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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 asorapotMaMhdat