Newspaper Page Text
AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
VOLUME l
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1891.
NUMBER 32
ADVICE!
Look Here, Boys!
Then don’t put your hands in your pockets,
whistle “Annie Rooney,” and expect to keep
warm these cold November days. You had
much better select a nice, warm suit from our
fine new stock.
Get a Free Ticket
-TO OUR-
Beys’ Safety Bicycle Drawing!
Which you know occurs on next Christmas
Eve, and be happy. We are going to give
away a brand new Safety Bicycle, absolutely
free of any charge
whatever. Every boy
who buys his suit from
us before Christmas
Eve gets a sure enough
bargain and a chance at the machine for abso
lutely nothing. The time is drawing near! It
is going to be a daisy I Everyone will have a
fair, square showing, and you may be the lucky
boy!
There is nothing small about our stock of
Boys’ Suits,
Overcoats,
And Odd Pants,
^cept the price, and that we make exceeding-
'y small. We can fit you perfectly, and by
selecting now you secure the pick. Don’t for-
Set the place.
George D. Wfleatleu,
Cor. Lamar Street and Cotton Avenue.
TIIE EARTHQUAKE.
DIRECT NEWS FROM JAPAN TELLS
OF ITS AWFUL WORK.
The Moat Terrible Ca'amity Since 1HA3—
More Than 4,000 People Killed anti Thou
■and. Seriously Wounded—House. Top
pled and Caught Fire.
San Francisco, Not. 25 -Further de
tails of tlie awful earthquake in Japan
have been received:
Yokohama, Nov. 0.—A severe, pro
longed shock of earthquake occurred
October 28 a few miuntea before
o'clock in the morning. It was thi
must severe experience since the terri
ble catastrophe of 1855 and must be
ranked as a national calamity. The
greatest damage to buildings and loss
of life occurred. In the prefectures of
Achy and Gifu nearly 4,000 people were
killed ontright and 4,000 seriously
wounded. In those two prefecture*
42,000 houses were totally destroyed.
The number of provinces throughout
which the disturbances were strongly
felt number thirty-one. The center
seems to have been in Mino and Oawuri
but even as far south as Hio and
Rikuslm in the north the disturbance
was sensibly felt.
The destruction of 40,000 houses
means 200,000 people to be rendered
homeless. Up to November o the
enrthqnakes still continued, but with
intervals between them gradually
lengthening and the intensity of the
shocks diminishing. From the com
mencement of the distnrbance up to
this date it is estimated that 0,000
shocks, or more than one every two
minutes, were felt.
The town of Gifu on the Tokio rail
way, with a population of 15,000, was
almost totally destroyed.
Thirty-five hundred, out of a total of
4,400 houses in the town, were over
turned or burned. Seven hundred and
forty-seven people were killed. In the
town of Kano 600 houses were over
thrown. The Gobo temple, belonging
to the Shin sect of Buddhists, was
crowded with worshippers when it fell,
burying at least fifty people. The ruins
took fire, and the shrieking victims
were consumed before the eyes of the
horrified onlookers.
Mr. and Mrs. VanDyke, English mis
sionaries, and one other white person
were dangerously hurt.
The inhabitants of the ruined towns
described the shock os conveying an im
pression that the houses were fi«t
raised and then suddenly lowered
through a space of from two to three
feet. The fact that there waa a marked
aubaidence of the earth’s surface for a
considerable area about Gifu indicated
that the latter town was the center of
disturbance. Shortly after the shock
had leveled thousands of houses in tbs
town and hundreds of people were lying
buried in the debris, flames burst from
the ruins of the silk factory in Gifu and
in a short time spread to such an ex
tent that the citizens were compelled to
desist in their work of digging out the
wounded and dying.
The conflagration bnrned out in one
direction, but three other fires imme
diately broke out, and joining into one,
awept from street to street, oeing fan
ned by a strong northwest wind, which
began to blow at 2 o'clock in the after
noon. By 8 o'clock in the evening al
most every part of the town of Gifu
was wrapped in fire, and the inhabi
tants, abandoning all hopes of staying
the conflagration, saved what few arti
cles they were able and fled the town,
taking refuge in the woods and on the
hillsides. The Are was not BUbdoed
until the forenoon of Oct. 28, when' it
had been burning for twenty-ejfcht
hours, and almost the whole town had
been burned over. Potteries in the
prefectures of Owari and Mino, gi£at
centers of the porcelain manufacture in
Japan, at Seto and other towns, were
almost entirely destroyed, and there is
reported to ho no prospect of resuming
the industry during the present year!
The top of the Sacred Mountain [ of
Fusiyaina has been rent asunder for a
distance of 1,200 feet in width and 800
feet in depth.
A lake 000 yards long and 60 yards
wide was formed at the foot of Hoknaan
mountain, in Gifu prefecture, big rocks
beside Gongen hill, Inaba hill nnd
several other hills in Gifu gave Way
and water spraug from the cracks in
thegronnd. Waterin wells was changod
to a brownish color and rendered unfit
for drinking.
The embankments of most of the
rivers were destroyed, aud in the city
prefecture 850 miles of embankments
must be built.
—
Troubl* With the Miners.
Paris, Nor. 25,—A dispatch from
Lena, one of the centers of the coal
miners' strike in the department of Pas
de Calais, says a body of strikes* at
tacked the engineer* who were in charge
of machinery in the factory at that
place. The factory had been able to se
cure a snpply of coal which rendered It
independent of the mines in that vicin
ity, and tbia condition of affair* en
raged the atrikers, whose evident desire
is to bring all industries of the place to
a standstill. The military authorities
had an idea that the atrikers would
make an attempt to compel the factory
to shut down, and they, therefore, or
dered the detail of a email body of
troops to protect the property and em
ployee. The strikers were very deter
mined in their onslaught ontheen-
Finally the troops ■ took a hand la the
matter ond after a sharp fight drove the
strikere away. Many of the leaden of
the attack were placed trader arrest.
Found gratia So Death.
Winnipeg, Man., Nor. 25.—The 10-
year-old son of L. B. Cochran and the
10-year-old son of E. Walton, who
were lost in the storm Saturday, hare
been found frozen to death by a search
party. The hurst, were beeide them.
MINNEAPOLIS CHOSEN.
Tbt Northwest Gets the Republican
Convention.
Washington, Nov. 25.—The Repub
lican national committee has selected
Minneapolis, Minn., as the place, and
Jnne 7, 1892, aa the dote of holding the
next Republican national convention.
There was bnstle and confusion at the
Arlington hotel before the meeting of
the Republican national committee.
The headquarters of the various dele
gations representing the cities desirous
of being the meeting place of the next
national Republican convention were
thrown open aud consultations were
going on in every corner. The leaders
of the delegations had prepared them
selves for the presentation to the com
mittee of the superior qualities of their
respective cities and were engaged in
canvassing in the list of committeemen
and holding up the hope of their dele
gations.
After a recess Senator Waalilrarne
spoke for Minneapolis and promised a
hall for 14,000 ana plenty of hotels. He
said that the northwest was beginning
to feel a grievance against the party in
power. The coming fight would he
won or lost in the northwest, aud the
convention shoald go there as a stimu
lant.
C. F. Johnson, a clerk of the United
States senate, said Ohio was safe, bnt
the enemy had made inroad in the
northwest, and the convention should
go beyond the wheat pit of Chicago,
Governor Merriam followed. Ho said
the Republicans had lost Wisconsin,
Iowa and Nebraska, and the Dukotas
were tinctured With Alliance, bnt the
convention in Minneapolis would go fur
to redeem the region.
After considerable wireworking and
debating, pro and con, Minneapolis was
chosen.
RICHMOND AND DANVILLE.
STORM SWEPT.
DEATH IAND DEVASTATION REPORT
ED FROM NUMEROUS PLACES.
Th. Storm King Left Mementoes of Its
Power In Hlghwnrs and Bjw.js—Dark
ness Prevailed For Hnlf an Hour at
Cleveland.
The Fart of tVIsdoui Not to Pay a 1
dend at This Tima.
New York. Nov. 25.—There have
been several meetings of the security
holders of the Richmond Terminal sys
tem, who have been in conference with
the officers of the First National bank,
who represent abont |50U,000 of the
Richmond Terminal bonds. Overtures
have been made to the hank people
with the view of getting them to accept
proxies and take an active intereat in
the management of the conjunction
with a number of the prominent men
whoso influence is directed toward pre
serving the Richmond Terminal prop
erty intact.
The directors have informally die
enssed the qnestion of ( dividend on
the preferred stock and bare reached
the conclusion that inasmuch as the
Richmond and Danville company has so
large a floa ting debt, they do not con
sider Is the part of wisdom to pay a
dividend on the preferred stock at this
time.
Formal action, however, has not bean
taken on th* matter, and this informal
action may be reversed at a formal
meeting of the directors. It is current
rumor that some of the old Richmond
and Danville interests are soliciting
proxies for the next meeting of Rich
mond Terminal, but it can't be learned
whether it is true or not.
Had Dynamite In Hl« Trunk.
Pittsburg, Nov. 25.—A trunk con
taining dynamite exploded iu the bag
gage car of the western mail on the
Pennsylvania railroad us the train was
passing Irvin, Penn. The exploeion
tore out one side of the car aud wrecked
the trnnk, scattering the contents over
the tracks. The baggage master, who
accidentally hit the trunk while pulling
another down, thereby cansing the ex
plosion, was badly frightened, bat es
caped injury. The trunk was shipped
from Phiilipsbnrg, Penn., by Michael
Gody, a Hungarian, who was on his
way to Cam'.ridge, O. He was arrested,
with his wife, when the train reached
Pittsburg. He denied that tho trunk
was his, but when confronted with the
picture of his wife, which was found in
;hecar. he acknowledged the owner
ship. Ho would assign no reason for
catryiug the dynamite and was locked
np. It Is the intention of the railroad
company to proecente him.
Th. Chicago Fresltyl.ry.
CmcAOO, Nov. 25. — The Chicago
Presbytery has taken advanced grounds
in the matter of creed revision. By a
vote of 52 yeas to 18 nays it passed a
resolution to overture the general as
sembly “to tnrn entirely from th* pro
ject of revising the Westminster confee-
■ion and to tak* diligent stepe to have
proposed to the cbnrcb each a simple
scriptural declaration of thos* things
which ai* most surely believed among
ns as shall be for the practical help and
edification of all oar members and for a
testimony to the world of the faith
which was once for all delivered to the
saints."
From th. Frying Pan Into lb. Fir*.
Columbus, O., Nov, 25.—John Cur
tain, a United State* prisoner from
Alabama, will complete a two years’
sentence for representing himself a
lostoffice inspector, and upon his re
ease will be immediately arretted by
Deputy Sheriff W. M. Erskine, of that
state, and taken to Huntsville to an
swer a charge ef burglary and general
larceny. Curtain robbed an express
office, freight depot and dry goods store
at Uorley, Ala., securing several hun
dred dollars worth of plunder.
Johnny HeGnlra Dead.
Lkihio, O. Nov. 25.—At Miller City,
smell town west of here, baa occurred
the death of Johnny McGuire, the
smallest man in the world. He was 48
years old, weighed fifty-nine pounds
and was only forty-one inches tall.
Johnny traveled with the Bsrimro show
for years and alto with the Robinson
show. He has been on exhibition in
every city in the United States and
Canada. There ia no other man in the
world as small as he was.
New York, Not. 25.—The storm
which has been so remarkable in its
varied characteristics, so disastrous in
Its effects, and far-reaching in the area
of its sweep will be recorded, especially
in the log-books of theseveral telegraph
and telephone companies as at once
having equaled, if not exceeded, the
ntter paralysis wrought by the great
blizzard of 1888. In trnth, this has
been a storm king's carnival, and, as
the sequel may prove, in many instances
the carnival of death.
Already from numerous points come
reports of damnge, destruction and
death, and when a cessation of the war
ring elements permits of a restoration
of telegraphio communication with
points at present inaccessible by pros
tration of the wires, the extent to which
the seemingly wild rumors will be
borne out by actual facta is wholly con
jectural.
Originating near sontliern Georgia or
northern Florida, this resistles- wave
of devastation awept northw rd and
easterly, bearing down in its pn.u the
wires, snapping off like reeds the trees
and telegraph poles and topping over
chimneys, bearing off roofs nnd crush
ing like play-houses of card board ap
parently substantial buildings. Bound
ing over the Alleghenies, it fell npon
Baltimore, Richmond, Washington and
Philadelphia in tnrn.scatteringthrough
the highway and byway mementoes of
its tremendous power.
In this city early in the day wires
south and southwest failed, often sev
eral at a time, until at last all communl
cation outside of a comparatively small
territory was shut off from ub. Struggle
ns they would, the most expert electri
cians could not with all their ingenuity
devise means of getting over or aronnd
the trouble, even to the routes via
Montreal and Toronto having been
rendered useless.
The storm seemed to divide itself into
two tremendons arms, branching from
a center in North Carolina, one arm
bearing down the coast, the other
sweeping northward and veering north
of Washington, describing a tremen
dous circle. Bearing down northwest
it passed successively over Lake* On
tario and Erie, and finally passed away
to tbs north, disappearing in Baffin*
Bay.
Meager reports continne to be re
ceived of cyclones to th* south and
aonthwsst. From eastern Ohio and
tarn Pennsylvania reports as yet are
meager, ‘ outlining the destruction in
every direction, accurate reports of
which can only be secured when the
storm subsides.
A GItEAT ENTERPRISE.
Tli. Storm at Mmdvllle.
MeaDVille, Penn., Nov. 25.—The
•torm struck this town with terriffio
force about noon. The roof was blown
from the New York, Pennsylvania and
Ohio railroad freight house and the
roof partly torn from the passenger
depot. Shade trees and chimneys were
blown down all over town. Telephone
reports from neighboring towns tell of
serious damage.
Ssrsrsl Houses Blown Down.
Wheeling, W. Y«-. Nov. 25.—A ter
rible blizzard passed over this city, and
the rain, snow and wind played havoc
in Wheeling. Little damage was done,
thongh telegraphic wires were some
what interfered with. From points
ontside of the city, however, come re
ports of considerable damage. At
MoundsvUle, twelve miles cast of
Wheeling, the most damaging storm for
many years prevailed. The carriage
works were completely wrecked, the
bnildlng being leveled to the earth. It
waa lifted bodily off the foundation,
and several men were on the second
floor, and all were seriously but not
fatally injured. The west gable end of
the glass works was blown in and con
siderable damage done. From ether
surronndings news ef more or less
damage is coming in. The wind, during
the height of the storm, attained a fear
ful velocity.
In Darkness for Hall an Uaar,
Cleveland, O.*, Nov. 25.—The storm
here was the worst in a long time.
About noon it became so dark that
lamps and gaa were lighted all over the
city. The darkness lasted half an hour,
when the wind shifted to the weet and
th* rain came down in torrents. The
wind waa blowing a gale at sundown,
bnt it has somewhat subsided since. It
Is growing colder. A railroad man who
came in over the Erie road in the even
ing said there was two feet of snow
twenty miles sonth of this city.
A Perfect Hurries...
Canton, O., Nov, 25.—A veritable
blizzard swept down over this city, and
»t a lata hour it is continuing with un
abated fury. For two days rain haa
fallen almost incessantly. From 9 a.
m. Sunday to 7 a. m. Tuesday the ba
rometer registered a fall of over half an
inch, the greatest in nine years. .Th#
wind that began before noon blew a
perfect hurricane, and it is driving
snow before it at a fearful rata.
niowa from a Sid. Track.
St. Joseph, Mo., Nov. 25.—The Kan
sas City, St. Joseph and Council Blnffs
train from Creston, la., to Kansas City
collided at Arkoe with a freight car,
which, daring the storm, was blown
from a side track at Maryville and ran
■lx mile* before it was struck. The
sngia* was demolished, the freight car
burned, and Express Messenger Mack
Bletbcrade, of Creston, so badly hurt it
(t expected he will die at any tune,
lb. Normal and Industrial School at Mil-
IcdKCTllla,
Mili.kdokvillk, G*., November 20,
1801,—To the Editor of Thb Times-
Recorder: Knowing the deep Interest
you feel In the Georgia Normal and In
dustrial College for Girls, I write to give
you a brief sketch of Its different de
partments, ami something of onr life
and work as pupils of this Institution.
The old “exi uutive mansion’’ Is used
for a boarding department, and the ays-
tern with which the girls perform their
several duties Is very interesting Indeed.
They are required to rise at 6, dress
neatly, and pul tbelr rooms in older by
7; then they fall In line and march to the'
dining ball for breakfast. Every week
certain girls are detailed for certain din
ing room work; and it would delight you
to see with what eheerfulnesa and grace
they perform these duties.
It Is to bo regretted that all the girls
cannot receive this training. For want
of room at the mansion, almost two-
thirds of the g! ds hoard In private fam
ilies; and, white they are nicely cared
for. It would be far better for all to be
under the dlruot supervision of the pres
ident; and we should ask our legislature
at tho next session for an appropriation
sufficient to enlarge the boarding de
partment, that nothing may be lacking
to make this the model school of the
South.
Our life here Is as bright and pleasant
as a ray of sunshine. How could It be
otherwise with such a noble president,
and a corps of the most highly educated
teachers that could bo found In the
United States? If the motbon of Geor
gia could peep in and tee how womanly,
and with what dignity their daughters
execute the various tasks pat before
them, their hearts would swell with
pride.
It is wonderful to see how many ln-
duitrlnl brauohes carried on at the same
time, with fine collegiate and normal
departments, so quietly and systematic
ally that] there is never a clash. The
Industrial branohes are book-keeping,
stenography, telegraphy, type-writing,
dress-making, cooking and Industrial
drawing, the last includes designing,
crayoning, painting iu water eolors,
woo<j-carving and modeling. Every
pupil is required to learn one of these
Industrial arts. The seniors cannot re
ceive a diploma without having mastered
the art of eooking. In addition to all
these we have a fine elass of mnslo, both
vocal and instrumental-end art depart
ment.
The stndenta are required to wear a
uniform dress, a beautiful shade of dark-
brown, and the Oxford student eap,
making It very becoming and certainly
economical.
Itseema to me that every mother In
the State should be making an effort to
get her daughter Into this Institution.
fTjjoes without saying that young ladles
sent out from this school, as graduates
will be well fitted for the duties ofj(life.
We thank the people of Georgia for
the founding and support of this sehool.
It shall be our earnest endeavor to go
forth as worthy representatives.
But there Is one thing needful to make
the school what youand I, and all, would
have it. This cannot bo obtained with
out assistance. We cannot get along
without more books; we need good lit
erature and reference books. Will you
not send us a contribution, and thus aid
us in obtaining a library that will be in
keeping with the Institution ?
I do not believe that Sumter will be
behind the other counties of Georgia.
Hoping that you will remember ua
with a liberal donation at an early day,
I am very truly,
Julia Montgomery Crowell.
NELSON TIFT'S FORTUNE.
He Was (Immensely Wealthy—Four Chil
dren Living to Itac.lv. It.
Everybody In Americas was shocked
beyond expression when the sad Intelli
gence of the death of Hon. Nelson Tift
reaohedlbere, where he waa well-known'
and highly esteemed.
Almost np to the day of his death—
although he was eighty-seven years of
age—he was as hale and hearty, as vig
orous mentally and physically, aa a
young man. Ills vitality waa something
wonderful for a man of his age.
In everything that he undertook be
waa a success. One thing to wbloh be
devoted much of his thought and time
waa the Confederate Votorans' Home.
He was one of the trustees of (hat Insti
tution, and, although a northern man by
birth, his late ye«rs have been largely
devoted to the amelioration of the con
dition of the confederate vetatana and
their widows and orphans.
He was Immensely wealthy. In foot
his fortune is estimated at from three to
five million dollars. He owned the
street railway system of Albany; three
cotton warehouses, largo tracts of real
estate, and over a hundred thousand
acre* of land in that section.
Betides these possessions he held man;
thousand dollars’ worth of railroad, city,
corporation and state bonds.
There are four living children, among
whom this fortune will probably bo di
vided. They are Mrs. Woolfolk, Mrs.
Mann, Mr. James Tift and Mr. Nelson
Tift, all of Albany.