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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. ~a