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AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDE
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-SECOND YEAR.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1900.
Fall Announcement!^
The change of season is now upon us and every one
naturally begins to think of their Fall and Winter buying—
and where is best to go for their supply of Dry Goods,
Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Etc.
I have iust returned trom New York, the greatest
market on earth for such goods, where I spent my time and
money to get the best things to be had. About eighteen
years ago I began my career in the Dry Goods business in
Americus and since that time 1 have given my entire atten
tion and study to this business and the wanfs and needs of
the people in and around Americus, and think I know what
they need and want. I struck the market at the low water
mark, and as a consequence can sell you goods cheaper than
those who went on earlier and bought before the decline.
This season we will make a special effort in our Dress
Goods department, and in Ready Made Clothing. Every
thing that is New, Stylish and strictly in it from a fash-
onable point of view will be shown over our counters.
For lack of space, ard therush of business and opening
new gocds, we are unable to quote prices in this “ad,” but
will <b so later. Call on us, see our goods and get prices
We will not be —
STRKiERS ATTACK
PRESTON COLLIER
Girardville the Scene of Biot
ing and Disorder.
MOBE MEN LEAVE MINES
Several Additional Work, Are Closed
Down—'Troopi Make a Demostratlon
In Several Localities—Operators Vail
to Start Up Their Collieries. |
Shenandoah, Pa., Sopt. 24.—Strikers
have attacked Preston colliery No. 8 at
Girardville, near here, and General Go-
bin has been asked for troops.
Undersold on Any Article,
As we are out for busings, and will have it, no matter
what the cost.
Yours for Business,
LEE ALLEN.
l H. D. WATTS fe SON., t
Philadelphia, Soph 24.—Qontrary to
the expectation of the mine operators,
the lines of the strikers remained un
broken today and the second week of
the strike in the anthracite field opened
with the tlo-ap of tho miners as com
plete as at any time since the strike bo-
gan. Tho presence of the soldiers in
the field has bad a quieting effect on the
strikers and the best orrder is reported
from every district Thoro ore no great
gains or losses on either side, although
the Philadelphia and Beading company
has fewer collierios in operation in tho
Schuylkill region than at any provions
time.
Demonstrations wero made by the
troops in various ports of SchnylkUl
county this morning.
Tho striking miners stood by and
watched tho marching military men,
bnt they showed no outward sign of
feeling.
Reports from various parts of tho
ooantry show that hard coal Is getting
scarcer and the price going higher. The
Reading company, which practically
controls the market, is shipping less coal
today than ever.
STRIKE IS STILL SPREADING.
Every Mine From Mahoney City to
Ashland Tied Up.
Shenandoah, Pa., Sept. 24. — Tho
promise of protection by tho state troops
failed to enoourage the mine workors of
this district, who exprossod a desiro to
continuo to work and the strike is more
extensive today than at any other time
since tho strike was inaugurated.
Mossagos received from various towns
in the region announce that every mlno
from Mahoney City to Ashland, includ
ing tho latter place, is olosed. It is es
timated that fatly IS,000 men, employed
principally by the Philadelphia am'
Beading Coal and Iron company and tho
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Have the best and cheapest stock ut
Dry Goods, Notions,
Shoes and Hats.
Groceries and
General Merchandise
ever carried by this old and reliable house.
We Keep Everything You Need.
and our store is full of new goods.
Everything in Grocery line fresh and nice,
at lowest price.
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TEETHINA Relieve, the Board
Trouble, of Children of
ANY AGE.
Lehigh Valley Coal company, are now
on strike and indications point to a oom
tinaance of tho tlcup.
Early this morning fivo battalions of
Infantry and one troop of cavalry pro
ceeded to the outskirts of tho town and
marched along the roads leading to
the various mines. They mot with bnt
few strikors and tho number of otnployos
willing to work was still less.
General Gobin remained at his head
quarters daring the day awaiting re
ports from his troops. later ho drovo
through the mining district and found
everything quiet.
Company B of the Fourth regiment
is acting provost guard today and tho
soldiers are patrolling tho city from end
to end.
The Lsttimor mines wero reported to
be tied np, but the mine otllcials there
say their colliory is working as usual
with only SO men short oat of 1,100.
Today was expected to witness either
a big break among 'the strikers or the
going out of a largo additional number
of mino workers, but uoithor happened.
Roports were received horo from most
of tho mining towns that thero wero no
big gains or losses on either side.
TROOPS ARRIVE AT M’ADOO.
Received With Jeers and Illsses—Kern-
merer Mines Tied Up.
Hazelton, Pa., Sept. 24.—A battalion
of tho Eighth regiment, composed of
Companies D, F anil G, arrived at Me-
Adoo, tho nearest point in Schuylkill
connty to tho city of Hazelton, at 5
o'clock this morning.
The troops wero received by the in
habitants of the various towns with ovi-
deuco of enmity and dislike. Not a
cheer was given them nt any placo, bnt
many a jeer was scut after them os they
passed groups of people on the streets.
MINISTERS WAITING
FOR LI HUNG GHAN6
His Authority to Treat For
Peace Still Doubted.
NO POLICY YET OUTLINED
Conger Discusses tho Situation—Com
missioner Uocktitll Investigating the
Conditions—Catholic Bishop Is Tor
tured to Death—Natives Slain.
Shanghai, Sept. 25.—It is rumored
from Chinese sonrccs that tho dowager
empress has issned a secret edict com
manding Li Hang Chang to raiso an
army and recapture Peking.
Pekino, Sept. 25. — The diplomntio
and military authorities hero ore
anxiously awaiting the arrival of Li
Hang Chang. Thero is a general desire
for the establishment of somo Chinese
authority, which will tend to a clearing
of the situation. Tho military is deemed
unable to seenro a relation of peace to
the conntrv.
Tho authority,of Li Hang Chang to
treat for peaco is still doubted. Refer
ring to this matter the United States
minister, Mr. Conger, said:
"Cur first task is to examino and pass
upon the credentials of Li Hung Chang.
Beyond that wo have no policy or plan
of action."
Mr. William Woodvillo Bockhili.
special United States representative in
China will probably not await the ar
rival hero of Earl Li. Ho is basy con
ferring with tho ministers and investi
gating tho sitnation.
The Russians are inaugurating a Red
Cross hospital under the patronage of
the czarina. Tho institution will bo
open to soldiors of all nationalities.
Thirty British who wero wonnded in
tho Tung Cboo explosion aro dead.
LI Hung Chang on tho Situation.
Tien Tsin, Sept. 23, Taeu, Sept. 25.—
Li Hang Chang will proceed to Peking
in a few days. Ha remains under close
Russian guard and access to him is diffi
cult. In the coarse of a conversation
Earl Li said he did not bclievo that on
early rettlttM(t of the difficulty was
probable becnuH of tho number of na
tions to bo treated with, and ho did not
think the attack upon tho Pci Tang forts
complicated tho situation.
NUMBER 25
ANTI-FOREIGNERS
AGAIN IN CONTROL
Prince Tuan Is Made Secre-
'ary to the Emperor.
CHINA PEFIES GEEMANY
Recent Imperial Acts Are Regarded
as Hostile—Situation Rendered More
Acute—Diplomatic Circlet Greatly
Exercised—London Press|Comment.
Shanghai, Sopt. 24.—Prince Tnan is
declared by Tootoi Sheng to have been
appointed grand secretary to the em
peror, a position enabling him tooontrol
all communications to and from the
throne. This constitutes a dcflnnco of
Germany's domands. The taotal of
Shanghai, who signed for the viceroys
tho friendly agreement with the foreign
consuls, has been removed by imperial
ediot, his successor being strongly anti-
foreign and urged the government to re
pudiate the foreign debt. An unofficial
protest was made by United Statos Con
sul Goodnow to the vicoroy. Theso
facts aro considered a defiance of Ger
many's demand for the punishment of
Prince Tuan as the head of the Boxers.
Tho Chinese are greatly oxclted over
tho appointment.
>T 0RM SWEEPS OVER
wfEXICO AND TEXAS
Fearful Loss of Life Besultfl
From Waterspout.
ONE VILLAGE WIPED OUT
AN OFFICIAL VIEW OF IT.
Diplomatic Circle, Greatly Exercised
Over tbs Rumored Appointment.
Washinoton, Sopt 24.—Considerable
interest was taken by administration
officials and Mlnistor Wn in the an
nouncement that Prlnoe Tuan bos boon
lntod grand secrotary in defianco of
nany and that the antl-forelgn ele
ment is in control.
No confirmation of tho appointment
has been received lu Washington and
both at the state deportment and the
Ohlnese legation there was a disposition
to doubt the report. Should offloial con
firmation come the authorities say that
it will have an important bearing upon
the attitude of aU the powers, as Prince
Tunn is rcg.. ed as ono of the officials
responsible . r the anti-foreign out-
rages.
CHARGED WITH DUPLICITY.
Slony People Killed and Great Darn,
age Reported In Texas—Not a Jaohal
Left Standing at La Algle—Other
Casualties of the Day.
St. Louts, Sept. 24. — Information
contained in dispatches from Naece*
river valley, in Texas, say that in a lit*
t’.o Mexican village, 1st Algle, on the
Gallardo oreok, a branch of the Naeco*
not a jaohal is left standing os a result
lit the flood. A Mexican family of four
and two American campers supposed to
have been deer hunters from Eagle Pass,
perished.
Loss of life is believed to have re
sulted on the Circle X ranch and Dei
Passltos, bat this cannot be vorlfled.
All efforts to get word from Bracketts-
ville, which was wrecked by a flood ■
year ago, owing to the washing a Way of
telegraph wires, has failed.
Germany Alleges That America’s At
titude Is Duo toSeifl.li Motives.
BISHOP .DIES OF TORTURE.
Forty-Five Thousand Nativo Christ
ians Massacred In China.
New York, Sept. 28.—Dispatches re
ceived in this city announce that among
the missionaries killed by Chinese in the
massacro in tho Yun Non province were
Bishop Fautosati and Father Qalrine of
tho Roman Catholic church. It was said
that tho bishop died after tho most aw
ful tortaro.
A telegram from tho Convont of the
Holy Soul in Shanghai has been re
ceived, however, to tho effect that 45,000
native Catholics had been massacred in
different parts of tho empire.
It is said that tho bishop mentioned
in tho dispatch was probably Manager
Antnino Fautosati, a Franciscan, and
the titular bishop of Adralieu.
In a letter dated July 30 Bishop Fan-
tosnti wroto that cruel persecutions of
nativo Cbritf ions had been carried on
for moro than two months. Ho has
been pursued a whole duy by men who
sought his life.
Cologne, Germany, Sept. 24.—Tho
Eoluicbe Zeitnug publishes an inspired
tolegram from Berlin in which thu
Washington government's reply to the
German note is characterized as a man
ifest effort to assist thu Chinese govern-
inent to accept the proposals with regard
to the punishment of tho tethers in the
Chinese trouble.
The telegram points oat that thongh
the American reply shows an indulgent
tlisi-osidnii, it must not b> dcuucucl
tlicreiroin that the vVn-niiigron givcrn-
m nt thinks thu United stnr>nr trade
and missionary interests require o-.-
careful protection than those ot tile
other powers, bat that tho United Stares
Turnout is compelled to bo indulgent
owing to tile unfavorable effect upon tile
situation in the Philippines caus 'd by
tho transfer of troops from these islands
to China.
For a settlement botweon tho powers
.and Chum it makes no difference, how
ever, asserts the telegram, whether
America co operates any turthor or not.
Forces sufficient for all emergencies will
remain nvuilnkle to seenro the oxpintiou
demanded by tho civilized world.
Damage at Brownvrood Slight,
Fort Worth, Tex., Sopt. 24.—Offi
cials of the Fort Worth and Rio Grande
Railroad oompany at noon say the flood
conditions at Brownwood are not so t
rions. The waters of Jim Ned
which caused the (overflow is root
Brownwood is a foot under water,
damage to the town is very light. Re-
ports.of the loss of life are not verified,
railroad connection with the town is
ent off. The Rio Grande and Gnlf rail
roads have sustained serious washouts.
The Texas Central railroad is washed
away near Cisco. The high waters are
the result of a cloudburst.
Heavy Loss of Life In Texas.
Fort Worth, Tox., Sopt. 24.—Many
lives of pcoplo were lost in the floods of
tho Nneoes and Uvalde rivors. All the
valley farms aro inundated. Tho inhab
itants have sought safety on the hill-.'
tops. Six or eight people arc reported
drowned by the overflow of the Pocos
bayou, near Brownwood. Tho Brazos
ri,ver rose 30 foot and is flooding the
valley. Bridges are washed away and
traffic is suspended.
nre atuculu.
Ocala, Fin., Sept 20. — An early
morning flro destroyed tho Acmo hotel
and a bonrdinghouse, while a small
brich structure collapsed from tho heat.
Ollie Mordls, a Syrian, was caught by
the falling wall of tho brick store, and
hod one of his lugs broken. Nearly
everything in both burned buildings dead,
wns destroyed.
German Transport nt Houg-Kotig.
Hoxo-Kono, Sept. 20.—Tho German
transport 1 Gera nnd three German tor
pedo boats have arrived here.
ICarl Howe Dead.
London, Sept. 20.—Earl Howo (Rich
ard William Penn Carzou-Howo) is
MORMON ELDEk is SLAIN.
Others Covered With Tar and Cotton
and Net on Fire,
Marianna, Fla., Sept, 20.—Reports
coma from the western portion of the
county that Mormon elders who have
been at work nil summer there hare
been run out of the county by angered
men.
Threo families were packed np to go
with them, consisting of eight women
and girls uml two men, when n mob of
60 men gathered, stripped ami whipped
tho elders, and at thu mnzzlos of Bbot-
gnns escorted them across the connty
line, warning them that they would be
killed if they returned. Unc ot the
men converts wns also severely beaten.
Another report snyB tbut one ot the
elders was killed nnd three others cov
ered with tar and cotton and set on fire.
All Collieries Are Idle.
Wit.kesbarre, Pa., Sept. 24.—The
second week ot the Unitod Mine Work
ers’ striko finds no change in the Wyom
ing valloy. All the collieries are idle
with the exception of the one at Mocon-
aqua operated by tho West End Cool
company. No attempt was mode to re
sume work at any of the mines today.
It was expected that there wonld be
trouble at a washery operated by the
Lehigh ami Wilkesbarro company at
Ashley, hut the men who worked there
last week ilid not renort tnd«v
file women seemed to be more annoyod
at the presence ot the soldiers than the
men. One woman, otter the troops had
passed, shouted to n group of men:
If you dou’t shoot some of those fol
lows you are no goodl" 1
Probably tho most ineetisod person in
Me Adoo over the arrival of the militia
was Edward J. McGheehitn, a black
smith, who is tho burgess of tho town.
He stated that the action of General
Gobin in sending soldiers thero was an
outrage and a reflection mi tho city of
Me Adoo.
"I shall not be responsible for any
overt action committed by any persons
in this town whilo tho troops are here,”
he said.
The entire Hazelton region was re-
rwrted extremely qniet this morning.
Tho M. S. Kommorer mines at Sandy
Run are tied np for the first time this
morning, and the Eckiey colliery of G.
B. Morklc Ss Co. is working with about
the same force as on Saturday.
IS eg roc, »enteueefl to Hang.
Nashville, Sept. 28.—In the criminal
court today Judge Anderson sentenced
Lewis Bridges and Abe Fetway, both
negroes, to be hanged Nov. 8 for tho
murder of M. O. Wrcnn. .
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