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AMERICUS TIMES-RECQRDER.
VOLUME 1
AMERICUS GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1891.
NUMBER 31
The
Boys’
Bicycle Gift having occupied a
prominent place in
Geo. D. Wheatley’s
double column advertisement space for some
days, resulting in an exceedingly gratifying
increase in my Boys’ and Youths’ Clothing
trade, we are now forced for the time to lay it
aside, that I may bring to the attention of the
ladies, the many novelties now in store await
ing their inspection.
Remember that these are new and stylish
goods of this season’s buying to be sold at
greatly reduced prices.
lew* ■ ~ ■ '
OPENED THIS WEEK.
Among these may be found Novelty Suits, Serges in overshot
effects, Flannels, Cashmeres and Henriettas, Bedford Cords in all the
iew nml desirable shades, such us light gray, modes, tan, etc.
IN SESSION.
IN SILKS, BLACK » FANCY
AVe show the largest lino of Gros Grains, Armures, Poui Do Soi
Rhadames, Failles and Bengalines, etc. ever seen in tho city at aston
ishingly low prices.
Velvets to match all styles of Dress Goods
Trimmings in Nail Heads, Gimps, Cords and Passementeries, together
with a new line of
NOVELTY PEARL BUTTONS just received, large and smull
sizes to match.
The new trimming—so desirable in all colors, at 40c per yard.
Call and see us for anything needed in the
way of new Dress Goods and Trimmings.
We offer for the coming week
A Grand Reduction in Henriettas!
All colors. Tho various lines reduced as follows: You can buy the
usual 20c goods at 15c; 35c at 25c; 40c at 30c and 50c at .15c. u at
dition, a magnificent all wool Henrietta 40 inches wide, at .»0c.
Remember that Tricots, black and colored, bringing heretofore
35c, you got for 25c per yard.
Evening shades in LANSD0WNE, CHIU AND SURAH SILKS await
your call at low tigures.
My SCRIM and CURTAIN CRETONS
Still demands attention, besides an offer of Nottingham Lace Curtains
3 yards long at the figure of SI per pair, never reached before in this
maket.
You miss it if you do not lmy your
K1X3D GLOVES
of us. Wo are the sole agents for the famous P. & P. BRAND of
Kids, and sell ns good or better gloves from 75c to $1.25 than others
do from $1.50 to $2.60 per pair. All our gloves are warranted.
YOUR MONEY REFUNOEO or another pair gloves for every pair unsatis
factory being returned to us.
For Mon’s Wear, Scrivon’s Patent Elastic Seam Drawers
and Undorvests. all grades.
large Stock of ODD PANTS at Reduced Prices.
Boys, remember that you got a ticket for the Bicycto drawing for
every suit bought of us up to December 25,1891, when some nice boy
gets a now safoty for his Xmas prosent.
For everything in the lino of Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing,
I' urnshings, Carpets or Rugs, call every time on
Geoifle D. Wfieatleu
Cor. Lamar St. and Cotton Ave.
THE GREAT ALLIANCE GATHERING IN
INDIANAPOLIS.
AllUm-e, I'dople's Farty. In<lu-trial I'ulon,
Reform I're**. If night* of Labor. Nation
al State Agent* |*M»riatl»n ami Kindred
Organization*.
Indian a i*<*i.is, Nov. 18.— Malay are tne
expression* and views of the delegates
to the great Alliance gathering in this
city. There are more thau half a dozen
different organizations represented here
by delegates from nearly every state.
There are frequent sessions of the
Farmer*’ .Mutual Benefit association,
the People’s party, the Confederated In
dustrial Union, the Reform Press asso
ciatiou, tin* Northwestern Alliance, tho
Citizen’s Alliance, the Knights of Labor,
the American .Federation of Labor, the
National State Agents’ association, the
National Citizen's Industrial Alliance
and kindred things, all working as if
impressed with the idea that other in
terests were of .secondary importance.
Some of the minor associations might
appear ludicrous but for the earnestness
with which they are prosecuting their
several missions. However varied the
interests, all of them center on tho
pr sition looking to conversion of the
Al ce pro|H*r into a political body,
and the consensus of opinion secured
from threescore and more delegates
points to the conclusion that the Alii
ante will jierpetuute itself not as an iri
dependent political body, hut as a thor
oughly non-partisan organization.
Further, that it will rem ain as dis
tinct from the third party as it is now
from the Republican and Democratic
parties. Whatever may lx* the divisions
and siibdivisions of the Alliance, it is
strange what a hold the sub-treasury
scheme has upon the great hulk of the
delegates. It is noticeable, howev
that the younger men, and apparently
those wim have had the least experience
in financial fields, are the readiest to
enter upon discussion of its merits.
Among them H. W. Ayer, secretary
to President Polk, and manager of the
Reform Press association, persistently
advocates that inasmuch as the govern
nient loans money to the banker upon
evidence of a debt, i. e., bonds, the Al
liance is justified in calling for the dif
fusion of currency directly to the peo
ple upon their evidence of wealth. It
is a fact patent that the Alliance lead
ers have no good feeling for either
Cleveland or Harrison.
President Polk said that while it was
true that the Alliance was opposed to
Cleveland, the little man in the white
house was in the same boat, and the
Alliance will vote as readily against
them both, or against Blaine, as it will
against any man not supporting Alii
a nee principles. In his opinion it would
lie the veriest inconsistency to vote for
Cleveland or Harrison, for they are sin
gle standard money men. Mr. Polk
also paid his resp< cts to the pro{>osition
looking to a combination of Stanford
and himself for the head of the third
partv ticket.
"Why," said he, "Mr. Stauford could
not get an Alliance vote for constable.
All these artic les which are circulated
urging Stanford for the presidency on
the third party ticket are the paid booms
for him. llis circulation bill was a bad
measure, and degraded the proposed
currency from the very start. In other
departments it was worse than present
conditions."
Congressman L. F. Livingstone of
Georgia, supplemented this hv saying:
"Georgia has <15.000 Alliance voters
and it captured three-fourths of the
legislature and six out of ten congress
men. This was accomplished through
Democratic primaries, which nominated
Alliance Democrats. It would he folly
for either Cleveland or Harrison to ex
pect Alliance support, because of their
position on the money question. If the
tariff was the only question Cleveland
would lie supported. ”
A secret session of the executive coin
mittee of the Confederated industrial
Organizations was held with Benjamin
Terrell, of Texas, chairman. The prime
object was to settle details of the pro-
[josed convention of these organizations
u February and to change the meeting
point from Washington to some more
centrally located city. Cincinnati,
Louisville and St. Louis were named,
with tho o<lds favoring Cincinnati.
Air. Terrell reports that the meeting
in February looks to unification of all
labor interests, so that by united action
needed legislation may lie secured.
The Confederated Organizations now
embrace the F. M. B. A., the Farmers’
Alliance, the Industrial Union, the
National Alliance, the L’o-Ojierative
Union, the Citizeua* Alliance and the
Knights of Ijabor, and it is proposed to
open the doom to the Federation of La
bor, the Knights of Industry and the
Lalnir Christian Union. Mr. Terrell
belongs to the Farmers’Alliance, which
he characterizes as the purest and best
of all the others, hut he says it is not
the puri ose of the February meeting pf
the i'onfe lerated Organizations to take
any political action. .Mr. Terrell,
speaking as a Democrat and citizen,
says that lie would very much regret
the nomination of Air. Cleveland, be
cause his good basis theory is objection
able. He has the same objection to
Hurrisou, and he adds:
I am in favor of Boies of Iowa. He
fought the battle on the free coinage
issue and won. Campbell shirked the
silver issue in Ohio. If he had mad*
the fight squarely on the free coinage
issue and hud won he would have been
a great favorite. The Alliance favors
free coinnge and is opposed to making
gold the basis. ”
Congressman Watson is quoted as
follows in the Indianapolis Journal:
“Georgia is ready for a third party
candidate, the bulk of the Democratic
party will pose into the new line and the
movement will swoop the state. There
Is not the slightest probability bat that
the Democratic platform will contain
the Ooala demands. No man on earth
can carry Georgia for Cleveland. Hill
would not receive a majority anywhere
except possibly in the printing office of
The Atlanta Constitution.”
CHINESE REVOLT.
(lunlni
Nr
iitrrt tl»r LIt
Hiy to l*i
of Forrlgnn
London, Nov. 18.—A telegram from
Shanghai says: The capture of Tehwei,
near Foochow,* on Tuesday by 15,000
rebels was a well organized rising. The
rebels were armed with repeaters and
led by capable men. The outbreak was
directly mainly against the authorities,
though anti-foreign cries were heard.
Eurojienii residents are apprehensive
of a spread of the revolt. The British
consul here in an interview said he be
lieved that the recent quietude was only
temporary, spring and summer being
the favorite period for outrages iu
China. Light draft gunboats are an
absolute necessity to protect the lives of
Europeans in tho interior und at river
treaty ports, where massacre will inev
itably follow auti-foreign demonstra
tions unless special preventive measures
are adopted.
In spite of the semi-official statement
that two of the Ychang rioters have
been lieheaded and others bastinadoed,
it is notorious that the real culprits aro
still free, being protected against arrest
by exalted officials. Agents of the
Pekin treasury have paid the indemnities
agread upon—£2,000 to the sufferers at
Wuchu and £1,000 to the families of the
Europeans killed at Wusieh. The
American missionary. Air. Darte, ex
pressed the opinion that the troubles
will he renewed next spring.
POLITICAL ASSESSMENTS.
Deelwinn of llie Supreme Court In
Reference tu Them.
Washington, Nov. 18.—In tho su
premo murt of the District of Coalum-
biu, the tU-inurrer in tho case of the
United Status against Charles A. New
ton, charged with violating section 12
of thecivil service act, was nnnuimonsly
overruled and the case went to tho
criminal court for trial. Defendant
gave notice that lie would apply for a
writ of error.
Commissioner Thompson, of tile civil
service commission, was seen by a re
porter and questioned us to Ids views
npon the decision. He said that the
supreme court of the United States, in
the case of Newton M. Cnrtls, held that
the law forbidding government em
ployes to solicit or receive money from
each other for political purposes was
constitutional, hut the decision just
rendered goes much further, and holds
that all solicitation, for political pur
poses within government buildings are
unlawful. The effect, lie thought,
will lie to practically stop political as
sessments. and to leave all government
employes free to contribute, as they see
tit. This decision is a complete vindi
cation of llie course of the commission,
which lias endeavored to enforce the
law and protect government employes
from forced assessments, it is entirely
satisfactory to the commission.
LUNA HAS NO SATELLITE.
THE COLD WAVE.
THE NORTHWEST SHIVERING AND
FREEZING.
The Weather »* Cold a* that Recorded In
Midwinter—One Report from Red Lake
Fall* Indicate a Fall of *40 Relow Zero—
IntniNe Suffering,
St. Ph i.. Nov. 18.—Ri*jM»ris are coin
ing in with regard to the cold wave. At
many points the weather is as cold as
that usually recorded in midwinter.
The limit lias lieen reached at Red Lake
Falls at which place a fall to 20
below zero is reported.
Sami Centre reports 12 below, Crooks-
ton M, Bartlesville 10 and Hallock 10.
South Dakota suffers intensely, the reg-
ter in that state being all the way from
4 to 1(1 below zero.
There whs considerable delay to trains
and the excessive cold weather camo so
suddenly that it found people in many
places short of coal, and their stock al
most wholly unprotected. From the
Sioux reservation and iMiints on the
Alissouri river come stories of loss of
stock and many cattle frozen.
David Hall, of Stilly county, lost 3,-
000 head of sheep. Reports from North
Dakota say the temperature is very
1 rigid as far west as Alinot. The earth
thoroughly frozen that no further
attempts will lie made at fall plowing.
Reports as to the condition of the
wheat crop are conflicting. Those sent
out by the railroads report nearly all
the wheat in the shock has been
threshed, and that the wheat in stock
can tie threshed at any time.
Correspondents, however, give a far
less glowing view of tho situation, say
ing hundreds of acres are in tho shock
used for nothing except
NEWS DISPATCHES CONDENSED.
and can Ik;
feed, in straw.
The latest reports from various points
indicate that the backbone of the wave
is broken
A ltli//.ur<| lu Wisconsin.
Ashland, Wis., Nov. 18.—A blizzard
is raging ill northern Wisconsin. The
wind is blowing a gale, and the .now is
blinding. Much apprehension is foil for
tile vessels which cleared from this port.
It is growing very odd.
BIG FIRE IN ST.
i»*iilt of Observation* of the Fo!ips*
at Harvard Observatory.
Boston, Nov. 18.—The eclipse of the
moon was observed under the moat
favorable circumstances in this city, as
the sky was cloudless. At Harvard
photographs were taken, tho plates be
ing exposed five minutes. The plates
were immediately developed and ex
amined, the principal object of observa
tion being to determine if possible
whether the moon bos a satellite. No
sigh of such a Innly was discovered.
Harvard has also established an ob
servatory in Arequipu, Peru, where
search for the satellite was also to be
made. Observations were also taken at
Harvard of the eclipse of one of the
satellites of Jupiter. This eclipse be
gan at 0:20 and lasted three minutes.
Fvuied They Are I.o*t.
London, Nov. 18.— Intense anxiety
prevails among the relatives and friends
of the crews of tho Brightliusea fishing
fleet, all of the vessels of which were at
sea when the recent storm burst npon
the English coast. Not one vessel of
the fleet lias returned to port since the
gale began, und it is reared that the
whole fleet may have been destroyed by
the terrible lore© of thehumrane. The
Yarmouth fishing boats have been miss
ing since the heavy gale of last week.
Each boat carried a crew of eleven
persons.
• A streak of Fir*.
Muxcik. Ind., Nov. 18.—While run
ning at a high rate of speed on the
Lake Erie and Western railroad, near
Albany, a car loaded with a tank of
petroleum, belonging to the Standard
Oil company exploded and took fire.
The car was run to this citv, a distance
of twenty miles, without doing serious
damage, only to the one car which was
destroyed It was a novel ami lieauti-
fnl sight to see the streak of fire fan
ning across tlie country at the rate of
one mile a minute.
PAUL.
Several Largs llii*liie*« lloune* Totally
Destroyed.
St. Paul, Nov. 18.—St. Paul has
suffered one ot the most disastrous
fires in its history, the buildings dam
aged being those of Griggs, Cooper &
Co., wholesale grocers, and Farwell,
Orman, Kirk & Co., wholesale hard
ware. The total hiss is estimated at
from $900,000 to $1,000,000 losses, cov
ered by insurance.
The building is occupied by two firms,
and is a brick and stone structure, five
stories iu height, and has a frontage on
Third street of 300 feet and on Broad
way of 200 feet.
Griggs, Cooper & Co., occipy two-
thirds tif the building.
The Humes first made their apiiearance
at 11:44 o’clock in the fourth floor of
Griggs, Cooper & Co.’s building.
Within less than five minutes the fire
department was on hand in force, but
a general alarm had to Vie turned in soon
afterwards.
The fire was in the upper stories.
Tho fire rapidly gutted tho top floor and
in half an hour frem the time the alarm
was sent in the flamts were leaping
heaven ward through the roof.
llie fluiue-4 set tire to the rear roof of
the frame building used by the Northern
Pacific N.rws company and two em
ployes named Curry aud Batieti at
tempted to extinguish this. While they
wore at work the walls tottered and the
crowd shouted iu terror to the men.
They made a rush for safety, and
were none too soon, for just as they es
caped the wall of Furwell, Usui tin,
Kirk & C-o/s building fell outward.
The burned block extended ou the
south side of Third street from corner
of Wusonta to within fifty feet of Rosa
bel, is five stories high and belongs to
D. C. Stevens. It was estimated to be
worth $200,000. The losses are esti
mated as follow*:
Farwell. Osiuun Jfc Kirk, $400,000, in
snrance, $150,000. ►
Griggs, C<*»|ier & Co., loss, $35O,O00i
insurance, $350,000.
Loss on Imillding. $200,000; covered
by insurance. Total loss, $050,000.
The flames were under control at 4:30
tn , but were fast consuming what
remain'd of the stock.
No definite information is obtainable
ns to the cause of the fire, lint it is
thought to have originated in some un
known maimer iu the packing room ou
the fourth floor.
An Epitome of Happening* from Every
Section.
The governor-hip of Oklahoma is likely
to be giveu to Judge Tnackett, chief
of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe allotting
agents.
After Dec. 1 the state of Illinois will
nay a bounty of 2 cents a head for every
Euglish sparrow killed within the lim
its of the stute.
Editors Harrison and Sevier of Jack
sonville, Fla., were to have fought a
duel, but liot!► were arrested and placed
under $1,000 binds.
The Ohio arch.'Dologists believe the
remains of a man found in u mound
near Chi Hi rot he, O., are those of the
King of Mound Builders.
The Pacific Dyeing works and Pould-
ing’s Carpet factory, at San Francisco,
burned, cremntiug alive John Higgin
botham. one of the factory employes.
Eight farmers who captured four
burglars near Larchland, Ills., were
themselves, later, relieved of their
wcajHins by the prisoners, who escaped.
General Master Workman Powderly
has issued a statement denying the in
sinuations against liis integrity made
by ex-Sec ret ary Turner of the Knights
of Labor.
dispatch from Terre H.iuto, Ind.,
says: The miners in half a dozen bitu
minous mines in the state have re
turned to work by permission of the
officials of their state organization.
The Vienna Tageblatt asseverates ita
} uotation from Emperor Francis
oseplfs speech of. Saturday, in which
the emperor is reported as having indi
cated that the European situation wua
critical.
A linrrilil* Aichli-nl.
CHAHA, N. M., Not. 18—A horrible
accident liefell a boy named Dennett,
who bail been bird to drive eome cattle.
A few miles from this place his horse
ran away with him. He was canghtby
the bridle nnder the chin and his entire
face palled npon the top of hie bead.
He was pnt on tbs can and sent to Du
rango for medical treatment, bat it i*
not possible that be can live.
All of the Lawyers Arrral.il.
Knoxville, Tenn.. Nov. 18.— All the
lawyers of Bristol residing on the Vir
ginia (Ida of the eity have been arrested
and fined $20 each by the mayor for re
fusing to par a privilege tax. The law
yers claim the law requiring them to
pay a privilege to practice is nnjost,
end will oontmt tho same in the courts.
The esteems is loelcsd to with interest.
IM»a>troas Hr®.
St. L<his. Nov. 18. —The famous dry
go sis. i-Iotliing, boot ami shoe house
and .Soiionenfeld’s millinery honse, anil
Penny & Gentle's dry goods honse on
North Broadway between Franklin
avenue ami Morgan streets, were burn
ed at 4 o'clock a. iu. The iims will foot
up over $1,000,000.
ttuln Making Kspariaianta.
London, Nov. 18.—A dispatch from
India tells of a number of private ex
periments in that country with dyna
mite explosions made with a view to
induce rain. The dispatch states that
dynamite was exploded on hills of Ma
dras at an altitude of #00 feet, and that
the exploefoiw produced smart showers
over an area of four or fir# miles square.
It is also stated that tbs government
will probably cense the tusking of sys
tematic trials to arrest (leads before
they past ever the sea.
Tim Star Clothing company, at Ma
con, On,, managed by Dave Wachtel,
with Mrs. Adeline Wacufol as owner,
lias been closed by the sheriff on the
foreclosure of two mortgages amount
ing to $10,000,
South Charleston, O., for the past
few days, seems to have Heised with a
terrible epidemic of measles. Nearly
every family iu the town is afflicted,
although us yet no deaths have resulted.
Tile place is iu a deplorable condition.
Sllle. Louise de Beaulien. who spent
her fortune ($i.(MXl) in procuring com
forts for wounded soldiers ami gnvo her
own services ou the flold in the Franoo-
Prnssiau war, has been officially author
ized to sail matches on tho streets of
Paris.
A tornado which swept over Santa
Fe province, Buenos Ayres, played
lmvuc with property and crops. The
loss, it is said, will amount up into a
million dollars. Besides Arrnya Seco.
several other villages iu the vicinity of
Rosario were destroyed.
Bv order of the board of health tho
public schools at Crowfordsrille. Ind..
have iieeu closed until further notice on
account of the alarming prevalence of
diphtheria. Within two weeks Martin
Bussell and wife, residing north of the
city, have been rsndorod childless.
The British' bark Sarah, Captuin
Grcetigulgh, of Yurmouth, from Ma
nilla to Port Townsend, is a total
wreck below Caymauah Point, B. C.
The crew got ashore in boats, but in
making a landing one of the boats was
stove tn and two men drowned At tho
time of tiie wreck she wus in ballast,
being ou the war to load lumber for
Sydney, N. S. W 1 .
A dispatch from London says: A
petition was presented by the connsei
for Louis (Covering Bannparte to Mr.
.Iii-tice Jeuue in the divorce division of
her majesty’s ldgh court of justice, ask
ing Unit a petirion for the d’.ssolntiou of
her marriage lodged by Rosalie Boun-
purte Clovis be dismissed and timt tile
petitioner lie adjudged to pay the costs
of action. After hearing connsei in
support of petition. Justice Jctme re
fused to grant the application.
ATTEMPT TO ROB A TRAIN.
Tlie Mlsereams Pollorl—Two uf a the
UHiif ruptured.
Ci.AitKHBUtto, \V. Vn., Nov. 18.—A
bold at tempt to capture a passenger
train was made by a gang of despera
does, headed by a giant named Laugh-
iiu of Baltimore, at Clarks, a small sta
tion ou tile Monongahela River road
during tlie night. Owing to some
trouble the Baltimore and Ohio train.
No. 4, was obliged to leave the main
line at Fairmont, and go to Grafton via
the Monongahela line and Clarksbnrg.
The gang boarded the train at Fair
mont, and. after refusing to pay their
fare, at tacked the conductor and crew
viciously, and had it not been for tho
assistance of the passengers the railroad
ers would probably have been killed.
The train was stopped mid the tonghs
pnt off, when they rolled huge rocks in
front of the engine, endeavoring to de
rail it. They also stoned the train, in
juring a hrakeinan and defacing tin-
car*. Lnnghlin and another member
of the gang namrd Vincent were cap
tured at tits point of the pistol and are
in jail awaiting the action of the grand
jnry. Congressman Pendleton, who
was among the passengers, pronounces
the attack as most dastardly, and
■peaks in highest terms of the bravery
of the handful ot men who to success
fully saved tbs lives and property of
passengers. Railroad officials will nso
every effort to punish tho villains to
ths roll extent of law.
Where Ic Lsehmon.
Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 18.-Several
months ago Jaoob Bachman waa found
guilty of arson and sentenced to a tana
in the penitentiary. He appealed tba
case and gavaa bond of $9,000, H. Si
mon and Nathan Simon becoming his
security. Since then they hare neither
seen nor heard anything ot Bachman.
Some think he is dead, while other* are
of the opinion that the prospect of
wearing stripes was too much for him,
and ha absconded. The bondsmen have
been granted thirty man day* in which
to find Bachman. If they fail, and can
not prove him dead, the money will
haret# he paM.
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