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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.