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Twenty-Fourth Year.f
PROFESSIONAL cards.
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ljR. BEN*' ■, , u a Nose Specialist.
Uc! . u ,.: iiti to’fitting eyeglasses
ms 37 and 38 Planters
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T\K. G |*HY> !•' V'n" AND SURUE2N.
t' -t. ion i veil to diseases of wo-
S[k*> iai ui;' ;; , lo general surgery.
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1 D- i-" , “ piANOS and ORGANS.
It , ‘ I. ; ... pianos and organs a
Taalßf! ■» ‘‘ N a Ainericus, Ga.
specialty
—> Wm. M. Harper.
‘ biXON & HARPER,
XTTOHNF- v> and COUNSELOR'' A'l LAW
Americas, Georgia.
offlceSi Room l t-3 Byne Huiidlng.
U U,!£RT 'at TORN KYAT LAW.
Amerlcus, Ga
ters Bank Building.
|>OOPKKA ItVKKS,
1 Attorneys at Law,
Planters Hank Building
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J # A ATTOKNKY AT LAW.
RoomN«>. : i'v:r Building, Amerlcus, Ga.
P A. HAWKINS,
L Attorney at Law,
Office In Wheatley Building.
I AMES I AVI,OK
attorney at Law
Office "Vrr i.'i inL rtdrug store, Forsyth
Street
HE, CATO VI 1»
, PUVSCIAN AND SURGEON.
KMldence 316 Fslder street. Telephone 9b
Tenders Ids prolessloual service to the
peopleut Amerlcus and surrounding coun-
Ues Special attention given to genera'
scrgery, diseases ot women and children.
Office!*# Jackson street. Calls lett at Ur.
Eldrtiige's store will receive prompt atten
tion
W T. Lank. k. l. Maynard
LANE & MAYNARD,
LAWYERS.
AMERLCUS : GEORGIA.
Offices Nos. 15 and 17 Planters Bank • Build
lug
Dr. S. H. McKee,
...DENTIST...
Office. Wheatley Building, over John It
Hudson's drugstore, Rooms s, 9 and 10. Phone
No. 9.
C, P, Ptctvis,
tSDcntist. ..
Office Residence
Times-Recorder >lll dg 218. Jackson Street.
Phone 262. Phone 155.
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Elected Meats
can always be found
here. We handle
nothing butthe best,
and invite cornyari-
Eon. Fish, Oysters
an ‘l chickens always
on hand.
SHERLOCK & CO,
THON E No. $2.
JOHNSON & HARROLD,
Btolfai ad hmm
merchants.
Ksu dealers 1v...,
GROCERIES and FERTILIZERS
J' l *ut»tlon Supplies Furnished
Cuh °“ Kei * s< »“‘l>le Terrmg.
, " 4 '‘ nced oa cotton In store at lowes
interest.
Plymouth Rock Eggs.~
Phan n°? eil) ibition stock, Barred
n'eL t U ° Ck ehickeDfl - Setting of
Ofdl° Bftf T 1 urest Btraiu - Leave
»t Turpin’s Stables.
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HIGH POINTS IN A BUGGY
! 'e always to be found in vehicles made
y the HIGH POINT BUGGY CO., re
presented in Americas by Capt- W. W.
Dews who has an experience of many
iears in the sale of vehicles. At the com
pany’s Repository in the Allen House
'/ 0t v ’ can be found carloads of vehicles,
‘ ! ert from the factory at High Point. N,
hese consist of open and top buggies,
ii! es,' surreys, road wagons and farm
• The very best material, handled
- ‘ skilied workmen, is used in tlie con*
action of these vehicles.
None Belter Than The High Point....
haggles with and without rubber tires —
! ‘; e ' )est that can be made. A full line of
laTuess, Whips, Robes, Poles, etc., car
ru‘d in stock. Call at 218 Cotton Avenue
an< l let me show you through.
W. w. DEWS,
MANAGER
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
No True American
is ever satisfied except with the
best. The oldest is not always the
best, and is seldom the strongest.
In this case, however, the best is
the oldest and strongest. Let fig
ures speak:
The Asserts of The Mutual Life Insurance
Company of New York (organized 1813) ex
ceed those of any other life Insurance com
pany in existence. They are over
$382,000,000
It has paid Policy-holders over
$627,000,000
which is more than any other life insurance
company in the world has disbursed
A policy in The Old Mutual
gives a man or a woman that sense
of assurance which cannot be en
joyed under private investments.
\» 1 itc to-day for “Where Shall 11 nsureV’
Tite Mutual Life Insurance
Company of New York,
Richani A. McCurdy, President.
It. F. Shed den, Manager, Atlanta.
AKTHUE & EVERETT,
Resident Agents,
Americus, * - Georgia.
BACLEY GROCERY CO.
SOL. KJA GENTS
Henry Clay FlouF
Ripe Peach Tobacco
Jones’ Lever Binders,
Mowers and Rakes.
Ragle y Block OrmositegCourthouse
For Sale.
210 and 212 Prince street,
also 326 Forsyth street, and
ether city homes for one-fifth
cash, balance in 100 monthly
payments.
Nice building lot on Finn
street.
A Bargain —Fine Gust
Mill in perfect order and fine
patronage. Location, College
street and S. A. L. track.
Capacity 300 bushels per day.
H.T. DAVENPORT,
Real Estate Agent
LUMBER.
We can fill promptly all or
ders for Lumberfrom our mill
near Americus. Lowest prices
given on application. Orders
left at Lockett stables will
receive our attention. Call on
or address us at Americus.
U. S. LOCKETT & SON.
MONEY LOANED!
Farm loans negotiated any
where i-i Southwest Georgia
at low rates and on easy
terms Save money by*see
mg me.
G. R. ELLIS.
Americus, Ga.
MAX I). KIRSCH,
Violin Studio
308 Lamar Steet.
Same Floor With
Dr. Chapman.
East Lake, Ala., Dec. Bth, iqo2.
Hr. A. B. Girardeau, Savannah, Ga.
Dear Sir: —\ his is to certify that on Au=
gust Ist I went to Verbena, Ala., to hold it
series of meetings. Was at that time, and
had been for six weeks prior, so feeble I was
scarcely able to preach. Mr. F. A. Gulledge,
of Verbena, with whose family I was stop=
ping, kindly offered me three of
Johnson’s Chill and Fever Tonic, gratis. I
accepted, and began the use of the Tonic at
once. Within three weeks I was was much
better. In three weeks 1 had taken the
three bottles of lonic and was fully well.
1 00 kno other medicine then nor since, and
am in better health and heavier than for
the past fifteen years.
J. M. McCORD,
Pastor Verbena*Baptist Church.
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lyon s French Periodical Drops
Strictly vegetable, perfectly harmless, sure to accomplish
OESIREI) RESULTS. Greatest known female remedy.
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Qur Entire Line Are Leaders....
in
Clothing, Shoes, Hats and Caps. Up-to
date patterns of neckwear, Domestics
Dress Goods, Dress and Negligee Shirts,
Overalls, Suitings for men and women.
Spring: tine of Percales, Linens, Cham
brey’s, Calicoes, White Goods, anything
you might want,
We can, and will sell you: come and se us, at
E. D. SHEFFIELD GO.
The Unique Tailoring Merchants. 113 Cotton Avenue
Golden and White i
Dent Corn, Rice Pop-
Corn, Early [ Amber j
Cane, German Millet j
and Gat-tail Millet, |
Just Received at
The Eldridge Drug Stores.,
AMERICUS, GA., SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 29. 190.1.
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CASTORIA
THE CENTAUR COMPANY. NEW YORK CITY,
TALE OF SUFFERING
IN ANTAfICTIC LAND
Drew of Discovery Under
went Many Privations.
many hairbreadth escapes.
Ship Reached Latitude 82.17 South,
and Will Bring Back Much Valuable
Knowledge About South Pole —Crew
Reported Well and Cheerful.
Lyttletown, New Zealand, March 28.
—The sledging parties of the British
Antarctic ship Discovery, whose ex
periences were reported by the relief
ship Morning on the latter’s arrival
here Wednesday, engaged in much val
uable work. The wash southward of
Captain Scott, of the Discovery, as
a result of which he reached latitude
82-17, south, was attended by great
hardships and extra strain. The soft
ened snow told quickly on the dogs,
all of which died. The party had
only a month’s provisions when they
left the southernmost depot and there
fore it was impossible to continue
southward without inviting disaster.
The return journey was most trying,
the party were on short rations for
five days, a«d their progress was seri
ously impaired by fog. Lieutenant
Shackelton burst a blood vessel in
one of his lungs and only his pluck
pulled him through.
The crew of the Discovery are de
scribed as having palpably aged ow
ing to hard living, but all are well
and cheerful. Another party under
Lieutenant Barnes was returning from
a sledge journey towards Cape Cro
zier when a blizzard struck them TO
miles from home. Barnes abandoned
his tents and sledges ami left the dogs
to find their own way to the ship.
Owing to the blinding snow Barnes
and his companions were unable to
see two yards ahead. While they
were descending a slope one of the
party disappeared and the members
of the expedition discovered them
selves to be on the edge of a huge
precipice. Another member of the
party fell from sheer weariness and
was not missed for some time and
he was eventually given up as lost
by the rest of his companions, who
searched for him. But it developed
that the man slept under a drift for
86 hours and he rejoined the ship un
harmed.
The members of another sledge ex
pedition, who went west were axvay
fifty-two days. They gained an alti
tude of 9.000 feet, and descended on
an ice slide to a glacier 3,000 feet be
low. The descent was perilous. The
sledges at one part of tile descent cov
ered 1,300 feet in a minute and ten
seconds, another occupant hanging on
by straps to the backs, of the sledge.
Lieutenant Armitage fell into cre
vasse and hung 30 feet below the sur
face. But for the fact that he was
harnessed to the others, he would
have fallen 2.000 feet. At Cape Adair
the Discovery found Borchgrevink’s
house in a good state of preservation.
There were some cases, of scurvy
during the sledge journeys, but they
recovered in return of the expedition
to the ship. There were many com
plaints about the tinned provisions.
The places of Lieutenant Shackelton
and the others who returned here on
the Morning were, not filled', as Cap
tain Scott still has 41 men in the crew
on the Discovery.
DROPPED ROCK ON TRAIN.
Passengers on New Jersey Central
Have Narrow Escape.
Bayonne, N. J., March 28. —An at
tempt to damage a New Jersey Cen
tral train while it was passing through
Bayonne last night running at the
rate of about 50 miles an hour, nar
rowly escaped resulting in a w r reck
or at least an injury, to many pas
sengers. The train was heavily load
ed. As it was passing under the
bridge at Bast Forty-sixth street
some one dropped a stone weighing
about 30 pounds from the bridge to the
top of the coaches. It is supposed
the purpose was to drop the rock on
the engine. The rock had a 20-foot
drop. It hit the roof of the first
passenger coach, brouke through, shat
tered the gas connectio-ns and fell in
the aisle between seats that contain
ed passengers.. The noisie of the
tearing through the roof and the drop
ping to the floor caused women to
scream and fait and there was gener
al excitement in the car. A brake
man not knowing what had occurred,
pulled the brake cord and the train
was stonned cnddenlv
>
Blows out the gas and furnishes jf Cga
the newspapers with a jest and S, f|g|
an obituary notice. "Didn’t //flfl I
know it was loaded” may be. 'll H
an honest plea, but it never Jb ?j
brought a victim Ixtck to life. Im I H
Those who let a cough run on, ll \
in ignorance of the danger, X\'i «
find no escape from the con- ' '//,■
sequences when the cough de- l/fj%
velops into lung trouble. II lA
The best time to kill a snake f'l
is in the egg. The best time
to cure a cough is when it
starts. Ordiiiarily, a few doses JH
of Dr. Tierce’s Golden Med- 1 [M
ical Discovery will cure aft y. fife
cough at the beginning. But Ik
even when the cough is deep- -ig?|
seated, the lungs bleed and the J||
body is wasted by emaciation, \
Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical fcA H
Discovery will in ninety-eight nA ■
cases out of every hundred effect §K|
a perfect and permanent cure. ™
"Mv husband had been coughing for years and
people frankly told me that he would go into con
sumption,” writes Mrs. John Shireman, of No.
265 25th Place, Chicago, 111. "He had such terri
ble coughing spells we not only grew much
alarmed but looked for the bursting of a blood
vessel or a hemorrhage at most any time. After
three days' coughing he was too weak to cross
the room. The doctor did him no good. I
stated the ease to a druggist, who handed me a
bottle of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery.
My husbands recovery was remarkable. In
three days after he began using Dr. Pierce’s
Golden Medical Discovery he was up and
around, and in two more days he went to work.
Two bottles cured him.”
The Common Sense Medical Adviser,
1008 pages, in paper covers, is sent free.
on receipt of 21 one-cent stamps to pay
expense of mailing only. Address Dr.
R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, % Y. «
PEOPLE FLEE FROM
RUSK OF WATERS
Great Gaps Cut In Mississ
ippi Levees.
TOWNS AND COUNTRY FLOODED.
Levee Authorities Still Optimistic as
to Closing of Breaks—Meanwhile
River Is Spreading Over Vast Terri
tory—Loss of Life Denied.
Greenville, Miss., March 28.—The
torrent continues to pour through the
crevasses at LaGrange, 5 miles south
of this city, at a fearful rate and the
surrounding countiy for miles is stand
ing in from 2 to 5 feet of water.
The breech has widened over night
and is now about 400 yards wide. The
■wildest excitement prevailed here last
night and reports of loss of life were
received from the Tuxedo and Race
track additions, but this morning no
confirmation of these rumors are at
hand, and' it is believed that all per
sons living in these localities had suf
ficient warning to escape.
The loss to live stock, however, will
be enormous, as hundreds of horses,
mules, cows and hogs were swept
away.
This morning the water submerges
the entire southern part of the city.
Protection levees are rapidly being
built in the middle of Washington
street, and a large force of convicts
and volunteers have the work in hand.
The portion of the town has, so far
escaped the encroachment of the flood
but the water is rising rapidly, and
the worst is feared. Last night the
two electric light plants, located in
the southern part of the city were sub
merged, and before daylight the city
was left in total darkness. This is
a serious damage, and will add to the
danger the next few days. The water
from the crevasse will flow into Fish
lake and Black bayou, Bogue Philah,
the Sunflower river and the Deer
Creek. It will overflow the greater
part of Washington and Sharkey coun
ties and will entirely submerge Isa
quenna county, with small portions of
Yazoo and Warren.
Many of the streams into which it
finds its way are already swollen and
full fiom back water and rains. The
Yazoo river, which is the final outlet
for this water, is already backing up
stream and overflowing the lower por
tions of Isaquenna and Sharkey coun
ties. and as the flood is thus cut off
from its natural outlet, it will neces
sarily accumulate and back up in the
upper country. The river is falling
by reason of the crevasse and the force
of the current in considerably les
sened on the Arkansas side, where
several weak places in the levee had
been reported.
Situation Critical at New Orleans.
New Orleans, March 28.—The river
has fallen here another tenth of a
foot, undoubtedly the result of the
break at Hymelia.
The early morning gauge was 20.1
feet. The news from Hymelia con
tinues to be favorable though the worn
of crib building was somewhat retard
ed' today by the failure of additional
supplies of lumber to arrive. The
crevasse is widening very slowly and
is still not quite 200 feet. Six to
eight plantations are already more or
less under water. Water has invad
ed the town of Lucy some distance
away. Traffic on the Texas and Pa
cific has been interrupted, the tracks
at some points being submerged.
Those in charge of the work of the
crevasse continue to be optimistic as
to the chances of closing it. The
heavy rain and hail storm during the
niglit was too brief to do any dam
age to the work.
The rest of the Louisiana line con
tinues to hold'. There is a hard fight
going on at Hope levee, but it is hoped
to hold it. Hope is on the east bank
of the river in the Pontchartrain dis
trict.
Special River Bulletin.
Washington, March 28. —The weath
er bureau has issued the following
special river bulletin:
The Mississippi river is falling
above Helena, and is about on a
stand below. The crevasses report
ed since Thursday have relieved the
situation somewhat below Greenville.
The effect will be slightly lowering
and at the same time a prolongation
of the crest of the flood. Stages this
morning are as follows:
Memphis, 38.2 feet, a fall of .3
foot.
Vicksburg, 51.8 feet; stationary.
New Orleans, 20.1 feet; a fall of .2
foot.
Large Guano Deposits.
San Francisco, March 28. —J. D, Mur
ray has arrived at Clipp#rton Island
where for the Pacific Island
company of Ixmdon, he has been mak
ing a survey of the guano deposits
He estimates the quantity of guano
on the islands at 75,000 tons, but says
it must be worked on a large scale
to be profitable. As at present han
died the expense of getting the guanc
is too great.
Cyclone in Virginia.
Clifton Forge, Va., March 28.—A
tornado passed over the vicinity ol
Cormore last night, doing great dam
age but no loss of life is reported
The track of destruction shows that
the tornado came from the southwest
and leveled buildings and fences for
a 'distance of over a mile, carrying
some material long distances.
Thirty-Second Degree Masons Adjourn
Buffalo, N. Y., March 28. —The elev
enth annual reunion of the Ancient
Accepted Scottish Rites Macons has
come to an end with a banquet. Cov
ers were laid for 400. Colonel Fran
cis Ward, of this city, acted as toast
masted’. The thirty-second degree,
sumbllme prince of the royal secret,
was conferred upon seventy-five can
didates today.
Fillipino Leader Killed.
Manila, March 28. —The report that
San Miguel, the Filipino leader, was
killed in Friday's fight near Mari
quina is confirmed. His body has
been identified and delivered to his
relatives for burial.
DESPERATE RATTLE
WITH ROBBERS
Officers and Possee Triumph
Without Injury.
POLICEMAN BOUND AND GAGGED
One of the Robbers Killed, One Is
Wounded and Another Captured.
None of the Officers or Citizens In
jured.
Cleveland, March 28.—A desperate
battle was fought early today between
three robbers on one side and offi
cers and citizens on the other at Bed
ford, a suburb resulting in the death
of one of the robbers and the wound
ing of one and the capture of another.
Many shots were exchanged before
the fleeing men were finally brought
to earth.
Very late last night three masked
men entered the town of Garretsville,
25 miles east of Cleveland, seized the
night policeman and bound and gag
ged him. The officer was then
marched to the postoffice, where he
was compelled to witness an attempt
to blow upon the safe by the marau
ders. They finally, after working
some time, gave up tV job without
securing anything of T* lue. Later
they stole a horse and buggy and
drove to Ravenna, where they board
ed a Cleveland and Pittsburg freight
train for Cleveland.
Telegrams were sent to Bedford and
when -the train arrived there a num
ber of deputy sheriffs and a posse
of citizens were on hand! armed with
guns and revolvers. A running fight
began when the train reached Bed
ford. The robbers fired as- they ran
toward an open field while the officers
and posse poured in volley after vol
ley upon them. Finally one of the
pursued men dropped to the ground
dead. A second was so badly wound
ed that he left a trail of blood, and
he soon surrendered.
None of the officers or citizens was
Injured.
DIAMONDS ARE UP.
Wearers of the Precious Stones Must
Pay Higher Prices In Future.
New York, March 28. —Another ad
vance in the price of diamonds Is an
nounced. Private cablegrams from
European brokers which were receiv
ed' by diamond Importers here stated
that 5 per cent had been added to the
price of all grades of rough diamonds.
The advance is to take effect at once.
There was a similar advance five
weeks ago, and dealers said that still
higher prices were to be expected in
the near future.
Retail prices are said to be higher
now than they were a year ago, and
the advance in rough stones will be
followed by an increase in the retail
rate.
“Mining of diamonds is becoming
more and more difficulty every year,”
said a New York dealer, “as the mines
get deeper the cost of operating be
comes dearer. In addition to that,
there is a constantly increasing de
mand for the gems.”
Prices have been advanced' three
times in the last six months. Each
change has been 5 per cent.
SIXTY MILES AN HOUR.
Aeronauts Say They Will Make that
Speed in Baloon.
New York, March 28. —The Spencer
brothers, the well known aeronauts,
are nothing if not enthusiastic says
The Tribune’s London representative.
They are at present engaged in the
construction of a new navigable bal
loon, for which they are using a 24-
horse power motor. This gives an
indicated speed! of 25 miles an hour,
and so, with a breeze of 35 miles an
hour in the same direction, they say
it is quite probable that Londoners
will, this year, see an airship rushing
overhead at the rate of 60 miles an
hour.
STRICT PRIVACY ENJOINED.
Body of Gen. McDonald Will Find Rest
ing Place in Native Land.
Paris, March 28.—After a confer
ence of the British embassy at noon
today between the officials and repre
sentatives of the family of Major Gen
et al Sir Hector MacDonald, who
killed himself at the Regina hotel
here on Wednesday, a statement was
issued that the body would be re
moved to Scotland and expressing an
earnest desire for the strictest pri
vacy.
Spectators Thrown to Ground.
Bartow, Fla., March 28.—-Yesterday
afternoon and last night Gentry Bros?
famous dog and pony show exhibited
in this city. At the close of the after
noon performance the enitre tier of
reserved seats gave way and 100 or
more people, men, women and . chil
dren, were precipitated to the ground.
Fortunately, none was hurt.
TWO MEN DEAD.
Found Struggling In River, and Nelth
er Lives to Tell the Tale.
New Haven, Conn., March 28. —Jas.
Murphy, a tugboat eaptaU, was dis
covered struggling with an unknown
man in the East, river yesterday. He
was taken on board a passing tug and
died before becoming conscious.
The other man, whose identity is
unknown, was drowned. It was learn
ed that both men belonged on board
the tug William A. Kane, which had
sunk.
Brewery Workers on Strike,
Mahoney City, Pa., March 28. —Re-
fusing to submit their grievances- to
arbitration as proposed by the 12
breweries controlled by the anthra
cite Brewers’ association, the United
Brewery Workers, to the number of
about 1,000, went on a strike today.
The chief demand of the union is for
an increase in wages.
To know all there is to know about a
Sarsaparilla, take Ayer s. Your doctor
will say so, too. He knows. Lowell, Mass.
SECRETS
At th« Price of Suffering.
Woman on her way to semi-invalidism
caused by pregnancy suffers much pain.
Ignorance prompts her to suffer alone
in silence and remain ill the dark as to
the true cause motherhood.
Mother’s Friend takes the doctor’s
place and she has no cause for an inter
view. She is her own doctor, and her
modesty is protected. Daily application
tr the breast and abdomen throughout
pregnancy will enable her to undergo the
period of gestation in a cheerful mood
and rest undisturbed.
Mother’s Friend
is a liniment for external use only. 11
would indeed be shameful if the sacrifice
of modesty were necessary to the success*
ful issue of healthy children. All women
about to become mothers need send onlj
to a drug store and for |i.oo secure the
prize childbirth remedy. Healthy babies
are the result of useing Mother’s Friend,
Our book “ riotherhood >r mailed
THE BRADFIEin REGULATOR CO., ATLANTA, G 4
GREEVILLE IS SUBMERGED.
Only Six Blocks of Mississippi City
Now Above Water.
New Orleans, March 28. —<A special
to The States from Greenville, Miss.,
says:
At 11 o’clock today only about six
blocks of the city are above water.
All night long the police force with
rescuing parties were at work bring
ing people from the flooded district,
many houses being under water to a
depth of several feet.
From the great plantations about
the crevasse at LaGrange comes im
ports of heart-rending scenes.
Boats have been sent and negroes
have been taken from the roofs of
their cabins. Hundreds of negroes
have been brought to Greenville for
their safety while the town la filled
with cattle and stock taken from the
plantations surrounding Greenville.
This morning comes news of a
threatened break in the great levee
at Catfish Point, some 30 miles north
of Greenvlle, and should the breakp
occur Greenville will receive a deluge.'
Men and material have been hurried
to the scene, anid hope is entertained
that the levee will be saved. ’ • -*•^
The situation, is serious. The peo- ""
pie here are In deep gloom. Business
is at a standstill. Both electric light
plants are surrounded by water —many
industries securing their power from
the electric light plants are still.
GUATEMALA IN BAD WAY.
Years Will Be Required to Recover
From Volcanic Eruption.
San Juan, March 28. —Louis Hirsch,
of this city, whose coffee plantation
in Guatemala was destroyed by the
recent eruption of the Santa Maria
Volcono, has just returned from an
Inspection of the devastated districts.
r He says that the accounts of the
cost to Guatemala by Santa Maria
were not exaggerated, and it will take
a couple of years and perhaps long
er for the coffee industry to recover
from the blow.
“This year’s crop will be pretty
fair,” he added, “although much of the
coffee is damaged, some of it badly.
Next year’s crop will be poor.
“The laborers released from the
ruined Fincas would have done much
to save the situation, but unfortunate
ly these laborers and others, for whom
there is plenty of work waiting, are
at present In the military services of
the republic. ,
“It will he several years before
Gautemala recovers from that volcai
no outbreak, and some of the other
plantations will never be anything but
barren wastes.”
CURSED FLAG, THEN KISSED IT.
Veteran Tar on the Seminole Disci*
pilned In Novel Way.
Boston, March 28.—An unusual
scene has been enacted on the United
States revenue cutter Seminole, lying
in this harbor. One day this week,
one of the seamen, a veteran tar,
broke out in the forecastle in violent
abuse of pretty pearly everything. He
proceeded in his vituperation without
being molested until he called the
United States flag a dirty rag and in
dulged in other unpatriotic senti
ments.
A quartermaster standing near re*
ported this language to Captain Rog
ers, commanding the Seminole, and
the latter took prompt action. All
hands were called to general muster,
and the captain addressed them on
the enormity of the offense committed
by one of their number. Then he
compelled the culprit to kiss the flag
six times and to repeat after him an
obligation never to speak disrespect
fully of it or allow anyone else to (to
so in bis presence. The name of the
offender is not made known
German Princess Resting Well.
Berlin, March 28. —The following
bulctin was issued; After a night,
which was mostly quiet, the empress'
condition is satisfactory. The frac
ture, which is in a bandage, gives her
no pain.
Fire at Indianapolis.
Indianapolis. Ind., March 28. —Fire at
6 o’clock this morning wrecked the
Helpington & Berner structural iron
works at 15 to 27 West South street.
The loss is between $50,000 and $75,-
000, partly cohered by insurance.
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