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Newspaper Page Textr > AMERICAS TIMES-RECORDER VOLUME AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1891. NUMBER 209 FREE ADVICE! 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 bettor select a nice, warm suit from our fine new stock. Get a Free Ticket -TO OUB- Boys’ Safoty Bicycle Drawing. 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 before Christmas Eve gets a sure enough bargain and a chance at the machine for abso lutely nothing. The time is drawing near I 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 Boys’ Suits, Overcoats,' m Odd Pants, AN0TI1ER FORCE BIL THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE READ TO CONGRESS. Serna Civil Service end Penclon Platitude* -Another Michigan Methodef Cheoalng Elector.-Another Force BUI Demand- Interaatlonal Copyright—The Surplus Except the price, and that we make exceeding- *y small. We can fit you perfectly, and by selecting now you secure the pick. Don't for. get the place. George D. Wfleatieg, Cor. Lamar Street and Cotton Avenue. Washington, December 0.—[Special.] —The president', message was read be fore both bonus of congress on their as- umbllngthis morning. The cream It la as follow*: It begins by complimenting the work In t ie various departments, laying spe' clal stress on the portfolio of state, and emphasizing the benefit of the reclpro cal trade arrangements. The vexed Behring tea question bae been amicably disposed of on a basis en- volvlng no sacrifice of natural pride. The message recommends that the borderline between Canada and the United States be more clearly defined. The president Is gratified at the re moval o' restrictions on the Amerioan hog and its admission into the port. Germany, Denmark, Italy, Austria and France. The message alludes to the New Or leans lynching as a “moat deplorable and dlureditable Incident,” but believes that a friendly conclusion of the affair attainable, and recommend! that con gress make offenses against treaty rights of foreigners domiciled In the United Slates cognizable in the federal courts. Tba message rehearses the Chilian rev olution and the Hats incident. Refer ence le made to the baulessneu of the charges whispered against the United States marine officers, and alio to the happy termination of the entanglement The “Baltimore incident” is touched upon and the pruident it disposed to believe that the affair will be equitably bandied by the Chilian government. Mr. Blair’s ulection by China is made tbe text of a clauu in the message, adopting tbe view that China will reo- ognlze the nntenableneu of its position, and will accept Mr. Blair u a duly ac credited mlnleter. Iu alluding to tne lapse of the arbitra tion treaty formulated by the Interna tional American conference, the presi dent says: “It Is in my Judgment in cumbent upon the United States to con- servo the Influential initiative It hu taken in this measure by’ ratifying the Instrument and by advocating the pro posed extension of tbe time for exobange, These views had been made .known- to the other signatories." The president advises that the sugges tion* of humanity in the treatment of the exile Russian Jew* be subordinated to other considerations, clearly proving tbe remonstrance with Russia by the United States is relevant. The Nieaiaugna canal projects, he reo- ommends, be aided by the government guaranteeing bonds. The international copyright will be secured in accordance with the act of March 3,1891, with Belgium, France, Great Brittain and tha British posses sions and Switzerland. The President accords the MoKiniey. bill bia unqualified endorsement and eite* statistic* to support bis position. He alleges general prosperity as proof positive of the benefit* of the measure. In regard to the silver question the message expresses tbe hope that the present depression In the'price of silver temporary and that a further trial of the present silver legislation will remedy tbe evil. - It declares that free coinage of silver wonld disastrously affect our bus iness interests under the existing finan cial systems. Tbe president declare* that the sur plus in the treasury has been reduced by legitimate mean*, and tbe volume of enrreney hat been expanded, entailing brighter financial conditions. Tbe per eaplta March 1, 1889 was $23.08, while in December It had increased to $24.88, atcribable to the application of the sur plus to the redemption of government Felony cases will only he heard by the supreme oourt when they involve fine end Imprisonment, unless a constitu tional question be involved. Tbe message recommends that the Im portation of Chinamen by way of Canada into United State* be stopped. The president compllmennts tbe work of the postmaster-general, also recom mending that free delivery be extended to towns of 5,000 population, also en dorses the suggestion of a rural postal delivery. Is pleased with the addition! to the maratime strenth of the union and en dorses further efforts in that laudable direction. Endorses tbe Indian school proposi tion, believing thst bringing him in con tact with whites in schools will aid in making a citizen out of him. Believes the organio changes will occur in tbe five tribes occupying the Indian terri tory and recommends thst a commission be sppointed to treat with them, giving them representation In congress if they accept citizenship. Tbe message reviews, with brevity, the census bureau and the pension bu reau, endorsing tbe reports from both. Tbe message predicts early extinction of polygamy in Utah, bnt urges congress tooontlnue measures looking to its abo lition. The civil service oammiulon “l« not perfeot," tbe president says, “but the taws are impartially executed.” It* scope is being constantly enlarged. The message deprecates tbe adoption of tbe Michigan electoral law, deelar- a tbat it snbjeota tbe state* power of the gerrymander. Tbe “force bill'' feathers of the Pres ident now crop out. He deplore* tbe present oorrupt methods prevailing at the polls and hampering a free ballot, and urges the appointment of n commis sion of fair, wise and patriotic citizens to dizonzs tbe’ abuses end devise meane for their correction. Tbe recommenda tion la Imbued with the same spirit that begat the “force bill’’ and menaced the South with federal bayonets. The message closet with a peroration setting forth the wealth and prosperity of the country and its gradual unifica tion. JOHN L. SULLIVAN. Tliv Champion Pugilist Will Try Ua* K««ley Curv* Chicago, Dec. 0.—John L. Sullivan, champion pugilist of America, will play his next important 'engagement at Dwight, III*. This time Dr. Wesley C. Keeiey will act as bis manager. Tne great and only John L. will each morn ing bare his great arm aud receive bis daily injection of bichloride of gold, He will be under the same restrictions other patients, end hie disease, foi 1 it ha* been proved that drunkenness is a disease, it is expected, will., gracefully yield to the gentle influences exerted by Dr. Keeley’s inspiring cure. Sullivan's trip to the Antipodes was not a howling sneoes* financially. The American champion did not draw like a three-ring circus in the bigAnetralian towns, aud he returned to San Francisco sore in heart and poor in pocket. For sixty days John had held in check his appetite for rnm. When he landed on California's hospitable shore# his trouble* began. He was sued for debt and bis show did not draw. Then be became careless and the newspapers touched him with no gentle hand. All of this brought on one of his bad spells. He drowned bis rage at bis ill snccess in tbe wine cup and appeared on tbe stage in a state of intoxication. One night while the forge scene was on, he picked up a heavy sledge ham mer ana commenced a tirade against the newspapers. Carried away by hi* excitement he staggered to the foot lights and, in a voice interrupted every, now and then by a hiccough, offered to "do up” any critic in the crowd. He jdso shook his fist at the "goods," and ilenonnced them in unmeasured terms. His conduct off the stage was eveu worse, aud things finally came to ench a pass that his backers, Charlie John ston and Jimmie Wakely, threatened to withdraw their support and disband the ahow. Sullivan had heard of the wonderful cures performed at Dwight. . Turning to Dancan B. Harrison, he said: "I say, Dune, this guy Keeiey is putting some of the boys on the right road. The Doc says drunkenness is a disease. That bits me between tbe eyes bully, aud 1 wouldn’t mind giving hie treatment a crack. What do you think of the scheme, old man?” Harrison thought it was a good suggestion, and at once arranged matters with Johntson. Tin- tronpe will play its way across the con tinent, close its season a few weeks in advance, and Sullivan will place him self under Keeley’s treatment. After he leaves Dwight he will go into train- ‘ ‘' ‘ ’’ Hlavin. ing for his meeting with I Cranked County Official*. Utica, N. Y., Dec. 9.—Forsometims past an investigation into the affairs and charges against the connty officials of this county ha* been going on, and mnd icandalons cnurges were un* earthed. Several officers and ex-officers have been served with paper* from the attorney general’* office, accusing them of malfeasance in office. Theservioe of the papers created great excitement here. The summons which is waiting for Senator Coggeshall charges him with illegally taking several thousand dollar* while county clerk in 1891. Coggeshall is now on the Pacific coast. Probably Problbltloa for South Carolina. Columbia, S. C., Dec. 9.—When the house of representatives assembled tbe prohibition bill was (gain taken up, the question being on its final passage. The bill passed its third reading by a vote of 63 to 87 and was sent to the senate. It will be read in that body tonight the first time by its title and referred to the committee on judiciary. It will hardly be reported back to the senate before Friday, when it will come up for its final reading. . A Mistakes Dm*. Lomov, O., Dec. 9.—At Big Plain, email place a few mile* eonth of here. Mrs. Fred Pearce, tbe wife of • promi nent citizen of that place, had a very narrow encap* from death at her home. She had been ill for a few days, and her sister gave her by mistake forty drops of laudanum. Her life was de spaired of, and she is now in a fair way recover. SENATOR GORMAN. HE WINS A BIG VICTORY IN SPEAKER CRISP'S ELECTION - Tbe Fight for the Speakei ship Was Clearly Drawn—Cleveland on One Bide, Gorman on the Other—Gorman In Ills Presiden tial Swim. Baltimobr, Dec. 9.—Tbe Baltimore American, commenting on the election of Mr. Crisp, has this to any editorially: "It was a square fight between Cleve land and free trade on one side aud men of modern tariff views in the Demo cratic party, led by Senator Gorman, on tbe other. Cleveland lost, and his politicsl prestige is probably gone, white Senator Gorman won and will dictate the nominee of tbe party next year, if indeed he does not become tbe standard bearer himself, which at pres ent appears to depend entirely upon his own inclinations. The new speaker is as capable as any of the Democrats named for the place, and greatly su perior to bis principal antagonist, Mr. Mills. He is a good parliamentarian, quick, ready and cool headed, and likely to avoid the blunders into which Mr. Mills wonld surely have led tbe home." HAS HYDROPHOBIA. A German Farmer Keeelree th* I’alsan one title of a Mad Dog. Fort Recovery, O., Dec. 9.-John Uierman, a farmer, abont- 40 years of age. living eeven miles northeast of this city, was bitten six weeks ago by a dog supposed to be rabid. The dog has been acting strangely for several days, and Mr. Uierman resolved to pnt him out of the way, as he considered him dangerous. Having that end in view he very foolishly canght hold of the dog to tie him, when the dog bit him in the right wrist and forearm. Mr. Ul mer at once took all the precautionary measures to prevent rabies, and had the wounds thoroughly cauterized by a physician. They healed nicely, aud nothing but the scars were visible to indicate that he bad been injured. He went abont his work, ana had no thought serionzly of the matter until last Friday, on his return home from town, when be was seized with very se vere pains in the arm that had been bit ten, and tbe misery soon extended to within the region of the heart. When he reached home uud his family became aware of his condition they were greatly alarmed and immediately summoned Drs. J. W. Blizzard andE. F. McLaugh lin, local physicians of the place. As soon as they became cognizant of the symptoms of the patient they pro nounced it a case of the rabies. The nnhuppy victim is thrown into convul sions st the sight of water and is rap idly developing all tha horrible symp toms of hydrophobia. There are uo hopes for him and it is only a question of a few days nt the furthest. This is tbe first authenticated case of hydro phobia in tills section, mid it is cresting widespread comment. Thu unfortu nate man is uii honest German funner and a hard laboring man. GRAND JURY JAILED. THE MAYBRICK CASE. The Court of Appeal* Itemler, lie lie- cUiou AgaliiHt the Inmiranee Company. London, Dec. 9.—The court of ap peals has handed down its decision in tbe matter 6t the Maybrick insurance cose. Action was brought by the broth ers of Maybrick, a Liverpool merchant, for whose murder by poison Mrs. Flor ence Maybrick, his wife, is now serving n life sentence in Woking prison. They They sought to recover for $10,000, is sued by the Mutual Reserve Fund Life Insurance Company, on the life of the Muybrick made over his pol- deceased. , ioy to his wife, and she in turn made it over to her lawyer, Cleaver, to cover the cost of defending her against the charge of murder., The insurance company refused to pay the policy, and action was brought to compel it to do so by the brothers of Msybrick, who were executors of his estate. A peculiar feature of the case was that Cleaver appeared at co-plain tiff with the Maybncka, though they were his most formidable opponents while lie was endeavoring to have tneir sister-in-law acquitted of the charge of murder. Tile master of rolls, in giving the verdict, said tlmt tbe insurance com pany must pay the amount of the in- enrnnee to the executors of Maybrick, lidding that the policy was only paya ble to them, and not to the wife’s assignee. It is a'rale of law, he said, tlint nobody claiming through u person in a wife's position could recover. The money, therefore, must be paid to the deceased’s executors, who must first pay tlie creditors of the estute and then devote the buhmre to the children of the deceased. The wife’s assignee, ow ing to her crime, conld receive nothing. San Antonio, Tex., Dec. 9.—There was considerable excitement produced here by the arrest of the grand jury. capias was sworn out, andiu response to notices sent them by the sheriff the members of the vestighting body went to tbe court bouse and gave themselves np. They were then taken to the connty jail and placed in confinement There is a fine of $50 hanging over each member, which was imposed by Judge King, of tlie forty-fifth district court, who held that they were in con tempt in serving an attachment on him while be was on the bench. The jurors bore their arrest good naturedly. but at once proceeded to take stem looking to their release. Attorney Franklin, act ing in their behalf, left here for Tyler with a petition to the supreme court in session there for a writ of habeas nor ms. If tbe petition is granted, it will ie at least two days before the proceed ings can be finished, and during that time the grand jury must remain in jail. There was an indignation meeting held by those in sympathy with the * jnry, iand speeches were made ing the course they had taken. The best informed lawyers of this sec tion say tbe action of Judge King is en dorsed. They say tlie grand jury had no right to summon a judge on the bench to appear as malefactor, and that the jurymen should lie in jail until they rot or pay their fine. n*fas««l mu Offtoial FmIIUm Washington, Dec. B.—Congressman Culberson of Tex**, early in October last was offered a position on the inter state commerce commission by Presi dent Harrison which he declined. This was nude public here, not through the medium of Mr. Culberson, bnt through leak in one of th* departments of tbe tovermnent. Mr. Culberson wonld uve made a splendid interstate com missioner, bnt he seemed to have no taste for that kind of work. The place worth $7,500 a year and th* term is els years.. llUqunllfletl from Holding Office. Hcbkooer, I. T., Dec. 9.—The Cher okee council passed a bill disqualifying pUcel'tod'a"^ John Beck and A. H. Norwood for the * ‘ practice of law and for bolding office. Beck is the man who recently did a land office business in securing applica tions for citizenship at $140 each, and Norwood, who was then clerk of the senate, gave a certificate of the filing of these applications. Many of tbe dupes who came to the council now in session full of hope and confidence are yet banging about the capital city, no near er being Cherokee citixeus than when they left tbe states. NoraiMiliM Djin« Oat. Washington, Dec. 9. —Judge Carl ton, of Indians, late a member of the OUh commission, **y» that polygamy disappeared, and that the people are _ riding on tbs lines of national politic., sad the Might of mormonism is rapidly .A Romance Ruined. Mempuih, Tunn., Dec. 9.—In the wreck near Evansville, Miss., on Satur day, George Marr and Anna Holmes were among the injnred. A Waterbary, Conn., dispatch weaves a wonderful romance around those two, all because two people of the same names had an escapade there. Tlie Waterbary Miss Holmes ts described as the "star of a theatrical tronpe. a very lady-like . per son of 80, ” and the Waterbnry man de serted his wife and fire children to elope with the woman. Alas, for the romancer! The cold facts knock him Out. Marr ia abont 70 years old, and lives in St. Louis, and Anna Holmes is a coal black negress of 45 or so, weigh ing about 800 pounds, and has lived here alfher life. Will of the Lnte Judge Gresham* Macon, (iu., Due. 0. —Tho will of the late Judge John J. Gresham waa pro bated in solemn form in the coart of or dinary. His son, Mr. T. B. Gresham, ia the exeentor. The estate consists principally of stocks and bonda and some real estate. The property ia worth nearly $800,000. Tlie bnlk of it goes to liis only son and daughter, Mr. T. B. Gresham and Mrs. Minnie Machen. Small legacies are left to nieces ami nephews of the deceased. A bequest of $1,000 is mude to tbe First Presbyterisu church of Mncon, and beqneats also to the Texas and South Carolina synods. NEWS DISPATCHES CONDENSED. Am Kpiteiiie of Happenings from Krerjr flection. A Loudon disnstcli states that tbe English court will go into mourning for one week for the late Dom Pedro. A Knoxville, Tenn., special saysr While George Holt, a wealthy farmer, was driving along the highway a large tree fell on him, causing instant death. Holt’s father was killed th* same way. Near Hinkleville, Ky., Leo Terrell, aged IG, was killed by a runaway. He was thrown and his foot canght in the stirrup, and was dragged for a mile. His arms were broken and head mdshed in. He was found dead in the road. At Lincoln, recn.. Hiram Warner, aged 88. ent his throat with a jack knife after iueffectnuily stabbing him self near the heart, enttiug gashes in His breust and clawing out tbe flesh with his hunds. Deceased was formerly a well-to-do merchant of Monroe, Ia., but financial reverses and tbe loss of bis wife caused insanity. A Canajolmrie, N. Y., special says:, M. L. Stearns dropped dead of heart failure at the residence of bis wife's mother, Mrs. H. D. Walker, at Palatine Bridge. He was elected to the legis lature of Florida, served four years as speaker of the assembly and was gov ernor of the state three years. His re mains will be taken to Lovell, where the fnueral wilt take piaoe. An Albia, Ia., special says that the jnry in the Purdy case, after being ont twenty hours, returned a verdict of not guilty. Purdy was charged with com plicity in the American Express com pany robbery abont a year ago, when masked men gagged him and robbed the safe of $5,W’0. He was the compa ny’s agent at tbe time. This was the second trial. The first, which oocntred several months ago, resulted in a disa greement. A Mason City, Iowa, special says: Frank Miller, who died Friday at nia home in Washington, on bis death bed made a fall confession of tbe marder of his father-in-law, L. Billings. The crime waa committed in August, 1875. Billings was riding in an unfrequented path through the woods when some one n ambush shot him through the head. Miller waa arrested, but was acquitted. Tbe trial was one of the most celebrated in Iowa's history. A London dispatch says: Li Hung Chang, the viceroy, has telegraphed Tbe Chronicle’s Shanghai correspond ent confirming tbe news of the utter crushing defeat of the rebels. The mer ciless horde attacked and set on fire several orghanages, and an awful holo caust via the result. The terrible jg.g.sSBratsg' .■ assassins. Many who became exhaust-, ed dropped by tbe roadside and died. Tbe soon* of their flight is marked bar