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AMERICUS TIMES-RECOR0ER « twenty-tbird year AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1902. TAKE YOUR CHOICE NUMBER 61 I used Quinine for in <lnyV I am free nf fever hut feel utterly wretched. I am 'leaf as a twist. Lost 111 JuC take your choice. An attack of Fever at this time of year, with yumine as the treat ment, means a week or ten days lost from Busi ness. It means ten days of unhappiness for you and ten days of hard work and anxiety for those who love you. This is putting it in its very happiest aspect. It Plight mean your death, and it often means a breakdown in general health from which some recuperate very slowly. If you are a rich man your time is worth much to your estate. If you I used Johnson's Tonic St ■- „ 7 thre . hours. Took It hours. Never felt better In tny life. Did not lose an ounce In weight. Can eat lire a poor man. your time is worth much more to your familv The rich man might better afford to suffer a loss of *100.00 a day, as 3t from en XttZn-Hd, T, n r “r s® r- ** «“• *«IS* IhenL&ft] th8 ‘ “ Wedd, ‘ d the <" aD * subjecting » T, ‘ e reS .“' t V nc - rtnin c Tl,e ‘»w»tment disappointing, it to^rery'thinking man t fn°thS r c<nmtty! ntS that 6h ° Uld c ™ d cumstance& ' l "’ “ " har,uless - AI > so| utely harmless. Harmless under all cir- it enters*Mio I'hld U,C a \ ‘ lBt on ,°\ Iu 30 minutes after its administration, it enters the blood and begins to undo the mischief caused by Malaria. 10D0^r n n™nM derfU L reCOr . d .? f of succe8s - 989 <»*«» of every rmmptly cured and the 1000th case can be easily cured by doubling the dose and taking it a little oftener. " i. J° h r r%* Tonic , is ? wonderful medicine. It is not mere merchandise. It is superb. No remedy in the whole domain of Materia Medica is more positive in its action and unfailing in its results. It will cure. It will cure every time. It will cure every case of Fever. It will cure any type of fever. It is the one great medicine that seldom disappoints. , Do .n ttrifl 0 with Fever. If allowed to run, it is like a house allowed to nurn-—it will consume you. Use Johnson’s Tonic. Use nothing else. IN MIDST OF DENSE FOG TRAINS COLLIDE Two People Killed In Fear Crash. SEVEN OTHERS ARE INJURED Accident Occurred on the Union Pa cific at a Crousing In North Topeka, and Was Cue to Signal Lights Re- .ing Obscured by Heavy Fog. Topeka, Kan., May 7.—During the heavy log this morning an eastbounil extra freight train on the Union Pa cific ran into the regular eastkouud freight train at a crossing iu North Topeka, calming a bad wreck and kill ing tv.o men and Injuring seven othera. The dead: AI McCandlees, stockman, Natoma, Kan. Unidentified stockman from J.uray, Kan. The injured: H. W. Kucker, Miles, Kan.; head badly cut. J. E. Fields, Hoxie, Kan., badly bruised. John Blizzard, Belleview, Kan. bruised. John Hammcrland, St. Marys, Kan, leg cut Ed Arnold, Chapman, Kan., Internal ly Injured. Joseph Heaist, Cheyenne, Internal ly Injured. Ford, head cut. The regular train had stopped BISHOP CORRIGAN STRICKEN BY DEATH Life of the Brilliant Prelate Comes to Close. = : • A. =- PNEUMONIA CAUSE OF DEATH There Were Many Who Had Hcped That the Archbis’-op Might Yet Ral ly and Recover, but Lett Night He Began Sinking. Now, take your choice. Lie in bed for days, or maybe weeks, and poison your digestion with Quinine, and arise finally with all the life and vim taken out of you, or use Johnson’s Tonic and he restored at once to perfect health, the crossing as usual. Just as the di°oi^ ° f Vltal f ° rCe ' N ° l0SS ° f flesh ' No waste of P recious tima Take JO" train was starting up the extra, com- | ing at the rate of 40 miles an hour, A. B. GIRARDEAU, Savannah, Ga. ATKINSON IN NEW FIELD. Starts Negotiations for Purchase of Montgomery Street Railway. Montgomery, Ala., May 6.—H. M. At kinson. of Atlanta: G. H. Davis, gen eral manager of the Birmingham street car system, and J. A. Emery, superintendent of construction of the same ssytem, spent yesterday In Mont gomery. As a result negotiations are well under way for the purchase of the Montgomery street railroad. Atkinson and Davis went to Birming ham last night, but Emery remained over and is making a careful examina tion of the property. The deal Is be ing negotiated by President A. M. Baldwin, of the First National hank, who gave a dining at which all parties interested sat down together. Mr. Emery was seen in consultation with General Manager Scott, of the local company, but made no statement further than to admit that negotiations are under way. W. A. Vandiver In an Interview says that If the deal Is put through It will make no difference with the construc tion of the new system which is now under way. Report has It that a part of the At kinson deal here Is the purrhase of one of tile Montgomery papers or the start ing of a new afternoon dally. RISKED LIFE TO SAVE WOMAN. LONG LOST HEIRS FOUND. Strange Disappearance from Mississip pi Fifteen Vears Ago Solved. Jackson, Miss, .May 6.—The long lost Hhew heirs have been found and a mystery that startled the state about 16 years ago has been fathomed. In 1881 Dr. James P. Hhew, a wealthy Tallahatchie county planter, died, leaving a wife and three chil dren. Two years later his widow mar ried a schoolmaster named J. W. M. Hagarde and. the family moved to Crystal Springs, from which place they disappeared as completely a few months later nr though the earth had swallowed them up. The landed interests in the family In Tallahatchie county werq large and valuable. In accordance with the lavs of Mississippi the chancery clerk as sumed a guardianship, which has been faithfully earned cut. A few days Einee Chancery Cierk Neely received a letter I:on: James W. Hhew, one cf the heiis. v.i:n If now residing at Plattsbur,;, N. V. The let- f ter stated that the youngest of the three heirs bail Bow become of age und be inquired as to the condition of the estate. No explanation was given for the mysterious disappearance or long ab sence. They have lion notified that their property awaits them. Pathetic Story of Wife's Devotion and Young Man’* Heroism. Kockmart. Ga.. May 5.—From the little town of Rarnett, Ga., comes a story of a wife's devotion and a young man's heroism that touches the depths of the heart. Three weeks ago Mr. Turner, the vil lage postmaster, was stricken wit' smallpox In its most violent form. No one could be Induced to go near the shadowed home, and for two weeks the poor wife, half dead with her weariness and grief, nursed the doom, ed man alone. Finally some of the residents of the town Induced two negroes to go to the aid of Mrs. Turner, but In spite of all her devotion and the untiring skill and devotion of her physician In three days Mr. Turner wns dead. They burled him in the night, juet four negroes who carried the coffin and one white man. Immediately after wards. although every-precaution had been taken. Mrs. Turner succumbed to the fell disease, and now comes the beautiful part of the story. The poor woman lay there, desperately 111, with no one to care for ber, when Joseph O'Brien, a young man of wealth and Influence, hearing of the case, hiring such help as be could, bravely took his life In hiB hands and Is nursing the stricken woman. Small hope is entertained of her recovery. The world loves to honor a hero, and especially Is it due to this young man who, with everything to make life bright for him, calmly faces a proba ble death for the sake of a helpless woman In distress. struck the caboose, splitting It com pletely In two. Three cars on the extra train were badly broken. The engine was derailed. Engineer Zimmerman, of the extra, says he did not see any the ligbtB on tbe regular train on ac count of the fog. None of the train men were Injured. All the Injured are stockmen, who were going east on the extra with cattle. RUMORED RAILROAD CHANGE. Movement to Combine Interests of & N. and C., I. A L. Roads. New York. May 7.—Notwlthstand lng denials that have been made that there Is a movement on foot to com bine the Interests of the Louisville and Nashville and the Chicago, In dianapolis and Louisville railroads, The lltrald declares that, from source of high authority. It has learn ed negotiations for the consolidation of these reads are pending and that definite statement of the detailed plan will be forthcoming at no distant date. President McDoel, of the Monon, who denied on Monday that his road would he controlled by the Louisville and Nashville, at the same time admit ted that it would be for the mutual benefit of both road* If they were op erated In harmony. Under such an arrangement the Louisville and Nashville would have a direct Inlet to Chicago and a new system,'with almost a direct line from Lake Michigan to the Gulf of Mexico would be established, with about 6.7C0 miles of track. Williamson’s Queer Find. Forsyth. Ga„.May 16.—While out on the banks of Towaliga river near this place fishing a few days ago Judge Julian Williamson'* attention was attracted by a noise in the top of a small oak tree near where he was sitting. Glancing in that direction he saw a bundle of something come tum bling down, and hastening over saw that It was a huge chicken snake, 6 feet * Inches long, wrapped round a squirrel. The squirrel was wriggling and crying in efforts' to free itself from the snake’s tightening coll. Judge Williamson picked up a stick and kill ed both snake ai.d squirrel with one blow and brought them back home In the same shape as when they fell from the tree. ATTENTION I To physical warnings will often prevent a serious Hines*. When there are oppressive fullness after eating, bitter risings, belching, headache, dizxl- ness, nervousness, with physical and mental slug gishness, prompt atten tion should be riven to the condition of tne diges tive and nutritive sys tems. Not nil these symptoms will occur at once or in any single case, but any one of them indicates a disordered condition of the stomach and other organs of diges tion and nutrition. A prompt cure of these conditions will be effected by the timely use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It heals dis eases of the stomach and other organs of digestion end nutrition, perfectly New York, May 6.—Michael Augus tine'Corrigan, third archbishop of the diocese of New York, died last night at 11:20 o’clock after an Illness several days, resulting from an acute attack of pneumonia. Death was not a surprise to the thousands of friends who have linger ed over the bulletins issued hourly from the bedside, but brought sorrow and gloom throughout the country, as all had hoped the patient's vitality and constitution would successfully combat the disease. Yesterday the end was apparent ear ly in the afternoon and slowly the great man began sinking until the crisis came and the brilliunt life was ended. Sketch of His Life. Michael Augustine Corrigan, third archbishop of the diocese of New York, was born in Newark. N. J., Aug, 17, 1839. His parents, who were na tives of Ireland, were well-to-do and determined* to give him a liberal educa tion. He first entered St. *Mary’s college In Wilmington. Del., where he spent two years. Then he entered 8t. Mary’s college at Emmettsburg, Md He finished his studies at Emmetts burg in 1859 and decided to enter the priesthood. H^ went to Rome and became one of the twelve studenta^with whom the American college opened. While In Rome he won many distinctions and was awarded medals which were com pete*; fer by students from all parts of the world. He finished his course, ceiving the degree of doctor of divinity in 18R4, but he had entered the priest hood a year before. Iu July, 1864, he sailed for America, and on his arrival was appointed to a professorship in Seton Hall college. In 8tS. though hardly 28 years of age, o was miide president of the college, .*l:ich was then one of the leading Catholic colleges in the United States. On May 4. 1873. 1:? was consecrated " M'.acn of Newark. As bishop he taplayed unusual interest in institu- -onr.l and reformatory work. On Sep- •mber CO, 1SH0, he wan appointed co* djutor with the right of succession to Cardinal McCIocky, archbishop of New York, under the title of archblth- op of Petia. He ’was the youngest archbishop in the Catholic church In Aiericn. In 1885 he became larchblsh- ;> of New York. J$AhWG P<QW&£*1 Makes delicious hot biscuit, griddle cakes, rolls and muffins. An afcsolately pare, cream of tartar powder. m ROYAL BAKING rcWDF.lt CO., ICO WILLIAM ST., NLW YORK. CAUGHT IN TORRENT OF MOLTEN METAL Four Men Meet Awful Death’ ' In Steel Works. TWO OTHER8 FATALLY BURNED Terrible Tragedy Oceure In 8teel Mill Near Harrleburg, Pa.—Men Were Warned, but Did Not Eecape the Deadly Shower In Time. Harrisburg, Fa., May 6.—Four men were killed, two were fatally Injured and two others were horribly burned by being caught In a torrent of molten metal last night In an open hearth pit at the Pennsylvania steel works, Steef- ton, near here. All of the men were Austrians. Only tbe names of two of the dead are known. ,They are: Yauko Morevlrh. Alexo Arajanovlch. The men were at work In a pit be hind the "Chockers" when the Iron ore boiler over the furnace burned out and tbe entire pit was turned Into a pool of fire. Tbe pi! boss, Charles Lockett, gave a cry of warning as tbe Iron commenced to flow Into the pit and three of tbe laborers heeded his cry and escaped fatal injury. The oth- ers, thinking evidently that the over flow was a slight one similar to those which occur frequently at the fur naces, pressed agalnat the side of the pit and were caught In the awful flood. STOCKEXCHANGE MEN FORCED TO THE WALL Three New York Brokerage Firms Go Under. FAILED TO MEET OBLIGATIONS Offenbach & Moors, Henry Brothers and Lockwood, Hurd & Co, An nounce Their Suspension In Rapid Succession. ACCIDENT TO DR. PALMER. BOER CASUALTIES. I permanently. Many raws, seemingly re- and di.eanea, note from the .tothacB, have their origin in a dl.eased condition of the organ* of digestion and nutrition. -Golden Medical Discovery” cure, through the Wrecked Bpanlch Warships Purchased New York, May C.—A representative of an American company purchased the wrecks of the Spanish warships Almirante Oquendo and Vizcaya, and they will be broken up and sent to Philadelphia as scrap Iron, says a San tiago, Cuba, dispatch to The Tribune. Tbe vessels will yield about 30,000 tong and the government will receive II a.ton. Nero Brumby's Mother Dead. Marietta. Ga., May 6.—Mrs. A. E, Brumby, widow cf the late Colonel A. V. Brumby and mother of the late I .tomach disease, which haveTl™!? ortjrin Lieutenaht Tom Brumbjr, died at the I in a diseased condition of the atoogieii. and home of her daughter. Mrs. W. I. Hey. o^Vre^y'^of^ £?.* ward, at this place, about noon Sat* I covery.” It contains no alcohol, neither urday. Mrs. Brumby was 82 years | 11 '■ ■ of age at the time of her death and until a week since was remarkably | ical _Discovery.” There is nothing else preserved for one of her years. She was in the full enjoyment of her facul ties. .Kansas Gives to McKinley Memorial. Topcjjut, Kas., May 7.—Governor Stanley Tus remitted 33,279 to the sec retary of the McKinley memorial fund. IThfM is the amount raised by Kansas. The sokools contributed 13-155. true temperance medicine. Accept no substitute for "Golden Med ial Discover, “ “ just as good. ■ -I was a total wreck—could not steep or at,* writes Mr. 1 o. Beer*, of Berryman. Crawford Co., Mo. "For two yearn I tried medicine from doctors but received very little benefit. I lost flesh and strength, mi not tbie to do a good day’s work. I commenced taking r * Golden Medical Discovery, and wl taken one bottle l could sleep, and ti ws* wonderfully improved I have taken five bottles snd am still Improving.” Dr. Pierce’. Flrasant Pellets cure con ctipalion by curing the cause. They etc nut beget the pill habit. Kitchener Reports Ten Killed and 122 Made Prisoners. Luadca. May —Lord Kitchener's tekly report dated from Pretoria yes terday shows that the peace movement not allowed to Interfere with mili tary operations except so far as to permit of unrestrained meetings be tween the leaders and their various commandoes. The week's Boer cas ualties were ten men killed and 122 made prisoners.. Gensral Bruce Hamilton's columns captnred *7 men on the Hellbron. Or ange River colony, line. Colonel Colenhrander has resumed operations in the northern part of the Transvaal against Commandant Bey ers, whose forces have been considera bly reduced, and General Ian Hamil ton has cleared a large area west of Klerksdorp, Western Transvaal. Kidnaped Child Located In Italy. Cincinnati, May 6.—The story that the kidnaped baby Taylor, whose grandfather and aunt have been sen tenced to the,penitentiary, was In an orphan asylum at Alban*, N. Y„ has been exploded by Information received here, according to tbo statement of The Commercial-Tribune. The child has been located by itetectlves em ployed for the purpose in Italy with her aunt. Miss Clara Taylor. Proceed ings will at one? be taken through state .and national officials for the re turn '6f the child to her mother. * Noted- FreJbyterlan -Mvioe. Perhaps Fatally Injured In New Orleans. New Orleans, May fi.—Dr. B. M. Palmer, the noted Presbyterian divine, considered at the head of the southern church, met with a terrible accident yesterday afternoon. Although 84 years old, he was very active and went about everywhere. He was crossing St. Charles avenue, near bis home and saw a trolley car com ing along. As two ladles were at the corner, he supposed the car would stop, so be continued his way. The ladles made no move and the car con tinued at full speed, striking the ven erable minister and dragging him some distance. He was carried to bis home uncon scious, snd It was found that one leg wsb broken, one foot mangled and his head gashed. He recovered consclous- r^ss later, and the physicians at his hillside found him in much belter con dition last night then cntlclpated, al though on account of his age there Is still much danger. MILLIONS GO TO THE BANKS. Bursting Volcanoes Cause Panic. 8|. Thomas, D. W. I„ May 6.—The flow of lava from the volcano of Mont Peleei on the Island of Martinique, whk h began Saturday last, completely destroyed the Guerrtn factories, (situat ed about 2 miles from St. Pierre, the principal town of Martinique. It Is re- ported that about 150 persons have dis appeared. A great panic prevails at SL Pierre. Capital of Atlanta Recognised as a Government Depository. Washington. May 6.—Nearly 33,500,- 000 were distributed Ly the secretary of the treasury yesterday among na tional hanks in various parts of the country, blxty-two hanks were recog nized as government depositories. Among them arc: Capital, Atlanta, Ga., 350,000; Third, Columbus, Ga., 3100,000; Hibernia, New Orleans, _ 3100,000; Calcasieu, Lake Charles, La., 350,000; New Ihe-' rla. New Iberia, I-a„ 350,000; First, Yazoo City, Miss., 350,000; First, Me ridian, Miss., 350,000; First, Weldon, N. C-, 350.000; National bank of High Point, High Point, N. C., 350,000; City, Knoxville, Tenn., 350,000; First, Beau- mont. Tex., 350,000; First, El Paso, Tex., 360,000; Rockingham, Harrison burg, Vs., 350.000. Reward for Runaways. Sargent, Ga., May 7.—Walter Hen- drix, 14 years old, and Bud Kent, 20 years old, disappeared from here on April 25. When last heard from they were In Bremen, Oa. 3. 3. Hendrix, father of the younger boy, has offered a 310 reward for the arrest of tbe boys. New York, May, 5.—The develop ments of the latter half of last week in Wall street In connection with the stocks of the Dominion Securities com pany, the Rutland Railroad company and the Hackensack Meadows com pany resulted today In 'the announce ment In rapid succession of the sus pension of three stock exchange brok erage houses. The first firm to declare Inabllltjt to meet obligations was Offenbach £ Moore.- > Henry Bros, and Lockwood, Hurd A Co. followed rapidly. Offenbach A Moore were known principally as “Webb-Meyer” securi ties. and the announcement was made Saturday that theft had experienced some difficulty In securing loans to en able them to carry stocks for the Inter ests which they represented. On Sat urday afternoon, hbwever, a statement was made In behalf of the firm to the effect that the temporary arrange ments had been made and It was hoped means might be obtained today to pay off obligations and continue business. Today's suspension shows however, that these hopes were not realized. The offices of Offenbach A Moore were not oitened for business at all today. •Mr, Gordon, of Henry Bros., whose suspension followed that or Offenbach A Moore, was a director of the Do minion Securities company. Tbe stock market opened weak with the knowledge that a number of fail ures were imminent. Support was ac corded the market and there were some rallies, but when sales under the rule for suspended houses were made the market gave way again. The high priced stocks which had been under recent manipulation were the severest sufferers. Rutland preferred dropped 14 points, Westinghouse preferred droppd IS, New York, New Haven and Hartford 6, North American 5 1-8, Northwestern and Tennessee coal 3. The coalers were affected In addi tion by fears of a minor strike; Del aware and Hudson dropped 4 1-2, Read ing 3 and others smaller * amounts. Losses of 1 to 3 were quite general throughout tbe list. Before the first hour bad elapsed supporting orders were effective again and there w some substantial rallies. On the curb, where non-stock ex change securities are traded In. there was an excited group of traders trying to make sales in Webb-Meyer stocks. Dominion securities, which cold last Friday at 118 1-2 and on Saturday at 70, were offered today at 7U, hut best hid was 20. Later It was offered at 50 and the.bld declined to 10. Hack ensack Meadows was offered at 40, with no bid. On last Friday It aold ' at 7S t>r. Seward Webb, president of the Rutland Railroad company, arrive here today from Shelburne Falls, Vt. It wag said ai bis office that a state* meet would he Issued seme time dur ing the day. Henry Bros, made the announcement after their suspension that they were solvent and that i had suspended for the Ume being order to protect their customers. Dr. Palmer’s Condition. New Orleans, May 7.—Dr. B. Palmer, who was Injured In a trolley accident Monday, passed a more rest less night, but at the consultation of bis physicians this morning his con dition was reported to be fair.