy
express their grief at the death of th*
A QUAINT CHARACTER BURIED.
l>»vl(l«ou ( tlie Hermit of WnlmlniMr
Cliurclif !• Laid to K««t.
Baltimore, Dec. 7.—Robert David
son, the hermit of Westminster chnrch,
who for twenty-eight years has lived in
tlie crypt of the chnrch, was buried
hero within ten feet of the room he had
fitted np aa a dwelling place, and six
yards from the grave of Edgar Allen
Poe, the poet, which he guarded for
years.
Davidson whs a quaint character. He
came here from Ireland in IH20, and
went to farming. Iu about 1860 he be
came the sexton of Westminster Pres
byterian church, aronnd and nnder
which lie bu: fed some of Baltimore’*
most prominent citizens. Tho sexton
insisted that these should be watched,
and so he made his home with the dead.
The chnrch yard fronts the most pop
ulous section of the city, and often at:
dead of night passers-by were attracted
by a light flashing here and there among
the tomb stone*. The will-o'-the-wisp-
whs old Davidson nuking bis hourly
rounds to see that none of the graves
were disturbed. Cats were his aversion
Wanes they destroyed the flowers.
Davidson superintended the interment
of Edgar Allen Poe and sealontly guard
ed his tomb. He knew tbe history of
every grave, and for a consideration
wonld relate it. He also published
some doggerel verse* which he sold,
and which netted him a neat snm.
A week ago he caught cold while on
guard, and thia caused hie death. He
was 81 years old. The vicinity of th*
graveyard daring the interment was
packed with people, attracted by the
anasnal spectacle of a man being bnried
in the center of a city and adjoining a
busy thoroughfare. The old sexton ia
the first in many years to be bnriad
here, and he will probably be the last.
Ksd-Hut K.'glit In Dellas.
Dallas, Tex., Dec. 7.—A red-hot
battle took place at the saloon of Henry
Thatcher in East Dallas. H. J. Dean,
the alleged correspondent of The Kan
sas City Ban, who was tarred a few
nights ago by regulators, and Will
Lewis were waiting at tbe saloon for
Thatcher, who drove np in a boggy
with E. Green Williams. Dean aad
Lewis opened fire on them. The men
in the buggy returned the fire. Fully
twenty shots were exchanged, bnt none
of the parties were hart. Thatcher
and Williams drove to the city and re
ported tbe affair, and warrant* were
leaned for tbe arrest of Dean and Lewie,
hot they could not be found. Bad blood
ie up, and trouble ia expected hourly.
Thatcher ia ods of tb* men who, Dean
claims, delivered him an to the regula
tors. Cheek, tlie adcompliceof Thatcher,
is said to be aiding one
flewle* hr ttleetrtelty.
Sauk Centre, Minn., Dec. 7.—Sen
ator Henry Keller ia et week upon,
new invention, which, if it prove* a
success, will be oa great value to farm
ers. Th* scheme ia to attach an eleo-
trio motor to a common breaking j
that will contain sufficient force i
work in any kind of soil. Storage I
teries are to be adjusted to the I
so as to keep it in constant
Senator Keller has the utmost faith i
hia new "help to tbe farmer," and de
clare* that it will' reduce tb* coat of
plowing to each a mere trifle, and do it
with each ease and rapidity that every
fanner in the land will find it srithin
his means to plow with electric ma
chines. 1 .
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