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AMERICUS TIMES-RECORI ER.
lffE MV SECOND YEAR
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1901.
NUMBER 54
from a Xe*tor from Sraniteuitlo, <5*. C.,
Dated Slug. 26th, 1889.
At the age ot 50, with 25 years of active practice,
I am a careful observer and cautions in endors-
mff proprietary medicines, but I can conscientious
ly endorse your Johnson’s Chill and Fever Tonic
as one of the best combination remedies for Chill
and Fever I have ever used. It corrects the vitiated
secretions of the liver, relieves costiyeness, and pro
motes the absorption and assimilation of food, thus
fulfilling all the indications claimed for it.
Yours truly,
T. P. EDWARDS, M. D.
Other Tjhings.
Other things cure Fever besides Johnson’s Chill and
Fever Tonic Hut n 'thing else makes the same character
of cure that Johnson’s Chill and Ftver Tonic makes. It
leaves the eyes bright, the skin dear, the appetite Rood. It
nuts the liver in the very best possible condition. It cures
when * nothing else will. It is 100 times better than
quinine. It has received the unqualified endorsement of the
very best men in this country.
The fame of Johnson’s Tonic and the widespread popu
larity it enjoyed, led miserable and unscrupulous knaves in
business to imitate as closely as they dared the name and
appearance of this wonderful medicine.
Counterfeiters of money are more honorable than those
who would jeopardize the lives of people ^ for gain. If you
have fever, use nothing else but Johnson’s Chill and Fever
Tonic. If you are well, keep well by using Johnson's Chill
and Fever Tonic.
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ORGANIZED LABOR
AGAINST CAPITAL
United Stateo Steel Corpora
tion Has Its First Trouble.
STRIKE IS MOMENTOUS
Head of Amalgamated Association
Threaten, to Tie lip Every Plant of
the Sen Combine Unleu Demands
of Strikers Are Conceded.
Fjttsburo, April 15.—Ai a result of a
a dispute that lor a week past has in.
volved the employes of the W. Dewees
wood plant of the American Sheet Steel
company at McKeesport and the com
pany, about half ot the men are on a
strike today and operation ot the plant
le badly crippled. The cause of the
trouble was the recent discharge of
■even men, who, the men claim, were
dismissed because they were members
of the newly organized lodge of the
Amalgamated association.
The strike was ordered at a meeting
of the local lodge yesterday afternoon
and went into effect at 1 o’clock this
morning. All is quiet about the
works today. None of the discon
tented workmen are loitering about
the mill, nud there is no pros
pect of trouble. The members of tho
iirm say that they will continue
tho operation of their plants, and that
if they are troubled by the strikers at
McKeesport they will shin their mate
rial elsewhere for manufacture. The
mill employs about 800 men and about
half of them are now out.
Momentous Event.
The event is looked upon as moment
ous throughout the iron and steel trade
of the country, from the fact that it la
the first conflict between organized la
bor and the United States steel corpora
tion and because of the announced In
tention today of President T. F. Schae
fer, head of the Amalgamated Associa
tion of Iron, Steel and Tin workers, to
tie up every plant of the new combine,
steel, tin, tube, iron, wire and all, if
necessary to win the fight.
As to the chance that tho men in
all the mills of tho United States Steel
corporation will be called ou to come
out, uo oue connected with tho manage
ment of any of tho organized plants in
the new corporation will consent to be
quoted. The ouly underlying compa
nies in tho new corporation whoso mills
are entirely independent of tho Amal
gamated association aro tho Carnegie
interests nnd the Nntionnl Tube com
pany.
The mills of the American Steel Hoop
company, the American Tinplate com
pany and the Republic Iron and Steel
company are nil organized, while most
of thoso of the American Sheet Steol
company and the National Steel com
pany and a few of the National Steol,
American Steel nnd Wire and American
Bridge plants work under the Amalga
mated association. Most of tho Ameri
can Steel nnd Wire plantsaro controlled
by the rod mill men.
(Tml a:.U Arcenlluiii
VaipaRaIso, April 17.—The govern
ment is awaiting information from the
Chilian minister in Buenos Ayres be
fore a protest is made against the re
peated invasion of Chilian territory by
citizens of Argentina. There have been
invasions in Seno de la Ultima and,Es-
perauza, near Puuta Areuns.
Immense Steel Plant.
Philadelphia, April 17.—It is stated
on wbat appears to be good authority
that the immense steel plant will be
built at Bllilngsport, N. J-, ou the Del
aware river. Henry O. Frick and ht»
Mends are said to be interested in the
new enterprise.
GLUTTONY
Is more common than we may think, If
we define gluttony aa eating bevond the
body’s need of sustenance and beyond
the stomach’s capacity for digestion and
of food.
assimilation of food: That is a fair
definition, and it fastens the name glut
ton on many a person who would resent
the term as an insult. The fact of this
gluttony is marked by its consequences.
The overloaded stomach becomes dis
eased. The popular term for the condi
tion is "weak" stomach. The "weak"
stomach fails in furnishing adequate nu
trition for the body, and soon the" weak
ness ’’ spreads from the stomach to other
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CUBAN CONDITIONS
ARE IN CONFUSION
Observations of Prof. Schur
man of Cornell University.
IGNORANCE OF MASSES
Opposition to the Platt Amendment
Comes From tho Poorest and Host
Ignorant Classes—Eduoated People
Appreciate Its Necessity.
Havana, April 15.—Professor James
Boharman of Cornell nnlvsrslty, who
■ailed for Now York, hat been in Cuba
for ten days, studying tho political
situation. He visited four provinces of
the island and was closely interested in
publio opinion. President Schnrman
In an interview sold:
••The people of Cuba are less exoited
over the menace to Cuban sovereignty
supposed to be contained lu the Platt
amendment than are the Republicans
of Havana. Indeed, business men and
owners of property universally favor an
immediate acceptance of tbe amend
ment, although ninuy told me they did
not darts say so publicly.
•The present political uncertainty is
paralyzing to tho movements of capital,
which aro indispensable for the recov
ery of tho prosperity of tho island. So,
too, a majority of the educated men of
tho country recognize tho necessity,
from the Caban point of view, of the
protection and security guaranteed by
the Platt amendment. The opposition
comes from the poorest and most ignor
ant section of the community, although
how far they have views of their own
and how far they are influenced by
wire-pulling politicians it is very diffi
cult to determine.
••I have talked with both white and
S olored men—and one-third of the popu-
ition ot Cuba it colored. Many of these
have no ideas whatever on the subject.
On tbe dther band, I have been sur
prised by tbe earnestness with which
both white and colored—oolored, per
haps, ntore thou white—have declaimed
to me against tbe amendment as a men
ace to their liberties, as an insidious
scheme for reducing them to colonial
dependence as oppressive as that from
which the war with Spain delivered
them.
Imaginary Ills.
••Of conrso tho knowledge of these
people is ill-proportioued to their zeal.
The measure thoy oppose has no exist-
enoe—such if tb$r Idea of the amend
ment and snch their attitude toward
tho product of their own imagination.
Nor can you argue them out of this state
against Spain for the independence'of
Cuba. Nothing but tho fact of a self
governing Cuba will convince these peo
ple that their liberties are not in danger.
• “Our military govorumont has pre
served order, established sanitation,
buiit publio works, opened schools and
contributed to the restoration of prop
erty, but, like every other military gov
ernment, it it incapable of generating
confidence, sympathy and affection be
tween rulers and pople.
“The great desideratum in Cuba is
tbe immediate substitution of civil gov
ernment of Cubans, for Cubans, by Ca
bans, for tbe military government of
the United States. Bnt snch a govern
ment will have no chance of success at
home or abroad without the guarantees
carried in the Platt amendment, which,
I am fnlly persuaded, is desired in its
essential contents by o majority of tho
people of Cuba.
Proposed Solution.
•Tbe United States must insist npon
acceptance of that amendment. Oppo
sition of the Caban delegates most be
overcome. I believe both ends can be
attained by a conference between a com
mittee ot the convention and President
MoKlnley. Toe Cabans will then state
their desires to tho highest authority In
the repnblio, and the very opportunity
to do so will predispose them to be con
ciliatory, and the taot and diplomacy of
the nresldent, combined with the eelf
Interest ot the Cuban delegates, will
discover a wav, cither by defining tho
conditions of intervention or abandon
ing the Ise of Pines, or specifying tbe
number of coaling stations, or by some
other formal concession to reach an ad
justment which will save the toco of the
delegates and enable them to retnrn to
their political parties, bringing pace
with honor. At the some time, the
firmness of the president may be equally
trusted to maintain the substance of an
aot of congress, the terms of which be
is required to substantially enforce.
“Then will follow civil government
in Cnba by Cabans aud a renewal of
cordial relations with the United States,
and this consummation it devoutly to
be wished."
jiuruereu in ms uuggy.
Memphis, April 17.—Tho dead body
of Dr. Hal 8. Scraggs, Jr., who lived at
Anlou, a suburb of Memphis, was found
in his buggy near his homo early this
morning. His horse had fouud the way
thero after nipping grass along tho road,
probably for a unmberof hours. A bul
let bole in the doctor’s head behind tho
tho loft ear showed how he had come to
his death. It is supposed that the mur
derer climbed up ou tho vehicle behind,
and thrusting a pistol close to tbe head
of his victim made sure of his work.
No arrest has yet been made.
Youthful Fiend Convicted.
Ashland, Ala-, April IV.—The special
jury term of the connty court of Olay
met and very promptly disposed of the
only caso before it, viz.: Tho stato ver-
sas Winston Foster, charged with rape.
The defendant was fouud guilty, and
bis punishment was fixed at 60 years’
imprisonment in the state penitentiary.
The prisoner’s youth, hfi being-only 18
or 14 years old, doubtless saved him
) tbd eaVowa. _
TRIAL OF RIPLEY
IS STILL GOING ON
Point On Which Prosecution
Hinges Its Case.
DEFENDANT’S TESTIMONY
Question of Veracity Arises Between
Uovernor Bradley and Judge Yost
On tbe One Side and the Accused
On the Other.
Frankfort, Ky., April 10.—The Rip
ley trial was continued today, with the
defendant still on the stand under cross-
examination. He baa made an excel
lent witness from his own standpoint,
hla answers being clear and nuhositat-
lug. The Bradloy-Yost evidence as to
what he declared Governor Taylor told
him the day before Goebel was assassi
nated, it is apparent, Is the point on
which the prosecntion Is hinging its
case.
The testimony of the three witnesses
on this point has resolved itself into a
matter of veracity between Governor
Bradley and Judgo Yost on one side
ami the defendant ou the other.
Dele admit** Testimony,
The defendant. In response to
questions, told of his movements
after tho arrival of his company
here on tho morning of Jan. 81.
His company was stationed near
the exeentivo mansion and peni
tentiary and had nothing to do with
preventing tho mooting of the legisla
ture. IIo was not m the squad which
chased the legislature out of tho court
house aud city ball, nor with the com
pany which formed and drilled in front
of the Oapttol hotel, whero Goebel was
lying wounded. He denied entering tbe
Capitol hotel that night with a pistol
In his hand and going to various rooms
In tho hotel. He was not in the hotel
exoept on the 10th and 89th instants.
The prosecntion asked if he had not
said in substance to J. B. Matbows, in
April of last year, the following:
“Mathews, I am going away soon,
and I want to tell yon confidently that
I know Caleb Powers la Innocent and
can tell enough to clear him if it be
comes necessary for me to tell it. Now
is not the proper time, but I am going
to Now York, and later possibly to Cali
fornia. I will keep yon advised of my
whereabouts, as I know yon are a friend
of Powers, aud wbeuever it becomes
neoessary to tell it in order to save Pow
ers I will do it, but if you evor toll wbat
I have said to you thou I will deny that
I had this talk with you." '
The defense objected to tho question
meut Mathews, who was referred to,
was Powers' assistant secretary of state.
Objection Overruled,
The court overruled the objection,
and the witness in his reply said he
might have said this to Mathews, bnt if
ho did ho had in mind tho things hu had
heard implicating Henry Yontsey, and
also the occurrence, seeing Yontsey
come out of Taylor’s office ou Jan. 39.
Ho was not positive, however, whether
be said this to Mathews or not.
Tho witnoss did uot remomber wheth
er ho told Mnthews in substance what
ho Is alleged to have told her hnsband,
but admitted that he hail asked Mnthews
to go a any with him aud suggested that
their wires go to his home in Henry
county. He could not remember wheth
er he referred to Taylor us a coward,
bat did remember that he commented
on the fact that bo loft his family alone
at the uinnsioii too oiteu.
The cross examination was completed
nt 11:30 and the redirect examination
developed nuibiug new in the defend
ant's testimony.
GAPT, CAPTER'S CASE ]
IN SUPREME COURT
United States Opposes His
Application For Bail.
MAKES GENERAL DENIAL
Government Declares Carter fa Men
tally and Physically Bound and
That He Is Not, as Alleged, an
Verge of Collapse.
Washington, April 1#.—Solicitor Gen
eral Rlohards today filed with the
United States supreme court a brief in
opposition to tbe application for bail
filed about 10 days ago In behalf oi
former Captain Oberfin M. Carter, now
confined In the United States peniten
tiary at Fort Leavenworth, Han., npon
conviction of fraud in conncotion with
harbor improvements, eto., at Savan
nah, Go. After reviewing the history
ot the case, the solicitor general says,
In part: ,
“The validity of Carter’s conviction
and sentenoe by tho courtmartial,which
alone oonld try him for orlmos commit
ted os an officer of tbe United State*
army, In violation of the articles of war;
wl
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has been sustained by three civil
and five judges, not oonntlng this ooorr,
before which the matter Is noW pend
ing for tho third time. Carter now ap
plies for the snaponslon of the ju't sen
tence of this lawful tribunal and aski
to bo released from Imprisonment pend
ing the hearing of this second appeal,
npon the following grounds:
“First, becanse he Is suffering from
nenrosthemia and is on the verge of
vervous collapse by rooson of mental
anguish, owing to his imprisonment.
"Second, because he is innocent of
the oharges on which ho was convicted
by the oonrtmartial, and the only way
he can establish bis innooenoe, so he
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ratrlclc Held For Murder.
New York, April 10.—Justice Jerome
today held Albert T. Patrlok for the
graud jury on a charge of murdering
the late Texa* millionaire, William X
Rlci
of hia absence from Georgia."
General Denial. *
As to the first ground, the solicitor
general submits an argument tending
to show Carter’s sound mental condi
tion, and files wiih the oenrt the affida
vits of five physicians who examined
Carter and affirm in declaring that Car
ter is not snffering from neurasthemia;
that he is uot on tho verge of nervous
collapse; that bis nervous condltiou is
not greater than oue would expect tc
II
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not greater than oue would expect t(
find in a healthy person of Carter’i
standing confined in a prison.
from the warden and physician of the
prison.
Tho allegations in the second ground
for release ore also denied. --'■/S’
Tourists Keturalug North.
St. Augustine, Fla, April 17.—Tho
tourists aro leaving for the north in
large numbers now, and today’a depar
tures from the various hotels wore
very henvy. Thero aro still a great
many people down the coast, who will
stop over here, so the hotels will do a
good baslness for another week or two.
New Church For Jacksonville.
Jacksonville, Fla, April 17.—The
official board of the First Church of
Christ, at a special meeting, has ac>
cepted tbe plans, as prepared by Archl*
teets Woodward & Blivon, for a 835,000
chnrch to be erected within the near fn-
tore at the southeast comer ot Monroe
and Hogan streota ^
AO Arrange summer uciicduiei.
Chattaxocoa, April 15.—High pas
senger officials of tho Queen and Cres
cent nnd Southern railways will meet,
bare tomorrow to fix new summer
sobednlea Schcdulos will be arranged •
with special reMrouco to Cincinnati, I
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