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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 l<ar