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twenty-thikd year.
TAKE YOUR CHOICE
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' ten lost from Busi
very happiest aspect. It j* /
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. , „ . lirMlrdmi-n i,, „ llt , rtPn i I used Johnsons Tonic 84
I used Quinine for 10 days. general hours. Took it every three
I atn_ free of fever hut leel health from which some I hours. Never felt better in
utterly wretched. I .un recuperate very siowlv j niy life. Did not lose an
deaf as a post. Lost 10 If von tr.. a riolt tn-i’n 1 ounce in weight. Can e&t
pounds. 11 >V u ‘T 3 a ru 11 rnan anything.
your time is worth much !
to your estate. If you
are a poor man, your time is worth much more to your family. The rich
man might better afford to suffer a loss of §IOO.OO a day, as a result from en
forced absence from business tiian the poor man can lose the value of his labor.
Both men—rich or poor—are stupid to lose 10 days when 24 to 48 hours is
the limit of time required to put them in good condition by Johnson’s Chill and
Fever Tonic.
I always teel sorry for the family that is wedded to the plan of subjecting
themselves to the Quinine treatment.
I lie process is slow. r lhe result uncertain. The treatment disappointing.
Johnson s J onic has two cardinal points that should immediately commend
it to every thinking man in this country.
I'irst of all, it is harmless. Absolutely harmless. Harmless under all cir
cumstances.
Second, it is quick ; it acts at once. In 30 minutes after its administration,
it enters the blood and begins to undo the mischief caused by Malaria.
It has a wondciful r. cord of l< years of success. 999 cases out of every
10C0 are promptly cured, and the lOdOtii case can be easily cured by doubling
the dose and taking it a little ofteuer.
Johnson’s Tonic is a wondciful medicine. It is not mere merchandise. It
is BU)>erb. No remedy in the « hole domain of Materia Medica is more positive
in its action and unfailing in its results.
It will cure. It will cure every t uie. It will cure every case of Fever. It
will cure any type of fever.
It is the one great medicine that seldom disappoints,
Don t trifle with Fever. If alio-veil to run, it is like a house allowed to
burn—it will consume you. Use Johnson’s Tonic. Use nothing else.
Now, take your choice. Lie in bed for days, or maybe weeks, and poison
your digestion with Quinine, and arise finally with all the life and vim taken
out of you, or use Johnson’s Tonic and he restored at once to perfect health*
No loss of vital force. No loss of liesh. No waste of precious time. Take your
choica
A. B. GIRARDEAU, Savannah, Qa>
CLOSING
OUT AT COST.
OH MONDAY MORNING
I WILL THROW MY ENTIRE STOCK OF
Dry Goods,
Clothing, Shoes,
Hats and Gents' Furnishing Goods
on the market at cost for
CASH to close out. Come
QUICK and get what you
want. I hope to close out
ENTIRE STOCK BY JANUARY I si, 1002.
EVERYTHING SACRIFICED
to turn stock into cash. No
goods charged after this date
fLEEALLEU
YOU CAN’T AFFORD TO M 155 THE
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November 18th to 23rd.
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THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
THANKSGIVING DAY
HAS BEEN DESIGNATED
President Roosevelt Issues
His Proclamation.
NOVEMBER 28 THE DATE
According to Time-Honored Custom of
United States the Chief Executive
Fixes a Day For the Nation to Ren
der Thanks and Praise to God.
Washington, Nov. 3. President
Roosevelt today issued his proclama
tion fixing Nov. 28 as a day of national
thanksgiving. It follows:
“The season is nigh when, according
to the time-hallowed custom of our peo
ple, the president appoints a day as the
speoial occasion of praise and thanks
giving to God.
“This Thanksgiving finds the people
still bowed with sorrow for the death of
a great and good president. We mourn
President McKinley because we so loved
and honored him, and the manner of
his death should awaken in the breasts
of our people a keen anxiety for the
country and at the same time a resolute
purpose not to be driven by any calam
ity from the path of strong, orderly, pop
ular liberty which as a nation we have
thus far safely trod.
“Yet in spite of this great disaster, it
is nevertheless true that no people on
earth have such an abundant cause for
thanksgiving as we have. The past
year in particular has been one of peace
and plenty. We have prospered in
things material and have been able to
work for our own uplifting in things in
tellectual and spiritual. Let us remem
ber that as much as has been given us,
much will be expected from us, and that
true homage comes from the heart as
well as from the lips and shows it in
deeds.
“Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roose
velt, president of the United States, do
hereby designate as a day of general
thanksgiving Thursday, Nov. 28, and
do recommend that throughout the land
the people cease from their wonted oc
cupations and at their several homes
and places of worship reverently thank
the Giver of all good for the countless
blessings and our national life.
“In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
“Done at the city of Washington,
Nov. 2, in the year of our Lord. 1901,
and of the independence of the United
States.
“(Signed) Theodore Roosevelt.
“By the president:
'•John Hay, Secretary of State.”
PREMIER JOCKEY.
Danny Maher Has That Honor—His
Salary JjS3o,ooo.
New York, Nov. 2. —According to
the Newmarket, England, correspond
ent of The World, Danny Maher, the
little American jockey, is now the pre
mier rider of the world. He has been
engaged to ride the horses in charge of
Trainers T. Blackwell and Richard
Marsh at the combined salary of $35,000
for the next season—the highest amount
ever paid any jockey in the word for a
year’s work in the saddle.
Marsh trains for King Edward YIL
The engagement of Maher as jockey is
regarded as a tactful way of expressing
the king’s opinion that he is not preju
diced against American riders.
Maher spoke to The World represent
ative on the subject of his engagement
to ride King Edward’s horses as follows:
“My first engagement next season is
for the Blackwells’ stable and Richard
M&r?h is to have second call on my ser
vices. Mr. Marsh trains for King Ed
ward and my retainer, of course, in
cludes riding the king’s horses.
“This has been the most successful
season I have ever had. I have ridden
85 winners this year.”
Reciprocal Treatment Wanted.
Washington, Nov. 2.—A delegation
of merchants form Baltimore and New
York, representing Brazilian commerce,
has arrived in Washington and called
upon Secretary Hay with a view to urg
ing reciprocal treatment by Brazil of
American interests demanded by the
liberal treatment which the United
States accords imports from Brazil.
Secretary Hay was much interested in
the subject and took the statement un
der consideration in with the whole
matter of reciprocity, which he will
urge upon congress.
Galveston Quarantines.
St. Louis, Nov. 2.— Telegrams from
Galveston, Tex., report that the state
health department has issued orders to
enforce quarantine against all vessels
from Liverpool and Glasgow, on ac
count of the prevalence of bubonic
plague at those English ports. Seven
or eight ships from Liverpool and Glas
gow are now envoyage to Galveston.
All vessels will be detained 10 days at
quarantine station and for an indefinite
period should there be sickness on board.
Safe at Holly woud Dynamited.
Chattanooga, Nov. 2.—A News spe
oial from Larkinsville, Ala., says: The
safe of the Southern Express company
at Hollywood, Ala., was blown open
last night and badly damaged. Several
hundred dollars belonging to a local ce
dar company, together with the money
of the express and railroad company,
was in the safe, but the burglars weje
alarmed at the excessive noise of the
explosion and fled.
Wreck Near Big Stone Gap, Va.
Middlesboro, Ky., Nov. 2.—A head
end collision last night on the Louisville
and Nashville railway resulted in the
death of Engineer H. B. Lloyd of Cor
bin, Ky., and the serious injury to sev
eral trainmen. The wreck occurred
near Big Stone Gap. Va. Lloyd was
promoted to the position of engineer
about ten days ago.
Minister Grlscomb Marries.
London, Nov. 2.-— Lloyd Carpenter
Griscomb, United States minister to
Persia, was married in St. Margaret’s
church, Westminster, today, to Miss
Elizabeth Duer Bronson, daughter of
the late Frederick Bronson of New
York. Canon Henson performed the
ceremony. Colonel, The Hon. Richton,
was the best man.
Negro Killed Near Brookwood.
Brookwood, Ala., Nov. 2. —Eke Wil
son shot and killed a negro, Nathan
Bell, near here. Wilson was given a
preliminary trial and was discharged,
the coroner’s jury finding his conduct
to be justifiable.
Dropped Dead or Heart Disease.
Ardmore, L T., Nov. 2.—Judge A. D.
Matthews, aged 87 years, dropped dead
at his home here of heart disease. Judge
Matthew* waa a pioneer resident of the
Indian Territory and was thtk first
AMERICUS. GA., SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 3, 1901.
An Excellent Combination.
The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
Syrup of Figs, manufactured by the
California Fio Syrup Co., illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa
tive principles of plants known, to be
medicinally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. It
is the one perfect strengthening laxa
tive, cleansing the system effectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per
manently. Its perfect freedom from
every objectionable quality and sub
stance, and its acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing figs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from senna and
other aromatic plants, by a method
known to the California Fig Syrup
Co. only. In order to get its beneficial
effects and to avoid imitations, please
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front of every package.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE, KY. NEW YORK, N. Y.
Forsale by all Druggists.—Price 50c. per bottle.
KIDNEY DISEASES
are the most fatal of all dis
eases .
CHI CV’O kidney cure ts i
lULCI d Buarantaad Remedy
or money refunded. Contains
remedies recognized by emi
nent physicians es the best lot
Kidney end Bladder troubles.
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For Sale by J. R. Hudson.
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PENNSYLVANIA PUKE BYE
EIGHT YEARS OLU
OLD SHARPE WILLIAMS
FOUR |FULI. QUARTS [OF THIS FINE
OLU PURE RYE.
£ ~ errk EXPRESS
*J\>*s U * PREPAID.
We amp on approval in plain, sealed boxes
with no marks to Indicate contents. When
you receive It and test It, if It is not satisf ac
tory, return it at our expense and we will re
turn your $3.50. We guarantee this brand to
be eight years old. Eight bottles for $6.50
express prepaid; 12 bottles for $9.50 express
prepaid; 1 gallon jug, express prepaid, $3.00;
2 gallon jug, express prepaid, $5.50. No
charges for boxing.
We handle all tne leading brands of Rye
and Bourbon Whiskies in the market, and
will save vou 50 per cent, on vour purchases
Quart. Gallon.
Kentuck Star Bourbon $35 fl 25
Elkridge Bourbon 40 150
Coon Hollow Bourbon 45 1 60
Mellwood Pure Rye i 50 1 90
Monogram Rye c 55 2 00
Mcßrayer Rye 60 2 25
Baker’s AAA A 53 65 2 40
O. O. P. (Old Oscar Pepper).." 65 2 40
Old Crow £ 75 250
Finches’Golden Wedding 75 ;2 75
Hoffman House Rye 90 - 3 00
Mount Vernon (8 years old).. 1 00 13 50
Old Dilllnger (10 years 01d)... 1 25 4 00
The above are only a few brands of the
many we carry In stock. Send for catalogue.
All other goods by the gallon, such as Corn
Whiskey, Peach and Apple Brandies, etc,,
sold equally as low, from $1,25 gallon up
W3rds<
We make a specialty of the jug trade and
all orders by mall or telegraph will have our
prompt attention. Special Inducements of
!ereds|
The Altmayer &
Flatau Liquor Co.
sW“Mail orders shipped same”day receipt
order. -
506, 508, 508, 510, 512 Fonrth-«t.
Near Union-Passenger Depot
Phone 265.
Macon, - * Georgia,
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BAGLEY GROCERY CO.
SOLE AGENTS
Henry Clay Flour,
Ripe Peach Tobacco,
Jones’ Lever Binders,
Mowers and Rakes.
Bagley Block, Opposite Courthouse
I rvriM ls y° n want a
Loans. i oan on your
________________ farm or city
property, you
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easy. Office in Planters Bank building.
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KAISER OPPOSED TO
GOLLOSSAL TRUSTS
Looks Askance at Magnate
Morgan’s Ship Combine.
A MENACE TO COMMERCE
He Foresees the Necessity of Forming
an European Customs Union Against
the United States In Order to Assure
the Freedom of Continental Trade.
New York, Nov. 2.—M. Pierre de
Segur gives a highly interesting ac
count in the current number of The
Revue de Paris of the reception given
by the kaiser on board the Hohenzollern
to a party of French tourists at Odae,
says The Herald’s Paris correspondent.
“His conversation with us,” writes M.
de Segur, “was chiefly about America.
To him there is a menace for the future
in the colossal trusts, so dear to the
yaukee millionaire, which tend to place
an industry or an international ex
change in the hands of a single indi
vidual or group of individuals.
“Suppose, he said, in substance, that
Morgan succeeds in combining under
his flag several of the oceanic lines. He
does not occupy any official position in
his country outside of the influence de
rived from his wealth. It would there
fore be impossible to treat with him if
it should happen that an international
incident or a foreign power were in
volved in his enterprise, and neither
would it be possible to have recourse to
the state, which, having no part in the
business, could decliue any responsibil
ity. Then to whom could we turn?
“In order to obviate this danger, the
kaiser foresees the necessity ot' forming
an European customs union against the
United States on similar lines to the
continental blockade devised by Napo
leon against England in order to safe
guard the iuterests aud assure the free
dom of continental commerce at the ex
pense of America’s development, and he
declared to us without circulation that
in such an eventuality England would
be forced t» choose an alternative of
two absolutely opposite policies—either
to adhere to the blockade aud place
herself on the side of Europe against
the United States or else to join the lat
ter against the powers of the continent. ”
SPARKSTODIEON SCAFFOLD-
Convicted of 31urder of Jake lngersoll
In Lee County, Aia.
Opelika, Ala., Nov. 3. —The trial of
Professor C. H. Sparks, indicted for the
killing of Jake lngersoll, has been fin
ished and the defendant found guilty of
murder in the first degree and the death
penalty imposed. Judge Evans will fix
the date of execution today. This will
be the first execution in Lee county in
many years.
The crime for which Sparks will pay
the penalty on the gallows is one of the
most atrocious ever committed in this
section of Alabama. He assassinated
Jake lngersoll, an industrious and prom
inent negro mechanic and contractor in
Phenix, just as he had sat down at tke
table to eat his supper. There was
great excitement and indignation in
Phenix at the time, where lngersoll was
universally liked. After the commis
sion of the crime Sparks escaped, but
was captured in Georgia and carried to
Phenix.
The local military company of Phenix
and thje Lee Light infantry of Opelika
were ordered out to prevent a lynching.
Sparks was brought to Opelika and
lodged in jail, but on account of the in
security of our jail he was carried to
Montgomery for safekeeping.
Lucy lngersoll, wife of the murdered
man, who was indicted as an accessory
to the assassination, turned state’s evi
dence, testified against Sparks, pleaded
guilty to murder in the second degree,
and was sentenced to 20 years* impris
onment in the penitentiary.
Wants $35,000 For Her Husband.
Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 2.—Henri
etta Hoke, administratrix of George S.
Hoke, has filed suit against the Birm
ingham Machine aud Foundry company
for f 35,000 damages for tho death of iier
husband. Sue alleges that the deceased
was employed in the plant of the de
fendant company at East Birmingham,
and that on Aug. 20, 1901, he was so
badly burned by exploding or escaping
molten iron that he died.
I- ears For -Hiss Stone's Healtn.
New York, Nov. 2.—A dispatch to
The Journal aud Advertiser from Sama
kov, Bulgaria, says the latest snow
storms must hasten the negotiations for
the release of Miss Ellen M. Stone, the
kidnaped missionary, because fears are
entertained about her health.
Don’t Want American cattle.
New York, Nov. 2.—A Herald dis
patch from Buenos Ayres says the gov
ernment has informed the American
minister that it cannot qjlow the impor
tation of American cattle for breeding
purposes.
Chilidren
Have w eyes bigger than their stomachs,”
according to an old saying. They over
eat themselves, and are tempted by all
sorts of injurious and indigestible edi
bles. As a consequence the foundation
of serious stomach trouble is often laid
in childhood.
For children with n weak” digestion or
whose stomachs are diseased, Doctor
Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery may
be confidently recommended. It cures
diseases of the stomach and other organs
of digestion and nutrition, so that the
nourishment contained in food is per
fectly assimilated and the puny child is
built up by food into a condition of
robust health.
Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery
contains neither alcohol nor narcotics.
Accept no substitute for ” Golden Med
ical Discovery.” There is nothing "just
as good” for diseases of the stomach and
other organs of digestion and nutrition.
Mrs. EUa Gardner, of Waterview, Middlesex
Co.,Va., writes : "My little daughter is enjoying
splendid health, I am glad I found a doctor
who could cure my child, Whenever she feels
badly I give her Ur. Pierce’s Goldeu Medical
Discovery and she is- soon all right. She took
twelve bottles of the ‘ Golden Medical Discov
ery,’ eight bottles of ‘ Pellets,’ and one bottle of
of^Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy and she is well.
We thank God for your medicine.”
Dr. Pierce’s Common Sense Medical
Adviser, in paper covers, is sent free on
receipt of 21 one-cent stamps to pay
expense of mailing only. Address Dr.
EL V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. t
WHY KOESTERSHOT NEGRO.
Appointee's Friends Claim It Was a
Humane Act.
Charleston, Nov. 2. Friends of
George R. Koester, whose appointment
as collector of internal revenue is op
posed because he took part in a lynch
ing in Lexington county some years ago,
tiade a statement in the affair. Accord
ing to this version, Koester, who is edi
tor of the Columbia Record, went with
the mob to report the lynching.
When the negro was caught he was
strung to a tree and the mob was mak
ing ready to burn him alive when
Koester protested that it should not be
done.
“We’d like to see you help it,” said
one of the leaders.
“I’ll kill him first, ” answered Koes
ter, and it is said that he whipped out a
revolver and fired. Koester claimed to
have acted with the desire to save the
negro from slow torture. The mob, be
said, was bloodthirsty and wild for the
negro’s life, but was not willing to kill
him outright.
The Koester element claims now that
he did a humane act, inasmuch as he
was powerless to save the negro.
SAFE FOR RATIFICATION.
New Constitution Will Carry by Large
3lajority.
Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 2.— At the
headquarters of the state Democratic
campaign committee for ratification, it
was stated that from reports to hand,
the new constitution will be ratified by
a big majority.
It is claimed that not more than ten
counties will go against ratification, and
this number is believed to be exagger
ated. One county in each of the Second
and Third congressional districts, one
in the Fourth, one in the Fifth, two in
the Sixth, two in the Seventh, and two
in the Eighth, are all that are counted
as being doubtful.
Considerable work is being done in
the counties where there is any doubt,
and the campaign will be fought to a
finish. The work of sending out copies
of the new constitution and other litera
ture is taking up much time at the head
quarters, and tne clerks and stenogra
phers are busy.
KILLED TWO AND SUICIDED.
Shocking Crime of Fred Baker at
Amsterdam, N. Y.
Amsterdam, N. Y., Nov. 2.—Fred
Baker, having gained admittance at 2
o’clock this morning to the apartments
of "William Greene, who lived in the
second story of a house on Elizabeth
street, killed Greene by shooting him in
the neck with a revolver and splitting
his head open with a hatchet. Baker
then shot Mrs. Greene and cut her head
open with a hatchet, inflicting fatal
wounds, and then shot himself through
the heart, dying instantly.
Baker was a suitor for Mrs. Greene’s
hand before her marriage, but his love
was unrequited. For this reason he
shot her on Nov. 23, 1595, and out her
with a razor, but she recovered from her
wounds. For this crime Baker was
sent to state prison, but was released
about five months ago.
Raided the Distilleries.
Greenville, S. C., Nov. 2.—Revenue
Collector Aiken and Deputy Marshal
Corbin have returned to the city after a
raid on noonshine stills in Oconee coun
ty. They destroyed two stills near
Whetsote, each of 75-gallon capacity,
with 38 fermenters and 4,600 gallons of
beer. They captured Robert and Ben
jamin Holmes at work in one of the
stills. Robert Holmes was placed in
jail at Walhalla, but Benjamin was dis
missed, as he was too young to prose
cute.
Durham's Financial Condition.
Durham, N. 0., Nov. 2.—The tax
books and other county records show
Durham county to be in a better condi
tion, financially, than ever before. The
only bonded indebtedness hanging over
the county is that of 160,000, issued to
the Lynchburg and Durham railroad,
and this will not be due for many years.
Last year the county fund amounted to
$20,916 and this year there will be $25,-
647—an increase of nearly $5,000.
Building the Valley Falls Factory.
Spartanburg, S. 0., Nov. 2.—Work
at the factory of the Valley Falls Man
ufacturing company, 8 miles from the
city at Lolo, is going ahead briskly. A
large potion of the machinery for the
oottson mill has arrived and the re
mainder is coming in daily. Mechanics
are busily engaged placing tbe machin
ery. This plant is equipped with the
finest machinery to be secured.
New Florida Corporation.
Tallahassee, Nov. 2.—Governor Jen
nings today signed letters patent incor
porating the Hammatt Contracting com
pany at Jacksonville, with a capital of
$25,000, to conduot a general contract
ing business, supplying machinery and
all kinds of materials, to buy and sell
goods, wares and merchandise. C. S.
Hammatt, T. G. Hutchinson and J. B.
Allen are the stockholders.
North Carolina’s 3lllitary.
Raleigh, Nov. 2.— Adjutant General
Royster says he will make several trans
fers of companies of the regiments of
the state guard in order to secure a bet
ter geographical arrangement. New
rifles are to be drawn for all the force
save the companies already having new
ones. The bayonet used on the Krag-
Jorgensen will be used on the new rifle.
Farm Laborers Scarce.
Raleigh, Nov. 2.— Farmers say labor
is very scarce and that this is the reason
why so many are behind in picking cot
ton. Negro labor is the sort usually
meant in this section. Very few white
men can be hired to do farm labor, a a
most of them either rent or work on
Shares.
Heiity Sentei ced to Hang.
Knoxville, Nov. 2.—A special to
The Sentinel from Erwin, Teun., says
Armstrong Heuly, was tried aud con
victed in the circuit court at Erwiu on
the charge of murder and rape of his
6-year old stepdaughter last July. He
was sentenced to hang Dec. 13.
Dai.c ng tiiris in Jail.
Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 2.—Tne po
lice swooped down upon “The French
Dancing Girls,” a street show not in
the fall festival outfit, and hauled the
entire aggregation to the city prison
where they were locked up, six dancing
girls, manager and aIL The charge
against the show is violating section
866, which prohibits indecent perform
ances for public entertainment.
xioy snoots uunset 1.
Bay Minette, Ala., Nov. 2.—Craw
ford, the 16 year-old son of D. C. Byrne,
chairman of the executive committee of
the Democratic party of Baldwin coun
ty, accidentally discharged a gun while
out huuting, the shot taking effect in
his right foot. Four physicians were
called in and an amputation found
necessary.
GREAT BRITAIN AND
NICARAGUAN CANAL
First Recent Official News In
Relation Thereto.
OLD TREATY ABROGATED
Lord Pauncefote Brings With Him the
Draft of New Document Which, it
la Said, Is In Every Way Satisfactory
to Lord Salisbury’s Cabinet.
London. Not. 2.— The first official
statement of any kind made for a
month in relation to the Nicaragua ca
nal has been obtained by the Associated
Press. It confirms the fact that Lord
Pauncefote, the British ambassador to
the United States, when he lauds in
New York today will have with him a
draft of a new treaty, abrogating the
Olayton-Bulv. er treaty, which is in
every particular satisfactory to Lord
Salisbury’s cabinet.
Since a representative of the Asso
ciated Press interviewed Lord Paunce
fote in London not one word officially
authorized has been given out here with
reference to the caual.
Negotiations (Juofilcial.
The editorials which have appeared in
England have been based entirely upon
dispatches from the United States. This
is explained by the rather astonishing
announcement that all negotiations up
to the present day have been entirely
unofficial from a strictly diplomatic
point of view, and that on pourparleurs
only depend the hopes generally shared
for a successful bridging over the dip
lomatic difficulty. These pour parleurs,
however, have been particularly search
ing.
The state department does not require
to see a copy of the important document
Lord Pauncefote carries in order to
learn its terms, though, officially, the
negotiations will only commence when
the ambassador reaches Washington.
Until that time the exact conditions of
the new convention are withheld.
Though it is admitted that Great
Britain has agreed to put the Olaytou-
Bulwer treaty to one side and to ac
quiesce in the construction of the canal
by and under the control of the United
States, this concession from Lord Lans
dowue’s original contention has not
been granted without some real or fan
cied advantage to Great Britain. It
would not be fair to say that a quid pro
quo constituted the main feature of the
protracted pour parleurs. but that it
will directly or indirectly result, is
firmly established in the minds of the
members of the cabinet. One of the
most responsible officials connected with
these and the earlier negotiations said:
C hies Reason Kor Opposition.
“We never really objected to the con
struction of the caual, but we did and
do object to a cavalier abrogation of the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty. It was in that
spirit that Lord Lausdowne couched his
reply to the United States senate’s re
jection of the last "Hay-Pauncefote
treaty. It was not what you wanted to
do, but the nasty way you said it, that
was the chief reason for our opposition.
Since then we have been approached m
a rational, polite manner and we have
again endeavored to substitute for the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty a treaty that will
enable America to carry out a design
which, in a broad sense, will doubtless
benefit the whole world.”
The mollification of the foreign offioe
has doubtless done more than anything
else to secure the assent of the British
government to a new treaty. Bat in
almost the same breath must be men
tioned the state department’s willing
ness to agree to a reciprocal arrange
ment regarding the British West Indies
and other British possessions. This,
while in line with the view? latterly at
tributed by speaial cable dispatches to
President Mc&inley and President
Roosevelt, was so at variance with the
British general's experience of the
American attitude that they now regard
it in the light of a quid pro quo for
what they believe to be a concession
over the Nicaraguan proposal.
MANY EMPLOYEB LAID OFF.
Four Hundred In the Santa Fe Rail
road Shops Suspended.
Chicago, Nov. 2.—Four hundred em
ployes of the Santa Fe railroad, work
ing in the snops at Burnside, near Chi
cago, have been laid off. Out of a force
of 186 machinists and helpers 128 were
included in the lay off. Boilermakers,
blacksmiths aqd yieir helpers and round
house men make np the balance of the
number.
The canse of the discharge of so many
men is not stated by the company offi
cials. A large percentage of the men
discharged are union meh and some of
them attribute their discharge to the
agitation last April, when the machin
ists of the entire system made a demand
for a 9-hour work day.
Presidential Appointments.
Washington, Nov. 2.— The president
today made the following appointments:
War—Charles B. Nichols, surgeon of
volunteers, rank major; Joseph R. Her
ron, captain of cavalry; James B. Mitch
ell, captain artillery oorps; George 0.
Broome, Willis O. Metoalf, lieutenants
Porto Rico provisional regiment of in
fantry; Charles Andrews, surgeon of
volunteers, rank of major; Eugene Van
N. Bissell, second lieutenant of cavalry.
31ercer Raises the Money.
Macon, Nov. 2.—President Pollock of
Mercer university, the leading Baptist
educational institution in Georgia, an
nounces that he thinks the amount of
$50,000 for the endowment funcf has
been subscribed by the friends of the
university, thereby securing the dona
tion of $15,000 from JohnD. Rockefeller
predicated upon the former amount be
ing raised by Nov. L
Crazy Anaichist Uses Pistol.
Munich, Nov, 2.—There was a sensa
tional affair at Odeon hail last evening.
Just before the commencement of aoon
cert there a man named Hoffman began
firing a revolver at the people in the
auditorium, wounding two of them. He
then killed himself. Hoffman, who was
a sculptor’s assistant, came from Neua
tadt, Baden. Anarchist literature was
found in his pockets.
Kdward Stokes Sinking.
New York, Nov. 2.—Edward Stokes,
who is seriously ill, has been gradually
growing weaker for several days past
and the physicians who attend at his
bedside have practically given up hope
for his recovery. Stokes’ friends said
today that they anticipate his death at
any time now.
Conaemu tat irauing stamp.
Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 2. —The
Birmingham board of trade has passed
resolutions condemning the trading
stamp. Men are now iu the city mak
ing an effort to establish the trading
stamps again, and at a well-attended
meeting of the board of trade the
„ scheme was condemned by resolutions.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
Work of House and Senate-—New Bills
and Bills Passed.
Atlanta, Nov. 2.—ln the senate sev
eral bills were passed, among them
those of Senator Howell, to require the
state chemist to make an analysis in
suspected csises of poisoning; also, to
allow the amending of pauper affidavits;
by Senator Berring, to restrict the said
of cocaine and prescribing a penalty;
by Senator Sullivan, to remove the re
striction of holdiug only two terms of
the superior courts in the several cir
cuits of the state so that they may be
held quarterly.
Senator Spinks introduced a bill to
allow appeals iu contested election cases
to the supreme court.
The legislative special will leave
Tuesday night at 9:30 for the Savannah
fair.
\ ery little was accomplished in the
house, except making the Wright anti
barroom bill the special order for Fri
day of next week.
The Hardwick bill to restrict and
limit the voting franchise was reported
by the committee op- constitutional |
amendments without* recommendation
and will be made a special order later
on.
New bills introduced are as follows:
By Mr. Foster of Floyd, for the pro
tection of taxes in this state; by Mr.
Durham of Banks, to abolish the couuiy
court of Banks; by Mr. Ousely of
Lowndes, to abolish the city court of
Valdosta; by Mr. Gresham of Burke, to
create the city court of Waynesboro; by
Messrs. Slaton and Houston of Fulton,
to amend the act establishing the pub
lic school system of Fulton; by Mr. Har
per of Chattooga, to anthorize the gov
ernor to appoint a board of trustSes'for ”
the asylum for the blind; by Mr. Smith
of Heury, to provide for filing certain
claims.
The following local bills were passed:
By Mr. Johnson of Jefferson, to in
corporate the town of Wrens in Jeffer
son county, 94 to 3, passed; by Mr.
Hodges of Hart, to create a board of
commissioners of roads and revenues for
said county, 93 to 0, passed; by Messrs.
Jordan and Grice of Pulaski, to estab
lish a dispensary in Pulaski county,
tabled; by Messrs. Wright, Foster and
Knowles of Floyd, to establish a dispen
sary iu the oity of Rome, if the people
so vote, 88 to 0, passed; by Mr. Gres
ham of Burke, to authorize the major
and council of Waynesboro to issue 8 „
per cent 30-year bonds to the amount <dk
$30,000, 90 to 0, passed.
MORRISON’S STRANGE TALE.
Held Up by Three Men and Forced to
Marry Woman.
Waycross, Ga., Nov. 2. —An unusu
ally interesting story comes from Oharl
ton county, where court has been in ses
sion.
H. Reed Morrison, a prominent oiti
zen of Moniac, was granted a divorce in
the court, there being no opposition to
his snit. Morrison stated to the jnry
that he lived in South Carolina prior to
his removal to this state, three years
ago, when he came to Moniac and ac
cepted a position as sawyer for the
Dyal-Upchurch Lumber company.
He said that one uight while he lived
iu South Carolina ha was met by a trio
of men, heavily armed with Winches
ter rides. He was told that he must
either marry a certain young lady of
the community or prepare to pass in his
checks. The woman iu question was a
sister of one of the men in the party.
He was held in custody at the point of
the dangerous looking rifles until the
lady, the license and au officer of the
law could be secured, and thereupon
they were made man and wife.
According to Morrison’s version of
the affair, as soon as the ceremony had
been performed he was set at liberty
and as soon as possible left the state of
South Carolina and had not returned
there since. Never having from that
day until the present time looked upon
the face of the woman whom he mar
ried that night in the road after hearing
his story, and there being no opposition
to the proceedings, the jury granted tho
divorce asked for. ....
Theodore iu gulls Appointed.' ,
Washington, Nov. 2.—Theodore
galls of Louisville, Ky. f has been ap
pointed chief of the mail depredations
division of the postoffice department
succeeding Emanuel Speich, transferred
to another bran oh of the service.
Disaster bn Lake Baikal.
London, Nov. 2.—lt is announced in
a dispatch to a news agenoy from St.
Petersburg that scores of fishing boats 1
were wrecked and that 170 men were
drowned during a recent storm oh lake
Baikal.
Railroad Repair Shops Burned.
San Francisco, Nov. 2.—The repair
shop of the Santa Fe Railroad oom
pany at Point Richmond, which con
“i&coife<l»f«^.r:hto ' ryi b " l *
Talbot’s n ree Delivery.
Talbotton, Ga., Nov. 2 —Through
the enterprise of Postmaster W. O. De-
Loach rural free delivery has been inau
gurated in Talbot one
route, 28 miles, will for
the present. Edgar 8. BaWf'iV'
earner, and commenced the serrtc’ ,ST
DAILY MARKET REPORTS.
COTTON FfrTURKS.
New York. Nov. 8. Cotton futures
opened firm. ,
OPEN " ' CLOIIK
J auary 7.50 .... 7.48
February ...; 7.44
March. 7.47 .... 744
April. 7.44 .... 7.44
May 7.38 .... 7.39
suae. .... 7.;>6
Juiy 7.87 .... 7.35
August .... 7.83
September ....
Uctooer .... ——
November.. .... 7.47
Desera oer 7.48 .... 7.50
Spot cotton closed quiet: middling up—-
lands, V/%\ middling gulf, B%c. Sales, 165
bales.
GRAIN' AMD PROVISIONS.
CHICAGO, Nov. 2 OPEN CLOSE
WHEAT—November.. .... 70%
December «*o%@% .... 70%
May --
CORN—November. .... 57%
December....' 57%@% .... 58%
May .... 60% _
OATS—November .... 36
December 36% .... 36%
May .... 4C—
PORK—November .... ...
January 14.82% .... 14.90
May. .... 15.05
LARD—November .... .... 8.57
December .... 857
January 8.52% .... 8.60
May 7.50
RIBS— November .... 7.80
January 7.62% .... 7.70
May .... 7.80
NAVAL STORK 3.
SAVANNAH. Nov. 2.—Spirits turpentine,
firm at 35%; receipts. 1,044; qples. 350;
exports, 340. Rosin, firm; receipts, 8.167;
sates, 1,121; exports, 5,687. Quote A, B, C,
D, $1.05; E, $1.10: F. $1.20. G. $1.20 H, $1.80;
I, $1.35: K. $1.95: M, $2.45; N. $3.05, win
dowglass, $3.45; waterwhite, $3.60.
Wilmington. Nov. 2.—Spirits,of 'tur
pentine. nothing doing; receipts, 27 casks.
Rosin, firm at WO@9s; receipts, 182. Crude
turpentine, steady at SLIO®2. OO; receipts.
2L Tar, quiet at $1.25; receipt b, 42.
Cmablkston, Nov. Wthrpentine, firm
at 85; sales - casks. ftosia, firm; B, C,
D, E $1,00; sales —,
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