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/<W, „ 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