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In a w«k or ten days w
Annual Inventory of Stock.
Before doing so we will offer anything
and everything in the way of . . .
Winter floods
at Astonishingly
Heavy Woolen Dress Goods<
Flannels, Blankets.
Clothing of All Kinds,
Underwear, Etc.
will be sold regardless of value for Cash.
Call on us for Stock-Taking Bargains.
Very Respectfully,
flrLLE.N & .
SHEFFIELD
VOLUME 7.
AMEKICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY. .1 aNUARY 2s, 1898.
NUMBER 4
Royal malted the food pure,
wholesome and Uck
GREAT GUNS GATHER
SOMETH
tun peckift of u>a world 1 beat dcanarr
for .nickel etlll creator economy in 4-poood
packan All grocers. lfada only by
TUB ». K. VAIBBAHK COSIP ANT,
Wcanm. Ionia, Haw York, Bottom Philadelphia.
FOR RENT
iy desirable dwelling on
ge street near G. & A.
t. Gas, hot and cold
r and sewerage. Apply
Thos. Harrold.
willing tol
H. Simmons. H. C. Mltchel',
President Aaa't Caabler
No. 8«80,
People’s National Bank
ns AMEP'C'JS.
Capital, $50,000. Subplce, $10 ,C0
JHE
WINDSOR.
AMERICUS, OA.
Gioeoi H. FaLBS, Proprietor.
PIRATES PAY PENALTY
Several Chinese Assassins Are
Publicly Shot.
EUB0PE4H3 8EE THE EXEOUFION
All Outlaw«' KoJIm Plaeed an anil
M Up lM front «»r th« Itnildlav TUmj
H*cantly Attacked—Ofll«i*l ieounuk of
th« Uardiroat Affair and tha Fan
fshmaiit llatttd Out to lb* OffiuiltN,
8a* Francisco, Jan. 20.—Associated
Press dispatches from Vauconver oil I lie
twentieth’link, contained an aoconnt of
• raid by Chinese pirates npod the En
ropeau (ettlemeuta at Haiphong. The
•learner Coptic, which hat arrived from
the Orient, brought fall particulars of
the monlerons affair aud the punish-
meat meted oat to the offenders, who
were captured.
The pirates first attacked tbs men of
the Hui Dating at 8 o’clock on the niglii
of Dee. 35. It waa flrml in four quart
er* aimoliaueoasly aud half of till* pto-
Tinoial capital has been destroyed.
The resident governor and his family
were compelled to abandon their reel-
deuces during the eortie of the troops
aud take ihelier In the forta The force
waa too small to admit of meeting the
pirates, who were armed with rifles, in
the open. At Pun Ninh Qisngs there
were no oaruaitiea among the Euro-
peuus, but cousiderable damage w:>*
doue to the town. Abuat 8 o'c.oak in
the morning of Deo. 16 several hundred
Auuuiuites crossed the river Lschu-.iy
In smad bauds uud converged open
Haiphong. Shortly afterward several
Area started iu the European and native
i marten on the outskirts of the town.
1 leaps of charges were heard in every
direction aud aaeutry ran to the bar-
tacks and gare the alarm.
Meanwhile another band, about 150
Itroug, attacked the village of Aabir.
This was handed by un old man who
inarched in the earner of fonr standards
which bore the inscriptions ‘Obey the
Order of Heaven.” ••Destroy the Eu
ropeans,” •■Ezierraiuate the-Dy nasty of
Ego-Yen ami Mac.”
About 4 o’clock a company of French
troops in two divisions storied oat and
charged the remaining guard of the
pirates with fixed bayonets. Fifteen of
tlie pirates were killed aud several were
Wounded and taken to (he hoepi aL
In the meantime the piratee hud en
tered (lie house of Mr. A. It. Marty and
killed hie bookkeeper, AL Unatliier.
after horribly mutilating him. Hi.
7-year old child aiso disappeared. Then
they attacked Jl. Dealoie, clerk for tlie
Auuase Mining company, aud left bun
for dead. He was taker to tue hospiiai,
however, and may reoorer.
On the following Saturday, ten of the
captured pirates were executed opoh the
spot where M. Gauthier was assassi
nated. aud after the execution the
bodies of the pirates were placed on
stands and set in up front of tbs boose.
About 200 Europeans aud COO natives
-witnessed tbs execution.
OK® ®3VJOY8
Both tho method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, nnd acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
BILLS BADLY BEATEN
New Mexico and Arizona Not
to Be Admitted Now.
OKLAHOMA MUST ALSO STAY OUT
ffhtt (tamiMltttttt on Torritorloi Kill* All
»t«ttthm.d LffUUllsin bjr » Vasts nf Righl
Co T|irott->«ounU T«kn« tip tlitt
RttulstlniiMd lU Auriiur *p«i»ki-sUu(i
Bants ^ttttiou.
Wasbi'koto*. Jon. 2ft— Statehood leg-
Islstion at this session was killed today
by the boose committee on territories
rejecting the Arizona. Mew Mexico mid
Oklahoma bills by a vote of 8 to 8. The
first two measures were bunched ami
Liver and Bowels, cleanses tho sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head-
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Symp of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duccd, pleasing to tho taste and ao-
ceptablo to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial m its
effects, prepared only from tho most
healthy and agrecablo substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any ono who
wishes to try it Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIB SYRUP CO.
SAM FMAMOUCO, CAL
LOVtsvim. a. MEW rout, sir.
SCHOONER ITONAS'SINKS.
Cargo of Armi —
Muscat, Gulf of Omaneka. Jan. 38.—
Tho British gunboat Lapwing has seised
tbs steamer Bsluohistau, off here, aud
her cargo of arms uud ammunition has
been confiscated. Her cargo is held by
the British ooutuL It is presumable
(bet the cargo of arms aud ammunition
seised by the Lspwiug was Intended fur
the nse of tbe insurgent* of Baluohi-
■tan. wbo have recently been giving
considerable trouble to the British.
Bet. Uroirs Will Nat Has.
Oakland, OsL, Jan. *#.—Bav. O. O.
Brown will not ran away from tbs con
eequenoes of bis confession. He (aid he
would stay hers until his friends bad
time to deoide whether or nos they
would rec.eivo or cut him.
The Mother’s Pay Day.
What pty doe* a hard-working mother of
• family receive for her Ubor at the end of a
week ? The husband may
bring home his regular
wages. Some of the child
ren may be old
enough to earn
theirs. But the
v uinra. rut inc
Ngnotbcr, what is
for her
her
or
days
toil and
often nifthts of
anxiety? Well,
either
paid in love or
she isn’t paid
The msjonty
of mothers are
perfect!/ satis
fied with the
limple recompense of loving ippreciation.
If sny mother-dpesn’t receive tbit much,
it’s an awful pity. '
It’s s sad thing when the mother comes
down sick with overwork or worry, or be
muse some little weakness or disease has
been neglected until it gets to be alarming.
It should nev’fr be allowed to get to this
point She ought to be looked after right
away. She needs the help of common sense
medical treatment. Of course no one medi
cine will core everything. A medicine must
be specially adapted to ita particular purpose.
If the digestive organs or the liver are ont
of order Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Dis
covery is a perfect and scientific rented/.
His Favorite Prescription ” is specially
devised for weaknesses and diseases of the
womanly organs; and it ia the most potent
remedy for these troubles which baa ever
been invented.
Where both these conditions exist these
two medicines taken alternatelv constitute
a thoroughly scientific course of treatment,
which has been mahrelonsly successful with
thousands of dyspeptic, debilitated and
I take great pleasure in recommending Dr
Pierce’* Favorite Prescription. ’Ootden Medial
Discovery’ and ‘Pellets,’ ’’ writes Mn. Jed Law-
Hcto> Grand Isle Ox, VL ’‘My
female weakness, kMoev disease.
corny; and seven small vials of * Pellets.’ The
doctors did not help me any.^Iconld not sleep
night nor day, I suflkred everything bd«j
began to take Dr. Pierce’s medicine*. When I
began to use them X weighed too pounds. Now I
weigh >45 pounds. lean now doall my work.
British ▼•**•! springs a Lumk and Uar
Crow Toko to tbtt Boots.
Jacksonville, Flu.. Jan. 3ft—The
mate of the British schooner Itomaa,
Which set sail from Halifax several days
ego for England and encountered u se
vere storm, arrived in tho oily lust night
The winds continued adverse until the
Itonas found hermit in the latitude of
Feruaudiua. when (be sprung a leak
aini was abandoned by her bulfetei
crew.
The crew of a dozen men and several
took to tbe boats iu tough
weather, and were finally picked up by
tbe steamship Mameluke, also British,
and carried into Fernandina, whence
the male came to Jacksonville to confer
with the British vice consul. Edward
F. Sudlow, with reference to scouring
passage back to their home port, aud an
accounting between tbe captein aud his
crew.
The rest of the crew will arrive today,
end will proceed to Mew York at an
early date.
Tbe sohooner Itonas was a large ves
sel of 1,083 tons burden, uud was
•quipped with every modern appliance
common ou the ma.ob.ut Y»—cU cf
day The ouly articles eaved from tbe
•inking schooner were the chart* and
tbe sextant, which Mate Smith brongh
to the city last night.
ALL EVIDENCE ADMITTED.
Savannah, Jan. 38 —The reading of
documentary evideno* took up all the
time of the morning saa*ion of the Oar
ter oo^rtmartiaL Records connected
with tbs work of. 1893 in Cumberland
sound were gone Into The attorneys
for Captain Carter objected to this, hold
ing that tbe plea of statute of llraim
tious, which lied been sn-talned by the
Court, burred out such evidence.
Judge Advocate Barr replied to the
objection of counsel witli some spirit.
He said that be never in his life before
heard that statute of limitation applie,
to (lie an mission of evidence, H
wished to put counsel on notice that In
Would go back even further to arrive a
tbe truth of the case. He said tbnt In
was pursuing this investigation on due.
laid down to show conspiracy, it there
Was auy, and that hn would pursue it
on such path*, even tf it led to the doors
of the penitentiary for some one.
After Homo argamont by Mr. Itiair, o‘
Counsel for the accused, objection wa
withdrawn. J. W. C. Steriy, chief aier)
to Oantaiu Oartar and Oaptaiu Gillette
was ou the stand all dcriug the cession
DERINGER IS NOT DEAD.
Lad lloorn.tl a. Killed In P.aasjlvaul.
Heard Pr.us at Lass.
Milton. Pa. Jan. 38.—Last October
ths dead body of a boy was found in a
freight cur ut WUUumsport The cur
esm* from Pittsburg, by wuy of Harris-
burg. Soon after tbe discovery the
body wee identified us thst of Henry
Derlnger, aged 18, an orphan, of Pitts
burg. Several of his brothers end at,
tors went to Williamsport and identified
He answered the description of
their brother in evsry way, even to •
V-shaped mark ou bis arm.
Ths body was buried in a Williams
port cemetery aud $310 life lneuruuce
money was collected. Hie estate, veined
st $3,000, wa* divided among his broth
ers and sisters.
Last week Derlnger wrote home from
Philadelphia, where be bsd been in the
lions* of oorreotion for two months He
had been on s tramp, sod upon arriv
ing at Philadelphia ths authorities ar
rested him. \
Money ha* been tent him to return to
hie sister’* -ont in Pittsburg.
The identity of the boy funudln the
.freight oar is still a mystery.
Data is la WaeMagtee.
Washington, Jan. 2d. — President
Dole of Hawaii arrived la Wsshiagtoo
•13:50 pm.
defeated. Then the Oklahoma bill was
tskeu op aud beaten by the same vole.
There were no discnssiaus,as it was uu
derstood at tlie last meeting that the
vote was to be taxen today without
further preliminaries
Delegates Smith and Ferguson of Ar
isons uud New Mexioo stated that they
wished to put themselves on record that
if they were allowed to vote they wonld
vote for tbe bills.
SENATOR TELLER 8PEAKS.
Colored.*** Defend* III* Re*atutlaa Iu
Hasard Is currency.
Washington. Jan. 3ft—At the open
ing of the senate today. Mr. Hale of
Maine presented the report of the con
ferees on tbe urgent * deficiency appro
priation bill snd ths report was agreed
to.
Mr. Chandler of Mew Hampshire se
cured the adoption of a resolution call-
ing upou tho attorney general for a re
port as to whether there have been re-
oent violations of the constitution in
Louisiana by. ths exclnsion from service
ou the juries In the United States conns
of duly qualified citizeni on scoouut of
eolor.
Upon motion of Mr. Vest of Missouri
the senate took np the Teller resolution.
The debath was opened by Mr. Teller of
Colorado, the anthor of tbe resolution.
He said be wonld permit no man to ex
cel him in honor or iu good faith. "J
Wonld do nothing,” be said, “that would
briug about such a condition of affairs
as would be disgraceful, whatever the
opinion of the senator from Mu-sachu-
setts (Mr. Hoar) may be of my opinions
or convictions. The Massachusetts sen
ator tried to make it appear that my po
sition was on a parallel witli the mak
ing of a $10 piece ont of a copper cent.
Such a proposition Ido not advance and
I do not think it would tiud much sup-
iort iu this or auy other legislative
body.”
Cruisers of both England and
Germany CfT Cuba.
FBEKOU WAE5H1P3 TO FOLLOW
Th* Hr—.kirn Will Start *..otb In i
Mhort Tim-—I’lilllpplna Island* Nut 1
l-aaMl-.J—rSavavaev GanaYal Itlv
bum a,« Edict Suvnrsly Arralgulng ISaa
,»!•* of 111* Imparts! Ouvnrmu*
Havana. Jan. 23 — The Germac
cruiser Clmriotte (school ship) has joe
arrived here, n British warship lias
readied hero from Key West aud soma
French warships are expected bore from
New Oilcans. mSST
I’ronklytt In « sMultsr iauth*
New York, Jan. 2G.—The armored j
cruiser Brooklyn, it is announced, will
sail for Key West eereral days sooner
than expected, as the aectmif repair!
can bo coiupletod to admit of suiting
Fob 4. The Brooklyn will join Admiral
Sicaru's squadron to take part iu <
evolution*.
PEOPLE NOT YET PACIFIED.
SENOR QUESADA HAS SAY.
Btt Dot* Nut llttli«v$ llUnoo \Vi*h«* to
*t«P th*' tftwtUltlM.
Washington, Jan. 26^-"No, I do not
think hs has gone on sooh a mission,”
said Senor Qaeiadoj in charge of the
Cuban headquarters here, today, when
his sttsntton was called to ■ published
statement that Oaptaiu General Blanco’s
trip to ths eastern part of Coba was for
the purpose of conferring with General
Gomes looking to terms of peace.
"His purpose in going there, I think.
Is to assist iu bolstering np as far us
KMsible thi Spanish cause,” continued
drr Qcotada.
"It lias been five days since we bar*
beard from the operation* of the armies
iu that seotieu of tbs island. General
Panda, the. Spanish commauder, was
vary sevssfly wounded and may be
dead and the Spaulsh army then fa iu
a badly demoralised condition, and
Blaueo'i visit, I think, i* for the pur.
me* of strengthening tbe line* and giv-
ng the troops what euconrugeraent he
KttCttutlr l»»Ue.l IS llot I
pin** Ar. 9(111 J
San FttANCisOO, Jau. 20. — Advice*
from Ibo Orient bring to band the fall
text of the edict recoutly issued by For-
nxudo Priatd do Riviera, governor gen*
eral of the Philippines, a brief reference
to which lin* been made through otUoial
sources at Madrid.
The edict is so severe in its trentmenl
of all enemies of the imperial miveru-
ment that tbe manifestos of tlnrwrimr
■eem mild in comparison. Takeu a* a
whole, it appear* as an official confes
sion of the uulrpth of the freqa-ut an
nouncement* from the government .at
Madrid that the Philippine insurrection
has been suppressed aud the people
pacified.
Shortly after Bianco was appointed
to his present position. General Gomes
addressed him, as lie had Marlines Cam
pos, a Idler urging biin for hninauity's
sake lo use hu.iufinenco with 8paiu to
•top the bloodshed aud bring the war to
iu end on ths basis of independence for
Cob*. By Ibis means Spain wonld get
the glory of actiug as a mother to her
tun snd independence would be achieved
without the luternention of another no
tion.”
ADMIRAL BACK FROM ASIA.
MeXalr **J, Ttwre I* • Vaallag •( Uaeer-
taint, la tba Glad of Ska Mikado,
San Francisco, Jan. 28. —Rear Ad-
mini McNair, who has been in com
mand of tbe Asiatic squadron from No
vember, 1895, nntll the.third intt.,
when he was relieved and ordered home,
and who hit* reached thi* conn try on
hie way to Washington, says:
"The feeling iu China and Japan ie
one of uncertainty. The fleet* of the
power* in Asiatio waters have been in
creased until they are all represented
by en nnoausUy^ heavily armed force,
but what they may portend it some
thing I do not know. When I left there
were five American vessels there and
with one on her way from thi* port and
the Raleigh dne (shortly from the At
lantic, wo will bav* a fleet of seven ves
sel*, the beet of their clsas in the world,
to proteal American interest* aud up
hold if necessary th* honor of the
American flag.”
»r*rts At. i nroad Dawn*
San Francisco, Jan. 26.—The Bank
of California makes public tho follow
ing statement: Recently quite a uum-
ber of drafts have been presented and
refused at tbe Bank of California pnr-
I inning to have been drawn by the
North Pacific Trading aud Transporta
tion company, by B. H." Northrop; W.
B. W-are, secretary. The company is
unknown ui the bank and neither its
name nor th* names of tbe signing
officers appear in th* San Francieco di
rectory. All drafts so far presented *p-
pear to have been negotiated la New
York, though fcg Fn*Xaoo, __
The edict begins with tho revocation '' 0I
of all passes heretofore issned ami the Jibe
establishment of a military trooha.
Property belonging topersouaconiioctoj ; to
will: tho raiielliun, or to teuiims. part- ijuiy
liars or any person iutercited in prop- v.uk
eriy be.onging to the rebels is dec.ared
forleitod to tlin government uud will be
seized to satis!y the ueedsiof the Span
ish army.
The ramilir* of imiivi'lnnls who an
incorporate.! in the rebel ll^T mast go
to join thorn or iix tneir residence un
der tho watch millets of tliki authorities.
For tho purpose of this oVdcr the fain*
ill's of rebel* will consist of
children, parents, brothers,
law aud oocsius.
heir wives,
brothers- in-
THE DAY IN THE HOUSE.
Con-ltl-rutl.m „r lit* la«ll*n Upproprl*., nir ri M
bill 1# lUsumedN. *1 (u
Waseixotos, Jan. 2ft—WithVdi'ic^iise.ise,*
preliminary business the homo todajA' ! " lal1
wont into committee of the whole and
resumed consideration o* the Indian ap
propriation bill. The pending ameud-
meut was ihat to strike out the appro
priation for the Carlisle Ind.au school.
Mr. Sherman, (Rep, N. Y.),Indian s
of the bill, defended tbe work of the
Carlisle school, which, he said, was the
greatest industrial school iu the coun
try. Everything was taught there
which was necessary to make tbe In
dian n self tupportinr, citizen anywhere
in the world.
His observation was that the best!
dian schools were those which were not
ou tho reservations. Ho said the Car
lisle football eleven had placed $7,000 in
tho treasury of that college during the lare
past season. 11 Ufa
Tom Llftt Wa* Urftt «>*•«■
Spokane, Wash., Jan. 28.—As arc-
lit of Monday night’s fire is tire
suit ot aiouuay uirui * ure iu tue e b |s
Great Eastern business block on River- 4yed
aide avenue at least eight live* w
loat and the burned remains are hiddi
iu a maaa of debris iu what was n
basement. Th* report that G. D’AI
bert, a vioiiuut, and brother of the <
moos pianist, waa burned to death
unfounded. He waa uot in the bm'
lag at the time and has been located.
a llrlu.H at*am-t»P Asliora.
Key West. Jan. 25. -Tho
steamer Darlington, Captain Don
laden with cotton from Galveston J
90 from Hamburg, went ashore st M
qoesas Keyes yesterday morning,
oaptaia and mat* have arrived hi
tkttwwmi
British
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