AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
Volume i
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1891.
NUMBER 210
FREE ADVICE!
IN ACTIVE SESSION.
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 I It
is going to be a daisy I Everyone will have a °*
fair, square showing, and you may be the lucky
boy!
There is nothing small about our stock of
mm
Boys’ Siuts,
Overcoats,
m 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.
George D. Wheatley,
BILLS COME NOT IN SINGLE SPIES
BUT IN BATTALLIONS.
BUI Introduced In Banal* la Provide an la-
cemeTaateFarPeastnee law*
Ion* to Establish a Department of PabUe
Health—Crisp Arranging Commit!***,
Wasiuxgtox, D. C m December 10 —
[Special.]—In tne senate bill* were In
troduced by Senator Paddock to prevent
food adulteration; by Senator Harris to
establish a national board of health and
provide for better quarantine regul*
tiona; by Senator Cullom to suspend the
coming of Chinese laborers Intq the
{Jolted Staten; by the same, to reduoe
letter postage to 1 cent; by Senator Gib-
son to provide an income tax-to pay pen
sions; by Senator Sherman to establish
a department of public health; by Sena
tor Turpie to provide for the eieotlon of
senators by the people; by Senator Pad-
dock to provide poetoffice building* In
towns where the poetal revenue* amount
to $3,000 annually.
By Senator Call to authorize the pres
ident to open negotiation! with Spain a
to the bland of Cuba; by Senator Hltel
ell to reduce letter postage to one cent;
also to amend the constitution io as to
elect senators by the people. The Sen
ate then adjourned till Monday.
House not In session, the Speaker be
ing busy arranging the committees.
GOVERNOR MERRIAM
App*.l. to the |.*o|,l« of Minnesota la
Help III. starving Samians.
8t. Paul, Dec. 10.—Governor Merri-
am ha* issued a circular letter, many
thousand copies of which will be mailed-
throughout the slate, setting forth the
terrible dee tit ul ion which exists in
fiosaia and asking that the people who
are Messed with homes, good* and
money and can look forward to contin
ued prosperity will do all in their power
to mitigate the terrible sufferings of
these poor starving Russians.
After reciting the grevions state of
suffering from the famine the appeal
concludes as follows; This country,
overflowing as it is with plenty, should
not forget that Russia befriended ns in
the time of onr din distress. We are
more favorably situated perhaps-than,
any other nation to aid these starring
people. Onr harvest, have been tfnSx-
ampfed, our surplus dt food products ,
unprecedented. Prosperity abounds.on
every hand, and we thonld, as hnmao
>eople, give onr unfortunate fellow
' gs In far away Rnssta some of the
.ins substance which Almighty,Odd
baa showered upon ns. I have designed'
as a committee to receive contributions'
of flour, wheat, rye and other bread
stuffs Messrs. W. C. Edgar and Charles
Msec Reeves, of Minneapolis, sud
Georg* B. Evans, of St Pant- The
metropolitan daily newspapers will
doubtless be glad to aocept cash dona
tions for thla purpose aa the means of
each may permit. Let a generous re
sponse be made, for we. a* a people, are
abundantly able, and the blessing* of a
loving Providence will be onr reward.
W. B. Merman, Governor.
SON OF A POET.
HARRV MILLER MEDITATING IN
CALIFORNIA JAIL.
Joeqnle Miller** Bo; la JaUattlklab.Cal
Coefeues to Stag* Bobbmj-MI
Myrtle HU Koth*r-Xo Effort Was Evar
Med* to Ed neat* or Care For Btm.
Bax Francisco, Dec. 10.—Joseph Mo-
Kay. who is in jail at - Ukiah, Cal.,
charged with stage robbery, his been
fonnd to be the son of Joaquin Miller,
the'poet of the Sierra*.The real'
name of the young man Is Harry Mil
ler. He is S3 years of age and is the
son of the poet and the latter’* first
wife. Minnie Myrtle.
On Hot. 13 the Ukiah and Eorelca
stage waa held np nineteen mile* from
Ukiah by a masked man armed with
rifle. Charles Lambert, the stage
driver, hastily complied with the de
mand of the highwayman to throw ont
the express box, but demurred when
ordered to bond over the mail bugs,
saying they were on the inside of the
■tags. "Well, get down and get them
ont," was the robber’s response. Lam
bert accordingly started to drag ont the
sacks.
The stag* was beaded np grads, and
and the horses kept backing so that
Lambert obtained the highwayman's
permission to drive to a level place, and
drove to the crest of what is known as
"Bobbers’Hill.” Instead of stopping
when be reached the top,. Lambert
lashed the horses and went dashing
down the grade out of danger. Reach
ing Ultia, the stage driver told his story
to the sheriff, and the latter started on
the trail. He found the empty treasure
box and learned that a form bouse in
the vicinity of Willetts Villsge, five
miles distant, had been robbed a few
days previously of a rifle and other arti
cles similar to those in the possession of
tbe masked man who stopped the stage.
The sheriff followed to Hopeland, four-
Cor. Lamar Street and Cotton Avenue.
Learleg Oat Italy.
Rome, Dec. 10.—Committees have
been organised in Rome and in all the
principal towns and dtiea of Italy for
tha purpose of promoting the holding
an Italtan-American exhibition in
Genoa in 1803 to celebrate tbe fonrth
centannery of tb* discovery of Amer
ica by Christopher Colombo*. The pro-
posed exhibition is in noway intended
to be a rival of the Chicago Colombian
Exhibition to be held in 1893. On the
contrary, tb* feeling prevail* that Italy
most make a good showing at the Chi
cago exhibition. To bring about this
end a committee has been fanned whose
doty it shall be to promote tbe interests
of Italian exhibitors at Chicago. This
committee includes many of the most
prominent cittxen* of Rome. Mach
surprise is expressed here that tha man
agement of the Chicago World’s Fair
has not taken the slightest measures to
arrange for an Italian exhibit at Chi
cago. No representative of the man
agement baa yet been seen in Italy.
Most It*.peel lb* Republic.
Pauls, Dec. 10.—In the senate M.
Dide, who ia a Protestant clergyman,
interpellated tbe government on tb* at
titude of Catholic bishop*. He de
scribed the bishops attacking tbe lews
of tbe republic and working to estab
lish the temporal power of tbe papacy
and priest* as evading evaiy obligation
of the concordat It was bfgb time, he
added, that the government pat a (top
to each anarchy. Premier de Freydnet
said that the attitnde of certain bish
ops was truly unsupportable. If a sep
aration of tbe church and state should
become necessary it woald be the fault
of the clergy themselvee. By a vote of
311 to 57 tbe senate adopted an order of
the day pledging tbe government to
avail itself of fys rights to compel the
clergy to respect tbe republic and to
submit to tbe laws.
In with Blaine.
WASMirorox, Dec. 10.—Tbe British
commissioners from the West Indies
wen in confemnot with Secretary
Blaine for severs! hoar* with a view to
tb* **UMi*hm*nt *f reciprocal trad*
relations with th* United State*. It ia
understood that considerable progress
was mad* towards sn agreement for
commercial reciprocity under the pro
vision* of the tariff set, and that then
i* every prospect of a favorable oooclu-
•lon of toe subject beta** th* do** of
the present y«*r, so far e* each of tb*
countries represented it concerned.
teen miles south of Ukiah, and there
learned that Miller had been enttini
wood for a man named Willard. H
bad left Willard's four days previous to
the stage robbery and returned there
five days after the robbery. He ob
tained his mail from tbe postoffice and
again disappeared.
On searching Willard's wood pile the
sheriff found a letter dated from the
Hermitage. Onkland Heights, which is
the home of Joaquin Miller, and signed
"Your brother, George Miller." The
letter was addressed to Joseph McKay.
The sheriff followed tbo fugitive to
Santa Rosa and arrested him at the ho-
thers. .v A Sj
n relating the story, the sheriff said
it Miller, after considerable persnu-
confessed and took the sheriff to
where the rifle, and ax were
The boy’a mother, Minnie
Myrtle, the first wife of the poet, was an
exceedingly bright woman, whose repu-
tation for intellectual vigor was little
short of her husband's. She died in
New York some years ago. Miller says
he was hard np,. and as there was no
in cutting wood he thought he
wonld try etBge robbing. Joaquin Mil
ler himself does not have anything to
do with tbe boy; and the latter rays
that his life might have been different
bat that be wo* never encouraged to ga
to school or make anything of himself.
He is credited with having served a sen
tence in the Portland penitentiary f<
house breaking, but bis identity wi
not discloeed nntil now.
the placer
buried.
Wout la Meileo.
BaN Antonio, Tex., Dec. 10.—The
destitution existing among the inhabi
tant* of Durango and neigh boring Mex
ican etatee, on account of drouth and
the total failure of crops, previously
told in these dispatches, bos reached
such a serious state that the Govern
ment bos been compelled to provide
food to keep the people from starving.
The governor of Chihuahua has ordered
100,000 bnshels of grain from the United
States, which will bs districted at
minimum cost, or free to those who
have no money. This will be followed
by other order*. There has been no
rain in some localities of Mexico for
over a year, and thonsands of the lower
classes, who are naturally thriftless, ore
on tbe point of starvation.
Shut Hlmielf Through the Heart.
Caibo, His., Dec. 10.—Dr. D. H. Par
ker, a prominent physician of thia city
and well known in this section, killed
himself in bis room by shooting himself
with a pistol through the heart. His
brother, Dr. Georgs G. Parker, died in
Chicago a short time since. Dr. Her
bert, as be was familiarly known, was
in constant attendance at tb* bedside of
his brother. He returned homes few
days since. It was noticed by bis friends
that he was a changed man. It, i* sup
posed tbe death of his brother, for
whom he felt a strong attachment, tem
porarily unbalanced hi* mind. He
came here in 18i6, haring practiced
medicine n while in Charleston, Mo.
He was a native of Ohio, and was 43
years of age.
M1b4* Money nn«t Trunk Gone.
Jrrrr.RRONViu.E, O., Dee. 10.—Dr.
Eberts, a wrll known physician of this
place, auddou!y became insane about a
week ago and started for New York
city, imagining he had received * tele
gram summoning him to th* bedrid* of
a sick niece. Nothing peculiar about
him was noticed by hi* friend* until af
ter hi* departure, whan, upon compar
ing not**, it dawned upon them that
hi* mind wi* gene. H* draw $4,000
(ram th* bask and took a trunk with
him. H* returned, hi* trank and all
his money goo*, b* having walked from
Xwia to Jamestown. A Maud drav*
ov*r from the latur place, bringing him
with Min. H* i* not violent.
ROGER Q. MILLS.
—
HE MAY BE ELECTED TO THE UNITED
STATES SENATE-
The Defeat otMr. Mill, for th* Speakership
Stir* Bp Hi* Tela* Admirer, and Regies
Hla Boom (or th* 8*n*U—Confident
Election.
CniCAOO, Dec. 10.—A special dispatch
from Galveston, Tex., says: The defeat
of Roger Q. Mills for - the speakership
hnB given widespread support, it is said,
to the effort* of his admirers to elect
him to the United States senate.
Governor Hogg has stated that an ex
tra session of the legislature will
called in March or April. The electioh
of a successor to John M. Reagnn will
be one of the dntiee of that body.
Seuator Chilton bold* his appoint
ment from the governor, and although
a candidate for election by the legisla
ture, the friends of Mills arc said to
confident of electing the tariff reform
champion.
■low Came the Tnotli Kitrnctnl?
Mrcuamicsbl'ro, 0., Dec. 10.—David
Raudehaugb, a prominent citizen of this
plsoe, bad n tooth whieli caused him
considerable pain. He retired as usual,
with the intention of visiting a dentist
tbe following morning aud having the
molar extracted. Upon awakening
the morning he was startled by finding
fail pillow and shirt bosom covered with
blood, and an investigation disclosed
tb* tooth lying upon the bed clothini
doss by. He had suffered no pain au
ficient to awaken him doting the night,
and how tbe tooth ever became detached
from bis jaw remains a mystery which
is not likely to ever be explained. A
nnmber’of spiritualists in this commu
nity claim to be able to furnish a key to
the mystery and say that they had
knowledge that the extricating of the
tooth wonld occur as it dill.
Ill Health Cans** Suicide.
Vini-rxnes, Ind., Dec. 10.—John C.
Adams, a prominent attorney, was fouud
dead tn bis office by bis little daughter,
who went there to ascertain why her
father had not come to his supper,
revolver at his side with one chamber
empty, a bole in bis right temple and
large pool of blood on tbe floor told the
story of self destruction. Adams hod
suffered lately of a nervous disease,
which waa indirectly tbe cans* of his
uutimelp death. He was quite promi
nent in politics, and enjoyed the dis
tinction of having been tbe only Repub
lican ever elected to tbe office ot County
; prosecutor. He left no message further
;ban the words, "misery, misery, mis
ery, " scrawled with lead penci
tablet of paper on which he \
gaged in writing a brief.
The Red's Dancing.
Milks City. Moot., Dec. 10.—Orders
were received from headqnarters in St.
Paul, for troops at Fort Keogh to go to
the Cheyenne Agency, as tbe reds are
•lancing in violation of the orders of the
Agency, and iiave notified the agent
that they intend to make an attack
Since the order of the general land of
fice allowing those settlers who clsimed
prior right! within tile reservation to
moke final proofs thereon, trouble has
been feared, and tbe Indian* have made
threats. Sheriff Jonea and C. H. Thomp
son returned from tbe Agency with one
of two Indians arrested for killing cat
tle. The other one managed to escape.
Borne difficulty wsl experienced In the
capture, as the reds put every obstacle
possible in their'Way. Considerable
alarm is felt in that section.
1)1*4 from Hydrophobia.
Fort Recovery, O., Dec. 10.—John
Ulermsu, the victim of hydrophobia,
died at an early hoar in the morning in
all the horror* of the rabies. He was
delirious all night, raving and barking
like a dog. It became necessary to tie
him to the bed with strong ropes by pre
vent him from doing violence to tbe
watchers at his bedside. In his con-
ecions moments he wonld caution his
attendants to be careful and not let him
bite any one, as he knew th* danger of
ills disease. As soon as he realized that
be had the rabies he made disposition of
his property and prepared for the end,
which was not long coming. His wife
and family are nearly crazed with grief,
and it is thought tbe wire will lose her
mind over the terrible affair.
Crazy on Religion.
RaKtlWICK, Mass., Dec. 10.—Clifton
Dennis, a song evangelist from Chicago
whr> has been holding revivals in New
England, arrived unexpectedly at the
residence of a relative. Later, with
nothing on bnt a night garment, he
walked to tbe residence of a neighbor,
where he broke down the fence and the
front door and mod* a great disturb
ance. He was arrested with much dif
ficulty and is now under guard, a rav
ing manioc. He talks on religions mat
ters almost unceasingly and is anxious
lease for Chicago. He will probably
be committed to an insane asylum.
A Ceagrese of Colered Catholic*.
Philadelphia, Deo 10.—Th* third
annual convention of tbe colored Cath
olics of the United State* will be held
in this city, beginning on Monday, Jon.
and coatinning thra* days. Delegate*
■o expected from nearly every state in
tne Union, and many prominent Cath
olic*. both clergymen aud layman, will
attend.
Pops Loo's JsblllM,
Rohr, Dec. 10.—Tbe episcopal jubilee
tb* pope will be celebrated February
1$, 1893. Tb* went consistory ia fixad
for Dec. 14, and th* public consistory
for lb* 17th.
NO BACK STEP
ORISP’3 ELECTION NOT THE RETIRE
MENT OF TARIFF REFORM.
Hon* EIcnlBf Da Blffaon iBtmltved on
Crlip’i KlNtloR-B« Dom Not Boltova It
Xooai Cliyalaid'iOverthrow—Tho Com*
In* Contort In ISM.
SavaNXaH, Ga., Dec. 10,—Fleming
Du Bignon, in an interview with The
Evening Press, denies that Crisp's elec
tion means the orerthrowof Cleveland's
Influence or the retirement of tariff re
form as the leading issue,
. "If I thought so," said Du Biguon, "it
would cool my ordor over Crisp's elec
turn, but I do not think so.
"Crisp was sincere in bis cancus
speech that his election ss speaker
meant no step backward in tariff re
form. *
Du Bignon believe* the contest next
year will be on the same line and with
the same leader* as in *88.
CONGRESSMEN TIRED OUT.
Thrj Ar«t Taklbg « Well Lsrnrrt H-.t
TUI NHtunUy.
Washington, D.c- 10.—After two
weeks of electioneering, two days of
balloting, and a few hoars of desultory
work, including tbe difficult task of
reading papers or writing letters while
the president's message was being read,
what it cousidi
congress is taking whit it considers a
welT earned Test till Satnrday. The
members, for most part, are going
through the departments, trying to get
acquainted with things, to save their
eonstitnenta by special dispensations or
to get away from tbe tireless throngs
who are beeieging their influence for
government lob*.
Speaker Crisp has selected John T.
Waterman, the Hnwkinsnlle Dispatch
editor, as his private secretary. He is
having his sou Charlie trained to as
sume the duties of secretary within the
bouse.
Work In ili, Scmu.
Washington, Dec. 10.—Among the
document* laid befure the senate by the
vice president, and referred, war* tha
animal report of the secretary of the
treasury and a number of memorial*
and resolutions by vsrions religions
Uslies against the opening of the
World's Fair on Sunday.
Among the bills introduced and re
ferred were the following:
By Stewart: To provide for tbe free
coinage of gold and silver bullion (this
bill was laid on the table so that Stew
art can call it np at any time), and to
amend the Chinese exclusion set.
By Gray! To transfer the re venae
cutter service to the navy department.
By Oillom: To suspend the coming of
Chinese laborers to the United States;
also to reduce letter postsgo to 1 cent.
THE DEAD MONARCH.
n» Reman
the Ki‘b'inp$rur I’m*
Through ftpnln.
Madrid, Dec. 10.—The government
gave orders that as soon as the train
booring th* remains of the ex-emperor
of Brasil from Paris to their final rest
ing place in Lisbon entered the Spanish
territory every honor doe to the exalted
station which tb* d*o****d had formerly
occupied should be paid.
Tbassfordert war* strictly carried *ut,
and at all tb* principal stations along
tb* root* th* soldier* were arrayed
along tbe platform* and u th* train
rushed past they presented arms, flag*
dipped and royal honors were paid to
the dead ex-ruler.
Some of tbe stations were tastefully
draped with mourning, with the flag of
the old empire dt-Brozil flying at half-
mast from the pules along tbe root*.
At th* towns, village* ana hamlet* real-
danU gathered along tbe line, 1st* as
the hour was when the train passed,
and reverently bowed their head* ss the
funeral train rushed past with thunder
ing noise and disappeared in th* dark-
of the night.
A DISGRACEFUL SCENE.
Dispel* I* a French Cemetery—A Duel
to Follow.
Paris, Doc. lb.—A most disgraceful
scene occurred at the cemetery in which
large number of the victims of the
disaster at Paits De La Mnnafoctnre at
St. Etienne were interred Tuesday.
M. Donvreienr, the vice chairman of
tbe St. Etienne colliery and owner of
the mine where the disaster occurred,
and M. Giero<' t Moyer, of Bt. Etienne,
became involved in a dispute, which it
is surmised had reference to tb* respon
sibility for tbe accident, and th* lan
guage used was simply disgraceful.
Gierodet thought himself insulted, chal
lenged Douvrrleur, who accepted tbe
challenge, end preparations are being
made for a duel.'
A Feel Oatllaed to Blood.
Crittrndxn, Pa., Dec. 10.—Th* people
tb* littl* hamlet of Milton 1 * Creae
Roods, lying some ten or twelve miles
north of this place, are frantic ever a
mysterious end ghostly occurrence of
nightly frequency. There is a print of *
foot outlined in blood, which has keen
fonnd recently in every house ia th*
village. Sometime*thus
discovered on th* i
th* kitchen, again i_ ,
even in th* bed room. No sound
other phenomenon accompanies it, and
whoever or whatever it i* that leaves
tb* mask aomes and goes nneeep.
Diphtheria ia Wllkeskerre.
WiLxasRARRR, Pa., Doe.
tb*r)a is raging ben to
that a meeting of the
■»nj uvium u UM
a this mysterious siga
s porch, sometime* in
In the peeler, and
to
Mg th* spread of the
th* town
out of stntem
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