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VOLUME 1 AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 0, 1891. NUMBER 208 FREE i IN TIIE CHAIR. Look Here, Boys 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. -TO OUR- Which you know occurs 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! 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. HI, Tom mi; Rwd usd Lillie Tommie Wat. hd (M a Fn Votes-Both Booh* Or,*. izedaadthePrealdsut Notld.d-X.Uwal Democratic Committee Meet* Jim. at. No Special to Til a Tikis.-Record, it.] 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.