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i \r. 1 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 . — .