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AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
VOLUME 1
AMERICUS GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1S91.
NUMBER 301
rhe Boys’
Bicycle Gift having occupied a
prominent place in
A LONG TRANCE.
lea. D. Wtiealley’s
joubie column advertisement space for some
iays, resulting in an exceedingly gratifying
Increase in my Boys’ and Youths’ Clothing
trade, we are now forced for the time to lay it
Iside,' that I may bring to the attention of the
ladies, the many novelties now in store await
| n g their inspection.
Remember that these are new and stylish
Loods of this season’s buying to be sold at
tREATLY reduced prices.
lew Selectlonsin DressGoods
OPEXED THIS WEEK.
Xmon" these may bo found Novelty Suits, Serges in overshot
Ifats Fiautiels, Cashmeres and Henriettas, Bedford Cords in all the
lew and desirable shades, such as light gray, modes, tan, etc.
In silks, black *> fancy
show the largest line of Gros Grains, Armures, Poui De Soi,
ihadnmes, Failles and Bengalines, etc. ever seen in the city at aston-
lliindy low prices.
Velvets to match all styles of Dress Goods
trimmings in Nail Heads, Gimps, Cords and Passementeries, together
with a new lino of
NOVELTY PEARL BUTTONS just received, large and small
sizes to match.
CHIFFON,
The new trimming—so desirable in all colors, at 40c per yard.
Pall and see us for anything needed in the
way of new Dress Goods and Trimmings.
We offer for the coming week
Grand Reduction in Henriettas!
11 colors. The various linos reduced ns follows: You can buy the
siial 20c goods at 15c; 35c at 25c; 40c at 30c and 50c at 35c. In ad-
ition, a magnificent all wool Henrietta 40 inches wide, at 50c.
Remember that Tricots, black and colored, bringing heretofore
ic, yon get for 25c por yard.
Evening shades in LANSD0WNE, CHINA AN0 SURAH SILKS await
>ur call at low figures.
AFTER SEVENTEEN YEARS OF SI
LENCEA WOOSTER LADY
I* Arointed and Conveme* with Her Xfffcgh
born—Mr* John llon«a ( * Strang* ABlir.
tion—The People of Wnonter MnrvSl at
Her Condition-
WOOSTI.K. ^
manvlin- «r
family of Mt\>
liar nfH eiioii-
perioti of spvi
wife of a
has spent
have her r
winter m
when he \\
ov. 11.—All Woosteif is
file restoration to her
•loltu Boose after a \*Oc
on—trance, she claims—for a
seventeen years. She is jthe
well-known stonemason, Who
•very dollar lie could earl
•sloped to health. One e< Id,
truing seventeen years igo
cut to call her to prepare he
morning meal, he was unable to aro ise
her. During the day she awoke, 1 mt
could not speak, nor could she la* j re
vailed upon to get up. She was ip-
parently asleep all day long, only wl leu
spoken to or when some one would in
ter the room, then would turn up i ler
eyes in a beseeching way, but nna >le
She continued in t jis
condition for several years, but alwi ys
able to partake of nourishment. D ir-
ing the third year of her strange affl lo
tion she began getting up at liiiduif ht
and moving around the house. dhe
would attend the housework and tlvn
walk noislessly from one room fto
another, never uttering a word, hfer
eyes wide open, but as to hearing or
seeing she seemed in a trance or asleep.
All medical attention was in vain, only
that she finally got so that she wotlid
take nourishment of her own accoJil.
She continued in this condition until
about ten days ago, always in bed dur
ing the day and up at night, when she
was visited by an old lady friend whom
she gazed at loug and earnestly and
then putting out her hand and asking
her if it was not seventeen years ago
that her daughter was born. The
friend said that she was right. The
visit and question seemed to arouse her
and she at once arose and has since
been able to talk with all who call to
see her and has even visited some of
her neighbors.
When asked as to her peculiar actions
for so many years, she cannot give any
other answer but that she was in a
trance and that all these years she
knew nothing whatever. From an obi
acquaintance it was learned that for
some weeks prior to her going into the
trance, Mrs. Boose was under religions
excitement consequent ujHm unitirur
with the Catholic church after haviiflk
been a devout Lutheran.
Hy SCRIM and CURTAIN CRETOUS
ill demands attention, besides an offer of Nottingham Lace Curtains
Puds long at the figure of SI per pair, never reached before in this
vket.
You miss it if you do not buy your
ECIID GLOVES
We are the solo agents for the famous P. & P. BRAND of
*1*1 and sell as good or better gloves from 75c to $1.25 than others
from $1.50 to $2.50 per pair. All our gloves are warranted.
W MONEY REFUNDEO or another pair gloves for every pair unsatis-
dorv being returned to us.
8r Men’s Wear, Scriven’s Patent Elastic Seam Drawers
and Undervests, all grades.
ty Stock of ODD PANTS at Reduced Prices.
Days, remember that you get a ticket for the Bicycle drawing for
suit bought of us up to December 25,1891, when some nice boy
1 a new safety for his Xmas present.
p or everything in the line of Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing,
things, Carpets or Bugs, call every time on
ieorge D. Wheatley
Cor. Lamar St. and Cotton Ave.
A WESTERN ROMANCE.
Htmlmiiil iiml Wife NepurHletl lor Yrah
to He lleitiurrled Now.
Wichita, Kan., Nov. 11.—In Sioux
City, la . fourteen years ago, lived
Arthur K. Wilson and his wife of u
year. One evening Wilson failed to re
turn home and until Sunday had not
been heard from again by his wife. Ho
reached here from Morris, Minn>,
of which place la? is now a wealthy in
habitant, having been soinmoiied by a
friend who recognized iji a Mrs. Field
ing, of this city, the long desert - d
Wilson, it seems, was the vic.imof a
conspiracy, which cost him all he had,
anti in a tit of temporary aberration lie
left his home. When a few mouth*
later ho recovered, he returned tb
Sioux City, only to find his wife gow ,
Since then lie has never ceased h i
search for her, but always withmi t
avail.
Mrs. Wilson had awaited her hm»
band’s return until forced to find som i
means of livlihood. An op)x>rtuuit ’
offered to go to Omaha, and she move 1
there. Hearing nothing of Wilson, shi ,
two years later, obtained a divorce an
married a man named Fleming, wh)
afterwards turned out badly, and who i
few years ago was arrested for forger f
and sent to the penitentiary for seve i
years, not yet expired. Mrs. Flemin >
then moved here and only a few day i
ago was discovered by a former ac >
quaint Alice, who battened to seud for
Wilson. As soon as the necessary d! i
vorce can be secured Mr*. Fleming wil
again be married to her fin t husband
The Curs* of Opium In Imlln.
Nkw York, Nov. It. -Hira Lai Ku j
mar, of Calcutta, spoke on the opiut !
traffic In Iudia in the Madison A Venn
Episcopal church,of this city, to a Inrg >
audience. He charged the English gov
ernment with encouraging the coni
sumption of opium among its subjects
in India for the sake of revenue. In
order to encourage and stimulate the
cultivation of the poppy plant, upward
of SOO.OOO acres or the liest lands in
India, he said, is devoted to its cultiva
tion, niul the annual average production
is 10,000.000 pounds, which is consumed
in India. China and Bnrmah. Conclnd
ing lie said that merely for the greed ol
ain the people of the United Kingdon
ave sacrificed every principle of tnoi
nlity. The unmitigated misery and di
tress produced bv the spread of opiu
tells heavily on tne people of India.
STODDARD, THE FORGER.
Let I,-
i»rl in
JhKSKV City, Nov. 11.—Two letters
have lifi-n >e:it south from Jet>ey City
recently, purporting to be written by
Miss Winnie Davis, daughter of the
late Jefferson Davis, begging for ft.000.
One w; s sent to Dr. William Morrow,
of Nashville, Tetm., and the other to
General Gordon, of Atlanta. G.i. There
is little doubt that they were written
by StoiIdard, the forger, who lies in
Hudson county jail, and who forged his
way out of the Tennessee mines by a
letter to the govemar asking for his
pardon, purporting to he signed by the
state’s attorney, and a petition pretend
ing to lie signed by a lot of the foremost
people of Kentucky.
Superintendent of Police Smith re
ceived a letter troin Dr. Morrow en
closing a copy of the note sent him. He
turned the case over to Chief Murphy,
who wrote to Dr. Morrow for the
original. A day or two later a friend
of Miss Davis’s came from New York
with a note to General Gordon. The
general knew the address of Mrs. Davis
and h»r daughter in New York, and
knew that they would nor need to
write to him for*money,so he sent them
the letter to put them on their guard.
VERY BITTER.
OUR ATTITUDE TOWARD THE CHIL
IAN GOVERNMENT.
The Chilian MlnUter Inclined to He Hitter
on Account of the Demand* of the Cult
ed State*—American Officer to He I'reaen)
at the Investigation.
Nkw York
Santiago con
an interview
Matta Childa
Nov. 11. — i lie Herald's
espondent has telegraphed
had by him with Senor
ii, the minister of foreign
The letter to Dr. Morrow reads:
Jkbskv City, N. J„ Oct. 1*,*.—Sir: Con
forma dv with the request of mv dear
mother. I ask you the favor, in her behalf,
that you accept her note for #l,00n, pay
able in ninety days. You may send a draft
>r clunk payable to either of us at your
•arlh*?.t convenience.
Mother assures you that she will cer
tainly lx* able to care for the note at ma
turity, and will heartily appreciate your
kindness. We are having, as you are
doubtless aware, trouble with the publish-
my honored father’s ln>ok, and
r has lH*en obliged to bring suit to
obtain her percentage of sales, as the lirni
was inclined to defer payment beyond the
time specified in the contract.
nope to soon have matters properly
adjusted so that wo may return to Beau
voir and not ngain lie summoned north.
In order to escape the publicity of hotel
life in New York, we engaged quiet quart
ers in a suburb of this city, where we are
stopping somewhat incog. Mother is badly
worn from travel, labor and worry, and is
quite anxious to return home. She has
been to so much expense recently that her
ready money is reduced to a minimum
point and she is conqHdled to effect a loan
for a short time. She will soon be in re
ceipt of a comfortable income, as the l»ook
is an assurer 1 success and will rank among
the greatest works of nanlem times. She
certainly merits the reward, for she has
toiled assiduously to complete my lamen
ted father’s unfinished work.
She begs me to assure you that she will
lie happy to welcome you at Beauvoir
whenever it will please you to call. We
will extend all the hospitality in our
r. Awaiting your gracious reply, be-
me, sir, very truly, respectfully,
Winnik Davis.
No. ’.11 Ash street, Jersey City, N. J.
Dr. William Morrow, Nashville. Tcnn.
W list Detective Murpliy Nay*.
“The reasons for connecting Stoddard
with the case aro several and cumula
tive,” said Chief Murphy, in an inter
view. “In the first place the language
is Stoddard’s. He often begins his let
ters with that word 'conformably,’ and
he usually closed with something about
a ‘gracious’ reply. Then, ngain, who
ever wrote the letters must have known
Dr. Morrow, who is a convict labor
contractor in Tennessee, and who would
know all about that better than Stod
dard? Besides, when I detailed De
tective Clos to watch the postoffice for
anybody asking for letters for Miss
Winnie Davis and found that nobody
went for them, I was assured that the
timid accomplice had been frightened
away. I had sent a dummy letter to
her at 31 Ash street, and nobody there
knew anything about such a person,
If the writer had been free to go to the
postoffice that would have been a differ
ent thiug, hut when a man is in jail he
cannot easily go to the postoffice. There
is no proof that Stoddard wrote the let
ters, which appeared to be in a genu
inely feminine and thoroughly formed
handwriting. They are written on
small ruled note paper of a rather ordi
nary quality, and begin on the left hund
ago instead of the more common right
land page. The chirography is not at
all that of a refined person, but belongs
with the language of notes. It does
not at all resemble that of Miss Davis.”
No. 31 Ash street is a big tenement
honse. The inmates would not dignify
it by the name of qniet and convenient
quarters. __
The Young Monarch Was Stopped.
Berlin, Nov. 11.—It has leaked out
that Dr. Miquel, minister of finance,
spent two hours with the kaiser, striving
successfully to prevent the impetuous
young monarch from doing something
hasty and disastrous to the financial
interests of Berlin and Prussia, but
what occurred at the interview has not
been revealed. It is known that Miguel
got back to his official headquarters
with a very red face and an expression
of relief, and that nothing more has
been heard of the decree or receipt
which, according to palace rumor, was
to have laid open all bank safes and
secrets in Berlin.
affairs, whose reply to the demand of
the Uuitcd States for satisfaction on ac
count of the Baltimore outrage created
so much dissension.
The Chilian minister expressed the
opinion that ttie United States repre
sentatives there seemed to think they
could, in every way, dictate to Chili as
to what she should and should not do
under various conditions.
Tills stand on the part of the United
States representatives, ho added, was
untenable.
He denied the stories so persistently
spread, that Chili was unfriendly to the
United States.
Senor Matta said:
Chilian authorities won id, upon the
completion of the judicial inquiry into
the attack upon the Baltimore’s men,
act speedily and fairly in arriving at a
conclusion
The Herald's correspondent says that
throughout his conversation with the
Chilian minister, the latter sitoke in a
bitter vein, showing that he felt keenly
the attitude of the United States, and
was annoyed that so great a nation
should be brought to the Junta’s atten
tion.
TROUBLE IN BRAZIL.
The Pollcu Had to Interfere.
Paris, Nov. 11.—The lease from
prison of M. Lai argue, the socialist
Th. County Phy.iel.n Wanted Pay. leader elected member of the chamber
Cumberland, Md., Nov. 11.— About of deputies for Lille, was made theoc
5:30 o'clock iu the morning Frank Laffin
was walking along the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad tracka, and fell into a cat
tle guard, cutting a fearful gosh in hi*
leg. Frienda carried him to the office of
Dr. Craigen, the county physician. The
doctor examined the wonnd and after
dressing it put several atitchea in it and.
then asked for his pay, which waa $2.
The men were surprised, aa they
thought he being the countyphysician
there would be no charge. The doctor
said if they did not pay him he would
undo his wo-k. They insisted they
were pennflesa, and the doctor cut the
stitches, thus undoing his .work. It is
•aid the mayor will at ones call the at
tention of the state attorney to the
putter.
cation for great jubilation by various
workingmen societies. Parades were
orderly at first, bat soon became so dis
orderly that the police had to break op
processions and disperse the crowd.
Lafargue hsd been released only daring
the time the chambers were in session,
as during the session ofs the legislative
body the person of a legislator is exempt
from process.
Letter Thieve* in -New orl«MU.
Nkw Orleans, Nov. 1L—The New
Orleans National and other banka have
appealed to the poetoffice authorities in
Washington for relief from the long-
oominned series of letter stealing car
ried on in this city. The banks have
suffered very heavily.
icllriiirnt in I .on,Inn Over tin, Turn
Afliilrc Have Taken.
London, Nov. 11.—A dispatch just
received here from Pernambuco brings
alarming intelligence regarding the
situation of affairs in Brazil, which is
rapidly approaching the point where re
sort to arms will he necessary to estab
lish the position of Fonseca ns dictator.
So strong has the opposition to Fonseca
grown that it is announced that the
important province of Rio Qraude de
Sne has declared its independence. The
dispatch just received, ghowathat steps
will have To be immediately taken to
prevent, if possible, the disintegration
of the republic.
The province of Para has followed the
example set by Rio Grande de Sue, and
has declared its independence. Para is
one of the most important provinces of
Brazil. It is situated in the extreme
north of the country. It contains 412,40?
square miles, and its population is esti
mated at 040,511, 10,000 of whom'are
supposed to be Indians. The capital of
the province is Para, the great rubber
port of rlie World. It exports in addi
tion to other products of the province,
which consists of cotton, vanilla, an-
natto, dry woods, honey, wax and a
great variety of other vegetable and
animal products. Trude is mostly with
Liverpool. London, Barbudoes, Cayenne
ami North American porta.
Fonseca is moving rapidly to suppress
these attempts to aet up separate gov
ernments, uud he baa ordered a war
ship to proceed without deny to Rio
Grande de Hue to take such action ns
may he necessary to prevent tile pro
vincial authorities from carrying tlieir
declaration of independence into effect.
It behooves hira to move with
alacrity, for already the man lias been
named in connection with the contem-
{ dated presidency of the r evince. He
s Silverio Martinez, who, daring the
revolution, wns banished from the
country. He was subsequently allowed
to retuni, and be, without doubt, pos
sesses greater political iuflueuco than
any other man in the pro vine. 1 .
The situation, aa may be judged from
events which are rapidly crowding upon
each other, is daily becoming more
grave, and wiiat the resnlt of the wide
spread discontent in Brazil will be, can
only lie a matter of conjecture. Fonseca
might iierhaps do more to establish a
new order of things were lie not a sick
tnun. Some reports have it that the
disease from which he is suffering is
cancer; that he will take vigorous
measures to suppress these latest revolts
against his authority is not doubted by
those who are acquainted with the per
sonal characteristics of the man. He,
in no ways, lucks determination.
Aii Attempted AMAMlimtlon.
New York, Nov. It.—A special dis
patch to The Herald from San Salvador
•ays the conspiracy to assassinate Gen
eral Antonio Azetn, minister of war,
the navy and interior, and his brother,
General Ezeta, presideni of Salvador,
has just been discovered iu the city of
Santa Anna.
The chief conspirator is General
Maxpno Salqnero, and his crime it all
the more unpardonable, as he owes his
life to the clemency of the brother of
the man whom he plotted to kill.
He was convicted by the council of
war after the late Btrnggle and sen
tenced to be shot, bat was pardoned br
President Ezeta. Several arrests have
already been made and others are likely
to follow. The method to be employed
waa poison.
NEWS DISPATCHES CONDENSEO.
n I'li Home of Hrippeufiiu;* from Everjr
Section*
Rain lias put an end to the drought
throughout the West and Northwest.
Paymaster Sueffen, U. S. v».., was ^
robbed of $3,320 at Fort Chirk, Texas. Bv
The headless Imdy of a young woman
was found near New Orleans by trant
ers.
Two firemen were killed and several
injured liy a fulling ladder iu Cincin
nati.
Martin Itjen was sever. wounded
and his clerk murdered u> burglars
near Jacksonville, Fla.
Tiie Indian depredations law has
brought liefore the departments at
Washington some queer claims.
The British steamer foundered in the
Bay of Bengal, and of her crew of
eighty-three only six were saved.
Ex-Cnngri sstnan Kerr, of Pennsyl
vania, says that Quay, if lie seeks re-
eiection to the senate, will be defeated.
A lobster wns used as evidence in an
assault ease at New York. A blow
with it nearly put out James Gibbs's
eyes.
Navy department officials declare
that there is nothing significant in the
rush to put ships in repair at the vari
ous navy yards.
The mother of “Kate Townsend,"
shot in New Orleans some years ago,
has just died at Alameda, Cal., at the
age of 107 years.
James .Mayer, the potter of Trenton.
N. J., says he has lost $100,000 in six
■ars through his invoice clerk, who
charged only part of the goods sold.
Albert B. Edwards, a prominent
farmer living six miles from Columbus,
O. , has made an assignment. Liabili
ties estimated at $10,000; assets about
$:t0,000.
Rev. Samuel Cotton, of County Kil
dare, Ireland, is accused of freezing an
orphan child under his care by leaving
it in a sack ill a cold hath over night.
It was dead in the morning.
The engineers and firemen on the belt
line at St. Louis have just declared a
strike. This will probably spread, to
other lines, as Chief Arthur stated that
po freights would be handled by broth-
irliood men.
!:30 p. m. Mathias Pierson was
asphyxiated, and four other employes
were so seriously affectoil that they
will die, by the breaking of a gas main
at the Illinois Steel company's mills.
South Chicago.
The Rankin Manufacturing company,
a wholesale clothing house at Nashville,
Tenn., has made an assignment for the
lienefit of creditors. Assets, $193,000;
liabilities, $133,000. Tight money and
bad collections are said to be the cause.
The merchants' exchange of St. Louis
has unanimously endorsed deep water
for Savannah, after speeches by Cap
tain Brown and Major Ryals. The
mavor of St. Lonis endorses deep water
officially, and the city council will take
similar action.
For the desecration of the Countess
Miration's grave in Romojtlie Vatican is
blamed by the police, and the Vatican,
in tnm, lays the sacrilege to the gov
ernment itself, which, it claims, is de
sirous of stirring up the bitter feeling
against the pope.
In the county court at Bonham, Tex.,
Sam Adore, of Washington, D. 0., aud
Jane mid Lary E. Murray, of Fairfax,
Va.. filed i«‘tition for the partition of
tiie famous Tom Green estate, valued
at $1,000,000. They name all the heirs
in the jictition. The suit reopens the
whole case.
The federal grand jury, in session at
San Antonio, returned four indictments
against President Paul Conrad, Vice
President John A. Morris and thirteen
other members of the Louisiana Lottery
company. They are charged with using
the mails to distribute lottery adver
tisements in violation of law. Warrants
were issued for their arrest.
A special to Tho Evening Dispatch at
St. Paul, Minn., says:' The town of
Heywood was badly damaged by the
explosion of a large amount of dyna
mite in the warehouse of the North
Wisconsin Lumber compauy. It canght
fire, and before it was suppressed the
flames spread to the explosives stored
there, and the explosion followed.
Buildings in the immediate neighbor
hood were badly shattered. One man
was killed outright and many were in
jured. The caboose of a freight train
standing on a sidetrack was blown into
fragments.
STILL BURNING.
nr* in Anxnsta.
Augusta. On., Nov. 11.—Fire at
8:30 in the morning, on upper
Broad street, completely destroyed
B. J. Myers’s bee hive dry goods,
shoe and clothing : >t< uv . L. f.
Padgett's furniture *.,irc 'J. W.
Smith's electric laloo'a, Mrs. W.- J.
Harter’s hoarding home uud Min. Ellen
8ksrrett’s horns* f i -? v
The Great Coal Pile at Duluth Con
tinue* to Burn.
Dulutii, Minn., Nov. 11.—The great
coal pile on the Northeastern Fnel com
pany’s docks is still on fire, although
water has been poured into the burning
mass at the rate of 1,800 gallons a min
ute since last Friday. Some sixty men
are wheeling away the coal from the
pile so that the firemen can reach the
hottest portion of the blnxc. If the air
reaches the smouldering fire the whole
mass, containing thonsands of tons of
coal. is liable to be destroyed. Some of
the largest elevators lie near the oosl
docks, but it is believed they can be
saved. Nothing farther is known of
the canse than that it is believed to be
spontaneous combustion. The foil ex
tent of the floss is not yet known, bat
will doubtless reach into the honarada
of thonsands of dollars.
The Sale of Tobacco With Prices.
Cincinnati, Nor. 11,—The custom,
which is of long standing among to
bacco manufacturers, of placing prises
in the shape
tickets and even :
tobacco will soon 1 . mm
ternal revenue department. The laws
and regulations of this United States
office docs not permit any thing in tha
shape of lottery or chances to be coni
nected with the sale of tobacco. j 0
»• •• dw. j bet'
■ .»re i<i