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^americus times-recorder Volume i AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1891. NUMBER 211 FREE ADVICE! INTO THE SWIM. 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- Boys’ Safety 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 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 boyl There is nothing small about our stock of Boys’ Suits, • Overcoats, i ■ m Odd Pants, Except the price, and that we make exceeding- •y small. W.e can fit you perfectly, and by selecting now you secure the pick. Don’t for get the place. George D. Wlreatleg, Cor. Lamar Street and Cotton Avenue, THE COMINQ DEBUTOF MISS HELEN GOULD INTO SOCIETY. J*o Gould Highly Interested In the proechlng Event-The Fifth Avenue Mansion to be Thrown Open lb All Itf Magnificence. - New York, Dec. 11 One of the most Important events in the fashion able world this winter will be the mag nificent reception-that is to he given the residence of Mr. Jay Gould oil the afternoon and evening of Dec. SB signalize the entrance of Miss Helen Gould into society. Jay Gould it dis playing ah intense personal interest' making the occasion a success. The two grand parlors of the Gould residence, at 579 Fifth avenne, will thrown into one.' Mr. Gould’s famous conservatory at Irvington, on the Hud- •on, .which is-said to be the finest and most extensive in America, will be drawn upon for an elaborate display of floral splendor. Ths orchestra will ar rive in this country only n few days previous to the reception, and it will be paid $1,000 for three hoars’ mnsie. This will be the first pluuge into the social stream made by the Gonlds. Daring the life of Mrs. Gould, who was busily employed in bringing up n family of six children, no attempt was made to jet into the swim. Jay Gonld did not lave any time to spend that way, and the girls were too yonng to think of it. Miss Helen Gonld has become a charm ing lady Of 41, however, and it is -her father’s desire thut she should mingl in the gay world of fashion.' MissGonli will .be assisted at the reception, it-is said, by Mre. George J. Gonld, the beautiful wife of Jay Gonld’s eldest son, and Miss Herbert, a school-girl friend of the interesting debutante. Helen Gonld is a tall, slender girl of quiet and almost reserved manners., She has soft and silky brown hair; dark eyes and a complexion that is clearer than that of most of the members of her family. She dresses quietly and has a reputation for charitableness. She has always displayed a marked interest in charch and Sunday school work. Mr. Gonld’s Fifth avenne house is well designed for. the purpose to which it will do put ou December SB. The fur nishings are of a most elaborate char acter. The great oaken front door cost IB,000. The ceiling .of the dining room s set with French paintings that cost a fortune. The walls of the reception room and parlors are hung with the best works of foreign and American winters. The Gonlds have not hereto- ’ore made any effort to be recognized as members of the Fonr Hundred, bnt it is probable that with Miss Helen’s entrance into society she will lead the family into that charmed circle- The family hare always been on visiting terms with many members of the grea - social clan, who will doubtless extend to them s warm welcome. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clews, Mr. and Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs, Mr. and Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan and other leading members will be pleased to introduce Miss Helen Gonld into their ranks. It is said that the list of those invited to the reception will include many promi nent society folks. A balky package addressed to Jay Gonld, and marked as c >ming from Paris, arrived at the custom house one day laat week. It ia supposed - to have contained the reception costnmetobe worn by Miss Helen. The debutante will be one of the richest girls in the world, she already possessing a fortune in her own name, and will ultimately succeed to many additional millions. She is not fond of jewelry, and wears only a handsome solitaire diamond ring, given to her by her mother. Jay Gonld is gradually weaning him self away from the cares of his enor mous business in order to devote more time to bis family, end the result thns far lias been very beneficial. The multi millionaire displays more Interest in the affairs of his children, and does not worry us he used to do over the tricks and changes of Wall street. He tells his friends that his six children and two grandchildren are euongh to employ the time and thought* of any man. It ia believed that Jay Gonld, who has never been at a fashionable recep tion, will begin to mingle in society as soon aa his eldest daughter has estab lished a lengthy visiting list. Mr.‘ Gonld calls bis danghter Kellie instead of the more formal name of Helen. The domeatic qualities of the yonng lady are admirably shown by the man ner in which she has cared for and in- strncted her yonnger brothers and sis ters. Escape or Safe Blower*. iKDiA.varoMs, Dec. II. — A sight watchman fonnd the rear door open leading to A. BnrdsaU’s wholesale house, in the heart of the city, and he entered and lighted np, supposing the employes were still in the. building. On the contrary, however, two gangs of bnrglars were operating on the safes, one of which stood in ths private office, while the other faced the front door. Both safee were badly wrecked, bnt the cash vaults, containing several thou sand dollars, remained intact. The watchman fled for help and both gang* escaped. Narrow Escape from Death. Columbia, S, G, Dec. 11.—Emm* Lulie and Lizzie Don, specialty artiats in the " Two Old Cronies, ” had a narrow saeape from death by asphyziattoa. When they were called to take ths train there was no answer. The porter crawlod through the transom, lighted the gas and fonnd tbs women to ail ap pearances de-id; one lay stretched on floor. Physicians were summoned, l after hard work succeeded in re viving the-J. The only explanation can be given is that when they re- J last night they failed to torn the off completely. that tired gaa< v RUSSIAN NEWS. ▼Itlmegrsdskl May Resign—A Famine Expected Next Yesr. Warsaw, Dec. 11.—It is learned on good anthority that the prestige of M. Visbnegradski, the minister of finance, has of lute been greatly shaken, and that he has become exceedingly unpop ular among the merchants and other commercial classes. The health of the minister is also much shattered and there is little donbt that lie will retire if the czar gives him permission. The failnre of the crop has been a terrible blow to his schemes, and many of his finest plans have been shuttered by this national culamity. The failnre of the crops has not been universal. In the Caucasus mountains the harvest was so abundant that giain is still rotting at the stations for want of rolling stock to carrv it away. The government has trted to remedy this drawback by send ing over 8,000 tracks sontb, bat these will not be sufficient. There is much reason to suppose that there will be a famine next year also. The antnmn wheat has been seriously injured by the rain and it i* very prob able that the spring crop* in many of the eastern governments will do no bet ter than this year. Indeed, the outlook in Russia is very gloomy, and everyone is preparing for a very sad winter. The political horizon Is also very much overcast, especially since the czar passed through Germany without endeavoring to return the visit of Empeior William. It was first snppossd that this idea was dne to family reasons aud the sickness of the grand dnke George. There are now only too many reasons for believ ing that the visit was not returned for political and financial considerations. It is stated here in official circles that bad it nqt been for, a.letter.received by the czar from’ the Russian minister of finance.the former would have metthe German emperor, as was* his original intention. In this letter it is said that Visbegradski urged the czar not to visit the German emperor, as such an act would not only gi ve offense to the French government, but would be disastrous o the loan which the government was raising in Paris. In any case this con sideration seems to have, bad great weight with the czar. Work Nihilists. St. Petersburg, Dec.- 11.—Many peasants in the famine-stricken dis tricts refuse to accept employment on government - relief works. . Nihilist agents are working actively to persaad* the peasants that the czar can and onght to supply them with food. The large factories at Lodsi are stopping work for want of orders, leaving-the operatives in • destitute condition. Owing to the absence of forage in the famine-stricken district a great num ber of horses are being exported to pre vent them from starving to death. Wants Maun** Department Investigated. Washington, Dec. 11.—Mr. Coopei of Indiana stated in answer to an in quiry that he proposed early in January to offer a resolution in the bouse pro viding for a thorough and rigid exami nation of the management of the pen sion office under Commiseioner Baum. His reason for delaying the matter is that be is going to Indians on bnsinesi and cannot retuin to Washington until after the holidays. He said also that be would not press the inquiry should General Rantu be removed, and yet li^ did not like to appear in the attitude ol threatening the administration, bnt in view of what has already be weuld not consider himself tone to his constitu ents ann the country if he did not do his utmost to hare Ranm’s administra tion of pension office affairs thoroughly investigated. A Bridegroom** LimI fipree. Denver, Dec. II.—A. H, Haise and bis bride came here from Halida and took rooms on Thirty-third street. Huise met an old friend named Harger, and the two determined to have a spree over the event. They remained down town until nearly midnight, when they ■tarted home. Haise greatly under the influence of liquor. Harger, being ad dicted to the tue of monihine, and not wishing to take his friend to bis wife in tach a condition, suggested a hypo dermic injection of the poison, which was agreed to. Shortly after the drag was administered Haise was taken vio lently ill, and died within an hour. Harger declares that lie gave the mor phine upon the request of Haise and Ills wife, and that afterwards he gave him a dose of atrophiue upon the advice of a physician. The physician present at he time of his death was unable to de termine whether death was the result of the morphine, atrophine or whisky. SILENT CLICKERS- NEWS DI8PATCHES CONDENSED. STRIKE OF TELEGRAPH OPERATORS ON A WESTERN RAILROAD. ThaSuperlntendeat Gives Ordsrs, but tha Operators Baton to Haudla Trains-Ths Strikers Receive Assurance That They Will be Supported. i . Convicted of Murder. Edwakdsville, His., Dec. II.—Tbt jury in the case against George Starkey and John Brown, for the mnrder of ex- Senator D. B. GiUhsm, returned a ver- diet, finding the defendants guilty as charged, and fixing their punishment at thirty years in the penitentiary. Tbt jury bad been ont since noon of Satur day, the 5th, and, it is stated, stood since Sunday, eleven for inflicting the death penalty and one for acquittal. By good behavior the. convicted men gain thirteen and three-quarter years, mak ing their sentences practically sixteen and one-quarter years. Starkey is >1 years old; Brown, 54. Thr««toning Bnbjr Beals. Kansas City, Dec. 11.—It is learned from a gentleman intimately connected with David B. Beals, whose baby was stolen on Thanksgiving day, that Mr. Beals had received a letter from tbt mysterious Ralston who hot been evad ing the police, in which it threatened that unleas the hunt for the kidnapper stopped, the millionaire banker’s resi dence would be. blown to piece* with nitro-giycerine. Mr. Beals refuses to confirm the story of the letter, but sev eral persons say that the letter ha* been received. The chief of police has placed heavy guard around the house. Sr. Louis, Dec. 11.—A special troiu Iff Past, Tex.,'says; The strike of telegaaph operators be tween this cety and Ynma, on the Pa cific system of. the Southern. Pacific Railroad company, promises to develop into mammoth proportions. The superintendent of the Santa Fe railroad Una. ordered dispatchers to handle Southern Pacific trains between this city, Deming,N. M., but the oper-’ liters bluntly refused to do, and the superintendent was notified. Nothing has been heard from him ap to 6 p. m. If he tries to forcB the mat ter and put "scabs" to do the work.it means a strike on the whole Santa Fe system. The ilistriot superintendent of the Western Union ortlyred the men to handle the trains between hero and Deming, bnt the men wonld not, and the matter rests there until higher of ficials are heard from. In an interview ono of them stated that' if the Southern Pacific company succeeded in defeating the strikers they wonld be next to be dealt with in a like manner. The operators have received assurance from every connection, and they will stand by each other in this case. The Letter Came Too Lato* Columbus, Dec. 11.—Mr. Fred Baa- terdes, administrator of the estate of Land Bill Allen, who died recently at the connty infirmary, received a regis tered letter, mailed at Edson, Kansas, on Nov. 28, and addressed to Allen. The letter proved to have been written by Rhodes Allen, a son of the dead phi lanthropist. In it the son complains that he has written a number of letters to bis father without receiving an an- ■wer, and earnestly entreats him to come ont to Kansas and moke his home with him. He offered to send a railway ticket or to come himself to take his father home if he wonld consent to go. The letter was received at the Colum bus postoffice prior to the old tnan’i death, but was not delivered to Super intendent Filler of the infirmary, be cause the law requires the person to whom a letter is addressed to call at the office in person and receipt for the same. This Mr. Allen was nnable to do, and as a consequence died withont hearing from bis son. Hut on Gmu’i Track. Corpus Chrixti, Tex., Dec. 11.—It now transpires that after his attack npon Para, Mexico, last month, Cat- arino Garza crossed into Texas at Palito Blanco, followed by Colonel Aguirre, the Mexican officer, ami his command. Garza was followed to. Corpus Cliristi in company with two others, who par tially disguise J themselves. The three men were seen eutering a couch on the train bound for San Antonio. Colonel Aguirre, wno is now iu this city on Garza's trail, thinks that the revolu tionist will endeavor to cross back into Mexloo at Engle Past, Tex. Those who are responsible for the information say they are positive it was Garza who was here, because they identified him in other ways than by the scars on hia neck and the familiar fignre that was onoe prominent on the streets of Corpus Christ! when he edited a Spanish paper. Colonel Aguirre has resumed bis pur suit. Tall Hall’s Bloody Record. Memphis, Dec. 11.—Tall Hall, once a member ol the celebrated French-Eber sole faction in Kentucky, and who has ft record ol having killed ninety men singly and in posses, has been arrested here. He made a grab for a Winches ter, bnt tlie officers were too quick for him. Halils the man who killed the notorious Turner, the leader of the Turner faction in Letcher connty, Ken tucky. He also burned tke town of Jackson when he failed to find Ebersole there. His brother ia Jim Hall, who caused the Kentucky militia to be sent to the mountains. He was ones a dep uty marshal for the eastern district of Kentnck, with headquarters at Coving ton. He is a remarkably fine looking man and a fluent talker. Hall will Ve taken to Virginia. A Tough ChtrokM Boy. Muskbgo, L T„ Dec. 11—Joeiah Hooby and Thomas Whitehead, twe deputy United States marshals, wees killed near Tableqnah by Hampton, a Cherokee boy. Hampton and hia father were convicted at Fort Smith ef mure dering a man named Ceuahen ena year ego. The eld man wee seat to the pen itentiary for twenty-oDs year*, and the bey to the hones ef correction for ten yean. The latter escaped, and this bloedv deed wee the sequel of hit at tempted arrest. Young Hampton isil ; 'rare old. Just before be killed Cooo- ! tan be murdered his cousin, Bill Christ!, n nephew to the desperado, Ned Chriati, thinking he was killing the latter. Severe Oats at Hoag Keeg, London, Dec. 11.—A dispatch to The Tims* from Singapore state* that a revere gal* prevailed at Hong Kong Dec. 4. A large number of Chinees vessels of all descriptions were de stroyed and hundred* of Chine** sailors and lorer* engaged about the harbor were drowned. European and other vessels lying at Hong Kong sustained “ little damage. An Epitome of Happenlaco from • Every Section. An Athens dispatch saye: It turns out now that King George is ill with ■mallpoz, instead of chicken pox, as first announced. A Little Rock special says that Louis Simpson has been sentenced to hang on Thursday, Jan. 31, 1803. The crime for which he is to pay the penalty of death was the mnrder (if Officer Cowpland in this city on Dec. 21,1885. A London dispatch states that the French bark Leonora, Captain Bernard, which sailed from Coosaw, & C., Nov. 3, for Swansea, has been wrecked off Mmnblesbead. The vessel is fast break ing up. The crew were drowned. A Washington special says: While exact destitution of the erniser San Francisco, now fitting out at San Fran cisco, cannot be officially ascertained, it is generally understood at the nuvy department that she is going to Hon olulu. A Dallas, Tex., special says: The in itiative Btep was taken toward booming Mills for the senate against Senator- appointed Chilton, in the Dallas city council, by the adoption of a resolution indorsing Mr. Mills for the United States senate. A Denver, .Colo., special says: The town of Pinos Altos, N. M., was burned with the exception of two stores. No water was accessible. The fire is be lieved to be incendiary. It started in an unoccupied frame building in the center of the tows. A Sun Antonio, Tex., special says: The grand jury, after upending twenty- eight hours in jail fur contempt of court, has been released on bond, the condition being that they abide by the decision of the court of appeals, where the case has been takeu. A Beaver, Penn., special says: The grand jury of Beaver connty, in the case of United States Senator M. S. Quay Hgainst The Beaver Star for crim inal libel, found a true bill against that newspaper. Sena tor Quay is a t Beaver, pushing these libel suits. At Sidney, O., William Emig, era- C loyed in the Sidney steel scraper works, ad the middle finger of his right band ent off at the first joint by a punching machine. He was catting holes through iron a half iuch thick and accidently pnt his finger under the bit. He did not know he was hurt until he saw his finger fall on the floor. In the chamber of deputies at Rome, replying to the question asked by Sig nor Campia on Italy's relations with the United States, Premier Uudini said that he had taken note ot the friendly expressions contained in President Harrison's message and felt confident that the questions at issue between the two countries would soon be settled. ' A London dispatch says: Up to date fourteeu of the underwriters taking risks at Lloy’ds have withdrawn from business, giving as their reason their inability to stand the losses they have incurred through the recent disasters, caused by the phenomenally revere gale* which have recently swept over the At lantic and aloug the British and Irish coasts. A St. Joseph, Mo., special says: An east-bound Rock Island train, while between Troy and Bindena, waa fired npon by seine miscreant with a. double barrel ahotgnn. The charge, 'which was delivered at close range, entered the ladies’ coach, and seriously, If not fatally, wounded Mrs. Mary Jams* of Sankwich, Ills. Officer* are in search of the criminal. A Jersey City special says: Two thousand Italians left Hoboken on the steamer Werra. of the Bremen line, for Europe. The Werra will land them at Genoa. They think that they can spend the winter more cheaply in Italy than by waiting here until warm weather ■eta in, doing occasional work. They intend to ratnrn in the spring. Ths dock was intested with confidence men, and it is said that they got a good haul from unsuspecting emigrants. A London dispatch says: Advice* hare been received here from Rangoon, a town in India and the capital of British Burrnab, to the effect that the Chinee* hare fired a number of blank ehota at the British president recently estab lished on the Nampoung streams and are strengthening their own stockade on the other side of the river. Serious trouble is apprehended, and the author ities have dispatched reinforcements from Bbaino, a Burmese town 40 miles west of the Chinese frontier to the British position. A Rio Janeiro dispatch says: The outbreak at Parahlba was led by the army officers jealous of the part taken by the nary in the revolution which overthrew Fonseca. The insurgents claim, however, that Pexixotto’s gov ernment is as illegal aa Fonseca’s, and that Peixotto should immediately call an election for president, as required by the constitution. There ia said to be no monarchism in the insurrection, its rap- porters claiming strong attachment to the republic. The meeting held here to express sympathy with Dom Pedro was moderate ia tone and confined itself to utterance* of respect for Dom Pedro. Hsrdnwl by a ftebber. Neosho, Mo., Dec. II.—About 8:80,a masked man went to the house of G K. Garrett, living about nine mile* south east of thi* p)*.-*, and knodMd at the door, which wee opened by Mfb. Gar rett, wbea be forced hit way in, aad£at the point ef a revolver demanded of her the money, bnt wee informed that they bod non* about the bona*, when the intruder asked for Mr. Garrett, who wre asleep on a lounge near by. The noire by tbit time wok* him np, and oeb* raised from the oonofth* wee ehott the ball entering the side jnat above the hip and p( through the body. He died before l ical aid amid reach him. Thai derer fled before gaining hi* point, al though Garrett had $490 in hie pocket. The alarm waa immediately given, bat no elne ha* yet been found. The mur dered man was about 70 year* old nod ha* been here for shout ten yean. Be always had money about the boose and was well-to-do aud highly respected mica at i* right ore agio-