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VOLUME 1
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 0, 1891.
NUMBER 208
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IN TIIE CHAIR.
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fine new stock.
-TO OUR-
Which you know occurs on next Christmas
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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,
And
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.
George D. Wheatley,
Cor. Lamar Street and Cotton Avenue.
SPEAKER CRISP DULY INSTALLED.
HIS SPEECH OF THANK8.
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Democratic Committee Meet* Jim. at.
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Washington, D. C., Decembers, 1801
—In tba Senate Call wns sworn In
Senator from Florida. Paper* In
case and those referring to Claggett,
claiming tbe seat of DuB-ise of Idaho,
were referred to the committee on priv
ileges and elections.
The House gslleries were orowded
when the House was called to order.
The election of Speaker eame first.
Holman of Indiana nominated Charles
F. Crisp, Hendsrson of Iowa nominated
Thomas H. Heed, Jerry Simpson noml.
noted Thomas E. Watson. Tbe vote was
Crisp 228; Heed 88; Watson 8.
Georgians voted for Watson. Crisp
election wss announced by the clerk
amid a storm of applause. Hills and
Been were appointed to conduct tbe new
Speaker to the chair. He was received
with tremendous applause. lie-spoke
as follows:
"Gentlemen of the House of Repre
sentatives: For the great honor you
have conferred upon me I return
beartlelt thanks. I shall endeavor to
discharge the duties of the office of
speaker with oohrtesy, with firmness
and with absolute Impartiality. [Ap
plause.] Let us unite In tbe hope that
our labors bore may. result in the ad
vancement of the prodperity, the honor
and the glory of our beloved country.
[Applause.} | am now ready to take the
oath Gf office.”
Members were then sworn In. Other
officers wete elected as nominated. Rev.
W. H. Milbum, the blind preacher,'#as
elected chaplain.
A committee, consisting of Blount,
Breckinridge andHeed, was appointed
to act with the senate committee, Sher
man and Harris, to notify tbe president
that congress was organized. Members
went through the usual custom of draw-
log for seats sod the house adjourned;
This has been a grand 'day for Georgia.
Crisp is very popular here, and everybody
acknowledges that he will make
perb speaker.
Tbe national democratic ezeoiftlve
committee met here today and appointed
a meeting of tbe full oommlttee In this
place January 21, to appoint the time
and place of the Presidential nominating
convention.
HE WANTS FAIR PLAY.
Or. iiraer* Talk, tar the rir.t Tim.—It.
Defends HI. Last ttretlier.
Denver, Colo.. Dec. 8.—Ever since
Ur. Thatcher Graves was placed on
trial, charged with poisoning Mrs.
Barnaby. be has assidnonsly avoided
all reporter,. For the first thus he has
hniken bit proluuml ailencs. 1'fas wit.
neaaea for the prosecution Itsvs hern
vrry talkative, raking over alleged skel
etons ill the closet of the Graves fern
By. It was an attack upon the rbsrsc-
tar of the younger brother of the
accused tbsl, induced Dr. Orsvas to
appear in print on this accasum.
The statement was uisde by Cnlbnel
Rickard of Itauielarille. Coun., a wit
ness for the atste. that Prank Graves,
a brother of tbe doctor, enddsnly disap
peared from Massachusetts shortly af
ar a safe bad been robbed, and had
never hern heard of bat once since. > Ur.
Graves says It la ouly in dafensr of his
dearly beloved brother that be wonld
consent to talk off the witness stand.
Tha story be tells is that bit brother
was a prosperous lawyer, a partner of
bis father, in Boston, and that bs bad
accmnnlated a considerable fortune.
Suffering from overwork his mintl be
came affected, and tbe doctor wss call
ed home to administer to the wants of
the sufferer. One morning seventeen
; rears sgo. he says, the brother left the
lionsehold of his mother m Boston,
having promise.I to .was# from bis la
bors and take a much needed rest just
aa soon ss be oonld arrange hi* hneinew
affairs so as to justify it. That day at
noon be walked out of the honse and
has never been teen since. He was car
rying a large anm of money atJibe time.
The father immediately offered a re
ward of $.8.00(1 for information of bis
lost sou. He spent the little fortune
be bad accumulated in unsuccessful
search for the missing, and overcome
with grief tin. father and mother left
their home in Boston for new scenes
which wonld not remind tbem of the
Teat loss which bad coma npon them.
>r. Graves appeals to the "fair-minded
men of tbe west" for fair play in his
defense of his life.
Made aa Bxehaag*.
Seymour. Ind., Dec. 8.—A Pennsyl
vania railroad fireman arrived bare pre
pared to marry a young lady of this
city. At the request of. the bride’s
mother be remained aa their guest over
night. After he had fallen asleep the
brother of hie intended bride downed
tbs railroad man's clothed, and, with
bis watch, chain. Brotherhood pin and
plethoric pocketbook, started oa a Jam-
toree, winding np at tbe station with
the intention of finishing np at Lonis-
ville. At the depot his mother ran onto
him, and took the motley and jewelry
from him. The expectant groom then
appeared on the scene, clad in the other
man's clothes, which were mneb too
small for him. The two engaged in a
(Franco Roman wrestle, which resulted
in an exchange of clothing. The wed
ding has not yet taken place.
FIGHT FOR THE SPEAKERSHIP. ]
How tho Georg I *it, Mr. Crisp, Carried
Off the Price.
Washington, Dec. 8.—At 11:43 o'clock
I>. in. the battle of tbe ballots ended in
a victory for Charles F. Crisp, of Geor
gia, and for the ooming two years
will preside over the ustioual honse of
representatives. "Thirty ballots were
required to place him in the nomination
in tbe Democratic cancns, and tbe con
test from ths start Urn finish has
been one of the most tuteuse in interest
and the most determined on the part of
the managers of the respective candi
dates. The result of the fiuat and de
cisive ballots <vas as follows:
Crisp, 119: Mills, 103; Springer, 4;
Stevens, 1.
When the cancns adjourned on Sat
urday night it was still anybody’s bat
tle. The two leaders in tbe race were
near'each other, and there were many
featnres of tbe sitnation that made the
nomination of any of tbe three lesser
candidates by no means improbable.
In fact it was not beyond the bounds of
probability that some new candidate
not ut that time presented to the cancns
might step into the arena and carry off
the prize, • At no time, up to the point
where Mr. Crisp received within two
votes of enough to nominate, was the
outcome by any menus certain, though
toward the close it wss apparent that
be was drawing away from Hilli.
Tbe recess taken at 8 o'clock p. m.
was something of aa advantage to Mr.
Crisp. There was a determination on
tbe part of the Democrats participating
in the ennens to end the straggle before
a hopeless deadlock should occur, which
would inevitably breed party dissensions
and impair the usefulness of a Demo
cratic house daring the next two years.
Crisp being in the lend natnrally prof
ited by this sentiment. It was thede-
termiuatioh of the majority of the cau
cus. Hatch having retired before the
evening recess, to likewise compel Mc-
MilUn and Springer te get off the track.
Tbe purpose was to make the issue
besween the two leaders, where a single
ballot would end tbs straggle, and close
np the ranks solidly for tbe work that
is to be done at this session.
Immediately after tbe reassembling
of the eeacna it was announced that not
longer than two hoars would be
qoirod to end tbe struggle. This pre
diction was jastified, as McMillin was
finally poshed from ths track, though
opnnger still retained bis hold on tl,
eight stannch supporters who had never
left bis standard, sad tha end wet
almost. . ■
Finally a break cam* Id tbs Mills col
umn. Stainecksr of New York, desert
ed the Texan and cast hisfortnnes with
the candidate from Georgia. ' This was
omiuons for the Mills men. ft fore-
shallowed what was to couie, as both
Crisp and Mills had up to that stage re
tained all of their original support.
McMillin then undertook to turn the
title. He entered the caucus and with
drew liis name, using the opportunity
tu change the palpable drift of senti
ment for Crisp by making a speech in
sisting on the uominatiim of Milts.
This effort on Ids part was s line piece
of loyalty toward Mills, tint it did not
have the effect intended, and Mr. Mc
Millan umst have I,It d wonld not lie
effectual, for there was a marked lick
of confidence in his words ss they were
toured upon the caucus. Tbe next bal-
nt showed that be was unable to trans
fer the vote that had op ito this tints
unwaveringly supported (inn.
Tbv Crisp managers bad calculated
jorrcctly, and when Mr. McMillin re
tired from the field they gathered iu
enough of the Tennesseean's followers
to put their leader within two votes of.
a nomination. There was then only the
chance that Mr. Crisp might be beuten
by a scratch. The outside admirers of
tbe Georgian were already cheering in
the corridor*, taking it for granted that
victory was at baud. The committee
room, which hail been occupied for two
days a* the Iteadqnartera of Crisp, was
swamped in a crash of people ru«hing
in to tender their congratulations. He
cheerfully lmt composedly advised his
friends to wait until tbeothertwo votes
It was only a few moments later when
Burke Cochran rashed in and fell upon
tbe Georgia candidate, announcing that
the final result had been retched. A
wild and uproarious cheer broke from
the crowd present, while the outsiders
almost tore down the door.
Presnmsbly he was escorted to the
Boor by Jndge Montgomery of Ken
tucky, though the crowd or members
about him engaged in handshaking
made it difficult to determine who wi
doing tlie honors.
It wan the enthusiastic dnsy of what
might have resulted in an unpleasant
and injnriotu complication for the Dem
ocratic party. The three votes which
brought the contest to an end were
those of McAIeer of Pennsylvania,
Stockdale of Mississippi, and Springer
of Illinois. Mr. .Springer rarely gets
left in a finish of this sort, and he jus*
tilted his reputation on this occasion.
Naturally there was a great interest
about tbe Mills headquarters ts see bow
he took bis defeat. There was a large
party of hls friends snrronnding him,
and each one expressed dissatisfaction
at the result, though a depth of nnex-
iresssd feeling was manifest. Mr.
. iforrison answered all iuqniries, and to
interviewers said that the Mills follow
ing cheerfully acquiesced in the nomi
nation, and the Democratic party would
continue to do business at tbe obi stand
without internal friction.
Defeat fames Hls Keslgsatlnn.
Berne, Dec. 8 —Dr. E. Welti, presi
dent of the national council of the fed
eral assembly and chief of tbe depart
ment of poets and railroads, has re
signed, owing to the fset that the ad
ministration') proposition to pnrchsxe
Swiss railroads has been defeated.
Dos, Pedro', Burial. I
Paris, Dec. 8.—The body of Dom Pe
dro, ex-emperor of Brazil, who died
last Saturday morning at his residence,
tbs hotel Bedford, in this city, has been
placed in a coffin prepared for it, and in
which, after tbe royal obsequies in this
city, it will be conveyed to Lisbon and
interred in tbs family vault there.
“RUSTLERS.”
WYOMING'S CATTLE INDUSTRY RU
IN ED BY THEM.
Depredations of Cattle Thieves In the' Ter
ritory are Driving the Stock IE alee re
Away—Tho Estent of their Raseallly.
Wo. se than the Brigand* of Italy. -
OMAIU. Dec 8. - According to State
Senator Durban of Wyoming, one
the greatest St. I*>ui, cattle shippers in
the mat, civil war between ranchmen
and " rustlers" in that state Is imminent.
While In this city hs said. "Few pcopl-
realize the extent of the depredation*
by these fellows. They are so numer
ous. powerful siul during that they are
driving the stock raisers away and ruin
ing the territory Nothing cun lie done
with them, i have been a utock raiser
InWyoining for twenty-five years, and
have helped make the territory, f have
had $730,000 invested in cattle at one
time ill the territory, and have repre
sented over gl.onn.OMl. lmt f have suf
fered fearful buses from these cattle
thieves,'or "rustlers," ss they are
called. Their depredations have be
come so great that the oaltle business
has censed to he remunerative. These
thieves now outnumber the stock rais
ers. 1 have actually been driven out of
tbe territory by these rascals and have
marked my cattle without watting to
get them in good cnnditiuu. I have heeu
compelled to close my business there
and leave."
Mr. Dnrbin then mentioned the nnmes
of several other exteusive cattle raisers
who have also been driven out by the
thieves. He then continued: "Why,
those soouudrels would not only steal
onr steers, but wonld even shoot, onr
cows and ran off the calves and pnt
their brand on them. What do you
think of that for rascality? Not satis
fied with plundering ns, they merci
lessly destroyed onr sources of increase.
My losses in that line were very heavy.
Talk about the brigands of Italy, they
are gentlemen compared with these
thieves. Tbe cattle rustlers are so uu-
tuerons that it is now (impossible to do
anything with them. They are mainly
Texans, and nearly ull of them are
either murderers or desperadoes who
have committed some crime and fled to
that territory. A half dozen or even a
score of stockmon are powerless when
pit ted against this lawless horde. Noth
ing short of a civil war in the stute can
rid H of these ruscais. They are now
all powerful, ninl they know it. The
state is thinly populated, and is well
fitted for a nefarious business like the
one they are carrying on. They hold
the laws in open defiance and plunder
the law-abiding stockmen with im
punity."
THE SILENT ROBBER.
—
Fall
A Wounded Itank fhlff Lylof
Marion.
Maiuon, 0., Dec. A—The bank rob
ber arrested at Renton was brought to
this city and aow ties at the calaboose
with a ball in bis thigh, which ,n(y
made a flesh wound and la not aS all
dangerous. In conversotiou he said it
was no nae to ask him juestiont.A* he
might be under the necessity of fa go.
replies. He said bis answers might U
misunderstood, and, as he wsa in a bait
boz, the only thing that ha could io
was to face ths music, but not talk
On die man's collar is tha name of 5. S.
Bayless, and he claims to live in Mass,
uhusette, but hevond that nothing coaid
be elicited.
Gus Edmondson, teller of Fahri’s '
hank, lias offered $100 reward for the
capture of the other robber. The uue
that was caught bad $1.000 on his per
son, which was one-halt the sum miss
ing. in appearance the one captured is
a well-to-do business man, full face,
full Iwsrd siul moustache streaked with
gray, and is a fine talker on subjects
not personal. He is heavy built, and
weighs 215 pounds or more. A man
answering the misting man’s descrip
tion was a nested ami searched at
Kingslaud, ind.. near Huntington, and
much money was found 00 him, but lie
easily proved his innoi:-nce ui any con-
nection with the robberv here. A ,
peculiar plia-e id th-.-Cine I- the fact
that uo weapons were found ou the man
when arrested, only a razor which he
bad purchased in Kenton for the pur
pose of entting off his heard. Several
attempts were niicle to take his pLoto-
graph, but he resisted, and finally said
they might aa well give it up, as they
could not take it. In talking he is care
ful to an unusual degree to prevent his
face from being fully seen by the offi
cers. It is believed ho was in Marion
about four months.
TWO MEN DYING.
Hi* ItCBiilf of » Folitlt flow Orer *
MbMi RlNliWi
St Joseph. Mo.. Dec. 8.—As the re
mit. of a fierce light, Franciscus Masch-
inski and John Duinorski lie at the
point of death. The row was the result
of the defeat of Marscbintki for the di-
rectorship of a parochial school in the
Polish district of this city, known ns
Goosetown. Wenxeslan* Kalinski de
feated Mascliinski in the election, which
angered the latter, and he went rottenly
THE JAPAN EARTHQUAKE.
Mprrulntlnn as lo Its ttaase—Tlie Dread
ful Calami!/ l'rnplirsleil.
Yokohama. Dec. 8.—The news of the
earthquake continues to couie iu. Mr.
Iguc.hl, director of the Gifu observa
tory, baa been examining the district
where the shock was tlie most severe.
At tills place some years ago holes ap
peared fn tlie ground to which no hot;
tom could be found, and it was believed
that they communicated with immense
cavities far below. Mr. Igachi now be
lieves the earthquake waa caused by the
Fngiya mountain slipping into these
caverns. In district Ono an immense
landslide took place, damaging tlie
Malta river. A lake is now formed
which ie already fifty feet deep. An
other large lake is being formed in the
same way by the Aeliilat river at
Nagoya. Tlie earthquake was still go
ing on Nor. 9. 730 shocks being felt iu
twenty preceding hoars. This it more
than two per minute. There ia great
want In the earthqnake regions. There
ia sufficient food to prevent actual star
vation. bnt over 400,000 peoplearehome-
leas with almost no clothing. Winter
is rapidly approaching and the suffering
will M very great. A carious fact is an
annonymous writer sent a letter to the
cabinet some lime ago saying a dread
ful calamity would take place Oct. 38.
This was tue very day of the earth
quake.
Attempted to ftlioot Hls Bother.
Newark, Dec. 8. —Once again has the
community iu the northeastern portion
of the oonnty been shocked by the aw-
fnl deed of a bright and prominent
yonng man. Only a few days ago Cary
Bell tried to mnrder bis family and
then shot himself. News has reached
here that Eugene Bodle of Purity, this
comity, in tbe extreme northeastern
portion, made a desperate effort to shoot
his mother, chasing her from the house
at the point of a rifle, and then when
the escaped shot himself, the ball plow
ing a furrow through his scalp. Not
succeeding iu this, a razor was secured
and bis throat shockingly mutilated.
The wounds inflicted wsre not in vital
parts, soil did not produce instant
death. The young man was secured
and disarmed. It is not thought be can
survive. The deed wss that of an in
sane man who suddenly became so.
Bodle is about 20 years of age, and al
ways stood high in the community.
SI. I'aal Want* the Coaveation.
Washington, Dec. 8 — A committee
gentlemen from 8b Panl, Minn., ar
rived in Washington bent on captaring
the Democratic national convention for
that city. M. Doran head* ths delega
tion, and with him are Mayor Smith of
Pan), Mayor Winston of Minneapo-
i, Jndge Cliarlea E. Flandreaa, Editor
Baker of the St. Paul Globe, and M.
McGuinneaa of Dnluth. They will pre
tent to the members of the executive
committee of the Democratic national
committee arguments in favor of 8t.
Paul, and eudeavor to lay the founda
tion for securing the convention prise
when tbe national committee meet*
here, probably early next month.
away from the meeting and sought the
flowing schooner in a neighboring i»
dega. On ins way home he passed the
school house, and when be saw alight
and heard Hie merry jiugls of beer
(lasses, he was overcome and went in.
Kalinski, in honor of the dignity con
ferred npon him, had purchased a keg
of tlie foaming lubricator and was cele
brating roundly with his henohmeu.
Mascliinski nunonuced his pretence by
penetrating the air with a Polish oath,
I which would not sound well in print,
and smiting his successful opponent un
der the jowl. This was the signal for
war, and when tlie melee was subdued
I not a man in all Poland present bad es
caped injury. Mascliinski and Dumor-
ski are in danger of death, and as many
us could be rounded np of the contest
ants are under bond to appear in answer
to breach of tho peace and probably a
more serious offense.
rtiubs Calais, Astr).
Washington, Dec. N.—Phtebe W.
Cousins hns threatened Minnie F. Way-
field, editor of The World's Fair Via
itor, a semi-monthly publicaaien here,
with a libel salt if she publishes tbe
slanderous |iortions of the proceedings
of the meeting of the lady board ef
managers, which met m Chicago laat
Heptember and ousted Mis* Cousins
from her position as secretary of the
bosrd. Miss Cousins has also notified
Mrs. Palmer, president of hoard, sod
the "fraudulent secretary,* as she call*
Mrs. Cook, that if the chargee made
against her lust September are pub
lished In the report of tbe board she
will also bring suit for libel against
them, Tlie board's report, minute* and
all, embracing the "charges* against
Mite Cousins, has already appeared in
pamphiet form, and an editorial notice
from Mrs. Wsyfield in a recant issue of
her paper, stating that she intended to
make nse of some portions of the report,
is what brongbt the t hre.it of
snit from Miss Oouzina.
libel
Tils Unlit/ Jack Tar.
New York, Dtc. 8.—A Valparaiso
special says the appearance in court of
a sailor of tbe Uutted States steamer
Baitimore, in an inebriated condition,
was » regretuhle incident in more than
one way. The judge ol crimes call* tae
attention of Captain Schley to tha sug
gestion that the probable cause of dis
orders of Oct. it) warn a similar state of
intoxication on the part of his mao.
This is taken te forecast a decision by
tbe court to that effect. Tbe guilty
Jack Tar has been oourt martialed, aad
his sentenoe is thirty days ou bread and
water in double irons. The sailor also
forfsits three months’ pay. He is an
Englishman by birth.
fttoath Atlantic Uni varsity*
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 8.—It is under
stood her* that tlie committee who have
in charge the selection of a site for the
location of tbe Presbyterian 8outh At
lantic university have decided to accept
the proposition of tbe North Augusta
Land company, and will locate tbe col
lege on Carolina heights, opposite Au
gusta. The board of regents will meet
here on tbe 29th to receive tbe report of
the committee. Severs) hundred thou
sand dollars will be expended ou the
college.
Negro Murderer I./nehed.
Charleston. 8. Dec. a—Diok
Lundy, who murdered the son of Sheriff
Chut, was shot to death in the Edge-
field county jail by an armed mob. The
first information about the lynching
was receive I by Governor Tillman in a
telegram advising him of tbe killing of
tbe son of Sheriff Oust.