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AMERICUS TIMES-
KTT'FOUKTB tear,
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1903.S
East Lake, Ala-, Dec. 8th, 1902.
Mr. A. B. Girardeau, Savannah, Ga.
Dear Sir:—This is to certify that on Au
gust 1st I went to Verbena, Ala., to hold a
series of meetings. Was at that time, and
had been for six weeks prior, so feeble I was
scarcely able to preach. Mr. F. A. Gulledge,
of Verbena, with whose family I was stop-
kindly offered me three bottles of
ping,
Johnson’s Chill and Fever Tonic, gratis. I
accepted, and began the use of the Tonic at
once. Within three weeks 1 was was much
better. In three weeks I had taken the
three bottles of Tonic and was fully well,
l ook no other medicine then nor since, and
am in better health and heavier than for
the past fifteen years.
J. M. McCORD,
Pastor Verbena Baptist Church.
(OTHER VICTIM;
OF KNAPP FOUND
JiaterSFouud in Ohio Eiver
Fully Identified.
■ NESS IN CASE THREATENED.
CONGRESS IS
Peaceful Ending of Stormy
Soenes Marked the Close.
la that of Hannah Goddard
napp—Evidence Faat Accumulate
Against Man Charged with
Ifholesale Wife Murder.
F-uisville, March 3.—A telephone
Just received from New AI-
lml., says Edward F. King, of
^innall, and Cbarlea Goddard, of
alien, O., brother-in-law and
|her of Hannah Goddard Knapp,
> positively Identified the bod
ting in the Ohio river late yeater
| afternoon aa that of Hannah God,
Knapp, wife of Alfred Knapp,
i under arrest In Hamilton.
statement was made that the
blry found on the peraen was tba
| as that known to have been
' by the young woman before abe
►me the wife of Knapp, and that
|e Is not the aUghteat donbt of her
itlty.
refill work of the embalmers dur-
the morning dldi much to restore
appearance of the body. The re-
will be sent to Hamilton thla
moon, leaving here at > o’clock,
f of Police Kuemmerllng, of Haim
accompanied the two men to
Albany and will be In charge of
body.
r.clnnatl, March 3.—Mrs. Edward
5| o*. sister of Alfred A. Knapp,
rei-ortod that her Ke haa been
tb'dly threatened by another wo
■ Interested In the Knepp defense,
today she asked for protection,
;h was accorded her. Mrs. King
I meet the woman I'gnesa It will
I "P with me. She hates me bo
f my husband and I were the first
’ar, the Investigation of what Al-
‘Id In connection with the dlsap-
,n 'c of Hannah Goddard. I am
bly afraid that she will carry out
threat and kill me. ’ She knows
■ opposed* Aide's marriage. 1
•be woman Is very vindictive.“
Veraiet Against W. of A.
‘tpcitnety, Ala.. March 4.—The
11 ' be case of the estate of Thom-
Kussell against the Wrfctern
5 "“lay brought In a verdict fof
damages. Russell was engl-
t the train which early In Janti-,
a-t year during the unprecedent
ran Into a trestlo near Che-
*hlch had been washed out Ho
drowned under his engine. The
■*'»» for 350.000. The case has
on sinre Tuesday of last week.
Jury was out on hour and a halt
only one question considered be-
ftraount of the damages.
MEMBERS SHOW GREAT FATIGUE
EXTRASENATE SESSION
President Issued Expected
Proclamation. 1
DATE IS SET FOR MARCH S, 1903:
Trestles with Cuba and Foreign Pow*
era Will Form Bulk of Business For
Cession, which *la Not Expected to
Last Many Days.
Washington, March 2.—The presi
dent today Issued the following p roc la-
“By the President of the United
States of America: A Proclamation—
Whereas, public Internets require that
the aenate should, convene in extraor
dinary session; therefore, I, Theodoro
Rooaordt, president of the United
States o f America, do hereby proclaim
and declare that an extraordinary oc
caslon requires the senate of tho Unit
ed States to coaveoe at the capitoL
In the city of Washington, on the fifth
day of March, next; at 12 o’clock, noon,
of which all persona who shall at that
time be entitled to act as members of
that body are hereby required to take
noUetf.
“Given under my hand and the seal
Of the United States of America, at
Washington, the second day of March,
In the year of our Lord, one, thousand,
nine hundred and three, and of the In
dependence of the United States, the
one hundred and twenty-seventh.
Theodore Roosevelt By the presi
dent John Hay, sec retry of state.”
KNAPP CONFESSES
, OTHER CRIMES
Will Be Asked To Identyfy
Body Found In River.
DECLARES HE 18 NOT CRAZY.
BANDITS WRECK TRAIN.
Officials Bsllsvs He Will Shortly Break
Down and Confess All His Crimea,
Hannah Goddard Knapp To Bs lit
tered Today.
Hamilton, O.. March 4.—Tho re
mains of Hannah Goddard Knapp, sup-
posed to have been murdered by her
husband and her body thrown Into
the Ohio river, were placed In Wag
ner’s morgue today and In all proba
bility will be Interred this afternoon.
They were In a remarkably good
state of preservation, considering the
exposure in water for over two months.
Her uncle, Charles Goddard, baa no
means to provide a burial so that the
city authorities will bear the expense.
The prosecuting attorney, mayor and
chief of police are discussing the ad
visability of taking Knapp, who la held
here on the chargo of beg murder, to
Identify the body before burial. The
ring and earrings will first be taken
to Krapp and he will be asked to
identify them. ' '
While talking about the finding of
the body of Hannah Goddard today
Knapp confeeeed another criminal as
sault. Knapp says he Is
who. In the summer of 18(6, assaulted
a girl at New Madrid Bend, on the
Mississippi river In Lake county. Mo.
He says he was chased by n mob bent
on lynching, and that ha held n big
crowd at bay with a Winchester rifle.
He succeeded In saving ' his life by
flight, making his way across the
river. Then he said:
“What will they do with me?’ *
“Don't know. 8ome say you are
crazy.” was the reply.
“Well, I am not crazy. I only get
in
NUMBER 41
THE OLD /t. LIABLE
^akin®
B. ft O. Fast Express Runts Into an
Open Switch.
Washington, Ind., March 2.—Train
wreckers late last night in nn attempt
to ditch No. 12, one of the fast ex
press trains on the Baltimore and Ohio
Southwestern, wrecked a fast freight,
resulting In the death of Fireman Jo
seph Hughey, of this city, and Har-
imu/ ,’nmiiBMPn yey Friend - ° f ° din - in - wh °
Null MUJUUnNCU learning the road, the fatal Injury o!' th 08e k ‘ luln g ("pells at times, that’s
Brakeman W. L. Lucas, of this city, li
near Lebanon. HI.. last night. Bnt?l-j .Knapp.then deliberately told of
neer W. A. Wendllng escaped by other assaults on womon In which he
jumping. ! had narrow escapes.
The train was passing Bennett's j The chief of police believes that
mine, a lonely hollow, 24 miles east K napp wlll breaU down wh en he nees
of St. Louis, when the engine dashed t hi a indisputable evidence against
Into an open switch and turned over. him.
Engineer Wendllng Jumped from the ' . ,j /
upper side of the cab while the other -
men were burled beneath the debris. I
Eleven freight cars piled up one the en-1 _ _ ,
glue, and fire broke out in the debris.. Bryan Denies Story to That Effect
The raollroad officials believe the | J, 8ent F ™ r " N ®*,,y° rk ’. _
wreck was caused by persons leaving 1 pf,tabur *- March 4.-WllUam J. Bry-
p nnces« Louise Arranged For.
' ,ina - -'larch 4.—It Is stated that
'"irts of Saxony and Tuscany
arrived at an agreement by which
r, “' r crown princess 6t Saxony
remove to Austria In May and
r her newly born child to the
n , ^urt. she will then bo pec
1 see her other children every
T- A ifiHafoa4/vmi* g Ba ..s.i
A satisfactory financial nr-
“' at Is alsq nude for her.
Thirteen Changes In Personnel of
Body Wlll Occur with Adjourn
rhent, Seven of Whom Are Demo
crats, Six Republicans.
Washington, March 4.—Tho decks
were clear for the final adjournment
at noon when the house reconvened
at 10 o'clock thia -morning. The
storm which culminated at 4 o'clock
thia morning when Mr. Cannon deliv
ered hla scathing arraignment of the
methods of the senate during the con
sideration of the conference report ou
the general deficiency appropriation
bill had passed, and everything prom
ised a serene and peaceful ending. Al
though members had bad little more
than time to go home for baths, fresh
linen and breakfast in the Interim
■luce the adjournment shortly before
daylight, they were back In their
places for the closing ceremonies. The
leaders on both sides were among the
earliest arrivals. As Is usual, the
scenes In connection with the clos
ing attracted vast crowds. They be
sieged the portals of the hopse even
before the doors were open, end when
the seats In the galleries wer filled
they stood In long lines outsidewaitlug
patently for a chance of admttance.
The veteran chairman of the appro
priations committee, Mr. Cannon, with
red carnation In his buttonhole,
came Into the hall with his arm around
Mr. Dalzell just ss Speaker Header*
son, whose long career In congress
snded two hours later, ascended the
rostrum. The speaker, deaplte the
strain of the last fey daws, looked
smHing and serene as h^ fyed the
house, gavel In hand. Mr. Ricuardaon,
the minority leader, who has been con
ducting the long filibuster, eras la his
seat smiling back at the speaker.
Tho Democratic minority was d*
terralned to make good their threat
made when Mr. Butler, of Missouri,
was unseated last Thursday and fili
buster to the end of the session.
As soon as the speaker's gtvel fell
he announced blandly that no quorum
was present, aad whereupon Sir.
Payne, the majority leader, moved a
call of the house.
The roll was called, which seem
ed to visitors la the galleries to have
been going on continuously for ^he
pest week. The buzz of conversation-
in the galleries checked momentarily
by the hang Of the speaker's gavel
was resumed. Members on the floor
talked and laughed and tho cracked
voice of the reading clerk arose hoarse
ly above the din. The speaker seR
eral tlmee was compelled to admonish
the house to preserve order so that the
dark could hsar the responses.
New Locomotives for L4N.
Louisville, March 4—The Louisville
and Nashville railroad has contracted
with eastern locomotive builders for
75 engines In July, August and Sep
tember. The engines will cost about
11.116.000.
WILL NOT BOLT.
Absolutely Pure.'
THERE IS HO SUBSTITUTE
QUEEN CITY OF OHIO
SWEPT BY FLAMES
Cincinnati Is Visited by $8,-
000,000 Conflagration.
HISTORY.
WORST IN
HER
Fire Broke Out In the Central part of
the City, Destroying Pike’s Opera
House and Other Structures, Betides
Damaging Much Valuable Property.
the switch open, with the Intention of ln “ Interview this evening denied
ditching and robbing the fast express 1 ttat h » w111 lead »• revolt ,roIn tha
train. which carries considerable, Democratic party In case the gold
money. The freight train arrived a DeoocraU capture the national con-
few minutes ahead of the express and! Tent,on . reported from New York,
was wrecked and the passenger train 14 was sald he would 1,011 conven-
escaped.
Elevated Trains Collide.
New York, March 4.—In a heavy
fog which prevailed today two trains
on the Fl.'th avenue elevated line,
Brooklyn, collided at the Twenty-
fourth street. Brooklyn station. 8ix
persons were hurt, two of them seri
ously. No one was killed. Within
a few minutes there was another col
lision on the same line at Twentieth
street station. The fog enveloped
th Harbor and caused several minor
collisions of ferryboats. No one was
Injured. .
inedpendent move-
tlon and lead an
meet.
Mr. Bryan said, that he had not
made any such statement and said
that the contemplated action was Im
probable and be did not discuss lm-
probabllltles.
“Never will you find the gold Dem
ocrats capturing any Democratic con
vention of national importance. Tie
very idea la absurd.”
NEW POSTOFFICE FOR ATLANTA.
Amount
“To say a pleasant
word to anyone was
almost impossible.”
_ trouble-! with fntule weakness for
eliht years; sad Buffeted more than I can tell,*
writes Mrs. Gnat. Moser of Oeando. Deerlodge
Co., Mont. ” My diapuaUloo wsa affected to tach
an extent that to aay
pleasant word to
anyone was almost
Impossible.
had two opera-
performed by
’■he moat skilled
Ilona .
oneoftl
surgeons of the West.
taking
Favorite
Prescription and
‘ Golden Medical Dis
covery,* and also fol
lowed the advice
given to the Common
Ben an Medical Ad
viser.
M continued this
treatment for three
maalha, and to-day
am as healthy and
well aa a Woman can
he. I cannot thank
Doctor Pierce enough
for hie kind letters
to me.*
Womanly din
cases, as a rule,
spoil the "disposi
tion," because of
the extreme nerv
ousness and suffering they cause,
riness as well as health is restored to
he woman whose diseased condition is
cured by the use of Dr. Fierce's Favorite
Prescription. -
After eight yean of suffering and two
fruitless operations, three months' use of
"Favorite Prescription” restored Mrs.
Moser to perfect health. This great
remedy for woman's ills, establishes
regularity, dries weakening drains, heals
inflammation and ulceration and cures
female weakness.
The Common Senee Medical Adviccr.
looS large pages, in paper covers, U sent
frtt on receipt of at onc-cenl sump. t,.
S T expense of mailing only. Addrtrt
. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo. N. Y
Hap-
Appropriated Aggregates
$200,000.
Washington, March 4.—After A day
of uncertainty the public building hill
finally met the approval of both houses
of congress.
As passed. It carries all of the Oeor.
gla letms—Atlanta. Macon, Rome, Val
dosta and Gainesville.
Afianta gets 3200,000 for a new site
for the proposed new postofllce build
ing, while Macon gets 3306,000 for Im
provements on the federal building In
that city.
Physician Dies Suddenly.
Macon, Ga., March 4.—As a passen
ger train on the Central was rolling
Into the city this afternoon at 5 o'clock
Dr. W. 31. Mulligan, one of the moot
prominent physicians of Oolquitt coun
ty, died suddenly. Dr. Mulligan’s
home was In Moultrie, and for some
time past hie health had been poor.
Ha started for Atlanta to place him
self under medical treatment and was
feeling aa well as usnal when he left
bis home. Just before the train
reached Macon Junction he complain
ed of feeling worse, and making a pil
low of his overcoat, laid down In the
teat of the flrst-ctaae coach. In less
than two minutes bs was dead.
CARNEGIE’S LIBERAL OFFER.
Princeton University Recipient of One
Million Dollars,
New York, March 4.—The Evening
Journal says Andrew Carnegie has
given Princeton university $1,000,000
for the construction of a graduate
school. The gift is mads as a pay,
meat of a debt of gratitude Mr. Car
negie felt that he owed bis physician.
Dr. Joseph J. Garmany, who attended
him during his recent Illness ln Eu
rope. - Dr. Germany declined to ac
cept a personal gift, but suggested
that something be offered Princeton,
from which Dr. Oarmany was grad
uated .In 1879. .
Cincinnati, Feb. 26.—This city to
day was visited with the most destruc
tive fire in Re history. About 1:80
o'clock this morning flames were dis
covered In the cellar or George Jof-
fee’s grocery store in the Pike building
on Fourth street, between Vine and
Walnut
Soon after the file department had
played un the building, It was thought
that the flames were under control,
but an hour biter, however, there wm
an explosion, suppoeed to come from
liquors In storage, and the flames soon
nfterwards shot up through the roof
of the 6-story stone front building and
from that time on for several hours
the Urn was beyond, control. The
Pike building was totally destroyed. In
cluding the offices of the United States
Express company, the Adams Express
company, White's restaurant, owned
by Maynard ft Kerr, George Joffee's
grocery. John B. Martin's restaurant.
Bmpson'a confectionary, the Henry
Strauss cigar store and the.offices of
the Pike Theater company on the first
floor, the Pike theater auditorium and
green rooms and other offices on the
second floor and all of the offices on
the third, fourth and fifth floots. The
Beasongood building adjoining the Pike
building on the west at the corner of
Vine and Fourth streete, was badly
damaged.
Other Buildings Damaged. J
The building adjoining the Pike
building on the east, owned by the
L. B. Harrison estate and occupied by
the Robert Clarke company, publish
ers. and Dub me Bros., jewelers, on the
first floor, and others in the upper
floors, were destroyed. The Fosdlck
building, asst of the Robert Clark
company, and Duhme Bros., and occu.
pled by tbs Norfolk snd Western rail
roads and others, was badly damagsd,
while the Carlisle building, occupied
by the Southern Pacific railway, H.
Smith ft Sons, and the Cincinnati
Trust company, on the first floor, and
very many pfflees on the other five
floors, were slightly damaged. The
front atone walla on the Pike building
and those on the adjoining structures,
occupied by Robert Clarke ft Co., and
the Duhme Bros.* jewelery store, and
of the Beasongood building, stood the
heat and did not fall. The rear walla
of these structures, however, which are
of brick, gave way with the falling
floors.
NOW CLAIMED
BRYAN MAYBfflJ
Declares He Will Not Submit
To Gold Platform.
ADHERES TO OLD PLATFORM.
Nebraskan Declares If Gold Faction la
Successful In the Convention An
Independent Ticket Wlll Be Nomi
nated.
New York, March 3.—WlUIam J.
Bryan has informed hla Intimate
friends In this city, says The Tribune,
that If the gold and plutocratic Dem
ocrats triumph In the next national
Democratic convention he will lead hla
followers from the. hall and nominate
an Independent Democratic ticket with
a platform that will enlist the support
of the radicals. /
“The friends of Mr .^Bryan,” sold
one or the Nebraskan's coadjutors,
"art keeping the Area of true Demoo-
racy burning on tbs altar of Demoo-
racy. Theie (a something worse thnn
defeat It la a sacrifice of principles.
Now, don't make any mistake. Not
all the Democrat* who voted ths regu
lar ticket' In 1896 and again la 1900
were In favor of all the things In tho
platform, but the platform waa nine-
tenths right, and should have had the
support of every Democi at."
PISTOL BRINGS DEATH TO CHILD.
Baseball Man M*eL
New York, March 4.—Th* National
Baseball League met la thia city to
day to prepare for the opening of the
playing season. President Pulliam
waa In tha chair, and tha officers pres
ent Included John T. Brush and Fred
erick Know lee, of New York; James
Hart, of Chicago; Barney Dreyfus, of
Pittsburg; Edward Hanlon and Harry
Von Dor Horst, of Brooklyn.
8alsmle Shocks in Porto Rico. -
Sen Jose, P. R., March 4.—Frequent
earthquakes have been felt hers late
ly, and a heavier on# than usnal was
experienced last night Th* Boas
volcano has bean ejecting large qua*
titles of Mts*
Five-Year Old Boy Played with Engl-
neer’s Gun.
Cedartown, Ga., March 2.—This city
was shocked yesterday afternoon by
the accidental killing of a boy, ths 5-
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wiley
C. Barber, at the home of th* Uttl*
fellow's grandfather, Jud Crabb.
The rpom in which the accident oc
curred waa ocrui Itj by a Mr. Carri
er, an engineer cu the Seaboand Air
Line, and hla pistol waa left In tho
room exposed to view. Tbs boy had
gone across the street from hla own
home to that of hla grandparents, end
discovered- the weapon.
No one was with him or knew of
Ms presene* until the report of the
pietol startled the family. Rushing
Into the room, the child waa seen to
be dying from the effects of th* ehoL
the ball penetrating tbs lungs and
killing him almoet Instantly. He Is
suppoeed to have been toying with the
pistol when Its discharge proved his
•udden death.
The family la among Oedaitown'S
moat prominent people, and the shock.
Ing accident has distressed many
home* In the city, the dead child hav
ing a large family connection.
Big rua in ucrnecneitL
Canaan. Conn.. Vr.:ch 4.—The Cum
mins' bloJt containing the postofficet
the privet a bank or Fuller ft Peels, and
the oklira' J.-welry atore, burned to-
.day. It :e believed the fire waa start*
ed by 1m: plirs after they bad robbed
the rnfex. Oa recount of the heat of
the ruing It ban been Impossible to get
at the safe* to detormsna the loss. A
posse c( officers Is ln pursuit of th*
supposed burglar*.
Tha Ohio Again Rising.
Cincinnati, Starch 4.—Ths river
reached (2 feet her* this afternoon,
and is rising slowly. The weather
bureau sent out warnings for s limit
of 63 feet Thia to t feet above the
danger line her* and > fast below say
Interference with railways There
Wlll ho no Interruption of traffic.
Don't try cheap cough medicines* Get
the best, pay the price. Ayer's Cherry
Pectoral. 60 years of cares* S .
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